Album from Crablab (aka SpaceKundun) – “Penzjina”

May 14th, 2010

Crablab  presents a new artist EP album of Alexander Gaas, popular Dutch producer  also known under Space Kundun moniker. The man behind the project Crablab  represents the spirit of the very fertile progressive scene of the Netherlands. Penzjina, is Crablab’s latest development. He fuses together Progressive Trance and Electro house with influences from a variety of music sources, Minimal, IDM,Rock n’ Roll, Funk and much more. Creating unique atmospheres using analogue synthesizers with a high   tech approach. Dominant bass lines, entoxicating melodies and stable grooves. That designates Crablab’s trademark sound as we know it. 

Known for his deep emotional electronic music, Russian born Alexander Gaas now produces his hypnotic grooves from Amsterdam, Netherlands. He started as an underground DJ for goa and psytrance parties around Israel. A renown resident dj for Grasshopper in Haifa, where he spins psychill and ambient tunes. Space Kundun was born as his alter-ego during his audio studies in SAE Amsterdam (School of Audio Engineers).

Space Kundun delivers an  exciting mixture of exclusive loops, melodies, live instruments, drum patterns and textured layers of down-tempo, breakbeat, psychill and IDM.

In 2006 he released his first EP “Hura” via his own label Highlands Music. “Mind Mirror” emerged in 2007 and “The river of dreams” consecutively in 2010. 

“Penzjina” is a nice mixture of electronic music, an eclectic groovey fusion of electronic soundsources always held together by a tight beat and a steady bassline. 

 Listen here 

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Zagar from Hungary makes great noise.

May 7th, 2010

Zagar from Hungary merges funky Rhodes, physcedelic rock, electro, opera
and electronica into their own steaming meltingpot.
Its quite unique and refreshing – I love those rhodes themes and rock drums, but also the spacier passages are very good. There is even a hint of U2 in there – The Edge on a funky electronic tip so to say. Check it out here.

As part of the burgeoning Eastern European electronica scene, Hungarian band Zagar started out as three-fifth of the Yonderboi Quintet. After a few years and a lot of critical success, they round out a new group lead by the keyboardist Balazs Zsager. The newer sound somewhat more experimental and tough much of the aesthetic is complementary. After a hugely successful debut album, Local Broadcast, the band shifted into some soundtrack territory. They has branched into further soundtrack scoring opportunities, most notably in the American CSI series. They were nominated for the Best Local Act in the MTV Music Awards 2009. The band performs live as a 5 piece featuring guest vocalist. Zagar were also supporting Depeche Mode at the Budapest leg of the Tour of the Universe 2009. This summer they have gigs in Germany, Austria, Russia, Finland and Czech Republic.

On their latest album they mix psychedelic rock, dub and hip-hop with cosmic electronic tunes while sometimes using church choir elements and quotes from movies to merge the past and the future in a surrealistic way. The concept of the album is a kind of exodus from the stereotypes of cosmopolitan urban living, delving into the mysteries of the 21st Century Man.
A couple of tracks featuring George Ligeti – Alan McGee’s favourite singer. The single hit “Wings of Love”, features The Underground Divas – six Hungarian independent singers – and earned heavy radio airplay and secured a no1. spot on MTV’s video chart in Hungary.
They actually won the second prize in the International Songwriting Competition (judged by Tom Waits, Robert Smith, Nelly Furtado, Tiesto).

Listen and watch here

http://www.ganga.dk
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http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Ganga
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Emancipator – exiting new artist

April 26th, 2010

Here is some new stuff about a very young producer that came out of nowhere earlier this year. Emancipator is his name – or his artist bame, played his first live show in July 2009, opening for Bonobo at  Roseland Theater New York.

Since then, he’s toured with Bassnectar, STS9, Pretty Lights, and played at festivals like Trinumeral and Symbiosis, and closed out Sound Tribe Sector 9’s late night parties in Denver at the request of the band.

Emancipator self-released his first album, Soon It Will Be Cold Enough, at the age of 19 in 2006. His lovely melodies layered over, immaculately-produced beats captivated fans across the internet and across the world.

