New Anana tunes.

07 Jun 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

Norway's underwater pop goddess Anana is clearly evolving in sound these days. She recently put up two brand new tracks up on soundcloud, but since we've felt it's been a while since we last saw her prescence here on NFOP, we thought we'd just share all three of her newest tracks all at once. We've yet to hear rumors of an upcoming full-lenght however, but let's cross our fingers that it will happen anytime soon. Anana - Forsvinn Anana - Angst Anana - Train Ride Read more → Norway's underwater pop goddess Anana is clearly evolving in sound these days. She recently put up two brand new tracks up on soundcloud, but since we've felt it's been a while since we last saw her prescence here on NFOP, we thought we'd just share all three of her newest tracks all at once. We've yet to hear rumors of an upcoming full-lenght however, but let's cross our fingers that it will happen anytime soon. Anana - Forsvinn Anana - Angst Anana - Train Ride

Drifter: “Her Notion”.

07 Jun 2011 — Henning Lahmann

We had this Helsinki native on these pages before when he was still recording under the moniker Forest Cry. Now it's Drifter, but the name change has had no effect on the dude's music, which is fine with us. Head over here to cop his self-titled EP that includes the already featured Please Stay (in a subtly re-recorded version) among four other gloomy post-dubstep/ambient tunes, two of which you can preview below. Drifter - Her Notion Drifter - Drifter's Stone Read more → We had this Helsinki native on these pages before when he was still recording under the moniker Forest Cry. Now it's Drifter, but the name change has had no effect on the dude's music, which is fine with us. Head over here to cop his self-titled EP that includes the already featured Please Stay (in a subtly re-recorded version) among four other gloomy post-dubstep/ambient tunes, two of which you can preview below. Drifter - Her Notion Drifter - Drifter's Stone

Little Kid: “Logic Songs”.

07 Jun 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Little Kid is London, Ontario-based solo artist Ken Boothby. Logic Songs, his first full-length, is a collection of fragile and utterly beautiful folk songs, recorded on a 4-track and thus genuinely lo-fi, yet in this case it doesn't appear pretentious at all but rather adds a good amount of honest, heartfelt atmosphere to the music. Besides the constant tape hiss, Boothby casually weaves subtle field recordings into the otherwise pretty stripped down songs that are mostly carried solely by the artist's unobtrusive voice and layers of acoustic guitar, most magically displayed in the album's title track Logic Song / We Waited... Logic Songs is available digitally via bandcamp and on cassette in the second edition, after the first run of only 30 copies had sold out quickly. Ordering details are here as well. Little Kid - The Train Behind My House Little Kid - Logic Song / We Waited... Read more → Little Kid is London, Ontario-based solo artist Ken Boothby. Logic Songs, his first full-length, is a collection of fragile and utterly beautiful folk songs, recorded on a 4-track and thus genuinely lo-fi, yet in this case it doesn't appear pretentious at all but rather adds a good amount of honest, heartfelt atmosphere to the music. Besides the constant tape hiss, Boothby casually weaves subtle field recordings into the otherwise pretty stripped down songs that are mostly carried solely by the artist's unobtrusive voice and layers of acoustic guitar, most magically displayed in the album's title track Logic Song / We Waited... Logic Songs is available digitally via bandcamp and on cassette in the second edition, after the first run of only 30 copies had sold out quickly. Ordering details are here as well. Little Kid - The Train Behind My House Little Kid - Logic Song / We Waited...

Video: Arc Light - “Daze in Dubai”.

06 Jun 2011 — Henning Lahmann

After some other strange stuff he's been messing around with recently, Brooklyn via Albuquerque, New Mexico artist Ryan Gabel returns under his principal recording moniker Arc Light with a new split EP together with Red Psalm, featuring two tracks by each artist plus one collaborative effort. No word about release date or label yet, but here's already the very nice video for the EP tune Daze in Dubai, made by the rather weirdly named fella KΓΓN6Ξ5PRIT. According to Gabel, this thing was done by installing "some kind of mad scientist set up to manipulate various VHS tapes live via control surface", and the result is just as rad as you'd expect. You may cop the mp3 below as well. Arc Light - Daze in Dubai Read more → After some other strange stuff he's been messing around with recently, Brooklyn via Albuquerque, New Mexico artist Ryan Gabel returns under his principal recording moniker Arc Light with a new split EP together with Red Psalm, featuring two tracks by each artist plus one collaborative effort. No word about release date or label yet, but here's already the very nice video for the EP tune Daze in Dubai, made by the rather weirdly named fella KΓΓN6Ξ5PRIT. According to Gabel, this thing was done by installing "some kind of mad scientist set up to manipulate various VHS tapes live via control surface", and the result is just as rad as you'd expect. You may cop the mp3 below as well. Arc Light - Daze in Dubai

Introducing: Manjolia Mountains.

06 Jun 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

Last year, some acquaintances of mine (most of them already with a foot inside the Norwegian underground music scene) decided to get together and form the four-piece Manjolia Mountains, and before anyone could even describe their sound, a facebook page and artwork was already up for their curious friends to have a sneak peak on their little new-bown project. After a long and cold winter of recording and jamming in their little Drammen based studio, a full-lenght was already in the making, of which is planned to see the light of day this coming fall.

