Everything seems possible in 2015. All styles blend. A take on 2015 with: Repeated Viewing, Joyful Talk, Peptalk, Rival Consoles, Heroiny, Elian, Flako, Panda Bear, Death And Vanilla, U.S. Girls, Lesiman and Midday Veil.
01. Repeated Viewing – Childhood Fantasy (Alan Sinclair)
02. Joyful Talk – Pommel Horse (Jay Crocker)
03. Peptalk – Saltie (Michael Carter / Shayna Dunkelman / Angelica Negron)
04. Rival Consoles – Low (Ryan Lee West)
05. Radicalfashion – Prologue (Hirohito Ihara)
06. Heroiny – Braids (Piotr Kurek)
07. Elian – Harrowgate 1 (Michael Duane Ferrell)
08. Flako feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Twelve O’Clock Shadow (Dario Rojo Guerra)
09. Panda Bear – Principe Real (Panda Bear)
10. Death And Vanilla – California Owls (Death And Vanilla)
11. U.S. Girls – Window Shades (Megan Remy / Max Turnbull)
12. Lesiman – Melos Blue (Paolo Renosto)
13. Midday Veil – I Am The War (Midday Veil)
01. The Three Sisters (Soundtrack). Wil-Ru Records. WR055
02. MUUIXX. Drip Audio. DA01120
03. Islet. Home Assembly Music. HAM011
04. Howl. Erased Tapes Records. ERATP076
05. Garçon. Flau. FLAU47
06. Ahh-Ohh. Dunno Recordings. DUNNO002
07. Harrowgate. Home Normal. no.61
08. Natureboy. Five Easy Pieces. FEP018
09. Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper. Domino. WIGCD345
10. To Where The Wild Things Are… Fire Records. FIRECD392
11. Half Free. 4AD. CAD 3520
12. Here And Now Volume 1. Schema. SCEB924LP1
13. This Wilderness. Beyond Beyond Is Beyond Records. BBIBR022
Extra UK tekst:
01. Repeated Viewing – Childhood Fantasy
For an Irish thriller Repeated Viewing delivered a solid soundtrack in true Italian horror style.
Album: The Three Sisters
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02. Joyful Talk – Pommel Horse
A lose improvised mix done with analogue gear and homemade instruments without losing any pop sensibility.
Album: MUUIXX.
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3. Peptalk – Saltie
The three members of Peptalk come from all over this world and they blend exotica, j-pop, dub and electronic music into several new flavours.
Album: Islet.
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4. Rival Consoles – Low
Rival Consoles getting busy with analogue electronic gear. With cool results.
Album: Howl
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05. Radicalfashion – Prologue
Japanese minimalism in balance between electronic and classical music. More than often leaning over to classical music alone.
Album: Garçon.
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6. Heroiny – Braids
Piotr Kurek from Poland showing his view on house music with several deviations around so-called unwritten rules.
Album: Ahh-Ohh.
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7. Elian – Harrowgate 1
Electronic drones which also might work as an alternative soundtrack to 2001, A Space Odyssey.
Album: Harrowgate.
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8. Flako feat. Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Twelve O’Clock Shadow
A refined cinematic mix of electronic music with light classical tendencies.
Album: Natureboy
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09. Panda Bear – Principe Real
Poppy and enthusiastic solo project of Noah Lennox, member of Animal Collective.
Album: Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper.
10. Death And Vanilla – California Owls
Baroque pop from Sweden from the same gene pool as veterans Stereolab and Broadcast.
Album: To Where The Wild Things Are…
11. U.S. Girls – Window Shades
Megan Remy combines pitch dark lyrics with ambitious DIY pop that surpasses the underground.
Album: Half Free
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12. Lesiman – Melos Blue
A well deserved reissue of one of the ‘holy grails’ of library music. Lesiman was a pseudonym of Italian composer Paolo Renosto.
Album: Here And Now 1.
13. Midday Veil – I Am The War
An uplifting and spacey mix of synthpop, disco and krautrock. The target group is on the dancefloor.
Album: This Wilderness.
