Carlo Onda

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WL//WH - JANUARY 2020 \\ Post-Punk/Coldwave/Darkwave/SynthPop/Minimal Synth
https://whitelight-whiteheat.com/

WL//WH - JANUARY 2020 \\ Post-Punk/Coldwave/Darkwave/SynthPop/Minimal Synth

January 2020

Death in Venice

siren took him away except the red part

::: e radio: january 2020

::: e radio: 2020 Dark - Minimal - Postpunk

Souleater

Struck By Lightning

half A twin - Streuner

Lorelei

Brilla por siempre
se escribe por siempre.

frustrated thoughts @ Evil chorus  records

Brilla Por Siempre

Closing track from the upcoming Human Abstracts Volume One, first on a split series with @endless-illusion.
A starry-eyed number from the upcoming Medellin-based producer Black Propaganda 
@user-679321998

Black Propaganda - Instrument Of Liberation

DRAFT 9/30

One thing you won’t be able to avoid on Bambara’s Stray is death. It’s everywhere and inescapable, abstract and personified  – perhaps the key to the whole record. Death, however, won’t be the first thing that strikes you about the group’s fourth – and greatest – album to date. That instead will be its pulverising soundscape; by turns, vast, atmospheric, cool, broiling and at times – on stand out tracks like “Sing Me To The Street” and “Serafina” – simply overwhelming.
 
Bambara – twin brothers Reid and Blaze Bateh, singer/guitarist and drummer respectively, and bassist William Brookshire – have been evolving their midnight-black noise into something more subtle and expansive ever since the release of their 2013 debut Dreamviolence. That process greatly accelerated on 2018’s Shadow On Everything, their first on New York’s Wharf Cat Records and  a huge stride forward for the band both lyrically and sonically. 
 
The album was rapturously received by the press, listeners and their peers. NPR called it a “mesmerising...western, gothic opus,” Bandcamp called the "horror-house rampage" "one of the year's most gripping listens," and Alexis Marshall of Daughters named it his “favorite record of 2018.”  Shadow also garnered much acclaim on the other side of the Atlantic. Influential British 6Music DJ Steve Lamacq, dubbed them the best band of 2019’s SXSW, and Joe Talbot of the UK band IDLES said, "The best thing I heard last year was easily Bambara and their album Shadow On Everything."  The question was though, how to follow it?
 
To start, the band did what they always do: they locked themselves in their windowless Brooklyn basement to write. Decisions were made early on to try and experiment with new instrumentation and song structures, even if the resulting compositions would force the band to adapt their storied live set, known for its tenacity and technical prowess. Throughout the songwriting process, the band pulled from their deep well of creative references, drawing on the likes of Leonard Cohen, Ennio Morricone, Sade, classic French noir L’Ascenseur Pour L’Echafraud, as well as Southern Gothic stalwarts Flannery O’Connor and Harry Crews.
 
Once the building blocks were set in place, they met with producer Drew Vandenberg, who mixed Shadow On Everything, in Athens, GA to record the foundation of Stray. After recruiting friends Adam Markiewicz (The Dreebs) on violin, Sean Smith (Klavenauts) on trumpet and a crucial blend of backing vocals by Drew Citron (Public Practice) and Anina Ivry-Block (Palberta) Bambara convened in a remote cabin in rural Georgia, where Reid laid down his vocals.
 
The finished product represents both the band's most experimental and accessible work to date. The addition of Citron and Ivory-Block’s vocals create a hauntingly beautiful contrast to Bateh’s drunken baritone on tracks like “Sing Me to the Street”, “Death Croons” and “Stay Cruel," while the Dick Dale inspired guitar riffs on “Serafina” and "Heat Lightning" and the call-and-response choruses throughout the album showcase Bambara’s ability to write songs that immediately demand repeat listens.
 
While the music itself is evocative and propulsive, a fever dream all of its own, the lyrical content pushes the record even further into its own darkly thrilling realm. If the songs on Shadow On Everything were like chapters in a novel, then this time they’re short stories. Short stories connected by death and its effect on the characters in contact with it. “Death is what you make it” runs a lyric in “Sweat,” a line which may very well be the glue that binds the pages of these stories together.

