25 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
There apparently still is a considerable amount of confusion and uncertainty concerning any kind of deeper background information about
Police Academy 6, but I've decided not to care in any way as long as he/she/they keep on producing those amazingly lush and blissed-out gems. This morning, another beauty dropped into my inbox -
Fill in the Blanks is yet another tune to jump on this year's oh-so-prolific collaborations bandwagon, but honestly how could we ever mind if the vocals turn out to be sung by our admired South Carolina pal Evan Adams aka
Top Girls? Right. Police Academy 6 once more blow our minds with a chill yet twisted drum pattern and almost ethereal synth lines that Adams gilds with his smooth voice.
Police Academy 6 - Fill in the Blanks (feat. Top Girls)
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There apparently still is a considerable amount of confusion and uncertainty concerning any kind of deeper background information about
Police Academy 6, but I've decided not to care in any way as long as he/she/they keep on producing those amazingly lush and blissed-out gems. This morning, another beauty dropped into my inbox -
Fill in the Blanks is yet another tune to jump on this year's oh-so-prolific collaborations bandwagon, but honestly how could we ever mind if the vocals turn out to be sung by our admired South Carolina pal Evan Adams aka
Top Girls? Right. Police Academy 6 once more blow our minds with a chill yet twisted drum pattern and almost ethereal synth lines that Adams gilds with his smooth voice.
Police Academy 6 - Fill in the Blanks (feat. Top Girls)
25 Oct 2010 — Tonje Thilesen
Photography: Tonje Thilesen
It took me half an hour, two different stamps and one large, black
x with permanent marker on each of my hands to finally get into the Oslo based club and venue
Dattera yesteday. Why
Proviant Audio aka the 18 year old Mathias Stubø + live band had decided to set the location to the release party of his
All This Time 12" to an ID 20 venue is still a mystery to me. However, once they started playing, I finally wiped the sadness off my face (due to the fact that I was drinking
water and not beer), and enjoyed every bit of this splendid mix of electronica and acid jazz on the dancefloor.
What I love so much about Proviant Audio is his ability to mix so many genres all at once: the warm elements of 70-s disco and soul, funky electronic, cut-up beats and just that little extra: the delicate, pragmatic jazz, performed with glance with great help from his amazingly tight live band.
Order
All This Time 12" here, or grab some free mp3's over at
Urørt. Also, he
might just have a little collaboration going on together with Canadian rapper and
Seeing Suge star
Emay at the moment, hopefully coming up before new year (or at least to be featured on his upcoming full-lenght) — so keep your ears open.
Tracklisting:
01: Proviant Audio - All This Time
03: Proviant Audio - Play Your Own Game
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Photography: Tonje Thilesen
It took me half an hour, two different stamps and one large, black
x with permanent marker on each of my hands to finally get into the Oslo based club and venue
Dattera yesteday. Why
Proviant Audio aka the 18 year old Mathias Stubø + live band had decided to set the location to the release party of his
All This Time 12" to an ID 20 venue is still a mystery to me. However, once they started playing, I finally wiped the sadness off my face (due to the fact that I was drinking
water and not beer), and enjoyed every bit of this splendid mix of electronica and acid jazz on the dancefloor.
What I love so much about Proviant Audio is his ability to mix so many genres all at once: the warm elements of 70-s disco and soul, funky electronic, cut-up beats and just that little extra: the delicate, pragmatic jazz, performed with glance with great help from his amazingly tight live band.
Order
All This Time 12" here, or grab some free mp3's over at
Urørt. Also, he
might just have a little collaboration going on together with Canadian rapper and
Seeing Suge star
Emay at the moment, hopefully coming up before new year (or at least to be featured on his upcoming full-lenght) — so keep your ears open.
Tracklisting:
01: Proviant Audio - All This Time
03: Proviant Audio - Play Your Own Game
23 Oct 2010 — Tonje Thilesen
The first snow fell last night. Slowly, carefully and almost sneaking upon my city, covering the hard and grey surface of Oslo with powdered, white snow. The days are gradually getting colder, too, and the presence of the sun seem rarer (and more precious), as we dive into the cold and icy winter time, slowly waiting to embrace us with its dark blanket. So are the mysterious
The Dawns as well, giving us a little peak through the otherwise cold and hard surface; filled with heavy, distorted synths and dark, noisy "poltergaze" (I couldn't resist using that word). Frightening and beautiful at the same time, these ghost-like tunes triggers your curiosity to the very limit. You are hereby warned.
Stay tuned for their upcoming cassette release of
In Heat and Angels Dust via
Bathetic Records, or download/stream some of their tracks
here.
The Dawns - In Heat:
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4997124&secret_url=false
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The first snow fell last night. Slowly, carefully and almost sneaking upon my city, covering the hard and grey surface of Oslo with powdered, white snow. The days are gradually getting colder, too, and the presence of the sun seem rarer (and more precious), as we dive into the cold and icy winter time, slowly waiting to embrace us with its dark blanket. So are the mysterious
The Dawns as well, giving us a little peak through the otherwise cold and hard surface; filled with heavy, distorted synths and dark, noisy "poltergaze" (I couldn't resist using that word). Frightening and beautiful at the same time, these ghost-like tunes triggers your curiosity to the very limit. You are hereby warned.
