Tag: folktronica
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RC 384: Tender Silence of Night – Deep Dive #2
It has only taken me a year and a half to get around to the second Deep DIve (!) – I was going to put this out in a few months after the first Deep Dive but never got around to it. The catalyst for this bonus podcast was a new controller – the five…
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RC #309: Make Art GRATE Again
Aka don’t tell the trees – cos the trees don’t need to know! Those useless trees might be silently judging you, though. A trip alternating between Brexit, BoJo and Trump and making good art as a response. It’s not downbeat, it’s not upbeat, it’s sort of middlebeat. Glasses halfway and all that. From novelty songs…
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Nicolas Jaar
No connection between image and music, except they probably go well together. Recently got into Nicolas Jaar via his excellent Fight (Nymphs IV) which is now out on R&S via JoolsMF, but then found out his other music is similarly a mix of Four Tet, Holly Herndon, Jon Hopkins and even maybe some Cristobal Tapia…
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Sylvan Esso
Hmm, I really don’t want to add more to the Hype Machine’s Most Blogged Chart, but given this blog isn’t in their 800 Best Blogs let alone on their radar, it probably won’t. Another mentioned on 6Music was someone I initially thought was Silver Nesso, which is a better name than Sylvan Esso, the name…
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New Four Tet mixes
What is this, IDM central? Seems like it atm, and the amazing Four Tet (he did one of the best impromptu sets I’ve ever seen at Bestival 2012) not only did a 1 hour mix on Triple J with all new material (you can download it here) but also dropped the very cool Ellie Goulding…
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Compuphonic remixes Cut Copy Me
As I mentioned in the previous post, the haunting track from Petula Clark, all Goldfrapp and folktronica belies her 80 (!) years of age. She can still sing, still going strong. Here’s a great remix by Compuphonic of that very same track which should do the biz for those who like their disco nu or…