This Week's Much-Hyped Band From Brooklyn Is...

Without a doubt devoted followers of the blogosphere have heard at least one track from Telepathe's new album, Dance Mother, released in January in the UK. North Americans will have to wait until April to pick up a physical copy of the bands debut LP, but we've already been treated to various 7"s, EP's, remixes, and for the privateers, the leaked version of the UK release. Oh yeah, did I mention TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek produced the album? Sweet.

It's hard to choose a favorite track, but I've been enjoying "Lights Go Down" recently, mainly because of the drum machines and Arabian theme:

Telepathe - Lights Go Down

Also found some nice remixes of "Chromes On It" by Mad Decent, The Mae Shi, and Frankmusik:

Telepathe - Chromes On It (Mad Decent Remix)

Telepathe - Chromes On It (The Mae Shi Remix)

Telepathe - Chromes On It (Frankmusik Remix)

dub-step-funk-rock

Having finally come into possession of the new Hyperdub 12", I felt an urge to share this gem. Typical of Hyperdub, it's awesome, and features the always solid Joker on the A-side, and the previously unknown to me Danish duo 2000F on the flip-side.

Joker - Digidesign
- This track has been on a ton of mixes as of late. 2009 looks to be a good year for my favorite Bristol producer.

2000F & J Kamata - You Don't Know What Love Is
- Holy shit! this sounds like Zapp & Roger with 21st century drum programming. Cheesy, vocodered dubstep slow jams are the future.

Experimental pianomusic

I've decided for a change of pace today, seeing as we're getting a decent snowfall for the first time in ages. An appropriate time to bring up the new EP by German prepared pianist Hauschka.


















Entitled "Snowflakes And Carwrecks," this might be an EP in the most liberal sense of the term, as it clocks in at about 40 minutes. Modern Classical in the vein of Rachel's, Sylvain Chauveau, and Max Richter (and maybe even Yann Tiersen), Hauschka aka. Volker Bertelmann, has been putting out a steady stream of releases of excellent quality since 2004. Snowflakes And Carwrecks acts well as an addendum to last year's Ferndorf LP, and was recorded during the same session with the same musicians as Ferndorf.

"Ginsterweg" from Snowflakes And Carwrecks (Fat Cat, 2009)

"Wonder" from Snowflakes And Carwrecks

"Heimat" from Ferndorf (130701, 2008)

Back To The Disco House

That was a big absence on my part, far more due to laziness than nothing to write about. New, interesting music is everywhere these days, trying to find one or two particular tracks to write about is always hard, but a couple recent listenings have totally blown me away.

These selections come from Tim Sweeney's Best of 2008 session on his excellent WNYU radio show Beats in Space. Sweeney, who runs with the DFA crowd out in NYC, always plays impeccable neo-disco grooves, so you can imagine how awesome his favorites must be.

First off, an Ibiza circa-1987 Balearic house remix of Dolle Jolle by Norwegian space disco king Todd Terje:

Dolle Jolle - Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje's Extra Dolle remix)

Also catching my ear this particular program of Beats in Space was Erol Alkan's remix of Vancouver's all-girl-disco-duo, Fan Death:

Fan Death - Veronica's Veil (Erol Alkan's Extended Rework)

They sound a lot like Glass Candy, don't they? But the track's still a killer.

I definitely don't mind the glut of low-BPM dance music we're experiencing at the moment, much thanks to Tim Sweeney and DFA exposing a lot of people to the good aspects of disco, new and old. Oh, and on that note Edmonton:

DFA DISCO PARTY