STREAM: Jabberjaw - The Connie Shake
We thought 2009 was the year of Audion for Matthew Dear, what with all those singles and the live A/V extravaganza that is currently blowing through the States. But here's this release as Jabberjaw, an alias he's only used once before, for a 2003 EP on German techno powerhouse Perlon. We'll give you that the resuscitation seems a little random, but who can be mad at more floor-focused Dear material? People we don't want to hang out with anyway? Stream "The Connie Shake" below and cop the record from our buds at Ghostly.
STREAM: Audion - It's Full Of Blinding Light
Because we are EDM junkies who froth at the utterance of the words "white label", we picked up Audion's "It's Full Of Blinding Light" EP when an initial pressing of fifty copies went up on the Ghostly store a month ago. And we played it infinitely, so we can attest to its greatness. So can Richie Hawtin. The proper release just came out through Spectral, third in a line of new Audion records that have surrounded his Hecatomb tour, which is currently roving around Europe. Stream the title track off the EP below, and head to Audion's new website for Hecatomb visuals and tour dates.
Audion - It's Full Of Blinding Light
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EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Kotchy - A Superstar (The Silent Jeff Remix)
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As a quick glance towards the end of this post will reveal, we're a big fan of Kotchy here at RCRD LBL. This latest cut, remixed by Hot Chip and studio magi Tom Hopkins, creeps more insidiously than previous efforts, prowling for loose skirt, high on something, but still dazzles quietly with its impressive take on the minimal techno blueprint. May Kotchy's archives clamber forever upon this site like a inexorable, skyward vine.
Sounds Like: Faithless's "Insomnia" without the epic break, The Field with a primal lust
Kotchy - A Superstar (The Silent Jeff Remix)
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Kotchy - Sing What You Want (Ruskos Skwee Remix)
Kotchy - She Made It Easy (Drums Of Death Remix)
STREAM: Audion - Look At The Moon
After releasing "I Am The Car" for free download via his website, Matthew Dear keeps the Audion hit parade coming with "Look At The Moon," his new single for Spectral Sound (buy it on Beatport here.) Over the course of almost nine minutes, the track's lumbering rumble/clap pairing picks up some wormlike synths and pieces of minced vocal, slowly rolling itself into a gurgling minimal monster. Dear will be hopping around Europe this summer, playing new Audion material with special audio/visual accompaniment from Eno Henze, Andreas Fischer, and Audion art director Will Calcutt. Before that, though, he'll make an appearance at this weekend's Movement Festival in Detroit. Full list of dates–including a special performance at Ghostly's 10th Anniversary Berlin bash–after the jump.
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DOWNLOAD: Matias Aguayo feat. Lady Bumbox - Bo Jack (Radio Edit)
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Last time we heard from Matias at RCRD LBL the man was a hell of a lot smoother, his Latin croon gliding over chintzy disco-house and taunting minimal techno for its complete lack of sex. Well, the sex may still be here, but "Bo Jack" is a lot harsher on the ears, dominated by drums that flog at scared, burbling synths and a vocal that sounds recorded in the final conscious hours of drunken stupor. It's also the debut A-side from new label Comeme, a venture spearheaded by Aguayo and a host of other Mexican, South American and African musicians. In the interests of starting as you mean to go on, it's definitely a good job "Bo Jack" bangs so very hard.
Sounds Like: Bonde Do Role, Depeche Mode, that song "I Want Candy"
Matias Aguayo - Bo Jack (Radio Edit)
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DOWNLOAD: Terry Lynn - Kingstonlogic (Pacifist + Angrier Remixes)
Look at that photograph. Eyebrows down, arms crossed, jaw outstretched. It's meant to put across a singular and important message - that Terry Lynn is not one to f*ck around. Watch this video for proof. Uselessly huge knives! Shiny guns! Barking dogs! The Kingston madam's electro dancehall is similarly ruthless in its taking and realigning of your pulse, the four-to-the-floor house refits in wait below hardwiring your feet to stomp, shoulders to rock. Get militant with Terry tonight, Londoners - she's at YoYo over in Notting Hill this evening.
Sounds Like: Daft Punk, Crystal Castles, Robyn S - "Show Me Love (2008)"
Terry Lynn - Kingstonlogic (Pacifist Remix)
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Deep Shit - Hector + No No Mr Greenspan
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The mecha-fi music of Deep Shit floats like a butterfly, stings like a metal wasp, guitars rasping away spiteful and determined in that 'so heavy it's light' way so beloved of later eighties Sonic Youth. "Hector" sounds like a retort to Wavves' ubiquitous "So Bored" as devised by a psychotic somehow embedded in Her Majesty's Government, while "No No Mr Greenspan" weaves and twists back on itself like the recurring dream of a frustrated robot contortionist. Both are ferrous and fucked and dangerous and arrive on the Weird You seven-track tape LP, Londoner Tom Watson's debut issued next month by Murietta's fantastic Family Time Records.
Sounds Like: Sonic Youth, Wavves, Young Marble Giants
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Osborne - Fire + Audion Stream + WMC Contest
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Yesterday we launched a contest to give away two pairs of tickets to Ghostly/Spectral Sound's WMC throwdown, "The Return Of Losing It," and now we've got some actual tunes to go along with for those not in Miami (like, uh, us!) Below you'll find a stream of a brand new track from Audion, an extended minimal builder called "I Am The Car," as well as a disco-house cut from Osborne's new Hovercraft EP, which gets heated towards the end on some hyperactive strings and tinkly Rhodes work. Pick up the free music and if you're lucky enough to be in Miami, you can get all the showcase info at the contest page. Should be a barn burner.
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Claude VonStroke - Who's Afraid Of Detroit? (Audion Remix)
Osborne - Bout Ready to Jak (TNT Mix)
FEATURED: Wierd Celebrates Five Year Anniversary On 11/21 + Downloads
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This Friday, 11/21 at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg, the cats behind the weekly NYC shindig Wierd and its accompanying label will be throwing a righteous five-year-strong bash. Celebration is in order, a lot of great minimally-minded synth bands and deejays have rolled through their doors and appeared on their releases over the years, and running a weekly party for five years in New York City deserves commendation in its own right. Four bands from the label will chop it up on stage--Blacklist, Xeno & Oaklander, Led Er Est, and Opis Finis--while deejays Pieter and Glenn will spin afterward until 4AM. Flyer after the break. Download a track from each band playing below, and if you can't make it to the big one this Friday, Wierd Wednesdays happen every week at Home Sweet Home in Manhattan.
Download: Blacklist - Blue Shifted
Download: Xeno and Oaklander - Blue Flower
Download: Led er Est - Woman in a Cafe
Download: Opus Finis - Perplexed Pathos
EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: The Mole - Alice, You Need Him
Like a fine terry cloth robe, The Mole's music is made from a long series of loops sewn together with mechanical accuracy and Colin de la Plante's sense of wonder. While that may seem rather buttoned down, the Montreal-based producer's ear for catchy source material and sense for floor-filling development keep things moving forward, if one row at a time. As High As the Sky, The Mole's debut album for long-time pals Wagon Repair, allows him a wide canvas -- or runway, if you will -- for his aural garments to strut their stuff; it spans the lush blues of deep house, austere grays of techno, sunny yellow house, and even a few multi-hued moments. One fine example is "Alice, You Need Him," which starts submerged, its sonar pings churning forward before drying out on land while grooving. Thanks to The Mole's generosity, we have an exclusive edit of the tune for download. So why not try it on?
EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD: The Mole - Alice You Need Him (Exclusive Edit)
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