January 2015

blue monday

PART 1

(dropped the pitch of vocals btw, no co-vocalist, aint nobody got tym fo dat)

Long Way Home

Station

Painter

Ryan Lee West reinforces his unique style of minimal electronic arrangements with a new 6-track EP – 'Sonne' out on Erased Tapes.

ORDER 'Sonne' on 12"/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP059
ORDER 'Odyssey / Sonne' on CD: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP069
ORDER via iTunes:
http://snip.ftpromo.net/sonne
GET TICKETS:
http://www.erasedtapes.com/artists/events/5/Rival+Consoles

Continuing on from his Odyssey EP released in 2013, Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles creates atmosphere and space whilst exploring waves of sound and rhythm, and the power of colour. With Sonne Ryan creates music to structure itself around a pulse, rather than the pulse being the defining point. 

The title track begins with “a very subtle set of melodies that repeat almost without confidence, and then gradually give way to a huge collage of colour and power”, as Ryan describes it. Not relying on a conventional beat, it’s a prime example of how an analogue synthesiser can create the power and momentum of a rhythm section. From the distorted waves in 3 Chords, growing and shrinking, to the rhythmic waves of constant speeding up and then slowing down in Recovery, it’s the Moog Voyager, Prophet and tape delay that make up the core sound of the EP. Whilst tracks like Helios, Haunt and Think Tank see West play live drums and acoustic guitar.

“I’m often looking at art in exhibitions and I always think to myself ‘why the hell don’t I have this much colour in my work?’ The answer in part I think is down to synthesis. It is very difficult to create colour without it sounding plastic. Colour in music is both the note combinations and the actual timbre of the sounds. There are lots of instances of very colourful ambient sounds, which I took great care to create for each song, using various methods – from passing analogue synths through chains of effects to chopping up random sequences of recordings and forming tiny collages." – Ryan Lee West 

ABOUT THE ARTWORK:  

Resembling the colour and vibrancy in his music, the cover art was created by South London artist Supermundane, who was also responsible for the artwork of the Odyssey EP.

TRACK LISTING:  	

A1. Sonne  A2. 3 Chords  A3. Helios  B1. Haunt  B2. Think Tank  B3. Recovery 

PRESS FOR ODYSSEY EP:

'Glorious...unabashedly epic...’ – Dummy
'Atmospheric synths swell victoriously' – XLR8R
‘Rival Consoles, is the likes of Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds' glitchy, electronic cousin’  8/10 – The 405


ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Some might be surprised that London based electronic producer Ryan Lee West, the man behind Rival Consoles, shares a home with contemporary classical composers such as Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds and Peter Broderick. And yet they have a lot more in common than expected. Fascinated by sound from an early age, Ryan chose to dedicate his time to studying, experimenting with and producing sound graduating from De Montfort University in Leicester. One consistent element in his musical journey has been his desire to create a more organic, humanised sound. Ryan often drafts early ideas on piano, violin and guitar, although the end result is much more electronic-laden. As an accomplished sound designer he has repeatedly performed at the Tate, and recently created a bespoke audio-visual performance for Boiler Room at the V&A. Ryan is currently composing music for a soon to be announced BBC production.

LIVE:	
	
After supporting Luke Abbott on his recent UK tour and I Break Horses on their North American tour in spring, Ryan will debut his new live set with a special release show in London, followed by a string of West Coast U.S. dates culminating in Decibel Festival in late September – more details to be announced soon. 

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: www.facebook.com/rivalconsoles · www.erasedtapes.com

Sonne

Recovery

Buy 12"/DL

Rival Consoles - Recovery

Falling Apart

A Kiss Goodbye (feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sampha & Devonté Hynes)

Lil Sad turns up the emotion on Kastle's new single while slowing things down with the addition of guitar strums and vocal edit precision.

Follow https://soundcloud.com/lilsad:
https://twitter.com/LilSaddd
https://www.facebook.com/LilSaddd

Follow Lotti:
http://www.facebook.com/thisislotti
http://www.twitter.com/thisislotti

Kastle - Anything's Possible ft. Lotti (Lil Sad Remix)

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first single from new album via Last Gang / Secret Songs

ORDER 7" SINGLE :: http://bit.ly/1r14t55
A) Snow In Newark (with Dawn Golden)
B) Body Pillow (with Ricky Eat Acid)

artwork :: http://weareyawn.com/
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BUY/ORDER

Snow In Newark (with Dawn Golden)

Falling Short

Sunless 97 & Palmistry - aia - Rinse

https://instagram.com/harmanholiday 

Co-Produced By @moonwheel + HH
Recorded in a Berlin Bedroom 2014

Dead Man Walking
"The Unbearable Wetness Of Being" EP

Dead Man Walking "The Unbearable Wetness Of Being" EP

Brazil 45, number 18: http://www.mrbongo.com/products/ely-camargo-taieiras-b-w-trio-esperenca-nao-aguento-voce-7

A. Ely Camargo - Taieiras
AA. Trio Esperenca - Nao Aguento Voce

Ely Camargo - Taieiras

Taieiras features on Ely’s 1972 album ‘Cantos Da Minha Gente’ on RCA. She recorded 12 albums between 1960 and 1983. We know very little about her and there is little information available.

Taieiras has never been released on a 7”.

Trio Esperanca - Nao Aguento Voce

A vocal trio from Rio, formed by siblings Mário, Regina and Evinha Correia José Maria, whose three older brothers we’re the Golden Boys.

The original line up recorded seven albums for Odeon Brazil between 1963 and 1975 Não Aguento Você is taken from their self-titled 1971 album.

You may be surprised to know that Trio Esperanca still tour and release today; Regina, Evhinha and younger sister Mariza are playing dates in France and Japan in 2015. You can find out more on their website.

