Best 217 of 2017

twenty seventeen

The Ongoing Sounds of the AM 2017

"Find Love Here And Now?" — March/April 2017 playlist and digital collage by GoodMorninCaptn:

1)	Nadia Reid (NZ) — "The Arrow & The Aim", from "Preservation", out 03/03/2017 on Spunk Records / Basin Rock.
2)	Woods	(Brooklyn, NY, USA) — "Love Is Love", from "Love Is Love", out 21/04/2017 on Woodsist.
3)	WHY? (Cincinnati, OH, USA) — "Proactive Evolution", from "Moh Lhean", out 03/03/2017 on Joyful Noise Recordings.
4)	Bearcubs	 (London, UK) — "Underwaterfall", from "Underwaterfall" EP, out 10/03/2017 on All Points.
5)	NLF3 (Paris, FR) — "Sandy Path", from "Waves Of Black And White", out 31/03/2017 on Prohibited Records.
6)	Damaged Bug (San Francisco, CA, USA) — "Bog Dash", from "Bunker Funk", out 10/03/2017 on Castle Face Records.
7)	Alexandra Savior (Portland, OR, USA) — "M.T.M.E.", from "Belladonna of Sadness", out 07/04/2017 on Columbia Records.
8)	Boss Hog (NYC, NY, USA) — "17", from "Brood X", out 24/03/2017 on In The Red Records.
9)	Mount Eerie (Anacortes, WA, USA) — "Real Death", from "A Crow Looked At Me", out 24/03/2017 on P.W. Elverum & Sun.
10)	Oiseaux-Tempête (Paris, FR) — "Carnaval ", from "AL-'AN ! الآن (And your night is your shadow — a fairy-tale piece of land to make our dreams)", out 31/03/2017 on Sub Rosa.
11)	Father John Misty	(LA, CA, USA) — "Two Wildly Different Perspectives", from "Pure Comedy", out 07/04/2017 on Sub Pop / Bella Union.
12)	La Terre Tremble!!! (Rennes, FR) — "The Life Within", from "Fauxbourdon", out 03/03/2017 on Murailles Music.
13)	Colin Stetson (USA) — "Spindrift", from "All This I Do For Glory", out 28/04/2017 on 52Hz.
14)	sir Was (Gothenburg, SE) — "A Minor Life", from "Digging A Tunnel", out 10/03/2017 on City Slang.
15)	San Fermin (Brooklyn, NY, USA) — "Open", from "Belong", out 07/04/2017 on Downtown/Interscope Records.
16)	Part Chimp (London, UK) — "MapoLeon", from "Iv", out 14/04/2017 on Rock Action Records.
17)	Karaocake (Paris, FR)	— "Youth Slip", from "Here & Now", out 24/03/2017 on Objet Disque.
18)	Laura Marling (London, UK) — "Soothing", from "Semper Femina", out 10/03/2017 on More Alarming Records.
19)	Kumisolo (Paris,  JP) — "Cha Cha André", from "Kabuki Femme Fatale" (Japanese CD bonus), out 07/04/2017 on Alter-K (FR) / Flau (JP).
20)	Kelly Lee Owens (London, UK) — "Anxi." (ft. Jenny Hval), from "Kelly Lee Owens", out 24/03/2017 on Smalltown Supersound.
21)	Allred & Broderick (OR, USA) — "The Ways", from "Find The Ways", out 07/04/2017 on Erased Tapes Records.
22)	Justin Walter	(Ann Arbor, MI, USA) — "It's Not What You Think", from "Unseen Forces", out 21/04/2017 on Kranky.
23)	Anjou (USA) — "Soucouyant", from "Epithymía", out 24/03/2017 on Kranky.

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2017 #02 - Find Love Here And Now?

LIGHT (FEBRUARY 2017)

The PORTAL : 2/17/17

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A remix that the wonderful band Mogwai did of the song "Aviary" forthcoming on our album "Save Your Season" this fall.
Purchase the remix here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/aviary-single/id476209229
Download the original version of Aviary here: http://www.mintjulepmusic.com

Mint Julep - Aviary (Mogwai Remix)

Illum Sphere
Second Sight EP

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Taken from 'Second Sight' released 19th February on Ninja Tune.

