Last week I went on holiday by night train and listened to a few excellent recordings which I would like to share with you.
While Karin Dreijer was busy creating and promoting one of the best albums of 2009 with her solo project Fever Ray and scaring people with public apperances like this:
… her brother Olof creates music which sounds like “steep, rugged canyons, painted rock minarets, desert vistas framed by blooming wildflowers, soaring raptors and singing canyon wrens on the wildest remaining rivers” under the alias Oni Ayhun. So far, three records have been released,of which all have sold out in a very short time. Fortunately, there is a live recording of one of his live shows over at mnml ssgs.
The same blog also brought us a mix by Levon Vincent, who, in my humble opinion, created the most outstanding house records of 2009. For example this one:
Speaking of outstanding house music, Culoe De Song comes to my mind. There is a review of his debut album on Resident Advisor but taking a closer look at the tracklist it appears to be rather a compilation of released tracks, remixes and forthcoming material. There is a podcast mixed by Culoe De Song which provides an insight into the album which can be downloaded here. Besides two physical releases on Innervisions and Mule there are digital releases on the South African label Soulistic Music that can be bought via the AFROdesiaMP3 web shop.
As I rode deeper into the night I put on a live recording of Miracles Club out of Portland/Oregon. I found this at Linger & Quiets’ blog and if you like Black Meteoric Star you’ll love this! You can download it here. There is a 12″ and an album coming from these two respectively later in the year.
After those tasty synths I was craving for more so I put on Synth Summer by JD Twitch of Optimo. They have recently relaunched their website and it’s definitely worth a look or two or three…
I should have fallen asleep by now but as you might know from your own experience, there’s always someone who snores at night trains. What I was longing for now was machine driven sub-bass to cover those annoying human sounds. Plus, something to match the state of transcendency I was in by now.
This is it! The first mix CD released in conjuction with the SUB:STANCE party at Berghain. Don’t expect classic dubstep though (if that even exists…), to my ears it’s just music. Beautiful bass music. Due to a lack of words describing it more precisely I leave that to the people at Ostgut Ton and hopefully leave you with the urge to preview and buy the mix at Hardwax.
I’m off to Berghain to enjoy Detroit’s sexiest mutha fucka Moodymann tonight. Have a good weekend!