Craving by Sculptures.

British techno icon Regis continues his journey into experimental indie rock with his Downwards record label. Another Tropic of Cancer release entitled “Be Brave” including a remix by Richard H Kirk.

Artist:	TROPIC OF CANCER
Title:	Be Brave
Label:	Downwards
Cat:	DO 8
Format:	limited clear vinyl 10″
Released:	7 March, 2011
Genre:	Rock/Indie

For Fünf, a 2xCD compilation celebrating the 5th anniversary of Ostgut Ton, the label asked some core artists to contribute tracks specially made for the comp. The label is home to heavy weight artists Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann and Shed (amongst others). Ostgut Ton, managed by Nick Höppner and official label of Berlin’s Berghain and Panorama Bar, took the concept of melting the club and label a step further by asking British artist Emika to collect field recordings sourced from Berghain for artists to use on their exclusive tracks for the Fünf compilation. Tracks were created forging the club sourced field recordings from the previously mentioned artists as well as Tama Sumo, Marcel Fengler, Norman Nodge, Prosumer, Soundstream, Luke Slater and Dinky.

Fünf is due to release next week and you can stream three of the tracks from Shed, Fiedel (1/2 of MMM) and Len Faki via FACT.

Stream the new album The Traveller from one of techno’s most challenging and distinguishing producers, Shed. Due to be released on August 30 by Ostgut Ton, The Traveller is the follow-up to Shed’s hugely acclaimed 2008 debut, Shedding The Past.

Shed: The Traveller by factmag

Panda Bear (a.k.a. Noah Lennox) from Animal Collective has his new solo release out tomorrow in the form of a 7″ single limited edition vinyl. The 7″, a precursor to the full length album Tomboy, includes the title track ‘Tomboy’ and the B-side includes ‘Slow Motion.’ You can hear the tracks before you order at the Hype Machine. ‘Tomboy’ here, and ‘Slow Motion’ here.

Preorder ‘Tomboy’ (Limited Edition) 7″ Single

It looks like you can also get Tomboy [+digital booklet] in MP3 Format

Preview Tricky’s new spy detective Peter Gun theme influenced track, ‘Murder Weapon’, from upcoming album, Mixed Race (9/27/10); his latest effort since Knowle West Boy two years ago.

Tricky – Murder Weapon by DominoRecordCo

Wavves has a new album entitled, King of the Beach. The new album includes Wavves frontman, Nathan Williams, and a new backing band, formally Jay Reatard’s ex-band. You can get King of the Beach on iTunes today, with the physical release on August 3. Meanwhile Stream the entire album for free now.

This new effort from Wavves definitely has a more polished sound, which Nathan has been gradually moving towards since Wavves inception. On one hand the clarity in music is welcomed, on the other… much of the fun, raw distortion and antics that drew me to his music has been sucked out, the bedroom being replaced by the studio… hopefully the soul of the music will not be replaced as well.

Preorder Wavves, King Of The Beach

Marcel Dettmann is one of the supporting pillars of the Berghain sound: Powerful, sexy and knowledgeable in the right sense. One could also say he knows his edutainment. Since 1999 Marcel is and has been a steady fixture at both the old OstGut and the new Berghain. The classic sounds of Chicago and Detroit have had a huge influence on him, but Marcel also says that “the music and the sets have to work, should have a soul and be ignorant of boundaries. I re-invent my DJ philosophy for every new set, location and night. Generally, it is very important to me to play as varied as possible sets fusing classic tracks with the contemporary ones.” Besides his DJ activities, Marcel also works at Berlin’s highly influential record store Hardwax. The store’s excellent musical portfolio provides Dettmann with a constant inspiration for his upcoming projects. “Music always works in a certain context at a certain time, or it doesn’t. There still are a lot of interesting, very varied artists and labels releasing loads of good stuff, be it classic or experimental.”

You can now stream then entire upcoming album from LCD Soundsystem, This is Happening at their website. Set to release on May 18th US.

Stream LCD Soundsystem, This is Happening