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Casper Clausen and sir Was collaborate on new single ‘Flyder’

11 July 2020

Photo: Karin Hedberg

Efterklang’s singer Casper Clausen and Swedish artist Joel Wästberg aka sir Was have shared a collaborative single entitled ‘Flyder’. This isn’t the first time the two artists team up, having co-written ‘Lyset’, the title track of Efterklang´s latest EP. The pair first met at Berlin’s PEOPLE festival a couple of years ago. In Casper own words, “it was a kinda love at first sight”. He added:

“Joel and I clicked and during that week of creation, we developed a friendship which led to many more hangs and recordings over the past couple of years. Joel joined the Efterklang recordings of our most recent album “Altid Sammen” last year and we also wrote the Efterklang song “Lyset” together in Joel’ studio in Gothenburg. I love writing music with Joel, his ability to frame a moment and his ear for melody, texture and groove is a rare treat to be around. We supplement each other well and we have a lot of fun making music together.”

Translating as ‘Floating’, and sung in Danish, ‘Flyder’, as Casper described, “is a song to the stream that carries our boat, a celebration and a fear for the metaphysical place where we decide to stay and grow our roots, our home on a floating dock, a moving hub and a made-up flower of all the things we give importance. When you manage to let go on your own power of control, when you are floating and staying at the same time.”

Wrap your ears around the delightful ‘Flyder’ now.

Listen to Kamaal Williams’ new single ‘Hold On’ feat. Lauren Faith

06 July 2020

Photo: Glauco Canalis

Wu Hen, the much anticipated new album from Kamaal Williams aka Henry Wu arrives later this month. The South London’s multi-talented musician had already shared the exhilarating ‘One More Time’, and ahead of the release on July 24th through Black Focus, he is enticing us again with new single ‘Hold On’, featuring Lauren Faith on guest vocals. Take a listen below.

JOBS share video for new single ‘A Toast’

01 July 2020

JOBS, the Brooklyn based experimental rock ensemble of guitarist/vocalist Dave Scanlon, drummer Max Jaffe, violist Jessica Pavone, and Lundberg, have a new album on the way entitled endless birthdays. Marking their third album release, endless birthdays features guest appearances from John Dieterich (Deerhoof), Matt Mehlan (Skeletons), Cyrus Pireh (Skeletons), and Steven Lugerner.
Ahead of the album’s release on August 7th through Ramp Local, the quartet have shared a video for opening track ‘A Toast’, directed by and starring Nina Vroeman. It follows the previously released single ‘Brian’, also offered with an accompanying video directed by Max Jaffe. Take a look at both below.

Watch Mouse On The Keys’ video for ‘Praxis’

27 June 2020

Photo: Yasuhiro Ohara

Mouse On The Keys released a new EP last month entitled Arche, which will be followed in September with a full length album of the same name. On the EP, the Japanese trio bring the piano to the fore again, embracing back their instrumental basics. The EP’s magnificent opening track, ‘Praxis’, has been paired with an accompanying video, directed by Hiromichi Yano. Take a look below.

Julianna Barwick signs to Ninja Tune for new album, Healing Is A Miracle

19 June 2020

Photo: Jen Medina

Julianna Barwick is back to soothe and enchant us with Healing Is A Miracle, her first new record in four years, following the release of Will in 2016. The album sees her exploring rich sonic possibilities through improvisation and her singular, ethereal and immersive loop-based compositions. After recording all of her music on headphones, on Healing Is A Miracle she turned to studio monitors, which had been gifted to her by Jónsi and Alex (Somers). “The first song I remember making with those was the first song on the album, Inspirit.” she explains, “When I added the bass I really felt it in my body, you know, in a way you just wouldn’t with headphones… it was kind of euphoric and fun”, she explained. “I got really excited about making the record in that moment, and I think that really had an impact on the sounds I ended up making.”
A transitional album, Barwick recorded it in the aftermath of her move from New York to Los Angeles, with the help of Jónsi (Sigur Rós), Nosaj Thing and Mary Lattimore. Healing Is A Miracle, as the title suggests, takes its name from the processes of body healing. “You cut your hand, it looks pretty bad, and two weeks later it looks like it never happened… That’s kind of amazing, you know?”

The record is set for release on July 10th through Ninja Tune and Barwick has already shared two moving and mesmerizing singles, ‘Inspirit’ and ‘In Light’ featuring Jónsi. ‘In Light’ comes with a gorgeous accompanying video, directed by Joel Kazuo Knoernschild.


Compro Oro team up with BaBa ZuLa’s Murat Ertel and Esma Ertel for collaborative album Simurg

18 June 2020

Tomorrow will see the release of Simurg, the heavenly collaborative album from Belgian pyschedelic jazz collective Compro Oro and Murat Ertel, frontman and co-founder of Turkish cult psychedelic folk band BaBa ZuLa, and his singer partner Esma Ertel. The follow-up to last year’s widely acclaimed Suburban Exotica, Simurg grew out of a live performance between guitarist Bart Vervaeck and Murat Ertel at Istanbul Express in 2016. The process continued in the studio as an intense recording session that would yield the upcoming record. “The new music is entirely based on improvisation”, frontman Wim Segers explained. “In contrast to ‘Suburban Exotica’, which is built more from song structures and where there was more overdubs.”

Simurg conjures up everything from dub and psychedelia to jazz, funk and Anatolian folk music. The project is describes as “a spontaneous dialogue, a quest for new musical horizons, a gathering of liberal spirits to reach for the unknown.”

For a staggering and immersive taste of the album ahead of tomorrow’s release, take a listen to ‘Ignorance Is Bliss (Valley Of Ignorance)’.


Simurg is out on June 19th though Sdban Ultra