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[minus_the_david]

GBV changed my life, once i got into them, i started looking everywhere i could for new music. mainly because Pollard has 2,620,007,376 different projects. lol but that's what opened my eyes to music!

[clockwatcher]

heheh

I think he meant Gorilla Vs Bear not Guided By Voices

both good though

[clockwatcher]

THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL 282 - I HOPE IT LANDS (320)

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recently got back together and played a couple of shows, this is kind of their last album. then it all went wrong. they made another a few years later, but it's more of a footnote.....
half way between the flaming lips and the butthole surfers. or something.

VIXEN OST - WILLIAM LOOSE (320)

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uploaded this for a friend, it's fun, pretty patchy but a couple of good tunes there

[ThePianoMan]

As a long time lurker of this thread (I posted some things 2-3 years ago, not totally an asshole) I always wondered where people got their music from to post on here. I had my own blogs id check every once in awhile, but Ive been out of the game for some time now and they are all dead and gone. I was wondering if anyone here knows any good blogs to keep up with? Im down to Here, GvB, TinyMixTapes (which i havent cared for since they downplayed the mixtape making alot), and a handfull of other saved ones that just arent what im trying to listen to. Basically shit.

I cant imagine that im the only person looking for more sources of music. If people could just post some places and what kind of music they generally push it would be awesome.

I know this is lazy and I should look for it myself, but my internet skills have been dying slowly for years.

If anyone helps, THANKS.

Mediafire searches and torrenting are the easiest ways, or buying the stuff, tbh.

[ellis]

As a long time lurker of this thread (I posted some things 2-3 years ago, not totally an asshole) I always wondered where people got their music from to post on here. I had my own blogs id check every once in awhile, but Ive been out of the game for some time now and they are all dead and gone. I was wondering if anyone here knows any good blogs to keep up with? Im down to Here, GvB, TinyMixTapes (which i havent cared for since they downplayed the mixtape making alot), and a handfull of other saved ones that just arent what im trying to listen to. Basically shit.

I cant imagine that im the only person looking for more sources of music. If people could just post some places and what kind of music they generally push it would be awesome.

I know this is lazy and I should look for it myself, but my internet skills have been dying slowly for years.

If anyone helps, THANKS.

I follow Stereogum.  They tend to post EVERYTHING, and they don't review so you don't get the bias that pitchfork and others sometimes has.  They tend to report on things you may heard in other places but they've turned me on to some cool bands I have yet to hear mention of in other places (Jonthan Boulet, Pop. 1280)

[gospel]

Oh sweet, new Shivers album.

The Shivers - More

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Peter Stampfel and Jeffrey Lewis - Come On Board

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Stars - Bedroom Demos

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Band Of Horses and Cee Lo Green - Split

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Wolf Gang - s/t

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Gemma Hayes - Let It Break

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Bodies of Water - Twist Again

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Best Coast - iTunes Session

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Teens - s/t

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As a long time lurker of this thread (I posted some things 2-3 years ago, not totally an asshole) I always wondered where people got their music from to post on here. I had my own blogs id check every once in awhile, but Ive been out of the game for some time now and they are all dead and gone. I was wondering if anyone here knows any good blogs to keep up with? Im down to Here, GvB, TinyMixTapes (which i havent cared for since they downplayed the mixtape making alot), and a handfull of other saved ones that just arent what im trying to listen to. Basically shit.

I cant imagine that im the only person looking for more sources of music. If people could just post some places and what kind of music they generally push it would be awesome.

I know this is lazy and I should look for it myself, but my internet skills have been dying slowly for years.

If anyone helps, THANKS.

M/F searches and torrenting are the easiest ways, or buying the stuff, tbh.

i meant how to find stuff to download. I have no problem using google, I just want to widen my net of blogs

[ptownblazer]

I have no idea how in the hell I missed these guys. I'm certain many of you knowledgeable people know exactly who these guys are, but I'm assuming I'm not unique, and plenty of people may have missed this. If you've heard them, then you understand exactly how stoked I am right now 

Rollerskate Skinny - Horsedrawn Wishes

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AMG - Rollerskate Skinny's Horsedrawn Wishes is an amazing 60 minutes of music that sounds like a stunning, warped genre onto itself . . . Horsedrawn Wishes should be required listening for...everyone. It's one of the most original albums in rock and one of the best albums of the 1990s.

Rollerskate Skinny - Shoulder Voices

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Interesting that Kevin Shields brother Jimi Shields was in the band for this album. I'm not sure that was a good thing for the band, you know? This is amazing too.

AMG - Shoulder Voices is undoubtedly a lost classic from the 1990s, to be filed to the left of one's My Bloody Valentine and Killing Joke albums or maybe just lost somewhere amid one's Echo & the Bunnymen collection. No matter where it's filed, it's a rewarding, challenging listen.

[lcclhll]

Download that TEENS album, it's a couple of awesome dudes from Boise, ID.

[Algernon]

Tom Vek - Leisure Seizure (2011)



A Chore

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Oh, and I recently discovered Rollerskate Skinny too.  They really are great.  Like The Beatles and MBV had a rad baby.  Download them!

[blaha 41]

As a long time lurker of this thread (I posted some things 2-3 years ago, not totally an asshole) I always wondered where people got their music from to post on here. I had my own blogs id check every once in awhile, but Ive been out of the game for some time now and they are all dead and gone. I was wondering if anyone here knows any good blogs to keep up with? Im down to Here, GvB, TinyMixTapes (which i havent cared for since they downplayed the mixtape making alot), and a handfull of other saved ones that just arent what im trying to listen to. Basically shit.

I cant imagine that im the only person looking for more sources of music. If people could just post some places and what kind of music they generally push it would be awesome.

I know this is lazy and I should look for it myself, but my internet skills have been dying slowly for years.

If anyone helps, THANKS.

M/F searches and torrenting are the easiest ways, or buying the stuff, tbh.

i meant how to find stuff to download. I have no problem using google, I just want to widen my net of blogs

I think this is the thread you're looking for: http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,26191.0.html

I suspect the real answer is not finding new blogs, it's finding new people to talk to.

Whenever I see someone wearing headphones who looks like they've put more thought into life than a normal person, I ask them what they are rocking out to.

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I think this is the thread you're looking for: http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,26191.0.html

I suspect the real answer is not finding new blogs, it's finding new people to talk to.

