No Time To Hurry

Foresteppe - Veselka

When asked to describe the circumstances that influenced her beautifully fraught new work, Berlin-based musician Annika Henderson—better known simply as Anika—quickly articulates a set of feelings and unpredictable circumstances that are familiar to anyone who tried to make art—or simply tried to live through—the recent global pandemic. “It’s a moment caught in time,” she says of Change, her much-anticipated new record. Given that it has been 11 years since the release of her last solo album, 2010 cult-favorite Anika, the artist suddenly found herself with a lot to say. “This album had been planned for a little while and the circumstances of its inception were quite different to what had been expected. This colored the album quite significantly. The lyrics were all written there on the spot. It’s a vomit of emotions, anxieties, empowerment, and of thoughts like—How can this go on? How can we go on?”

Having worked collaboratively in the past with the likes of BEAK> and Mexico City’s Exploded View, Change was ultimately the product of necessity. “After recording the initial ideas alone at Klangbild studios in Berlin, a few months later and by some stroke of luck, Mr. Martin Thulin of Exploded View, managed to make his way over from Mexico, to co-produce the album with me and play some live drums and bass,” recalls Anika. “Between Reality Baitz and Impression Recordings in Berlin, we managed to get the album together.

The intimacy of its creation and a palpable sense of global anxiety are seemingly baked into the DNA of Change. Spread across nine tracks, the central feeling of the record is one of heightened frustration buoyed by guarded optimism. The songs offer skittering, austere electronic backdrops reminiscent of classic Broadcast records or High Scores-era Boards of Canada, playing them against Anika’s remarkable voice—Nico-esque, beautifully plaintive, and—in regards to the record’s subject matter—totally resolute. Incantatory tracks like “Naysayer” and “Never Coming Back” are both, as Anika explains them, both a call to arms and a warning. “Never Coming Back” was written after reading Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring,” she explains. “I was living in the old East countryside outside of Berlin, where there seemed to be no shortage of birds. Apparently their numbers have dropped significantly, but it is one of these changes that we never really stop and notice. We take things for granted, until it’s too late. With all this other noise going on, care for the environment has quickly been moved to the back-burner. So long as we get what we want NOW and on demand, who cares about whether we are taking care of the future?”

Change

Serving up a selection of Post Punk (and it's subgenres) from the spanish speaking countries now known as Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay, and of course Spain.

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/rolas-w-abe-pedroza---post-punk-en-espanol-22nd-april-2023

Rolas w/ Abe Pedroza - Post Punk en Español 220423

Enter the reveries of Perfect Sound Forever - a two-hour excursion through the various strains of psych, dream-pop and all kinds of ambience; from film soundtracks through to old cassettes... Deep music primed for late night listening.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/perfect-sound-forever/episodes/perfect-sound-forever-30th-october-2023

Perfect Sound Forever 301023

01) MDK -									Berlin
02) Die Unbekannten -							Radio War (Monogam 12 Inch Vers.)
03) Planlos -								Smog Und Ruß
04) Leningrad Sandwich -						Moscow TV II
05) Mania D. -								Track 4
06) Der Demokratische Konsum -					Sturm im Gepäck
07) L`Attentat -								Linke Ecke, Rechte Ecke
08) Sendeschluss -							Deine Liebe
09) Andreas Auslauf -							Zivilisation
10) Soilent Grün -							FDJ Punx
11) Ton Stein Scherben -						Alles Ist Richtig
12) Flucht Nach Vorn -							Nahost
13) Leben Und Arbeiten -						Amanila
14) Notorische Reflexe -						The Wisp
15) Futurolgischer Congress -					Nur mit dir
16) Shark Vegas -							Love Habit
17) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -					From Her to Eternity
18) Gradnoct -								Töten Und Fressen
19) Geile Tiere -								Ausbildung
20) Malaria! -								Your Turn To Run
21) Einstürzende Neubauten -					Yü-gung (Futter mein Ego)
22) Sprung aus den Wolken -					Dub and Die
23) Seen Links - Schlösser Rechts -				Die Nacht (Ist Nicht Allei Zum Schlafen Da)
24) Alexander von Borsig -						Japan Japan
25) Sentimentale Jugend & Einstürzende Neubauten -	Wollt Ihr Die Totale Befriedigung
26) Die Tödliche Doris -						Maria
27) Die Haut -								Der Karibische Winter 
28) Lolitas -								Knife In My Heart
28) Abwärts -								 Maschinenland 
29) Beton Combo -							Nazis Raus
30) Die Toten Hosen -							Wir sins bereit
31) Zatopek -								Blinde Tollwut
32) Kosmonautentraum -						Kosmonaut
33) DEO -									Vorbei
34) Dr.Koch Ventilator -						Gedankenpolizei 
35) Elegant -								Bleib Treu
36) Bleibtreu -								Lilaluftballon
37) Ideal -									Berlin
38) Dennis Und Die Wilde 13 -					Berlin
39) Din A Testbild -							Lasst Uns Singen
40) Boykott Kommunikation -						Nightmares
41) Käptn Langeweile -							Fehlfunktion
42) Ben Bloodygrave -							Katzkab
43) Velvet Condom -							Playgirlz (Explicit)
44) Peter Flurr -								Nonnen unter Sonne
45) Interzone -								Karl
46) Farin Urlaub -							Der Lustige Astronaut 
47) Lilli Berlin -								Atomkraftteddy
48) Insisters -								Gotta fight it
48) Nina Hagen Band -							Wir leben immer... noch
49) Tempo -								Kalt wie Eis
50) Die Ärzte -								Eva Braun
51) Dreidimensionales -						Kilgary Mountain 
52) Z -									Big Blue Cadillac 
53) David Bowie -							Helden (Single Version)
54) Westbam -								You Need the Drugs (feat Richard Buller)

