This has been sitting in my draft posts for nearly a month now, I will stop my procrastinating. Elke , oh what soft sweet sound doth thou produce! It just keep getting better from these guys, they are becoming a force to be reckoned with; "Mess with the Elke, you get the horns", don't rule it out as an EP title! Blue Dream Lover is their latest installment and there are a few remixes being cut and polished as we speak. To hear the original in [...]
NYT : JACKSON, Wyo. — When the mighty elk herds of the West were facing the possibility of extinction from overhunting, settlement and neglect a century ago, people here stepped forward and began what has turned out to be a profound biological experiment. They offered food to the straggling survivors.
Word on the wire is that the Elke EP is finally finished. Who are Elke, you ask? Good question. I came across Elke back in September of '08 on MySpace and promptly fell in love with their glorious hook-laden retro-infused bedroom synth-pop sound, particularly the catchy-as-all-get-out track "Till I'm Gone." Not since Cut Copy's Hearts on Fire has an Aussie band made me want to dance and apparently hyphenate uncontrollably. Till I'm Gone from the recently completed EP. Elke EP: Blue Dream Lover [...]
....I'm mr. Goodie bag! Damn right. Sidste godtepose er fra intet ringere end 10. oktober 2008. Endnu engang er min indbox blevet så uforskammet fuld af godter, at selv ikke jeg kan gabe over det hele. Derfor er det blevet tid til at dele. Lad os starte med en fyr, vi har haft fat i før. Canadiske Milosh er blevet remixet af Troublemaker , der har gjort åbnersangen Awful Game fra sommeralbummet iii , der blev udgivet sidste år, til en upbeat version af klangflader, der støder sammen med Milosh's [...]
I have so many great things to share (just be a bit patient while i get them sorted) like these super sweet Aussies (yes, i'm still a fan of those too!), Elke, who make me dream of summer... Elke - Blue Dream Lover (Broke One Remix) (ALT)
Elke have crafted a really beautiful, yet strangely unemotional-but-not-necessaril y-in-a-bad-way, pop song. When i think of clean, melodic, and sparse pop it's usually the creation of the proverbial 'three good looking swedes wearing tasteful sweaters sitting in an austere wooden edifice on a frost-covered plain, consuming nothing but fish on flat bread and Akvavit while striking crisp chords on their synth.' Or mabye that's just my own proverb. Anyhow, in this case, conversely, we've got some lads from Australia's Gold Coast. Unexpected, but pay no mind as the result is smooth, oh, so smooth. And as we know well by [...]
QLD's Youth has done it once again, putting together a blend of sublime, entrancing disco and classic synth-pop. It's loaded with treats including his Stevie Nicks bootleg and a sneak peek at his new Elke mix. And anyone who uses that extended mix of Don't You Want Me is a genius in my books.MYSPACEYouth - Midnight Beach MixClashing Egos - Aminjig nebere (Joakim's Afrobot Mix) - 2005Dolle Jolle -
The Gold Coast foursome that is Elke are at it again with the new tune "Blue Dream Lover." It's a structured synth pop tune which creates a late 80's/early 90's memory in my mind. Quite different to the Elke tunes I posted back here . Elke – "Blue Dream Lover" They have also been chasing some remixes. I've heard quite a few already, and the Fromage disco duo from Melbourne's has definitely been the pick so far: Elke – [...]
QLD's Youth has done it once again, putting together a blend of sublime, entrancing disco and classic synth-pop. It's loaded with treats including his Stevie Nicks bootleg and a sneak peek at his new Elke mix. And anyone who uses that extended mix of Don't You Want Me is a genius in my books. MYSPACE Youth - Midnight Beach Mix Clashing Egos - Aminjig nebere (Joakim's Afrobot Mix) - 2005 Dolle Jolle - Balearic [...]
Sunday Post Props and peace symbols to The HOSERS who hosted a sick party last night at HI-FI with them leading the show employing technical sounds and big beats moving the crowd to the floor where Trompe Le Monde/Goodform dj's Jamall Knight and promo king Mike B kept the party coming to a pre LVC climax with the epic Justice produced track 'The Parachute Engine' by Birdy Nam Nam. What a pure moment. After all that mayhem Atlanta's Le Castle Vania had the crowd in the palms of [...]
