Video premiere: Bam Spacey - “Taigan”.

11 May 2012 — Tonje Thilesen

Our dearest modest bear Oskar premiered the new single of Malmö's minimal pop producer Bam Spacey the other day, and now it seems we've got our hands on a neat little video for "Taigan", too. Bam Spacey's Land EP is literally just around the corner (officially released on May 22nd), brought to us by Brooklyn's finest Ceremony. Read more → Our dearest modest bear Oskar premiered the new single of Malmö's minimal pop producer Bam Spacey the other day, and now it seems we've got our hands on a neat little video for "Taigan", too. Bam Spacey's Land EP is literally just around the corner (officially released on May 22nd), brought to us by Brooklyn's finest Ceremony.

Preview: Polymorphism #1 - 100% SILK (Exclusive Stream).

11 May 2012 — Henning Lahmann

Polymorphism is a new series of showcases brought to Berlin by the folks that are responsible for the city's seminal CTM Festival, aimed at introducing "forward-thinking artists, labels and networks whose innovative programs and aesthetics relentlessly subvert – or simply transgress – the established parameters of musical scenes and genres". The first instance of Polymorphism will be a 100% SILK showcase as part of the label's extensive European Tour (see all the dates on their official poster below) at Kater Holzig on June 1, followed by an equally exciting Hippos In Tanks night at Berghain a week later (we'll preview that one separately soon). Amanda Brown's Not Not Fun spinoff, that we've been going along with since its very and fairly humble beginnings back in January 2011 and that we portrayed a couple of months ago, featuring an interview with the founder, was named one of last year's best labels by FACT. And rightly so: With its unique and fresh approach to established topoi of House and related genres of dance, referring to past glories without getting stuck in retromanic stalemate, and stellar, extraordinarily designed releases every other month, 100% SILK has already established itself among the truly essential labels for the electronic underground, and with releases coming up like the LA Vampires and Octo Octa collaboration Freedom 2K and a split 12 inch between Magic Touch and Ital, we assume things will only get more exciting in 2012. The showcase will feature appearances by Amanda Brown herself as LA Vampires, London via Estonia songstress Maria Minerva (who we interviewed last August, read over here), Ital aka Daniel Martin-McCormick of Mi Ami and Sex Worker, Magic Touch, and, as a special guest, the amazing Heatsick, one of Amanda's favorite artists. Before you listen to the excellent Maria Minerva tune "Gloria" below, taken from her latest 100% SILK release Sacred & Profane Love, and watch the brand new video for LA Vampires by Octo Octa's "Freedom 2K", premiered a few days ago on Stereogum, we'd like to call your kind attention to an exclusive stream of a track off the forthcoming Magic Touch/Ital split, namely the latter's very sick remix of the former's "Anywhere U Want Me", a seven and a half minute monster to put you in the right weekend mood: Don't forget to digest the other stuff, too, and if you happen to be in Berlin, you know where to go on June 1. Maria Minerva - Gloria Read more → Polymorphism is a new series of showcases brought to Berlin by the folks that are responsible for the city's seminal CTM Festival, aimed at introducing "forward-thinking artists, labels and networks whose innovative programs and aesthetics relentlessly subvert – or simply transgress – the established parameters of musical scenes and genres". The first instance of Polymorphism will be a 100% SILK showcase as part of the label's extensive European Tour (see all the dates on their official poster below) at Kater Holzig on June 1, followed by an equally exciting Hippos In Tanks night at Berghain a week later (we'll preview that one separately soon). Amanda Brown's Not Not Fun spinoff, that we've been going along with since its very and fairly humble beginnings back in January 2011 and that we portrayed a couple of months ago, featuring an interview with the founder, was named one of last year's best labels by FACT. And rightly so: With its unique and fresh approach to established topoi of House and related genres of dance, referring to past glories without getting stuck in retromanic stalemate, and stellar, extraordinarily designed releases every other month, 100% SILK has already established itself among the truly essential labels for the electronic underground, and with releases coming up like the LA Vampires and Octo Octa collaboration Freedom 2K and a split 12 inch between Magic Touch and Ital, we assume things will only get more exciting in 2012. The showcase will feature appearances by Amanda Brown herself as LA Vampires, London via Estonia songstress Maria Minerva (who we interviewed last August, read over here), Ital aka Daniel Martin-McCormick of Mi Ami and Sex Worker, Magic Touch, and, as a special guest, the amazing Heatsick, one of Amanda's favorite artists. Before you listen to the excellent Maria Minerva tune "Gloria" below, taken from her latest 100% SILK release Sacred & Profane Love, and watch the brand new video for LA Vampires by Octo Octa's "Freedom 2K", premiered a few days ago on Stereogum, we'd like to call your kind attention to an exclusive stream of a track off the forthcoming Magic Touch/Ital split, namely the latter's very sick remix of the former's "Anywhere U Want Me", a seven and a half minute monster to put you in the right weekend mood: Don't forget to digest the other stuff, too, and if you happen to be in Berlin, you know where to go on June 1. Maria Minerva - Gloria

