The overall state of the universe has just improved considerably tonight with the release of the next installment of awesomeness in its purest form (we apologize for our probably inappropriate enthusiasm), the latest collaborative effort of our dearest Beko Digital Singles Label with one of our all-time favorite labels, Montréal's Hobo Cult Records.
Naturally, the ten-track compilation features many NFOP darlings we've been featuring repeatedly, among them Rachel Evans aka Motion Sickness Of Time Travel, Sundrips, Panabrite, Grant Evans aka Nova Scotian Arms, and label founder Frank Ouellette's own projects Pradada and Hobo Cubes, frankly without doubt the finest that contemporary psychedelic and experimental music has to offer right now. You see us psyched.
I could post all the wonderful tracks here, but I'll leave you with MSOTT and the collection's biggest surprise, the first track to surface from the brand new project of Montréal's Christian Richer (otherwise known as Élément Kuuda, also on the comp) named The Haiduks, brilliant off-kilter indie pop made for the forthcoming summertime. So enjoy these two tunes (and Ouellette's accompanying Moduli TV video for Use Up My Time) right away, and then cop the whole thing for free over here.
The Haiduks - Use Up My TimeMotion Sickness Of Time Travel - Beside the Quilted LakeRead more →
The overall state of the universe has just improved considerably tonight with the release of the next installment of awesomeness in its purest form (we apologize for our probably inappropriate enthusiasm), the latest collaborative effort of our dearest Beko Digital Singles Label with one of our all-time favorite labels, Montréal's Hobo Cult Records.
Naturally, the ten-track compilation features many NFOP darlings we've been featuring repeatedly, among them Rachel Evans aka Motion Sickness Of Time Travel, Sundrips, Panabrite, Grant Evans aka Nova Scotian Arms, and label founder Frank Ouellette's own projects Pradada and Hobo Cubes, frankly without doubt the finest that contemporary psychedelic and experimental music has to offer right now. You see us psyched.
I could post all the wonderful tracks here, but I'll leave you with MSOTT and the collection's biggest surprise, the first track to surface from the brand new project of Montréal's Christian Richer (otherwise known as Élément Kuuda, also on the comp) named The Haiduks, brilliant off-kilter indie pop made for the forthcoming summertime. So enjoy these two tunes (and Ouellette's accompanying Moduli TV video for Use Up My Time) right away, and then cop the whole thing for free over here.
The Haiduks - Use Up My TimeMotion Sickness Of Time Travel - Beside the Quilted Lake
Here's a sample from Mike Collino aka Dog Lady's debut for NNA Tapes. After a couple of releases on RRR, Fag Tapes, and Chocolate Monk, his new C17 tape The Garden of Agony is yet another example of Collino's unique approach to contemporary noise - disharmonious, off-kilter violin works over brief snippets of different, undecipherable sounds on tape, heavily manipulated and then looped till eternity. See for yourself on The God of Jagged Gold below, and order the cassette over here.
Dog Lady - The God of Jagged GoldRead more →
Here's a sample from Mike Collino aka Dog Lady's debut for NNA Tapes. After a couple of releases on RRR, Fag Tapes, and Chocolate Monk, his new C17 tape The Garden of Agony is yet another example of Collino's unique approach to contemporary noise - disharmonious, off-kilter violin works over brief snippets of different, undecipherable sounds on tape, heavily manipulated and then looped till eternity. See for yourself on The God of Jagged Gold below, and order the cassette over here.
Dog Lady - The God of Jagged Gold
The Neighborhood is the solo project of LA via Portland, Oregon artist Ryan Dolliver who, oddly enough, spent two years of touring as the live keyboarder for, oh yes, Hockey, before coming up with a bunch of own material that he subsequently started recording in California. The result is a six-track self-titled and self-released cassette, and after some initial skepticism this amazingly authentic, 80s dripping late night sleaziness has been on constant repeat on my stereo. Dolliver is planning on dropping his first full-length later this year, but till then cop his melancholic glam synth drama over here.
