Kazu Makino of Redhead">Blonde Redhead has announced the release of Works In Progress, a 15-song benefit album to support Japan and it’s ongoing efforts to heal post-tsunami. Born in Kyoto, Japan, Kazu’s love for her home country is strong. She wanted to help her homeland and turned to her friends and colleagues to ask that they donate tracks for the album. The response was unbelievable, and Kazu has collected an amazingly cohesive group of songs. Kazu said “It is so ironic that an event so devastating can allow me to do something that is so inspiring” Proceeds ...

ƒin, John Talabot Permanent Vacation, Spain Rating: 88 by Andrew Casillas Jungle sounds clash with plucked strings clash with electronic claps until wait for it : a beat. John Talabot sees your ambivalence and accusations of rhythmical homogeny and raises your Super Vato funk. But, lest you think he’s only got the versatility of a relief pitcher, Talabot proves over the course of an hour that he’s working with an array of techniques—suck one, Tom Emanski. ƒin is the culmination of the Barcelona-based producer’s measured rise through the techno ranks over the past half-decade. He’s made ...

A new track from Deerhunter has surfaced in the form of 'Curve'. The instrumental track can be found on the We Are the Works in Progress charity compilation put together by Redhead">Blonde Redhead to aid Japan's Tsunami relief effort. The compilation features the likes of Four Tet, Pantha Du Prince, Liars & loads more. It's released on February 7th, and is definitely worth owning. Take a listen to the track over at Pitchfork now.

A new instrumental track by Deerhunter called "Curve" appears on  We Are the Works in Progress , the compilation organized by Redhead">Blonde Redhead to benefit Japan in the wake of 2011's tsunami. As reported , the 14-song compilation, to be released on Redhead">Blonde Redhead's new Asa Wa Kurui label, features tracks from Fever Ray, Interpol, Broadcast, Liars, John Maus, Pantha du Prince, Terry Riley, David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto, and more. Hear Four Tet's track "Moma" here . It's out as a double LP on February 7 (pre-order here ).  Proceeds benefit the  Japan Earthquake Relief Fund and  Architecture ...

Next time you're working in the studio and you feel like you're not getting anywhere with your music, perhaps you'll find inspiration this video. The clip, posted today by Pitchfork , captures Collective">Animal Collective recording their 2007 album Strawberry Jam ; they've compressed the entire recording process into just nine minutes. There's a lot of skronk, quite a few grunts, and, during playback, almost non-stop chin-stroking. It's a brilliant idea; our only question is, why the grainy, night-vision optics? Were they were hoping to lure Paris Hilton into the studio? To check out Collective">Animal ...

Click here for download Sounds like: Pantha Du Prince, Matthew Dear Song: Nicolas Jaar Ft. Scout LaRue - With Just One Glance [download here ] What's so good? Whowuddathunk that Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s daughter, Scout, could sing? To make matters even more random, she put a track together with electro wizard Nicolas Jaar, and it actually sounds pretty fucking awesome. Jaar quietly dropped this track with very little fanfare a couple weeks back and it’s just now getting buzz throughout the musicsphere. Scout Larue’s sultry vocals paired with Jaar’s electronic hypnosis makes the track sexier ...

Fans of cuddly home-listening indie electronica (like Four Tet or the bells-loving Pantha du Prince) will want to hear this lovely DJ set of headphone beat candy The rising UK producer's grooves tease beguilingly (see Muslimgauze's dry-textured "Uzi Mahmood 8") as do his instrumental touches the pretty gliches of Melchior...

Op 31 januari brengt het in Brooklyn gestationeerde MEGAFORTRESS haar titelloze debuut uit. Een plaat om naar uit te kijken als we afgaan op het schitterende eerste voorproefje ‘Green Child’. Het nummer klinkt als een perfecte symbiose tussen de minimale beats van Pantha Du Prince en de pompeuze indiepop van Active Child. Beluister de hypnotiserende single [...]

An unreleased cut from The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson is streaming online now. Through her work with The Knife, Fever Ray and beyond, Karin Dreijer Andersson has built up an almost unassailable reputation. So when news breaks that an unreleased track has emerged online, the entire ClashMusic team sits up and listens. 'No Face' is streaming on Disco Naivete, and features Karin Dreijer Andersson's unmistakable vocals. The track features on the new charity album 'We Are The Works In Progress', curated by Redhead">Blonde Redhead singer Kazu Makino. A posting on the Fever Ray website reveals more about ...

We Are Works in Progress "is a 14-song benefit album to support Japan and it's ongoing efforts to heal post-tsunami". The album was curated by Redhead">Blonde Redhead and will be released digitally on January 10th. Disco Naivete has "No Face", the contribution from Karin Dreijer Andersson (Fever Ray, The Knife). The set features tracks from Four Tet , Interpol , Broadcast and Pantha Du Prince . [ wearetheworksinprogress.tumblr.com ]

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Our friends Fantasy Island are fucking awesome. We're not even going to excuse our language on this one; they're fucking awesome. For proof of that, just watch the video. Once you're done with that, listen to the awesome mix they put together for us. It's killer. I wasn't able to come up with paragraphs on the theme of the playlist as I was sort of discovering it as I went along. However I will have to say that most of the songs are very contemplative and melancholy. Sort of a winter/holiday mix if you ...

Aches is a twenty-four-year-old British producer and visual artist from Sheffield currently based in Bratislava, Slovakia. His compositions demonstrate a love for collapsing abstract beats, plucked atmospheric guitars and growling bass, as well as traces of field recording. Oneohtrix Point Never, Aphex Twin, Pantha du Prince, Cocteau Twins and Emeralds, with whom he recently shared [...]

Benefit albums tend to either prove worthy and worth listening to- think Warchild, or shameless unlistenable publicity stunts (Live Aid II, I’m looking at you). Fortunately this compilation from the Japanese Asa Wa Kuru record label looks set to fall into the former camp, with an array of highly credible musicians recording exclusive tracks, and all profits set to help the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund and Architecture For Humanity . The album, titled We Are The Works In Progress , runs to 14 tracks and is released on January 10, 2011 . The typically excellent Four Tet track Moma is available to ...

Das britische Electronica-Projekt Four Tet gewährt Einblick in einen brandneuen Track. "Moma" entstand exklusiv im Rahmen der Benefiz-Compilation "We Are The Works In Progess", welche die Dream-Popper Redhead">Blonde Redhead initiierten ( motor.de berichtete ). Das Album erscheint am 10. Januar in den USA und featured größtenteils exklusive Songs von Künstler verschiedener Genres. Alle vereint der Wunsch, Erlöse für die Opfer des Tsunamis in Japan aus diesem Frühjahr zu sammeln und damit auch einen Beitrag zur Normalisierung der Lage zu leisten. Neben den Initiatoren des Albums beteiligen sich auch Pantha Du Prince , Liars oder Interpol an der guten Sache. Four Tet ...