New Lil Daggers: Past Due. – Alpha Is Here. – Trippple Midnight Karma. – Thought Has Wings. – Premiere: Gypsy Treasures. – Trippy Sundays. – New Lands. – 7” delight: Greatest Hits / His Clancyness. – Lonesome Ghost. – A Guide to Healing. – Myrtle Threes. – Sensations. – The Ocean. – 100% Silk: Second coming. – NFOP x Gucci Goth: GUCCI HOOCHIE. – Premiere: Femminielli - Estados Alterados. – By:Larm 2011 (day 3) – One. – C V L T S / Umberto Split 7”. – Black Earth. – In The End. – Mellow Californian. – By:larm 2011 (day 2) – New John Maus: Quantum Leap. – New Panabrite: Citadel in the Sky. – Grave News For You. – By:Larm 2011 (day 1) – Sunday morning. – Snow Drone. – Rub me the right way. – Talk to Me. – Wicked Crafts / Braindamage Split 7”. – They fly towards the light. – Mixtape: Musique Bohème. – Pines. – We Don’t Surf. – Wild and Free. – First Listen: Circa (Limited Edition CD Series). – Premiere: Wonder Wheel - Think Too Much. – Beach Graffiti. – Love Fades. – Rites Wild. – Premiere: Three Orphans. – We’re all fucked up. – Invisible Surfer on an Invisible Wave. – Video: Raw Thrills - Both Ways. – Time Of Year. – Rollin Hunt. – New Sweet Bulbs: Fell In A Cave. – New Terror Bird: Waiting for Nothing. – Chairman Kato. – Stay out a lil’ longer. – Myrrh. – Astronauts. – Bendik, the silent beauty. – Alex and the young and lost boys. – She’s A Babe. – Synthesize. – Planets Around the Sun. – Petra Schelm. – Internet Party. – Missing Person. – Clownfacee. – Seed of the Transformer. – Soundtrack to your future nostalgia. – Alps of New South Wails. – Haze for Daze. – Video Premiere: Fostercare - Sunfreeze (Refix). – Moon Tides. – Premiere: Local Winds. – Ooze. – Video: Moddi - Magpie Eggs. – Ghosts of The Perfect Language. – NFOP presents: Velvet Davenport. – White Death. – Patient Sounds Sampler Vol. 2. – No Fear Of Pop

5 Years of NFOP

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Listen to the NFOP Radio Show on Berlin Community Radio

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Ghosts of The Perfect Language.

01 Feb 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Just a quick heads-up to this year's first essential pop release on cassette, Mauro Remiddi aka Porcelain Raft's Ghosts of The Perfect Language, out now in a gorgeously crafted edition by our darlings in the Far East, Tokyo's Sixteen Tambourines. The tape collects five of the numerous gems Remiddi let out into the world over the course of 2010, plus the relatively new tune Come Closer which has been recorded exclusively for this release. Together with the beautifully edited video by the artist himself, Come Closer is dream pop in its ultimate perfection and my favorite Porcelain Raft song to date. Order one of the clear cassettes with adequate silver printing right now over here, the edition is strictly limited to 150 items.

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Just a quick heads-up to this year's first essential pop release on cassette, Mauro Remiddi aka Porcelain Raft's Ghosts of The Perfect Language, out now in a gorgeously crafted edition by our darlings in the Far East, Tokyo's Sixteen Tambourines. The tape collects five of the numerous gems Remiddi let out into the world over the course of 2010, plus the relatively new tune Come Closer which has been recorded exclusively for this release. Together with the beautifully edited video by the artist himself, Come Closer is dream pop in its ultimate perfection and my favorite Porcelain Raft song to date. Order one of the clear cassettes with adequate silver printing right now over here, the edition is strictly limited to 150 items.

NFOP presents: Velvet Davenport.

01 Feb 2011 — Henning Lahmann

After releasing his critically acclaimed (and shortlisted) LP Warmy Girls on Moon Glyph last November, Velvet Davenport's Parker Sprout decided to spend the winter months in Berlin - which might even make some sense if you hail from Minneapolis, Minnesota - to play some shows around Europe and record new songs for an upcoming, as yet unnamed album. This Saturday, having just returned from a short trip to Spain with shows in Madrid and Barcelona, Parker will play for us at Neukölln's tiny but wonderful venue Ida Nowhere, presumably already presenting some of his brand new material. No admission, though donations to help the artist and the venue will be greatly appreciated. A little earlier, Revolog, a new Austrian start-up that produces special effects films for 35 mm cameras, is gonna start an open photography competition to present its sweet product. From six p.m., admission to participate is 16 Euros (including one film and its development/scanning/printing). Photo/artwork by Florian Reischauer Velvet Davenport - Warmy Personal Routine Read more →

