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Fractured Air x Blogothèque – S01E12 | December mix
Welcome to our final mixtape for 2016.
For our last mix we are really excited to share an exclusive first listen of the forthcoming album by Finland’s The Gentleman Losers. Based in Helsinki, The Gentleman Losers comprise the brothers Samu and Ville Kuukka. The duo have released their music on such independent labels as Büro, City Centre Offices, Warp, Nothings66 and Standard Form. Their two full-length releases – 2006’s self-titled debut album and 2009’s sophomore “Dustland” – have been universally acclaimed, winning the hearts of many esteemed music-lovers worldwide, while also being championed by such independent music stalwarts as Germany’s Nils Frahm and UK’s Bibio. The forthcoming third record – the brothers’ latest venture into blissful instrumental music of unknown pleasures – is set to be released during 2017.
December’s mix also features our favourite album of the year: “Upstepping” by UK cellist and composer Oliver Coates. As well as releasing his second solo album earlier this year (via PRAH Recordings) Coates has also released the sublime collaborative work “Remain Calm” (with Mica Levi of Micachu & The Shapes) via the UK label Slip Discs. In addition to a busy schedule of extensive touring and live performances during the year, Coates also performed strings on the current Radiohead album “A Moon Shaped Pool” (XL Recordings).
Other 2016 favourites are featured here, including: Brigid Mae Power (self-titled LP via Tompkins Square), Carla dal Forno (“You Know What It’s Like” via Blackest Ever Black), Kevin Morby (“Singing Saw” via Dead Oceans), Jessy Lanza’s “Oh No” (Hyperdub), Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s “EARS” (Western Vinyl), Amiina’s “Fantômas” (Mengi) and Eluvium’s “False Readings On” (Temporary Residence).
In a year that has all too often thrown up troubling and distressing news and events, it places an even brighter spotlight on the vital role – in expressing emotions, articulating thoughts, distilling messages, blurring boundaries and lighting the way – that music brings to all our lives. In our tiny capacity, we’d like to thank all the musicians, labels and listeners for helping to keep that eternal light flickering.
Wishing our readers and listeners a very happy Christmas and peaceful new year.
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Fractured Air x Blogothèque – S01E12 | December mix
To listen on La Blogothèque:
http://www.blogotheque.net/2016/12/27/fractured-air-x-blogotheque-s01e12-december-mix/
Tracklisting:
01. Uncle Charlie – “…today is the thing” (Shadow Of A Doubt)
02. The Caretaker – “It’s just a burning memory” (History Always Favours the Winners)
03. Julianna Barwick – “Heading Home” (excerpt) (Dead Oceans)
04. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani – “Closed Circuit” (excerpt) (RVNG Intl)
05. Jessy Lanza – “Going Somewhere” (DVA HI:EMOTIONS Remix) (Hyperdub)
06. Tim Hecker – “Violet Monumental II” (4AD)
07. Arthur Russell – “You And Me Both” (Rough Trade)
08. Oliver Coates – “PERFECT LOVE” (PRAH Recordings)
09. Demdike Stare – “Animal Style” (Modern Love)
10. Grouper – “Headache” (Yellow Electric)
11. The Gentleman Losers – “There Will Come Soft Rains” (Exclusive)
12. Carla dal Forno – “You Know What It’s Like” (Blackest Ever Black)
13. Amiina – “Lady Beltham” (Mengi)
14. Kevin Morby – “Cut Me Down” (Dead Oceans)
15. Dungen – “Trollkarlen Och Fågeldräkten” (Smalltown Supersound / Mexican Summer)
16. Exploded View – “Stand Your Ground” (Sacred Bones)
17. Brigid Mae Power – “I Left Myself For A While” (Tompkins Square)
18. Ben Frost – “Stormfront” (Bedroom Community)
19. Sarah Neufeld – “They All Came Down” (Paper Bag)
20. A Winged Victory For The Sullen – “Gare du Nord Part One” (Iris OST, Erased Tapes)
21. Philip Glass – “Heroes” (Aphex Twin Remix) (Warp)
22. Eluvium – “Washer Logistics” (Temporary Residence)
23. Leonard Cohen – “The Partisan” (Columbia)
24. Naïm Amor & John Convertino – “Before We Go” (LM Dupli-cation)
25. Calexico – “Gift X-Change” (Our Soil, Our Strength)
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Compiled by Fractured Air, December 2016. The copyright in these recordings is the property of the individual artists and/or record labels. If you like the music, please support the artist by buying their records.