“Soon It Will Be Cold Enough” was picked up by Japanese producer Nujabes, pressed in Japan and sold 5,000 copies in the first six months. Emancipator landed a Puma sponsorship, gave an interview to Rolling Stone Japan, discovered one of his songs was played at the Beijing Olympics (he is still trying to figure out how that happened) and his song “Shook,” a mashup that perfectly mixes Mobb Deep’s mighty raps with  a Sigur Ros track, became the highest-rated song on Hype Machine’s “Best 50 Songs of 2007”. It also appeared on Hype Machine as the #2 most popular song in April 2009.

His latest album “Safe In The Steep Cliffs” blends new instrumentation and organic samples with the signature Emancipator style of smooth clean production, silky melodies and addictive drums. Dense layers of choirs, horns, American folk instruments such as  banjo and mandolin, violin and some distinct Asian influences make for a playful but refined album. Built out of intricate tracks listeners can enjoy on as many levels as they want. Dance to it, chill out to it, immerse your mind in it.

Great music – go find him.

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“Relight” new dubby sounds from Dubphonic.

April 19th, 2010

« A soft but very breath taking album, a very elegant blend with Jamaican flavours, haunting compositions,  fluidity and clearlight sound quality, their dub fades into electro-ambiant chamanism and becomes a magic sound installation »

From Le Monde to 20 Minutes, from Keyboards Magazine to Telerama, reviews of Dubphonic’s  “Smoke Signals ” (2003) were all over positive. First album of the French trio after a cult 12″ for the Chicago based label Guidance Recordings, called  Smoke Signals,  was entirely instrumental. It soon became a music supervisors favorite and  tracks were being picked up for series such as  “Six Feet Under ” and  “Dexter “.

After a long tour with the Japanese band Audio Active and a handful of concerts, and while their remix of Tosca’s  “Orozco ” was being spun all around the world,  the band went back into the studio in 2004.

If inspiration met the rendez-vous, Stefane Goldman (guitars/electronics),  Alexis Mauri aka Alexkid (programming & production) and Sylvain Mosca (programming & electronics), they  were not fully satisfied with the results and agreed that time would not be an issue. They  wanted the best for their second album.

Four years in-and-out of the studio later,  eleven new compositions were completed and finalised for the fresh new album Relight.

During the deliberatly very slow creative process, four of these new pieces naturally evolved into songs with guest vocal performances by Cuban-American Liset Alea (previously heard on Alexkid’s second and third album), Euro-American Daniella D’Ambrosio (Nouvelle Vague, Aswefall), Brasilian CÈu (whose new album Varagosa is about to be released in Europe) and English Mau (co-founder of Earthling and several other projects).

The band members plays most of the instruments and and writes most of the repertoire themselves.

For certain special takes, they called in brilliant musicians such as Jean-Philippe Rykiel and Rodriguez Jr. on electric piano, Jérémie Poirier-Quinot on flute and Prince Zober on percussions.

Their different inputs and the various palette of the guest singers/writers, enriches the bands unique sound while at the same time keeping the cinematic essence of their music, more obvious than ever in tracks like  “Nora Sun”, “Last Resort Hotel” or the magnificent  closing number  “Outland”.

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Lala 2.0 – DePhazz and Pit Baumgartner makes some new noise

April 12th, 2010

This album from Pit Baumgartner finds its inspiration so many places its hard to find out where to begin.

The Pit Baumgartner has created a new collection of very sou linspired tracks with many interesting vocal performances and a chopped up form of soul full grooves. Very jazzy stuff – very American actually.

Very old school funky grooves in many of these tracks. Check it out for yourself in this player.

And read what the label writes about the release.

“LaLa 2.0” is the 8th DE PHAZZ album to date, and it showcases a vast amount of international vocalists stemming from the ever expanding musical universe of one of the best selling lounge outfits out there. Of course there’s Pat Appleton (GER) and Karl Frierson (USA), alongside Barbara Lahr (GER), Marnie Mans (CAN), Angel Jones (USA), Sandie Wollasch (GER), and Charity Sanders (USA) –  they all contribute to a rare data carrier way beyond the ordinary…

“It’s just a file, that’s what it is.” Is it?