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Bambara - Heat Lightning (from the 'Stray' album out 2/14)

LWCA is the investigation of love as a mass phenomenon transformed in a routine of meaningless images by a poetical practice.
LWCA is the dramatic story of the eternal fight between a fragile human being and a society that doesn’t live love because love dominates it.
LWCA is a suffered warning.
LWCA is a loud shout.
LWCA is a violent rebellion.

Love has always had its absolute, strict, seducing rules.
Its dictatorship has been coming back since ever.
It will come back forever.

CREDITS
Music by Talk To Her
Produced by Matteo Scarpa (Kill Your Boyfriend)
Recorded and mixed by Edoardo Pellizzari • Teatro delle Voci - Treviso, Italy
Mastered by Collin Jordan • The Boiler Room - Chicago, USA
Artwork by Sara Murrone • www.studiomai.pizza

Love Will Come Again

Ibisco

Black Room

Second single from the album to be released the 01/24/2020.

"Lonely Walk comes back throwing all their forces in a third album, after "Teen" went out on Born Bad records in 2015.
10 songs composed between Trump's election and the death of the first Yellow Vest, mixing to perfection traditional post-punk like The Sound / Magazine, with a modern sound as Total Control, propelled by Jérôme Vetter's massive production. No doubt the strongest and evident titles the band has ever written."

Records labels :
- Permafrost (lesdisquesdupermafrost.bandcamp.com)
- I Love Limoges (ilovelimogesrecords.com)
- Kerviniou (kerviniourecordz.bandcamp.com) 

Music : Lonely Walk
Recording and mastering : Jérôme Vetter (studiovetter.com)
Photography : Thomas Gosset Valère (https://toums.squarespace.com/)
Artwork : Camille Dalby

Shadow of the Time

"Soft Dance" is the second single from the 'Person' album out on 3/6!

About the 'Person' LP by P.E.

Person is the debut from NYC's P.E., a band born of the city's art-punk underground and dedicated to freaky experimentation. Comprising Veronica Torres, Jonathan Campolo, and Benjamin Jaffe (all of the beloved and freshly defunct Pill) alongside Jonathan Schenke and Robert Jones of the electronic/art-rock favorite Eaters, P.E. features some of NYC's most notable experimental voices. Early shows were entirely improvisational, allowing the group to develop a collaborative chemistry that led to an equally free-form recording process. 

The resulting LP displays the group’s collective experience writing memorable songs, matched with a dedication to tearing them apart at the seams. Recorded at Schenke's Studio Windows, Person holds the spark of P.E.'s early improvisations in its clattering industrial percussion, zigzagging synths and sax, and colorful dystopian poetry. The group's natural language results in a sonic lexicon reflecting the unnatural surroundings of their adopted home in NYC—chaotic yet alluring, gnarly, and fun. Sold and packaged with a tender tone, this is music for fully-formed persons aware of their ideological discrepancies. Turn on the human music of the 21st century.

“Soft Dance” Lyrics

A soft dance
-Night drive alone with you-
Laughing our heads off.

Touch my face and I'll sing you a song,
though your heart may be broken.

We dance to forget out heads,
We dance to lose our heads.

We are just passing through...
We are just passing through.

A soft dance
-I’d rather contemplate abstract thoughts with you - 
And I'm also good with color. 

A soft dance
We dance to lose our heads,
We dance to forget our heads

Ohhh and don't forget to have a good time!
Laughing our heads off!
Tripping our heads off!

BUP LP / CD

P.E. - Soft Dance (From the 'Person' album out 3/6)

from CS024: FALLE »Expectations« – out on 12.12.2019
https://cutsurface.bandcamp.com/album/expectations
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Falle - Expectation

READ > inverted-audio.com/premiere-varg2-croatian-amor-gods-face-in-the-fire

Posh Isolation line up 'Body of Carbon', a collaborative piece by label co-founder Croatian Amor and (freshly renamed) Varg2™. The 4-track represents both a continuation of the pair's work together, and a divergence from it.