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PREMIERE : Illum Sphere -  Ritual [Ninja Tune]

Download the album at https://djshadow.lnk.to/tmwfso

DJ Shadow, widely acknowledged as a crucial figure in the development of experimental, instrumental hip-hop, has returned with ‘The Mountain Will Fall’ via Mass Appeal Records [and Believe Digital in France], his first full length release since 2011. The 12-track album finds DJ Shadow exploring new realms in addition to the deep samples and kinetic soundscapes that helped to launch his career 20 years ago. On ‘The Mountain Will Fall’ he’s shifted further toward original composition, a vast experimentation of beats and textures, synthesizers and live instruments including horns and woodwinds. The album features Run The Jewels, Nils Frahm, Matthew Halsall, Ernie Fresh and more.
 
The album is available in all formats with artwork designed by Paul Insect including a gatefold double LP. Order 'The Mountain Will Fall' here: https://DJShadow.lnk.to/TMWFYT
 
ALBUM TRACK LIST:
1. The Mountain Will Fall
2. Nobody Speak feat. Run The Jewels
3. Three Ralphs
4. Bergschrund feat. Nils Frahm
5. The Sideshow feat. Ernie Fresh
6. Depth Charge
7. Mambo
8. Ashes To Oceans feat. Matthew Halsall
9. Pitter Patter feat. G Jones & Bleep Bloop
10. California
11. Ghost Town
12. Suicide Pact
13. Swerve (iTunes Bonus Track)

Pre-order

DJ Shadow - Bergschrund feat. Nils Frahm

Sunshine Crawlers

Artist: MATT JENCIK
Album: Weird Times

HITD 032 
LP / DL
Limited edition of 300 black vinyls 
 Release date: Winter 2017

Label, orders: www.handsinthedarkrecords.com

MATT JENCIK - Dead Comet Flyby

Natural Blue is taken from Julie's sophomore album Not Even Happiness, releasing in January 2017 

To pre-order Not Even Happiness  in Europe (or indeed anywhere outside of North America): http://basinrock.co.uk/

For North America: http://grapefruitrecordclub.com/products?keywords=julie+byrne

Download via Bandcamp: https://juliembyrne.bandcamp.com/album/not-even-happiness

Natural Blue

hi

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Faded

The Arrow & The Aim is taken from the new album 'Preservation' out 3rd March 2017

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European tour Feb 2017. Tickets: http://nadiareid.com/tourdates

FRI 10/02 - Brighton, Green Door Store, UK 
SAT 11/02- York, Fulford Arms, UK
SUN 12/02 - Glasgow, Broadcast, UK
MON 13/02 - Manchester, Deaf Institute, UK 
TUE 14/02 - Bristol, Crofter’s Rights, UK
WED 15/02 - London, Hoxton Hall, UK
FRI 17/02 - Rotterdam, V11, NL
SAT 18/02 - Uterecht, Club Nine @ TivoliVredenburg, NL
SUN 19/02 - Brussels, Botanique (Witloof Bar), NL
THU 23/02 - Berlin, Monarch, DE
FRI 24/02 - Landsberg, Stadtheatre, DE
SAT 25/02 - Lugano, Studio Foce, CH
MON 27/02 - Munich, Hauskonzerte, DE

The Arrow & The Aim

From the album "Moh Lhean", released on Joyful Noise Recordings 3/3/17.

Get the album here: http://joyfulnoi.se/MohLhean

Upcoming Tour Dates:
03/16 - Cincinnati, OH - The Woodward Theater
03/17 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
03/18 - Minneapolis, MN - The Cedar Cultural Center
03/19 - Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge
03/21 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
03/22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
03/23 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Fest
03/24 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
03/25 - Vancouver, BC - VENUE
03/26 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
03/28 - Eugene, OR - The WOW Hall
03/29 - Berkeley, CA - The UC Theatre
03/30 - San Diego, CA - The Irenic 
03/31 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent
04/01 - Tucson, AZ - 191 Toole
04/02 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
04/04 - Dallas, TX - Trees Dallas
04/05 - Austin, TX - Mohawk Austin
04/06 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
04/07 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
04/08 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
04/09 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
04/11 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
04/12 - Washington, DC - Black Cat DC
04/13 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
04/14 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
04/15 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
04/17 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
04/18 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
04/19 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
04/20 - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
04/21 - St Louis, MO - The Ready Room
04/22 - Madison, WI - UW Union South

Tickets at http://www.mohlhean.com

WHY? - Proactive Evolution

Bridge By A Tunnel

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He Is The Voice I Hear’ is my first all new work since “Lady Of Sorrows.” It’s been a long journey from there to here. I’m so thrilled to continue the story and finally realize my dream of bringing together an ensemble of live musicians.

