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Five Things We Liked This Week - 05/04/19

Songs We Like - April 2019

Choices of the Grasshopper April 2019

Listen to the best indie, rock & alt music in our new July 2019 compilation! Hope You All Enjoy It!!

1st Song Music - July 2019

Under the Radar #153 (15.09.2019)

Chosen Clouds (August '19)

2019 Highlights

Suzanne Ciani
Buchla Concerts 1975
FKR082LP
Finders Keepers Records

Finders Keepers invite you to witness the incredible first ever Buchla synthesiser concerts/demonstrations providing a distinctive feminine alternative to The Silver Apples Of The Moon if they had ever been presented in phonographic form. This is history in the remaking.

This spring Finders Keepers Records are proud to release an archival project that not only redefines musical history but boasts genuine claim to the overused buzzwords such as pioneering, maverick, experimental, groundbreaking and esoteric, while questioning social politics and the evolution of music technology as we’ve come to understand it. To describe this records as a game-changer is an understatement. This record represents a musical revolution, a scientific benchmark and a trophy in the cabinet of counter culture creativity. This record is a triumphant yardstick in the synthesiser space race and the untold story of the first woman on the proverbial moon. While pondering the early accolades of this record it’s daunting to learn that this record was in fact not a record at all… It was a manifesto and a gateway to a new world, that somehow never quite opened. If the unfamiliar, modernistic, melodic, pulses, tones and harmonics found on this 1975 live presentation/grant application/educational demonstration had been placed in a phonographic context alongside the promoted work of Morton Subotnick, Walter Carlos or Tomita then the name Suzanne Ciani and her influence would have already radically changed the shape, sound and gender of our record collections. Hopefully there is still chance.

In short, Suzanne was a self-imposed twenty-year-old employee of the Buchla modular synthesiser company, San Francisco’s neck and neck contender to New York’s Moog. Buchla was run by a community of festival freaks and academic acid eaters whose roots in new age lifestyles and the reinvention of art and music replaced the business acumen enjoyed by its likeminded East Coasters. In the eyes of the consumer the creative refusal to adopt rudimentary facets like a piano keyboard controller rendered the Buchla synthesiser the more obscure stubborn sister of the synth marathon, steering these incredible units away from the mainstream into the homes and studios of free music aficionados, art house composers and die-hard revolutionaries. Championed and semi-showcased by composer Morton Subotnick on his albums The Bull and Silver Apples Of The Moon, Buchla’s versatility began to open the minds of a new generation, but the high-end design features and no-compromise modus operandi was often confused with incompatibility and, in the pulsating shadow of Moog’s marketing, the revolution would not be televised nor patronised. Suzanne Ciani, as one of the very few female composers on the frontline (and also providing the back line) did not lose faith.

These “concerts” are the epitome of rare music technology historic documents, performed by a real musician whose skills and academic education in classical composition already outweighed her male synthesiser contemporaries of twice her age. At the very start of her fragile career these recordings are nothing short of sacrificial ode to her mentor and machine, sonic pickets of the revolution and love letters to an absolutely genuine vision of and ‘alternative’ musical future. In denouncing her own precocious polymathmatic past in a bid to persuade the world to sing from a new hymn sheet, Suzanne Ciani created a bi-product of never before heard music that would render the pigeon holes “ambient” and “futuristic” utterly inadequate. Providing nothing short of an entirely different feminine take on the experimental “records” of Morton Subotnick and proving to a small, judgmental audience and jury the true versatility of one of the most radical and idiosyncratic musical instruments of the 20th century. These recordings have not been heard since then.

Suzanne Ciani - Buchla Concerts 1975 (Excerpts)

Drimbleting (muffer Edit)

Lens Mozer - Such A Drag

Only Just Begun - The Moth & The Flame

Complete album released on April 5.
Pre-order: https://swimmingbell1.bandcamp.com/album/wild-sight

1988

COLOR SQUAD RECORDS 056/SNGL004

https://colorsquadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ugly-purple-car

CSR056 - Hypec - Ugly Purple Car

Housweives - Sublimate pt.II 7" / DL
Shipping over the next few weeks and out digitally across all platforms from today is the new, 3rd and final single from the new Housewives album.

