With an upcoming LP for Planet Mu set to arrive next month, ceaselessly prolific Chicago producer Jamal Moss (a.k.a. Hieroglyphic Being) has revealed that the month of October will also see him debut on the expanding Technicolour imprint. Ran by London artist PhOtOmachine, Technicolour has already released EPs from BNJMN and Kutmah this year, with Hieroglyphic Being’s The Fourth Dimensions of a Nubian Mystic 12″ set to be the next to add to the label’s growing catalog.
Ahead its release, a full stream of the record’s 11-plus-minute a-side cut, “The Fourth Dimension,” can be streamed in full below; The Fourth Dimensions Of A Nubian Mystic will land on October 8. (via Juno Plus)
As Leaks, young Melbourne producer/vocalist Thomas Guida melds the influence of groups like Mount Kimbie and Maribou State with his own subdued take on soulful pop. “Underthought” is Guida’s latest effort, the lead single to an as-yet-untitled EP set to drop via the Zero Through Nine imprint in November. Here, the artist begins by laying reticent vocals atop a a series of liquid tones and sparse, but jittery rhythms. It is after Guida’s vocals fade away though that his talent as a beatmaker truly shine through, as “Underthought” pieces together an infectious melody of re-pitched vocals which bounce atop the track’s lopsided skip.
In the label’s first release in almost a year, Hessle Audio has shared details of a forthcoming 12″ from newcomer Bruce. The EP arrives in quick succession following his debut on Livity Sound sub-label Dnous Ytivil, “Just Getting Started” b/w “Tilikum,” and offers an even more esoteric take on its style of broken techno. Though not much has been shared about the UK producer behind either issue, previews for all three tracks on the forthcoming EP (due out on October 27) have been made available to stream below.
Pianist and composer Nils Frahm appears in the most recent edition of Resident Advisor‘s RA Sessions series. The Berlin-based artist has released more than a dozen albums since 2005, though it was last year’s Spaces LP for UK label Erased Tapes—compiled from live recordings made over a two-year stretch—that brought him to wide acclaim. In his recent studio session in London, Frahm gives a live performance of two brand-new songs, “All Melody” and “#2,” and makes use of Fender Rhodes keyboard as well as a Juno synth, drum machine, and tape delay. The full performance, which falls “somewhere between electronic music and classical,” can be viewed below, where Frahm’s upcoming North American tour dates have also been included.
November 6 – The Showbox [tickets] – Seattle, WA * November 7 – The Imperial [tickets] – Vancouver, BC * November 9 – Mississippi Studios [tickets] – Portland, OR * November 11 – Great American Music Hall [tickets] – San Francisco, CA * November 13 – El Rey Theatre [tickets] – Los Angeles, CA * November 15 – Amsterdam Hall – Saint Paul, MN * November 16 – Thalia Hall [tickets] – Chicago, IL * November 17 – Contemporary Art Centre [tickets] – Cincinnati, OH * November 18 – Wexner Center for the Arts [tickets] – Columbus, OH * November 19 – Adelaide Hall [tickets] – Toronto, ON * November 21 – St. Paul & St. Andrew Church [tickets] – New York, NY * November 22 – Metropolis [tickets] – Montreal, QC * November 23 – Brighton Music Hall [tickets] – Boston, MA * * with Dawn of Midi
Jimmy Tamborello has been involved in numerous projects over the last 15-plus years—many of which we revisited in a ‘Rewind’ feature back in 2012—and although several of his various monikers and bands have had a real impact, we’d like to think that it’s his work as Dntel that will ultimately stand the test of time. (Admittedly, legions of Postal Service fans might disagree with that notion.) Next week, the LA-based producer and Dublab regular will be issuing a new album, ‘Human Voice,’ via Leaving Records/Stones Throw, and the LP’s impending release got us wondering about what tools Tamborello is using to craft his tunes these days. As such, we hit him up for a list of the five most essential items from his studio.
Kilpatrick Audio K4815 Pattern Generator One of my favorite Eurorack Modules. I love gear that can be unpredictable, and I depend on accidents to provide a lot of my favorite song moments, so this gets used a lot. As the name suggests, it generates melodic patterns based on a few parameter knobs and switches. Once I have a song going, I’ll sit with this and slowly turn knobs and flick switches until it starts playing something that fits with the song. With some patience, it’ll usually come up with something that I would have never come up with on my own. A lot of the melodies on Human Voice originated here.
