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"I loved you a long time ago where the winds own forget-me-nots blow"

Ο προσωπικός δίσκος της Etten (της Ελένης Τζαβάρας, που αγαπήσαμε ως μέλος των Film) με τίτλο "I know you're behind me but I'm not scared" αναμένεται στις προθήκες των δισκοπωλείων στις 9 Νοεμβρίου. Οι θεσπέσιες ερμηνευτικές ικανότητές της, η παρουσία του Coti K., ο οποίος έχει αναλάβει την παραγωγή του, η συνεργασία με τον Mikael Delta, τα πρώτα ηχητικά δείγματα (το 20,45 sling θα μπορούσε να είναι σύνθεση των The Knife), η μουσική ανάγνωση του "Another day" του Roy Harper και ο σχεδιασμός & η επιμέλεια του artwork από τους H.O.P.E και Δημήτρη Παναγιωτακόπουλο εγγυώνται ένα θαυμάσιο αποτέλεσμα.

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Love cry

"On 'Love cry' b/w 'Our bells', Kieran Hebden succinctly shows both sides of his oeuvre; the lush love of the dancefloor, and a chance to exercise his more esoteric inclinations. The live-sounding drums, gorgeously nuanced textures and blissful samples of 'Love cry' couldn't really come from anyone else, especially when enveloped well into the track and the vocal loops begin to peel off into a deep house-meets-krautrock coda executed with that signature sleight of hand.
With 'Our bells' on the flip he crafts a sublime beatless, gamelan influenced piece, like the Kosmiche resonance of the flip is allowed to seep through and glimmer all over the grooves, radiating incandescent ambient harmonics with a lustrous psychedelic blur."

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"All my fantasies died when you said yours"

Στο υπέροχο "Phrazes for the young" (παράφραση του τίτλου του "Phrases and philosophies for use of the young" του Oscar Wilde), ο Julian Casablancas μοιάζει με αρχιτέκτονα που δεν οικοδομεί πρωτότυπες συνθέσεις, αλλά ανακαινίζει και αναδιαμορφώνει υπάρχοντα μουσικά σχέδια και επιρροές από προηγούμενες δεκαετίες, αναδεικνύει τις δημιουργικές ικανότητές του και ψεκάζει στον καμβά ετερόκλητους ηχητικούς ρυθμούς με έναν εμπνευσμένα μοντέρνο τρόπο. Με τη drum machine, τα synths, τα ηλεκτρονικά beats και τις αναμνήσεις του από το παρελθόν ως αφετηρία σχεδίασε ρομαντικά παιχνιδιάρικα τραγούδια με disco ίχνη ('11th dimension'), pop μελωδίες με αγαπημένα γνώριμα στοιχεία από το συγκρότημά του ('Out of the blue' και 'Left & right in the dark'), πρόσθεσε εκφραστικά φωνητικά, drone δομή ('River of brakelights'), κιθαριστικά solo και soul ονειροπολήσεις ('4 chords of the apocalypse'), country στοιχεία (η χρήση του banjo στο 'Ludlow St.' ξαφνιάζει ευχάριστα), σημεία που αισθάνεσαι ότι βρίσκεσαι σε νυχτερινή πτήση με φόντο το αχανές διάστημα ή περιπλανιέσαι μέσα σε retro ηλεκτρονικό παιχνίδι ('Glass'), τρομπέτες και ανέλπιστους, θριαμβευτικούς ελιγμούς ('Tourist'). Ένας δίσκος που διακρίνεται για την αμεσότητά του, ρέει απολαυστικά, σε εκπλήσσει με κάθε ακρόαση και παράλληλα, αποκαθιστά την ελπίδα ότι οι The Strokes, ένα από τα συγκροτήματα που διαδραμάτισαν καταλυτικό ρόλο τον 21ο αιώνα χάρη στους δύο πρώτους, έξοχους δίσκους τους ("Is this it" & "Room on fire") θα συνεχίσουν να μας συναρπάζουν (παρά το ασταθές "First impressions of Earth" και τη μακροχρόνια δισκογραφική τους απουσία).

