D/B Album Feature: The Heart by Tokyo Dawn Records
The heart. A vital muscle organ responsible for pumping blood through vessels by rhythmic contractions. This symbol of life and love is the quintessence of the sound concept behind Tokyo Dawn Records’ new compilation project of love-drenched heart beats. D/B Recommended! [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Including over a dozen previously unreleased songs from [...]
D/B Album Feature: Nico Muhly – I Drink The Air Before Me
I Drink The Air Before Me is released is in collaboration with Decca Classics who are also releasing A Good Understanding, another stunning album containing Nico Muhly’s music. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Nico Muhly (born August 26, 1981 in Vermont) is a contemporary Western classical music composer, who has worked and recorded with [...]
D/B Album Feature: Take / Only Mountain & New Video “Incredibright”
Alpha Pup Records present Only Mountain, the newest release from L.A.-based beat producer Take. Digital in Berlin recommended. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] His most powerful and fully realized work to date, Only Mountain serves as a complete affirmation of Take’s ten prolific years in music production. Although prominently featured on seminal releases [...]
D/B ALBUM FEATURE: EFTERKLANG / New Tour Dates & live in Berlin | Saturday, 08.05.2010 @ Astra Kulturhaus
Ever heard of Efterklang? Efterklang [ε f t ∂ k l a η ], 1) danish word for “remembrance” or “reverberation”. 2) indie music group from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2000. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Rarely, a band name has been more suitable: Whenever and wherever you hear Efterklang’s music, suddenly a [...]
D/B Album Feature: BERSARIN QUARTETT
With some albums, you realize within a few seconds that here you have come across something really special. It is music that touches you straight away. Music that is important, that has a story to tell and that manages to do so without even a single line of lyrics. D/B highly recommended! [Audio clip: view [...]
D/B News: Joanna Newsom | New Album “Have One on Me” and first Song streaming on Drag City + US Tour Dates
Joanna Newsom’s new album “Have One On Me” will be released by Drag City on February 23. Drag City streaming already ‘81′ from Newsom’s new triple album, Have One on Me. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Joanna Newsom is an American harpist, pianist, and singer-songwriter from Nevada, California. Newsom was first taught to [...]
D/B Album Feature: Four Tet / There Is Love In You & New Album Streaming
Kieran Hebden is a post-rock and electronic musician. Hebden first came to prominence as a member of the band Fridge before establishing himself as a solo artist under the moniker of Four Tet. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Hebden’s music typically eschews the traditional pop song format in favour of a more abstract [...]
D/B Album Feature: The Album Leaf / A Chorus Of Storytellers & new Tour
The Album Leaf is an American musical project founded in San Diego in 1998 and centered around Jimmy LaValle. It is part of the post-rock genre and uses a variety of instruments and electronic equipment to achieve a mellow, sometimes ambient sound. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The new beautiful record ‘A Chorus [...]
D/B Album Feature: Paul White / sounds from the skylight
19 weird and wonderful beat constructions fresh from Paul’s South London attic studio, known as ‘The Skylight’. Woozy, psychedelic hiphop from one of the most fertile imaginations of our time. D/B highly recommended! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Paul White from One-Handed Music has risen to claim status as one of the UK’s [...]
D/B Artist Feature: ARAYA
With the Album “Whilst We Try” sees highlander Keir MacCulloch return to the shores of Benbecula for a second outing. This trip proves to be a much more focused and dancefloor-friendly affair. Wonderful and highly recommended! [Audio clip: view full post to listen] From the lush guitar-laden opener “Sergio Leone”, to the orchestral synth fusion [...]
D/B Album Feature: Broadcast and The Focus Group
In anticipation of their own full-length album due next year, Broadcast are back with a new collaborative mini-album ‘Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age’ and a month long US tour. From their beginnings in Birmingham in 1995, Broadcast’s aesthetic has remained a combination of their love for film, library [...]
D/B Album & Movie Feature: Sturm by Hans-Christian Schmid | OST by Notwist
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Writers: Bernd Lange, Hans-Christian Schmid | Release Date: 10 September 2009 For „Storm“ The Notwist composed a soundtrack, creating a hypnotic unreal ambiance with bowed xylophone, alienated Glockenspiel, orchestra accordion and minimal electronic. http://www.sturm-der-film.de | http://www.notwist.com
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Alyo/Flipside 10″ Release
Released: April 2009 The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is eight brothers from the south side of Chicago, all sons of the Sun Ra trumpeter Philip Cohran — a street-marching brass band in the New Orleans tradition; jazz to dance, with a funk sensibility honed by hip hop. Here are two scorchers from the imminent album.
Del the Funky Homosapien – “Get It Right Now” Video & free Album Dowload
Download the full Album here: http://delthefunkyhomosapien.bandcamp.com 7th del album, back to the funk funk / released 07 April 2009 / all tracks except simple satisfaction produced by Del, simple satisfaction produced by Zac Hendrix. All cuts and added vibes by Zac Hendrix / http://www.myspace.com/delthefunkyhomosapien
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