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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Former Ghosts - The Bull And The Ram

Posted by Kev Kharas

Tags: electronic, dramatic

(Photo: Jeff R Williams)

Do you remember those Zola Jesus tracks we posted a little while back? Pretty big, weren't they? The girl - real name Nika Roza Danilova - could wail, belting out distress calls over lo-fi scratch and four-track hum. It's Nika who lends her voice to "The Bull And The Ram", one of the first tracks to emerge from the ranks of Former Ghosts, also the project of Freddy Ruppert (ex-This Song Is A Mess But So Am I) and Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu). It's as if melodrama itself threw together this indie-rock 'supergroup', the three of them sounding like they recorded this in a storm-battered lighthouse,  Nika singing as if to a dead lover over scared electronic bleeps and curtains of deep house synth. Check the MySpace to hear what happens when Jamie and Freddy take to the mic and quietly rejoice at the prospect of a debut album, out this autumn through Upset The Rhythm.

Sounds Like: Kate Bush, Walter Jones, SALEM

 

Former Ghosts - The Bull And The Ram

Former Ghosts' RCRD LBL Page

DOWNLOAD: DJ Hell - The Angst Pt. 1

Posted by Steve Mizek

Tags: dramatic, moody, soundtrack

You'd be forgiven for suspecting DJ Hell's tracks are a miasma of clanging techno beats at face melting tempos -- his back catalog wouldn't prove you wrong. But his latest album, Teufelswerk, and "The Angst Pt. 1" which precedes it, is much more inviting and nuanced. With only a gentle kick drum and oscillating synth to connect "The Angst" to the dance floor (that's where a Henrik Schwarz remix comes in), it's the overcast electric piano, mournful strums and shredded vocals that usher in the moody atmosphere. It's almost as if Hell is setting the stage for a dramatic dual set in Germany's Black Forest. His album will reveal what comes next.

Sounds like: Earth, Kraftwerk

 

DJ Hell - The Angst Pt. 1

DJ Hell on Myspace

DJ Hell on RCRD LBL