After releasing his critically acclaimed (and shortlisted) LP Warmy Girls on Moon Glyph last November, Velvet Davenport's Parker Sprout decided to spend the winter months in Berlin - which might even make some sense if you hail from Minneapolis, Minnesota - to play some shows around Europe and record new songs for an upcoming, as yet unnamed album. This Saturday, having just returned from a short trip to Spain with shows in Madrid and Barcelona, Parker will play for us at Neukölln's tiny but wonderful venue Ida Nowhere, presumably already presenting some of his brand new material. No admission, though donations to help the artist and the venue will be greatly appreciated. A little earlier, Revolog, a new Austrian start-up that produces special effects films for 35 mm cameras, is gonna start an open photography competition to present its sweet product. From six p.m., admission to participate is 16 Euros (including one film and its development/scanning/printing). Photo/artwork by Florian Reischauer Velvet Davenport - Warmy Personal Routine

White Death.

01 Feb 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

There is something about Fielded, the solo project of Chicago based Lindsay Powell that truly captivates me. First of all Fielded is, as you might hear, mainly focused on the vocals of Powell, spiced up with layers upon layers creating her very own 'backing' vocals, accompanied with simple beats and dark, dizzy synths in the background. Her voice shines up from the otherwise dark scenes with bright, shining beauty, almost a little like our own underwater pop princess Anana from Oslo at times. Following up from her critically acclaimed vinyl release Terrageist (on Catholic Tapes) in 2010, the four-track, limited edition 7 inch White Death is just around the corner, and is due to March 1st on Sophomore Lounge - a release you definitely should not miss.

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There is something about Fielded, the solo project of Chicago based Lindsay Powell that truly captivates me. First of all Fielded is, as you might hear, mainly focused on the vocals of Powell, spiced up with layers upon layers creating her very own 'backing' vocals, accompanied with simple beats and dark, dizzy synths in the background. Her voice shines up from the otherwise dark scenes with bright, shining beauty, almost a little like our own underwater pop princess Anana from Oslo at times. Following up from her critically acclaimed vinyl release Terrageist (on Catholic Tapes) in 2010, the four-track, limited edition 7 inch White Death is just around the corner, and is due to March 1st on Sophomore Lounge - a release you definitely should not miss.

FIELDED - White Death from FIELDED on Vimeo.

Fielded - White Death

Patient Sounds Sampler Vol. 2.

01 Feb 2011 — Henning Lahmann

The biggest and brightest gold nugget from the ever-astonishing Colorado music scene, Matthew Sage's Patient Sounds (Intl), finally came back from the woods (aka college graduation) last Friday with the second installment of the very adorable Patient Sounds Sampler series, once again showcasing the finest new stuff from Fort Collins and around, eleven artists both from the PS roster as well as some friends who were so kind to provide some of their recent works. Out of the very nice and wonderfully eclectic collection, three tracks should be highlighted as they serve as delicious teasers for forthcoming tapes on Patient Sounds, the hazy, chopped-up sound collage Buried White by Recombinants, the lush and marvelously meandering, sample-heavy aural refuge Stand By by SF resident Mario Baltodano aka Kites Sail High, and finally long standing NFOP favorite M. Pyres who is of course no one else than Sage's very own artistic endeavor. The alternate version of '94 Fractures is a brief instrumental, in fact not much more than a simple beat-driven acoustic guitar study that nonetheless once again reveals Sage's incredible songwriting skills. It is yet to be seen when the new M. Pyres cassette is finally coming out, but this little offering makes sure that every single day we'll be left waiting from now on will be one day too long. Download the sampler for free over here. Recombinants - Buried White M. Pyres - '94 Fractures (alt. version) Kites Sail High - Stand By Read more →

The biggest and brightest gold nugget from the ever-astonishing Colorado music scene, Matthew Sage's Patient Sounds (Intl), finally came back from the woods (aka college graduation) last Friday with the second installment of the very adorable Patient Sounds Sampler series, once again showcasing the finest new stuff from Fort Collins and around, eleven artists both from the PS roster as well as some friends who were so kind to provide some of their recent works. Out of the very nice and wonderfully eclectic collection, three tracks should be highlighted as they serve as delicious teasers for forthcoming tapes on Patient Sounds, the hazy, chopped-up sound collage Buried White by Recombinants, the lush and marvelously meandering, sample-heavy aural refuge Stand By by SF resident Mario Baltodano aka Kites Sail High, and finally long standing NFOP favorite M. Pyres who is of course no one else than Sage's very own artistic endeavor. The alternate version of '94 Fractures is a brief instrumental, in fact not much more than a simple beat-driven acoustic guitar study that nonetheless once again reveals Sage's incredible songwriting skills. It is yet to be seen when the new M. Pyres cassette is finally coming out, but this little offering makes sure that every single day we'll be left waiting from now on will be one day too long. Download the sampler for free over here. Recombinants - Buried White M. Pyres - '94 Fractures (alt. version) Kites Sail High - Stand By

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