Cheek Mountain Thief (Tunng's Mike Lindsay solo album) has announced plans for his self titled debut. Released through Full Time Hobby the album drops August 13th. The album will be preceded by the first single, 'Cheek Mountain' (video below). The album was completed in Rejkjavik with a host of local characters: a male choir named after the Kaffi Barin pub, producer Sindri (Sin Fang) and electronica artist Mugison, who has toured with Tunng. A London show at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre has been confirmed for September 11, where the band will be performing as a seven-piece, with more ...

Mike Lindsay to put out first lone effort under the name of Cheek Mountain Thief.

The gigantic record fair  Independent Label Market  will take place this Saturday, May 19 at Old Spitalfields Market  in London. Participating labels, many of which will offer exclusive or rare releases, include Domino, Warp, R&S;, XL, Ed Banger, Bella Union, fabric, Soul Jazz, Soundway, Fat Cat, Because, Fire, Double Denim, Full Time Hobby, Lucky Number, Wichita, One Little Indian, Ninja Tune, Lex, Lanark, Sunday Best, Moshi Moshi, Fortuna Pop!, Transgressive, Rocket Girl, Sounds of Sweet Nothing, Something in Construction, Angular, and many more. Exclusive releases will be announced throughout the week at the market's Tumblr . A number of artists ...

The Independent Label Market: London takes place this weekend (Saturday 19th May - Spitalfields) and alongside the news that Brownswood, Buzzin’ Fly, Rocket Girl, Sounds Of Sweet Nothing, Something In Construction, New Music Club, Analogue Enhanced Digital and O. Genesis have been added to the long list of labels involved, the organisers have unveiled some of the exclusive releases you'll be fighting over on Saturday. Check them all out below, and head here for more information on the event. Because / Ed Banger Records Because / Ed Banger / Phantasy Remix 12" Vinyl Compilation Mixed by Daniel Avery (Free with any purchase from ...

Sam Genders, der ehemalige Kreativkopf von Tunng , bringt sein neues Projekt Diagrams ab nächster Woche wieder auf Deutschland-Tournee. Im Gepäck hat der Musiker nicht nur eine spielfreudige und sieben Mann starke Begleitband, sondern auch die vielseitigen Songs seines Debüt-Albums " Black Light ", welches Anfang des Jahres erschien. Darauf präsentiert der Virtuose experimentelle und vielschichtige Klänge, die sich dennoch stets um eine Nähe zum Pop bemühen. Gleichzeitig markiert Diagrams auch einen persönlichen und künstlerischen Neuanfang des Briten, welcher zeitweise schlichtweg das Interesse an Musik verloren hatte, wie er auch im motor.de-Interview veriet. Doch jetzt ist Genders zurück und alle Interessierten merken ...

Staying on the remix front a wee bit longer, here's the rather wonderfully named instrumentalist Zoon Van Snook, hailing from - where else? - Bristol. His oddtronics stuff is not my usual cup of tea, but the treatment (and added vocals!) he gets from my fave freakfolkers Tungg really tastes delicious. Find it on  Remixes From The Nutty Tree , out now on Mush records. "Dive into hot spring scalding..." Zoon Van Snook - The Cross I'd Bear (Tunng remix)

Tinariwen and Jose Gonzalez are set to team up for a one off show. A rolling collective from the deserts of Africa, Tinariwen have found an accepting audience here in the UK. Capable of playing - and selling out - large venues, the group have also been able to collaborate with Western talent. Recently working with Tunng, the pairing was warmly received by fans and critics. Now Tinariwen have confirmed plans for a fresh collaboration, this time with pastoral Swedish songwriter Jose Gonzalez. No stranger to group work, Jose Gonzalez has been paired against the African collective. Set to play separately and ...

