Teebs
Collections 01
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01. Just the Yellow Bits
02. Cook, Clean, Pay the Rent (New House Version)
03. Pretty Poly
04. Jahara
05. Verbena Tea with Rebekah Raff
06. Your Favorite Weekday
07. LSP feat. Austin Peralta
08. While You Dooooo (Extended)
09. Red Curbs Loop (Stuff I Dream About)
10. Yellow More New

Come peruse Collections 01, a menagerie of songs from Teebs on the Brainfeeder label. Like a cluster of exotic birds, anthology of short stories or secret case of sparkling gemstones, Collections 01 further explores the world expressed in Teebs’ previous album Ardour from several new perspectives.

While drawing from the universe of Ardour, Collections 01 is more varied with more samples, each song containing specific elements that give it a unique character. Featuring tracks with harpist Rebekah Raff and Brainfeeder cohort Austin Peralta, Collections 01 offers a range of sentiment, always elegantly displayed. From hypnotic, dust-covered beats and languid daydreams to cascading shuffles and bright bursts of color, this beautiful collection is a further glimpse into the world behind the mind’s eye of Teebs, painter of sound.

From Teebs:
“With this record I’m trying to imagine a side project or group of mine that just so happened to make the same exact music as I’m making now. These records are neither EPs or full albums. Just mini collections of ideas…I hope to release them randomly through my life as if they were paintings in a drawn out series. The vibe I want people to be sent off with is a feeling of going out and buying some kind of rare library record they always wanted and not a “new album/EP.” This will be the first ‘Collections’.”

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Martyn
Ghost People
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1. Love and Machines (feat. Spaceape)
2. Viper
3. Masks
4. Distortions
5. Popgun
6. I Saw You at Tule Lake
7. Ghost People
8. Twice As
9. Bauplan
10. Horror Vacui
11. We Are You in the Future

My last album, ‘Great Lengths,’ was very personal. A lot of the music and the themes behind it were taken out of my daily life: my sorrows and my melancholy. For this album, I chose things that are further away from me: the Ghost People theme. There are references to DJing in general. Not the jet-set DJ life, but the old Paradise Garage DJ life, where people want to share and play the music they really love, regardless of if it’s trendy. Nothing fancy or flashy. Just back to the roots.

Its only natural that Martyn has risen above the cliches and pitfalls of the vacuous DJ world. Over his 15 years DJing, 6 years producing, and 4 years A&R’ing his 3024 imprint, the Holland-born/Washington DC-based artist has forged his own path every step of the way. His multi-leveled career has kept balance with a focus on art, and his every sacrifice is preserved in an endless dedication to music. As a continual record buyer and beat seeker, Martyn is a beacon of hope through leagues of passion-less DJs and producers, the “ghost people”: plastic, hollow shells that focus only on the in-the-now grooves or keeping in line with trends.

Martyn’s inspiration stems from the old school mentality of connecting the dots, much like how Ron Hardy would tweak a soul track into a house groove, or Goldie sent processed breakbeats far into the future. Throughout his uncategorisable sound, Martyn gives nods to the electronic music that came before him: bringing back the energy of early rave, the deep builds of old jungle, the immersive and impulsive feel of an early Francois K DJ set. A veritable ambassador for scenes across the board, and across oceans, Martyn has a rare ability to bring sounds together, and unite the right people all the while.

One artist he’s united with time and time again is Brainfeeder leader Flying Lotus. A close friend within whom he’s always found creative alliance, the two decided to join forces on Martyn’s sophomore album this September. With Ghost People, Martyn pulls Brainfeeder out of LA and straight into the fluorescent bounce of West London’s 2-step, massaging the darker edge of Croydon’s dub roots, and D&B’s otherworldly and sci-fi sonics, while simultaneously moving through the grit of Detroit’s mechanic grooves, and into the freewheeling vibe of Berghain. Yet, all the while, he maintains Brainfeeder’s spirit of wild experimentalism and – as the title of his “We Are You In The Future” suggests – sense of futurism at the forefront, with each of the album’s unpredictable tracks.

”I want to be known as someone that always surprises. I think some people have started to accept that. That’s my favorite position to be in.”

In more ways than one, Ghost People stands as a tour diary from Martyn’s globe-spanning schedule over the last two years. While the intensely detailed and layered precision of his sound stays the same, the album soars from the depths of Great Lengths insularity, and heads for the dancefloor, giving hints of the sounds and memories he’s picked up along the way. Ghost People walks a tightrope between joyful liberation and deep speculation, as heard in the spaciousness and atmosphere of “Bauplan,” or the sublime wanderings of “I Saw You At Tule Lake,” in contrast to the duality of “Popgun” (which nods back and looks forward simultaneously) or the warehouse-suited “Horror Vacui.”

”Ghost People is also about being on the road for a long time, and seeing how you cope with situations. I try to zen my way through it, and just stay focused on my music.”

To bring the album to life, Martyn is teaming up with his 3024 partner, visual artist and muralist (“the artist formally known as street artist”), Erosie. The two will be planning a series of special launch parties in various parts of the world.

Martyn explains: “I did create parts of the album with my live set in mind. The live set is very much a performance of the album for me. That’s where the artwork comes in, too: the sleeve, and then having Erosie recreate it live in a venue. It’s a full live manifestation of the album.”

Quotes:

“By the time the imitators catch up, he’ll be light years ahead.” DJ
“This is top-quality output from a first-class producer who just keeps getting better.” Mixmag
“Classy cross-pollination of techno and dubstep.” Q Magazine
“An album of Orbital-esque sci-fi landscapes, funky cyber-shuffles and old skool rave delivered back from the future.” Artrocker
“Continues to predict the dance trends of the future… at the forefront of the shifting beat” BBC
“A satisfyingly darker affair than his debut.” Guardian Guide
“Alive with bleeps, gale force synths and sci-fi effects. Ghost People balances dancefloor immediacy with cerebral stimulation” Independent (Dance album of week)
“A cutting edge album that is extremely engaging and enjoyable.” Music OMH
“An exceptional release.” Music Week
“Ghost People is the perfect platform for Martyn to parade his different facets of production, giving an ample insight into his inspirations and his progression as an artist.” Sonic Router
“Futuristic and perfectly current at once. Go. Get.” Ransom Note
“Restlessly innovative maverick.” Metro
“Whether garage, techno, ghetto bass or rave, the route to the dancefloor is always direct, and the laying into the speakers cut and dried from the off.” Clash

