I don't know if I've run into a more catchy and immediately accessable three songs than LA's Joel Kynan Williams aka KYNAN's newest Abel EP. This is that enjoy-singing-along... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
KYNAN - I Fly So High This song randomly appeared on my dash a couple of days ago. It's weird, it's funky (pop-y but also retro and electronic). The music video is so l-phi I'm not sure what to make of it but I think that's kind of the appeal; and the truth is I Fly So High has been stuck in my head for the last 48 hours. It's super catchy. The stop-motion quality of its music video is actually kind of endearing - it fits the vibe of the sound perfectly. Plus, the [...]
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I gotta give a shout out to one of my homeboys for showing me this shit. He's from San Diego where this guy, Kynan , is from. I've been checking out his shit on his bandcamp site and digging it hard, I figured his version of MN's own Prince would tickle the fancy of some of some of our loyal readers. Chillwave at its finest, this guy could be getting pretty big soon, so be on the lookout. Check out his bandcamp site in the link below to download some of his tracks, and enjoy this rendition of [...]
The DIY crew at FMLY — although the socially conscious group prefers to think of itself as DIT ("do-it-together") — has big plans to close out 2011. The organization that has become known for, among other things, its group bike rides that feature pop-up concerts, is closing out the year with the two-day FMLY FEST , a music and arts event boasting more than 40 bands, interactive art installations, chill-out tents a 'zine festival and more. The festival goes off Dec. 29 and 30, the first day downtown near L.A. State Historic Park and second day in [...]
Absent Fever - Exquisite Corpse After a few months of organizing and production, Absent Fever has released a collaboration under a theme beyond belief. The collab includes a gripping connection between 7 artists from the AF family including Kynan, Gracie, Birkwin Jersey, Wonder Bear, Ra Cailum, Galapagos, and Guerre. Each artist takes part, lending their imagination while deeply composing a momentous minute for the 7 minute track. Accompanying the soundscape is a film by Library Voices and artwork by Brian Vu. Absent Fever couldn't describe it any better: [...]
Absent Fever // Exquisite Corpse What can only be properly described it's curators Tyler and Eloise have drummed up a neat project that features some of their finest artists on their label roster. Composed by impulse and the stream of consciousness, seven juxtaposed artists came in union to create one collective vision; distinct and furthermore one. Seven of the Absent Fever artists collaborated to create one 7 minute song. Each was given only the previous artists 1 minute to base their 1 minute off of, and was told to [...]
Oct 19, 2011, 9:01pm
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Kynan - Living Dreams Joel has been part of swirling, captivating, and beautiful San Diego pop bands for a while now including D/Wolves and DUDES . This year he made that faithful leap to releasing his own music. Kynan represents the unattainable. Smooth and captivating, it has the tone of a sedated Outkast and early Missy Elliot walking down an empty street at 2am. The lyrics are striped down and honest as keyboard licks dance around them. His new album Garbage Beach is one that feels like it's the only [...]
If George Clinton and Bootsy Collins landed on the same underwater planet where Joel Kynan Williams spins his alter-dimensional "freak-pop", then it's likely a supergroup to vanquish all supergroups would rise out of the primordial ooze. Music Player: 04 Living Dreams.mp3 [...]
Another new addition to the consistently stunning and growing catalog of Absent Fever --- the upstart free digital label run by Tyler from Flashlight Tag and Eloise of verb/re/verb. This time,... Listen At BIRP!
Jul 12, 2011, 6:14pm Fmly
image by Brad Rohloff Take one 20 year old African American male named Tyler; a college student and Chicago resident. Place Tyler with a 16 year old Caucasian female named Eloise; a high-school student and Los Angeles resident. Integrate the two into a community of like minded people, all who are in this community solely because of a common creative interest. Allow them to recognize that this isn't some strange social experiment or even strange at all, it's merely the product of their generation, it's the internet. And thus, Absent Fever is born. [...]
Jul 4, 2011, 1:38pm Fmly
Well that was fun! Tune in every Sunday from 6-8PM PST for Public Education, two hours of new music, on Indie 1031 . Bleached - Think of You Bleached - Dazed Fanzine - Low Kids on a Crime Spree - Sweet Tooth So Many Wizards - Inner City So Many Wizards - Yeah Right Zola Jesus - Vessel Blood Diamonds - Grins Computer Magic - End Of Time [...]
We were a day or two late on the past few Podcasts, so I made absolutely sure I dropped this sucker on time, and with over 1.5 hours of music! Kicking off with Nas's "Nasty", a furious example of hip-hop at its finest, this mix flies through everything from James Blake to Waka Flocka Flame. 26 songs in total, there was very little from this past month left out on this Podcast. What can I say? June absolutely kicked ass! Stream the Podcast and download it after the skip. Once again, huge shout to Theodore for [...]
Det er ikke meget information, jeg kan finde om Kynan på nettet. Han er under 18 år, fra San Diego og laver bl.a. chillwave. Han er desuden en produktiv herre, som i 2011 udgivet ikke mindre end 4 albums, der alle kan downloades gratis. Kynan eksperimenterer meget med sit udtryk, og det er ikke altid jeg kan lide slutresultatet. Men når han skruer ned for effekterne, opstår der magi. Som på Try Harder, hvor det primære virkemiddel et søvnigt guitarsample eller på Lazy Days, hvor det er et hypnotisk børnekorsample. Kynans vokal samt brugen af trompet tilfører en længselfuldhed, [...]
D/Wolves - Tell Me Why Joel Kynan Williams already won me over once this year with his KYNAN project and now he's made me aware that he's also... (Visit my blog for more!)
Jun 2, 2011, 7:24pm Fmly
KYNAN - Cry Baby We've been psyched on Kynan Williams' rosy cheeks and knack for making a damn good tune since his band D/Wolves took a ten day summer exploration of California with our buds Da Bears , and when we traveled through San Diego in January it was all the more pleasure to actually meet that smile and challenge it to some Thai food and Mario Kart. Today, I'm excited to share what he has been up to. KYNAN embarked on a challenge this year to release of [...]
INCOMING// Kynan - I Will Count The Stars Released on Absent Fever Available now on Bandcamp —— Audiovisuals// Forever
According to his digital label Absent Fever , who also happen to currently handle one of our earliest artists Ra Cailum , KYNAN is a young artist chillwaving from sunny San Diego, CA. I Will Count The Stars is KYNAN's fourth release (on April 30th) from Absent Fever this year and the first one not to be qualified as a "mix." The album is full of the lush, ambient sounds you've probably begun to expect from anything with the suffix 'wave' attached to it, but this kid keeps it real, changing up his vocal stylings [...]
This music RoundUP features basically everything I found some what interesting this week. Right click and hit save as or save link to download the track depending on your computers. Enjoy Dede - Secrets Billy Comfort - Wonder of We (feat. Steffaloo) This is Head - 0007 (Korallreven Remix) [...]
Why am I sooooooo sleepy today? My eyelids have an unusual weight and can barely stay up. Should I go back to sleep? Oh wait...can't. The only solution is to wake up like that machine... [go to the website to read the rest of the article, download mp3s and more]
While the track listing for this month's podcast is a tad bit shorter, it still ticks in at just over an hour. With that said, you can expect to see some awesome cuts from Frank Ocean, Gold Panda, Four Tet, Thom York, Star Slinger, David Dallas, The Weeknd and much more! I tried to keep things pretty diverse all around, so you might be thrown for quite a loop when you are hearing some acoustic love song one minute, and then a gnarly electronic beat the next. That is how we do it over here at Potholes! Along with this [...]
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