Ghostly International gave Bad Fotography the heads up on Phantogram 's upcoming release, Eyelid Movies . Phantogram (formerly Charlie Everywhere) has recently signed to Barsuk Records , and while the LP will be out on Ghostly International, the CD version will be released on Barsuk. This New York band reminds me a bit of Caribou , Beach House , Blonde Redhead etc. Actually, they were recommended to Ghostly by School of Seven Bells . When I'm Small has that old vinyl crackling effect layered over Sarah [...]
Goddamn I'm knackered. Just moved into my new apartment yesterday and went straight out the same night to see some friends. It's good to be back in Leeds again. This post's a bit late, shoulda done it up sooner but I was too busy stressin. Anyway - Coco Machete Records ' first release for 2010 features SCNDL 's ep, Need To Know . SCNDL's taken a lot out of that oldschool style Chicago House and turned it into his own. The EP comes armed with remixes from Fukkk Offf , [...]
DEFEAT aka DFT is Marc Home from Australia and first got our attention from his furious electro track, DIY . Distorted 16-bit melodic sounds enveloped over an electro beat on overdrive, very much like a badder version of Kavinsky . He's very kindly dropped us a few 320s after we found him on soundcloud. Watch out for this guy, he's gonna be huge. [ DEFEAT - NITERNNR ]--> Bad Fotography Seriously Recommends! [ DEFEAT - D.I.Y ]--> Bad Fotography Seriously Recommends! [ DEFEAT - DANCE ]--> Bad [...]
Spotted by the likes of Kissy Sell Out and Anoraak two years ago, Terrestrial Super Receiver is finally releasing his debut ep, entitled Sister on BAF Musique . Said to be influenced by 80s motion picture pop music during the creation of this EP, Sister will be released in 4 more days. Tracklisting 1. Sister 2. The Fancy One 3. Sister (MAN&MAN Remix) 4. Sister (Pirate Robot Midget Remix) 5. Sister (Le Matos Say Anything Remix) BAF [...]
BIG DUBSTEP CHOONS RIGHT HERE. She Is Danger is really gaining momentum right now, I'm just waiting for them to explode like crazy. Looks like the NME finally caught up with them too, about time, we think. Anyway, cut to the chase, their people dropped a couple of remixes we promised ya'll a few posts back. They've done official remixes for Groove Armada and Massive Attack , which we have included for ya to check out below. Plus, the girls' own Hurt You is out today on Beatport and in all [...]
We're getting a bit happy with folk music these past few days aren't we. This time, we've received 3 Bad Panda releases for you guys today. The first one's from Jon Coyle . Think of it as ambient, lucid folk music very much similar to Sun Ra , maybe even a bit of (old) Aphex Twin . Next up, is Boy Without God 's City Kids . already hailed as one of the promising new talents to emerge [...]
The Kora Records fellas, the same peeps who brought us Gregor Samsa , just let us in on Fredrik 's new album, Trilogi which is actually material from 3 limited previous EPs and packaged in hand-made origami packaging. If Barzin took less drugs, lived in a Swedish forest and is next door neighbor's with Mum , then Trilogi would be the end result. Folksy, dark, "atmospheric" and mythic, I don't want to spoil it by saying its kinda twee because it's much more abstract, discerning and intricate than that. [...]
Our friends, Popular Damage have just done a remix of The xx 's Crystalised and I gotta say it's a real head-banger. The intro starts off with some off-timing but it all falls into place beautifully. I know the whole blogosphere is saturated with The xx but I could'nt resist posting this one up - its a real stomper! Ya'll need to check that post of Popular Damage if you haven't already: ya dont know what yr missing! [ The xx - Crystalised (Popular Damage Assimilation Remix) ] Bad Fotography [...]
Bringin back the 80s this Sunday afternoon with a hotttt free track by BXENTRIC . Its a remix by Worship , and it's a massive 80's synth scorcher: big 80s power-chords just like the way we like it and a breakdown that'll make any Journey fan weep in ecstasy. Check out his myspace and show the fella some gratitude for this. What are ya'll doing this Sunday afternoon anyway? I'm gonna be vacuum-ing the house after this post. Very unglamarous. I know. :/ [...]
Alright folks, the moment we have all been waiting for, French Fries done released his debut EP, Arma out on Young Gunz and its available on Beatport now! Coconut was a massive hit last year and he's bringin back more of that signature heavy percussion-led afro-beat sound which won love and plays from the likes of Crookers , Brodinski and L-Vis 1990 . [French Fries EP Teaser] French Fries from YounGunZ Entertainment on Vimeo . [...]
