François J. Bonnet (a.k.a Kassel Jaeger) and Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley Collaborate for Editions Mego LP

Photo: Eléonore Huisse

François J. Bonnet (a.k.a Kassel Jaeger) and Sunn O)))‘s Stephen O’Malley will release a collaborative album on Vienna’s Editions Mego next month. 

Cylene, the duo’s first collaborative album, represents a melding point between minimalism, drone, and ambient. O’Malley performs cerebral guitar through an array of pedals, while Bonnet adds compositional framework and studio-based audio reorientation. They recorded it at GRM Studios, Paris, in May 2018. Post-edits and mixing were conducted by Bonnet a few months later. 

France-based musician and author Joseph Ghosn adds in the Cylene liner notes: “Stephen and François deal in those moments and instants that happen after the violence, and the ugliness and the mess. Their music is about chaos being summoned and ordered. It is about the noise that nurtures your ears after a long heartbreaking pain. I have heard the sounds of wars being fought and the noises of hearts being broken, and I have never found a shelter as soothing as this music which makes me think of sunken ships and beauty found in the depths of oceans long forgotten.”

Cylene will be pressed as a 2LP vinyl version on Editions Mego, with pre-order available here, a stream of “Première noire” below. 

Tracklisting

01. Première noire

02. Erosion always wins

03. Pāhoehoe

04. Deuxième noire

05. Tephras

06. Dernières teintes noires

07. Des pas dans les cendres

Proc Fiskal Channels Club Nostalgia on New Hyperdub EP

Proc Fiskal will release his new EP, Shleekit Doss, via Hyperdub in September.  

Shleekit Doss follows last year’s Insula, the Scottish artist’s debut album, and is described as “a kind of representation of the time I was running the club night of the same name in Edinburgh.”

“These tunes represent the night’s ethos of genre-defiance and high-energy futuristic sets, ecstatic, and transcendent while still being fun and stupid,” he explains. “I was getting my friends to play and I made all the posters on my phone, like this EP’s artwork.” 

Proc Fiskal, real name Joe Powers is from Edinburgh, Scotland. The Highland Mob, his debut EP, landed on Hyperdub in 2017, opening up his music to open-eared footwork and drum & bass fans as well as the grime crowd. He followed this up with a jungle-inflected EP on Om Unit’s Cosmic Bridge label, called Yes Boss, before releasing his debut album.

We’re told that Shleekit Doss feels like an “oasis of calm,” and is “light, bouncy ,and melodic.” 

Shleekit Doss EP lands September 13, with “Prop O Deed” streaming below. Pre-order is available here. 

Tracklisting

01. Satan

02. Smiths Dell

03. Pico

04. 2 Moros

05. 4 Minutes

06. Prop O Deed

Telefon Tel Aviv Returns with First LP in a Decade, ‘Dreams Are Not Enough’

Ghostly International will release Telefon Tel Aviv‘s fourth album, Dreams Are Not Enough, in September. 

The nine-track album is Telefon Tel Aviv’s first since 2009’s Immolate Yourself, and the first record by Josh Eustis under the moniker after the sudden passing of founding member Charlie Cooper in 2009 ceased the project, presumably forever. 

In the decade since, Eustis has performed with, produced, mixed, and mastered countless artists, among them Nine Inch Nails, Puscifer, and Apparat, in addition to his own solo and collaborative work in Sons Of Magdalene and Second Woman. But years of reflection and processing gradually seeded in him a desire to revive Telefon Tel Aviv with a fourth album.

The album’s track titles relate to a recurring dream that’s haunted Eustis since childhood, based on a murky incident during a family vacation to a remote Alabama coastline when he was eight. In the dream, he swims alone through the waves past the sandbar to where the ocean shelf abruptly drops away into a gradient of infinite darkness, and he peers into the depths and sees himself down at the bottom, mouth open and eyes blank, standing motionless like a corpse.  

We’re told that an undercurrent of eerie melancholy flows through the album, manifested in shivering widescreen meditations, depressive twilit modern pop, and devotional industrial abstractions. 

Eustis speaks of wanting Dreams Are Not Enough to evoke a “sense of emptiness, of cutting unnecessary elements from each mix, to convey this as a solitary work—framing an absence.” It’s intended as “a document as much of what’s not there as what remains.” 

Dreams Are Not Enough LP lands September 27, with “standing at the bottom of the ocean” streaming in full below. 

Tracklisting

01. I dream of it often:

02. a younger version of myself,

03. standing at the bottom of the ocean; 

04. arms aloft,

05. mouth agape,


06. eyes glaring,

07. not seeing,

08. not breathing,

09. still as stone in a watery fane.

Odd Nosdam’s ‘Plan 9… Meat Your Hypnotis’ LP Set for 20th-Anniversary Reissue

Odd Nosdam‘s Plan 9… Meat Your Hypnotis is scheduled for a 20th-anniversary reissue on tape and digital formats via Dome of Doom Records.