Thundercat
The Golden Age of Apocalypse
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1. HooooooO
2. Daylight
3. Fleer Ultra
4. Is It Love?
5. For Love I Come
6. It Really Doesn’t Matter To You
7. Jamboree
8. Boat Cruise
9. Seasons
10. Goldenboy
11. Walkin’
12. Mystery Machine (The Golden Age of Apocalypse)
13. Return To The Journey

If indeed “you blows who you is,” as Louis Armstrong once famously said, then Stephen Bruner’s bass is a mainline to the soul of a man whose DNA was transcribed from the stars onto staff paper. His Flying Lotus-produced debut, The Golden Age of Apocalypse, offers both stone-cold skill and uncanny astrality, picking up where the pair left off on 2010′s Cosmogramma and further distilling the jazz current running through that landmark Lotus release. A longtime contributor to others’ albums, Bruner, aka Thundercat, is accompanied by an impressive cast ranging from Erykah Badu to members of Sa-Ra and J*DaVeY, to pianist Austin Peralta and his own Grammy-winning brother, drummer Ronald Bruner, Jr. Still, the end result is unmistakably a Thundercat record — a lush and magical document combining classic jazz fusion, futurist electronic strains and timeless musical seeking.

A native of South Los Angeles, Bruner found his instrument at the age of 4. That made him a late-bloomer in the house of Ronald, Sr., who drummed with the Temptations among others. His first bass was a black Harmony, and he practiced to the Ninja Turtles soundtrack until pops played him Jaco Pastorius. School was a blur of lessons, sessions and waking up for zero periods. At 15, he scored a hit in Germany as part of the short-lived boy band No Curfew. At 16, he toured Japan with soul man Leon Ware and joined thrash legends Suicidal Tendencies (he’s still their bassist). More road and studio time followed, with everyone from Stanley Clarke to Snoop Dogg to Eric Benet. Eventually the name Thundercat stuck, a reference to the cartoon he’s loved since childhood and an extension of Bruner’s wide-eyed, vibrant, often superhuman approach to his craft. As one writer put it, he’s “a mutant jazz cat,” nuff said.

Spanning a cosmic stew of players, locations and times, The Golden Age of Apocalypse was years in the making even though Bruner had never planned on releasing his own music. But Lotus spurred him on, and each song became a journey. There’s the ebullient “Daylight,” a soft whirl of bluesy piano, New Age synth, snapping beats and warm bass. There’s “Walkin’,” an upbeat soul strutter powered by Bruner’s digitally distorted plucks. There are raw, improvised numbers like “Jamboree” and virtuosic bass pileups like “Fleer Ultra.” One of the album’s most stunning moments arrives with a spacious cover of George Duke’s “For Love I Come,” a taut beauty spangled with crystalline harp and keys. Bringing this string of divinely unexpected moments to a moody and cinematic close is “Return to the Journey.” There, Bruner sings, “Time will pass us by,” but listeners needn’t worry. Inside of this space, time really isn’t a thing.

Martyn
Masks / Viper
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1. Masks
2. Viper
3. Viper (London Arches Edit)

“People just like a certain sound and then they want more of that. But then when you give them more, they suddenly think you’re boring or one-dimensional. The best way to handle it is to not really listen to people, and just dictate what you want to do. Everyone has their angle, and puts on their mask forward. People use a shell to show who they want to be.” – Martyn

Martyn has a startling ability to keep the media world standing on its toes. Just when he was pegged a bass artist, he knocked heads flat with a flutter of four-on-the-floor releases for the likes of Aus Music, Ostgut Ton and All City. Likewise, every chance to see Martyn DJ brings a new dimension of surprise: all rules and preconceptions are left equally as shattered.

The decidedly independent artist has always done things his way and his way only, even choosing to release his debut album – Great Lengths – on his own label (3024) in 2009. But instead of staying in the expected zip code for his next body of work, he opted to tread a different avenue: he took Flying Lotus up on the offer to join his family. Martyn’s sophomore album, Ghost People, will be released on Brainfeeder this fall.

Masks / Viper is the first single from Ghost People, a taste into what’s to come with Martyn’s new – and, naturally, unexpected – sonic direction. The A-side, “Masks”, builds a spacey, sci-fi terrain, with a sharp 4/4 groove and metallic, hypnotic chromatics. Melodies sit on top of each other, winding upwards to become the ultimate soundtrack for walking through the hallway between Berghain and Panoramabar, exploring from one room to the other.

Dark and fringed with a rough edge, “Viper”, as Martyn puts it, is “a beatless exercise in the sound that made Metalheadz.” “Viper (London Arches Edit)” brings the feel of a gloomy dark tunnel: imagine cycling past the doors of Cable in London Bridge on a shadowy Monday night.

STRANGELOOP
FIELDS
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1. Plants Inside
2. Ghostlines
3. Becoming Fields

Fields is not such much an album as it is an evolving A/V experience, an environment, that leans more in the direction of a Steve Reich inspired minimalist piece than the beat-heavy territory of earlier Strangeloop releases.

Inspired directly by an experience while in an altered state of consciousness, Strangeloop heard a composition which he tried to create directly after, the result being a fluctuating subliminal epic in three sprawling and unique movements : 1. “Plants Inside”, 2. “Ghostlines” and 3, “Becoming Fields”. The movements correspond to three movements within a psychedelic trip; of initial birth and constellation, through to death / dissolution, and then finally a transcendental union of both.

Strangeloop is known mostly for his live-visual executions accompanying an unending list of artists: Amon Tobin, Flying Lotus, 12th Planet, and most of the Brainfeeder roster to name a few. The producer and video maker explores new lush and organic visual worlds in his latest release, available both for purchase with the EP, and as a part of an interactive A/V experience online.

The release features additional synth work by Strangeloop’s long time friend, collaborator, and fellow Brainfeeder, Austin Peralta, as well as sparse vocal revelations by Singapore based vocalist Vanessa Fernandez and Portland based vocalist Anna Gariby. It was mastered by Daddy Kev, and features visual collaborations with artists Gavin Gamboa, Ben Olsen, and Brandon Tay.

SAMIYAM
SAM BAKER’S ALBUM
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1. Escape
2. Bedtime
3. Pressure
4. Bricks
5. Already
6. Frosting Packets
7. Kitties
8. Where Am I
9. Cushion
10. Turtles
11. My Buddy
12. No Dinner
13. Understanding
14. Wonton Special
15. Taco Delay
16. Lifesized Stuffed Animal
17. Sometimes

Blazing back onto the radar with one of the most anticipated and long-awaited albums yet on Brainfeeder is SAMIYAM. Sam Baker’s Album is 40 minutes of deviant listening pleasure, a series of woozy, off-center hip hop instrumentals drawing heavily on Baker’s love of electronic funk but never obligated to it.

