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Crystal Castles - KEROSENE (Valy Mo ††‡† rmx)

From Grimes' split with d'Eon, "Darkbloom"
Arbutus Records/Hippos In Tanks 2011

Darkbloom

Vanessa

Grimes - Vanessa

Flesh War

Glass

Batongo - Aguirre (Fango Remix)

1993 - S!NS vs Ghettocyb.org

Download on iTunes: smarturl.it/GoGrimes 

Go (feat. Blood Diamonds)

Previously unreleased track from Thee Oh Sees, found on the benefit compilation "50 Bands & A Cat for Indiana Equality". More info & purchase here: https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/50-bands-and-a-cat-for-indiana-equality.html

Thee Oh Sees - The Ceiling

07 Sic Bay Surprise

THE MIRROR

19 ANGEL OF THE SNOW

From Grimes' "Visions"
Arbutus Records 2012

Visions

Oblivion

Grimes - Oblivion

BUNKER FUNK MIXES V1 (no dubs) MP3S

BOG DASH FINAL

THE NIGHT SHOPPER

Thee Oh Sees - Will We Be Scared?

Crystal Castles - WRATH OF GOD

http://www.amazon.co.uk/III-Crystal-Castles/dp/B009GYSQV6/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1348676034&sr=1-1

(III)

Wrath Of God

Shine A Light

Buy Lindstrøms album Smalhans from iTunes here: http://tinyurl.com/d2fz2h2

https://www.facebook.com/hplindstrom *********** http://twitter.com/hplindstrom ********** http://www.hplindstrom.com

LINDSTRØM 
“Smalhans” 
Releasedate: 5th November 2012 
Smalltown Supersound / Feedelity

By Rob Young

‘Norwegian cuisine is very characteristic. Traditionally a Norwegian dish does not contain much spices, so the taste of the food is very much straight from nature. Some Norwegian food could be considered a bit hardcore for some, but also enviromentally friendly, as it is built on old traditions of using the resources in your immediate surroundings…’

That’s Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, Norway’s finest disher-up of cosmic techno, who’s whipped up a pumping new album with tracks titled like a tasting menu of his homeland’s underrated cuisine, from soup to nuts. Well, not quite: it’s more like ‘Raakost’ (raw vegetables) to ‘Vafler’ (waffles) – with lashings of ‘Lammelaar’ (dried salted lamb meat), ‘Vossakorv’ (‘a sheep-sausage made in Voss’), and ‘Eggedosis’ (‘what you get when you mix eggs and sugar with a blender. Kids love it… At least, I did when I was younger!’). Yum!

Smalhans was recorded immediately after Lindstrøm’s last, more experimental album Six Cups Of Rebel in July 2011, and its unashamedly 4/4 techno rhythms and bubbling, nutritious analogue synth sounds – mixed by friend and collaborator Todd Terje – are set to inject a vitamin kick to dancefloors everywhere. Lindstrøm’s gorgeous arpeggiations and chord changes can sound mathematical at times (check the clockwork mechanism of ‘Faarikal’), but it’s all born of his intuitive approach to his gear.

‘The process is definitely intuitive. I try all sorts of combination of chords and changes, and just know when something interesting happens. I find myself getting lost in the details. Weighing the ingredients, trying to find the right balance. A little more of this, a little less of that. Making the same dish over and over again, hoping it gets even better. Trying out new recipes and ingredients. Eating it up, and starting again the next day. Just like spending time in the studio…’

Lindstrøm spends a lot of time in that studio, preferring a normal working day and quiet nights at home with his family. In the distant past he has been a folk/country keyboardist, but bought his first sampler around 1999 after moving from his birthplace, Stavanger, to Oslo. With that real-instrument background, he still considers himself an outsider in the hi-tech world of contemporary dance music, but that perspective allows him greater freedom. He has collaborated with Prins Thomas and Christabelle, and remixed LCD Soundsystem, Roxy Music, Franz Ferdinand, Glasser, Best Coast and many more. As a solo artist Lindstrøm has released three albums, It´s A Feedelity Affair in 2006, Where You Go I Go Too in 2008 and Six Cups Of Rebel in 2012, and he’s a several-times winner of the Norwegian Grammy awards.

If today’s minimal dance music is leaving you feeling a bit starved, Smalhans’s full-fat analogue sound will fill you up and keep you glowing. ‘Electronic music is moving in so many directions,’ says Lindstrøm, ‘it’s hard to keep track of all the various twists and turns. Trends come and disappear, new subgenres of subgenres erupt and fade away faster then ever. But the beat lives on, it just comes in new colours and shapes.’

… And flavours. Yes chef!

Lindstrøm Online: 
http://hplindstrom.com/ 
http://www.facebook.com/hplindstrom 
http://www.twitter.com/hplindstrom 
http://www.twitter.com/feedelity 
http://www.smalltownsupersound.com/ 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Peter_Lindstr%C3%B8m

Lindstrøm - Fāār-i-kāāl

Thee Oh Sees, "European Son (Velvet Underground Cover)"

Blank Realm's brilliant new album 'Go Easy' available CD / Pink 180gram 12" LP / Digital Download from Fire Records.

