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A brand new track- hot off the press- from Radioheads' spanking new album which was released today [19/2/11]. The new album, entitled The King of Limbs, has been talked up by Flying Lotus and, if this track is any indication, is going to be DOPE.. Hurry download!!
http://www.thekingoflimbs.com/DIUSD.htm
This track was taken from Kona Triangle's 2009 release, "Sing a sapling into existence" [released through Porter] and is one of the longest of their typically short but o-so-sweet numbers.
Kona Triangle are comprised of members Keaver & Brause, Lone (2), Matt Cutler and their powers combine in a sublime, cascading, adroit fashion reminiscent of Boards of Canada, Hudson Mohawke and Flying Lotus.
R.I.P. Trish Keenan
Only a month or so after Broadcast delighted the Melbourne audience at the Corner comes the tragic and quite unbelievable news that their singer and poetess, Trish Keenan has passed away. Though having been around for years with an ardent following and an impressive back catalogue, Broadcast seemed to be really gathering momentum and breaking through to wider audiences and the terrible news has rippled through the community of music lovers around the world.
She had been battling the H1N1 flu and pneumonia and had been battling in intensive care for two weeks before she sadly died of complications on 14/1/2011. She was 41. It has been said that she had contracted the H1N1 flu while in Australia.
This is the statement that was released by Warp on the morning of her death:
"It is with great sadness we announce that Trish Keenan from Broadcast passed away at 9am this morning in hospital. She died from complications with pneumonia after battling the illness for two weeks in intensive care.
Our thoughts go out to James, Martin, her friends and her family and we request that the public respect their wishes for privacy at this time.
This is an untimely tragic loss and we will miss Trish dearly - a unique voice, an extraordinary talent and a beautiful human being. Rest in Peace."
Beach House, the gorgeous Baltimore dream-pop poster children, weave together 60's nostaglia, analogue synths, hypnotic, down-tempo rhythms and mind-gasmic lyrics in a swirling, heady cocktail that will lull you into another world.
Beach House [a.k.a. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally], as scores of devoted fans around the world will emphatically attest, are out of the this world and if you live in Melbourne and [aren't a complete philistine*], you should check our their live show. They're playing at the HIFI Bar in Melbourne on the 25/1/11 and at Laneway Festival on the 5/2/11.
This song is not only awesome, it will give you an excuse to watch ladies clad in silver leotards hula-hooping in slow motion for 5:40.
They're with Mistletone, a label with exemplary taste that boast an impressive stable of interesting artists.
http://www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic
http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=42621&ref=RSS_hifi&skin=hifi
http://melbourne.lanewayfestival.com.au/
http://www.mistletone.net/http://www.mistletone.net/
Sonic Youth- Androgenous Mind
What an fffffing brilliant band.. This track, which comes from their 1994 release 'Experimental, Jetset, Trash and No star', still has same wild , electric buzz that it had when it was first released. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that all of their back catalogue is gold, stands the test of time and is the holy grail of punk-rock. Think I'm going to have to cover it..
Debussy-Clair De Lune
So gorgeous.. Somehow reminds me of 2001-A Space Odyssey.
Spoonbill- Framed By Funk
Spoonbill - Framed By Funk by Spoonytunes
Brian Eno continues to push the boundaries and put out interesting material. This track, 2 Forms Of Anger, comes from his latest album Small Craft On A Milk Sea.
http://warp.net/
Bullion, as the name would suggest, is gold.. The sampler-delic, lush sounds manipulated and made by this UK producer at once make you want to lose it on the dancefloor and melt into your couch.
Kid A remains one of my favourite albums- not just of Radiohead's catalogue, but of all time. Though released 12 years ago, it still has the capacity to move me in the same way that it did when I first heard it back then. In spite of [or perhaps because ] it emerged after a dark period in Radiohead's history where Thom Yorke was experiencing writers block and feeling trapped in a situation he didn't like being in, it plumbs the depths and has the sense it of being the expression of the soul's rebellion and wish to be free.
Flying Lotus, great nephew of Alice and John Coltrane and the producer that is lauded as being the Jimi Hendrix of Hiphop, again delivers the gold with this offering form his album, Cosmagramma. He stands out in the wave of exciting new music coming from L.A. Clearly with impeccable taste and excellent connections, he has started the Brainfeeder label which has been attracting other great producers and is well worthy of your digging.
http://au.myspace.com/flyinglotus
http://www.brainfeedersite.com/
http://flying-lotus.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Lotus
Since first hearing Tri Repetae, Autechre have held a special place in my heart and position in my top 10 favourites. I have followed them on their various tangents, some of which I have liked more than others, but all of which have been interesting, inspiring and exciting.
I bought Oversteps online, in blind faith, and found that each listen would reveal another side of it, and be quite a different experience. Sometimes it seemed a bit jazz-with complex harmony and rhythms, sometimes it seemed a bit noodly and random, and sometimes it seemed to work perfectly as sonic architecture.
However considering it in the context of their previous work, I did feel that Oversteps was in many ways an appropriate title.
The live show that accompanied this release in Melbourne was perplexing. In pitch darkness, all but the flickering on stage of a few LED's, a massive wall of sound descended- constantly busy, erratic beats, as though randomly generated, met with ambiences and more typical Autechre sounds, with an odd assortment of stylistic influences that seemed to emerge throughout the set [DnB, glitch, even 90's rave].
