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OCTOBER 2015

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Experimental/ Chill

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Amelia Rivas and Christian Pinchbeck don't just sing about feverish, frayed and  fractured romances – in the three years since forming  Elephant, they've been living one.

Their first recordings, recorded in the strung out early mornings after the night before, were delirious and light-headed. Rivas’ stream of conscious lyricism combined with Pinchbeck’s innate melodic nous to create vignettes of delight and wonder.  A debut single followed, 2011’s woozy Ants, followed by the Assembly EP.   But before they had a chance to capitalise on the growing acclaim around them the duo’s relationship broke down, almost to the point of no return.

That seemed to be Elephant’s graveyard.  Yet an unexpected rapprochement in late 2012, and a renewed musical hunger saw Rivas and Pinchbeck reconcile.  The first fruit was this year’s gauzy single Skyscraper, which announced their return in spectacular fashion, with Rivas’ swooping vocals allied to a spectral chorus creating an eerie, lens-flared 3 minute wonder of song.

Now, new release Shapeshifter provides confirmation that Elephant are truly back as a force to be reckoned with. “I flew to the moon to mirror you and I saw the future” sings Rivas, with a raw melancholy and nostalgic longing. A sumptuous missive of love lost and lessons learned, that sparkles with charm, optimism, and the sort of lush swoonsome string arrangements that reach into your chest and wring your heart dry. 

Backed by the sparse and stretched out Snowday, as icily cool as it sounds, full of chiaroscuro contrasts and flickering atmospherics, it’s a release that suggests their debut album is set to be one of the standout albums of 2014.

ELEPHANT LINKS: 
 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/elephanttheband    
Twitter – www.twitter.com/ElephantTwit  
Label -  www.memphis-industries.com


Elephant - Shapeshifter

Taken from the new EP 'Random Vision' out on melodic 27th January 2014.
Pre -Order digital or on heavyweight purple vinyl direct from melodic.
http://melodic.co.uk/randomvision/

Michael A Grammar - The Day I Come Alive

The forthcoming new single 'Mesmerise' by Temples, taken from the band's eagerly anticipated debut album 'Sun Structures'.  The record is released by Heavenly Recordings on 10th February 2014 and 11th February in the US by Fat Possum.

The 12-track album was self-produced by the band’s James Bagshaw and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer. The album will be available on CD, download and double vinyl.

Pre orders:

UK CD / LP: http://heavenlyemporium.greedbag.com/buy/sun-structures/

US iTunes: http://smarturl.it/templesitunes
US CD / LP: http://fatpossum.com/products/sun-structures/

https://www.facebook.com/templesofficial
http://templestheband.com/

Mesmerise

Temples - Mesmerise

"Agatha Chang" from THE CAUTIONARY TALES OF MARK OLIVER EVERETT. Now available at eelstheband.com/stores.php

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

Agatha Chang

Produced by Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers). AA Single (w/There Is No Other Time) 
Sign up to the mailing list - www.klaxons.net/

Taken from the new album Love Frequency, out June 16th

Pre-Order from iTunes - smarturl.it/klaxLF
Pre-Order from Amazon (CD) - smarturl.it/klaxonsLFCD
Pre-Order from Amazon (Vinyl) - smarturl.it/klaxonsLFVinyl

℗ & © 2014 Akashic Rekords. Distribution & Marketing by Sony Music / RED.

Follow Klaxons online
Twitter - twitter.com/klaxons
Facebook - www.facebook.com/klaxons
Instagram - instagram.com/klaxonsband
YouTube - www.youtube.com/user/officialklaxons


Children of the Sun

Order Now

From Foster The People's debut album TORCHES available May 24.

Pre-order now and receive "Pumped Up Kicks," "Helena Beat," and "Houdini" instantly.

Torches

Houdini

From Foster The People's debut album TORCHES available May 24.

Pre-order now and receive "Pumped Up Kicks," "Helena Beat," and "Houdini" instantly.


