Do Make Say Think Releases New Record Tomorrow and Tours

The ever-shifting quintet of Do Make Say Think is about to unleash a sixth studio album on the world, and with its four long-playing tracks, Other Truths is a return to the group’s roots. The Toronto-based group has been crafting orchestral, lush avant-pop and post-rock for more than 12 years, all the while maintaining a touring schedule that would make other bands balk at the crew’s longevity. On the new record, tracks featuring vocal help from Lullabye Arkestra and indie favorites Akron/Family are stand-outs, and with extensive European and North American tours on the heels of the record’s release, DMST is poised to give its fans a new treat of its eclectic sound palette.

Other Truths comes out October 20 on Constellation Records.

Tracklisting:

1. Do
2. Make
3. Say
4. Think

Tour Schedule:

European Tour
w/ The Happiness Project (Charles Spearin) and Years (Ohad Benchetrit)
22-Oct-09 GBR London – Scala
23-Oct-09 GRE Thessaloniki – Principal
24-Oct-09 GRE Athens – Rodeo
25-Oct-09 GRE Athens – Rodeo
26-Oct-09 GER Leipzig – Conne Island
27-Oct-09 GER Munich – Feierwerk
28-Oct-09 GER Schorndorf – Manufaktur
29-Oct-09 SUI Duedingen – Bad Bonn
30-Oct-09 FRA Dijon – Novosonic Festival @ L’Atheneum
31-Oct-09 FRA Paris – Le Maroquinerie
01-Nov-09 FRA Nantes – Soy Festival @ Theatre Paul Fort
02-Nov-09 FRA Toulouse – Kleo
03-Nov-09 ESP Barcelona – Sala Apolo
04-Nov-09 ESP Bilbao – Kafe Antzokia
05-Nov-09 FRA Marseille – Montevideo
06-Nov-09 FRA Nancy – L’autre Canal
07-Nov-09 LUX Esch Sur Alzette – Kulturfabrik
09-Nov-09 NL Nijmegen Doornroosje
08-Nov-09 BEL Kortrijk – De Kreujn
10-Nov-09 GER Hamburg – Molotov
11-Nov-09 SWE Malmo – Debaser
12-Nov-09 SWE Linkoping – Herrgarn
13-Nov-09 NOR Oslo – John Dee
14-Nov-09 DEN Aarhus – Voxhall
15-Nov-09 GER Bielefeld – Forum
16-Nov-09 GER Berlin – Magnet

US/Canada Dates
10-Sept-09 Wordless Music Festival – Miller Theatre (Columbia University) New York, NY
25-Nov-09 Sala Rossa Montreal, QC
26-Nov-09 Sala Rossa Montreal, QC
27-Nov-09 Middle East Downstairs Cambridge, MA
28-Nov-09 Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
30-Nov-09 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA
01-Dec-09 Rock and Roll Hotel Washington, DC
02-Dec-09 Brillobox Pittsburgh, PA
03-Dec-09 Crofoot Ballroom Pontiac, MI
04-Dec-09 Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL

Circlesquare Announces Remix Contest

The off-kilter electronic pop of Circlesquare is blowing up right now, and so !K7 is allowing fans and producers the opportunity to remix “Hey You Guys,” the opening track off of Songs About Dancing and Drugs. With Matias Aguayo and The Juan MacLean already giving the track a heavy rubdown, the crafter of the best remix will be in very good company once the remixes EP is released. Potential remixers can find the stems to the track here, and so long as the mix is up by November 2, the opportunity to be released by !K7 is wide open!

Mike Slott “23 Halfs”

For the next release on the up-and-coming LuckyMe imprint (whose upcoming parties with the UK’s Citinite label we recently discovered), world traveler Mike Slott has crafted his first solo EP for the Glasgow label which follows his remix work for Flying Lotus, his collaboration with Hudson Mohawke, Heralds of Change, and many other notable projects. Taken from said EP, “23 Halfs” is a slow-moving number rife with space-noise, warbling bass, and a variety of influences from jazz to R&B. It’s a short, tasty morsel of what’s to come from a young producer with a seeming plethora of new ideas.

23 Halfs

Cocoon to Unveil Cassy’s Latest Mix This Fall

Panorama Bar resident and producer Cassy has long been known to straddle the lines between minimal techno and rich, soulful house music, and on her latest mix, she continues to blend the more reductionist with the more lush. Simply Devotion not only features some of Cassy’s own productions, but also includes everything from classic remixes of Baby Ford to the contemporary dub-techno sounds of STL. Deeply felt and incredibly slamming, the 70-minute-plus mix is sure to please the dancers and the wallflowers alike.

Simply Devotion comes out on Cocoon this Autumn.

Tracklisting:

01. Cassy – Simply Intro
02. Baby Ford – Make Your Own Sunshine (Minimal Man Mix)
03. Trus’me – Good God
04. Anton Zap – Spain
05. Jitterbug – No Pressure (DJ Qu Remix)
06. Kai Alce feat. Azulu Phantom – Power Thru Pt 3 (Don’t Turn On The Lights)
07. STL – Silent State
08. Danny Howells – September (Future Beat Alliance Remix)
09. Taho – Energy Fields (Quince’s Dubbed Out Reconstruction)
10. Cassy – Magnificant Cat Won’t Do
11. Kassem Mosse – Untitled A1
12. DJ Qu – The Zones
13. Linkwood – R.I.P
14. Inland Knights – Wanna Be Up
15. Kezym – Washing My Heart
16. Pierre Lx – Gabita
17. Ralph Falcon – Whateva featuring Alan T and Alex K (House Mixx)

Inbox: Beak>

This week Inbox flies away with Geoff Barrow, the creative glue behind Bristol-based experimental rock trio, Beak> (not to mention the mutli-instrumentalist producer and founding member of Portishead). While he waits for the captain’s cue to turn off all electronic devices, Barrow fills us in on things like unbearable Basement Jaxx shows, wedding bloopers, footie and teatime with the family, Beth Gibbons, and gossipy bathroom graffiti. Beak>’s debut album, Recordings 05 / 01 / 09 > 17 / 01 / 09, comes out October 19 on Ipecac.