This record was a joy to create with my engineering and production partner, Rupert Murray, Davide Rossi on strings and Christoforo LaBarbera on keys. The vinyl was mastered and cut by Tim Xavier for Manmade Mastering.  We’ve also put some special touches into the design of the record itself. 

Incredible thanks to Adam Rowe, Andrew Gordon, Jake Nelson and everyone that helped make this record possible at all.

Out Now

The Black Madonna - He Is The Voice I Hear

None may be better suited to crafting eulogies than William Basinski. The composer who graced us with the melancholy masterpiece Disintegration Loops now turns his gaze to David Bowie. Today marks the one year anniversary of Bowie's passing and so we humbly premiere Basinski's tribute 'For David Robert Jones.' This hymn for the music hero will be released January 20th on Temporary Residence Ltd. Keep your ears on RBMA Radio because Los Angeles resident Basinski will soon appear as a guest on Frosty's weekly LAndscape program.

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A Shadow In Time 

William Basinski - For David Robert Jones [LAndscape Premiere]

"Mallwalkers" appears on Fred Thomas' 2017 release, Changer, available on LP, cassette, and digitally here - http://plyvnyl.co/FT-Changer

Fred Thomas - Mallwalkers

Pre-order 'Eternal Something' on Vinyl, CD from our store: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/releasetracks/153/ERATP094
And digitally here: http://phonofile.link/eternal-something

"I started recording 'Kale Me' at my home studio while our washing machine was going wild in the bathroom. It sounded like a huge rave break. I instantly set up a microphone, recorded a full cycle and implemented it into the song. The washing machine stopped working right after the recording and never made any sound again. I was pretty lucky." – Daniel Brandt

Daniel Brandt, co-founder of Germany’s electroacoustic ensemble Brandt Brauer Frick, joins the Erased Tapes family with his solo debut album Eternal Something – released worldwide on March 24th 2017. 

What started off as a more simplistic idea soon evolved into something a lot more complex as the London and Berlin based music producer travelled across the world, experimenting with various other artists and different instruments. From his father’s cabin based in the German countryside with access to nothing but cymbals, to being surrounded by guitars in Joshua Tree, his unexpected journey soon progressed into what became his first solo album. 

Daniel played nearly all instruments himself with the only exception being fellow musicians Florian Juncker on trombone, Manu Delago on hang drum and Andreas Voss on cello. Using his Berlin studio as his main base for recording, Brandt created an album that encapsulates the idea that despite setting out with a particular creative vision, external influences and environments will always shift the process, and create an Eternal Something.

Words from Daniel, January 2017:

“The initial idea was to make a cymbal album. I wanted to surround myself with all types of cymbals. I locked myself into my father’s cabin in the woods for three days. That was the moment I realised it was not possible for me to make an album just with cymbals because other ideas and instruments imposed themselves on me. I had a clear sense of what I wanted to do now. The intention was to let the songs evolve by themselves and not edit too much, keep it raw and have an explosion-like energy to them. I wanted to create a different sound, songs that build up like dance tunes but don't feel like club music at all. Travelling around in California for two months gave me the possibility to deeply get into this concept outside my normal environment. Robert Raths, who served as a great motivator throughout the whole process (I guess he had listened to the record more than I ever had) came up with the perfect order for the songs. This record is about failing to make the original plan happen, but then the discovery of something I couldn't even think of before.”

Prior to being enlisted to create the album artwork, Iranian artist Shaz Madani coincidentally had also planned a trip to Joshua Tree where she documented her own experience of Eternal Something, forming the visual counterpart to the record.

TRACK LISTING

1. Chapparal Mesa 
2. FSG 
3. The White Of The Eye
4. Turn Over  
5. Kale Me
6. Eternal Something  
7. Casa Fiesta  
8. On The Move

Eternal Something

Daniel Brandt - Kale Me

The New Album 'Migration' Out Now: http://bonobomusic.com

'No Reason featuring Nick Murphy' – the third track taken from Bonobo’s new album 'Migration', released 13th January 2017 on Ninja Tune.

2017 Migration Live Tour
Tickets: http://bonobomusic.com

FEBRUARY
15: HAMBURG, DE - Docks
16: BERLIN, DE - Columbiahalle
17: COLOGNE, DE - Live Music Hall
18: FRANKFURT, DE - Batschkapp
20: AMSTERDAM,NL - Paradiso
21: GRONINGEN, NL - Oosterpoort
22: UTRECHT, NL - TivoliVredenburg
25: LONDON, UK - O2 Academy Brixton
27: DUBLIN, IE - Vicar St.

