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Wet Baes - Goodbye

Released on January 22, 2016. 

Digital: http://apple.co/29cLC5o
Physical: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/palana

Charlie Hilton // Pony

There is something spesh going on musically along the Berlin / Montreal / Warsaw axes these days, and this tape is your one way ticket to never going back to unknowingness. Consisting of 11 heretofore unreleased tracks from the M&M stable and beyond, Mixtape 1 serves to document a scene which spans significant geographic distance all the while maintaining a cohesive aesthetic sensibility. 

Magic Island’s “Ostsee” opens the proceedings, and it finds dream pop inhabitant Emma C sounding more confident than ever, not only in songwriting but also in production. Same goes for Antoine93, whose pop star ambitions haven’t been dulled by his time spent basking in the glory of being one of Berlin’s new star club kids. If anything, he has emerged from the haze of all those late nights with a pop sensibility that is tuned to perfection. 

Pascale Project delivers a spaced out track which brings to mind a simpler time in electronic music and Bataille Solaire shores up the Quebecois contributions to the tape with a track that will satisfy the heads who like their tuneage knotty and complex. 

Dylan III is sorely missed around Neukölln, so his contribution here, a skewed take on 80s AM gold replete with flamenco guitar and emotive vocals is very a welcome reminder of his immense talent and charisma. While we’re talking sorely missed, how about Jason Harvey? No two ways about this guy is a beauty, and his track, though objectively “weird” is, in its own way, perfect. Just like him. 

Jack Chosef, Normal Echo and Helen Fry weigh in with punchier, harder takes on their respective brands of outsider electronics, while scene linchpin Sean Nicholas Savage teams up with his Polish partner in crime (and current touring guitarist), Better Person, for a smooth as cover of Chris Isaak’s “Can’t Do A Thing (To Stop Me). 

One of the most pleasant surprises on the mix comes from Karolini. After years spent fine tuning his coffee making skills, then his cooking skills, then his joke telling skills, Karolini finally found time to produce some music, and, by gosh, it was worth the wait. “Twice As Much” is a timeless piece of songwriting, as instantly memorable as it is distinct from the other tracks on offer here. 

Finally, Warsaw based Olivier Helm and Pictorial Candi collaborate on Ballroom, a digital only bonus track that, like a jellyfish from the depths of the Vistula, is so smooth it hurts. 

All told, what we’ve got here is a beau-tay of comp, an immensely pleasing snapshot of a scene operating at its own pace and in its own world. There's no going back now. 

Kevin Halpin / Shameless/Limitless / Berlin, October 2015

Music & Lyrics by Olivier Heim and Pictorial Candi
Additional keys by Marcin Masecki
Saxophone by Tomasz Duda
Produced by Michał Kupicz

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Olivier Heim & Pictorial Candi - Ballroom

Album Cascades out Feb 5
BUY - http://smarturl.it/cascadesDL
CD Preorder - http://bit.ly/CascadesCD
LTD Edition LP Preorder - http://bit.ly/CascadesLP

Cascades

Released on April 1, 2016. 

Digital: http://apple.co/29tI3Eg
Physical: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/psychic-lovers

Dinner // Turn Me On

Released on April 1, 2016. 

Digital: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/psychic-lovers/id1077534284 
Physical: https://www.omnianmusicgroup.com/products/psychic-lovers

Dinner // Gone

Album Cascades out Feb 5
BUY - smarturl.it/cascadesDL
CD Preorder - bit.ly/CascadesCD
LTD Edition LP Preorder - bit.ly/CascadesLP

How Could You Know

The craft spells remix 12” shows two extremes. The Whatever/Whatever remix is lush, dense and full of texture. Simonetti's approach is a more unorthodox, minimal, loop heavy affair, adding hints of melody in unexpected places - tying it all together in the end...

Whatever/Whatever is the duo of Justin Strauss & Bryan Mette who've remixed the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Woolfy and Yacht at the height of the indie dance scene around the start of this decade and are now breathing new life into the project with recent remixes for Inflagranti, Pollyester, Stephan Eicher and Cantoma.

