www.undertheradarmag.com Welcome to Under the Radar's weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we've got new songs by Les Sins, Jon Hopkins, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Mogwai, Korallreven, Bear in Heaven, Stars, Communions, Ultimate Painting and more. Look no further, your Friday and weekend playlist is here. 

Under the Radar Playlist October 3, 2014

Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen finally release their unique Nordic electronic sounds in album size.

'Full of melancholy-frosted electronics and emotive swells of classical piano, the new single from Nordic duo Ólafur Arnalds﻿ and Janus Rasmussen is a delicate, icy slowburn' – NME

Pre-order the CD/2LP/DL: www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP062
Pre-order the DL via iTunes and receive the album version of 'Thrown' instantly: 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 2009, 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:

29.11.2014 London (UK) – Village Underground
05.12.2014 Berlin (DE) – Watergate
06.12.2014 Istanbul (TR) – Salon
15.01.2015 Groningen (NL) – Eurosonic

OFFICIAL WEBSITES: facebook.com/kiasmos · erasedtapes.com

Kiasmos

Bent

Buy 2xLP/CD/DL

Kiasmos - Bent

Mikael Seifu - Tuff Ruff

***US LINKS***
7" Pre-order (100 snot green & 400 black) - smarturl.it/BigUps7.EIS
iTunes (single) - smarturl.it/BigUps7.USiTunes

***EUROPE LINKS***
7" pre-order (white vinyl) - smarturl.it/BigUps7.ToughLove
iTunes (single) - smarturl.it/BigUps7.iTunes
iTunes (18 Hrs deluxe album pre-order) - smarturl.it/BigUpsDeluxe.iTunes

Following the release of their debut album in January, Big Ups return with a new two-track 7”. In July 2014, Big Ups took an extended nap and somehow woke up in THUMP Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They decided to try to record a few new songs, and - despite the band's grogginess- they actually finished the recordings. These new songs will be released on 7" vinyl - as a split with Washer via Exploding in Sound Records and the band's own ECB&B imprint in the US on November 18th and as Rash b/w Not Today via Tough Love Records in Europe on October 27th.

***TOUR DATES***
December 3 - Boston, MA - O'brien's #
December 4 - Bayonne, NJ - Lot 13 #
December 5 - Philadelphia, PA - Girard Hall #
December 6 - Baltimore, MD - The Crown #
December 7 - Washington, DC - The Dougout #
December 21 - New York, NY - Webster Hall, Marlin Room $

% w/ Ex Hex, Speedy Ortiz
# w/ Washer
$ w/ So So Glos, Kitty, more @ BKVegan+The Front Bottoms 'Champagne Jam'

Ticket links & more info on tour dates: www.ecbandb.com/


Rash

MIRAH - TURNED THE HEAT OFF (THE BLOW MIX)

From the upcoming album "The Door Behind The Door"

Santaria

Angelo De Augustine - How Past Begins

Second single from Joel Michael Howard. Debut LP coming 2015.

Joel Michael Howard - Pete and Mary

Download on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/jrjritunes

James Dean

Songs About Boats

J FERNANDEZ - MEMORIZE NOW
EP 12' + mp3
AC25/ limited to 300 copies 
Out october 14th on Atelier Ciseaux
Pre-order now : www.atelierciseaux.com

Side A 
Memorize Now
Image
Failed Scales

Side B
Cosmic Was
Geneva
Close Your Eyes

Pre-order digital : 
World : https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/memorize-now-ep/id919948026
FR :  https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/memorize-now-ep/id919948026

https://soundcloud.com/atelierciseaux
www.facebook.com/jfernandezsongs

Close Your Eyes

BUY
iTunes - http://smarturl.it/Communions.iTunes
 
Following their debut EP, Cobblestones, released on Posh Isolation at the start of the year, So Long Sun is available on limited 7” and download, and is backed by another new track, Love Stands Still.
 
Communions are a new young quartet from Copenhagen who came together at Mayhem, the same four-wall rehearsal space as contemporaries Iceage and Lower, and it's from this same studio/venue complex that most of Copenhagen’s new punk, industrial and synth scene originates.
 
Though Communions share a flame with the current Copenhagen wave, the torch is certainly their own. The band, made up of brothers Martin and Mads Rehof, Jacob van Deurs Formann and Frederik Lind Köppen, recorded the debut Cobblestones EP in Frederik’s bedroom, where the guitars scream like torn throats and the songs beat in rhythm of young hearts pouring over with passion. On this new single, the band went into a real home studio for the first time, using many of the same techniques from the home recordings but resulting in songs sounding like they were intended when forming the band. 
 
The band are set to play their debut London show at Sebright Arms on Monday 10th November. Tickets on sale here - http://bit.ly/1sLAAr3

Contact
Band website - http://www.communions.dk/
Press UK - natalie@carryonpress.co.uk
Press US - baileys@grandstandhq.com
Management - kasper@smashbangpow.dk / ms@smashbangpow.dk

7" pre-order

Communions - So Long Sun

"Why" is the second single from Les Sins debut album "Michael."  

Vocals by Nate Salman.
Congos by Brijean Murphy.

