Noises from a distant star

Made entirely from a recording of a microwave door. It was a fun challenge as I had never done drum synthesis before. I was going for something completely different, but this is how it turned out.

KOAN Sound Microwave Door Challenge

Sivu - I Lost Myself, new single out now: po.st/EZz17w

Watch the official video for 'I Lost Myself' here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DyqtK6poeM

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Get three free tracks from Sivu here: sivusivu.co.uk/freedownload

I Lost Myself (Pedestrian Remix)

The 7-track HTH vs HTH release is available to download directly from the Houndstooth website for just £1 (MP3) or £2 (WAV): http://bit.ly/HTHvsHTH

2013 has been a pretty special year for Houndstooth. In December 2012 we were staring down the barrel of a daunting release schedule all giddy from the excitement of it but understandably nervous at the same time. It’s all the same energy though, nerves and excitement and the artists we’ve worked with and released have done more to inspire us and stoke our sense of pride over the past 12 months than anyone or anything else. So as a bit of a thank you to them and as a means of underlining our first year in existence, we asked our roster to remix each other’s music and create something uniquely Houndstooth for the year’s end. 

HTH vs HTH is a 7-track EP that pits the production processes of our artists against one another with Special Request and Akkord tackling each other’s stems whilst Call Super and Second Storey trade tracks alongside interwoven interpretations of House of Black Lanterns and _Unsubscribe_ and a chilling Snow Ghosts cover version.

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_Unsubscribe_ feat. Bear Who? - Spek Hondje (House of Black Lanterns Remix) [Houndstooth]  (clip)

AGORIA @ DGTL festival 2014

Order the Vinyl: smarturl.it/GlassBody | Download from iTunes: smarturl.it/GlassBodyiT | Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/22XIi471BrqCuqVe2jJ4cu

Norwegian duo Soft as Snow makes experimental pop for the interplanetary set, echoing the sounds of minimal wave and early Warp releases. Their approach to music making is hands-on; avoiding laptops in favour of analogue synths, drum machines and samplers, mixed with idiosyncratic vocals and heavily processed guitars. They’ll be releasing their debut EP, 'Glass Body', for Houndstooth on July 21st, 2014.
 
Soft as Snow is Oda Egjar Starheim and Øystein Monsen’s first electronic venture, yet their collaboration was initiated years ago through art related performances and projects  – including creating their own utopic art and music festival in the Swedish forest, and performing at events in cities such as London (where they are now based) and Oslo.

The duo has invited Julie Born Schwartz to design the cover art for their EP, which also features a remix by Asher Levitas of Old Apparatus, Saa and Penny. Meanwhile, their first upcoming video for the track “Halo Heart,” created by Michael Crowe from Overshare Records, Penny and Mysterious Letters, is currently on display in DZIALDOV Gallery in Berlin. 

Glass Body can be ordered on 12" (cut to heavyweight 180g vinyl by Matt Colton) from the Houndstooth store: http://smarturl.it/GlassBody - or downloaded from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/GlassBodyiT


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Soft as Snow - Glass Body

iF2035_ Agoria _ Panta Rei (remixes)
A1_Panta Rei (Balearic mix)
A2_Panta Rei (Danton Eeprom remix)
B_Panta Rei (Analog Solutions remix by Eduardo De La Calle) (vinyl Exclusive)
Panta Rei (Jon Hopkins remix) (digital Exclusive)

Panta Rei (Danton Eeprom remix)

Buy 12" from Houndstooth store & receive free WAVs: http://store.houndstoothlabel.com/conscious-cunt.html
Download from iTunes/Google Play: http://found.ee/ConsciousC-tDL | Bandcamp: http://found.ee/AD-CC-BC
Follow Aïsha Devi on Spotify: http://found.ee/AishaDeviSPO

Besides founding her label, Danse Noire, releasing leftfield electronic music from the likes of IVVVO and Vaghe Stelle, Swiss-born, Nepalese-Tibetan electronic producer @aisha-devi’s latest solo productions are further testament to her personal evolution. The ‘Conscious Cunt’ EP explores different perspectives on womanhood and the dichotomy between materialistic femininity under societal pressure and spirituality.

“It’s an EP about sluts, awareness, death, and women in a patriarchal society… enlightenment, violence, resistance, mothers, daughters, consciousness, Guy Debord, Vedas and eternity. It's also a high-five to my grandmother who raised me and passed away early this year.” - Aïsha Devi

Lead track ‘Kim & The Wheel of Life’ is a whirling melodic vortex of melancholic echoing synths underlaid by deep rumbling kicks that morphs into a vocal-centric piece. The beatless ‘Aurat’, Devi’s second ‘vox tool’ of a series, is an Urdu/Hindi poem written by Pakistani feminist, Kishwar Naheed. Finally, ‘The Saviour on Spilled Blood’, a reference to motherhood, is a slow-building epic, using Devi’s dark, chanting voice to accumulate energy and emotion. 

Conscious Cunt

The Saviour On Spilled Blood

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Aïsha Devi - The Saviour On Spilled Blood

Buy 12" http://store.houndstoothlabel.com/they-remixes.html
Download from iTunes/Google Play: http://found.ee/TheyRemixes-DL

As 18+ continue work on their next album, we've pulled together some heavy-hitting remixes of tracks from their debut 'Trust' to tide us over in the meantime.

Londoner @mrmitchmusic, who occupies grime's experimental reaches, provides two contrasting versions of 'Nectar', the 'Lights Off' remix angular and confrontational, whilst the 'Lights On' remix (included as a digital bonus) is warm and comforting. 

Further remixes come from @suicideyear, @tia-maria-produ-es and @audrinix.

18+ EU Tour Dates:

Sat 22 Aug - Mme Moustache, Brussels, Belgium 
Sun 23 Aug - Lowlands festival - X-ray stage, Biddinghuizen, Holland 
Wed 26 Aug - Electrowerkz, London, UK 
Thu 27 Aug - The Wiley Fox - Scavenger Sessions, Dublin, Ireland 
Fri 28 Aug - Berghain - Pop-Kultur, Berlin, Germany 
Sat 29 Aug - Vega Ideal Bar, Copenhagen, Denmark

Find tickets at http://www.houndstoothlabel.com/view/18-announce-summer-tour

They Remixes

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18+ Nectar (Mr. Mitch Lights Off Remix)

Order 12" and receive free WAVS: store.houndstoothlabel.com//migrant.html
Bandcamp: http://found.ee/MigrantBC
Spotify: http://found.ee/MigrantSP
Hardwax: http://found.ee/MigrantHW
Juno: http://found.ee/MigrantJU

Title: Migrant / Meltintu - Release: 25th September

The second 12” of 2015 for Call Super sees him contemplating the dancefloor once again, much in the manner of his previous releases ‘The Present Tense’ and ‘Fluenka Mitsu’. 

Here Call Super returns to Houndstooth with two tracks that develop his detailed, quixotic sound with his palette of shady drums and svelte bass work. Dreamlike pieces to rotate you into the night.

Noises from a distant star

Thomas Wagner 16