Man Forever set to release new album in May

17 February 2012

Man Forever - Pansophical CataractJust over a month ago, Thrill Jockey added Man Forever to their roster and I’ve  been eagerly anticipating a new release. May 14th will see the release of Man Forever’s new album entitled Pansophical Cataract, the first release on Thrill Jockey.

Man Forever started in 2010 as a full drum set ensemble formed by multi-instrumentalist, composer and writer John Colpitts (aka Kid Millions), also the drummer and founding member of Oneida.

Here’s how Pansophical Cataract is described on the issued press release:

“Pansophical Cataract is propulsive without a pulse. Patterns evolve and burst through the static surface of the material, much of which was produced by electric instruments, though “Ur Eternity” remains mostly drums with only a few bass tracks making an appearance. The sounds created by these instruments were based on the drones that Colpitts hears when he is practicing (the not fully conscious singing or humming that arises when one practices alone), and then augmented and enhanced by the other musicians on the record. The repetitive rolls create a phasing effect, a music in and of itself, and the dynamic shifts that occur when the other instruments enter become not mere notes, but grand events.”

The forthcoming album consists of two tracks, ‘Surface Patterns’ and ‘Ur Eternity’, trimmed from their original 30 and 40-minute live versions to around 18-minute pieces and I can’t wait to listen to them.

Primavera Sound Porto unleashes colossal line-up

16 February 2012

The first edition of Primavera Sound in Porto has taken a colossal shape after the line-up additions revealed in a press conference held yesterday.

Optimus Primavera Sound

Like the Barcelona edition that takes place every year since 2001, the Portuguese counterpart will be eclectic and diverse.

The Flaming Lips, Atlas Sound, Yann Tiersen, Lee Ranaldo, Wavves, Tennis, We Trust and many more were added to a bill that already included the likes of Björk, Explosions In The Sky and Yo La Tengo amongst others. The festival will hold over 60 performances, check out the line-up here.

As previously posted, ATP will run one the stages like they do in Barcelona for the past few years. The other stages have also been unveiled yesterday. Optimus Stage and Primavera Stage will hold the main performances and Stage 4 will blend emerging bands and electronic music/DJ’s.
Primavera Sound takes place from June 7th – 10th and on the first and last day of the festival, the organizers will put on several free gigs in the city centre.

Portuguese plastic artist João Paulo Feliciano has been commissioned to conceive the festival space.

The capacity for this event is 30000 and the organizers confirmed 40% of all tickets have been sold, 60% of those were sold outside Portugal.

If you never got lost up and down Porto’s cobbled streets, you just found the perfect excuse to do it.

Tickets are on sale for 85 Euros (+booking fee) until February 20th. Points of sale are Ticketline, Ticketmaster, Seetickets UK, Paypal and Optimus Primavera Sound official Facebook.

Visit the Primavera Sound website for more information.

The Invisible tease second album with first single

15 February 2012

The Invisible
London trio The Invisible announced today the release of their somophore album, due out later in the year.

The yet-to-be-titled album is the follow up to their 2009’s critically acclaimed debut eponymous album released via Matthew Herbert’s label, Accidental Records. Matthew Herbert also stepped in to produce the album.

The first single from the upcoming album is called ‘Protection’ and is now streaming on The Quietus’ soundcloud page.

‘Protection’ will be released as a limited 12″ vinyl on March 26th and it features a remix of the same track by Warp signing Kwes.

I’m keeping my eyes peeled for updates on this album and will keep you posted.
Enjoy this amazing track.

Death and Vanilla announce debut album and drop video for ‘Rituals’

13 February 2012

Death And VanillaMarleen Nilsson and Anders Hansson make up Swedish duo Death and Vanilla. The pair announced recently the release of their self-titled debut album due out next month.

The forthcoming album features “9 tracks of psychedelic and smooth pop influenced by 60’s/70’s electronic music, Library music, French and Italian 60’s soundtracks and 60’s French pop”.

Death and Vanilla will be available digitally, on a 12″ yellow vinyl limited to 300 copies and on CD. Hands In The Dark and Kalligrammofan teamed up to co-release the album which drops on March 13th. You can pre-order it through both labels, just hit the links.

Ahead of the album release, Death and Vanilla have unveiled a new video for the ethereal and dreamy opening track ‘Rituals’. Check it out below.

Autolux premiere animated video for ‘The Science Of Imaginary Solutions’

13 February 2012

Autolux - Transit Transit

Los Angeles based experimental noise rock trio Autolux took six years to release their somophore album Transit Transit.
The album was released on August 3rd 2010 via TBD Records in North America and Japan and via ATP Recordings in the rest of world.

So it’s no surprise that a year and a half after the album release, Autolux premiere a video for ‘The Science Of Imaginary Solutions’, the closing track off Transit Transit.

ATP are also releasing an A6 publication of stills imagery by Mark Whalen (Kill Pixie) used by director Thomas McMahan when shooting the video for ‘The Science Of Imaginary Solutions’. This edition is limited to 100 copies and you can pre-order it here.

Here’s the video.