You know that tip-of-the-tongue familiarity that you get when listening to music? That teeth-grinding frustration that eats into your daily routine? This is what happens when you delve into Mesita ‘s latest release, save for the unclenched teeth. The Coyote constantly jumps between syncopated Radiohead rhythms, darting Efterklang melodies, bluesy Black Keys riffs and airy Bon Iver falsettos, to name but a few comparisons. It seems as if all of these artists, and more, have been soaked up by James Cooley (under his moniker, Mesita) – a bedroom producer and multi-instrumentalist from Colorado, USA. Not only is Cooley a bit of ...

These things take time. An English arts student, Mark Fry's wanderlust took him to Italy. Studying painting in Florence, the young musician was introduced to the record producer Vincenzo Micocci. Laying down a series of tracks in the summer of 1971, what emerged was named 'Dreaming With Alice'. Released the following year to almost no fanfare, Mark Fry had already left Italy by the time the album reached it's tiny audience. Yet - somehow - over the next three decades 'Dreaming With Alice' has developed a cult following. The record seems to define the strangeness, the eeriness of the Acid ...

Legendary English songwriter Mark Fry is set to make a one off appearance in London this April. Mark Fry is a true lost talent. The English songwriter released his best work - 'Dreaming With Alice' - in 1972, yet the album swiftly sank without a trace. Finding its way into the hands of a select few, the mythology around the album increased year on year. Original editions now fetch several thousand pounds, with Mark Fry's music seeming to contain an enduring, unsettling quality which touches on the supernatural. Returning in 2008 with a new album, Mark Fry has now confirmed a ...

If you know the artists responsible for the albums ‘Loveless’, ‘Nowhere’, ‘Raise’ without reading their names then you know exactly where Younghusband are coming from. Skinny guys who have swapped hips for white noise certainly ain’t anything new, but that doesn’t stop it being thrilling when done right. Younghusband can do it right and judging by the barely-there boys on the stage tonight, they also pass the snake-hip test too with flying colours. They are so indie they release material on Too Pure and Sonic Cathedral; the latter a label that are becoming adept at getting it right ...

Mt. Wolf (twitter) produce songs that are on the darker side of folktronica, giving nods to both those pioneers of electronic folk, Tunng, and the darker more sinister sounds of city living. The band used to be known as Solar State (thanks Saam), but have started afresh under a new name and under the banner [...] Introducing: Mt. Wolf was originally published on The Blue Walrus

Der ehemalige Sänger der Elektronik-Folker Tunng , Sam Genders alias Diagramms, gibt uns einen weiteren audiovisuellen Einblick aus seinem im Januar via Full Time Hobby veröffentlichtem Album " Black Light ". "Ghost Lit" kommt in einem sehr viel psychedelischerem Gewand daher, als noch der Clip zum Titel " Antelope ". Das liegt auch an der Stimmung, die der Song ausstrahlt. Der Opener der Platte ist nämlich nicht derart fröhlich-beschwingt und gerät dank des sonoren Gesang Genders' und der sinistren Instrumentierung zu einer Art Gegenentwurf zum klassischen Pop-Song. Trotzdem zeigt sich der Kurzfilm in knallig-bunten Farben und lässt so manchen Mineralogen staunen, was da rotiert: Diagrams ...

Ahoy mateys! This little puppy came together incredible fast, then got released incredibly slowly (you can tell by the number of songs that you’ve probably already heard). My apologies. I got distracted by a number of things, but probably the most relevant to this crowd is the development of hearts.fm . It started at Music Hack Day , but we want to release it to the world in the next week or so. The idea is that we listen to music all over the web, and most sites have a handy little heart button to let you favorite a song ...

Sam Genders isn’t a man to stay in one place too long. Best known as co-founder of electro-folk band Tunng, he’s also been a member of folk super group The Accidental and is now back with solo project, Diagrams. The first album under this moniker, Black Light, features artists as diverse as Hannah Peel and [...] ( Read more... ) Categories: Interviews Tags: Diagrams , Sam Genders , Tunng