Mike Simonetti is head honcho of 2MR, has been DJing for 20 years and has recently acquired production notoriety for his breathtaking emo-techno duo Pale Blue and his sold out solo 12" Bossa Nova Civic Club Bootleg.

If I Could (Whatever/Whatever Remix)

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A. Craft Spells - If I Could (Whatever Whatever Remix)

"Please" is the third single from TEEN's forthcoming record "Love Yes" out February 19th, 2016

Pre-order the album here:
iTunes w/ instant grat: http://smarturl.it/loveyes_itunes
Carpark shop: http://smarturl.it/loveyes_carpark

catch the band on tour this winter: http://bit.ly/1ntZJhH
February 14th - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
February 16th - Philadelphia, PA - Ortlieb’s
February 17th - Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
February 18th - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
February 19th - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
February 20th - Lakewood, OH - Mahall’s
February 21st - Chicago, IL - Hideout Inn
February 22nd - Cincinnati, OH - Monday Night at the Comet
February 24th - New Haven, CT - BAR
February 25th - Burlington, VT - Signal Kitchen
February 26th - Stony Brook, NY - Stony Brook University
February 27th - Hudson, NY - Half Moon
March 9th - Richmond, VA - Gallery 5
March 10th - Asheville, NC - Tiger Mountain
March 11th - Charleston, SC - Tin Roof
March 12th - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
March 13th - Birmingham, AL - Syndicate Lounge
March 14th - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
March 25th - San Diego, CA - Whistle Shop
March 28th - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
March 29th - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
March 31st - Omaha, NE - O'Leaver's
April 1st - Iowa City, IA - Gabe's
April 2nd - Grand Rapids, MI - LadyfestGR

TEEN - Please

Heavenly out April 22 2016. Pre-order yours now!

12" / Tape / MP3: bit.ly/heavenlylp
Bandcamp: http://plasticflowers.bandcamp.com

Plastic Flowers is a Dream Pop band from London, UK, formed in late 2011 by multi-instrumentalist George Samaras. He has recorded two full length studio albums Evergreen (2014) and Heavenly (2016).

After graduating from high school he experimented with drone sounds and worked closely with other musicians, including former band member Angelos Paschalidis. During his college years in Thessaloniki he begun recording under the name Plastic Flowers and quickly released a series of EP's and singles that received praise for their lo-fi feeling and warmth. The hazy atmosphere created with the heavy use of soft guitars and multilayered synth patterns are some of the main characteristics of Plastic Flowers' sound.

BBC described his music as "very ethereal soundscapes accompanied by warm vocals" while DIY Magazine labelled him as a "Greek wunderkind musician." After a prolonged period of writing and experimentation, his second full length album entitled "Heavenly" will be released April 22nd, 2016 through The Native Sound. Recordings took place between October and December 2015 in North West London.

Plastic Flowers – Diver

First single off the album: Human & Machine | SHYWOŁVE out this Friday, Feb. 19th
@shy-wolve



SHYWOŁVE - Caramel

From the upcoming beko_227 imperfections cd album

http://youtu.be/AEoNziVMR7w

Self Portraits - Stuck In Our Dreams

We miss you. Rest peacefully. 

This track will be available on a compilation we're throwing together. We're also pretty close to finishing an EP we've been slaving away at for over a year. Thanks for being patient <3

-Keajn & Ben

listen to our last album (it's free!) - https://darklit.bandcamp.com/album/technicolor-observations

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https://twitter.com/darklitsounds

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One For Chai

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Easily the most Britney Spears track of 2060. 

DREAMCAST SWIRL EMOJI

“I want to go anywhere and dream away” singer Karolien Van Ransbeeck whispers in ‘Summer Sun’, Few Bits’ luscious new single, taken from their sophomore album ‘Big Sparks’.  A pitch-perfect mix of  shimmering guitars, hazy vocals and loose but galloping grooves. Imagine Real Estate tackling Mazzy Star’s ‘Fade Into You’ at 45rpm instead of 33 1/3rpm and you get the picture. But there’s a lot more to this Antwerp based band. 

