pilole 2013 aprile/maggio

APRILE 2013	MAGGIO 2013
BONOBO "North borders" The North Borders is the fifth studio album from iconic Ninja Tune artist Bonobo. Rich urban electronica and subtle chamber-pop from the Brighton stayer and appearances from Grey Reverend (Cinematic Orchestra) and Erykah Badu. [ file under: nu jazz ]		!!! (CHK CHK CHK) "Thr!!!er" "Over the course of many long van rides and post-coffee verbal riff sessions", guitarist Mario Andreoni explains, "Thriller didn't merely represent the selling of a lot of records...it became synonymous with an artist(s) and/or genre(s) artistic high-water mark. INXS' Kick is the Australian Thriller, Alanis's Jagged Little Pill is the Canadian Thriller, Whams Make It Big is the blow-dryer's Thriller... [ file under: indie party ]
DAUGHTER "If you leave" Daughter is a London-based trio consisting of Elena Tonra (vocals, guitar), Igor Haefeli (guitar) and Remi Aguilella (percussion). If You Leave is Daughter’s debut album. Recorded over a period of months at home and in various spaces around London, it was produced by Igor with additional production from Rodhaidh McDonald (The xx, Adele) and Jolyon Vaughan Thomas, and mixed by Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, M83) at High Bank Studios. [ file under: nu 'gaze ]		APRIL MARCH "April March and Aquaserge" There are great albums, then there are records that take you somewhere. In the case of April March and Aquaserge, it's to a '60s Paris brimming with style,spirit and seduction. It's a slow kiss amid the hustle and bustle of a Belleville patisserie, the final chapters of a Ginsberg novel read crisping in the sun on the banks of the Seine, a wine-soaked night chasing shadows down the cobbled streets of Place de la Bastille. [ file under: nouvelle vague ]
FLAMING LIPS "The terror" The Terror is the thirteenth studio album by experimental rock band The Flaming Lips, released on Warner Bros in the U.S. and Bella Union in the U.K. Lead vocalist Wayne Coyne described the album's general idea in a press release: "We want, or wanted, to believe that without love we would disappear, that love, somehow, would save us that, yeah, if we have love, give love and know love, we are truly alive and if there is no love, there would be no life. The Terror is, we know now, that even without love, life goes on... we just go on… there is no mercy killing." [ file under: american psycho ]		BIBIO "Silver Wilkinson" 2013 release, the first new music in two years from one of Warp's most highly respected young artists. Bibio strived for what could be called a panoramic filmic sound. A combination of what he'd already learned from the past and what he still wanted to achieve. From this mixture of years of experience and exploration of new sounds results a meditative and mature album. [ file under: poppy warp ]
KNIFE "Shaking the habitual" The Knife unveil Shaking The Habitual their first studio album since Silent Shout. Shaking the Habitual takes its title from a Michel Foucault quote. The album is inspired by the duo's readings in feminist and queer theory, while discussing environmentalism and structuralism. [ file under: transgressions ]		KARL HYDE "Edgeland" The debut solo album for the Underworld co-founder is less electronic than his partnership with Rick Smith. Limited edition Cd + DVD. [ file under: underworld ]
LOW "Invisible way" How is this different from any other Low record? - Mimi sings lead on five of the eleven songs (she usually only does one or two, despite being a fan favorite). - Piano, lots of piano... and an acoustic guitar. - Songs about intimacy, the drug war, the class war, plain old war war, archeology, and love. [ file under: american indie ]		JAGA JAZZIST "Live with Britten Sinfonia" Live album capturing Jaga Jazzist on stage at The Barbican with the Britten Sinfonia. The goateed attack of opener ‘One-Armed Bandit’ is such that you could be listening to Nucleus or Centipede or one of those woolly 70s British fusion groups, with due prominence given to proggy electric guitar, fuzz bass, flutes and vibes. [ file under: contemporary ]
MARSEN JULES "Endless change of colour" Glacial and iridescent, microtonal drone work for fans of Stephan Mathieu from the wonderful Marsen Jules, delivering his first full-length for 12k**, Marsen Jules’ latest work is a generative music piece upon a single phrase of an old jazz record split into three audio streams. [ file under: ambient 12k ]		JUNIP "S/t" Junip was formed in Gothenburg, Sweden, in the late '90s by José González (guitar, vocals), Elias Araya (drums) and Tobias Winterkorn (organ, moog). This is the trio s sophomore self-titled release, which builds on the band s critically acclaimed debut album Fields (2010). [ file under: folktronica ]
MY BLOODY VALENTINE "MBV" MBV (stylised as m b v) is the third studio album by the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, released on 2 February 2013 on Pickpocket Records. Produced by the band's vocalist and guitarist Kevin Shields, MBV was the band's first full-length release of original material since Loveless (1991). Stop. [ file under: shoegaze ]		LOCUST "You'll be safe forever" First Locust record in 12 years! Mark Van Hoen, who made a string of influential releases as Locust on R&S records in the 1990's, all but retired the alias at the end of that decade. The record showcases prime examples of Van Hoen's compulsively hypnotic beats and abstracted pop vocals—already hallmarks of his collected work since 1993—manipulating a global variety of samples in Celemony's Melodyne software to weave a unique sonic tapestry, as inviting as it is intricate. [ file under: electronica ]
