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News: Tkay Maidza Announces Dua Lipa AU/NZ Support & drops ‘High Beams’ remix
Tkay Maidza announces tour in support of Dua Lipa and drops remix of ‘High Beams’
Album Review: Maral – Ground Groove : global big beats with vision.
The fine art of sampling is less about cut and paste or stitching together, it’s much more than finding that funky line or hipster phrase and building from there. The best sampling becomes part of the overall story, not an add-on or slot-in but entrenched in the overall soundscape, a part of the music’s roots. …
Live Review: Public Service Broadcasting / Pale Blue Eyes – O2 Academy, Leicester 11.10.2022
Public Service Broadcasting brought ‘singles night’ to the o2 Academy in Leicester this week. Tonights support act were Devons Pale Blue Eyes, go check these guys out, already getting air play on BBC 6 Music and an upcoming tour with Birminghams ‘Swim Deep’ these guys have star potential and their own headline tour won’t be …
Track/Video: DAAM announce ‘bivouac of the avant-garde’, a stunning three part excursion through experimental soundscapes.
What makes for the best small labels? A clear identity, enthusiastic curation, independence and endurance are good for starters. Well Difficult Art And Music (DAAM) gives you all of these plus heaps of creative ambition. Focusing steadfastly on the experimental and specialising as they say in ‘short-run, research-orientated, art-objects’ DAAM releases come as music tapes, …
Track/Video: Eminent composer and film-maker Christina Vantzou previews album ‘No 5’ with the radiant ‘Reclining Figures’.
If you are looking to explore a ‘body of work’ rather than a plain old back catalogue then Christina Vantzou’s CV will see you right. The composer, artist and experimental film-maker has been engaged in the refinement of sound and vision since her 2004 collaborative release ‘The Dead Texan’ with Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the …
News: Confidence Man release new EP ‘RE-TILT’
A few short weeks ago, Confidence Man shared a Tame Impala remix of their summer anthem, ‘Holiday’ on which Australia’s masters of all things psychedelic stretch and flex the original, then add a thumping bass drum to create a gorgeously laidback trippy house track that should extend the holiday season for a few months yet. Talking about the remix, Confidence …
TRACK: Carapace – Without Shadows
Welsh electronic producer Carapace has released new track ‘Without Shadows‘ through his label Replica Recordings. It follows on from singles ‘From Xeno’ and ‘Ushanka‘ also released this year. ‘Without Shadows‘ is a collaboration with Trypt and its looping beats are sharp and captivating. The repetitive distorted vocal adds another dimension to the track. The hypnotic …
Track/Video: ‘Go-to’ instrumentalist Amir Yaghmai slips into the solo spotlight with ‘White Turtleneck’ from soon come debut ‘Go Bozo’.
Don’t you just love labels that do things differently? LA’s Colorfield Records are on a mission driven by the search for spontaneity, coaxing consummate musicians from session and backing bands to step out of the shadows themselves and record their own music. Plus to add more energy to the proceedings, the debutants are encouraged to …
PREMIERE: Fujiya & Miyagi display ‘New Body Language’ with new album’ ‘Slight Variations’ out tomorrow
You never know what you’re getting with a new Fujiya & Miyagi record. The Brighton band have been blazing their own idiosyncratic trail for more than 20 years now, and we’re pleased to report that their newest offering, out tomorrow, is a suitably eclectic listen that both does and doesn’t sound like the band we’ve …
Album Review: Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann – Perform the compositions of Sam Wilkes & Jacob Mann: weird and wonderful nu-jazz connections.
You know the crusty old adage ‘it’s a small world’, well tired as it might be it still has resonance for musicians. Take L.A. underground experimenters Sam Wilkes and Jacob Mann, they go back a long way. Meeting as students at USC music school, bass playing, multi-instrumentalist Wilkes and keyboard-centric Mann have been crossing musical …