I read a review a while back where someone described it as being a room full of nodding heads desperately trying to find the one.. Quite a few people that I knew who attended grumbled about the show, and I must admit to wishing that there were more moments of spaciousness and groove and wanted to know what the hell they were doing on stage, though I quite enjoyed it.
Move of Ten [also released in 2010] seems to be the album that I was expecting- progressive yet true to form, experimental yet intricately arranged, dynamic with a range of sonic contours.. and it grooves and ticks all my boxes. Enjoy this track entitled rew(1).
A stick, a stone, it's the end of the road
It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone
It's a sliver of glass, it is life, it's the sun
It is night, it is death, it's a trap, it's a gun
The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush
A knot in the wood, the song of a thrush
The wood of the wind, a cliff, a fall
A scratch, a lump, it is nothing at all
It's the wind blowing free, it's the end of the slope
It's a beam it's a void, it's a hunch, it's a hope
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
It's the end of the strain
The joy in your heart
The foot, the ground, the flesh and the bone
The beat of the road, a slingshot's stone
A fish, a flash, a silvery glow
A fight, a bet the fange of a bow
The bed of the well, the end of the line
The dismay in the face, it's a loss, it's a find
A spear, a spike, a point, a nail
A drip, a drop, the end of the tale
A truckload of bricks in the soft morning light
The sound of a shot in the dead of the night
A mile, a must, a thrust, a bump,
It's a girl, it's a rhyme, it's a cold, it's the mumps
The plan of the house, the body in bed
And the car that got stuck, it's the mud, it's the mud
A float, a drift, a flight, a wing
A hawk, a quail, the promise of spring
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
It's the promise of life, it's the joy in your heart
A stick, a stone, it's the end of the road
It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone
A snake, a stick, it is John, it is Joe
It's a thorn in your hand and a cut in your toe
A point, a grain, a bee, a bite
A blink, a buzzard, a sudden stroke of night
A pin, a needle, a sting a pain
A snail, a riddle, a wasp, a stain
A pass in the mountains, a horse and a mule
In the distance the shelves rode three shadows of blue
And the river talks of the waters of March
It's the promise of life in your heart
A stick, a stone, the end of the road
The rest of a stump, a lonesome road
A sliver of glass, a life, the sun
A knife, a death, the end of the run
And the river bank talks of the waters of March
It's the end of all strain, it's the joy in your heart
The gorgeous Joanna Newsom seems to be a mystical creature from a faraway time and place, yet is at the forefront of the contemporary neo-folk movement, has a playful, childlike quality, yet in her poetry is depth and wisdom that seems beyond her years..
A rare gem.
If you ever get the chance to see her live, I thoroughly recommend that you do. It's extraordinary how this tiny woman, dwarfed by her grand harp and a huge stage, can have such a commanding presence.
The Knife.. always invoke the feeling of excitement and happiness- as though you're heading off on a roadtrip with your best friends and you've got the warm, electric glow of youth, liberty, and fun. Heartbeats is a particularly anthemic, and is the standout track on their album, Veneer.
Jose Gonzalez does a great cover of Heartbeats, which is warm, acoustic, intimate and demonstrates the strength of the song and allows the words to breathe more that the original electronic version.
I love Daedelus.. I love his prolific output and proficiency on so many instruments. I love his project with his lovely wife, Laura- The Long Lost, and just wanna go "Aw.." at how sweet and in love they are. I love hearing him interviewed and go on such lucid, eloquent, interesting, passionate, philosophic tangents.. I love that he plays dungeons and dragons.. [I discovered this watching some of the extras in the "Secondhand Shotshots" film made by Dub Lab that features him and 3 other tasty L.A. producers-if you haven't seen it, it's well worth seeking out] I love his dapper, old-school schtick. Nuff said.
https://dublab.com/category/secondhand-sureshots/
The rad and ever-so lush Tokimonsta- another awesome artist associated with the Brainfeeder label. Kudos to her for her tastiness and for posting the sweet google translate beatboxing clip on her blog..
http://blog.tokimonsta.com/
http://www.brainfeedersite.com/
Chet Baker, the James Dean of jazz, renowned for his emotive interpretations of jazz standards does justice to this gorgeous, melancholy song by Jobim- Portrait in Black and White, or Zingaro.
There is a brilliant documentary about Chet, an interesting character who had an extraordinary life, called 'Let's Get Lost'. It's beautifully and artfully made and well worth checking out.
MF Doom and Mr. Fantastic team up in this dope joint, Anti-matter, which features on MF Dooms tangential 2003 album, King Geedorah.
MF Doom exemplifies the type of creative, intelligent, playful hiphop that is where it's at for me. In sharp contrast to the 50cents of this world, who give hiphop a bad name, there is a rich and diverse grassroots culture of quality, cerebral and fresh hiphop out there.
MF has continued to put out great albums and in 2010 he released an EP- Gazzillion Ear and a LP- Expektoration.
http://www.myspace.com/mfdoom
This sawesome track by Fly-lo has been animated by the folks at [Adult Swim], makers of bugged out and fantastic shows such as Sealab 2010, The Mighty Boosh, Robot Chicken, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and loads of others.
http://video.adultswim.com/
http://www.brainfeedersite.com/
Gonjasufi came to prominence with his album "A Sufi And A Killer", released in 2010 on Warp. Album works particularly well as a whole and it's combination of middle eastern and indian samples, beats, interesting production and maniacal singing rewards multiple listens. The vocal delivery of themes of self-pity, loss, and miscellaneous wrath borders on satirical and comes across as upbeat and always makes me smile.
http://warp.net/
