Get The Blessing tease upcoming fourth album

18 November 2013

Get The Blessing - Lope & Antilope

With this year soon coming to an end, we are already looking ahead to next year’s releases. One of the albums slated for an early 2014 release that we are highly anticipating comes from the hands of Bristolian quartet Get The Blessing, made up of bassist Jim Barr and drummer Clive Deamer of Portishead fame, and trumpeter Pete Judge and saxophonist Jake McMurchie. The foursome have announced the release of their fourth album Lope & Antilope, due out on January 20th via Naim Jazz.
The album was recorded in an empty pottery in Pembrokeshire, out of complete collective improvisation. Lope & Antilope is “the culmination of 4 days of recording, 3 years of gigging and 12 years of drinking tea and gin” as they described it themselves.
Get The Blessing are enticing us with ‘Quiet’, the first tremendously wonderful taste off Lope & Antilope. Listen to it now.

New Weather share new video for ‘6EQUJ5’

17 November 2013

New Weather - 6EQUJ5

Hot on the heels of their recently released eponymous debut album, Seattle based outfit New Weather have unveiled a befitting new video to accompany the song ‘6EQUJ5’, directed by visual artist Terry Chatkupt.
The track takes its name from a mysterious and anomalous radio signal picked up by the Big Ear Observatory in 1977, which became known as the “Wow!” signal. The signal was said to have come from an alien civilisation. According to the press release, “New Weather’s analog-synth music could be the soundtrack to this interstellar message’s journey across space, and part of their rendering of pre-apocalyptic visions includes a strong interest in life beyond Earth as we now know it – perhaps as the source of humanity, perhaps as its salvation, or perhaps both.”
Watch the video below.

New Weather is out now via Butterscotch Records.

Shiny Darkly unveil video for first single ”Dead Stars’

15 November 2013

Shiny Darkly - Dead Stars

Just over a couple of weeks ago, we were drawn to the psychedelic and fierce sound of Danish trio Shiny Darkly with the first epic single ‘Dead Stars’, taken from their forthcoming debut album Little Earth. Now the single is being offered with a visual accompaniment, directed by Jonas Bang. Watch it below and watch out for the release of Little Earth in January via Crunchy Frog.

No Science release debut single ‘Magnificent Arp’

13 November 2013

No Science - Magnificent Arp

No Science is the duo of Jukka Rintamäki and Johan Skugge, who met up in 2010 whilst composing the soundtrack for the video game Battlefield 3. Bonded over a shared artistic vision and ethos, the two Swedish musicians decided to continue writing music together and No Science was formed. Inspired by film and art, and the works of Lars Von Triers Riget, David Lynch and Joakim Pirinen, “they explore the spiritual effects of dark, beat driven melodic music – beyond science”, as the press release describes.
Today No Science are releasing their excellent and enigmatic debut single ‘Magnificent Arp’ via BLVVD. Listen to it now.

Sons of Kemet’s ‘The Itis’ remixed by Micachu

12 November 2013

Sons of Kemet

One of our absolute favourite albums released this year, Burn, comes from the hands of London based quartet Sons of Kemet. Hot on the heels of winning the MOBO award for ‘Best Jazz Act’, Sons of Kemet have unveiled a remix of ‘The Itis’ by Micachu. The original track is lifted from Burn. Listen to the remix below.
Sons Of Kemet’s incredibly talented frontman Shabaka Hutchings put together the latest instalment of our monthly mixtape. Be sure to check it out.