AlfaSounds Vol5

SATURN

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http://youtu.be/E0YyHhpFXKs

1 Untitled
2 The Complexity of Songs
3 Hoops
4 dish
5 She Could Fly
6 Tangerine

In true bulb fashion, we spring a bulb records release on you out of nowhere.We would like to introduce you to Patrick Benjamin, a unassuming young lad with the fingertips of a wunderkind.

The tender age of six was the age he started learning to play piano. In the time since then, Patrick has moved through classical and jazz piano onto electronic dance music. The music he makes today still retains a little something of his cradle genres while moving into the territory of synthesizers and intricate drum patterns. 'She Could Fly EP' is Patrick's first release.

The EP will be released on our first ever set of 'bulb balls'; balls of homemade clay that contain the music inside (on a bit of paper (a download code)) available at howlingowlrecords.bigcartel.com

Patrick Benjamin - She Could Fly EP (bulb0099)

Restless Heart

HAKEN - Deathless. Taken from 'Visions'. Sensory Records 2011.

Check out HAKEN on their upcoming tour:

Haken, Leprous and Maschine:
(Presented by Prog Magazine)
23rd October, 2014 – London, The Garage
24th October, 2014 – Leamington Spa, Assembly
26th October, 2014 – Bristol, The Fleece
27th October, 2014 – Wolverhampton, Robin 2
29th October, 2014 – Dublin, The Village
30th October, 2014 – Liverpool, O2 Academy 2
31st October, 2014 – Manchester, Club Academy
1st November, 2014 – Edinburgh, The Liquid Room
2nd November, 2014 – York, The Duchess

Deathless

Sam Amidon - Your Lone Journey

Liam Dullaghan - Making History

new song about making it safe.

from 'spinning on air' with david garland at wnyc studios in new york.  recording engineer: george wellington.  mixed by david garland.

Make It Safe

Copy is an old friend of ours from Portland, OR. He’s a criminally underrated electro producer, with releases on Audio Dregs. In the past he has remixed rap and R&B songs (he devoted whole mixtapes to remixes of Bone-Thugs and R. Kelly) so we hit him up to contribute to our project. Copy’s “Summertime” is just so funky. This guy gets the groove just right. It’s brilliant.

Summertime (Copy Remx)

The tender age of six was the age he started learning to play piano. In the time since then, Patrick has moved through classical and jazz piano onto electronic dance music. The music he makes today still retains a little something of his cradle genres while moving into the territory of synthesizers and intricate drum patterns. 'She Could Fly EP' is Patrick's first release.

The EP will be released on our first ever set of 'bulb balls'; balls of homemade clay that contain the music inside (on a bit of paper (a download code)) available at howlingowlrecords.bigcartel.com

4 Dish

5 She Could Fly

3 Hoops

2 The Complexity Of Songs

1 Untitled

benoit pioulard 'so etched in memory'

Soul Clap: "James Curd does it again!"
Munk: "Is JS the Frank Zappa of house? I hear them all: B52s, James Chance, Boney M, Todd Terje, Masters At Work. Great Full Pop."

In the last 2 and a half years James Curd has become a regular contributor to the label Exploited. He has released outstanding original material as well as collaborations with Morgan Phalen (their project is called Favored Nations and Morgan also wrote and sang on two singles for the Justice album 'Audio, Video, Disco'), Luke Million (from The Swiss), JDub (from Chicago) and Fred Everything (their project is called Jimmy & Fred which already had a massive dance chart topper with Diynamic act Karmon on the remix for "I See Lights" and one from Locked Groove of Life&Death, Hotflush, and Permanent Vacation fame). Now he is back on Exploited with 5 (thats already a mini-album) new tracks featuring incredible talent such as the sax player Jonty Hall or rapper Jdub. James Curd in his own words about the 5 songs:

1. James Curd - Forever My Friend
"After spending a couple months scoring a feature film I wanted to blow off some steam and make something I would like to play in a club. I love throwing curve balls into songs and try to imagine what a crowded club will do when a 16 bar rhodes solo comes out of nowhere. It's my version of a build up and drop with out the soft synths."

