South London 4-piece black midi have been making waves as of late, and with good reason. Their debut single ‘bmbmbm’, released last year, was a beast of a song, and they followed it earlier this year with ´Speedway’. Now, signed to Rough Trade Records, the enigmatic quartet have let loose another tremendous single called ‘Crow’s Perch’. It comes with with an accompanying video by susan_creamcheese and you can watch it below. If you suffer from photosensitive epilepsy, just listen to it loud.
We had already heard and loved ‘Drum Chant’, the lead single from Laurence Pike´s much anticipated upcoming album Holy Spring. Now the inventive percussionist and composer has unveiled a fascinating video to accompany the track, directed by Clemens Habicht. “Clemens has physically tracked the ends of my drum mallets while I perform to create what you might describe as visual music,” explained Laurence. “For me it’s in the finest tradition of the experimental films of artists such as Norman McClaren or Len Lye.”
Clemens had this to say about it:
”Watching Laurence perform I found myself focusing on the round white mallet ends as if they were objects all of their own, separated from their sticks they became bouncing balls feverishly racing over the drums in a frenzy made all the more astonishing by their impossible precision at such speed.”
Watch the video for ‘Drum Chant’ now.
Holy Spring is out on May 17th through The Leaf Label.
We’re less than a month away from the release of A State of Flow, the new album from Ishmael Ensemble. After sharing the first single ‘Lapwing’, the Bristolian outfit led by producer and saxophonist Pete Cunningham is offering a new taste from the record called ‘Full Circle’ and featuring vocalist Holysseus Fly. It comes with an accompanying video by Amie Nowlan and you can watch it below.
A State of Flow is out on May 3rd through Severn Songs Records
Today sees the release of Daniel O’Sullivan‘s new album Folly, and he had already enticed us with two singles, ‘Silhouette’ and ‘Under The Knife’. For another wonderful and gentle taste of what´s on offer, take a listen to a new cut from the record, ‘Amnion’.
Folly is out now through O Genesis Recordings.
For four days every November, Le Guess Who? turns the entire city of Utrecht into a marvelous melting pot of music and artistic experimentation, bringing together a plethora of incredibly diverse and cutting-edge artists spanning genres, generations and the globe. Last year, during its 12th edition, Portuguese platform Canal180 set about capturing and documenting what makes Le Guess Who? so unique. A new short film entitled Representing the Underrepresented is the fruit of it, featuring some of the artists that enriched last year´s line up, including Shabaka Hutchings, Richard Fearless, Jacco Gardner, Vashti Bunyan and Go Kurosawa, and also interviews with members of the Le Guess Who? team. As Canal180 puts it, with Representing the Underrepresented they “intended to listen to these artists, curators and organizers in order to understand their view and their willingness to change the monocultural Europe and US-focused perspective that seems to dominate our current times.”
First premiered last weekend at the MIL Festival in Lisbon, the film is now available to stream, and you can read more about it on canal180.pt. We can’t help but think that by watching it, you won´t want to miss the 13th edition of Le Guess Who? this November.
Le Guess Who? 2019 takes place from 7 – 10 November in several venues in Utrecht and 4-Day Festival Passes are available now on leguesswho.com. Save the date and grab your tickets now.
Photo: Rachel Cheng
Mighty Montreal trio BIG|BRAVE are releasing their fourth album A Gaze Among Them next month and they had us mouthwatering with a celestial teaser. Now they are offering the first full track, ‘Sibling’, with an accompanying video by the band’s own Mathieu Ball & Robin Wattie. Watch it below.
A Gaze Among Them is out on May 10th through Southern Lord.
