Album: Coastlands - Milieu Archives : Two

Band: Coastlands
Album: Milieu Archives : Two
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. 85 Belongs To The Dead
02. Be Still, Oblivion
03. Going Bridge
04. Flora And Fauna
05. Lest I Yearn: Influx
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"As 2016 comes to an end, we want to take a moment to thank everyone who has supported us, come out to shows, let us crash on their couches, bought records or other merch... The list could go on and on, so we'll keep this short and sweet. We very secretly recorded a new ambient record, we are releasing it TODAY and it's yours for FREE! Happy Holidays from us to you!" - Coastlands

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EP: Blueneck - Christmas

Band: Blueneck
Album: Christmas EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. I Believe In Father Christmas...
02. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
03. Twelve Days
04. Blue Christmas
05. Driving Home
06. Silent Night
07. Last Christmas
08. White Christmas
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Blueneck's Christmas EP is an ever growing EP with Christmas covers, in which a song is added each year! This year's addition is the song that we all love to hate and hate to love, in a completely different mood than the original.

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The Inquisition: 082.BARST

1. How did you came up with the name of the band?

In Dutch, BARST has several meanings. It means 'fuck you, I'll do what I want to do'. It also means 'crack', bursting through something. I finally burst through the dark, that was really how it felt when doing my solo thing. No more boundaries. Just hitting it hard, as hard as possible, and bursting through.

2. Do you have a standard procedure of creating a song? Do you just jam around or is there a main riff and the track is build up on it?

Gosh, that’s so hard to explain.  Sometimes I start off with a riff, playing it over and over like a mantra. I then come in a sort of hypnosis. I also work with loopers all the time. Creating layer over layer. Then I search some electronics sounds to make it sound thicker. But sometimes I start off with a rhythm, another time I will start with synths and arpeggiators. I think it is a very organic way of working.

3. What are your influences and what kind of music do you hear when you are at home?

I try to as eclectic as possible, soak in as much as I can. But you can say that Sonic Youth formed me as a guitar player. Stepping away from the classic guitar player path. Nowadays I don’t listen to Sonic youth as often as back in the days. I love their early work, till Daydream Nation. There or some really good songs and albums after that, but they didn’t touch me as hard as the earlier work. I also love the album ‘Hold’ by James Welburn. Last couple of weeks that album was on my turntable several times. It is the perfect album. It inspired me a lot when, working on ‘The Western Lands’. Next to that I am really into 65daysofstatic, And So I Watch You From Afar, GY!BE, Mogwai, it is an endless list.

4. How difficult was to cooperate with so many guests on your latest album?

In fact, it was not really that hard. Again, the process was very organic. On the other hand I had these guests in the back of my head the entire creative process. When I had a kind of skeleton for a piece, I asked them to listen, to do their thing and so they did. After that I worked and reworked it until it was perfect for me. But it was not hard at all. It was pure inspiration and fun.

5. Which is the one album you can't live without?

That’s an impossible question. Let’s say that today it will be ‘Sister’ by Sonic Youth, but I need the freedom to choose another one tomorrow. Life without music is unthinkable, so narrowing it down to just one, is just not possible.

6. What's the first record you've ever bought?

I think I bought two that day, I must have been 10, 11 years old. ‘4us’ by the Dutch band Doe Maar and Iron Maiden’s ‘Number Of The Beast’.

7. Name a band that you would like to share the stage or tour with?

Again, these limitations! Only one? I think first of all, it must be cool and fun be to hang around with the people, because being on tour is hard work and little sleep. So, when it becomes edgy, you need to be around good people. I would love to tour with Sal-Ocin from Empusae. I think that maybe the guys from Mogwai are rather chill people, that should be fun. Let’s rather make it a festival with Do Make Say Think, Amenra, Mogwai, Empusae, And So I watch You From Afar, Monnik, Eleanora, ESLLY, and so much more (smiley).

8. Did the internet and specially the blogs helped to spread your music around the world? Name a place (country) that you were surprised to know your music has reached to?

Yes, for sure. But the backing of a great label like Consouling Sounds is primordial. Without people like them with ideas, vision and connections, internet will not get you far I think. It’s those people who make sure your music gets around. And after that, off course, internet spreads their word. It’s really fulfilling to see that my music id being bought from Japan to south America, Canada, Russia. It’s amazing when you think about it.

9. Do you support the idea of Bandcamp where fans can decide the price or services like Spotify?

Well, I just want my music to be heard really, I don’t care through what channel.

10. Where do you see yourself in 5 years. What's the next step for BARST?

I really can’t say, I don’t want to jinx it, and I really haven’t got a clue. I hope I will be making records and that I will be performing a lot.

11. Is the artwork of an album important nowadays in the digital era?

For sure, it is face of the album and we all remember faces. It also brings the element of recognition. When thinking of an album, I hear the music in my head and I see the cover before my eyes. In one way or another, the cover will also connect with the music. I’m so happy with the work Niels Verwijk did on ‘The Western Lands’, capturing the music, the concept, the everything. When you think about ‘The Western Lands’, I’m sure you see the cover before your eyes immediately.

12. What is your favourite album cover?

Damn, this really is the inquisition! Honestly, for the moment it is the cover of ‘The Western Lands’, it is just so perfect. Niels did such an amazing job there. But that’s just a very personal and emotional choice, I guess you can forgive me that.

