Cavern of Anti-Matter tease upcoming album with minimix by The Horrors’ Tom Furse

17 February 2016

After a string of tremendous singles, ‘Melody In High Feedback Tones’, ‘Tardis Cymbals’ and ‘liquid gate’, Cavern of Anti-Matter‘s long awaited album void beats/invocation trex is finally coming out this Friday 19th February. The trio’s new effort is gearing up to be one of 2016’s most outstanding releases and as if we weren’t excited enough, we can now hear a spectacular 17-minute album minimix put together by Tom Furse from The Horrors. Here’s what he said about it:

“I jumped at the chance to work with Cavern Of Anti-Matter. Tim Gane’s work has been a primary influence on my music for years and COAM’s new album did not disappoint – an absolute pleasure to listen to from start to finish, total aural delight. Modular patterns and first class electronics intersperse with insistent rhythms that spoke to me instantly, and I was able to condense it down to 17 minutes of non-stop energy which I hope gives you a good idea of what a brilliant album it is.”

Listen to the minimix below. Again and again.

Cavern of Anti-Matter are embarking on a series of live shows later this month to celebrate the release of void beats/invocation trex. Check all their dates below.

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Listen to Konono N°1’s first single ‘Nlele Kalusimbiko’ off upcoming album

16 February 2016

Back in October, Konono N°1 announced they had a new album on the way and gave us a little teaser. More details have now emerged about the effort, which marks the Congolese collective’s first full-length album in six years, following 2010’s Assume Crash Position. Entitled Konono No° 1 Meets Batida, the forthcoming album was recorded in Lisbon in early 2015 with Angolan/Portuguese musician Batida aka Pedro Coquenão. The record also features guitarist Papa Juju, vocalist Selma Uamusse, and slam poet MC AF Diaphra and it’s due out on April 1st through Crammed Discs.

Ahead of the album’s release, Konono N°1 have shared the first taste of the album, the hot ‘Nlele Kalusimbiko’. Take a listen below.

Sarah Neufeld previews new album with ‘Where The Light Comes In’

15 February 2016

Photo: Gesi Schilling

Montréal based extraordinary composer and violinist Sarah Neufeld is streaming ‘Where The Light Comes In’, the latest track to emerge from her highly anticipated somophore album The Ridge. We were head-over-heels in love with the magnificent title track, ‘The Ridge’, and the new single makes us even more excited for what’s to come. ‘Where The Light Comes In’, is “…a piece I wrote in a moment of peace”, said Neufeld. “Those glorious seconds where all is quiet and open and green and the thoughts that form are snowflakes instead of lists of details and reminders. Pure deep water that never ends.”
Let yourself get immersed in the delicate and wondrous ‘Where The Light Comes In’.

The Ridge is out on February 26th via Paper Bag Records.

Richard J. Birkin unveils new track from upcoming debut album Vigils

11 February 2016

We’re only a month away from the release of Richard J. Birkin’s debut album, Vigils. The Derbyshire composer and all round musical wonder had previously shared the magnificent album opener, ‘Vigil I’. Another track from the album, the incredibly beautiful, shimmering and delicate ‘Accretions’, emerged last week and it will surely sweep you away. ‘Accretions’ features Iskra String Quartet and it comes with an animated video made by Christopher Boote using chalk. Watch it below and make sure you grab Vigils when it’s out on March 11th through Reveal Records.

To celebrate the release of Vigils, Birkin has lined up a series of live shows around the UK in March, including a show in London at The Good Ship on March 22nd. Take a look at all the dates confirmed so far below:

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The Heliocentrics announce new release Quatermass Sessions: From The Deep

10 February 2016

All hail the return of The Heliocentrics, the London based psychedelic funk jazz collective, who are set to drop a new release next week. Following their 2013 album 13 Degrees of Reality, which was one of our Album Picks of the Year, The Heliocentrics released The Last Transmission in 2014, a heavenly collaboration with Melvin Van Peebles. Now they are ready to release Quatermass Sessions: From The Deep, an effort that sees the band “finish off their trawl through the vaults of tracks recorded at their old digs – Quatermass Studios with psychedelic tinged funk and jazz instrumentals”, as the press release describes. Quatermass Sessions: From The Deep arrives on February 19th via Now-Again.
Along with the release announcement, The Heliocentrics are teasing us with the first taste from record, the groovy, cosmic and entrancing ‘Night And Day’. We’re listening to it on repeat just as you should be.

ZA! drop video for ‘Badulake’, plus UK tour starts this week

08 February 2016

Having just released their new album, Loloismo, and with a UK tour kicking off this week, Spanish experimental punk duo ZA! are offering a video for the album’s phenomenal lead track ‘Badulake’. ‘Badulake’ means cornershop in Spanish, which is the location picked for the video, as the band explains:

“The video is shot on a store near Spazzfrica Ehd’s apartment, owned by Rustem, a very nice neighbour that has a motto in life: “FÁCIL, FÁCIL, FÁCIL” (easy, easy, easy). He’s the main actor in the video. When we were acting as “the robbers” on the end of the video, 6 REAL & armed policemen entered the store to stop us: a neighbour saw the scene from his apartment and called the cops!”.

Watch the video below, directed by Jordi Castells & Aitor Garay.

ZA! are hitting the road this week for a string of UK shows including DIY Space For London on 12th February. Check all their stops below:

11th February – Sticky Mike’s, Brighton
12th February – Matinee show at Folkestone Quarterhouse
12th February – DIY Space For London, London
13th February – The Harp Restrung, Folkestone
17th February – Secret show TBA
18th February – MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
19th February – Delius Arts and Cultural Centre, Bradford
20th February – Picture House Social, Sheffield

Loloismo is out now via Sheffield DIY collective The Audacious Art Experiment and Hot Salvation Records.

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