Belgian Fog is the musical alias of Robert Dale from Washington State and he works at KEXP in Seattle and has produced a sparkling gem of a track. The songs is propelled along a strident bright programmed rhythm box, a cute melody line and a great vocal that sweeps from a mellow croon to a soaring falsetto. There are shades of New Order in he guitar coda towards the end and it also reminds me of the more synth driven work of Stephin Merritt's work on those early Magentic Fields releases. That's not to say that the track sounds overtly retro it doesn't, the production, the beats the whole feel is fresh. It strikes me as hybrid of The Weeknd's warped R&B and the confessional indie of Bon Iver or Bright Eyes with some added Hot Chip. It has already worked its way to my head and hopefully there will more music in the near future.
https://soundcloud.com/belgianfog
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Friday, February 28, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Hacker Farm - Sumorsaete Flod
I have been a big fan of the Hacker Farm collective since reading a piece in The Wire in May 2013. The collective live and work on an abandoned Farm in the Dorset countryside and the artists include:
Hacker Farm
Kemper Norton
IX Tab
There is a neat little playlist from The Wire - link below
http://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/listen-to-wyrd-sounds-from-the-west-country
The Hacker Farm collective itself is made up of Farmer Glitch, Kek-W and Bren. The work using dis-guarded and broken electronics, home made sound generators and field recordings. The track Sumorsaete Flod is a new piece of haunting glitchy ambient that was posted up on the 19th February. From the title, artwork, watery field recordings and wildlife sounds running through the track it is clearly connected to the recent flooding in the Somerset Levels.
For musicians it must be wonderful to be able to produce something and get it out to the public so quickly without having to wait for post production, mixing, pressing and manufacturing. A pithy listen for wet wintry days in the south west of England.
Hacker Farm
Kemper Norton
IX Tab
There is a neat little playlist from The Wire - link below
http://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/listen-to-wyrd-sounds-from-the-west-country
The Hacker Farm collective itself is made up of Farmer Glitch, Kek-W and Bren. The work using dis-guarded and broken electronics, home made sound generators and field recordings. The track Sumorsaete Flod is a new piece of haunting glitchy ambient that was posted up on the 19th February. From the title, artwork, watery field recordings and wildlife sounds running through the track it is clearly connected to the recent flooding in the Somerset Levels.
For musicians it must be wonderful to be able to produce something and get it out to the public so quickly without having to wait for post production, mixing, pressing and manufacturing. A pithy listen for wet wintry days in the south west of England.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Phonautogram - Winter North Atlantic - Live links and LP edit.
Winter North Atlantic are new to me but after reading a review in this month Wire magazine I have downloaded the LP Phonautogram from emusic and have gone hunting out whatever else I could find online.
Winter North Atlantic is a musical alias of Ed Carter and Phonautogram is the third LP they/he has produced.
"The phonautograph is the earliest known device for recording sound. Previously, tracings had been obtained of the sound-producing vibratory motions of tuning forks and other objects by physical contact ..."
Inspiration for the music on the LP was taken from the idea of this early recording/play back device.
The LP was launched at Sage Gateshead back in October and two tracks from that performance are below. It reminds me of a wide range of electronica and ambient stuff that I love, blending electronic elements, processing and acoustic instruments into a fully realised warm and beguiling soundscape.
Shades of Tim Hecker, Doll Boy, Belong, Faust and Can.
There is also a brief session and interview for the BBC Introducing in the North East
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01kfx2q
There is also a four minute edit of the LP produced by Winter North Atlantic on Vimeo that can be downloaded.
Phonautogram album edit by Winter North Atlantic from Winter North Atlantic on Vimeo.
Winter North Atlantic is a musical alias of Ed Carter and Phonautogram is the third LP they/he has produced.
"The phonautograph is the earliest known device for recording sound. Previously, tracings had been obtained of the sound-producing vibratory motions of tuning forks and other objects by physical contact ..."