13. It seems that a lot of people are turning on vinyl again. Why do you think that is and which is your preferable media format?

Oh, I am a vinyl kind off guy you know. I just love the concept. I love the physical item, I love to hold it in my hands. Open it. Put it on the turntable. Sit down, listen. Looking at the artwork while listening. Vinyl makes the listening experience kind off sacral.

14. What's the most vivid story or moment as an artist?

In the meantime I really played quite a lot of concerts, but I remember vividly one of the first solo concerts, when Mike and Nele from my label ‘Consouling Sounds’ were there and after the concert they came to me and told me they wanted me on their label. As an artist, to get that kind of recognition is everything. Another moment could be to see Mathieu Vandekerckhove, Amenra’s guitar player, in the audience while I was playing a show. Seeing him nodding his head with approval, yeah, those are good moments.

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EP: Ciempiés - Menos Que Cero

Band: Ciempiés
Album: Menos Que Cero EP
Label: Sportklub Rotter Damm
Year: 2016








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01. Un Agujero En El Centro Del Corazón
02. Placenta
03. Ya No Te Recuerdo
04. Yurei
05. Menos Que Cero
06. Dios No Sabe Que Este Lugar Existe
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Ciempiés is an instrumental post-rock band from Spain.

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Streaming: Capillaries - Kenopsia (Side A)

Band: Capillaries
Album: Kenopsia (Side A)
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Horatio
02. Holocene
03. Seventy Five Down
04. Key Twenty Three
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Capillaries is an instrumental band of five from Atlanta, GA. Noise and melody become unintended bedfellows. Bass-driven leads and non-traditional rhythms become the substratum for soaring guitars that take listeners to new heights just before pummeling them back into the earth.

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Streaming: Barst - The Western Lands

Band: Barst
Album: The Western Lands
Label: Consouling Sounds
Year: 2016








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01. Side A: The Treshold/The Rite/The Passage
02. Side B: The Western Lands/The Fields
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After having released the critically acclaimed three-way collab album with Treha Sektori and RM74, numerous cassettes, and a whole lot of live shows, BARST is finally ready to present his full length debut album “The Western Lands”. This is an obvious reference to William S. Burroughs. The fragmented, the transcendental and the viscerally unsettling of his work was taken as an inspiration point to build up the massive effort that is BARST’s debut full length. Moreover, the cut-up technique of Burroughs earlier work, where layer upon layer is fitted to build up a work of art, is exactly BARST’s modus operandi too. Cutting up sounds, and layering them from very subtle to incredibly huge is in BARST’s DNA.

To reach the massive sound achieved on the “The Western Lands”, he had the help of an amazing riches of musicians like Mike Armine (Rosetta), Dehn Sora (Treha Sektori, Sembler Deah, …), Karen Willems (Inwolves), Mathieu Mathlovsky(Mathlovsky), Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe (Empusae, Onus,…), An-Sofie De Meyer (FÄR), Tokyo Oyo and Herr Man. The album is one epic trip, encompassing ambient, drone, metal, shoegaze and electronica. “The Western Lands” captures a multitude of musical universes, and blends them seamlessly together in one of the most complete albums we have ever heard. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tim De Gieter at Much Luv Studio. The artwork, which reflects the same inspiration, was expertly executed by Niels Verwijk.

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Video Premiere: Ciempiés - Placenta

Today we are premiering the first official video by Ciempiés and their song "Placenta" from the EP Menos Que Cero.

Ciempiés is the solo project of the Spanish musician Fran H. recently signed to Sportklub Rotter Damm label.

His first work appeared in March of 2014 in demo format. Seven songs that had been recorded throughout January / February of 2014 and that after being published on the web obtained a good response within the more "post-rocker" audience. 

Ciempiés' music could be defined as ambient / post-rock / shoegaze but without falling into the classic sound of the bands of these styles. Mostly the project is characterized by the use of acoustic instruments, soft and distant guitars combined with occasional doses of distortion, as well as electronic instruments, DIY machinery, synthesizers, field recordings, etc ... Although the biggest bet of Ciempiés is always perform songs with a high emotional content that are capable of transmitting the joy and sadness of the people we live in these days.

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EP: All Shall Be Well (And All Shall Be Well And All Manner Of Things Shall Be Well) - GEELZWART

Band: All Shall Be Well
Album: GEELZWART EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’, Reimagined
02. Grieg’s ‘Ases Tod’, Reimagined
03. Satie’s ‘Gymnopedie No. 1’, Reimagined
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All Shall Be Well from Haarlem, the Netherlands make instrumental, cinematic music. They build on themes, thresh out their melodies and look for unsuspected harmonies. Their music is highly associative; they liken their music to stories rather than songs.

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EP: Silent Island - Equator

Band: Silent Island
Album: Equator EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Harbour
02. Whales And Waves
03. Equator
04. The Old Frigate
05. Southern Sky
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Silent Island is an ambient / post-rock band by the creator of Black Hill, musicformessier and White Cube Csarnogurszky István and Farkas Dávid, Károlyi Gábor & Kalamár Ádám.

