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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Ben Frost - The Carpathians

You get the feeling a lot of electronic music is made with the idea of being a soundtrack in search of a film. Ben Frost’s “The Carpathians” is the film; no images or dialogue, but somehow complete in all its suspense and dark nature, with wild things and mounting dread unfurling like a narrative. Frost is an Australian who’s lived in Iceland for a handful of years, where he’s found a place in the Bedroom Community community, working alongside Valgeir Sigurdsson (who’s produced Björk, Coco Rosie and Bonnie “Prince” Billy, as well as Frost’s upcoming By the Throat) and drawing in album guests like Arcade Fire drummer Jeremy Gara and Sigur Rós’s go-to string quartet Amiina.

Ben Frost - The Carpathians

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DOWNLOAD: King Roc - The Beginning (Radio Edit)

As as solo producer, one half of the tech-house duo Two Armadillos and an essential gear in the Secretsundaze UK club night/label machine, King Roc gets more than his fill of 4x4 beats. It's little surprise, then, his debut solo album  explores other avenues within electronic music. Take "The Beginning," the lead track off Chapters, whose strings swoon like a film score under shaved glass, whose punchy drums and cascading piano melodies evoke downtempo's trappings. King Roc's arrangements suggest it's just the start of something much grander.

Sounds like: Zero 7, Massive Attack, Portishead

King Roc - The Beginning (Radio Edit)

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Download: Thomas Feiner

Hopefully by now you know here at SEEN we frequently hip you to dope ass new music. So here's a remarkable release from Thomas Feiner & The Anywhen and there's  something very dramatic and sweeping about it. With an epic and captivating sound, it reminds us of a more refined Rob Dougan. There are many points of references to David Sylvian and Nick Cave. The album, called The Opiates-Revised, has been two years in the making and started as a collaborative effort but ended as a solo project for the Swedish-born Mr. Feiner. On listening closely to The Opiates, one hears its testament to perseverance.

Originally recorded in 2001, this album was to be the band’s third full-length album, and its last. But for many this will be the first they have heard of Feiner, and it comes several years after David Sylvian first heard the album, which he regards as a lost classic having only been released in a few territories. David Sylvian recalls, “the dark, brooding, romantic nature of the material and, in particular, the emotional gravity of Thomas' voice, came as something of a surprise to me as it was quite out of keeping with my listening habits of the time but I couldn't help but be drawn into its widescreen, colour-drained, soundscapes.”

Click here to download "Songs Of The Siren" to hear what David Sylvian is talking about.

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