RVNG will roll out Blondes’ double-disc collection of vinyl-only singles, remixes and two new tracks on February 7th. Watch out for an exclusive mix from the Brooklyn duo in our next magazine issue, available in March.
Tag: Blondes
Memory Tapes (Photo: Travis Huggett)
Good news for anyone who misses reading actual magazines: our new issue is now available in its standard Web edition here. The iPad pressing is imminent as well, but for now, here’s what you’re getting for free:
- An afternoon at the Central Park Zoo with John Maus
- A rare, revealing interview with Zomby
- A track-by-track breakdown of Ford & Lopatin‘s debut album
- Jamie Woon on … Louis C.K., George Orwell and more
- Austra‘s guide to Nine Inch Nails
- A Lib Service session with Memory Tapes
- Dirty Beaches discusses the importance of family
- Damian of Fucked Up shares his favorite records, from 7 Seconds to the Smiths
- Blondes, Laurel Halo, ARP and more take us behind the scenes their one-night-only performance with Harald Grosskopf
- Disposable camera shots of SXSW by Black Lips, the Megaphonic Thrift and Toro Y Moi
- Original art by Boris, as inspired by the Weeknd‘s House of Balloons mixtape
Stay tuned to our Twitter account and Facebook page for more info, including details on how to score a hand-numbered LP and a pair of concert tickets from our cover star!
While Blondes continue to crank out the final pieces in their duality-driven 12” series, we thought we’d share the Brooklyn duo’s dizzying Vice mix from a couple years back. Featuring everything from a Throbbing Gristle remix to a “Screwed Edit” of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Thomas Dolby, it’s as close as you’re gonna get to their rail-jumping creative process outside of actually hearing them DJ, like they will at Brooklyn Bowl this Friday…
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We first told you about WhoMadeWho during our roundup of must-see acts at South By Southwest. In the months since, the Danish trio released their third disc (Knee Deep, a mini-album appetizer for a proper Kompakt LP) and drummer Tomas Barfod compiled the following exclusive mixtape for our Needle Exchange series. True to his claim that WhoMadeWho are not in fact “disco clowns,” it is thankfully free of the knucklehead electro hooks you might expect from someone who’s remixed Peaches and toured with Daft Punk…
Wondering what Blondes’ new 12” sounds like? You can check out live versions of “Lover” and “Hater” below, and snag its limited vinyl pressing direct from RVNG here…
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The Raveonettes (Photo: Lauren Dukoff)
For the latest in free music, click this, or tear through the tracks below…
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Not to make today RVNG Day or anything, but we couldn’t help but notice one other new release on the label’s site this morning: Lover/Hater, the first in a series of limited Blondes 12-inches “that will deal in duality themes.” You can check out the sleeve of that March 15 single after the jump, along with a special mix that the Brooklyn duo cut for their upcoming tour…
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RVNG has announced its first full-on reissue: a 30th anniversary look at the MiniMoog-driven solo debut of Harald Grosskopf. Best known as the beat-dropping backbone of Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus Schulze and Cosmic Jokers, Grosskopf delved into the deep end of the analog spectrum on Synthesist—a realm that’ll sound familiar to fans of such new-school space cadets as Emeralds and Oneohtrix Point Never.
Maybe that’s why RVNG also produced a Re-Syntheist CD of reinterpreted Grosskopf songs, including contributions from Blondes, Arp, Stellar Om Source, 0PN and seven others. The compilation is available alongside the vinyl version of Synthesist, with both records available separately on digital stores. Pre-order here now, and check out the full tracklisting and a free MP3 after the jump…
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Lawrence English
Here’s what was on self-titled‘s office stereo today…
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