Love (<) Thee Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom is Worth Spending A Night In Thee Oh Sees are a peculiar bunch. I instantly attached to the album, but after a while I found myself only listening to a few key songs. After I noticed that I went back and listened to the other songs and there was nothing wrong with them, they just didn't grab me. This release appears to be the first big release by TOS , so I am excited [...]
Seems like Van She will be releasing their debut album V October the 7th as an Import. Not sure when we'll see a Domestic release for it here in the U.S. Been digging this G.L.O.V.E.S. Remix for new single Changes . MP3: Changes (G.L.O.V.E.S. Remix) - Van She (YSI) While I was looking for pics for new band ELKE from Australia on Google I found tons of pics, except [...]
So my lovely friend Jad over at Bigstereo beat me to this post last week, but since he posted Twist Oliver Twist! yesterday, i thought it would be alright to post this now anyway. Elke are from the sunny Gold Coast here in Queensland, I like it when you can draw parallels between a band and their environment and this is easy with Elke. Everything seems to shimmer like it was recorded just beneath the waters surface on a hot summers day. I especially love the sound of the guitar in [...]
Совсем недавно появившийся коллектив Elke уже успел взбудоражить блог пространство. Ребята действительно хороши и талантливы, поэтому и этот блог для Elke не будет исключением. Группа появилась на т.н. Золотом Побережье Австралии, в городе Queensland. В ней 4 человека, это: Dave, James, Joel and Zak. Их музыка напоминает что-то среднее между Cut Copy и Midnight Juggernauts. У них довольно вдохновенные мелодии, четкий ритм и хороший вокал. А что еще нужно австралийцам чтоб стать популярными?! Elke - [...]
Sorry for the delay guys and gals, but between climbing Mount Everest, paddling up the Nile river and winning three gold medals at the Paralympics in Beijing I really couldn't find the time to update this blog...Anyway, now I'm back and I'll continue to post regularly about exciting new music. That said, here is my first musical offering for this late summer; Elke . Elke is a brand new band from Australia's Gold Coast consisting of four guys (Dave, James, Joel and Zak). They kinda come out of [...]
When it rains, it pours. So… it's almost 1:00 am and I figured that I might as well keep going. Right now, Autumn is in Europe and I believe she gets back to the States on Monday. Before her arrival, I wanted to post a new mix and get some of your thoughts. FYI - Some of the songs in this mix are from prior posts. Here's to Autumn's safe trip back home! We've all missed you! Alan Parsons Project – Be Like You (The Twelves Remix) [mp3] [...]
Le Festival des Films du Monde est maintenant terminé, et parmi la moisson des œuvres plus ou moins discutables, il convient de signaler une perle : Die Welle . Le « nouveau cinéma » de langue allemande, qui depuis quelques années à définitivement le vent dans les voiles (deux Oscars du meilleur film étranger deux années de suite, pour La Vie des autres de Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck et Les Faussaires de Stefan Rozowitzky !) nous offre maintenant ce film de Dennis Gansel, dont les droits ont visiblement déjà été achetés par Alliance Atlantis [...]
Elke came out of nowhere. If you're going to like a new band, like Elke. There's so much quality in "Till I'm Gone" and "The Melt" it isn't even funny. Fall in love with this 4 piece from Gold Coast, Australia before everyone else does. Elke - "The Melt" Elke - "Till I'm Gone"
Out of the Woods of New Hampshire, Elks have announced that their primary sound genre is 'face melting', so we thought it was time to unleash this pent up beast right before your long weekend starts. Located somewhere underneath the pitch dripping branches of The Black Angels family tree, Elks emerge in a psychedelic eruption, kicking up a trail of oozing darkness with their thick metal prints, laying torrential waste to any who might try to challenge them on their natural stage. So, sharpen your axe and say your prayers. This is [...]
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