It's the Supersound

Panda Bear has made the build-up for Tomboy ridiculously long, but now we are almost there (and trust me, it’s worth waiting for). To give you the final hors d’oeuvre, Kompakt is now putting out a single for Surfer’s Hymn, which comes neatly packaged with a remix from Actress, in case a new Panda Bear track wasn’t enough of an attraction.

Like on his collaboration with Pantha du Prince last year, Panda Bear transitions smoothly from the sunny Beach Boys vibes to the darker, more clubby mood. This time, however, things get slightly messier, slightly more introverted and a lot harder to wrap your head around. Although Noah Lennox seems to be the kind of guy who takes pride in layering a handful of samples on top of each other while still shaping a coherent whole, Actress just one-upped him at his own game. The pattern may be primitive, but the texture definitely isn’t.

If you have not already secured your copy of the 7″ (which drops March 28th), you will probably have a hard time finding one. For now, you will have to rely on Kompakt’s kindness on Soundcloud:
Panda Bear – Surfers Hymn (Actress Primitive Pattern Remix)

Sjalom all! I’m in quite a relaxed mood today, therefore don’t expect to find any uplifting, in your face, “omg too much bass” material in this post. Instead, sit back, relax and enjoy the following beauties.

First up, a new Goran Tech production called “One Way EP” which is already his 5th release on Artefact records.
The track you can find below is called Space hero, in my opinion the coolest of the three. It has a very funky feel because of the jazzy trumpet chords and the flanged vocals. Still, because of the drum rolls you can also feel kind of a bouncy touch in it. It’s also the ideal tune to use in a set to keep the crowd going and to build up to something new… overall: great stuff! Buy here.

Goran Tech – Space Hero / One way EP/ Artefact Records

“Black Noise”, the latest album of Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha du Prince, made a deep impression on me when listening to it for the first time. All the tracks consist of very special sounds that Hendrik and his collegues “found” on a field recording session. Add some original taps, hits and knocks on self made instruments and there you have it: 11 splendid, subtle, often dreamy technotracks. Below you can find the third track of the album (you’ll immediately hear the special sounds he used). You can also find a remix by Animal collective. Buy the album here.

Pantha du Prince – The Splendour / Black Noise/ Rough Trade
Pantha Du Prince – Welt Am Draht (Animal Collective Remix)

I’m also a huge fan of Bonobo these days! The latest album, called Black Sands, is the fourth studio album of UK based Simon Green (alias Bonobo). The interesting thing about this full-length is that it has a pretty complex style. Obviously there is an electronic influence with some downbeat and hip/trip hop but very often you can hear some future-jazz and even dubstep in it. And then there are also the vocals of Andreya Triana on three tracks which makes the album explore the hidden land of electro-samba. In all, I think we can best call it chillout/ downtempo because that’s what you can feel in most of the tracks although I actually don’t like to make these genre divisions for you, that’s up to you…
Overall, this… is much more than only muzak in hipster cafés!
Check out the following remix of the fourth track which is not on the album. It gives the original a more baile funk, UK funky garage feel… Buy the album here.

Bonobo – Eyesdown (Warrior-One-Remix) / Eyesdown/ Ninja Tune

   

Los dejo con lo que para mi es un viaje hermoso, el remix de Pantha Du Prince a “Here Sometimes” de Blonde Redhead, quienes estarán de gira juntos por Norte América los próximos meses.

♩  Blonde Redhead - Here Sometimes (Pantha Du Prince Remix)

Animal Collective have lent their (sometimes shoddy) remixing skills to “Welt Am Draht”, a personal favorite of mine from Pantha Du Prince‘s excellent Black Noise LP. Those skeptics who worry that Animal Collective will deliver a jerry-built remix have no reason to. In fact, Animal Collective paid “Welt Am Draht” the same painstaking attention to and scrutiny of detail they paid the tracks within their Fall Be Kind EP. You can listen to the final product below:

Pantha Du Prince – “Welt Am Draht” (Animal Collective Remix)

Previously: Pantha Du Prince x Panda Bear x Four Tet (MP3)

Tags: Animal Collective, Pantha Du Prince

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10 free and legal MP3s available for your download convenience. Today’s set includes new music from Blur, HEALTH, Surfer Blood, Cold Cave and Wolf Gang.

Click on the links tagged “release” for more information about where the MP3 came from.

HEALTH – “USA Boys” [release]
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Surfer Blood – “Don’t Worry Baby” (Beach Boys Cover) [release]
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Blur – “Fool’s Day” [release]
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Cold Cave – “Life Magazine” (Pantha Du Prince Remix) [release]
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Memoryhouse – “Lately (Troisième)” [release]
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Blondes – “Moondance” [release]
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Wolf Gang – “Back to Back” (Active Child Remix) [release]
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Pretty Good Dance Moves – “Bad Habits” (feat. Lissy Trullie) [release]
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Twin Sister – “The Other Side of Your Face” [release]
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Inlets – “In Which, I, Robert” [release]
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Tags: Active Child, Beach Boys, Blondes, Blur, Cold Cave, Health, Inlets, Lissy Trullie, Memoryhouse, Pantha Du Prince, Pretty Good Dance Moves, Surfer Blood, Twin Sister, Wold Gang

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10 free and legal MP3s available for your download convenience. Today’s set includes new music from Blur, HEALTH, Surfer Blood, Cold Cave and Wolf Gang.