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Fractured Air x Blogothèque – S1E6 | June mix
We’re delighted to present two exclusive tracks by the world-renowned Berlin-based contemporary classical music collective stargaze. Founded by German conductor André de Ridder, stargaze comprise a network of classically trained European musicians who have performed and collaborated extensively in a wide variety of contexts to date.
The German-based collective have worked with some of the most acclaimed and forward-thinking contemporary music-makers, including: Julia Holter, Nils Frahm, Bryce Dessner, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Shara Worden, Owen Pallett, These New Puritans and many more; and have appeared at prestigious festivals and venues including: the Holland Festival, Barbican Centre London, Acht-Brücken-Festival at Cologne Philharmonie, Crossing Borders Festival, Wonderfeel Festival, Kaltern Pop Festival, Berlin Pop-Kultur, Rewire Festival (NL).
Another vital element of the stargaze repertoire in recent years has been amassing their considerable collection of instrumental works. These have included: Deerhof Chamber Variations by Greg Saunier; string quartets by Sufjan Stevens and Bryce Dessner as well as David Lang’s composition Death Speaks; Mica Levi’s Under The Skin and Richard Reed Parry’s Music for Heart and Breath.
Presented exclusively for June’s mixtape are stargaze’s analogue arrangements of Boards of Canada’s EP “Hi Scores”, performed live at Motel Mozaïque in Rotterdam during April 2016. Arrangements are by Aart Strootman.
Staying in Berlin, also included in June’s mixtape is the highly acclaimed Hamburg-born and Berlin-based guitarist and composer Martyn Heyne who released his gorgeous debut solo E.P. “Shady & Light” this year (available as a free download from http://martynheyne.com). Heyne has long been associated with countless musicians in the independent music scene as they have recorded at Lichte, Heyne’s Berlin-based home studio (Sarah Neufeld, Nils Frahm, Lubomyr Melnyk, Peter Broderick). Heyne was also a touring member with Danish group Efterklang during their 2013 “Piramida” tour.
Finally, June also saw the release of Irish songwriter Brigid Mae Power’s masterful self-titled album (her first for U.S. independent Tompkins Square). The album was recorded in 2015 with Peter Broderick at The Sparkle, his hometown studio in Portland, Oregon.
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Fractured Air x Blogothèque – S1E6 | June mix
To Read/listen on La Blogothèque:
http://www.blogotheque.net/2016/06/27/fractured-air-x-blogotheque-s01e06-june-mix/
Tracklisting:
01. Brigid Mae Power – “Watching The Horses” (Tompkins Square)
02. Sarah Neufeld – “Chase the Bright and Burning” (Paper Bag)
03. The Flaming Lips – “The Observer” (Warner Bros.)
04. s t a r g a z e – “Everything You Do Is A Balloon” (live at Motel Mozaïque, Rotterdam, 09/04/16)
05. Arthur Russell – “Instrumentals – 1974 Volume 1” (Rough Trade, Audika)
06. Oliver Coates – “Innocent Love” (PRAH Recordings)
07. Jessy Lanza – “It Means I Love You” (Hyperdub)
08. Moderat – “Finder” (Monkeytown)
09. Jamie xx & Four Tet – “SeeSaw” (feat. Rome) [Club Version] (Young Turks)
10. Kiasmos – “Swayed” (Erased Tapes)
11. Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm – “23:52” (Erased Tapes)
12. Boards Of Canada – “Sunshine Recorder” (Warp)
13. Radiohead – “Full Stop” (XL Recordings)
14. Explosions In The Sky – “The Ecstatics” (Bella Union)
15. MJ Guider – “Lit Negative” (Kranky)
16. Julee Cruise – “Mysteries Of Love” (Warner Bros.)
17. Angel Olsen – “Intern” (Jagjaguwar)
18. Martyn Heyne – “Brandung” (http://martynheyne.com)
19. Roslyn Steer – “Of A Sunday” (Kantcope)
20. Bob Dylan – “Final Theme” (Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid OST, Columbia)
21. s t a r g a z e – “Nlogax / Turquoise Hexagon Sun” (live at Motel Mozaïque, Rotterdam, 09/04/16)
22. Bill Fay – “The Sun Is Bored” (Deram, Decca)
23. Amiina – “Kola” (Lighthouse Version) (Sound Of A Handshake)
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Compiled by Fractured Air, June 2016. The copyright in these recordings is the property of the individual artists and/or record labels. If you like the music, please support the artist by buying their records.