The Neighborhood - DriveThe Neighborhood - From Me to You and Back AgainRead more →
The Neighborhood is the solo project of LA via Portland, Oregon artist Ryan Dolliver who, oddly enough, spent two years of touring as the live keyboarder for, oh yes, Hockey, before coming up with a bunch of own material that he subsequently started recording in California. The result is a six-track self-titled and self-released cassette, and after some initial skepticism this amazingly authentic, 80s dripping late night sleaziness has been on constant repeat on my stereo. Dolliver is planning on dropping his first full-length later this year, but till then cop his melancholic glam synth drama over here.
The Neighborhood - DriveThe Neighborhood - From Me to You and Back Again
Next Thursday, April 14, and Sunday, April 17, Berlin will host A Benefit for Independence, the mini-festival that's accompanying the all2gethernow re:fresh weekend. all2gethernow is a Berlin-based "communal thinktank for future oriented music and creative industries and culture", and to ensure the non-profit initiative's future independence, all proceeds of the two nights will go to the organization.
NFOP is proud to present the second night together with Germany's best web radio station, Hamburg-based byte.fm, featuring live performances by Berlin residents Ampl:tude and, above all, California mastermind of all chopped'n'screwed glitch electronica Will Wiesenfeld aka Baths. The performances will start Sunday, April 17, at 9 p.m. and will stage at Watergate in Kreuzberg.
Advance tickets can be purchased over here.
Read more →
Next Thursday, April 14, and Sunday, April 17, Berlin will host A Benefit for Independence, the mini-festival that's accompanying the all2gethernow re:fresh weekend. all2gethernow is a Berlin-based "communal thinktank for future oriented music and creative industries and culture", and to ensure the non-profit initiative's future independence, all proceeds of the two nights will go to the organization.
NFOP is proud to present the second night together with Germany's best web radio station, Hamburg-based byte.fm, featuring live performances by Berlin residents Ampl:tude and, above all, California mastermind of all chopped'n'screwed glitch electronica Will Wiesenfeld aka Baths. The performances will start Sunday, April 17, at 9 p.m. and will stage at Watergate in Kreuzberg.
Advance tickets can be purchased over here.
Here's the first cut from the upcoming C V L T S/Goodwillies split cassette on our dearest Kansas (currently Chicago, Illinois) imprint Solid Melts. The C V L T S track No Ghost is a terrific piece of merciless synth noise, with only a slow and eerie bassline and some almost melody-free acoustic guitar chords towards the end to ease the listener's anxiety. Already brilliant in itself, No Ghost becomes an outright masterpiece in combination with the (mildly NSFW) video by Synthesiae Films who turn the tune into the score for five minutes of Lynch-reminiscing visual psychedelia.
The C V L T S/Goodwillies split C30 is out April 12. Pre-order here.
C V L T S - No Ghost
____________________________________________
Also, scare yourself with this likewise gloomy video collage for the tracks Cholo Ghost In The Grapefruit Tree and Sleepy Lagoon, Los Angeles from Goodwillies' side of the split:
Read more →
Here's the first cut from the upcoming C V L T S/Goodwillies split cassette on our dearest Kansas (currently Chicago, Illinois) imprint Solid Melts. The C V L T S track No Ghost is a terrific piece of merciless synth noise, with only a slow and eerie bassline and some almost melody-free acoustic guitar chords towards the end to ease the listener's anxiety. Already brilliant in itself, No Ghost becomes an outright masterpiece in combination with the (mildly NSFW) video by Synthesiae Films who turn the tune into the score for five minutes of Lynch-reminiscing visual psychedelia.
The C V L T S/Goodwillies split C30 is out April 12. Pre-order here.
C V L T S - No Ghost
____________________________________________
Also, scare yourself with this likewise gloomy video collage for the tracks Cholo Ghost In The Grapefruit Tree and Sleepy Lagoon, Los Angeles from Goodwillies' side of the split:
This one dropped into my inbox today, it is the work of some Jordan Garrett from Indianapolis, Indiana. Making music under the moniker Pale Suns, this is some excellent, true to the letter ambient/shoegaze thing, where every sound is processed through every single filter the world has to offer until almost nothing is left except for a single wall of noise, with some fading vocals and drums somewhere in the distance, and not a single ray of light shining through. This is late night music, and here it is very late already.
