My Soundcloud Playlist - part 2

The nine piece Norwegian jazz-rock-experimental behemoth that is Jaga Jazzist return to the fray with their stunning new album, “One Armed Bandit”. All galloping rhythms, and grandiloquent reach, main man Lars Horntveth describes the new sound, tongue-a-little-in-cheek, as “Wagner meets Fela Kuti!” Certainly we find it harder to imagine a better soundtrack being written for the first Nollywood Viking epic.

Jaga Jazzist have become something of a musical phenomenon in Norway since they started out fifteen years ago. Not only is this instrumental band regarded as one of the most exciting and innovative in Norway, the members are all involved in other musical projects and have in one way or another contributed to almost every significant recording to come out of that part of the world in the last few years. Their albums sell huge quantities in their own country and massive crowds come to their shows. Their international acclaim is signalled by the fact that the new album was mixed in Chicago by John McEntire of Tortoise.

Lars Horntveth began writing the music for “One-Armed Bandit” early in 2008. Looking for a way between and beyond the band’s previous albums, “What We Must” and “The Stix,” Hornveth decided that everything would be charted and written out, noth more focussed and layered than ever before. One night, while listening to Fela Kuti, he came up with title-track “One Armed Bandit” and everything fell into place – a kinf of ride of the polyrhythmic acid-addled valkyries that scarecely lets up acorss the 53 minutes of the final album.

Having taken on two new members, Øystein Moen and Stian Westerhus, the band rented a house in the Swedish forest to rehearse “this new Zappa-esque, more humorous prog-rock music.” On their return they rehearsed endlessly, a new tune each week, until in December 2008 the band went to Cabin Recorders to put down the album with Jørgen Træen, their producer since the early days of the group. Unfortunately, through no fault of the band’s, Træen got tinnitus after three weeks, so the mixing was completed in Chicago by the band and none other than John McEntire.

At heart this collective is a restless soul, going in many directions at the same time, but always going forward. Fast. The band always push their boundaries, both personal and musical. That is why they are impossible to categorize. And that's why they're special. Jaga is something natural and beautiful. A necessity. For both them and us.


One-Armed Bandit

Toccata

Jaga Jazzist - Toccata (EDIT)

Digital: https://markdumosch.bandcamp.com/album/bay-25

Mark du Mosch is a Rotterdam based producer and DJ who has earned the highest amount of respect in the Dutch alternative music scene in the past couple of years. The reason is simple: he dares to go beyond the obvious, his raw yet emotional signature sound being distinctive, versatile and stunningly creative. Expect perfectly executed analogue bliss from a craftsman who is slowly yet steadily making his way into the records bags of global house and techno connoisseurs.

The title track is a quirky display of what the multi-talented du Mosch has to offer. Complex but catchy melody lines meet a highly effective get-in-high gear bassline, bridging the gap between analogue roughness and subtle chords. If this bass-inflicted break down doesn’t tear up some early morning dance floors, nothing else will.

Hiccupping kicks, steady groovin’ hi-hats and analogue synth patterns that keep building momentum are the impelling ingredients for 'Living Up'. Cosmic warmth topped by lush, ancient sounding yet timeless drums. Emotive stuff that grabs your attention instantly.

From Russia with love; Moscow based cult producer Gesloten Cirkel kicks it up a notch with his rough-and-ready take on 'Living Up'. Wailing synths, piston hi-hats and an everything but straight-to-the-point bassline make for an epic esoteric house jam.

DKMNTL014 // Mark du Mosch - Bay 25 (w/ Gesloten Cirkel Remix)

the gasman - Imodium

master piece by gesloten cirkel.   Moustache Techno Series 001

Gesloten Cirkel - Yamagic (moustache Techno Series 001) A1

edit: you guys exceeded the download limit. I'm flattered, but it's also unfortunate that there is a limit in the first place. There are probably ways around it. 

The Lyrics:

Above all, Do no harm
in cursive type

Above all, Do no harm
but that's so trite

What you need now is someone who can do the wrong things
I know you've got problems and there is no clean way to solve them

Above all, Do no harm
in cursive type

Above all, Do no harm
but that's so trite

I wanna use my hands and knives to make the world a better place
I know people don't like me because I hurt some families

Above all, Do no harm
in cursive type

Above all, Do no harm
but that's so trite

Hippocratic Oath

From the album "Animism" released on Six Shooter Records (May 2014). 

