max hattler’s 1925 is a fitting extreme opposite to the vision of heaven he presented in 1923. i would rather be in heaven, but i am no less impressed by hell.

syntaks – ylajali
ghostly international

WHO WILL WIN !?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!? !?!?!?!?

more PES!

and PEZ!

sometimes i’m a bit hesitant to believe that a new young band has produced an amazing album. i’m not really sure why since it seems to be occurring frequently these days, especially where young british bands are concerned. in any case, the xx has certain done so with their debut record xx. the sexual tension between the voices of romy madley croft and oliver sim is exquisite. combined with their youthful restraint, i am hard pressed to find a dynamic to compare it to. it is a treat to me that this album gives us so much of the two of them singing together in unison. and the simple early cure inspired, sometimes referential, guitar and bass lines just feel like home to me.

rory phillips‘ excellent crystalised remix is currently available on vinyl.

crystalised chopped and skewered remix by popular damage
original post by musiq trend

it was rory phillips‘ excellent mix for the durrr podcast, rory phillips live a durrr paris that originally hooked me on this track by gossip.

get the fred falke remix of heavy cross from pretty much amazing.

nausea, by heroin and your veins is one of my favorite albums of last year. each track so effectively creates a dark and mysterious atmosphere that the album seems to belong to its own film noir world.

i was pleased to discover their video collection on vimeo. many of the video appear to shot on a digital camera. at best, the dark, grainy, isolated scenes provide the perfect visual for dreary, dreamy sound world of the songs.

heroinandyourveins.net

i’m so taken by this new animation loop by max hattler. everything on max’s vimeo page seems to be well worth a look. whereas this new piece has a special magic that is not quite rivaled by his previous works and colaborations, after watching 1923 for the first time yesterday, i started looking at his other videos and got sucked into nearly all of them. it was an afternoon well spent. i look forward to the release of 1925.

inspiration for 1923:
a symbolic composition of the spiritual world by augustin lesage

lesage’s paintings are amazing. i love the thematic parallels to Carl Jung’s mandala painting in the Red Book which i recently saw exhibited at the rubin museum of art.

maxhattler.com

i’ve been hooked on this track since i first heard the skream remix on the Vunzig Soundsystem – P.E.P. Mix a few weeks ago, but i hadn’t yet gotten around to teasing the artist’s name out of the track list. fortunately, when i asked a friend this evening what they’ve been listening to, the name la roux came up.

in for the kill (skream remix) from RCRD LBL.

original tracks and remixes from better propaganda.