After a long hard day spent with nose pressed firmly and continually against the grindstone, what you need (apart from a beer) is a double-serving 0f powerful pop replete with larger-than-life choruses to sooth the beast within. And let's face it, no-one does it like VISITOR.
Fresh from the recent release of their 'Vat:Auhlau' EP (check it here on Tashed), Swedish wonderkids Stay Ali have chipped in with an exclusive live performance for our brand new Tashcast, featuring bags of improvisation and at least one brand new track. Unconventional is the magic word!
Truth be told, we're not really fans of 'post-dubstep' being passed off as a genre. Scenes change, sounds evolve and the melting pot continues to bubble with a thousand and one continually morphing styles, yet at no point does a genre sever ties with the past. How could it?
I think there’s no better way to start the second week of writing column with an interview with Terence Koh, the name synonymous with art, fashion, design and basically just being my the special one of a kind person that he is. I’ve admired and respected his work for years and also his radical dress sense, no one quite wears Margiela and fur like he does.
The Hundred in the Hands is Jason Friedman and Eleanore Everdell. The group was recently signed on to Warp to make intense, emotional music reminiscent of classic dance tunes from NY.
My name is Angie and from this entry onwards I’ll be contributing to the fashion section of tashed. I thought it’d be nice to introduce myself for the first entry that I am doing which I swear isn’t completely narcissistic and all about me. There’ll just be a bit of a directional change due to different preferences between the previous contributors and myself so I thought I might just clarify that in the first post. source:unknown There’s a juxtaposition of luxury and a warped sense of vulgarity and humour in this photo and I guess in a sense it describes what I ...
So folks... here we have it! Our second Tashcast and it's another killer mix, this time courtesy of hotly-tipped Boston duo Soul Clap. It's a real honour to have these guys onboard, and they sure have delivered with a deeply-chilled hour-long excursion through funk and downtempo house.
And here we have it ladies and gentlemen… our very first TASHCAST: a full hour of blissful, screaming electronics courtesy of Harajuku’s very own grandmaster of hardware manipulation - Rhythm Droid.
Raised on a strict Californian diet of sun, sea, surf and imported Japanese anime, Devon Hughes AKA Rhythm Droid ditched the comforts of the west-coast to immerse himself in the hyper-accelerated heart of Tokyo’s infamous creative hub: Harajuku. Tashed went on location to chat with the 29 year old producer...
This is probably the most exciting interview we have done since our inception. “A Huge influence on bands like Daft Punk, SPACE sold 12 million records across 4 albums from 1977-81, and are sadly referred to as one of Europe's great forgotten innovators of the 1970’s”
Luke Million (Luke Godson) is 1/3 of The Swiss, as the keyboardist/producer. He has taken a solo journey to release an EP of his own due to be released 13th September on Future Classic.
I was in Tokyo for the past week so that explains the recent lack of posts, so I decided to come back with something more japanese. No I’m not going to talk about Visvim, Julius or even Comme but an upcoming designer’s stellar work. Being in Tokyo, you’re exposed to so many international and local brands that make shopping either seem like some sort of heaven or hell.
LA’s Local Natives have been causing quite a stir with their ‘three part harmonies’ and ‘relentless energy’ and all the other myriad things that ‘real’ fans of ‘real’ music get excited about. But please don’t let that put you off, ‘cos these guys are genuinely special.
Debut album ‘Gorilla Manor’ (Out now on Frenchkiss Records) garnered rave reviews for it’s subtle yet gutsy songsmanship, and it’s well worth your attention on one of those folksy, sunny afternoons when nothing but chilled strumming will do.
However, let us draw your attention to a sweet little remix from a ‘mystery’ Canadian duo by the name of Teen Daze. We love the Binary-esque vibes and we’re pretty sure both acts will be making big moves over the coming months. Watch this space…
UK ‘post-dubstep’ (i.e. it doesn’t really sound like dubstep but we’d rather not call it IDM or unclassifiable electronica) duo Mount Kimbie drop their debut album ‘Crooks & Lovers‘ today on Scuba’s relentlessly awesome Hotflush Recordings today. We’re definitely excited.
To celebrate the release, grab a free download of album track ‘Field‘, which doesn’t sound entirely unlike THE Field, building as it does into a hypnotic tidal wave of percussive fuzz before settling down for a string-laden picnic with the nice man Four Tet. We’re keen to see how this fits with the rest of the album, certainly sounds promising for those who like their stuff a little more on the adventurous side.
Here’s the full tracklist:
01. Tunnelvision
02. Would Know
03. Before I Move Off
04. Blind Night Errand
05. Adriatic
06. Carbonated
07. Ruby
08. Ode to Bear
09. Field
10. Mayor
11. Between Time
Plus, all you lucky North America souls can catch Dom and Kai as they embark on a short September tour. Details here:
23rd September- Victoria, BC – Rifflandia festival
24th September – Seattle – Decibel Festival
25th September – San Francisco – club TBC
26th September – L.A. – Downtown Independent Theatre
27th September – Colorado – Fox theatre
28th September – Boston – Wonder Bar
30th September – Toronto TBC
01st October – New York – The Bunker
02nd October – Montreal – Le Belmont Sur le Boulevard
If the late, great Douglas Adams is to be believed, mice actually rule the world and are at this moment conducting fiendishly subtle experiments on the human race. Frankly, we’re cool with that – especially if top disco duo Mighty Mouse are doing the experimenting.
This Is Head hail from Malmö, Sweden and many have clamoured to label them as the sound of Malmö almost immediately. They easily assumed a natural place in the centre of all things great, with their sounds described as kraut disco meets smart indie rock with Bono-esque vocals.
A real blog post for the greater good this one… tackling both our lethargic post output and the under-representation of Poland (great beer, great people) on the blog music scene. Introducing Kamp! – purveyors of slick synth pop goodness.
After a long hard day spent with nose pressed firmly and continually against the grindstone, what you need (apart from a beer) is a double-serving 0f powerful pop replete with larger-than-life choruses to sooth the beast within. And let’s face it, no-one does it like VISITOR.
Welcome to the Tashed Tape Report – so named because we’re so authentic and hooked on the idealisation of our reimagined childhoods that we only ever listen to music on chewed-up old audio tapes from 1993 or earlier.
We simply couldn’t pass up the opportunity to bring you a free track from techno grandmaster Vince Watson. Not only is he one of the most consistent producers out there, but after years of churning out one intelligent tech symphony after another, it’s high time he got the recognition he so richly deserves.
SCUBA – TRIANGULATION
STARLESS AND BIBLE BLACK – SHAPE OF THE SHAPE
MOCK & TOOF – FAREWELL TO WENDO
PRINS THOMAS – PRINS THOMAS
THE GOLDEN FILTER – VOLUSPA
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – TOGETHER
BONOBO – BLACK SANDS
ACID WASHED – ACID WASHED
THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH – THE WILD HUNT
FOUR TET – THERE IS LOVE IN YOU
BEACH HOUSE – TEEN DREAM
DELOREAN – SUBIZA
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Nathan Grawesh on KAMP! ‘HEATS’