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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 – S01E11 | November mix
November’s mixtape contains gorgeous new releases from a host of exceptional voices in today’s independent music world: the peerless L.A. composer and songwriter Julia Holter unveils her debut score (‘Bleed For This’, Milan Records); Australia-born & Berlin-based artist Carla dal Forno whose exceptional avant-pop debut full-length ‘You Know What It’s Like’ marks one of 2016’s finest LPs (Blackest Ever Black); the utterly compelling collaborative project between Mica Levi and Oliver Coates (in the form of ‘Remain Calm’, released recently via Slip) and A Winged Victory For The Sullen’s stunningly beautiful ‘Iris’ original score, which represents the prestigious duo’s third full length release (available digitally now).
Earlier this month marked the sad passing of Leonard Cohen at the age of 82. A true visionary and legendary songwriter, his last studio album ‘You Want It Darker’ was released just weeks before his untimely passing. Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s emotional tribute to his good friend echoes powerfully the vital importance of Cohen’s sacred songbook: “Leonard, no other artist’s poetry and music felt or sounded quite like yours. We’ll miss you.”
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Fractured Air x Blogothèque – S01E11 | November mix
To Read/listen on La Blogothèque:
http://www.blogotheque.net/2016/11/24/fractured-air-x-blogotheque-s01e11-november-mix/
Tracklisting:
01. DJ Shadow – “The Mountain Will Fall” (Mass Appeal)
02. A Tribe Called Quest – “The Space Program” (Epic)
03. Archangel – “Julia” (Dean Blunt’s On Wine, Hashish & Molly Version Vinyl Edit) (Foom)
04. Underworld – “Low Burn” (Universal Music Group)
05. Dead Light – “Sleeper” (Village Green)
06. Carla dal Forno – “Db Rip” (Blackest Ever Black)
07. Karen Marks – “Cold Café” (Efficient Space)
08. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – “Riparian” (Western Vinyl)
09. Mica Levi & Oliver Coates – “Barok Main” (Slip)
10. Dungen – “Peri Banu Vid Sjön” (Smalltown Supersound)
11. case/lang/veirs – “Supermoon” (Anti-)
12. Tortoise (ft. Georgia Hubley) – “Yonder Blue” (Thrill Jockey)
13. Fleetwood Mac – “Albatross” (Reprise)
14. Lambchop – “Writer” (Merge, City Slang)
15. Matt Robertson – “Juno” (Tape Club)
16. Julia Holter – “Home Movies” (Bleed For This OST, Milan)
17. Heather Woods Broderick – “Glider” (Western Vinyl)
18. Loscil – “Drained Lake” (Kranky)
19. A Winged Victory For The Sullen – “Comme on a Dit” (Iris OST, Erased Tapes)
20. Leonard Cohen – “String Reprise / Treaty” (Columbia, Sony Music)
21. Syrinx – “December Angel” (excerpt) (RVNG Intl)
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Compiled by Fractured Air, November 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: Cillian Murphy – “Be Good To Them Always” (Fractured Air, Nov. ’16)
We’re delighted to present the latest in a series of guest mixtapes compiled by Irish actor Cillian Murphy. 2016 has been another very prolific year for Cork-born actor with the airing of the third season of the Steven Knight-penned epic BBC gangster drama “Peaky Blinders”; the release of the Sean Ellis-directed WWII drama “Anthropoid”; the eagerly-awaited latest film by Ben Wheatley, “Free Fire”, set in 1970’s Boston starring Murphy alongside Brie Larson, Sam Riley and Michael Smiley; the filming of both Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” (Summer 2017) and the Sally Potter-directed “The Party”, comprising a stellar cast including Bruno Ganz, Timothy Spall and Kristin Scott Thomas, also set for release in 2017.
Cillian Murphy – “Be Good To Them Always” (Fractured Air, Nov. ’16)
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Tracklisting:
01. Brian Eno & Jon Hassell – “Delta Rain Dream” [Editions EG, Polydor]
02. Matt Robertson – “Urdu” [Tape Club]
03. Holly Herndon – “Locker Leak” [4AD]
04. The Books – “Be Good To Them Always” [Tomlab]
05. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Rings of Saturn” [Bad Seed Ltd.]
06. The Beatles – “I Am The Walrus” [Parlophone]
07. Tune-Yards – “Gangsta” [4AD]
08. PJ Harvey – “Dollar, Dollar” [Island]
09. Laura Mvula – “Is There Anybody Out There?” [RCA Victor, Sony Music]
10. Leonard Cohen – “You Want It Darker” [Columbia, Sony Music]
11. David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group – “This Is Not America” [EMI]
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Compiled by Cillian Murphy. 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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