Favorite 2

October 2015

THE X

playlist 15/11 #1

"Da beißt sich die Katze in den eigenen Sack." 

I m afraid that there is a black mamba in the mailbox.

rats on my fingers

loose joints

2015

Indie

from the album Piñata http://rappcats.com/pinata
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pinata/id826080165

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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Deeper

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Harold's

Rock Konducta Pt. 1 LP
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Madlib - Black Widow - Rock Konducta

Sleeping Ute (Nicolas Jaar Remix)

Rock Konducta Pt. 1 LP 
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Madlib - Hold The Organ - Rock Konducta

Yoko Ono inspires either reverence or indignation whenever her name is mentioned. Being the surviving widow of John Lennon is no easy task, either. But for the last six decades, Ono has been an artist first and foremost. Lennon helped to make her a recording artist. Her own records have been both celebrated and reviled, but her catalog stands on its own and it holds up as a reflection of the artist in her time. Yes, I'm a Witch is a collaborative album with a twist: each of the 16 artists involved with this project was given Ono's entire catalog to listen to and pick a track. They were given the vocal tracks to each song they chose and were also able to pick any instrumental tracks they wanted to use. Most decided to keep just the vocal. The collaborating artists in this amazing mix are Hank Shocklee, Cat Power, Jason Pierce of Spiritualized, the Flaming Lips, Le Tigre, Porcupine Tree, Shitake Monkey, Polyphonic Spree, Antony (with Hahn Rowe), the Apples in Stereo, DJ Spooky, Peaches, the Blow Up, Craig Armstrong, the Brother Brothers, and the Sleepy Jackson. That said, this is no ordinary collaboration. There isn't anything lazy or lackluster about the way these artists use Ono's vocals and her phrasing -- and in some cases the accompanying music. The sum total is not only that Ono is relevant in the 21st century, but more than that, it's -- perhaps -- that the 21st century is ready for Ono. Beginning with Shocklee's "Witch Shocktronica," Ono's manifesto (which is also offered as an outro near the end of the album), her voice and words are woven into, juxtaposed against, folded on top of, and haunted like a ghost through the middle of each of these songs. All of them are performed as such. Check the new electro futurism of "Kiss Kiss Kiss" with Peaches, where Ono's songs and her trademark yowl are set into the heart of the beats here. Then there's Shitake Monkey's "O'Oh," where he sets Ono's killer singsong verses against a wall of samples and breaks,. The track includes a killer sample of the opening riff of Grover Washington, Jr.'s classic "Mister Magic" as the base groove. 

The Blow Up use "Everyman Everywoman" as a full-on psychedelic rave-up worthy of the Kinks circa 1965. Le Tigre drop the bass-throbbing bomb electronic funk with horn loops and backing choruses on "Sisters O Sisters." The Apples in Stereo choose "Nobody Sees Me Like You Do" and turn it into a psych rock love ballad full of vulnerability, ringing bells, and sweeping refrains outlined with synth strings and a big fat keyboard through the middle. The Brother Brothers make "Yes, I'm a Witch" into a towering industrial funk metal groover. Cat Power merely illustrates Ono's voice with a piano and her own subdued backing vocals on "Revelations." The glorious treatment Pierce gives to "Walking on Thin Ice" underscores the loss and heartbreak in the lyric before turning into an acid-drenched celebration of life where tears are part of everything at one time or another. The violence in the mix offers a different dimension to the sparse delivery of the original and brings back the feeling of chaos that Ono must have felt with Lennon suddenly gone. It's among the most impressive selections on the set. Antony and Hahn Rowe's treatment of "Toyboat" is everything you would expect from him: it's tender, simple, childlike. Antony's reverbed piano lines the cut as drum loops and Rowe's double- and triple-tracked violin float around Ono's vocal. It's the most beautiful thing here. The Flaming Lips simply do their thing to "Cambridge 1969/2007." It sounds more like a Lips tune than anything, and the artist's individual identity suffers a bit because of that huge wall of music and noise they construct. There are a few titles that don't work very well, such as the Sleepy Jackson's synthetic disco take on "I'm Moving On" and Polyphonic's all-too-brief "You and I," but most of it's a wonder and a new manner of hearing Ono, not through a lens, but through a prism, as part of a swirling wave of color, texture, rhythm, and artifice that brings her rightful place to the forefront. Highly recommended. 

Thom Jurek, AllMusic.com

Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice (with Jason Pierce of Spiritualized)

from the album Piñata http://rappcats.com/pinata
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pinata/id826080165 

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Robes - ft. Earl Sweatshirt & Domo Genesis

Released on October 28, 2014.