Julian Casablancas - Tourist

Julian Casablancas - Glass

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"...you have to leave them behind"

Do Make Say Think Setlist Principal Club Theatre, Thessaloniki, Greece 2009
  • Το The happiness project είχε ως στόχο να φωτίσει όλα εκείνα τα απλά, συχνά καθημερινά γεγονότα που κρύβουν μέσα τους την ευτυχία. Ένας εμπνευσμένα μυστήριος δίσκος που επιδιώκει να αναδείξει την ομορφιά και τη μουσικότητα του λόγου. Με βάση αποσπάσματα από ηχογραφημένες συνεντεύξεις που παραχώρησαν γείτονες και συγγενείς του έπλαθαν μελωδίες (με jazz αυτοσχεδιασμούς) που συλλαμβάναν τον τρόπο εκφοράς των λέξεων χρησιμοποιώντας διαφορετικά μουσικά όργανα (από κιθάρα και πλήκτρα μέχρι τρομπέτα και σαξόφωνο). Πριν από κάθε τραγούδι (οι τίτλοι των οποίων είναι τα ονόματα των ανθρώπων που χαρίζουν τη φωνή τους) αναλάμβανε ο Charles Spearin σε ρόλο αφηγητή να συνοψίζει τι θα ακολουθούσε.
  • Με αφορμή την ύπαρξη κομματιών που είχε ξεκινήσει, αλλά ποτέ δεν ολοκλήρωσε και ιδέες που δεν κατάφεραν να χρησιμοποιηθούν από τα συγκροτήματα στα οποία συμμετείχε ο Ohad Benchetrit (Years) αποφάσισε να ασχοληθεί εντατικά ώστε να τις συγκεντρώσει σε μία προσωπική κυκλοφορία. Κατά τη διάρκεια της διαδικασίας τις τροποποίησε σε τέτοιο βαθμό που το αποτέλεσμα ήταν κάτι το εντελώς διαφορετικό. Σε μισή ώρα μας παρουσίασε ορχηστρικές συνθέσεις μακράς διαρκείας από το "Years" (ένα μέρος της γοητείας του έγγειται στο απρόβλεπτο) με άξονα την ακουστική κιθάρα του (που έπαιζε με δεξιοτεχνία), ζωντανά ηχογραφημένα loops και ήχους από laptop, σε ορισμένες περιπτώσεις συνοδεία πνευστών, με σταδιακή αύξηση της έντασης και ρυθμικές αλλαγές και ένα θριαμβευτικό θορυβώδες φινάλε με το "The major lift" όπου επί σκηνής βρέθηκαν όλοι οι Do make say think.
  • Μετά από ένα σύντομο διάλειμμα επανέρχονται για να μας βυθίσουν στον ονειρικό κόσμο τους. Μουσική που αψηφά τους ηχητικούς περιορισμούς, άψογα, ρυθμικά δομημένες συνθέσεις, συναισθηματική ατμόσφαιρα, εναλλαγές έντασης και τέμπου, χορταστικά ξεσπάσματα, post rock αισθητική, ambient πειραματισμοί, jazz αυτοσχεδιασμοί, κιθαριστικές μελωδίες, υπέροχες τρομπέτες, διπλά drums, βιολί, πλήκτρα, μπάσο και σαξόφωνο που σε άφηναν έκθαμβο, δυναμισμός, ενέργεια,... ΜΑΓΕΙΑ. Μία υπενθύμιση του πόσο μοναδικά υπέροχη και πλούσια είναι η δισκογραφία τους (που αξίζει να αποκτηθεί στο σύνολό της).
Μια σπουδαία εμφάνιση με έντονο το αίσθημα της γιορτής.

