Snowy Plover release debut EP Saturna

27 May 2014

Snowy Plover

Last year we were introduced to the magical and fun sounds of Snowy Plover, the project of multi-instrumentalist Lane Barrington (The Ocean Floor) and Daphne Jane Faison.
The Portland, Oregon based pair released yesterday their debut EP, Saturna. We had already heard the jubilant ‘Frozen Dessert Adventure’, one of the tracks now also featured in the EP, along with five new luscious ones, all “carefully wrapped in cloud fluff and containing hidden coves of animal friendships, dreamy landscapes, and horizons blooming with adventure”, as they put it themselves.
To whet your appetite, here’s one of the tracks off the EP, ‘Cat Heaven Island’. Listen to it below and head over to their bandcamp to grab the full EP for free. Enjoy!

People Get Ready announce somophore album and share title track

24 May 2014

People Get Ready - Physiques

The brilliant eponymous debut album from Brooklyn’s People Get Ready came out at the end of 2012. The quartet have just announced the release of its follow-up, Physiques.
According to the press release, Physiques “began as a collection of deliberately incomplete sketches that they developed over three months of improvisation, revision and accidental magic”. Former band member Ian Chang (Matthew Dear, Body Language) was recruited for drumming duties on Physiques, which also features guest collaborations from Steve Marion aka Delicate Steve, Brian Betancourt (Hospitality, Here We Go Magic) and Ryan Seaton (Callers). The album was produced by Deerhoof’s drummer Greg Saunier at the Clocktower Gallery and is slated for a June 24th release via Brassland.
To get us enticed ahead of the album’s release, People Get Ready have unveiled the catchy and excellent title track in the form a video. Here it is.


AK/DK offer accompanying video for ‘Maxwell’s Waves’

23 May 2014

AK DK - Maxwell's Waves

This week saw the release of AK/DK‘s much anticipated debut album SYNTH + DRUMS + NOISE + SPACE. The excellent first taste from the album, ‘Maxwell’s Waves’, has now been paired with befitting visuals offering a glimpse into the storming live shows the pair are know for. Watch it now.

SYNTH + DRUMS + NOISE + SPACE is out now via Little Miss Echo Recordings.

Christian Kriegeskotte releases full-length album Plex-Emitter

by Anemonkey - 18 May 2014

Christian Kriegeskotte - Plex-Emitter

Plex-Emitter comes from the hands of a young man almost obsessed by alchemy, mysticism, philosophy and science history.  The Brooklyn based composer and conductor Christian Kriegeskotte has a vast number of different works under his belt, including contributions to the scores of Family Guy, The Simpsons and The War of the Worlds, to name but a few. Amongst his most recent and current projects is his ongoing piano cycle for pianist Eric Clark and also Plex​-​Emitter, a series of experimental electronic and analogue recordings. All the live samples come from different New York noises and were recorded on his mobile phone. You can listen to the full album here and get a taste of one of the tracks, ‘Plex​-​Emitter No. 3 (Mantra)’ below. Enjoy!