Digital Release mid Feb 2013
Physical release:
Europe: 4th March 2013
USA: 14 May



Blank Realm - Cleaning Up My Mess

"Strange Beast" is taken from Lower Plenty's  'Hard Rubbish', available now on Fire Records.

Melbourne-based four-piece Lower Plenty's transfixing LP ‘Hard Rubbish’ was voted Album of the Year 2012 on Aussie indie bible Mess + Noise. Their folk-tinged indie rock is flecked with experimentation whilst retaining a firm hold on some fantastically memorable melodies. 

Lower Plenty - Strange Beast

from Julian Lynch's upcoming "Lines" LP (2013, Underwater Peoples)

Out 3.26.13

Pre-Order Here: underwaterpeoples.com/2013/01/23/pre…nes-lpuplp021/


Julian Lynch - Gloves

Described by Doubtful Sounds as "a masterclass in the suspension of time and control of space and mood", "Nullabor" by Melbourne's Lower Plenty is taken from their new album 'Hard Rubbish' which will be released by Fire Records on 1 April.

Lower Plenty - Nullarbor

Ghost Loft - Seconds

Strange Pleasures

"Ghost Carnival" is the new album of Hypnolove, produced by Ed Banger's Mickey Moonlight

Follow Hypnolove :
http://facebook.com/hypnolove
CD, vinyl, digital : http://hypnolove.bandcamp.com

"Beyond Paradise (featuring Puro Instinct's Piper Kaplan)"

With spring just round the corner, Record Makers – the label that brought you Sebastien Tellier and Kavinsky (amongst others) – proudly present the sophomore album from Hypnolove, the Toulouse-based trio that have just created the soundtrack to this year’s sunshine. Welcome to the Ghost Carnival…

Featuring the musical talent of Thierry (vocals/keys), Henning (vocals/chords/drums) and Nicolas (guitar/bass), Hypnolove is a group formed between friends that share a common dream, and above all, a passion for discovering and creating music that defies easy categorization. In the purest sense, ‘Ghost Carnival’ delivers a delightful moment of modern pop, although delve deeper and their more obscure influences shine bright – something that the producer, Ed Banger’s UK ambassador Mickey Moonlight, should also take great credit for.

Nicolas explains, “We needed to find a guideline for this album and although disco and pop built the frame that we worked from, our listening is much wider than that. Artists such as the Walker Brothers, Lucio Battisti, Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Prince, Strafe, ZZ Top, Talking Heads… the list goes on, all of them deserve a salute!” Thierry continues, “We are always looking for new music to listen to and we are all LP lovers, so it was very important for us to make a cohesive album that worked from back to front. Working with Mike was fantastic, he knew all our reference points and was able to change our sound for the better without betraying the spirit of our songs”

There’s no doubt that the combination of Hypnolove’s song-writing with Mike’s production style has elevated the band’s sound and there’s a clear progression in ideas and song structures from their 2006 debut ‘Eurolove’. That album featured the cult hit ‘Mademoiselle’ and, like ‘Ghost Carnival’, was the embodiment of several years of work and that can only be put down to the group performing for pleasure before anything else. Like when they were teenagers, injected with electro-pop, New Order and the Pet Shop Boys, or years later, uncovering obscure bands and stranger more-cryptic oddities, their sound and musical connection is a natural evolution of experience and knowledge.

Lasting just over 30mins, ‘Ghost Carnival’ is as short as it is sweet, but it makes sure that not a moment is spared, with the warm feeling of a summer’s day shining down from the outset. The already released ‘Holiday Reverie’ follows the French-horned, Arthur Russell inspired intro ‘Simple Classic Beautiful’ that provides just enough skip to start your step. The glistening electro-pop of ‘Midnight Cruising’ and band-favourite ‘Come To My Empire’ fall neatly either side of ‘Winter In The Sun’ that features the brilliant vocal talent of British singer Findlay Brown. Two more friends then join the party, with Puro Instinct leader Piper Kaplan and the 9 years-old Freya Parry providing the female touch on both ‘Beyond Paradise’ and ‘Ghost Carnival’ to brilliant effect. There’s one last blast of Italo strings with the dance floor driven ‘Sleepwalker’, before ‘Goodnight Kiss’ provides the perfect, and memorable, goodbye the album so deserves.

It will have you clicking repeat, over and over. As Thierry invites us all to : “close your eyes and come to my empire”

Hypnolove - Beyond Paradise

Damaged Bug is Oh Sees mastermind John Dwyer's latest bit of cracked pop alchemy. The project is the cure to the ailment of too much guitar for too long. Fizzing and sputtering like a glowing temperamental cockpit control panel, this is Dwyer bunkered deep in a blinking laboratory and penning songs about the long arc of our travels across space and time.