Now that’s truly a self ironic statement about a song as a cold, nameless file: mp3 data, that is. As opposed to (or even highlighted by) soulful juggling of words… contemporary trains of thoughts in a way. Here’s another excerpt (for the headstrong):

„I know you from Baywatch, don’ explain it away bitch.“

What? Lyrical alphabet soup ranging from “deep” to “cheeky” and back. There’s lament (“Duck & Cover”) as well as many wrinkles caused by laughing (“Slums Of Monte Carlo”). Social statements (“Fear is my business”) followed by conciliating vibes (”Back from where I started”). All framed by those unique, electro-organic soundscapes created by DE PHAZZ head honcho Baumgartner.

„Jazz is the move“? “No Lie”!

“Lala 2.0” is wood from the roots, shaped on the scanner. Well computed terrestial heat. it’s “soul” ripped to pieces, and  then put together again in a different way… contemporary and organic digitalism. Word up!

And so, nothing stays the same. DE PHAZZ “play” music… music version 2.0. It’s all uppercut is on here, so go & get your Lala update while supplies last.

(courtesy of MM Connexion)

Watch this slick video

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Ever wondered what happened to Manfred Mans Earth Band

March 26th, 2010

Here is a chance to find out what happened to that band. Or part of it anyway, namely the lead singer Noel McCalla.

I vaguely remember the band playing in my hometown in Copenhagen many years ago, but its so vaguely remembered by my tired brain, that I am not even too sure about it really happened or I just heard about it.

Anyway there is a new CD – yes a physical CD, remember them, out on Irma records right now that features him together with BLADE & MASQUENADA FAMILY.

Its very very funky players that hey have found here, and the production is so funky that I almost forgot how it

sounds when you go all the way with this kind of music and production. But its like a walk down a street you havent

walked in 25 years or something. Here is what they write about it in the press release:

Blade & Masquenada Family project starts back in 2000, its a well structured idea takes shape, conceived by Alessandro Staderini AKA ‘Blade’ (a well known International DJ in his own right and founder member of the seminal Funk Producers ‘Jestofunk’ and Francesco Ballerini (A studio Producer with many years of experience on his back). Collaborating with a variety of Vocalists and musicians, Blade & Masquenada Family release Two Albums : “Uma Viagen Nu Tempo” and “Gaugain Vision” On their own inprint ‘Cavernjatt’, the Albums are very well received both from Music lovers around the globe and the Press. Now, thanks to a brand new collaboration with IRMA records their Third Album Is about to be released, the work is quite unusually titled “dove scorrono tranquissime le mie polifonie”, where they choose to work with the English Singer Noel  McCalla (better known as the Lead Singer with Historical Band ‘Manfred Mann’s Earth Band). All in all, an Album full of nice rich sounds exploring through P-Funk, Nu-Soul and Electronic and often reaching colourful peaks of Mexican vibes, which is where Blade lives happily since 2005, playing and producing his funky music.

Listen here

(Courtesy of MCON Connection)

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http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga

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Guts new arts & music project out on their own label – alternative hip hop

March 18th, 2010


After ten years of releasing with Alliance Ethnik, and ten more of various and eclectic collaborations, plus a solo album with Wax On, Guts introduces you, in collaboration with Mambo the painter, to the Art&Music project called  “ Freedom”, on Guts´s own label Pura Vida.

“Freedom” is an album of bipolar music, dark, yet coloured, oscillating between joy of living and melancholy. The result, as in Guts life, is a musical and emotional voyage. Just like DJ Shadow, Guts albums are entirely composed with samples. In “ Freedom”, for the first time, he lets the samples talk, in order to have them express his thoughts.

This brings on a more conscious and committed conception of beatmaking. He affirms his difference, trying to personalize his music with new messages and sounds.

This way, he tries – with his own words,  to enrich this HipHop getting poorer. As Keith Haring used to say, “I see in my music something that will last and give joy of living”.