2. James Curd - Jack Be Nimble
"I made this song during a late night studio session right after a night out. It's a homage to my hometown classic Chicago house tracks of JACK. It's an inebriated lyrical session that captures how much fun I was having in the studio that night."

3. James Curd - Tornado In The Basement feat. JDub
"This was written in my old Chicago basement studio with JDub. All the kids in my neighbourhood were around the same age and growing up together. They all graduated from riding bikes and playing in the fire hydrant to an all out EGG war. Every house on my street was getting hit with eggs! Tornado In The Basement is a product of trying to record vocals inbetween the loud bangs of eggs hitting the front windows of my building."

4. James Curd - Everybody Knows feat. Jonty Hall
"This song is a culmanation of a few ideas that where not working as individual songs but came together great as a mosaic piece of music. I chopped up all my favorite parts from a few songs and combined them to create "Everybody Knows". A great horn player from Australias capital city Canberra was in town visiting and he dropped by and did a few takes for me to finish off the song."

5. James Curd - Caught Again feat. JDub
"This is inspired by old French funk songs from the 70's. I wanted a mix of funk with light and dark elements. The bass is funk, the guitar and synths are light and JDub's vocals are dark and a bit intimidating."

Label: Exploited
Artist: James Curd
Release: Jack Be Nimble
LC: 15799

Releasedate Beatport: 20.04.15
Releasedate I-Tunes, ect: 04.05.15

Art Design by Neven Cvijanovic / Floor 5. Illustration by Laura Junger.
www.nevenswork.com
www.loragearrive.free.fr

Early Feedback:
Soul Clap: James Curd does it again!
Munk: Is JS the Frank Zappa of house? I hear them all: B52s, James Chance, Boney M, Todd Terje, Masters At Work. Great Full Pop.
Tensnake: Like Forever My Friend.
Arthur Baker: Love the quirky chicness of caught again.
Pedro Winter: Loading it now.
Noir: Good EP.
Mark Farina: Great stuff! Been rocking already from Mr. Curd.
Trickski: Summer jam! I am ready! Thx for this one.
Tom Flynn: Forever My Friend is beautiful. Reminds me of early Greenskeepers vibe but more soulful. Lovely stuff!
Round Table Knights: Forever Your Friend is cool. 

Jack Be Nimble

Everybody Knows feat. Jonty Hall

James Curd - Everybody Knows Feat. Jonty Hall | Exploited

Halsey - Colors (astrum cover)

new tune i've done with my man www.soundcloud.com/dekoiuk. 

Kreed & Dekoi - Forlorn

Hide away
Faded heart
Everything you come to know
Fall apart

I thought I saw you standing 
On that little cloud
How did you get so loud?

There you were 
Falling through
My hands like sand
There's nothing I
Can really do

I thought I saw you standing 
On that little cloud
How did you get so loud?
I thought I saw you standing 
On that little cloud
How did you even know how?
I thought I saw you standing there
But you were gone long gone
No you were gone way gone

Stef Chura-Guitar/Vox
Ryan Clany-Drums
Fred Thomas-Bass

Recorded by Fred Thomas
Image by Molly Soda

Faded Heart

from the album 'precious systems' available 7/15

precious systems

mj guider 'former future beings'

Kreed - Reflect Upon [Free Download]

Las Cobras - Beating Hard

Kreed - Eminence

singing families

remix i've made for London-based indie pop duo Me &amp; The Neck. 

please tell me what you think about it. 

also be sure to check them out: http://soundcloud.com/meandtheneck or https://www.facebook.com/meandtheneckmusic

Me & The Neck - Cold Caller Love (Milkbleeder Remix)

Koop island blues

well, this'll be a tricky one to explain. i just love http://soundcloud.com/lapalux, and this song immediately got stuck in my head. to me it's an experimental and even boisterous, but nonetheless catchy tune. unfortunately, i had no stems whatsoever, so i decided to just cut up the track, reassemble the parts and then place some of my own stuff underneath. 

so here's me hoping that you're into my re-work and that it doesn't feel all too "blasphemous" for y'all.

2 The Complexity Of Songs

Howling Owl Records