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From The Next Day Extra, available Nov. 5. 

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Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA)

Life on Mars - David Bowie & Arcade Fire

http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/19009/1/slowdives-slowdaze

Tracklist:

Lali Puna – "Faking The Books"
Flying Saucer Attack – "Respect"
Bowery Electric – "Empty Words"
Boards Of Canada – "In The Annexe"
Pluramon (with Julie Cruise) – "Have You Seen Jill?"
Machinefabriek – "Somerset"
Cornelius – "Star Fruits Surf Rider"
Pedro The Lion – "The Bells"
The For Carnation – "Being Held"
Fennesz – "Caecilia"
The Drums – "Days"
Sun Kil Moon – "Moorestown"
Sigur Ros – "Við Spilum Endalaust"
Mogwai – "Hunted By A Freak"
Labradford – "E Luxo So (5)"
David Darling – "No Place Nowhere"
Palace – "Disorder"
Slint – "Washer"
Nils Frahm – "Says"

Slowdive's Slowdaze Mix

Pre Order Vision Fortune's 'Country Music' here  tinyurl.com/vf-cm-physical

Country Music is the second album by prolific experimentalists Vision Fortune, and their first for ATP Recordings. Recorded during an intense two-month research residency, generously funded by the Cuatroquesos Foundation, in the idyllic yet remote region of Tuscany, Italy, Country Music is both a significant development and audible departure from the sound of the band's debut Mas Fiestas con el Grupo Vision Fortune.

Confined in an expansive country villa for the duration of the project, the group soon found the breathtaking beauty of the area little compensation for the almost complete lack of wheat-and/or gluten-free products, a severely limited selection of DVDs, and minimal recording equipment. Only able to record in scant free hours, and forced to make the most of their immediate sonic environment, the group often had no choice but to forgo their simple daily routines of sampling local gastronomic delicacies and honing their horse-riding skills in order to complete the album.

In spite of these obstacles, the ever-adventurous Vision Fortune have created their most sonically inventive work to date - sparse, yet incredibly detailed and precise - 'Blossom''s resigned and fragile vocal layers feature an appearance by the live-in maggiordomo, for example - whilst the percussion on 'Dry Mouth' was created solely from the sound of silverware chiming against fine china bowls of foie gras d'oie.

Likewise, 'Habitat' utilises the distinctive acoustic qualities of a well stocked wine cellar; the jarring thuds of sub-bass and violent shakes of vintage Masseto combine to create an uneasy atmosphere of underlying tension and strain, ever present in the secluded countryside retreat. 'Broken Teeth''s crooning vocals and amaretto-smooth bass lines, meanwhile, are juxtaposed with dense lyrical content concerning both the difficulties of pursuing legal action against large commercial airlines, and the conflicting emotions that arise when presented with extreme financial comfort.

The album's finale, Back Crawl II, was informed by the only form of emotional release available to the group at the time - a 25-meter swimming pool. Blending ambient water recordings with the various rhythmic clicks and ticks of a lacrosse stick, the result is a wealth of amorphous, liquid textures that are at once enveloping and exhilarating. Given the difficulties Vision Fortune faced in the creation of Country Music, it is perhaps unsurprising that the album is both challenging, and rewarding, in equal measure.

Vision Fortune - Dry Mouth

From her forthcoming album, On Your Own Love Again. Pre-order now: http://www.dragcity.com/products/on-your-own-love-again
https://itunes.apple.com/album/id936872257

Jessica Pratt - "Back, Baby"

Bonjour Monsieur/Madam...

Whyte Horses are pleased to offer this free exclusive download of 'Astrologie Sidérale' a succinct cosmic French love song taken from the forthcoming debut album ‘Pop or Not'.

Pre-order an exclusive limited edition private press vinyl LP of the debut album 'Pop or Not' here (100 copies only) : http://whytehorses.bigcartel.com

Astrologie Sidérale

Recorded on July 30 2014 in Budapest Hungary @ Mygar Radio Studio #22 with the Budapest Art Orchestra. 
Conducted by Peter Pejtsik....

