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Icelandic neo-classical composer Ólafur Arnalds teams up with Bloodgroup mastermind Janus Rasmussen for a new project – Kiasmos. Having released their first tracks ‘65’ and ‘Walled’ in form of a split 12" with label mate Rival Consoles in 2009, 2012 shall finally see the duo return with their long-awaited debut album.
 
In the earlier days when Arnalds used to work as a sound engineer - often for Rasmussen's main project Bloodgroup - the two musicians discovered their common love for minimal, experimental techno music. At first they only met on weekends for a few drinks and used the time to create experimental sounds with beats various samples.  But they eventually became best friends, and now Janus often accompanies Ólafur's solo shows with his electronics.
 
Rasmussen, who has more experience with electronic music, usually crafts the beginning of the songs. As both have touring commitments, Rasmussen sends the first beats via email. With Arnalds’ good ear for pure and timeless melodies, he is then responsible for the overall song structure and the fine-tuning. ‘I am really enthusiastic about this project. Finally, I can make music that the people can dance to’, explains Arnalds in an interview with the German electronic music magazine Beat. The project is still a weekend project, an excuse for both boys to ‘get out of the house’ so to speak and do different music to what they normally do. Something refreshing for the weekends…

'SHINY GEM "65" THUDS WITH A HARD KICK NOT FELT SINCE DAFT PUNK' ★★★★ – XLR8R | 'EXTREMELY ELEGANT AND ADDICTIVE, SHARP AND HYPNOTIC' ★★★★ – THE MILK FACTORY | 'SWEET, SULTRY AND SEDUCTIVE' – BEAT MAGAZINE | 'KILLER FIVE TRACK ELECTRO WORKOUT. THRILLING STUFF, PRIMED FOR THE MORE DISCERNING FLOORS' – BLEEP

Kiasmos - 65

Hello, I’m launching a new site dedicated to provide you with new music that you won’t be able to find anywhere else. There will be 6 parts, and every one of them will be free for members of the site.

This first track, called Arc, was one of my first experiments with some new analogue synths recently - the Moog Minituar, and the Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08. I wanted to make something smooth and melodic which would work for my club sets, and would be mixable, but nothing too peak time intense, something a little softer. I think the heart of the track really all came down to squeesing the main riff with those lovely analogue filters!

If you would like to download this track, and receive promos of the rest of the new music before it goes public, then just click on the download button on the soundcloud player and all will be explained. In return for your email you will receive all 6 parts of the series for free, and they will not be released on any other platforms.

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Arc - Free Download - Quotient 1/6

"Speachless" EP is out now! 
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Stream an incredible new track from Agoria, taken from the upcoming 'Innverisions Secret Weapons Part 7' EP, released on March 30

Premiere: Agoria 'Alluvion'

I wanted part of my Emergence show to be about the emergence of the human machine, with an infographic-style visual tour of the different modules of the human body - lungs, heart, blood vessels, brain, and more. Henning M. Lederer, who created the amazing video to "Numb", took on the project and created some beautiful video content, and I then created the music to match.

Anatomic is now the fifth free download in the Quotient series - original pieces of music, remixes and mixes that are free just for you.

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Anatomic was created in an unusual way for me, as a scored part of my new Emergence audio-visual show.

Henning's work is hand drawn, and this video work was also colourful, so I made the music quite playful and lighter than my usual - to match the fun, but also full of meaning, visual content. This section of Emergence also shows the mechanical, ongoing, cyclical nature of the workings of the human body, so I applied the same reasoning to the music, with many melodic and rhythmical loops of different lengths and forms, which create interesting syncopation effects as they interact in a continuous flowing structure, without breaks or stops.

Anatomic is very much a piece of music most at home in the live show, I hope you can join me to see it sometime!

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

Anatomic - Quotient 5/6

PK 12" for Macro B-Side
Out now available at:
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https://itunes.apple.com/at/album/chordal-law-of-return-single/id444139987

The Law Of Return

LB001 
Written by James Ford, Victoria Hesketh and Maya Jane Coles
Produced by Maya Jane Coles

Vinyl - http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/111684
Digital EP - Released 18/02/13


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LB - Superstitious Heart

The Slow Revolt is a great musician, with a great voice, so it was a pleasure to remix this track of his. I tried to enhance the vibe of the original rather than force it into any sort of club format. I just added some new chords by granularising the guitar and layering it up, and focused on making some interesting effects with the vocals and my usual weird noises before finally introducing new bass and strings later to try and bring everything to a peak. I hope you like it!

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The Slow Revolt - This Dark Matter - Max Cooper Remix (clip)

Maya Jane Coles - "Everything" ft Karin Park is out now:
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"Everything" is the 2nd track taken from Maya Jane Coles' upcoming album 'Comfort'

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Everything (Last Magpie Remix)

This is a shortened down version of a remix I did for MMOTHS recently. If you want the full length (mixable) version then you can get that from here as part of an excellent free remix package: http://mmothsmusic.com/diariesremixes

It was a nice remix to work on, with some great field recordings, a lovely simple piano riff, and some looped vocal samples which all slotted nicely into the new structure I wanted to go with - something a bit more club compatible than the original, but still hopefully carrying the feeling.

I messed around with the field recordings in the Monolake Granulator a bit, to get some subtle glitch/randomness in there, but other than that I went pretty straight on the arrangement, just gradually introducing the layers and adding a new synth to punctuate the peak, and a new bassline and chord variation.

The idea with the field recording/glitched intro section was to try and make something non-melodic and a bit harsh and cold, in attempted polar contrast to the warmth of the main melodic section and enveloping bass ie I wanted try and make the bleak part emphasise and accentuate the nice part.

So, anyway, here it is, as a free download for all.

MMOTHS - For Her - Max Cooper Remix (Free DL)

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Max Cooper has carved a unique space as an audio-visual artist with a science PhD & an international reputation as a leading electronic musician. 

His work carries an emotional resonance & sensory immersion, often focusing on humanity’s place in the world. He merges electronic music & visual art with scientific enquiry through installations, live performance, immersive audio-visual experiences, a range of digital media & award-winning music videos. 

Unspoken Words is Cooper’s 6th studio album & the latest in an impressive back catalogue that dates back to 2007, when he juggled studying Computational Biology with being resident DJ at a local techno club. 

He recently supplied the music for a powerful video narrated by Greta Thunberg & Pope Francis & played at COP26, urging world leaders to consider climate and environment in Covid recovery plans. 

Last year, he became the first techno artist to play at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. 

Other work includes commissions from The Barbican, France TV & collaborations with Zaha Hadid Architects, The Babraham Institute, & L-Acoustics. 

Remixes include contemporary classical musicians including Philip Glass, Nils Frahm, Terry Reilly & Michael Nyman, & pop artists Hot Chip & Moby. 

His label, Mesh, is keenly placed to explore the intersection of music, art & science through interdisciplinary creative collaborations.

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