CHILLED vibes [d&b, house]

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Stray Theories - "The Day We Were Silent"

Float 2013

Broken Patterns

Peter Broderick – Broken Patterns

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"If I knew I were alive, I could do so much better. If I knew what I had, then I could use it more wisely. If only I’d known before then I’d be in a better place already. If only."
London-based singer-songwriter Douglas Dare releases new EP, following on from his debut album Whelm. Named after album track Caroline and new track If I Knew I Were Alive, it also features remixes by fellow label mate Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles and Houndstooth’s own electronic producer Ross Tones aka Throwing Snow.

Caroline has always been a precious track for Douglas, one of the first tracks he recorded and a story in which he imagines his grandfather is writing to a loved one during the war. As the only song on his debut album that is stripped down to just his voice and piano playing, and it being a favourite amongst fans at his concerts, it was a natural choice as a first single.

The new track If I Knew I Were Alive Douglas wrote by creating beats, looping them and recording parts live. Dancing around to the beats in his room, he started singing melodies and coming up with ideas that he wouldn’t usually have, sitting at the piano. The idea that we can do a lot more if only we appreciated our own ability and opportunity encouraged Douglas to not take the track to anyone else to re-record it, but to work with what he had created himself.

“The recording has this demo quality, which I really enjoy. I love how revealing a demo can be. It seems to expose the fundamental ideas the songwriter had and the basic quality of the recording is very revealing. One of my favourite records is PJ Harvey’s ‘4 Track Demos’, where the songs are so stripped back that you can appreciate the finest details.” – Douglas Dare

Ryan Lee West, who crafted the Rival Consoles remix of album track Swim explains, “the track existed in a minimal state for a while, and I kept thinking something was missing. There's always something missing! And then out of casual chance, I was sorting through my portable recorder files, and I came across a recording of an installation that I did, which included four motors hitting glockenspiel or xylophone notes at random. I chopped it up in a few seconds and it worked perfectly. It adds texture and movement to the remix. But what's important about these sounds is that they are not in time. I think this remix creates sense of space, subtlety and physicality.”

"The original is so well put together, and the vocal so unique that it was a hard one to approach. I set out to reflect the beauty of the vocal in the intro, so that I could build it into something darker later on. This also mirrors the meaning of the vocal. The last sections are meant to evoke feelings of being washed away by a torrent” – Ross Tones about his Throwing Snow remix of Nile.

The cover photograph was taken by Douglas Dare himself; printed on silver card, so that the seawater shimmers against the light.

Douglas Dare and Rival Consoles will both perform a special in-store show at Rough Trade, presenting their respective EP releases, before embarking on an Erased Tapes U.S. West Coast tour and Douglas accompanying Fink throughout 13 countries in North America and Europe from September to November as their special guest.

TICKETS: www.erasedtapes.com/artists/events/22/Douglas+Dare

TRACK LISTING:

A1. Caroline
A2. If I Knew I Were Alive
B1. Swim (Rival Consoles Remix)
B2. Nile (Throwing Snow Remix)

MORE INFO: douglasdare.com · erasedtapes.com

Whelm

Caroline

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Douglas Dare – Caroline

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Rotten Bodies

Their bottoms reach the shell
Of the oceans and the hell
Words are porotic and the sunset is boring
The widow is waiting for her corpses
In these days I catch again
A last breath and then I packed it into pocket
Where thousands other souls lay
Don’t forget the safety lock
Bleeding rotten pulsefull bodies
Do I leave you to die?

Slide through corridors down
In emerald-green neon lights.
Scratching the walls can’t hold on
To something again again.

And even if I would I can’t
Tell it to anyone
‘Cause the promise binds my mouth
I know, I know, I know.

Rotten Bodies

Clouds or Soil

I wanted to go to heaven
To see if the gossips are true
I have heard good things of the life there
But I guess there must be some tricks
People wear wings and clouds are solid
Soft materials of stars, It can’t be really real
But I couldn’t go there, ‘cause I’m a vampire

Security stopped me on the ramp
Too much bad on the list
So I’ve been disqualified

After meticulous planning I’ve decided
To climb there in a mask
But what I saw brought me to tears
It’s all just a camouflage and I’ve realized
That heaven is in your arms
In blood and voice
And colors of sunrise

So don’t hesitate and send me a postcard of that land
I’m not gonna be jealous ‘cause yet I know
That I’m in the right place.

Clouds or Soil

X32

A fragile mote 32 millimeters long
Is flying X meters high
And it is wrestling with the tornados
Dancing with mirage

The ocean is beneath me
And the universe around
Sharks are playing on the stars
Crabs are hanging on the Enterprise

The cell 32 micrometers long
Is walking through my veins
Meets his friends in the fat tissue
Sharing the oxygen

The genome inside me
And fluids all around
Erythrocytes wearing green hats,
Neurons are shaking their hats

I won’t arrive, until I hear you calling

Hearing your voice
I’ll be immediately back on Earth

AMG Records present single release 'Solar' by Jellis.
Brilliant track, helps to abstract from the circumstances and just travel with this rhythm.
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rise (demo)

Commissioned by the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle as part of their Puget Soundtrack series, Madeleine composed and performed a soundtrack to Hitchcock's classic film, The Birds.  

Visiting A Friend

I've made this song for the ending of the show "All we have is Now" at Nomad Nation in Montreal in summer 2018.

All we have is Now

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Love Hurts

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When Marcus asked Brazilian producer Bungle to make a tune for Soul:R with no pressure and no limitation he never expected him to come back with what Marcus says is the best Soul:R 12" there has been for a long time. For months now "Astral Travel" and "Aura" have been turning heads in Intalex DJ sets all over the world as soon as they are played, with people rushing to find out what these tunes are. This is the first single from Soul:R for 2013 and it sets the bar high.

Bungle - Astral Travel / Aura- SOULR60

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