Intensely detailed and carrying considerable emotional weight, this is not Rap Beats Vol. 2, but rather an album of fully realized tracks that stand on their own, knee-deep in the groove and bent to the side. Sludgy, chunky beats mesh with organic sounds and fractured stops and starts, all coming together like the pieces of a demented dream.

SAMIYAM moved to Los Angeles from Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2006; in his short time on the West Coast he has become one of the city’s most progressive and recognized producers, a man who has helped spearhead the revival of interest in instrumental hip hop music. His album Rap Beats Vol. 1 was the first release on the Brainfeeder label, and SAMIYAM’s raw hip hop sound with a psychedelic edge and off-kilter beats could be called quintessential Brainfeeder style.

TOKiMONSTA
Creature Dreams EP
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1. Fallen Arches
2. Little Pleasures (feat. Gavin Turek)
3. Bright Shadows
4. Moving Forward
5. Stigmatizing Sex
6. Darkest (Dim) (feat. Gavin Turek)
7. Day Job

Jennifer Lee aka TOKiMONSTA prefers to work late – or early, depending on how you look at it. Most of her music is made between two and seven in the morning, because at that time of night “my mind works in strange and mysterious ways.” Hence the title of this EP, a series of warm but decidedly woozy pieces of music, the soundtrack to the oddest, most beautiful dreams you’ve ever had.

From the bouncing bass-beds of “Bright Shadows,” the Cocteau’s-meet-LA-Beat of “Darkest Dim” (like “Little Pleasures,” featuring the exquisite vocals of Gavin Turek), on into “Moving Forward” (which sounds like the music R2D2 makeslove to), the driving, relentless beat of “Day Job,” this is an EP suffused with both warmth and creativity.

Matthewdavid
Outmind
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1. Los Angeles Is Beautiful
2. Noche y Dia / San Raphael
3. Prayers At Bedtime
4. International (feat. Dogbite)
5. Group Tea (feat. Flying Lotus)
6. Like You Mean It
7. Epic Swan
8. Floor Music (feat. Niki Randa)
9. Cucumber-Lime
10. Today, Same Way
11. Being Without You
12. No Need To Worry – Mean Too Much (Suite)

Peel back a layer of smog from the LA sky and fold yourself into the blanket of haze. The golden half-light catches glimmers that pass by most eyes. Up here, there are treasures for those who tune in. Matthewdavid operates In this magnetic cocoon, unspooling magic radiance. His music reflects beautiful, fleeting moments and magnifies them. Matthewdavid’s compositions float like crackling clouds, antenna amplifying the dreams of the city below.

Matthewdavid is a man who builds with warm tones. He travels new paths gathering sounds to enhance the intricate dimensions of his creations. It was this hunt for inspired trails and blazing progress that pulled him to California. Matthewdavid made the move from southern states and was immediately embraced by the Los Angeles community. A willowy figure with wide smiles, his gentle presence and generous talents made him a welcome addition to internationally applauded LA creative circles: dublab, Poo-Bah, Low End Theory and Brainfeeder. Constant collaboration with these collectives helped inspire Matthewdavid to a build a platform of his own. His Leaving Records label has an ear to the next and an eye on the original. Through all these outlets Matthewdavid is dedicated to sharing elevated sounds and visions.

The songs unveiled on Outmind are destined for infinite replay. Light, gauzy moments blend with those densely layered. The biggest swing gives way to the slowest sway. These are classic jams obscured in fuzz and fog. Nostalgic jeeps bump invisibly to thumping bass. Outmind was lovingly crafted and resonates with Matthewdavid’s heartfelt glow. His music’s mysterious simplicity sparks senses. These songs come from far out to resonate within. Rotate your dial to a space between frequencies. Catch these ghost channels of golden pop. Outmind blends familiar rhythms with those lost long ago and others yet to come.

Matthewdavid’s live performances are akin to watching a sorcerer conjure spirits from the deep. He pulls tones like artifacts from an astral trail that ebbs and flows with fresh discoveries. Along the way Matthewdavid collects exotic sound figures: spiraling amethyst cones and wild flowering buds. He treats each found sound like a bright fiber to be weaved into new waveforms. Outmind pulsates with this sense of constant discovery. It is a mosaic sparkling with mystic, radiant matter.

As you listen to Outmind set your ears to slow dissolve. Let yourself be wrapped in warmth and levitate skyward to an elegant high. This is the place Matthewdavid resides and if you want to get into the mindset you must get far far out out.

Photo: Shaun Bloodworth

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MONO/POLY
Manifestations EP
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1. Manifestations
2. Forest Dark
3. Glow
4. Needs Deodorant
5. Toe Jam
6. Punch The Troll In The Neck
7. Vibrations (Alternate)

Manifestations is a funky and diverse sonic collection from Mono/poly, a talented member of the Brainfeeder roster. A well-paced work, the EP’s momentum grows and then contorts into other dimensions, balancing powerful rhythms and a beautiful depth for a holistically moving experience.

Manifestations has seven tracks, each with a very different tone. From the warm opening haze of the title tune to the complete crashing madness of “Punch The Troll In The Neck,” Mono/poly has cultivated a choice sonic garden to explore. The shifty beats of “Glow” are straight off the streets of Los Angeles, while the stakeout sounds of “Toe Jam” descend into the groove with fresh urgency. “Forest Dark” has a bipolar personality altogether, with a funky industrial grind that flips over headfirst into the ripples of a peaceful pond.

A strong debut on the Brainfeeder label for Mono/poly, Manifestations is a release whose many waxy layers are peeled away one at a time to reveal a glowing core of true talent and innovative sound design.

Jeremiah Jae
Rappayamatantra EP
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1. The Dirty Collector Pt. 1
2. Kings Bop
3. Guns Go Off (Remix)
4. $easons
5. Raw Tape$
6. Vertical Pupils
7. Stones Passage
8. Glitter Kit

“Some rappers be killing my mood. I’ll listen to shit on the radio or hear a ‘hot’ new rap album from some dude, and it’s like my spirit curls up. The beats may be dope, and the style, but I’m not entirely into the motives or messages of these guys. It’s defiantly not ‘hate’ against any new or old artist that have gained such a high commercial popularity, nor am I directing my energy to compete with such musical acts, I just build my music from a different place spiritually.

Growing up, I was going back and forth from the north side of Chicago, going to art school, to the south side where gang members are young entrepreneurs and positive or healthy choices are met with anger and a deep unending struggle. Yet, being around certain people and having examples such as my father (a jazz composer, pianist, and vegan for over 10 years), exposed me to more holistic paths in life which helped open my mind, body, and spirit to discovering ways of expressing myself.

