2014

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Things We Like - Week starting 3 February 2014

MIP 87: February III (2014)

lounge

Enter the 'Slacks' Remix Competition!! Submissions are open from 9th May - 6th June 2025. View the prize pool & download the stems: tinyurl.com/3jtypbjh

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Official music video - https://youtu.be/1EidCx-idrw

Slacks

This tune will be available as a free download shortly. Atm it is being used in a collab with an emcee. If u like my work, i would really appreciate it if you took a copy of my album off my hands. It will be the second greatest album you'll buy this year. Number one is coming out later this year in the form of street bangerz. Anyways enough with the promo stuff. Enjoy : http://shop.coldbusted.org/album/music-beyond-belief

Sixfingerz - The Love for the Sound

for the Ghostpoet remix competion.


all vocals by Ghostpoet and Woodpecker Wooliams 
all instrumentals by Parra for Cuva

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Ghostpoet -Meltdown (Parra for Cuva remix)

Taken from the debut album 'I Am Machinery'
Released 25/11/13

Buy the album from:

iTunes UK (bonus track version) - bit.ly/1fSAwxV
Amazon UK - amzn.to/1a4rvj1
iTunes US (bonus track version) - bit.ly/1a4rSu5
Juno Download - bit.ly/Hcz4YY

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debukas.com/
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twitter.com/debukas

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He’s a one-man synth orchestra, that Debukas. Those beautiful layers of yearning vocals, the Detroit strings, the coruscating hi-hats and drums that speak of years at the altar of house and techno’s venerated gods. I Am Machinery is somewhat apt.

Debukas was born in 2011, though the seeds of it were sewn much earlier. Echoes of its influences go back to Gary Numan singles, teenage forays into the world of Junos and Casios, 808 State and early Warp, Transmat and Metroplex, Arthur Russell and Gino Soccio. It’s all there in the primordial Celtic soup that comprises Debukas.

John Clark was born somewhat earlier. You may or may not have heard about some of his previous exploits. He had a brief dalliance with pop infamy in Japan. There was a series of bands large and small and collaborations so brief John is still not sure they really happened.

I Am Machinery is one of the most complete electronic albums you’ll hear this year – or any other, for that matter. Those years spent toiling in bands has given him a mean ear for the killer hook, just as the hours spent in Rubadub Records in Glasgow provided him with the inspiration.

This is neither house music nor techno, though you can certainly dance to it. Debukas has taken the basic building blocks of those genres and somehow repurposed them to produce music that is vocal-based without featuring formal songs (it feels at times as though he’s sampled himself from some obscure found-sound album). When he hits his stride, you can almost imagine – in some far off, alternative universe, maybe – Debukas on Top Of The Pops performing, say, ‘Some Days’.

If you’ve been lucky enough to come across his EPs for 2020Vision, you will have heard and appreciated his unique style; it sounds like nothing else on the roster yet fits perfectly among it all. I Am Machinery is a step further; a step forward. The sound has received a slight polish though one that comes from confidence in a sure direction rather than songs with a needless sheen. And here’s confidence for you, some of the best material from the EPs has been ditched so the album has a flow, as if all of these songs were conceived to only live together communally on I Am Machinery, like brothers and sisters, or even prisoners (of soul).

On ‘Tape Symphony’, one of the newest songs, Debukas woos us with some white soul, edged with those glittery synths and an unrelenting bass figure. ‘Hold Back The Sea’, technically just a simple house groove, is imbued with his trademark multi-layered vocals which rends it startlingly and unintentionally similar to Frankie Goes To Hollywood – bizarrely, I know, but it just totally works.

I Am Machinery is that rare thing: a great electronic album. It’s where man meets machinery and they have some right old rumpy-pumpy in front of everyone. This is Debukas’s lovechild. Plug in, tune in, blast off.

Words - Bill Brewster

South

Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size.

Get the limited edition 12" exclusively on Record Store Day 2015.
Order the album on 2xLP/CD/DL: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP062
Or order the album DL via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/kiasmos

After dropping several tracks and performing at select festivals throughout the years, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen dedicated the year 2014 to explore the area in-between Ólafur’s more acoustic, piano-based solo work and Janus’s synth-heavy electro pop, with their collaborative electronic project Kiasmos.

By focusing solely on their self-titled debut album, Ólafur and Janus have been able to combine and further develop their unique sound aesthetics to complete an album driven by their mutual love for electronic music. Made in Ólafur’s newly build studio in Reykjavík, Iceland, a majority of the album was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesisers, drum machines and tape delays. It features a live drummer, string quartet and Ólafur performing on the grand piano, producing an ambient, textured sound, which makes it a perfect home listen and equally danceable record. If you listen closely, you can spot them record the thumb piano, finger snapping and even the sound of the metal grinder of a lighter slowly to replace the usual electronic hi-hat sounds, giving the album a far more intimate and unique atmosphere.

