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Showing posts with label synth pop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label synth pop. Show all posts
Apr 21, 2024
Dan Rincon • motor rhythm, wooden • 2024
Last month, longtime drummer of legendary psych-rock act OSEES, Dan Rincon announced his debut solo LP, Spotlight City. Due 5/3 via Castle Face Records, and shared the album's first single. Today, Rincon is back with the second single from the upcoming LP, "Motor Rhythm, Wooden," an upbeat, electro-orchestral track.
Rincon shared the following about the track:
"A track devoted to physical modeling synthesis.
Physical modeling is a method of synthesis that employs mathematical models to simulate the physical properties of acoustic instruments.
Electro acoustics collide to keep clinking and clanging, chugging and churning.
Get your motor runnin'...poorly.”
Aug 10, 2023
CAICOS • Subsequent Footprint feat lojii • 2023
"The endearing melodies of New York-based musician Caicos make for a meticulous piece of indie-pop."
- The Line Of Best Fit
"The art of Caicos is an impressionistic representation of a whirlwind of realities that are fused into something both classical and contemporary."
- Impose Magazine
"New York based Alex Frenkel, the powerhouse behind the mesmerizing Caicos, consistently delivers magnetic and exhilarating music."
- The Wild Honey Pie
- The Line Of Best Fit
"The art of Caicos is an impressionistic representation of a whirlwind of realities that are fused into something both classical and contemporary."
- Impose Magazine
"New York based Alex Frenkel, the powerhouse behind the mesmerizing Caicos, consistently delivers magnetic and exhilarating music."
- The Wild Honey Pie
Jun 9, 2023
Podcast #14 • Castle Frank
Castle Frank aka Max Bergé joined me from his Toronto home to chat about a busy few months coming and his infectious indie pop music that grabs you and doesn't let go. Max is one cool cat… creating beautifully synth-infused indie pop all built around his trusty Moog Sub 37 and Tempest Drum Machine. His first full length record, In Your Blood is set to drop June 23rd accompanied by a blowout solo show at @monarchtavern in Toronto. Be sure to check Castle Frank out, an outstanding songwriter! Our featured track (one of my favs) "Just Kids" plays at the end of our chat. 🤘
Sep 18, 2022
Axis Neptune • Cherry Red • 2022
Axis Neptune is a project created by Josh Cotterill, a producer from Scarborough, UK. His music is heavily inspired by soul, jazz, indie, and synth pop, creating falsetto-driven songs with live instruments and deep grooves. He learnt to play guitar at the ago of 7, after becoming obsessed with Jimi Hendrix and John Frusciante.
Jul 29, 2021
Warmyear • "Eliza" • 2021
Warmyear is the solo project of Sonya Balchandani (bass/keyboards/vocals in The Big Sleep). "I Wear The Memory" is the upshot of jumping on a little spark after a year of getting through it. From all the thinking, watching, reading, listening, and mothering came songs about spies, tricksters, rootlessness, searching, truth, and motherhood. (Some of the inspirations: so much Ursula K. Le Guin, In & Of Itself, The Bureau, The Vanished Birds, When Stars Are Scattered, and a sweet but terrifying lullaby.)
Feb 24, 2021
Left Field Messiah • Young Libertine • 2021
“‘Young Libertine’ was an important moment for us because we landed on a new shade of LFM blue, combining early 90s hip hop tones and soul dance melodies splashed with some nice 80s pop moments. This is a song of firsts—rhyming libertine with figurine and x-ray machine with screen—and while our productions have been referred to as “maximalist”, this is one of our more restrained moments.”
Jun 7, 2020
J. Laser • Sunshine • 2020
“...a beautiful array of synth work … almost like all of the ideas he had stuck in his head during M83 are just being set free out of the cage, and this, I think, is exactly what being abducted by aliens would sound like....” — BBC1 Radio Next Wave with Jack Saunders
Oct 30, 2019
Beatific • Smile Dangerous • 2019
"Any fan of synth-pop will love this one," GroundSounds' Jake Craney raved in their review. "We’ve been jamming it non-stop."
Sep 22, 2019
Klangstof • Attack Attack • 2019
Amsterdam-based alternative act Klangstof was founded by Dutch/Norwegian musician Koen van de Wardt. The band first established itself with their debut LP, Closed Eyes To Exit, a majestic confluence of synth-pop, post-rock, and electronic music.
