Utility Fog

Sunday, 10th of August, 2008

Tonight, some wonderfully demented music from High Places at the top, and Lucky Dragons near the end, along with more demented stuff from Hans Appelqvist (from whom much more next week!)
Along the way, we had more from the amazing James Blackshaw, and from the lovely Gas reissues, plus something from the bonus CD 4ad put out with their UK version of the Atlas Sound album. In a strangely similar vein, some spooky ambient stuff from Wollongong trio a slow rip.
Fabulous postrock from Apse, and stupendous hip-hop (meets industrial meets shoegaze meets the kitchen sink) from Dälek, from whom much more in coming weeks!

On the local front, I finally tracked down Melbourne (via, well, the world) outfit function's album the secret miracle fountain overseas, and it's wonderful stuff. Sydney's Preservation release US folk singer Tan or Boil, enlisting Aaron Martin to do arrangements & collaborations, and bringing in Melbourne's Part Timer to do extra remixy biz on a couple of tracks. It's fantastic stuff.
Also, two tracks from Newcastle band Firekites, beautifully recorded acoustic instruments plus some nice electronic touches, effected drums and the like. Very fine debut. And Holly Throsby's new album is as beguiling as ever.

High Places - Banana Slugs/Cosmonaut [Thrill Jockey/Mistletone]
James Blackshaw - Echo And Abyss [Tompkins Square]
Gas - Königsforst track 5 [Kompakt]
Atlas Sound - ABC Glasgow [4ad]
a slow rip - devil in the well [endgame records]
Angels of Light - Palisades [Young God]
Alexander Tucker - Veins to the Sky [ATP Recordings]
Various Production - Foller (Zan Lyons remix) [Various Production]
Apse - Shade of the Moor [ATP Recordings]
Darqwan - Universal Wan-Ting [Planet µ]
Funckarma - Stub Dane [Highpoint Lowlife]
Dälek - Abandoned Language [Ipecac]
Subtle - Hollow Hollered [Lex Records]
Laura - Cardboard Cutout Robot Victim Hero Children [Elevation]
Firekites - Same Suburb Different Park [Spunk]
Holly Throsby - Warm Jets [Spunk]
Firekites - Skimming Rooftops [Spunk]
function - prayer in tonal forest [locust music]
Tan or Boil - Visas, Paperwork (extra production from Part Timer) [Preservation]
function - hanalei (alone with the real magic dragon) [locust music]
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ren Takada - Paul's Dance [333 discs] {from a wonderful Japanese Penguin Cafe Orchestra tribute album}
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Laurence [Milan]
Hans Appelqvist - Tänk att himlens alla stjärnor [Häpna]
Lucky Dragons - my are singing [Hawks and Sparrows/Mistletone]
Comatone & Foley (aka Trigger Happy) - CF1 [self-released through Vitamin]

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