The Big Pink – new album – Future This – January 2012

The Big Pink return with a new album entitled Future This. Not much is known about the album just yet, a follow up to the duo’s debut album A Brief History of Love which contained still one of my favorite tracks ‘Velvet‘ which was self produced by The Big Pink and mixed by the one and only Alan Moulder. You can check out the video for the first single from Future This ‘Stay Gold‘, directed by Ollie Murray, below.

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Berlin Techno Documentary – Real Scenes Berlin Resident Advisor

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From The Take Away Shows:

“I was frustrated. Frustrated with years of playing in too many bands as both a drummer and a pianist, tired of the usual procedures, bored with the label talk… I set out to make music on my own. I dabbled in electronic music, but found it way too technical for my poor brain; I recorded solo multi-instrumentalist music, but left it aside after realising I’d never be able to play my songs live, unless I had a band…again.

It was only after having suffered a 48 hour workshift as a runner at the wrong electronic music festival, being bitten by hordes of African jellyfish on the Spanish coast and later driven home by a shaky ex-inmate, that the distress and sheer extremity of my physical condition allowed me to encounter my epiphany: make music without instruments…

I quickly recorded myself improvising and only after having pressed the Stop button did I realize this was the best music I had ever done. Soon, I bought myself a loop pedal and started to rehearse my new found vocal compositions in Madrid’s metro station of Tribunal. After that came the gigs, the album, the festivals…

Let’s quickly fast forward to three years later. A guy who calls himself Vincent Moon gets in touch and dares me to repeat the venture while roaming the streets of Barcelona, something to which I was initially reluctant to do, since the technical issues aroused by having to perform while walking made it look impossible. But it was this challenge, as well as the extremely tight deadline imposed (thanks Vincent…), that made me tick… Being used to my static food pedal connected to a PA system, I had to improvise and come up with a mobile setup of some sort. In came the handheld delay pedal, the cheap battery-operated amp and the microphone, all connected via my backpack: et voilá, the 21st century one man band.”

via Yours Truly

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.

An art show consisting of 100 records. Sonny Smith of Sonny & The Sunsets based 100 records on the fantasy of creating fictional records with fictional covers and band names. Sonny recorded real music for the pieces, which were done by over 90 different artist. The music was put into a jukebox built by Sonny and friends. Each record on the wall has a number which corresponds with its song on the jukebox. What a great idea, and fun topic to explore.