synth

Not to be mixed with Bibio from Warp, Biblo (trinket) is Istanbul’s own wonderwoman Pinar Süt, member of Proudpilot, best upcoming band from Istanbul.

Sister labels Tirk & Nang both sent us promos last month. Tirk No. 55 is by Milano discoheads The Love Supreme. Nang 07 is a remix package to Tirk’s best download seller in 2009, by Siberian discobears Acos Coolkas.

Akron, Ohio soundcrafter Samuel Goldberg’s Wanderjahr is the soundtrack to a hostile exoplanet where nature seems only subtly different than what we have here on earth yet one misstep and you’re strangled by iron oxide tentacles. Out on his own Pizza Night tape label.

“Influenced by the golden age of bossa nova, sophisticated soundtracks, classic psychological thrillers, and the subtle horrors of suburban life, the once enlightened Council Flats of Kingsbury make extreme efforts to hold it together for circa 35 minutes on this delicate home production.”

Efforts by a new generation of artists like Marc McGuire and his Emeralds trio, Oneohtrix Point Never, High Wolf, Steve Hauschildt, Ducktails, Sam Goldberg, James Ferraro, Sun Araw sparked a newfound interest in new age / synth music as well as cassette players, bringing back the glory days of kosmiche music and krautrock

Just had this Neon Indian’s synth based electro disco treat for Au Revoir Simone’s Another Likely in our mailbox. Not our usual cup of coffee but this hazy nudisco sound has its ups for sure. Coupled it with Nite Jewel’s What did he say. Nite Jewel = The queen of haziness.

Proudpilots debut Monsters Exist on Peyote Records packs a stone punch right in the middle of your stomach. What else would you expect from a drummer who listens to powerviolence & grindcore and plays dubstep & dnb all the time, and two sisters who make bizarre electronic soundscapes on their own.

Suffering from a mental block last week, I couldn’t get to share this incredible place called Bleep43 which features a lot of amazing podcasts. Here’s the first one that drew me close a two hour podcast by the Moon Wiring Club, which was featured here last month. The fictitious MWC creates eerie psychedelia like Ghost Box and BBC Radiophonic.