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Fair Heron – Now Carla EP

Author: marvis

18 Jul

I am always looking for good music, so what could be better than good music coming to me?

Ellie from Kentucky-based Indietronic band Fair Heron sent me some of their songs to share with you, and since their stuff is cool I am happy to feature them here.

Their sound is both melodic and progressive and reminds me a bit of Fever Ray or Ninca Leece. While I would normally say that this is more for listening than for dancing, Ellie told me that their live shows are “generally pretty dancey”. So I guess that’s one more reason for promoting them: To get them to tour internationally so that I can see them live.

Here are some songs from their “Now Carla EP” for download:

Fair Heron – Digi Quilt

Fair Heron – This Is My Mogley

Fair Heron – Empathetic As A Ghost

And by the way, if you play in a band, produce electronic music are if you are a DJ and you think your style fits to what I usually feature here, just drop me a line through the c ontact page.

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Filed under: Electronic Pop, Feature, Indietronic, Minimal, Reviews

Sweet Headache 012: “Space Curry”

Author: marvis

1 Apr

What would it be like to eat a spicy curry in space? I don’t know, but this spicy Minimal mix might feel somewhat similar.

I am not a big fan of Minimal Techno, but there are some tracks that I really like. It’s not my preferred kind of music for partying, but there’s something about its spacey abstractness that can make it interesting for listening. This is also pretty much the sound that I consider typical for many clubs and bars here in Cologne.

Tracklist:

Xenia Beliayeva – You Better
Audion – Mouth to Mouth
Gui Boratto – Patrick Zigon (Remix)
The Stain – Battle of the Quarks
Home Criminals – Noise
John Tejada – Asanebo
Voodeux – Just A Spoonful
Marquez Ill – Ill is Ill
Matt John – Hypercube 10 a

Nerditional Information:

Marquez Ill (Voltage Musique) has been one of the artists that I kept an eye on over the last few years. Marquez Ill is a real music enthusiast and definitely one of the better DJs in the field. We met a few times when I was still living in Aachen, and he still has a residency there.

I still don’t fully understand how Audion’s “Mouth To Mouth” has become a Techno classic, but it keeps popping up in DJ sets again and again. I have to admit that the track is fascinating in a strange way, but it is rare that a track without clear melodies becomes such a classic.

Matt John’s “Hypercube 10a” was recommended to me as the “next big thing” by my record dealer some time last year. I can’t really tell if this became true, but it’s still a nice track. Maybe he just wanted me to buy the record.