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John Maus - The Silent Chorus

Quantum Leap is from John Maus' forthcoming album, We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves, out on June 28th in North America on Ribbon Music and June 27th in the UK / Europe on Upset the Rhythm.

Hear another track, Believer, from the album here: http://soundcloud.com/ribbonmusic/john-maus-believer

JOHN MAUS lives in his birthplace of Austin, Minnesota. Whilst working towards his PhD in Political Science, he also composes music that taps into melancholic fantasy and affirms that we are all truly alive. Questing synthesizers, tensely strung bass lines and chasing drum machines providing the perfect backdrop for John's deeply resonant reverb-drenched vocal. Born in the decade of synth pop and sharing his birthday with George Frideric Handel, John started making music when Nirvana posters went up on every teenager’s wall. It’s this curious conflux of influences that partially helps to describe John’s music. It’s a world where the Germs jam with Jerry Goldsmith, Cabaret Voltaire relocate to Eternia and Josquin des Prez writes a new score for RoboCop. The confrontation of punk, the fleeting poignancy of 80’s movie soundtracks, the insistent pulse of Moroder and the spirituality of Medieval and Baroque music all find salvation in John Maus.

We Must Become The Pitiless Censors Of Ourselves breaks new ground for Maus. The shirt pulling and air punching of his impassioned live performance is finally captured in all its frenzied appeal alongside a tender inner space that wasn’t as apparent on his previous albums. It’s a record where promise takes the lead for the first time, providing a counterpoint to John’s default existential calling.

Signup to stay informed of the latest John Maus news, including a chance to pre-order the new album on CD/limited-edition LP:
http://www.ribbonmusic.com/label/
http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/

John will be playing shows across the US this summer including co-headlining shows with LA's Puro Instinct.

05-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
06-18 San Francisco, CA - Brick And Mortar Music Hall *
06-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
06-21 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
06-24 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
06-25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-26 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
06-28 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands *
06-29 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
06-30 Boston, MA - Great Scott *
07-02 Winooski, VT - Monkey House
07-03 Philadelphia, PA - Making Time @ Voyeur *
07-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
07-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
07-07 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe *
07-08 New Orleans, LA - Wolf Den at Howlin Wolf *
07-09 Austin, TX - Mohawk Inside *
07-12 San Diego CA - Casbah *
07-13 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar *
07-15 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

* w/ Puro Instinct

We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Quantum Leap

John Maus - Quantum Leap

John Maus - My Whole Worlds Coming Apart

'Believer' is taken from John Maus' We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves out June 28th on Ribbon Music (North America) and June 27th on Upset the Rhythm (Europe).

View the 'Believer' video directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratford here: http://youtu.be/PMku-GbafEg

Hear another track, Quantum Leap, from the album here: John Maus - Quantum Leap by RibbonMusic

Signup to stay informed of the latest John Maus news, including a chance to pre-order the new album on CD/limited-edition LP:
http://www.ribbonmusic.com/label/
http://www.upsettherhythm.co.uk/

John will be playing shows across the US this summer including co-headlining shows with LA's Puro Instinct.

05-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
06-18 San Francisco, CA -  Brick And Mortar Music Hall *
06-20 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
06-21 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
06-24 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
06-25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-26 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
06-28 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands * 
06-29 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
06-30 Boston, MA - Great Scott *
07-02 Winooski, VT - Monkey House
07-03 Philadelphia, PA - Making Time @ Voyeur *
07-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage *
07-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
07-07 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe *
07-08 New Orleans, LA - Wolf Den at Howlin Wolf *
07-09 Austin, TX - Mohawk Inside * 
07-12 San Diego CA - Casbah *
07-13 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar * 
07-15 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *

* w/ Puro Instinct

Believer

John Maus - Believer

tidalblur

Blouse, "Videotapes"

John Maus - No Title (Molly)

John Maus 'No Title (Molly)' is available on a limited edition transparent orange Flexi Disc as part of Smugglers Way, Ribbon Music and Domino's first ever FlexiDisc Zine available exclusively on Record Store Day, April 21st.

Smugglers Way features unreleased songs by Dirty Projectors, Real Estate, Cass McCombs, Villagers and John Maus on FIVE individual, multi-colored Flexi Discs.

The 24pg zine is comprised of contributions by Domino & Ribbon artists including Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Laura Marling, Owen Pallett, Bjorn Copeland (Black Dice), Alex Bleeker (Real Estate), Andrea Estella (Twin Sister), Orange Juice, James Yorkston, Jon Hopkins, Ade Blackburn (Clinic), Jana Hunter (Lower Dens), Conor O'Brien (Villagers), King Creosote & Tom Fleming (Wild Beasts).

Smugglers Way is a limited, one of kind item, conceived and designed exclusively for Record Store Day. We couldn't be more proud of this and we hope you find Smugglers Way as exciting to read and listen to as it was for us to put together.

For more information visit: http://smugglersway.tumblr.com/

John Maus - No Title (Molly) (Smugglers Way FlexiZine)

'Mental Breakdown' is from John Maus' A Collection of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material out on CD, special edition LP, and digitally on July 17th (North America) / July 16th (Rest of the world) on Ribbon Music.

