Electronic
Album Review: Vessels – Dilate
The main difference in the development of Leeds five piece from 2011’s Helioscope is their seeming embracing of electronica which has replaced their penchant for post-rock for new album Dilate, out now through PIAS. And while their debut was an album that showed interest and no little ambition, Dilate – with its various nods at …
Track: Two Another – Shouldn’t have done that
Following on from debut track Hogher, which showed they could handle Dilla-esque 70s soul/funk, and Keeping me Under, which raise expectation levels even further, London duo Two Another are back with their debut self-titled EP. Alongside those first two singles, it also includes a new track, Shouldn’t have done that. It’s full of these shimmering …
Album Review: Peter Baumann ‘Machines of Desire’
Peter Baumann reportedly met with his old Tangerine Dream bandmate Edgar Froese in January 2015, to discuss a reformation of sorts. Sadly, Froese’s demise some weeks later put paid to any such plans, but the rekindled desire of Baumann’s to return to music has resulted in ‘Machines of Desire’. As Baumann himself puts it: The …
Album Review: Galerie Stratique – Rêves de Béton
It is unclear whether Quebec’s Galerie Stratique (Charles-Émile Beullac) is presenting us with a vision of the future or his interpretation of the modern desensitized world. Either way the outlook is grim. Our emotional touchstones are removed, replaced by foreign textures and reference points. There are only two truly human sounds: a man speaking woodenly …
Track: 19EIGHTY7 – Let’s get it on (Youthonix Remix)
Discovered at this years Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), London prouducer (or beat mechanic as he prefers) 19EIGHTY7’s first release is this intoxicating mix of soul, house, funk and electronica, titled ‘Let’s get it on’. Driven by this epic (I use that word carefully) soulful vocal, it’s been given the once over from producer YOUTHONIX, who’s …
Track: RKCB x Demo Taped – Open Arms
Ahead of heading down to SXSW, and fresh from playing a sold out show in their hometown Los Angeles, RKCB have teamed up with Atlanta producer and artist Demo Taped for a new soul/RnB infused single – Open Arms. Demo Taped himself is revving up for a US tour with Vallis Alps. Open arms has …
Album Review: Låpsley – Long Way Home
Holly Lapsley Fletcher (aka Låpsley) is from Merseyside, but it’s easy to imagine she’s from Scandinavia based on the icy electronica melting under the warmth of her soulful vocals on debut album ‘Long Way Home’. This contrast of hot and cold is an interesting juxtaposition on album opener ‘Heartless’ and it’s a theme that continues …
News: LUH release details of new album, watch album trailer here plus UK/European dates
LUH, or Lost Under Heaven as it stands for, are Amsterdam based duo Ellery Roberts, better known as frontman of WU LYF and audio visual artist Ebony Hoorn. Over the past two years they’ve been releasing all manner of art, music, photography, film and more, including the rather beautiful ‘Lost Under Heaven’ music and accompanying …
Album Review: Jack Garratt – Phase
Jack Garratt at first sight and listen is a swirling mass of contradictions. Aged just 24, he’s the latest recipient of both the BRIT award Critics’ Choice (previously won by Sam Smith, Tom Odell, Emeli Sande, Jessie J, Ellie Goulding, Florence + the Machine, Adele) and the BBC Sound of… (previously won by (Years & …
Track: Take Berlin – Motion
Out today is Motion, the new track from Brooklyn duo Take Berlin. It took a chance meeting between the pair, both musicians, Yvonne Ambrée who does backings for little boots and sleigh bells on occasion, and Jesse Barnes, who plays guitar in aloe blacc’s band. We asked the band “are you guys always in “motion”? …