
I've got to do boring, mundane things - ironing, washing, organising - tonight but they can wait. For now, I want to lie back, eyes glazed and smile fixed, and try to remember the weekend's many highs. This typically spectral slice of witch house from Porcelain Raft provides just the audio teleport required. [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Porcelain Raft - Talk To Me ( mp3 )
Last time we posted a Porcelain Raft track, it was "Back of My Eyes," a cut that straddled 80s style electro pop and contemporary witch house. "Talk to Me," the latest from London producer Mauro Remiddi, walks a similar line. While the dark, violent rhythms thuds like a horror movie villain hauling himself up the stairs, Remiddi's strangely charismatic voice spins those ghostly static pulses into something beautiful and almost hopeful. Like on "Back of My Eyes" before it, the dichotomy between the music and Remiddi's delivery is striking and affecting. "Talk to Me" will be featured on [...]

Noyé ce matin que j'étais dans ma tasse à café... Je raftais (dans le vide) tant bien que mal, pour attraper la hanse. Pour me maintenir à flot... Pour ne pas sombrer dans le marc à café. Et voilà qu'un tsunami d'électro-pop vient me secouer le cocotier (je ne suis pas du lundi)... Sans plus attendre, je jette l'ancre sur le rivage de Porcelain Raft et ses deux Ep que vous pouvez (urgemment) acquérir pour une somme des plus modiques. Ce londonien, seul au commande, et livrant brillamment l'étendard de la pop m'a donné la caféine que je [...]