New Disappears single !!!!! one of the most underrated bands out there ... The Chicago band 2010 debut on Kranky "LUX" was completely overlooked and was a freaking BOMB !!!!!! This is a delight for any THE FALL and groovedelic krautrock fans, the new LP "Pre Language" is out on Kranky 1st of March. "Replicate" is free on Soundcloud
This only slipped through my radar cause it came out during my holidays but im very happy that i've bumped into it. "Make Me Return" is taken from New Orleans Duo Belong Dronegaze LP "Common Era" out on Kranky and is one of my choices for 2011 BEST ALBUM !!!!!!!
New music video from Christina Vantzou debut on Kranky tittled "Nr.1". The Kansas born and Brussels based artist is also well known as one half of the ambient audiovisual duo The Dead Texan with Adam Wiltzie from Stars of the Lid and with highly reputation in the field of motion graphics.
For this insanely and amazing music year have already some 5 albums lined up for best 2011 but Tim Hecker new album on Kranky "Dropped Pianos" is the ultimate MASTERPIECE and signs is name on the experimental electronic music genius altar with the likes of Vladislav Delay, Christian Fennesz, Richard Skelton and Ben Frost just to name a few. One of the attributes that made me so drown to Tim Hecker music was the intensity, density and the magic invisible force field that pulls you straight inside to his drones that seems to be attached to powerful nuclear turbo boosters that makes every living creature or structure shake like the most imaginably violent tsunami all coordinated with echoed harmonic perfection. I heard the phenomenal Ravedeath, 1972 that came out early in the year but for some reason wasn't really satisfied, like always i expect more and more. With "Dropped Pianos" i was from the fist note overwhelmed with the simplicity and minimalism from the claustrophobic piano repetitive strokes with the sustained, sweeping drones and beautiful orchestrated microscopical glitchy orgasmic soundscapes that falls under the sub-logic perfect imperfections imaginary world of the abstract dripping Jackson Pollock masterpiece. What makes "Dropped Pianos" epic, beyond and one of a kind is the perfect combination of Modern Classical, Drone, Noise and Glitch like was achieved by the Richard Skelton 2009 "Landings" but with the piano as main character in this story of music mutations and evolution. Sketch 9 foggy and dizzy beginning that develops into a explosive and concentrated rocket fuel burst of a gigantic wave of rumbling reverb bass is probably the most powerful and overwhelming piece of music i heard since Ben Frost "Theory of Machines album track". Powerful, Simple, and Intense. GIGANTIC *****
SMASHING ... finally the first full track from the eagerly awaited collaboration between Adam Wiltzie "Stars Of The Lid" and the amazing pianist Dustin O'Halloran. The S/T debut is out on Kranky and Erased Tapes in September.
Ive been a big fan of New Orleans drone duo Turk Dietrich and Michael Jones, they made some of my favorite drones, very dense sounds, almost like being sucked into a Mark Rothko painting.
Today was complete caught by surprise by the new single that Kranky as posted on their soundcloud, they sound like a Minimal Wave/Shoegaze band, amazing stuff, awesome surprise and a brilliant change of shit.
"Perfect Life" is taken from the album "Common Era" available on the 21 of March on Kranky ... expectations are so hight now.
When you think about it makes sense because drone music one way or the other have to evolve in other directions, already heard a few interesting Drone/Folk projects and this is definitely the way to go !!!!!!
Benoit Pioulard is a musician that i like quite a look that i've been neglecting for too long.
"Since a young age, Thomas Meluch has been fascinated by natural sounds and the textures of decay. He began playing piano before his feet could reach the pedals, and for more than a decade has sought to create a unique sonic environment by combining remnants of pop song structures with the lushness and unpredictability of field recordings. A veteran drummer of a half dozen bands and an avid collector of instruments and analog devices, Meluch relies on guitar and voice as the bases for his work as Benoît Pioulard."