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NEW RELEASES AGOSTO 2010: WHAT'S GOING ON MY MUSIC PLAYER ? |
BOOKS
"The way out"
The Way Out is the fourth studio album by American folktronic/sound collage music duo The Books. It is the first album The Books have released in five years and their first album with Temporary Residence Limited.
[ file under: folktronika ]
   
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MATTHEW DEAR
"Black city"
Entitled Black City, the new record by
Matthew Dear is out now on Ghostly
International. It will be Dear's first full-length under his own name
since 2007's Asa Breed and follows a similar style to that release, with
deep crooning vocals layered over sleek electronic beats.
[ file under: microhouse ]
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DELOREAN
"Subiza"
Barcelona's Delorean mine a territory between dance music and independent pop, producing a sound that is distinctly theirs. This is the record it took delorean 10 years to evolve into a fusion of dance music (including their native spanish balearic house) and contemporary pop music.
[ file under: madchester ]
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MAHLER / MATTHEW HERBERT
"Symphony X - Recomposed"
The next in the series of Deutsche Grammophon's Recomposed is Mahler's 10th Symphony by Matthew Herbert. It has now been released in Germany and will be available elsewhere later this summer.
[ file under: deutsche grammophon ]
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LLOYD MILLER & THE HELIOCENTRICS
"S/t"
Following their award-winning collaboration with Ethio jazz Godfather Mulatu Astatke, pioneering UK collective The Heliocentrics resurfaces alongside another fascinating jazz enigma, ethno-musicologist, jazz maestro and multi-instrumentalist, Lloyd Miller.
[ file under: jazzscope ]
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BRENDAN PERRY
"Ark"
As Dead Can Dance, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard sold more than 2 million records worldwide. To this day, they remain 4AD's biggest selling act. Ark is more reminiscent of the music Brendan has written forDead Can Dance than his previous solo work, Eye Of The Hunter.
[ file under: deadman can dance ]
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PVT
"Church with no magic"
PVT, the electronic rock trio formerly known as Pivot, will release second album, Church With No Magic, this summer on Warp Records. The album shows the group further developing their multi-instrumental, electronically enhanced rock sound.
[ file under: rocktronica ]
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MAX RICHTER
"Infra"
Infra broadly carries on the style of albums like The Blue Notebooks and Songs From Before, which, with their finely wrought miniatures, were quite exquisite creations. - Wire
At his saddest, Richter sounds like Gorecki, at his most penetrating, like Michael Nyman on a backdrop of concrete and rain. - Word
[ file under: isolationism ]
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SKREAM
"Outside the box"
Dubstep innovator Skream released his second album, Outside the Box with Listenin' to the Records on my Wall as the lead single. The CD features 14 new tracks and collaborations come from Murs, La Roux, dBridge & Instra:mental, Sam Frank and Freckles.
[ file under: dubstep ]
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SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
"Disconnect from desire"
School of Seven Bells is a three-piece band formed by Benjamin Curtis together with identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza. Their sound has been described as dreamy and ethereal
and the lyrics as abstract.
[ file under: shoegazing ]
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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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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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