1994 second album by the trio of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns, unavailable on vinyl and CD since original release. A concept album with accompanying text for each track by James Woodbourne, it also includes additional production by Portishead and Mr Scruff. Remastered from the original tapes by Matt Colton, contains “Theme” for the first time on the 2LP edition.
By the time this record came out towards the end of ‘94, The Sabres Of Paradise had evolved from a production trio into a fully fledged band, embarking on live tours and augmented for the stage by additional members such as Rich Thair, from Warp labelmates Red Snapper, and Phil Mossman, later to join LCD Soundsystem. Tapped by Noel Gallagher to support Oasis at enormodomes, the group opted instead to play clubs, student unions, and infamously, a car park in Central London. Their tour adverts contained small print specifying a policy of “no jugglers, no fire eaters, no flutes and no hippies with lawyers”.
The studio sound had shifted radically as well, utilising samples (notably on the 1930s voodoo jazz inflected “Wilmot”), live instrumentation (the heavy twang guitar riff of “Tow Truck”) and a deep love of film scores audible throughout, from the block party funk of “Theme” to the noir-ish soundscapes of the title track. The sense of the album being a soundtrack itself is underpinned by the accompanying text for each track, rumoured to have been penned by Weatherall himself under a pseudonym, each text fragment joining up to form a suitably grimy, low-lit short story. The Guardian later summed up Haunted Dancehall as “techno’s first concept album”.
for those who celebrate drone day - a late night synth drone made with deckards dream, peak, steampipe and minitaur - expanding on the title track from Lake Fire:
“Hyldýpi´s music is inspired by his spiritual connection with nature & his admiration of the Krautrock scene developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The outcome is a beautiful Aural landscape - musical space, evoking a sense of being. Umbreyting is his mantra for love and healing, united and more peaceful world. These songs are Hyldýpi´s prayers of hope.
Saloop a musical faffer who found the only way to get a tune finished was to set a time limit of 1-2 days or move on. The music on this album are the results. No idea what kind of noise he'll create next. It won't be what he had in mind when he started.
To Rococo Rot ‘The Amateur View (Expanded Edition 2025)’ Limited Edition Deluxe 2LP Out May 30th
(A very limited amount of copies available at cityslang.com will include a CD copy of the i-Sound DJ-Set @ The Cooler NYC, 1998)
The Amateur View is widely hailed as one of the definitive records of late ’90s analog electronica. Released in the U.S. via Mute Records, it was named one of UNCUT’s Albums of the Year in 1999 and perfectly captured the introspective, experimental mood of the era. The album’s influence was far-reaching—so much so that Saint Etienne enlisted To Rococo Rot for their 2000 album Sound of Water. At the time, To Rococo Rot were the band of the moment—jetting across the globe to play the most cutting-edge electronica festivals, including wild WARP events where none other than Aphex Twin spun support DJ sets, The trio was invited three times by John Peel to record radio sessions in the BBC studios between 1997 and 1999.
“The artists blend analog effects with warm, electronic drones and mechanic percussion for a sound that’s unmistakably digital, yet 100% human.” — 9.3 Pitchfork
“With electronic music growing ever duller and more detached, the analog optimism of Kreidler, To Rococo Rot and their peers ... feels like a warm blanket. It’s the soul of the new machine, as comforting as it is gorgeously strange.” — Rolling Stone US
“The Amateur View works subtle modulation to its advantage, moving from the dryly ironic to the maudlin with the twist of a knob.” — SPIN
2 additional printed Insert Sheets Limited to 500 units, hand-numbered
Includes digital album (Link will be emailed once order has shipped)
Tracklist:
LP1: 01 I Am in the World with You 02 Telema 03 Prado 4 A Little Asphalt Here and There 5 This Sandy Piece 6 Tomorrow 7 Greenwich 8 Cars 9 She Loves Animals 10 Die Dinge des Lebens
LP 2 (Bonus): 1 Set 2 Cars (Variant) 3 Meet the Lucky Kitchen 4 Telema (Längs) 5 Rocket Fuel 6 Copa 7 Pantone 6 8 Numbers in Love 9 Casper 10 Milker 11 A Day Long 12 Pantone 1"
From Iceland and now residing in the USA is Bistro Boy.