Body of Carbon

Varg2™ & Croatian Amor - God's Face in the Fire [Posh Isolation]

Wide Awake And Waiting

From the new album ''Nothingness'', released on January 1st, 2020
Cover artwork by Chris Bahr / La Fin Absolue du Monde

Glaring - Adhil

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9-V30Yn6Zo

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Held out for days but I've fallen at the crux
I could read it out now but the meaning's all but lost

Trembling in the shadows
Constantly heavy and hollow

We could walk along the edge and tell each other what it's worth
It's only natural to worry about the truths you'll unearth

Trembling in the shadows
From malevolent plagues of Apollo

The underlying thought isn't definite or true
It's hard to relax when they're calling out for you

Trembling in the shadows
Constantly heavy and hollow

The underlying thought isn't definite or true
It's hard to relax when they're calling out for you

I get a lot done when the pressure is on
But I can't be expected to relate
To every fucking thing on your plate

erebus

Free download

Broken Bones

Live Fast, Die Quicker

Друг

Peel Dream Magazine is the musical vehicle for NYC's Joe Stevens, who launched the band in 2018 with the critically acclaimed album "Modern Meta Physic." With it Stevens created a mysterious, liminal tribute to the hazy end of ‘90s dream-pop – a masterful mix of first-class songwriting precision and train-window sonic impressionism that duly found its place on numerous "Best of 2018" lists.

After 18 months of writing and live shows with a shifting cast of band members, Peel Dream are back with "Agitprop Alterna," an album that pushes the group's dreamy, motorik-heavy sound to a deeply melodic and beautifully discordant place. The album pays homage to a strain of mod-ish U.K. pop that spans early My Bloody Valentine and Talulah Gosh, up through early Stereolab, Belle & Sebastian, and even Broadcast. It's also indebted to stateside pop bands that were cut from a similar cloth -- Rocketship, Lilys, Yo La Tengo, and even "Nevermind"-era Nirvana.

Where the creation of "Modern Meta Physic" was a solitary pursuit, "Agitprop Alterna" found Stevens channeling the collaborative spirit of the band's ever-rotating live incarnation in the studio. The album is ultimately defined by the tension of difference: between itself and its predecessor; intertwined male-female vocals; the music's languid dreaminess and concrete sonic immediacy.

Deeply rooted in the Brechtian ideas of art as a tool to spur action, "Agitprop Alterna" deepens the connection between the existential and the interpretive first explored on "Modern Meta Physic," giving the listener space to find their own meaning in shimmering guitars, fuzzed-out synths, and buzzing organ drones. It is a rejection of manipulation in all its forms and a buzzsaw against complacency – soft-focus pop whose clear-cut message is that you get to decide the message. It's a rare trick to agitate without being obvious: perhaps that makes "Agitprop Alterna" the most Peel Dream Magazine-like statement yet.

Agitprop Alterna

Agitprop Altern

Peel Dream Magazine - Pill

Join us in a gothic cathedral at midnight in the rain for this Fall Out Boy cover

Church - Single

Church

This place had become unbearable, an inescapable prison that engulfed and suffocated. Perhaps they needed to break away a long time ago and try something different, but sometimes it's easier to revel in failure, to continue in the same way as before. Now it had reached a point where reinvention was their only route, it was time to take control of their fate. After all, excitement lies in the unknown...

London via Canada imprint Maple Death Records - home to the likes of WOW, Slaylor Moon and Cindy Lee - are gearing up for their first release of 2020, abrasive synth-laden post punk from Italian noise outfit Hallelujah! After the release of their first EP a few years back, their guitarist quit the band but that didn't stop the remaining members from getting back in the studio and focusing their efforts on improvisation and chaos. They doubled down on synths and moved toward a heady blend of synth-punk, noise and sci-fi rhythmic abrasion culminating in their Maple Death debut, Wanna Dance...

PREMIERE: Hallelujah! - Your Duck [Maple Death]

'Uneasy Laughter' (Release date: March 30, 2020)

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Moaning - Ego

Journey

Taken from the AA side 12", out 14th Feb 2020. Pre-order here - https://smarturl.it/WhiteFlowers 

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On the third floor of an abandoned textile mill to the north of Preston, a wave of strange musical beauty is blossoming. Brought up on the sounds of 80s Manchester though too young to have experienced it first hand, White Flowers, made up of Katie Drew and Joey Cobb, make gloriously gothic dreampop that’s as ambiguous as it is beautiful and exciting.

On 15th January 2020, the duo release Night Drive the first track from their debut double A-sided single Tough Love Records which also features the track Portra.

