Mixes, Protest

Juin 2020

Sufjan Stevens.

Songs of July

From lo-fi pop and indie folk to electronic and alternative R&B — the new indie gems to help you get through the rest of the Summer '20.
Cover artwork: Herliuk “arts”

WILFZ Playlist Summer 2020

2020

twenty twenty

From forthcoming new album CARRIE & LOWELL
Preorder it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records March 31st (US) / March 30 (EU)

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:
Now that I fell into your arms
My only lover
Give out to give in
I search for the capsule I lost

Drag me to hell
In the valley of The Dalles
Like my mother
Give wings to a stone
It’s only the shadow of a cross

I slept on my back 
In the shade of the meadowlark 
Like a champion
Get drunk to get laid
I take one more hit when you depart

I’ll drive that stake through the center of my heart
Lonely vampire
Inhaling its fire
I’m chasing the dragon too far

There’s blood on that blade
Fuck me, I’m falling apart
My assassin
Like Casper the ghost 
There’s no shade in the shadow of the cross

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Sufjan Stevens, "No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross"

From the new album CARRIE & LOWELL by Sufjan Stevens
Get it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:

I should have known better
To see what I could see
My black shroud
Holding down my feelings
A pillar for my enemies

I should have wrote a letter
And grieve what I happen to grieve
My black shroud
I never trust my feelings
I waited for the remedy

When I was three, three maybe four
She left us at that video store
Be my rest, be my fantasy

I’m light as a feather
I’m bright as the Oregon breeze
My black shroud 
Frightened by my feelings
I only want to be a relief

No, I’m not a go-getter
The demon had a spell on me
My black shroud
Captain of my feelings
The only thing I want to believe

When I was three, and free to explore
I saw her face on the back of the door
Be my vest, be my fantasy

I should have known better
Nothing can be changed
The past is still the past
The bridge to nowhere
I should’ve wrote a letter 
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling

Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing
The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination

Don’t back down, there is nothing left
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
I’m a fool in the fetter
Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me

Don’t back down: nothing can be changed
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination 

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Sufjan Stevens, "Should Have Known Better"

Preorder it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records March 31st (US) / March 30 (EU)

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

In “Carrie and Lowell,” Sufjan Stevens is a child again or, more specifically, the child character in the family of man drama that often but not always centers on the story of love given, or love forsaken, but isn’t that the same thing to the poet? That the love Stevens sings about having left or given or been born to–thank you, Carrie–is a perceptible wound not only on the singer’s throat, but his sleeve: he wears love’s incomprehensibility, and the deep incomprehensibility of being a son, like a backing vocal on “Carrie and Lowell,” which is also filled with colors, hearts, trees, conclusions, and beginnings,

Sufjan Stevens, "John My Beloved"

Sufjan Stevens, "Fourth Of July"

The Psychotic Monks - Isolation
Digital : https://idol.lnk.to/Private_Meaning_F...
CD/2LP : http://bit.ly/Private_Meaning_First
Facebook : http://bit.ly/Monks_FB

From the album « Private Meaning First » by The Psychotic Monks (March 29st, 2019 - Vicious Circle)
Buy: http://bit.ly/Private_Meaning_First

Recorded at Vega Studio (Carpentras) and The Temple Studio (Saint-Ouen), after a journey to a village called Sermur with Tchaz Locke and Yann Carlier
Recorded and mixed by Michel Toledo
Mastered by Mathieu Bameulle at Soundbox Mastering
Artwork by Charlotte Clément

••••• Lyrics •••••
I’m fixing faith,
the damage’s done
endless visions from my own isolation
till it appeared
a deepest commotion
a deepest meaning
a deepest salvation

into a head
into a heart
a sick silence waits
i dive
into a brain
into the dark
a sick silence waits
your tears, your eyes...

a sick silence waits

Faith gets dirty till no one could observe
slowly dying strengths lost their own lust
fiction is real and once again it hurts
have i found it?
my own isolation
a sick silence waits
a sick silence waits
a sick silence waits

And the silence,
beauty i can’t see,
meaningless words they won’t crush here anymore.