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"...and when you keep that in mind, you'll find a love as big as the sky"

Do make say think - Say (from "Other truths")

Do make say think - Reitschule (live recording from Hillside Festival)
(from "The whole story of glory")

Do make say think - The universe! (live recording from CBC Radio 3 session)
(from "The whole story of glory")

Do make say think - Herstory of glory (from "You, you're a history in rust")

Do make say think - Horns of a rabbit
(from "Winter hymn country hymn secret hymn")

Do make say think - Goodbye enemy airship
(from "Goodbye enemy airship the landlord is dead")

Do make say think - Classic noodlanding (from "& Yet & Yet")

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"That's the difference between us"

Το "Embryonic" προέκυψε από αμέτρητες ώρες δοκιμών στο μουσικό εργαστήριο των The Flaming lips. Χωρίς προκαθορισμένη ηχητική πυξίδα, αλλά με αυτοσχεδιαστική διάθεση εγκατέλειψαν τους παραδοσιακούς τρόπους δημιουργίας τραγουδιών καλωσορίζοντας μία νέα δημιουργική περίοδο. Αποστείρωσαν τα δοχεία από τα αποτυπώματα της παιχνιδιάρικης pop που διέκριναν πρόσφατους δίσκους τους και πρόσθεσαν με τη λαβίδα τους άτακτες αναλογίες progressive ψυχεδέλειας, krautrock, ηλεκτρονικών beats, samples και funk. Τα αέρια που εκλήθησαν δημιούργησαν μία σκοτεινά ομιχλώδης και χαοτικά αιθέρια ατμόσφαιρα μέσα από την οποία προέκυψαν 18 συνθέσεις (αν και ορισμένες από αυτές δεν αναπτύχθηκαν ιδανικά), όπου η ένταση με τις ξαφνικές ηλεκτρικές εκκενώσεις & τις παραμορφώσεις και οι μελωδίες (βασισμένες στα πλήκτρα και τα synths) εναλλάσσονται, ενώ τα επαναλαμβανόμενα, ρυθμικά groove από το μπάσο, τις κιθάρες και τα drums τρυπώνουν σχεδόν ακαριαία στη μνήμη. Η κάθε ακρόαση του πειράματος σε επιβραβεύει με νέες συγκινήσεις επιβεβαιώνοντας τις χαρισματικές ικανότητες ενός συγκροτήματος που συνεχίζει να συναρπάζει πάνω από 20 χρόνια. Μαζί με τα "The soft bulletin" και "Yoshimi battles the pink robots" ίσως ότι εντυπωσιακότερο έχουν κυκλοφορήσει.

The Flaming lips - Watching the planets

The Flaming lips - See the leaves

The Flaming lips - Feeling yourself disintegrate (from "The soft bulletin")

The Flaming lips - Yoshimi battles the pink robots pt. 1
(from "Yoshimi battles the pink robots")

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Music Alliance Pact - October 2009

Μία ακόμα (πιο όμορφη) συλλογή με τραγούδια που αντιπροσωπεύουν πλήθος μουσικών ειδών από την τοπική σκηνή 34 διαφορετικών χωρών (σε σχέση με τον προηγούμενο μήνα προστέθηκε η Εσθονία).

"Music Alliance Pact proposes mental trips without fixed destination, and confirms that always to learn to listen was related to the art of tuning into others' music voices."

Σημείωση: Οι επιλογές που ξεχώρισα (μετά από αρκετές ακροάσεις) έχουν πράσινο χρώμα, χωρίς αυτό να σημαίνει ότι οι υπόλοιπες δεν μπορούν να κερδίσουν τη δική σας καρδιά.

GREECE: Mouxlaloulouda
Coin - Error 687
Coin draw their influences from the Manchester scene of the 80s and American grunge of the 90s. In their third studio album they shift their best qualities into different, equally dazzling guitar-pop shapes, sounding unclenched, enchanting and energetic. Popstitute is a beautifully balanced album filled with tremendously rich highs, unfailingly tuneful music, jagged guitars, drums and bass, which supply the rhythmic pulse and captivating hooks.

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Lipgloss - Land Of Lords
This band from Buenos Aires released their first EP a couple of months ago and Land Of Lords is our favorite song from it. Lipgloss sound like they've been listening to British rock all their life and you sure can feel the influence of bands like The Stone Roses at the end of the song, with the psychedelic guitars and all. If you like it, you can download the entire EP directly from this link.

AUSTRALIA: Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
Cloud Control - Gold Canary
New music from the Blue Mountains! Only it sounds kinda like it originates from somewhere deep in America. Cloud Control always had an earthy, pastoral quality to their music but it sounds all the more temporally appropriate post-Fleet Foxes. Less jangle and more twang. Gold Canary is pulled from their debut album expected early 2010. It has some rootsy backing vocals and yelping, tambourine/handclap percussion, references to family members in the lyrics and then… a synth solo. This song is rad.