Rappayamatantra EP is a bridge between the Dxnce EP, and my future LP release entitled Raw Money Raps. Rappayamatantra, as a theme, came to me while I was reading “Be Here Now”, a book written By Ram Dass. It totally reaffirmed for me that everyone possesses a divine energy, and through certain practices and principles, anyone can realize and fulfill their own spiritual and creative potential. As a rapper, one challenge that can disrupt that true being, can be to remain relevant and even trendy so that one can be popular and make money.

With this record I didn’t want to think too much about commercial appeal or trends, rather the personal struggle to remain honest and balanced for anyone, be them a rapper, a teacher, or a friend. This record is intended to be a direct communication for the humans out there, if you dress fly, or not. Even if you like to play computer games or meditate in the mornings. Be empowered and enlightened through your own light the body possesses, and bump this EP in the whip! Please Cop! Hotep.”

- Jeremiah Jae

”When I first heard Jae’s ‘Dxnce’ I laughed a little, because I felt like I had found one of the chosen.

”A sound I’ve come to know through my own lineage. The sound of the Seeker.

”He’s one of those artists on a mission for truth, understanding worlds and seeing beyond space and time through music.

”Jeremiah is one of the most important NEW voices of our ancestry. I believe in this man and will go along with him and whatever the hell he’s seeking on this journey.”

- Flying Lotus

Matthewdavid
International EP

1. International (feat. Dogbite)
2. All You’ll Never Know
3. Motion Trouble
4. Leaving / Gone

Matthewdavid’s lush and lucid EP International is a shimmering collage of coastal chillwave that engages the multiple channels in a listener’s subconscious.

A pleasurable pastiche of hazy beats, spectral synth work and saturating textures, International is a deep and dreamy endeavor. From diaphanous vocal samples to the silken strum of a guitar, soft ocean echoes to a laid-back 808, the EP lures the listener into a plush world that teems with sensory treasures. Drums glimmer like a musical mirage, gossamer melodies mingle with scattering beats while smooth waves wash over shuffles of sound.

This chill-inducing addition to the Brainfeeder catalog is compellingly rich and thoughtful, with four solid tracks that contribute another diverse layer to the label’s growing legacy. Like all of Matthewdavid’s work, International is far ahead of its time and transmutates from beginning to end, shapeshifting towards a fluid future with every glistening layer.

Taylor McFerrin
Place In My Heart (feat. RYAT)
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Released 03/01/2011

Place in My Heart (feat. RYAT) is the debut single off of Taylor McFerrin’s full length LP ‘Early Riser’, due out on Brainfeeder in 2011. The song represents a style that many haven’t previously heard from the Brooklyn based producer. Leaning heavily on layered guitars and dense swirling effects, the music is dark and soulful, with a tone somewhere between beauty and pain.

A fitting match for the subject matter of RYAT’s lyrics, which are a letter to a loved one contemplating suicide. RYAT is a Philadelphia based Singer/Producer, whose album ‘Avant Gold’ sparked Taylor’s desire to collaborate on the track, which he felt was a perfect match for her distinct vocals. If ‘Place in My Heart’ represents one thing listeners can expect from the ‘Early Riser’ LP as a whole, it’s that McFerrin is more than willing to expand his sound in all directions.

The tune was recently selected as an ‘All Year Winner’ on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Radio show on BBC 1 and remains on heavy rotation. The music video, directed by Simon Benjamin, stars Taylor’s brother Jevon McFerrin and actress Stephanie De Latour, and is a perfect visualization of the story and emotion of the single.

artwork by Theo Jemison and Strangeloop

Strangeloop’s Are We Lost Mammals of an Approaching Transcendental Epoch [MOV. 2] // Breaking Open the Head // ”third industrial revolutions / dreams of a psychonautical society / the future inside / los angeles underwater / nth-d mermaids”

After the Brainfeeder 4/20 Radio session, I was so inspired that I went home, stayed up till 7am and made this whole EP thing. To me, it sounds in ways like another episode of Are We Lost Mammals … my first Brainfeeder EP. I almost didn’t know what to do with myself after the radio session, so many different musical influences all colliding … but was able to channel some of that inspiration here. So, enjoy!

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Taylor McFerrin feat. Ryat – Place in My Heart from Simon Benjamin on Vimeo.

“Place In My Heart” by Taylor McFerrin feat. RYAT

Label – Brainfeeder

Written, Produced and Directed by Simon Benjamin

Edited by John Resner

Actors – Jevon McFerrin and Stephanie De Latour

Colour Grading / Post Production – Simon Benjamin, Kingston Six Inc.

Release Date: 03/01/11 – Place in My Heart feat. RYAT – Single

AUSTIN PERALTA

ENDLESS PLANETS

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1. Introduction: The Lotus Flower
2. Capricornus
3. The Underwater Mountain Odyssey
4. Ode To Love
5. Interlude
6. Algiers
7. Epilogue: Renaissance Bubbles

The next album forthcoming from Brainfeeder might, at first sight, appear to be something of a change in direction for the label but nothing could be further from the truth.

Austin Peralta is a jazz musician. Not in the sense that he or people close to him bandy around the word “jazz” (or even worse, “jazzy”) in relation to his music. No, in the sense of years of practice and dedication to a particular artform. In the sense of having played with, amongst many others, the likes of Chick Corea, Hank Jones and Ron Carter. In the sense of having serious chops. Of playing the piano and composing like a true veteran. And in the sense of having done all that by the time he’s twenty one. And that’s before you even get into his work as a session player for everyone from Erykah Badu to Shafiq Husayn, or the time he sat in with legendary LA big band, Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra.

But, as Flying Lotus explains, “this is a step in direction of where I want Brainfeeder to go. True musicianship as well as some interesting electronics.” Peralta, another LA native and son of legendary Z-Boy skater and, latterly, documentary film-maker Stacy Peralta, in many ways fits clearly into what Brainfeeder has always been about, a combination of questing futurism and an understanding of where you’re coming from. So while Peralta works alongside serious jazz musicians like Zane Musa (alto sax), Ben Wendel (tenor and soprano), Hamilton Price (bass) and Zach Harmon (drums), he also relies on longtime friend and associate Strangeloop for electronic manipulation throughout the set and ends the album with a scintillating collaboration with The Cinematic Orchestra and singer Heidi Vogel.

“People would always tell me about this genius jazz pianist,” Flying Lotus recalls. “‘Hes like 17 or 18 and already sounds like Mccoy Tyner!’ I had to go and see what was up, so Strangeloop introduced me, and I got to hear this amazing record.” And once he’d heard it there was only one outcome. It is, after all, the Brainfeeder way. “We had to put it out.”

