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Further information: bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-194-murcof

The career of musician and producer Fernando Corona aka @murcof is long-running and vastly undefinable, ranging from kosmische synthesis and dubby ambient productions to electroacoustic composition and post-rock. His latest double album The Alias Sessions is a breathtaking record of crushingly beautiful compositions from an artist operating with aspirational vision. It’s a no-brainer then that his exclusive Bleep mix is just as genre-agnostic, acting as a whistle-stop tour of his nearest and dearest (for now, at least). We begin with goth-twinged dream pop from This Mortal Coil, the darkest corners of which bleed into the cinematic electronica of Cyan as we later jump continents with an abundance of global pop -- German synth chart-toppers and Japanese torch songs included.

Bleep Mix #194 - Murcof

'Alice' is taken from Matthew Bourne's new album Irrealis (released on 27 May). Pre-order: https://theleaflabel.ffm.to/mbirrealis.pbt

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Irrealis

Alice

Big Troubles were formed by a group of kids who had been friends since high school, playing in bands, listening to records and coming of musical age together. As children of the 00's they're lucky enough to have a vast history of pop and indie rock to draw upon. Like the best of their peers they're omnivorous musical consumers, as enamored of classic Brit Pop gems as they are of 90s slacker indie rock. Led by two very gifted singer/song-writers in Alex Craig and Ian Drennan, Big Troubles are that rare beast: a band with two distinctive musical voices that smoothly mesh to create one integrated personality.

Early recordings by the pair were of the lo-fi home recorded variety, but over time they've grown (with the addition of drummer Sam Franklin and bassist Luka Usmiani) into a full four piece band to more fully realize their tunes. Their first album Worry (2010) and its attendant singles were excellent fuzz pop records in their own right, but to make their new record the band has taken the step of bringing in help in the form of the legendary Mitch Easter, whose resume includes stone cold classics from the likes of REM, Pavement and his own Let's Active. With Mr. Easter's expert engineering help, Big Troubles' excellent new album "Romantic Comedy" is a masterpiece of modern pop; a perfect balance of grit and polish, gorgeous guitar sounds and angelic vocals, underpinned by a set of superb songs.

"Romantic Comedy" kicks off with "She Smiles For Pictures," a brilliant slice of jangle-pop marked by an ear-tugging guitar lead and gorgeous choirboy vocals. "Misery" is a perfect 2:23 of teen angst, fired by a huge bassline and echoed, chorused riffs that are as much 90s Brit Pop as they are 00s indie rock. First single "Sad Girls" is a lovely slice of updated power-pop based on a catchy stop-start verse that gives way to an indelible, spiraling chorus; this tune is as big and bright as they come. "You'll Be Laughing" gears down for a nuanced meditation on suburban ennui, showing that this band had more up its collective sleeve than just kicking out pop anthems.

And so the record continues, through sure-fire entries into the noise-pop canon like the Boo Radleys-esque "Minor Keys," the lovely rush of "Softer Than Science" and the glam-tinged feedback-fest that is "Time Bomb." "Romantic Comedy" wraps up with the dreamy "Engine" and the driving "Never Mine," adding two more gems to this excellent album. Big Troubles have that very rare combination of taste, skill and talent, and aided by Mr. Easter's recording acumen they've created a virtually perfect modern pop album -- one that tips its hat to choice bits of pop past and present, but at the same time creates something totally fresh.


Big Troubles - Misery

Ramona Falls "I Say Fever" (from Intuit)

'Young & Lovely' is taken from the album Composed and can be downloaded for free from Jherek's <a href="http://jherekbischoff.bandcamp.com">Bandcamp</a>.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7lRuk25b0E

Composed is scheduled for release on May 28, through <a href="http://www.theleaflabel.com/jherek">The Leaf Label</a> in Europe and <a href="http://www.brassland.org/artist.php?id=152">Brassland</a> for the rest of the world.

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Jherek Bischoff - Young and Lovely (with Zac Pennington & Soko)

"Grand Lux" by Tours

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X2. Craven Faults - Foddergang (Don’t DJ Rework)

Craven Faults, with repetitious compositions that invoke the time–stretch experienced in the post–industrial spaces of Yorkshire, inspire a restful resignation in listening.

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Sunday Mix: Craven Faults

Track from the album "People on Sunday". Released on 13 November 2020 via The Leaf Label

People on Sunday

QUARANTINE SERIES 07 // Savage Gary Ft. Clams Baker (Warmduscher) -A  Letter To Brian Eno

Craven Faults takes his Bleep mix in an altogether different direction to some of the recent series entries. Rather than offering dancefloor heaters, this set looks to push towards the outer-edges of harmony, and as such we often leave rhythm behind altogether here. Sometimes this is done through focussing on the Krautrock and kosmische artists who hold such strong way over Craven Faults’ own music - Can, Tangerine Dream and Harmonia all appear - while there are cuts from avant-garde luminaries Laurie Spiegel and This Heat. By the end of the hour we’ve entered full-on art-music territory, Charles Ives’ seminal early-20th-Century orchestral composition ‘The Unanswered Question’ leading us, by different means, into a space similar to those aforementioned electronic innovations.

Bleep Mix #111 - Craven Faults

'People on Sunday' is taken from Domenique Dumont's album People on Sunday. Released on 13 November 2020. LP/CD/digital pre-order: https://ffm.to/peopleonsunday.oyd 

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Domenique Dumont - People On Sunday

Listen to Domenique Dumont’s ‘Sunshine In 1929’, the second track taken from the upcoming album People on Sunday. Released on 13 November 2020. LP/CD/digital pre-order: ffm.to/peopleonsunday.oyd

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People On Sunday

Domenique Dumont - Sunshine in 1929

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Jherek Bischoff - Young and Lovely (with Zac Pennington & Soko)

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