VAGHE STELLE – FULL STREAM AHEAD: THE PROLOGUE

Posted on 2016-06-27

Scattered drums and disparate sound art attacks don’t exactly make Daniele Mana’s latest EP an easy listen, but with such a wide and varied approach to the Other People labels output it comes as no surprise. Operated by Nicolas Jaar, contemporaries include Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, DJ Slugo, Lydia Lunch and Jaar himself. Special press release cites his “seemingly endless wander through a lonely, gargantuan labyrinth of concrete and steel, fighting off ghosts and other futuristic nightmares, searching only for something called The Full Stream Ahead.” Familiar with prior Vaghe Stelle work or not, this one will appeal to fans of PAN, Morphine and other contemporary experimental outlets.

other-people.net

  

DJ SHADOW – THE SIDESHOW FEAT. ERNIE FRESH

Posted on 2016-06-27

First video drop from DJ Shadow’s first full length release since 2011. The 12-track album finds DJ Shadow exploring new realms in addition to the deep samples and kinetic soundscapes that helped to launch his career 20 years ago. On ‘The Mountain Will Fall’ he’s shifted further toward original composition, a vast experimentation of beats and textures, synthesizers and live instruments including horns and woodwinds. The album features Run The Jewels, Nils Frahm, Matthew Halsall, Ernie Fresh and more

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PORTISHEAD – SOS

Posted on 2016-06-22

Portishead’s cover of ABBA’s “SOS” was featured in the recent film, High-Rise, an adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s 1975 novel. The cover is Portishead’s first new song since 2009’s “Chase the Tear.” The band has just dropped a video, which ends with a quote from the recently killed British MP Jo Cox: “We have far more in common than which divides us.”

www.portishead.co.uk

  

APHEX TWIN – CIRKLON3 [ КОЛХОЗНАЯ MIX ]

Posted on 2016-06-21

Taken from the ‘Cheetah EP’, out on 8 July, watch Aphex Twin’s first official music video for 17 years; ‘CIRKLON3 [ Колхозная mix ]’, directed by Ryan Wyer, age 12, of Rush, co. Dublin.

www.cheetah-ep.com

  

THE FORCE AWAKENS HOLOGRAPHIC VINYL

Posted on 2016-06-20

Walt Disney Records is set to release a new hologram vinyl version of the original motion picture soundtrack for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. With score conducted and composed by five-time Academy Award®-winning composer John Williams and liner notes by the film’s director, J.J. Abrams, the double LP features a 16-page booklet on 180 gram vinyl. This one-of-a-kind vinyl set, hand etched by Tristan Duke (Jack White’s Lazaretto) of Infinity Light Science, offers a 3D hologram experience featuring the Millennium Falcon on Disc 1/Side B and a TIE Fighter on Disc 2/Side B. For optimal viewing, use a direct light source or simply hold a mobile phone flashlight above the vinyl to view the holograms.

www.starwars.com

  

TRIM – RPG / MAN LIKE ME

Posted on 2016-06-20

James Blake’s 1800 Dinosaur outfit is back with its fifth release. Previous collaborator Trim returns with his first 10” on the label, and that distinctive voice and esoteric flow atop some gritty, paranoid and angry sounding instrumentals.

1800-dinosaur.com