Anenon shares first single from upcoming third album Petrol

13 January 2016

Anenon - Petrol

Anenon, the moniker of Los Angeles based saxophonist, producer and artist Brian Allen Simon, dropped the Camembert EP last October. Back then, he also announced a third full-length album was on the way. More details have now emerged about this release. Entitled Petrol, the album is the fruit of improvisational sessions between Anenon and drummer and collaborator Jon-Kyle Mohr that took place in their native Los Angeles, a place whose way of life punctuates the album. In the words of Anenon, an Angeleno is “one who understands the beauty of distance and the consistencies of irregularity”.

Petrol arrives on March 4th via Friends of Friends. Ahead of it, Anenon has shared the first single ‘Mouth’. Here it is.

In other relates news, Anenon has been invited by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles to curate and perform in a yearlong series titled Monument, that will pair musicians and sound artists with particular art pieces or galleries.

Video premiere: Le Millipede – ‘Neue Welt’

12 January 2016

LE MILLIPEDE - NEUE WELTHailing from Munich, Le Millipede came to wider attention last summer when his wonderful self-titled debut album came out. Largely the work of multi-instrumentalist Mathias Götz, Le Millipede crafts beautiful pop melodies with a plethora of instruments including piano, xylophone, trumpet, glockenspiel, Moog synthesizers, a harmonium, and several percussion instruments. His live performances come to life with the help of friends Micha and Markus Acher (The Notwist / Tied & Tickled Trio), Cico Beck (Aloa Input) and Stefan Dittlein (Karl Hector and the Malcouns).

Le Millipede is ready to follow his debut album later this month with a 7″ single, featuring two brand new marvellous tracks, ‘Neue Welt’ and ‘Lenity’.
Today, Cast the Dice is thrilled to unveil his new video for ‘Neue Welt’. The track opens with the enigmatic and joyous sounds of a clarinet and piano, before a rising trumpet, alongside Le Millipede’s characteristic percussion, transports the listener to a cinematic world. ‘Neue Welt’ builds up gently turning into a mad and explosive affair towards the end.

Neue Welt’/’Lenity’ is out on January 22nd via Alien Transistor. Now press play and drift away.

In other good news, Le Millipede has announced a 7-day tour in Germany. Take a look at the dates below.

More…

Watch the video for Tanya Tagaq’s ‘Aorta’

08 January 2016

Tanya Tagaq - Aorta

We love Tanya Tagaq‘s breathtaking third album Animism to bits. The effort came out in the UK/Europe a year ago, following an earlier release in North America. The immensely talented Inuit throat singer released last November a new mighty track called ‘Aorta’.  As the press release puts it, ‘Aorta’ “goes deeper into the body, to a place where we can feel the pulse, the rush and the ebb of life itself”. Produced by violinist Jesse Zubot, ‘Aorta’ was composed to accompany footage shot at the Emmanuel Vigeland Museum in Oslo, Norway. Tagaq had this to say about it:

“This video was made to pay homage to Emmanuel Vigeland, whose frescos fill his own mausoleum. The frescos depict life from conception to death. This penetration of the unsaid philosophies of life in conjunction with the outstanding acoustics of the room has inspired my own work since visiting there in 2002. Hopefully we encapsulate the darkness and the light to his liking.”

Watch the video for ‘Aorta’ below.

Cavern Of Anti-Matter share new cut from upcoming debut album

07 January 2016

Cavern Of Anti-MatterWe fell for Berlin based three-piece Cavern of Anti-Matter when we first heard the stunning ‘Melody In High Feedback Tones’, off their upcoming debut album void beats / invocation trex. The trio, headed by Stereolab’s co-founder Tim Gane, and also comprising former Stereolab drummer Joe Dillworth and synth master Holger Zapf, are teasing the album again with the epic opening track ‘Tardis Cymbals’. Clocking in at nearly thirteen minutes, the track is described as a “journey deep into a kaleidoscopic synth vortex”. We are in for a treat with void beats / invocation trex so make sure you nab it when it drops on February 19th via Duophonic. Now listen to ‘Tardis Cymbals’.

Listen to Za!’s single ‘Badulake’ off upcoming album Loloismo

05 January 2016

Za! - Loloismo

ZA!, the Spanish duo of multi-instrumentalists Spazzfrica Ehd and Papa duPau, have a new album on the way called Loloismo. It follows their 2013’s Wanananai and arrives on January 29th via Sheffield DIY collective The Audacious Art Experiment and Hot Salvation Records.

The pair are known for experimenting and crossing boundaries between many genres. On Loloismo, ZA! take on new ways of playing and even more styles, explains the press release. “Industrial meets dubstep, hip hop, clicks n’cuts electronic music, math-rock – from the old-shool hardcore clichés to Asian, Arabic or invented landscapes”. As ZA! put it, it’s “Loloizable experimental music with a chorus”, with ‘Loloiza’ referring to the Spanish phrase for the chants heard echoing out of football pitches, and its emphasis on the collective act of singing, rather than the lyrics. The pair’s lyrics “had never evolved beyond a concept or a single word” until Loloismo.

ZA! had previously shared the album’s phenomenal lead track ‘Badulake’. If you haven’t heard it, you’re missing out.

In other related good news, and in support of the album, ZA! are embarking on a UK tour in February with NOPE. Check all their stops below:

More…