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Streaming: Nebulae Come Sweet - It Is Not The Night That Covers You

Band: Nebulae Come Sweet
Album: It Is Not The Night That Covers You
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016







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01. Prélude En Si Mineur
02. Le N
03. O
04. C
05. T w/ Christopher Bennett (Minsk)
06. U
07. R
08. N
09. E
10. Santa Sangre w/ Kristoffer Bäckström (Moloken)
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"It Is Not The Night That Covers You" is the debut studio album by Minsk based trio Nebulae Come Sweet. It is a single dark canvas of heavy monolithic riffs and lyrical tunes, an obscure and spellbinding journey through the sinister night. A 47-minutes long tape features two special guests who provided vocals on the songs: Christopher Bennett of Minsk and Kristoffer Bäckström of Moloken.

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Streaming: Flash The Readies - Kayos

Band: Flash The Readies
Album: Kayos
Label: dunk!records
Year: 2016








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01. Obodin
02. Kitten Diver Fair
03. Harey
04. Some Kinda Sucker
05. Kris
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Flash The Readies is a Czech post-rock band with alternative rock and psychedelic influences. They have come a long way since their formation in 2006 when they started as an indie rock band, but evolved into mainly instrumental band on their previous album Submarine Sky (2014) and went entirely post-rock on Kayos (2016). They emphasize on strong melodies with ambient and cinematic feels.

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The Inquisition: 081.Lost In Kiev

1.How did you came up with the name of the band? 

Yoann: Thanks for asking this question. Well actually it’s not at all a name linked to any political stuff. So, to explain, the girlfriend of our former guitarist is from Kiev and he visited her quite often a few years ago. And one day, he did not give us any news; he was late at the rehearsal. There was a huge snowstorm in Kiev, so I was not able to flight back on time. So we said that he was Lost In Kiev. We liked that name a lot and we decided to name our band like that.

2. Do you have a standard procedure of creating a song? Do you just jam around or is there a main riff and the track is build up on it? 

Yoann: To my mind, we are overthinking during the creation process. I hope that you can notice that while listening to the album haha. Seriously we are searching a main riff, and then we are reworking and arranging it to find how we will be able to use it for a new track. We are also working a lot in home studio, jamming, recording, cut and paste everything in order to obtain the best version of our initial idea. 

Dimitri: I am personally a huge fan of band jamming session. It’s always interesting to try everything with a riff and at the end to keep the best ideas. It’s a very different approach and to me it’s by far more creative than being alone at home recording riffs on your computer. 

3. What are your influences and what kind of music do you hear when you are at home? 

Yoann: Battles, 65 days of statics, Clint Mansell, Pedro the Lion, but also french singer like Michel Cloup or Alain Bashung (l'inprudence ou Bleu pétrole). 

Dimitri: I am a huge Deftones fan! I am still listening a lot of their work even if I have been a little disappointed by their last album. Otherwise, currently I’m enjoying artists such as Isis, Portishead, If this trees could talk, The Prodigy, De Staat (discovered them quite recently). 

Max: A very wide range of stuff. At home, a lot of electro or movies soundtracks, but also many rock albums depending of my mood. 

4. Which is the one album you can't live without? 

Yoann: Misery is A Butterfly, Blonde Redhead 

Dimitri: Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd 

Max: Vheissu, Thrice 

Jc: The Chemical Brothers, Surrender 

5. What's the first record you've ever bought? 

Dimitri: Adrenaline, Deftones 

Max: "The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves" by The Infectious Grooves. At this time I did not know them, but the artwork was funny, so I bought it. 

Jc: Silmarils in 1995 ! Still an amazing album of neo hip hop metal. 

6. Name a band that you would like to share the stage or tour with? 

Yoann: 65daysofstatics would be great. 

Max: 65 daysofstatic would be awesome, yeah. 

Dimitri: If These Trees Could Talk 

Jc: Cult of Luna 

7. Did the internet and especially the blogs helped to spread your music around the world? Name a place (country) that you were surprised to know your music has reached to? 

Yoann: Yes it helped a lot. We were very surprised to get a lot of support from Mexico or Greece for example (as we are not at all doing a music in the vibe of Maserati). 

Dimitri: True Story... 

Max: For sure, today it is the best tool and communication way to us. As it could be pretty quick to be forgotten by people, we have to work and pay a lot of attention to all the Internet medias. 

8. Do you support the idea of bandcamp where fans can decide the price or services like spotify?

Dimitri: Yes it is a great idea. It’s by far better than to demand a fix price to our fans (especially for digital). On the other hand, for CDs and LPs, we had to invest a lot, so I think that it’s normal to ask for a fix price for these. And well if someone wants to illegally download Nuit Noire, I’ll not blame him. The most important is that our music is listening by a wide range of people. 

Max: Bandcamp is truly an interesting way of selling our music as independent artist. On the opposite of big platforms such as ITunes, the margins are very comfortable for artists. 

9. Where do you see yourselves in 5 years? 

Yoann: Two new LPs. We have been waiting too many time to release new music that we are really in a creative process now. 

Dimitri: And live shows all around the planet (we’ve never been to Asia and to the US). 

10. Is the artwork of an album important nowadays in the digital era? 

Yoann: Yes, it is a real identity. Without this, it would be like people without faces. All these little pixels are giving a real life and warmth to the digital market. 

Dimitri: Our identity moreover, because Yoann is in charge of all our artworks that are linked to our visual effects and video on stage. This is the Lost in Kiev artwork package. 