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Fractured Air x Blogothèque – S1E3 | March mix
Welcome to part three of our monthly mix series. Presented in this month’s mix is the first in our new series of exclusive tracks which will be submitted by guest musicians each month. For March, we include “In the fields”, an exclusive unreleased track by independent music stalwart Benoît Pioulard (Seattle-based musician Thomas Meluch). Since the release of his debut opus “Précis” (via world-renowned Chicago-based Kranky in 2006), Meluch has amassed an incredible body of work, comprising both solo and collaborative recordings. Most recently, Meluch released the debut self-titled album under his Perils guise – Meluch’s collaboration with Canadian composer Kyle Bobby Dunn – as well as “Sonnet”, his most recent solo full-length and the solo E.P. “Noyaux”. Meluch has released music on some of independent music’s finest and most esteemed labels including: Kranky, Morr Music, Desire Path Recordings and Type.
Opening this month’s mix is the fascinating Walt Whitman-inspired collaborative E.P. “Leaves Of Grass” – thanks to Berlin-based Morr Music – where Iggy Pop reads excerpts taken from Whitman’s legendary poetry collection of the same name, while German musicians Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto) together with Ronald Lippok and Bernd Jestram (Tarwater) provide the intriguing musical accompaniment. Elsewhere, we have selections from: Munich-based producer Skee Mask’s “Junt” E.P.; Canadian violinist and composer Sarah Neufeld’s glorious new solo album “The Ridge”; peerless U.K. producer Chris Clark; A Pleasure’s essential debut L.P. “Minor Youth” for Other People; Kevin Morby (ex bassist to Woods)’s masterful symphonic Dead Oceans full-length “Singing Saw” and Irish/U.S. super-group The Gloaming make their triumphant return with “2” (via Real World Records). Meanwhile, even Dale Cooper, resident FBI Special Agent to Twin Peaks, makes a guest cameo somewhere before the dust settles.
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Fractured Air x Blogothèque – S1E3 | March mix
To Read/listen on La Blogothèque:
http://en.blogotheque.net/2016/03/24/fractured-air-x-blogotheque-s01e03-march-mix/
Tracklisting:
01. Iggy Pop / Tarwater / Alva Noto – “As Adam Early In The Morning / I Am He That Aches With Love” (Morr Music)
02. Anna Homler & Steve Moshier – “Yesh’ Te” (RVNG Intl)
03. Julien Neto – “Questionable Things” (excerpt) (Type)
04. Benoît Pioulard – “In The Fields” (Unreleased)
05. Perils – “The Unbecoming” (Desire Path Recordings)
06. The Gentleman Losers – “Silver Mountain” (Büro)
07. Vashti Bunyan – “Here Before” (FatCat)
08. Max Richter – “Path 5” (Clark Remix) (Deutsche Grammophon)
09. Clark – “Hide on the Treads 3” (The Last Panthers OST, Warp)
10. Mikael Seifu – “The Protectors” (RVNG Intl)
11. A Pleasure – “Arthur Russel” (Other People)
12. Skee Mask – “Junt” (Ilian Tape)
13. Prins Thomas – “E” (Smalltown Supersound)
14. Odd Nosdam – “Sisters” (Boards of Canada Remix) (Leaving)
15. Arthur Russell – “Habit Of You” (Audika, Rough Trade)
16. Woo – “A Complex Art” (Drag City)
17. Kevin Morby – “I Have Been to the Mountain” (Dead Oceans)
18. Bullion – “Dip Your Foot” (DEEK Recordings)
19. Rayon – “Il Collo e la Collana 02” (Alien Transistor)
20. Mary Lattimore – “The Quiet at Night” (Ghostly International)
21. The Gloaming – “Fáinleog (Wanderer)” (Real World)
22. Sarah Neufeld – “Where the Light Comes In” (Paper Bag)
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Compiled by Fractured Air, March 2016. The copyright in these recordings is the property of the individual artists and/or record labels. If you like the music, please support the artist by buying their records.
