
Decibel Festival founder, president, and curator Sean Horton stopped by The Morning Show to reveal the first half of the 2012 lineup first to KEXP listeners. Seattle is beyond fortunate to feature one of the world's preeminent festivals of electronic music, running September 26-30, and based on this early look at this year's lineup (60 artists out of 120), it's only getting stronger. Rising Australian star Kimbra , Carl Craig , Fennesz , John Talabot , Ariel Pink and Matthew Dear top the list. KEXP listeners will also [...]

In courtesy of the Polish netlabel Cowshed Records , we were last week briefly introduced to the 19-track compilation Dark Side Of Pop , of which you might already have guessed features darker soundscapes of electronic pop, including exclusive tracks from a fine selection of producers and acts on a highly international level. Amongst the contributors are also NFOP favourites Pleq , Sun Glitters and Saskatchewan , but also some exciting new discovers such as UK's Face+Heel or Polish residents Body Spam , to mention a few. [...]
São os Ghosts of Port Royal em "Dead Man Laughing". O videoclip foi rodado na Casa Viva, no Porto, envolvendo uma perfomance de Jorge Ribeiro e Júlia Lamparter. Ouvir Ghosts of Port Royal | ROCK | www.facebook.com/pages/GHOSTS- OF-PORT-ROYAL

Sarà il Castello di Abiategrasso , Milano, ad ospitare nelle giornate del 1, 2 e 3 luglio la prima edizione di Video Sound Art il primo Festoval italiano di motion graphics . L'obiettivo è quello di fondere insieme l'eccellenza della visual e motion graphics con un programma di concerti live che comprende alcuni tra gli artisti attuali più apprezzati nel panorama della musica indie internazionale tra cui spiccano i nomi di John Grant , Jon Hopkins e The Album Leaf . Continua a leggere Video Sound Art: dal [...]
Op een voor Oranje tragisch verlopen EK schoot de bonkige spits Wiltord mij in de finale naar een minidisc-speler. Voetbalpooltjes, weet u wel. Die geluidsdrager was ook toen al op zijn retour (was ie ooit een succes eigenlijk?) maar dan...

Dieci anni in un battito di ciglio o se preferite in un glitch. La decade degli Zero ha portato con sé, insieme a consumismo, desolazione e involuzione del genere umano, una band che prima mancava e che ancora oggi stupisce e inorgoglisce saperla italiana. I Port-Royal da Genova hanno festeggiato lo scorso anno il decennale della loro carriera e oggi ci propongono una raccolta del loro materiale più difficile da reperire, un doppio disco pregno di suoni e umori, pregnante sussidiario del decennio attonito che ci siamo lasciati alle spalle. Nel primo dischetto di "The Golden [...]

...Ισορροπώντας μεταξύ εύθραυστου shoegaze, μελωδικού post-rock και κινηματογραφικο ύ ambient ήχου,το faded photographs ηχογραφήθηκε μεταξύ Ελλάδας, Ιταλίας, Αγγλίας, Ισλανδίας, Αυστρίας, ΗΠΑ και Καναδά, με το προσωπικό στίγμα του καθενός από τους καλεσμένους ( port- royal , stafraenn hakon , epic45 , millimetrik ( below the sea , le chat blanc orchestra , glider , parallel lines ), αλλά και μέλη των hood , [...]
I feel I could start these listings posts with 'Christ, 25th October, already?' pretty much every single week at the moment. Not that the world is getting away from me exactly - in fact it all seems to be slowly locating some semblance of normality after a couple of months trying to get my head around my new full-time responsibilities - it's just that I have been constantly busy since I left Proper Job and in those circumstances time just buzzes past at a frightening rate. This weekend we finally got into the territory of proper cold. Not [...]
So, it looks like we already are in September, that means I have to make my top 5s again, yay ! I've heard a lot of really good songs during August and I'll give you my 5 favorite calm ones today. Rei Harakami is a Japanese IDM DJ, his work reminds me a lot Wisp's, really peaceful, but with some DnB in the back. #5 Rei [...]

This has been been on my iPod non-stop... Yes, i've recently rediscovered my love for Royal Bangs. In the midst of rediscovering it i had a thought......"wouldn't it be cool to make a list of royal related bands?". So i did.. A Very Royal Variety ---------- 1. Queens Of The Stone Age - Do It Again 2. Port-Royal - The Photoshopped Prince [...]

Having broken my no-hangover-sundays-from-now-o n rule there is little in the way of energy to be mustered from inside the cavity that is my cranium. So while I prepare for a night of twisty turning, performed in pools of haemorrhaging sweat that shimmer in the backdrop of nightmares which involve hugger in all manner of atrocities I leave you with this monster piece of ambience courtesy of Italy's Port-Royal. There's a movie soundtrack somewhere just waiting for this to add the necessary gravitas. Talk to you circa 3:38am. KD Port-Royal - Leitmotiv/Glasnost [...]
A couple of days ago the supreme rulers of all things Indie-Electro, Ladytron , released the fourth and final instalment of their 'Remixed & Rare' series. Each release of the series focused on one of their four studio albums collecting reMixes from the single, B-sides and other gems. Taking it's tracks from 2007's 'Velocifero' it's mostly collected from the singles that accompanied the album with a couple of surprises thrown in. Take a listen to some of our favourites. The Toxic Avenger absolutely hammers home his dirty Electro-House banger version of 'Ghosts', Port-Royal [...]

Genova, Italy "The Photoshopped Prince" Port-Royal on MySpace Port-Royal on The Hype Machine
MAP - Music Alliance Pact #16 Primo appuntamento dell'anno nuovo con il progetto MAP - Music Alliance Pact: 34 blog di tutto il mondo (rientra la Spagna) selezionano per voi una band interessante del proprio Paese e vi regalano una canzone. Per chi non ha idea di cosa sto parlando, queste sono tutte le puntate precedenti: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / [...]
I'm not in this month's MAP, though the eagle-eyed among you may want to query that. "Look", you say, "a little Daily Growl entry for England, just like usual". But no my friends, no. Because of all the hospital shenanigans at the start of the month, I never got round ...

Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 34 music bloggers across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. ARGENTINA : Zonaindie Catalina Vin - Caleidoscope Catalina Vin is an Argentine-American singer and songwriter who started learning music at the age of seven. Genuine is her first album, in which her [...]
Jan 16, 2010, 7:24am
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Päevase hilinemisega küll, kuid aasta esimene MAP on nüüd siin. Lisaks Eesti loole soovitan kindlasti kuulata Austraalia, Hiina, Islandi ja Iirimaa lugusid, neile on Popopi rasvane kvaliteedimärk peale surutud. EESTI: Popop UNCANDY - Lovecool UNCANDY (jah, on oluline kirjutada kõik suurte tähtedega) on multitalent Maria Juur Tallinnast. Tema kodulindistused on Eesti indieskeenes juba omajagu kahinaid tekitanud ja kuuldavasti ei pea [...]