Digital: itunes.apple.com/us/album/mourn/id930204891
Physical: capturedtracks.com/shop/uncategorized/ct-216-mourn

MOURN // Otitis

Buy "North Circular/Dab Housing" on limited 12" hand-stamped vinyl at: smarturl.it/NCDH12

Or digitally at: smarturl.it/NDCHDig

Real Lies - North Circular (Local Hero Remix)

"Bored In the USA" from Father John Misty's forthcoming album "I Love You, Honeybear" out February 9th on Bella Union (Europe) and February 10th on Sub Pop (North America / Rest of World).

Pre-order your CD / LP / Deluxe LP direct from Father John Misty at: http://fatherjohnmisty.merchline.com

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Bored In The USA

off "Rich Nigga Timeline" 
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Rich Ni**a Timeline

Hit Em

From her forthcoming album, On Your Own Love Again. Pre-order now: http://www.dragcity.com/products/on-your-own-love-again
https://itunes.apple.com/album/id936872257

Jessica Pratt - "Back, Baby"

Track taken from the forthcoming album "La Vie Est Belle / Life is Beautiful," out September 11th 2015 World Wide. 

iTunes: http://smarturl.it/NoirLaVieDL
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The King of Anxiety

Chess

From the album Ivy Tripp, out April 7, 2015 on Merge Records.

http://www.mergerecords.com/ivy-tripp

Ivy Tripp

Waxahatchee "Under a Rock"

"Cops Don't Care Pt. II" appears on Fred Thomas' album, All Are Saved (released 4/7/2015).

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Fred Thomas - Cops Don't Care Pt. II

Sheffy Oren Bach-singing & guitar
Eyal Epshtain- bass and efx

message for my love-Sheffy Oren Bach

PATRICK H. KOWALEWSKI - INDIGO

US 7" Record: http://ow.ly/MrRgu
UK: http://www.roughtrade.com/albums/94340

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Limousine EP

No Mind No Money

Taken from "Emocean" the original motion picture soundtrack out on Morr Music Sept.4th 2015.
Soundtrack Release Concert & Movie Premiere August. 26th at Berghain / Pop- Kultur Festival.
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Fenster: Memories

DIG THE NEW SINGLE "POP SONG" FROM THE DEBUT FULL LENGTH "ANGLO SAXON SUMMER" (LP/CASS/CD) COMING THIS FALL ON LOLIPOP RECORDS!!! www.lolipoprecords.com

DANTE ELEPHANTE - "Pop Song"

Debut album 'Sorry' available now!
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produced by @doctorrosenrosen

Lemon Eyes

From the 9/11/15 Low album Ones and Sixes 
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What Part of Me

Low - What Part Of Me

Air Waves, 'Parting Glances' out September 18th on Western Vinyl

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Air Waves
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While attending Purchase College Nicole Schneit met Dan Deacon, a friend and former collaborator who once described her comforting songs as something akin to "a favorite blanket wrapped around you." Though she played in several bands in college (including the noise jam band Ferrari with Deacon) she eventually shifted her focus to writing and recording intimate pop songs under the name Air Waves, a moniker inspired by the title of a Guided by Voices song.

After extensive touring in support of her 2010 album Dungeon Dots, Schneit took some time off from writing. "It was crucial for my creative process to take a step back from making music. Part of being a performer is having confidence to just be vulnerable. I needed to regain that confidence to make an album again after Dungeon Dots," she says. The vulnerability she speaks of is part of what makes her music as Air Waves so compelling. Even her fictional narratives employ an almost preternatural honesty that feels emotionally naked, exposed, and ultimately relatable.

Her new album Parting Glances takes its title from the 1986 film of the same name, in which Steve Buscemi portrays a gay man navigating the difficulties of being in a relationship in Reagan-era New York. "I've never seen a film with Steve Buscemi in it that I didn't love," says Schneit. More than just identifying with the story, she's interested in the in the lasting effect of the parting glances we share with strangers in our everyday encounters. She explains "You see all sorts of physical and emotional traits on the train. From people puking, making out, screaming, crying, laughing, dancing, grooming, etc. We encounter each other in the thick of our complex lives by simply looking at each other all the time. These glances are mundane and fleeting but also powerfully intimate." The lingering impact of those brief moments seeps into the details and imagery she delivers through her lyrics on Parting Glances. With energizing hooks and a disarming lack of pretense, the songs on Parting Glances burn with ebullient energy and an emotionally engaging core from beginning to end.