 BRAZIL: Meio Desligado
Constantina - Sobe Ladeira
There is something special about Constantina that goes beyond their music. The absence of vocals never leaves you with a feeling of emptiness. It's just the opposite. The instrumental songs are so deep and strong that lyrics would limit them to what we can express with words.

 CANADA: I(Heart)Music
The Balconies - Serious Bedtime
It's almost mind-boggling how good and how talented The Balconies are. They have two incredible lead singers (in brother and sister Jacquie and Steve Neville), both of whom are also astoundingly good songwriters, and they're backed by one of the steadiest drummers I've ever seen. They've barely been around for more than a year but they're generating a whole lot of buzz (their debut has just been released and it's already charting nationally). Songs like Serious Bedtime make it easy to see why.

CHILE: Super 45
Tonossepia - Happy Habibi Te Vez Mas Feliz
Tonossepia (Diego Vergara) is one of the most advanced musicians in the Chilean electronic scene. Constantly evolving in his way of creating music, this year he released his fourth album, Happy Habibi, an effort full of organic textures, warm harmonies and rhythmical variations. By mixing, almost to perfection, IDM and hip hop, Tonossepia has a lot of robot style and rap style.

 CHINA: Wooozy
Silkfloss - Mon Amour
Mylène Chan (Muxitu) and Quan Du formed Silkfloss at the start of this year in Beijing. They are electronica, they are trip-hop, they are everything that brings you softness and fills you with love. Mylène also collaborates with many local electronic producers as a vocalist.

COLOMBIA: Colombia Urbana
Jiggy Drama - Contra La Pared
Direct from San Andres Island, Heartan Lever - better known in the artistic scene as Jiggy D - comes loaded with cool rhymes and party beats. Jiggy mixes Antillean dancehall with old-school hip hop and Contra La Pared proves that when something is good, it doesn't have to be forced. The combination of typical Colombian sounds (papayera in this case) makes him the perfect choice to represent the nation in MAP. Jiggy is currently working on his new album, Nerdside.

DENMARK: All Scandinavian
Sebastian Lind - Stay
A pop natural and excellent singer, 20-year-old Sebastian Lind excites with an enticing mix of singer-songwriter acoustics and crackling electronica. He has just released his first single Stop These Feet, but here's Stay - a strong contender when it comes time to select a second.

ENGLAND: The Daily Growl
The Voluntary Butler Scheme - The Eiffel Tower And The BT Tower
This month's song comes from the English Midlands courtesy of awesome one-man-band Rob Jones aka The Voluntary Butler Scheme. He's a little scruffy around the edges but he serves up a tasty dish of pure pop. Although probably best experienced live, his debut album At Breakfast, Dinner, Tea (how old-school English is that title?) is full of sprightly tunes, huge hooks and amusing lyrics and is well worth checking out.

ESTONIA: Popop
I'll Hit Her - Noise In Your Mind
There's not much info about Estonian electro-poppers I'll Hit Her and Googling that name will probably get you some quite disturbing results. Listing Aqua, 2 Unlimited and Joy Division as influences on their MySpace page, that's really as diverse as you can get.

FINLAND: Glue
The Capital Beat - Feel The Reggae
This is not the kind of song you would expect to hear from a Finnish band, but The Capital Beat phenomenally recreate the warm sounds of Jamaica on their first album, A Greater Fire. This eight-piece combo takes Jamaican music to a new latitude and there is only one condition - feel the reggae and do the ska.

 FRANCE: ZikNation
Pascal Comelade - Two Maniaco Depressive Beatnicks Squabbling Over A Jane Russell Mozarella's Stereokini
Pascal Comelade is a really special musician. He mixes common instruments with some toys he found in a flea market. This way of working gives his music a unique tone and makes the listener feel the soul of his work. In some ways, his music reminds us of Yann Tiersen - nice piano, accordion and a lot of percussion. Two Maniaco..., with its happy leading saxophone and ringing xylophone, is a track dedicated to a happy life, which makes it a must-hear before beginning a day at work.