Stay tuned for their upcoming cassette release of
In Heat and Angels Dust via
Bathetic Records, or download/stream some of their tracks
here.
The Dawns - In Heat:
http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4997124&secret_url=false
22 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Connecting the Garden State community Ridgewood with hazy, sundrenched garage pop has just gotten even more cogent.
Spook Houses is yet another four piece based out of this very suburban town, and indeed their sound is not too far away from their famous predecessors who have "made it" across the Hudson and East River by now. Their debuting
Real Ghosts/Pretend Ghosts EP was already released in July, but it appears that only now the lovely guys are starting to reach out to the internet buzz machine. In any case, the EP really is worth a listen, embracing the scene's signature summery feel while adding dome distinct flavors to it, all in all finishing slightly more craggy and less psych-infused than
Real Estate and the likes. You can download the whole EP over at the quartet's
bandcamp.
Spook Houses - Family PlotSpook Houses - Blood
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Connecting the Garden State community Ridgewood with hazy, sundrenched garage pop has just gotten even more cogent.
Spook Houses is yet another four piece based out of this very suburban town, and indeed their sound is not too far away from their famous predecessors who have "made it" across the Hudson and East River by now. Their debuting
Real Ghosts/Pretend Ghosts EP was already released in July, but it appears that only now the lovely guys are starting to reach out to the internet buzz machine. In any case, the EP really is worth a listen, embracing the scene's signature summery feel while adding dome distinct flavors to it, all in all finishing slightly more craggy and less psych-infused than
Real Estate and the likes. You can download the whole EP over at the quartet's
bandcamp.
Spook Houses - Family PlotSpook Houses - Blood
22 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Listen to
Katrina Stonehart's
Japaneseloveshow, a splendid piece of lo-fi as hell and heavily fuzzed-out guitar pop up for a 7 inch release on our beloved pals over at
Amdiscs. The tune is not much more than some distorted crooning over a washed out wall of sound, but it still manages to become incredibly catchy from the first few bars.
Bugbite is taking exactly the same direction, nicely accompanied by a brand new video that was shot and edited by
Lillerne Tapes/
Vehicle Blues' Gabe Holcombe.
Make sure you don't miss Katrina Stonehart joining
Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk on their upcoming,
NFOP presented tour through Europe, starting November 16.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhiy4NvWeUs?fs=1]
Katrina Stonehart - Japaneseloveshow
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Listen to
Katrina Stonehart's
Japaneseloveshow, a splendid piece of lo-fi as hell and heavily fuzzed-out guitar pop up for a 7 inch release on our beloved pals over at
Amdiscs. The tune is not much more than some distorted crooning over a washed out wall of sound, but it still manages to become incredibly catchy from the first few bars.
Bugbite is taking exactly the same direction, nicely accompanied by a brand new video that was shot and edited by
Lillerne Tapes/
Vehicle Blues' Gabe Holcombe.
Make sure you don't miss Katrina Stonehart joining
Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk on their upcoming,
NFOP presented tour through Europe, starting November 16.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhiy4NvWeUs?fs=1]
Katrina Stonehart - Japaneseloveshow
21 Oct 2010 — Tonje Thilesen
With their debut album
While Line to be released (via
Karmakosmetix Records) at the beginning of next month, the Oslo-based art electronica duo
Thelma and Clyde mixes beautiful vocals of Hanne Kolstø with dark dub sequences, electropop and trip-hop-y beats, a little similar to the likes of
Little Dragon, The Knife or at times even
How To Destroy Angels. Download a couple of tracks from their upcoming debut and more off their
Urørt site.
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With their debut album
While Line to be released (via
Karmakosmetix Records) at the beginning of next month, the Oslo-based art electronica duo
Thelma and Clyde mixes beautiful vocals of Hanne Kolstø with dark dub sequences, electropop and trip-hop-y beats, a little similar to the likes of
Little Dragon, The Knife or at times even
How To Destroy Angels. Download a couple of tracks from their upcoming debut and more off their
Urørt site.
21 Oct 2010 — Henning Lahmann
Our very much admired LA dude
Allister Izenberg returns with a new tune that sets sail into very promising new spheres: While his free
Lonesome EP (introduced
back in July) was a reduced piece with sparse instrumentation drenched in that certain kind of timid intimacy experienced by a lonely young boy in the huge metropolis,
Golden Girl is significantly more mature, showing a remarkable shift regarding songwriting craft as well as sequencing and producing. The song features a very catchy guitar/sampled string section and Allister's signature falsetto-leaning voice, adding up to a perfectly lush folk pop song that still has a subtly melancholic undertone to it.
Allister Izenberg - Golden Girl
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Our very much admired LA dude
Allister Izenberg returns with a new tune that sets sail into very promising new spheres: While his free
Lonesome EP (introduced
back in July) was a reduced piece with sparse instrumentation drenched in that certain kind of timid intimacy experienced by a lonely young boy in the huge metropolis,
Golden Girl is significantly more mature, showing a remarkable shift regarding songwriting craft as well as sequencing and producing. The song features a very catchy guitar/sampled string section and Allister's signature falsetto-leaning voice, adding up to a perfectly lush folk pop song that still has a subtly melancholic undertone to it.
Allister Izenberg - Golden Girl
