The performance was recorded on March 21st, 2014 at Stereolux – Nantes and features seven sprawling and unique takes on tracks from their 2013 debut album. The live DVD captures the band on stage at the peak of their touring schedule, and the live audio was captured and meticulously mastered by none other than Joe Lambert. On 17th August 2014, the group announced they were “coming to an end, for now” before they were to play their last show on September 12th at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple.
The DVD is limited to 1,000 copies physical copies worldwide and is available to purchase now on the Matador Records online store and the official DARKSIDE website. You can also stream the video online via the concert website Quello. Check out the track listing for the DVD and watch the video below to hear more about DARKSIDE.
DVD Track Listing: 1. Freak, Go Home 2. Paper Trails 3. The Only Shine I’ve Seen 4. Heart 5. Metatron 6. Greek Light 7. Golden Arrow
Following the success of last February’s The Power And The Glory LP, Perc returns to Perc Trax with Gob.
Created during the run up to the recent UK general election, Gob continues the political stance of The Power And The Glory without forgetting that techno is body music, created for and experienced best on the dance floor.
Scheduled for release on August 7, Gob finds Perc more focused than ever with his dance floor instincts sharpened by the two lengthy international tours that followed that album and the 10 years of Perc Trax releases.
Ahead of the EP’s release, a clip of title track “Gob” can be streamed below.
With a lineage that runs from Harri and Dominic, the Optimo duo and Slam to the likes Rustie, Hudson Mohawke and the LuckyMe crew, Glasow has seen no shortage of brilliant electronic-music mavens—and Alex Smoke (a.k.a. Alex Menzies) sits comfortably within this category. An acclaimed label head, remixer, DJ and live artist, Smoke’s catalog of artistic endeavors has grown steadily ever since he broke onto the scene in 2002 with the Random As EP, a stunning debut release that captured the minimal techno sound for which he has become so widely extolled.
Over a decade later, however, and Smoke today is not the same artist he once was. While his vast musical knowledge and competence, picked up during a childhood which saw him play in a choir and train classically on both the cello and piano, are as in play as ever, his output has seamlessly but steadily drifted from European minimal dance floor beats to a more ambient and experimental sound. With a new studio album in the works, and more projects scheduled before the end of the year, Smoke took to his Glasgow studio to compile this week’s XLR8R podcast, with the results reflecting his artistic transformation and showcasing his spectacular musical talents.
Following on from his Emphasis EP on Tessier-Ashpool, East London-based producer Otik will release the Stranglove EP on Infinite Machine July 24.
Stranglove operates “within the framework of 130-ish BPM breaks-led electronic compositions,” sitting as a companion piece to Emphasis. The EP features four, dense cuts with highly saturated sound design, razor-sharp percussion, and expertly programmed vocal samples. All four tracks can be previewed via the player below, with the full release available for purchase here on July 24.
The limited edition product has been strictly available by pre-order for the last month, and purchases for the one-of-a-kind unit will close on July 2. Once pre-orders are finalized, the instrument will no longer be available for direct purchase. The Delaydelus comes fully built and ready to make noise. Only a 9v battery is required.
“I’ve always aspired to invention, my artist namesake means as much,” says Daedelus when speaking with XLR8R about his new hardware project. “With the Delaydelus I’ve a chance to breakaway from the usual album releasing cycle and instead try to empower other creatives to apprehend, make, and manipulate.”
The original idea was created by Darlington, and the code and hardware design was created by John-Mike Reed (a.k.a. Dr. Bleep). Trek Matthews contributed the device’s artwork and Bleep Labs will be doing final assembly and fulfillment in their Austin workshop. After the pre-orders are closed, Bleep Labs will produce the devices and get them ready for shipping in about 5-7 weeks.
The interface was created by taking a small, pedal sized box and incorporating joystick buttons, a patch bay, and three knobs to create a powerful sampler and delay processor. The device was designed using the Teensy 3.1 and can be programmed using the Arduino IDE. The device has 8 permanent banks and 8 user ones. When you record to a “pin”, the default sample is not overwritten and can be switched back to it’s original sample. All samples are retained when power is turned off.