GERMANY: Blogpartei
Rhytm Police - Ghosttrain
Rhytm Police sound like they live in a metropolis as they reduce music to a strong bass line, synth sounds and sometimes quite snatchy vocals. However, they come from the rather rural Augsburg in western Bavaria. The only way to figure this out is by listening to their songs with German lyrics. But the featured song Ghosttrain shows their international attitude.

 ICELAND: I Love Icelandic Music
FM Belfast - Synthia
FM Belfast was formed in late 2005 by Αrni Rϊnar Hlodversson (aka Αrni Plϊseinn) and Loa H Hjalmtysdottir. For the Iceland Airwaves festival in 2006, the band expanded into a live act with up to eight (or even more) members. The core of the band is now a quartet with Αrni Vilhjalmsson (of Motherfuckers In The House) and Orvar Thoreyjarson Smarason (of Mum). Synthia is taken from their debut album, How To Make Friends, released on the band's own World Champion Records label last year.

INDIA: Indiecision
Teddy Boy Kill - Tonic
New Delhi's Teddy Boy Kill represent the new Indian electronica soundscape - instantly international, slick and unrestrained by the need to reflect any inherent Indian-ness. This unsigned act from the country's capital released their debut album, The Exit Plan, as a free download. Tonic is one of the highlights of the record - an immediately catchy dancefloor anthem that's as temperate as it is energetic. Get ready to do something stupid.

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar
The Super Insurgent Group Of Intemperance Talent - Money Making
The Super Insurgent Group Of Intemperance Talent are the greatest rock 'n' roll band in Indonesia. Their straight-to-the-point songs, killer hooks and good attitude has already seen them play some big venues and sell out concerts, which is very rare in Indonesia.

IRELAND: Nialler9
Trophy Boyfriend - Black Ship
Despite the silly moniker, Gregor Ruigrok aka Trophy Boyfriend still managed to impress us with his first self-titled EP. He's still at the embyronic stages having not played live or formally released anything in Ireland yet, but judging by the electro-indie of Black Ship, we certainly hope he gets out there soon.

 ITALY: Polaroid
Damien* - Confidants
Play this song and fly back in time, to around the first half of the 90s, when Britpop was full of hope and strength. Well, this is just how Damien* are today. This young and promising band from Pesaro, on the Italian east coast, is able to mix a post-punk background with a more pop attitude. The incredibly catchy Confidants is taken from their second album, out this week on Suiteside.

 JAPAN: JPOP Lover
Henrytennis - Valencia Raincoats
Another progressive band in the Tokyo music scene, Henrytennis feature instrumental dynamism influenced by post-rock, IDM, jam and progressive rock. Their members come from such outstanding Japanese bands as 4 Bonjour's Parties, Hula Hooper, Kuruucrew, Oceanlane and Shugo Tokumaru. Their excellent second album R.U.R. is released on November 11.

 MEXICO: Red Bull PanameriKa
Radaid - Shine
Shine is the opening track of L'Intent, the most recent record by Radaid. Hailing from Guadalajara, Jalisco, the eight talented musicians produce a peculiar mix of pop and original rhythms. That is why traces of Indian influences echo in Shine, while the vocals are by Sofνa Orozco, who not only wrote the English lyrics but also invented the dialect which has nods to the phrasing of Hindu MCs.

NEW ZEALAND: Counting The Beat
O'Lovely - A Different Day
O'Lovely are from Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island and they have a glistening, ringing guitar sound on this song that reminds me of some great bands from that city's past such as Bailterspace and Loves Ugly Children. The band has morphed from the more poppy The O'Lovelys with singer and keyboardist Laura Lee remaining at the centre of the band. She's joined by Perry Mahoney of Bang Bang Eche, whose guitar gives a darker, noisier feel than the earlier band. A Different Day comes from the five-track Lost Luck EP.

 NORWAY: Eardrums
Firefly Effect - Never By Your Side
Oslo quartet Firefly Effect recently released their brilliant debut album, Everything Is Beautiful And You Are The Reason, on Perfect Pop Records/Solerød Records. It is full of charming indie-pop songs with organs, boy/girl harmonies and jangly guitars. They call their style "retro-futuristic sunshine pop" which is a definition of their sound I can agree on. Perfect pop!