What are you listening to right now?
Geoff Barrow: Airplane noise; speed doom.

What’s the weirdest story you have ever heard about yourself?
A piece of graffiti on a women’s toilet door in Oxford: “I fucked Geoff Barrow and Tall Paul.”

What band did you want to be in when you were 15?
Public Enemy.

Worst live show experience?
Watching a Basement Jaxx concert.

Favorite city in which to play?
Sydney makes me feel happy.

Favorite studio toy?
Drum kit.

What is one thing you couldn’t live without (excluding the obvious essential, i.e. air, water, etc.)?
Tea and my family.

What is your favorite item of clothing?
My football (soccer) kit.

If you could reduce your music to a single word, what would it be?
Different.

If you had to listen to one song on repeat for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?
No way—I couldn’t. I would prefer none.

For what did you always get in trouble when you were little?
Shooting my toys.

With which other artist would you most like to work next?
Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley.

What’s the last thing you read?
The Secrets of Hypnosis by some bloke [John Butler].

Complete this sentence: In the future…
People will talk to each other using wires, and each family will have a motor vehicle.

Stupidest thing you’ve done in the last 12 months?
I was getting married, and I fell over into a swimming pool, pulling my wife and the priest and the cake in with me.

What’s next?
“Baby Gym” at 9:15 a.m. at the Bristol School of Gymnastics.

Syntaks “Sudden Dream”

Denmark’s Syntaks craft smoldering, shimmering ambient sounds that are akin to Aphex Twin, but a bit less self-consciously weird and more self-consciously gorgeous. “Sudden Dream” is from their Mistral Moon EP, which Ghostly has decided to give away for free to whet peoples’ appetites for the duo’s debut, Ylajali, which comes out on November 3. If the track’s crystalline production and hypnotic loops are indicative of the upcoming album’s sonic aesthetic, then we are certainly going to hear a lot more about Syntaks in the coming months.

01 Sudden Dream

White Rainbow New Clouds

Adam Forkner (a.k.a. White Rainbow) continues to astound on his second full-length for Kranky. The Portland resident’s loop-based jams have always had a truly organic, ‘free’ feeling, but New Clouds emphasizes these tonal elements while simultaneously being the best-sounding record he has ever created. With synth washes and guitar lines whipping in and out amidst Forkner’s soaring vocalizations and subtle percussive elements, the music floats in the ether—a track like the epic “All the Boogies in the World” recalls traditional Irish music, Brian Eno’s ambient works, Enya, fuzzed-out garage punk, Underworld, and jazz-fusion percussive styles. There is no pinning White Rainbow down, as Forkner defies easy definition in favor of creating gorgeous aural structures that uniquely bend both time and genre.

Fabric Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary With Massive Weekend Party

Legendary London nightclub Fabric opened its doors for the first time on October 21, 1999, so to celebrate 10 years at the top of the London nightlife scene, the club is hosting a weekend-long bash that features some of the biggest names in electronic music. Friday sees Rusko, Craze, and more FabricLive stars bringing their unique DJing styles to three rooms. But the real party starts on Saturday and features Ivan Smagghe, Daniel Bell, Ricardo Villalobos, Rub N Tug, Kenny Larkin, Swayzak, Andrew Weatherall, Michael Mayer, and a staggering number of other electronic stars. Advance tickets are sold out, but there will be plenty at the doors. More information on ticketing and complete line-up details can be found on the Fabric site.

LuckyMe and Citinite Join Up to Party Down

The electrofunk-loving Londoners of the burgeoning Citinite label have teamed with Glasgow’s go-to wonky bass crew LuckyMe for two epic nights of hot jams served up by a choice array of artists. Going down Thursday, November 12 at The Lightbox club in Vauxhall, the line-up includes LA’s future-funk pioneer Dâm-Funk, the glitched-up bass rave of Glasgow’s Rustie, Warp’s veteran retro-futurist Jimmy Edgar, and the States’ other addition, Florida’s Gosub. In addition, three special guest DJs, whose identities have been suspiciously concealed, will be performing throughout the night. Check out the flyer for this premiere London shindig right here. The following night, the party heads north to Glasgow, where Jimmy Edgar and Gosub will be joined by Eclair FiFi.

pictured Dâm-Funk

Pezzner & Lusine “Station to Station”

House and techno alchemists Pezzner and Lusine turn found Seattle sounds into an eerie ambient track in the course of five hours.

For our third installment of our occasional Tune in an Afternoon series, we challenged Seattle producers Dave Pezzner (a.k.a. Pezzner) and Jeff McIlwain (a.k.a. Lusine) to record a track using mainly sounds collected on a light-rail trip to the waterfront. Watch here as they talk to birds, use secret microphones, and ponder bpms, and then download the track!

Station_to_Station

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