Inspiration for the music on the LP was taken from the idea of this early recording/play back device.
The LP was launched at Sage Gateshead back in October and two tracks from that performance are below. It reminds me of a wide range of electronica and ambient stuff that I love, blending electronic elements, processing and acoustic instruments into a fully realised warm and beguiling soundscape.
Shades of Tim Hecker, Doll Boy, Belong, Faust and Can.
There is also a brief session and interview for the BBC Introducing in the North East
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01kfx2q
There is also a four minute edit of the LP produced by Winter North Atlantic on Vimeo that can be downloaded.
Phonautogram album edit by Winter North Atlantic from Winter North Atlantic on Vimeo.
Monday, February 17, 2014
The Art of Noise Remixes – Moments in Love and Close to The Edit
The Art of Noise have always been a band I have loved since the first time I heard “Close to the Edit” back in 1984 aged 13. Well apart from the Prince thing with Tom Jones which is terrible. I played the debut LP “Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise” to death at the time and have two copies on vinyl with different cover art and track listings.
I was intrigued by the mix of samples, news clips and melodies. It was unlike anything else I had ever heard at the time and in reality it was ground breaking in its use of the Fairlight Sampler, cut and paste techniques and Paul Morley’s situationist/futurist adverts, texts and graphics. A whole new world to get lost inside. Head spinning stuff for a young lad used to listening to Paul Young records.
I have seen it quoted fairly frequently that they are the most sampled act of all time, I personally would have thought it would be James Brown, but much like the “fact” that Blue Monday by New Order is the biggest selling 12” single of all time it’s impossible to really know.
What is clear is that the band were a big influence of electronic music, the evolution of the use of the sample and hip-hop generally. The bands tracks have been remixed and reworked in multiple formats and oddly they whole project started after a remix of the Yes Track “Owner of Lonely Heart” by two recording engineers Gary Langan and JJ Jeczalik. The Red and Blue mix of track used a number of samples of Yes that would be reused on the tracks produced by The Art of Noise.
Of the remixes of the bands tracks (official and unofficial) I love the following reworking of Moments in Love.
The Rhythm Scholar mix of Close to Edit is also great, great Paul Morley sample and I can even live with the Tom Jones vocal clip!
I was intrigued by the mix of samples, news clips and melodies. It was unlike anything else I had ever heard at the time and in reality it was ground breaking in its use of the Fairlight Sampler, cut and paste techniques and Paul Morley’s situationist/futurist adverts, texts and graphics. A whole new world to get lost inside. Head spinning stuff for a young lad used to listening to Paul Young records.
I have seen it quoted fairly frequently that they are the most sampled act of all time, I personally would have thought it would be James Brown, but much like the “fact” that Blue Monday by New Order is the biggest selling 12” single of all time it’s impossible to really know.
What is clear is that the band were a big influence of electronic music, the evolution of the use of the sample and hip-hop generally. The bands tracks have been remixed and reworked in multiple formats and oddly they whole project started after a remix of the Yes Track “Owner of Lonely Heart” by two recording engineers Gary Langan and JJ Jeczalik. The Red and Blue mix of track used a number of samples of Yes that would be reused on the tracks produced by The Art of Noise.
Of the remixes of the bands tracks (official and unofficial) I love the following reworking of Moments in Love.
The Rhythm Scholar mix of Close to Edit is also great, great Paul Morley sample and I can even live with the Tom Jones vocal clip!
Neneh Cherry – Everything (Villalobos & Loderbauer: Vilod high blood pressure mix)
Having not really thought about Neneh Cherry for years she seems to have somehow worked her way back into my musical consciousness. I unearthed a copy of her seminal Buffalo Stance Remix 12” in a charity shop last week and then her new LP is reviewed in this month’s copy of the Wire magazine.
It sent me searching online for new tunes and I uncovered this amazing Richard Villalobos and Max Loderbauer remix of her track Everything on Soundcloud. Everything closes the new LP Blank Project and has been released as the second single. The original as 7:21 is hardly likely to bring her back to the charts but it’s a great track.
