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Weekly Playlist (05.10.17)

Zusammengestellt von Norman Zielasko für https://www.indieberlin.de/

Cosmo Sheldrake - live @ Rosis on 23.11.! - www.cosmosheldrake.com/

Tusks - Debut Album "Dissolve" out now! - www.tusks.eu

To Destroy A City - New Album "Go Mirage" out 20.10.! - https://todestroyacity.bandcamp.com/

Lost In Your Own Home.

my fav

atman

From Jakob's "Solace" Album.

www.jakob.co.nz
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Saint

https://endlessplainsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/introverted-endprlp02

Tonic (Out Now)

On the Run music video: https://youtu.be/7axADL7taQI

Music composed & produced by VIRTA
Recorded & mixed by Sami Peräsalo
Mastered by Svante Forsbäck
Illustration by Anna Neva

Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1KotAtn
iTunes: http://apple.co/1SDBQXy

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On the Run

HEAVN written​ ​by: Jamila Woods
Produced By: The Roots (from the Roots album "Dilla Joints" - Eve)
Voicemail by: Eve Ewing
Mixed By:  Mike Kolar c/o Closed Sessions 
Mastered by: Mike Kolar c/o Closed Sessions 
Distributed by: Closed Sessions

HEAVN

Hugar ft. Arnór Dan / Waves

Song by Bergur Þórisson / Pétur Jónsson / Arnór Dan
Lyrics by Arnór Dan Arnarson
Performed by Hugar & Arnór Dan
Strings: Viktor Orri Árnason
Drums: Helgi Kristjánsson
Recorded & produced by Hugar
Mixed by Bergur Þórisson / Addi 800 / Pétur Jónsson
Mastered by Mandy Parnell



WAVES

I have held the hands of loss
Felt them fade away
With wistful smiles we toss grey hours of betray 
Lead the way
Lead the way

We raise our arms above and leap down cold rocks
How pure
The joyful sands embrace
The shore longs for us and cleans decay
Lead the way
Beneath the waves

Can I imitate the waves? 
Can I recreate an anchor?
In the darkest depths of memory

Can I imitate the waves?
Can I recreate an anchor?
In the darkest depths of sea

Cross your arms across your chest
Deepest dark awaits 
Breathe in final beams of dawn 
Let them dress your heavy heart 
Lead the way
Beneath the waves of us

Can I imitate the waves?
Can I recreate an anchor?
In the darkest depths of memory

Can I imitate the waves?
Can I recreate an anchor?
In the darkest depths of sea

I will imitate the waves
I will recreate an anchor
In the darkest depths of sea

I will imitate the waves
I will recreate a fall
Into the darkest depths of sea

ft. Arnór Dan / Waves

Running Days

The Other Man

Debut album "H a r m o n i c" out Sep 22, 2017 worldwide via Temporary Residence.

Pre-order on CD/LP/Digital now at: http://smarturl.it/btsd-h-a-r-m-o-n-i-c

www.behindtheshadowdrops.com
www.temporaryresidence.com

H a r m o n i c

Positive Shadow, Negative Light

From the album The Kid out October 6, 2017 on Western Vinyl

Pre-Order The Kid
BLEEP https://bleep.com/release/86790-kaitlyn-aurelia-smith-the-kid
Norman Records https://www.normanrecords.com/records/166212
Bandcamp https://kaitlynaureliasmith.bandcamp.com/album/the-kid
iTunes hyperurl.co/8n4qa5
WV http://westernvinyl.com/shop/wv170

In 2017, the musical term “electronic” is nearly obsolete given the ubiquity of computerized processes in producing music.  Even so, the prevailing assumption is that musicians working under this broad umbrella must be inspired by concepts equally as electrified as their equipment.  Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has demonstrated in her still-blooming discography that this notion couldn’t be further from the truth, and that more often than not, rich worlds of synthesized sound are born from deep reverence of the natural world.  Smith (who by no coincidence, cites naturalist David Attenborough as a contemporary muse) has embodied such an appreciation on The Kid in as direct and sincere a way as possible by sonically charting the phases of life itself.  The album, which punctually follows up her 2016 breakthrough EARS, chronicles four defining cognitive and emotional stages of the human lifespan across four sides of a double LP.

