New Sigur Rós

This little snippet/preview got me all excited for Sigur Rós‘ new album.
Check it over at gorilla vs. bear.

Atlas Sound - “Recent Bedroom”

Really don’t like the video, looks so staged, but listen to that silky smooth song a couple of times.

Atlas Sound - “Recent Bedroom” on Vimeo

Sufjan Stevens - “Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake”

I consider myself a Sufjan Stevens fan. I especially like the video for this instrumental short by the singer/songwriter. So simple, yet so captivating and beautiful.

Boom Bip - “In The Tree Tops”

It’s been pretty slow down here with the holidays and all. I’m slowly progressing on my favorite albums of the year list, which I’ll be posting pretty soon, so watch out for that.

In the mean time, check out this crazy little abstract video for Boom Bip’s In The Tree Tops. I’m a Boom Bip fan, but with his latest, Sacchrilege EP, he steered in a surprising new direction. A bit Justice, Simian Mobile Disco like, with the raw 80’s electro-synths. Not bad, I’m just surprised to see what’s coming.

Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid - Tongues

I like a good percussion project from time to time, and did I love Post rock band Tortoise’s Bumps project at Stonesthrow from a few months back.
Time for something new, actually Tongues is not a new release either but I never really got a chance to listen to it closely.

Kieran Hebden, better known as Four Tet, joins jazz drummer Steve Reid for a third time, after 2 live recorded improv EP’s.
Hebden’s epileptic kicks and electronic samples sound very well next to Reid’s laid-back drums. While some people might rate this very low for the lack of song structure, I applaud that thought, cause it’s not meant to be that kind of record. It’s more of an improvisational experiment and I think they’re just trying to show off their skills and let us know how great they work together.

Not for everyone though, also it might take a few listens to really appreciate it.
I do think at times Hebden went a little over the top with his electronic hums and clicks, but overall they succeeded in making a very enjoyable record for the novice jazz listener.

Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid
Domino Recording Co
Hebden’s Myspace

MP3: Kieran Hebden And Steve Reid: “Brain”

Aphilas - Instrumentally Ill EP

Aphilas is a producers duo from Finland, Helsinki. There isn’t a lot known about the duo only that they make some very interesting electronic organic instrumental hiphop.
Apparently they had some problems with their record label, they used to be on merck, which before the release of their debut album was shut down.

They released the “Instrumentally Ill EP“ which was well received in the blogosphere. The EP is a fantastic piece of work. They use their sample based sounds in such a gentle soulful and wonderful way, overlayed with soft hiphop beats, that it floats you away into other atmospheres for the next half hour.
If you like Rjd2, Boom Bip or Four Tet to name a few, definitely don’t hesitate to download the EP completely free over at archive.org and streamable at Last.fm.

I feel like the album “Prisoners of the Planet” is kind of an extension to this EP, more of the same, in a positive way I mean.
The album got released in some way but it seems to be very rare, so I can’t link you to it. I don’t even know where to contact Aphilas. I also looked everywhere to buy the album without luck, so I got my copy in a not so nice way, sorry Aphilas.