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NEW RELEASES GIUGNO 2010: WHAT'S GOING ON MY MUSIC PLAYER ? |
ELLEN ALLIEN "Dust" Ellen Allien is known as a DJ, fashion designer, and label head, but she is most famous for her production work. Dust is her fifth full-length as a producer. Dust is being handled by Allien's own Bpitch Control label and Allien describes it as having a warm immediacy compared with her previous efforts. [ file under: destination berlin ]
   
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BLACK DOG "Music for real airports" While on tour, the Black Dog made 200 hours of field recordings, much of which was processed and combined with new music in the airport itself, waiting for the next flight. This vast amount of content has been slowly distilled into a set of particularly evocative pieces of music. [ file under: music for ambient ]
 
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FUNKI PORCINI "On" Funki Porcini is musician and DJ, James Braddell, from England. His music is a combination of downtempo, breakbeat and jazz, with elements of hip hop, drum 'n bass, sampling and time-stretched vocals. [ file under: trippy hop ]
 
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SIA "We are born" Following up 2008's Some People Have Real Problems, Australian singer Sia releases We Are Born, which includes some of her most upbeat work to date. Influenced by the likes of Cyndi Lauper and Madonna, the album was produced by Greg Kurstin (The Bird and The Bee, Marina & The Diamonds, Lily Allen). [ file under: the bird and the bee ]
  
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TRENTEMOLLER "Into the great wilde yonder" Danish producer Anders Trentemoller completes a fairly major crossover move with Into The Great Wide Yonder, transitioning from his roots as a dancefloor-focussed producer and in-demand remixer all the way into mainstream pop. [ file under: guitarelectro ]
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[ OLDIES BUT GOODIES ] REISSUE ALBUMS ON MY MUSIC PLAYER |
THE BEAT CLUB "Paris" The first album by Miami electro duo The Beat Club, best know for their club favourite Security. Originally issued by Electrobeat in 1994, Paris includes the singles Security, Dreams Were Made To Be Broken and cover a variety of styles including electro, trance, Miami Bass and synth pop. LTM's 2010 remastered CD edition includes five bonus tracks, new artwork, and a detailed Beat Club biography. [ file under: electro beat ]

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DREXCYIA "Neptune's lair" Drexciya is the sound of originality embodying all the musical styles and history that are part of the city of Detroit. Drexciya is music for change and defies categorization: traditionally armed with freestyle electro, techno, funk and Jazz. [ file under: detroit techno ]
 
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RON TRENT "Altered States Blak Tech Society" Ron Trent is an American house music producer. He recorded the track Altered States while still a high schooler, releasing it on Armando's Warehouse Records in 1990. The track became a club hit among devotees of techno. Altered States Blak Tech Society collects the original Altered States 12" along with several brand new remixes and new tracks. [ file under: classic house ]
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NEW RELEASES MAGGIO 2010: WHAT'S GOING ON MY MUSIC PLAYER ? |
BOOKA SHADE "More!" Booka Shade is a German electrohouse duo, described as veterans of the Frankfurt electronic music scene. They have released four albums, Memento, Movements, The Sun & the Neon Light and More!. [ file under: deeply house ]
  
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CARIBOU "Swim" Swim is an album by Dan Snaith's Caribou, released in April 2010. It is his first album of new material since 2007's Andorra. [ file under: electro pop ]
   
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FLYING LOTUS "Cosmogramma" Cosmogramma finds electronic mastermind Flying Lotus advancing his quest to redefine jazz and hip hop music in the twenty-first century. [ file under: bitz and pieces ]
  
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JOHN GRANT "Queen of Denmark" Denver's John Grant sang with a band called the Czars before moving to New York where he supported Flaming Lips and Midlake, Midlake then worked with Grant on this debut album, a sublime collaboration featuring Grant's unique vocal style and piano-playing skills with Midlake's backing. [ file under: twilight pop ]
  
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YANNIS KYRIAKIDES "Anti-chamber" Antichamber, a double CD of selected electroacoustic chamber pieces from 1999-2009. Including Telegraphic, Zeimbekiko 1918, Chaoids, Atopia (hyperamplified) and Antichamber. [ file under: contemporary ]
  
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MANUAL "Drowned in light" Manual aka Jonas Munk, is a danish producer specializing in a unique brand of warm, organic music that fuses elements of new and old, electronica. Aside from collaborations, two minimalist albums and a rarities collection, Drowned in Light is the first Manual album in five years. [ file under: post shoegaze ]
 