RUB1337 WAS HERE

Pumped Up Kicks

From the album 'Do to the Beast', out 4/15/2014 on Sub Pop Records
Pre-order 'Do to the Beast' 
Sub Pop: http://u.subpop.com/1oT5dpN
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/do-to-the-beast/id815358143
Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00IFS2LSI

The Afghan Whigs Online: 
subpop.com/artists/the_afghan_whigs
theafghanwhigs.com
twitter.com/theafghanwhigs
facebook.com/TheAfghanWhigsOfficial
instagram.com/theafghanwhigs/#

Sub Pop Online:
subpop.com
megamart.subpop.com/
twitter.com/subpop
facebook.com/subpoprecords
Follow Sub Pop on SoundCloud @subpop


Do to the Beast

Algiers

The Afghan Whigs - Algiers

"1000 fantasmas", primer sencillo del nuevo álbum "El polvo en la luz"
℗ 2014 Torreblanca Música

Para seguir haciéndonos los locos
Quebrábase la voz
Llenábanse los ojos de lágrimas

Para consentirlo todo
Lo que se te perdió
Lo que no hice yo

Para seguir cubriéndonos los ojos
Bastaba ser veloz
Para esconder tu verdadero rostro bajo de la sábana

Para corregirlo todo
Lo que no sucedió
¡Porque no sucedió!

Pobre de ti, pobre de ti
(Dime lo que pasó)
Todo lo das, nada te quedas y así
(Siempre la misma historia)
Y aquí ¡oh!

No pasa el tiempo
La gente miente
Y hay algo que se rompió
Y no sé, no entiendo porqué
La suerte otra vez la espalda nos dió…

Vamos a ver
Que no se trata de ponerse mal
¿Agresividad pasiva?
Esa es mi especialidad
Pero no quiero que tú pienses que no sé que en realidad
Yo he sido víctima de mi propia manía de esperar y…
Y que mis actos no son
Reflejo de mi fragilidad
Carencia de algo
O tedio de todo…
Son la sombra de mil fantasmas

Pobre de ti, pobre de ti
Pobre de ti, pobre de ti
Pobre de ti, pobre de ti
(Dime lo que pasó)
Pobre de ti, pobre de ti

Pobre de ti, pobre de ti
(Dime lo que pasó)
Todo lo das, nada te quedas y así
(Siempre la misma historia)
Y aquí ¡Oh, no!

Pasa el tiempo
La mente miente
Y el orden nunca volvió
Y no sé y no quiero saber
La suerte otra vez la espalda nos dió…

(Y ve lo que pasó)
Pasa el tiempo, la mente miente
Y el orden nunca volvió
Y no sé, no quiero saber
La suerte otra vez la espalda nos dió…

Pasa el tiempo
La mente miente!

Torreblanca - 1000 fantasmas

Photo by Mathew Schraeder

Lyrics: 

Oh Mary, I've fallen again
Please release me from this sin
Oh Mary, why don't you just pretend
That you won't let this happen again
Always Mary, you know I can't resist you
Concealing my need to escape one last time
one last time... until I fall, again

Oh Mary, I've fallen again
Please release me from your spell
Always Mary, your silent call
Slowly, seeks, I shiver as you cry out

Always Mary, slowly, surely always
Always Mary, slowly, surely always

Always Mary

Im proud to present my new single "Can't Hold Back (ft. Kevin Donohue)" off my forthcoming  EP "Polaroid" due to be released February 24 on Super Best Records. I feel like this song is a great representation of the album and I can't wait to share the full release with you all.

Mastering: Tyler Crawford Unland 
Artwork: Michal Menert


Free Download

Can't Hold Back (ft. Kevin Donohue)

Machines

GET IT ON BEAUPORT:  http://bit.ly/SupaHotBP
GET IT ON ITUNES: bit.ly/SupaHotItunes

Premiered by @runthetrap: http://runthetrap.com/2015/03/04/premiere-etcetc-tha-trickaz-supa-hot-fire/ 

Supa Hot Fire

ETC!ETC! & Tha Trickaz - Supa Hot Fire

We've been offered a no-holds-barred track from 'SBCR & Friends, Vol.1' as an exclusive and this one kicks hard. SBCR has teamed up with Razihel to create 'Ape's Gun' and it's not for the faint-hearted.