“We decided to start almost completely over with this record, so most of the material is written this year with the idea of making a record that can stand as one piece rather than a collection of songs. I am very excited to get a proper record out exploring a different territory than I am used to. I touch a lot on electronic genres in my own music but never have the opportunity to go full out electronic like we do here.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“The Kiasmos project has been around since 2007, but because of all our other projects we never really got the time to sit down and write all the tracks we always wanted to. So when we early this year finally found the time to sit down and make a full length album there was so much we wanted to try out. The result surprised us a bit, it's deeper and more emotional than we imagined it to be, but that's the beauty of being able to make an album.” – Janus Rasmussen

Kiasmos – s/t will be released on Double-Vinyl, CD and Download via Erased Tapes on October 27th, 2014.

TRACK LISTING: 

1. Lit  2. Held  3. Looped  4. Swayed  5. Thrown  6. Dragged  7. Bent  8. Burnt 

LIVE DATES:	

17.08. HAMBURG (DE) - Dockville Festival			
26.09. BRUSSELS (BE) – Bozar Electronic Arts Festival
27.09. DEN HAAG (NL) – Todays Art Festival

OFFICIAL WEBSITES:  	facebook.com/kiasmos · erasedtapes.com

Kiasmos

Looped

Buy 12"/DL

Kiasmos – Looped

White Snow (original Mix) 
https://soundcloud.com/chplnmusic/chpln-white-snow

CHPLN - White Snow (Shy Luv Remix)

"Rumor" will appear on our forthcoming digital EP, "Lover", available 3.31.14.

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Rumor

Artwork Photography by Rory Gardiner

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hiding you

Better in the Dark (Joywave Remix)

i made this mix for you. basically it's to help make today & i guess really all days better

stream or download for free

happy new year

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chiefs - i just been (drinking, smoking) 
what so not - high you are (branchez remix)
chlöe howl - paper heart (arches remix)
jackson & his computer band - seal
pusha t - numbers on the boad (crookers remix)
b-ju - ass club (worthy remix)
fuzz - flowers
m.i.a. - yala
jamie lidell - what a shame (rl grime remix)
koreless - MTI (twrk remix)
azealia banks ft. pharrell - ATM jam (kaytranada remix)
dj snake x yellow claw x spanker - slow down
the hood internet - infinite starts
keys n krates - dum dee dum
flume - holdin on (123mrk remix)

2 Left Feet (K.Flay Mix)

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Digital version ➦ http://projectmooncircle.bandcamp.com/album/two-words | https://itunes.apple.com/album/two-words/id745463792 | http://www.junodownload.com/products/two-words/2343198-02 | http://boomkat.com/downloads/862200-rain-dog-two-words | https://bleep.com/release/48177-rain-dog-two-words | https://www.wasabeat.com/releases/151807-rain-dog-two-words

For Samuel Evans, or Rain Dog, creating this album was a vast experiment to combine different attempts of blending more traditional elements of song writing and composition with the more contemporary influences of modern electronic dance and bass music, all within the confines of his computer and chair...

Being compelled by melody and variation, Rain Dog, by his own admission, never had much talent for songwriting in terms of lyrics. To circumvent this, however, he focuses on creating a narrative within the music through the combination of synth work and samples. He starts with anything that sparks an interest or emotion in him - Tom Waits, Joni Mitchel, Ella Fitzgerald, Portico Quartet and moments from movies, samples like these usually work as a foundation for the tracks. He then adds layers of unique and organic synth sounds (a notion he finds quite interesting when working entirely from a digital platform) before eventually completing the production with the beat. He likes his music like a nice pie - warm, hearty, and crusty.

Artwork by Felicia Simion. Guests: Robot Koch @Robot-Koch, Bigson @BiggaBigson, Tomika @TomStreller & Sam Rogers.

Buy 2LP/Digital

Rain Dog 'Regolith' (Two Words 2LP/Digital - Project: Mooncircle, 2014)

A remix of the track "Always" by friend and producer Soosh I made a while back, maybe late 2011/2012. We never found a home for it but I met up with him recently in NYC and got the blessing to give it away. 
You can check out Soosh's music here: https://soundcloud.com/soosh

Soosh "Always" (Shigeto's What We've Been Thru Redux)

Purchase "Montana" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/montana-single/id799641047

Tycho "Awake" LP on Ghostly International
Release date: MARCH 18, 2014

Purchase "Awake": http://shop.iso50.com/collections/awake

formats:
CD/LP/DIGITAL

artwork by:
ISO50

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.

