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September 25 2009
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS LAUNCH HEADLINING TOUR
Having floated a string of successful support tours (with M83, Fujiya & Miyagi, and Bat for Lashes, among others) and one full-length album (last year’s Alpinisms recently re-released on Vagrant Records), our little School of Seven Bells is all grown up. Tomorrow, the Brooklyn dream-trio embarks on a monthlong jaunt around North America, hitting dates on the east and west coasts and at the Austin City Limits and CMJ festivals. Be there, or be miserable that you missed yet another opportunity to see one great live act. The schedule is as follows:
* 09.25 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
* 09.26 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
* 09.27 Washington, DC @ Rock and Roll Hotel
* 09.28 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
* 09.29 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
* 10.01 Austin, TX @ Emo's (Alternative Lounge)
* 10.02 Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits
* 10.04 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
* 10.05 Los Angeles, CA, @ Troubadour
* 10.06 San Francisco, CA, @ Slim's
* 10.08 Portland, OR, @ Doug Fir Lounge
* 10.09 Vancouver, BC, @ Biltmore Cabaret
* 10.10 Seattle, WA, @ Neumos
* 10.13 Minneapolis, MN, @ 7th Street Entry
* 10.14 Chicago, IL, @ Empty Bottle
* 10.15 Toronto, ON, @ Lee's Palace
* 10.16 Northampton, MA, @ Pearl Street Nightclub
* 10.17 Boston, MA, @ Paradise
* 10.23 New York, NY, @ CMJ Music Marathon (Webster Hall)
Watch the video for School of Seven Bells’ most recent single (“My Cabal”) above, and buy the track at The Ghostly Store.
And here's a download of an alternate version of SVIIB's recent single "Iamundernodisguise"...
DOWNLOAD: School of Seven Bells, "Iamundernodisguise (Alternate Version)"
September 16 2009
STREAM: Seth Troxler's "Panic, Stop. Repeat!" EP
Seth Troxler’s Panic, Stop. Repeat! EP brings together all facets of the young Berlin-via-Detroit producer’s notoriously brilliant/bizarre persona, offering two new tracks (and one house-y remix) of sweaty, ecstatic dance music with a dirty mind and a heart of gold.
STREAM: Seth Troxler, "Panic, Stop. Repeat!"
Read our Five Questions with Seth Troxler here, listen to Trox’s wicked set from NYC’s Electric Zoo here, and buy Panic, Stop. Repeat! at The Ghostly Store.
September 10 2009
DOWNLOAD: Lusine's New Masterpiece, "A CERTAIN DISTANCE"
For years, Jeff McIlwain has been recording music as Lusine that expertly straddles the electronic/pop divide; with A Certain Distance, McIlwain cracks open his productions to reveal the beauty lurking within. A Certain Distance sees McIlwain employing human vocals and pop structures, hooks and melodies in the service of something warmer and more welcoming than the Lusine of old. Mapping human emotions via technology may be an insurmountable task, but A Certain Distance brings McIlwain closer than most to achieving the impossible.
Each track on A Certain Distance is a world unto itself, as McIlwain’s careful touch lends the album a depth that goes on for days. “Two Dots,” the album’s lush first single (streaming below, features vocals by Vilja Larjosto sliced up into a slinky, paranoid downtempo number; “Baffle” creeps like a well-dressed stalker as slivers of clean-toned guitar dance around a static-y beat; “Every Disguise” and “Crowded Room” are the record’s most dancefloor-friendly tracks, the former trafficking in jaunty, humid funk, and the latter grafting Detroit-style chords onto airy, weightless rhythm that seems to hover inches above the ground.
On A Certain Distance, Jeff McIlwain dives deep into his technological array and comes up with something breathtakingly complex and, yes, emotional. The record unfolds like electronic-pop fractal—each detail, upon closer examination, reveals a lovingly constructed world of details within details, multiplying and dividing, extending into infinity.
Buy A Certain Distance at The Ghostly Store.
Here's a free download of a funky, atmospheric highlight of A Certain Distance, "Cirrus," as well as a stream of the album's single, "Two Dots."
September 4 2009
NEW FACES: LEE CURTISS / CLARK WARNER
Two handsome fellows recently joined the Ghostly/Spectral family, and we couldn’t be happier. Introducing Lee Curtiss and Clark Warner.
Detroit mainstay Lee Curtiss came up under the tutelage of Matthew Dear and Ryan Elliott, working (and living) alongside his peers Seth Troxler and Ryan Crosson. Lee and Spectral have been running in the same pack for years—finally, after sufficiently circling each other and sniffing each others’ business, we’ve joined forces to release Lee’s Black Door EP, and it’s a doozy. Lee’s first single—a sexy, experimental dance track called ‘Smoking Mirrors’—arrives this week. Buy it on from The Ghostly Store, and stay tuned for more from Mr. Curtiss.
Clark Warner has been immersed in the American electronic-music world forever, spending more than 10 years at the helm of Minus /Plus 8 and DJing around the globe (including our first party, way back in 2000). After Clark wowed us at Spectral’s “Return of Losing It” party in Miami this past March, we just had to have him on our team. Mr. Warner will be playing at our Seattle 10-year anniversary party on September 24th.
