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33 EP
Zs (2011)

01. 33\     
02. 33~          
03. 33/           
04. 33- 

Download it here      

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A few days ago I had the pleasure of seeing Oneohtrix Point Never perform pieces from his forthcoming album, Replica (due out on OPN's own Software Label), outdoors on Boston's Atlantic Wharf.

Much of the new material is made up of TV samples and carries a warmth rarely spotted on 2010s (brilliant) Returnal. I'd rather not spoil anymore of its surprises: I'm very much looking forward to the album, out November 20.

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On the Water
Future Islands (2011)

1. On the Water
2.Before the Bridge
3. The Great Fire
4. Open
5. Where I Found You
6. Give us the Wind
7. Close to None
8. Balance
9. Tybee Island
10. Grease
11. (untitled)

On the Water follows last year's incredible In Evening Air- so, my highest recommendation to those who haven't heard it
Download it here

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TKOL REMIX 1234567
Radiohead (2011)

CD1
Caribou – “Little by Little Rmx”
Jacques Greene – “Lotus Flower Rmx”
Nathan Fake – “Morning Mr. Magpie Rmx”
Harmonic 313 – “Bloom Rmx”
Mark Pritchard – “Bloom Rmx”
Lone – “Feral Rmx”
Pearson Sound – “Morning Mr. Magpie Scavenger Rmx”
Four Tet “Separator Rmx”


CD2
Thriller – “Give Up the Ghost Houseghost Rmx”
Illum Sphere – “Codex Rmx”
Shed – “Little by Little Rmx”
Brokenchord – “Give Up the Ghost Rmx”
Altrice – “TKOL Rmx”
Blawan – “Bloom Rmx”
Modeselektor – “Good Evening Mrs. Magpie Rmx”
Objekt – “Bloom Rmx”
Jamie XX – “Bloom Rework”
Anstam – “Separator Rmx”
SBTRKT – “Lotus Flower Rmx”


Download it here

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The first track from Lou Reed & Metallica's collaborative album Lulu, "The View

The View by Lou Reed & Metallica

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Bjork's "Moon" music video, from her new album Biophilia
Directed, produced, and art directed by Björk, Inez and Vinoodh, M/M Paris and James Merry



björk: moon from Björk on Vimeo.

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Biophlia, Bjork (2011)
256kbps leak

Please pre-order a copy of Biophilia here before you download
This is maybe the best album you've heard in the past 10 years

01 Moon
02 Thunderbolt
03 Crystalline
04 Cosmogony
05 Dark Matter
06 Hollow
07 Virus
08 Sacrifice
09 Mutual Core
10 Solstice

Download it here

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 Bjork has posted a note explaining Biophilia's two-week delay

dear folks

i would like to explain why my album is coming out later than was first intended

after humongous and fun adventurous work with the app builders we handed in the music for the app box last may i felt sonically it fitted that underworld of apps and virtual reality like a glove , kinda acoustic and clean with a slick dark sub but somehow the cd needed more blood and muscles , oxygen and stuff

i felt the album had different kinda growth potential than the app box and it is important to follow those hunches even though they are slippery and you don't know sometimes where they are taking you

i played biophilia for few weeks in manchester and some of the songs grew while playing them live and i decided to add some of this into the album , i ended up even using a live recording of one of the songs on the album . take my hunch the whole distance but in order to do that i had to put the album back a bit

my friend , the incredibly talented music maker leila arab came to iceland with no notice and added some sonic sculpting , especially to the bottom end and the great talented mastering engineer mandy parnell came over as well and helped me give the whole thing more warmth and flesh somehow

i am really happy i did this , seems like biophilia the album has a body

leila also introduced me to "current value" who now has put a new beat into one of the songs

hope you like it

warmth , björk

As if we needed more to be excited about...
OCTOBER 10

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NPR is hosting an early stream of Tori Amos's new album, Night of Hunters
You can listen to it here



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The four most exciting dates of the year...

October 10 - On the Water, Future Islands
October 11 - Biophilia, Bjork


November 20 -The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
November 21 - 50 Words for Snow, Kate Bush

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Kate Bush has just announced a NEW ALBUM called 50 Words for Snow! The album is 65 minutes of brand-new material, on the heels of Director's Cut, an album of reworked songs from her albums The Sensual World and The Red Shoes, released earlier this year

The album will be released on Kate's label Fish People on November 21

50 Words for Snow

01 Snowflake
02 Lake Tahoe
03 Misty
04 Wildman
05 Snowed in at Wheeler Street
06 50 Words for Snow
07 Among Angels

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Fantastic new video for Ford & Lopatin's "I Surrender," from their album Channel Pressure

 

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"Blue Jeans," Lana Del Rey

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Biophilia packaging
28 days...

Please note that the cover depicted in these pictures is not the final cover, and the release date has been moved back to October 9/10. You can see the cover in an earlier post by clicking the 'Bjork' or 'Biophilia' tag attached to this post

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The King of Limbs Remix Series, Vol. 6, Radiohead
Featuring remixes by Modeselektor and Objekt

Stream them via Radiohead's Dead Air Space

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"Video Games," Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Rey - Video Games by PurplePR

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Oneohtrix Point Never is releasing a new album, Replica, on November 8
You can stream a new track from the LP, "Sleep Dealer," over at Tiny Mix Tapes

Replica

01 Andro
02 Sleep Dealer
03 Power of Persuasion
04 Remember
05 Replica
06 Nassau
07 Submersible
08 Up
09 Child Soldier
10 Explain

OPN Tour (via Pitchfork)

09-08 Raleigh, NC -  Hopscotch Fest
09-28 Boston, MA -  TBD
10-01 Chicago, IL - Heaven Gallery *
10-02 St. Louis, MO - The Luminary
10-25 Brooklyn, NY - Public Assembly #
10-06 Pittsburgh, PA - FRKWYS Vol. 7 Ensemble at VIA Fest
10-28 Asheville, NC  - Moogfest

* with Sun Araw
# with Oval, Burning Star Core

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Hooray! PJ Harvey's incredible Let England Shake has won the 2011 Mercury Prize! Deservingly so

Let England Shake is currently among my favorite 2 albums this year. Download it here

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Bjork's "Moon" single, from the (recently delayed) Biophilia, is availble now available on iTunes The corresponding app, a music sequencer, is also available to download. You can preview it below...

With each new moon we complete a cycle and are offered renewal —to take risks, to connect with other people, to love, to give. the symbolism of the moon as the realm of imagination, melancholy, and regeneration is expressed in the moon song and app by musical patterns and visual images which wax and wane, and by lyrics about rebirth.
The moon app connects musical structure, human biorhythms, and cycles of the moon and tides : robs of pearls are strung out attached to a spinal chord whose fluid rises and falls with changing phases of the moon and the harp sequences.
The animation shows the changing shapes of and relationships between the harp melodies, allowing us to find connections between musical and natural cycles.