German Underground 6 -Underground Ost U. West Berlin*

Lyrics:

You’re always going so fast
You try to outrun the day
Nothing ever will pass
You like your coffee that way

You love your dog, love your house
But you never loved school 

And everybody, everybody
They all know that you’re cool

I’ve got a rose to give
I’ll put it where it’s found
This country’s dry but fair
Tomorrow’s where I’m bound

Too deep a look inside
You’ll never see the day
I’d give you all my love
If you’d just pass my way

I’ve got a rose to give
I’ll put it where it’s found
This country’s dry but fair
Tomorrow’s where I’m bound

Too deep a look inside
You’ll never see the day
I’d give you all my love
If you’d just pass my way

It’s hard

Conversations go by
But you just feel like you’re out
There’s something blocking the stream
But nobody’s in doubt

You know you dance, and you try,
But it’s never so good

Can they ever understand
What is under the hood

And you know, and you know
They’re just tryna be good

Everybody, everybody is just tryna be good

I’ve got a rose to give
I’ll put it where it’s found
This country’s dry but fair
Tomorrow’s where I’m bound

Too deep a look inside
You’ll never see the day
I’d give you all my love
If you’d just pass my way

Meet me in places
Where the lights are all turned off
We’ll run through silent rooms,
Live bigger than we thought

A new front through broken glass,
Let blood drip down my fist
Peel back the wasted years
And pour them into this

But it's hard

New Front

Fire Walks With Me

@peter-power in amazing selection of Global folk - Post Colonial Cafe Mix.

- Carlos Puebla, Santiago Martinez, Pedro Sosa - En El tiempo da Colonia (Cuba)
- Santocas - Valodia (Angola)
- Orchestre Régional de Ségou - Da Manzon (Mali)
- Ray Perez Y Sus Kenya - Reproche - (Colombia)
- Orchestre Paillote - La Guinee Moussolou (Guinea)
- Amadou Ballaké et Les 5 Consuls - Renouveau (Burkina Faso)
- Hiran'ny Tanoran'ny Ntao Lo - Oay Lahy E (Madagascar)
- Unknown - Retro Senegal (Senegal)
- West African Rhythm Brothers - Nigeria Odowoyin (Nigeria)
- Hank Jones Meets Cheick-Tidiane Seck and the Mandinkas  - Hadja Fadima (Mali)
- Mamadou Diabate - Elyne Road (Mali)
- Jali Musa Jawara - Soubindoor (Guinea)
- Royal Band de Thies - N'dongo Dara (Senegal)
- Sidi Ali Ben Hamdouch - Majid Bekkas -  (Morroco)
- Mevlânâ Kültür ve Sanat Vakfý Sanatçýlarý - Ferahfeza Peprev  (Turkey)
- Carnaval de Socca  (Adaptado por Augusto Masias H.) (Andina Puneña)
- Makvala & Archil Chiklhadze - Sichabuke (Georgia)
- Baden Powell & Vinícius de Moraes - Tristeza E Solidão (Brasil)
- Nara Leão - Funeral De Um Lavrador (Version Francês) (Brasil)
- Violeta Parra - La Petaquita (Chile)

Essentia #1: Peter Power

While on a recent tour of the Western United States, London-based The KVB moved heaven and earth to make this wonderfully meditative 3-part episode possible. Working with award-winning documentary filmmaker Alix Lambert (The Mark of Cain), cinematographer Conor Simpson, engineer Griffin Rodriguez and editor Forrest Borie, the episode employs a simple set of colored gels, soft shadows, playful synth melodies, one cranky drum machine, one enormously loud Jazzmaster, and two unflinching performers. Welcome to the bracingly Zen-like inner-world of The KVB.  