Air Waves - "Horse Race feat. Jana Hunter"

Excited to finally announce our new album ‘As If', out October 16 on @warp-records!

Pre-order at,
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Google Play – http://smarturl.it/asif-play
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As If

Freedom! '15

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Dadum

Federico Albanese - THE BLUE HOUR


'The Blue Hour' will be released on LP, CD, Download via Berlin Classics Neue Meister on 15 January, 2016   

Buy on Itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-blue-hour/id1053970394

Berlin based, ‘piano poet’ Federico Albanese took inspiration from the brief transitional state between day and night, writing a collection of chamber-music miniatures that withdraw, explore, yet assert their laconic melodies all the more decisively. The emotions to which Albanese has given expression in his thirteen compositions have been articulated with well-considered gestures.   

Equally well-considered is the choice of instruments that Federico Albanese deploys on ‘The Blue Hour’. Piano and synthesizers are joined by a cello, magnified by over-dubbing and sound effects that culminate into a little chamber orchestra, which swells the acoustics while checking the dominance of a clear solo voice. Albanese esteems the Gesamtklang, the overall sound image, with its mixture of compositional precision and dreamlike fluidity. For this reason, the pieces are recorded from start to finish on analogue equipment, further enhancing the warmth of their sound. In ‘Céline’ we hear a discreet beat, scarcely perceptible, a gentle pulse that lends structure without jeopardizing the charm of ‘The Blue Hour’.  

“There is a particular moment when opposites are very close, almost touching one another. When there is still light but not quite darkness. A world in between, where all things are uncertain, vague, floating into shade. We can follow or observe, unsure where this would lead - into darkness or light; into the shadow of memories and dreams. A reflection of our desires and hopes, ready to be seen or unseen. It can be a sudden glimpse, with ideas turning into shapes, not yet complete. You can see things, but are unsure what they are. It is an unrevealed choice. A place to recover and heal, lulled by the security of the warm shadow of an ancient tree upon a hill" – Federico Albanese

Migrants

I'm done fantasizing on what the hell the 8 of wands means. The Hierophant, pulling from the sky my guide's a higher one...

The Hierophant (prod. Black Milk)

Feathered Sun Feat. Chris Schwarzwalder, Joke, Mo & Iannis Ritter –  Scheune (Original Mix)

Released on October 30, 2015.

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Physical: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/our-park-by-night

Craft Spells // Our Park By Night 7"

"Bad Ideas" by Saintseneca from the album 'Such Things', available October 9th

Download the album on iTunes: http://found.ee/SaintsenecaSuchThings
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Saintseneca - Bad Ideas

♥ on hypem: http://hypem.com/artist/Ghostly+Kisses

Recorded on a rainy day.

Such Words

I felt this instant of desire
Before I went back to my head
And then I crawl back
Into your arms

Can it stay between us?
But we do not say such words
Among the other things you know
But we do not say such words
In this endless “in between”
But we do not say such words
I will never learn, I know
But we do not say such words

We shared a moment of happiness
Before the train pulls our hands
And then I fall into pieces
And then we fall into pieces

Can it stay between us? 
But we do not say such words
Among the other things you know
But we do not say such words
In this endless “in between”
But we do not say such words
I will never learn, I know
But we do not say such words

Such Words

http://www.mixmag.net/read/la-fleur-premieres

For a taste of what La Fleur dishes out in the clubs, lock into the mix she provided us with earlier this year. Cyber-like, trippy and, at times, pretty relentless, it's just one of many things by the Stockholm DJ and producer to impress us.

Other bits to get our sign of approval include a hat-trick of EPs on her label Power Plant Records and last year's sublime 'Arms Around' EP on Watergate, which featured techno big-timer Carl Craig under his C2 alias.

She releases on Watergate (the label-wing of the Berlin club she's a resident at) once again with the three-track 'Make A Move' EP.

More exclusive music

Premiere: La Fleur 'Make A Move'

Hope from upcoming EP 'Beneath', released on Grade 10 November 2nd. Pre order at http://grade10.uk/ 

@grade-10

03 Hope

Dutch dynamo Gerd's back with another outgrageously huge remix. Taken from Moodtrap's forthcoming Make It Better release on Lower East records, this one's a tough bit of no nonsense house that bangs and works in a supremely effective manner. 

Moodtrap - Make It Better (Gerd Rough Dub

yooooo my ep is out at: 
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@charlottedaywilson

mastered by vinny #dank

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Miracle Waves

Kite Base