Mount Kimbie | Made to Stray
Shadows turn to grey / Slave today-
Yesterday evening, while Ben UFO was preparing for his Rinse FM show, he received a rather cryptic video message from Mount Kimbie and subsequently got his hands on (and played out) the first track to emerge from the UK duo’s forthcoming record.
As it stands, Mount Kimbie are keeping the details of the album almost entirely under wraps. The pair recently mentioned that the LP is in fact finished, will be released via Warp and is heavily influenced by being on tour and playing live for two years straight. The title and release date have yet to be announced. However, it won’t be too much longer until we know more- Dom and Kai have an upcoming string of tour dates and will be releasing some more tunes in the not too distant future.
“Made to Stray” is longer that what we would generally expect from the pair, but it’s a welcome adjustment. Atop a bed of clicking percussion, MK’s characteristic warm, warbling synths build into a melodic climax complete with distant, melancholy vocals. Have a listen to the radio rip below.
Update: In the last week Dom and Kai have made it known that the album, entitled Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, will be released on May 27th, announced a U.S./Canadian tour, and offered up “Made to Stray” for free download. Head here to grab it.
alh
Retrospective | 2012
We are a day late on delivering this, but we had to wait up until the 31st to pull this thing together – just in case we needed to make any last minute additions (and also because we are habitually disorganized and tardy).
After a haphazard electronic congress amongst the various selectas’ in our slightly dysfunctional family, we put together a collage of the music that moved us in MMXII.
We didn’t attempt to rank these releases–nor to affix to each of them a rating–because it is our view that this sort of enterprise is not meaningful. We assure you that we have vetted all of it. Finding high-grade jams below should be straight-forward–like shooting fish in a barrel. We invite you to trust us and to peruse with an open mind and curiosity.
With love–
Selected Releases
LPs
Pink – Four Tet [Text]
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean [Def Jam]
Devotion – Jessie Ware [PMR]
Mala In Cuba [Brownswood]
Unpatterns – Simian Mobile Disco [Wichita]
Fin – John Talabot [Permanent Vacation]
R.I.P. – Actress [Honest Jon's Records]
The Keychain Collection – Gang Colours [Brownswood]
Until the Quiet Comes – Flying Lotus [Warp]
In Our Heads – Hot Chip [Domino]
Breakthrough – The Gaslamp Killer [Ninja Tune]
good kid, m.A.A.d City – Kendrick Lamar [Top Dawg]
Ghettos & Gardens – Justin Martin [Dirtybird]
Luxury Problems – Andy Stott [Modern Love]
Visions – Grimes [4AD]
Held – Holy Other [Tri Angle]
Don’t Break My Love – Clown & Sunset [Clown & Sunset]
Beams – Matthew Dear [Ghostly International]
Instrumentals Mixtape 2 – Clams Casino [Self-Released]
Total Loss – How To Dress Well [Weird World]
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EPs
Kingdoms – Fort Romeau [100% Silk]
Black Rainbows – Dark Sky [Black Acre]
Kindred – Burial [Hyperdub]
Burial – Truant/Rough Sleeper [Hyperdub]
Go To The Mo – Kill Frenzy [Dirtybird]
Last Words – Ryan Hemsworth [Wedidit]
(Self-Titled) – Jets [Leisure System]
Ready – Jacques Green [3024]
Changes – LOL Boys [Friends of Friends]
Calling Me – Dusky [School]
(Self-Titled) – TNGHT [Warp]
Disclosure – The Face [Greco-Roman]
Ghettos & Gardens (Remixes Vol. 1) – Justin Martin (Dirtybird)
Vision of Love – Bicep [Feel My Bicep]
Froth/Mercy – Boddika & Joy Orbison [SunkLo]
His He She & She – Blawan [Hinge]
Pyramid Lake/Black Ink – Airhead [R&S]
Acquiescence – Anenon [Non Projects]
Grey – Atem [Blenheim & Celtic]
Vacation – Shlohmo [Friends of Friends]
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Tracks on Heavy Rotation
Held – Holy Other [Triangle]
Au Seve – Julio Bashmore [Broadwalk]
Jasmine – Jai Paul [XL]
Prism – Jacques Green [3024]
Look Out – Homeboy Sandman [Stones Throw]
[Jacques Greene]
Control (feat. Ria Ritchie) (Joe Goddard Remix) – Disclosure [Greco-Roman]
Nova – Burial + Four Tet [Text]
Revolution – Mala [Brownswood]
Flutes – Hot Chip [Domino]
Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe – Kendrick Lamar [Top Dawg]
[Joe Goddard]
Crystal Caverns 1991 – Lone [R&S]
Higher Ground – TNGHT [Warp]
Species Out Of Control – Simian Mobile Disco [Wichita]
The Hope – Scuba [Hotflush]