Whenever I see someone wearing headphones who looks like they've put more thought into life than a normal person, I ask them what they are rocking out to.

thats what i needed. thanks. I feel dumb for not looking around here

[ThePianoMan]

i meant how to find stuff to download. I have no problem using google, I just want to widen my net of blogs

Ah. Blissblog is reliably awesome, k-punk was great in its time but is now dead, and the best way to find good stuff in quantity is through bigger websites like FACT and the Quietus.

[yop]

Jamie Xx - Far Nearer / Beat For

Jamie xx finally lands his Numbers debut! The distinctive steel-pan tones of 'Far Nearer' were touted since the end of last summer but only now make their way to full public consumption, just in time to soundtrack a hundred thousand (and one) sessions in the sun. It's anthemic potential is undoubted, but it's built with genuine class and the widest appeal imaginable (unless you don't like dancing, or fun, or timelessly gratifying pop music), treading that fine line between sincere, melancholy soul and romantic pop with innate finesse. The newer production, 'Beat For' cuts a similar path but errs more towards the melancholy, reflecting shades of Burial or James Blake in the pitched vox and ethereal urban ambience, but those slicing drums, ultra-wide bass and detuned '90s House riffs are built with a cannier dancefloor knowledge individual to Jamie's deceptively effortless sound. This one just recommends itself.

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Stephan Mathieu - Remain

Stephan Mathieu's latest Line release is an hour long composition reprocessing original material from Janek Schaefer's 'Extended Play'. It was created between September 2008 and October 2010 using an entropic setup, spectral analysis and convolution processes. Not without good reason, Stephan is practically revered by many electro-acoustic advocates. His incredibly subtle, microscopic particle arrangements are heard uninterrupted in this piece which unfolds with the organic, life-affirming nature of a gradual sunrise over a vast desert plain, picking out glints of light from individual grains of sand while suffusing his infinite scapes with caramelized drones and mirage-like spectral strings. This is sublime music crafted for meditative consumption. Highly recommended.

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[yop]

Marcus Price & Carli - Bubbelgum EP

Stockholm/London-based Marcus Price & Carli follow up the killer 'Var E Näääken' session with the percolating 'Bubblegum', backed by remixes from Sam Tiba, Carli, and Rebecca & Fiona. Both the kinky original and the squealing remix from Rebecca & Fiona mimic the electric strafe and dip of Dutch Bubblin' sounds, while Sam Tiba's squashes it into a rugged crunk banger and Carli gives a keen Todd Edwards impression on the '100mph' mix. Wooo!

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Dillon Francis - Westside! EP

LA's Dillon Francis brings a heatseeking fusion of Dutch House and reggaeton for Mad Decent, including collaborations with Dave Nada, DJ Ammo and a Munchi remix. 'Masta Blasta' swings it low and crunked with grippin' Reggaeton snares and searing Dutch electro melodies. 'Westside!' jacks up the tempo and lowers the subbass suspension to wild effect before Maluca drops in for a holler on the stinging Reggaeton bounce of 'Que Que' and 'Brazzers' brings a siren-squirting climax backed with Munchi's explicit remix.

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Anti-G - Presents Kentje'sz Beatsz

This is the one we've been waiting for!!! Following their ongoing exposé of Chicago Footwork, Planet Mu turn their keen ears to the 'floor and the sound of Bubbling; the hyper-futuristic Dutch dance craze perpetuated by the 2nd and 3rd generation descendants of Caribbean immigrants. We'll let the ever-knowledgeable Dave Quam explain the origins "At a party in the late 80s in The Hague, a local DJ by the name of DJ Moortje accidentally dropped a dancehall twelve-inch at 45RPMs, causing chaos in the audience. Not the kind of negative heckling you get when a record skipped, but the kind of excitement that happens when a movement has been started. This beautiful mistake resulted in Bubbling, a cultural expression of immigrants from The Dutch Antilles and Suriname, a genre that would take these communities by storm in Holland in the 1990s. Jamaican exports such as the Fever Pitch and Bam Bam riddims were double and half-timed, with Cutty Ranks on one hand sounding like a pre-pubescent chipmunk, the other hand sounding like an evil duppy. Its sound borrowed slave rhythms from Curacao (DJ Moortje's origin), creating a new Caribbean style of music in Europe that ran parallel to London's Jungle scene." Fast forward a generation, and now armed with pirate copies of Fruity Loops and basic PCs, kids like 18 year old Anti-G, Shaun-D, Master-D, Daycard, and Deschuurman are fusing the traditional Dembow rhythms of reggaeton with traces of HipHop, Funky House, Grime, and whatever else they feel like, resulting in some of the most exhilarating dance trax we've heard since Planet Mu's 'Jukes & Bangs Vol.1'. 'Kentje'sz Beatsz' covers a spectrum of Anti-G's productions between 2009 and 2010. Over these sixteen tracks his synths sound like Sooty & Sweep having a battery acid enema in a Surinamese space station, while the beats are arranged with an effortless Rubik's cube complexity. Most importantly of all, it makes you want to dance like a f**king Transformer rendered by Alex Rutterford and Hecker. That might not sound so appealling to some, but check the kids popping and locking to this stuff on youtube and you'll soon catch the bug. No doubt, this is already one of our records of the year, and manages to make 90% of stuff out there seem stiff and 5 years behind the times. Highly Highly recommended!!!

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[FloridaRotisserie]

Peter Stampfel and Jeffrey Lewis - Come On Board

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Bodies of Water - Twist Again

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Hey, thanks for these. My love for Jeff Lewis will never die, even though every time I buy tickets to see him, he cancels.
Bodies of Water were the soundtrack to a dusty summer about 4 years ago. ♥

As one can never own enough music by bands with wolf-related titles, I shall also be checking out Wolf Gang. 

[yop]

Objekt - Objekt EP2

Newcomer Objekt, on his website, states that his series of white labels aims to "make subs rattle" and be "a convoluted mess of dubstep, 3-step… post minimal wankstep, shithouse, acid wonk…" Well then. It seems that by disregarding conventions in a big way, he's got everyone very excited indeed. On the back of a single 12-inch, he's managed to get bookings right alongside the likes of Loefah and Peverelist, and have even more key players singing his praises.Anyone, of course, has the potential to do his or her own thing, but it's the way he does it that's important; there's a deceptive amount of control if you look closely enough. Based around raw machine drums, he's so off the beat it makes you wince in sympathy for the circuits. Crucially, though, the seams never quite split. "CLK Recovery" takes a while to come in, idling its time around a 2-step slanted straight beat, with twitters and shrieks punctuating things wildly. It's fiercely heavy, raw techno shot through with insane melodies.The drums boom, and reverb is liberally applied, with a sense of open space throughout. "Unglued" applies this to familiar dubstep/future garage effect, although the magnitude of it and the feel are more remarkable. Like "CLK," it's both challenging and slamming: a wicked combination.

