N.I.C.E. selects 0209 / Variable Interlude / EL4

From their third album "Costa Blanca", out NOW on Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

The Limiñanas - My Black Sabbath

Enjoy! Full tune available through Touched Music:

https://touched.bandcamp.com/track/under-the-radar

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Under The Radar (Short Version)

Daft Punk - I Gotta Try You Girl (feat. Junior Kimbrough)

Terranova | Depth Charge - Sex, Sluts, & Heaven (Bordello Mix)

Imagine a jam session by The Revolution.....

Prince - Mountains (Extended Version)

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Josefin Öhrn & The Liberation – Horse Dance

In an era in which ‘psychedelia’ can often mean merely a grab-bag of influences from which wah-wah pedals and two-note riffs are dispensed as signifiers and signposts into a realm of easy accessibility as opposed to gateways to another dimension, it can be a rarity to come across a band who are genuinely fixated on creating alternate realities for the listener. Yet this is exactly how Stockholm’s Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation view their incandescent art, and it’s this sensibility that’s led to the kaleidoscopic spendour of their debut full-length for Rocket Recordings, ‘Horse Dance’. 

“It’s a continuum that flows beyond here and now, and psychedelic music seems to be a really powerful way to unveil those deeper oceans of being that are our true home.” reflects Josefin, who forms half the core of the band with Fredrik Joelson. The last twelve months have seem a dramatic rise to prominence for The Liberation (who take their band name from the Tibetan Book Of The Dead) with their EP ‘Diamond Waves’ leading to shows in their homeland with Goat and Les Big Byrd, a nomination for a Swedish Grammy as best newcomer, and rapturously received appearances at festivals like Roskilde.

These adventures have set the stage for a spectacular movement into the unknown from their earlier work. ‘Horse Dance’ is a razorsharp collection of ditties that marry dreamlike radiance with hypnotic rhythmic drive, set alight by a prismatic experimental glow. It inhabits a realm in which a propulsive ‘60s-tinged pop song like ‘Sunny Afternoon’ can be elevated skyward with krautrock-tinged repetition, dub echo and analogue curlicues alike, and one in which a Broadcast-style mantra like ‘You Have Arrived’ can tap into a psychic lineage that stretches all the way from The United States Of America to Portishead’s ‘Third’. Yet whilst ghosts of the like of Laika, Cat’s Eyes and The Creatures may lurk in the darker recesses of these songs, this is a band paying no homage to bygone glories. 

The Liberation cite a myriad influences in both their philosophical stance and their aesthetic, from 12th century iconoclasts like Milarepa to 20th century sonic voyagers like Catherine Ribeiro, and from Kandinsky’s abstract expressions of synaesthesia to the avant-jazz of Moondog. Yet at all times their transcendental extrapolations are married to icy and enticing melodic flourishes, making for a revitalising clash between the chic and the transcendental, and a sound as biting as it is beatific.

“I definitely think that the human need for altered states - to see oneself from a bigger perspective - is a deep fundamental need” Josefin elaborates. “We’ve been deprived of access to our full nature by a restrictive system where altered states may be the ultimate taboo.”

With ‘Horse Dance’, Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation step into a world where all such restrictions and taboos are null and void, and this journey is already proving quite the spectacle to behold. 

Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation - SUNNY AFTERNOON

Taste Of Blood

BPC323 Jesse Perez - Cell Phones 

Release date Beatport: 14.5.2016
Release date: 27.5.2016

BPitch Control loves such strong and independent characters like Jesse Perez. The American label boss of Mr. Nice Guy Records embodies the modern old-school by blending Booty House with Miami Bass into this lascivious sound he calls Bump-N-Grind. After his „THOT EP“ from 2015, we’re happy the „dirty mastermind“ is back with another EP on BPitch Control. And „Cell Phones“ proves once again why Jesse Perez represents the real street sound of Miami. 

Its title track starts with his hip-hop drive of massive bass and even richer percussion, although „Cell Phones“ isn’t meant as a tribute to the technical progress rather than spreading a hedonistic message. Using the words of West Coast icon Egyptian Lover, they’re recalling that mobile phones don’t belong on the dance floor – all that matters is the very moment, the here and now. „Double Is Good, Triple Is Better" continues to unfold this back-to-the-roots feeling when Perez samples the old funk track „Double Dutch Bus“, which established the izz slang and radiates the old day’s block party vibe. „Twerk Machine“ and „The One Two Checka“ on the B-side get to the heart of his multifaceted talents: Jesse Perez established a bootylicious house sound that integrates breakbeats and interspersed vocal samples as well as electro-infected tunes and his unique style of vintage dance floor soul. True Underground Spirit!

Jesse Perez -The One Two Checka

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Mickey Pearce - Instructions (Reuben Remix)

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Grapes - Schreckgespenst

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Mellah - A1.Chayk Al - Jabal

Mellah - A3.Mahtäb

On may 7nd we proudly present the unique collaboration between the talented Trippin Jaguar and Esa on the upcoming morgen.ep 161. Mari's emptiness emphasizes the sublime and beauty of silence in space, spanning continents and beyond. More previews following soon.

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MRG161 | II. Trippin Jaguar - Mari (Original) preview

Available from midnight on 22nd April – http://www.mrbongo.com/products/incredible-bongo-band-rsd-2016-5x7-vinyl-boxset

5 x 7" vinyl mirror board boxset, containing an insert telling the story of the band, featuring tracks by the Incredible Bongo Band. Produced for Record Store Day 2016. While stocks last.

1A. Duelling Bongos / 1AA. Let There Be Drums
2A. Bongo Rock / 2AA. Last Bongo In Belgium
3A. Apache / 3AA. The Riot
4A. Bongolia / 4AA. Kiburi
5A. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida / 5AA. Wipeout

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Incredible Bongo Band - Let There Be Drums

Punchier percussive drums, moody synth lines and meditative, quivering bass notes lye underneath Ashong’s copped vocal that turn the track into one of our favourite Pedestrian remixes to date.

Due out 20th May alongside huge remixes from Mr Scruff, Eliphino and Church’s Seb Wildblood and more, press play on the exclusive i-D premiere.


http://i-D.co 

Premiere: Submotion Orchestra - Needs Ft. Andrew Ashong (Pedestrian Remix)

Daniel Patrick Quinn - Put On The Grass Skirt

Recorded in 1979 near Hamilton, Victoria, Australia by T C White. The full-length recording from the Listen to Nature collection is on British Library sounds: 

http://sounds.bl.uk/View.aspx?item=022M-LISTNAT00010-0001V0.xml

Laughing Kookaburras

the song that started DEMON QUEEN.  Zackey Force Funk, produced by TOBACCO.  album out August 6 2013.  www.radcult.net

Exorcise Tape

DEMON QUEEN - Lamborghini Meltdown

Yasmina Dexter aka Pandora's Jukebox's playlist for the designer's Paris Fashion Week show

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