BIO
The KVB is the prolific A/V outlet of artists Nicholas Wood and Kat Day. Combining goth-tinged, abstract imagery with a love of shoegaze guitars, minimal synths, reverb-drenched vocals and rigid beats, Nicholas initially started The KVB as a solo project. After frequent collaborations throughout 2011, Kat Day joined permanently on synths and visuals. Fast on the heels of several EPs and limited-edition cassettes, 2012 saw the release of the band's acclaimed first LP, Always Then, soon followed by tours of the UK, EU, and Western US. In early 2013, The KVB released Immaterial Visions via NYC's Cititrax imprint. If your musical tastes veer toward hypnotic minimal wave and snarling post-punk, The KVB will definitely satisfy your darkest Psychocandy-esque cravings.  


COMPONENTS

Video 
• YouTube: http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC4EEUwd7e4lP9GLCz-Zo-EQGmsPberDm
• Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/album/2365481

Photos
• Flickr: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjEPXt9k

Music
• SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/goincase/sets/the-kvb-at-room-205


CREDITS

Executive Producer
• Incase: http://goincase.com

Producer
• Arlie Carstens: http://disastercasual.typepad.com

Director
• Alix Lambert: http://pinkghettoproductions.com

Cinematography
• Conor Simpson: http://vimeo.com/likeamaniac

Set Designer
• Tamarra Younis: http://union-of-art.net

Set Assistant
• Katie Risinger: http://facebook.com/katieferne

Editor
• Forrest Borie: http://vimeo.com/forrestborie  

Audio Engineer
• Griffin Rodriguez: http://linkedin.com/pub/griffin-rodriguez/1b/599/2a

Camera
• Alix Lambert: http://pinkghettoproductions.com
• Conor Simpson: http://vimeo.com/likeamaniac

Photos
• Arlie Carstens: http://disastercasual.typepad.com

Performing Artist
• The KVB: http://facebook.com/thekvb1

Label
• Cititrax Records: http://cititrax.com

Room 205 Theme Song
• Cora Foxx: http://corafoxx.com


The KVB - Captives (at Room 205)

01)	Autumn -						Night In June
02)	Turquoise Days -				Grey Skies
03)	Oppenheimer Analysis -			Subterranean Desire
04)	Tres -						Operator
05)	Trem -						My Robotic Friend
06)	Bill Bruce -					It's Cold Outside
07)	The Actor -					Wählerisch!
08)	Eleven Pond -					Watching Trees
09)	Twilight Ritual -					They Are We
10)	Psyche -						Eternal
11)	Soft Cell -						The Girl With The Painted Leather Face
12)	Vision Factory -					Tremendous Mates
13)	SS-Say -						Care
14)	The Electronic Circus -			Direct Lines
15)	Mixed Feelings -				Stand Up High
16)	The Short Wave Mystery -			Laugh Tomorrow
17)	Fiction Technology -				In The City
18)	Jeff & Jane Hudson -				Help Me
19)	Mark Lane -					Who's Really Listening
20)	Martin Dupont -					Inside Out
21)	Near Paris -					Visions
22)	Fall Of Saigon -					Blue Eyes
23)	Xex -							Holland Tunnel
24)	Deux -						Decadence
25)	Das Ding -						Reassurance Ritual
26)	Oppenheimer Analysis -			The Devil's Dancers
27)	Linear Movement -				I Like Reality
28)	Metropolis -					See No Reason2
29)	Techniques Berlin -				Love Via Computer
30)	Circuit 7 -						Video Boys
31)	Informatics -					What a world
32)	Van Kaye & Ignit -				Whirlwind
33)	Moral -						The aerage life
34)	Nine Circles  -					Twinkling Stars
35)	Pursuit Of Colour -				Can't Let You Go
36)	The Neon Judgement -			T.V. Treated
37)	Absolute Body Control -			Figures
38)	The Toy Shop -					Live Wires Kill
39)	Drinking Electricity -				Twilight Zone (uk, 1980)
40)	Final Academy -				The Collector
41)	A Blaze Colour -				Dark Trees Beyond
42)	Stratis -						I Fotia
43)	Esplendor Geométrico -			Moscú Está Helado
44)	Transparent Illusion  -			The Age Of Ridicule
45)	Ministry -						She's Got A Cause (Demo)
34)	The Passage -					Shattered Glass
35)	Rational Youth -					Saturdays In Silesia
36)	Anti-Matter -					Industrial City
37)	Stephan Eicher -				Noise boys song
38)	Comix -						Touche Pas Mon Sexe
39)	Neural Circus -					Neural Circus
40)	Basking Sharks -				New Industry
41)	Nightmoves -					Transdance
42)	Camera Obscura -				Race In Athens
43)	Sudeten Creche -				Glorious Treason
44)	The Body Electric -				Dash 1721
45)	Neon -						Indulgeance With Vengeance
46)	Art Fact -						Rain In The South
47)	The Vyllies -					Whispers In The Shadow

Fire Walks With Me

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