Philippe Brault releases krautrock voyage “Fear and Greed”

Music by Philippe BraultVideo art by Marc-André LabelleFull album: https://philippebrault.bandcamp.com/album/fear-and-greed-music-for-a-performance-by-fr-d-r...

Maintaining a connection with both the artificial and emotional, Brault captures a progressive mood in his most recent EP

Canadian Philippe Brault is an artist with a wide range of skills at his disposal, having worked as a sound designer, producer, and arranger. He took steps towards touring as a musician at the early age of eighteen, and his rise in the electronica community has seen him work closely with artists such as Pierre Lapointe, Dear Criminals, Philémon Cimon and Salomé Leclerc. It’s a journey which has earned Brault awards for his involvement in projects both as an arranger and composer, including the IRIS for Best Original Score.

His identity as an established professional has also helped fuel tours across Europe and Quebec, but the territory Brault has ventured into most recently is that of krautrock and post rock, as he announces his newest EP.

Titled “Fear and Greed”, the five track collection strives on the balance of mechanical resolution and deeply human disassociation. Originally the music scored a 2019 production of the same name, created by choreographer Frederick Gravel. Brault constructed the tracks featured on the EP with the show’s central theme of transcendence and ritual in mind, an approach which delivers a strikingly methodical soundscape which succeeds in illuminating a world of quiet emotion.

Stream the release on Spotify or support it on Bandcamp

Check out more from Philippe Brault
Instagram / Homepage / Spotify / Soundcloud

Softly constructed soundscapes from Lisa and Kroffe

The Swedish duo continue to develop their comfortable yet boundary challenging sound

Lisa and Kroffe have been collaborating together for a while now, building up a discography of krautrock textured electronica. It’s been a journey through a wide expanse of territories, touching on genres such as folk, techno and light psychedelic.

Lisa is known for her work as the host of “Blue Monday”, one of Sweden’s most prominent music podcasts, while Kroffe is most often found amongst synths, both operating and constructing them.

Taking a step into their style of production you’ll find broad variety of approaches being employed, but the overall sense of Lisa and Kroffe’s work is that you’ve entered a sphere of gentleness. At times the tone is progressive, led through by soft beats. Other examples of their work exude a more meditative ambience, an environment coloured with delicately positioned waves of synth which encourage exploration of the self.

The duo has now reached the point of releasing their fourth album, a collection of ten tracks titled “Roslagens Famn”. Produced with support from ambient Swedish label Lamour Records, the album strikes a dreamlike note, adept at conjuring up soundscapes that feel fresh and without boundaries.

Our featured track from the “Roslagens Famn” is also the final inclusion on the LP: “Till Charlie”.

Stream the release on Spotify or support it on Bandcamp

Check out more from Lisa and Kroffe
Instagram / Facebook / Spotify

Krautrock Escapism from the talents of Thousand Foot Whale Claw

The experienced four-piece group reassert themselves with a celestial new release: ‘The Garden From Above’

Thousand Foot Whale Claw have returned, bringing with them a mesmerizing single of psych-rock. The Austin based collective crossed paths for the first time back in college, causal collaborations eventually giving way to a united quartet. Their instrumental work has only become more creative and experimental than it was however, and for almost 10 years now the group have been adding to their collection of krautrock infused tracks, which spread into the genres of ambient, drone and psychedelic.

The group’s second and most recent LP dropped in the second half of 2018, bearing the title ‘Black Hole Party’. A vibrant mix of electronica which balanced knowledge gained through musical exploration with a reserved desire to produce a polished, carefully composed representation of Thousand Foot Whale Claw’s multifaceted sound.

Since then each individual in the quartet has found time to work on their own projects, already involved with the groups S U R V I V E, Troller, Single Lash and Future Museums. In fact, tracks from member Neil Lord were featured on ADSR Collective this April.

Thousand Foot Whale Claw’s fresh single is ‘The Garden From Above’, a blend of murmuring synth and psychedelic guitar, a trippy exploration of cosmic environments.