Our fav band, These New Puritans have just announced their European tour dates supporting the XX . To celebrate this and the recent release of their album, Hidden , they are giving away the track Orion off the album for free to fans! [ These New Puritans - Orion ] Bad Fotography Recommends! Check out the tour dates: 12 FEB 2010: LA NEF, ANGOULÊME 13 FEB 2010: OLYMPIC, NANTES 14 FEB 2010 : MIDI FEST, TOLON [...]
Dylan Rhymes , label boss of the Lot49 imprint (the same label who brought us Elite Force ) have joined forces with Tom Real of Disco of Doom (with The Rogue Element ). Now while Disco of Doom 's big on thrashy, twisted electro, this collab sees Dylan Rhymes and Tom Real doing more of that minimal-y style techno with a bassline that just creeps on you before turning into some kind of epic masterpiece. We are liking the original track Godzilla helluvalot. Check this. Buy the Godzilla package from beatport here [...]
Kitsune gave Bad Fotography the heads up on Le Corps Mince de Françoise just last week through one of their newsletters thingys. To be honest, I've never heard of these quirky Finnish girls with a french band name before, thought it wouldn't kill me to check their video out, and boy, its a real gem. Certainly living up to its "experimental pop" tag, (not like as if the tag itself restricts them) LCMF is everything fans of Mum , The Knife and CSS will relate to and definitely fall in [...]
Ok indie-cindys. Your other favorite Bright Eyes -esque band, The Antlers , have been remixed by Buffetlibre and in my humble opinion, is better than the original? Soz. Buffetlibre's kinda like the Spanish version of the Twelves , making indie songs indie-r with their remixes. You can grab their remixes of Patrick Wolf and Little Boots for free on their website here . In the meantime, tell me you don't like this Antler's remix? :) Buy [...]
Fresh stuff right here. This one's from Dutchman, Rimeroni Vulmani, aka Rimer London . No, he's not from London but that doesn't matter. What matters is he wants us to share this quite lovely italo disco track called Go Away with yall. Its off his Intercity EP, which will be released on January 25th by Magnetron . Definitely got that techno influence about it, the kind that is very distinctively Berlin. Took me a few listens to get into it but then when I did, it made perfect sense like an algebra equation finally resolved. [...]
We've been given the heads up about a cool new iPhone app, perfect for us party folk, its FREE and too awesome to keep hush about it, so I'm bloggin this up. The app's a collab between Nike and VICE and its swish as fuck. Need to find out where's the next secret house party? Check out the location of that streetwear boutique your mates were ravin about? That seriously hard to find club you swore you saw the other day? This app is perfect for that kinda [...]
Another Bad Panda free release, this time by Growsound . If you're into UNKLE , Squarepusher and DJ Shadow then you're going to warm to this. It's ambient and mellow, the way most Bad Panda releases are, but this one's kinda special - it's a mash-up of breaks and electronica layered with a dark dialogue sample. [ Growsound - Wet Highway ] The song is distributed under a Creative Commons License: CC-BY-NC-ND-3.0
Man, I'm on a roll! Somebody done dropped this EXCELLENT track from Colorado's Pretty Lights . Now, if you would excuse the pretty generic name and just listennn! This track is bangin! Sampled vintage sounds from yesteryear moulded with went synths and string stabs and that wobbly wobbly that we all love now - you get an instant dance mash-up hit! Derek and Coby of Pretty Lights are doing the good deed of releasing their album for free download, which you can get from their (very pretty) website here . [...]
Uh-huh, next up is Tone Thomas, aka The One , championing the Grime sound in the San Francisco Bay Area. Got led on to this from Mad Decent, this one's pretty gangsta right down to the T. Metallic guitar riffs to toughen up this rough track even more. You can get more of his tracks + his excellent Rise of The Machines Mix on Media Contender . Excellent blog, excellent site and they give out tones of tunes. Show em some love. Another one ya need to keep an eye on while ya there [...]
What is UP, ya'll. Just got back from a rather hectic week looking for new apartments and finally landed one hell of a beauty so been pre-occupied with movin and that. I'm thinkin of doing some live-bloggin tonight, starting with a coupla gems I've stumbled upon and posting them as I find them so enjoy, yo. First up is Dances With White Girls . Other than the obviously fucking awesome name, this Brooklyn party animal's been introducin us kids to thug-house and fucking hell, it's good. Start your evenin tonight with this one. Ya'll need [...]
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