Tag: The Avalanches
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Departure – Ibiza......a dream?
If you like 90’s ambient house such as KLF – Chill Out and The Orb, you’ll love this sunny breeze dream of Departure‘s latest album, Ibiza…a dream? Ibiza……a dream? by Departure I think it’s a remix/retake of 2022’s Ibiza Dreams and I especially love the organ and soulful operatic? singing on Europa Point, Isolation &…
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The Secret Life of The Optigan
Following on from the previous post I looked up the source of the sample in the Paloma Faith track Upside Down and was surprised – it was from the Optigan. ‘That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time…’ /OB1 The Optigan was a home organ, really a kid’s toy made by Mattel, a…
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72 is back: 72.5
72 the continous mix is back – I think I must have missed a few of them because this is the 5th iteration for A New Crumpl Generation. For those that don’t know, each producer has 72 hours to produce their part and pass it on until 72 minutes is up. It’s like a mashup…
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Homebound Kid – Not So World Famous album
It’s finally here! The first Homebound Kid album by departure and butterfly boy on Lemon Hed Records called ‘Not So World Famous’ – and it’s great. If you like William Maranci’s Meat Mountain or the Avalanches you’ll love Homebound Kid and their plunderphonic album of blends – less ‘mashup’ or bastard pop and more experimental…
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Lemon Hed Vol 1
As you might have heard on RC 346, I am really into sample collage and vapourwave ambience at the moment – in big part because of Departure and the record label she co-runs with Lav Kazan. I blogged about them before but recently they released their first compilation – an easy way to get a…
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Departure, Homebound Kid & Lemon Hed Records
I’ve played Departure on the podcast in the past, really loved their eponymous first? album and they are involved with a few other projects of a similar plunderphonics/experimental/chilled vein. One is Homebound Kid with Butterfly Boy, who have an album “Not So World Famous”. out in June which I am looking forward to as I’m…