Four to Six by Math the Band

Math the Band just put out a delicious video for their new single, Four to Six.

Tasty as ever. Keep it up, Math.

Tags: math the band, single

Paddling Out by Miike Snow

Swedish electropop-ers Miike Snow released Paddling Out a few days ago. We apologise profusely for not posting it sooner, and depriving you all from new Miike Snow.

Their upcoming album, Happy To You, is released in March.

R x

Tags: miike snow, single

Pleasure Palaces by Errors

Errors, a four piece from Glasgow, have been making dancey-electronic-post-rock-experimental music since 2004. They’ve released two rather good albums since being signed to Rock Action by label founders Mogwai.

Pleasure Palaces  is the first single from their upcoming album, ‘Have Some Faith in Magic.’ Think HEALTH plus (old) M83, and multiply by Telefon Tel Aviv for a rough idea. Have a listen, and enjoy the delightfully confusing video after the break.

Tags: errors, health, m83, mogwai, rock action, single

Perimeters by Aes Dana

I first came across Perimeters sometime in the Summer of 2011, following my discovery of Solar Fields and his record label, Ultimae Records. I was just finding my feet in the ambient world, and Perimeters just didn’t stick. It didn’t provoke an emotional reaction in me either way: I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t particularly like it, either.

A few months later, after futher exploring the ambient and trance scene, I found my way back to Perimeters. This time, there was a sense of anger permeating, which I hadn’t noticed before, and given my initial ambivalence towards the album I was surprised when I found myself actually enjoying the moods put forth. The violin featured in Anthrazit, the album’s opener, is one of the most terrifying things I’ve heard recently, and the haunting melody in title-track Perimeters the second. The contrast between these downtempo soundscapes and the upbeat grooves – namely in Resin, In Between and Antimatter (Post) – creates an overall tone of disquiet. It’s in the short, restrained bursts of energy littered throughout where you find the most emotion, though; the subdued rage building up to that point threatens to erupt in violent, ordered bursts.

Perimeters is a deeply passive-aggressive album. And I love it.

Tags: aes dana, perimeters, review, ultimae

Drops

Drops are a special part of electronic music. When done right, they evoke special emotions, feelings, which the track has been hinting at and building to up to that point. They’re a release of tension in composition, and often the focal point of the track, and are particularly prevalent in chart pop and club hits – sometimes being used multiple times per song – though ironically they’re worst bits to dance to; however, a song is much more special when a drop is used just once. The track is irrevocably changed, leaving you both excited for the present and longing for the previous. There’s probably something poetic about that.

Here are three of my favourites.

Tags: crystal castles, drop, electronic, fever ray, fuck buttons, kelis

Saturday Shuffle

10 Tracks from my music library, picked by the fates, listened to by me.

Tags: alcohol, bob dylan, brand new, friendly fires, hoodie allen, hot chip, kings of leon, maroon 5, milagres, saturday shuffle, the chemical brothers

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