Mambo, on his side, is indefinable: Graffiti artist in the beginning, street artist at the Centre Pompidou, painter at the Galerie Agnès B, designer for different brands, illustrator for Canal+ Grosland, graphic designer, he travelled the world with his talent under his arm/in a backpack. Right before leaving for an exhibition in Rio, he has created for “ Freedom” a whole graphic universe overflowing with imagination, you will discover in the inner sleeves of the album.

Guts: “We love what we do way too much to treat our followers as mere consumers, or to abuse/mistreat their ears. From the beginning, our mission has been to offer the best quality in every step of the creative process.  In order to fight against the impoverished sound of dematerialized music, I chose to provide the 2 best supports available nowadays, which are vinyl and cd,  tied together in one packaging.

Freedom is also the possibility of choice. To discover Guts mew world, you can also visit www.analoglife.fr .”

tracklistING A1.  Introducing Mr. F

A2.  Trouble in France

A3.  I AM what I eat

A4.  Bubble (part1)

B5.  Keep the air in my music

B6.  L.U.V

B7.  You’re living like pigs

B8.  Give up your guns

C9.  Teenage rebellion

C10. We want to be different

C11. We hope

C12. Cause we undestand

D13. I want you tonight

D14. Bad side of sex

D15. Te enamores de mi

D16. Silence, ça fume (part1)

Listen to snippets here

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http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga

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Your voice – what else do you need?

March 16th, 2010

Austrian vocal ONLY band astonished with their genre crossing live performances in Mumbai India – at The Blue Frog.

It must have been a surprise to the audience the forst couple of times they performed there. No instruments, only voice.

But really talented people makes for good live performances, and now they released a limited edition CD with recordings

captured the six nights they played at “The Blue Frog” in Mumbai.

Here is what they write about the project – (courtesey MCON):

“NOTHING BUT HUMAN VOICE AND A MICROPHONE

Austrian vocal acrobats Bauchklang (”gut-tone”) have already received international accolades for their unique genre-crossing sound, created without using any instruments other than their voices.

Which makes Bauchklang the epitome of a live band, and an unforgettable experience for audiences after they overcame the initial surprise.

Their stunning mix of Electro, Dub, and Hip Hop earned Bauchklang two “Amadeus Awards” (the alpine version of a Grammy) at home, and travelled well abroad.

With just their microphones to bring, they became regulars at the most prestigious European music festivals, and now can boast fan communities in over 20 countries, including diverse places such as Canada and India.

Four years after their latest album release, the self-professed “vocal groove collective” now emerges tightened to five members, audibly ripened, and with two new releases ready. Which marks the launch of a new phase of Bauchklang going global, including a fresh web platform, new collaborations with artists around the world, and an international film project.

What started in January 2008 with the first Indian live appearance of an Austrian band completely unknown, and in a newly opened club in Mumbai, just a year later culminated in three sold out nights at what had become India’s premiere live-venue:

Bauchklang live at the Bluefrog club.

Bauchklang first ever live-album, “Live In Mumbai”, features a selection of songs performed on these six nights, including the new track “Signs” – a first taste of the like-titled upcoming studio album – and guest appearances of gifted young Indian singer Shilpa Rao and prolific Indian percussionist Vivek Rajgopalan.

The album “Live In Mumbai” is released as a limited edition collectors item including a bonus DVD with four live performances on video.”

Indeed a very special treat that I would love to experience live. Check them out here.


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New Ganga remix package out march 15th everywhere

March 10th, 2010
ganga when i close my eyes

ganga when i close my eyes

It might be old news to release remixes of an old track, but neverteless this is what we have done now.

Its one of the vocal tracks from “More light please” (released 2009 on Flinc Music).

“When I close my eyes” is one of my favourite tracks from this album, and its a track that was written a few years back actually. When I was working on “Dont wake me up” – it just didnt seem to fit at that album at that time.

The vocalist is Cecilie Acklon from Copenhagen, Denmark, who also contributed with her beautiful vocals on two

tracks on the album “Dont wake me up” from 2007 – “Scratch” and “Strange Paradise” – both tracks co-produced with Buda from Lulu Rouge by the way.

