Blog: NO CONCLUSION

MARIA MINERVA – BLACK MAGICK [VIDEO]

Jan 31, 2:51pm NO CONCLUSION

Here's a new video for Maria Minerva 's latest single "Black Magick", a track off the BLESS EP that comes out  in April on Not Not Fun . This incredibly fun and playful video makes for a perfect match for what is probably one of her most straightforward pop songs to date. The video was directed and features original animation by the ever-amazing Alice Cohen. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. [...]

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CLIPPING. – KILLER

Jan 31, 11:29am NO CONCLUSION

Last week we found out that one of the dudes from Captain Ahab was involved with a new project, which was pretty exciting, being that the sadly disbanded duo was one of our favorite  live acts in recent years.  Clipping.  is comprised of CA's Jonathan Snipes, William Hutson (a.k.a. Rale) and Daveed Diggs. The trio combines, umm, rap and harsh noise? Hell yes, please! Stream two songs and watch the  trailer for their debut full-length, due out next week. It's Clipping., bitch. Clipping. on FB . [...]

• Clipping - BoutThat
• clipping. - killer

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FUNERALS – BOO SRA REMIXES

Jan 24, 10:25am NO CONCLUSION

We haven't heard from Funerals  in a few months, and it was nice to learn that the electronic duo of  Mollie Wells and Casey Immel-Brown dropped a new release yesterday. Boo Sra Remixes collects five different takes on the stand-out track from their fine last year's Hypermotion B EP, featuring reworks by  Deathface ,  Druid Cloak , MikIX The Cat , Hissy Fit , and Funerals themselves. Download the whole thing from Мишка's Bandcamp , and stream their own remix of "Boo Sra" right here: Like Funerals? [...]

• FUNERALS - MISHKA RECORDS

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BRITE AID – ESCAPE RING

Jan 23, 10:17am NO CONCLUSION

Maligna is a newish netlabel from Mexico City, related to the mighty NegativeYouth website, and  Sour EP  marks the fourth release in their catalogue . Originally hailing from Houston, the mysterious Napoli-and-Berlin-based producer  Brite Aid makes noisy electronic music influenced equally by dark ambient, hip-hop and house sounds. "Escape Ring", streaming below, is perhaps the most representative of the five tracks featured on the EP. The song has an accompanying video you can watch here . Get  Sour EP  from Maligna's Bandcamp . Escape Ring Brite Aid on Soundcloud . [...]

• BRITE AID - Escape Ring

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HERVÉ FEAT. AUSTRA – SAVE ME [VIDEO]

Jan 22, 12:55pm NO CONCLUSION

UK producer Hervé 's collaboration with Austra 's Katie Stelmanis on "Save Me", the first the single from his forthcoming album, just got a matchingly creepy video. The Tim Kelly-directed clip seemed kind of boring at first, but the mood draws you in after a while. Hervé's  The Art Of Disappearing  is due out March 4th on Cheap Thrills, and, apart from Stelmanis, it will also feature a guest spot from Maria Minerva. Sounds interesting! If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get [...]

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MIXTAPE #14

Jan 21, 10:58am NO CONCLUSION

It appears that we managed to completely forget about one of the supposedly regular features on the blog, as it's been more than a year since we last bothered to make a mixtape. But the wait is finally over - here's a new one. The more than an hour-long winterish mix comes with tracks by Evian Christ, Fatima Al Qadiri, Le1f, Vessel, Fabulous Diamonds, Raime, Hype Williams, oOoOO feat. Butterclock, Chris Brown feat. Planningtorock, Burial Hex vs Mueran Humanos, Jewels of the Nile, Water Borders, Princess Dies, HTRK, and others. Ya know, just some stuff we've been listening to lately. [...]

• NO CONCLUSION - NO CONCLUSION MIXTAPE#14: synthetik

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JULIA HOLTER – YOU & ME BOTH (ARTHUR RUSSELL COVER)

Jan 17, 2:59pm NO CONCLUSION

So I was browsing through my social network feeds when I noticed a little title saying "Julia Holter - You & Me Both", and I was like WHOA is this what I think it is?! Indeed, it was a Julia Holter cover of one of Arthur Russell 's many brilliant songs. It also happens to be a live recording with a lot of background noises, but really, who cares? Although musically very different from the original, Holter's expectedly gorgeous reinterpretation captures the vibe of Russell's songs quite well. The track is featured on the collaborative compilation [...]

