wonderful! Waiting for your next record. Greetings from Germany

SONG OF THE DAY <3 http://guthoerenistwichtig.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/tageslied-rokkuro-the-backbone/ Tageslied.

beautiful voice- melodic lines reminds somewhat of Kate Bush

first

"Right from the start", the first single and video clip from Tango with Lions' debut album "Verba Time released by InnerEar Records on June 21st 2010. 

Right from the start

Here

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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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In 2010 Rökkurró released the studio album Í Annan Heim (produced by Alex Somers of Jónsi fame) to an unexpected wave of critical acclaim - not just within their native Iceland but internationally. The album spent a staggering 100 weeks in the Icelandic chart’s Top 30, while international media such as NME, Clash, The Line of Best Fit, CMU Daily and KEXP Radio championed the band. Three years on, Rökkurró returned to the studio with two new members Helga (piano) and Skúli (bass) to record their follow-up second album which is set for release in late 2014.

In October 2013, Rökkurró released a teaser from the new album in the form of English-speaking album track Killing Time, a three-minute, stripped-down piece of music that talks about “a person who feels young, but their body is failing them and how getting old is a misleading thing,” said Rökkurró vocalist Hildur Kristín Stefánsdóttir.“Our new sound has a few obvious changes. We have added more electronic elements. I have taken a break from the cello and have replaced it with a synthesiser.” This time around, production was done by renowned multi-instrumentalist and producer Helgi Hrafn Jónsson. “His ideas are fresh and we liked the fact that he chooses the artists he works with very carefully. We found out very soon that we shared a common vision for this project and that is really important.” - Stefánsdóttir.

Rökkurró self-release their new album later this year, on CD, Vinyl and Digitally. The album release will be preceded by the single The Backbone (released on 11 August 2014) - also available in a limited handmade edition (120 copies).

The Backbone was composed in January and recorded in February 2014. "We took a break from the album recordings, as we felt we needed new songs with a different feel from the ones we had already recorded. This song came through quite quickly. It changed quite a bit in the recording session and soon afterwards we felt this could be one of the strongest tracks on the album," explains Stefánsdóttir.

"Even though the song has quite a chilled vibe, the rockier bit was probably the sweatiest recording session of the entire album! We had to record that part many times - as it needed to be tight - and by the end everyone had taken most of their clothes off..I think you can hear the half-naked vibe, if you listen closely," jokes Stefánsdóttir.

The lyrics to 'The Backbone' are about the Reykjavík neighbourhood Stefánsdóttirgrew up in, and how it changed over the years, just as she has changed."Things seem totally different as we grow and see them in new perspectives that make us realise how simple our view was. But the innocence of pure curiosity has also a beauty to it," she says.

When asked about the idea behind a handmade single, Stefánsdóttir explains: "We've always been a DIY band. We love making things ourselves. The very first thing we ever released was a 4-track EP that we recorded and crafted ourselves. We hadn't made any special items for a long time and we wanted to go straight back to where we started. The only difference now is, that the single is professionally recorded. Our drummer Bibbi is definitely the most artistic in the band. He is always making beautiful things, whether it's a lamp, a memo book or a painting. He made the covers from scratch, painted, cut and glued them. None of the covers are the same. They are all different and unique which makes them even more cool. They are made from huge abstract paintings that Bibbi then cut down and made into covers."

Rökkurró self-release their new album in late 2014, on CD, Vinyl and Digitally. The album release will be preceded by the debut single The Backbone (released on 11 August 2014).

Rökkurró are playing Iceland Airwaves in November 2014, with more dates to be announced.

www.rokkurro.com
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Some praise for Rökkurró:

“Warm, wonderfully textured” - Lauren Down on The Guardian (UK)

"Warm and inviting like a thermal spring" - NME (UK)

"If Rökkurró can keep up this kind of achievement, they’ll soon find themselves standing proudly next to their nation’s greats." - The Line Of Best Fit (UK)

"Their music does go some way to representing that image in sound, complete with the cold landscape of Iceland outside because the Reykjavik residents create that equally grand and delicate sound that, for some reason, only Nordic bands seem capable of pulling off." - CMU Daily (UK)

“Rökkurró have a cello-playing frontwoman with a lovely voice and songs to match.” - Clash Magazine (UK)

"Beautiful orchestral sounds" - KEXP Radio (US)

The Backbone

Be Mine - Live at Studio Möllan

Augustine taken from debut album 'White Water'

Playing live throughout 2015 - www.theslowshow.co.uk/tour-dates/

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Augustine

VOO VOO  & Alim Qasimov, Fargana Qasimova -  "Gdybym"

'Imaginational Anthem vol. 7' Available February 17, 2015

'Trees Return to Soil' by Simon Scott

Piano cover of Chord Left by Agnes Obel.

It took twenty-three takes to successfully play this all the way through.

Enjoy!

Chord Left (Agnes Obel)

played live in the spark 7 hall, vienna, austria, october 16th 2002 


Untitled 1 (live)

"The Gutter" by Yann Tiersen from the new album 'Skyline,' available now! Order at http://www.anti.com/store

Skyline

The Gutter

Yann Tiersen - The Gutter

Hasta Siempre (Puebla)

Lars Danielsson, Leszek Możdżer, Zohar Fresco - Asta

Przedstawiamy kolejny utwór w ramach projektu Reebok Classic Trax. "Ostrze" to wspólne dzieło założycieli legendarnego Tworzywa - Fisza i Emade z młodą, obiecującą Izą Lach, która w ostatnim czasie stała się jedną z najgorętszych przedstawicielek polskiej muzyki na scenie globalnej. Podziel się "Ostrzem" ze swoimi znajomymi na Facebooku. 

Fisz Emade x Iza Lach - Ostrze

The success of Rökkurró’s 2010 album Í Annan Heim (produced by Alex Somers of Jónsi fame) was largely unexpected. The album spent over 100 weeks in the Top-30 of the Icelandic charts, while gathering warm words from international media such as NME, Clash Magazine, KEXP Radio, The Line Of Best Fit and CMU Daily.

Rökkurró returned in October 2014 with a new studio album Innra, produced by multi-instrumentalist Helgi Hrafn Jónsson. The three year gap between the two albums gave Rökkurró the space to meticulously expand their luscious palette into the beautiful, dreamy soundscapes that is Innra.

New members Helga on piano and Skúli on bass have been added to the line-up and time spent by the bands members between Tokyo, London and Reykjavík inspired Rökkurró to record their first part-English speaking record.


The Backbone

Rökkurró

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