Analogue Solutions Vostok Matrixsynth This was my first modular gear. I think half the reason I bought it was because I thought it was cool that it had a pin matrix and it closed up like a suitcase. For the first few years, it was pretty frustrating—I’d usually spend a long time trying to remember how to get it to make sound, do one (usually noisy) overdub, and then put it away for a few months. It’s embarrassing how long it took me to start getting my head around the way the modular stuff works, but this was a great introductory piece to learn on. It’s got all the basic modules you need built into one unit: three oscillators, two LFOs, two envelopes, a filter, sequencer, VCA, ring modulator… I’ve since expanded my modular set-up quite a bit, but the Vostok still integrates in really well and gets used regularly.
Critter & Guitari Kaleidoloop Like their Pocket Piano before it, Critter & Guitari’s Kaleidoloop seems simple and toy-like, but ends up being really inspiring and useful in the studio and for live performance. It works kind of like a tape machine—you just record audio into it with one button, then it starts playing back in a loop and you have a knob that adjusts the speed and direction of the audio. It has a decent amount of memory, so you can record long segments if you want. It’s another good machine for generating happy accidents. Sometimes if I’m stuck on a song, I’ll run an element of the track through this and then just start messing with the speed and direction until I stumble on a new way it can fit into the song. It’s a good tool for getting out of the grid mindset the DAWs can put you in.
Eventide Space I use this reverb pedal a lot. You can get really giant reverbs from it, and also a lot of the modes have FREEZE and INFINITE settings, which are really fun when you want to drone.
Elektron Analog Rytm I’ve been a fan of the Elektron machines for years. Anything I’ve made since 2005 probably has some Elektron sounds in it. I really like the way you interact with them, how the sequencer works. The Rytm is its newest drum machine and I’ve used it on practically everything I’ve made since I got it. The sounds are really good and flexible, and it has the usual Elektron-style sequencer. It’s also got a grid of performance pads, which is nice when you’re messing around, trying to figure out what kind of beat will fit a song.
Curated by UK artist Manni Dee, the forthcomingLife Between Screens compilation aims to “encourage listeners to engage with music on a visceral level, liberating sound from its potentially functional shackles.” To do so, the collection has gathered compositions from WANDA GROUP, Deft, Lotide, BNJMN, Shelley Parker, and others for its 11-track offering, which will be accompanied by a six-track cassette full of bonus efforts. One such production is “A Nod Was the First Step,” which sees the comp’s curator himself operating under his Nuances alias as he takes listeners on an elongated journey through crunchy ambience and gloomy, distant sonics. Both the Life Between Screens compilation and its accompanying cassette release will drop on September 22 via the WotNot label.
A past affiliate of Richie Hawtin’s Minus label, Berlin-based expat Kevin McHugh (a.k.a. Ambivalent) launched his own Delft imprint in 2013, issuing records from SF producer Matrixxman as well as LA-4A, McHugh’s formerly anonymous production handle. Now, it is his Ambivalent alias which is set to debut on the imprint with the Red Ones EP, a three-track effort that can be heard in full on XLR8R.
Though the acid-lined finish that has marked much of Delft’s catalog to date appears a bit toned down here, McHugh’s three new productions as Ambivalent are still very much strong-armed affairs. Leading the charge is the “Bump Mix” of the record’s title track, a thumping excursion which places an efficient series of gliding synth tones atop a drum machine-fueled core. Following “Red Ones,” “Drumatix” focuses intently on its rhythmic patterns, rendering it into a tool-like workout, while closing “Cartesia” digs deeper, its drums burrowing below a thick bassline as warm tones are scattered above. Out on September 22 via Delft, Ambivalent’s forthcoming Red Ones EP can be streamed in full below.
Last month, London’s fast-growing Houndstooth label announced that it would issue the debut LP from local producer Second Storey (previously known as Al Tourettes). His forthcoming effort, Double Divide, is due out on October 6, but ahead of its arrival, he’s shared a video for LP cut “Trope.” In between time-lapse shots of industrial warehouse and studio spaces, the video shows Italian artist Luca Zamoc working up what appear to be architectural blueprints; Zamoc partnered with Marco Mucig to create the video, and his work also features as Double Divide‘s cover art.
The XLR8R premiere of “Trope” is available to watch in full below. Details of the full album can be found here, and it’s available to purchase via Houndstooth.