Buy through Bandcamp: https://blankeditions.bandcamp.com/album/sublimate-pt-ii-radio-edit

Buy through Big Cartel: 
https://blankeditions.bigcartel.com/product/housewives-sublimate-pt-ii

As well as being available digitally, Sublimate pt.II is also available as a highly limited one sided transparent lathe cut 7" in an edition of 50 copies with a 250gsm illustrated card back with hand assembled labels housed in a thick PVC outer sleeve.

Lathes cut by our friend, Adam Humphrey at Loose Hair Lathe Cuts.

Housewives - Sublimate pt. II

Your Heart Breaks "Somewhere In Between"

The New Shoes have arrived with their Little Racket. A back to basics, no nonsense musical release from the Gosport lads, and a healthy reminder that rock is still alive, kicking and relevant in this digital age

Little Racket

I Swear Its True - Máni Orrason

Pre-order Levitation here: http://smarturl.it/FlamingodsLevitation

International psych explorers Flamingods are back with brand new album ‘Levitation’ (3 May, Moshi Moshi Records) and have announced a run of dates including their biggest headline show to date at London’s Village Underground on 1 May.

The first single to be unveiled is ‘Marigold’, a multi-sensory psych-rock trip that finds  Flamingods on hair-raising form even by their own exuberant standards. ‘Marigold’ oozes fun out of every pore, a perfect antidote to turbulent times.

‘Levitation’ is inspired largely by the disco, funk and psychedelic sounds coming out of the Middle East and South Asia in the 70s, the album channels these influences through a vision soaked in mysticism, positivity and sun-drenched imagery.

‘Levitation’ is the follow-up to Flamingods’ breakthrough 2016 album ‘Majesty’ 
The band will be taking their incendiary live show to venues around the UK in April and May in support of the record, as well as a one-off-date supporting Omar Souleyman in Bristol January 31st. 

May album tour tickets go on sale Friday 17 January at 10am via 
https://www.flamingods.com 

31st January - The Marble Factory (Supporting Omar Souleyman), Bristol
31 March – Beat Hotel, Marrakech
27 April – Are you Listening? Festival, Reading
1 May – Village Underground, London
8 May – The Exchange, Bristol
15 May – Picture House Social, Sheffield
16 May – Broadcast, Glasgow 
17 May – YES, Manchester

Marigold

C Duncan’s highly anticipated third album sees the Scottish multi-instrumentalist ditch his bedroom studio and work with other producers, engineers and musicians for the first time. “This was the biggest shift in dynamic for me,” he explains, “having always worked alone, it was a daunting prospect but one I knew I had to explore.” Navigating themes of love, anxiety and sexuality, ‘Health’ – produced by Elbow’s Craig Potter - is a deeply personal record that delves into a world Duncan had previously felt uneasy exploring.

C Duncan - Impossible

In League with Dragons

Cadaver Sniffing Dog

eastern standard time

Under Your Spell by Annie Taylor
Taxi Gauche Records

Under Your Spell

'Softie' is an attempt at proving that there is more than one way of being a functional human being. The album is about coping, growing out of your fears, learning how to distance yourself from your anxieties and the ups and downs that comes with being bipolar. 'Softie' is ultimately about releasing the pressure off of yourself and we want to encourage our listeners to do the same.

We decided to make a record that was turbulent, back and forth and non-conforming, because we wanted our second album to hit you in the face rather than rock you to sleep or move you to tears.

Wy - Softie

Out 3rd May on digital +  limited 7" (250 copies) - http://speedywunderground.com/shop/

SW028 - Tiña - I Feel Fine

Dumb - Club Nites
Available on Mint Records LP / CD / CS / DL on June 7, 2019

Listen to this song on Spotify:
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Club Nites

Get it on vinyl!