• Julia Holter - You & Me Both (live Arthur Russell tribute)

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BUTTERCLOCK – DON’T [VIDEO]

Jan 15, 10:32am NO CONCLUSION

Watch the new Butterclock video for "Don't", a track off her forthcoming release. Entitled First Prom , the EP is set to drop in February, and the limited edition CD is now available for preorder from Fantasy Music . The video was directed by Dario Natale and Laura Clock herself. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it's missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. Butter like . [...]

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CIRCUIT DES YEUX – LITHONIA

Jan 14, 11:58am NO CONCLUSION

A few months ago Circuit des Yeux announced her new release, a 103 mini-album called CDY3 , stating only that it would come out sometime in the winter. The winter is finally here, and so is CDY3 , as promised, along with a stream of another new track. Showcasing Fohr's powerful vocals, the eerily gorgeous "Lithonia" sounds quite different from the noisy "Helen, You Bitch" we featured back in October. Get CDY3 from Magnetic South , and check out Fohr's recent guest mix . Circuit des Facebeux . [...]

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NC GUEST MIX#66: MUSHY

Jan 11, 11:52am NO CONCLUSION

Our first guest mix of 2013 was made by Valentina Fanigliulo, the Italian artist better known as  Mushy . Her second full-length,  Breathless , a collection of ice-cold dreamy synth-pop gems, was released on Mannequin Records last year. Apparently a new release will have to wait at least until spring. Mushy is currently on tour in Europe, promoting the latest album; check out the  live dates here . Her mix, entitled "Formless Wolrds Pass By Me", is pretty much the perfect soundtrack to the shitty-weathered snowless winter that we're having here, but I'm sure you'll be able to appreciate it [...]

• Mushy - NC GUEST MIX#66: Mushy - Formless Worlds Pass By Me Mix

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PETE SWANSON – LIFE ENDS AT 30 [VIDEO]

Jan 10, 11:39am NO CONCLUSION

Ex-Yellow Swan Pete Swanson has been putting out some quality techno noise stuff recently, and "Life Ends at 303 is no exception. The song is featured on his forthcoming four-track EP called Punk Authority , due out this March on Ford and Lopatin's Software label . Apart from the Soundcloud stream of the thirteen-minute track, a hypnotizing accompanying video for the shorter version has also been released. A lot of videos get described as hypnotic, but, I don't know, I've actually just spent four minutes staring at this thing and am feeling a little funny now. Directed by Justin Meyers. [...]

• Pete Swanson - Life Ends at 30

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DEATHFACE – FROM BENEATH (BRUXA REMIX)

Jan 10, 10:48am NO CONCLUSION

So here's a track that brings together two of the mightiest forces in bass-oriented underground music right now. Bruxa have remixed  Deathface 's "From Beneath", taken from last year's excellent EP of the same name, with expectedly good results. In other related news, Deathface dropped a new video for "Six Feet Deep", a collaboration with @LILINTERNET; and Bruxa got a remix treatment from MADDEN, whose take on "Paper Weight",  a standout track from Bruxa's album Victimeyez , is streaming below. Deathface / Bruxa . [...]

• Bruxa - Paper Weight (MADDEN "no mames guey" Remix)
• DEATHFACE - From Beneath (BRUXA Remix)

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BEST OF 2012: LITANIC MASK

Jan 7, 11:28am NO CONCLUSION

The final guest list in our 2012 year-end coverage comes from the Portland-based act Litanic Mask . Their eponymous debut album was released barely two months ago but it has been on heavy rotation here at No Conclusion ever since,  expectedly landing high on our albums of the year list. The duo of Kenna Jean and Mark Evan Burden were kind enough to share their separate lists of some artists, tracks, albums, and mixes that marked the past year for them. Here we go, ladies first: Kenna > E*Rock - End of [...]

