Notes from Left of the Dial: May 23

The Dead Age is the 4th album by Unicycle Loves You.
Produced by Unicycle Loves You.
Mastered by Bob Weston.
Release date: 06/10/2014
Buy the record on color vinyl: http://unicyclelovesyou.bandcamp.com/
Order on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-dead-age/id869366724

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Unicycle Loves You - "Face Tattoo"

Unicycle Loves You - Face Tattoo (live at Radio Bushwick)

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Ben Khan - Youth

Announcing the onset of night, Driftmachine —a Berlin-based duo comprised of Andreas Gerth (Tied & Tickled Trio) and Florian Zimmer (Saroos)— have created Nocturnes, a psychoactive, dream-inducing stimulant of sorts: Evoking and maintaining a trancelike state, the duo’s six-part journey into the dark was originally inspired by reading The Rest Is Noise and listening to the music discussed in Alex Ross’ seminal book. The resulting soundscapes, written and recorded since 2012, redefine the lines between insomnia and slumber, between wraithlike dub grooves gone awry, the dancing flicker of a slack-joint bedside lamp, and eerie electronics.

Nocturnes is essentially comprised of six studies in precision: perfectly symmetrical structures that slowly spread their bass-heavy wings, sprawl like digital fungi, shift shape and – paradoxically – seem to drift and to obey the two captains at the helm. It’s an album of hypnotic and mesmerizing electronic landscapes based on various interlocked layers of rhythm. “Getting deeper into the world of modular systems introduced us to new ways of creating music,” they say, and it also allowed Gerth and Zimmer to redefine and rearrange styles and genres they generally feel drawn to – dub, riddims, anything with bass really –, so the heavy bass and percussive elements of Nocturnes don’t come in the colors you’d expect them to: Driftmachine’s palette stays true to the colors of night, a massive scale of gray.

With its meticulously displaced details and intricate harmony layers, Nocturnes also evokes the electronic avant-garde of the mid-70s, think Cluster during the band’s Zuckerzeit era. Nocturnes keeps the balance between intense, dramatic metrics and rather complex, modulated melodies. Also nodding to Krzysztof Komeda’s compositions (especially his score for Rosemary’s Baby) and the haunting, uncanny vibes of Raime, Nocturnes won’t let you sleep: “To us, the album sounds like staying awake the whole night; it unites all the different moods one might go through.”

All songs produced by Andreas Gerth and Florian Zimmer. Mastered by John Tejada.

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Driftmachine - Call Mr Moriba

engineered by john san paolo at electrical audio studios
additional engineering by neil strauch at soma studios
mixed by sanford parker 
mastered by stephen marsh
written and performed by Walking Bicycles (summers, moriarty, leather, criss)
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IMPENDING DOOM

EYESORE

OUT NOW. 

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Produced by Stefan Ponce and Vic Mensa

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MistaJam Presents Big Beats

Down On My Luck (Radio Edit)

Parquet Courts "Sunbathing Animal" out June 3 on What's Your Rupture?/Mom+Pop (US), June 2 on Rough Trade (UK/EU).

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Parquet Courts - Instant Disassembly

A Randy Newman rip off with placeholder lyrics, recorded on my phone while the inspiration struck.  Ended up liking this version best, with the dum dum lyrics.  Maybe it's this generation's "Scrambled Eggs".  Probably not though.

Artwork by Michael McGinley
Laundry Room
2013. Acrylic on canvas. 10” x 8”
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Moustache Autographs

A John Lennon throwaway from 1963, processed through a nasal scuba mask to combat underwater sleep apnea.

Artwork by Michael McGinley
Jim Becker Playing Fiddle at Our Backyard Wedding
2010. Ink on paper. 10” x 8”
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