On the show this time, it’s the infectious & ferocious power punk of Japan’s Otoboke Beaver.  Their latest record “Super Champon” is available on Damnably and Bandcamp.

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Live On KEXP, Episode 378 - Otoboke Beaver

BM009 Azurine - Landon
2023©Bruit Marron

Avec leur premier morceau "Landon", Azurine affiche clairement ses ambitions : une musique cinématographique enivrante où synthétiseurs analogiques et boîtes à rythmes ont la part belle.  Une musique faite de mille couches et textures où les synthétiseurs se trouvent sublimés par l'utilisation de samples de percussions traditionnelles, field recording, instruments acoustiques...  Chaque nouvelle écoute apporte son lot de surprises au sein d'un morceau résolument pop. Il n'y a pas de doutes, le duo parisien se trouve dans la lignée d'artistes et influences telles que  Moderat ou encore Weval. Azurine, un nom à retenir, un duo à suivre de près.

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With their first track, 'Landon', Azurine make their ambitions clear: a cinematic music where analogue synthesizers and drum machines take the lead.  A music made of a thousand layers and textures that enhance synthesizers with samples of traditional percussion, field recording, acoustic instruments...  Each new listen brings its own surprises within a resolutely pop track. There's no doubt about it, this Parisian duo is in the tradition of artists and influences such as Moderat and Weval. Azurine, a name to remember, a duo to keep an eye on.

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Interpreté par : Mattéo Caburet & Bastien Francoulon
Auteurs compositeurs : Mattéo Caburet & Bastien Francoulon
Mix : Azurine
Mastering : Suade Bergemann
Artwork : Bastien Francoulon

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Landon

Azurine - Landon

Romanticism

Find Me Under Wilted Trees

Dream Job 2 120bpm You're On Trial

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Between Fields - J. Dennis, Frequency Driver & É. Motherway - 08 Feb 2024

The Drin forge further into their own captivating world of sound on "Tigers Cage", the first taste of their fourth album, 'Elude the Torch'. Since 2021, the Cincinnati group has released one strikingly original album per year, crawling closer to the aether with a driving, reverberated rhythm. The Drin's current six piece lineup is at a new height - loose, yet focused and commanding. Deep layers of saxophone, synthesizer, percussion, and strings stir across "Tigers Cage" while D McCartney's nebulous verbiage further paints the dystopian landscape. Look for the Drin on tour across Europe this April, followed by the early Summer release of 'Elude the Torch'.

The Drin - Tigers Cage

Various Artists Tone Science Module No.9 Theories and Conjectures DiN:TS09

Release date 19th April 2024
Limited to 500 copies. Digipak CD format

Tone Science sub-label, from DiN records, continues to explore the world of modular synth music.

Following the success and critical acclaim of the first eight Tone Science compilation albums,  DiN label boss Ian Boddy has collated another nine tracks from musicians of varying backgrounds  working in the realms of modular synthesis.

As the Tone Science journey continues it never ceases to amaze just how varied and individualistic  each musicians work can be. Whilst the hardware is technologically based each artist teases out a reflection of their own musical personality.

This volume kicks off with two pointillistic compositions from Loula Yorke and State Azure with intertwining sequencer patterns flowing and coiling around to create ever changing soundscapes.

After this energetic start the next pair of tracks from Theda Electronic Music and Swansither enter calmer, ambient territory where careful sculpting of synthesiser voices creates room for expression and atmosphere.

The mid-point of the album sees Sulk Rooms take us into darker territory with a drone based piece that slowly climbs from the undergrowth like some great creature arising from its slumber.

The next three tracks from Tomorrow The Cure, JacqNoise and Alex Ball are rhythmically based and showcase just how different the feel and energy of music made with modular synths can be with pure tones, deep bass and transient blips respectively. 

Finally Michael J. York leads us gently into the distance with a beautiful, shimmering cocoon of  blissful sound to close out the album.

“Tone Science Module No.9 Theories and Conjectures” continues the journey down the rabbit hole of possibilities and sound worlds inhabited by artists and musicians working in this ever fascinating and varied musical field.

01 Eala by Loula Yorke   7:44
02 Scanner by State Azure   8:23
03 Per-Bast by Theda Electronic Music   7:24
04 Muad’Dib by Swansither   7:04
05 Grasping The Eye Of The Duck by Sulk Rooms   6:43
06 Minimum by Tomorrow The Cure   6:18
07 Lono by JacqNoise   5:51
08 Adaption by Alex Ball   6:23
09 And They Shall Have Stars by Michael J. York   6:20

Total Time: 62:28

Tone Science Module No.9 Theories and Conjectures

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Tone Science Module No.9 Theories And Conjectures Demo Mix

Himmel / Swarm

Himmel

instrumental meditations on the depths and disgust of a world-warped cruiser......... 
 1. Gateway
 2. Fosgate
 3. Medium
 4. This Heat
 5. Big Prati
 6. Pavement
 7. Syndicate
 8. Voltage
 9. The Crux
10. Replico
11. Hellium

written, produced and mixed by Nosdam 2020-'23 @ Burnco

cover painting courtesy of Ian 'Hydeon' Ferguson https://hydeonart.com/

'Big Prati' loops courtesy of https://soundcloud.com/orangefeelspink

False Hood [*full EP]

Uchida Sound Labo＋Mathew Antony＋Kosuke Miyashita - Dawn #02 (Slow Tone Collages)

Taken from "Dawn"

https://slowtonecollages.bandcamp.com/album/dawn

Uchida Sound Labo＋Mathew Antony＋Kosuke Miyashita - Dawn #02 (Slow Tone Collages)

Marcel Wave return with effervescent bop ‘Stop/Continue’ today, a punctual new single owing much to decaying industrial backdrops to childhood. 

‘Stop/Continue’ dwells on derelict mills, spooling rivers and the unfaltering sweep of the second hand. We very much like songs with a heavy dose of rumination at UTR and if they come with a trippy video of waterways, tunnels and some dancing too, then all the better!

‘Stop/Continue’ is out now digitally, it features on Marcel Wave’s debut album ‘Something Looming’ out June 14th on Upset The Rhythm and Feel It Records (USA). Dive in!

https://youtu.be/CQ0lvEnQLGw

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