Click on the links tagged “release” for more information about where the MP3 came from.

HEALTH – “USA Boys” [release]
[See post to listen to audio]
Surfer Blood – “Don’t Worry Baby” (Beach Boys Cover) [release]
[See post to listen to audio]
Blur – “Fool’s Day” [release]
[See post to listen to audio]
Cold Cave – “Life Magazine” (Pantha Du Prince Remix) [release]
[See post to listen to audio]
Memoryhouse – “Lately (Troisième)” [release]
[See post to listen to audio]
Blondes – “Moondance” [release]
[See post to listen to audio]
Wolf Gang – “Back to Back” (Active Child Remix) [release]
[See post to listen to audio]
Pretty Good Dance Moves – “Bad Habits” (feat. Lissy Trullie) [release]
[See post to listen to audio]
Twin Sister – “The Other Side of Your Face” [release]
[See post to listen to audio]
Inlets – “In Which, I, Robert” [release]
[See post to listen to audio]

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Tags: Active Child, Beach Boys, Blondes, Blur, Cold Cave, Health, Inlets, Lissy Trullie, Memoryhouse, Pantha Du Prince, Pretty Good Dance Moves, Surfer Blood, Twin Sister, Wold Gang

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A more obscure adulation is the premise of this weeks selection. These tracks are far apart in their desired atmospheres of stylization, with their stripped down tendencies unfolding new layers amongst every fold. However, this fine foray of minimalist temperaments, rich in organic texture; drives a continually powerful force upon the left-field influences that the techno and house scene has to offer.

Winding and grinding and ripped up flooring, shatters our ears with these high range minimalist builds. Goldfish Un Der Dulz consistently pull driving minimal bangers out the bag, check their Hi Freaks imprint for releases by the likes of Piemont, Suedmilch and David Keno.

Goldfish Und Der Dulz - Love Me Fender

Gimikk are the brainchild of Daniel Sanchez and E-Contact. 'Love Me' doesn't sound particularly special until those creepy vocals seep in, elapsing in a screech of high frequency scrapes.

Gimikk - Love Me

It feels rather educational listening to Levon Vincent. It's as if his structures denote a pure sense of maturity, whereby all unnecessary elements are stripped from their core, resounding in a rich but stark bubble of house syncopation.

Levon Vincent - A Melody For Everyone







Brooding sub cones and deep sea compression play to the dim warehouse vibes of Peter Van Hoesen's acidic techno. That wump, wump, wump just sounds like it's come out the washer, making it a perfect late floor cleanser for the dirtiest of dwellers.

Peter Van Hoesen - Continued Care

Pantha du Prince lays another consistently solid release on Rough Trade, with Four Tet touching up the original with a subtle strain of arpeggio bleeps and flanged background effects. The original is truly inspired with it's multi-looped vocal feed, go and buy it here!

Pantha du Prince - Stick To My Side (Four Tet Version)

Released back in 2007, 'From Here We Go Sublime' remains to be The Field's melodic pop masterpiece of shoegaze techno. Deep inhalation in accordance with a bout of blank stares, have helped pass many a journey with these transatlantic sounds in mind.

The Field - Everday

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Nekkroteukh - What The Moon Brings VIP


Darkly

Pic by Alberto Seveso

Pantha Du Prince makes some of the smoothest techno we know, Panda Bear makes alot of experimental stuff with Animal Collective and Four Tet is just brilliant. Here we get them all together with the Four Tet remix of the track “Stick To My Side” (taken off the recently released Pantha Du Prince album “Black Noise”). The result of the threesome is a vibrant and pulsating techno tune that makes us quite happy.

Pantha Du Prince (ft. Panda Bear) – Stick To My Side (Four Tet remix) (direct link)

Your brain just blew up.

Four Tet remixed Pantha Du Prince and Panda Bear’s collaboration for the upcoming “Stick To My Side” single release, which is out on 12″ vinyl on March 23rd via Rough Trade.

Tags: Four Tet, Panda Bear, Pantha Du Prince

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德國Minimal Techno音樂家Pantha du Prince在上月初於Rough Trade發行了他第三張專輯Black Noise，輯內一曲找來Panda Bear（Noah Lennox of Animal Collective）擔任聲優的Stick to My Side將抽取出作為專輯的第二支單曲並定於本月中旬發行，而收錄在Stick to My Side的混音單位將有Efdemin、Lawrence、Four Tet以及限Digital下載才能取得Carsten Jost & Efdemin和Wall這兩組共五首混音版本；這裡也暫時先取得到交由Four Tet所進行操刀的版本供試聽。