Has never been released on a 7”.

Ely Camargo – Taieiras

Cannot believe it was near 5 years ago this was released, an office favourite buy it from iTunes http://geni.us/11Uh

or direct www.bbemusic.com

"Bara Bröst" (literally "just breasts") is the name of a cultural movement of Swedish feminists, pleading for women to be allowed topless in public. Up-and-coming Berlin based producer duo Benjamin Quint (Qunique) and Markus Schwarzbauer (Opescure) love the movement so much that they chose to endorse it by adapting the name for their production team.
The two have been friends since school and have shared an apartment in the Neukölln district in Berlin for over two years now. They converted their living room into a studio and office space. "That way, we can meet up any time we are inspired by the Muses with no effort."

https://soundcloud.com/bara-brost || Twitter @BaraBrost 


Elephancycle

Elephancycle feat. Conan Kowalski

Bara Bröst - Elephancycle feat. Conan Kowalski

from the sophomore album 'another eternity' out March 3rd, 2015

available now: https://lastgang.myshopify.com/products/purity-ring-another-eternity 

Purity Ring - begin again

snippet previews from the upcoming EP "TSUKI" on monkeytown records.
out feb 2015

TSUKI (EP snippet previews)

one of my favourite singers of all time.. 

show me some hypemachine love http://hypem.com/track/28x37/Amy+Winehouse+-+Rehab+(Tom+Misch+Remix)

download for free: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/n554qtbcf8ch319/Amy_Winehouse_-_Rehab_(Tom_Misch_Remix)_.mp3

Free Download

Amy Winehouse - Rehab (Tom Misch Remix)

▶ Soulection ~ The Sound of Tomorrow
▶ http://facebook.com/soulection | http://twitter.com/soulection
▶ Discover: @mistermack-1

We're happy to announce our first white label of 2015 by the muti-instrumentalist and vocalist Chris McClenney. His diversity is what sets him apart. It's amazing to watch him find his sound direction/rhythm. We've watched him experiment with bass heaters, house music, funk, and other styles, but what we love most is that all of his production always has soul in it. 

Lately he's been on a roll with his production and singing. There's only a few people who can make music that gives us the feeling that D'Angelo does and this white label by Chris does exactly that. 

We're excited to see where Chris goes from here on out. He has our support 1000%. Enjoy and spread this to all music lovers. 


◈ Full EP: soundcloud.com/soulection/sets/chris-mcclenney-soulection-white-label-014
◈ #WhiteLabelFriday

◈ Make sure to catch up on our whole White label Series here: http://soundcloud.com/soulection/sets/soulection-white-label-series

◈ Executive Produced: Chris McClenney & Joe Kay
◈ Artwork: Andre Power

For more info go to ➫ http://soulection.com

Download EP

Chris McClenney - Us

Featuring @fabesbabez / Produced by @IAMNOBODI

Taken from the 'BeFor Our Time' EP.

Download at http://beforourtime.com
Download on Bandcamp http://jayprince.bandcamp.com/album/befor-our-time

Be For:

There are two definitions to this EP, the first being literally being “for our time”. In the current era of musicians, like myself from London, people tend crave and look to the states for answers and are quick to criticise the music from our own home. Some may disagree – but I speak from experience. This EP is the project that demonstrates there is hope where we’re from and where I’ve come from and we should unite in that. We all have a story to tell. This project is about Truth, Love and Passion.

Before:

The second meaning of this project is its nostalgic presence. This being a story telling project, it is filled with reflecting on situations and life experiences. The whole theme sonically is driven by reminiscence; I wanted to bring the same feeling or something close to the feeling, you felt when Hip Hop was at its peak of greatness and what is said actually meant something. I was born in 1993, and with this project I wanted to give people that same feeling of when music and Hip Hop was appreciated and respected by the masses in the 90's, and bring that feeling back to my home city and the world.

BeFor Our Time, For The People.

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Facebook - on.fb.me/1kCu5Nr
Twitter - twitter.com/JayPrince

BeFor Our Time

The Trip

The Trip (Feat. Fabienne)

The Moon Rang Like a Bell

Cavity (Shigeto Remix)

Support

another mix,
In answer to the questions I keep getting asked.
 ccai pt2 , part 1 is Drukqs, as that was the first thing I released that utilised computer controlled instruments, namely a modified Yamaha disklavier, 2nd gen and a couple of midi controlled solenoid based drum mechanisms I made just after I got the Disklavier.

I kept seeing them [disklaviers] in hotels, usually used to pipe muzak around the place and thought why doesn't anyone actually use one of these to compose music on and make beats etc! 
A couple of times when i saw them in hotel lobbies, i sneaked up to the disklavier and set it to play ultra low pitch and very slow, funny watching peoples reactions, it was down every corridor etc
NOBODY i spoke to back in around 1999 inc. people at yamaha knew how to connect one of these to a computer and I had to take my computer into Yamaha to try it out to see how fast these things could go, no info on the net then either.
The first year I burned out countless solenoids in the thing and learnt how to repair them myself, the more recent gen ones like I used at the barbican have temperature cut outs on them thankfully, i’ve still fried a few though!

Diskhat ALL Prepared1mixed [snr2mix]

Available on iTunes USA now
ORIGINAL: http://po.st/BUGATTI
PUSHA T VERSION: http://po.st/BugattiPTiT
REMIXES: http://po.st/BugattiRemixesiT 

Available on iTunes Australia 30th January

GIRL COMES UP TO ME & SAYS "WHAT YOU DRIVIN?" I SAID BUGATTI

www.onelove.com.au
www.facebook.com/onelove
@onelovemusic
www.maddecent.com
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@maddecent
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www.tiga.ca
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January 2015

kystkm