Debuting in 2013 with a self-titled debut album ‘Few Bits’ they immediately stole hearts of music lovers in Belgium and beyond. The band got invited to support the likes of Vampire Weekend and The War On Drugs and went on a UK tour with The Lemonheads. Gaining confidence on stage night after night is clearly reflected in the dynamic and full dreampop sound of ‘Summer Sun’ and the themes explored on the new album. 

Karolien’s songs about the shadow side of love, about longing for something that ultimately always remains just out of reach, and about finally having the courage to relinquish control come from a deeply personal place. “I always write autobiographically", she explains, "I'm not really interested in writing from someone else's perspective. A song doesn't just have to sound good, it also has to express exactly what I feel. Otherwise I'd rather throw it away. I don't come up with fiction. Every word, every comma, has to fit my head and my heart." 
Fresh from making their US debut at this year’s SXSW Festival, and just in time for the Canadian Music Week and The Great Escape, Few Bits is ready to win over hearts and ears all over the world with their new single ‘Summer Sun’

Join us on their trip and dream away.


FEW BITS - Summer Sun

Limited 12": smarturl.it/MariaUsbeckVinyl
Spotify: smarturl.it/MariaUsbeckSpotify
Apple: smarturl.it/AmparoApple
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Maria Usbeck's solo debut, Amparo, is a collection of songs written and recorded across the span of three years in Ecuador, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Barcelona, Lisbon, Easter Island, Costa Rica, Florida, L.A. and her home in Brooklyn. Though the songs were composed electronically, Amparo called for an acoustic treatment, so Usbeck spent a winter in the studio recording the arrangements live with producer Caroline Polachek and mixer & engineer Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Fleshed out in full sonic color on the marimba, xylophone, quena flute, piano, and harp, the album stretched into something hi-fi and expressive, meditative but not meandering.

Amparo stems from Usbeck's desire to compose in Spanish, her native language. Growing up in Quito, Usbeck was immersed in salsa, merengue, bachata, and Andean music, but was more attracted to German and American culture than to her own, and moved to America by herself at 17. After five years of fronting new wave outfit Selebrities and writing songs in English, Usbeck experienced a delayed-onset homesickness and knew it was time to "let the mother tongue speak." The impulse manifested itself directly: Amparo takes its title from Usbeck's middle name and her mother's name, and translates roughly as "to guide, protect, and embrace." Usbeck wields her Spanish lyrics cleverly while folding in snippets of several other far-flung tongues: Rapa Nui from Easter Island, Quichua from Ecuador, Bribri from Costa Rica, and Catalan. Because these lyrics were composed while visiting the countries from which they originate, their usage is more impressionistic than literal, like a mockingbird imitating fragments of other bird calls. Similarly, Usbeck reinterprets the Ecuadorian music that she grew up with as a newcomer, returning home with fresh ears, and as such the sounds are very much her own.

The backbone of Amparo is percussion, vibrating throughout with timbales, tumbas, a talking drum, bongos, shakers, and an Indian flat drum, with the gaps filled in by her field recordings of birds, beaches, and jungles. The songs were written and recorded chronologically, with the exception of the closing track, a cover of Colourbox’s “Tarantula” reimagined in Usbeck’s Spanish translation. Amparo is a reflection of the textures of Usbeck's childhood. It is also a distinctly grown-up pop record – a travel diary, music made by a visiting outsider to tap into a shared core of human expression. Emotively, Usbeck is her most powerful on piano ballads "Uno De Tus Ojos" and "Jungla Inquieta," but is a magnetic narrator throughout, moving between whispers, chants, and lullabies. Amparo pulses with many stories in many voices, but they flow together seamlessly like water, leaving behind a wordless hum.

Amparo is released May 27 via Cascine in North America, Labrador in Euope and Rallye in Japan.
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Maria Usbeck - Jungla Inquieta

music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD4bymB6Bs8

We are pretty happy to share this future funk re-imagination from @josefkenny

Thanks to @daddykev for choosing and tweaking this track as example piece for a mastering clinic at @sidebrain 's BeatLab

On Spotify too:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4IqIPUCsNnedn0zmnQxQ0J

Free Download

Dime Piece (Josef Kenny Remix)

https://www.instagram.com/raincheckva/
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Raincheckva-drunk-ambience-lyrics

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