MARCH
01: LEEDS, UK - O2
02: MANCHESTER, UK - Apollo
03: GATESHEAD, UK - Sage
04: BEXHILL, UK - De La Warr Pavilion
07: BRUSSELS, BE - AB
08: PARIS, FR - Olympia
09: STRASBOURG, FR - La Laiterie
10: LYON, FR - Transbordeur
12: ZURICH, CH - Volkshaus
13: MILAN, IT - Fabrique
15: BARCELONA, ES - Razzmatazz
16: MADRID, ES - La Riviera

APRIL
24: TORONTO, ON -  Danforth Music Hall
25: MONTREAL, QC - Metropolis
26: BOSTON, MA - House Of Blues
28: NEW YORK, NY - Terminal 5
29: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Electric Factory

MAY
01: WASHINGTON, DC - 9:30 Club
02: RICHMOND, VA - The National
03: ASHEVILLE, NC - Orange Peel
11: ASPEN, CO - Belly Up
12: DENVER, CO - Red Rocks
13: LAWRENCE, KS - Granada Theater
15: COLUMBIA, MO - Blue Note
16: ST LOUIS, MO - Ready Room
18: CHICAGO, IL - Concord
19: MILWAUKEE, WI - Turner Hall
20: MADISON, WI - Orpheum
21: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - First Avenue
25: VANCOUVER, BC - Commodore

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No Reason

No Reason (feat. Nick Murphy)

'Migration' Out Now

from 'Vivid Flu' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den274
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/michaelvallera]

Michael Vallera is a musician and visual artist currently based out of Chicago. He collaborates with percussionist Steven Hess (Locrian) as "Cleared" (Immune Recordings / Utech) and with artist Joseph Clayton Mills as "Maar" (Umor Rex). His first solo LP Distance was released on Opal Tapes in 2015 after a series of cassettes under the pseudonym COIN.

Vivid Flu is the second full-length solo recording from Michael Vallera, and his first on the Denovali imprint. The record is committed to pushing the electric guitar into new territory among a latticework of samples, piano and machinic stutter. The five tracks operate as a fever dream, filled with confusions of space and the cosmic thrum of post-industrial life. The total image is an obscured perspective on something once familiar.

Vivid Flu was recorded by Greg Norman at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Illinois. Further EQ and mixing was done with Benjamin Balcom at MINBAL. The album was mastered by Daniel Rejmer (live sound engineer Ben Frost) for digital and vinyl formats.

Vinyl: thick sleeves + thick printed inner sleeves, 2 different vinyl colors, 180g vinyl, free download code
Cd: nice digipak packaging

Vivid Flu

Michael Vallera - Drug

from the album 'epithymía' available 3/24

Epithymía

anjou 'soucouyant'

Download / stream ’Star Roving’: https://slowdive.lnk.to/star-roving

STAR ROVING

Slowdive - Star Roving

In advance of new releases from both artists, Ian William Craig and Olivier Alary trade remixes on this wonderful two track digital single.
 
Following the widespread critical acclaim of his brilliant ‘Centres’ album (July 2016), which made it into numerous end of year ‘best of’ lists (including Uncut, Drowned In Sound, The Quietus, The 405, Popmatters and Metacritic), Vancouver-based vocalist / composer Ian William Craig takes on ‘Nollywood’ from Olivier’s forthcoming debut album, ‘Fiction / Non-Fiction’, which is due out in February next year. Running the stems of the track through his studio and a circuit-bent Audiotronics 147 and a Ekdahl Moisturizer, Ian reinvents Olivier’s lusciously swooning ‘Nollywood’, adding his own voice as source matter, and scuffing and morphing the track through a patina of tape distortion, overlaying a web of glistening texture and looping rhythm to repurpose it in a stunning, sprawling new work.