 PERU: SoTB
Emergency Blanket - Next Passenger
The music of Emergency Blanket is fully charged with life and energy, taking influences from rock classics from the 60s, 70s and 90s to achieve a vintage yet fresh and original sound. Emergency Blanket recently released their debut album, Combi + Nation, which includes songs in Spanish, English and even a combination of both languages. Next Passenger has taken them to the final of The People's Music Awards and you can vote for the band here.

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
Real Combo Lisbonense - Oh!
Real Combo Lisbonense (Lisbon Real Combo) play music that takes us back to a time when everyone would dress up to dance to the sounds of an orchestra or a small ensemble. RCL is the band you would expect to hear in the casino lounge of an Ian Fleming novel. They remade some Portuguese and international popular classics of 50s and 60s and have become one of the pleasant surprises in the Portuguese indie scene this year. Shall we dance?

 ROMANIA: Babylon Noise
Vive La Noiz - Bird Song
Vive la Noiz could be seen as the usual alternative/indie band. Two girls and two boys starting a band in the finest DIY ethic. However, their eclectic influences and pure, melodic sound label them as post-everything because you can find anything there, genre-free. Dark Clouds And Silver Linings is regarded as one of this year's most interesting EPs.

 SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
Meursault - A Small Stretch Of Land
Edinburgh six-piece Meursault's otherworldly, experimental folk seems almost tailor-made for the music blogging cognoscenti. But as A Small Stretch Of Land shows, Meursault (pronounced "mer-so") also know when less is more, stripping the song to just acoustic guitar and vocal with crushingly beautiful effect. It's no surprise Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison described A Small Stretch Of Land as "one of my favourite songs of last year, or indeed any year". You can buy Meursault's album, Pissing On Bonfires/Kissing With Tongues, and other releases here.

SINGAPORE: I'm Waking Up To...
Inch Chua - Devotion In Reality
Like the wet leaves after a thunderstorm, Devotions In Reality bring a melancholic hope to past hurts, as the first step after grief into a new light. Inch Chua is more well known in Singapore as the little dynamo of a frontwoman with rock stalwarts Allura. Taking time off to record her solo EP, she brings to the forefront another facet of her versatility, especially on this number that is best described as a cross between Lisa Ekdahl and Stars.

SOUTH AFRICA: Musical Mover & Shaker!
Ameen Harron - Techicoloured Oblivion
Ameen Harron is a force to be reckoned with in the South African music scene. He is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, and one of the country's up-and-coming producers, who has worked with a range of the best local musicians, garnering national and international attention. Technicoloured Oblivion shows not only his skills as a producer but as an artist. He has strong ties to hip hop, which is evident as his combination of hip hop, punk and electro creates his own distinctive sound. The song has an almost soulful feel to it and wouldn't be out of place on the international charts. Ameen Harron is set to take over. Watch out.

 SOUTH KOREA: Indieful ROK
Julia Hart - Korean Girl's Winter
Always delightful guitar-pop act Julia Hart decided it had been too many years since the release of their last album in 2007 and consequently released a digital single with a couple of new songs for people to hear last month. One of them, Korean Girl's Winter, shows Julia Hart at their loveliest and is a perfect indie-pop piece well suited for repeated play hours on end.

SWEDEN: Swedesplease
Leaving Mornington Crescent - Seventeen
From the sound of Seventeen, Leaving Mornington Crescent have ventured into new territory. Unlike the sunny 60s-inspired indie-pop of April Song from their Cloudberry split CD, Seventeen is a rather heavy, shoegaze number with buzzing and churning guitars and a solid backbeat. Still the vocals retain the cheeriness of April Song with a chorus of "I'm seventeen on the inside, the only difference is...".

 TURKEY: Reset!
Kim Ki O - Serbest Kalp Dusmesi
Kim Ki O's songs are self-written, self-played and self-sung in the name of self-pleasure and self-impulsion. Kim Ki O, which is the Turkish expression for "who is that anyway?", is a name chosen for its phonetic beauty. The duo like to play with synthesizers and drum machines but do not to use computers in their music, preferring to create all the action live with enthusiasm and tension. The two members of the gang are former high school buddies who had been out of touch for years. Now they are back, clasped together, making great things.

