Flavor of the Week #23

John Talabot
http://soundcloud.com/john-talabot
www.myspace.com/johntalabot
( ;D --> Barcelona house producer John Talabot has a knack for capturing the very specific kind of bliss associated with dancing on Mediterranean beaches at the height of summer. A penchant for rising chords means that all his melodies make you feel like raising your arms and face to the sun. Talabot also has arguably the greatest sense of build-and-release in dance music since prime Booka Shade: ƒin is full of incredible tension-releasing moments, from the extended break in Destiny to the entrance of Missing You's bouncing bass. The generosity of Talabot's sound can also be ascribed to the amount of disparate ingredients he puts to use in service of his aesthetic – particularly the variety of human voices on display. There are wordless chants and bright, optimistic pop hooks; an echoing scream is plucked from a horror film and deposited in the middle of a carnival on Oro y Sangre, while on So Will Be Now, cut-up vocals coalesce gradually and gorgeously into recognisable language.)
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Depak Ine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5YqS28-ZI

Modeselektor
www.modeselektor.com/
( ;D --> Modeselektor is an electronic music band formed in Berlin, featuring Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The group draws heavily from IDM, glitch, electro and hip hop. In an interview the group said regarding their sound: "Happy metal, hard rap, country-ambient, Russian crunk. We don’t like it if people tag us as being a certain style or school or scene or whatever. We don’t really care about all that.")
Monkeytown
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"Shipwreck"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8XSV-qoHDQ
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/06/flavor-of-week-25.html

Skinny Puppy
www.myspace.com/skinnypuppy http://skinnypuppy.com
( ;D --> Drawing from the pioneering work of artists like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, and Suicide, the dark avant-industrial group Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Originally a duo comprised of former Images in Vogue drummer cEvin Key (born Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (aka Kevin Ogilvie), Skinny Puppy followed their debut cassette, Back and Forth, with the EP Remission, the first of many recordings with producer David "Rave" Ogilvie, in 1984. With a squsic uique sound of twisted, metaphorical lyrics combined with technoid madness, shock and terror aestethics with an dystopic, eerie feeling of hopelessness. Skinny Puppy are widely considered the founders of electro-industrial music; forming and cultivating the industrial sound that inspired bands such as Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM and Marilyn Manson.)Bootlegged, Broke And In Solvent Seas (released on June 12.)
www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+810
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( ;D --> Metropolis Records writes: "Raw, uncompromising, and visceral, Skinny Puppy live cannot be called simply a concert. It is an experience. Bootlegged, Broke And In Solvent Seas proves this to be true. Recorded in Warsaw, Bratislava, Hildesheim, and Budapest, this is a documentation of Skinny Puppy in top form. Unlike so many other live albums, there is no editing magic or trickery. These are the songs as they were played: captured from the soundboard and a handheld recorder by Ken ‘Hi-Watt’ Marshall. Ogre’s powerful vocal performances coupled with cEvin Key’s synth modulations and sound manipulations and the machine-precise drums of Justin Bennet make this a stunning testimony to the power of this legendary act.")
Morpheus Laughing - Progresja, Warsaw, 18-08-2010
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iLwv6iA4Qc
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/05/flavor-of-week-19.html

Husband
www.myspace.com/husbandworld
http://soundcloud.com/robot-elephant-records/sets/husband-love-song-slow-motion
( ;D --> Husband are Gianlorenzo and Chiara. They share a love for old American vintage cars, volcanoes, and holidays on Sicily. Hailing from Italy's creative ground zero that is Bologna, they are set out to win the hearts of the pop-savvy people in Europe with their hyperactive tribal jams and off-kilter drone sounds. Whilst Gianlorenzo is not an unknown person in the sprawling Italian pop scene, having toured Europe with his outfit Buzz Aldrin and being affiliated with the likes of His Clancyness and Banjo Or Freakout, Chiara is the dark horse, having almost no musical experiences. They rocked one of London's finest clubs, Corsica Studios, earlier last year in their very first gig together.)
Love Song / Slow Motion
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Love Song / Slow Motion 12" (RER008) - Standard Edition
http://shop.robotelephant.co.uk/product/husband-love-song-slow-motion-12-rer008-standard-edition
Love Song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ92aOI4XXs

Anthony Rother
www.myspace.com/anthonyrother
www.anthony-rother.com
( ;D --> Anthony Rother is an electro-techno producer from Germany who rose to prominence in the mid-'90s on the label Kanzleramt before founding numerous labels of his own, most notably Psi49net and Datapunk. Influenced primarily by Kraftwerk and Detroit techno.)
Vom Urknall zur Maschine
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Anthony Rother Presents Electro Commando 1 - Welcome To Psicity
www.discogs.com/release/73163
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Mathematik
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH8BGa_eEYg
Landeroberung
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dst77i7Ituw
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2008/02/flavor-of-week-10.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/12/flavor-of-week-50.html



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