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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Dak - Nuckl + For The Sun
Ensconced in L.A.'s vibrant beatfreak scene is Detroit native Dak, excavator of molassesed psych-funk for Alpha Pup's new digital sister label, Leaving Records. "For The Sun" is from his new LP, Standthis, a twenty-five-minute piece of sample spelunking that's available via Boomkat, but "Nuckl" lives here exclusively.
Sounds like: Nosaj Thing, Flying Lotus
DOWNLOAD: The Sight Below - At First Touch (Simon Scott Remix)
If it was possible to lounge inside a black hole, The Sight Below's damp, ballooning sound clouds would be what you'd want to hear. The reclusive Ghostly ambient artist has been working with ex-Slowdive drummer/one-time Brian Eno collaborator Simon Scott, and his new EP, Murmur, features this particularly obtuse Scott remix, two others from Biosphere and Eluvium, and a pair of originals. Pick it up in full here.
The Sight Below - At First Touch (Simon Scott Remix)
Previously:
The Sight Below - No Place For Us
The Sight Below - With Her Kiss (I'd Pass The Sky)
The Sight Below - Twice Failed
The Sight Below - Life's Fading Light
DOWNLOAD: White Rainbow - Tuesday Rollers And Strollers (Excerpt)
(Photo: Sarah Meadows)
The new White Rainbow album, New Clouds, is actually four expansive, long-ass tracks–one to each side of the vinyl–hence the "excerpt" here. That's not to say this piece can't stand on its own–it's actually a perfect summation of the record's ebullience–just that to get the full holy-shit-I've-lost-myself experience you might wanna consider picking up the full thing. It's out now via Kranky.
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Ernest Gonzales - I'm Here You're There (Mexicans With Guns Remix)
After two installments of the Friends of Friends series, Ernest Gonzales—San Antonio’s Exponential Records owner and resident knob-tweaker—will be releasing a full length early next year. In the meantime, there’s an EP appetizer called Self-Awakening with remixes and covers by Faunts, Yppah, CYNE and this one by Mexicans With Guns—a staticky, unsettling whiteout for this dreary day. Fold into it and stay dry.
Ernest Gonzales - I'm Here You're There (Mexicans With Guns Remix)
Previously:
Rainbow Arabia - Holiday in Congo (Mexicans With Guns Remix)
XRABIT & DMG$ - Follow The Leader (Mexicans With Guns Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Circulatory System - Overjoyed
Circulatory System are part of the vortex surrounding Athens, GA's Elephant 6 Recording Company, the always-zany, sometimes-brilliant collective that spawned Of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples In Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, and many others. The second, seven-years-in-the-making Circ System LP, Signal Morning, came out last month, loaded with gummy outsider pop songs like "Overyjoyed." Just in case you forgot Athens is the South's Capital Of Weird...
DOWNLOAD: To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - The Needle
Minneapolis' To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie can get morose–beyond the name, most of their noirish post-rock sounds like excavating dead things from silence. Of course, on second LP, Marlone (out now through Kranky), they went and wrote and actual pop song (hear it here), but we're still preferential to cuts like "The Needle" where we can get lost in five minutes of deep, liturgical fog.
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: OOIOO - O O I A H
This new OOIOO specimen bursts out of the gate with a firm commitment to being totally bananas, the four Japanese ladies — led by the million-megawatt Boredom Yoshimi P-We — chanting the title “O O I A H” like they're spinning some spell of majestically silly magnitude. Oh and, then things get weird (which shouldn’t surprise BORE fans): The drums stay in intro mode, the guitars go into epic scorching solos and the synths get squashed under the feet of these mountain goddesses. Suddenly the song ends and you feel like heaven must owe you a hundred bucks or something. Grab the unpredictable psych-rock-synth-wave track (courtesy of the Thrill Jockey gang) immediately and commence extensive study, then look out for Armonico Hewa, OOIOO’s sixth (!) album, later this month.
DOWNLOAD: Castanets - Worn From The Fight (Lucky Dragons Remix)
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(Photo: Mia Ferm)
Interestingly, L.A. electronic wizards Lucky Dragons made this Castanets song simpler, even if listening to it feels like riding a carousel of stuffed animals. I say "interestingly" because this one time I witnessed Luke from Lucky Dragons make sounds with rocks and what could be loosely described as a homemade interpersonal theramin. That was enlightening; this is just enchanting.
Castanets - Worn From The Fight (Lucky Dragons Remix)
Previously:
Castanets - Worn From The Fight (With Fireworks)
Castanets - Strong Animal (Rafter Remix)
Lucky Dragons - Morning Ritual
Pit Er Pat - The Good Morning Song (Lucky Dragons Remix)
DOWNLOAD: Nudge - Two Hands
(Photo: Tim Schaar)
This song from Nudge–ostensibly the solo project of L.A. musician Brian Foote, with vocal assistance here from Valet's Honey Owens–is like watching a glass bottle break in reverse, seemingly dissimilar sounds (languid, wah-soaked guitar; a brush-stroked snare drum; barely-know-its-there bass) slowly coagulating together, as if together was their initial form. The project's second LP, As Good As Gone, dropped last month via perennial mindmelters Kranky, and tomorrow they play the Regen Projects Courtyard in L.A. before heading off to Europe for a month of shows with Lotus Plaza. All those dates are viewable here.
DOWNLOAD: Syntaks - Sudden Dream + Mistral Moon (Illuminated Version) + Loscil Stream
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It's raining on a Friday morning–when else to better cocoon ourselves in a cave of numbing ambient sounds. Our pals at Ghostly have two new artists we're cycling through–the Danish duo Syntaks and Loscil, aka Vancouver's Scott Morgan. Both sprawl into synthetically broad expanses, the former unafraid of dirtying drums, the latter a fan of horizon-daring sine waves. Two free Syntaks songs–ostensibly a free taster EP for their upcoming album, Ylajali–and a stream from Loscil should be all you need to get lost.
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