Tour dates:
06-15 Toronto, ONT - Lee's Palace (NXNE)
07-12 New York, NY - Pier 84 (River Rocks Series) *
07-20-22 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
08-09 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival
08-10 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West Festival
* w/ Dan Deacon

Find out more info on the release here: http://www.ribbonmusic.com/label/?p=291
Pre-order the Special Edition translucent pink vinyl limited to 500 copies available here: http://bit.ly/mausraritieslp

Pre-order CD/special edition LP

John Maus - Mental Breakdown (2004)

There's only a handful of festivals for 65daysofstatic this year, but amongst them are a few headline slots and also countries where we will be making our live debut.

To celebrate this, here's a free selection of songs taken from our output over the past few years, specifically We Were Exploding Anyway, Heavy Sky, Escape From New York and Silent Running.

Please pass this e,p far and wide and if we be seeing you at any of the festivals this year, be sure to bring your dancing shoes...


<b>65daysofstatic - Black Summer</b>

1.Crash Tactics (from WWEA)
2. PX3 (from Heavy Sky)
3. Come to Me - featuring Robert Smith (from WWEA)
4. Burial Scene (from Silent Running)
5. Space Theme (from Silent Running)
6. Retreat! Retreat! live from Radio City Music Hall (from Escape From New York)
7. Tiger Girl (from WWEA)

Black Summer Festival Shows:

12th July - Cockpit, Leeds (Festival Warm-up show, TICKETS)
13th July - 2000 Trees, Cheltenham (SOLD OUT)
15th July - Ilosaarirock Festival, Joensuu, Finland (TICKETS)
21st July - Truck Festival, Oxford (TICKETS)
22nd July - Tramlines, Sheffield (Free Festival - INFO)

7th August - Terraneo Festival, Croatia (TICKETS)

Xth September - Magnolia Parade, Milan, Italy (TICKETS)

Tiger Girl (from We Were Exploding Anyway)

Starkey "Orbits" (CD, 2x12", Digital Download)

*2x12" comes with digital download code* 

1. Renegade Starship
2. Command
3. G V Star (Part 1)
4. G V Star (Part 2)
5. Thugs
6. Lzr
7. Synchronize
8. Dystopia
9. ...And Then God Built the Cosmos
10. Crashing Sphere
11. The Shuttle
12. Magnet
13. Distant Star

Order direct from Civil Music on CD or 2 x 12" Vinyl and get free download code. 
http://www.civilmusic.com/buy/command-3/

Starkey's 3rd full-length album, ORBITS, will be released on December 3rd, 2012 (with some stores getting exclusives a week earlier, November 26th [be on the lookout]).  The album will be released on the Civil Music label, with whom Starkey also released the Space Traitor Vol 1 & 2 releases with.

Orbits is  the  latest  thrilling  installment  in Starkey’s  ‘street  bass’  odyssey.  The  Philly producer  draws  on  grime,  hip-hop,  electro, bass  music  and  beyond  to  blast off  with his most  accomplished  and fully  realized album yet.

Starkey’s intricately crafted, sci-fi inspired tracks escape the intro-drop breakdowndrop formula of most dance music thanks to a more expansive, ambitious approach.  Epic opener Renegade Starship paves the way for the heavy-hitting Command, which, along with remixes by Plastician, Drums Of Death and others, will be released as a lead single. The album continues to straddle straight club tracks (see The Shuttle, Dystopia) and more ambient offerings (Crashing Sphere, Synchronize) throughout. Huge drums, Southern rap style high hats and Vangelis-like fizzing synths are deployed to dramatic effect, and the energy and aggression of grime pervade the record.

Starkey "Orbits" (Album Sampler)  [Out Now on Civil Music]

Recorded at State of Art Bristol with Beak>

I Go to Sleep

Here's a mix from yours truly, celebrating the undeniable sound of Omar Adimora, Tim Deluxe and Tim Liken aka R.I.P. Productions/Double 99 (Ice Cream Records). By no means is the selection trying to be all-embracing, this thing could've been over 30+ tracks deep easily with the quality of tracks (e.g. "RIP Groove", "Move To Jersey, "Burning Up", "I've Been Mislead"..) that were released in the mid 90's. 

Here's what went down.

"Happy To Be Deep"
"The Horns"
"Deep Inspiration"
"Oh Baby"
"Sweet Lurv (Smile)"
"Pick Me Up" (Unlicensed Mix)
"Take A Chance"
"Ooh Yeah"
"Wanna Give You Myself"
"Red Hot And Sexy"
"Reach"
"Yeah"
"Work It"
"The Players"
"Deep In You"
"I've Been Misled" (Dub Mix)
"Mellow Works"
"Obsessed"

Much thanks to Steve @ Ice Cream Records, Warkki, DJ Supertyyli & You.

Jam to this.

DJ Ionik

http://www.icecreamrecords.co.uk
http://soundcloud.com/kojakgiantsounds
http://soundcloud.com/travellerrecords
www.travellerrecords.com

John Maus - Believer

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