Objekt - Objekt EP1

Lean and hungry dubstep minimalism from the hugely promising Objekt label. We know b*b-all about the artists but in true, facelessly underground style, the music does all the talking. For the forward steppers 'The Goose That Got Away' jams on a warped 808 rhythm and ascending chords vibe, sounding something like Pearson Sound sparring with Jam City. Next, 'Tinderbox' turns out a more menacing vibe, building a forcefield of 808 bass to protect crunked-out triplet rolls and a rush of darkside adrenaline synths tapping into a deep reserve of UK rave essence. Support from Peverelist, Appleblim, Ben UFO and Pinch. This is the sh*t, basically. TIPPED!

Fave of the month! Check!

#1&#2

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[Mr Fantasy]

Blue Sky Black Death - Noir

Some of the best rap instrumentals these days can work equally well as moody electronic music, drifting naturally between the worlds of hip-hop or R&B and ambient, post-dubstep, or chillwave. Noir has a similar way of wringing strangely affecting emotional grandeur from the rudiments of sound, though BSBD's style relies less on glitch or drone and more on starry-eyed orchestral vastness. Using an impressively naunced deployment of strings, piano, and guitar as well as drum loops and hazy synths, the album has a patient, steady beauty, ranging from glowing panoramas evoking M83 to the classical-informed abstraction of Anticon acts like Dosh and Son Lux.

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[yop]

Zomby is both a purist and a perfectionist. One of the most talented producers of a generation and someone capable of negotiating skilfully between genres, be it jungle, dubstep, rave, garage or whatever tag you want to put on it. Couple this with the numerous and incredible 12”s, EPs and remixes that have been aired over the past five years and it’s clear just why he’s built quite a heady reputation for himself. It’s been over two and a half years since he released his debut album, Where Were U In ‘92?, a rave record evoking that titular period, when Dreamscape, Fantazia and Universe flyers adorned bedroom walls, and tape packs and pills became a national staple. Using early- 90s equipment like an Akai S2000 and an Atari ST, he captured the moment; “a history lesson, a depiction of a musical timeline that folds in on itself, and a revival that works because it approaches its subject with the idea that it simply evolved instead of died,” (Pitchfork).Following a series of releases that switched from the melancholic to the menacing, Where Were U In ‘92? further marked the producer out as an unpredictable, underground hero. Among discerning listeners, anticipation for new Zomby material is now high but outside of him teasing fans with a few out-takes via the internet, there hasn’t been much to go by in recent times. That was until the end of last year when hauntingly beautiful new track, 'Natalia's Song', appeared unannounced in a Burial and Kode9 mix for Radio 1. Catching people off-guard, it served to pour fuel on the fire and leave all anticipating what was to follow.Having signed a worldwide deal with 4AD, that wait is almost over. ‘Natalia’s Song’ was afforded a proper release on May 10th and is also included on his second album, Dedication, which is being released on July 12th.A wholly different record to its predecessor, Zomby returns from his hiatus with typical style. It is both a dark and absorbing listen that engulfs the listener, running between sparse electronics, techno hooks and minimal piano riffs.Making up for lost time, Dedication continues to put Zomby at a distance from his peers. By the time they’ve caught up, he’ll no doubt be somewhere else entirely.

New Zomby LP - Stolen from what, uploaded here

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[amok]

sweeeet.

Objekt EPs are pure class too.

[ellis]

fuckin sweet.  Didn't know there was a new Zomby album coming out...nice surprise.

[ADRIAN WOODHOUSE]

No More Fun - no more fun

soundslike : singer-songwriter/knertz

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http://knertz.bandcamp.com/album/no-more-fun

[yop]

Lv and Message to Bears - Explode EP

Sweeter House/Bass music from LV, linking with Message To Bears and vocalist Zaki Ibrahim for a luxurious groover. The full-sunken rhythm has definite traces of the South African Kwaito sounds LV have soaked up of late, while Message From Bears adds an acoustic tenderness ripe for Zaki Ibrahim's graceful tweet. Next up is Mothy's 'Implosion' mix, rubbing out the beat entirely to leave the bass, melody and vocal free floating in dub space. This goodness is followed by a very welcome return from Charlie Dark, who has largely been off the radar since his influential work with Attica Blues ten years ago. From plangent, piano-lead intro, his 'Longtime' remix realigns the groove on a minimalist Tech-House roll, reserved but stealthily nudged with Broken beat inflections to sound like a more melancholy reflection of T. Williams style. The source material proves inspirational for DJ Rum's remix, too. With deftly stuttered slow-fast drum programming and magically orchestrated strings, this is a handsome look from this hugely underrated producer. Fans of Floating Points simply must check this record.

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[amok]

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[Mr Fantasy]

Desert Wolves - Pontification

The Desert Wolves were one of the best groups from Manchester in the late 80's. You might argue now: "And the why haven't i heard of them until today ?" And we will reply: Quite easy. In 1987/88 the band put out two great singles on the Ugly Man label, where Black released his first single, Man From Delmonte one 7" and two 12"s (now rereleased on Vinyl Japan) and Too Much Texas, while being fronted by Tom Hingley, later singer of The Inspiral Carpets, had a great 12".Trully one of the best bands from Manchester in a rare compilation. Total C-86 gem.

