Tara Clerkin Trio set to release new EP, In Spring, in October

26 August 2021

Photo: Cloé Brunerie

We weren’t familiar with Bristol based group Tara Clerkin Trio up until now but they caught our ears on first listen, with their experimental and hypnotic compositions, flirting with a lot of genres like jazz, folk, dub, trip hop and downtempo electronica. With an eponymous debut album under their collective belt, the trio of Tara Clerkin and brothers Sunny-Joe Paradiso and Patrick Benjamin have announced their second release, a 4-track EP titled In Spring. The EP is described as “a record of subtle contrasts, experimental yet familiar in its intimacy, obviously modern though tied to certain lineages, and driven by a pop logic which is also free-form and seemingly improvised.”

In Spring arrives on October 1st through World of Echo but we can already get lost in their music with the magnificent and mesmerizing title track.

Wonky Logic’s Transdimensional Fuunk (Transposed For Human Consumption) EP out now

26 August 2021

London based multi-instrumentalist, beatmaker and producer Wonky Logic is one hell of a prolific musician, known for his membership and collaborations with the likes of Nubian Twist, GEO, Steam Down, Nubya Garcia, Theon Cross, Wiyaala, Afla Sakey, K.O.G., and I.G Culture. Among his current projects, he plays in his own band with Nache as well as The General Elation Soundsystem and also plays keyboards for Bryony Jarmon-Pinto and synth bass with afrofuturism band ONIPA.

Last month saw him release a new EP entitled Transdimensional Fuunk (Transposed For Human Consumption), which follows last year’s debut album 0113. The 6-track EP sees Wonky Logic “continue to showcase his passion for wonky beats and swirling synths” and is fuelled by blistering funk, soulful grooves and his mastery of beats. “As a service to clubbers and dancers of Planet Earth, he translated his banging space funk for human needs”, describes the label. “From steamy and dangerous to subtle and soulful, it’s all on his extraterrestrial palet. “

For an infectious and electrifying taste of what’s on offer, take a listen to one of the EP’s tracks, ‘Andromeda Style Fuunk’.

Transdimensional Fuunk (Transposed For Human Consumption) is out now through Super-Sonic Jazz Records

Listen to Run Logan Run’s third single, ‘Shout Song’, off upcoming album

25 August 2021

Following the buoyant and boisterous ‘Screaming With The Light On’ and the heady ‘A Brief Moment’, Run Logan Run keep the surprises coming. The drum-and-sax duo have let loose ‘Shout Song’, the third single lifted from For A Brief Moment We Could Smell The Flowers. Speaking about the track, the pair comments:

“Shout Song is really a folk song. We were trying to combine a simple and direct lyrical line on the saxophone with a feeling of multiple melodic percussion parts being played on the drum kit. It’s a joyful noise for people to shake their body to.”

Take a listen now.

For A Brief Moment We Could Smell The Flowers is out on September 17th through Worm Discs.

Manu Delago previews upcoming album, Environ Me, with video for new track ‘Liquid Hands’

25 August 2021

Manu Delago‘s Environ Me, an audio-visual album of 12 songs paired with 12 music videos, will see the light of day in just a month. As release day approaches, and after sharing four singles and accompanying films, Delago has unveiled a new track called ‘Liquid Hands’ and a video choreographed by himself and Cornelia Voglmayr. Filmed in a frozen lake, the video for ‘Liquid Hands’ is a drum’n’bass choreography for 8 hands featuring Delago, Charly Mair, Chris Norz and Jakob Köhle. Watch it below.

Environ Me is out on September 24th through One Little Independent Records.

Elena Setién shares new single, ‘Situation’, from forthcoming LP Unfamiliar Minds

24 August 2021

Following the celestial title track, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Elena Setién has shared the beautiful and delicate new single ‘Situation’. The track is lifted from her upcoming album Unfamiliar Minds, set for release on January 28th through Thrill Jockey. Now listen to ‘Situation’.

Jason Sharp’s upcoming The Turning Centre Of A Still World unveiled as a visual album

24 August 2021

Jason Sharp‘s third album, The Turning Centre Of A Still World, is excitingly just days away from its release. The extraordinary Montréal composer, improviser and saxophonist had already enticed us with two singles, ‘Everything Is Waiting For You’ and ‘Blossoming Rest’. Both tracks were offered with accompanying visuals made by experimental filmmaker Guillaume Vallée, who has also created a full visual album featuring hand-processed & hand-painted Super8 films. Vallée commentes:

“This collaboration with Jason was such an amazing and smooth audiovisual adventure. At the beginning, I was planning to work in a different way than I usually do, with a more minimal approach to the visual. But the more I listened to Jason’s album, the more it brought me elsewhere. I wanted to shoot everything on Super8 and hand-process the whole thing, to grasp the organicism and physicality of the music. Working with the film emulsion made sense to me, with hand-painting and chemical treatment, to get closer to my material and an intuitive symbiosis with the music. I used a film/video hybrid processes, strongly inspired by the work of Al Razutis, a uniquely amazing multimedia artist and pioneer of the film/video hybrid process in the 70s (actually based in British Columbia). I was very happy that Jason was receptive to my process and I did the best I could to visually translate the complexity and beauty of this album.”

Speaking about it, Sharp remarks:

“Guillaume’s interpretation of my music with moving images has been a refreshing coda to an extremely detailed, intensive composition and recording process. His Super8 film treatments inscribe a similar detail and intensity, with vitality and texture that channels the music of The Turning Centre Of A Still World into evocatively abstract visual movements. I’m beyond delighted with the resulting synthesis of our respective mediums and processes, and can’t wait to perform the music live while flooded with this visual work.”

The good news is the full visual album is now available to watch and listen, ahead of its release this Friday. Press play and let yourself drift away.

The Turning Centre Of A Still World is out on August 27th through Constellation