New album by Henny Moan free to download

19 January 2012

Henny Moan is the moniker used by a London based mysterious avant-garde electronic producer who used to be part of new wave synth trio Hounds of Hate.

A couple of days ago Henny Moan dropped his new album The Coming Thaw. The 12-track album is available as a free download, grab it here.

Here’s a couple of tracks from The Coming Thaw, ‘Residue’ and ‘a bullet sang over their heads’.
Sit back and enjoy.

[audio:https://castthedice.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2.-Residue.mp3|titles=2. Residue]
[audio:https://castthedice.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/9.-a-bullet-sang-over-their-heads.mp3|titles=9. a bullet sang over their heads]

Pevin Kinel done and dusted with new album due out in Spring and offers new single

19 January 2012

Last time we heard from one man orchestra Pevin Kinel, he dropped the album Of Week Constitution as a free download (June 15th 2010).
We have seriously been craving for more since.

The Normandy born, London based self-taught multi-instrumentalist announced today the release of a new album entitled Syntactic Sugars due out this Spring. Details are yet to be confirmed and we’ll keep an eye out.

The first taste from his forthcoming album is the uplifting and all around awesome single ‘Dusty’.
Pevin Kinel describes it like this:

“Dusty is an instrumental I recorded last year. The rhythm section is a short sample from a very famous song by a very famous band (I’ll just say they’re the bee’s knees) mixed with an array of pans and various kitchen utensils. The song tells the story of a bass, a guitar and a synthesiser who wish they had a ping pong table (they get one at the end).”

Stream it below and grab it free here.

Sleep Party People sign to Blood and Biscuits and drop new single

17 January 2012

Sleep Party People started off as the bedroom project of Copenhagen based multi-instrumentalist Brian Batz and turned into a five-piece band.

Blood and Biscuits announced today the addition of Sleep Party People to their roster.
The quintet is releasing their second album and first on Blood and Biscuits on April 9th. The album is called We Were Drifting On A Sad Song and you can pre-order it here.

‘A Dark God Heart’ is the enchanting first single off the forthcoming album. Marie Limkilde did a video for the track and you can watch it below.

You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown premiere new video and launch SXSW fundraising campaign

17 January 2012

You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown are a six-piece outfit hailing from Lisbon, Portugal.

The sextet released their debut full-length album Chromatic last year via Pataca Discos (May 23rd 2011).
‘I’ve Been Lost’ was the second single released off the album last October and it just received visual treatment.

Coinciding with the video première, the band has just started a campaign to help fund their trip to Austin, Texas where they are set to perform at SXSW Music Conference and Festival.

SXSW hosts some 2000 live music performances every year. This year’s edition runs from March 13th to March 18th and includes acts from the likes of The Magnetic Fields, The Drums, Micachu & the Shapes, Of Montreal, Tennis and many more.

In exchange for donations given to You Can’t Win, Charlie Brown, the band has goodies to offer including brand new EP 3:33. Head over to ycwcb.com for all the info on their mission to land on SXSW.

Now enjoy the video for ‘I’ve Been Lost’ done by Pedro Gaspar, Vasco Gaspar, Nuno Sousa Dias and Francisco Nogueira.

New single ‘Into Our Midst’ by Walls out today

16 January 2012

Alessio Natalizia (of Banjo Or Freakout) and Sam Willis (of Allez-Allez) who make up London based cosmic krautpop duo Walls have the new single ‘Into Our Midst’ out today via Kompakt.
‘Into Our Midst’ is the opening track from their somophore album Coracle released last year via Kompakt (September 26th 2011).

Other than the original version of ‘Into Our Midst’, this release includes a darker reprise of that same song and the exclusive new track ‘Idle Sway’.

Get a taste of the reprise version of ‘Into Our Midst’ below.

Mouse On Mars end hiatus with new album due out in February

13 January 2012

Avant-garde electronic veterans Mouse on Mars have not released a new album in six long years.
Next month will see the end of their hiatus as they return with their 10th studio album called Parastrophics, the follow up to 2006’s Varcharz.

The duo comprising Jan St Werner and Andi Toma recorded and mixed Parastrophics in Berlin over the last two years. They’ve used their own musical software developed originally for “Paeanumnion”, an orchestral-backed project.

In the words of Mouse On Mars, “Parastrophics is a thriving vision of the other side of experimental music. Discordance turns into pop as Alice in Wonderland bounces her booty to laser bass sounds, the likes of which would make Walt Disney jealously ponder the question, “Why didn’t I think of that?!” Parastrophics is glamorous, funky and deep. No speakers exist that could display all the details of such grand production.”

Parastrophics is due out on February 27th in Europe and a day later in the US via Modeselektor‘s Monkeytown Records.

Listen below to a sneak preview of “Wienuss” and “Syncropticians”, the fourth and sixth track off Parastrophics.

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