So Will Be Now (feat. Pional) – John Talabot [Permanent Vacation]
[John Talabot]
Ye Ye – Daphni [Merge]
Bad Religion – Frank Ocean [Def Jam]
Dream To Me – Flying Lotus [Warp]
Always – Maths Time Joy [Live For The Funk]
Elegante – Squarehead [5ANDSEVEN]
[Flying Lotus]
Whatnot – Machinedrum [Innovative Leisure]
Please Forgive My Heart – Bobby Womack [XL]
Inspector Norse – Todd Terje [Olsen/Smalltown Supersound]
Lion (Jamie xx Remix) – Four Tet [Text]
Yoro Diallo (Lone Remix) – Egyptian Hip Hop [R&S]
[Four Tet]
The Perfect Blues (Jacques Greene Remix) – Jesse Boykins III, Melo-X [Ninja Tune]
$tripper – Bicep [Chemical]
Nissim (feat. Amir Yaghmai) – The Gaslamp Killer [Ninja Tune]
Shades – Dark Sky [50 Weapons]
Forgotton Notes – Hackman [Ramp]
[The Gaslamp Killer]
November Skies (feat. Nina Kinert) – Tomas Barfod [Friends of Friends]
The Narcississt (feat. Inga Copeland) – Dean Blunt [Hippos In Tanks]
Thrown – Kiasmos [Erased Tapes]
wen uuu – Shlohmo [Friends of Friends]
Truant – Burial [Hyperdub]
[Tomas Barfod]
Her Fantasy – Matthew Dear [Ghostly International]
Grey – Atem [Blenheim & Celtic]
What’s In Your Head – Disclosure [Greco-Roman]
Running (Disclosure Remix) – Jessie Ware [PMR]
Confidence Boost (Harmonimix Remix) – Trim [R&S]
[Matthew Dear]
All Inside – Bondax [Super]
Fuck You All The Time – Jeremih [Def Jam]
Small Talk (Four Tet Remix) – Ultraista [I Am Fortified]
Rained The Whole Time (Nicolas Jaar Remix) – Shlohmo [Friends of Friends]
The Ego – Nicolas Jaar [Clown & Sunset]
[Nicolas Jaar]
Sleepless – Andy Stott [Modern Love]
For Sake – Aeroc [Ghostly International]
Make It Good – The White Lamp [Brownswood]
Boiling (feat. Sinead Harnett) – Disclosure [Greco-Roman]
Nothing So Great – Evy Jane [Self-Released]
[Disclosure]
Default – Atoms For Peace [XL]
Blue Skies Red Soil – NeferTT [Hotflush]
Gold Soul Theory – The Underachievers [Brainfeeder]
New For You – Andrés [La Vida]
Chum – Earl Sweatshirt [Self-Released]
[The Underachievers]
Compuphonic – Maddslinky [Broadwalk]
23 (feat. Tymer) – Shadowchild [Food]
Get Free (feat. Amber of Dirty Projectors) – Major Lazer [Mad Decent]
Child – George Fitzgerald [Aus Music]
What I Might Do (Club Edit) – Ben Pearce [MTA]
[George Fitzgerald]
Kindred – Burial [Hyperdub]
Chained – The xx [Young Turks]
Leaf (A$AP Rocky feat. Main Attrakionz) – Clams Casino [Self-Released]
Timeaway – Darkstar [Warp]
Night Light (Joe Goddard Remix) – Jessie Ware [Universal]
[Darkstar]
So Many Details – Toro Y Moi [Carpark]
Born To Die (Gucci Vump Remix) – Lana Del Rey [Interscope]
Goin In (Boy 8-Bit Remix) – Zinc [Rinse]
Signal Loss – Pariah [R&S]
Jupiters – Four Tet [Text]
[Toro Y Moi]
Tissues & Fivers – Gang Colours [Brownswood]
Swims – Boddika & Joy Orbison [Swamp 81]
Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage? – Blawan [Hinge Finger]
Lost In Tokyo – Koreless [Vase]
Argonaut – Floating Points [Eglo]
[Blawan]
Video Games (Joy Orbison Remix) – Lana Del Rey [Interscope]
Blessed (feat. Kendrick Lamar) – Schoolboy Q [Top Dawg]
Sleepless (feat. Jezzabell Doran) (Shlohmo Remix) – Flume [Future Classic]
Jagged Edge – Eats Everything [Pets]
Crispy Duck – Dense and Pika [Hotflush]
[Eats Everything]
Forget (Shlohmo Remix) – Lianne La Havas [Self-Released]
Huron River Drive (Evenings Remix) – Shigeto [Ghostly International]
Terrorist Threats (feat. Danny Brown & Jhene Aiko) – Ab-Soul [TDE]
Lotus Bootleg – Jonwayne [Self-Released]
Avalanche – Just Friends [Clown & Sunset]
[Shlohmo]
& It Was U – How To Dress Well [Weird World]
Why Don’t You – Synkro [Apollo]
Ellipsis – Joy Orbison [Hinge Finger]
Flo Jam – Dusky [Dogmatik]
Meu – Jets [Leisure System]
[Joy Orbison]
Oblivion – Grimes [4AD]
The Black God – SpaceGhostPurp [4AD]
Femme Fatale – Justin Jay [Dirtybird]
Fools Good – Troy Junner [Mindset]
It’s True – Wih’lo [Self-Released]
[Grimes]
No To Love (George Fitzgerald Remix) – Jessie Ware [PMR]
Move Love – Robert Glasper [Blue Note]
Gotham Mix 1 – A.CHAL [Self-Released]
Mirror Maru – Cashmere Cat [Pelican Fly]
What You Need – Flume [Future Classic]
[Robert Glasper]
L O W – L I F E
Holy Other | Held (Tim Hecker Remix)
More than any other label, sound artist seems to be the most appropriate when referring to Tim Hecker. In 2011, the Vancouver-born, Montreal-bred musician became “obsessed with digital garbage,” an infatuation that led him to produce arguably his finest album. Ravedeath, 1972, recorded mainly in a church in Reykjavik, Iceland, saw Hecker experimenting with sonic comfort zones and the idea of beauty in digital decay.
