Hoochie mama! Sir Duck House is back on the scene with a handful of releases lined up under his wings. Closer is the newest gem and features his trademark washed out guitar style and laid back disco groove along with his soothing, distinct vocals. And even though you are not supposed to judge no book no album no single by its cover, Duck House’s artwork in its simplicity, colours and setup are just beautiful, pushing the overall feel on this. As did his latest treat Tether.
Both songs come off his new self-titled EP which will be put out by Meno Records. Meanwhile, catch him playing live Nov 30th in Manchester at Columns Festival and 31st in London at Mirrors Festival. It’s festival season in the UK! In November he will be playing Leeds on 2nd and Cardiff on the 6th. Get behind that. Closer is attached below.
Parisian slash Japanese power house Kitsuné just released the mighty seventh edition of their Maison Compilation. Good news eh! Subtitled The World Wild Issue, the compilation is running at a jungly 17 songs that meander smoothly between all ends of the electronic music spectrum. It’s a thing with these Kitsuné Compilations. In their tenth year they have become something like the James Bond movie of music samplers: achingly beautiful, featuring a classy selection and being all around gentlemen. Attached below is the minimix of the compilation, the trailer if you want, by Jerry Bouthier. Check out the first brilliant single by Danglo here.
Like the sound of that? Well, wonder no more. UK ensemble Darkstar have come a long way over the years and with their third studio album now out in the open, they are scheduled to come back to play a few songs on a Hamburg stage. Not just any stage, the shiny new stage at Häkken, Hamburg’s latest venue and recently host to the Spotify newcomers at Reeperbahn Festival a couple of weeks ago.
Naturally, Team Poule has your back on this and we managed to get our feathery hands on not one but 2×2 tickets to the show on Friday next week, October 16th. All you have to do to win one of them is comment on this post and tell us which Darkstar song really gets your chakra going. The winners will be drawn on Thursday 15th at noon, 12pm CEST straight.
Attached below is Stoke The Fire, the latest gem off Darkstars highly rated new album Foam Island, out now on Warp Records.
Danish drum machines First Hate dropped a new curve ball of a song. Trojan Horse comes with powerful beats and a dirty little secret inside. The latter isn’t even true but kind of fun to write. As a matter of fact, they do come to Hamburg and Berlin respectively with their new songs very much out in the open. First Hate will play the Ja Ja Ja club nights in Hamburg (Oct. 7) and Berlin (Oct. 8) where they will be joined by fellow wonders of the nordic regions Astrid S and Manna. Afterwards they can be seen on stages in Paris and Copenhagen. All dates here.
Four days of international extravaganza went down smoothly in Hamburg last weekend, when infamous Reeperbahn Festival took over the city for its tenth edition. The SXSW-like conference slash music festival hosted over 500 concerts, numerous panel discussions on the current state and future of the music industry as well as selected start-ups presenting themselves to audiences and jurors.
At 500 scheduled musical gigs, over 50 participating venues and no clear headliners, Reeperbahn Festival is no festival you can enjoy in flight mode sitting down and waiting to arrive. It takes a bit of an effort to find the many pearls you do not want to be seen missing out on. Luckily the tech savvy festival provides a stellar app that takes you to your Spotify loves and likes as a valid starting point. [continue reading…]
More than stoked to see these guys perform at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg this week. South London trio Beaty Heart dropped a hot ball of indie pop delight last year and have been riding waves of success and presumably glamour since. Their debut full-length goes by the name of Mixed Blessings and is a collection of actual genuine blessings. Attached is their stellar single Seafood.
Beaty Heart play mighty Prinzenbar on Thursday, 22h30.
