Flavor of the Week #8

Titans
www.myspace.com/titansweden
http://soundcloud.com/progressproductions/titans-it-s-dark
www.facebook.com/TitansOfficial
( ;D --> Swedish-American synth pop trio based on the Swedish duo of Jimmy Smith and Frederick Thompson along with the San Francisco-based singer Dan Von Hoyel.)
For The Long Gone
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All there is
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r-LLgXyGlo


Tristesse Contemporaine
www.myspace.com/tristessecontemporaine
www.tristessecontemporaine.com
http://soundcloud.com/tristesse-contemporaine
( ;D --> Tristesse Contemporaine is a Parisian trio whose members Narumi, Léo and Maik hail from Tokyo, Stockholm and East London respectively, and before hooking up with Pilooski their their only musical output to date had surfaced via Danton Eeprom’s Foundation Records imprint and an appearance on a Collete mix CD. Seemingly all three have dabbled in music in various shapes and forms before meeting and deciding to commence the Tristesse Contemporaine journey, quoting Talking Heads, Young Marble Giant and The Cure as inspiration for their sound. Their self titled debut album – produced in its entirety by Pilooski – is due out next month, and comes wrapped in all sorts of press release conjured mysticism, with the label claiming the band disappeared for a week in July last year after boarding a flight bound for New York, with the trio unable to explain their absence when found wandering at dawn on the launch base of the European Space Agency.)
( ;D --> 20th July 2011. It was at Heathrow airport that the three members of the group Tristesse Contemporaine disappeared without a trace. After boarding flight 671 in Paris Charles De Gaulle, they had a stopover in London before arriving in New York where they were to give a concert that night. Very soon the airline noticed they were missing and called the police who immediately started a search. The only clues they had were a few biographical details provided by their record company :
“Tristesse Contemporaine is a Parisian trio:
- Narumi was born in Tokyo, she began playing the piano at the age of 3 before entering the academy at 17. She started an all girl punk band at high school and covered songs by Staline (a famous Japanese band) and The Cure. As a fan of Godard and La Nouvelle Vague, Narumi came to Paris in 1994 to learn the French language and study fashion. She has worked for the music orientated media and for the Japanese gallery Poetry of Sex, as well as taking part in bands Suburbia (with Marc Collin), aswefall (with Léo Hellden) and Telepopmusik. It was on tour with the latter that she met Maik the singer. Screamadelica by Primal Scream is her favourite album.
- Léo Hellden grew up in the suburbs of Stockholm and was focused on a career as a hockey player before he started playing guitar at the age of 18. Three years later he became the guitarist of Jay Jay Johanson and recorded three albums (Tatoo, Poison, Antenna). On his way to London, he met a French woman and moved to Paris where he started aswefall with Clément, as well as studying economics. Léo often quotes Robin Guthrie from the Cocteau Twins as a decisive influence.
- Maik is from East London where his Jamaican family still live today. He is a fan of hip hop and started writing words after discovering Leonard Cohen (Maik hopes to equal him before he is 70). In the mid 90’s, he became the singer of Earthling after answering an advertisement in The NME. He recorded three albums including the cult trip hop album Radar. He took part in a project called Cuba, a group signed to 4AD, but the apocalyptic touring got the better of him. A French woman saved him and he followed her to Paris where he said : “If I had stayed in England, I would have died.”
Through friendship and compatibility, Narumi, Léo and Maik decided to start a band in 2009. They soon needed to record in order to back up their spontaneous ideas, their imagination and their powerful drafts. The demos resulting from their recording sessions were like nothing before although they were clearly inspired by the Talking Heads (Fear of Music), Young Marble Giant (Collossal Youth) and The Cure (17 seconds). Then they had to find a name. Whilst looking through an old bookshop, Léo came across a book called La tristesse contemporaine by Hippolyte Fierens Gevaert – a book on the main moral and intellectual movements of the 19th century. Tristesse Contemporaine was a French band of foreigners, a group of “back seat drivers” as they called themselves. Tristesse Contemporaine was a band of migrants, modern drifters.)
Tristesse Contemporaine (Self titled debut album out on vinyl + digital march 2012.)
www.tristessecontemporaine.com  
In the Wake (Early Mix)
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I Didn’t Know
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ZnD9iFSkI


iamamiwhoami
www.youtube.com/user/iamamiwhoami  
http://twitter.com/#!/iam_ami_whoami  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iamamiwhoami  
( ;D --> iamamiwhoami is an electronic music and multimedia project headlined by Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee. Videos released from the project's YouTube channel have spread virally. The first clip was uploaded on December 4, 2009, and was forwarded to a number of music journalists and blogs. Another two short videos followed. Chris Cantalini and MTV writer James Montgomery reported about iamamiwhoami, fueling speculation online.)
Sever
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( ;D --> On 11 June through Cooperative Music brings the audiovisual album 'Kin' out iamamiwhoami. The first chapter sever appears 15 February." - Cooperative Music Holland.)
http://cooperativemusic.com
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2011/10/flavor-of-week-41.html


Bonobo
www.facebook.com/bonoboofficial
( ;D --> Simon Green (born March 30, 1976), also known by his stage name Bonobo, is a British musician, producer and DJ. Green has recorded and performed solo DJ sets under the name Barakas, and together with Robert Luis from Tru Thoughts as Nairobi and Barakas. Bonobo uses a wide variety of samples in his music combined with heavy, often complex basslines. His music generally develops linearly - with new elements such as basslines or percussion coming in one after the other. In Days to Come, he mixes this sonic background with the clean yet distinctive vocals of Bajka, who often uses harmony to build up a multifaceted sound.)
Black Sands
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Eyesdown (Machinedrum remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qmVNB4nalk


Megaherz
http://megaherz.de/eng
www.myspace.com/megaherz
( ;D --> Megaherz (English "Mega-heart", a pun on the homophone "megahertz") is an industrial metal group formed in Munich, Germany in 1993. One of the band's most famous songs is "Gott sein" ("To be God") on their first full album Wer Bist Du? ("Who Are You?"). Megaherz has gone through many changes in musical style since their founding. Their early works are a fairly dark alternative metal, comparable to 1990s American bands such as Faith No More, whereas recent works are comparable to bands such as Oomph! and Rammstein.)
Götterdämmerung
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Jagdzeit (Grendel Remix)
www.youtube.com/?watch?v=cYUFYsLhSyo

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