Ambient Theory Of Dreaming is an exploration of the mind, dreams and the subconsciousness. A music for the mind. A music about the mind and the world beyond our awaken senses.
Bistro boy also runs the lovely label Möller Records
This video is an excerpt from the live AV set I’ll be unveiling in Vancouver, May 1 at SFU Woodwards. Joining me live to perform the piece Ash Clouds from Lake Fire will be James Meger on double bass. James will also perform a solo improv set. Opening the evening will be Patricia Wolf from Portland, OR. If you are coming to the event, I will have limited copies of Lake Fire 2LPs and CDs for sale. (cash or e-transfer - no card reader sorry). According to the box office, the show is fully sold out. Thanks for the local support YVR! Please note: doors are at 7PM!!
For folks in Iceland, UK and Europe, I will be touring in September. A current list of dates below with ticket links where available. I’ll post any updates to dates/links on loscil.ca
“Nonsar -Born in 1977 and raised in the north of France, he was influenced by the synthetic wave of the Seventies (Kraftwerk, Vangelis...),In the 90's he bought various machines, and started programming sounds and music.
He has released music under the name Erell Ranson most recently on our dear friend Futuregrapher's label Móatún 7
Stunning releases this..It is free as always for 3 days.”
"This weekend Autumn Of Communion (Lee & Mick Chillage) have a Bandcamp special going on where all their albums are €1 today and then €2 on Sunday until Monday. You can head over to the Autumn Of Communion page here and grab all their albums.
Herbert Már Sigmundsson is a multi instrumentalist from Iceland. This ambient album is a live improvisation recorded at space oddysey by Pan Thorarensen.
“My other label Fantasy Enhancing will slowly merge with Neotantra over the next few months and the second release we have is Mutiplexing Variations- legacy compilation. You will all love this...The compilation is free for a few days.
Egyébként én meg Four Tet-el vagyok így, nálam ő az az előadó, akinek 2010-es There is Love in You-ig, - ami egy sokat hallgatott lemezem - nagyon bejön a munkássága, de amiket mostanában csinál, az már kevésbé az én világom.
Azt nem tudom, hogy van-e nekik ilyenjük, mármint kiadatlan zene akkoriból. Azt tudom, hogy mivel náluk van a szerzői jog a 95-ig tartó korai The Black Dog-hoz is, azt árulják a honlapjukon és csak sima újrakiadás bakeliten, bármilyen plusz anyag nélkül.
Én viszont tényleg kedvelem őket még, tulajdonképpen majdnem az összes lemezüket, bár valóban volt egy gyengébb időszak, ezt én is így látom, a legutóbbi lemezük pedig valamiért elképesztően gyenge lett, de a 2010-es éveben kiadott zenéiket én szoktam hallgatni.
Majd rácsekkolom, már elvesztettem velük a fonalat. Feldúsítás = ritka, kiadatlan track-ek, remixek az adott korból, stb. Nekik sok kis finom remixük volt a pályafutásuk alatt. Pl. az UNKLE mixek, Björknek temérdek mixet csináltak.
Mit értesz az alatt, hogy "feldúsítanák"? :) Egyébként a Plaid-nek egy elég hűséges rajongótábora van, a 2010-es években kiadott lemezeik elég népszerűek voltak, szóval nem látok nagy esélyt rá, hogy a régi lemezek újrakiadására kezdenének fókuszálni.
Nekem viszont nagyon bejött ez a lemezük 2016-ban, változatos, dallamos, kifejezetten fogyasztható, szerethető zenének találtam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1IMB8KJok