Jagged synths, massive drops and even bigger builds are the order of the day so brace yourselves for another Dim Mak rocket that we're sure Steve Aoki will be dropping at a stadium near you.

Premiere: SBCR & Razihel 'Ape's Gun'

Order 7"/DL here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP073
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/lifestoryloveandglory

Erased Tapes artists and friends Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm have separately carved out a musical career that defies genres both with their unique live shows and a loyal fan base that’s always eager to hear what their prolific output will bring. 

Their latest collaborative 2-track release ‘Life Story Love and Glory’ is a live improv affair on two pianos, recorded in 2012 at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin. Fans may wonder why they have waited until 2015 to release these tracks, but having revealed a new website www.arnaldsfrahm.com you may think this may not be the end to their musical story this year. 

“We would meet in Reykjavik or Berlin with the intention to share some days off work, hiking, swimming or eating pizza. That is great for a couple days, but after a while we would always end up back in the studio, fiddling with synths or pianos.” – Nils Frahm 
“You can hear in the beginning of ‘Life Story’ how I have already started playing the piano whilst Nils is still moving microphones around and preparing everything. It was all kept in!“ – Ólafur Arnalds 

‘Life Story Love and Glory’ will be released as a 7” on Erased Tapes – exclusively through record stores only on August 21, 2015 ahead of its digital release later on – as an ode to this classic and beloved format. 

More info: www.arnaldsfrahm.com · www.erasedtapes.com

Life Story Love And Glory

Life Story

Buy 7"/DL

Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – Life Story

out 27/11/15 on limited 7" only.

Order here: http://speedywunderground.com/shop/

SW014 - BOSS - I'm Down With That

‘Loon’ will be released on Erased Tapes as a 12” vinyl as well as digitally on October 2nd. 
Pre-order it here: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP072
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/loon

Containing five synthesiser-led pieces, ‘Loon’ was recorded in autumn 2014 across five days at Nils’s Durton Studio in Berlin, and continues on from the ambient sounds of ‘Stare’ but with the addition of more percussive elements and dub influences. For this new EP the duo wired an Oberheim 4 Voice and a Korg PS3100 to the mixing desk and performed live takes on both instruments. With all four hands on its pots, all mixes were recorded straight onto 2-track ½-inch tape.

Like on ‘Stare’, their first collaborative affair in 2012, they simply followed what was laying in front of them, and this time they were driven by some new synths, a kick drum and tape effects. Indulging in dub, the tracks where all performed rather than engineered, with Ólafur riding a few elements on faders and Nils bringing effects in and out. After running several mixes, they went for the five strongest moments from this session. The release was announced on a joint website www.arnaldsfrahm.com together with the launch of an intimate 45-minute studio film titled ‘Trance Frendz’, featuring another seven improvisations.

“Nils got some new synths and we thought we’d try them out. We loved them so much that we didn’t actually end up using anything else to make these songs.” – Ólafur Arnalds

“When I was young I was smuggled to Goa parties by my brother. The music played there in the late nineties had a somewhat deep effect on me. ‘Loon’ is almost a blurry memory of these times. In other words, it is what I’d like to remember that music sounded like back then. In fact it sounded probably really cheesy.” – Nils Frahm

