pilole 2010 novembre

NOVEMBRE 2010	[ OLDIES BUT GOODIES ]
DARKSTAR "North" As their first long player, Darkstar have produced an album many bands with many more releases and experience under their belt can only dream of. Elegant, downbeat, breezy, sometimes melancholy and bleak, sometimes optimistic, North will surprise many, a classic record for short days and long nights. [ file under: human dubstep ]		FLYING LIZARDS "Flying Lizards/Fourth wall" A welcome reissue of the two key Flying Lizards albums, innovative Pop Electronica from the early 1980’s Founded in 1978 by avant-garde composer and producer David Cunningham as an experimental pop band, The Flying Lizards rode the crest of the New Wave peaking with the international hit single Money. [ file under: new wave ]
BRIAN ENO "Small craft on a milk sea" Small Craft on a Milk Sea is a 2010 album by British electronic musician and record producer Brian Eno. The album, his debut for Warp, was recorded with collaborators Jon Hopkins and Leo Abrahams in 2009 and 2010. [ file under: warpambient ]		PETER GORDON "Love of life orchestra" DFA have released the long-awaited anthology of music by saxophonist Peter Gordon and the Love of Life Orchestra. As well as working solo and with his Love of Life Orchestra (co-founded with David Van Tieghem), he has collaborated with David Byrne, Arto Lindsay, Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega, The Flying Lizards and Arthur Russell, among others. [ file under: LoL ]
GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER "Acoustic sessions" The debut acoustic album by Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl. Acoustic Sessions shows their love of quirky and whimsical 60s folk pop, reminiscent at times of Syd Barrett, Incredible String Band and Simon & Garfunkel. [ file under: folktronika ]		PINK INDUSTRY "New naked technology" Great British band (from Liverpool) started in the beggining of 80s after Pink Military split up. Jayne (singer of Pink MIlitary) and Ambrose Reynolds (bass player founder of legendary Frank Goes to Hollywood) started Pink Industry. The bands mix new wave and experimental sounds with sexy vocals. Pink Industry did 3 full albuns some 12" and one 7" and recorded 4 Peel Sessions at BBC in the 80´s. [ file under: new wave ]
OSUNLADE "Occult symphonic" Occult Symphonic, the latest interpretation of the state of electronic house according to the man from Yoruba. With this mix, Osunlade delves deeper into Afro-Tech, exploring the hypnotic trance state that music can put you in as a cleansing, even healing force. [ file under: afro minimal ]
LAETITIA SADIER "Trip" The Trip is (Laetitia, former vocalist for the underground pop group Stereolab) Sadier's first ever solo album. It features ten new tracks by Sadier, plus two covers: Un Soir, Un Chien by French pop group Les Rita Mitsouko and By the Sea by '70s American vocal duo Wendy and Bonnie. [ file under: stereo-lab ]
SOLAR BEARS "She was coloured in" Dublin duo Solar Bears may follow a similar path to Prins Thomas but they plot the course with sun spots in their eyes. The results are charming, taking Vangelis-style futurism, cosmic disco and pastoral romanticism. Totally uncool. Totally brilliant. [ file under: polar beats ]
BJORN TORSKE "Kokning" Kokning is Torske’s most fulfilled album and by far his best. This release takes avant-disco, weirdo-dub, post-punk, and quirky electronica and mixes them into the ultimate Bjørn Torske album. [ file under: scando-nova ]