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Kettel - Myam James 1



Reimer Eising, producing under the name of Kettel, is no stranger to the IDM scene. Since 2001, Eising has vigorously released a dozen EPs and nine full length albums on a handful of respectable labels, such as Planet Mu, Neo Ouija, DUB, Merck, Kracfive, and his home label (which he co-runs with his brother, Wouter Eising and Kristian Peters), Sending Orbs. His last album, Myam James Part 1 was originally scheduled to be an EP, but Eising's onslaught of his mind-to-music-stream has borne not one, but two albums in the Myam James series. Based out of Groningen, The Netherlands, Eising is a classically trained musician, growing up playing piano since he was five years old. His love for Bach is clearly evident through complex, mathematical, and harmonic progressions in the acid driven, micro programmed, and organically acoustic pieces. From the album page on Sending Orbs: "Kettel manages to squeeze uplifting, warm, cheerful and enjoyable music out of his kettle and pottery factory, which is sad, melancholic and sensitive at the same time." The tracks on Part 1 are as intelligent as Inteligent Dance Music can be, with excellent production, masterful effect control, and instantly memorable melodies

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Maps and Diagrams - Antennas and Signals



Japanese outfit Art Union's Moamoo label has only released a few things so far, but when you consider that the first two releases were both from Ampoule's Pub, you'll get the idea of exactly where they're coming from quality wise. This third release comes from Cactus Island's very own Maps + Diagrams and showcases Tim's wonderful talent for constructing melodic, incredibly deep and strikingly beautiful Electronica of the highest possible quality. Luscious production and a series of wonderful soundscape tones give this CD a delicate and fragile feel, but with an earthy oomph that will keep you engaged all the way through. Rhythmically he keeps it crunchy and lively and the ease with which the beats flow belies the fact that it's actually incredibly complex. Essentially it's the kind of music that you'll easily make friends with and no doubt stay in touch with for many years to come! Fans of Cactus, Toytronic and Expanding will simply adore this gorgeous album and it comes highly recommended.

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Loess - Wind and Water



Somewhere between ambient drones and drifting beat programming is the world of Wind and Water, the new release by Loess on n5md. The duo of Clay Emerson and Ian Pullman sought to create a record that paralleled the natural progression of creation and dissolution, and the ebb and flow of the twelve tracks of Wind and Water captures a gentle progression -- both airy and fluid -- that is captivatingly natural.

Seemingly a blend of Biosphere's gentle electronics and Chris Watson's environmental recordings, "Creshiem" finds waves of wind transforming into delicate melodies and ticking percussive motifs; while "Greenland" hums with the echo of bells across frozen tundra and the noisy chatter of digital crickets. Emerson and Pullman fill their organic landscapes with the micro-detritus of IDM arrhythmia, a laconic programming that seems like nothing more than the redistribution of dust and pollen beneath swirling breezes and winds. Squirts of bird noises are caught in the wake of a organ-like melody in "Lomond," a gasping, swaying song filled with the huff and puff of air through air bladders and hoses.

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Balil - Parasight



Balil is the solo project of Ed Handley. Handley was once part of the trio The Black Dog along with Andrew Turner & Ken Downie.

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Rowland S. Howard - Teenage Snuff Film



After the demise of These Immortal Souls in 1992, Rowland S. Howard and his uncompromising brand of lush, skeletal Post-Punk gloom fell silent until his surprising re-emergence in 1999 with the stunningly dark Teenage Snuff Film. Easily one of the most distinctive guitarists to emerge from the early Post-Punk movement, Howard weaves his tortured, razor-sharp vamps into a starkly intense aural fabric on his solo debut. Songs such as "Dead Radio" and "Breakdown (And Then...)" immerse the listener into near-perfect distillations of Howard's unique musical vision: desolate, dusty ambiance cut through with a slightly refracted spaghetti-western twang and Howard's lovely wreck of a croon. Teenage Snuff Film even features a cover of Billy Idol's "White Wedding," but in Howard's hands, the song is transformed from bubble-gum goth into an ominously twisted waltz. And then there's "Autoluminescent," an absolutely gorgeous song of redemption, which exudes the kind of sincere, crumbling pathos that is rare to find in this age of commercially-packaged art. Highly recommended.

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Exuma - Exuma



One of the most unique and hard to classify artists of the 1970s, Exuma was a singular talent. Mixing the infectious rhythms and folkloric qualities of Bahamian music with rock, country, and other U.S. influences and adding a sharply satiric element of social commentary, Exuma's music aimed for the heart and the feet at the same time.

Signed to Mercury Records in 1969, Exuma quickly released two albums, Exuma the Obeah Man and Exuma II (both 1970). Mixing powerful Afro-Caribbean rhythms with Exuma's shamanistic exhortations and vividly Obeah-inspired lyrics, these albums were conceptually similar to what Nigeria's Fela Kuti was beginning to do around the same time. Like Fela, however, Exuma was largely ignored by American press, radio, and consumers, and Mercury quickly dropped him.

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Purtenance - Member Of Immortal Damnation



This overlooked Finnish gem, from 1992 sees an act from the Southern Finnish town of Nokia (the same town that gave the world Convulse, and a phone company of it’s namesake) playing death metal in the style that characterizes their native country. It is quite raw, sludgy and semi-melodic, yet in terms of rhythmic dynamics, has quite a lot in common with American acts such as Autopsy and Incantation. The seminal music of Demigod also garners a valid comparison though  the production is much more murky, with the guitar tone having something more in common with the likes of Rippikoulu, and the drums having a quite jilted, and occasionally offbeat syncopation, aesthetically complimenting the strangulation strings. Keyboards, and additionally acoustics, used quite sparingly, accentuate a gothic sense of clarity amidst an aural dimension that conjure mental images of wriggling life beneath cemetary dirt.

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[yop]

Mount Kimbie - Carbonated

After releasing their debut album ‘Crooks and Lovers’ last summer to huge critical acclaim and racking up numerous end of year lists including the shortlist for Guardian’s First Album Award, plus sell out tours in North America, Australia and Europe, London duo Mount Kimbie announce the news of their next EP ‘Carbonated’.Set for release on 27th June on their label Hot Flush, the EP follows the release of the ‘Blind Night Errand’ EP and will be the final release from the album. ‘Carbonated’, the lead track on the EP is joined by two previously unreleased tracks, the buoyant, effervescence of ‘Flux’ and ‘Bave’s Chords’, which showcase the lush, elegant percussive sound Mount Kimbie have become known for. ‘Bave’s Chords’ was recorded around their early EP ‘Maybes’ and ‘Flux’ was created during the album recordings. Airhead, who’s shortly releasing his own album on Brainmath and is member of James Blakes' live band, subtly twists ‘Carbonated’ with his remix, while Belgian producer & DJ Peter Van Hoesen creates a six minute dark techno rework for the dancefloor. ‘Adriatic’, also from ‘Crooks and Lovers’ is transformed completely by Klaus with his style of detailed production hitting the mark once more.