11. What is your favorite album cover? 

Dimitri: Rage Against The machine, the first album with the burning monk. The meaning is so strong that absolutely no title is required for this great LP.

Max: I’m quite fan of the artwork of Eternal Kingdom by Cult of Luna.

Jc: To me the best artwork is Vertikal from Cult of Luna.

12. It seems that a lot of people are turning on vinyl again. Why do you think that is and which is your preferable media format? 

Yoann: Music is a gift. A gift must have a great packaging. To me a CD is too small to let a band express its entire universe. This is where vinyl is a true winner. On the other hand, the vinyl is an, analog music support, so there is a real physical and even sensual feeling with it. Totally the opposite of digital that can become sometime overwhelming. 

13. What's the most vivid story or moment as an artist? 

Dimitri: In Lithuania we played pretty early for the DevilStone festival (4:30pm) and sadly under the rain. Even with this, after 3 tracks there was a huge crowd. Each time I was looking at people there, they were smiling or enjoying the show by closing their eyes under their hoodies. It is my best live moment as an artist. 

Max: Totally different style, but after a cool show in Prague, we had a party in the town centre and after we realized that we had nowhere to sleep, so we decided to sleep in our van. Annoying on the moment! But it became such great memories. 

Jc: To me it was a show in Bamberg in Germany. We played in a school, all was a bit DIY, but the vibe was amazing, we shared stage with great bands and the after in town was priceless (drinking bacon tasted beers!).

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Streaming: Empty Skies And The Black Sun - Part One: The Plain In Me

Band: Empty Skies And The Black Sun
Album: Part One: The Plain In Me
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016







Tracklist
01. Prelude
02. What We Are Made Of
03. Upon Those Hills
04. The Destruction Of Pure
05. 6th Of August
06. This Barren Ground
07. Farewell
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"In the Old Kingdom of men, close to the town Morning Sun, lie the fertile hills Empty Skies. People's life was a prosperous one until the usurper king succeeded the murdered Rondul Thandrol the Great. A terrible destruction takes place upon the hills during the great annual festival of 6th of August leaving countless dead behind and damning Empty Skies as the most horrific place to bear witness."

Empty Skies And The Black Sun are a post-hardcore, post-metal band from Serres, Greece.

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Streaming: Suffocate For Fuck Sake - In My Blood

Band: Suffocate For Fuck Sake
Album: In My Blood
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Stina
02. I Am Your God
03. Sentence
04. Through The Gate
05. 33 Years Ago
06. Regrets
07. The Light
08. Carnage
09. Are You Happy With Your Life?
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Suffocate For Fuck Sake is a Swedish band creating music combining post-rock, sludge, and emotional vocals resembling those of Louise Cyphre or Mihai Edrisch. The band describes their sound as "Sigur Rós, Breach, Cult of Luna, Mono, Mogwai, all playing at the same time". 

In their 2008 masterpiece, "Blazing Fires and Helicopters on the Front Page of the Newspaper. There's a War Going On and I'm Marching in Heavy Boots", the samples/story follows a girl, who with help from her mother, a friend, and a doctor, looks back on the time when she was put in a mental institute. It's about losing control over yourself. 

There's also a pattern of using samples of spoken Swedish over their tracks. They've also self-released a self-titled four song EP in 2004 entitled 'Suffocate for Fuck Sake.' This release shows the beginnings of their sound, and contains a sampled interview with a man named Hans about his life and medical back problems preventing him from sitting down. It contains the tracks 'Hospital / H / The social worker dragon', 'A / This will melt away on monday', 'N (Le Gilet Fraternel) / Ever Felt Sad?', and 'S (Lesra) / What Would You Have Done If This Never Happened?' The track-listing spells out the self-referential acronym for H.A.N.S.

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Streaming: Meniscus - Refractions

Band: Meniscus
Album: Refractions
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Doom
02. Simulation
03. Overhang
04. Fingers
05. Daturas
06. Head Rush
07. Hamster
08. Flux
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Meniscus’s lush ambient soundscapes, driving bass lines and poly-rhythmic beats create a unique musical experience that has been hypnotising Australian audiences since 2005. The Sydney trio’s unique brand of instrumental post rock blends the moody dynamics of acts like Mogwai and Sigur Rós with the prog rock technicality of King Crimson.

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Streaming: Caspian - Castles High, Marble Bright EP

Band: Caspian
Album: Castles High, Marble Bright EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016







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01. Castles High, Marble Bright
02. 127 North
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Caspian is a rock band from Beverly, Massachusetts, a seaside town 20 minutes north of Boston. Most of the time no one sings. Sometimes they play heavy, other times quite soft. They always try to play with heart. So far they have recorded four albums. The process is always evolving.

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Streaming: Coconut Cluster - Brighter Day EP

Band: Coconut Cluster
Album: Brighter Day EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. When We Burn
02. The Terrifying
03. The Mysterious
04. Downstream
05. The Strange
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Coconut Cluster is a post-rock / indie duo from Paris, France. "Brighter Day" is their debut EP and by the sound of it you wouldn't guess that it's just a duo. Great production, crystal clear vocals and amazing EP structure!

For fans of A Swarm Of The Sun, Aoria, Blueneck and Magyar Posse.