Aug 23, 2019
CHAMPS • Shadow On The Sea • 2019
Champs are brothers Michael and David Champion, Formed in 2011 their debut album ‘Down Like Gold’ came with great critical acclaim, drawing praise from the likes of The Guardian, The Independent and Q Magazine. Evidently immune to second album syndrome, the pair endeavoured to achieve bigger heights with their follow up ‘VAMALA’, which came 366 days later. Hailed as a ‘Thing of beauty’ by The Sunday times and rated ⅘ by The Guardian more than delivered. Now, three years on, they are ready to impress again.
Speaking on the new album the band state:
"We've lived with this album (HARD INTERCHANGE) for a long time and we're really very excited to be able to set it free. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much we enjoyed making it.”
Sep 20, 2018
Apr 20, 2018
Moon Racer - Is It Really a Secret? - 2018
All songs by Moon Racer, except “Meaningless,” by Stephin Merritt.
“Pull the string, I come untied” is lovingly recited from Superchunk’s “Untied.”
Feb 20, 2018
C.A.R. - PINNED (2018)
PINNED is the much-anticipated follow-up to debut album 'My Friend'. Released via Ransom Note Records, PINNED sees C.A.R. – aka Chloé Raunet – refine her palette of glimmering electronics and post punk angles.
Oct 20, 2017
Advance Base - Same Dream (Version 2) - 2017
You wake from the same dream
where you get fat
& to your shock you give birth
to your old cat
your neighbor’s snoring
hear the parakeet
sit by the window
& stare down at the street
sunrise grey & orange streaks
thirty more weeks
The morning train
the crush & sound
it’s seventeen stops
before you get downtown
your stomach’s queasy
with flashes of heat
but maybe once that belly shows
you’ll get a seat
it roars & it creaks
thirty more weeks
Check rental listings
on your lunch at work
you could have a real house
if you just left New York
a vegetable garden
a white picket fence
closer to mom
& reasonable rents
a happy place for childhood memories
thirty more weeks
May 26, 2017
Jun 9, 2016
Hologram Teen - 2016
Hologram Teen is releasing a 2-track single on 7" vinyl via London's Happy Robots Records. This is the solo electronic motorik disco project of Morgane Lhote, former long-term keyboard player of Stereolab.
The Hologram Teen sound, although embracing electronica and pop, does so in a way that is more evocative of a prog rock disco horror soundtrack than the soulless EDM that fills the pop charts. "It's like Fabio Frizzi meets Grandmaster Flash," says Morgane Lhote. Her debut sold-out single 'Post-Apocalypteacakes' was released on London's Deep Distance label and mixed creepy vintage library effects with bouncy dancehall synths and disco beats. Following its release, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker came to be among her many newfound fans.
Feb 27, 2016
Cadence Kid - Xtc - 2016 single
Hold on to the light, shadows on the wall.
Dancing in the night, spinning till we fall.
Lost inside a dream, can u hear my call?
Silently we scream "I want to lose I want to lose control"
Close my eyes and I'll drift away beyond the horizon is where will stay.
Your love is like ecstasy ecstasy
This life without u, colored black and white.
Every thing was dull but now I'm not afraid of light.
Close my eyes and I'll drift away beyond the horizon is where will stay.
Your love is like ecstasy ecstasy
Dec 15, 2015
Deerful - City Bells - 2015
A festive single, if not an absolute Christmas one.
I used to live and study in Cambridge, the most festive city I've ever been to, but terms were short and celebration started early, and by the time it was really Christmas we'd all travelled home to our families.
The midnight snowball fight in the second verse was probably the happiest night of my life.
Nov 29, 2015
Featherfin - The Crimson Spill / Nananarama - 2015
Featherfin is an art and music project from Norway. The music is based on electronics, but has an organic pop-flavoured feel. Melody and harmonies are close to Featherfin's heart. He is inspired by everything from indiepop and noisy pop via folk and 60s pop to synth pop, electronica and modern experimental music. Sometimes his music is sweet, simple and cute, other times dark and complex.
Jeremy Jensen Superb synth-y pop with organic elements, so dense and lush you can get lost in it, and it was all done on an iPad! Amazing.
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