Drawing on influences ranging from folk, funk, and electro-pop, including any variations thereof, Ishi make dance music with a propulsive, electronically beating heart. The lights may flash across your eyes and the beats may work their way deep into your brain but main musical instigators JT Mudd and Brad Dale work as often as not from a very humanist perspective. The feeling and emotional connection is never lost among the squeals of reverberating synths and thunder clap rhythms—electronic music for the spirit, as well as the dancefloor. The latest video from the visually and aurally minded [...]
Baths' new album, Obsidian , will hit shelves on May 28th via Anticon, and we've already heard the very tantalizing " Miasma Sky ." Here's another cut for you to cast you ears upon: "Ironworks" isn't quite as metallic as the title implies. In fact it's quite the opposite, laden with lovely strings, twinkling piano, and careful and quietly ruffling beats. Listen below. The post Listen: Baths - "Ironworks" appeared first on Beats Per Minute .
Always one to create charming music from seemingly banal subject matter, Jens Lekman has been at work once more, contributing towards a forthcoming ESOPUS magazine themed audio compilation called "Customer Service." Bringing together songs about the contributing artist's experience with customer service, Lekman uses the fan mail he received while living in Australia as inspiration. About it, Lekman wrote: "When I was living in Melbourne I used to get some really weird (but occasionally really fun) packages from some fans who had been able to track down my new address. There were packages with food, dust, wooden sculptures, [...]
A couple of weeks back we brought you the impressionable new single from Secret Colours, in the form of " Blackbird (Only One) ," taken from their upcoming sophomore album Peach , which is to be released on May 28th. Here's another one to whet your appetite: "Blackhole" isn't as blistering as "Blackbird (Only One)," but it feels like there's a lot more to dissect. Acoustic guitars, stuttering drum machines, Tommy Evans' voice that could be mistaken for that a cool-tempered female vocalist on first syllable, early Gorillaz-style melodica, and about twenty other sonic details; there's a lot going [...]
As the solo moniker of multi-instrumentalist and electronic composer Asaël Robitaille (who also spends time as a member of Léopard et Moi, Femminielli, Piranha, Jef Barbara, and Panopticon Eyelids), Bataille Solaire offers Robitaille the opportunity combine the academics of composition with the inherent spontaneity of electronic music. And with most of the music under this name being created with synths and other various electronic equipment, it would be easy to dismiss Bataille Solaire as merely an automated exercise in wired musical experimentation. But underneath the yards of colored plugs and lines, there is a strangely emotional aspect to Robitaille's work [...]
Like Jay-Z or Michael Jordan, the dudes comprising Sandwell District have retired several times now. Back in 2011, they informed the world that "regular audio communications" were to immediately "cease." Then in February of this year, they let us know that "Sandwell District is dead." Shortly thereafter, it was announced that the murky collective/label/brand/cult had produced a mix for London's venerable techno institution known as Fabric, whose monthly series has been on a hot streak lately with impressive releases from the likes of Levon Vincent and Thomas Franzmann . [...]
Weird. FACT Magazine and 2020k that Warp Records released a secret 123 of new Boards of Canada music for Record Store Day in promotion of the follow-up to the acts's 2005 release The Campfire Headphase . Woo! We've got out hands on the MP3. Give it a listen or download below. MP3: Boards of Canada - "XXXXXX" Update: Looks like there's a code to crack. The 2020k guys are reporting that there are also codes from other sources [...]
Electronic music master Matthew Herbert isn't letting time simply pass by him. Despite reissuing one of his best album, Bodily Functions , late last year, and releasing a boxset compiling his work , he's still on the creative warpath. And the use of the word "warpath" is more fitting than you might think; Herbert's new album is a three-part album devised, created, and performed using a single ten second clip recorded by war photographer Sebastian Meyer during the battle of Ras Lanuf in Libya on 11th March 2011. The album will be called [...]
Snowden's long-awaited new album No One In Control is edging closer to its release date (May 14th, via Serpants & Snakes) and it's been a while since we caught wind of some material from it (we heard " Keep Quiet " back in January), but here to tide you over is a new song called "So Red." Listen below. The post Listen: Snowden - "So Red" appeared first on Beats Per Minute .
The bad news is that the new Mesita album, Future Proof , is no longer on the immediate agenda. After working away for months, and releasing some wonderfully forward-thinking tracks, James Cooley came to the realization that he wasn't going to slam dunk that basket he'd hoped to. "I'd moved on from the subject I was writing about, the energy had gone elsewhere. To keep it as the focus was treading water, stuck on something not worth revisiting," he writes. Such seems to be the way for Cooley, as similar experiences fumbled him when he released his [...]