Loon

Wide Open

Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Wide Open

iTunes: smarturl.it/PalmReaderRMXS

Hoodboi is leading the pack of visionary young LA producers. His debut Fool’s Gold EP Palm Reader was an inspired, late-night take on international club sounds, bringing underground vibes to the masses while injecting his own unique brand of matrix-friendly dance appeal in the process. Now, the Athletixx producer gets taken for a spin himself on Palm Reader Remixes, featuring reworked EP tracks from his club-smashing peers. Vindata (Owsla) turn “By Ur Side” into a half-time masterclass in pitched vocals and triumphant laser riffs, while Alizzz (Mad Decent) drags “Shallow” into warehouse trap territory. The Lido-featuring title track gets three uniquely awesome versions: SIROJ funks out “Palm Reader” into a slow electronic strut, Fool’s Gold OG Treasure Fingers flips it into a modern garage house anthem, and Jesse Slayter cranks up the festival-ready #feels. It’s a wide-ranging batch of remixes that do justice to Hoodboi’s own high-res originals. We’ve gazed into the crystal ball… the future is bright!

Check @TreasureFingers!
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twitter.com/treasurefingers
instagram.com/treasurefingers/

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Hoodboi - Palm Reader feat. Lido (Treasure Fingers Remix)

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Free Download: https://now.bt.co/bundles/kasbo

Download this EP & a other bonus tracks through BitTorrent here: bundles.bittorrent.com/bundles/kasbo

Vocals by : Sara Hjellström
Vocals written by: Sara Hjellström, Linnea Södhal and Kasbo

Support:
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kasbo.ffm.to/applemusic
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Artwork by: instagram.com/vojomojo/

Kasbo - The Tension [Free Download]

Remix for Imagine Dragons - Shots

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http://www.savoyband.com

Summer Was Fun

http://www.facebook.com/SummerWasFun
http://twitter.com/SummerWasFun
http://www.soundcloud.com/Summer-Was-Fun

Imagine Dragons - Shots (SAVOY & Summer Was Fun Remix)

Autor: Juan Manuel Torreblanca 
Producción: Quique Rangel 
Editora: Arts&Crafs México 
Álbum: "Bella Época" 
©2011 Arts&Crafts Mexico bajo licencia exclusiva de Torreblanca.

Torreblanca - Dejé de ser yo

Her Now Forever

una muy buena combinacion de 3 muy buenos artistas q nos traen un muy buen ska ..

Skapate -   julieta venegas  panteon rococo y los de abajo

Off Bloom 2012
Subpop Records

beachhousebaltimore.com

Myth

Radio Slave

Tantakatan

RADIO SLAVE - TANTAKATAN (PRINS THOMAS DISKOMIKS)

Sylvan Esso available on iTunes: smarturl.it/SylvanEsso.iTunes

http://sylvanesso.com
www.twitter.com/SylvanEsso
www.facebook.com/SylvanEsso
@sylvanesso

Sylvan Esso

Hey Mami

Speedy Wunderground – A ten-point plan

1. Speedy Wunderground is a new label which begins on February 25th 2013 with the release of “I Go Out” by Steve Mason & Emiliana Torrini.

2. Speedy Wunderground is the idea of producer Dan Carey. Dan will produce all releases. All records will be recorded at Dan’s South London studio. Dan has previously produced Franz Ferdinand, Bat For Lashes, TOY, Willy Mason, Django Django, Emiliana Torrini, The Kills, Chairlift and Steve Mason.

3. Recording of all records will be done in one day and finish before midnight. The recordings will be a snapshot of the day. Mixing will be done the day following the recording, also in one day only. This will prevent over-cooking and ‘faff’.

4. There will be no lunch break during recording and mixing days.

5. Overdubs will be kept to a minimum allowing the recordings to be free of clutter.

6. The recordings will appear in limited runs of two hundred and fifty 7”s, which will be in the shops as soon as humanly possible following their completion.

7. The core of each song will be a live take recorded in the dark with smoke and lazers and somewhere on each record the Swarmatron – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyub78p924 - will make an appearance.

8. Speedy Wunderground work quickly. There will be as a little delay as possible between recording and release. Speedy Wunderground records will not sit on the shelf gathering dust waiting to be released.

9. Speedy Wunderground will release each year’s recordings as a compilation at the end of the year.

10. Speedy Wunderground Records will not be slow.