DID BOB POOP? BOB DID! Of all the significantly geeky dates of 2011 today might be the geekiest. So enjoy a tune by a palindrome-named German trio, To Rococo Rot and a fake one by Chicagoan , Andrew Bird . Then check out Dan Hersam 's list of Palindromes . Satan oscillate my metallic sonatas… Andrew Bird "Fake Palindromes" [ follow ] from The Mysterious Production of Eggs To Rococo Rot "Miss You" [ follow [...]
Note to self: hear more Witxes , soon. Maxime Vavasseur 's "roaming, roving & raving" variety of fine drone Lyonnaise needs a hefty post of its own, but in the meantime spare 60 seconds for the warm flood of his One minute for the stars - a delicately shaped stand-out from a diverting eponymous compilation on SEM . [...]
Duty & provincial exile dictate LMYE missing both an enticing trip on the Otobahn tomorrow night, regrettably, but also an exceptional event further north . Still, if we can't be at Stirling's Le Weekend, we can at least reconstitute some part of the eclectic, electric feast (Bill Wells & Stefan Schneider, [...]
While Domino records didn't go irreparably off track, but where they once were the pinacle of cool indie, they started getting a little wanky with the electro dance bands a few years back. I guess you can't fault them for correctly judging which way the wind blows - they are a business after all. On the other hand, when you've forged your place as one of the reliable sources of good music and then you change... well.... what can be said about that? It looks like they are trying to correct their path recently though - which has [...]
It's been a while since any dubstep/2-step/funky sounds have made their way onto Pelski. So here's a mega-post of blog cleared freebies, and, as usual, some are older, some brand spankers..: As with any new en vogue sound that captures the hearts of the underground scene, thousands of imitators are spawned: some good; some poor and the rest just boring. The bastard son of J Dilla, Burial and Theo Parrish is the sound of Joy Orbison: a soulful 2-step/garage hybrid that's given birth to a new music fad. George Fitzgerald is an [...]
CEO is half of Sweden's The Tough Alliance , its upbeat pop that reminds me of the lighter side that the Balearic sound needed to keep that great genre going. Benoit Pioulard does a non vocal remix of Owen Pallett's recent single, great texture and echo. Its been awhile since we've heard anything relevant from long time instrumental masters To Rococo Rot , i'm really enjoying this one, it has soo many hints of what I enjoyed from their first few records but touches on maybe even better [...]
To celebrate St George's Day I took myself along to an Ether festival event billed as "Berlin Sounds". Given their front pages this week, that is probably enough for the Daily Mail to paint me as a Nazi. Not sure what effect it'll have on the opinion polls in the key marginal South Bank seat, [...]
Μια ματιά στο πρόγραμμα του Φεστιβάλ Αθηνών και Επιδαύρου με καθησύχασε ότι δεν θα χάσω και πολύ από τις διακοπές μου για χάρη της Τέχνης. Κάτι ο Όστερμάιερ, κάτι το αφιέρωμα στην Πίνα Μπάους, αλλά γενικώς φτωχά τα πράγματα. Η μεγάλη μου ελπίδα από αυτή την κρίση είναι η πλήρης κατάργηση των σαχλοφεστιβάλ των βλαχοδημάρχων. Αλλά που τέτοια τύχη! Πρώτα πεθαίνει ο άνθρωπος και μετά το χούι του. Α! Ο Rufus Wainwright έρχεται στο Φεστιβάλ Αθηνών.Ελπίζω να αρκεστεί στα μελοδραματικά του και να παραλείψει τα κλασσικά [...]
Look at what you've found! Not only have you, lucky internet visitor, stumbled upon a collection of incredibly awesome 100 percent free and legal tunes , but you've also got some cool art to look at and learn about. What have you done to deserve all of this amazingness?? Not much. We know. Thing is, that doesn't matter to us... just being here is enough to warrant some wonderful new tunes from the likes of Antlers and Cold Cave and the National and Trans Am and so many more. As always, simply click on the band name to visit [...]
German trio To Rococo Rot have put together an instrumental electronic track called "Horses" that is easy to get lost in. "Horses" is light and dreamy as the looping melody pops amidst crashing cymbals. The track is off their new album, out June 29th on Domino Recording Co., called "Speculation," which was recorded at Faust's Scheer studio in Germany. Download To Rococo Rot's "Horses" for free and take a listen.
