Δευτέρα, Οκτωβρίου 31, 2016

Max Richter / Black Mirror: Nosedive


01. On Reflection [07:15]
02. Dopamine 1 [00:51]
03. The Sorrows Of Young Lace [01:51]
04. Dopamine 2 [02:18]
05. The Journey, Not The Destination [04:37]
06. Nocturne [02:14]
07. The Consolations Of Philosophy [05:38]

Marching Church / Telling It Like It Is



01. Let It Come Down (3:18)
02. Up for Days (4:10)
03. Heart of Life (3:43)
04. Inner City Pigeon (5:04)
05. Lion’s Den (4:46)
06. Florida Breeze (5:26)
07. 2016 (4:02)
08. Achilles’ Heel (4:41)
09. Information (4:35)
10. Calenture (5:39)

Marching Church, the onetime solo project and now bona fide big band formed by singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, has followed its leader’s muse everywhere from their early days of 4-track lo-fi tapes, to Sam Cooke-tinged soul on This World is Not Enough, to outré free jazz on their most recent Coming Down 12". For Telling It Like It Is, Rønnenfelt and his bandmates have foregone much of their past proclivity for wild stylistic swings in favor of thematically unified, complicated, but fundamentally cohesive song arrangements; the studio itself at times acting as an auxiliary band member. The result is the most focused vision of Marching Church yet, but one that has lost none of its swagger, and none of its power to enthrall.
“We have here one world united under the sparks of one enormous disco ball hanging over us like the moon,” Rønnenfelt elaborates. “In one fleeting moment in the light of its mirrored surface we see human endurance, in the next we see doom.” The light and shade he finds in this worldview permeate the songs on Telling It Like It Is.
Rønnenfelt describes the new work “an album which raises multiple flags,” and “the sound of individualism stuck in the center of the modern world, swimming with and against the current.”
The band in 2016 comprises Rønnenfelt and his frequent collaborator and Iceage bandmate Johan S. Weith (on electric viola and guitar here), Lower’s rhythm section of Kristian Emdal and Anton Rothstein, trumpet player Jakob Emil Lamdahl, and Hand of Dust’s Bo Høyer Hansen. Augmenting these sessions are Maaike Van der Linde and Thora Sveinsdottir of the Stargaze Orchestra on flute and strings, and Sonja La Bianca of Choir of Young Believers on saxophone. The obvious chemistry among these players makes this the most cultivated Marching Church album to date, unveiling the full spectrum of capabilities and musical dexterity of each player. Telling It Like It Is taps into a debauched lunacy that teeters equally on the verge of exhaustion, and the charged sensuality rooted in our loins that keep us going.

Τετάρτη, Οκτωβρίου 19, 2016

Παρασκευή, Σεπτεμβρίου 09, 2016

RIP Prince Buster:





Το 2016 δεν θα αφήσει κανέναν παιδικό μας ήρωα ζωντανό!

Δευτέρα, Αυγούστου 22, 2016

Η ΚΟΥΚΟΥΒΑΓΙΑ του Νορβηγού Samuel Bjork είναι το καλύτερο βιβλίο του 2016


Η ΚΟΥΚΟΥΒΑΓΙΑ είναι το δεύτερο βιβλίο, μετά τον ΠΑΓΩΜΕΝΟΣ ΑΓΓΕΛΟΣ, του Samuel Bjork (εκδόσεις Διόπτρα) και είναι το ΚΑΛΥΤΕΡΟ ΒΙΒΛΙΟ του 2016. Με διαφορά...

Πέμπτη, Αυγούστου 18, 2016

Crystal Castles - Amnesty (I)


Femen (2:35)
Fleece (2:34)
Char (3:08)
Enth (3:30)
Sadist (2:29)
Teach Her How to Hunt (1:55)
Chloroform (3:09)
Frail (2:48)
Concrete (3:16)
Ornament (4:09)
Kept (4:02)
Their Kindness Is Charade(3:46)

Τρίτη, Αυγούστου 09, 2016

65daysofstatic - No Man’s Sky: Music for an Infinite Universe


Disc 1 (47:41)
1. Monolith (06:17)
2. Supermoon (04:22)
3. Asimov (05:51)
4. Heliosphere (04:22)
5. Blueprint for a Slow Machine (05:53)
6. Pillars of Frost (02:56)
7. Escape Velocity (02:55)
8. Red Parallax (04:46)
9. Hypersleep (02:53)
10. End of the World Sun (07:26)
Disc 2 (01:03:08)
1. NMS_exteriorAtmos1/ False Suns (09:28)
2. Tomorrow / Lull / Celestial Feedback (10:54)
3. Departure / Shortwave / Noisetest (11:50)
4. temporalDissent / ascension_test1 / koaecax (10:06)
5. Borealis / Contrastellar (08:51)
6. Outlier / EOTWS_Variation1 (11:59)

Δευτέρα, Ιουλίου 04, 2016

The Avalanches - Wildflower


  1. The Leaves Were Falling (0:15)
  2. Because I’m Me (4:12)
  3. Frankie Sinatra (3:44)
  4. Subways (3:10)
  5. Going Home (2:06)
  6. If I Was a Folkstar (4:33)
  7. Colours (3:32)
  8. Zap! (1:58)
  9. The Noisy Eater (3:14)
  10. Wildflower (1:14)
  11. Harmony (3:48)
  12. Live a Lifetime Love (2:30)
  13. Park Music (0:54)
  14. Livin’ Underwater (Is Somethin’ Wild) (1:56)
  15. The Wozard of Iz (2:59)
  16. Over the Turnstiles (0:41)
  17. Sunshine (3:37)
  18. Light Up (1:34)
  19. Kaleidoscope Lovers (3:55)
  20. Stepkids (4:32)
  21. Saturday Night Inside Out (5:07)
  22. Frankie Sinatra (Extended Mix) (4:28)

Τετάρτη, Ιουνίου 15, 2016

Παρασκευή, Ιουνίου 10, 2016

Τετάρτη, Μαΐου 25, 2016

Τρίτη, Μαΐου 10, 2016

Anohni – Hopelessness


1. Drone Bomb Me
2. 4 Degrees
3. Watch Me
4. Execution
5. I Don’t Love You Anymore
6. Obama
7. Violent Men
8. Why Did You Separate Me from the Earth?
9. Crisis
10. Hopelessness
11. Marrow