Originally self-released in 1999 on cassette and issued across CD and 2LP in 2001, Plan 9… Meat Your Hypnotis impacted 21st-century experimental music and laid the groundwork for the rise of cLOUDDEAD and Anticon Records. With the Dr. Sample 202 as his primary instrument, Nosdam, real name David Madson, was able to capture an enormous wealth of samples from his surroundings in Cincinnati, Ohio, finding usage in everything he was hearing. The record has long been out of print.  

The reissue reproduces the artwork from the original 1999 cassette version, and its streaming counterpart will be a first-time issue for the album in digital format. 

Nosdam says: “When I started making beats in January 1998, I was deep into art school, fully immersed in art, trying different mediums and learning as much about great artists and art history as possible. Music was just another medium to express myself with, plus I had a boomin’ car stereo and wanted to make beats to listen to on my art school commutes. I don’t recall having a specific vision other than just wanting to tap into sound, which is why I’ve always considered Plan 9 a sketchbook of ideas with no real cohesion, just collages of sound, a grab bag of beats and stuff.”

The reissue is updated with previously unreleased works. It runs at close to 60 minutes now with 50 tracks, all digitally mastered by Odd Nosdam. 

Plan 9… Meat Your Hypnotis LP lands August 16 via Dome of Doom Records, with “p9 24” streaming below. You can pre-order the album here. 

Northern Electronics to Present Evigt Mörker’s Album Debut

Evigt Mörker will present his debut album, Krona, through Northern Electronics. 

Mörker has previously released two EPs on the Swedish label, but most of his work has come through his own Evigt Mörker imprint. 

With a shuffling atmosphere that’s hard to pin down, the album fixates on the degradation and construction of rhythmic drills with finely rendered parts and patterns. “Spiralling the listener through a set of stormy soundscapes, Krona keeps placing the horizon just ahead, and just out of reach,” the label explains. 

We’re told that the album’s propulsive tracks are settled against a pair of ambient compositions that capture some of the tension from a distance. 

Krona is Northern Electronics’ 64th release, and adds to a busy for year for the label that has already seen albums from Ulwhednar, Anthony Linell, and E-Saggila, among others. 

Artwork by Jonas Rönnberg. 

Krona LP lands September 27, with “Etisk piska” streaming below. 

Tracklisting

A1 / 1. Kloten

A2 / 2. Sträng tand

B1 / 3. Fulländad värld 

B2 / 4. Oändlig kedja 

C1 / 5. Erövring, krona 

C2 / 6. Etisk piska

C3 / 7. Utan svaghet 

D1 / 8. Kvävd

D2 / 9. Frihet

Max Cooper Announces New Album Commissioned by the Barbican

Max Cooper has a new album on the way. 

Yearning for the Infinite is the result of a commission from the Barbican, London’s arts and learning centre dedicated to pushing boundaries, which saw Cooper attempting to capture the vastness of infinity. It’s presented as both an album scored to a visual story and an immersive audio-visual live show, and is described as Cooper’s “most expansive” project to date. 

Using vast new visualisations of the infinite drawn from the history of its appearances in the arts and sciences, Cooper explores the link between human nature and the unbounded— “our evolving desires set just out of reach, as an unshakable source of meaning in our lives,” the label explains. 

Sonically, the album merges Cooper’s affinity for rich harmony and spatial manipulation with sweeping acoustics and subtly evolving motifs. It offsets vast textures against microscopic drum patterns. 

Tasked with translating such a concept to a live performance, each track on the album is carefully mapped out to support the narrative. The live project documents forms of the infinite set against their role in the human condition. 

Ahead of the album’s release, Cooper has shared “Perpetual Motion,” a track written for “that moment at the end of the night when all the experiments and madness is over and we just need a nice warm chord sequence to send us home in a good mood,” Cooper explains. 

One Hundred Billion Sparks, Cooper’s last album, came out in 2018. 

Yearning for the Infinite LP is out August 1 via Cooper’s  Mesh label. More information on the album and the concept behind it can be found over at Bandcamp. 

Tracklisting

01. Let There Be

02. Repetition

03. Parting Ways (with Six Sigma)

04. Perpetual Motion

05. Circular

06. Aleph2

07. Scalar (feat. Alison Moyet)

08. Nanotech (feat. Wilderthorn)

09. Penrose Tiling

10. Transcendental Tree Map

11. Morphosis

12. Void

13. A Fleeting Life (feat. James Yorkston)

14. In Pursuit of Ghosts (with Tom Hodge)

Dengue Dengue Dengue Dive into Afro-Peruvian Music Legacy for New Album

Dengue Dengue Dengue will release a new album in October, titled Zenit & Nadir.

