First track off London Odense Ensemble Jaiyede Sessions vol. 2 - cut from the same sessions as vol. 1, but showcasing the more diverse nature of vol. 2 which broadens out the spectrum of the ensemble into new realms.

London Odense Ensemble: Reflective Shapes

The Toads return today with their zippy new single ‘Tale of a Town Split in Two’. It’s a hooky, melodic ride with the Miles’ mordant vocal delivery racing in hot pursuit! June 9th sees The Toads’ excellent debut album ‘In The Wilderness’ released on Upset The Rhythm and Anti Fade.

In The Wilderness

The Toads - 'Tale of a Town Split in Two'

So Quiet

Kaitlyn's solo debut Euclid (primarily written on a Buchla Music Easel synthesizer) was inspired by her love of mbira music, early electronic music pioneers like Laurie Spiegel, Oskar Sala, and Terry Riley, and euclidean geometry. Each of the first six songs on Euclid were initially structured using euclidean geometry, an idea which Smith explored while attending a class at the San Francisco Conservatory. As Smith explains, "We each chose a 3D shape and assigned our own guidelines to the different components that make up the shape. For example each point of the shape represents a different time signature, each line between the points represents a pitch, each shape within the closed lines represents a scale, etc. And then you play the shape." Despite their heady geometric origins, the songs have a playfulness and warmth that makes them inviting and memorable. In addition to the buoyant grooves of Smith's synthesizers, some of the songs feature wordless vocals, which energize the otherworldly songs, while grounding them with Smith's earthly presence.

She slows things down for the second half of the record, which features a collection of twelve short pieces, Labyrinths I-XII. Originally composed as new soundtracks to old silent films she found online, Smith says the tranquil Labyrinth pieces are "intended to feel like one is walking through a holographic labyrinth and encountering different experiences such as hang gliding, viewing microbes under a microscope, ice fishing in Alaska, and watching glaciers collapse." Despite their brevity, most of these songs feel like mini odysseys, effortlessly casting a cinematic hue on the the listener's world.

Throughout Euclid Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith consistently delivers sonic puzzles draped in a warm Pacific mist. At times these songs feel so alive — like the musical analog to roots growing deeper and stronger, leaves on branches bending towards the light, or the sun peeking over the horizon, briefly igniting the air with a primordial swirl of warm and cool colors.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Wide Awake

Landing: "Third Sight" will be out on El Paraiso Records June 17 on CD, download and LP (transparent green vinyl limited to 750 copies)!

Preorder from: www.elparaisorecords.com

"Connecticut's Landing have specialized in a mild and rural kind of psychedelia over the course of nearly two decades. Recent releases have seen them closer to post-punk and shoegaze territory than ever, but Third Sight – recorded specifically for El Paraiso Records’ Impetus series – builds on the hallucinatory soundscapes of the band's earliest days.

There's a unique sense of motoric drift to these four long pieces, and an organic blend of rock instrumentation and analog electronics that brings to mind Eno's best collaborations in the 1970s. But the group's flair for fuzzy drones and new weirdsy commune-folk also betrays their affiliation with the experimental American east coast scene –these guys have played shows with their friends in Bardo Pond, releasing a split EP with Windy & Carl and playing numerous Terrastocks throughout their existence. 

And despite releasing one brilliant album after another the band remains appalingly under-appreciated. Perhaps because the tryyps Landing take are rooted in self-exploration. As trends in krautrock, drone, folk, and psychedelia ebb and flow, Landing remain unfazed. The door to Landing’s world is open, but there isn’t a flashing neon sign above it. These guys are far removed from the hustle and bustle of geographic cultural bubbles, both physically and spiritually.

Listening through this LP is likely to stimulate mental images of rural winds blowing across vast American fields of grass, bonfires, blue rivers and power lines sailing through rolling hills. Landing's psychedelia possesses a rare timelessness. We are proud to present this offering from the band in the El Paraiso catalog!"


Landing: "Delusion Sound"

Wand cover Brian Eno's "Here Come The Warm Jets"

Wand- "Here Come The Warm Jets"

Feux D'Artifice (dub)

Order: https://ffm.to/ganser 

Artist: Ganser
Track: Lucky
Album: Just Look At That Sky 
Label: felte

Just Look At That Sky

Ganser - Lucky

'Dead Guitars' is taken from Seefeel's self titled album, their first for 14 years.
The album is releasing Jan31/Feb 1, and coincides with a special headline show at London’s King’s Place on the same day.
The band have also just announced a run of UK and European dates in March.
"(Seefeel) underpin their dream-glossed, loop-heavy soundscapes and tunes with a heavy powerhouse of a rhythm section. The show was punishingly loud; played with a professional politeness that skirted-over any ‘it’s great to be back’-bullshit.” - Loud + Quiet, live review
Pre-order the album here : http://bit.ly/9novaN
Seefeel live dates
31/01/2011London @ King’s Place – http://bit.ly/geBDIl
18/03/2011Manchester @Islington Mill - www.ticketline.co.uk
19/03/2011Dublin @ Button Factory - www.tickets.ie
21/03/2011Glasgow @ The Arts School - http://bit.ly/ge9WWg
22/03/2011Birmingham @ Hare &amp; Hounds - http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk
24/03/2011Paris @ Point Ephemere - www.fnac.com
25/03/2011Brussels @ AB Club - www.abconcerts.be
26/03/2011Amsterdam @ Paradiso - www.ticketmaster.nl


Seafeel

Seefeel - Dead Guitars (taken from the album 'Seefeel')

Taken from Black Phoebe - S/T EP [E057] 

- All label proceeds go to the RSPB Wildlife Charity (www.rspb.org.uk)

Shelley Brien (Singrid Lund) and husband Mark Lanegan (Dark Mark) pursue a gothic wave and washed-out techno muse in a deliciously cranky follow-up to Lanegan’s acclaimed ‘Downwelling’ LP with Not Waving last year. 

Featuring members of the Mark Lanegan Band including Martyn LeNoble (Porno For Pyros) on bass, the band play up to their passions for the gloomy rumination of PIL, Siouxsie and The Banshees, Sandwell District, Bauhaus and Joy Division across a perfectly unpredicted suite of Lynchian techno dirges and strung-out songwriting. 

Named after the Black Phoebe bird Lanegan and Brien kept seeing in their yard in Los Angeles while writing the songs, the EP's starkly affected craft is bound to surprise and enthral Lanegan’s legion followers (accumulated thru work with everyone from Screaming Trees to QOTSA) and likely to lend your listening space a ripe sort of LA vibe recalling everything from a fantasy of John Duncan jamming with Vatican Shadow, to the likeminded glumness of fellow husband/wife duo Tara & Mike Connelly’s Clay Rendering. 

Scowling opener ’Come To The Shadow King’ epitomises the project’s brooding allure with nearly 9 minutes of driving dance and LeNoble’s skulking bass buried beneath gaunt organ pads, forming a dank bed for the vocals which are placed high in the mix but sink down, down into dread feeling and “bloodstained streets” described in the lyrics. 

LeNoble’s snaking bass is also a crucial anchor to Lanegan’s more bruised vox in ‘Saturn Rising’, and perfectly underlines Shelley’s immaculate and evocative delivery in the darkroom rave feel of ’Shiva Danced Me Down’, before ‘Rising High Water’ carves back to Lanegan’s more typical aesthetic with an addictive dusky croon matched by a hazy, bluesy organ refrain that beautifully brings the album to rest.

Black Phoebe - Saturn Rising [E057]

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