Video: Cuushe - “Dust of Dreams (MSOTT Remix)”.

11 May 2012 — Henning Lahmann

Kyoto native dream pop artist Cuushe (who recently toured with Grouper in Japan) is about to release her latest EP Girl You Know That I Am Here But the Dream, a set of three artistically related 3 inch CDs to be put out successively in reverse order, starting with the release of But the Dream on May 14, followed by You Know That I Am Here on June 4 and concluded by Girl on June 25, all coming with collage cover art made by Rachel Evans aka Motion Sickness Of Time Travel (that's the first one above). The unique series of singles will feature one original song by the singer on each disc, accompanied by a total of eight remixes by some very exciting artists, including Julia Holter, Teen Daze, Blackbird Blackbird, and also Motion Sickness Of Time Travel. Below, exclusively watch the video for the latter's amazing and very distinct contribution, as usual visualized by the Georgia-based artist herself. Girl You Know That I Am Here But the Dream will be released by Flau. A truly compelling, highly recommended project. Listen to the opening track off the first/last 3 inch Girl as well, the beautifully dreamy "Do You Know the Way to Sleep": Read more → Kyoto native dream pop artist Cuushe (who recently toured with Grouper in Japan) is about to release her latest EP Girl You Know That I Am Here But the Dream, a set of three artistically related 3 inch CDs to be put out successively in reverse order, starting with the release of But the Dream on May 14, followed by You Know That I Am Here on June 4 and concluded by Girl on June 25, all coming with collage cover art made by Rachel Evans aka Motion Sickness Of Time Travel (that's the first one above). The unique series of singles will feature one original song by the singer on each disc, accompanied by a total of eight remixes by some very exciting artists, including Julia Holter, Teen Daze, Blackbird Blackbird, and also Motion Sickness Of Time Travel. Below, exclusively watch the video for the latter's amazing and very distinct contribution, as usual visualized by the Georgia-based artist herself. Girl You Know That I Am Here But the Dream will be released by Flau. A truly compelling, highly recommended project. Listen to the opening track off the first/last 3 inch Girl as well, the beautifully dreamy "Do You Know the Way to Sleep":

Unknown: #002.

10 May 2012 — Tonje Thilesen

Earlier today we introduced you to Unknown, and just a few minutes ago yet another track popped up in our inbox for your ears truly to enjoy. New hype right here? We think so. Read more → Earlier today we introduced you to Unknown, and just a few minutes ago yet another track popped up in our inbox for your ears truly to enjoy. New hype right here? We think so.

Ad Hoc Co-Premiere: Dolphins Into The Future - “A Star Maker, Strange Dreams, and Clairvoyance (Side

