Daniel Avery Announces ‘Song For Alpha: B-sides & Remixes’

Daniel Avery will present a collection of B-sides and remixes of his sophomore LP, Song For Alpha, almost a year to the day after the album’s release. Across 23 tracks, Avery showcases cuts from the album’s writing and recording process and invites a number of his contemporaries to rework his original material. 

Produced solely in Avery’s London studio, the lengthy recording process for Song For Alpha spanned some years as Avery continued to tour and collaborate as a producer. He was left with over 100 tracks, some of which were eventually distilled into the album. This new package sees him share several others that arose from these sessions. 

Meanwhile, the collected remixes span a spectrum of new and established names. Jon Hopkins, Actress, and Four Tet each contribute typically bold reinterpretations, the latter originally released as a limited edition 12″ at London festival Field Day. 

Also included are reworks from Giant Swan, Manni Dee, Mor Elian, Inga Mauer, and Anastasia Kristensen. Close friend and occasional DJ partner HAAi premieres a brand new remix, as does Avery’s studio neighbour and collaborator as PSSU, Richard Fearless. Meanwhile, techno acts Surgeon, Luke Slater, and Patrick Russell apply their individual sensibilities. 

The collection is set for digital release on April 5 on Phantasy worldwide and Phantasy/Mute in the US & Canada, with new track “Under The Tallest Arch” streaming below. 

Pre-order is available here. 

Tracklisting

Part 1

01. Think About What You Love

02. Glass

03. Under The Tallest Arch

04. Radius

05. Hyper Detail 

06. The Gait Of A Man I’ve Never Met 

07. Memory Loop

08. AQPAN6102

09. Time Marked Its Irregular Pulse In Her Eyes 

Part 2

01. Slow Fade (Actress Remix)

02. Glitter (Anastasia Kristensen Remix)

03. Quick Eternity (Four Tet Remix)

04. Hyper Detail (Giant Swan Remix)

05. Time Marked Its Irregular Pulse In Her Eyes (HAAi Remix)

06. Fever Dream (Inga Mauer Remix)

07. Glitter (Jon Hopkins Remix)

08. Diminuendo (Luke Slater Remix)

09. Citizen // Nowhere (Manni Dee Remix)

10. Stereo L (Mor Elian Remix)

11. Projector (Obscure Shape & SHDW Remix)

12. Diminuendo (Patrick Russell Remix)

13. Days From Now (Richard Fearless Remix)

14. Radius (Surgeon Remix)

YGT “The Disciple”

Slovenian downtempo trio YGT (f.k.a. Your Gay Thoughts) will release their latest project, Sinking Ship, an album and short film, via Youngbloods and King Deluxe on February 15.

Following their 2016 debut, The Watercolors, the new release presents yet another striking display of pop-focused songwriting, featuring 11 tracks of kaleidoscopic, ethereal beauty. The trio have a way with fusing styles and bending genre boundaries, and on Sinking Ship they meld together left-field jazz, ambient, dub, and pop to great effect.

Matching the music’s otherworldly nature, the accompanying short film—available to stream below—by NYC-based animator and visionary Sam Mason is a multi-dimensional vision that depicts the world of Zuma, as Mason explains: 

“On the foggy margins of the ancient and the new lies the world of Zuma, where the masked Truskan people, a once rich civilization, rot away, or where the forgotten Wazoh bird-men roam the desert ruins. In the mountains, deep in complex cave networks, dwell the Tholotec ape-men, and by the forests live the silent Mani, who dawn themselves in outfits made of hollow reeds that whistle as they wander. These inter-locked stories are woven in uncanny form as Kocijančič’s voice winds through the valleys, singing his warning “you’re the heir of a sinking ship.”

Ahead of the release, Youngbloods and King Deluxe have offered up “The Disciple,” an atmospheric pop cut from the album, as today’s XLR8R download, available via WeTransfer below.

You can pre-order the album here.

Due to issues regarding the GDPR, EU readers can download the track here.

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Premiere: Hear a Deep and Affecting Track From Pedro Vian’s New Album

Pedro Vian‘s self-titled sophomore album is out today on Modern Obscure Music.

The new album follows his 2016 debut, Beautiful Things You Left Us For Memories, and opens up a new sonic chapter for the Amsterdam-based artist, one that presents a deeper and more affecting sound than the soaring electronics of his debut. The tracks on the new LP are hard to categorize, falling somewhere between downtempo, dub, ambient, and avant-garde post-rock. It’s an honest portrayal of Vian’s current sonic signature, as he explains:

“I have tried to be sincere, transparent and pure. During the recording process, I avoided artificiality. I do not like the overproduction of music. I like to feel the naturalness and the essence of the beat of the instruments. I like to look inside until I find something real with which to communicate.”

In support of today’s release, Vian has offered up a full stream of album cut “Similiar Faces,” a deep and dubby slice of emotive electronics, available via the player below. 

You can pick up the album here.