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[yop]

Anstam - Baldwin / Carmichael

The enigmatic Anstam duo follow up the killer 'Albert' and a wicked Fact mix with their first full solo 12" in three years. At the risk of repeating ourselves, these guys make some of the most crushingly dynamic, dead ON-IT beats around. This time they're investigating a more squashed and cryptically moody style with 'Baldwin', stamping sub-loaded breakbeats with a brooding, twisted synth torque leading to an unmistakably Teutonic conclusion. On 'Carmichael' they swipe away the breakbeats and engage with pneumatically compressed steppers patterns, oily, squirming acid bass and intoxicatingly dystopian synth pads. It's the sort of gear we dream about and should be massively recommended to fans of T++, Ben Frost, Kangding Ray, or Shackleton.

Outstanding techy jungle-esque & avant electronics infected, stepping killer tunes.

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http://www.mf.com/?hdqk8jelcnkd2fl




Ossie - Set the Tone / Tarantula

Ossie makes his long-awaited Hyperdub debut with three highly infectious House wrigglers for the connoisseurs. For the last year or so his 'Tarantula' anthem, released relatively recently on Lightworks, has been a staple among the London House set, from the Circle types through to Marcus Nasty and players like Kode 9. This 12" reconfigures the ever-evolving Hyperdub schematic to encompass a more sexy, sophisticated sound with 'Set The Tone'. But this ain't no blandbag House music, those drums are made for movers with something to show and the vibes are just masterfully controlled with a dextrous yet restrained intricacy. Flip it and 'Power Of Love' has a slinkier, late night Afro-beat appeal, while 'Moves' is a heat-seeking fusion of super-criss percussion and juiciest R&B synths.

 

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http://www.mf.com/?jd93m8v9jsa2a8s




Dark Sky - High Rise

Dark Sky come to Blunted Robots on their best release to date, following well received early entries for Black Acre and Pictures Music, and remixes of The XX and Nelly Furtado. As those records showed, Dark Sky are bang into their drums. On A-side, 'Highrise', crisp and clinical patterns are mirrored by percussive melodies, all minimal and slinky like some Eski-boy special. 'Armour' is darker, more hardcore spirited and grazing, built from walloping bass hits and speaker rattling machine rhythms akin to recent Boddika moves. Tipped for fans of Mickey Pearce, Instra:mental, Untold etc.

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http://www.mf.com/?dhkvva9e2j0l297




John Heckle - The 4th Dimension EP

John Heckle follows his very well received 'Life On Titan' 12" with four tributes to the deep and cosmic House sounds of the Windy City. There's two jazzier, smoother numbers on 'The 4th Dimension' and 'What Once Was', and two sturdier, psycho-activating jackers 'Forgotten Lights' and 'Ahead Of Time', each crafted with an authentic lo-fi bite.

Mind blowing, well constructed house tracks!

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http://www.mf.com/?1322v1edrcpd3zp




Virgo Four - It's A Crime (Caribou / Hunee Mixes)

Taken from their recently released collection of archival material, Virgo's 'It's A Crime' is nicely overhauled here with remixes from Caribou and Hunee. After years in the cult margins, Caribou is virtually a popstar these days, and one of the reasons the sudden surge popularity is his increased propensity for making punchy, accessible house jams. Here he strips Virgo's groove down to its techy, box-banging essence, massaging its bassline into a sinewy electro riff and adding his own plaintive vocals to the broth; the results are gratifyingly raw and lo-fi, but also resoundingly pert and club-ready. Hunee's version is a more conventional deep house update, while Virgo's original take is, almost needless to say, sheer class - full of their customary lazer-guided chords, crisp claps and hissing hi-hats, a true house classic brought back from the brink of extinction by the heads at Rush Hour. Big 12".

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http://www.mf.com/?f65mwf9n9bqk62c




Foating Points - Marilyn / Sais Dub

Floating Points touches down aboard two sumptuous arrangements on Eglo. First side, orchestral strings hover into view and sweep us through twirling synthlines and broken-down beats reminding of the Cinematic Orchestra, only that bassline is liable to shatter your coffee table. The other side reveals his none-too-hidden obsession with Theo Parrish, gliding on a ruff-but-smooth 110bpm beat adorned with the silkiest keys, singing synths and a cone-gripping subbass that's all latent sexual tension. Grade A bump material. Ultra-heavyweight burner from Floating Points - finally available on download formats. 'Sais Dub' was originally released for Record Store day but in our virtual world every day is record store day and we've got some bonus copies for the connected cats. Your boy is in outstanding form here, deploying the bass to dangerously low depths while the drums seem to skip and pop in their own artificial air pockets. It's like Theo Parrish gone 3DX2-step. Seriously stimulating.

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Redinho - Edge Off EP

Redinho serves a supremely robust follow-up to the raw-as-f*nk futurism of his Numbers debut. On the 'Edge Off' EP your man is helplessly torn between styles but evidently capable of pulling each one off with finesse. The eponymous feature figures squidgy '80s synth bass and proper neon talkbox for the ballers, before 'Slap' flips that received cool on its head, tackling Hyper-dazzlin' Footwork styles like Squarepusher on an IV skittles infusion. Again, 'Power Look' morphs his rhythmic prism to ultra-current Robo-tropical House with added Ed Rush-style synth drops, and 'Whips' comes off like Anstam snake-stylin' in 3D cyber-space.

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http://www.mf.com/?8x6rd2r3pb832oe




Spectr (Scuba)  - Dance 4 Me

Spectr is more usually known as Scuba, head of the Hotflush label.

Quality release as always.

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http://www.mf.com/?upb7e7xl4imyblm



Joe Drive - RD-2452

Another new recruit joins the Mathematics academy for aspiring space cadets, delivering a debut portfolio of six burning Chicago House trax. There's four beat-driven tracks with tough rhythms offset by fluid, alien-melodic keys and harmonies, plus two beatless efforts.

Strong Chicago house tracks.

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http://www.mf.com/?rp2poz1osdt6mem




Nick Hoppner - A Peck And A Pawn EP

Unmissable modern House groove from half of MyMy, aka Ostgut Ton's co-founder Nick Höppner. With credentials like those, and after probably spending more time in Panorama Bar and Berghain than the bar staff, this guy quite obviously knows what makes a body move. 'A Peck And A Pawn' is pure groove science, augmenting the crisp and spacious aesthetic of Berlin-style Tech-House with a subtly accentuated Funky swing to exceptional effect. Flipside, 'She Parked Herself' is Detroit-influenced, with classic-sounding and sweeping melody guided by shook square bass and drums nodding to Shake and Kevin Saunderson. 'Swivel Flick' is slower, more intimate and involved with sensuous atmosphere and supple, kinky flow. Recommended.