The first side takes us through the confused astonishment of a newborn, unaware of itself, existing in an unwitting nirvana.  Smith’s music has always woven a youthful thread befitting of the aforementioned subject. Here she articulates it in signature fashion on the track “An Intention,” which serves not only as a soaring spire on The Kid, but on her entire output.  There is playfulness here, but it's elevated by an undertone of gravity into something compelling and majestic that is fast becoming Smith’s watermark.  The emotional focus of side two is the vital but underreported moment in early youth when we cross the threshold into self awareness.  The subject is profound enough to fill an entire album, but rarely makes its way into a single track, indicating Smith’s ambition to broach subtler and deeper subjects than the average composer.  This side offers up another highlight in the form of “In The World But Not Of The World” which serves its subject well with epiphanic, climbing strings and decidedly noisy textures over a near-Bollywood low end pulse.

Side three emphasizes a feeling of being confirmed enough in one’s own identity to begin giving back to the formative forces of one’s upbringing, which is arguably the duty that all great artists aim to fulfill.  This side ends with the exploratory album cut “Who I Am & Why I Am Where I Am” recorded in a single take without overdubs on the rare EMS Synthi 100 synthesizer. This humble piece of sound design serves as a contrast to side four’s verdant orchestral moments, all written and arranged for the EU-based Stargaze quartet by Smith herself.  This final side represents a return to pure being, the kind of wisdom and peace that eludes most of us until the autumn of life.  On “To Feel Your Best” this concept is voiced in the bittersweet refrain “one day I’ll wake up and you won’t be there” which Smith intended to be a grateful acknowledgement of life rather than a melancholy resentment of loss. The song has both effects depending on the mood of the listener, and both interpretations are equally moving.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith belongs to an ilk of modern musicians who are defined by their commitment to creating experiential albums despite the singles-oriented habits of modern listeners, and here she represents her kind proudly.  The subjects on The Kid are not simple to convey, and yet through both emotional tone and lyrical content, Smith does just that. There is a similar gravity to both birth and death, and rarely is that correlation as accurately and enthusiastically mapped as it is here.  As Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith explores her existence through music, she guides us in gleefully contemplating our own.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - "An Intention"

From the album Off World 2
Constellation CST127
06 Oct 2017
http://cstrecords.com/cst127

ALBUM TRACKLIST:
1. Wet Max
2. Island Fanfare
3. Scrubdown
4. Memory Drip
5. The Mask
6. Play Room
7. Night Valve
8. Decamp
9. Satellite Beach
10. The Grail 

PLAYERS:
Sandro Perri: bass, drum machine, electronics, guitar, piano (all tracks)
Drew Brown: electronics (tracks 2 & 8)
Eric Chenaux: guitar, percussion (track 10)
Matthew Cooper: electronics (track 8)
Craig Dunsmuir: bass, guitar, percussion (tracks 1, 6 & 7)
Brandon Hocura: electronics (track 7)
Susumu Mukai: drum machine, electronics, guitar (tracks 1, 2 & 8)
Lorenz Peter: drum machine, electronics (tracks 3, 5 & 9)

Off World • "Decamp"

City - A Goal is an Image

Available 29 September 2017 on limited translucent 12" vinyl and digital formats.
boomkat.com/products/a-goal-is-an-image

I. Provinces
II. Your Stream
III. Pain/Power
IV. End Zone
V. Mutual Life
VI. Inevitable
VII. The Good Soldier
VIII. Of One Kind
IX. Ffaith
X. SAR
XI. Immaculate

City ≠
@citymusic33
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HALC012

Mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy
Artwork by Lane Stewart & Collin Fletcher for Halcyon Veil

A Goal is an Image

Inevitable

City - Inevitable (HALC012)

Tusks - Last

From the debut album 'Dissolve' due 13 October 2017. Pre-order now: www.tusks.eu

Released 22.09.2017
Written & produced by Tusks
Produced & Mixed by Brett Cox
Mastered by Mandy Parnell

Website: www.tusks.eu/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Tusks
Twitter: twitter.com/Tusks

Dissolve

Last

Soulmates

Pre-order vinyl and CD (out November 10): smarturl.it/TMO_TheMaryOnettes

Spotify (out now): smarturl.it/TMO_TheMaryOnettes/spotify
iTunes (out now): smarturl.it/TMO_TheMaryOnettes/itunes

Labrador reissues The Mary Onettes self-titled debut album in honor of the 10 year anniversary of its original release. The album is released for the first time ever on vinyl and the CD is re-released after a long absence.

Alternative & Punk

The Mary Onettes

The Mary Onettes - Void

Tim Hecker - Chimeras (Neutral Seven'th Broken Remix)

FREE Download available!
Thanks and enjoy :)

Atman Magic

Official Soundcloud page for the solo project from Takaakira 'Taka' Goto; guitarist and composer of Japanese Instrumental Rock band MONO.

Positive Shadow, Negative Light

Behind the Shadow Drops