STREAM: Lee Curtiss "Smoking Mirrors"
August 19 2009
CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS PRESENT: "THIS IS FOR THE WHITE IN YOUR EYES"
Even though This Is for the White in Your Eyes, the full-length debut by Danish collective Choir of Young Believers, is teeming with instruments—voices, pianos, synthesizers, banjos, an orchestra’s ransom in strings and French horns—it’s not the arrangements that dominate so much as the images they conjure. Snow-flecked mountaintops, deserted city streets, ghost-filled churches, a final kiss between estranged lovers—this is the emotional terrain trod by Jannis Noya Makrigiannis and his Choir of Young Believers. This Is for the White in Your Eyes is an album of orchestral indie-pop, but its artistic scope extends beyond melody and harmony: Choir of Young Believers paint cinematic tableaux, with Jannis cast as the silvery-voiced narrator.
STREAM: Choir of Young Believers - "Claustrophobia"
Peep another video introduction to Choir of Young Believers above, and buy This Is for the White in Your Eyes at The Ghostly Store.
August 17 2009
GHOSTLY 10: CHICAGO - Friday, August 21st
It’s been the summer of 10-year anniversary love over here—since last fall, we’ve thrown something like seven parties in locations that span the globe, including Brooklyn, Barcelona, San Francisco, Los Angeles, to name a few.
Last month, we had Audion, Kate Simko, and Lusine in Berlin; and next week, on Friday, August 21st, we’re sending Kill Memory Crash, Solvent, Tycho, and more to Chicago (the “Berlin of the Midwest”? Sure.) for another 10-year anniversary party to remember. Details are in the gorgeous, ISO50-designed flyer above, and tickets and further info is below…
GHOSTLY 10: CHICAGO
Friday, August 21st (9pm, 21+)
The Empty Bottle
$15 advance / $20 door
featuring:
Kill Memory Crash
Solvent
Tycho
Dark Party
+ DJ set by Mike Servito
August 13 2009
STREAM: Audion's "Stoplight" Single
"Stoplight" is the fourth installment in Audion’s tantalizingly slow showcase of new tracks. And new it is—Audion has never been as spry as he is on “Stoplight,” which skips along like an adding machine in heat. Amid all the clicks and clatter, a bulbous bass melody lends a touch of funk, and Matthew Dear’s wild-eyed vocal sample sends tendrils of delay dancing into the night air. By theend, the hypnotic keyboards have faded, the beat sputters to a halt, and the listener is left in a spotty-eyed daze.
Audion is currently on tour with his dazzling live show, called "Hecatomb" - have a look at the video above for a little preview.
Download "Stoplight" from The Ghostly Store, and check out AUDION.ME for Audion news, tourdates, and media.
August 6 2009
LISTEN/DOWNLOAD: Deastro's "Toxic Crusaders" Remixes
The third single from Deastro’s Moondagger [the entirety of which streams here] harnesses Randolph Chabot’s positive outlook, hiding a humble plea for a better world inside a bright synth-rock anthem with macabre undertones. “Toxic Crusaders” envisions a world in which cyclops babies are born from broken families, the symbol of their sins etched in genetic mutation; Chabot plays the hopeful soothsayer, positioning himself as “a prophet of how things should be.” But while “Toxic Crusaders” features some of Deastro’s headier lyrical feats, musically it’s all muscle, featuring stutter-step guitars, blazing synthesizers, and hard-hitting drums, with an unforgettable whistle-while-you-work hook in the chorus.
STREAM: Deastro "Toxic Crusaders"
The single’s B-side is a remix by Bristol, UK’s Dave Edwards, aka Minotaur Shock. The gifted, 4AD-affiliated producer strips Deastro’s layered arrangement down to its skivvies and shines a spotlight on Chabot, whose voice gains grain and character against Edwards’ cut-up rhythms.
STREAM: Deastro "Toxic Crusaders (Minotaur Shock Remix)"
Van Benton’s remix of “Toxic Crusaders” is a blast of pop energy, as the Vancouver-based producer/sound designer coats the original with an electro-disco sheen. Randolph Chabot’s ringing chorus reaches new heights on the back of Van Benton’s buzzing synth bassline and mix-swallowing kick drums.
July 31 2009
STREAM: Audion's Newest, "It's Full of Blinding Light"
Audion's new It’s Full of Blinding Light EP begins with the title track, a playground game of kick-the-can gone horribly wrong. The beat—a polyrhythmic mishmash of clicks, clacks, and distant children’s voices—moves at a clip until a fleet of synthesizers swoop in, bombarding the track with wave after wave of brain-draining electronic noise. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, though, and by the time the track reaches its conclusion, “It’s Full of Blinding Light” shines like a New York City sunrise. “On My Way to the Center” closes things out in menacing style, honing its beef-slap kickdrum into a deadly weapon as the walls close in. Even though the vocal sample keeps repeating “on my way to the center,” Audion’s clearly got his sights set on the outer limits.
In the meantime, stream the title track right here:
Audion's currently on tour in Europe, slinging his new material as part of a dazzling live spectacle he's calling Hecatomb. Have a peek at his new website for tour updates, photos, video, and more.
July 24 2009
STREAM: Seth Troxler's "Hurt" Single
Incorrigible self-mythologizer Seth Troxler keeps his image and his music consistent, mixing sexpot rhythms, technological mastery, and batshit irreverence with a wink and a smirk.
“Hurt,” Troxler’s collaboration with Matthew Dear (from Troxler’s upcoming Panic, Stop. Repeat! 12”), brings out the best in both its eccentric producers. Troxler rubs bone-dry drum machines against his and Dear’s wispy, pitch-shifted murmurings of “hurt ya” (as well as something about “Huey Lewis in the rain”), a giant tribal drum, and a moment of sparse, jazzy keys. When Troxler and Dear put their heads together, the result is dance music distilled to its humid essence.
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