Exclusive: Watch Money Perform a New Song.

25 Feb 2012 — Henning Lahmann

Manchester outfit Money, until recently a rather mysterious lot, whose devastating "Lonely Sexy Death" already made our best tracks of 2011 list, will finally drop another physical single (after Who's Going to Love You Now/Goodnight London on Sways Records) via French boutique imprint Almost Musique in mid-April. A few days ago, the band performed live in the studio of public broadcaster France Culture in Paris, where they debuted the song "SOLONG(GODISDEAD)", which will appear on said 7 inch. If so far you haven't come across Money and wonder what we're talking about, we'd like to straighten up things a little by directing you to Paul Lester: "Basically, if Manic Street Preachers at their most arty and pretentious (good things, we're sure you'll concur) came from Rusholme not Blackwood, they would be Money." Alright? Watch the video of the live session now exclusively below.
MONEY - SOLONG(GODISDEAD) von franceculture Read more → Manchester outfit Money, until recently a rather mysterious lot, whose devastating "Lonely Sexy Death" already made our best tracks of 2011 list, will finally drop another physical single (after Who's Going to Love You Now/Goodnight London on Sways Records) via French boutique imprint Almost Musique in mid-April. A few days ago, the band performed live in the studio of public broadcaster France Culture in Paris, where they debuted the song "SOLONG(GODISDEAD)", which will appear on said 7 inch. If so far you haven't come across Money and wonder what we're talking about, we'd like to straighten up things a little by directing you to Paul Lester: "Basically, if Manic Street Preachers at their most arty and pretentious (good things, we're sure you'll concur) came from Rusholme not Blackwood, they would be Money." Alright? Watch the video of the live session now exclusively below.
MONEY - SOLONG(GODISDEAD) von franceculture

AyGeeTee: “September in Summertime”.

24 Feb 2012 — Henning Lahmann

It's been a while since we last heard a fresh transmission by London beat enigma AyGeeTee, so it's a pleasure to see him return with "September in Summertime" today, a seven and a half minute killer track that seems to mark a substantial shift in sound and that is surely among the producer's most compelling efforts yet. Listen to the densely layered and richly detailed arrangement that is both slow-burning and subtly menacing below. Read more → It's been a while since we last heard a fresh transmission by London beat enigma AyGeeTee, so it's a pleasure to see him return with "September in Summertime" today, a seven and a half minute killer track that seems to mark a substantial shift in sound and that is surely among the producer's most compelling efforts yet. Listen to the densely layered and richly detailed arrangement that is both slow-burning and subtly menacing below.

2 Years of NFOP: No Modest Birthday Wishes.

23 Feb 2012 — NFOP

Two years ago, this little blog was spontaneously (really) founded in some Berlin Mitte bedroom, and since then No Fear Of Pop (yes, we've just linked to ourselves) has been growing steadily, received an incredible and quite surprising amount of love, won a lot of friends on- and offline, got a second editor, a new writer, and even a columnist from the other side of this planet. For the future, we'll all do our best to keep the site as diverse and interesting and nice as it hopefully has been so far. Thanks for reading, it means the world to us. To appropriately celebrate the occasion (apart from champagne), our oldest, best and truest blog friend Oskar of the wonderful No Modest Bear, who has done everything to support us in the last two years, especially in NFOP's rough and dilettante beginnings, has made a rad and smooth birthday mix for us and you to dance and be happy. Stay with us. 01 It's A Small World Disco - Vibes 02 Jensen Sportag - Diskoteq (Jensen Sportag endless reverb mix) 03 Luminodisco - Dinossa 04 The Project Club - Field of dreams (D-Pulse remix) 05 Roxy Music - Love is the drug (Todd Terje disco dub) 06 Slow Hands - Kreuzberg blues 07 Hal Incandenza - Fractal God mirage 08 George Benson - What's on your mind (soho808 something's going on edit) 09 Perseus - Running back to you 10 L'Equipe du Son - Lesson 1 (The Legendary 1979 Orchestra remix) Read more → Two years ago, this little blog was spontaneously (really) founded in some Berlin Mitte bedroom, and since then No Fear Of Pop (yes, we've just linked to ourselves) has been growing steadily, received an incredible and quite surprising amount of love, won a lot of friends on- and offline, got a second editor, a new writer, and even a columnist from the other side of this planet. For the future, we'll all do our best to keep the site as diverse and interesting and nice as it hopefully has been so far. Thanks for reading, it means the world to us. To appropriately celebrate the occasion (apart from champagne), our oldest, best and truest blog friend Oskar of the wonderful No Modest Bear, who has done everything to support us in the last two years, especially in NFOP's rough and dilettante beginnings, has made a rad and smooth birthday mix for us and you to dance and be happy. Stay with us. 01 It's A Small World Disco - Vibes 02 Jensen Sportag - Diskoteq (Jensen Sportag endless reverb mix) 03 Luminodisco - Dinossa 04 The Project Club - Field of dreams (D-Pulse remix) 05 Roxy Music - Love is the drug (Todd Terje disco dub) 06 Slow Hands - Kreuzberg blues 07 Hal Incandenza - Fractal God mirage 08 George Benson - What's on your mind (soho808 something's going on edit) 09 Perseus - Running back to you 10 L'Equipe du Son - Lesson 1 (The Legendary 1979 Orchestra remix)

Stream Demdike Stare’s “Elemental” in Full.