Excellent house EP! Enjoy!

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http://www.mf.com/?wpvm3574xt6qajx

[amok]

hell yes new Dark Sky & Floating Points

might've already been posted but here's some chilled Finnish dubstep for Burial fans

Late "Sine, Saw, Square / Voices From The Night"

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http://www.mediafire.com/?h240bnzy8d6j2ax
Late "Phantom Papers EP"

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http://www.M/F.com/?guogfxkffw1rw4q

[yop]

Brian Eno - Drums Between The Bells

What's this - Brian Eno making dubstep and techno?!! OK, it's only a clutch of tracks hat could possibly be described as such, but believe us when we say that Drums Between Bells, Eno's new album on Warp Records, is a significant departure from last year's Small Craft On A Milk Sea. The project has its origins back in the 90s, when Eno first collaborated with Rick Holland. Back then the collab came to nothing in terms of released material, but the duo resolved to work together again, and Drums Between Bells is the result of their renewed partnership. It's a tribute to the hustle and bustle of city life, particularly London and Sao Paulo, and it positively teems with life, foregrounding the spoken word: not just from Eno and Holland, but also Grazyna Goworek, Caroline Wildi, Laura Spagnuolo, Elisha Muly Aulie Cooke, Nick Robertson and Anastasia Afonina. After the unlikely dancefloor (well, sort of) dread of the first two tracks, the central passage of the album relaxes into the kind of lush, luminous ambient which Eno does best, ranging from the breezy pastoral sway of 'Pour It Out' to more aching, ominous pieces like 'The Airman' and 'The Real', which hark back to the earthen drones of Eno's On Land and the bright, aquatic piano cycles of his work with Harold Budd. We're back to ethno-futurist paranoia for 'Sounds Alien' and 'Dow', but if truth be told these numbers are rather unconvincing. We go out on a high with 'Cloud 4', a serene, sleepily sung number which wouldn't have sounded massively out of place on Taking Tiger Mountain.

Finally 

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[StaedlerMars]

I just stumbled across this, but now that I think about it it may have been posted in previous incarnations of this thread. Oh well.

Kind of Bloop - an 8 bit tribute to Miles Davis 'Kind of Blue'

http://www.M/F.com/?kdala48a46sdpxd

download and pay here: http://kindofbloop.com/

[Mr. Tool]

Alaska In Winter - Suicide Prevention Hotline EP

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http://www.mediafire.com/?ar51ub5dpzlurfk

[Patrick]

Joyce Manor, Constant Headache

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http://www.mediafire.com/?zymiznwzyzo
http://joycemanor.bandcamp.com/

[yop]

John Tejada - Parabolas

Lush long player from "one of the most notoriously meticulous producers around". For the past ten years Tejada has been a mainstay of the international Tech-House set, by-passing trends while remaining consistently true to a melodically sophisticated and perenially groovesome style. 'Parabolas' is his first major LP in three years and finds John in his most refined and dreamily spacious mode. Opener 'Farther and Fainter' draws us into a featherweight world of lambent electronic tones and effortlessly supple, square-bass driven groove, like Claro meets Lawrence, maybe? There's time for reflection on the floating three minute electro-acoustic composition 'The Dream', before the beautifully rendered contours of 'Mechanized World' and the piquant, AFXian electro of 'Subdivided'. The cascading arpeggios of 'A Flexible Plan' rank as one of the most luminescent highlights, while we're returned to that AFXian loveliness on 'The Mess And The Magic' and another sublime beatless moment on 'The Honest Man'. We think you'll have to agree, this is an exceptional album from a outstanding producer.

Good pop,ambientish tech house album.

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http://www.mf.com/?nlsb74osmjwd6q1




Margaret Dygas - Margaret Dygas

Following her widely acclaimed album for Power Shovel Audio, Margaret Dygas returns to Perlon with this impressive album. Her unique Tech-House architectures are pensively minimal and full of surprising nuances like the tempered neo-classical keys which break the reflective surfaces of opener 'Missing You Less' or the almost out-of-time drums which stumble across 'Country Way Of Life'. But most of all this eponymous entry is defined by lustrous, glacial drones, creating wonderfully still ambience which would likely work without the beats. Those beats form crisp and often sparse rhythms, shackled to the 4/4 throb but unafraid to toy with it's conventions in a similar way to Kassem Mosse. Class.

Fine modern house tunes!

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http://www.mf.com/?sgmcebga4qrq025




Robert Hood - Omega: Alive

Heavyweight, nicely sequenced and mixed collection of live versions from the don, Robert Hood, centered around tracks from last year's 'Omega' LP. 'Omega' was inspired by Richard Matheson's end-of-the-world novel (and subsequent movie adaptation) The Omega Man, and for 'Omega Alive' Hood has decided to give an extra "post apocalyptic" burnish to his productions - as if his steely, aerobic minimal techno sound wasn't dystopian enough already. As ever, what separates Hood from his legion imitators is his supernatural grasp of funk, and his ability to wring that funk out of even the most brutally linear, industrial shapes - 'Alpha: Alive' in particular grooves hard and lean, before opening up to admit twinkling arpeggios and an inevitable shout out to Detroit. There are some unfamiliar inclusions ('Bells At Dusk', 'Minimal Minimal'), but of course the real treat is the new versions of classics like 1994's 'Unix' and 'Minus', sounding as well-oiled and punishing as the day they were born. You shouldn't need us to tell you that Hood just owns this sound, and really, you can't go wrong with this album. Sick.

Nice drop by Robert Hood, long tripping killer techno.

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http://www.mf.com/?f0s1g8p83gfti2m
http://www.mf.com/?psv73csp4d63c2o


[yop]

Toro Y Mi - Still Sound Remixes EP

Toro Y Moi hands 'Still Sound' from his 'Underneath The Pines' LP to Toby Tobias for plush mid-tempo disco reworks. His 'Moving Sound' version is a creamy confection of vibin' organ chords over melted bassline and dreamy drag House beats sounding not dissimilar to a dubbier Junior Boys production. The Deep Dub on the flip is more serene, while Voodoo Bears round up with a subtly spacious and twinkling, electro-edged remix.

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Carter Bros. - Full Disco Jacket

Adelaide's Carter Bros. put Australia on the modern disco map with a charmingly sophisticated groove sounding like Moodymann meets Newworldaquarium. The Nebraska remix pops some more funk into the blend with patented compression techniques for a real dancer's special.