The unit includes
– Eight samples designed by Daedelus – Over a minute of total sample memory – Beautifully crunchy 12bit, 30kHz audio – One second delay – Combine four samples at a time with the unique patch bay – Through mode to use the delay with an external source – Sample audio or use it to trigger or modulate – Optional USB adapter allows you you control the device with MIDI as well as reprogram it
Check out the Bleep Labs website and pre-order the Delaydelus by clicking here and watch the following videos to become more familiar with how the Delaydelus works.
You can also check out Daedelus in the month of July at the following tour dates:
7.2 – Manila – Black Market 7.3 – Seoul – Cakeshop 7.4 – Ho Chi Minh City – The Observatory 7.7 – Beijing – Dada 7.9 – New Delhi – Antisocial 7.10 – Mumbai – Bonobo 7.11 – Bangalore – Humming Tree 7.19 – Tokyo – Sound Vision Museum 7.20 – Osaka – Creative Center 7.24 – Austin – Empire Automotive 7.31 – Honolulu – Swap Meet
The latest instalment of Moog Music‘s Category 5 interview series—which is named after the cables used to enable modern digital communication—features ambient musician and composer Robert Rich. The Category 5 series offers unique insight into key artists in today’s creative landscape—as well as offering free EPs by the artists.
In the video, Rich chats, quite deeply, about his earliest musical influences, modular synthesizers, and learning polyrhythm from tree frogs. You can watch the video in full below, with Robert Rich’s Hiding In Daylight EP available as a free download.
At the end of the month, Netherlands producer Aleks will drop his Low Definitions EP on fledging Manchester-based label Natural Sciences.
The EP will be available on vinyl and digital and lands with four tripped out house and techno excursions that are “built around degraded tape static, distortion peddles, analogue gear and phantom sounds.” Filled with fuzzy, rhythmic-like textures, tape hiss, distorted chords, and loose, drum-machine rhythms, EP cut “Ulterior Motive” is streaming in full below.
You can preorder Low Definitions via the Natural Sciences Bandcamp page.
Kiasmos is made up of Icelandic award-winning composer Ólafur Arnalds, known for his unique blend of minimal piano and string compositions with electronic sounds, and Janus Rasmussen from the Faroe Islands, known as the leader of the electro-pop outfit Bloodgroup. Based in Reykjavík, Arnalds used to work as a sound engineer, often for Rasmussen’s other projects, where the two musicians discovered their common love for minimal, experimental music. They eventually became best friends, often hanging out in their studio, exploring electronic sounds.
By focusing solely on their self-titled debut album for Erased Tapes, Ólafur and Janus have been able to combine and further develop their unique sound aesthetics to complete an album driven by their mutual love for electronic music. Made in Ólafur’s newly built studio, a majority of the album was recorded using acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesisers, drum machines and tape delays.
After completing their first US tour with show in Los Angeles earlier this month at Hollywood Forever, Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen made their way to Barcelona to perform live at Sonar 2015.
Last month, Nicolas Jaarreleased his first new record in four years, the Nymphs II EP. The series’ second entry, Nymphs III, is out today and has been made available to stream in full via Jaar’s own Other People imprint. Like its predecessor, the EP was recorded in his home city of New York between 2011 and 2015, and comprises two tracks, “Swim” and “Mistress.” It arrives just days after Jaar shared his 20-track score to 1968 Soviet film The Color of Pomegranates for free download, and can be heard in its entirety here.
Last week, Helena Hauffrevealed details of her upcoming debut album on Werkdiscs. Now, word has come that the Hamburg-based producer and Golden Pudel resident is starting a new label, Return to Disorder. In an interview with Juno Plus, she says the outlet will bring together “psych rock and techno,” with a self-titled EP from Leicester band Children of Leir serving as the imprint’s inaugural release in early July.
“I saw this band Cherry Choke live in Berlin, really enjoyed the gig and kept in touch with them, and when one of them started a new project, Children of Leir, I just really loved their stuff and decided that I wanted to release it,” she explains. Morah will deliver the label’s second release, and some of Hauff’s own material is expected to make an appearance sooner or later. For now, Children of Leir’s “Elixer” can be streamed in full below, where we’ve also included the EP’s complete tracklist.
A1 Shapes Of Sleep A2 Drowned In Fear B1 Seed Of Doubt B2 Elixir
