The Coconut Monkeyrocket & Martinibomb - SPLIT!

From the exotic Northeast sands of Portland, Oregon, two brothers (Eric and Ryan) orchestrate sampled records with acoustic guitar, programmed beats, computerized synthlines, live bass, toy monkeys and anything else they can use in Martinibomb.

A one man music project out of Tallahassee, Florida, The Coconut Monkeyrocket A.K.A. Jason Emmett assembles layers and layers of samples together to make a cartoonish dance racket.

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Phosphorescent - Pride

Well here's something a bit special. Pride is actually the third album by one-man-band Phosphorescent (aka Matthew Houck), and far-removed from any run-of-the-mill approach to the singer-songwriter format, this is a record filled with multitracked atmosphere, a wealth of vocal texture and harmony. The music here achieves a bewitching, ethereal sound without Houck having to strive for it in an overt, Grouper-like fashion.

This wraith-ish quality is what distinguishes Phosphorescent from any contemporaries: you can hear every creaking floorboard on 'Be Dark Night', every gesture by Houck's multitracked self. It's like there's twenty different versions of him standing in the room all at once (think Michael Keaton Multiplicity) without the piece ever coming across as overloaded or overwrought. On 'Wolves' when Houck bemoans "Mama, there's wolves in the house", he sounds like a world-weary Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and slowly an orchestra of harmonium, ukulele and roomy percussion sounds up around him. Apparently, somewhere in there you'll hear an ensemble of guest vocalists, including Jana Hunter, but the song belongs to Houck's evocative performance. The haunted Phosphorescent recording studio really comes to life on the spine-tingling 'Cocaine Lights', a composition about post-drug, post-break-up comedowns, delivered with a gospel-like zeal: "Lord, truly I am awake" intones Houck, before ascending into a canyon-sized choral finale.

It's rare to come across an artist with such a singular, distinct voice as Houck's, and he's clearly deserving of much success, but you can only hope that wherever his career might take him he holds onto that same solitary, split-personality mode of delivery. Excellent.

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Strawberry Machine - Discography

... Nagoya girl solo unit Strawberry Machine is having its two albums re-released by label abcdefg*record.

"zero zero five" was first released in 2000 and then re-released in 2004 to coincide with the release of "crazy kilt". Both albums feature an extensive list of indie picopico electro-pop artists including Sonic Coaster Pop, Plus-Tech Squeeze Box, the Aprils with YMCK, naivepop and petitfool, Hazel Nuts Chocolate, macdonald duck eclair, Micro Mach Machine, sonicberry favour, and yet more.

Only 500 copies of each are being re-released, and are then fated to again become super rare, so be sure not to miss this batch. Label abcdefg*record's online shop ships for free within Japan and includes a bonus talk CD-R. ... [chipple.net]

Strawberry Machine - [2000] Zero Zero Five (album)

1. machine gun love song (w/ sonicberry favour)
2. VTR Start (SM Products)
3. Fruits Tea (SM Products)
4. applique (SM Products)
5. itsumo issho (w/ Suzuki Akira (Sonic Coaster Pop))
6. okashi na suiyōbi (SM Products)
7. Crush? (w/ Nishioka Masahiro)
8. masical groove robot (w/ Nishioka Masahiro)
9. shabondama Holiday (w/ naivepop or petitfool)
10. Panda to watashi (w/ natural graphity)
11. noon (w/ miette-one)
12. Appliqué (remix by Nishioka Masahiro)
13. okashina suiyōbi (remix by Plus-Tech Squeeze Box)

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Strawberry Machine - [2004] Crazy Kilt (album)

1. VTR Start! 2 (SM Products)
2. AM 8 - PM 5 (pandacrash)
3. chiisana ouchi (SM Products)
4. Manicure Groove (Yuppa (Hazel Nuts Chocolate))
5. Twinkle of the Stars, Little Stars, Shining Stars (Aprils feat. YMCK)
6. Interlude
7. kurechoko (fuwamaro)
8. The roomnumber is 3021 (macdonald duck eclair)
9. Skaters Waltz (Micro Mach Machine)
10. green hill (sonicberry favour)
11. melon soda (naivepop or petitfool)
12. free arrows (Suzuki Akira (Sonic Coaster Pop/Usagi-chang)

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OLIVIER BERNET - Persepolis: Original Soundtrack

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Near The Parenthesis - Of Soft Construction (2007)

http://www.myspace.com/neartheparenthesis


Genre : Ambient. Idm
Similar Artists : Dntel, Boards of Canada

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Hellogoodbye - Hellogoodbye [EP/DVD Split] [Re-Issue] (2008)

1. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Take It Back To Square One)"
2. "Call n' Return (Say That You're Into Me)"
3. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown...2k1"
4. "Jesse Buy Nothing...Go To Prom Anyways"
5. "Dear Jamie...Sincerely Me"
6. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown...2k4 (Club Remix)"
7. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Demo)"
8. "Shimmy Shimmy Quarter Turn (Gm Og Mix)"
9. "Call n' Return (Demo)"
10. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown...2k1 (Demo)"
11. "Bonnie Taylor Shakedown...2k1 (Gm Og Mix) "
12. "Asking Jessica To Be Official"
13. "Jesse Buy Corsage (Prequel To Jesse Buy Nothing)"
14. "In Da Club (Promo For Chain Show)"
15. "Welcome To My Record (Gm Og Mix)"
16. "One Armed Scissor (Voicemail By: Turtle)"
17. "Trevor Roolz (A Lot) (Gm Og Mix)"
18. "Lindsay Pai Ala Mode (Or Songs For Lindsay Pai)"
19. "Oh Karissa, How I Miss Ya (Gm Og Mix)"
20. "Oh Angie (Demo)"
21. "Oh Angie (Gm Og Mix)"

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Misswonda - Wonderful Tangent

Saya liat ada yang ngepost YMCK, jadi saya pikir mungkin kalian akan menyukai satu lagi band indie dari jepang... MISSWONDA... buat yang rindu akan eurobeat dijamin akan terbawa nostalgia masa remaja kalo dengerin yang satu ini.

picopop/eurobeat/electro/synthpop/female/

Track list:
01. wonderful tangent
02. cabriolet E46
03. sudden shower
04. lady sunset
05. arabesque
06. agetha
07. koijanaino
08. milkyway galaxy

rekomendasi: track 02, 04, 07... bikin badan bergoyang dgn sendirinya...
Mari melantai!!!! -Killjoy2000

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July Skies - The Weather Clock (02/2008)

Genre : Indie/Experimental/Ambient

The eagerly awaited follow up to the July Skies album The English Cold is now available from Make Mine Music.

The Weather Clock is firmly planted and focused on a lost post-war Britain . The beauty of the recently constructed regimented housing estates, fresh from the municipal architects drawing board….the green of front lawns against the blue of the summer sky.....it is the sound of the empty school hall once the summer holidays had commenced.... children playing on distant grassy hills far from the edge of the estate....faded branch line summers where steam met diesel.....the sound of swallows across the fields on a fresh dew drenched May morning.....the nothingness of days and afternoons….the innocence and lightness of a breeze through an open window, striking pastel patterns on curtains which billow….the sound of BBC closing down broadcasts during the daytime and displaying the TV test card for the afternoon, whilst the country continued to work, play or learn....this is the sound of The Weather Clock.

The first 350 copies of the album will come with an exclusive CDep ˜The Weather Clock ep™ which will be available through the MMM shop only and nowhere else (with no repress or download).

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Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (Leaked) (2008)

Artist: Elbow
Title: The Seldom Seen Kid (Advance)
Country: Manchester, England
Release Date: 2008.03.17
Genre: Indie Rock / Alternative

1. "Starlings"
2. "The Bones of You"
3. "Mirrorball"
4. "Grounds for Divorce"
5. "An Audience with the Pope"
6. "Weather to Fly"
7. "The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver"
8. "The Fix"
9. "Some Riot"
10. "One Day Like This"
11. "Friend of Ours"

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Hjaltalin-Sleepdrunk Seasons

The band Hjaltalín began, two years ago, as a one-act thing in the music scene of MH, a Reykjavik gymnasium that is renowned for harbouring musicians. Things have evolved since then, personell changed, and the band has actually changed course regarding musical styles in the meantime, although the band is certainly hard to categorize with influences ranging from modern indie rock to 60’s pop music to classical music.

The group is comprised of Axel Haraldsson (drums), Guðmundur Óskar Guðmundsson (bass, guitar, vocals), Hjörtur Ingvi Jóhannsson (keyboards, guitar) and Högni Egilsson (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Sigríður Thorlacius (vocals, percussioun), Viktor Orri Árnason(violin), Rebekka Bryndís Björndsóttir (bassoon), Þorgbjörg Daphne Hall (cello), Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson (guitar).

Recent projects include the making of a christmas album distributed to friends and family, opening for the Icelandic reggae-band Hjálmar, gigs in some of the more renowned bars in Reykjavík and record-making. Also, the song “The trees don’t like the smoke” aired in Kastljósið, the prime time program which is aired after the evening news.

Sleepdrunk Seasons is Hjaltalín's first album. The album has been described as one of the best albums of the year and been awaited by critics and fans alike, especially after a glorious performance on Airwaves'07. Sleepdrunk Seasons was produced by Icelandic “indie” heavyweights, Benni Hemm Hemm and Gunnar Tynes (múm).

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