On this new EP there are remixes from a wide range of artists.

Massivan from Formentera, Spain is contributing with two very different mixes of the track. An uptempo version and a downtempo version.You can hear his production style very clearly on both tracks.

Then we have an uptempo progressive mix from Morten Yde, who recently remixed my track “Sweet Morning” for Black Hole Recordings. This mix is a typical track from him, and its sure to set some dance floors on fire while the moon is dancing.

Then german reggae specialist and roducer Razoof contributes with his “Razoof & Emanuels Duba Illic Mix” – beautiful downtempo with lots of nice reggae vibes to go around. A nice sunset mix for the hammock or whereever you prefer to chill out when the sun is setting.

Last but not least Haranaki provides a cool minimal mix to level thing out. Clubby but still mellow.

To top things off, there is a bonus instrumental mix that has also never been released before.

Its march 15 in all major download shops.

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http://www.last.fm/music/Ganga
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Love among the shadowed things – by Vanessa Daou

March 3rd, 2010

I have to make some noise about this fantastic little world of its own – hiding on the internet among 10000000000000000000 other “interesting” things.  But this is really great I must say.

Its one of these things that really stands out – in my opinion anyway.

Its called “Weird tales for winter”, and obviously as we are now aproaching  spring, its a bit too late to call it news but hey… its still fantastic. A collective hauntological radio series curated by Johnny Mugwamp.

As part of his exotic Pylon radio show. And Vanessa Daou tapped into a veine of beauty, melancholy and mysterious words and voices that are sure to inspire a thirsty soul. She calls her tale “Love among the shadowed things”.

Other artists that contributed to the radio show are:

Moon Wiring Club
West Norwood Cassette Library and Matthew de Abaitua
Dolly Dolly
Belbury Poly and Lawrence Norfolk
Radio Joy
Mordant Music
John Foxx

Yyou can listen and download Vanessa Daous winter tale here.

I have taken the liberty to copy what she has to say about her “Love among the shadowed things”,

Here goes:

‘love among the shadowed things’ is a hybrid piece, a private excursion in sound, poetry, harmony, melody, performance, invisible cinema. much of the lyrics were composed extemporaneously on my iPhone during december of ‘09. in its final form i was aiming to capture the essence of the process of writing for this very project which was on the one hand spontaneous & free-form and on the other reflective and measured.

there are 4 themes i’ve explored for jonny’s “hauntological” project: dreams, snow, shadows & night. lyrically & sonically, i touch on the overlap of sleep and waking life, coherence versus disintegration, the conflation of hope & despair, love & lust, the expression and withholding of desire. winter serves as the metaphorical, psychological & emotional backdrop. i tried to distill my impressions of winter’s ephemeral essence in these poems & explore harmonies which evoke some sensed or intuited spiritual realm.

i’ve conceived  the first poem as a kind of dream or opening, after which I/the narrator navigate my way through one particular december night and reflect on passing things: the secular and temporal, the familiar, the mystifying, universal and eternal.

the 4 poemsongs address a relationship to or search for some universal understanding, moving through various phases of insight and (dis)illusion, oscillating between belief (in something greater, not necessarily Divine) and doubt, exploring the idea of omniscience (God-like in a way), and the idea of absence up against the fact that we are here and very present in this moment -

my guiding inspiration is t.s. eliot’s ‘love song of j. alfred prufrock‘, edgar allen poe’s ‘the raven‘, allen ginsberg’s ‘howl‘ anne waldman’s ‘flame‘, & tom chivers’ ‘the terrors‘

for those of you who’ve been following the exoticpylon, you can expect further explorations into those electrically charged edges of music, sound & poetry. for those new listeners, expect only the unexpected…

(Vanessa Daou)

What can I say other than that I highly recommend this marvel – as a perfect tool for mind travelling.
(A transportation form much underrated)
It is SO beautiful and Vanessas voice is as we know it – like silk on a quiet beach.
Happy travels.
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