Tracklisting:

1. Static Ecstasy

2. Flexible Girl

3. Hamets

4. The Unicorn

5. Seneca feat. Laia Nadal

6. Desmai

7. Platja

8. Similar Faces

9. Vistes desde ses Illes

10. San Moris

11. Acid Brut

12. Tribute to Ligeti

13. Darwin’s Nightmare

Powder Kicks Off ‘Beats in Space’ Mix Series

Japanese DJ-producer Powder will kick off the first instalment of Beats In Space’s new mix series, coinciding with the platform’s 20-year-anniversary.

The 74-minute mix features two new and exclusive tracks of her own, “New Tribe” and “Gift,” plus the first official reissue of Daphne’s “When You Love Someone” (Groove Instrumental), and the first ever release of Samo DJ & The Hidden Operator’s “Захват Сзади Rox.” 

“New Tribe” is said to toast the global community that Powder’s connected with during her travels. “Gift” is a subtler jam, shuffling and twinkling in perfect balance. 

The video for”New Tribe,” streaming below, was produced by the animation studio of Toru Adachi and Shunsuke Itakura, who created a biographical video of Powder’s evolution from 9 am-to-5 pm office worker in Tokyo to 9 pm-to-5 am  DJ. 

Powder in Space will be available on February 15 in mix CD and mixed/unmixed digital forms via Beats In Space Records. Powder’s two original tracks, alongside Samo DJ and Daphne’s contributions to her mix, will be available in DJ-ready forms on 12″ vinyl.

Tracklisting

01. Samo DJ & Hidden Operator “Захват Сзади Rox”

02. Tornado Wallace “Open Door” (Born Inna Tent Mix)

03. Acid Pauli “Release”

04. Don’t DJ “Southern Shore”

05. Daphne “When You Love Someone” (Groove Instrumental)

06. Vedagor “Untitled II”

07. Second Language “The Party” (Bluntman Deejay’s Mould Meditation)

08. Tiago “Roy Brooks”

09. Karamika “Ton 10”

10. The Sun God “Ancient Echoes” (Tribute To Larry Heard)

11. Powder “Gift”

12. Vertigo Inc “The Water Margin”

13. K-LINE “Saxopetu”

14. Powder “New Tribe”

15. Kettenkarussell “Just For A Second”

16. Jules Etienne “Cuban Omelette”

17. Lord Of The Isles “Your Smile”

18. Cos/Mes “Forever”

Richard Pinhas’ ‘Iceland’ Reissued via Superior Viaduct

San Francisco’s Superior Viaduct has reissued Iceland, the third solo album of early electronic pioneer Richard Pinhas, on vinyl for the first time. 

Originally released in 1979, Iceland further explores Pinhas’ unique arrangement of delay-ridden electric guitar, sequenced machine rhythms, and analog synthesizer layers that began with his 1977 solo LP, Rhizosphere. Iceland was his most ambient and electronically submerged album upon release, giving the world a window into what would come forth through the ’80s as he fully transitioned away from the body of work created in progressive rock band Heldon. 

The new vinyl reissue includes the previously unreleased “Wintermusic,” an immersive 25-minute ambient piece of radiant synthesizer recorded in 1983 that sits perfectly with the sonic aesthetic of Iceland. 

The 2LP reissue of Iceland is available now via Superior Viaduct. 

Tracklisting

01. Iceland (Part 1)

02. Iceland (Part 2)

03. The Last Kings Of Thule (Part 1)

04. Iceland (Part 3)

05. Indicatif Radio

06. The Last Kings Of Thule (Part 2)

07. Short Transition

08. Greenland

09. Wintermusic

Mark de Clive-Lowe Announces Two-Part Album Series Exploring His Cultural Heritage

Mark de Clive-Lowe has announced his next album, Heritage, scheduled for release February 8 on his Mashibeats label, an imprint of Ropeadope Records. 

The seven-track LP is the Los Angeles artist’s 15th release. It was recorded  in June of 2018 over three nights at Los Angeles’ Blue Whale. Studio sessions were also completed later at Hollywood’s NRG Studios, rooted in modern electronics and an array of jazz forms. Features include Carlos Niño, Teodross Avery, Josh Johnson, Brandon Eugene Owens, and Brandon Combs. 

Heritage opens a two-part series exploring Mark de Clive-Lowe’s cultural heritage as half Japanese and half New Zealander. “Heritage is the idea of transmitting from the past to the future,” he explains. “Knowing more about who we are and where we’re going by understanding where we come from. It’s about identity and one’s place in the world.” Heritage II is scheduled to follow in April. 

The first glimpse of music from Heritage comes with “Memories of Nanzenji,” with its complex interweavings of colorful percussion and lavish harmonies. 

Physical pressings of Heritage include translucent red vinyl and CD. Pre-order a copy here ahead of the album’s February 8 release. 

Tracklisting

01. The Offering

02. Bushidō 1

03. Memories of Nanzenji

04. Mizugaki

05. Akatombo

06. Niten-Ichi

07. Asa no Yume

Kalabrese Debuts on Zukunft Recordings with New EP

Kalabrese will release a new EP in April, titled Let Me Be Your Princess.