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Album: Volkan - Volkan

Band: Volkan
Album: Volkan
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. B_El Comienzo
02. Amasincronía
03. Halo Del Ocaso
04. Sol De Todos
05. Bella Vista
06. SobreHundido
07. Oí El Silencio
08. Hasta La Próxima Palabra
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Volkan is a post-rock/shoegaze band from Santiago, Chile. For fans of This Will Destroy You and Explosions In The Sky.

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Streaming: Oathbreaker - Rheia

Band: Oathbreaker
Album: Rheia
Label: Deathwish Inc.
Year: 2016








Tracklist
01. 10:56
02. Second Son Of R.
03. Being Able To Feel Nothing
04. Stay Here / Accroche-Moi
05. Needles In Your Skin
06. Immortals
07. I’m Sorry, This Is
08. Where I Live
09. Where I Leave
10. Begeerte
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""Rheia" is the groundbreaking album from Belgium's Oathbreaker. Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Loma Prieta), "Rheia" is a true game changer for the genre. Blurring lines and dissolving the boundaries of heavy music as we know it today. 

Opener "10:56" begins with a haunting guitar riff and Caro Tanghe's beautifully sung vocal before abruptly soaring to new heights with "Second Son of R". Its blasts of melody mutate into a blackened buzz while waves of tempo changes pound down with intense emotional weight. "Being Able To Feel Nothing" then rolls in like a storm. Chaotically breaking apart to reveal the eye before churning once again. "Stay Here / Accroche-Moi" is an otherworldly reverb drenched acoustic number that leads to "Needles In Your Skin". A deeply personal song that showcases the artistic strength vulnerability brings. It's hard to believe that this is just the half way point of this post everything masterwork. "Immortals" then unfurls as a goose bump inducing monster. This leads to the ambitious "I'm Sorry, This Is", "Where I Live", and "Where I Leave”; A musical triptych that needs to be heard to be believed. All of it comes to an end with mesmerizing closer "Begeerte". Ethereally materializing before vanishing into the beautiful unknown."

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The Inquisition: 080.Viva Belgrado

1. How did you came up with the name of the band?

With a previous band we were doing a set of songs with symbolism based on Eastern Europe and one of the lyrics said “Viva Belgrado”. When we had to play our first show we just chose it because we didn’t have anything better.

2. Do you have a standard procedure of creating a song? Do you just jam around or is there a main riff and the track is build up on it?

We normally bring riffs and basic structures from home to the rehearsal place. Then we jam over them until everybody feels happy with what they’re playing. The lyrics are usually assembled at home.

3. What are your influences and what kind of music do you hear when you are at home?

I guess the most obvious are French screamo bands like Daïtro or Sed Non Satiata and some other modern american acts as Touché Amoré or La Dispute. But we listen to plenty of music at home: from Moderat or Nujabes to David Bazan or Pinegrove.

4. Which is the one album you can't live without?

Probably Laisser Vivre les Squelettes by Daïtro. I keep coming back to it every now and then.

5. What's the first record you've ever bought?

Jaio.Musika.Hil by Berri Txarrak back in 2005.

6. Name a band that you would like to share the stage or tour with?

Plenty of them. I’d probably say Lisabö, one of my favourite bands ever.

7. Did the internet and specially the blogs helped to spread your music around the world?Name a place (country) that you were surprised to know your music has reached to?

Definitely yes, we owe a lot to small blogs and the Internet in general. We’re very surprised about plenty of Russian people following us as we’ve never been there yet and we can imagine the language barrier is strong.

8. Do you support the idea of bandcamp where fans can decide the price or services like spotify?

We’ve always put our music on “name your price” and we’ll always do it. Spotify is interesting and easy going but it’s not the best way of supporting small bands.

9. Where do you see yourselves in 5 years?

Hopefully still touring new countries and playing better shows together.

10. Is the artwork of an album important nowadays in the digital era?

I think so. Music is consumed so quickly nowadays that it is important for an artwork to make an impression on the audience. Also physical copies are sold as a fetish and if the artwork is cool they are more likely to sell better.

11. What is you favorite album cover?

I’m a big fan of simple typographic artworks such as Lisabö’s “Ezlekuak” or “Animalia Lotsatuen Putzua”.

12. It seems that a lot of people are turning on vinyl again. Why do you think that is and which is your preferable media format?

As we said before, if the artwork is cool more people are likely to buy it. Nowadays you can have access to your music on your phone so if people are gonna spend money on a physical copy I understand they prefer to buy something that’s nice to hold and touch. I enjoy the ritual of opening a vinyl and playing it on the plate but try to have my favourite albums on FLAC.

13. What's the most vivid story or moment as an artist?

Every tour is full of vivid stories and it’s hard to chose one. Generally I’d say that to be able to work with and see the world with my best friends is the best thing that’s happened to me as an artist.

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Viva Belgrado are on tour right now, so if it happens and play in your town, do yourself a favor and go see them, cause their new album is a killer!

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Streaming: Code I - Phosphenia

Band: Code I
Album: Phosphenia
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Our Eyes Will Bleed Colour
02. Mágoa In Red
03. Mono No Aware (The Gentle Sadness Of Things)
04. The Esoteric Ones
05. We Sail Away
06. Tu Es Misère
07. Dear Reader
08. Selcouth
09. What A Beautiful Death Life Is
10. XXII
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Code I is, Alex Wilkinson.

