How. Again, my faltering writing skills have been lost in the jungle of obsequiousness, dominated by my desire to do other things, which include nothing, amongst others. Showing solidarity for many other sufferers of the current tyranny of Britain, it has come to pass that my album funding has dried up in the last couple of months and I am now surviving on basic rations, I am a musical beggar, but what joy it is bringing. I have been surviving on the drip feed from soundcloud and mixcloud, happy that the internet can provide for those who must have music.
Rather than the usual album review type nonsense, I have plucked my favourite listenings from the mighty Soundcloud and present them here for your delight, with a few of my oh so choice words scrawled digitally below. I hope that this enables you to tune in, do some ‘favouriting’ and helping to make Soundcloud what My_ could only dream of being.
First Up
ENGINEERS WHAT PUSHED US TOGETHER RICARDO TOBAR MIX
It has been a while since I heard anything from Ricardo Tobar so it was a pleasant day when I reacquainted myself with his emotive Chilean electronica. The swooshing, dizzy haze of this remix took to my brain instantly and I wait with eagerness swimming in my belly with what he hits out with next. For more info on Senor Tobar, see earlier posts and get your hands on some of his e.p’s.
A Winged Victory For The Sullen – Steep Hills Of Vicodin Tears
A magical combination. Dustin O’Halloran collaborating with Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie from Stars of the Lid. My love of O’Halloran can be found here, but Stars of the Lid provided me with a couple of magical winter moments this year. I lay in deep snow, away from everything and let my mind wander into ..and Their Refinement of the Decline. It was probably the most meditative I have been in my life and it looks like A Winged Victory for the Sullen may provide similar.
Adding the compositional genius of O’Halloran to this style provides a work of pristine, fragile art. Defragmentation of the brain as provided by music.
– old unfinished untitled track – electrolyte
Again, with the theme developing that this is me revisiting past loves, comes this thrownaway unfinished track from Electrolyte. The passing of Duo Infernale was a massive loss to my drum n bass intake and hooking up with Electrolyte, one half of the duo, began to fill a gap. I think they might be back making music together though, so we shall see what time brings to the table.
This track is a subtle, low down affair, with a bass that slowly pours into you. The sway of the beat is massively evocative and for an unfinished track is a sublime affair indeed.
Efterklang – Raincoats (Trentemøller Remix)
The story for several, quite mental, films revolve around my mind when this tune is making itself known to my ears. Such a beautiful pulsating drive to the remix of a song which I already have had the pleasure of mainlining. Trentemøller’s album had not been complete enough for me to witter about on these pages, but there were moments of incredible mood altering music on there. Efterklang’s last two albums were two of my favourite albums of all time, so a pretty good combination for me. Check more words on Efterklang here.
– Nils Familiar teaser.
Nils Frahm. Wrote loads about him in the last couple of years and justly so. A phenomenal talent and with these two teasers from his forthcoming album, he has pushed himself into a microscopic dimension filled with motes of dust. These tracks are beautiful and particularly Familiar, which I am pretty much addicted to at the moment. I am trying not to listen and wait for the full album, but alas I cannot. The ambience he has added to the tracks filling them full of the minutiae of life that his work so handsomely reflects.
– Hiatus and Shura: River
Shura was brought to my attention by Hiatus a good few months ago and then shazam, suddenly they are a musical item. I gone done a video for the original version of this song, such is my love for it, but the mix adds light to what was a very earthy and subdued track. When the (insert potentially Iranian instrument) wanders in during the last third of the song, it lifts it to a place of pure joy. With an ep on the way and a tour to compliment it, watch the skies for this combination.
Enjoy these treasures mes amis and next I shall gift you with a wee mix, once I have figured out how such things work.
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