Yojimbo Billions.

17 Jan 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

Just a little while ago our dearest blogmate Life: Aquatic posted about Yojimbo Billions (aka Zach Vogt) from Phoenix, a mastermind of his genre creating dark, chopped-up electronic spiced up with drony synths, sometimes erasing the border between electronica and dubstep. Unique in sound and rich on varying material, Yojimbo Billions builds up a world we rarely see the true surface of - until now. I can guarantee that this will probably be some the better electronica you'll hear in a while. Download for free from his bandcamp. Yojimbo Billions - Rendezvous With Rama Yojimbo Billions - Drunk Bodies Read more → Just a little while ago our dearest blogmate Life: Aquatic posted about Yojimbo Billions (aka Zach Vogt) from Phoenix, a mastermind of his genre creating dark, chopped-up electronic spiced up with drony synths, sometimes erasing the border between electronica and dubstep. Unique in sound and rich on varying material, Yojimbo Billions builds up a world we rarely see the true surface of - until now. I can guarantee that this will probably be some the better electronica you'll hear in a while. Download for free from his bandcamp. Yojimbo Billions - Rendezvous With Rama Yojimbo Billions - Drunk Bodies

Distressor.

16 Jan 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Whirl is a six band outfit from the Californian Bay Area that, not unlike fellow SF dream pop outfit Tamaryn, remains true to the legacy of late 80s shoegaze, making gorgeous music to close your eyes to and get drowned in, sweetest, melancholic melodies played by heavily washed-out guitars, beautiful slow-burners to melt your consciousness, simply made for these dark and grey January Sunday afternoons. Their song Ghost is especially breathtaking, a perfectly desperate dream wave ballad - when the female lead singer inwardly begs "hold me close/stay with me" through thick layers of echo and reverb, you instantly feel both comfort and pain, and what else could we ever demand from music? Whirl's debut cassette Distressor is now out on Bridgetown Records in an edition of 100, or just grab it for only ten cents via bandcamp. Whirl - Ghost Whirl - Sandy Read more → Whirl is a six band outfit from the Californian Bay Area that, not unlike fellow SF dream pop outfit Tamaryn, remains true to the legacy of late 80s shoegaze, making gorgeous music to close your eyes to and get drowned in, sweetest, melancholic melodies played by heavily washed-out guitars, beautiful slow-burners to melt your consciousness, simply made for these dark and grey January Sunday afternoons. Their song Ghost is especially breathtaking, a perfectly desperate dream wave ballad - when the female lead singer inwardly begs "hold me close/stay with me" through thick layers of echo and reverb, you instantly feel both comfort and pain, and what else could we ever demand from music? Whirl's debut cassette Distressor is now out on Bridgetown Records in an edition of 100, or just grab it for only ten cents via bandcamp. Whirl - Ghost Whirl - Sandy

Machine Birds.

15 Jan 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

After being voted up as one of the five nominees to 'artist of the year' over at the Norwegian underground music site Urørt, Bergen-based duo Machine Birds is just about to break the surface. They've been playing beautiful pop music together since 2008, sometimes a bit in the direction of Susanne Sundfør or Therese Aune, minimal and fragile but at the same time heartbreakingly soulful. I also included their nominated song One Last Try in the Norwegian Inquiries II mixtape which you can download here. Machine Birds - Over and Over Machine Birds - Together Again Machine Birds - One Last Try Read more →

After being voted up as one of the five nominees to 'artist of the year' over at the Norwegian underground music site Urørt, Bergen-based duo Machine Birds is just about to break the surface. They've been playing beautiful pop music together since 2008, sometimes a bit in the direction of Susanne Sundfør or Therese Aune, minimal and fragile but at the same time heartbreakingly soulful. I also included their nominated song One Last Try in the Norwegian Inquiries II mixtape which you can download here. Machine Birds - Over and Over Machine Birds - Together Again Machine Birds - One Last Try

Matthew Carefully.

15 Jan 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

I've been browsing through my iTunes library lately, desperately trying to get some sort of overview of what I have already listened to and what not (which seemed to be quite the tiresome job, actually), until I finally stumbled upon the 'pop-meets-drummachine' project of Matthew Carefully from upstate NY. His music is indeed a pretty interesting blend of  indie-folk with rearranged sounds and heavy reverbs, carefully tailored together with Matthew's honest and carefree vocals.

Head over to his bandcamp to name a price or buy one of his many releases for a mere dollar or two, or order a copy of his second full-lenght Community Balloon via Collar City Records. And while at it, don't forget to download Wish For Night: Music To Fall Asleep To Vol. 1 — a wondrous gem for all you ambient lovers (like myself) out there.

Matthew Carefully - The Old Stream

Matthew Carefully - Sleep 5

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I've been browsing through my iTunes library lately, desperately trying to get some sort of overview of what I have already listened to and what not (which seemed to be quite the tiresome job, actually), until I finally stumbled upon the 'pop-meets-drummachine' project of Matthew Carefully from upstate NY. His music is indeed a pretty interesting blend of  indie-folk with rearranged sounds and heavy reverbs, carefully tailored together with Matthew's honest and carefree vocals.