Dumb - Club Nites

Pretty - SINGLE

Pretty (Radio Edit)

Run to You

The First Time

Taken from Mush's debut EP 'Induction Party', pre-order 'Induction Party' on 12" here: http://smarturl.it/induction_party 

Mush upcoming tour dates:

03 April – London, The Dome
05 April – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
06 April – Nottingham Bodega Social Club
08 April – Liverpool, Arts Club
09 April – Manchester, Yes
10 April – Hull, Polar Bear
11 April – Newcastle, The Cluny
12 April – Glasgow, King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut

Tickets here: https://www.musicglue.com/mushband/

Induction Party

Mush - Litvinenko

sagy18135

A homage to David Bowie who became a transcendental source of strength for Julia as she battled and danced with her own demons. 

Lyrics:

I just hallucinated, saw David Bowie in my bath
At least I know I’m going crazy
But I felt magic I never knew I had

Now I feel like I’m getting closer
To something that will comfort but kill
So they give me Lithium
To stop me from falling underneath

Chorus:

Mr Starman, put me back together again 
Mr Startman, put me back together again
I fall together everytime I see you
I got lucky your stars they cut me deep

Verse:

Go ahead put it all in boxes
Pick me up, prescribe and divide
But two halves don’t feel like whole now
The joker will always be part of my deck of cards

So you made up my mind, to piece it back together
I did what I had to, doctors are so unkind

Chorus:
I fall together everytime I see you
I got lucky your stars they cut me deep
Please don’t leave now I’m getting closer
To something unreal that finally feels free

Mr Starman, put me back together again, Mr Startman, put me back together again

Starman

Returning from a triumphant trip Stateside for appearances at SXSW and New Colossus Festival, rapidly-rising Brighton alt-pop quartet ORCHARDS have shared new track ‘Mature Me’.

The song is the B-side from their brand new 7” single set for release on 29th March 2019 via Big Scary Monsters.

Orchards - Mature Me

“The song talks about a young persons perception of love and the confusion that comes with it. I wanted to write a song that makes teenagers feel less isolated when falling in and out of love and struggling with identity and acceptance. A challenge that i’ve had to go through myself and one which i’m sure many others have to or are yet to go through.”

Growing Pains

ABBIE OZARD - Growing Pains

Spring single for 2019

Music by Sebastian Voss 
Lyrics by Sebastian Voss and Estella Rosa 
Mix by Sebastian Voss 
Mastering by T.J. Wise 
Cover design by Estella Rosa

Apple Blossoms

Beach Baby

пепел

Harvest is the debut single taken from the stunning debut LP 'Ascension'. A video to accompany the single is available now on both Vevo and Youtube. 
pre-orders are live now through the FatCat website. 
Samana recorded and produced both the LP and the video and had this to say about Harvest: 

'Harvest is the outcome of a social experiment, filmed over the duration of two hours, designed to explore and capture one of the fundamental concepts behind the album Ascension; the transitioning between one plain of consciousness to another. With dance being one the most primitive forms of human behaviour, we created a musical environment that shifted between five notions. Orchestrated with the intention of removing each individual from their bodies, from time and from their conscious state of awareness, to a state of catharsis and transcendence, we documented the language of movement that became the immediate dialogue of their subconscious, and in turn, witnessed the collective ascension of the group to pass into an altered state; a higher frequency and dimension of being and energy'

Pre-order

Samana - Harvest

abre la ventana
déjame oler el mar

cuando llegaremos
ya no hay paso para atrás

la ventana

seat belt for my fish

Starry Eyed was recorded in 2017, in studio within 3 hours as part of the winning prize of the local battle of the bands competition. The song is the last song to be released that features writing credits from all four members of the original Sundive band, and is the last song featuring a lot of the band's earlier styles and themes of high school romance, adolescent anxiety, becoming a meaningful person. The track was sit on for two years and released on a whim, for old time's sake. 

LYRICS:

wonder drips into her eyes
what a pleasant surprise
starry eyed glaze in her shadowy haze
these are the end of our days

she sings to me softly
she sings me to sleep

moonlight climbs upon your window
oh darling i don't have a place to go
let me stay i'll be your good friend
and promise to me it'll never end

stream on spotify

Starry Eyed

”W.Y.N.A.” is a song about kicking off with loved ones, sleep deprivation and the cyclical nature of relationships. Originally this song was written as a slow acoustic track I thought would never come to light but we were stuck for ideas one day in the practice room and tried it. Glad we did.”

Starman

JuliaWhy?