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ORDER 'Odyssey' on 12"/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP052
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This month will see Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles debut his new live set, restricting himself to a small selection of analogue equipment such as the Moog Voyager, Prophet and tape delay, as he supports Luke Abbott on his UK tour.

In celebration, Rival Consoles offers his fans a free download of the title track 'Odyssey' – a reflection of his quest to create atmosphere and space from minimal arrangements. His new EP also features label friend Peter Broderick and is available now on Erased Tapes.

LINKS: facebook.com/rivalconsoles · twitter.com/rivalconsoles · www.erasedtapes.com

Odyssey

Rival Consoles – Odyssey

XLR8R are featuring this track as a FREE DOWNLOAD:
http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/09/voyager
"Atmospheric synths swell victoriously"

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Like many electronic artists, Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles spent his early years experimenting with IDM, glitch and dance, but one consistent element in his musical journey has been his desire to create a more organic, humanised sound. Through these experimentations he has found a process of producing electronic music that feels close to this urge. Restricting himself to a small selection of analogue equipment, West engages his hands directly with instruments and is very selective about what he then records into the computer. He reduces musical parts even further, leaving enough space around the sound for it to breath.

‘Odyssey’ is a reflection of West’s quest to create atmosphere and space from minimal arrangements. ‘I don’t like music to sound overly laboured, so I restrict how much is going on. I’m kind of obsessed with the idea of reduction.’ The new 5-track EP was mastered by Naweed and is out on Erased Tapes.

'‘Odyssey’ and ‘Voyager’ are both incredibly stripped down and have a great sense of space throughout them. It's all about using the right ingredients at the right points in time. A lot of these ingredients are short recordings, such as ice cracking, mechanical clicks, clicks from synth errors, sounds of debris, guitar plucks etc., which interact with the simple arrangements and create little hints of rhythm. I also love the technique of swelling in music, but I realised that hardly anyone has done that in electronic music. So when I first got the synth to swell in and out with the opening chords of ‘Philip’, it was a great moment. Because it creates a human mood in a matter of seconds, which is very difficult to do with electronic sounds. That track is very important to me, and I think it will influence how I make music in the future.’ – Ryan Lee West

TRACK LISTING: A1. Odyssey A2. Philip. B1. Voyager B2. Rebecca B3. Soul (feat. Peter Broderick)

LINKS: facebook.com/rivalconsoles · twitter.com/rivalconsoles · www.erasedtapes.com

Voyager

Rival Consoles – Voyager

!!! These are stripped-down 192mp3 snippets of the original tracks!!!

Artist: DJ Yellow & Flowers And Sea Creatures
Title: Compost Black Label #105
Cat No: CPT 427-1
Format: 12″ / Download

Tracklisting:

Side A
A1 „No One Gets Left Behind“ (Original Mix) (7:10)
A2 „As Goes The Sun“ (Simon Garcia’s Headhunter Remix) (8:30)
Side B
B1 „No One Gets Left Behind“ (Konstantin Sibold Remix) (6:52)

DJ Yellow & Flowers And Sea Creatures - No One Gets Left Behind (Original Mix)

Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size.

Get the limited edition 12" exclusively on Record Store Day 2015.
Order the album on 2xLP/CD/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP062
Or order the album DL via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/kiasmos

After dropping several tracks and performing at select festivals throughout the years, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen dedicated the year 2014 to explore the area in-between Ólafur’s more acoustic, piano-based solo work and Janus’s synth-heavy electro pop, with their collaborative electronic project Kiasmos.

By focusing solely on their self-titled debut album, Ólafur and Janus have been able to combine and further develop their unique sound aesthetics to complete an album driven by their mutual love for electronic music. Made in Ólafur’s newly build studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, a majority of the album was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesisers, drum machines and tape delays. It features a live drummer, string quartet and Ólafur performing on the grand piano, producing an ambient, textured sound, which makes it a perfect home listen and equally danceable record. If you listen closely, you can spot them record the thumb piano, finger snapping and even the sound of the metal grinder of a lighter slowly to replace the usual electronic hi-hat sounds, giving the album a far more intimate and unique atmosphere.

“We decided to start almost completely over with this record, so most of the material is written this year with the idea of making a record that can stand as one piece rather than a collection of songs. I am very excited to get a proper record out exploring a different territory than I am used to. I touch a lot on electronic genres in my own music but never have the opportunity to go full out electronic like we do here.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“The Kiasmos project has been around since 2007, but because of all our other projects we never really got the time to sit down and write all the tracks we always wanted to. So when we early this year finally found the time to sit down and make a full length album there was so much we wanted to try out. The result surprised us a bit, it's deeper and more emotional than we imagined it to be, but that's the beauty of being able to make an album.” – Janus Rasmussen

Kiasmos – s/t will be released on Double-Vinyl, CD and Download via Erased Tapes on October 27th, 2014.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Lit  2. Held  3. Looped  4. Swayed  5. Thrown  6. Dragged  7. Bent  8. Burnt 

LIVE DATES:	

17.08. HAMBURG (DE) - Dockville Festival			
26.09. BRUSSELS (BE) – Bozar Electronic Arts Festival
27.09. DEN HAAG (NL) – Todays Art Festival

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:  	facebook.com/kiasmos · erasedtapes.com

Kiasmos

Looped

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Kiasmos – Looped

Download the track for free: http://goo.gl/aK4JOZ

Find out more:
http://www.facebook.com/shockingpinks 
http://www.soundcloud.com/starsandletters	
http://www.starsandletters.com

Shocking Pinks - What's Up With That Girl?