Like Fall appears on the Here Is EP that is available for free over at bandcamp.
(Photo)
Pale Suns - Like FallRead more →
This one dropped into my inbox today, it is the work of some Jordan Garrett from Indianapolis, Indiana. Making music under the moniker Pale Suns, this is some excellent, true to the letter ambient/shoegaze thing, where every sound is processed through every single filter the world has to offer until almost nothing is left except for a single wall of noise, with some fading vocals and drums somewhere in the distance, and not a single ray of light shining through. This is late night music, and here it is very late already.
Like Fall appears on the Here Is EP that is available for free over at bandcamp.
(Photo)
Pale Suns - Like Fall
Heiner Seits aka Angela Aux, hailing from Munich, hit me up with his latest album Whatever You Guess It's Not this week, and though not everything on this pretty eclectic twelve track full-length (the artist himself calls it "weird kraut folk" and refers to Beck, Panda Bear, Why?, and Department of Eagles, no less) eventually could convince me, the album closer You Is A Tree immediately stuck in my head the whole day with its slow burning, eerie melody and Seits' harmony-laden, reverberated vocals.
Whatever You Guess It's Not is out April 29 via Red Can Records. Angela Aux will play at Schokoladen in Berlin Mitte next Thursday, April 14.
Angela Aux - You Is A TreeRead more →
Heiner Seits aka Angela Aux, hailing from Munich, hit me up with his latest album Whatever You Guess It's Not this week, and though not everything on this pretty eclectic twelve track full-length (the artist himself calls it "weird kraut folk" and refers to Beck, Panda Bear, Why?, and Department of Eagles, no less) eventually could convince me, the album closer You Is A Tree immediately stuck in my head the whole day with its slow burning, eerie melody and Seits' harmony-laden, reverberated vocals.
Whatever You Guess It's Not is out April 29 via Red Can Records. Angela Aux will play at Schokoladen in Berlin Mitte next Thursday, April 14.
Angela Aux - You Is A Tree
Here's a brand new tune by Luxembourg beat wizard Victor Ferreira aka Sun Glitters whose first few tracks made some astonishing and well-deserved blog rounds lately. Cosmic Oceans is another sundrenched (sorry), dense and absolutely sample-heavy electronic gem, only this time the vocals Ferreira distinctly manipulates are those of our adored LA folk songstress Steph Thompson aka Steffaloo (whose recent effort Meet Me in Montauk you definitely shouldn't miss by the way). Just beautiful.
Sun Glitters - Cosmic Oceans (feat. Steffaloo)
previously:
Sun Glitters - Too Much to LoseRead more →
Here's a brand new tune by Luxembourg beat wizard Victor Ferreira aka Sun Glitters whose first few tracks made some astonishing and well-deserved blog rounds lately. Cosmic Oceans is another sundrenched (sorry), dense and absolutely sample-heavy electronic gem, only this time the vocals Ferreira distinctly manipulates are those of our adored LA folk songstress Steph Thompson aka Steffaloo (whose recent effort Meet Me in Montauk you definitely shouldn't miss by the way). Just beautiful.
Sun Glitters - Cosmic Oceans (feat. Steffaloo)
previously:
Sun Glitters - Too Much to Lose
Here's a sample from Mike Collino aka Dog Lady's debut for NNA Tapes. After a couple of releases on RRR, Fag Tapes, and Chocolate Monk, his new C17 tape The Garden of Agony is yet another example of Collino's unique approach to contemporary noise - disharmonious, off-kilter violin works over brief snippets of different, undecipherable sounds on tape, heavily manipulated and then looped till eternity. See for yourself on The God of Jagged Gold below, and order the cassette over here.
Dog Lady - The God of Jagged Gold
Read more →
