Check out the wild video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_HQSF08GUE

Songs of December - Recap

Cirrus Freestyle (prod. by Bonobo)

"I wanted to keep a pure signal from each part to allow for space. A kind of serene, altered state of consciousness. To effect the vox I used the Solid Dynamics EQ, Replika and the convolution reverb Reflektor. Both Replika and Reflektor are awesome on vocals - airy and never aggressive or metallic. The synth comes from Reaktor Prism. It has a huge identity and can define a track on its own. I effected it with Solid Dynamics EQ.

I used three bass sounds. The first from Kinetic Metal - I love the whole kit. It's deep, industrial, texturized and spacey. The second was Massive - I've been using it for a while now. The third bass comes from Reaktor 6's Lazerbass which is really rewarding with very few tweaks – it's sharp and always evolving. I combined it with the Enhanced EQ. The drums are from Battery and Action Strikes with effects from Replika and Driver." - Aïsha Devi

KOMPLETE 11 Instruments and Effects used: SOLID DYNAMICS, REPLIKA, REFLEKTOR, REAKTOR PRISM, KINETIC METAL, MASSIVE, REAKTOR 6, ENHANCED EQ, BATTERY 4, ACTION STRIKES, DAMAGE, DRIVER

For more visit www.native-instruments.com/kompletesketches

Sketches 003 - Aïsha Devi

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Written by The Palms & Ripsy May

@ripsymay
@thepalmsmusic

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Video directed by Tigran Tovmasyan & Ripsy May

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Dare

'On Your Way' is the second single from Pillow Person. Download it here: smarturl.it/PPOnYourWay

It follows her debut single 'Go Ahead' which is out now featuring the b-side 'In My Game'.

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ON YOUR WAY

"Learn My Life" is taken from Cloud Nothings' forthcoming 7", available exclusively on their North American tour this January / February. 

Tickets on sale now: http://www.cloudnothings.com

January 26th – Cleveland, OH – Beachland ballroom
January 27th – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
January 28th – Montreal, QC – Fairmount Theatre
January 30th – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
January 31st – Boston, MA – Paradise
February 1st – New York, NY – Webster Hall
February 3rd – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
February 4th – Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
February 6th – Grand Rapids, MI – Calvin College
February 7th – Detroit, MI – El Club
February 9th – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
February 10th – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
February 11th – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
February 12th – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
February 15th – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
February 16th – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
February 17th – Seattle, WA – Barboza
February 18th – Seattle, WA – Barboza
February 20th – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
February 22nd – Los Angeles, CA – Teregram Ballroom

"Learn My Life"

Awaited for years by the large nationwide cult of Boggers in the know, Erin Birgy’s second LP at the helm of the fog-shrouded ship they call MEGA BOG is an instant and timeless classic. It’s equal parts nostalgic and futuristic, mapping a new, jazz-literate and free form of songcraft onto the model of the traditional guitar-based band. It’s poetry on roller skates, defying recognizable structures in favor of a stream-of-consciousness flow that guides Erin’s lyrics around their many soft and uncertain turns. It’s an inspiring example of a unique vision carried to it’s most honest and vulnerable realization. Happy Together was assembled on tape amidst a lot of movement, including Erin’s relocation from Seattle to New York. Like Joni Mitchell or Beefheart, Birgy has a seemingly magical ability to steer a diverse bunch of players into her own dream-world. And this album has a lot of players, many with big credentials we’ll refrain from mentioning (except for Zach Burba and Will Murdoch from IJI, and James Krivchenia from BIG THIEF, who earn mentions for being particularly present). Considering its variety of personnel and its long gestation, Happy Together is a remarkably consistent and complete record that cuts the deepest when experienced from start to finish, as it arcs from the surreal bubblegum tempos of “Diznee” and “Marianne,” thru the extended dreamscapes of songs like “192014,” and out to the free-wheeling catharsis of “Blackout” and “Fwee.” Take the journey.

