New Cascine artist release. Obligatory post.

Stockholm’s Ditt Inre debut EP ‘En Värld I Brand’ sing in Swedish, but “tap into an elemental, universal language of sound”.

Banging edit of this Neil Young cover by the man Scrimshire.

His band plays a live show at The Garage in Islington on May 25th supporting United Vibrations and the Hackney Colliery Band. DJing are Jazzanova alongside Part-Time Heroes and Dom Servini and the newest Wah Wah family member DJ Konvex.

Best music video ever. From a band that consistently made the best music videos. RIP MCA.

Dead Mellotron are a new signing to the always interesting Sonic Cathedral label, who release album ‘Glitter’ next month.

More at Sonic Cathedral Recordings.

Live rehearsal in preparation for The Rustle of the Stars tour this week. Exceptional.

April 10th, Fox & Newt, LEEDS
April 11th, Wee Red Bar, EDINBURGH
April 12th, Salford Sacred Trinity Church, MANCHESTER
April 14th, The Vortex Jazz Club, LONDON
April 15th, Church of St John the Baptist, BRISTOL

More at therustleofthestars.com

Late nite slow jamz. Damn Ghost Loft.

Dog Ears recorded at Shhh! Festival, 4th February.

‘West In Dust’ is an incredible compilation by a new label of the same name from Oakland, CA.

Check the tracks out (particularly good is the D’Angelo sampling ‘Pot Pan’ by Placeholder) in advance of its release as a free download on 10th April. Visit westindust.com/ for more info.

Proper Songs releases ‘Penguin Child’, the debut album by San Diego beat producer Room E. Get a free download of ‘Wooly Mammoth’.

Pre-order ‘Penguin Child’ from Bandcamp.

“The work of ambient, instrumental hip-hop is anchored by live drumming, as it shuffles along its three-minute course. It glistens with breezy samples and buzzes with hints of bass for its first two minutes, until a more subdued, string-laden outro closes the last minute of the affair.” XLR8R

The album continues on themes first presented with his ‘Lanterns’ EP, namely the use of an elegant, baroque tone within the context of contemporary beat music. Supplementing his background in sampling and sound manipulation, the producer has found a fondness for dilettante-style instrumentation, utilizing a variety of instruments including xylophone, pump organ, melodica, accordion, and electric bass, all played with the delighted curiosity of a crate digger.

Over the course of the album’s 14 tracks, the 26 year-old producer reaches across a broad swath of electronic music, ranging from ambient pop (‘Polar Bear’) to superhero drum n bass (‘Migrate’), boogie (‘Bed & Breakfast’), a sort of modified Afrobeat (‘Ziptie’), West Coast hip hop (‘Mimosa’), and restrained minimalism (‘Penguin Child’), all within a thoughtful narrative framework.

The album, recorded mainly around the middle part of 2011, features live drums by Mike Hams (A Scribe Amidst the Lions, V Drago) on several tracks, whose contributions add a level of sophistication to the music uncommon in the electronic scene.

Room E started making music about ten years ago, much like many of his peers, with a cracked copy of Fruity Loops on a very poorly constructed computer. Since then he has gone through several production phases, with turntables, MPCs, and various instruments. Shying away from any sort of purism, he has since found his way into a habit of inclusive composition, using whatever tools strike him as interesting on that particular day. Dusty samples are wrapped around bits of live piano, fed through guitar amps, and then married to xylophones, with bits of this and that artfully playing the background. Although most of his creations come from solitary studio time, he also feels a great affinity for the burgeoning “beat scene” in Los Angeles, and worldwide.

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