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• Tipp: Omar-S - Just Ask The Lonely

Alex O Smith, better known as Omar S, finally delivers this hugely anticpated cd album, re-producing his inimitable, f*cked-up Detroit variations in a style which he claims to be uniquely his own – and who are we to argue? “Just Ask The Lonely” is a brilliant trawl through the Omar S sound, wholly unexpected turns making for music that’s deliciously hard to place. Beyond the supremely atmospheric ambience of the opening intro, “Jit” explores this enigmatic poetry perfectly, stretching from a padded 4/4 build-up to a full-flow track that’s so fast and incoherent it takes you several moments to work out what’s going on. This is the beauty of the man’s music – its somehow so raw and primitive yet challenging and, dare we say it, groundrbeaking that you’re never quite sure whether you’re listening to a rough collage of demo’s or to something so advanced and unpretentious it’s yet to be properly defined. For our money this release falls sqaurely with the latter, making itself one of the most exciting and un-formulaic techno albums we’ve heard in ages and a prelude to what will no doubt become a frenzied approach to a man who’s already been cited as the next Theo Parrish. As Omar himself says : “You can not copy Omar-S style. You can only copy a song that has already been produced by Omar-S”. Awesome!

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Air France - CBG Belongs To Us

Air France just tipped us off to a new song they've recorded, a tribute to their hometown Gothenburg, called "GBG Belongs to Us". They've even recorded a little "teaser" video for the tune, which can be found at the "Part III" link below. Follow "Part II" for a .zip file with the track. ("Part I" seems to be a very detailed travel guide, in case you were thinking about visiting Sweden!)

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• Video: Bjork - Declare Independence (Live)

• Video: Double Dagger - Vivre Sans Temps Mort



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• Video: Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes



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You can't improve upon perfection, but TV On The Radio give it a shot in this update of their fellow Brooklynites' "First Communion." You'll remember Gang Gang Dance remixed them for Read Silence so it's only fair. The original version appears on last year's excellent Saint Dymphna, which you really should own. Here the weirdo dance groove gets 909's familiar sputtering breaks and claps, but Lizzie is still front and center. It appears on the "First Communion" 12" along with last year's Hot Chip remix of album standout "House Jam."

Gang Gang Dance - First Communion (TV On The Radio Mix)
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (Hot Chip Remix)

Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes (Dam Funk Remix)

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Really amazing new stuff!!! congrats!!! Und am geilsten ist das "passt" am Ende ;)

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v+
Projektion auf Timecode Schallplatte
Jonas Bohatsch, 2009

v+ erweitert Timecode-Schallplatten, welche in Digital-DJ-Systemen zum Einsatz kommen, um visuelle Aspekte. Das von der Schallplatte ausgelesene Kontrollsignal wird nicht nur zur Steuerung von Ton sondern auch zur Steuerung von Video, welches direkt auf die Platte projeziert wird, verwendet. Die Platte wird somit Träger virtueller Audio- und Video-Objekte.

• Video: New Buffalo - I've Got You and You've Got Me (Broken Social Scene Remix)

Official music video for New Buffalo's "I've Got You and You've Got Me" remixed by Broken Social Scene.
Directed by: Karen Abad
Shot on Super 16mm with the Arri SR3 and a Bolex H16 Reflex on Kodak 7219 500T Vision 3 and 7205 250D Vision 2.
This music video was created as part of my thesis for my MFA in Cinematography for Graduate School. (karenabadmfa.tumblr.com)

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newbuffalo.net
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• Album des Monats Mai: Shawn Lee - Soul In The Hole

Waaa maggu wirklich Soul? Und das als Album des Monats trotz Sunn O))), Sonic Youth und Tortoise. Und ja meine Lieben! Soul, klar warum nicht? Hat mich damals in Düdorf immer extrem genervt im Unique und auf diversen Partys. Doch dank Marvin Gaye und Roy Ayers habe ich es irgendwann verstanden - den Vibe. Dann Moodymann, Theo Parrish. eine wenig Jazzanova und Jamie Lidell mochte ich auch immer. Nun hier das Shawn Lee Album. Es hat mich gepackt wie selten eine Soul Platte, wie eigentlich erst ganz wenige Soul Platten, wie eigentlich keine Soul Platte die nicht aus den 60zigern oder 70zigern produziert wurde. "Soul In The Hole" ist fantastisch...

Ubiquity Records schreibt: "Soul In The Hole is a tribute to multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lees favorite soul sounds through the eras. Featuring guest-appearances from Paul Butler (The Bees), Nicole Willis, Darondo, Karime Kendra, Fanny Franklin, and Kirin Lee, the album is an homage to styles from the late 1960s to the 1980s. “Writing and recording this project felt so natural. It was like coming home,” says Lee. “The great Richie Havens famously once said "I'm going back to my roots." That's exactly what I've done,” he adds.
He hand-picked his global selection of guests like the amazing Paul Butler (of The Bees, and currently working with Devendra Banhart) from the Isle of Wight, who appears on a track that is part Shuggie Otis, part Style Council mod. Northern Cali’s old school man of soul, Darondo is featured on two tracks, and the super-talented Nicole Willis, hailing from Finland, drops a Northern Soul shaker.
The title track features Lee on vocals and has a late 1960's Detroit stepper vibe. Two crackly-southern-ballads feature Fanny Franklin and Karime Kendra, the latter pulling off a deep version of a little-known Al Green/Willie Mitchell ballad. Lee teams up with his wife on the cosmic funk of “The Stuff,” “ I was thinking of the late 70's jazzy sophisticated productions of Roy Ayers. It reminds me of the UK rare groove scene of the late 80's early 90's,” he says. And there are even funk-rock and sunny Miami disco styled sounds to complete the chronological nod to the past that is mixed with just a touch of the present."

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shawnlee.net

• Ranking May 2009

7.5
Shawn Lee - Soul In The Hole
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
Orchestra National de Jazz - Around Robert Wyatt
Tortoise - Beacons of Ancestorship
7
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
Mount Eerie - White Stag
Peter Broderick - Ten Duets
Passion Pit - Manners
Nathan Fake - Hard Islands
ES - Kesämaan Lapset
St. Vincent - Actor
The Field - Yesterday and Today
6.5
Mokira - Persona
DNTEL - Early Works For Me If It Works For You II
DOOM - Born Like This
Animal Hospital - Good or Plenty, Streets + Avenues
6
Riceboy Sleeps - Riceboy Sleeps
Nate Young - Regression
Hecker - Acid In The Style Of David Tudor
Maximo Park - Quicken The Heart
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
City Center - City Center
Luke Hess - Light In The Dark
5.5
Dietmar Dath & Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Im erwachten Garden
Storsveit Nix Noltes - Royal Family-Divorce
5
Various - Score!
Phantom Ghost - Thrown Out of Drama School