PHOENIX "Bankrupt!" New album from the amazing French pop band! Phoenix bought the recording console used to record Michael Jackson's Thriller to make this album. The deluxe CD comes with bonus disc of the Bankrupt Diaries (71 sketches from the Bankrupt Sessions). [ file under: french band ]		MISS KITTIN "Calling from the stars" Her third solo album, Calling From The Stars, offers the deepest view yet into the soul of the multi-talented Caroline Hervé. The result of this freedom is Kittin's most personal album to date. This newly found maturity is evident across disc one, with themes of loss (Night Of Life), melancholy (Tears Like Kisses), love (Eleven) and confidence (What To Wear) explored over brooding electronic soundscapes. [ file under: dj kicks ]
RHYE "Woman" Rhye release their debut album Woman to much applause. A lot of mystery surrounded Rhye before their identity was discovered. Was it a solo act, a duo or a band? And they almost definitely had a lead female vocalist, one that sort of had the poise of Jessie Ware and the more timid front of Romy from The XX. But no, there is no leading lady involved in Rhye's music. It's Toronto-born producer Milosh who lends his gentle Falsetto tone to the 10-track album. [ file under: new soul ]		PAN AMERICAN "Cloud room, glass room" With percussionist extraordinaire Steven Hess now a full fledged member, Mark Nelson and Pan•American deliver their first new album since White Bird Release from 2009. This collection of new sounds began with the duo rehearsing for a series of shows in southern europe in late 2011 and early 2012, the songs written together as a group to be played live. [ file under: post-rock ]
SALLY SHAPIRO "Somewhere else" Shapiro grew up listening to Swedish pop and disco and the band was influenced by Eurobeat and Italo disco. Somewhere else is her third album on Paper Bag Records. [ file under: italo disco ]		SAVAGES "Silence yourself" Savages are: Ayse Hassan (bass), Fay Milton (drums), Gemma Thompson (guitar) and Jehnny Beth (vocals). Clocking in at 38 minutes, Silence Yourself opens with an excerpt from the John Cassavetes film Opening Night and features new recordings of Husbands, I Am Here and City’s Full. [ file under: post-punk ]
TETINE "In loveland with you" Tetine are Brazilian artist/musicians Bruno Verner and Eliete Mejorado from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Based in Hackney (East London) since 2000, the duo have created a multitude of music, performance art and films - including art projects, community and street actions around the area. In Loveland With You is Tetine's fourth album to be released in the UK and Europe. [ file under: electro beat ]		[ OLDIES BUT GOODIES ]
TRUS'ME "Treat me right" Treat Me Right, a new album from Trus'me. It's his first album in 3 years and to a certain extent marks a change in direction from the predecessors, Working Nights& In The Red. [ file under: electro house ]		CORDUROY "Very yeah/Complete compositions 1992-1996" 4 CD box set boasting all three studio albums from their time with Acid Jazz: Dad Man Cat (1992), High Havoc (1993) and Out Of Here (1994). Also included is the belatedly released live album Quattro, captured during the band’s tour of Japan in 1994. Each album is housed in a cute replica card sleeve within a stylish box set, which also sports a 16-page booklet featuring rare photos and new sleeve-notes from Corduroy bassist Rich Searle. In total 22 non-album tracks and the singles: Something In My Eye, The Frighteners, Mini and their funky rewrite of Lemmy’s old Hawkwind classic Motorhead. [ file under: acid jazz ]
VECTOR LOVERS "Iphonica" Given that Martin Wheeler created and recorded iPhonica on a smart phone, using just Sennheiser HD 25 headphones and Blip Interactive's Nanostudio app, it could very well be remembered as -that iPhone album-. [ file under: deepest house ]		ELECTRONIC "S/t" Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr's debut album as Electronic gets the deluxe treatment with this expanded 2CD special edition. The release features the original album (remastered) plus a 2nd disc of rarities including 8 previously unreleased tracks of alternate versions, edits & instrumentals. [ file under: madchester ]
WIRE "Change become us" "We can now reveal part of the reason for the low number of performances in 2012 was to facilitate the recording of the next Wire album, Change Becomes Us, released on March 25, 2013. Change Becomes Us began as an exploration of unrecorded material originally written in 1979–80. [ file under: old new wave ]		RIP RIG + PANIC "God" Named after a Roland Kirk album, Rip Rig + Panic were one of the most exciting bandsof the 1980s, fusing funk, jazz, punk and world music influences into a unique whole. With lead singer Neneh Cherry, the band recorded three albums for Virgin Records which have never been legitimately available on Cd. All three LPs are now remastered from the original master tapes with a raft of bonus tracks taken from non-album singles. Original band members Gareth Sager (ex-Pop Group) and Mark Springer are involved with these releases, with the blessing of Neneh Cherry and (current PiL) drummer Bruce Smith. [ file under: white jazz funk ]