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Au Revoir Simone: Fragile Electro Pop Commuting through the use of trains has been a common...

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - So Good At Being In Trouble UMO dropped the second cut (first below) from their forthcoming album “II” this week - a steady, stripped-back soul track with a warm, wistful vocal - entitled “So Good At Being In Trouble”. Album release is set for February 5th before a welcome Fallon performance later that month. Full information at the Jagjaguwar blog . “Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark)”

• Jagjaguwar - Unknown Mortal Orchestra- "Swim & Sleep (Like a Shark)" (Official Audio)

London-born, Brighton-based DJ Lorca, aka 22-year old Xxx Xxxxxxx, remains a relatively new emergent from Brighton’s resilient house music scene. But off the back of his debut white label release ‘Moments’ on Live Ones last July, Lorca is now known not just as prolific but also as critically acclaimed, dropping an unrelenting string of 12” singles on high-profile record labels Left_Blank, Third Ear and now Dummy. It was the latter label, Dummy Magazine subsidiary Dummy Records, which served up Lorca’s most successful single to date this March; a breathtaking and rhythmically-charged 12” release by name of “Can’t [...]

• Dummy Records - Lorca 'Can't See Higher / Missed Me' (single)

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Regal Safari - Veil ‘Veil ’ - the second of two stunning new tracks from Brighton electronic music duo Regal Safari. Streaming below, Veil is looming and vast in its aesthetic, and not so much sonically wide and far-reaching as it is simply suggestive of a dark, cavernous space below - presumably one of many textures encouraged in a careful choice and dense appropriation of multi-layered electronic instrumentation. A great mix too, might I add. Facebook | Soundcloud | Youtube

• Regal Safari - Veil

Pressed And - Komuso Flutter Kick IV Komuso Flutter Kick IV is the compelling third track, and leading single, from Pressed And ’s July-released Hyperthistle EP, a collection of five compositions infused with angular poly-rhythms, jilted electronics and fervent vocal manipulations courtesy of Pressed And’s vocal-half Mat Jones. The pair (which also comprises Andrew Hamlet, whose label released Mat’s last project It Is Rain In My Face ) are signed up to Mush Records , where they’ve already released August 2011’s debut full-length Imbue Up . Since [...]

• Pressed And - Komuso Flutter Kick IV

Four Tet - Pink “Lion” is taken from Four Tet ’s recent album  Pink , a collection of several heady dance singles released on his own Text Records over the course of the past few months. In contrast to the inter-woven and cohesive feel of much of There Is Love In You , Pink is focused and beat-driven and comprised of lengthy, cold and rhythmic compositions - signalling perhaps an embrace of contemporary dance music - where Kieran Hebden’s stunning, if a little disjointed, effort looks to have already made [...]

• Four Tet - Lion

Shinamo Moki - Ultra I was first introduced to near-Brighton project Shinamo Moki by a friend, Erik (who lives in NY, but seems to know more about the music scene here than I do), when the pair released their most recent EP “For You” on his (excellent) label a few months ago. Since that spacey, idiosyncratic release, which premiered on these pages , Shinamo has blossomed further along ambient lines exposed in two singular trickle-down offerings: the gentle and drone-embellished “Relic (demo)” and its decorated (and headphone-panning) younger brother “Ultra” - sold on its drawn-out, [...]

Black Marble - A Great Design  ‘A Great Design’ is the first and currently exclusive cut from the forthcoming second LP of fine Brooklyn post-punk band Black Marble , entitled  A Different  Arrangement  and due September 9th on Hardly Art . Playing their cards so close to their chest as to only release three tracks on their bandcamp to sample, secretive and elusive undertones also seep into the music; the analogue stylings of the cover don’t reveal much, neither do the angular electronic [...]

Melody’s Echo Chamber - Endless Shore As you might be able to tell, Kevin Parker (of Tame Impala ) produced this latest airy psychedelic gem from Parisian artist Melody’s Echo Chamber . Its entitled “Endless Shore”, and not only does it emanate one of the most addictive drum rhythms of the year, but also featured on one side of the recent Fat Possum -released split 7” single shared with rising Unknown Mortal Orchestra . It follows the previously-unveiled single “Crystallized” which in turn also anticipates the self-titled Melody’s Echo Chamber [...]

Ricky Eat Acid - Ambien Music Choose the right moment to spend with Ricky Eat Acid ’s latest release Ambien Music , and it will reward you. This six song EP, with tracks numbered, not named, is constructed entirely from songs recorded last year and then manipulated digitally, resulting in a slowly unfolding and icy ambience. Ambien Music  is free to download from Ricky Eat Acid’s bandcamp page (click the mediafire link). ambien music by Ricky Eat Acid

Woods - Size Meets The Sound Find below “Size Meets The Sound”, the second single from Woods ’ forthcoming Bend Beyond LP ( here is the first ), which they will release on their own label - Woodsist Records - in September 2012.  Size Meets The Sound is the louder and the looser of the two, carrying forward Woods’ signature immediacy and slacking drum sound and combining them with a double-splicing lead line and equally confident and abrupt falsetto. The results are as blissful as they [...]

Zambri - From An Angle NYC-residing experimental pop pair, Zambri, released their first EP  Glossolalia  last November to critical acclaim. Now they’re back with Kanine Records release number two - LP  House of Basaa . The definitively low-budget video for ‘From An Angle’ (from HoB) depicts something seemingly innocent - a car wash - but from the inside. The results are uncomfortable to watch. Full screen if you dare. Stream Zambri - House Of Basaa in full at Noisey.com

Grizzly Bear - Shields These two tracks from the forthcoming  Shields showcase, for the first time, Grizzly Bear as a rock band.  Sleeping Ute  announces itself to us with a rhythmic jaunt, sidled into a groove on entry of a thunderous bass, crunching guitars and a daunting and storm-ridden sound pallet.  Yet Again  is altogether more sinister, and ultimately more chaotic - even if introduced by a synchronised rhythm and chord progression giving the illusion of simplicity. Album shaping up to mark a fearless Grizzly Bear return. PL Sleeping [...]

Wild Nothing ’s second LP Nocturne is due out August 27th on Bella Union Records . Find the stunning eighth track  Paradise in the video above, and leading single  Shadow in the stream below.  Facebook | Twitter

Brighton’s The Great Escape Festival , by some margin the largest new music industry event in Europe, is upon us and 300+ artists will be descending upon this tiny town to play shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday. In this week’s This Music Wins I take you through 4 artists I think you should check out - Boy Friend, Porcelain Raft, Slow Down Molasses, and Milagres. Resonance FM is also running its own stage - on which I will be performing with Kinnie The Explorer. Arrive promptly 7pm @ The Haunt on Saturday 12th of May to catch [...]

This Music Wins (21/4/2012) on  Resonance 104.4 FM . Every Saturday at 6.30pm (GMT) 1. Dirty Projectors - You Against The Larger World 2. Peaking Lights - LO HI 3. Outfit - Drakes 4. Woodsman - Supernal Radionics 5. Lower Dens - Lamb 6. Beach House [...]

This Music Wins (14/4/2012) on  Resonance 104.4 FM . Every Saturday at 6.30pm (GMT) 1. Liars - No 1. Against The Rush 2. Ed Schrader’s Music Beat - My Mind Is Broken 3. Lykta - Atlastka 4. Adam Smith - Islands 5. Spartak - Lover’s Distress 6. [...]