New Zealand’s Orchestra Of Spheres are gearing up to release their much anticipated brand new album, Brothers And Sisters Of The Black Lagoon. Last month they dropped the album’s incredible first taste, ‘Trapdoors‘, and they are teasing the effort again. The latest track to emerge from it is the groovy and hypnotic ‘Anklung Song’. Listen to it below and make sure you grab the album when it’s out on May 13th via Fire Records.
Watch the new video for Bibio’s ‘Light Up The Sky’
Spring is blooming with wonderful album releases, and one that we have been listening to over and over again is Bibio‘s seventh album, A Mineral Love. Bibio has recently shared a new single from the album, the marvellous ‘Light Up The Sky’, with a fitting kaleidoscopic video directed by Joe Giacomet. Watch it below.
A Mineral Love is out now via Warp.
Julianna Barwick’s third album, Will, arrives next month
Brooklyn based experimental artist Julianna Barwick has a new album on the way called Will, which follows her celestial 2013’s Nepenthe. Busy with touring and projects all over the place, Barwick worked and conceived the album in many different locations, from New York to Asheville, North Carolina, to Lisbon, Portugal. “I love touring, but it can be a wild ride”, said Barwick. “You’re constantly adjusting, assimilating, and finding yourself in life-changing situations.”
The self-produced Will also sees Barwick bringing in guest collaborators, including Mas Ysa’s Thomas Arsenault, Dutch cellist Maarten Vos and percussionist Jamie Ingalls (Chairlift, Tanlines, Beverly).
Ahead of the album’s release on May 6th via Dead Oceans, Barwick has shared the gorgeous and dreamy single ‘Nebula’ and it comes with a video directed by Derrick Belcham. Watch it below.
Suuns close video trilogy with interactive video for ‘Brainwash’, new album out this week
We’re a mere two days away from the release of Suuns‘ third album, Hold/Still. The quartet’s previously shared singles, ‘Translate’ and ‘Paralyzer’, have both been offered with videos, directed by Charles-André Coderre and part of a triptych of videos. Suuns have closed the trilogy, with the third and final instalment now available to stream and even play with. The album’s excellent ‘Brainwash’ has been paired with an interactive Virtual Reality video, programmed by Jake Clover. You can watch the video below, directed by the band’s own Max Henry, and make sure you download the app for the full VR experience.
Hold/Still is out this Friday through Secret City in Canada and Secretly Canadian in the rest of the world.
The Dwarfs Of East Agouza unveil new single ‘Clean Shahin’ from upcoming debut album
Photo: Maged Nader
With less than three weeks to go until The Dwarfs Of East Agouza‘s highly anticipated debut album is out, the Cairo based trio have shared a second single from Bes. Sam Shalabi (Land of Kush, Shalabi Effect), Maurice Louca (Alif, Bikya) and Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls, The Invisible Hands, Alvarius B.) had already enticed us with the album’s hypnotic and explosive opening track ‘Baka of the Future’. The driving and transcendental ‘Clean Shahin’ only heightened our anticipation for the forthcoming Bes. The effort is coming out as a double album on April 29th via Nawa Recordings. Now listen to ‘Clean Shahin أقزام شرق العجوزة – نضافة شاهين’.
Brandon Locher shares new single ’Medium Frequency’
Beautifully moving from start to finish, ‘Medium Frequency’ is the delicate yet powerful brand new track from Brandon Locher. The New York based multimedia artist and producer caught our ears a while back, with his work in other collaborative projects including The Meets and Stage Hands, and we’re pleased to see him following his very own solo path.
‘Medium Frequency’ starts out quietly, wrapped in mystique and delicacy, before blossoming into an ecstatic affair. Blending ethereal electronics with frenetic horns and gentle strings, the track cycles from moments of otherworldly beauty to ecstatic exuberance, and back again.
Locher’s new single also displays his versatile talent as a visual artist, with the stunning cover artwork having been drawn by him.
There’s more to come, according to him, and we’ll keep an eye out. Now listen to ‘Medium Frequency’.
