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la cage au folk ~ ailleurs square (independent, 2009)

it's amazing the internet, isn't? there are moments when you feel like 'discovering something new', then you just start jumping from blog to blog... from myspace to myspace... or spend hours on sites like jamendo and randomly download albums from artists that you've never heard.
that's what happened a few days ago and from my research i ended up discovering la cage au folk, a band from nancy, france: 6 boys, most in their early 20's, making very interesting music, mixing chanson française with folk, celtic elements and a melody crafting with hints of belle and sebastian and french singer/songwriter essiar.
at the end of the album, you'll realise that you're taken into a trip on irish fields passing through a festival in a small french town lost in the 1920's. simply très jolie.



01. je t'emmènerai
02. le p'tit gars solitaire
03. souviens-toi
04. rodéo
05. a deux
06. matelot
07. un vieil air de musique

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eternal summers

eternal summers ~ beko 16 (beko digital single label, 2009)

i know i talked about a beko release two posts ago but there's so many good things there...
eternal summers is a duo from roanoke, virginia: nicole plays guitar and daniel plays drums and their music has hints of shoegaze mixed with a twee feeling and lo-fi touch. for some reason talulah gosh came to my mind when i first listened their music (specially 'dye'). as for 'safe at home', it is a ballad with this sweet vocals and (during most of the 2'14'') minimalistic melody with the drums setting the rhythm and nicole's guitars appearing every now and.
it's very very good and extremely extremely appealing.



01. safe at home
02. dye



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guess who seems to be back

le sport ~ dreaming/16 december/ love in stereo (2010, independent)

isn't nice the feeling of remembering a few years ago and the music that made your life happier? well, this is the case of le sport's music in mine... how can you not be involved by songs like 'tell no one about tonight', 'your brother is my only hope', 'if neil tennant was my lover' and (the superb) 'eurosport music baby!'? anyway...
after 4 years since they broke up, they seem to be back... well, at least at their website it's possible to download 3 new songs and watch videos for all of them. the music is darker than before, more serious and (guess what?) sadder.
like all of us, teenagers becoming grown-ups at the time they released their ep's and lp, örjan and fredrik also grew old. still, great music and, if they're really coming back, wonderful news!

------------ dreaming

------------16 december

------------love in stereo

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woven tales

woven tales ~ beko 03 (beko digital single label, 2009)

holiday records (loved around here at chaotisch und chaotisch) release something every friday for free, as you all may know by now. but now it has some company: less than a week ago i discovered beko single label, an online label releasing a single every monday. i mean, this is fantastic! we got used to get into the weekend with holiday and now we start the week with beko!
there isn't much information about it and all we know is that it's been running for 6 months or so and it's from brest/nantes in france. the single's artwork are fantastic, with graphic designs creating some unity between them.
to present the label, i'll start posting their third release: woven tales, project by brian warden from saint petersburg, florida.
instrumental electronic music with warm melodies, shoegaze flirtations and some landscape-ish feelings. but i'm talking about a different angle when i say 'landscape-ish'... it has a sunny melancholy mixed with happiness that makes you feel as if you were walking - without touching the ground - heading to the place you cherish the most. it has this contemplation feeling that tops those (rare) moments of life when you see yourself being as if you were someone else.
beautiful, uplifting and depending if you're feeling too sensitive, may bring some tears to your eyes.



01. grazing storms
02. dried blueberries

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electric virgin

the hairs ~ electric virgin ep (holiday records, 2010)

beloved record label holiday records couldn't have started the year better... the combination of alex from the pains of being pure at heart and kevin from knight school and beats (according to their myspace). the label sent an email a few hours ago saying that they had exceed the bandwidth (the first time in the label's history, as far as i know) but it's all back and running right now... two great musicians from two great bands delivering four great songs in a great label. couldn't get better than that.

01. duh! x12
02. ghetto control
03. vikings, pirates & dudes
04. houseplant song

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