Mega Bog - London

Awa Poulo "Djulau" from the album Poulo Warali, out now on Awesome Tapes From Africa (LP/CD/Digital). 
https://awapoulo.bandcamp.com/album/poulo-warali
Pre-order: http://amzn.to/2hhXxCn * http://apple.co/2hhVSfX * NL/BE http://bit.ly/2gdEynf * FR http://bit.ly/2h8IFpp * DE http://bit.ly/2gm2W9G 

Awa Poulo is a singer of Peulh origin from Dilly commune, Mali, near the border with Mauritania. Largely pastoral and often nomadic, Peulh- (or Fula-)speaking peoples are found from Senegal to Ethiopia but predominate in the Sahel region of West Africa. Awesome Tapes From Africa is proud to release Poulo’s newest recording of highly virtuosic folk-pop, fresh from the studio, broadcasting her vision of Peulh music beyond the grazing grounds and central markets of her remote home region in southwestern Mali. 

It’s not very common to find a female singer performing publicly among the Peulh. But Poulo’s mother’s co-wife is Inna Baba Coulibaly, who is a celebrated singer most Malian music fans know. Coulibaly herself was brought into music by forces outside her control when a regional music contest required an entry from her village and she was chosen to be a singer. So, set in motion by a surprising series of events, young Poulo’s entree into the music world was auspicious as she gained popularity across the region. After several locally released tapes and CDs, this record is Poulo’s first internationally-distributed record.

On Poulo Warali, she and her band combine the hallmarks of Peulh music—warm flute floating over cross-rhythmic n’goni (lute) riffs and resonant calabash gourd hand percussion—with broader Malian sounds like lightly-distorted guitar and a heavier, rollicking inertia. Shape-shifting layers of rhythm and woody overtones match Poulo’s commanding voice in a jocular yet deliberate dance.  

This is a relatively rare example of Malian Peulh music played in a modern, cosmopolitan context, reflecting the mixed society of Dilly, where Bambara, Soninke and Peulh-speaking people live among each other. 

Poulo’s conscious lyrics about community concerns speak to the distinctive identity of her broadly-flung people. While Peulh represents less than 10% of Mali’s melting pot of languages, the dynamic music here powerfully resonates well beyond the linguistic borders.

Poulo Warali

Awa Poulo — Djulau

Mastering - Joseph Blais
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Produced by Trinity✨🐉

Ocean Of Love

6 Perfect

The next single from my forthcoming album Losing, Linda out Friday 27 September via Dot Dash and Cascine.

"I think there’s a lot of identity baggage that gets tied up in lineage. I’m still unpacking my thoughts around this – the sense of duty, obligation and function that comes with living in a female body which I find both heavy and powerful. I wrote this song, to find the gentle and enduring strength to live life as a woman."
Pre-order Losing Linda here: suizhen.lnk.to/losinglinda

Written, recorded & produced by Becky Sui Zhen. 
Mixing & additional production by Haima Marriott. 
Recording & tracking by Todd Dixon.
Additional composition & bass guitar by Luke Hodgson.
Wind instruments by Cayn Borthwick.
Backing vocals by Ashley Bundang.
Guitars by Alec Marshall.

Losing, Linda

Being A Woman

Fucking Retrograde

Imagined a world where no longer have the ability to touch/love. Left only with memories. Constantly daydreaming ourselves into a black hole. What a strange, sad place it would be. 

Independently released Feb 28, 2020.
Written by Lianna Vanicelli, Mathew Hofman, Jon Zott
Produced by Jon Zott x Xelli Island

Touch

written produced and recorded by sabrina song

mixed by daniel neiman
mastered by gabi grella
cover art by livy wicks

Say It Like That

queering the beach, made in queerwater florida

Flew all the way to the sea 
Now there’s sand in 
Every crevice in my body
Id like if u came 
and dug tiny seashells 
with me

I hadn’t seen her since the prom 
so we met and her
Sister who’s older than us 
Made us give her our
hard earned 
money

And the chocolate banana 
that covered your mouth 
Got bit 
With your teeth

And the 8 little splinters
caught in your foot
Make it hard on your feet

So I will never 
Watch what I eat
I learned my lesson
climbing palm trees

Deep holes and checking my phone
All week

And on my way to my guitar
I got sidetracked
And took the bus too many stops
Down st laurent
These vivid anxiety dreams And muddy sneaks

Deep holes and checking my phone
All week

ON YOUR WAY

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