Touch Sensitive returns with 'Slowments'

Get it for free here: http://smarturl.it/slowments_

Catch Touch Sensitive live:

Australia
Fri 18 Apr - Ship Faced - Sydney
Sun 20 Apr - Aviary Rooftop Sessions  - Perth
Thu 24 Apr - Disclosure support - Hordern Pavillion, Sydney
Thu 8 May - Cut Copy support - Metro Theatre, Sydney
Fri 9 May - Cut Copy support - 170 Russell, Melbourne
Sat 10 May - Cut Copy support - Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane

:: Follow Touch Sensitive ::
SoundCloud: @touch-sensitive
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/touchsensitivemusic
Twitter : https://twitter.com/iTouchSensitive
Instagram : http://instagram.com/touchsensitive

FREE DOWNLOAD

Touch Sensitive - Slowments

First single of Joakim's upcoming new album 'Tropics Of Love'.

"This is the cover of one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artists, On The Beach by Neil Young. When i first heard that song, i felt like i could have or should have written it. The lyrics are so dark and beautiful, they relate to the slightly autistic part that a lot of artists are hiding and the artist condition in general. But I'm no Neil Young when it comes to song-writing, so instead of trying to write something as good, I decided to make a cover, twist that blues tune and turn it into something completely different and (much to my surprise) even darker, to the point where most people don't even recognize the original song."
Joakim

Recorded at Tigersushi studio in Paris (RIP).
Saxophone by Etienne Jaumet, recorded at Red Bull Studios, Paris.
Edited at home, New York.
Mixed at The Space, New York.
Mastered by Mark Santangelo at Masterdisk, New York.
Artwork by Camille Henrot.

Joakim - On The Beach

Greg Gives Peter Space – the long overdue first collaborative work by Greg Haines and Peter Broderick

TOUR DATES:

04.06. LILLE (FR) – Atome Session (House Concert) · http://on.fb.me/1pLAmKX
05.06. LONDON (UK) – Village Underground · Tickets: http://bit.ly/1eyLl9B
06.06. NORWICH (UK) – Norwich Arts Centre · Tickets: http://bit.ly/1nHkRp6 
07.06. DORDRECHT (NL) – Urban Explorers Festival · Tickets: http://bit.ly/1rF6cZm
09.06. BERLIN (DE) – Berghain Kantine · Tickets: http://bit.ly/1sYgVRT
10.06.  LEIPZIG (DE) – Schauspiel · Tickets: http://bit.ly/1rF6GP6
11.06.  HANNOVER (DE) –  Feinkostlampe · Tickets: http://bit.ly/1ko9ihB
28.09. SEATTLE (US) – Erased Tapes x Decibel Festival · Tickets: http://bit.ly/S8nQdb 

PRE-ORDER the 12"/DL here: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP058

More info: greghaines.co.uk · peterbroderick.net · erasedtapes.com

Greg Gives Peter Space

The Drive

Greg Gives Peter Space – The Drive

PRE-ORDER the album incl. poetry book 'Nine Poems' on CD/LP/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP057 
or via iTunes here: snip.ftpromo.net/whelm

Whelm will be released on May 12, 2014.

Photograph taken by Dusan Kacan.

LIVE DATES:

08.05.14. BRIGHTON (UK) - The Great Escape Festival

16.05.14. LONDON (UK) - Album Launch at Birthdays
Tickets: http://www.atpfestival.com/newsview/1404081016.php


douglasdare.com · erasedtapes.com

Erased Tapes Collection VI

Swim

The Motion EP marks the return of FAX to Static Discos. Almost 15 years after his first release on the label he founded, FAX shows a lucid craftsmanship of electronic sounds that go deep and wide through headphones or amplified systems. Following the experimental leanings of his last release, The New Rage, on Indian Gold, the Motion EP somewhat sees FAX return to dance music, while maintaining an edge of adventure and new found music lands.

http://staticdiscos.com/sta064/

FAX - "X"

from FM Sushi out 4.15 on Time No Place (distributed by Kompakt)
http://timenoplace.com/2013/releases/fm-sushi

Lacking Risk

This is the sound repository of Interspecifics Collective.

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