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malcolm-king:

Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Beyonce & Charlie Wilson - See Me Now

onlyambient:

“This Unfolds” // Four Tet // There Is Love In You

Minimal techno constructions from good ole’ Four Tet. Blinder of an album, it has to be said. 

Review #6 coming a little later this evening; Christopher Bissonnette’s In Between Words. Watch this space.

onlyambient:

“My Own Strange Path” // M83 // Digital Shades Vol. I

M83 - Dream Pop = Ambient? Questionable at times, but undeniably good.

foxbat:

Interpol - Hands Away

Some day I’ll erect a monument to formerly great bands who just kept going, as if they were deep space missions where all the crew has died but whose radio beacons continue to broadcast. Or something. I saw these guys live in 2005 and they put on a hell of a show. Damn shame about everything they released after their second album.

blackastronaut:

ya’ll, i want you guys to know something i’ve never told anyone before; i liked I, Robot.  not just the book; the movie too.  now, i know there were plenty of things to dislike about that movie— will smith, shia labeouf, that one part where will sneezes and says “sorry, i’m allergic to bullshit”— but amidst all the poop is the scene with the robots huddled into shipping containers, and i personally don’t think i’ve ever seen such a good representation of a sad robot.  

this song, Ghost Hardware, by spacey UK garage/dub master Burial, is a song that manages to capture the same mood that I, Robot, does, albeit in a more intense waves.  samples drift in and out aimlessly like an obsolete model without a task; percussion moves along gently in the background, never stopping like the ticking on a clock; and of course hard synth sounds stab from the darkness powerfully, creating a surprisingly dynamic track with very little.  all of Burials’ music is like this; though it seems spare and echoey, it also manages to be powerful and moving without sacrificing the desolate, abandoned feeling.  both this album, Untrue, and his self-titled release are good, though Ghost Hardware is easily my favorite track from his discography.

this is the kind of music i want playing as i wake up to find myself alone in an old shuttle, its’ previous occupants seemingly evaporated, leaving nothing behind but singular black astronaut, drifting aimlessly around space.

Burial—Ghost Hardware—Untrue

deadleaves-dirtyground:

strangedesert:

Laura Marling - Night After Night (Daytrotter Session)

I didn’t know she did a Daytrotter Session! Today is looking up