Italian electronic music festival Alfa MiTo Club to Club has revealed further line-up additions for this year’s event, which is now in its 14th edition and takes place from November 5-9 in the city of Turin. Veteran producers Luke Vibert and Basic Channel co-founder Mark Ernestus are set to appear, the latter performing with Tikiman in the pair’s dub-reggae inspired project. C2C’s Italian camp will be further expanded with Lorenzo Senni, Franco Battiato, Ninos Du Brasil, Vaghe Stelle, and a Gang of Ducks showcase with Dave Saved, G.O.D, and Haf Haf. Disco/funk duo Tiger & Woods and Vessel (pictured above)—whose latest album, Punish, Honey, just dropped via Tri Angle—have also been added to the line-up.
The festival will be preceded by a preview event in London at Village Underground, at which Fatima Al Qadiri, Laurel Halo, Ninos Du Brasil, and Vaghe Stelle are all scheduled to appear on September 18. Full festival information is available on the C2C website, and our initial line-up announcement can be found here.
After sharing a Five Years of FoF mix from Daedelus late last month, Los Angeles’ Friends of Friends label has unveiled the details of its upcoming fifth anniversary compilation. The 36-track collection aims to highlight a large portion of the imprint’s most memorable tracks (Shlomo’s “Places,” LOL Boys’ “Changes,” and Salva’s “Wake Ups” among them), while also offering a number of unreleased tracks, b-sides, and hard-to-find remixes including reworks from Machinedrum, Nicolas Jaar, and Bondax, among others (Shlohmo even turns in a remix of his own for the aforementioned “Places” track). Among the unreleased offerings are a collaboration between Shigeto and Kyson, as well as “Hurt You,” a production from label newcomer Different Sleep which features Kid Sister and Lil Chris and can be streamed below.
The 5oFoF: Five Years of Friends of Friends compilation will see an official release (in CD and digital forms) on November 4. In addition to the stream below, many of the collection’s tracks can currently be streamed on the label’s Bandcamp page; the forthcoming record’s full tracklist has also been included below.
1. Pererea Elsewhere – Bizarre 2. Shlohmo – Places 3. Different Sleep – Conflict 4. Ernest Gonzales – We Can Live In The Forest 5. Jerome LOL – Deleted ft. Sara Z 6. Tomas Barfod – November Skies ft. Nina Kinert 7. Salva – Wake Ups 8. Mexicans With Guns – Highway to Hell ft. Freddie Gibbs 9. Shlohmo – Don’t Say No ft. How To Dress Well 10. Kyson – Missing Things 11. Groundislava – Suicide Mission ft. Baths 12. Deru – 1979 13. Robot Koch – Overnight ft. Perera Elsewhere 14. Tomas Barfod – Broken Glass 15. Daedelus – LA Nocturne 16. Salva – Obsession ft. B Bravo 17. LOL Boys – Changes ft. Heart Streets 18. Evenings – Friend [Lover] (Digital-Only Exclusive) 19. Braille – Better Than Nothing ft. Angelica Bess 20. Shlohmo – Rained The Whole Time (Nicolas Jaar Remix) 21. Salva – I Could Be ft. Rome Fortune, B. Bravo & Rojai 22. LOL Boys – Changes ft. Heart Streets (Star Slinger Remix) 23. Tomas Barfod – Came To Party (Salva Remix) 24. Jerome LOL – Always ft. Sara Z (Bondax Remix) 25. Tomas Barfod – November Skies ft. Nina Kinert (Jerome LOL Remix) 26. Groundislava – Panorama ft. Jake Weary (Clive Tanaka Y Beaunoise Remix) 27. Jerome LOL – All That I Am ft. Sara Z 28. Salva – Keys Open Doors (Machinedrum Remix) 29. Shigeto X Kyson – Water Collides 30. LOL Boys – Changes ft. Heart Streets (Shlohmo Remix) 31. Different Sleep – Hurt You ft. Kid Sister & Lil Chris 32. Groundislava – Suicide Mission ft. Baths (Ryan Hemsworth Remix) 33. Groundislava – October Pt. 1 34. Kyson – Missing Things (MMOTHS Remix) 35. Perera Elsewhere – Light Bulb (Shlohmo Remix) 36. Shlohmo – Places (Shlohmo Remix) [Digital-Only Exclusive]