10 May 2012 — Henning Lahmann

Co-premiere with Ad Hoc Let’s be honest: when it comes to all things "new age," you’re probably either a believer, or you're not. And no matter what we say about the latest tape by Antwerp’s Lieven Martens, aka Dolphins Into the Future, it’s not gonna change your mind. A Star Maker, Strange Dreams, and Clairvoyance is the loop artist’s second release under his principal guise this year, following last month’s Canto Arquipélago on Underwater Peoples. That LP was dedicated to the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, allegedly home to Martens’ “Cetacean Nation Studios,” where he creates most of his work. A Star Maker takes up the concept of Canto Arquipélago, opening with the sort of seagull and lapping water sounds that defined the LP. Overall, however, it rides less on nature-worshipping ambience than its predecessor, and is more sparsely instrumented. The 18 minutes of side A, up for streaming below, are loosely divided into three individual tracks: “The moon shone mildly over the hills, prompting strange dreams in all creatures (a symbolic lucid poem, echoed by the night bird arriving from the faraway coast of chorals)," "Olaf Stapledon’s Star Maker (here’s to you, dear Olaf!)," and a reprise of “The moon….” The title of the first track basically says it all: after the oceanic sounds have decayed, we hear the slightly muffled and distant voice of a male singer. He interprets said poem for about six minutes, subtly supported by chimes and the occasional cries of tropical birds. The second track, loosely textured and composed mainly of shimmering, chirping noises, is of course a tribute to the principal work of British science fiction author Olaf Stapledon, whose 1937 Star Maker novel revolving around the “progressive unity within and between different civilizations.” This theme that may very well reflect Martens’ fictional existence as the spiritual ambassador of a future, truly liberated life in the oceans, which brings us back to what I said at the outset. A Star Maker, Strange Dreams, and Clairvoyance is out on NNA Tapes. Read more → Co-premiere with Ad Hoc Let’s be honest: when it comes to all things "new age," you’re probably either a believer, or you're not. And no matter what we say about the latest tape by Antwerp’s Lieven Martens, aka Dolphins Into the Future, it’s not gonna change your mind. A Star Maker, Strange Dreams, and Clairvoyance is the loop artist’s second release under his principal guise this year, following last month’s Canto Arquipélago on Underwater Peoples. That LP was dedicated to the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, allegedly home to Martens’ “Cetacean Nation Studios,” where he creates most of his work. A Star Maker takes up the concept of Canto Arquipélago, opening with the sort of seagull and lapping water sounds that defined the LP. Overall, however, it rides less on nature-worshipping ambience than its predecessor, and is more sparsely instrumented. The 18 minutes of side A, up for streaming below, are loosely divided into three individual tracks: “The moon shone mildly over the hills, prompting strange dreams in all creatures (a symbolic lucid poem, echoed by the night bird arriving from the faraway coast of chorals)," "Olaf Stapledon’s Star Maker (here’s to you, dear Olaf!)," and a reprise of “The moon….” The title of the first track basically says it all: after the oceanic sounds have decayed, we hear the slightly muffled and distant voice of a male singer. He interprets said poem for about six minutes, subtly supported by chimes and the occasional cries of tropical birds. The second track, loosely textured and composed mainly of shimmering, chirping noises, is of course a tribute to the principal work of British science fiction author Olaf Stapledon, whose 1937 Star Maker novel revolving around the “progressive unity within and between different civilizations.” This theme that may very well reflect Martens’ fictional existence as the spiritual ambassador of a future, truly liberated life in the oceans, which brings us back to what I said at the outset. A Star Maker, Strange Dreams, and Clairvoyance is out on NNA Tapes.

Airbird: “Trust”.

10 May 2012 — Henning Lahmann

After "Goodnight", here's "Trust", another delicious late-night seducer off Airbird's forthcoming EP of the same name, out May 29 via Software. Read more → After "Goodnight", here's "Trust", another delicious late-night seducer off Airbird's forthcoming EP of the same name, out May 29 via Software.

Video: Cankun - “Too Many Clouds”.

10 May 2012 — Henning Lahmann

You've already heard "Too Many Clouds", the opening track of Cankun's new tape on Not Not Fun, Isalo Waterfall, back in December, and you've also seen the excellent video for "Collages" a while back. Now, here's the brand new visual companion to said first track of the cassette. Order the French psych mastermind's latest effort over here. Read more → You've already heard "Too Many Clouds", the opening track of Cankun's new tape on Not Not Fun, Isalo Waterfall, back in December, and you've also seen the excellent video for "Collages" a while back. Now, here's the brand new visual companion to said first track of the cassette. Order the French psych mastermind's latest effort over here.