• massacooramaan - TRAINWRECK (ft DJ Rashad & RP Boo)

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BEST OF 2012: PALMISTRY

Jan 4, 11:08am NO CONCLUSION

Apart from releasing his lush I Swear mixtape, last year saw the London producer Benjamin Keating, who goes by the moniker  Palmistry , collaborate with Triad God on the excellent NXB mixtape, and release  some cool  remixes. That mix he made for our series was pretty special too. These are a few of Keating's 2012 favorites: My favorite artists from 2012 were Felicita and Triad God. Both people I know well and work closely with. Felicita and I started to make beats at the same time [...]

• Felixlee - Speedy
• ITCOULDHAPPENTOYOU - dajuan / MOTORBIKE
• Triad God - Sun Hing J (aym g 4 lyfe version)

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BEST OF 2012: XANDER HARRIS

Jan 4, 10:21am NO CONCLUSION

It's time for the longest post in this year's guest list feature! ...Which is still far from beating Ital's last year contribution though. The resident synth wizard  Xander Harris kicked the year off with a split single with Dylan Ettinger (whose criminally underrated LP gets a mention below), which was followed by the  Chrysalid tape and the Snow Crash digital release. We were really happy to see him list a bunch of records that were on our shortlist but haven't made it onto the final list. 10 Releases That Reaffirmed My [...]

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BEST OF 2012: BRUXA

Jan 3, 11:36am NO CONCLUSION

Bruxa 's Victimeyez was easily one of the most exciting full-lengths to have dropped this year, which would probably explain why it made it onto our albums of the year list. Here, the Portland trio lists their favorite tracks of the past year. And although a lot of these have been on heavy rotation with us as well, we have managed to come across a couple of discoveries (that Daniel Savio track, for example). Voilà - Bruxa's top ten tracks of 2012, in no particular order: > Zebra Katz - [...]

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BEST OF 2012: ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE

Jan 3, 10:16am NO CONCLUSION

Brian Pyle a.k.a.  Ensemble Economique sure likes to keep himself busy. In the past twelve months, he released the sublime Motion Forever split album with Lee Noble, and another interesting split release with Dubai, a record with his other project Starving Weirdos, a couple of CD-Rs... And, of course, a number of tracks posted to his regularly updated Soundcloud  page - the last one, "Hey Baby", turned up just the other day. Check out Pyle's top 8 list of favorite things in music in 2012: 1. The [...]

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BEST OF 2012: ∆AIMON

Jan 2, 11:02am NO CONCLUSION

The second guest list comes from the San Diego duo ∆AIMON . 2012 saw the release of their mighty full-length FLATLINER , as well as a whole bunch of noteworthy remixes and mixes regularly posted on their Soundcloud page . And then there is the  FLATLINER Remixes   collection,  freshly released on  Tundra Dub's Bandcamp . Here's the duo's review of 2012: This year has been extremely busy for us and unfortunately that means we're still catching up on a lot of releases [...]

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BEST OF 2012: BUTTERCLOCK

Jan 2, 9:49am NO CONCLUSION

Are you done reading all the year-end lists from your favorite websites and blogs? Good, because we have some more year-end lists for you: some of our favorite artists were kind enough to share their own impressions of 2012 in music with us. We'll kick things off with what's probably the shortest entry in the history of this feature. This year, Butterclock collaborated with oOoOO on the fine  Our Love Is Hurting Us EP , released  Fantasy Music Mixtape #1  with o F F Love, and dropped a cool mix for yours truly, among other [...]

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BEST OF 2012: ALBUMS

Dec 21, 2012, 11:01am NO CONCLUSION

Out of all the amazing records that came out this year, we found Laurel Halo's Quarantine to be the most exciting (and can't help but feel sorry for the people who have a problem with those vocals). Julia Holter misses the number one spot second year in a row, but I don't think she'd mind since we both loved   Quarantine . Speaking of which, another cool thing about 2012 is that we got to hang with a couple of our favorite acts . Anyway, there were a lot of cool records we enjoyed but just hadn't spent [...]

• Bruxa - Roll Sharp
• Death Grips - Artificial death in the west
• Le1f - Infinity
• Supreme Cuts & Haleek Maul - M00N

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