The rattling electronic prime evil swampy trip-hop of the original (supplied by electronic duo Rocketnumbernine and Kieran Four Tet Hebden production) has been stripped back and replaced by a lovely pulsing bassline, slow mo rhythmic ticks and the vocal cut, sliced and diced across the mix in a series of grunts, sighs and vocal tics and generally dub it up brilliantly.
Have a listen below:
It sent me searching online for new tunes and I uncovered this amazing Richard Villalobos and Max Loderbauer remix of her track Everything on Soundcloud. Everything closes the new LP Blank Project and has been released as the second single. The original as 7:21 is hardly likely to bring her back to the charts but it’s a great track.
The rattling electronic prime evil swampy trip-hop of the original (supplied by electronic duo Rocketnumbernine and Kieran Four Tet Hebden production) has been stripped back and replaced by a lovely pulsing bassline, slow mo rhythmic ticks and the vocal cut, sliced and diced across the mix in a series of grunts, sighs and vocal tics and generally dub it up brilliantly.
Have a listen below:
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Dean Blunt - New Mix Tape Skin Fade Free Download
The every elusive and odd Dean Blunt has dropped a 27 minutes free mix tape titled Skin Fade. The "tape" by the Hype Williams main man is a collaboration with Joanne Robertson. The tape seems to take a his obsession with the 80s pop has taken a slightly left-field shift towards a more underground/indie sound source. The song fragments at times sound like lost 4AD demos.
The Soundcloud posting appears to have gone but follow the links below to a download of the set. The track below is one from the pair from last year.
http://www.factmag.com/2014/01/30/dean-blunt-drops-skin-fade-mixtape-featuring-the-redeemer-collaborator-joanne-robertson/
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/dean-blunt-drops-26-minute-mixtape-skin-fade-with-joanne-robertson
Monday, January 20, 2014
East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
On the first couple of listens I am loving the debut LP by William Doyle as East India Youth. It has elements of many things I love, electronic systems music, four to the floor electronica, warped left of centre pop and an a vocal that is equal parts papier-mache vulnerable and 3am lonely ache. Some in it reminds me of the first Matt Johnson/The The Record - Burning Blue Soul, well if Matt Johnson had recorded in 2013 as opposed to 1981. The mix of fractured instrumental, vocal looping and loneliness places it in the same sonic space just 32 years apart. Total Strife forever could be Burn Blue Soul's musical baby . Oddly both were written/recorded in the East End of London so it might be something haunting the air. James Blake is a name that keeps cropping up in the reviews but I think this much more interesting sonically and emotional than that.
The closing Total Strife Forever IV builds up from static and distorted strings to a stirring organ hook and chugging noise undertow, it is a blissful hazy way to finish the record.
One for the Mercury Prize in 2014?
The Soundcloud track Heaven, How Long showcases his ability to meld these disparate strands into a wonderful whole.
Some good reviews of the LP here
http://www.metacritic.com/music/total-strife-forever/east-india-youth
http://thequietus.com/articles/14252-east-india-youth-total-strife-forever-review
Nice playlist of tracks that inspired the writing of the LP via Q Magazine
http://news.qthemusic.com/2014/01/playlist_-_east_india_youths_s.html
Article about forming a record label to release the LP as no-one would sign East India Youth
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-siva/east-india-youth-the-soun_b_4589574.html
The closing Total Strife Forever IV builds up from static and distorted strings to a stirring organ hook and chugging noise undertow, it is a blissful hazy way to finish the record.
One for the Mercury Prize in 2014?
The Soundcloud track Heaven, How Long showcases his ability to meld these disparate strands into a wonderful whole.
