Three Trapped Tigers - Live in London (2010)

So this is something different that'll challenge your pathetically short attention spans. (always start with an insult - someone told me that once).

This is a phenomenal live performance by London-based noise-explorers Three Trapped Tigers for BeatCast Live (props to them for this). It's awesome - beautiful melodies, synths, walls of noise, driving beats and some FUCKING CHAOS - that's all you need to know.
Big up to Matt for bringing this onto my radar.

-L

Moderat - II (2013)

i was already halfway to work when i realized i'd set my alarm one hour early. there was no point in turning back, so i got off the tram and aimlessly roamed around rainy brussels for an hour and a half. stricken with self-hatred and bitter regret, made worse by slight waves of nausea (not a morning person), i tuned in to NPR's latest All Songs Considered podcast to kill some time.

i'm usually not the biggest fan of ASC, maybe it's the all-american-mega-positive-vibes and shameless lack of edge [fuck buttons is pronounced as "f-buttons", come on]. but this time, although after a numbing volley of bland in-jokes, someone played 'This Time' from Moderat's latest album II. perfect track to listen to in the middle of brussels' grayness. it's not on youtube yet, so check it out (scroll down) on NPR.

fyi Moderat is the unholy union of Apparat and Modeselektor. Fact Magazine categorized their sound on II  as "digital shoegaze...closer in spirit to Border Community’s emo-electronics than much of Monkeytown’s back catalogue."

NOTE 2: favorite track on II



NOTE: after listening to the whole album, it sounds like 50% of the tracks are slightly clubbier than "digital shoegaze", almost more Caribou-inspired. for example:

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Jamie xx - Night + Day Berlin Mix (2013)

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Memoryhouse - To the Light House (Millionyoung Remix - 2010)

found this hazy gem at NO CONCLUSION. they've got the best mixes so if you're into the general primavera palate, def check them out.

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Madvillain - Money Folder (Four Tet remix)

Ace Four Tet remix of hip hop duo Madvillain (MF Doom and Madlib).
Crank it.



-L

MXTP 1: Turn It Off

so this is a first: here's a mixtape.

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Boards of Canada - Reach for the Dead (2013)

In June, elusive electronic music duo Boards of Canada are set to release another full-length album after an eight year hiatus: Tomorrow's Harvest (Warp). The announcement came only after a typically mysterious, code-cracking, puzzle fest which has been gripping BoC-heads and musos for the last month or so: involving untitled 12"s being placed in NY's Other Music and London's Rough Trade East, as well as numerical codes being dropped into radio shows on both sides of the Atlantic and clues hidden in web code. Check out Fact Mag's summary of it all here.

But first: watch and listen to Reach for the Dead. BoC always do awesome videos:


-L

William Onyeabor - Why Go To War (1979)

spring is coming - at least in Cairo (sorry luke) - and with it otherworldy trips to the sinai, desert parties and balcony soirees. in short, can't wait. and to celebrate the imminent return of our friend the sun i can't think of a better tune than this absolute scorcher by william onyeabor:



flash trap posted a biography of onyeabor lifted from the liner notes of the Nigeria 70 comp "The Definitive Story of 1970's Funky Lagos":

William Onyeabor studied cinematography in Russia for many years, returning to Nigeria in the mid-70s to start his own Wilfilms music label and to set up a music and film production studio. He recorded a number of hit songs in Nigeria during the 70s, the biggest of which was ‘Atomic Bomb’ in 1978. ‘Better Change Your Mind’ is taken from the same album, and, as well as slating the power-crazed nations of the world, the second half settles into a unique slice of stripped down spacey, lo-fi funk which is unlike any other Nigerian music being made at the time. William has now been crowned a High Chief in Enugu, where he lives today as a successful businessman working on government contracts and running his own flour mill."
what a legend.

why go to waaar dunudundundundun
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ps. onyeabor albums are available here; def grab 'Tomorrow'.

Burial - Truant / Rough Sleeper (2012)

New tunes from Burial.
I don't need to introduce it more than that do I?


Rough Sleeper:


Truant:



-L

Kuedo - Work, Live & Sleep in Collapsing Space (2012)

huge tune on repeat as i'm spitting through hundreds of footnotes, work bliss.

there's something about this track. it's just razor-sharp throughout, perfectly conceptualized and everything - love the aggressive beats and layered patterns - works. great stuff.

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Nathan Fake - Iceni Strings (2012)

i got into luke abbott's 'holkham drones' over the last weeks, great transcendental beach tune [i'd find the youtube vid, but my internet's being an absolute dick]



abbott made me think of bordercommunity, so when i checked for new releases I discovered 'iceni strings' by nathan fake. good track, solid B side. check it.




bbbuy or what

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Four Tet - Jupiters single (2012)

We love Four Tet aka Kieran Hebden here at fknchill. Consistently progressive, layered, melodic electronic music. Just the way it should be. Chilling for the house, pumping for the club.

This is his new single Jupiters (if you need a catch-up, check out his last album There is Love in You - awesome). This track's so fresh I'm listening to it as I write this. ;-)

Loving this and need something more straight away? Check out his collaboration with Burial from a while back, Moth: phenomenal.



Four Tet's playing at festivals all over the world this Summer - so if you don't know him, get to know.

L

Mo Kolours - Banana Wine [Official Video] (2012)

One-Handed Music, the label responsible for the excellent Paul White, just released a vid for Mo Kolours’ EP2: Banana Wine.

 "A video for the title track was clearly overdue and here we have footage of Mo Kolours doing his thing amongst all sorts of weird and wonderful footage of bananas, snake charmers, dancing girls and more. Watch it and see."

 


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Paul White - Rapping with Paul White (2011)

As usual, I'm at least 6 months behind on what's totally HOT. Anyways, Paul White is the peanut butter to my jelly. Rapping with Paul White is J Dilla/80s mixtapes/sheer playful creativity and pants down one of the best things i've heard this year.


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[p.s. yeah and then there's this
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Nathan Fake - Hard Islands (2009)

"Having protested that he was "not a DJ" circa his 2006 debut, it wasn't long before this Norfolk wunderkind producer seduced clubbers with eclectic DJ sets. The result is writ large on this brilliant second album, which welds his drifting soundscapes to fractious, rapturous techno."

-Guardian

props to luke for recommending it

-p

www.mediafire.com/?mjtgotmzyyl

this one's not on hard islands, but too good not to add: