Fay Hield shares new video for ‘Green Gravel’ from upcoming third album

09 November 2015

Fay Hield has announced the release of Old Adam, her third solo album of traditional music. The effort, due on February 12th via Soundpost Records, features 14 tracks, from the ‘The Hag in the Beck’ from the 1600s to a version of the Tom Waits’ song ‘The Briar and the Rose’. The press release describes Old Adam as “a fresh and original exploration of how we use stories and music to understand what it means to be human”.

The traditional singer and folklorist has shared ‘Green Gravel’, from Alice Gomme’s ‘Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland’, as the first wonderful taste from the album. It comes with a video and you can watch it below.

Watch the short film for Darkstar’s ‘The Days Burn Blue’

09 November 2015

Hot on the heels of the release of Foam Island, a new short film has emerged to accompany Darkstar‘s fantastic track ‘The Days Burn Blue’ off the same album. The video is part of Channel 4’s upcoming Random Acts series, consisting of collaborations between filmmakers and Warp artists and due to air later in the year. We had already seen the video for Battles’ ‘Dot Net’, and the series also features collaborations with Oneohtrix Point Never and Hudson Mohawke.
Shot in Huddersfield, the video portrays the everyday life of its residents, “detailing their hobbies, pastimes and encapsulating their sense of community and unity”. Director Lucy Luscombe said this about the experience:

“The talent, promise and character I encountered amongst the youth in Huddersfield was overwhelming. Really bright kids with big dreams and little infrastructure to realise them. It makes you the wonder what genius is slipping through the net.”

In other related news, the duo of James Young and Aiden Whalley will take part in the Barbican’s Panic!: What Happened to Social Mobility in the Arts?’ series, which includes a talk with 6Music’s Stuart Maconie, Jude Rogers (Guardian and music critic) and several others on Pop Culture & Privilege. The series also includes a show on December 4th at Oval Space with Darkstar, Richard Dawson, Sivu and Holly Macve.

Matmos announce new album Ultimate Care II and share first taste

06 November 2015

The Marriage of True Minds, the last album released by Matmos, was one of our Album Picks of 2013. So we’re pleased to know the Baltimore based duo of M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel are ready to follow it up. They have just announced the release of Ultimate Care II, due on February 19th via Thrill Jockey. Matmos have been creating music using the most unusual sources and ways for over two decades, and the upcoming album remains in line with this approach. Ultimate Care II was recorded in their basement studio in Baltimore and all the sounds were generated by a Whirlpool Ultimate Care II model washing machine. “Funny and sad, bouncy and creepy, liquid and mechanical”, as the press release puts it, Matmos’ upcoming album “swirls with perverse paradox, but the agitation at its core offers vital evidence of Matmos’ abiding faith in the musical potential of sound”.

To bring the album to life, the pair invited a cast of guest contributors, including Dan Deacon, Max Eilbacher (Horse Lords), Sam Haberman (Horse Lords), Jason Willett (Half Japanese), and Duncan Moore (Needle Gun).

Matmos have shared an amazing album excerpt and it’s good reason to be excited. Here’s ‘Ultimate Care II Excerpt Eight’.

Oneohtrix Point Never unveils short film for ‘Sticky Drama’

04 November 2015

Garden Of Delete, the new album from Oneohtrix Point Never, arrives in just over a week. Daniel Lopatin, the man behind the project, had already shared two cuts from the album, ‘I Bite Through It’ and ‘Mutant Standard’, and today he’s offering its lead single, ‘Sticky Drama’. It comes with an accompanying short film made by Jon Rafman and Lopatin himself, presented in two parts, ‘Sticky Drama’ (Prologue) and ‘Sticky Drama’ (Music Video). The effort, which features over 35 children in its cast, was originally commissioned by the Zabludowicz Collection in conjunction with Warp Records. “Inspired by the costumes, staging and extended improvised narratives of Live Action Role Play (LARP)”, says the press release, “the video reflects the vivid, often violent world of children’s imaginations and games, as well as extending both artists’ ongoing investigation into appropriation, the nature of memory and the horror of data loss.”.

In support of the album, Oneohtrix Point Never is about to embark on a world tour, taking a special live performance conceived with long-time collaborator Nate Boyce, to select cities. He’s performing in London at Village Underground this Sunday November 8th.

Now watch the video for ‘Sticky Drama’.

Garden of Delete is out on November 13th via Warp.

Anenon’s new Camembert EP out today

30 October 2015

Today sees the release of Camembert, the new EP from Los Angeles based saxophonist, producer and artist Brian Allen Simon under his moniker Anenon. Musically, Camembert is informed by an array of genres that includes jazz, classical, ambient and electronica. The EP “exudes the range in expression and breadth of talent that Simon represents, touching on jazz improvisation, techno and palatial ambient over its four tracks without ever seeming to lose focus”, describes the album’s blurb.

Camembert precedes Petrol, Anenon’s third full-length album, which will be released in early 2016 via Friends of Friends.

Head over to bandcamp to stream the whole EP and get your hands on a download for free or pay what you want. To whet your appetite, here’s the EP’s enchanting and serene title track, ‘Camembert’. Enjoy.

Bianca Casady & The C.i.A announce debut album and European tour

30 October 2015

Bianca Casady has embarked on a new project called Bianca Casady & The C.i.A, together with dancer Bino Sauitzvy, musicians Michal Skoda, Takuya Nakamura, Doug Wieselman, and visual artist/pianist J.M.Ruellan. They have announced their debut album, Oscar Hocks, due in early 2016 via FANTASYmusic in Europe and Atlas Chair in America. With an overall darker and more mysterious tone than CocoRosie, Bianca “Coco” said this of her solo work:

“I often played the dark side of CocoRosie. And now I don’t have to worry about being too dark, too scary, too weird.”

There’s more exciting news from Bianca Casady & The C.i.A. They’ll be heading on an extensive European tour bringing their new musical-performance project Porno Thietor to intimate stages. The tour starts on November 6th at Iceland Airwaves and the last show will be in London on December 3rd at the ATP Pop-Up Venue.
In addition to the The C.i.A members, Bianca has also enlisted the help of performer Lærke Grøntved and scenographer Corentin JPM Leven doing light/video and stage design. Porno Thietor “often crosses over into territories of ritual, nightmare and fantasy”, describes the press release.

‘Poor Deal’ is being offered as the album’s first taster, a song that first started from “an untuned piano, a dusty typewriter and a pile of broken umbrellas”. Listen to it below and then watch a teaser trailer for the live show, including another new track, ‘Faded Like a Rose’.

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