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http://www.mf.com/?m26tsnjnivdaohr




Prins Thomas - Lang Tung Ting

Prins Thomas takes a squelchy mooch to New York with a homage to the timeless mid-tempo bounce of Bobby Konders on 'Lang Tung Ting'. Both this and the sparser, dubbier 'Tom Peng Pung' use the treated sound of a bassoon and cello to find that grouchy bogle bassline, alloyed with crisp drums and spiraling synths for the psych-o-jack bounce. In case you're fiending for the disco, 'Ny Maskin' and the friskier 'Trommebonus' set sail on proper mini-voyages for the stompers and the groovers.

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Tiger & Woods - Through The Green

Infectious debut album of ten "groove extractions" from the enigmatic Tigers & Woods unit. 'Through The Green' collects the best of their three highly sought-after white labels, records whch captured the imagination of dancefloors from Offenbach to St Andrews, shredding, slicing, juicing and boosting elements of their favourite disco, soul, boogie and house tracks into sophisticated new forms. Like the adroit edits of Frank Timm's Sound Stream project, they only work with select morsels, but it's all about the instinctive flow and arrangement of those samples, regenerating their essence into helplessly funky dancefloor tools loved by the dancers, revered by connoisseurs and made for those who know. We can safely say there's not a duff track among them, and cuts like the ecstatic boogie of 'Love In Cambodgia' and the recently reissued, Imagination-sampling 'Gin Nation' are bona fide anthems. Satisfaction guaranteed!!!

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http://www.mf.com/?8f3m9ul14k27cki

[yop]

Brian Eno - Drums Between The Bells (Instrumental Version)

What's this - Brian Eno making dubstep and techno?!! OK, it's only a clutch of tracks hat could possibly be described as such, but believe us when we say that Drums Between Bells, Eno's new album on Warp Records, is a significant departure from last year's Small Craft On A Milk Sea. The project has its origins back in the 90s, when Eno first collaborated with Rick Holland. Back then the collab came to nothing in terms of released material, but the duo resolved to work together again, and Drums Between Bells is the result of their renewed partnership. It's a tribute to the hustle and bustle of city life, particularly London and Sao Paulo, and it positively teems with life, foregrounding the spoken word: not just from Eno and Holland, but also Grazyna Goworek, Caroline Wildi, Laura Spagnuolo, Elisha Muly Aulie Cooke, Nick Robertson and Anastasia Afonina. After the unlikely dancefloor (well, sort of) dread of the first two tracks, the central passage of the album relaxes into the kind of lush, luminous ambient which Eno does best, ranging from the breezy pastoral sway of 'Pour It Out' to more aching, ominous pieces like 'The Airman' and 'The Real', which hark back to the earthen drones of Eno's On Land and the bright, aquatic piano cycles of his work with Harold Budd. We're back to ethno-futurist paranoia for 'Sounds Alien' and 'Dow', but if truth be told these numbers are rather unconvincing. We go out on a high with 'Cloud 4', a serene, sleepily sung number which wouldn't have sounded massively out of place on Taking Tiger Mountain.

Instrumental versions of tracks from the album.

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http://www.mf.com/?qncrf5udv474ff4

[spoon_of_grimbo]

Joyce Manor, Constant Headache

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http://www.M/F.com/?zymiznwzyzo
http://joycemanor.bandcamp.com/

wow, thanks for this, i had no idea they'd done anything other than the self titled album (which i've been spinning regularly since i got it earlier in the year).  these are like a less world-weary jawbreaker, and i like it!

[flaschenpfand]

yop is killing me...again...again...

[flaschenpfand]

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[Tom]

I'm so glad you posted the instrumental version, yop. The vocal track is completely distracting.

[yop]

yop is killing me...again...again...

    You're welcome!

I'm so glad you posted the instrumental version, yop. The vocal track is completely distracting.

Isn't too bad but i def prefer it without vocals too.


Memory Tapes - Player Piano

Player Piano, the excellent second album from Memory Tapes is released on Something In Construction in Europe and Carpark in the US. It was, like its predecessor, recorded at Dayve Hawke’s home studio in rural New Jersey, where he juggles looking after his young daughter and being a musician. 'Seek Magic' was released properly in March 2010 and has since sold over 30,000 copies worldwide. It received almost exclusively excellent reviews. Memory Tapes debuted his live show in January 2010 in Manchester, England and has since criss-crossed North America and played shows all across Europe and as far away as Australia. His remixes of the likes of Crystal Castles, Gucci Mane and Britney Spears have had consistent acclaim. The template / motif for 'Player Pian'o was that it would be “keyboard-based psychedelic girl group songs, a sort of Motown suicide note” and so it is. Largely eschewing modern beats this time in favour of “drums that sound like The Kinks’ 60s records”, there are still the spaces of modern R’n’B, along with 50s doo wop, krautrock and a couple of nods to Aphex Twin. Dayve is already working on Memory Tapes’ third album, which is going to be a “space rock, kind of Sabbath” guitar based set. So, while 'Seek Magic' was quite an electronic sounding record with lots of dance music tropes, 'Player Piano' is all about the melody. Simply put, there are lots of catchy tunes here, singalong choruses throughout the album and songs that feel very immediate and accessible, despite consistently dark lyrics that describe a disconnected mindset and a profound sense of isolation. There is a painterly aspect to the composition that gives the album a bright, clear arc that describes a deceptively simple picture taken as a whole, despite the fact there are hugely contrasting tunes within. And then again, within each song there are very playful twists and turns, wrong-headed arrangements and some very unusual instrumentation, from 70s Hammond organs to Clavioline (as heard of Del Shannon’s Runaway) and footsteps crunching through snow. Memory Tapes doesn’t use sequencing software and has played each instrument in the studio himself. Some of the elements are played deliberately off-key or out of synch to give the slightly warped yet warm feel that works so beautifully against the topline melodic aspects. 

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Washed Out - Within And Without

Mr Chillwave himself justifies the hype generated by his early EPs with nine effortlessly blissful slices of warped songcraft. Washed Out is the operational alias for Atlanta, GA's Ernest Greene, and Weird World release the first Washed Out full-length, 'Within And Without'. Greene recorded 'Within And Without' with Ben Allen, who, among a great many other things, co-produced Animal Collective's 'Merriweather Post Pavillion', Gnarls Barkley's 'St Elsewhere' and Deerhunter's 'Halcyon Digest'. In 2009 Washed Out released two critically-acclaimed eps; 'Life Of Leisure' (Mexican Summer) and 'High Times' (Mirror Universe Tapes). Washed Out submerges a sense of intense feeling within its '80s-fantasy electronic ether. the yearning-in-utero effect is strongest on woozy centerpiece 'Feel It All Around'. With blurry singing, cheap-sounding synths, and a humid, syrupy flow, the track suggests an '80s synth pop hit that won't come straight out and cop to itself - or a young man in love, too tongue-tied (or too stoned?) to admit it.