Some good reviews of the LP here
http://www.metacritic.com/music/total-strife-forever/east-india-youth
http://thequietus.com/articles/14252-east-india-youth-total-strife-forever-review
Nice playlist of tracks that inspired the writing of the LP via Q Magazine
http://news.qthemusic.com/2014/01/playlist_-_east_india_youths_s.html
Article about forming a record label to release the LP as no-one would sign East India Youth
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-siva/east-india-youth-the-soun_b_4589574.html
Saturday, June 01, 2013
Advance Base Tour Dates and Demo
The list below has the European Dates:
Thu 04.07.13 Berlin (Germany), Haus der Berliner Festspiele (Foreign Affairs Festival)
Sat 06.07.13 Cambridge (UK), Portland Arms -- 4pm set
Sat 06.07.13 Reading (UK), Double Dot Bash -- 9pm set
Sun 07.07.13 Bristol (UK), Cube Cinema
Mon 08.07.13 Brighton (UK), The Hope
Tue 09.07.13 Edinburgh (UK),Sneaky Pete's
Wed 10.07.13 Glasgow (UK), Nice N Sleazy
Thu 11.07.13 Manchester (UK), Night & Day Café
Fri 12.07.13 London (UK), The Lexington
Sun 14.07.13 Kutna Hora (CZ), Creepy Teepee Festival
Owen Ashworth for he is Advance base has also uploaded my favorite track from the LP in its Garage Band Demo version to Soundcloud.Sat 06.07.13 Cambridge (UK), Portland Arms -- 4pm set
Sat 06.07.13 Reading (UK), Double Dot Bash -- 9pm set
Sun 07.07.13 Bristol (UK), Cube Cinema
Mon 08.07.13 Brighton (UK), The Hope
Tue 09.07.13 Edinburgh (UK),Sneaky Pete's
Wed 10.07.13 Glasgow (UK), Nice N Sleazy
Thu 11.07.13 Manchester (UK), Night & Day Café
Fri 12.07.13 London (UK), The Lexington
Sun 14.07.13 Kutna Hora (CZ), Creepy Teepee Festival
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Blackest Ever Black Soundcloud Mix
London based electronic label Blackest Ever Black have added a new mix to their Soundcloud Page.
Titled - Hastily Cobbled Together Mix to Herald October 13th Party
A cool mixture of electronica in its darker more haunted hues.
Tracklisting:
black rain - lo tek (blackest ever black)
source direct - call & response (science)
cut hands - krokodilo theme (blackest ever black)
bruce gilbert - eline cout ii (mute)
lee gamble - side b excerpt (pan)
dj slimzee / pay as u go - sidewinder excerpt
source direct - secret liaison (good looking)
powell - nude (diagonal)
raime - you will lift your frame clear (blackest ever black)
young hunting - dirge (agenda)
russell haswell - chua rave (regis remix) (downwards)
cut hands - backlash (susan lawly)
vatican shadow - cairo is a haunted city (bed of nails)
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Titled - Hastily Cobbled Together Mix to Herald October 13th Party
A cool mixture of electronica in its darker more haunted hues.
Tracklisting:
black rain - lo tek (blackest ever black)
source direct - call & response (science)
cut hands - krokodilo theme (blackest ever black)
bruce gilbert - eline cout ii (mute)
lee gamble - side b excerpt (pan)
dj slimzee / pay as u go - sidewinder excerpt
source direct - secret liaison (good looking)
powell - nude (diagonal)
raime - you will lift your frame clear (blackest ever black)
young hunting - dirge (agenda)
russell haswell - chua rave (regis remix) (downwards)
cut hands - backlash (susan lawly)
vatican shadow - cairo is a haunted city (bed of nails)
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Friday, July 27, 2012
Vatican Shadow - Cairo is a Haunted City
There are a number of Vatican Shadow tracks on the Soundcloud page.
Vatican Shadow is another recording alias of Dominick Fernow of Prurient and Cold Cave.
The article in French on Hartzine is here - http://www.hartzine.com/chroniques/vatican-shadow-september-cell
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