Iceland‘s musical nymph BJÖRK released her, critically
lauded, 10th longplayer, named FOSSORA last September.
The 2nd single off the album, titled OVULE got a remix by Irish-Scottish
producer Sega Bodega and features, along Björk, vocals by R&B artist SHYGIRL.
Björk: “It has been so nourishing sharing music with shy and sega, soooo honoured
to be in their hands !! And in this remix admiring sega exploring chill-bassdrum-gabba,
and a thrill seeing shy diving into my lyrics and taking it to a new place.”
Last year London‘s one-man underground techno maniac LEG PUPPY introduced
phantom JOHNNY PIGMAN, a wasted lowlife with wasted dreams who got lost in a motorized electro-punk-house race and was feared as The Divine Johnny along his
non-stop hallucinatory crusade.
Band: THE PULL OF AUTUMN Who: The art-rock collective of Rhode Island musician Daniel Darrow,
from 80s post-punk group Johanna’s House Of Glamour. working
constantly with other notable artists.
FFO: Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Brian Eno, Popol Vuh,
The Velvet Underground, LCD Soundsystem
Last month the released his intriguing 4th album Beautiful Broken World
(stream/buy below). An odyssey to the dark side of the mind, featuring multiple
guests.
The impressive album artwork
Today sees the launch of a new video for FUNHOUSE, one of the highlights off the album. It features Luke ‘Skyscraper’ James. The song is about rural communities’ historic wait for the circus-carnival to come to town.
Funhouse sounds like a track from a secret solo Syd Barrett album. Yes, the mentally disturbed genius of the early Pink Floyd days. Folkish psychedelia for the midnight hours. Otherwordly and chilling.
Artist: SWEET BABOO Who: The musical moniker of
Welsh songsmith Stephen Black.
New single/clip: THE WORRY
4th shared track of his upcoming 7th longplayer, his
first in 5 years, titled The Wreckage. Out 27th January.
Pre-order info here.
“The songs-and-storytime innocence of classic children’s television fingerpaints primary colours over ‘The Worry’. A painstakingly constructed ode to joy and a harder-than-it-looks experiment in the most direct of direct songwriting. The single’s gamboling rally against letting negative thoughts creep in is sung with abundant, crayon-drawn, crepe-paper and sticky-backed plastic heart, from parent to child, while inviting grown-ups to practice what they preach.”
Black: “This is the oldest song on the album and, although it’s kind of like a throwaway kids’ tune, it took me a long time to get the lyrics right. I wanted the lyrics to be as direct as possible. No trimmings. I think it’s me telling either myself, or my son, or both that there’s no need to worry. Like a mantra. I think that’s easier said than done. In my mind the Rainbow theme tune was inspiration.”
TUTV: This nursery rhyme feels so universal. A parent going back to its own childhood while singing an everything is gonna be fine lullaby to his kid. The Worry is frisky fun and makes sepia-colored images from the past pop-up on your mind’s TV screen. The laid-back melodiousness of the song and its musical orchestration, including jolly piano play and jaunty trombone fragments, make for a sing/whistle/hum along jingle while you can watch the fantasy inspired video clip.
Had to get the train
From Potsdamer platz
You never knew that
That I could do that
Just walking the dead
Sitting in the Dschungel
On Nürnberger Strasse
A man lost in time near KaDeWe
Just walking the dead
Sitting in the Dschungel
On Nürnberger Strasse
A man lost in time
Near KaDeWe
Just walking the dead
Where are we now?
Where are we now?
The moment you know
You know, you know
20, 000 people
Cross Bösebrücke
Fingers are crossed
Just in case
Walking the dead
Where are we now?
Where are we now?
The moment you know
You know, you know
As long as there’s sun
As long as there’s sun
As long as there’s rain
As long as there’s rain
As long as there’s fire
As long as there’s fire
As long as there’s me
As long as there’s you
Last year Athens synth pop duo PARADOX OBSCUR – Kriistal Ann and Toxic Razor – released their 5th album MORPHOGENESIS. A swirling electro-pop opus for scintillating disco floors. You can stream/buy it below via Bandcamp.
They open 2023 with a glass of champagne and a rapid-eye-movement video clip for the instrumental piece, titled MONOCLE off the album. A nightclub stomper bringing legends Kraftwerk to mind with its crystal synth-sparks, but far more dancier than those German models. A fitting Saturday Night Fever tune for party people.
French disco-punk legends DAFT PUNK– Thomas Bangalter and
Guy-Manuel 4de Homem-Christo – who called it a day last year after
18 years and 4 albums, are diving into their archives now and then
to keep their fanatic fans happy. They even joined TikTok recently to
upload rare stuff.
Band: LUNAR TWIN Who: A dreamwave duo from Hawai/Salt Lake City formed in 2013 that
explore “space- and time theories, nature and culture. Their music connects
with the lyrical themes through spacey soundscapes with use of guitar reverbs,
electronics and nature sounds.”
It follows the lead single Beyond The Sun from their upcoming album Aurora,
which comes our way on 1 February 2023. Pre-order (digital album) info: here.
Android Dreams is a superb piece of synth symphonic splendor, taking you
on a titillating trip in your mind far away from our grim reality. Spellbinding.
The video was made by Frances Campbell a fan of the group with her re-filming and creating collages out of creative common and fair use footage of Robby Mueller‘s works
as an educational tribute to him. She felt like the band’s music was cinematic in nature
and would be a suitable pairing. When the duo saw the video they were very moved and agreed to let her add footage of the band performing with music to complete this tribute.
“Really random things seem to happen to us folks we have never met sending us such a cool video out of the blue wanting to collaborate with us for this tribute video. I Love the imagery
I have swept away in memories watching the collage Ms Campbell assembled“ .
