From: Orange County, CA Album: Happiness & Contempt (M.A.O. Records – 1980) Genre(s): electronic, minimal synth Recommended if you like: Absolute Body Control, Kraftwerk Buy: Amazon
The third episode of the Bomarr Blog podcast is here. This is the all-hip hop episode. Please rate and/or comment in iTunes so I know you’re listening. Enjoy!
From: Minneapolis, Shanghai, Space Album:Galactaron (Interscope Digital Distribution - 2011) Genre(s): electronic, pop, vocoder Recommended if you like: vocoders Website: www.galactaron.com Buy: Bandcamp
From: San Francisco Who: Crested (Tom Baugh) and Denley (Matthew Holt) – Remixed by Keith Tadashi Album: EP1 (Self-released – 2012) Genre(s): electronic, beats Recommended if you like: Lazer Sword, Teebs Buy: FREE on Bandcamp
From: France Album: “Paradoxe” b/w “Trip” 7″ (Omega Studio – 1981) Genre(s): minimal synth, french, instrumental Recommended if you like: Absolute Body Control, Kraftwerk
I’m happy to announce the first episode of the Bomarr Blog podcast. A bi-weekly podcast I will be doing from now on. Very excited about this. Please click the link above to subscribe to the podcast via the iTunes store.
From: Brooklyn Album: Merry eX Mas & Suck My Dick! Genre: hip hop Recommended if you like: Wu-Tang Clan, RZA, Necro, EL-P, Danny Brown Worth noting: This track was produced by Necro Buy: Bandcamp (only 5 bucks for 15 tracks!)
Who: Prince Terrence From: New York City Album: Loose Tights EP Genre(s): alternative, modern dark-wave, 80′s synth Recommended if you like: Com Truise Worth noting: Has been the drummer for Spank Rock, Major Lazer, Santigold Buy: Bandcamp
From: NYC Album: Big Sky ( Sire – 1981) Genre(s): new wave, power pop, punk rock Recommended if you like: MSG, Liquid Liquid, Arthur Russell Worth noting: Arthur Russell played keyboards, cello, guitar and did some vocals on this record. Buy: iTunes
From: United States Album: Taking in the Summer / Living in a Vacuum 7″ (Tekno Tunes – 1980) Genre(s): post punk, minimal synth, Recommended if you like: Oppenheimer Analysis, minimal wave comps
From: London via Toronto Album: Death and Desire (Out April 2) Genre(s): Electronic, Synth, Pop, Moody Recommended if you like: Kings of Convenience, Junior Boys Website: www.digitsmusic.com
From: The West Coast Album: Radio Activity Rapp 12″ (Rappers Rapp Disco Co. – 1984) Genres: Old School, West Coast, Hip Hop, Vocoder, Electro Recommended if you like: World Class Wreckin Cru, Sugar Hill Gang, Magic Mike Buy: Amazon
From: Cleveland, OH Album: Attack on Memory (Carpark – 2012) Genre(s): Indie Rock, Noise, Post Rock Recommended if you like: Slint, The Men, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Sunny Day Real Estate Website: cloudnothings.tumblr.com Buy: iTunes
Who: Nick Zammuto of the Books Album: Zammuto (Temporary Residence – 2012) Genre(s): electronic, experimental, cello, beats, cut up Recommended if you like: The Books, Battles Website: http://zammutosound.com/ Buy: iTunes
From: France Album: So So So EP (Infine – 2011) Genre(s): Electronic, Ambient, Minimal Tech House Recommended if you like: Aphex Twin, µ-Ziq Website(s): Facebook ; Twitter Buy: iTunes
One of my favorites, The Magnetic Fields, are back with a new record called Love at the Bottom of the Sea. This is their first record in a while that has gone back to their 69 Love Songs-style of well written synth pop. buy
Nemo is a 9-year old boy from Berlin. He played all the music on this (except the drum programming, which was arranged by his dad). He wrote this song for his friends’ birthday. It’s adorable, and REALLY REALLY good. Please support this little guy and buy the song direct from his Bandcamp page.
I can’t even put into words how much I’m loving this record. I posted their mellower single “Candy Walls“ a while back. This one appeals to all my “synthy” sensibilities. Go buy this record. buy
Portishead-sampling track from Schoolboy Q‘s Habits and Contradictions LP. Schoolboy Q is down with Kendrick Lamar and ASAP Rocky. I prefer this record to anything Kendrick or ASAP have released. buy
I haven’t been posting nearly as much as I would like lately. I’ve had a lot going on with work/life and what not, but I’ll be trying to post as frequently as I can. Maybe not every day, but definitely multiple times a week. You may not see as much writing about the songs, but you’ll see more content, including videos, links to other blogs, etc. Thanks for being patient.
