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Category: Electro
Kelly Lee Owens adds North America dates to her world tour.
KELLY LEE OWENS ANNOUNCES FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
AND PRESENTS VIDEO FOR “THROWING LINES”
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW ON SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND
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Slow Magic releases new single and summer tour dates.
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Dave Depper releases 3rd single from upcoming solo album.
LISTEN TO DAVE DEPPER’S “YOUR VOICE ON THE RADIO” (FEAT. LAURA GIBSON)
https://soundcloud.com/
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE OUT JUNE 9TH ON TENDER LOVING EMPIRE
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North Coast Fest announces (almost) entire 2017 lineup.
Chicago’s annual North Coast Music Festival has announced its (almost) full lineup. They’re still keeping some acts secret for now.
North Coast is a mostly electronic music festival that’s promoted as the last fling of summer (It’s the first weekend of September.) before another depressing Chicago winter and Bears season wallops the city.
Some of the biggest names on the bill are Deadmau5, Damian Marley, Big Boi, Gucci Mane, and Ween. They’re already offering tickets and layaway plans, so get your tickets while they’re cheap and still available.
Keep your mind open.
The Raveonettes to release full “anti-album” – “2016 Atomized.”
Last year the Raveonettes decided to create a “anti-album” by composing and releasing a new track digitally every month. These tracks have now been compiled into their new record – 2016 Atomized. It will be available April 21st for the first time as a complete collection.
A lot of the tracks on the record have a strong synth / electro feel instead of the psychedelic fuzz you’re used to on a Raveonettes records, but that’s not a bad thing. It’s good to hear them stretching out.
Keep your mind open.
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Dave Depper drops second single from upcoming solo album.
DAVE DEPPER (OF DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE) SHARES “COMMUNICATION”
https://soundcloud.com/
DEBUT ALBUM, EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE,
OUT JUNE 9TH ON TENDER LOVING EMPIRE
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Kelly Lee Owens – self-titled
A strong contender for my favorite album of 2017 has arrived in early spring. Kelly Lee Owens’ debut self-titled album is a refreshing, sensual, and dreamy electro album that’s a great change of pace from all the EDM and dubstep ripping through festivals every weekend and seemingly everywhere. I don’t mind those genres at all, but Ms. Owens has crafted something that stands out and finding such records in EDM and dubstep is tough nowadays.
“S.O.” sounds like something Vangelis might’ve crafted until Owens’ incense smoke-drifting-through-sunshine vocals appear. Poppy beats that sound like electric tablas root the track, but it will make you float on your feet or in your chair. “Arthur” begins with birdsong and rainfall and looped moans as the beat builds and the song becomes a beautiful mist you can feel but can’t quite see.
I think “Anxi.,” which features Jenny Hval on lead vocals, is about anxiety. Hval sings about “keeping it together” and “doing Barack badly.” Does she worry about not living up to expectations she set for herself during Obama’s presidency or ones set by others, like the family she mentions? I’m not sure. All I do know is that the bass at the halfway point of the track is so damn funky that all anxiety you might have is washed away because you’re too busy dancing.
“Lucid” is a good name for the next track, because it’s like something from a dream. “Different from the rest. Don’t you see it? Where we ought to be. Lucid, lucid,” Owens sings in some of her clearest vocals on the record. She seems to urge a potential lover to see the love she’s offering that’s right there for the taking but is going unnoticed.
“Evolution” should, by all rights, be tearing up dance floors in various remixes by now. It’s a great mix of industrial dance music, EDM, and synth-pop. “Bird” throws you for a loop by starting with a synthesized strings and tubular bells. Then, dear God, that synth-bass wallops you upside the head and you’re practically drifting around the astral plane. “Throwing Lines” continues the poppy electro beats, but the vocals are reverbed to the moon and back (which is great).
I don’t know what “Cbm” stands for, but I do know it’s a floor-stomper of a track that speaks of colors in motion – which only adds to the trippy atmosphere. “Keep Walking” reminds me of old Chemical Brothers tracks (the ones on the mellow side, at least). It’s full of deep bass, fuzzy guitar, clockwork beats, and lovely female vocals. The tenth, and final, track is called “8.” Only Owens knows why. It has nothing to do with the length of the song (9:39), but perhaps it’s a reference to infinity or a Mobius loop. The song is definitely spacey enough to justify that guess.
I don’t know where Ms. Owens has been hiding all this time, but I’m glad she’s here and has given us this album. This has to be one of the best debuts I’ve heard in a long while. All other 2017 electro albums will have to bring their A-game to match or top it.
Keep your mind open.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj3g0SH5pNo
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New Order offers new record and other perks through PledgeMusic.
Electro legends New Order are offering their new double album, NOMC15, through a PledgeMusic campaign that includes some neat bundles for purchase.
The album is a recording of one of two sold-out shows in November 2015 at Brixton Academy. It features eighteen tracks that include classics like “Blue Monday” and “True Faith,” rarer cuts like “Your Silent Face,” and new stuff like “Tutti Frutti.”
Some of the PledgeMusic campaign bundles include triple LPs, double CDs, T-shirt and print packages, and even Live at the London Troxy, which is a recording of a 2011 show that was the band’s first concert in five years.
Get the deals while they’re hot. The new record drops May 26th.
Keep your mind open.
Kelly Lee Owens’ debut album out March 24th.
LISTEN TO KELLY LEE OWENS’ DEBUT ALBUM VIA NPR MUSIC’S “FIRST LISTEN”
http://n.pr/2mayKmi
WATCH VIDEO FOR “ANXI” FT. JENNY HVAL, DIRECTED BY KIM HIORTHØY
https://youtu.be/FdDf2Ib4B64
DEBUT ALBUM OUT THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 24TH, ON SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND
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