When pondering Tobias Hellkvist 's new record "Evolutions" , keep the title in mind and remember that evolution takes place over huge periods of time. It is not revolution and though this new album does show progression, it does not reflect monumental change. The readily identifiable guitars are gone, replaced by tones and drone, all drifting towards monolithic ambience. "Arms" is a track built on echoing chimes and overtones, sounding something like an underwater clockshop. Or maybe it's your head that's underwater, as the cacophony eventually reveals a deep the groan of a sinking ship that [...]
Roma Termini (Train Station) - Lacio, Italy As some of you may know, I spent the last month with my girl friend traveling to every Piazza of Italy. And as some of you might know, that kind of traveling involves bus/train rides that map-out hours-long. And as some of you might know-OK, I'll stop with the tomfoolery and get to the point. I decided to break away from the original format and bridge the gaps between those brighter moments of my iPod's shuffle-mode, particularly during these lengthy commutes. This is a mix of songs [...]
The time has arrived: It's a Trap's top 10 albums of 2008 Our top songs of 2008 podcast will go up tomorrow. And don't forget to check out some other recent top 10s from our various guest contributors: Niklas Åström (And the Sound) Jacob Holm-Lupo ( The Opium Cartel / White Willow ) Tobias Hellkvist Rasmus Kellerman ( Tiger [...]
The following list represents some of the best parts of my audio moments in 2008. In no particular order: Sonic Youth - Live @ Way Out West Easily the best live experience for me this year. When they opened up with "Burning spear" , and followed up with a bunch of other older songs, I went totally nuts. They are the coolest band on this earth. Sawako - Bitter Sweet This was [...]
I started a new job last week, and I'm way behind on my blog reading, so here's me trying to catch up like usual. Mr. Chop - "Zoid" "Zoid" is about as dark and sinister a mood piece as you can get, with droning synths sorta like Thomas Bangalter's "Paris by Night" , but with the beat moving double-time. ( via ) Speaking of things dark and sinister, Blaqstarr and M.I.A 's cover of "Way Down in the Hole" is an exciting bit of bleak and [...]
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show: 01. Tomas Halberstad - Travel as I wait 02. TALK 1 03. Robert Svensson - 1991 04. Auton - El Dorado 05. Parken - Jag har varit vilsen, Lisa 06. TALK 2 07. Tiger Lou - Trust falls 08. Promise and the Monster - Night out 09. Park Hotell - Black hole 10. TALK 3 [...]
The Silent Ballet reviews our latest netrelease, "White/Grey/Black" from Tobias Hellkvist and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words : http://thesilentballet.com/dnn /Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid /384/ItemID/1934/Default.aspx Download here: IAT.MP3.012
Attention Sirius listeners! Not only am I doing my typical evil Halloween show this Sunday, I'm also premiering a brand new piece of music from Tobias Hellkvist and Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words ! That's Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) at 11pm ET -- everyone else will have to wait until Monday to check out this amazing new piece of music.
The Silent Ballet finally gets around to reviewing Tobias Hellkvist 's debut album "Transports" : M http://thesilentballet.com/dnn /Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid /384/ItemID/1882/Default.aspx
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show: 01. Mimas - Cats on fire 02. TALK 1 03. Martin Vogel - Pick A D 04. Jonna Lee - The light 05. Abalone Dots - Over Georgia 06. TALK 2 07. Tobias Hellkvist - Ships of the North Atlantic 08. Lapko - Killer whales 09. The Social Services - The Baltic Sea 10. TALK 3 [...]
Tobias Hellkvist is a year younger than me, and he's been making music consistently since his teens. One of those strange anomalies that occur along the varied timelines of musical progression, Hellkvist picks up on a few well-established ideas -- those of folk guitar landscapes and postrock architecture -- and transforms both accepted forms into something greater than the pair combined, an almost 2 + 2 = 5. There is not quite the technical proficiency of Espen Jørgensen , but that is not Hellkvist's aim. "Sides" is an album of layering, of introduction and reintroduction, of [...]
Tobias Hellkvist discs are now restocked: Sides / Transports Also added to the distro collection, his new split disc with Metronomes : [click here] It kinda goes without saying, but it's killer stuff (as always) so be sure to check it out. Features one song from "Sides" ( "Vintervarm" ) plus two exclusive cuts.
Tobias Hellkvist is now streaming a track from his split with The Metronomes at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tobiash ellkvist I should hopefully be getting a few copies of said split for mailorder very soon along with restocks of his other albums. Check back in a day or two!
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show: 01. Midnight Choir - Will you carry me across the water? 02. TALK 1 03. Anna Maria Espinosa - Everyday 04. I Are Droid - Sevenfold 05. Paavoharju - Kevätrumpu 06. TALK 2 07. I'm From Barcelona - Music killed me 08. Marit Bergman - All that I ask of the morning 09. Ef - Thrills 10. [...]
The Silent Ballet has good things to say about the new Tobias Hellkvist album "Sides" : http://thesilentballet.com/dnn /Home/tabid/36/ctl/Details/mid /384/ItemID/1707/Default.aspx
IAT favorite Tobias Hellkvist is the artist of the week over at The Silent Ballet: http://thesilentballet.com/dnn /Articles/tabid/55/ctl/Details /mid/412/ItemID/1692/Default.a spx
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show: 01. Anna Maria Espinosa - Everyday 02. TALK 1 03. Tobias Hellkvist - Vintervarm 04. The Bear Quartet - Needs vs. facts 05. The Social Services - Baltic Sea 06. TALK 2 07. Kristofer Åström - The dark 08. Honey Is Cool - You're a horse 09. Reeperbahn - Hjälte 10. Voices Break the Silence [...]
If you enjoyed today's mp3 post on Tobias Hellkvist , be sure to check out his other new release, a split with Scottish artist Metronomes (the solo act of Al Paxton from Stapleton ). Said split features today's featured track "Vintervarm" along with a cover of the Stapleton track "Ships of the North Atlantic" and a third previously unreleased song. More info: http://blog.myspace.com/index. cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&frien dID=100364651&blogID=415407847
In case you've been wondering why I haven't posted anything from the new Tobias Hellkvist album, I really have no good excuse. First and foremost, I wanted to spend some time with the record so I could pick the best track to adequately show it off, but that didn't work so well because the whole thing flows so well together. Then I was going to wait for Tobias to put together a single for a netrelease, but that project is turning into something far more exciting (wait and see!), so I gotta say screw it - here's a [...]
Witchcraft is featured on Dusted's "Listed" feature this week: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/ features/387
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