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Mr. Oizo – Moustache (Half A Scissor)
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1. Untitled
2. The End
3. Latex
4. Vagiclean 2
5. Straw Anxious
6. (E)
7. Nurse Bob
8. Berleef
9. Scum Hotel
10. Drop Urge Need Elle
11. (EE)
12. Stunt
13. Moustache
14. Half a Scissor
15. 1$44
16. Square Surf
17. Vagiclean

I know, I know, I know. You don’t have to say it. He’s there, too, in my head, that
little yellow fuck. Put him to bed, put him away, lock him in a box and throw the
box into the Grand Canyon. Don’t mention the muppet.

Five years after the 2000 debut album of Mr Oizo, “Analog Worms Attack,”
featuring a tune featured in an advert featuring a lemon-coloured creature­
who drives a car and bobs his cute ol’ head Mr Oizo returned with his second
album, “Moustache (Half A Scissor)”. Quentin Dupieux, who allegedly got his first
recording deal after his dad sold Laurent Garnier a car, had spent the intervening
period throwing out all his analog gear and learning to chop, programme and
explode beats and music on computers. The result was an album of such
aggressively funny and brilliant programming that most of the millions of people
who had got into the yellow thing ran around screaming and bumping into each
other until they cried and fell over.

It was heard, though, by aficionados including a young man in LA by the name
of Steve Ellison. Steve is now better known as Flying Lotus and his label,
Brainfeeder is re-releasing “Moustache” in an edition of 1000 vinyl copies. It’s a
thing of amazing, demented beauty which Ellison felt deserved to be heard again
and reassessed. “The original label that put it out thought it was unlistenable at
the time, they didn’t quite believe in it, but it was way ahead of its time. It’s an
honour for Brainfeeder to re-release this record, it’s one of the most inspiring
electronic records ever made.”

As for Dupieux himself, a successful film-maker as well as a musician, what does
he make of it? “I think 76% of this record is very inspired,” he explains. “The rest
is terrible and not really interesting.” He pauses and thinks this through “But hey,
76% is a good score.”

$25.00 (Shipping included)

200 copies, offset print, 19 x 26.8’ , signed.

Charles Munka’s 2008 poster for the first ever BRAINFEEDER gathering in Los Angeles featuring:

Daedelus
Flying Lotus
The Gaslamp Killer
Hudson Mohawke
Kode 9
Kutmah
Martyn
Ras G
Samiyam
…and more

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TEEBS - ARDOUR
BF010

01. You’ve Changed
02. Bound Ball
03. Double Fifths
04. While You Doooo
05. Moments
06. Burner
07. Wind Loop
08. Lakeshore Ave.
09. Arthur’s Birds
10. Gordon
11. Bern Rhythm
12. Felt Tip
13. King Bathtub
14. My Whole Life
15. Long Distance feat. Gaby Hernandez
16. Why Like This
17. Humming Birds
18. Autumn Antique

Ardour, two years in the making, is the result of Teebs’ journey thus far. More than the music, it’ s the feeling he wants to convey. The idea of hearing something you really love, the moment you know
something is really special. Flying Lotus said, “ Teebs music sounds like an island vacation…The way
Avatar looks.” What’ s often said about Teebs’ sound is the warmth it has on the listener. It’ s only fitting
that a title like Ardour, which is defined as “ great intensity and warmth” is used to represent this essential
chapter to the ever-growing puzzle of Los Angeles.

NORTH AMERICA: VINYL | CD

UNITED KINGDOM / EUROPE: VINYL | CD

JAPAN: CD

TEEBS has generously produced (3) unique, hand painted Vinyl Sleeves for ANYONE that orders ARDOUR (Vinyl or CD) from us directly.

The contest will run for one full month, and the winners will receive the hand painted artwork in addition to their purchase.

ALL Vinyl copies of Teebs – Ardour are packaged with a download code for the DIGITAL (MP3) version of the entire album.

VIA: PITCHFORK

When we recently posted “Anchor Steam”, producer Teebs’ contribution to a split release with Daedelus, we also mentioned that the L.A. beatmaker had a full-length, Ardour, coming out next week via Flying Lotus’ label, Brainfeeder. Well, now you can get a taste of that full-length via the dreamy album cut “Double Fifths”, which is available for your listening pleasure below.

DOWNLOAD: HERE

VIA: 92BPM.COM

To celebrate the launch of the Magical Properties Tour which kicks off this week, we have an exclusive rmx of the tour exclusive 7″ (supersclusive? ultrasclusive?)

Brainfeeder’s Magical Properties Tour confederate and creator of works of mart, Teebs was appointed for a rmx of the Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer Impulse 7″ which will be available @ all tour dates. Simply, Teebs” Neck Feathers Remix once again takes you to an enchanting and spellbinding place, with the beat of indigenous drums and the heavenly harp strums. And the best? This is a free download. Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD: HERE

THE GASLAMP KILLER

Death Gate EP

BF013

1. Fun Over 100

5. Monsterfromtheunderground

“Death Gate” marks the return of Los Angeles-based producer and DJ William Bensussen, otherwise known as The Gaslamp Killer. The new five track EP, on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, is a dark, bleak creation that is unmistakably part of the GLK’s universe. Describing the record, he states “Death Gate is about exploring the places between life and death, and the shattering of inner journeys that wait for us there.”

Flying Lotus further describes it as “…An inspiring progression from his last, as well as a breath of raw air in a world of clean, safe hip hop.”

18+
Doors: 8:00 pm

Please join us on 10.10.10 for one of the biggest events in Los Angeles this year.

Low End Theory resident and world travelling show stopper THE GASLAMP KILLER is releasing “DEATH GATE”
his new EP on October 12th through Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder Records. The EP contains 15 minutes of new music
by GLK that is being released on limited-edition private press 10″ vinyl and digital formats.

On Sunday, October 10th 2010 (101010), GLK, Brainfeeder and Hit+Run present a very special “DEATH GATE”
Release Party at the DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT Theater in Los Angeles. 10 SECRET GUESTS will be performing
at a very rare night of collaboration by GLK and his crew.

Only 200 tickets will be sold for the party, and this event will sell out! Purchase a special pre-sale package now
before tickets are gone. The Package includes one admission to the 101010 party, a limited edition “DEATH GATE” tote bag,
one blank shirt to customize with HIT+RUN at the party, and your choice of either a “DEATH GATE” 10″ or digital download.

200 strictly limited $30 Pre-sale packages are on sale now HERE

Don’t miss out on your chance to witness history and be there on 101010!

