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Pop. 1280 On … Speed, Pulp Fiction and Assorted Bad Decisions
Recording Under the Influence is a recurring self-titled feature where we ask artists to ignore their musical inspirations for a minute and share what really went into the making of a particular record. In the case of Pop. 1280, that means influences that are as illicit and nightmarish as their surgical tool sound—a strangely alluring […]
Cloud Nothings Shares His Favorite Records From the Past Year
Photo by Emir Eralp If Dylan Baldi had to pick his favorite LPs from last year, “90 percent of it would be the Men,†he insists, alluding to self-titled‘s current cover stars. So instead, we asked the singer/multi-instrumentalist behind Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings–who just released an early candidate for record of the year, Attack On Memory–to […]
Daedelus Shares Edits of Aphex Twin, New Order, Björk & More
Photo by Caroline Mort In celebration of hitting 50,000 followers, Daedelus has uploaded a set of unreleased edits to Soundcloud, including chopped & screwed renditions of New Order, Aphex Twin and that old Daft Punk-related classic “Music Sounds Better With You.” Collect ’em all after the jump…
FROM THE STACKS: Trust
While it’s nearly impossible to make sense of all the music that floods our mailbox, inbox, and various Web browsers every day–not to mention the shelves at self-titled‘s favorite record stores–we’re constantly looking for artists who make us stop what we’re doing and actually listen. Here’s one of them:
Battles Announce ‘Dross Glop’ Series, Share Remixes From Gui Boratto and The Field
Battles have announced plans for a limited four-part remix series called Dross Glop. Set to launch on February 7th with contributions from the Field and Gui Boratto, it’s now available for pre-order at Warp’s Bleep store. Or you can simply sample both songs below…
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Blondes, “Wine”
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.
Wolfgang Voigt and Jörg Burger Reveal MOHN Project
Via Kompakt: MOHN is Burger/Voigt’s new project (Jörg Burger and Wolfgang Voigt) MOHN first album will be published on KOMPAKT in the spring of 2012 MOHN is extremely decelerated, slow motion techno with and without bass drum, containing lots of plasticiser MOHN is slow, sublime, sombre music, fusing different ambient styles to one new one […]
Benoît Pioulard and Rafael Anton Irisarri Make Us an Orcas Mix
Well this is a first; we loved Benoît Pioulard (real name: Thomas Meluch) and Rafael Anton Irisarri’s respective s/t mixes so much we asked the cut to do a joint tape in celebration of their new Orcas project. Sure enough, it’s downright essential listening, featuring everything from a rare Eraserhead record to a Cocteau Twins […]