February 2016

Chilled

Notes On Tapes s01e01

Trip

Amelia Rivas and Christian Pinchbeck don't just sing about feverish, frayed and  fractured romances – in the three years since forming  Elephant, they've been living one.

Their first recordings, recorded in the strung out early mornings after the night before, were delirious and light-headed. Rivas’ stream of conscious lyricism combined with Pinchbeck’s innate melodic nous to create vignettes of delight and wonder.  A debut single followed, 2011’s woozy Ants, followed by the Assembly EP.   But before they had a chance to capitalise on the growing acclaim around them the duo’s relationship broke down, almost to the point of no return.

That seemed to be Elephant’s graveyard.  Yet an unexpected rapprochement in late 2012, and a renewed musical hunger saw Rivas and Pinchbeck reconcile.  The first fruit was this year’s gauzy single Skyscraper, which announced their return in spectacular fashion, with Rivas’ swooping vocals allied to a spectral chorus creating an eerie, lens-flared 3 minute wonder of song.

Now, new release Shapeshifter provides confirmation that Elephant are truly back as a force to be reckoned with. “I flew to the moon to mirror you and I saw the future” sings Rivas, with a raw melancholy and nostalgic longing. A sumptuous missive of love lost and lessons learned, that sparkles with charm, optimism, and the sort of lush swoonsome string arrangements that reach into your chest and wring your heart dry. 

Backed by the sparse and stretched out Snowday, as icily cool as it sounds, full of chiaroscuro contrasts and flickering atmospherics, it’s a release that suggests their debut album is set to be one of the standout albums of 2014.

ELEPHANT LINKS: 
 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/elephanttheband    
Twitter – www.twitter.com/ElephantTwit  
Label -  www.memphis-industries.com


Elephant - Shapeshifter

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The Stars Are Falling

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In November

Tall Ground

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The idea in this group is to create music from images that every month will be uploaded as icon of this page.

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The Monk by the Sea

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June

Nouvelle Vague - Dance With Me

Amber Long &amp; Robert Mason - Eggshells (Kastis Torrau &amp; Arnas D Remix)

Excerpt from 'In The Cities Of Dust' by JULIA WHITE (CD + digital) out on March 2016.
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JULIA WHITE - You're Rose

Taken from 'Start as close to the end as possible', 2011 

Digital available here: www.jphartnett.bandcamp.com/album/start-as-close-to-the-end-as-possible


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Mastering at Balance Mastering, London
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Photograph by Maeve O'Neill
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To heck with suspense

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Field recording by ERH
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Train Station

CD & digital > https://ampl.ink/XEjE0
Bruno Sanfilippo: Piano
Manuel Del Fresno: Violoncello
Pere Bardagí: Violin
Barcelona based piano player and electronic musician Bruno Sanfilippo is a classically trained musician and composer who has been exploring the borders of minimal piano concepts and electro-acoustic music for more than 20 years. His CD series "Piano Textures“  sets him in a direct tradition of artists as Harold Budd and Brian Eno, combining slow piano tunes with electronic soundscapes. With "ClarOscuro“, he now makes his step into the genre of modern classical music by presenting his first composition work for piano trio. Most of the nine tracks on the album feature Sanfilippo accompanied by Spanish musicians Manuel del Fresno on Violoncello and Pere Bardagí on Violin, while some of the tracks still let the sensitive piano playing stand on its own. With the fragility and beauty of some Arvo Pärt compositions and a high cinematic touch, "ClarOscuro" brings the perfect soundtrack for an imaginary movie.
www.bruno-sanfilippo.com

ClarOscuro

The Movement Of The Grass

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She-Wolf

Been trying to write a short piece a day for a while

Midnattsväsen

A piece from my forthcoming e.p. 'Winter Loops'... .

https://darrenharper.bandcamp.com/album/winter-loops

I Hope you'll enjoy!!

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The Yearning Loop

Together Those Leaves

Taken from 'Earthworks' by Drombeg

CD | Digital: futuresequence.bandcamp.com/album/earthworks

'Earthworks' is Thom Brookes' debut album as Drombeg, following his acclaimed EP ‘Notes From The Ocean Floor’ in 2015. A soundtrack for the middle-of-nowhere, the wild landscapes of Brookes' native Southern Ireland are littered with historic (Tumulus), and geological (Béarra) structures hardened under the relentless elements. Sinuous string melodies, and tender piano phrases reach like sunlight breaking through heavy clouds, blended with electronics and field recordings in careful balance to produce a rich cinematic sound.

Handfuls of Clay by Drombeg

Write Back is lifted from Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's forthcoming:

Talk Tight mini-LP - March 25th (Rest of World) via Ivy League
Write Back/Career 7" - April 16th (AUS/NZ)via Ivy League

Write Back

This is the prominent piano piece featured in the film, Amilie. Enjoy :)

Composed by Yann Tiersen

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Performed by me on my Gem PRP-700 Digital Piano 
Recorded using Audacity and compressed using Rough Rider (As suggested by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/qreason">QREASON</a>, thank you!) 

Comptine d'un autre été: l'après midi - from Amelie - Luke Freeman

Nouvelle Vague - I Melt With You

In A Manner of Speaking - Nouvelle Vague

Dark Night of the Soul

Taken from the album 'Intervals' out now. 

CD / LP - http://boomkat.com/search?q=snow%20palms&fields%5B%5D=

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