School of Seven Bells – The Night
Yeah, that’s the new School of Seven Bells line up. My first thought was, what happened to Claudia? And then I remembered she left like, last year. :( Sad times. Vagrant has just hit us up with this brand new track, The Night from the upcoming album Ghostory and their signature dreamy harmonies that I...
Datahowler
The future sound is upon us. Datahowler is sending signals from his Dallas base to us all, communicating through the medium of his music: beat music reminescent of the likes of Hudson Mohawke and James Blake, filled with hip hop references, spacey 8-bit experimentalism, howling chilled-out or fast-forwarded high pitched garage-esque vocals and artwork that...
Gold Panda – Same Dream China
It’s late and I’m still trawling through my inbox. Found some love by Ghostly International again. Derwin aka Gold Panda‘s just released Lucky Shiner 2 weeks back. We’ve got a promo track courtesy of the label and a lovely video for the track Snow & Taxis. Watch and listen. Also, read that post I wrote...
Matthew Dear
The man behind the Ghostly label, Matthew Dear has announced the release date for Black City, the highly anticipated 4th full length output. Little People (Black City) will be the first single off the album and is scheduled for release on September 14th. Little People is a monster of a track, rolling on a cosmic...
Shigeto – What We Held On To (FREE EP)
“Shigeto’s body of work has grown over the last few years to the tune of several EPs on Moodgadget as Shigeto and with A Setting Sun, a pair of EPs under the alias Frank Omura, and remixes for Shlohmo, Worst Friends, Praveen & Benoit, Tycho, Mux Mool, Charles Trees, A Setting Sun, Beautiful Bells, and...
Solvent – Loss For Words (Video)
“In Simeon Tennant’s video for Solvent’s “Loss for Words” (the first single from Subject to Shift ), a pair of romantically entwined shapes watch helplessly as their relationship dissolves. Both the gray square and his fluffy, pink girlfriend seem at a “Loss for Words” as they drift into their respective solitudes. Tennant’s lo-fi computer animation...
Gold Panda
Quirky electronica and hip hop for the painfully esoteric. Derwin is the a one man experimental project Gold Panda from Essex, UK revealing to you, my dear friend, the wonders of recycled forgotten sounds into a colorful landscape. Very much the complete opposite of Ratatat, and not too disimilar from my one time ex-stalkee Jacob...
Tycho – Past Is Prologue (Ghostly International)
A Circular Reeducation is a favorite off the album but then the faster paced, Past Is Prologue moves in with awesome grace, again the keyboards keep you reigned in but then, at 1:51 the scattering percussions quickly move into breakbeat / drum and bass territory.
Solvent
Yeah robots can dance but imagine a robot with deep emotions. That is what Jason Amm aka Solvent sounds like. Making analog synth-pop with such finely crafted melodies and a twee, electro-pop sensibility. Catchy and complexed at the same time. Loss For Words, the first Single from Subject to Shift will be out on Ghostly...
Phantogram
Ghostly International gave Bad Fotography the heads up on Phantogram‘s upcoming release, Eyelid Movies. Phantogram (formerly Charlie Everywhere) has recently signed to Barsuk Records, and while the LP will be out on Ghostly International, the CD version will be released on Barsuk. This New York band reminds me a bit of Caribou, Beach House, Blonde...
