Exclusive Download: Lymbyc Systym Love Your Abuser Remixed and Spring Tour
Two man bands are blowing up right now; The Dodos, Black Keys, and Gnarls Barkley are all kicking some serious ass and have upped the proverbial ante with amazing new releases over the past few months. If you have been lucky enough to see any of these guys live, you know that what they lack in band members, they make up in energy and pure love for what they do. It is with great pleasure that we introduce you to another duo to add to the short list. Readers, meet Lymbyc Systym.
Downloads and video after the jump...
Download: Cornelius - It’s All In The Timing
All good things come to those who wait. So we did and low and behold we have
two Cornelius mp3's for you to download. Back in January we caught the show that
blew us all away - so here's a little post and some music to keep it
company.
SEEN recently caught the amazing visual and sonic wizardry of all that is
Cornelius. What a lush and epic performance it was. Clockwork Orange in blue
if you please. The LA Philharmonic presented the show live and direct from
the Gehry soundstage at Disney Hall. A particularly fitting aural venue in
which the band closed out the final night of Concrete Frequency: The Urban
Experience The Art Of Music.
Cornelius is the baby of Japanese multi-instrumentalist Keigo Oyamada. Yes
he nabbed the name from the 1968 movie in which apes run shit and on stage
you couldn’t escape the fact that he can run shit too. It was a night for
the game generation to muse on music and software, and a chance to take
refuge in the dreamy landscapes that Cornelius and his band create. Watching
them live you can’t help but feel this really is the evolution of man and
computer. In a fantastic way - it’s like watching robots perform once they
got the software right. They are warm, intelligent and soulful, begging you
to join them on a journey.
Using incredible animation and other clever visual trickery the Sensuous
Synchronized Show is something to be awed at. Dabbling with Noah's arc and
the animals running for cover you get sucked into another digitized
dimension. As the animals cross the country to the cityscapes you realize
you’re on the journey already.
And then every now and then you can’t help but think... are they playing to
the movie or is the movie playing to them? It’s a wonderful experience
regardless and it’s live. To be honest the animated film is a performance in
it’s own right. This spectacular display of image and visuals is a kin to a
religious experience for some. With Keigo’s timing you can tell he’s playing
with the whole thing like a child’s toy.
Did we mention the flute?
Fantastic stuff.
Download: Cornelius - Wataridori
Download: Cornelius - Micro Disneycal World Tour
Exclusive: Fink demo for download
For fans of LOST (and who isn't these days), you may have noticed a subtle, beautiful song with a male vocal playing on the radio in the last episode. The song was Bonobo's "If You Stayed Over", and we were stoked to learn that the voice on the track was that of an incredibly talented vocalist/artist named Fink.
Fink is a UK-based artist/singer-songwriter/producer/DJ from Bristol who in the past has put out nice hazy, sample-based turntable records. His 1999 Ninja Tune debut "Fresh Produce" introduced us to this talent, and his 2006 album "Biscuits For Breakfast" was notable for announcing the arrival of Ninja Tune's first ever singer-songwriter. His latest full length "Distance And Time" - released today on iTunes and in stores - continues on that welcome trajectory. Almost out of nowhere Fink blindsided us with a keen sense of songwriting and craftsmanship that rivals peers Jose Gonzales and Magnet. He impressed Nigel Godrich so much that Fink will perform live on an upcoming installment of Godrich's heralded "From The Basement" series.
Naturally, if we can compare him to Gonzales and Magnet, his songs sync well to beautiful visual media. Besides the LOST use, songs off his new album have already appeared in a 3-month UK MasterCard ad and various European films and TV shows. A video is out for the album's first single "This Is The Thing" (stream it above). Also worth checking out is the video's "making of" which is available here.
Ninja Tune, purveyors of dope shit since 1990, have generously offered up an unreleased demo of Fink's "Make It Good", which features the same lyrics as his performance in the Bonobo track that made into LOST. Download it exclusively here:
Download: Fink - Make It Good (Unreleased Demo)