Code I launched in 2015 as part of a University project undertaken by it's sole member. Since then, Code I's work has been featured on in radio, magazine and online.

Combining classic post-rock elements of soft flourishing guitar, spacious soundscapes and melodic fragments, this project is not your typical post-rock act. Alex's influences range from hardcore bands such as 'Being as an Ocean', 'August Burns Red' and 'Counterparts' to post rock classics like 'Red Sparowes' and 'God is an Astronaut'.

Alex has been extremely grateful to have met some inspiring people on his post-rock journey and what started out as a humble University project has now led to two full-length albums, two EP's and numerous singles. Alongside this, Code I has also signed to Fluttery Records.

"Phosphenia" is his latest self released album.

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Streaming: Aeons End - Imago EP

Band: Aeons End
Album: Imago EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Confess
02. Uncage
03. Expand
04. Reflect
05. Perceive
06. Define
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Aeons End is a four-piece progressive project based in Rostock, Germany.

Their music combines memorable melodies with impulsive grooves and offer a variety of profound, melancholic, depressed and sometimes promising vibes.

The do it yourself approach plays a dominant role in the whole project.

Their first EP Imago released in September 2016.

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Streaming: Fourteen Nights At Sea - Acres / No Capital EP

Band: Fourteen Nights At Sea
Album: Acres / No Capital EP
Label: Hobbledehoy Records
Year: 2016








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01. Acres
02. /
03. No Capital
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Fourteen Nights At Sea is a ship with no captain. Borne of the tides, some untold force propels them, ever gaining momentum. Melbourne’s premier instrumental post-rock horde have become a fearsome, thoughtful force to be drank in, wholly and willingly.

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Streaming: Labirinto - Gehenna

Band: Labirinto
Album: Gehenna
Label: Dissenso Records
Year: 2016








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01. Mal Sacré
02. Enoch
03. Qumran
04. Aung Suu
05. Locrus
06. Avernus
07. Aludra
08. Alamut
09. Q'yth-el
10. Gehenna
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After 11 years in activity, 8 releases and 4 international tours, Labirinto released their new full album, "Gehenna", in September 2016.

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Album: Viva Belgrado - Ulises

Band: Viva Belgrado
Album: Ulises
Label: Aloud Music Ltd, Walking Is Still Honest and Tokyo Jupiter Records
Year: 2016







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01. Calathea
02. Pleiades/Pasaportes
03. Por La mañana, Temprano
04. Aeropuertos
05. Erida
06. Annapurnas
07. Transatlántica
08. Fresas Salvajes
09. Apaga La Llum
10. Cassiopeia/Contraluces
11. Ravenala
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Viva Belgrado is a post-rock/screamo band from Córdoba, Spain.

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Album: Willow - Willow

Band: Willow
Album: Willow
Label: Stickfigure Recordings
Year: 2007








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01. And Finally, I Can Breathe
02. When The Sea Called Our Names
03. I Have Seen The Grave
04. 1172
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"With a metamodern approach to post-rock, Georgia's Willow bombard crunching, hurtling, and oft subdued, instrumental-metal nuanced riffage to almost iconoclastic proportions; tempered perhaps by a lack of direction, or innate focus, since mastered by its peers, the band's debut EP is, indeed, encouraging. Alleviating sustained torrents of ringing guitars, the dynamics that permeate the record work well in creating a balance between the visceral and the serene. In seamlessly creating this aura, Willow are able to control the pace and sentiment that they wish to convey. Not only does this maxim allow the music to flow perhaps more superfluously than it has a right to - more importantly, it allows the band to create a simulacrum -- an arbitrary palate where the soul of the record can be laid bare, granting them an absolute creative discipline to sculpt and emote at will. And it is, surely, this facet that differentiates the epic and tragic from colloquial hearsay. 

Typifying the genre's inclination for quiet/loud pieces that build and detonate, (and, naturally, vice versa) the EP opens with the blistering "And Finally I Can Breathe". Employing digitally altered speech snippets, the song progresses into a cacophonous deluge of violent, scattershot guitars that wouldn't sound out of place on an emo(tional) record. The result is such that the proceeding segue, into the Mono-lite "When The Sea Called Our Names", is almost too cautious; the resulting edifice is, ultimately, a disappointment, taking far too long to establish any type of presence or purpose. With "I Have Seen The Grave", however, Willow make amends with an auspicious statement. Coming on like "Mouths Trapped In Static" or "Have you Passed Through This Night?", the track oozes cinematic grandeur: conversations pan amongst static-noise and piano arrangements before breaking from the SFTF staple and igniting into EITS tradition. Although rarely straying from this principal, (one critique here would certainly be its longevity) the band's progressive tendencies unquestionably deserve praise." - The Silent Ballet

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Streaming: Lost In Kiev - Nuit Noire

Band: Lost In Kiev
Album: Nuit Noire
Label: Dunk!records
Year: 2016








Tracklist
01. Narcosis
02. Insomnia
03. Mirrors
04. Nuit Noire
05. Somnipathy
06. Catalepsy
07. Resilience
08. Celestial
09. Emersion
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Lost In Kiev’s progressive energy leads to oneiric epic post-rock while still emitting the massive energy of it.

