The Agency makes me happy! The video I selected does a good job expressing the reason why. Out of Paris France, The Agency is not your average indie rock band, but they do fit nicely in the pocket with any other critically acclaimed indie rockers. A high energy sound mixed with all the perfect gadgetry, which hits just when you think you’ve had enough. An escapade filled with lushes pop, and the moves and shakes to get you dancing. The Agency makes me smile, and I think they will do the same for you.
To put it simply Nuno Lupi is just a brilliant composer. His music is both breathtaking and skillful, blending the craft of sound with imagery seemlessly placed to expel the richness of performance. This weekly series is attempting to cross over the wide spectrum of musical brilliance our world has to offer. With this week’s choice I see that goal being fulfilled. We are excited to share and attempt to bring new listeners to Nuno Lupi from Lisboa, Portugal. His latest album Inner is available on Itunes and through Amazon.
Another groovy band graces the “Sleeper” series. ST is transmitting from Paris, France, and its blazing. For fans of Daft Punk without any doubt. This group solidifies the atmospherics of an intergalactic escapade. Highly Enjoyable!
Watching the video below was a wonderful way to start my morning. I have seen Andrew Bird Live a few times, and quite honestly I can’t think of a more impressive performer. Similar to Bird, Language of Kings serves up the same quality. Using a loop pedal looks like a bundle of fun, and Language nails it. Setting aside the way in which the sounds are being recorded, the music is good, its exceptionally good. As the minutes role I continue to hear Jon Brion, who does wonderful Motion Picture Score work. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind kept popping in my head, especially on the tune “Uprooting the Flora.” The images that swoon through the quirks behind my eyes are whimsical and sublime. I really dig Language of Kings AKA Mustafa Shaheen.
From Language of Kings MySpace Bio: ”I’m just an instrumentalist who writes lyrics every now and then. I like to experiment with the texture of tones and timbres and my heart has a deep romance with folk. I started playing drums in 2003 and since then, I’ve been learning as many instruments as I can. Through the magic art of capturing sound known as recording, I’ve been able to layer instrument upon instrument to create what you hear now. It’s a challenging process to be inventive but it’s also loads of fun. All I ask for is to please put on your headphones.”
When the wind swirls the sand through the triangles in the sky, the background on the walk toward that image is Lonely London Lad. A mysterious psychedelic escapade baring visual fruits to the minds while it trips over and over again. If you enjoy the journey which takes you away from realities into the subconscious, Lonely London Lad is the band for you. Its an experimental piece of work mixed with rock, and electronic blossoms – delightful, dark, and profound.
You can purchase, or listen to clips of their double self titled record, and their newest release called Foaming at the Mouth, along with a variety of super groovy swag here – they have it all.
Enthinecreates wonderful electronic music, not far removed from the realm of Motion Picture score. Enthine’smusic is indeed from the mind of an intellectually wonkish producer.
For those of us who enjoy ambient, trip-hop, electronic, and experimental music.
Enthine is an electronic music project from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2007 by Adrián Vaccaro (b. 1987). His music can be characterized as downtempo/electronic with influences of ambient, chill-out and jazz fused together with experimental math matrices. The first Enthine’s album is called ‘Staregaze’ and it’s a completely independent work. It was recorded between June 2007 and September 2008, and released on November 2008 (Enthine’s Bio).
Like a warm sweater on a cold winters day,Kashmere Hakimserves our needs. The gracious voice, and pluck of string, feathers the wind through the parallels of paradise.
So, pick up your favorite read, and your most delicious cup of tea. Sit back to this gracious range of falling flakes, on tracks in the smallest corners of the end. Be still with the windows, the creaks of an old house, a distant water drip, and the textures of a loved one. These tunes suffice, these tunes rejoice, these songs sing out to me, and should to you.
Hear Hums are nothing, if not a visually complex DIY band. Their tunes have enough grace to represent the light twinkling through the trees on an afternoon drive. But also enough raw noise to be the stiff bark of an old tree, within a dark city. Visual descriptions aside, Hear Hums is a band worth checking out. They give us the right amount of twists and turns, and will indeed please an experimental ear. For fans of Animal Collective, Mystic Chords of Memory, Do Make Say Think, and Broken Social Scene’s Feel Good Lost.
Stream the entire album by clicking the cover art.
Hear Hums are out of Savannah Georgia and West Palm Beach Florida. There album is titled Notions Shift at Tryptamine Bay.
A brief Bio provided by the bands Myspace Music Page reads, ”Hear Hums is an experimental/visual indie band started by Mitchell Myers in West Palm Beach, Florida. Notions Shift At Tryptamine Bay—the debut album—was recorded by Mitch in a spare bedroom of his parents’ house and released April 17th, 2009. Marcos Gasc and Kenzie Cooke joined in February 2009 after performing a completely improv ambient set at an art show with Mitch.”
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