...and on we go... Although I'm a sucker for a bit of jangly guitar pop, and I do like Dmitry Evgrafov's closer, pick of the week is Linda Guilala's dreamy pop number "Será Más Fácil".

Jun 05 - Jun 11 2020

Copy Haho - Wrong Direction

Album out May 29th.
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Undergrünnen - Nå e me her

Offical audio for new single Out In The World by GUM.
Released 13 March 2020

Listen to Out In the World https://orcd.co/outintheworld

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Out In the World

Out In The World

GUM - Out In The World

WRITTEN: GOAN DOGS
PRODUCED: GOAN DOGS
MASTERED: STREAKY

Call Your Mum

Zombies

The new single “Sign“ is out now.
Stream / Purchase here: https://roosevelt.lnk.to/sign

Marius Lauber, aka German producer Roosevelt, returns with the first new single since his sophomore album Young Romance in 2018. “Sign” is a pared-back piece of hyper-melodic digitalism, a cinematic ballad about loss and hope with a pulsating antique drum machine as the bedrock. Sparse and dazzling at the same time, “Sign” is a prime example of Roosevelt’s deft craftsmanship, paying homage to early house and vintage pop.

Polydans

Sign

Taken from the forthcoming debut album.
Written and performed by Outblinker
Recorded by Luigi Pasquini
Produced by Luigi Pasquini and Chris Cusack
Mastered  by Carl Saff, Chicago, Il

Techno Viking

Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles announces details of his highly anticipated new album 'Articulation', out on July 31. Pr-order is on LP & DL: https://idol.lnk.to/articulation

Lead track and album centrepiece 'Articulation' links the record back to the analogue fluidity and colour of 2016’s 'Night Melody'. The division of varying time signatures, intertwined with a complex structure of notes, creates an expression of a moving structure and conjures a dreamy, motorik energy. Ryan Lee West explains, "The title track is about articulation and playfulness with shape and time. Its structure is very machine-like, but I was really interested in how melody and sense of story could develop out of this, and it became an exploration of mathematical structures — patterns and shapes having a conversation. I love that something on paper can appear rigid and calculated, but then take on new meaning based on the context that surrounds it, or how it changes over time."

'Articulation', which follows 2018’s 'Persona', was conceived with a very visual way of thinking, unusual for the London musician and producer. During the writing process Ryan drew structures, shapes and patterns by hand to try and find new ways of thinking about music, giving himself a way to problem-solve away from the computer. The album title references a piece by the avant-garde contemporary composer Györgi Ligeti, though not for its music, but for the non-traditional graphic score that accompanied it.

“I find electronic music is often battling to say something with integrity because technology and production can easily get in the way. I think the goal of a lot of electronic composers is to find a balance between the vision of the idea and the power of possibilities on the computer. With a pen and paper sketch you can compose and rethink ideas without technology getting in the way, so for me it acts as a very helpful tool to refresh the process.” — Ryan Lee West

Since the release of 'Persona', Ryan Lee West has taken his captivating live A/V set to all corners of the world. Last seen live on stage with 17 players of the London Contemporary Orchestra for a sold-out orchestral performance at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in January 2020.

Meanwhile Ryan has kept busy. After contributing an exclusive track 'Them Is Us' to Adult Swim’s coveted Singles series, he recently shared the beautifully textured solo piano piece 'Winter’s Lament' on this year’s Piano Day. He has also been in high demand as a composer, scoring Charlie Brooker’s much talked about Black Mirror episode Striking Vipers, composing original music for Secret Cinema presents Stranger Things as well as renowned choreographer Alexander’s Whitley’s groundbreaking new work Overflow which was set to premiere at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre this spring.

Articulation

Stream & order LP · DL

Rival Consoles - Articulation

'SUGAREGG' (Release Date: August 21, 2020)

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Bully - Where To Start

Dmitry Evgrafov returns with his fourth career album. His most accomplished work to date, ‘Surrender’ is a broad and dramatic record that expands the Moscow-based artist’s palette and reaches beyond the usual post-classical range. Revealing an ambitious scope across the twelve-track span, it is bold in conception and beautifully recorded. With Dmitry playing piano, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, bass guitar and synths and including sessions with an eight-piece string orchestra, a drummer and contributions from several instrumentalist peers, ‘Surrender’ was mixed and mastered by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio in Berlin.

** 'Surrender' will be released on July 31st on digital formats, with a limited edition vinyl issue (500 copies) released on August 28th. Anyone preordering the vinyl through the FatCat webstore or Bandcamp will receive a full download of the album on its release date.

Surrender

pre-order

Dmitry Evgrafov - Sparkle

Long-time (3+ years!) curator of a regular weekly 10 track playlist of legit, (mostly) new tracks from Soundcloud, dug up here, there and everywhere. The lists always start out as 10 tracks, but some subsequently get pulled from Soundcloud by the band/artist or the label, so don't blame me for any short lists!

Jun 05 - Jun 11 2020

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