••••• Live 2019 •••••
18/01 • GRONINGEN (NL), Eurosonic Festival
07/02 • ANGERS (49), Festival Les Z'Eclectiques
15/02 • ANGOULÊME (16), La Nef
16/02 • RAMBOUILLET (78), L'Usine à Chapeaux
07/03 • LE MANS (72), Le Lézard
08/03 • LORIENT (53), La Galion
09/03 • SAINT-NAZAIRE (44), Le Kiosque
28/03 • LILLE (59), Festival Les Paradis Artificiels
29/03 • DIJON (21), Le Tâche Papier
30/03 • LYON (69), Le Farmer
05/04 • LE HAVRE (76), Le McDaid's
11/04 • PARIS (75), La Maroquinerie (Release Party)
12/04 • ORLÉANS (45), L'Astrolabe
13/04 • SEDAN (08), MJC Calonne
18/04 • BOURGES (18), Le Printemps de Bourges
20/04 • CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE (71), La Péniche
25/04 • BRUXELLES (B), Les Nuits Botaniques
02/05 • BORDEAUX (33), Rock School Barbey
03/05 • SAINT-MALO (35), La Nouvelle Vague
09/05 • REZÉ (44), La Soufflerie
10/05 • SANNOIS (95), L'EMB
13/05 • MANCHESTER (UK), The Peer Hat
14/05 • LEEDS (UK), Brudenell Social Club
16/05 • HULL (UK), The Polar Bear
17/05 • LONDRES (UK), The Shaklewell Arms
18/05 • BRIGHTON (UK), The Hope & Ruin
23/05 • SECRET (??), Lieu secret
25/05 • LAVAL (53), Festival Les 3 Éléphants
08/06 • LOURMARIN (84), Festival Yeah !
11/07 • BILBAO (SP), Bilbao BBK Live
12/07 • TOURS (37), Festival Terres du Son
13/07 • HAARLEM (NL), Kliko Festival
18/07 • CARHAIX (29), Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
28/02 • AULNOYE-AYMERIES (59), Festival Les Nuits Secrètes
23/08 • GUÉRET (23), Festival Check-In Party

More to be announced...

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••••• Vicious Circle Records •••••
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Private Meaning First

Isolation

The Psychotic Monks - Isolation

Trinity

Archangel

Suddenly

Home

Crimson Tide

It Just Doesn't Happen

Never Come Back

You and I

Grydeland & Kaiser - Spitsbergen

"Remembrance" is taken from "Invisible Island". Midori Hirano´s follow up album from 2015s "Minor Planet". Handmade LP and CD editions available from Sonic Pieces February 7th.

Midori Hirano - Remembrance

http://green-house.bandcamp.com
Green-House is the project of Los Angeles based artist Olive Ardizoni.

Approaching the project with an intentional naivety, they craft songs that find freedom through simplicity. As a non-binary artist, they hope to create a space with fewer barriers as both a performer and a listener.

Their first release as Green-House, “Six songs for Invisible Gardens” (out Jan 15, 2020) was written with the intention of transforming the listening environment and augmenting domestic space. The music is designed as a communication with both plant life and the people who care for them.

Green-House - Soft Meadow

Mannerism

Words and music but Fern Morris and Brian Pokora
Mixed and mastered by Dave Oscillation at Lost Oscillation
Artwork by Brian Pokora

Live dates:
9th May - The Great Eastern Festival, Edinburgh

Slim Wrist - Mothering Tongue

Stream the audio: https://lnk.to/Reaktor
LP/Cass/Digital: http://joyfulnoi.se/ThisDevastatingMap

This Devastating Map

LP/Cass/Digital

Helvetia - Reaktor

Televised Mind

The Man

From the 12" single by The Illness released on Sea Records - 10th July 2020.

https://theillness1.bandcamp.com
www.searecords.co.uk

Descending G by The Illness w/ Steve West

Teen Blush - 80's Girl

Happiness in Liquid Form

Obvious Guy

Staying Power

Guards - "so it goes" lyrics: 

I don't know who I am but I do know who I'm not
I'm just looking for a friend I'm still searching for the plot

I got a vision made it my religion
oh I'm going to break out break out of this prison
sing it to my softly maybe when I'm older
oh I just can't stand it stand it any longer

love is a light and it's always shining bright
you can let it light your way though the darkness day to day
time is a lie that you got to buy in to
it don't matter what you say it don't matter what you do

I got a vision made it my religion
oh I'm going to break out break out of this prison
sing it to my softly maybe when I'm older
oh I just can't stand it stand it any longer

and so it goes 
and so it goes
and so it goes
and so it goes

so it goes

Pigeons

This mix has already been recorded and re-recorded twice and has been going for about two years. It was originally created for sunsets and quiet evenings, when you can dim the lights, fill a glass of whiskey or wine, fall into a deep chair, smoke and relax. To be in a moment alone with yourself.

The final version of the mix has been waiting for a year and it so happened that the time for it came yesterday, when I played this selection on our broadcast. Now I'm sharing this mix with you all.
Enjoy listening!
P.S.: You can see live playing this mix with beautiful view from Vladivostok, Russia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3wgdDVnv5Y&t=3640s
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Этот микс уже записывался и перезаписывался дважды и собирался уже около двух лет. Создавался он изначально для закатов и спокойных вечеров, когда можно приглушить свет, наполнить бокал виски или вина, упасть в глубокое кресло, закурить и расслабиться. Быть в моменте наедине с самим собой.