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THE NATIONAL "High violet" High Violet is the fifth studio album from Brookyln-basedindie band The National. The album was produced by Peter Katis, who has also produced albums for several other indie bands. Many of the tracks also feature contributions from members of Arcade Fire and Bon Iver. High Violet is preceded by the single Bloodbuzz Ohio. [ file under: american indie ]
   
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RADIO DEPT. "Clinging to a scheme" Clinging to a scheme combines the best components from their previous albums Lesser matters and Pet grief with soul guitars, P-funk, cut/paste-beats and 70’s futuristic orchestra sounds. [ file under: indie pop ]
  
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SOUNDPOOL "Mirrors in your eyes" The explosive third album sees this NY-based 5-piece stepping out onto the dancefloor, without leaving their guitars and dreamy effects. After building a loyal following in the independent shoegaze scene Soundpool have enhanced their palette and crafted a pop masterpiece. [ file under: pop shoegaze ]
   
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MARK VAN HOEN "Where is the truth" Mark Van Hoen is an electronic music artist. He has created music under his own name as well as: Locust and Autocreation. In April 2010 he released his last album Where Is The Truth on Berlin label City Centre Offices. [ file under: pop-tronica ]
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NEW RELEASES APRILE 2010: WHAT'S GOING ON MY MUSIC PLAYER ? |
THE BIRD AND THE BEE "Interpreting the masters: Hall & Oates" With Interpreting the Masters Volume I, The Bird and The Bee (Greg Kurstin and Inara George) go one step further and pay homage to one of the greatest duo's of that time: Daryl Hall and John Oates. Classic material is reinvented through Kurstin's sleek production and George's sweet lyrical delivery. [ file under: covers album ]
   
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BONOBO "Black sands" Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his fourth, most eagerly-anticipated and most accomplished album to date, the magnificent Black Sands, simply the most contemporary record he has ever made. [ file under: cinematic hop ]
   
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BROKEN BELLS "S/t" Broken Bells is an American indie rock band featuring artist–producer Danger Mouse and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Portland indie rock band The Shins. Self-titled debut album containing the single The high road. [ file under: balsamic pop ]
  
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COBBLESTONE JAZZ "The modern deep left quarter" Two and half years after their debut LP, 23 Seconds, dazzled critics and lit up dancefloors worldwide, Coblestone Jazz are back with a powerhouse new album. A mixture of jazzy-inspired house and funky grooves. [ file under: jazzelectro ]
   
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THOMAS FEHLMANN "Gute luft" Gute Luft is the result of months of work scoring the hit German TV film 24H Berlin - the longest documentary film in history which featured 80 camera teams following the lives of Berliners over a 24 hour period. [ file under: orbsession ]
   
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JONSI "Go" go contains nine songs amassed from the large pool of songs written by jónsi during his many years with sigur rós. the album is sung in english and icelandic, and was co-produced by jónsi, his partner alex somers and peter katis (the national, interpol). [ file under: icelandic pop ]
   
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LOU RHODES "One good thing" Lou Rhodes is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester. In addition to providing vocals and lyrics for the band Lamb. Rhodes has released three solo albums: Beloved One, Bloom and One Good Thing. [ file under: folktronika ]
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IN TUA NUA "The long acre" The group was formed by Leslie Downdall, Jack Dublin, Vinny Kilduff, Ivan O'Shea, Martin Clancy, Paul Byrne and Steve Wickham in the early Eighties. The second album is now reissued, digipack cd with three bonus tracks, new liner notes and exclusive photos. Still available, always on MP & Records, the reissue of their first album, Vaudeville.
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AUDIOKISS "Really kind of moving" I membri di questo trio irlandese di Pop/Rock, Siobhan Mahon, Jack Dublin e Robert Campbell, non sono certo degli estranei al mondo della musica. Jack Dublin faceva parte degli In Tua Nua, i quali, oltre a due album su Virgin del 1987 e 1988, furono in tour con U2, Simple Minds nonche' Bob Dylan, Crowded House e gli Eurythmics.

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CLEPSYDRA "In other sunsets" The long awaited second album of the italian trio, a group that seem to be directly influenced (from the music heaven) by Syd Barrett and Jerry Garcia. Their original psychedelic formula is boosted in this new album with even more capturating sounds with the use of an hammond b4, synthesizers, violin and trumpet.
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