We can hear remnants of Ravedeath in his latest piece, a remix of Holy Other’s “Held” wherein Hecker allows the familiar melody of the original song to float softly between his reverberating layers of cinematically foreboding synths. Headphones and a joint in mouth are recommended.
alh
10 Days Off 2012 | Ghent, Belgium
Ever heard of Ghent? I didn’t think so. Well, if you haven’t, don’t beat yourself up too much because not once have I heard that perfectly plain North American yammer during my time spent here, despite the town bearing Lonely Planet’s number 7 spot on its 10 Places to Visit Before You Die list.
But enough about the town. Its lovely. Trust me. Canals, churches, cobblestone, jolly drunks, pretty people, and prettier personalities; its all here. What else is here, though, is an incredibly unique concert series showcasing an acute selection of electronic music’s foremost purveyors. That’s the real reason I’m here. Found down a winding alley and along side a murky jade strip of river is the Vooruit Art Centre‘s 10 Days Off festival.
“In 1995, 10 Days Off started as 10 Days Of Techno. Today, almost every electronic music genre can be seen and heard at the festival. 10 Days Off has become a landmark in the international electronic music scene. The festival welcomes artists, clubbers, music lovers and media from all over the world.
The festival has its own character and style, built on its pioneering decisive choice for programming electronic music.”
[via 10 Days Off]
[Day 1 - Salva]
Each night sports a variation of style; from house, to bass, hip-hop, disco and so on and so forth. They keep it fresh, to say the least.
[Day 9 - The Magician]
Featured this year; Salva, Holy Other, Lapalux, Africa Hitech, Kutmah, Teebs, Addison Groove, Booka Shade, John Talabot, The Magician, as well as many more. Lucky for you, the majority of these sets can be heard in their entirety, below. Personally, Mr. Talabot’s performance really tickled my fancy.
[Day 7 - Africa Hitech]
[Day 8 - Booka Shade]
Now you can’t say that you’ve never heard of Ghent, Belgium.
sam.i.am
Holy Other | Held
By the time Holy Other takes to the road for his North American tour this fall, his debut LP will already be playing on repeat, or so we anticipate. On August 28th, Held will be released on none other than Tri Angle Records and the second taste of the album continues to bode well for what’s to come. (The excellent “Love Some1,” the first song we heard from Held, has been floating around for just over a month.)
The title track, which was revealed today, is a sprawling, expansive tune that stays true to the moody and melancholic aura that the producer has crystallized as his characteristic sonic atmosphere.
alh
Holy Other | Love Some 1
[Holy Other]
Mystifying Manchester-based producer, Holy Other, emerged from the shadows with a small taste of his upcoming full length LP on Monday, June the 4th. Love Some 1 is a subtle, and ominous track intended to promote the forthcoming album, titled, Held, to be released via TriAngle Records on August 29th.
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Get to Know | Holy Other
![[Artwork for 'With U' EP]](http://low-life.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Holy_Other1.jpeg "Holy_Other")
[Artwork for the 'With U' EP]
Holy Other is a Manchester born Witch-House producer who is currently signed to Tri Angle Records. He has been reported to spend time between London, Manchester, Berlin, Gothenburg and even Osaka. Much like Burial, Holy Other plays the mysterious card, letting his music speak predominantly for itself. His production started a year ago with remixes for the likes of How to Dress Well, Asobi Seksu and Walls. Holy Other is known for his ambient goth vibe and pitched down 90′s R&B vocal samples. The music below provides cases to this point.
“My aesthetic is shifty. I’ve usually been doing it in some bedroom somewhere, wherever it is. I haven’t written any music in Manchester, any music in the UK really at all. I’ve just been abroad the whole time. There hasn’t been a solid location. I can’t really say I’ve been holed up in a studio for months, because it’s just not true. So I guess it’s that I’m moving around, and that I’m influenced by things that are happening around me, rather than just staying in the same location, having the same themes about everything.”
(via Dummy)
Holy Other gave away one track from his acclaimed 2011 release ‘With U’ EP-
Download || Touch – Holy Other [witch-house] [recommended]
Yr Love – Holy Other (via FAMILY)
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