Support the single on Bandcamp or stream it on Spotify

Check out more from Thousand Foot Whale Claw
Instagram / Facebook / Bandcamp / Spotify / Soundcloud

psych sounds- electronic soul- explore more on our playlist below!

Darker shades of contemplation, ‘Coin Toss’ from Bubble People

Bubble People - Coin Toss (official music video) --// this is anti-anthropocene music //-- Video by Mamoru Watanabe Download the full EP now at https://bubbl...

London is home to the unique collaboration project that is ‘Bubble People’, two artists combining their individual talents to create something shared.  Jasper Sdougos has been working alongside Mamoru Watanabe to bring to life audio-visual sessions, performing improvised sets in which the freeform sound amalgamates together with Watanabe’s creative approach to cinematography.

Sdougos lays down modular beats and melodies, finding inspiration in talents such Aphex twin and Max Cooper, and bringing back something of the Krautrock sound that bands like Cluster helped develop.

Bubble People have been active for a few years now, occasionally releasing short EP and singles between creating music live. Their recent EP ‘Infinite Functions’ is a five track collection, which means a more in depth trip through their dark ambient style.

The eponymous third track is an inclusion that explores a neo-psychedelic tone, adding a meditative shade of downtempo. The reserved background amplifies the vocal samples, which come across as intensely personal, an injection of humanity into an echoing soundscape.

In contrast, our featured track ‘Coin Toss’ is murky and reverb heavy, to the extent that sound seems to ripple around the core elements, surrounding the measured percussion and strictly minimalist electronic melody.

Support the release on Bandcamp or stream it on Spotify

Check out more from Bubble People
Website / Soundcloud / Facebook / Instagram

Introspective expeditions: Neil Lord’s ‘Leaving the Vessel’

Continuing to expand the horizon of his craft, Austin-based multi-instrumentalist Neil Lord returns as new age, krautrock veteran Future Museums with the meditative new single “Leaving the Vessel.” Following a year-and-a-half on the road playing guitar and keys for singer-songwriters Molly Burch (Captured Tracks) and Jess Williamson (Mexican Summer), Lord gets back to his experimental roots with an immersive synth piece inspired by his own lucid dreams and astral projections. As an active member of the bands Single Lash, Thousand Foot Whale Claw, and numerous other projects, Lord’s prolific output is vast and varied, yet Future Museums remains his most introspective and personal work. As Lord dives beyond the barriers of the physical, the music of Future Museums has emerged with a gorgeous arrangement of pulsating electronics and healing tones. FFO: Steve Halpern • Michael Rother • Laraaji • Bitchin Bajas

Multi-instrumentalist Neil Lord seems compelled by experimentalism, a force which has led him into long-term collaborative projects, as well as serving as a consistent motivating factor for his more private work.

Since around 2012, two major groups have stood out as creative outlets for Lord. As a member of shoegaze band Single Lash, Lord’s skills are directed towards post punk style drums. Conversely, his affinity for electronica is drawn out when working with Thousand Foot Whale Claw; a four piece whose sound features flavours of Krautrock.

The avant-garde audio ventures of Thousand Foot Whale Claw most closely connect to the ambience Lord grasps as he tinkers with his own style of psychedelic electronica. Working under the moniker of Future Museums, Lord has been establishing a discography since 2009, and making moves to embrace the meditative quality of new age electronic. Drone style layered beats gain a hypnotic potency, as even the more organic aspects sink into the track and relinquish individuality.

The newest release from Future Museums is set for April 24th, another track created during this period of global isolation. Appropriate that the cosmic toned synths of ‘Leaving the Vessel’ begin to tempt the soul from the body.

Support the release on Bandcamp or stream it on Spotify.

Check out more from Future Museums
Facebook / Bandcamp / Spotify / Instagram

Listen to more releases on the label - Holodeck Records
Website / Facebook / Bandcamp / Twitter