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Mixtape: When Time Flies [A Fractured Air Mix]
When Time Flies [A Fractured Air Mix]
To listen on Mixcloud:
https://www.mixcloud.com/Fractured_Air/when-time-flies-a-fractured-air-mix/
Tracklisting:
01. David Allred ‘When Time Flies’ [Oscarson]
02. Beach House ‘Levitation’ [Bella Union/Sub Pop]
03. Air ‘Empty House’ [‘The Virgin Suicides’ OST / Virgin]
04. Laurel Halo ‘Focus I’ [Honest Jon’s]
05. Arthur Russell ‘This Is How We Walk On The Moon’ [Audika]
06. Dawn of Midi ‘Algol’ [Erased Tapes]
07. The Bad Plus ‘Never Stop’ [EmArcy]
08. Sun Ra ‘Plutonian Nights’ [Strut]
09. Cheech & Chong ‘Basketball Jones’ [‘Being There’ OST]
10. Peter Broderick + Gabriel Saloman ‘Lament For Philip Seymour Hoffman’ [Beacon Sound]
11. Guillaume Roussel ‘Meurtre du fou’ [‘La Connection’ OST / Gaumont, Légende Films]
12. Symmetry ‘Streets Of Fire’ [Italians Do It Better]
13. Max Richter ‘Lullaby’ (feat. Robert Wyatt) [130701]
14. Julia Kent ‘Heavy Eyes’ [The Leaf Label]
15. Julia Holter ‘Have You In My Wilderness’ [Domino]
16. Harold Budd & John Foxx ‘Adult’ [All Saints]
17. The Band ‘I Shall Be Released’ [Capitol]
18. Georges Delerue ‘Camille’ [‘Le Mépris’ OST / EmArcy]
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This mixtape will be our final post on Fractured Air. We’d both like to take this opportunity to thank each and every person who has helped or supported us in one way or another over the last 3½ years. It has been a real pleasure for us to have found ourselves in a position to be able to do our small part in helping promote the true wonder that is independent music. Most of all, we’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of our readers who helped us keep going as long as we did. Thank you.
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Fractured Air 13: Seeing Things (A Mixtape by Cillian Murphy)
Fractured Air 13: Seeing Things (A Mixtape by Cillian Murphy)
To listen on Mixcloud:
http://www.mixcloud.com/Fractured_Air/fractured-air-13-seeing-things-a-mixtape-by-cillian-murphy/
Tracklisting:
01. MONEY ‘So Long (God Is Dead)’ [Bella Union]
02. Neil Young ‘Out On The Weekend’ [Reprise]
03. The National ‘Hard To Find’ [4AD]
04. The Flaming Lips ‘Waitin’ for a Superman’ [Warner Bros.]
05. Arthur Russell ‘That’s Us/Wild Combination’ [Rough Trade]
06. Kevin Drew ‘Good Sex’ [Arts & Crafts]
07. Airhead ‘Wait’ [R & S]
08. Bobby Womack ‘Deep River’ [XL]
09. Röyksopp ‘Daddy’s Groove’ [LateNightTales]
10. Julianna Barwick ‘Call’ [Suicide Squeeze]
11. John Martyn ‘Small Hours’ [Island]
12. Bill Evans ‘Peace Piece’ [Riverside]
13. Vincent Gallo ‘Yes I’m Lonely’ [Warp]
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“Seeing Things” is a special mix made by Irish actor Cillian Murphy. At this summer’s Galway Arts Festival, Cillian Murphy will re-unite with playwright Enda Walsh for the production of ‘Ballyturk’, co-starring Mikel Murfi and Stephen Rea. Previously, Walsh and Murphy worked together on ‘Disco Pigs’ (1996) and ‘Misterman’ (2011).
‘Ballyturk’ will run at the Black Box Theatre, Galway from July 10—27 as part of the 2014 Galway Arts Festival. The play will later transfer to London’s National Theater where it runs for a five-week season at the Lyttelton Theatre on September 11, and runs until October 11, 2014.
This Autumn Cillian Murphy will reprise his role as Thomas Shelby in the second season of BBC Two’s period drama ‘Peaky Blinders’.
For Cillian’s recent interview with Julia Holter, please click HERE.
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‘Ballyturk’, the new play written and directed by Enda Walsh starring Cillian Murphy, Mikel Murfi and Stephen Rea, will premiere at the 2014 Galway Arts Festival this July.
http://ballyturk.com
http://www.galwayartsfestival.com
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