Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Beach House & K-X-P Added To Flow Festival’s Lineup

Flow Festival, based in Helsinki have dropped their latest line-up, which includes legendary post rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. One of rock’s most emotive collectives returned this October after nearly a decade in hiatus with album ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!’ which proved that its uncompromising but atmospheric expression was still the best in its genre.The band’s ever-ambitious visual displays will be in full force at Flow, where a film will be looping with the force of four 16 mm projectors.

Also added are dream pop duo Beach House, one of the most successful indie acts in recent years,  their last two albums ‘Teen Dream’and ‘Bloom’ for the legendary Sub Pop label saw them perfecting  their misty sound and scored them fans across the globe. Next up are critically acclaimed electro Finnish act K-X-P who are setting the international standard of indie psychedelia.

The latest line-up will be joined by the already announced Kraftwerk, The Knife, Kendrick Lamar, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Solange, AlunaGeorge, Disclosure, Haim, Mykki Blanco, afro beat hero Ebo Taylor, Karenn, Maya Jane Coles, Todd Terje, Azealia Banks, Finnish electro outfit Sarah Kivi & Non Orchestra and Goat at Helsinki’s historic Suvilahti - a disused powerplant built at the turn of the century this August.

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Masterpiece mixed by Andrew Weatherall

Andrew Weatherall is to electronic music what James Brown is to soul. The master of reinvention, the humble godfather and a true leader of our time, this quintessential gentlemen cares so little about following he is light years ahead of the pack. Now he digs deep to share his influences from across the ages for the special Masterpiece series, spanning three discs of inspirational treasures.

Following the likes of Gilles Peterson and Francois K, Masterpiece brings you legends from the world of music. Who else could join the dots between styles so vast a resume as acid house, rockabilly, electronica, techno, post punk, deep house and countless unclassifiable rare cuts than the man who has been collecting records for over three decades with no regard for their origin or trends.

A campaign started by his army of fans to crown him the new John Peeland award him his own BBC Radio show had the media in a spin to support it. That’s because Weatherall is a maverick, never a people pleaser he has made many an unpopular choice during his thirty plus year career, but he stands by them and for that he has been crowned the ultimate music selector and king of the dancefloor.

His colourful past is an entangled mess of flirtations with the underground and the elite. Early involvement at London’s first acid house club Shoom, remixing rock stars such as Bjork, Friendly Fires, My Bloody Valentine, Happy Mondays, and not to forget the illustrious production of Primal Scream’s landmark early 90s album ‘Screamadelica’ has been offset with regular experimental triumphs as Two Lone Swordsman, Sabres of Paradise and others as Weatherall humbly shies away from the limelight and is beckoned into the sub-terrain to develop the dark sounds he has become known and respected for.

Predictably it’s impossible to classify the material Weatherall has picked for Masterpiece. From The Horrors to Kasper Bjorke, Tornado Wallace to Cut Copy, and Todd Terje to Toddla T, each disc showcases his unique ability to veer between styles and never quite be noticed. Heavily peppered with his own edits and remixes, it’s an honest representation of his imaginative and unpredictable take on a sound that spans generations.

Opening aptly with ‘A Love From Outer Space’, an ode to the heart of this project, the name is also the title of his eclectic all night party alongside Sean Johnston that started in 2010 and became a cult night now found at festivals and clubs worldwide. The aim was to slow things down and never knowingly exceed 122bpm, working through spaced out treats, proto-house, industrial, rare dubs and and slo-mo beats.

The result is seductive and addictive, a must-have for train-spotters and a door opener for the newly converted. But most of all finally marks down the vision of one of the greatest musical innovators of our time.

Label: Ministry Of Sound
Cat no: MOSCD287
Web: www.ministryofsound.com
Distribution: Various
Released: Monday May 14th, 2012