To Rococo Rot 's recording process for 2007's ABC One Two Three strayed from their typical blend of electronic and acoustic elements. As a tribute to the Helvetica font, the Berlin-based threesome abandoned its instruments and restricted itself to a computer and a Yamaha VS330 keyboard. After placing notes into the midi file window, the computer would sequence seemingly random notes on the keyboard. While brothers and band members Ronald and Robert Lippok were dissatisfied with the project, the process continued, resulting in a set of uninspired, digital sounding tracks. Now, almost three years later, the three-piece [...]
Ég tók saman nokkur hressandi hljóðdæmi frá böndum sem eiga það eitt sameiginlegt að þvæla saman einhversskonar stærðfræðirokki og elektróník með vel þokkalega áheyrilegri útkomu. Sumt er nýútkominð en annað væntanlegt. Já, enn kemur fyrir að ferskir vindar gusti um póstrokk-heiminn . . . The Redneck Manifesto er ekki frá suðurríkjunum líkt og ætla mætti heldur frá Dyflinni á Írlandi. Í mars kom út þriðja breiðskífa Íranna, Friendship , og er alveg óhætt að mæla með þeim grip. Platan er full af dásamlegu gítarrúnki, tíðum kaflaskiptum og elektrónískum [...]
When I first encountered the phrase post-rock back in the late 90s it meant something quite different to what it does now. Instead of sprawling and often brickbat epics, with increasingly predictable quiet-loud structures, it was a mix – subtle, nuanced and tender - of rock, of the kraut or progressive variety, and electronics that found their precursors in IDM or earlier analogue excursions. Two bands seemed to forefront this genre back then: Tortoise and To Rococo Rot. The former had their moments, but I could hear too much Jazz in their noodling. The latter foregrounded the electronics [...]
I tedeschi To Rococo Rot debuttano su Domino con il disco "Speculation" (29 giugno). Nell'attesa ci regalano in anteprima la traccia "Horses".
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Amy Cook : "Hotel Lights" [mp3] from Let the Light In (out April 6th) Amy Cook : "Saltwater" [mp3] from Let the Light In (out April 6th) [...]
Arrivano in Italia i berlinesi To Rococo Rot , da più di un decennio maestri indiscussi dell'incontro tra elettronica, krautrock e Velvet Underground, per presentare Speculation , in uscita in Italia il 29 marzo 2010 per Domino/Spingo . Continua a leggere To Rococo Rot: 5 tappe live italiane ad aprile nel segno di Speculation... Commenta »
Il gruppo berlinese To Rococo Rot , da più di un decennio sulla scena musicale grazie all'incontro tra elettronica, krautrock e Velvet Underground, arriva in Italia per presentare Speculation , in uscita il 29 marzo 2010 per Domino / Spingo . Artisti provetti nella musica digitale, i tre artisti in questo nuovo lavoro cambiano tipo di linguaggio. I TRR da sempre decisamente a-sentimentali nel loro uso delle tecnologia e dell'attrezzatura musicale, in questo disco cambiano approccio musicale. Questa volta, invece di un perfetto e bilanciato mix di analogico e digitale, di strumenti [...]
So, a bathetic ending to the pathetic fallacy of LMYE's by now distinctly unFestive 50: a companion to our 20 labels of 2009 & top 10 sources of music discovery * in the form of our 20 artists of the year. Plus, given the discomfort of picking out an arbitrarily small group when LMYE exists to highlight all the less obvious music we love, an inevitable hedge: 10 more 'emerging' artists whose excellence we twigged during the year (often years too late, [...]
Too Many Fireworks Neil Milton is reviving his label 'Too Many Fireworks', woo to the mother fucking hoo ! The double bonus is that if you sign up to the labels mailing list you'll get an eight track too many fireworks sampler download in exchange for free . It's worth it just to hear some Flying Matchstick Men again. Go on, do it, do it now. The Wildhouse Edinburgh blogger Ed is just about to put out his first album release by the [...]
Se vi piace l'elettronica astratta, strumentale e d'atmosfera, conoscerete sicuramente i To Rococo Rot, che da oltre dieci anni fanno scuola in questo genere. Ora il duo berlinese sta per pubblicare un nuovo album, "Speculation", che uscirà a fine marzo su Domino, e nell'annunciarlo ha rilasciato un singolo in anteprima. "Working against time" è il titolo dell'inedito, scaricabile sul sito
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