Итоговая версия микса ждала год и так случилось, что время для него пришло вчера, когда я отыграл эту подборку на нашей трансляции. Теперь делюсь этим миксом с лёгкой с вами всеми.
Приятного прослушивания!
P.S.: Вы можете посмотреть как этот микс сыгран вживую с прекрасным видом на Владивосток https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3wgdDVnv5Y&t=3640s

Tracklist:
1. Miguel - Sure Thing
2. Rejjie Snow - HOPE
3. Masego - Navajo
4. Handsome Boy Modeling School feat. Roisin- J-Live-The Truth
5. Killa Kyleon_-_Doja Sweet (feat. A$AP Rocky & Bun B)
6. Hippie Sabotage - Devil Eyes
7. Catching Flies feat. Jay Prince, Oscar Jerome - New Gods
8. Kassa Overall - What's New With You
9. HideandSeekZoo - Moment (prod. Chris McClenney)
10. J. Cole - FRIENDS
11. Animal Farm ft Talib Kweli - Test Of Time
12. M-Phazes feat. Masta Ace, Bekay - Brooklyn Bridge
13. Big Sean - Living Single
14. Joy Crookes - Man's World
15. Akua Naru - Nag Champa
16. Snakehips feat. Jay Prince - ERA
17. Richie Cunning - Last Stop
18. FloFilz - Whirlwind
19. Robert Glasper - Reckoner (Live at Capitol Studios / 2014)

Warm Groove

Warm Groove Vol.3

🌴My new mix out now: https://soundcloud.com/doktordopf/10-pm-in-lanterna  🌴



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Ibiza Beach Party

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Playlist by The Lovely Lauren LiBrandi
Mixed by The G-Rotik Gyrobot

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This Is What You Did

From Corey Flood's debut album Hanging Garden out September 4th on Fire Talk.

Pre Order: https://ffm.to/coreyfloodphl 

There’s a vague sense of unease that permeates Corey Flood’s debut full-length, Hanging Garden, out September 5th via Fire Talk. From the surface, the record appears to break through the dark fog of the band’s 2018 EP, Wish You Hadn’t, but just below lay themes of ambivalence, uncertainty, and anxiety, layered elegantly in fuzz. Recorded in Philadelphia by Jackie Milestone, mixed by Natasha Jacobs, and mastered by Sarah Register, Hanging Garden  pushes through feelings of discomfort and repressed emotions to discover what truly lies beneath. 

Born in Philly circa 2017, Corey Flood began as the post-grad bedroom project of bassist Ivy Gray-Klein (formerly of Littler) and drummer Juliette Rando. A month after their first show with guitarist Em Boltz, the band signed with New York’s Fire Talk Records and turned four planned demos into a full-fledged, delightfully menacing debut EP. Now, after two years of intense growth and collaboration, the trio continues their “whirlwind trajectory” with the long-awaited, nine-track LP, Hanging Garden. 

Inspired by Throwing Muses, Helium, Pale Saints, and Brix Smith-Start’s work with the Fall, Gray-Klein calls Hanging Garden  “a reckoning with internal discord.” Through soft melodies, lush guitars and churning rhythms, the dual vocals of Gray-Klein and Boltz recall relatable experiences with gaslighting, imposter syndrome, and repetitive thoughts. Hanging Garden  feels intimate and familiar but is strewn with playful surprises, like 70s krautrock guitar work and samba-influenced drum parts. Hanging Garden is a mature stride forward, and a bewitching amble towards the unknown.

Hanging Garden

Corey Flood - Heaven Or

From The Ascension, available September 25, 2020
https://theascension.sufjan.com

The Ascension

Pre-order

Sufjan Stevens - America

CURRENT

Asthmatic Kitty Records is an independent record label that was co-founded by Lowell Brams and his stepson, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, in 1999. Since its founding, AKR has released albums by a variety of artists, including Lily & Madeleine, My Brightest Diamond and Helado Negro, and is currently home to Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine, Denison Witmer and The Welcome Wagon. 

Asthmatic Kitty was named after Sara, an orange and white tabby who wandered out of the woods pregnant and starving near Holland, Michigan in 1994. For fourteen years she brought joy as a beloved friend to Lowell, enjoying a happy life despite her initial hardships. Her asthma improved after moving west to New Mexico and Wyoming, where she lived out her days as an asthmatic kitty in name only.

Sufjan Stevens - America

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