Tracklist

1. The Asphodells ‘A Love From Outer Space’
2. Grinderman ‘Heathen Child’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
3. Timothy J.Fairplay ‘Sleighride’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
4. The Asphodells ‘Lost Cities’
5. Hardway Brothers ‘Mania’s Theme’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
6. Kalidasa ‘Burstin’ Through’
7. Craig Batley ‘Birdshell’
8. Apiento ‘The Orange Place’
9. Chida ‘Danca’
10. The Horrors ‘Wild Eyed’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
11. Wooden Shjips ‘Crossing’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
12. Walls ‘Into Our Midst‘
13. Timothy J.Fairplay ‘The Final Reel’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
14. Scott Fraser ‘A Life Of Silence’
15. Mario Vierra ‘Cosmic Matter’
16. Kasper Bjorke ‘Man From Venice’
17. Bonar Bradberry ‘You Were Away (Space Ranger Hypno Mix)
18. Rudy’s Midnight Machine ‘Ecstatic Love Machine’
19. Midnight Savari ‘Phantom Galaction’
20. Tornado Wallace ‘Insect Overlords’
21. Sons And Daughters ‘Orion’ (Emperor Machine Remix)
22. Cut Copy ‘Sun Gold’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
23. Bogdan Irkuk a.k.a. Bulgari ‘My Weakness’ (Prins Thomas Discomiks)
24. Copyshop ‘Lipps’ (Pete Herbert Dub)
25. Pacific Horizons ‘Stealing The Fire From Heaven’
26. The Subs ‘Decontrol’ (Aquarius Heaven Remix)
27. Black Light Smoke ‘Switchback’
28. Soft Rocks ‘Magic Mikk’
29. Martin Brodin ‘Badabing’ (Diskjokker Remix)
30. Ajello ‘Crystal Babe’
31. Name In Lights ‘Ur Oskunni’
32. Brioski ‘Radio Anatomy’ (Emperor Machine Remix)
33. Toddla T ‘Watch Me Dance’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
34. Todd Terje ‘Ragyshe’
35. Primal Scream ‘Uptown’ (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
36. A.R. Kane ‘A Love From Outer Space’

TOUR DATES
12.04.12 ALFOS @ Berkeley Suite, Glasgow
14.04.12 ALFOS @ The Tunnel, Milan
20.04.12 ALFOS @ Audio, Brighton
21.04.12 Rave On, Annecy, France
27.04.12 La Machine, Paris, France
28.04.12 The Sub Club, Glasgow
04.05.12 ALFOS @ Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
05.05.12 The Rocking Chair, Switzerland
12.05.12 Plissken festival, Athens, Greece
18.05.12 Bikini, Toulouse, France
19.05.12 Spring festival, Graz, Austria
25.05.12 Robert Johnson, Frankfurt, Germany
26.05.12 Panorama Bar, Berlin, Germany
01.06.12 Distortion festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
17.06.12 Lovebox festival. London
17.07.12 Electric Elephant festival, Croatia
21.07.12 Port Eliot Literary festival, Cornwall
28.07.12 ALFOS @ Dex, London
05.08.12 Les Electros D´Uzes
31.08.12 ALFOS @ Menagerie, Belfast
06.09.12 Dimensions festival, Pula, Croatia

Roxy Music – Love is The Drug (Todd Terje Remix) – Official Video

Following on from a series of hugely popular 12″ remixes of Bryan Ferry tracks in 2011 comes an exclusive Roxy Music remix 12″ vinyl.

Featuring an absolutely essential, epic remix by man-of-the-moment Todd Terje, whose edit of Roxy’s ‘Love Is The Drug’ gives the 1975 classic a contemporary club twist and is a must-have for anyone who snapped up Terje’s recent remix of Bryan Ferry’s ‘Alphaville’.

On the flipside is an equally essential version by dub-disco doyens Lindstrom and Prins Thomas, whose Balearic-style reworking of Roxy’s ‘Avalon’ is a hypnotic masterstroke in dance music dynamics.

Hand crafted by The Vinyl Factory on 180-gram heavweight vinyl, the 12″ features exclusive cover, inner sleeve and label artwork based on the iconic originals.

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TODD TERJE – Inspector Norse(Stream)

Norwegian DJ/producer Todd Terje will release the EP It’s the Arps on January 16 internationally and January 17 in North America via Terje’s new Olsen imprint on Smalltown Supersound. More Info +Free Download Track HERE

Todd Terje Announces New EP+free download

Norwegian DJ/producer Todd Terje will release the EP It’s the Arps on January 16 internationally and January 17 in North America via Terje’s new Olsen imprint on Smalltown Supersound. The tracks on the EP were made using the analog synthesizer the ARP2600 (hence the EP’s title).

Find the tracklist below, and above, listen to “Swing Star pt 1″.

