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Colin Stetson shares new track ‘In the Clinches’ from upcoming solo album

26 March 2017

Colin Stetson - In The ClinchesSax super-hero Colin Stetson gets us every time with his extraordinarily staggering and powerful compositions. After teasing his new solo album, All This I Do For Glory, with the sublime and breathtaking ‘Spindrift’, Stetson got us even more excited offering a new track called ‘In the Clinches’. Here’s what he had to say about it:

“For those who have heard ‘Spindrift,’ this track is in all ways it’s antithesis. I always try to build into the arc of an album some point of juxtaposition, and this one is where that happens. Whereas ‘Spindrift’ is serenity and expanse, ‘In The Clinches’ is violence and immediacy. I wanted the experience of the song to be one of total immersion like the listener is inhabiting the instrument itself, hearing and feeling it from the inside out. There’s this hyper-realised, exaggerated character to the percussive sounds and a brute brashness to the sound of the horn. If ‘Spindrift’ is a memory of a peaceful past then ‘Clinches’ is the fear of a future of struggle. The present is that point of silence between the two.”

‘In the Clinches’ also comes with a live video shot and edited by Derrick Belcham. Watch it now.


All This I Do For Glory is out on April 28th through Stetson’s own 52Hz label via Kartel Music Group.

Secret Chiefs 3 tease three albums with new tracks ‘The System of Antichrist’ and ‘Bereshith ‘

22 March 2017

Secret Chiefs 3 - THE SYSTEM OF ANTICHRIST BereshithSecret Chiefs 3 had previously announced the release of two new albums and as if that wasn’t exciting enough, they have now upped the offer. The revolving ensemble of musicians led by guitarist/composer Trey Spruance are gearing up to release three new albums and they’ve just released two new monumental songs to help fundraise the records. The band, whose musical explorations span genres as diverse as Middle Eastern music, surf rock, death metal, classical and electronic music, have existed in a number of different incarnations. Each of the songs they are sharing are from one of these different formations. ‘The System of Antichrist’ is lifted from Secret Chiefs 3: Traditionalists and ‘Bereshith’ is tied to Secret Chiefs 3: Ishraqiyun.

In an accompanying note, Spruance writes the following:

“Secret Chiefs 3. “Upsizing” when we should be “downsizing”…
We find ourselves in an era where all logic says “simplify, streamline, make a duo or trio version of the band” or “let technology carry the heavy weight”, but we refuse this line of thinking… totally REFUSE!
While it may be sad that musical ensembles made up of multiple humans might be going the way of the dodo, for an audacious spirit there is nothing better than a LOST CAUSE…
The perfect time to defy all of it is NOW.
So let’s go big, not small…”

Spruance ends inviting us to lend our ears to ‘The System of Antichrist’ and ‘Bereshith’.  Listen to both below and head over to their bandcamp to download the tracks and see further info on these releases.


Watch The Physics House Band’s video for ‘Calypso’ off upcoming album Mercury Fountain

21 March 2017

The Physics House Band - Calypso‘Calypso’, the mighty first single from The Physics House Band‘s upcoming mini-album Mercury Fountain, serves as a tremendous taste for what the Brighton based trio have in store for us. The track is being offered with an accompanying video, directed and produced by Adam Hutchison. Watch it below and grab the album when it drops on April 21st via Small Pond Records.


To celebrate the release of Mercury Fountain, The Physics House Band have announced a string of live dates in the UK/Europe in May. See all their confirmed stops below:

May 5th – Colossal Festival (DK)
May 7th – Darwen, Sunbird Records, UK
May 8th – Glasgow, The Hug and Pint, UK
May 9th – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club, UK
May 10th – Bristol, The Fleece, UK
May 11th – Brighton, The Haunt, UK
May 12th – London, Kamio, UK
May 15th – Berlin – Schokoladen, DE
May 17th – Brno – BajKazyl, CZ
May 18th – Prague – Underdogs Ballroom, CZ
May 20th – Bratislava – A4, SK
May 24th – Torino – Officine Ferroviarie, IT
May 25th – Piacenza – DannySays, IT
May 26th – Montova – Arci Tom, IT

Listen to Oiseaux-Tempête’s third single ‘Through The Speech Of Stars’

20 March 2017
Photo : As Human Pattern

Photo : As Human Pattern

We’re less than a month away from the release of AL-‘AN ! الآن (And your night is your shadow — a fairy-tale piece of land to make our dreams), the new album from French outfit Oiseaux-Tempête. Following their previously shared singles, the poignant and compelling ‘Carnaval feat Mondkopf’ and more recently the wonderful and ethereal ‘I Don’t Know, What Or Why (Mish Aaref Eish W Leish)’ featuring Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, one hardly needs further convincing that their album is one not to be missed. In anticipation of the album’s release, Oiseaux-Tempête are offering a new track, ‘Through The Speech Of Stars’. Clocking in at nearly eighteen minutes, ‘Through The Speech Of Stars’ is an absolute opus of a song, with guest contributions from G.W. Sok (The Ex, Cannibales & Vahinés) and Gareth Davis and featuring a poem by Mahmoud Darwich.

AL-‘AN ! الآن (And your night is your shadow — a fairy-tale piece of land to make our dreams) is out on April 14th via Sub Rosa.

Kaada/Patton share animated video for ‘Red Rainbow’

17 March 2017

Kaada/Patton - Red RainbowJohn Kaada and Mike Patton have released an animated video to accompany the magnificent, cinematic and haunting ‘Red Rainbow’. The track opens Bacteria Cult, their second collaborative album released last year through Ipecac. The stunning and spooky video is based on the short film The Absence Of Eddy, which features Mike Patton as the voice of the lead character. The video was directed by Rune Spaans and written and art directed by Dave Cooper.