Head over to his bandcamp to name a price or buy one of his many releases for a mere dollar or two, or order a copy of his second full-lenght Community Balloon via Collar City Records. And while at it, don't forget to download Wish For Night: Music To Fall Asleep To Vol. 1 — a wondrous gem for all you ambient lovers (like myself) out there.

Matthew Carefully - The Old Stream

Matthew Carefully - Sleep 5

Decay.

14 Jan 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Act So Big Forest affiliates The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact from Denver, Colorado have released a new album on cassette this Tuesday. The ambient collective has delivered a stunning assemblage of 13 marvelous sound collages made up of noise, drones and tape loops, music that completely absorbes the listener with its dreamlike soundscapes that will take you away to places far beyond the Rocky Mountains. Buy Decay on tape via Buckingham Pie Group or digitally on the group's bandcamp. As expected, stuff from Colorado never disappoints. The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact - Eddy Sweater Read more → Act So Big Forest affiliates The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact from Denver, Colorado have released a new album on cassette this Tuesday. The ambient collective has delivered a stunning assemblage of 13 marvelous sound collages made up of noise, drones and tape loops, music that completely absorbes the listener with its dreamlike soundscapes that will take you away to places far beyond the Rocky Mountains. Buy Decay on tape via Buckingham Pie Group or digitally on the group's bandcamp. As expected, stuff from Colorado never disappoints. The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact - Eddy Sweater

Premiere: Drugg x Visions of Trees.

14 Jan 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Coming straight out of some shady garage deep in London Town, Drugg is a duo consisting of Tom Hanley and Max Whatley that makes pretty noisy and gloomy electronica, very much inspired by the sounds of their hometown but also very unique, dark and mesmerizing soundscapes alternate with glitchy passages of outright dance, all quite minimalistic in shape and construction but surely something that will blow away your headphones if it catches you in the right mood. Drugg's debut EP Shackled will be dropped March 7 via the Shackleton-affiliated Less Music, a subdivision of London's This Is Music. Being good friends with the folks from our other UK electro favorites Visions of Trees (Joni of VoT and Drugg's Tom have a side project named Thanks), the two bands have remixed each other, with simply terrific results. The Drugg remix of Kings has been available via their Soundcloud for quite a while now, but the absolutely infectious VoT version of EP track Crooks, a five and a half minute beat driven, bass heavy trip, kinda terrifying but still going straight to your legs, receives an adequate late night premiere right now, right here. Get moving. Drugg - Crooks (Visions of Trees Remix) (exclusive) Visions of Trees - Kings (Drugg Remix) Read more → Coming straight out of some shady garage deep in London Town, Drugg is a duo consisting of Tom Hanley and Max Whatley that makes pretty noisy and gloomy electronica, very much inspired by the sounds of their hometown but also very unique, dark and mesmerizing soundscapes alternate with glitchy passages of outright dance, all quite minimalistic in shape and construction but surely something that will blow away your headphones if it catches you in the right mood. Drugg's debut EP Shackled will be dropped March 7 via the Shackleton-affiliated Less Music, a subdivision of London's This Is Music. Being good friends with the folks from our other UK electro favorites Visions of Trees (Joni of VoT and Drugg's Tom have a side project named Thanks), the two bands have remixed each other, with simply terrific results. The Drugg remix of Kings has been available via their Soundcloud for quite a while now, but the absolutely infectious VoT version of EP track Crooks, a five and a half minute beat driven, bass heavy trip, kinda terrifying but still going straight to your legs, receives an adequate late night premiere right now, right here. Get moving. Drugg - Crooks (Visions of Trees Remix) (exclusive) Visions of Trees - Kings (Drugg Remix)

Brothertiger x Keep Shelly In Athens.

13 Jan 2011 — Henning Lahmann

In December, we premiered the stellar remix of Keep Shelly In Athens' principal dance anthem Running Out of You by Athens, Ohio resident John Jagos aka Brothertiger, and now the favor has been returned with the re-imagination of Brothertiger's beautifully blissed-out Evening Glow, kindly sent over to me last night. The tune is slightly less chill and more to straight to the floor now, with loads of gentle distortion and KSIA's more and more signifying gritty synth work, a concept that turns out delightfully captivating. (Photo) Brothertiger - Evening Glow (Keep Shelly In Athens Remix) Brothertiger - Evening Glow Read more → In December, we premiered the stellar remix of Keep Shelly In Athens' principal dance anthem Running Out of You by Athens, Ohio resident John Jagos aka Brothertiger, and now the favor has been returned with the re-imagination of Brothertiger's beautifully blissed-out Evening Glow, kindly sent over to me last night. The tune is slightly less chill and more to straight to the floor now, with loads of gentle distortion and KSIA's more and more signifying gritty synth work, a concept that turns out delightfully captivating. (Photo) Brothertiger - Evening Glow (Keep Shelly In Athens Remix) Brothertiger - Evening Glow