It’s the Arps EP:

01 Inspector Norse
02 Myggsommer
03 Swing Star pt 1 (Listen/Download) via (pitchfork)
04 Swing Star pt 2

 

Lindstrøm – Six Cups Of Rebel out February 6th, 2012 +free download

With the latest album from dance producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm,Norway’s latest entry in the space race has been launched
out of the wooded outskirts of Oslo. Six Cups Of Rebel, Lindstrøm’s fourth solo album, is a super-sized cosmic disco rocket that burns up a galaxy of eclectic influences in its wake, from Bach to Deep Purple, from Prog rock and arpeggiator disco to Acid House, while sounding sleek and utterly contemporary. He may worship at the temple of godlike European DJs from the 80s like Daniele Baldelli and Beppe Loda, but the relentless, occasionally monumental scale of Six Cups Of Rebel has the power to move mountains all by itself.
From the opening “No Release” – a five-minute coitus interruptus of cascading cathedral organ – to the pumping Detroit pistons of “Call Me Anytime” and the wah-wah stabs and fizzing 808 basslines of the title track, Six Cups Of Rebel acts like a star map of Lindstrøm’s own voyage to the outer limits of electronic music. When he holds back, as on the ten-minute “Hina”, it’s only to let rip with added propulsion, like a satellite using a planet’s orbit to push it to the next level.
In the Lindstrøm discography stretching back to 2003, albums tend to be a small interruption in a constant stream of remixes and 12”s (including one, under the anonymous moniker Six Cups Of Rebel, on the Feedelity label in 2005). He forms part of a constellation of Nordic producers that includes Diskjokke, Todd Terje and Bjørn Torske, Prins Thomas, He also regularly collaborates with fellow Norwegian space disco wizard Prins Thomas, whose self-titled album received much acclaim last year.
But is the “cosmic disco” label a medallion or a millstone? “If cosmic’ means music without any limits, I don’t mind being discussed in these terms,” says Lindstrøm. “I guess my definition of ‘cosmic’ comes from listening to mixtapes from Daniele Baldelli, Beppe Loda and other ‘cosmic’ DJs. And what is typical of the music that these tapes consist of, is a wide range of diversity, both in musical style, sound and genre. I leave it to other people to label/tag my music this or that, but it’s true that these legendary tapes has been a massive inspiration for me over the years. I really believe in mixing up everything, and having no respect for the traditional way of doing things.”
One major innovation on Six Cups Of Rebel is the use of vocals, a first for Lindstrøm. On “De Javu” it mutters about “that feeling
that you!ve been here before” – an uncanny sensation that echoes his own music. There’s “Magik”, with its eccentric falsetto call
and response, and the sarcastic laughter in “Six Cups Of Rebel”.
Lindstrøm: “I have to admit that the decision of including vocals has been with mixed feelings. I’m no vocalist, but I wanted to
include my own voice this time. I’ve been trying out different approaches on how the inclusion of vocals would sound ‘right’ for
the music. In the end, I decided that everything was allowed, including pitching, stretching and all kinds of voice-processing and
manipulation. The vocals here isn’t the most important element, but just another part of the music, as important as the cowbell,
the ARP Solina string synthesizer or the free-running arpeggios. Lyrically, I’ve been more interested in repeating mantras, simple
repeating sentences without any other meaning than what’s being actual said or sung. Might sound stupid for others, but makes
perfect sense to me.”
Unusually for a dance album, it’s introduced with a grand swell of mighty church organ, an aching tension-builder that refuses
drop the beat for a tantaslising five minutes. “I initially planned to do this live in a church somewhere,” says Lindstrøm, “but I
really like that semi-natural feeling you get when combining MIDI-organs together as one big-sounding artificial church organ. So I
ended up doing it in my studio instead.”
He cites the likes of Jon Lord, whose gnarly organs gave so much classical flavour to the early Deep Purple. “I wanted to give the
opening track that ‘larger than life’ feeling, similar to how I remember those old Heavy Metal albums from my youth. And
nothing is larger than a church organ…”
“Quiet Place” is the album’s other major curveball: an eccentric club banger that pleads, “All I want is a quiet place to live”… Not
the normal sentiments of a man who spends much of his life rocking international dancefloors. “It’s just a simple desire to live
somewhere quiet,” he says. “Nothing fancy. In fact, I do have a cabin in the woods just outside of Oslo that’s being used for
recreation, and growing of vegetables and fruit trees. And I don’t find that too weird for a dance track. I mean, who hasn’t been
to a disco, dancing to boring music, wishing for someplace else? I do that all the time.”
In fact, for an audio astronaut, this music’s maker is surprisingly down to earth, a family man turning out his music from a factory
floor-type existence. “Well, I don’t believe in sitting up all night drinking and waiting for that special moment of inspiration. I’m
working every day at the studio, nine to four, and I’m totally happy with a straight lifestyle. Being away on tour for more than
four days makes me uncomfortable and grumpy. In fact I usually get homesick before I leave home. I love Mondays, and
discovering that everything is just as I left it on Friday afternoon…

Artist: Lindstrøm
Title: Six Cups Of Rebel
Format: CD/2xLP
Label: Smalltown Supersound/Feedelity
Release: 06.02.2012

Tracklist
01. No Release
02. De Javu Download
03. Magik
04. Quiet Place To Live
05. Call Me Anytime
06. Six Cups Of Rebel
07. Hina

Future Disco Vol 3 – City Heat (Needwant music)

Future Disco Volume 3 ‘City Heat’

Compiled & Mixed by Sean Brosnan
 Format: Compilation
Label: Needwant
Released: 31st May 2010
Cat No: NEEDCD002
Distribution: Republic Of Music
www.futuredisco.net

After being named iTunes Dance Album of 2009, Future Disco returns with their third episode armed with a fresh round of modern disco bullets to fire up the day, and keep it alight well into the night.
 