WEB - www.tychomusic.com 
TWITTER - www.twitter.com/iso50 
FB - www.facebook.com/tychomusic 
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/user/iso50 
INSTAGRAM - @iso50

Montana

The new single from Scenic - out now on Future Classic.

Download for FREE on iTunes ANZ here: http://smarturl.it/ScenicFreeSingle

@scenic
www.facebook.com/scenicband
www.facebook.com/futureclassic
www.futureclassic.com.au

Get it here

Scenic - Ride The Thrill

Matt Sassari, Ant Brooks - Frizlig // Bitten

Follow Tincture on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tincturemusic" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tincture" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a>.

It’s going to be a big year for Tincture’s Luke Dalton. He's back with the follow up single from his forthcoming EP, “Tryst”, which is set to cement his place in the scene as a force to be reckoned with.

Similar Circles represents a progression in his sound, borrowing influence from acts like Shelter Point and The Knife, yet never forsaking his penchant for lush synth and sharp percussion. At it's heart, Similar Circles grapples with the fear of stagnation through routine. Though you can feel a sense of yearning, the track never quite reaches the anxious resolve it strives for - "repeating, repeating, repeating until the same things come back again".

Mastered by Lawrence English of Room40
Cover by Hugh Francis

Free Download!

Tincture - Similar Circles

Our new album 'New York Narcotic' is available now: https://BigBeat.lnk.to/NYNAY

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The One Ft. Sneaky Sound System

Sophomore full-length 'Pedals' is out now!

iTunes: bit.ly/Pedals_on_iTunes
Amazon: bit.ly/Pedals_on_Amazon
Spotify: bit.ly/Pedals_on_Spotify

Be Reasonable, Diane -- The Video Game: http://www.hearspeakhere.com/BRD.php

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Be Reasonable, Diane

We Are Only What We Feel

Hungry Eyes

Ellie Goulding & Angel Haze cover James Blake's 'Life Round Here'.
Produced by Noah Breakfast
Mixed by Ryan Schwabe & Noah Breakfast for Rare MP3s Co.
Mastered by Ryan Schwabe

Life Round Here (Feat. Angel Haze)

download ~ https://futurescollective.bandcamp.com/album/futures-vol-2
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Zack Sekoff - Electric Nights

Taken from Secret Company's debut Saviour EP. Pre-order on iTunes now: hyperurl.co/SaviourEP 

http://hypem.com/track/2273j/Secret+Company+-+Saviour

Written & produced by Secret Company
Additional production & mixed by James Yuill

http://www.secretcompany.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/secretcompany
https://twitter.com/secretcompany



PURCHASE

Saviour

Download for free: www.edthomasartist.com

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iTunes

Away

An exclusive courtesy of  http://www.mixmag.net

http://www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive-music/download-echaskech-arkist-remix

We'd not heard from Bristol bass head Arkist for a hot minute so we were pretty glad when this new remix from the man landed in our laps.

He's been called up to rework London electronica duo Echaskech, soldering their stems together to create a low-slung, down tempo, alien techno bubbler.

Download here

Download: Echaskech 'Form | Function' (Arkist remix)

The New Album | Beautiful Desolation | Out 31st March
Pre-order and download this track instantly: http://smarturl.it/BeautifulDesolation

CD: http://smarturl.it/Beautiful.CD
Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/Beautiful.Vinyl

*Lyrics*
With the last breath of our angels
We take final steps.
And I lay him down
On those killing fields
Where nameless kneel.

If I could. 
If I could
I'd fuck it up.
If I could.
If I could
I'd be enough.
If I could.

Did her last kiss cut you deep enough,
With so little lust.
Did your tears fall like
Your unborn child's.
With her perfect eyes.

If I could.
If I could 
I'd break your heart.
If I could.
If I could.

Good women lie down with losers everyday.
I'll take him to the killing fields lay him down nameless. Deserving.
I swear I saw my child in her eyes.
I swear I've seen his tears in boys eyes.
In boys eyes.

Available on iTunes

Kawai Celeste

Mario M - Overcast

amiina's second album, puzzle, out on Sept. 22nd 2010. 

Púsl

Buy The Long Journey Home EP on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/tljhitunes
Buy The Stars EP on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/thestars
Catching Flies on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/cfspotify
Catching Flies Bandcamp: www.catchingflies.bandcamp.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/catchingfliesmusic
Facebook: www.facebook.com/catchingfliesmusic
Twitter: www.twitter.com/catchingfliesuk


Free Download

Mt. Wolf - Life Size Ghosts (Catching Flies Remix)

CHROMATICS / IN THE CITY

Silo Arts & Records is a forward thinking internet record label, based one half in NYC, and one half in Brisbane, Australia. Dedicated to releasing the highest quality audio goods, the Silo Arts roster spans a diverse range of sounds, with a focus on originality, integrity and artistic vision.

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