Credits: 

Tanya Tagaq - Voice
Jean Martin - Drums and Electronics
Jesse Zubot - Violin, Viola, Electronics, Synths, Drums, Bass Sounds
Michael Red - Laptop, Soundscapes, Live Programming
Anna Pardo Canedo - Operatic Voice 
Jeremy Berkman - Trombone
Steve Denroche - French Horn

Produced by Jesse Zubot 
Additional Production by Juan Hernandez

Horn and String arrangements by Jesse Zubot

Main sessions recorded by Eric Mosher at The Warehouse Studios (Vancouver, BC)
Assisted by Steve Dave Graham

Additional recording and editing done at Private Ear Recording (Winnipeg, MB) and The Britannia Beach Bunker (Britannia Beach, BC) by Jesse Zubot
Flight recorded by Juan Hernandez at Ronett Studios (Combarro, Galicia, Spain)

Technical assistance at Private Ear Recording by John Paul Peters
Editing at Private Ear Recording by Matt Peters

Mixed by Jesse Zubot at the Britannia Beach Bunker (Britannia Beach, BC) and at the Laboratoire audionumérique de recherche et de création (LARC, www.larc.oicrm.org), Université Laval, 2-11 September 2013

Free access to LARC was made possible thanks to grants from l'Observatoire interdisciplinaire de création et de recherche en musique (OICRM) and from Université Laval for an art-research project conducted under the supervision of Sophie Stévance, head of Groupe de recherche-création en musique (GRECEM, www.grecem.oicrm.org)

Umingmak & parts of Caribou mixed by Juan Hernandez at Ronett Studio (Combarro, Spain)

Uja mixed by Sheldon Zaharko at ZED Productions (Vancouver, BC)

Serge Lacasse: mixing advisor, timpani and cymbals on "Caribou" at LARC

Serges Samson: technical assistance and additional recording on "Caribou" (voice, timpani and cymbals) at LARC

Sylvain Mailloux: technical assistance at LARC


I would like to thank Canada Council, Manitoba Music, Six Shooter Records, Jesse Zubot, Jean Martin, Michael Red, Juan Hernandez, Anna Pardon Canedo, All The Humans That Contributed Via Indiegogo, Sophie Stevance, Serge Lacassse, Felipe Ugarte (Aitaxo), Sam Balden, Mary Balden, Casey Balden, Jeremy Takada Balden , Masayo Takada Balden, Helen Britton, Shauna DeCartier, Jen Rogers, Daniel Brooks, Emily Smart, Rick Gillis, Mary Gillis, Carson and Sandi Gillis, Chris Kalluk and Dee Oliktoak, Naia Tategak Ugarte Gillis and Inuuja Mary Kavvik Balden-Gillis.

It is with deepest condolences and sense of loss that I dedicate this album to Loretta Saunders and all of the missing and murdered aboriginal women of Canada. Love. Light. Revolution.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $157 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 157 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.



Tanya Tagaq - Caribou

Tape - Seagulls (from "Casino" release Aug 2014)

Mark Du Mosch - Living Up (Gesloten Cirkel Remix)

Intro — slow, submerged]

[sound of bubbles, distant glass shatter]

In the water,
the light bends slow.
Shadows move
where you can’t go.

Bubbles rise,
slip from your hands,
drifting higher,
out of command.

[ acoustic electric guitar rhytmic solo ]
[ instrumental intermezzo]

[Verse 1]
You never thought
it would pull you in,
but signs were drawn
beneath your skin.
You closed your eyes,
[ bridge ]
you turned away —
the truth you hid,
[ bridge]
still found a way.

⸻

[Refrain ,whispered, layered]
Water all around you,
water breathing calm.
Your chest is slow,
your mind is numb.
Oxygen?
Just another plan… gone wrong.

⸻

Instrumental break
[hypnotic synth swells,
sharp electric guitar lines
cutting through the pulse]

⸻

[Verse 2]
Sirens call,
their voices near —
soft as knives
that you can hear.
[ bridge]
They ask for a smile,
they hand you hope,
but in your eyes
[ bridge]
the depths still grow.

⸻

[Refrain]
Water all around you,
water breathing calm.
Your chest is slow,
your mind is numb.
Oxygen?
[ bridge]
Just another plan… gone wrong.

⸻

Bridge — mantra style
Bubbles rise,
bubbles fade…
They don’t return,
they drift away.

⸻

[Outro ,fading]
([ow ocean waves,
a single synth note holding]
Water all around you…
Water all around you…
Gone.

[ instrumental outro ]

water-all-around.-you'r-falling-down BRITPOP

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Donde podre estar

Mooo Theme (Music Cassette)

Recorded in Lightship 95 (Lana Del Rey, Wolf Alice) as a result of winning the Converse Rubber Tracks competition, mixed and produced by New York based, Kahan James and mastered by Kevin Blackler (Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Strokes, The Raconteurs), Jingo’s latest single is a brilliantly hard hitting taste of what’s to come from their upcoming EP’s later this year. 

Already having garnered recognition from the likes of Amazing Radio (Simon Raymonde), BBC Introducing, Kerrang, Clash, Artrocker, Balcony TV, Hypetrak, Gigwise +, Jingo are anything but short of valuable influence

Artwork by Katie Buckett

Sweet Anne

Vitamin String Quartet- Knights of Cydonia (Muse)

Didn't it rain(2018 update)

I was three when my dad made me listen the works of Wendy Carlos. Without fully understanding it, I discovered simultaneously the world of baroque classical music and electronic music. This discovery was decisive because from that early time I decided to devote my life to music.
I dedicate to my dad this adaptation in the manner of Wendy Carlos of the sinfonia 5 of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata BWV 35, which is also a small tribute to these two great artists.

Instruments : MG1, Pulse+, J106, YS200, Microbrute, et en fait c'est tout

Hippocratic Oath

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