November 2011
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Fawn Spots: Hair Play EP - Released →
My band, Fawn Spots, released our first proper CD (proper in the fact that we didn’t do a shoddy job of it and used real mics).
Check it out, give it a listen, maybe buy a copy. I’d like to know what you think. You can get some of my hair with some versions of it.
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TODAY is the release of our first music proper - the “HAIR PLAY” EP is now available to purchase &...
September 2011
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Sad Face EP - Endangered Species
bad-paintings:
Bad Paintings is proud to announce the Sad Face EP - the debut release from Endangered Species.
This three track EP is available for free download through MediaFire.
Sad Face by Endangered_species
The EP was recorded at Bad Paintings HQ (my flat) in a 5 hour session on Saturday 24th September 2011. Several mixes were made afterwards. Very basic recording equipment was...
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BAD PAINTINGS - New Release
We haven’t been around for a while…but now we’re back…sort of.
We’re putting out a free to download EP by the amazing Endangered Species.
It’s being released on Bad Paintings - check it out now!
October 2010
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eyesigh:
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
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Friedrich Nietzsche (via ikilledjackjohnson)
August 2010
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DT probes... Dom Tiberio aka Felt Drawings
Photo by Paul Rodriguez
Felt Drawings is Dom Tiberio from Los Angeles, USA. His music begs, borrows and steals from so many genres - chart pop, hip hop, R & B, dubstep, techno, goth and industrial. What keeps it coherent is the emotional intensity - Felt Drawings demands to be listened to due to the impending sense of urgency in all his tracks. We first heard about Felt Drawings...
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July 2010
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Ducked Tapes Facebook →
We’re on Facebook too.
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DT probes... Caleb Johannes from Truman Peyote
Truman Peyote is Caleb Johannes and Eric Farber from Boston, MA, USA. Their music is a total collage, like a bunch of oddly compelling sounds and shapes thrown in the air by a child, then landing on a glue soaked piece of paper, matured, fully formed, organic and enveloping. They released debut full length Light-Lightning (available for FREE download on the link) in 2009 - it’s a record...
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June 2010
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DT Probes... Ecstatic Sunshine - an interview with...
Ecstatic Sunshine is the project of Matt Papich and a revolving troupe of minstrels, based in Baltimore, USA. Their music defies description - it’s an intricate mix of looping psychedelia, noise and offset timing; it’s as subliminal as it is sublime.
You can get an idea of the loose direction sound by looking at some of the fellow travellers on their label, Carpark Records - Dan...
February 2010
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DT Probes... Xiu Xiu - an interview with Jamie...
Xiu Xiu are Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo and Ches Smith from various locations around the United States. Their music is a Hadron Collider of influences, smashing together Gamelan percussion with dance beats and post-punk sentiment with almost anthemic choruses. Their latest long player Dear God I Hate Myself has just been released worldwide - yes it’s quite deliberately confrontational, but...
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DT Probes... Lucky Dragons - an interview with...
Lucky Dragons are Luke Fishbeck and Sarah Rara of Los Angeles. Their music is as accessible as it is complex - it gives the listener equal spoonfuls of awe, wonder, beauty and engagement. What draws you in to Lucky Dragons is that you recognize the sounds - not as particular instruments but more as vague memories of tones you’ve heard somewhere, sometime. Using ‘found sound’...
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High Places - On Giving Up
The Brooklyn via Los...
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DT Probes... Former Ghosts - an interview with...
Former Ghosts are Freddy Ruppert, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) and Nika Rosa (Zola Jesus) from various locations around the United States. Their music is an emotionally raw juxtaposition of dense synthpop and reverb straight from the heart of St. Paul’s. Sure you can hear Joy Division in there - but there’s so much more to Former Ghosts than post-punk throwbacks. Their debut, Fleurs, is...
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DT probes... Real Estate - an interview with...
Real Estate are Martin Courtney, Matthew Mondanile, Etienne Duguay and Alex Bleeker of New Jersey. Think about surf’s most reverb drenched, ambient moments and you begin to come close to the Real Estate sound - it’s like they’ve just emerged from an underwater grotto to play a beach party in the misty twilight of dusk. There’s no sign of Dick Dale here, but there are...
January 2010
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DT probes... High Places - an interview with Mary...
High Places are Mary Pearson and Rob Barber of Los Angeles. Their music is a collection of noises both familiar and unnatural - what stands out is the warmth within each carefully glitched melody or percussive interlude, understated but at once at the forefront of their tracks. High Places are set to release their second long player High Places vs. Mankind in the spring. As the title suggests,...
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DT retrospective... Daedelus @ The Basement, York
In a bid to make absolutely zero content ourselves, DT is to feature reviews of shows by the artists themselves. They’re constrained to one word - it’s kind of like the worst Thesaurus in the world.
Today we have Daedelus telling us about his show at The Basement, City Screen, York on 26th October 2009 - yes it’s been slow getting up. He used more than one word, but...
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DT probes... Daedelus - an interview with Alfred...
Daedelus is Alfred Darlington of Los Angeles. His tunes have an infectious groove that make you want to dance and be merry. For the uninitiated and the devout alike, the only real way to do Daedelus justice is by seeing him perform live - DT can’t give you that, so check this…
There’s also a slew of very pretty videos to his tracks, one of the most popular of which is this...
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DT probes... Casiotone for the Painfully Alone -...
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (CftPA) is Owen Ashworth of Chicago. He makes laid-back but impossibly involving eletronic pop. CftPA released two albums in 2009 - the all new collection Vs. Children and a rather special compilation of B-Sides, rarities and covers called Advance Base Battery Life. The latter featured an atmospheric cover of Streets of Philadelphia that you can listen to here....
DT probes... railcars - an interview with Aria...
railcars is the project of Aria Jalali from San Francisco. He produces an experimental but accessible electro-acoustic scuzz noise with a whole heap of soul. His latest EP Cathedrals with No Eyes is an abrasive affair, akin to the Times New Viking headspace. It’s an enthralling record, with sudden, striking moments of pop realisation, amongst a myriad of hazy atmospherics. Currently...