Co-produced by Doves’ guitarist, Jez Williams, Night Drive’s guitars carry a Kevin Shields-esque drone, as they swirl above its fragmented arrangement. Apocalyptic in nature, it twists and turns - thematically covering anxiety, fragility and frustration, while reminding that, even in the lowest of moments, one should not lose hope. 

‘Creating and crafting the songs has always been a therapeutic outlet for us,’ Cobb stated. ‘It’s been a long process, but it’s been one which has helped us deal with the frustration, worries and difficulties that come with every day life. It’s definitely a very cathartic record. It serves as a kind of journal of growing up and maturing in the 21st Century.’

Having begun life as scraps of ideas on a laptop, the songs were carefully crafted by the pair, before Williams got on board. 

‘At times, it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture when you’re so involved in the song,’ Drew noted. ‘Jez was great at drawing out the most important aspects. A lot of the songs are first takes - recorded at home in a very lo-fi way, but Jez gave us confidence. He made us realise that the rawness and the accidents are where the magic is. As fans of Doves, we’ve always admired the soundscapes and sampling techniques that they use, so it was a privilege to work with him.
Prior to the release, White Flowers will be heading out on tour with Toy to celebrate Independent Venue Week. The dates are as follows:

25.01.20 – Independent – SUNDERLAND
26.01.20 – The Live Rooms – CHESTER
27.01.20 – The Boileroom – GUILDFORD
28.01.20 – The Cookie – LEICESTER
29.01.20 – The Smokehouse – IPSWICH
20.01.20 – Esquires – BEDFORD
31.01.20 – The Joiners – SOUTHAMPTON
01.02.20 – Ramsgate Music Hall – RAMSGATE

The double A-side single, Night Drive / Portra will be released on 12” vinyl on February 14th and is limited to 100 copies. It comes in a hand stamped sleeve and includes a ‘zine produced by the band. The band’s debut album will be released later in 2020.

White Flowers - Night Drive

Smiling Isolation

@cursesforever & Chinaski (@southofmouth) - Forever
Label - @Dischiautunno

Release Date - 07/02/2020
♫ Info + Buy ♫:https://www.sinchi-collective.com/premiere-chinaski-curses-forever-dischi-autunno/

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PREMIERE - Chinaski & Curses - Forever (Dischi Autunno)

I keep coming back cause theres nothing out there
the colors of temptation 
gives me life 
but I survived 
(chug)
kiss me poison
so touch me
isolate from the scene 
cause they know all your flaws
from your past and your future
but please forgive 
for lying on your porch 
with no memory of who I am
who i want to be
kiss me poison
touch me
love me

Kiss Me Poison

"HøRD is the solo project of Bordeaux-based synthwave producer Sebastien Carl.
Started in 2014, Sebastien has proven himself to be able to gather a cult fan-base around his creation in a short time, collaborating with artists as Hante, Winter Severity Index and Black Bug and performing live in most European countries. Debuted by Antoni Maiovvi and Vercetti Technicolor's Giallo Disco, an EP on SNTS' Sacred Court and a second full-length on Avant! have followed.
Bodies is his third album and it shows eight new passages that take HøRD’s distinguishing features one step further once more.
Ethereal synths matching deep analogue beats, veiled vocals speaking of visions, memories, meaning and failing. Synthwave sounds like a soundtrack from the 80's meet electro and techno mechanical rhythms along a stream of tracks that almost have no name so that the listener can just let them flow and flow with them, taking a journey away from the present time and into an abstract, dream-like modern dimension where the misty and the solid are one."

Label: @avant
Artist: @hordmusic
Track: #11
Title: Bodies
Format: LP / Digital
Release Date: MAR 27, 2020
Pre-order: https://avantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bodies

Premiere #86 HØRD - #11 [AV!069]

Written by Nation of Language
Produced and Mixed by Abe Seiferth
Mastered by Heba Kadry

Tournament

From Album Sonnen & Baden up on Carlo Onda Bandcamp

Schnee Fällt (Full Album On Bandcamp)

Glaring - I Can't Escape

speed is all we need right now

Your Heart So Tender

This Youth Got No Future

Fake Desire

Endless Fields of Snow

Solo Project between Post-Punk, Minimal Wave. A love for synths and drummachines

synthesizer and drummachine focused music in the spirit of early eighties post punk and new wave.