Their influences are Russian Circles, Red Sparowes, 65 Days Of Static, Cult of Luna, Maybeshewill, Mogwai... 

Lost In Kiev writes and records their own texts as an alternative to sampling movie soundbites which are commonly used in post-rock tracks. 

Artwork and live video clips are also created by the band which generate an emotional and graphic cohesive experience during live shows. 

The band toured during 2013 and 2014 for the release of their first album before starting to write the next LP in 2015. Lost in Kiev is now comprised of 4 members which has allowed them to welcome a fresh and creative energy. 

The new LP "Nuit Noire" released in September 2016 on dunk! records, it's an anthem of the night. Odes to nights of dreams and loneliness that also become mystical.

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EP: Athletics - When To Run, Where To Hide

Band: Athletics
Album: When To Run, Where To Hide EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016







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01. When To Run
02. Where To Hide
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Athletics is an ambient/indie band from Asbury Park, New Jersey.

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EP: Deepbreathers - EP1

Band: Deepbreathers
Album: EP1
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








Tracklist
01. The Sun, Hidden There
02. Palindrome/333
03. Immerse
04. Interlude
05. Perspective Will Kill You
06. Resurrectio
07. Dinosauria, We (Bukowski)
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Deepbreathers are a Portuguese instrumental post-rock/alternative duo from Oporto, which consists of Francisco Oliveira and Bernardo Costa. 

The band formed in early 2013, mostly influenced by Radiohead and their experimentalism. A first song was released, "Urbanizing Movement's Frantic Rhythm", which the band soon decided to be an extremely short and low-quality work. The song was removed and, apart from a few concerts playing covers, the band did not release anything until July 2013. That month, "Get Me Sparkling", a summerish song, was released. Very easy-listening, experimental and completely influenced by the early, innocent stage of the band, two kids in a nutshell at the very beginning of their musical experience. 

Unfortunately, school left no space for Deepbreathers to get back to work at the end of the summer, so the band went idle for another year. "(For The Moon)" was another summerish, although a bit darker song, featuring artwork by Pedro Azevedo, released in August 2014. But once again, school made sure the band would not work on new things until the next year. 

Deepbreathers won the Tradiio contest in January 2015, with "(For The Moon)". The band then finally worked enough to think about releasing an EP, after many ideas were put on the table. "Immerse", featuring Inês Saraiva Guimarães, was released in April 2015 as a single from "EP1", the then supposedly upcoming album. It happened that, at the time, upcoming had been a very strong word. A second single, "Perspective Will Kill You", a song depicting the lifetime of the common human and its inability to avoid mistakes, was not released until September. By Christmas, the band started working hard, fighting the trouble of having to study. The structure for most songs was already solid by February, and in the very few days before the album came out, recording and independent production were finished. 

"EP1" was released on March 24th 2016, an album with a very simple mission: to define rhythm and melody as the best way to describe a physical, yet emotional landscape. It features an instrumental background work on the poem "Dinosauria, We" by Charles Bukowski. It obtained a very good reception among the target audience, and Deepbreathers are satisfied and working on new experiments.

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Streaming: Red Hands Black Feet - We Must Fall Forever If We Survive

Band: Red Hands Black Feet
Album: We Must Fall Forever If We Survive
Label: Self Released
Year: 2015







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01. I Leave You And The Earth Behind
02. If I Let The Void In...
03. ...It Will Set Me Free
04. It Is Lonely In The Universe
05. Here We Make Our Stand
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Red Hands Black Feet formed in the summer of 2009 in Boise, Idaho and have steadily earned a reputation within the Northwest music scene for their sweeping, unpredictable arrangements and engaging live shows. Their brand of instrumental rock combines post-rock’s dreamy contemplation with punk chaos and heavy metal intensity. Now, after one album, one (secret) live EP, a lineup change, and multiple West Coast tours, they have released their sophomore album, We Must Fall Forever If We Survive.

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News: 10 years of post-engineering

So a few days ago post-engineering turned 10 years old! When we first started this blog, we didn't expect to grow this big, interviewing bands and be friends with a lot of them, making compilations and keep going for 10 years!

I want to thank all of our readers and of course all the bands and labels that submitted their music, featured on the blog and making this great course possible!

Hopefully in 10 years we'll be here celebrating again!

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EP: Crow Catcher - Fruitless

Band: Crow Catcher
Album: Fruitless EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Abysm
02. Idle Aura
03. Widower
04. Corrode
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Crow Catcher is a post-rock/metal band from Los Angeles, USA.

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Streaming: ORO - Tusen Kroppar EP

Band: ORO
Album: Tusen Kroppar EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Tusen Kroppar
02. Sinneskontroll
03. This River
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ORO is a post-metal/sludge band from Sweden.

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Streaming: Coastlands - To Be Found

Band: Coastlands
Album: To Be Found
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. A World Not Yet Darkened
02. Bloodlines
03. Western Skies
04. Long Drive Through The Desert
05. Seafarer And The Squall
06. Ghost Of Neskowin
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Coastlands is an instrumental post-rock band from Portland, Oregon.