GASLAMP KILLER – the DEATH GATE EP from StrangeLoop on Vimeo.

GASLAMP KILLER
the DEATH GATE EP
label : BRAINFEEDER
dir : STRANGELOOP

release date : 10.12.10

produced in association with
the INSTITUTE for CINEMA STUDIES

CLICK IMAGE ABOVE FOR INFO AND SUBMISSIONS

VIA: WARP RECORDS

GONJASUFI Remix Competition – ‘Love Of Reign’ or ‘Candylane’

Gonjasufi’s official remix album is out 4th/5th October (info on the right). We are offering up a couple acapellas from ‘A Sufi and A Killer’ so producers can compete Worldwide.

To enter

1. Download the two acapellas
— Love Of Reign
— Candylane
2. Login and upload your remix via this site.
3. Get your friends to vote you into the most popular remixes
4. Competition closes 1st November 2010 – Gonjasufi and Warp Records will pick the winner shortly after.

The Prize — a ONE-OF-A-KIND, signed & framed Gonjasufi art print
Hand screen printed on silver board. We have gone the extra mile to make this special

The Gaslamp Killer & Daedelus Unveil Tour Only “Impulse” 7″

This one time limited edition, privately pressed vinyl will only be available on the Fall Magical Properties Tour, and includes a Free the Robots remix.

Tracklist:
1. The Gaslamp Killer & Daedelus – Impluse
2. The Gaslamp Killer & Daedelus – Impluse (Free the Robots Remix)

The Gaslamp Killer | DEATH GATE from (((∆))) on Vimeo.

The Gaslamp Killer
DEATH GATE
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10.12.10
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Low End Theory resident and world travelling show stopper THE GASLAMP KILLER is releasing “DEATH GATE” his new EP on October 12th through Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder Records. The EP contains 15 minutes of new music by GLK that is being released on limited-edition private press 10″ vinyl and digital formats.

www.thegaslampkiller.com | www.brainfeedersite.com
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created by Ilias Panayiotou (((∆))) www.illvisual.com

Please join us on 10.10.10 for one of the biggest events in Los Angeles this year.

Low End Theory resident and world travelling show stopper THE GASLAMP KILLER is releasing “DEATH GATE”
his new EP on October 12th through Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder Records. The EP contains 15 minutes of new music
by GLK that is being released on limited-edition private press 10″ vinyl and digital formats.

On Sunday, October 10th 2010 (101010), GLK, Brainfeeder and Hit+Run present a very special “DEATH GATE”
Release Party at the DOWNTOWN INDEPENDENT Theater in Los Angeles. 10 SECRET GUESTS will be performing
at a very rare night of collaboration by GLK and his crew.

Only 200 tickets will be sold for the party, and this event will sell out! Purchase a special pre-sale package now
before tickets are gone. The Package includes one admission to the 101010 party, a limited edition “DEATH GATE” tote bag,
one blank shirt to customize with HIT+RUN at the party, and your choice of either a “DEATH GATE” 10″ or digital download.

100 strictly limited $30 Pre-sale packages are on sale now HERE. When these are gone another 100 tickets
will be sold for $40, until there are none left. Don’t miss out on your chance to witness history and be there on 101010!

Via: PITCHFORK

Los Angeles-based producer the Gaslamp Killer has a new EP, Death Gate, that’s set to drop October 12 on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint. The EP features a collaboration with Gonjasufi that you can check out below. In case your memory’s short, the pair also worked together on this year’s BNM’d solo LP from Gonjasufi, A Sufi and a Killer.

Posted by — Larry Fitzmaurice

DOWNLOAD: MP3 – The Gaslamp Killer ft. Gonjasufi “When I’m In Awe”

Via: Los Angeles Times | Pop & Hiss |

The birdman of Brainfeeder: Teebs premieres first single off ‘Ardour’

Flying Lotus has described Teebs’ music as sounding “the way ‘Avatar’ looks.” And those familiar with the 23-year-old visual artist and musician’s canvasses would be prone to concur.
Like the Teebs-painted album cover at right, his music is a yarn ball of intense colors and peculiar crevices. His last EP was titled “Tropics,” and it boasted the spectral beauty of his artwork, with beats that bloomed with pastel color. His sound is a Gordian knot, impossible to unravel but bright as agate.

It’s a balance of the baroque with the abstract, a collision between tangled futuristic projections and everyday objects. One of his best mixes was called “2 a.m. Wine,” and it captured Teebs’ ability to project an Ambien-addled aesthetic — a gauzy, gorgeous haze ideal for the witching hours.

His first single for his Brainfeeder debut LP, “Ardour,” expands on these ideas, and illustrates why it’s one of the most anticipated records within the Los Angeles beat community. Since moving from New York several years ago, the producer-artist born Mtendere Mandowa has been one of the city’s brightest prospects, a member of the My Hollow Drum collective, a frequent Dublab guest and a Low End Theory staple. Additionally, BBC Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs included one of his tracks on her “Wild Angels” compilation.

“Ardour” is slated to be released Oct. 19th. It figures to be worth marking your calendar in advance.

– Jeff Weiss

DOWNLOAD: MP3 Teebs – “Arthur’s Birds”

VIA: WARP RECORDS

Flying Lotus – Pattern+Grid World
WAP308 – 20/21 September 2010
CD / Digital / Vinyl (including free poster by Theo Ellsworth)

Tracklist
1. Clay
2. Kill Your Co-Workers
3. PieFace
4. Time Vampires
5. Jurassic Notion/M Theory
6. Camera Day
7. Physics For Everyone!

As postmodernist space odysseys go, Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma has confidently weaved itself into the lineage of Sun Ra and his Astro Infinity Arkestra’s Strange Strings, Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell To Earth and Afrika Bambaata’s Planet Rock…

While Cosmogramma is a monolithic convergence of 20th and 21st century musical forms, high in concept and wide in musical collaboration, Pattern+Grid World pulls the focus back to Steven Ellison and his machines. These machines are speaking (and possibly looking as well, judging by the EP’s cover) from the go, as “Clay” introduces itself in a fog of synth and vocoder and gives way to one of the many surprises here, the schizophrenic ping-ponging electro of “Kill Your Co-Workers”. Drenched in alternating melodies, it’s a synthetic counterpart to the grand string and harp arrangements of Cosmogramma, making acclaimed illustrator Theo Ellsworth’s subtly psychedelic cover image of vision-through-noise all the more intimate.

