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Bobmo, Para One and Surkin Launch New Marble Label As Institubes Shutters Its Doors and Issues a Statement
Institubes, the Parisian imprint known for launching the careers of Para One, Surkin and other electro-leaning producers, has decided to shutter its doors after eight years of being unfairly maligned as the French label that isn’t Ed Banger. Here’s the official statement, via the label’s Tumblr:
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Solar Bears’ No Conclusion Mix
Solar Bears shared a seamless entry in our Needle Exchange series last summer and the following No Conclusion mix is just as spot-on, weaving M83, Deerhunter, Lone, the Kinks and more into a heady living room listen…
Stream “Mirror,” the AA-Side of Burial and Four Tet’s 12” Single With Thom Yorke, Plus Download Kode9 and Burial’s BBC Mix
To put “Mirror” and its flip side in perspective, here’s “Moth” and “Wolf Cub”–the first songs Burial and Four Tet cut together–and the mix Burial and Kode9 contributed to Mary Anne Hobbs’ final BBC show…
TEST PRESSING: Stream “Ego,” the A-Side of Burial and Four Tet’s New 12” Single With Thom Yorke
We’ll share the other side of Burial & Four Tet‘s split 12” with Thom Yorke as soon as we have it.
DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Lady Gaga, “Born This Way (Twin Shadow Remix)”
We’re not sure if it’s official or not, but the following Twin Shadow remix (via PMA) is a killer collision of high and lowest-of-the-low art. Check it out along with our story on Twin Shadow’s favorite B-movies…
VIDEO: Aloe Blacc, “Loving You Is Killing Me”
Photos by Travis Huggett You may remember Aloe Blacc from his soul-stirring Velvet Underground cover or the theme song to the HBO show How To Make It In America. What you may not realize is that he finally released a new full-length last fall. Check out the latest single from Good Things–the horn-blasting, break-riding “Loving […]
TEST PRESSING: Stream Rene Hell’s First Two Proper Full-Lengths, ‘The Terminal Symphony’ and ‘Porcelain Opera’
Rene Hell is actually the alias of Jeffrey Witscher, a sound sculptor who fell in line with the Emeralds/Oneohtrix Point Never/post-Kosmiche school of thought on his first album, Porcelain Opera. His second, The Terminal Symphony, has more in common with lean neo-classical music, however. You can snag the limited vinyl LP pressing at Boomkat now. […]
PHOTO ESSAY: In the Studio & on the Campaign Trail With Kurt Vile
Photos by Shawn Brackbill As some of you may have seen in our new issue, self-titled contributor Shawn Brackbill spent four days shooting candids of Kurt Vile during his Smoke Ring For My Halo sessions and was nice enough to share some of his best shots with us. As an addendum to that story, we […]