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Byegone

Stars and Satellites

The Way Love Emerges

Sommersong

12k is happy to present the debut release on the label from Argentinian composer Federico Durand who has had a series of amazing releases on labels such as Spekk, Own, and Desire Path. Federico and 12k crossed paths on a tour of Japan together in 2014 where the personal friendships among the artists and the label are such a part of what 12k is about. Sharing music and ideas throughout the tour led to an invite to make an album.

It’s no accident that Federico’s music has a dusty air of nostalgia surrounding it. It has always been a very personal affair. Songs inspired family, local life and the world around him are woven by hand with a selection of very physical instruments. He works like a craftsman, piecing together fragments of sound from cassette recorders, small instruments and loopers and creates music that’s as softspoken as he is. No pretenses, no disguises, just the most honest and down-to-earth music that can be made. Broken melodies spinning from tape reels, the sounds of bells and small found objects being played with care... The music is as beautiful as it is introspective, like a small window of antique glass looking right into Federico’s soul.

In his own words:

“A través del espejo in Spanish means “Through the mirror”. I am fascinated with the experience of putting a mirror in front of another: as a miracle, the image turns in a loop that flows into infinity. Loops in the mirror get less clear with each repetition, the color becomes diffuse and greener. When these loops turn into a lullaby we can enter the other side of the mirror: a place of delight and insight.

I always make simple melodies as they are born free. In many pieces, I use cassette recorders as an instrument that play friendly with others such as piano, lyre, toys, bells or effects. I enjoy the possibilities of cutting tape and making loops, reversing, and even using many tape recorders at the same time making air recordings of the sound. The Roland Space Echo or 2880, which are loop-machines themselves, match perfectly with this way of working.

When I see an emboridery I enjoy both the front and back where a mysterious, invisible world suddenly appears. For this reason, I am grateful to the natural sounds made by the machines, the crackle of loops and other sounds that appear while working, as an unexpected gift.

A través del espejo is a dream of beauty, A love of handcrafted music.” 

- Federico Durand

A Través Del Espejo

El jardín encantado (The enchanted garden)

5 minute edit of the "Scavengers" track...from the upcoming Marta Mist album called "Scavengers"...out in mid January 2016...

Marta Mist..."Scavengers" edit...

"Cycle 2" taken from Matt Dunkley's debut album “Six Cycles"  released 11th March 2016.

iTunes: http://po.st/6CyclesiTunes
Rough Trade: http://po.st/6CyclesRT

"Six Cycles" is the much-anticipated debut from one of the world's leading orchestrators, arrangers and conductors.

Having worked on films such as 'Inception', 'The Dark Knight' and 'Black Swan', and with artists such as Patti Smith, Nick Cave, U2 and Kronos Quartet, as well as a successful composer for film and television, it was only a matter of time before Matt Dunkley released his own album.

Dunkley reveals, "the inspiration for the six pieces that comprise 'Six Cycles' all derive from disparate sources, whether it a piece of poetry, a painting or the emotion of personal loss. Initially they seemed to be unrelated, but as I listened to them as a whole, a sense of them belonging together slowly emerged, forming a true "cycle". I want the listener to discover their own world within my music, hence the willfully enigmatic titles."

Recorded with the renowned Babelsberg Film Orchestra, the result is a rich and nuanced cinematic soundscape, replete with stirring builds of Wagnerian grandeur.


Cycles 

Matt Dunkley - Cycle 2

To Be Young

Satellite

Bouldin

Big Coat

Spotify

This is a mixed but unmastered version of the song 'Ghost'. It was recorded at Breakglass by Dave Smith and mixed at Breakglass by Jace Lasek, in April 2012.

Ghost

Radical Face - Ghost Towns

The new single from First Aid Kit is live favourite "Wolf". 

It will be released digitally on the 16th September.

An expanded boxset edition of the album which adds "Wolf" and two more bonus tracks, as well as a DVD with tour documentary and three videos, poster and guitar pick will also be released on the 17th September.

First Aid Kit on tour:

AUGUST
09 – Way Out West Festival, Gothenburg
11 – Oyafestivalen, Oslo
17 – Pstereo Festival, Trondheim 
23 – Dognvill, Tromso
24 – Ratt og rade, Stavanger
26 – Zurich Open Air, Zurich

SEPTEMBER
02 – End Of The Road, Dorset
06 – Boileroom, Guildford
07 – Bestival, Isle Of Wight
08 – Berlin Festival, Berlin
25 – Blind Pig, Ann Abor, MI
26 – Danforth Music Hall, Toronto
28 – Royale Boston, Boston,  MA
29 – Irving Plaza, New York, NY
30 – Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

OCTOBER
02 – Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington DC
03 – Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
04 – Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta, GA
05 – 3rd & Lindsley, Nashville, TN
06 – Firebird, St Louis, MO
08 – Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
09 – Granada Theatre, Lawrence, KS
12 – Austin City Limits, Austin TX
13 – The Kessler Theater, Dallas, TX
16 – The Fonda Theater, Hollywood, CA
17 – The Fillmore Audiotorium, San Francisco, CA
19 – Roseland Theater, Portland, OR

NOVEMBER
11 – Vega, Copenhagen
12 – Voxhall, Arhus
13 – Gruenspan, Hamburg
15 – Zakk, Dusseldorf
16 – Crossing Borders Festival, Enschede
17 – Crossing Borders Festival, The Hague
18 – Crossing Borders Festival, Antwerp
20 – Shepherds Bush Empire, London
22 – Ritz, Manchester
24 – QMU, Glasgow
25 – Vicar Street. Dublin
27 – Academy Bristol
28 – Trabendo, Paris
30 – Rietschule-Dachstock, Bern

DECEMBER
01 – Viadukt Club, Zurich
03 – Hansa, Munich
06 – The Circus, Helsinki
30 – Falls Festival, Marion Bay, Tas, Australia
31 – Falls Festival, Lorne Vic, Australia

JANUARY
05 – Southbound Festival, Busselton, Australia


Wolf

First Aid Kit - Wolf

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