When Flying Lotus records hit their stride, all buttons labeled “pause” and “stop” disappear, and this one is no different. “Pie Face” is led by icy keys that could almost be mistaken for classic grime, before the stoned plastic marching band steps in. “Time Vampires” amazingly lands somewhere between vintage DJ Premier and Lee Hazelwood, while the stripped back bass and drum explorations of “Jurassic Notion/M Theory” are as shamanic and ceremonial as anything you’re likely to hear come out of California. If “Camera Day” brings to mind a certain crew of dungeon-dwelling ATLiens, it won’t come as much of a surprise that Killer Mike found its syrupy bounce recently inspiring.

Much of the messages surrounding Cosmogramma’s release as well as reportage on the world’s ever-emerging beat scenes has painted a picture of Flying Lotus as a patriarchal figure blazing the trail for scores of young artists with new conceptual notions of what can be done with a drum machine and a dream. While this notion is certainly not inaccurate, it sometimes overshadows the fact that FlyLo is also an incredibly singular entity. However, as “Physics For Everyone!” stutters to a close, if you listen closely you might just make out the sound of another kid in his room somewhere in the world, anxiously tapping out his first beat.

LORN – “None An Island”

Out 13th September 2010.

Lorn aka Marcos Ortega returns with a new EP from his critically acclaimed debut album, “Nothing Else.”

One of the standout tracks from a breakthrough record, “None An Island” combines Lorn’s trademark overt emotionalism, brutality and bleakness into something transcendentally beautiful. Brainfeeder labelmate Samiyam then takes “Brainwaves” and converts it into a lowriding, limping journey into paranoia and fear. Lorn ups the ante yet again by returning with two new original tracks, “Never Enough,” which uses a distorted, rasping, alien voice to syncopate its rhythms, and “Until There Is No End,” which shows that Ortega’s grasp of melody is never compromised by the sheer heaviness of his tracks.

A fantastic accompaniment to his album and a further delving into his sound, “None An Island” strongly suggests we’ll be hearing much more from Lorn for a long time to come…

1. NONE AN ISLAND (RADIO EDIT)
2. BRAINWAVES (SAMIYAM X LORN)
3. NEVER ENOUGH
4. UNTIL THERE IS NO END

LORN : NOTHING ELSE from StrangeLoop on Vimeo.

LORN – ‘TOMORROW’
ALBUM : NOTHING ELSE
MASTERING : CLARK
LABEL : BRAINFEEDER
DIR. STRANGELOOP

RELEASE DATE : JUNE 7th, 2010

CONCEPT : ADAM STOVER
PRODUCED BY BRAINFEEDER &
THE INSTITUTE FOR CINEMA STUDIES

All is not lost; the unconquerable Will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield:
And what is else not to be overcome?
- John Milton, Paradise Lost

“My answer to that,” explains Lorn, having quoted the words of Satan to his lieutenant Beelzebub, “is ‘Nothing Else.’” Which is one way to explain that this 23 year old “from the middle of nowhere in Illinois” is not keen on compromise.

The second artist album from Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder imprint is a deep, deep, dark and uncompromising suite of music. The only Brainfeeder artist to neither come from or ever to have lived in LA, Lorn has already developed an international following for his music. Now, with “Nothing Else” the musician and artist reveals his debut full length. Epic, melancholic and brutal, it’s a record which the listener has to be prepared to immerse themselves in. The rewards make it worth the effort. From the fairground dramatics of “None An Island” through the soundtrack sweep and military momentum of “Army of Fear,” the discombobulated atmospherics of “Bretagne,” the sheer brute force of the bass on “Automaton,” the acid-fried detailing on “Voids” 1 and 2, the woozy migraine-simulacra of “Tomorrow,” the off-centre melodic catchiness of “Glass & Silver” and “Cherry Moon,” the deconstructed electro of “Greatest Silence” and on to the utterly uncompromsing conclusion of “What’s The Use,” where an underwater hip hop break smashes up against Hammond and the ghost of a human voice, this is a record which feels like its been hewn from stone. Albeit electronic stone.

A remarkable, transcendent achievement, no one who knows anything about him is going to claim that Lorn’s life has been easy and nor is his music. Instead it’s raw, emtional, angry, beautiful and real.

(BF007) LORN – NOTHING ELSE
Mastered by Clark (Warp Records)

Grandfather
None an Island
Army of Fear
Bretagne
Automaton
Void I
Void II
Tomorrow
Glass & Silver
Cherry Moon
Greatest Silence
What’s the Use

COSMOGRAMMA

Friday May 14th
FLYING LOTUS (A/V set)
RAS G
SAMIYAM
DR. STRANGELOOP
KUTMAH
JEREMIAH JAE

Saturday May 15th
∞ (Flying Lotus with live band)
RAVI COLTRANE
THE GASLAMP KILLER
GONJASUFI
MATTHEWDAVID

Visuals by Flying Lotus, Dr. Strangeloop and Timeboy
Sound reinforcement by Pure Filth
Live screenprinting by Hit+Run
Presented by Flying Lotus and Daddy Kev

“I met [Dr. Strangeloop] for the very first time last week in LA, having been a great admirer of his work for the last couple years. I can tell you he is seriously involved in pioneering the next step in the evolution of performance, fusing sonics, narrative, and visuals into an overwhelming hyper-sensory experience.” -Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC1

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The incredible Mary Anne Hobbs just featured an exclusive audio-visual edit from my ‘2010‘ project on BBC1, accompanying a unique mix of the soundtrack. ‘2010 : [or] How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Technological Singularity‘ is an ever-evolving avant-sci-fi narrative about a dystopia alternate universe where an AI-deity searches for transcendence in an archaic laptop. It had its International premier at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and its Los Angeles premier at the Brainfeeder Sessions last month. It changes every time I perform it in a live-context, and it is composed of all-original music and visuals.

Some of the mandalic images were created in collaboration with artist Leigh J. McCloskey, the visionary painter behind Flying Lotus’s phenomenal ‘Cosmogramma’ album artwork. A limited edition run of 300 signed copies of ‘2010‘ will be available through the Institute for Cinema Studies, this run will include a full-version of the film, full soundtrack, b-sides, artwork, and more. The person who receives the copy number #2010 will get special unreleased material, b-sides, and the opportunity to destroy my television set. Enjoy!