The reissue of Port St. Willow's quietly gorgeous debut LP Holiday was recently put out on Downtown Records and with it came a new 25 minute suite entitled "Soft Light Rush," divided up into four parts. You might have heard the lovely Part ii when we posted it a little while back, and now you can hear the suite in its entirety, complete with a specially made video for the piece below. Soft Light Rush from Port St. Willow [...]
Following up last year's impressive sophomore album Nocturne , Wild Nothing will release a new 7 track EP next month called Empty Estate . The collection was recorded by Jack Tatum in a fit of frustration and inspiration coming off the back of their first round of European dates in support of Nocturne at the end of 2012. Tatum has released a full statement about the creation of the album which reads: "This is a record that happened very fast for me. We had just gotten [...]
Having spent time as a member of A Silver Mt. Zion, modern chamber group Esmerine, and Set Fire To Flames, Rebecca Foon has been no stranger to the more experimental and loosely constructed aspects of instrumental music. But it wasn't until 2010 that she began to write solo material with a view toward recording it herself. Blending together the aesthetics of dream pop, no wave, and classical improvisation, this solo material would eventually form the basis of her debut record as Saltland. Titled I Thought It Was Us But It Was All Of Us , the album is [...]
I've never met a group of scuzzy lo-fi hooligans who didn't clean up real nice. When a band takes the time to peel back layers of fuzz, the core of their songwriting is left to stand on its own (or risk toppling over). Long Island's Soda Bomb seems up to that challenge for their forthcoming debut full-length. Stripping back two EPs worth of gutter punk muck in favor of straight forward prickly guitar drive on this new single "Nerd Orbit." This isn't an King Of The Beach -esque sonic reupholstering job though. Guitarist Taylor Berke and drummer Jon Gusman [...]
"It feels as if I'm leaving my body." So goes a snippet of muffled conversation that tees up Stefan Kozalla's sprawling, soft-focus, self-styled "Sgt. Pepper" , and the immediate assumption is that this is a snatch of film dialogue, most likely from an obscure '90s arthouse about European club culture. The indistinct background noise probably indicates a smoking area outside a venue, while the contented sighs and dopey tone suggest a gentle drift away from reality as substances begin to take hold - I mean, the other character directly mentions "that pill should be kicking in right now," so it's [...]
A well-travelled musician will often have stories to tell, and more often or not these tales will become the songs in which the musician in question travels with. While staying static can work for some artists, others need a multitude of experiences and encounters to help them realise their talent. Touring and moving from one location to the next brings the opportunity of new inspiration, but in the case of Aly Tadros who has spent the last decade travelling North America, Mexico, and the far-reaching corners of Europe, travelling sounds something like an escape. On her sophomore album, The [...]
Displaying their own distinct slant on Slumberland Records’ well-established dream and jangle pop aesthetic, Girls Names are sitting quite comfortably alongside a host of like-minded artists who find the pop intricacies of ringing melodies and shimmering guitars irresistible. On their sophomore album The New Life, the band combines the delicate harmonies and gossamer sheen of Cathal Cully's vocals with the chiming rhythms and hook-laden melodies of guitarist Philip Quinn, and surprisingly intense rhythm section of bassist Claire Miskimmin and drummer Neil Brogan. Recently, the band took time from their busy schedule to talk with Beats Per Minute about some of [...]
Casting off the dark gloom from their Mirror, Mirror EP from last year, Wax Fang have returned with a new single. What remains is the wonderfully verbose titles ("The Blonde Leading The Blonde"), the stadium-bound grandeur, and the power guitars. Complete with it's own little horn section and triumphant harmonies, you might leave the song wanting to go do something, whether it be save people from a burning building or just make your dinner. Either way, it's an invigorating three minutes that'll set you up for the day. Listen below. [...]
When discussing upcoming rappers, most people tend to gravitate toward those artists who populate certain metropolitan areas in the US-New York City/Brooklyn, Atlanta, Chicago. And for good reason, as there are dozens of major hip-hop artists who call these cities home. But you're probably not going to hear Calgary, Alberta Canada mentioned in these same discussions. But you soon will be. Calgary's resident wordsmith Dizzy is set to self-release his latest record You Feelin Dizzy Yet? on April 23rd. Bringing along friends like Ace Hood and Krayzie Bone (of Bone Thugs 'N Harmony), the album features Dizzy's impressive [...]
To start the week we have the pleasure of premiering a new track from LA duo The Reflections, which comprises Darian Zahedi and Bleached member Jon Safley. They've only been working together for just over a year, but having worked with several other projects they are by no means just starting out, and this is proven in the song we have for you today. "In Another Life" demonstrates the pair's way with combining swaggering guitar and bass with hazy textures that conjure the titular other life. As the song progresses and softly cooing backing vocals seduce you into a mellow [...]
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