
For Day Two of what's looking to be our five-day list extravaganza, E.Kula, who wrote a great review of the Love Is All album in October, offers his list of fave music in 08. BEST ALBUMS (Record Label in parentheses) 10. Christina Carter - Original Darkness (Kranky) 9. Shugo Tokumaru - Exit (Almost Gold's 2008 U.S. Release) 8. Nico Muhly - Mothertongue (Bedroom Community) 7. Juana [...]
Friendly Noise is offering an old, previously unreleased Differnet track called "Lady Macbeth" for free download: http://www.friendlynoise.se/la dy-macbeth/

As most of our regular readers should know by now, I have some special labels I love more than others. One of those labels is the Swedish Friendly Noise -label. The band that introduced me to the label some years ago was Differnet , a very special and unique group of musicians in the electronica genre. The quartet from Uppsala, Sweden, has recently released their third proper album-release, "Collapsing Universe", following 2005's untitled album and "Come on and Bring back the Brjokén Sound of Yore!" from 2003. Differnet have a [...]

Different, "Caring Arms" (Jesse Somfay remix) [ Kupei Musika ] (peace to 24:Hours ) Ron Trent, "Sometimes I Feel Like" [ Peacefrog Records ] (for Ronan, who wrote of deep house for RA ) Marcus Nikolai, "Wheelsucker" [ Perlon ] (I was an inch away from posting SUNSHINE Ibiza house)
Differnet "Patterns of Parklands" - Most of the tension in Differnet's new single comes from the way it seems to continuously rise up as the world bears down upon it -- the sky is falling, the ceiling is collapsing, the foot of God is stomping down upon our heads. Is this a feeling of defiance, or is it just rushing into doom? There's a distinct sci-fi aesthetic in this track, and so it also feels a bit like being buried alive in the debris of some futuristic super-city. ( Click here to [...]
Today I'm being an mp3blog selecta! Here's some lovely music that you should be listening to instead of that new buzz band! * Farben - Live At Sahara Tahoe, 1973 (Little White Earbuds ) : glitchy electronica * Differnet - Perpetual Summer ( Homemade Avantgarde ) : ambient/textural * Mou, lips! - looking for symmetry in the laws of nature ( Homemade Avantgarde ) : Once again from the " On how a picture can sound " release * Stars of the Lid [...]
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