https://adambryanbaumwiltzie.bandcamp.com/releases

The Endless Battle Of The Maudlin Ballade Part 3

The Sandwitches - Our Toast

"The Sandwitches are a band straight out of a David Lynch film. Wide eyed beauties, hardened against the cold San Francisco air, voices bellowing like the capricious winds, sometimes low and meandering, sometimes high and haunting. Roxanne Young's drums ramble through song after song with a strange, unpredictable and perfect lightness, while near-moans and sky-high melodies collide in a soundtrack to the end of the world. Songs on this record deal with the most playful moments in a new love, the most charming parts of decay, the heart wrenching feeling of impending doom at the dawning of something new. This record is a seamless follow up to their previous release, Mrs. Jones' Cookies, a record teeming with, for the most part, a spirit possessed by possibility; pure and potent potential. Our Toast is a causal record, the beautiful, raw come down. The spell has been broken and this new batch of songs lingers in the space between. The Sandwitches took songs born of universal anguish to create a record blooming with whimsical notes on a life that’s changing chapters." - Emily Rose (Ty Segall Band)

Our toast, by The Sandwitches, is available on LP/CD/Digital via Empty Cellar Records and Revolver USA. The LP edition is packaged in a deluxe gold-foil stamped jacket featuring artwork by Deirdre White and The Sandwitches. The first pressing will include a limited edition run of 200 LPs in decadent "oxblood" vinyl.

Track Listing:
1. Sunny Side
2. Play It Again Dick
3. Sleeping Practice
4. Dead Prudence
5. Miggy
6. Island Jam
7. Personal Hell
8. Wickerman Mambo
9. Nothing But Love

Credits:

Engineered by Kelley Stoltz
Mastered by Mikey Young

All songs by The Sandwitches, with James Finch Jr on bass, Nicolas Russo
on piano (Dead Prudence), and Rusty Miller on piano (Sleeping Pracitce) 

Cover painting by Deirdre White

The Sandwitches are Grace Cooper, Heidi Alexander, and Roxanne Young
Distributed by Revolver USA.

The Sandwitches - Play It Again Dick

‘Apologues’ will be released by Erased Tapes on September 11, 2015 on LP/CD/DL and can be pre-ordered from www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP075

Masayoshi Fujita, the Berlin-based Japanese vibraphone player, also known under his alias el fog came to the attention of label founder Robert Raths a few years ago. Not only because the vibraphone is an intriguing instrument, but also the way Masayoshi treats his instrument and draws ethereal and layered sounds, is what truly attracted him to Masayoshi’s work.

Having released more ambient-based/electronic recordings of the vibraphone under el fog, Masa became more interested in the sound of the vibraphone itself. He started to compose acoustic pieces and released the first solo album under his real name, titled ‘Stories’, in early 2013. ‘Apologues’ sees Masayoshi for the first time use an array of instruments besides his lead instrument – such as the violin, cello, flute, clarinet, French horn, accordion, piano and snare drum played by friends, but arranged by Masa himself.

In addition to the mallets, Masayoshi often plays the vibraphone with a violin or cello bow, like on ‘Tears of Unicorn’ and ‘Knight and Spirit of Lake’. He would also place bead strings on the vibraphone bars to create an ambient shimmer that can be heard on songs like ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Swallow Flies High in the May Sky’. The latter was composed to let the clarinet express its characteristics and tell its story, whilst the vibraphone takes a supporting role. “The clarinet sounds very warm and soft and very ‘spring’ to me”, says Masa.

“With this album the main idea was to evoke images, atmospheres, sceneries and stories in the listener, the images that have accumulated in myself. At the same time it was an exploration of the unexplored beauty of the vibraphone, and also a pursuit of the charm of the instrumentation and the music itself. Erased Tapes releases a lot of great stuff and naturally became my favourite label of late. And I thought it would fit well to my music.” – Masayoshi Fujita

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: masayoshifujita.com · erasedtapes.com

Apologues

Tears Of Unicorn

Buy LP/CD/DL

Masayoshi Fujita – Tears of Unicorn

From the 9/11/15 Low album Ones and Sixes 
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What Part of Me

Low - What Part Of Me

Turning Light is written by Annelotte De Graaf and Keven Lareau

Produced, recorded and mixed by Ben Greenberg
Mastered by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering, Brooklyn, NYC

All songs recorded and mixed at Strange Weather Recording Studio and Figure 8 Recording, Brooklyn, NYC

Guitars by Shane Butler
Bass and drums by Keven Lareau
Synths by Jackson Pollis

Artwork and photography by Nick Helderman
www.amberarcades.net

Management by MMM


Fading Lines

Turning Light

Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band - La Rumba Experimental (Motor City Drum Ensemble)

A DJ mixtape selection of the songs and styles that influenced the Western Transient recording. 

Western Transient Influences Mixtape

this is an early 'unloved' demo...listen and you'll see why its titled " BOWIE" 

BOWIE by UNLOVED ( demo )

david holmes