By way of return, Montreal-based Frenchman Olivier takes on Ian’s album gem ‘A Single Hope’, extracting the pop song hiding behind Ian’s billowing textures in order to render it in a bright new light. Before starting the remix, Olivier decided to restrict electronic elements to a minimum, so what you hear here are purely acoustic instruments. As Olivier explains, “some of them are processed, but I tried to keep the integrity of their sonic nature. From the original piece, only the vocals were kept. Then I recorded a clarinet choir to replace the original organ. Some flutes and naturally detuned accordion were added to add an eerie quality to the chords.” Olivier added new drums made out of found objects (an accordion case for bass drum, a broken cymbal, some sheets of paper hit by brushes, a shaker and a spring reverb gently hit by a stick). To add a ‘stuttery’ quality to the piece, he then recorded some acoustic guitar, played at double-speed. To add more rhythmical elements, some fast, arpeggiated saxophone and slow melody lines were also added with the aim to create a remix which could simultaneously be perceived as both slow and languid as well as fast and jittery.

Available as a digital-only release, ‘Remixes’ is released on January 13th. A brilliant single showing two artists at the top of their game opens out a new year for FatCat’s pioneering 130701 imprint in spectacular style.

Remixes

Ian William Craig - A Single Hope (Olivier Alary Remix)

Seventeen Words

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Gailes - Surface Variations In The Snowfall

New single from my 'Underwaterfall' EP out now on All Points.

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Underwaterfall

"Love Is" is the third single from Dude York's Sincerely, out 2/24/17 on CD, LP, digital, and cassette on Hardly Art records. Pre-order Sincerely today from flyt.it/sincerelydudeyork

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Sincerely

Dude York - "Love Is"

Sidechained vocals along with an effects-driven ukulele creating an ambient, shoegaze orchestra. Hope you enjoy :)

Lyrics: 
They go up full off of your coarse 
and unwind. It won't be nice.
I had another time for you, 
back then...

Would I know, would I want
something else for it?
I know, yes I know.
It's back when I was so young.

I took friends through
and I know you now.
I wish, oh, and I wish for you
to take it off

And I had it, yes, I didn't know
I know I know I know. I know.
I know I know, I know.

Push

The Courtneys - Minnesota

'Providence' Out Now - 
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Taken from 'Providence' released 10h March 2017 via Ninja Tune.

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Nathan Fake - 'RVK (feat. Raphaelle)'

Taken from the album 'Nocturnes'. Due for release March 2017.

Tom Scott - On Earth Ocean Bellows

Taken from PVT's upcoming album 'New Spirit' - Out Feb 17, 2017

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New Spirit

"JBS" is taken from Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2's forthcoming album "Star Stuff," out March 31st, 2017.

Pre-orders available here:
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Catch Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 on tour this April! w/ special guest Madeline Kenney
April 12th - Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
April 13th - Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse
April 14th - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
April 15th - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
April 16th - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
April 18th - Somerville, MA - Once Ballroom
April 19th - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz 
April 20th - Toronto, ON - Great Hall
April 21st - Ferndale, MI - The Loving Touch
April 22nd - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
April 23rd - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club

Chaz Bundick Meets The Mattson 2 - JBS

from the album, 'unseen forces' available 4/21

Unseen Forces

justin walter 'it's not what you think'

All This I Do For Glory

Spindrift

"We walked down streets and crammed onto trains, our faces masks of fear. Unsure how to react, we, collectively, did not react. We grieved for a country and an ideal we never thought would die. We grieved for a loss of certainty.

We argued about what we thought would happen. We preached understanding. We advocated for anger. Some people said that we’d at least get some incredible art, other people said that was a small view of a world we were quickly realizing we’d misunderstood. Everyone was right. Everyone was wrong. Art made in precarious times matters as much as we let it matter.

But what are we looking for from the art we enjoy? Escapism? A reckoning with harsh reality? A temporary shared hallucination? Music can heal because it presents the pain of being human as universal. 

Love is Love was written and recorded in the two months immediately following the election, but it’s not a record borne entirely of angry, knee-jerk reaction to what America is becoming. Instead, it’s a meditation on love, and on what life means now. Taking cues from last year’s City Sun Eater in the River of Light, it feels very much like a record made from living, shoulder to shoulder, in a major city: weaving psychedelic swirls of guitar between languid horns reminiscent of the best Ethiopian jazz—Love is Love is a distinctly New York record. It is a document of protest in uncertain times and an open-hearted rejection of cynicism in favor of emotional honesty. It is bright, and then, unexpectedly, a little dark sometimes too.

There will be parts of life where we will watch as events unfold and we will feel helpless. We will not be sure of the future. On good days, we’ll have each other. On the bad ones, we’ll turn to the art that helps us feel something. Love is Love is a document of the new world we live in, proof that light can come from despair and hope is still possible. We just need a little help remembering it exists."- Sam Hockley-Smith

WOODS - LOVE IS LOVE

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