The 12-track release draws on the musical heritage of the former African slaves in Peru. This interest led Dengue Dengue Dengue—namely Felipe Salmon and Rafael Pereira—to record with several members of the Ballumbrosio family, a renowned musical dynasty in Peru that has kept Afro-Peruvian musical traditions alive through rhythms like landó and festejo, and with traditional instruments such as the iconic quijada, a rattling percussive instrument made out of a donkey’s jawbone.

We’re told that the introduction of live recordings with the Ballumbrosio brothers has given a whole new dimension to Dengue Dengue Dengue’s sound. “The marriage between the traditional and organic percussion of the Ballumbrosios with Dengue Dengue Dengue’s hypnotic electronic production has created a whole new chapter for the band,” the label explains. 

Dengue Dengue Dengue debuted in 2012, and released their last album, Semillero, in 2018. They’ll begin touring extensively in Europe in October and November, with North and South American dates to be announced soon.

Zenit & Nadir LP is scheduled for October 4 release on Enchufada, with a live performance video of “Ágni” streaming below. 

Tracklisting

01. Ágni

02. Decajón (feat. Prisma & Martin Boder)

03. El Cavilante (feat. Sara Van & Mikongo)

04. Jarana y Tundete

05. Llæ

06. Coimu Gqoimu

07. Lagos

08. The Invisible Ones (feat. Kalaf)

09. Banyuwangi

10. Pacos (feat. Prisma)

11. Guayabo

12. Coyurriti

Sunggun Jang “Figure 2”

Created during the harsh winter nights of 2019 at a home studio in the outskirts of Seoul, South Korea ​Disfiguring Echos i​s the first full-length album of Korean artist Sunggun Jang.  

Mesmerizing ambient soundscapes, soaked in Jang’s own environment recordings, are subtly layered with contemporary minimalist compositions to form a work that aims to reflect the his “harsh yet beautiful” surroundings. 

Jang has been making music for more than 15 years, from noise and doom metal beginnings to complex and detailed sound designs for soundtrack projects.

In support of the release, out September 15, we’re offering as one of today’s free downloads. Grab it now via the WeTransfer button below, or here for EU readers due to temporary GDPR restrictions. You can pre-order the record here. 

Tracklisting

Side A

1. Figure 1

2. Figure 2 

3. Figure 3

Side B

1. Figure 4 

2. Figure 5 

3. Figure 6

Penguin Cafe Heads to the Antarctic for New Erased Tapes Album

Penguin Cafe will release Handfuls of Night, a new album, on October 4 on Erased Tapes.

The nine-track album began life after Greenpeace commissioned band founder Arthur Jeffes, son of Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Simon Jeffes, to write four pieces of music corresponding to four breeds of penguin to help raise awareness for the endangered Antarctic seas. 

A fundraising evening at EartH in Hackney followed, where Penguin Cafe premiered the four songs, namely “Chinstrap”, “Adelie,” “The Life of an Emperor,” and “Gentoo Origin.” Jeffes then used the essence of these songs to envisage a whole anthropomorphised world, “where these penguins had narratives and adventures that we soundtracked,” Jeffes says. 

Using gut-stringed violins, viola, cello, bass, percussion, upright and grand pianos, synthesiser, harmonium, and more, Jeffes and his cohorts have crafted a “vivid series of panoramic sonic landscapes, that are as rich in cerebral poignancy as they are in emotional depth,” the label explains. 

Jeffes’ last album as Penguin Cafe landed in 2017, titled The Imperfect Sea.

Penguin Cafe will be taking Handfuls of Night around the UK this autumn before heading out on a worldwide tour in 2020. See here. 

Handfuls Of Night is out October 4 via Erased Tapes, with “At The Top of The Hill, They Stood” streaming in full below, and pre-order here. 

Tracklisting

01. Winter Sun

02. Chinstrap

03. Chapter

04. Adelie

05. At The Top Of The Hill, They Stood…

06. Pythagoras on the Line Again

07. The Life of an Emperor

08. Gentoo Origin

09. Midnight Sun  

Teebs Joins ‘Adult Swim Singles’ Series

Teebs has joined Adult Swim Singles with “Mirror Memory,” the series’ 48th release. 

Described by Adult Swim as “winding hypnotic loops of layered percussion around a latticework of melodic textures,” the new work follows the Los Angeles artist’s inclusion on Brainfeeder’s 10-year anniversary compilation, Brainfeeder X. 

Along with an established career with Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder that began on 2010’s Ardour LP, Teebs has become known as a prolific painter, exhibiting his works across multiple continents and selling out prints through multiple projects. He has also collaborated and provided official remixes for Flying Lotus, Jon Hopkins, Onra, Nosaj Thing, Shlohmo, Jaga Jazzist, Prefuse 73, and Odd Nosdam, among others. 

Stream “Mirror Memory” here. 

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