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Fat Possum is set to release the brand new album from Wavves (pre-order) on August 3rd called King of the Beach! Check out the interview with the band, and some live footage of them performing.

The new live electronic performance from Richie Hawtin, Plastikman Live, will be appearing at this years Movement 2010 (Detroit Electronic Music Fest, aka DEMF). The performance in Detroit will be one of a handful of dates that will form the first Plastikman Live world tour. The tour, which plans to take Hawtin’s already technologically advanced performances to the next level with the combination of visual art and interaction, debuts at the Timewarp festival on March 27th, 2010. Hawtin plans to put his experience with experimentation to use by taking what he has learned from past audio-visual-interactive shows (Plastikman @ Mutek ’04, Timewarp ’05-07, Contakt ’08) and combining them into a condensed one hour performance. The tour sets will be a reinterpretation of all Plastikman material from Sheetone to Closer in an attempt to recapture the essence of  the infamous early Plastikman parties in Detroit. An excellent addition to the 10 year anniversary of Movement, Detroit’s Electronic Music Festival.

There’s a brand new, epic 11 minute track from The Knife, in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, available for a free download. The track is plucked from the stereo version of Tomorrow, In a Year, due out March 1st. Tomorrow… is a dive into a next phase of artistic expression for the Knife. The project is actually an ‘electro-opera’ based on the world seen through the eyes of Charles Darwin. The Knife’s intriguing alternative, pop-style music is combined with visuals from theatre production company Hotel Pro Formas to create this new species of performance theater.

“Colouring of Pigeons” from the studio version of Tomorrow, In a Year. (click to listen, right-click to download)

Here’s a clip from the electro-opera performance. A bit weird but fascinating. An amazing way to expand your creative horizons.