2010 – audio-visual mix for Mary Anne Hobbs

2010 – soundtrack mix for BBC1

2010 – limited edition copies at ICS

“This singular undertaking is entirely typical of Daedelus’s fertile, butterfly imagination – a mini-album conceived as an imaginary soundtrack to the Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1899. Thankfully, LA’s Alfred Darlington approaches this self-imposed task from an oblique angle. Hoary old kung-fu movie samples are conspicuously by their absence, and it’s difficult to discern any overtly Chinese touches at all. Instead, there are eight characteristically mellifluous compositions that combine warm, melodic lyricism with simple but subtle arrangements, skipping blithely across stylistic boundaries. Daedelus neatly combines vintage textures, skittering beats and plaintive oboe for his scene-setting opener, and then goes on to introduce elegant flamenco picking (“Tidal Waves Uprising”), airy bossa nova (“Order Of The Golden Dawn”) and even reedy stylophones (“Succumbing”). Some of the tracks are little more than sketches, but there’s enough imagination on display across these 25 minutes to put many larger scale works to shame.”

- WIRE MAGAZINE

“The usual frenetic on-record personality of eternal gentleman Daedelus couldn’t be more removed from his humble, gracious self, but this time his sounds are more reflective of their maker. Righteous Fists Of Harmony, the L.A.-based producer Alfred Darlington’s first EP for Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder label, is all about dignified dream sequences and romantic strings colliding with hypnotic electronic rhythms, all the while pointing to the core of Daedelus’s calm and surprisingly zen being.”

- CMJ

“The upcoming album from Daedelus is a study in juxtapositions: 19th-century China rubs up against the tele-technological future, organic sonic textures play with electronics, and hope is mixed with an uncertainty about a sinister future. Righteous Fists of Harmony is a sonic tribute to the thousands of Chinese martial artists who died during the Boxer Rebellion, as well as a musing about our society’s reliance on contemporary technologies. Coming out on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label, the record continues Daedelus’ claim as one of the more intellectually engaged heads in contemporary electronic music.”

- XLR8R

“The ridiculously talented Daedelus offers his latest exploits for Flying Lotus’s Brainfeeder label. In fine style, Daedelus constructs an unpredictable and winding narrative starting with the mini-epic ‘An Armada Approaches’, swelling from craftily harmonised beginnings to become a scene of surging strings and pitching hiphop rhythms. ‘Tidal Waves Uprising’ follows with impossibly strummed guitar strings before arriving at the yachting synth vistas of ‘The Open Hand Avows. ‘Order Of The Golden Dawn’ offers a lush 4-minutes of tropicalia more in tune with his Long Lost project, carried through with the breathy vocals and Latin handclaps of ‘Succumbing To’ and the echoic chamber pop of ‘Stampede Me’. This is a lush trip that we’d recommend to any fans of his many, many projects. Brilliant.”

- BOOMKAT

“Daedelus, known for his fascination with the Victorian era and its costumes, picks up this theme for his album to create a surreal soundtrack to these historic events. He imagines the events from the idealistic perspective of the Boxers, creating dreamlike soundscapes filled with soft acoustic guitars and melancholic strings. While mostly instrumental, some of the tracks feature seductive vocals, like the samba-esque “Order Of The Golden Dawn” with Darlington’s wife Laura. Or “Succumbing To”, a track that might as well be taken from one of Björk’s earlier albums. As with most concept albums, the result is very consistent and that’s what makes Righteous Fists the best work from Daedelus I’ve come across. Running for only 26 minutes, it leaves you with the wish for more – like a pleasant nap on a summer day.”

- NUTRIOT.COM

Daedelus “Righteous Fists of Harmony” from DestroyRockMusic Inc. on Vimeo.

ALBUM RELEASE DATE: MARCH 23 2010

Music : Daedelus ( myspace.com/daedelusdarling )
Song : “Fin de Siècle”
Album : Righteous Fists of Harmony
Label : Brainfeeder ( brainfeedersite.com )
Director: Clay Lipsky ( goclaygo.com / destroyrockmusic.com )
DP/Editing/Animation : Clay Lipsky
Starring : Laura Darlington (The Long Lost)
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In this release for Flying Lotus’ up-and-coming label Brainfeeder,
Daedelus presents a soundtrack-of-sorts to the Boxer Rebellion. What,
you ask, could make such ancient history an inspiration for modern
electronics? Well, Daedelus has found a strange relevance to our
modern malady in these epic events of long ago…

After seventy years of China’s opium-related subjugation by Queen
Victoria and her allies, a force of resistance fighters — termed
“Boxers” by the British — rose to the challenge in 1898. Calling
themselves “The Righteous Fists of Harmony,” this secret society of
martial artists felt they held magical powers: they believed
themselves bulletproof, able to fly, and capable of raising the dead
(who would then fight alongside them). And so began the brief Boxer
Rebellion; three years later 100,000 Boxers had fallen, their magic
helpless against the cutting-edge machinery of war. The British
prevailed only to face ultimate defeat, as their empire rapidly
declined.

Daedelus endeavors to compose a requiem for the end — of beliefs, of
lives, and of an era. This elegy for a bygone battle sheds light on
our own contemporary conundrum: will our faith in modernity be our
downfall? Are we blinded by this age of wonders, doomed to be
destroyed by our ingenious inventions? Although Daedelus’ music has
always juxtaposed organic and electronic elements, they war as never
before on “Righteous Fists of Harmony,” a portrait of a tumultuous era
that came crashing to a close.

DAEDELUS – “Righteous Fists of Harmony” Tracklist:
BF006
23 MARCH 2010
Heavy Weight Vinyl / Digital

1. An Armada Approaches
2. Tidal Waves Uprising
3. The Open Hand Avows
4. Order Of The Golden Dawn (featuring Laura Darling)
5. The Finishing of a Thing
6. Succumbing To (featuring Kid A)
7. Stampede Me (with Amir Yaghmai)
8. Fin De Siècle

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone
as we’re approaching this new year, I felt it was time to let go of some things that have been gathering dust. Some old things, and some new things, I tried to pick out tracks that I know yall haven’t heard yet so there should be surprises around every turn.

can’t believe i’ve been making tracks for over 10 years now..That said, there’s so much to learn still.

I hope you all enjoy this mix. Thanks to the Gaslamp Killer for doing an incredible job on this.

Can’t wait for you all to hear my album ‘Cosmogramma’ coming out May 4th 2010 on Warp Records.

Enjoy
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Art (Flying Lotus) Layout (Ques)

GLK ON PITCHFORK: http://pitchfork.com
GLK ON XLR8R: http://www.xlr8r.com

THE GASLAMP KILLER – MY TROUBLED MIND EP from ABCNT.INFO on Vimeo.

The Gaslamp Killer – My Troubled Mind EP (RED) from (((∆))) on Vimeo.

dr. strangeloop : are we lost mammals of an approaching transcendental epoch?

arriving june 30th

Are We Lost Mammals of an Approaching Transcendental Epoch? from Dr. StrangeLoop on Vimeo.

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