‘Experimental’ music often fails to relate to any tangible experience. Compositions are marvelled at for their imagination, academic brilliance or technical wizardry, but fail to connect beyond that. With Olympic Mess, Younger has succeeded in capturing a time and a place, using murky intensity to document modern London.
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Blondes release new audio collage Rein on RVNG Intl.
Today Blondes are returning on Rvng Intl. with the release of Rein, a supplement and contextual addition to the forthcoming Persuasion, scheduled for landing on August 7th.
Premiere: S Olbricht ‘Lacertid (feat. Imre Kiss)’
Fitting somewhere between Autechre ambient works and Tim Hecker’s Harmony In Ultraviolet, the dark-shaded, droning convolutions of the track promise to haunt your days and nights.
Atom TM announces ‘Riding The Void’ EP for raster-noton featuring Scuba
Atom TM’s next instalment for raster-noton will hit the record stores on July 25th.
Fachwerk announce ‘8 Years Fachwerk’ compilation + share video teaser
With the upcoming 8 Years Fachwerk, Mike Dehnert, Sascha Rydell and Roman Lindau join forces to create a singular anniversary compilation and a proper long-length collaborative effort.
DJ Koze reveals all about DJ Kicks
We spoke to DJ Koze over Skype to find out more about his unique approach to compiling the 50th edition of the DJ Kicks series. – “I did it in one take, with a hip-shake you know.”
Steve Cobby & Trudie Dawn Smith: We Start Over
With the past years being dominated by techno and then ambient, International Feel are truly heralding the year of Balearic. Lower those tempos, widen your scope and break out the smiles.
Dial: All
After over a decade of frantic explorations, tirelessly shedding barks and shaping new sound perspectives via pared down canons, Dial is now up to celebrate its 15th birthday with a high-flying anniversary compilation soberly titled All.
Stream Retrogott’s ‘Funky Beats And A Green Petrol Bus’ EP on AVA
“Funky Beats And A Green Petrol Bus” delivers an 8 track EP brimming full of soul and funk, rich with well-selected samples and emotions with a touch of humour.
Herbert: The Shakes
The Shakes is evidence that Herbert’s creative juices are still flowing at a great pace and the twilight of his career could be some way away. Some may disregard it for it’s zealous flirtations with mainstream pop, but this would be foolish as his sonic vitality will always overpower and turn this supposed weakness into a strength.
Premiere: Stream ’04RW’ taken from Aleks debut on Natural Sciences
’04RW’ is a track that brews together shuffling chicagoan rhythms and etheral pads with a pinch of vocals getting squeezed down in a pulp of tape-saturated, dust and hiss jumble, whispering its bizarre dancefloor gospel across the grain. Fast-beating percussions and unruly hats run the voodoo down for good.
Premiere: Stream Arcarsenal ‘Hoodoo Spell EP’ on Bass Cadet Records
Arcarsenal’s new EP entitled “Hoodoo Spell” focuses on the deeper side of the dance floor spectrum, enveloping rich melodic atmospheres; intense rhythmic patterns, dubby textures, and a touch of Omar-S induced psychotic photosynthesis.
Pampa Records reveal DJ Koze ‘XTC’ EP
Pampa Records, the record abel run by Marcus Fink and DJ Koze, have uploaded snippets of DJ Koze’s forthcoming 2-track ‘XTC’ EP.
submerse: Stay Home
Stay Home ups the tempo ante from submerse’s previous release “Slow Waves”…Where Slow Waves dwelt on reminiscence, Stay Home synthesizes a hybrid of this style, juxtaposing a hip-hop instrumental back bone with busy urban life.
Premiere: U returns with ‘We Decide Who Comes In’ – Watch ‘Our Place’
Today we’re premiering the video for U’s new track ‘Our Place’, an elusive slice of muffled, dub techno abseiling in melancholic gorges and wistful crevasses.
Dave DK discusses “Val Maira”
Last month we were invited to Kompakt’s HQ in Berlin for a catch up with Dave DK and to discuss his stunning new album “Val Maira”, recently released on Kompakt.