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Streaming: El Lenguaje Como Obstáculo - I

Band: El Lenguaje Como Obstáculo
Album: I
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








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01. Amoralia
02. Adonis Minos
03. Salto
04. Lehg II
05. Alud II
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El Lenguaje Como Obstáculo (ELCO) is an instrumental experimental post-rock band from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Island Songs: Week 6

Ólafur Arnalds brings you the sixth single from Island Songs, his 7-week journey across Iceland to record a series of compositions.Watch Particles, where he collaborates with Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, the co-lead vocalist in Of Monsters and Men. The video is directed by Baldvin Z.

Streaming: Twilight In Versailles - Yesterday Today Tomorrow Infinity

Band: Twilight In Versailles
Album: Yesterday Today Tomorrow Infinity
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016







Tracklist
01. Yesterday
02. Today
03. Tomorrow
04. Infinity
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Twilight In Versailles is a collective music project lead by Ryan Moser.

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Streaming: Seven Nines And Tens - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Slums

Band: Seven Nines And Tens
Album: Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Slums
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016







Tracklist
01. I Come From Downtown
02. Metropolis Noir / Rigs
03. Dope Simple
04. Rave Up
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"Our LONG awaited 2nd album “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Slums” has FINALLY arrived. It was a real ordeal getting this record finished. I’ll save that story for another time. Thanks to Danny Katz and Dullest Records for having confidence in our music and for releasing the album." - Seven Nines And Tens

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EP: Mardemarmo - Mardemarmo

Band: Mardemarmo
Album: Mardemarmo EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








Tracklist
01. Intro
02. Meteör
03. Pulsar
04. Sagan
05. Kalë
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Mardemarmo is an instrumental post-rock band from Barcelona, Spain.

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Island Songs: Week 5

Ólafur Arnalds brings you the fifth single from Island Songs, his 7-week journey across Iceland to record a series of compositions. Watch Dalur, where Ólafur returns to his hometown to collaborate with french horn player Þorkell Jóelsson and the Brasstríó Mosfellsdals. The video is directed by Baldvin Z.

Streaming: Féroces - Juliette EP

Band: Féroces
Album: Juliette EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








Tracklist
01. Même Ça Tu N'as Pas Le Courage
02. Juliette
03. Tout Est Beau
04. N'ayez Pas Peur J'ai L'habitude
05. Je Veux Pas Mourir Avant D'être Morte
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Féroces is a post-rock trio from Besançon, France. They combine cinematic dialogues on their melodies and the result is mindblowing!

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Album: Show Me A Dinosaur - Show Me A Dinosaur

Band: Show Me A Dinosaur
Album: Show Me A Dinosaur
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








Tracklist
01. Rakev
02. Vjuga
03. Ochag
04. Lights
05. Gone
06. Hearth
07. Wojna
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Show Me A Dinosaur is a four-piece formation from north-western coast of cold Russia. Flooding guitar sounds with hurricane of drums and desperate screams.

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Streaming: Temples - Ladəs

Band: Temples
Album: Ladəs
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








Tracklist
01. Ladəs
02. Moonmilk
03. Frostwork
04. Mourning
05. Halcyon
06. Sundog
07. Empyrean
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Temples is an instrumental post-rock/metal band from Salt Lake City and "Ladəs" (pronounced "Lattice") is their newest release.

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Island Songs: Week 4

Ólafur Arnalds brings you the fourth single from Island Songs, his 7-week journey across Iceland to record a series of compositions.Watch Öldurót, where he collaborates with Atli, a composer who has returned to his home town after many years in Hollywood writing film scores, and the orchestra SinfoniaNord. The video is directed by Baldvin Z.

Album: Horst - Never Two Without Three

Band: Horst
Album: Never Two Without Three
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016








Tracklist
01. This Is Horstcore
02. My Yin In Your Yang
03. Alf
04. FU
05. There Will Be Votes
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Horst plays Horstcore music. A mix of post-rock, math-rock and whatever. All instrumental. Horst loves you.

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Island Songs: Week 3

Ólafur Arnalds brings you the third single from Island Songs, his 7-week journey across Iceland to record a series of compositions. Watch Raddir, where he collaborates with Hilmar Örn Agnarsson and Georg Kári Hilmarsson, father and son, featuring the South Iceland Chamber Choir. The video is directed by Baldvin Z.

Album: Yet To See A Yeti - W.B

Band: Yet To See A Yeti
Album: W.B
Label: Self Released
Year: 2016







Tracklist
01. Principium
02. Chivalrous Thunderbolt
03. Montag Is Unhappy
04. William Took A Chance
05. Dhalsim
06. Heads In The Sand
07. Enter The Shogun
08. Bad Luck Neanderthal
09. The Great Stockade
10. Finis
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Yet To See A Yeti is the solo project by Roque Giles from Melbourne, Australia.

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Streaming: Almeeva - Oblite EP

Band: Almeeva
Album: Oblite EP
Label: InFiné
Year: 2016








Tracklist
01. 4 Bells
02. Part Fiction
03. Dissolver
04. There Is A Light (The Smiths Cover)
05. Again
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With Oblite, his second EP for InFiné, Almeeva reconstructs his sonic aesthetic on new grounds, oscillating between cinematic indie and modern post-trance.

Astonished by Paris events in 2015, the artist’s voice become more elusive. His compositions make way for sharper beats and his synthesizers take up new challenges, to which words have proven powerless. The five tracks of this new EP make us rise up against the events which are beyond our control.

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