Don't let the chillwavey artwork above trick you, however. Leaning heavily towards the psychedelic genre with an influence of both krautrock and folk, Manjolia Mountains will blindfold you and leave you in the darkness to search for the light, with no guidance or whatsoever. On the other hand, the Manjolia Mountains universe is not an unpredictable one. Every composition and sound is well planned and properly crafted – even the couple of tracks they've put up on their bandpage under the name Jam #1 (below) and Jam #2, which both sound less like a jamming session and more in the veins of the Norwegian indie-krautrockers Lovecult, or even like an instrumental piece of Tame Impala ...gone dark.

Indeed, we are rather excited to hear how these guys will evolve in the future, and even more excited for the forthcoming, still untitled full-lenght which they have so kindly promised to their local fanbase. Stay tuned.

Manjolia Mountains - Drone #1

Manjolia Mountains - Jam #1 (Seeing is Being)

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Last year, some acquaintances of mine (most of them already with a foot inside the Norwegian underground music scene) decided to get together and form the four-piece Manjolia Mountains, and before anyone could even describe their sound, a facebook page and artwork was already up for their curious friends to have a sneak peak on their little new-bown project. After a long and cold winter of recording and jamming in their little Drammen based studio, a full-lenght was already in the making, of which is planned to see the light of day this coming fall.

Don't let the chillwavey artwork above trick you, however. Leaning heavily towards the psychedelic genre with an influence of both krautrock and folk, Manjolia Mountains will blindfold you and leave you in the darkness to search for the light, with no guidance or whatsoever. On the other hand, the Manjolia Mountains universe is not an unpredictable one. Every composition and sound is well planned and properly crafted – even the couple of tracks they've put up on their bandpage under the name Jam #1 (below) and Jam #2, which both sound less like a jamming session and more in the veins of the Norwegian indie-krautrockers Lovecult, or even like an instrumental piece of Tame Impala ...gone dark.

Indeed, we are rather excited to hear how these guys will evolve in the future, and even more excited for the forthcoming, still untitled full-lenght which they have so kindly promised to their local fanbase. Stay tuned.

Manjolia Mountains - Drone #1

Manjolia Mountains - Jam #1 (Seeing is Being)

Germany Germany: “Adventures”.

06 Jun 2011 — Tonje Thilesen

Ever since discovering the hazy DIY electronic project of Canada-resident Drew Harris, who goes under the alias Germany Germany these days, I've been quite excited for what he'd be up to next. Unfortunately enough (due to traveling) I missed the release of his first full-lenght Adventures last month, slightly more upbeat and less melancholic than his previous releases, and indeed, a lot more fitting to this very season. Harris seems to be influenced by many kinds of genres, something you can easily notice after spinning his tunes after a short while: shoegaze meets synthpop and electro meets post-rock (without the rock), and the result is catchy, sun kissed pop which pleasantly floats from the one ear to the other. With a little help from the silky voice of our own Steffaloo in Just Go below, it's easy to fall in love with Harris' tune crafting. Order Adventures on tape for $13 via his website or grab a digital copy from bandcamp. Germany Germany - Just Go ft. Steffaloo Read more → Ever since discovering the hazy DIY electronic project of Canada-resident Drew Harris, who goes under the alias Germany Germany these days, I've been quite excited for what he'd be up to next. Unfortunately enough (due to traveling) I missed the release of his first full-lenght Adventures last month, slightly more upbeat and less melancholic than his previous releases, and indeed, a lot more fitting to this very season. Harris seems to be influenced by many kinds of genres, something you can easily notice after spinning his tunes after a short while: shoegaze meets synthpop and electro meets post-rock (without the rock), and the result is catchy, sun kissed pop which pleasantly floats from the one ear to the other. With a little help from the silky voice of our own Steffaloo in Just Go below, it's easy to fall in love with Harris' tune crafting. Order Adventures on tape for $13 via his website or grab a digital copy from bandcamp. Germany Germany - Just Go ft. Steffaloo

RxRy: “Bleoup”.

06 Jun 2011 — Henning Lahmann

The sheer magnificence of mysterious beatsmith RxRy's recent full-length ALPHA is still on heavy rotation among these shores, even ennobled by the news that the album's announced vinyl release is about to happen anytime now (the label remains a well-kept secret), yet on Friday we've been surprised again by another completely unanticipated mail by our fav enigma, sending over this fabulous new jam Bleoup for some aural pleasures en passant, together with this one on the dude's Soundcloud. Nice move. RxRy - Bleoup Read more → The sheer magnificence of mysterious beatsmith RxRy's recent full-length ALPHA is still on heavy rotation among these shores, even ennobled by the news that the album's announced vinyl release is about to happen anytime now (the label remains a well-kept secret), yet on Friday we've been surprised again by another completely unanticipated mail by our fav enigma, sending over this fabulous new jam Bleoup for some aural pleasures en passant, together with this one on the dude's Soundcloud. Nice move. RxRy - Bleoup