Brusque Twins is a duo from Montreal. They play downtempo, melodic, synth pop. They release music via Visage Musique and their Bandcamp page, where you can check out more of their stuff. facebook
Bomarr Blog super friend Edison from San Francisco just released this Full Mustafa project via the 900bats site. He says:
“yodels brodels… been sitting on this lil’ project for a few months… it is 20 beats of flipped and bugged out psych rock… shit your uncle hippy wished he had heard while he was ripping tubes in his teenage flower powered sweaty VW bus… just in case the listeners of bat-tapes forgot how to do it, i got evak1 and beastmaster to rip a track each…. pure posterity bros….”
cozy corners – “bit of myself in you” (stream-only)
Another great 2-song single from Fake Flamingo Records. If you don’t remember, Fake Flamingo is releasing a series of digital singles this year featuring artists performing under different pseudonyms. Here’s the summary of the project direct from Fake Flamingo:
“Conceived in 2011 as a response to the current phenomena of selling an artist’s identity rather than their music. The goal is to release a digital single each week, created by an artist working under a pseudonym. As an added bonus, when the proceeds reach $1K, a limited edition 12″ vinyl record will be pressed and 100 people who actually paid for their downloads will receive the record for free”
Name your price over at Bandcamp and visit the Fake Flamingowebsite
New digital single from Muir Moor. This single is part of an awesome concept project from Fake Flamingo Records. Here’s what the project is all about:
“Conceived in 2011 as a response to the current phenomena of selling an artist’s identity rather than their music. The goal … more is to release a digital single each week, created by an artist working under a pseudonym. As an added bonus, when the proceeds reach $1K, a limited edition 12″ vinyl record will be pressed and 100 people who actually paid for their downloads will receive the record for free.”
I think it’s a great idea, and I fully support this project. I’m looking forward to hearing more. So far, Fake Flamingo has released 2-song digital singles from Garnett Jackson, VBZ, Puerto Pobre and Sunday Morning Jazz Club (who are all artists you’ve most likely heard of under their “regular” names). You can stream and buy these singles at the Fake Flamingo Records Bandcamp page. website
1980 single from British synth pop outfit Landscape. Their singer, Richard James Burgess, not only produced recordings by Adam Ant and Spandau Ballet, he co-designed the first electronic drum set, the Simmons SDS-V. This track has a bit of an Ultravox / Gary Numan vibe to it, which is something I love about it.
I don’t really know anything about Micro Naps other than that they’re from the Bay Area, and that they recently released this split EP with Powwoww on Tundra Dubs. Also, I know that it’s good. buy soundcloud
Fockewulf 190 were a Human League-Ultravox-Kraftwerk-inspired Italian duo who were most active in the 80′s, although as recently as 2010, they released a cover of the classic Kraftwerk track “The Model.” They take their name from a WWII German fighter jet.
Canada’s Gobble Gobble no longer performs or releases music under this name. They have since changed their name to Born Gold. Either way, their music is hard to describe. Have a listen. buy
Bill Wyman is best known as the bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962-1992. In 1982, he released his self-titled third album, which spawned this minor hit. buy
From the new Fulgeance LP To All of You, which recently came out on Melting Pot Music. A while back, I posted this French producer’s remix of Architeq‘s “Birds of Prey,” which is just as great as this. buy
I posted about Alabama’s Paper Route Gangstaza while back due to their catchy, Diplo-produced track “Stop N Go.” Toward the end of 2010 they released their Born 2 Ball mixtape, (which gets my vote for one of the worst covers of the year). “Chevy” is from this mixtape. I’m not too into most of the other songs, but this once has be bouncing around a bit. You can stream/download the rest of the mixtape right here.
Latent Sea is Oakland, CA’s Tom Baugh (aka Crested) and Matthew Holt of San Francisco’s Broken Figures. They pride themselves on using mostly hardware synthesizers. They are working on a full length and in the meantime will be releasing free songs online. bandcamp
In 1982, Kluster‘s Dieter Moebius collaborated with German producer Conny Plank and Guru Guru drummer Mani Neumeier to release this Krautrock-meets-electronic-meets-dance LP Zero Set. “All Repro” is one of the standout tracks from it. buy
I’m sure when you think of early electro innovators, you don’t think of Cat Stevens, do you? While he’s one of my all-time favorite musicians, hearing a song like this coming from the man who wrote “Wild World” is quite a surprise. Recorded in 1976, this instrumental is considered by some to be one of the first “electro” songs. buy
From their 2011 release Interplay. John Foxx was the mastermind behind 80′s electronic experimenters Ultravox. This is his collaboration with producer Benge. buy