 UNITED STATES: I Guess I'm Floating
That Ghost - The Red Bow
That Ghost is the musical moniker of one crazy kid from the coast of California. Ryan Schmale, a youthful 19-year-old, creates lo-fi pop that evokes the warmth of bedroom recordings. He has a new EP on the way titled Get It And Get Out that IGIF will certainly be writing more about in the near future.

VENEZUELA: Deaf Indie Elephants
Ulises Hadjis - Lunes
The warm voice of Ulises Hadjis and his guitar are suddenly interrupted by a theremin, a trumpet from a gypsy story and a dialogue between Star Trek's Captain Kirk and Zulu. These are some of the big surprises you'll find in his debut album, Presente, which without doubt was one of the best debuts of 2008. His original indie-pop contains lyrics as melancholic as Bon Iver's or Elliott Smith's and a musical diversity that in its best moments resembles Beirut or Neutral Milk Hotel. On a Sunday morning this album will be your best company.

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"You're hearing damage, your mind is restless, they say you're getting better, but you don't feel any better..."

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"There's an empty space inside my heart where the weeds take root..."

"When we realise we're all gonna die, then we're out of here. We're just skirting on the surface. We have already clicked our fingers and disappear. We are just skirting on the surface.

Dull eyes trying to pull you through the ice. Being drawn to the ledge.
When we realise that once we're broken nothing mends. We're just skirting on the surface.

Then we realise we're only held in suspension, til someone comes along and shakes us.
And as the pattern lights cross their figures like a web. Will we die upon the surface?

Dull eyes trying to pull you through the ice. Being drawn to the ledge.
When were realise that once we're broken nothing mends. We're just skirting on the surface."

Photos by 911 Mary

Thom Yorke - Lotus flower (live in Los Angeles)

Thom Yorke - Skirting on the surface (live in Los Angeles)

Thom Yorke - Super collider (live in Los Angeles)

Thom Yorke - Open the flood gates (live in Los Angeles)

Thom Yorke - Judge, jury, executioner (live in Los Angeles)

“We were misquoted. We will be making an album! We love the artwork; that’s really important, the physicality.
We’re going into the studio in winter. It’s always miserable! Are we at the whim of the seasons? We are! When you’re in a studio in the countryside, the music you make is definitely affected by what season it is.”
Ed O'Brien

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"This is my last goodbye where all our dreams fall apart, where my heart comes undone, where my love fails you, where all our memories can't save us"

Η δισκογραφική συνάντηση του Freddy Ruppert (This song is a mess but so am I) με τους Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) και Nika Roza Danilova (Zola Jesus), δηλαδή ο κόσμος των Former ghosts είναι εφιαλτικά δραματικός και αινιγματικός. Οι στίχοι διαθέτουν ένα ποιητικό άγγιγμα και αφορούν γεγονότα που συμβαίνουν και καθορίζουν τη ζωή, όπως η αγάπη, ο θάνατος, οι επιθυμίες, οι στιγμές πόνου, ο θυμός, η απελπισία. Αψηφώντας τις εκφραστικές συμβάσεις, η πειραματική pop τους με επιρροές από τη δεκαετία του '80 γεφυρώνει καινοτόμα πλήθος ιδεών, απρόσμενες ενορχηστρώσεις, ηλεκτρονικά επεξεργασμένους και παραμορφωμένους ήχους, synthesizers και προγραμματισμένα beats, τα οποία αλωνίζουν στο παρασκήνιο, drum machine και ρυθμικά κρουστά, παθιασμένες ερμηνείες, στοιχειωμένους ψιθύρους και μουρμουρητά. Ένα μελωδικό χάος που τιθασεύεται με επιδεξιότητα και την τάση για πρωτοπορία διάχυτη σε κάθε τραγούδι.
Το "Fleurs" μοιάζει με σκοτεινό λάκκο που ξεχειλίζει συγκινήσεις, με παραισθησιογόνο που σου προκαλεί μία έντονη συναισθηματική εμπειρία.

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Eagerly awaited

Squid - Cowards

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