23 Feb 2012 — Henning Lahmann

Manchester-based dark experimental duo Demdike Stare have dropped another stellar effort of menacing techno, drone and ambient transmissions called Elemental via their own label Modern Love. The beautiful, strictly limited colored vinyl version is already sold out, but the album's CD version is out now, featuring 18 tracks that comprise alternate versions and additional material not which was not included on the four LPs. Stream the whole record below and get it via Boomkat now. Read more → Manchester-based dark experimental duo Demdike Stare have dropped another stellar effort of menacing techno, drone and ambient transmissions called Elemental via their own label Modern Love. The beautiful, strictly limited colored vinyl version is already sold out, but the album's CD version is out now, featuring 18 tracks that comprise alternate versions and additional material not which was not included on the four LPs. Stream the whole record below and get it via Boomkat now.

Eliza and Parry: “Requiem for Regina”.

22 Feb 2012 — Henning Lahmann

Eliza and Parry is the moniker of Cammisa F. Buerhaus's solo recording project, which "has foundations in phenomenology, and explores disassociation vis-à-vis the loss of language". The weird and atonal but strangely mesmerizing "Requiem for Regina", a piece that follows a strict, robotic rhythm pattern that lays the ground for occasional noise disruptions and the artist's distant yet haunting and imperious alien vocalization, is part of Eliza and Parry's latest release, a self-titled cassette that comprises more delicately lo-fi, minimal electronic incursions and that is out via Fag Tapes. Sold out at the source already, but there are some copies left over at Fusetron. Eliza and Parry - Requiem for Regina Read more → Eliza and Parry is the moniker of Cammisa F. Buerhaus's solo recording project, which "has foundations in phenomenology, and explores disassociation vis-à-vis the loss of language". The weird and atonal but strangely mesmerizing "Requiem for Regina", a piece that follows a strict, robotic rhythm pattern that lays the ground for occasional noise disruptions and the artist's distant yet haunting and imperious alien vocalization, is part of Eliza and Parry's latest release, a self-titled cassette that comprises more delicately lo-fi, minimal electronic incursions and that is out via Fag Tapes. Sold out at the source already, but there are some copies left over at Fusetron. Eliza and Parry - Requiem for Regina

Monster Rally & RUMTUM: “Tribes”.

22 Feb 2012 — Jesse Thompson

The second single from the collaborative MR & RT EP by Monster Rally and RUMTUM sounds like it could have been a Voodoo-era D'Angelo backing track composed late one evening while unwinding with a spliff in a bubble bath. With a Feel Like Makin' Love kind of groove driven by finger snaps and water taps that hit hard enough to get the bubbles dancing but soft enough to keep the water in the tub, this track is pure ease and pleasure. Occasional flute sounds have the track floating a little; I can't decide if it's at a distance, above a lush river bank or nearby, above a steamy sauna's cool-down water basin, but in either case, it's a happy place. At times chopped and other times chanted, ethereal vocals accent the various samples and rhythms creating a hushed, somewhat exotic vibe that I can't help but want to coin as something like hot tub pop…or maybe bathtub r&b. All fun name-gaming aside, this track is great, and the duo's knack for innovative beat making definitely shines. The seven-song EP drops March 13 on Waaga Records. Pre-order here. Read more → The second single from the collaborative MR & RT EP by Monster Rally and RUMTUM sounds like it could have been a Voodoo-era D'Angelo backing track composed late one evening while unwinding with a spliff in a bubble bath. With a Feel Like Makin' Love kind of groove driven by finger snaps and water taps that hit hard enough to get the bubbles dancing but soft enough to keep the water in the tub, this track is pure ease and pleasure. Occasional flute sounds have the track floating a little; I can't decide if it's at a distance, above a lush river bank or nearby, above a steamy sauna's cool-down water basin, but in either case, it's a happy place. At times chopped and other times chanted, ethereal vocals accent the various samples and rhythms creating a hushed, somewhat exotic vibe that I can't help but want to coin as something like hot tub pop…or maybe bathtub r&b. All fun name-gaming aside, this track is great, and the duo's knack for innovative beat making definitely shines. The seven-song EP drops March 13 on Waaga Records. Pre-order here.

TOPS: “Double Vision”.

21 Feb 2012 — Henning Lahmann

Had meant to write about this thing for a while but got held back for reasons that became obvious today, as the track's premiere was supposed to be part of Grimes' very cool GvB takeover a couple of hours ago. Anyway, now we know that Claire Boucher and I have at least one thing in common, and don't you say that this is totally insignificant, which is the fact that the wonderfully sultry late night seduction "Double Vision" is our favorite track from TOPS' overall incredible debut tape Tender Opposites, which is out now via Arbutus in North America and Atelier Ciseaux in Europe. If you've been an avid reader of this publication in the past months, then you already know that this band is rather exciting. In related news, Claire also just posted a new track of hers together with the great Majical Cloudz, called "Song for Ric", that is gonna be part of the Kickstarter compilation for Ad Hoc, the amazing site/magazine/project that you can (and should, pretty please) still support over here. Read more → Had meant to write about this thing for a while but got held back for reasons that became obvious today, as the track's premiere was supposed to be part of Grimes' very cool GvB takeover a couple of hours ago. Anyway, now we know that Claire Boucher and I have at least one thing in common, and don't you say that this is totally insignificant, which is the fact that the wonderfully sultry late night seduction "Double Vision" is our favorite track from TOPS' overall incredible debut tape Tender Opposites, which is out now via Arbutus in North America and Atelier Ciseaux in Europe. If you've been an avid reader of this publication in the past months, then you already know that this band is rather exciting. In related news, Claire also just posted a new track of hers together with the great Majical Cloudz, called "Song for Ric", that is gonna be part of the Kickstarter compilation for Ad Hoc, the amazing site/magazine/project that you can (and should, pretty please) still support over here.