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Month: January 2009

  • Royksopp – Happy Up Here (preview)

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    So the boys known as Royksopp are back with a new full length titled, “Junior” — and as you probably guessed, yes it’s their 3rd studio full length.   This time out they have enlisted the help of Lykke Li, Anneli Drecker, Robyn, and the Knife’s Karin Dreijer.

    Here is the track list for “Junior:

    “Happy Up Here”
    “The Girl and the Robot”
    “Vision One”
    “This Must Be It”
    “Royksopp Forever”
    “Miss It So Much”
    “Tricky Tricky”
    “You Don’t Have a Clue”
    “Silver Cruiser”
    “True to Life”
    “It’s What I Want”

    This single is set to drop on  March 9th 2009.

    Royksopp – Happy Up Here (preview)

    UPDATE: Here is   a longer preview – Radio Rip:

    Royksopp – Happy Up Here

    UPDATE #2 better quality rip

    Royksopp – Happy Up Here (radio rip)

  • Little Boots – Mathematics

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    So not only has Little Boots been declared as the winner of the BBC sound of 2009, but she will also be swinging state side in the coming months.   Can’t wait to catch her show over at Cinespace in LA!   Really looking to a full length from Little Boots, judging by the recent releases it should be a great.

    3 Feb – Cinespace, Los Angeles
    4 Feb – Club NME @ Spaceland, Los Angeles – Tickets
    6 Feb – Fixed @ Studio B, New York – Tickets
    13 Feb – NME Awards Tour w/ Mystery Jets @ Sheperds Bush Empire – Tickets
    26 Feb – Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh – FREE
    27 Feb – Mad Hatters, Inverness – FREE
    28 Feb – Moshula, Aberdeen – Tickets
    1 Mar – The Sub Club, Glasgow – Tickets
    12 Mar – 53 Degrees, Preston – Tickets
    13 Mar – The Cornerhouse, Middlesborough – Tickets
    14 Mar – The Faversham, Leeds – Tickets
    2 Apr – Bucks Uni, High Wycombe
    3 Apr – Carling Academy, Bristol

    Little Boots – Mathematics

    Little Boots – Love Kills (Freddie Mercury cover) (Buffetlibre vs Sidechains Remix)

    Related Posts: Little Boots – Stuck on Repeat

  • James Holden – Lump

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    Enjoy this tech number from James Holden with it’s glitchy drums, warbled /pitch bend bassline, and twisted vocal snippets.   This track can be found on his   2007 release, “The Idiots Are Winning“.

    bio from last.fm:

    James Holden is far from your average DJ-producer.

    The wunderkind James Holden has finally come of age, and has delivered up the debut album to prove it: and at 28, about time too! For although the world seems strangely intent on fixing him in his early twenties (or more specifically, a series of internet sites who have seemingly overlooked the fact that biography ages require a yearly update!), the time has come to acknowledge that DJ and producer James Holden is not quite so young anymore. The timely release of Holden’s ‘The Idiots Are Winning’ mini-album in 2006 marked the occasion, and formed a fitting musical illustration of Holden’s new-found maturity.

    Still reluctant to bestow upon it the accolade of ‘debut album’, for Holden himself ‘The Idiots Are Winning’ remains an EP which grew out of control: take four dancefloor-length Holden tracks, mix in the obligatory DJ tools and alternative versions that he is so keen on, and an interlude or two for good measure, and you have far exceeded the single realm and are pushing into album territory. Not that the manner of its creation should affect the listening experience: Holden’s intricate and inimitable production style ensures a coherence of atmosphere, where even DJ-friendly extended intros hold up to home-listening scrutiny. The Guardian went so far as to proclaim it “the most astonishing debut in electronic music since Boards of Canada’s Music Has the Right to Children.” And who are we to argue?

    James Holden – Lump