Deep and hazy electronic grooves coming in from Italian by way of Brazil composer and visual artist Phantoms vs. Fire. Straight underwater music, and much like life below the surface, this one is singing to its own story and rhythm, as he himself puts it:
The main synth riff is made to sound like a ghost singing – the chorus is meant to sound like the ghost is singing “Pleeease, sing with me” [2:18 – 2:21] (if that makes sense). At 0:36 there’s a break with strings before the song gets to its regular speed, the moment when the ghost realizes being a ghost is not that bad because he doesn’t need to please anyone anymore. At 4:00 the second and last chorus kicks in with and starts blending with the string session (4:30). 4:45 the strings fill the headphones. Everyone sang along with the ghost, he’s ready to dance in the afterlife.
What a beaut. The track comes off his epic album Swim, which nicely swings between deep synths and palmy drums, and is out now on Hypersoma Records. Team Poule says, worlds collide.
One last hoorah in 2017, attached below comes a selection of late additions to your year-ends lists, a warm musical companion for your drive home for Christmas. Fixed Fare is the latest in our little playlist series Bright Clouds, and up on Spotify and SoundCloud for your steaming pleasures.
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Gothenburg duo Tripnaha sure knows how to push those buttons. Attached below is their latest treat Apple Pie – a melange of synthy indie pop, electronic beats and a unique sadness that does not fail to attract attention. The piece comes off their uplifting debut EP 1A that is out now, on the usual channels. Catch them in Berlin for two shows, Dec 27th and Jan. 18th. Team Poule says, one for up there.
Fender Thinline, Fender Jaguar, Rickenbacker 4003 , Korg MS-20, Roland JX-8P, Moog the Rogue, drums, midi, samples, additional keys, vocals. Bolywool have it all. The Swedish duo has put out two enchanting volumes of tunes this year already via VÅRØ Records, and are now ready to add a third.
Episode 3 is titled From Void to Matter, and serves a steaming hot collection of poppy shoegaze, just what you need for those cold winter nights. Attached below is the uplifting single, You are not alone in the Universe, I am here. Pure and positive. Team Poule says, zoom.
2017 has one last hoorah in stall, the shiny month of December. No surprise there, but Danish ensemble The New Fever spring to the occasion with a handy new single. A Christmas Night is a dark and cozy lo fi track, complete with warm melodies and soothing vocals, to heat yourself up and count the hours until the days start getting longer again on this half of the globe, you know. Team Poule says, ain’t that exciting!
Dreamy grooves come gliding in by way of Iffy Orbit, your new favorite group of people to come out of the fjord’s of Norway. Be The Same is their latest levitating, synth heavy, Demogorgon-defying piece of delight, and taken straight from their debut record Slow Times which is new and out now on Toothfairy Records.
Attached below is their red hot new video, filmed at an urban studio inside an Oslo parking garage. It’s not the charging electric vehicles making those lights flicker then, but light-guru Gard Gitlestad. So hit play, dive in, let go, and keep your salty fingers crossed for a European tour next year. Team Poule says, gonna be a hoot.