Pre-order "Michael" here:
http://bit.ly/1yReQYb
http://smarturl.it/LSMICHAEL

Les Sins - Why Ft. Nate Salman

Love Inks - Night Lunch

From the forthcoming album "Ultimate Painting", out OCTOBER 28th, 2014 on Trouble In Mind Records (www.troubleinmindrecs.com)

Ultimate Painting - Ten Street

Recorded at Sundlaugin Studio, Mosfellsbær, Iceland in February 2014

Available on vinyl, CD, and digital on the 10th of November.

Pre-order:

Vinyl/CD: http://po.st/AsleepVersionsDM
iTunes: http://po.st/AsleepVersionsiTunes

Asleep Versions

Form By Firelight (Asleep Version) [feat. Raphaelle Standell]

Taken from Time Is Over One Day Old,

Bear In Heaven on tour...
Thu. Oct. 2 – London, UK @ XOYO
Fri. Oct. 3 – Brussels, BE @ Beursschouwburg
Sat. Oct. 4 – Paris, FR @ Espace
Sun. Oct. 5 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
Mon. Oct. 6 – Cologne, DE @ Studio 672
Tue. Oct. 7 – Berlin, DE @ Kantine Am Berghain
Thu. Oct. 9 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega (Ideal Bar)
Fri. Oct. 10 – Lund, SE @ Mejeriet
Sat. Oct. 11 – Stockholm, SE @ Kagelbanan
Sun. Oct. 12 – Goteborg, SE @ Pustervik
Mon. Oct. 13 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Tue. Oct. 14 – Bergen, NO @ Landmark
Thu. Oct. 16 – Aarhus, DK @ Radar

www.bearinheaven.com
www.matthewdear.com

BIH Merch

Bear In Heaven - Autumn (Matthew Dear remix)

Buy Slime @ www.korallreven.se/slime
Buy @ iTunes: bit.ly/1oWdWVK
Buy @ Cascine: bit.ly/1AQQoat
Stream @ Spotify: bit.ly/1E7Y9cJ

"Spirit Away" is the second single from Korallreven's Second Comin'. 
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Korallreven on FB: on.fb.me/1tYFtc4
Cascine on FB: on.fb.me/1eR1MsE


Korallreven - Spirit Away (feat. China)

Blue Velvet is included on our debut album Lacuna! 
Out now. Buy here: po.st/iTunesLacuna

Upcoming live dates:

3/10 – Sheffield - Leadmill
4/10 – Manchester - Deaf Institute
7/10 – Southampton - Joiners
8/10 – Brighton - Audio
9/10 – Birmingham - Hare & Hounds
10/10 – Norwich - Sound & Vision
13/10* - Lincoln - Engine Shed
14/10* - Westcliff-on-Sea - Southends Cliffs Pavilion
15/10* - Bexhill-on-Sea - De La Warr Pavilion
17/10* – Wolverhampton - Civic Hall
18/10* – Cardiff - University Great Hall
20/10* – Bournemouth - O2 Academy
21/10* – Cambridge - Corn Exchange
23/10* – London - Brixton Academy
24/10* – Bath - Pavillion
25/10* – Manchester - O2 Apollo 
27/10* – Glasgow - O2 Apollo
28/10* – Newcastle - O2 Academy
29/10* – Leeds - O2 Academy
31/10 – Barcelona - Primavera Club
01/11* – Amsterdam - Paradiso
02/11* – Cologne - Luxor
03/11* – Paris - La Maroqunierie
04/11 – Brussels - Botanique
* With Johnny Marr

Tickets: http://po.st/childhoodtouroct

Watch the Video

Childhood - Blue Velvet

Opening track from 'Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1.' - an EP of new songs and remixes from Mogwai. The EP contains three new songs stemming from the writing and recording sessions for their critically acclaimed album Rave Tapes, released earlier this year, alongside remixes of three songs from that record by Blanck Mass, Pye Corner Audio and Nils Frahm. Recorded at the band’s Castle Of Doom studio in Glasgow, by the band with Paul Savage, the EP will be available in digital, CD and very limited edition 12-inch vinyl formats via Rock Action from 1st December 2014.

Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1. tracklisting
1. Teenage Exorcists
2. History Day
3. HMP Shaun William Ryder
4. Re-Remurdered (Blanck Mass remix)
5. No Medicine For Regret (Pye Corner Audio remix)
6. The Lord Is Out Of Control (Nils Frahm remix)

An autumn tour is now underway, see below for dates:

10 October	Düsseldorf, New Fall Festival
21 October	Aberdeen Music Hall
23 October	Rotherham, Magna
24 October	Liverpool, Camp and Furnace
25 October	Bristol, Simple Things Festival
26 October	Brighton, Dome
28 October	Ghent, Vooruit
29 October	Utrecht, Tivoliredenburg
30 October	Paris, Pitchfork Festival
31 October	Toulouse, Le Bikini
01 November	Barakaldo, Bime Live
22 November	Santiago, Movistar Primavera Fauna
24 November	Buenos Aires, Music Wins Festival

See www.mogwai.co.uk for ticket information.

Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1.

Teenage Exorcists

Mogwai // Teenage Exorcists

Halasan Bazar & Tara King th. - "Rot Inside"

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Under the Radar Playlist October 3, 2014

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