Following the gorgeous ‘Vi er uendelig’, Efterklang have shared ‘I dine øjne’, the second single from their forthcoming album Altid Sammen. As with the first single, it comes paired with a video featuring the band’s own Casper Clausen and Helena Christensen. Andreas Koefoed directs.
Altid Sammen os out on September 20th though 4AD & Rumraket.
Following the immersive and contemplative ‘Lotus Born, No Need to Fear‘, Smithsonian Folkways are offering a new taste from the upcoming Songs from the Bardo, the collaborative long-form composition that brings together pioneering avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson, Tibetan singer and multi-instrumentalist Tenzin Choegyal, and activist and composer Jesse Paris Smith. The new track is called ‘Listen Without Distraction’ and you can listen to it below.
Songs from the Bardo will be released on September 27th through Smithsonian Folkways
Staggeringly talented Austrian percussionist and composer Manu Delago has a much anticipated new record on the way, Circadian, and last month he enticed us with the bewitching lead single ‘The Silent Flight of the Owl’. As if we needed any more reasons to be excited for the release of Circadian, Delago has unveiled an explosive masterpiece of a song called ‘Zeitgeber’. Circadian is inspired by the concept of the body’s internal clock known as Circadian rhythms, and ‘Zeitgeber’ “represents the morning hours – a sort of ‘musical alarm clock’”, as Delago explained. Picked as the album’s closing track, ‘Zeitgeber’ “starts another precious day.” There’s a terrific video accompanying the track, directed by Jeb Hardwick. Watch it below.
Circadian is out on September 13th through One Little Indian Records
Hot on the heels of his recently released album Don’t Give Your Life, saxophonist, improviser and producer Ben Vince has unveiled a video for ‘Fallout / Eternal’, a fantasy ballet featuring Bianca Scout. Elena Isolini directs.
Don’t Give Your Life is out now on Thirty Three Thirty Three
Following the first single ‘Cyclist Waltz’, young Icelandic composer and pianist Gabriel Ólafs has shared ‘Staircase Sonata’, also lifted from his upcoming debut album Absent Minded. A storm that flooded his studio is in the origin of the song, as Ólafs explains:
“All my instruments and microphones were in a big pool of water and the fire department came and carried my piano into the stairwell. Although it was an unpleasant event, I really enjoyed the reverb in the stairwell – so that’s where I composed the song. It’s bittersweet but it’s meant to capture positivity in a moment of unhappiness.”
‘Staircase Sonata’ is being offered with a video, directed and shot by Viktor A. Bogdanski. Here it is.
Absent Minded is out on August 23rd through One Little Indian.
Photo: Jordan Kirschner
Every now and again a song hits us so hard that we just can’t stop listening to it. In the case of Alexander Noice, and his latest single ‘Black Darwin’, we felt the need to explore all his music and projects. An exciting discovery for us, Noice has been making his mark in the LA music scene for more than a decade now. An utterly brilliant composer, guitarist, producer and bandleader, Noice has performed, recorded and collaborated with many artists and projects, including his own ensembles Falsetto Teeth and NOICE. With the latter, drawing on genres like jazz, electronic music, minimalist opera and art rock, he is set to release a self-titled album where he “explores the elusive nature of identity and self-discovery amidst an increasing array of distraction and affectation”. On his upcoming album, and as the press release describes, Noice “delve[s] into topics involving false pretenses pervasive in modern social contexts, and the search for meaning in revelations of science and technology.”
The aforementioned single ‘Black Darwin’ is the latest electrifying and majestic song to be lifted from the album and Noice has shared a brilliant video for it directed by Bennett Cerf. Two other phenomenal tracks from the record had been shared previously, ‘Affectation’ and ‘Never Thought I Would’. Check all three below and grab the album when it’s out on August 23rd through Orenda Records.
