Oneohtrix Point Never unveils short film for ‘Sticky Drama’

04 November 2015

Garden Of Delete, the new album from Oneohtrix Point Never, arrives in just over a week. Daniel Lopatin, the man behind the project, had already shared two cuts from the album, ‘I Bite Through It’ and ‘Mutant Standard’, and today he’s offering its lead single, ‘Sticky Drama’. It comes with an accompanying short film made by Jon Rafman and Lopatin himself, presented in two parts, ‘Sticky Drama’ (Prologue) and ‘Sticky Drama’ (Music Video). The effort, which features over 35 children in its cast, was originally commissioned by the Zabludowicz Collection in conjunction with Warp Records. “Inspired by the costumes, staging and extended improvised narratives of Live Action Role Play (LARP)”, says the press release, “the video reflects the vivid, often violent world of children’s imaginations and games, as well as extending both artists’ ongoing investigation into appropriation, the nature of memory and the horror of data loss.”.

In support of the album, Oneohtrix Point Never is about to embark on a world tour, taking a special live performance conceived with long-time collaborator Nate Boyce, to select cities. He’s performing in London at Village Underground this Sunday November 8th.

Now watch the video for ‘Sticky Drama’.

Garden of Delete is out on November 13th via Warp.

Anenon’s new Camembert EP out today

30 October 2015

Today sees the release of Camembert, the new EP from Los Angeles based saxophonist, producer and artist Brian Allen Simon under his moniker Anenon. Musically, Camembert is informed by an array of genres that includes jazz, classical, ambient and electronica. The EP “exudes the range in expression and breadth of talent that Simon represents, touching on jazz improvisation, techno and palatial ambient over its four tracks without ever seeming to lose focus”, describes the album’s blurb.

Camembert precedes Petrol, Anenon’s third full-length album, which will be released in early 2016 via Friends of Friends.

Head over to bandcamp to stream the whole EP and get your hands on a download for free or pay what you want. To whet your appetite, here’s the EP’s enchanting and serene title track, ‘Camembert’. Enjoy.

Bianca Casady & The C.i.A announce debut album and European tour

30 October 2015

Bianca Casady has embarked on a new project called Bianca Casady & The C.i.A, together with dancer Bino Sauitzvy, musicians Michal Skoda, Takuya Nakamura, Doug Wieselman, and visual artist/pianist J.M.Ruellan. They have announced their debut album, Oscar Hocks, due in early 2016 via FANTASYmusic in Europe and Atlas Chair in America. With an overall darker and more mysterious tone than CocoRosie, Bianca “Coco” said this of her solo work:

“I often played the dark side of CocoRosie. And now I don’t have to worry about being too dark, too scary, too weird.”

There’s more exciting news from Bianca Casady & The C.i.A. They’ll be heading on an extensive European tour bringing their new musical-performance project Porno Thietor to intimate stages. The tour starts on November 6th at Iceland Airwaves and the last show will be in London on December 3rd at the ATP Pop-Up Venue.
In addition to the The C.i.A members, Bianca has also enlisted the help of performer Lærke Grøntved and scenographer Corentin JPM Leven doing light/video and stage design. Porno Thietor “often crosses over into territories of ritual, nightmare and fantasy”, describes the press release.

‘Poor Deal’ is being offered as the album’s first taster, a song that first started from “an untuned piano, a dusty typewriter and a pile of broken umbrellas”. Listen to it below and then watch a teaser trailer for the live show, including another new track, ‘Faded Like a Rose’.

Anna Meredith announces debut album and shares first cut ‘Honeyed Words’

29 October 2015

As you probably know by now, we are huge fans of electronic contemporary composer Anna Meredith and her incredible EPs Jet Black Raider (2013) and Black Prince Fury (2012). So news of her long-awaited debut album, due in Spring 2016, is great news. The album details are still to be announced but Anna Meredith is already teasing it with a strangely beautiful and mesmeric track called ‘Honeyed Words’. The song comes paired with a video by Laurène Pijulet-Balmer aka PIJU. Watch it now.

Made of Oak premieres video for new single ‘Side Rides’

29 October 2015

Penumbra, the debut solo EP from Made of Oak, arrives next week. Ahead of it, Nick Sanborn, the man behind the project who’s also known for being one half of Sylvan Esso, has shared a video for the new single ‘Side Rides’. The effort was directed by Endless Endless and it stars Well$ and Professor Toon. Watch it below and watch out for the release of Penumbra on November 6th via Partisan Records.

Haiku Salut announce new single and live shows

28 October 2015

Etch and Etch Deep, the second album from Derbyshire based trio Haiku Salut, came out last summer and they continue to marvel us. The album’s gorgeous ‘Things Were Happening And They Were Strange’ is the latest single to be lifted from it. The single drops on November 13th via How Does It Feel To Be Loved?, and coinciding with it, Haiku Salut have announced a string of UK dates including a show at London’s Union Chapel on November 14th. Mark your calendars, you don’t want to miss them live! Now enjoy ‘Things Were Happening And They Were Strange’.

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