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http://www.mf.com/?6vei15veyevle8v

[ellis]

Nice!  Probably my two most anticipated releases in the next couple months.

[StaedlerMars]

That Washed Out album is really warm and lovely and ignorable while still letting you bob your head along to it, and proper soundtrack/summer music.

[yop]

Biosphere - N-Plants

Okay so this is weird – in February 2011 Gier Jenssen finished an album dedicated to the Japanese post-war reconstruction and, specifically, the country's futuristic nuclear program. After surveying numerous photos he became fascinated by the idea that nuclear power plants could be built so close to the sea in earthquake-prone areas, and this slowly became the focus for his recordings. A few months later and, alas, the album has gained considerable poignancy – we are now in the aftermath of one of Japan’s most serious disasters and Jenssen’s concepts have a strangely prophetic quality to them. The music itself is hardly melancholy, but has a damaged, cold, digital edge which mirrors the clean architectural perfection of the ominous structures, pre-earthquake of course. As Jenssen’s clipped, purposeful rhythms slowly make their way into synthetic patterns, they guide the record and imbue proceedings with a fitting Kubrickian haze. ‘N-Plants’ almost reminds of early SND (think ‘Stdio’ or ‘Makesndcassette’) but played at the wrong speed. These are slow, booming passages of sound carried out with a masterful ear, displaying the razor sharp precision of a true veteran of the field. Lazy, lackadaisical witch-house this is not, but ‘N-Plants’ shares threads with its purposeful slow-down of dance music tropes. It's a powerful record: without the context ‘N-Plants’ is an affecting, engrossing listening experience, but with the added air of melancholy, it becomes all the more haunting and memorable. Highly Recommended.

Beautifully textured and realized! Love this release.

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Offthesky - Subtle Trees

Offthesky aka Jason Corder returns to Ian Hawgood's family of labels with an atmospheric suite of plangent piano and electro-acoustic ambience. 'Enter Off Color Tear' makes an arresting entrance, sparse keys fragrance an undecided and wide open space while closer concrète textures and lustrous drones toy with our spatial perceptions. In 'Swallow Shallow' a similar blend of acousmatic sound sources texture glassy half-melody and sighing strings, while the cicadas and hushed electronics of 'Gemutcycle' suggest a more unnerving, ghostly and nocturnal scene. 'Tight Phase Of Pollen Inertia' offers looping, almost Reichian glockenspiel phrases, drifting woodwind and low, humming bass, and closer 'Symphony For Exiting Entropies' departs to struck Gamelan-like tones and mottled electro-acoustic drones. Quite lovely.

Pretty good on the first listen. Droney and melodic - a nice combo when done right!

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http://www.mf.com/?fq34jkcopw4m1we

[The Rube]

Lia Ices- Grown Unknown


A video for Daphne, one of the album's more accessible tunes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyMTeEtctkk

This disc is straight from cd to apple lossless, and easily converted to the format of your choice; lyrics are in the tags.  the two parts are independent, so you can download half of the disc and see if it suits.  So far as I'm concerned this is one of my albums of the year.  It's stately and elegent, ethereal and earthy, and I like that the songs often take unexpected turns.  they don't radically change or jump cut, but they seldom end sounding like they did in the beginning.  That and her voice is brilliant.  The first two tracks are the catchiest, the rest a bit of a grower, but do give it a chance...

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http://www.m/f.com/?6ae3l9cueoaubft

http://www.m/f.com/?804tk6bddfv86t9

[TheClickOfALight]

A mix I made back in December 2009, featuring a bunch of Canadian bands, when I was about to super optimistic about what would turn out to be a year-of-hell in Canada.

25 songs, full track-listing and more info can be found at my blog.

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http://www.M/F.com/?jzfg3jknn2y

[pwhodges]

Viktoria Mullova & The Matthew Barley Ensemble - The Peasant Girl



Jazz, Gypsy music, Classical - all of these infused together; played by a classical violinist and a group of jazz musicians led by her husband on cello.

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http://www.M/F.com/?n52b9h12rdgq5bc

[The Rube]

Cornershop and the Double-O Groove of (2011)

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The last time I uniformly loved what Cornersop was up to was around 1995 when both they and I were into lo-fi indie sounds, with which they mixed in some Punjabi folk and Bollywood influence.  around 1997 and ever thereafter they seemed intent on adding hip-hop and disco sounds into their repertoire, with mixed results.  in 2004 they issued a two track single, Topknot/Natch, featuring an otherwise unknown singer, Bubbley Kuar.  Kuar is a mother of 3 in her mid 30s that the band heard covering Hindi Folk songs.  Tjinder Singh had been wanting to mix western music and Punjabi folk for years (and had been doing so for a track or two on each Cornershop record), and saw her as the key to an album length attempt. 

So if you've liked Cornershop's Punjabi songs, or you dug the earlier single, here's the album that you've been waiting for;  one of the best records I've heard all year-- your mileage may vary.  two web-released remixes are tagged on as extra tracks. 

watch Topknot:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRKkBhk2yVM

MP3@320kbps

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http://www.M/F.com/?dklgufd5t8nogms

[JimmyJazz]

They Came From The Sky - Human Eye (Sacred Bones, 2011)



Crazy, psychedelic space-punk from Detroit. One of the best albums I've heard all year, highly recommended

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http://www.mediafire.com/?m6ssyrr4etnoq0b

[Daft pun]

Holy Other - With U EP

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This is not dead music, but it’s perhaps as close as you can get without passing over. It is music with palpable warmth, not nearly as cold as your average techno track. With U is about that moment just in between life and death. The characteristic chopped-up delay of this record is the sound of the heart skipping a beat, the sound of the Stillness in the Air — Between the Heaves of Storm. In that space in between death and life, in order to perceive this music of the gathering vacuum, of shrouded cadavers that are still warm to the touch, of Breaths gathering firm For that last Onset, we have to lean in close to hear, and it is with this closeness that Holy Other unites the deathbed with the dancefloor.

[JD]

That Cornershop is ace