Björk unveils visual accompaniment to ‘Mutual Core’ off Biophilia

13 November 2012

There’s only a few days to go until Björk releases bastards, a collection of remixes of tracks from her 2011 album Biophilia, by artists and bands she loves like Matthew Herbert, Omar Souleyman, Current Value, Death Grips, Alva Noto and a few more. The album drops on Tuesday November 19th via One Little Indian.
Coinciding with it, Björk has unveiled a stunning visual accompaniment to the track ‘Mutual Core’, also off Biophilia. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles commisioned filmaker Andrew Thomas Huang to direct the video. Huang is also credited for creating the cover art for the upcoming bastards.
Now here’s the video for ‘Mutual Core’.

Hello Skinny drops self-titled debut album

12 November 2012

After a decade and a half playing with an array of illustrious bands (most recently Sons Of Kemet, Mulatu Astatke, Matthew Herbert, Eska, Finn Peters and The Owiny Sigoma Band), London based ingenious drummer, producer and composer Tom Skinner released today his monumental eponymous debut album under the moniker Hello Skinny.
Skinner adopted his moniker following a song from The Residents’ album Duck Stab!/Buster & Glen released in 1978.

Written, performed and produced by Skinner, Hello Skinny features contributions from multi-reed player Shabaka Hutchings, The Invisible’s Tom Herbert, trumpeter Byron Wallen, singer Trudie Dawn Smith and pianist Nick Ramm.
The album is punctuated by Skinner’s wide musical references, borrowing from jazz and electronics, dub and reggae and even folk.

Hello Skinny‘s track title is a stunning cover of the Residents song, you’ll be playing it again the second it ends. You can listen to it beneath and head over to Slowfoot Records to order the album.

Human Pyramids offer up first songs

11 November 2012

Human Pyramids, the brainchild project of London based Scottish multi-instrumentalist Paul Russell, have recently formed and offered their first taste in the form of a three-track demo.
Self-described as ‘joyous post-rock’, Human Pyramids craft beautiful orchestrated songs, filled with rich textures and melodies, that leave us craving for more.

Listen below to ‘Tall Tales’ and ‘Relapse’, and head over to their bandcamp to stream or download the demo.


Scott Walker unveils first single and video from upcoming LP

09 November 2012

American avant-garde singer-songwriter Scott Walker  hasn’t released an album in six years but he’s been busy preparing the forthcoming one for half of that time. Bish Bosch, which marks his fourteenth full-length release, will see the light of day on December 3rd in Europe and a day later in America via 4AD.

Co-produced by Peter Walsh, Bish Bosch is, according to the press release, a more colourful experience than Scott’s previous effort, The Drift.  Other than his regular core of musicians, Bish Bosch features guest collaborations with trumpeter Guy Barker, pedal steel guitarist BJ Cole and musical director Mark Warman who plays the role of conductor and keyboardist.

The first taste off Bish Bosch, ‘Epizootics!’, has emerged yesterday in the shape of a monochromatic video. “Epizootics! soundtracks its descriptions of sweaty street hassle with swinging, strident percussion and the raucous sub-tones of the rare brass instrument, the tubax”, which is a combination of a tuba and a saxophone.

Olivier Groulx directed the fittingly beautiful, dark and humorous video for the epic ten-minute long ‘Epizootics!’. “It was a real privilege to work on this project” said Olivier about the video. “It’s rare to work with someone who is uncompromising and meticulous while still being very open to new ideas.” Watch the video beneath.

The Octopus Project announce new album and share first single and video

08 November 2012

Austin based quartet The Octopus Project announced earlier today the release of their fourth full-length album, the follow-up to 2010’s Hexadecagon. The yet-to-be-titled record is due out early 2013 via Peek-A-Boo Records.

The foursome are teasing the forthcoming album with the first new single, ‘Whitby’ and an accompanying video for it.
The Whitby EP is now available digitally and it comes with two B-sides, an additional remix and even a karaoke version of ‘Whitby’. The package also features the music video for the single, entirely created, shot and directed by the band. Here it is.