Future Disco has become the staple choice for all music fans seeking a fresh and contemporary selection of rare and favoured tracks, indelibly mapping a new trend like no other. Volume 3 takes in hot creations from some of the freshest artists of the moment including Lindstrom & Christabelle, Greg Wilson, The Revenge, Holy Ghost and Todd Terje.
 
The Future Disco ethos is to bring together the very best in a burgeoning modern disco scene, no matter your musical persuasion capturing the imagination of the listener, and made for indulging in at any time. Following on from the debut ‘Future Disco – A Guide to 21st Century Disco’ and subsequent ‘The Extended Future Disco Mix’, ‘City Heat’ is a prelude to the summer, suitably timed as the current disco movement engulfs cities globally such as London, New York and Sydney. The passion and energy of ‘City Heat’ engages with an audience that have (or will soon become) smitten with the soundtrack of disco.
 
The entire mix is once again re-edited and carefully mixed by Sean Brosnan, who has created a completely unique excursion joining the musical dots between disco of the past, present and future.
 
‘Future Disco Volume 3 City Heat’ features unreleased and exclusive material such as Greg Wilson’s version of Ilija Rudman ‘Call Me Tonight’ and the Tensnake Remix of Johny Denell ‘Jam Hot’. Captivating treats appear from the notorious Crazy P in the form of the divine Hot Toddy mix of ‘Never Gonna Reach Me’, and Lindstrom & Christabelle’sinspirational ‘Baby Can’t Stop,’ ensuing their highly praised collaborative album project.
 
Todd Terje heats things up with his classic disco record, ‘Eurodans’ and two tracks feature from new school hero, The Revenge, recently celebrated for his versatility and wide appeal across the house, techno and the disco worlds. Disco’s newest don, Tensnake again appears as he has on each Future Disco episode so far, and new artists such as Nick Chacona, Bonar Bradberry, and Sean Brosnan himself also deliver precious gems to the mix.
 
The CD is available in mixed and unmixed format, and sleeve notes have been written by the stunning vocalist, Kathy Diamond, whose vocal is one of many highlights in the mix. Photography of the London disco scene is also included in the booklet courtesy of Darrell Berry (www.darrell-berry.com).
 
Since the first episode in 2008, Future Disco has evolved info a radio show and a series of global events, currently holding ongoing residencies at Ministry of Sound London, with Carl Cox at Space Ibiza and 360 Dubai. Also staging regular events from Amsterdam to Singapore, the sound of Future Disco is spreading to distant shores and some of the best clubs in the world.
 
Future Disco has led the way as a new movement took hold of its London base. It continues to offer a candid and likeable outlook to the otherwise tedious alternatives, weaving all curious listeners through an exhilarating sonic journey.

TRACKLISTING
1. Drop Out Orchestra – Macaque
2. Lindstrom & Christabelle – Baby Can’t Stop
3. Curses! – The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Day School Dub)
4. The Revenge feat Danielle Moore – Just Be Good To Me (Ron Basejam Remix)
5. Ilija Rudman – Call Me Tonight (Greg Wilson Version)
6. Crazy P – Never Gonna Reach Me  (Hot Toddy Remix)
7. Nick Chacona – The Fear feat Kathy Diamond (Beg To Differ Remix)
8. Todd Terje – Eurodans 
9. Chamboche – Feverish (The Revenge Remix)
10. Johny Denell – Jam Hot (Tensnake Remix)
11. Moscow – Throw up (Brontosaurus Remix)
12. Bonar Bradberry – Carlos The Jackal
13. Sean Brosnan – Sat Jam (Ray Mang Remix)
14. Ray Mang – Look Into My Eyes
15. Bot’Ox – Blue Steel
16. Magnus International – Mandass Morran Blus

TOUR DATES:
5th June – Stereolounge – Singapore
10th June – 360 – Dubai
8th July – Garden Festival – Croatia
10th July – Ministry of Sound – London
13th July – Space – Ibiza

Look out for future tour dates this summer

MORE INFO: www.needwant.co.uk
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