The three-track release is the Swiss artist’s first since 2017’s Bananenräuber, and his debut on Zukunft Recordings, the label arm of Zurich’s Club Zukunft. It will be the Swiss label’s seventh release, and sees the Perlon affiliate and Rumpelmusig head, real name Sacha Winkler, in a period of self-reflection. This led to “Let Me Be Your Princess,” which features the vocals of Lara Stoll, and then two later tracks. 

The label explains that it’s “full of groove, rumpel, and message.”

Tracklisting

01: Let Me Be Your Princess 

02: Dance Yourself Clean

03: Ligestuetz Feat. Lara Stoll

Let Me Be Your Princess EP lands April 1. 

Hauschka Returns to Pure Piano on Latest Album, ‘A Different Forest’

Prepared piano composer/producer Hauschka has signed to Sony Classical for his latest album, A Different Forest, out on February 8.

The album see the Oscar-nominated composer and pianist, real name Volker Bertelmann, do away with his customary instrumental preparations to return to the pure piano. This is reflected in the first album singles “Curious” and “Dew and Spiderwebs,” both of which herald the central themes of the album: the experience of nature as the basis for Hauschka’s understanding of life and the composition of music. 

The album is also said to be a plea for us to protect and preserve our natural world. 

Hauschka has worked on numerous projects throughout the last decade, most notably in the fields of theatre, dance, and classical ensemble works. In recent years, he has also built a prolific career writing scores for films, coming to international prominence in this field through his soundtrack for the hit film “Lion” in 2016. His other recent soundtrack work includes the films “Hotel Mumbai,””Adrift,” and “In Dubious Battle.”

“In A Different Forest, I’m focusing on the forest as a natural environment and contrast to the urban everyday life; to my surroundings. Where do I want to live and work? What surroundings do I need in order to feel fulfilled? By examining these questions I always come back to nature.” —Volker Bertelmann 

Tracklisting

01.Hike

02.Dew and Spiderwebs

03.Talking to my father

04.Urban Forest

05.Hands in the Anthill

06.Curious

07.Ghosts

08.Bark and Moss

09.Skating through the woods

10.Daybreak over Covent Garden

11.Everyone sleeps

12.Woodworkers

13.Another Hike

A Different Forest LP lands February 8, with “Curious” and “Dew and Spiderwebs” streaming below. 

Crackazat Shares a Sun-Drenched Rework From New Local Talk EP

Late last month, Local Talk released Magic Touch, a reworks EP by Crackazat.

Magic Touch is the latest in Local Talk’s edit series, which enlists an artist to choose and rework a selection of the label’s back catalog, this time featuring reworks of cuts from HNNY, DJ Spinna, Terrence Parker, Lay-Far, Art Of Tones, Deymare, Jaxx Madicine, and Anthony Bias. Taking some of Local Talk’s classic tracks, Crackazat delivers a set of sun-drenched grooves full of uplifting jazzy chords and chunky, swinging grooves. Each rework provides an inspired take on the already brilliant tunes, giving lovers of the originals a chance to rediscover them in a different context, or newcomers a look into Local Talk’s history.

In support of the release, which can be picked up here, Crackazat has offered up a full stream of his rework of Art Of Tones’ “The Rainbow Song,” available via the player below.

Tracklisting:

01. Art Of Tones “The Rainbow Song” (Crackazat Rework) 

02. DJ Spinna “Tie It Up” (Crackazat Rework)

03. Deymare “1990” (Crackazat Rework)

04. Jaxx Madicine “Fly High” (Crackazat Rework)

05. Anthony Bois “Electric Piano on the Run” (Crackazat Rework) 

06. Terrence Parker “Unconditional” (Crackazat Rework)

07. HNNY “Tears” (Crackazat Rework)

08. Lay-Far “Submerging” (Crackazat Rework)

Premiere: Hear an Eerie Jazz-Tinged Cut From Leon Inc.

Tomorrow, February 1, French producer Leon Inc. will return with his sophomore album, Warranty Void If Removed. 

The new LP follows on from 2017’s Insert Disc album with eight new tracks “manufactured for a post-apocalyptic world.” Possibly due to its subject nature, the tracks on the album reach far and wide across genres, pulling together a range of eclectic styles, textures, and sound design elements that touch on everything from dubbed-out jazz to rolling techno, searing experimental ambient, and heavy dubstep. The album’s chaotic sounds are depicted and represented via its cover art, which features the 1895 Gare Montparnasse derailment in Paris, and intriguing visual components such as the album’s first music video, which takes us into what he describes as “an unsolved puzzle lying between Christmas 2030 & 2018.”

Ahead of tomorrow’s release, Leon Inc. has shared a full stream of the album’s opening cut, “Nul Si Découvert,” an immersive slice of dubbed-out jazz, available via the player below.

You can pre-order the LP here.

Tracklisting:

1. Nul Si Découvert

2. Raion Atsume (canis canem edit)

3. Van Omer Minor

4. Interrobang (Pt. 1)

5. Dear Santa, Ima Fix the Pulsar

6. Crinoidea

7. The Prawn Star

8. Portmanteau (Pt. 2)

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