I have to admit that I have been mesmerised by the latest Tortoise album, “Beacons of Ancestorship” (their sixth). Its their first release in five years and it goes off like a bomb. At heart an indie outfit the band cross genres with reckless abandon, from Jazz to Rock, Punk to Hip Hop, Dub [...]
TAKE (aka Sweatson Klank) is on Pooh Bah records hails from the LA beat scene. He released his debut album a couple of years ago and has put out numerous singles and 12′ over the years. Recently he has done remix work for artists such as Flying Lotus. He played in the Bimhuis last summer [...]
This morning when I was reading about the latest release from Bristol’s Joker I realized that that I had not yet written a recommendation for his upcoming gig. 19 year old Joker is on the Hyperdub label which should be enough of a clue to hint at the diversity and quality of his music.
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photo by Uli Loskot
Dan Deacon is a sonic storm. Its hard to believe that some this music is created by just one man. This was our top live music pick for Amsterdam next month, until we found out from the venue that he would not have his full band for the Amsterdam gig. However he [...]
Flying Lotus live
The Brainfeeder & Viral Radio party went off like a bomb at Trouw on Friday night. The Gaslamp Killer gave us a blistering Serato DJ set. The man was a manic ball of energy reminiscent of the Tasmanian devil from the Looney Tunes cartoons. He rushed about with such a verbent energy that [...]
On Thursday night we were treated to an evening of exquisite music. During the performance of Jóhann Jóhannsson and his band/ensemble you could literally hear a pin drop in the packed out Kleine Zaal of the Melkweg. At times the music is very quiet, so quiet in fact that I could not take many pictures [...]
Holy Fuck are an indie dance/electronica band from Toronto Canada and with a name like that you would expect an act who are lots of fun. With two drummers and a bass player the band plays electronica without the use of backing tracks, sequences etc. This is by no means an original format, as bands [...]
Jóhann Jóhannsson is a composer and producer from Reykjavík in Iceland and makes neo-classical ambient music that is evocative of icy Scandinavian landscapes. His 2006 album ‘IBM 1401 - A Users Manual’ featured heavily on my playlist and is one of the most interesting ambient albums that I have heard in some time. [...]
Photo by Tim Saccenti
This gig has already been and gone, you can find a review here.
Flying Lotus is a producer from Los Angeles. He produced one of my favorite albums of 2008 (Los Angeles) and his excellent EP ‘Shhh!’ has been vibrating my speakers a lot recently. He unfortunately had to cancel his world [...]