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Chant, a project group hailing from Austin, TX, was asked to join KMFDM for the rest of  their 2013, 23 cities-in-23-days I

Gavin 'Adultrock' Elsted had his new track 'Chants' premiered by the website Death & Taxes and told them: “I wanted to make the same type of music as I had been making before but with the dancefloor in mind. Teengirl Fantasy and Blondes were the type of things I was [Read more]

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Check out my photos of KMFDM at the Observatory over at OC Weekly .

Once again No Brainer has come up with the goods with the newest release " Indian Legends " EP from Hungarian duo Slap In The Bass . We are used to some pretty unique and forward thinking from the German Label (which this EP definitely has), but the remix of " Chant " by Malente   is just a classic tech house banger. It's simple but yet so energetic, with that thumping hypnotic bassline it's sure to set dance  floors into a frenzy. Also don't forget to check out our [...]

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What seems simple and painfully austere on the first listen becomes bitterly emotional by the third or fourth. As long as Johnston continues to provide us with more lonely, yet rousing, sinuous jazz songs, we will be "suckers for her sorrow." Pink, Madonna, Adele, Beyonce, Bjork, Shakira ... the pop music catalog is full of female artists who are on a first name basis with the public, and now there is one more artist to add to the list. Formerly calling her project People Eating People, Seattle pianist and vocalist Nouela Johnston has turned in her zombie [...]

Prosterne toi! Danse! Rêve! Come to us I could be good Come to us Enjoy the blue So, be with us And feel the sound Come to us Up off the ground So, be with us I could [...]

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Elle a les yeux qui brillent et la voix qui défie la loi de la gravité. Vous aimez le groove , vous aimez la soul ? Courrez écouter Mafé ! Issue du monde artistique de Montréal , elle vit en partie en Suisse Romande et chante autant qu'elle le peut. Ses chansons baignées de soul américaine d'un passé tendrement révolu se combinent à des sonorités haïtiennes, sa terre d'origine. Un mélange détonnant à découvrir à La Barje le 11 août. www.mafemusic.com

Ces trois lettres illustrent une histoire musicale déjà riche, celle d' Isabelle Rojas . Leadeuse du groupe Sueno pendant quelques temps, elle décide en 2009 de se lancer dans un projet solo et sort un album « Catching Illusions ». La critique est bonne, Isa Rose est née. Une voix emprunte de groove et de soul s'élève pour traiter de thèmes graves ou mélancoliques. Aujourd'hui, en août 2012, c'est sous le nom d' Isa qu'elle revient portée par l'album qu'elle prépare pour le printemps 2013. Elles nous [...]

Phone Tag Ghosts Behind (Chants Remix) Phone Tag’s spatial disco groove in slow motion goes dark, and chopped but not so screwed in this killer remix by labelmate, Chants . Reminds me of this act that put out a handful of amazing tracks, then kind of just fell off the face of the earth, Glitter Bones . I like how weird this remix is, and yet manages to weave so much of the original track throughout glitchy echoes and Burial-inspired clicks. Around the 2:30 mark, the loops get real fun. Phone Tag [...]

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If you told me that  Taishōgoto (the name of the instrument chiefly used) was performed by a hill tribe in a remote Northern Oman hamlet, 74 miles from the nearest road, and accompanied by opium-scorched village elders twirling their mule-horn helmets and beat-up sandals above their head while performing a simple but cathartic two-step manouevre - I'd have believed you.  But it's not made by an Omani hamlet, but rather by Flamingods of London, an effort typifying their Arabi-pop stylings in delirious, trancey style.  Throw in an accompanying Beaty Heart -made video starring a camel, and [...]

Nouela has released a new video for the quietly intense “Fight”. In the video, girls in hoods walk a forest painting trees with bright colors until a darkly cloaked woman shows up, smearing black paint over their colors and sicking vicious wolves on them. I guess you could say the [...]

As I said while recording our radio show earlier, it's sad that it takes a death to prompt me into blabbing about Echo Lake 's lustrous dream pop.  But that's what happened - the extremely sad and untimely (at age 25) death of drummer Pete Hayes has jerked me into a long overdue post about this talented lot, and their soothing, spooked music, all coasting keyboards and thick wisps of electro smoke.  The early signs are the band will continue, which is great news.  In memory of Pete, money will go to the  British Heart Foundation ; a [...]

As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealth of sights and sound from luminaries such as Raajmahal . Pat Murano is busy. His myriad work as Decimus has spurred his label, Kelippah, to relevance. Decimus further served as a reminder of the varied [...]

Chants is one of those deeply personal-sounding albums that, through a combination of deeply intriguing lyrics and a degree of darkness, makes the listener want to find out as much about the artist as possible. However, despite careful research (read: extensive googling) the only information that I was only able to find was that Norwegian- Korean singer Nouela was born in Washington into a very musical family, her parents both being music professors, and her solo project used to be named People Eating People. Chants is an album is of a similar vein to the [...]

Singer/multi-instrumentalist Nouela will release her debut album, Chants, this week (June 12th), and to get you even more hyped for its release, Nouela has released the salty-voiced single, "Suckers". Listen to it below.

Being the daughter of two music professors may explain the more classical shades residing within Seattle-based Nouela's debut. An album that shares much with Fiona Apple's brand of power and pop delivered via a piano and lively drumkit. These songs are pretty on the outside, but scratch some more and you'll find that many are born from emotional turmoil, crushed love and harsh experience. Nouela started life in Korea (her parents are Norwegian and Korean) - moving to the US at the age of eleven. She learnt every instrument she could lay her hands on, and [...]

Here's a short tutorial on how to use Ableton Live 's " Instrument Rack ". This is a great tool to turn any kind of sound in to a great instrument. All you have to do is create a new midi-track, drag the sample you'd like to use on it and tadaaaa; you can now use your keyboard as MIDI-controller. No need to pitch every sample by hand. Shortcuts used for this tutorial: CMD - T = INSERT AUDIO CLIP CMD - [...]

Ce Canadien a plus d'un tour dans son électro . Inspiré tant par Berlin que par l'Afrique, il présente un son sorti tout droit d'un rêve où se mêlent afro-beat et chant . La créativité semble à son comble lorsque ses amis musiciens l'accompagnent sur scène. Laissez-vous hypnotiser, mais n'oubliez pas d'en ressortir... on pourrait presque s'y perdre à l'infini.

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On commence l’agenda Azimut avec déjà une superbe soirée le mardi. Donc pas le temps de se reposer du week-end... Vous pourrez en effet assister au concert de Jucifer . Américain d’origine, le groupe de power- rock -psyché un peu indie formé dans les années 1990 flirte avec les sonorités de Portishead, de Black Sabbath ou des Melvins. Une guitare et une batterie suffiront à ce couple pour vous faire vivre un mardi pas comme les autres au Rez de l’Usine ! Jeudi prochain, venez profiter de la réouverture de la Barje pour venir [...]

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Cette semaine, la découverte sent un peu fort le gros coup marketing . Nos artistes du jour sont en effet très jeunes et là pour emballer la minette boutonneuse de 13 ans en la faisant hurler à s’en décrocher l’appareil dentaire. Je vous arrête tout de suite, non, nous n'allons pas encore nous moquer de Bastian Baker. Parce que même si certains ont eu la tentation d’en faire le Bieber suisse, il est déjà trop vieux pour ces conneries, à en juger par le phénomène prépubère en carton que j'ai déniché aujourd'hui. Un groupe dont la pochette [...]

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