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"Atmospheric synths swell victoriously"

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Like many electronic artists, Ryan Lee West aka Rival Consoles spent his early years experimenting with IDM, glitch and dance, but one consistent element in his musical journey has been his desire to create a more organic, humanised sound. Through these experimentations he has found a process of producing electronic music that feels close to this urge. Restricting himself to a small selection of analogue equipment, West engages his hands directly with instruments and is very selective about what he then records into the computer. He reduces musical parts even further, leaving enough space around the sound for it to breath.

‘Odyssey’ is a reflection of West’s quest to create atmosphere and space from minimal arrangements. ‘I don’t like music to sound overly laboured, so I restrict how much is going on. I’m kind of obsessed with the idea of reduction.’ The new 5-track EP was mastered by Naweed and is out on Erased Tapes.

'‘Odyssey’ and ‘Voyager’ are both incredibly stripped down and have a great sense of space throughout them. It's all about using the right ingredients at the right points in time. A lot of these ingredients are short recordings, such as ice cracking, mechanical clicks, clicks from synth errors, sounds of debris, guitar plucks etc., which interact with the simple arrangements and create little hints of rhythm. I also love the technique of swelling in music, but I realised that hardly anyone has done that in electronic music. So when I first got the synth to swell in and out with the opening chords of ‘Philip’, it was a great moment. Because it creates a human mood in a matter of seconds, which is very difficult to do with electronic sounds. That track is very important to me, and I think it will influence how I make music in the future.’ – Ryan Lee West

TRACK LISTING: A1. Odyssey A2. Philip. B1. Voyager B2. Rebecca B3. Soul (feat. Peter Broderick)

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Odyssey

Voyager

Rival Consoles – Voyager

A Sid LeRock cover version of "Add it up" taken from a great original from the band Violent Femmes. Released on my first album "Written in Lipstick"

Released on Mute Records/Ladomat/EMI
year: 2005

Written In Lipstick

Add it Up

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"Add it Up" (Sid Le Rock Cover Version)

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Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (Gigamesh Remix)

From 'Underneath the Rainbow' out 3/18/14 via VICE Records

Black Lips-Boys In The Wood

2 - Rolando Bruno y su Orquesta MIDI - La gente asi

VG Store

Joan Baez - Silver Dagger

Purchase on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/GetOnItEP?IQid=soundcloud

The Kin - Boy You're a Pretty Girl

Nothing To Show For It | Femi Kuti

Astro Unicorn (feat. The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project) - "Body And Soul" taken from the album "The Journey is Long" (Glitterhouse).

Astro Unicorn (feat. The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project) - Body And Soul

"HI-FIVE" from the forthcoming release 'Burn Your Fire For No Witness', out Feb. 18 2014, on CD/ LP/ Digital on Jagjaguwar. 

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Burn Your Fire For No Witness

Hi-Five

Angel Olsen - HI-FIVE

The first track to be lifted from the Art Reeks 12", a collaboration between Art is Hard & Reeks of Effort.

An audible ballad of impending doom from the lips, hips and fingers of the ever prolific Joey Fourr." Born Slippery" brings an industrial crunch to the compilation and is the first of eight astonishingly unique tracks. Other artists involved are Radstewart, Poledo and Pinact, all of which will feature individual artwork by Dale Crosby Close.

Pre-order is available now at https://artreeks.bandcamp.com/. Released 03/03/2014.

Joey Fourr - Born Slippery

Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B, soul and rock and roll singer and songwriter.

A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which hit the US R&B charts, and frequently crossed over to the US Billboard Hot 100. Among his best known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally", and "Funky Broadway".The impact of Pickett's songwriting and recording led to his 1991 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Pickett teamed up with established Philadelphia-based hitmakers Gamble and Huff for the 1970 album "Wilson Pickett In Philadelphia", which featured two hit singles, "Engine No.9" and "Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You", the latter selling one million copies.

Wilson Pickett- Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number 9 (Jack Frost Edit)

From The Meat Purveyors' 1998 Bloodshot Records album 'Sweet in the Pants'

Sweet In the Pants

Burning Love

LP/CD/Digital

"Burning Love" (Elvis Presley Cover) by The Meat Purveyors

Flesh & Blood is available now.

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John Butler Trio - "Blame It On Me"

From the forthcoming Death Vessel full-length album, 'Island Intervals', out February 25th, 2014 on Sub Pop Records.

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Island Intervals

Mercury Dime

Death Vessel - Mercury Dime

Live North American Tour Feb / March 2014
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As Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber get ready to tour North America for the first time in many years, the duo has decided to share the original unreleased version of the track "Looking" (which appeared in an alternate version as the bonus track for the album <i>Odeon</i>). With a disco-informed bassline and drum track laced with delicate keys, this track has us even more excited for the live shows. 

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Looking

Tosca - Looking (Unreleased Tour Version)

from WHITE SANDS (Homeboy Sandman & Paul White) 
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Homeboy Sandman - Wade in the Water

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Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

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artwork by:
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For nearly a decade, Tycho has been known as the musical alias of Scott Hansen, but with the release of Awake – his second LP for Ghostly International – the solo project has evolved into a three-piece band. Relating closer to post-rock than ambient soundscapes, the record is situated in the present, sounding more like Hansen than drawing from his influences. “This is, in many ways, the first true Tycho record.”

Following 2011’s Dive LP, the San Francisco-based designer toured extensively, and with a full band on stage, his sound coalesced into a percussive, organic whole. Zac Brown (guitars, bass) rejoined Scott on the road for this tour, but it was the particular addition of Rory O’Connor’s live drumming that ultimately sent Hansen back to the studio with a more precise vision. “After the tour, I decided that I wanted to capture the more energetic, driven sound of the live show on the next album,” Hansen recalls. Bringing musicians into Tycho’s creative process was a step towards expanding his own songwriting and advancing the project beyond its current sound.

In a cabin near Tahoe last winter, Zac and Scott began fleshing out the structure of the new record, but it wasn’t until they set up shop in the hills of Santa Cruz with Rory that it all fell into place. “It crystallized the vision of how the drums would come to the forefront on this record,” says Hansen. The sound was much more stripped-down and concise with more organic instruments in the fold. Songs like “Montana” and “Awake” are a departure from Tycho’s previous material – unique to the group effort poured into the songs on the new record – while “See” and “Dye” echo ideas from previous works, bridging a middle ground between the old and new. Working with Count Eldridge, who also engineered Dive, the team could fixate on the pulses that Tycho might previously layer under synthesizers and exhume them with distinct bass and guitar patterns.

Also known for his design work as ISO50, Hansen’s visual and sonic efforts have dovetailed throughout the course of his career. “This is the first time in my life I've dropped everything to focus on one artistic pursuit,” notes Hansen. Previous Tycho releases came to fruition when an amalgam of songs were nearing completion, but Awake is where music becomes the focus and true expression becomes the result.

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Montana

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings have returned! New album "Give The People What They Want" now available

Get it on iTunes
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Bart Daems