Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
fwawn
fwawn is the musical alias of Cyrus Fisher. He puts out excellent electronic music self described as "dark and depressing trip hop/downtempo mostly played in uncommon meters." Depressing it might be at times (especially with titles like 'Everything is Meaningless' and 'Can Life Merely Be Despair?') but the best tracks have a wonderful sense of gloom, drama, and beauty (just listen to 'Everything is Meaningless') that Geoff Barrow would be proud to make.
He releases all of his music into the Public Domain: "No rights reserved. You may edit, remix, or reprint anything on this disc. Unauthorized copying, public performance, hiring and broadcasting of this record are encouraged. Please copy, download, upload, share, and tell your friends about this disc. It's yours now." What a deal.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Zola Jesus
Some more great stuff from Zola Jesus. These songs are off her most recent release the Tsar Bomba 12" EP, released on Troubleman Unlimited.
"Intriguing release from Zola Jesus, a mini LP on Troubleman called 'Tsar Bomba'. She's trained in Opera studies and loves everything from No Wave to Classical arias and her emotive, tragic vocals carry along this unique trajectory, coming across a little like Julee Cruise & Kate Bush buried under this wonderful layer of discordance whilst industrial bass pulses & a John Carpenter-esque drum machines worm their way into your soul. It's like some distorted minimal dark-wave torch song shit, very Lynchian in it's eerie, otherworldly feel. Songs veer off into wild sludgy flatfields of sonic fall-out but the voice creeps back through the melee, like Bat For Lashes remixed by the DHR set or Cobra Killer. Fucking interesting record, yes I want this....." -from Norman Record
It looks like she has a handfull of releases coming up, including a full length (!!!):
New Amsterdam (WNYU Sessions) CD (Sacred Bones)
Collab w/Dead Luke Split 12" w/ Burial Hex (Aurora Borealis)
The Spoil LP (Sacred Bones)
(follow the links to download/stream)
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@ the Corral Room in Madison on 5-29-08
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
New Dan Melchior Und Das Menace
Yesterday I picked up my copy of the new Dan Melchior Und Das Menace 2xLP "Thankyou Very Much," just released on S-S. And it's no surprise that it's another remarkable album...so continues his amazing streak of superb releases (but has he ever released a 'bad' record??). I dare say that I'm enjoying it even more than last year's "Christmas for Crows" LP, which many called his best work yet. The sound is more reminiscent of (his previous band) the Broke Revue then anything since its break up...but, to be sure, his sound is not standing still (I don't think it ever will), it's yet a further evolution of his pounding pop sound.
This is already his third release this year; the first two were a pair of 7-inches released through the Columbus Discount Singles Club: "Mr. Oblivian" and "The Post Office Line" (copies still available via his website). And those two on the heels of the "She's So Blank" 7-inch and the "Christmas for the Crows" LP, both released last year. But the man will not rest: two more 7-inches are planned to be released in the next month, "Dim Are The Lights" on Convulsive Records and the other as part of the Dull Knife Songwriter Series, already up for preorder here. And still it doesn't stop there: his unreleased masterpiece (yes masterpiece), and (according to me) best work ever, "O' Clouds Unfold" will be released on Hook or Crook Records before the end of the year (according to his website).
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Shreber Harber Mole Flying Wheel
"Shreber Harber Mole Flying Wheel is a Japanese trio formed by Saitoh Tomohiro, Yamamoto Shinichiro, Kohno Nagahiro...they shows how to combine a perfect mix of dark ambient, catchy rhythms, IDM structures and electronic-pop oriented songs. All nice mixed and layered by warm and soft sounds, bright melodies, hidden guitars." (from U-Cover)
both songs from their 2004 release Air Comfort (on U-Cover CDr Limited):
both videos from their 2007 album Bloom (on Rednetic Recordings):
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