Showing posts with label electronic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electronic. Show all posts

7.2.09

Fuck Her, or the Terrorists Win



"Fuck Her, or The Terrorists Win es un dúo de pop electrónico compuesto por dos pilares de la nueva ola regiomontana en el que podemos encontrar increíbles reminiscencias de música presentada hasta hoy sólo por bandas como The Cansecos, o en el más popular de los casos, The Postal Service. Y no es de sorprenderse, ya que de algún modo Roberto Polo (60 Tigres, Mr. Racoon, Club Comfort y En Ventura) vendría a ser algo así como un Ben Gibbard mexicano, mientras que Roger Cámara (Álbum, Los Re Sostenido, Zozaya Mariachi DJ, etc.), sería ese prolífico –pero a menudo discreto– Jimmy Tamborello, el que lo acompaña en esta encantadora y contagiosa aventura musical."

http://www.playgroundmag.net


// Fuck Her or the Terrorists Win //

1.- Immutable
2.- The Anti
3.- Up the Ante
4.- Sleepers
5.- Happenstance
6.- Hipsters


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Fuck Her or the Terrorists Win son Roberto Polo y Roger Cámara. Producido por Bul. Grabado en Delhotel Records. Photograph by Cuauhtémoc Suárez. Design by Nicolás Pradilla. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

27.12.08

Bright Star Regulus



Long ago, right after one of those annoying heart-wrecks that usually arrive every three years or so, we received the following e-mail:


Hi, how are you? My name is Fan Zhang from Berkeley, California. I'm 19 years old and a first year at UC Berkeley. I've been a longtime fan, but first time submitter.

My music project that I wanted you to give a listen to is Bright Star Regulus. I made these music 2 years ago, when I was in high school. They are a bit experimental, a bit shoegazy. Give it a listen, let me know if you like.

myspace.com/brightstarregulus


Thank you.

Fan

Ever since then, we can’t help but to reach this EP and play it every single time that we come home and find ourselves feeling exactly the same way we did the first time we heard Bright Star Regulus’ music.

The most beautiful thing about bedroom folk music like this one, is its brutal inspiration and message of love. Good or bad, we can all easily feel (or get) the point, and well, during bad times, it just suits right.

Enjoy!



// BRIGHT STAR REGULUS EP //


1.- Ashes Become Shooting Stars
2.- Mixing Mutima
3.- Prince
4.- Something About You


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Each song was created after a few hours of trial and error with instruments and different sound effects in Audacity by Fan Zhang when he was 17 and living in California. Artwork by Self Control. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

19.8.08

Bufi, Homeless Hero EP



Divina juventud. Divino Bufi. Apenas tiene 21 años y su música yace embebida con el portento sónico que sólo dan los años. Sí, Mateo González Bufi tiene ese encanto de los pequeños genios pero no es nada inconsciente: su Homeless Hero EP es una tajada de severidad de cuatro temas donde el escucha se topa de golpe y sopetón, a un pastiche sonoro que tiene entrada y salida, exhalación e inhalación, golpe y morete, contusión y estado de coma. Cualquiera que se entere que Bufi es un defeño caza hypes dentro del ancho e interminable mundo de la web, podría darse un norte y sur de cómo es la música que arma, ata, programa y lanza a través del formato MP3.

Empero, Bufi no es un chicuelo que aprovecha su falta de sapiencia formal para la música y decide tomar el ordenador para facilitarse las cosas y “taparle el ojo al macho”. No, él estudia la Licenciatura en Guitarra Clásica en la Escuela Superior de Música del CNA y seguramente viajan en sus sinápsis mentales nombres de compositores consagrados de las seis cuerdas como Francisco Tárrega, Agustín Barrios “Mangoré”, Štěpán Rak, Nikita Koshkin o Leo Brouwer. Lo anterior seguramente ya da otro punto cardinal muy distinto a cualquier persona: no es “el chico” que pica teclas y prende computadoras, sino un músico joven que ofrece fondo y forma. O, ya más alejados de las suposiciones de etiqueta social, se divierte componiendo melodías ajenas a sus estudios formales. Cosa loable o no, lo hace con harta calidad. Que nos perdonen los colombianos por usar su caló pero Bufi se disfruta hartamente.

Pero las suposiciones siempre se quedarán cortas, así que no demos vuelta a la objetividad. El track abridor, “We begin”, es un chorro multicolor y multigenérico donde convergen décadas, gustos y tendencias como si fuera un lupanar hipotético de la Colonia Roma del Distrito federal. De entrada, existen tintineos del trabajo pionero del ochentero Double Duce. Enseguida los sintetizadores con repiqueteos a lo Miami y listones que jalan recuerdos de grupos como Cosmicity, vuelan por doquier. ¿Que si es un synthpop? Sí, pero las vocales melosas y el puente melódico de un teclado coqueto, nos lanzan a proyectos actuales de Europa como Sally Shapiro. La esencia de esta gema sonora puede compararse al de un clic de cámara réflex apretado una y otra vez, no por la búsqueda de la instantánea perfecta sino por la obsesión de encontrar un ritmo vital para tomar fotografías.

Con los tres cortes restantes, Bufi adquiere peso. “Like a child” es un ejercicio lúdico de capas y coros repetitivos, donde las partes que revientan la melodía con el paso de los segundos tienen algo de Daft Punk y de aquel añejo proyecto también galo de Comix, solamente sin tanto tuck-tuck en las baterías programadas. “Make It over” es la canción hipnótica, la que se mete al nido de lo reposado y basa su fuerza en el contraste de los sonidos de los teclados; es una fuga que no sigue tonalidades ni notas, sino sentimientos dentro de la pista de baile. Para el cierre, “Homeless Hero” es la parte casi carnavalesca e infantil. Es un viaje propulsado por la batalla casi épica de efectos en sintetizadores, samplers y voz, que repiquetean al tímpano como un trance dramatizado.

Escuchen a Bufi, no lo suelten. Es un maestro para “acomodar colores” y encontrar la textura exacta. Puede ser que con su computadora quiera convertirse en un pintor musical y eso es una afrenta que se vale con su pasaporte de juventud. Animotion, Junior Boys, Red Flag y hasta Hawaiian Pups, son influencias que van colgadas de la espalda de Bufi. Simplemente escúchenlo de frente y dejen que él haga el resto.


Texto: David Meléndez





// BUFI / HOMELESS HERO EP //

01 - We Begin DOWNLOAD
02 - Like A Child DOWNLOAD
03 - Make It Over DOWNLOAD
04 - Homeless Hero DOWNLOAD

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All tracks written and produced by Mateo González Bufi. Homeless Hero EP is courtesy of Le Touch and TTSO. Artwork by Ponitail. Photograph by Domestic Fine Arts. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2008.

3.5.08

joiejoiejoie, Green! EP



With the 2006 follow-up, Green!, Clément Marion takes us out for a day outdoors. As the EP's title an cover art suggest, these 4 short songs actually sound green, if that makes any sense. Throughout the lenght of this new release we get to silently admire the nature by the river, walk on a field surrounded by sunflowers, get gently wet by a soft drizzle and dance between the trees without caring about anything else. Who can reject this offer?

Green! was recorded using only an acoustic guitar, a melodica, a flute, some programming and Clem's sweet voice. This lo-fi folky approach was only hinted on his previous releases, and it's maybe because it's simplicity that it leaves you smiling, fulfilled and wanting more of this green love.

Text: Cheky.




// JOIEJOIEJOIE / GREEN! EP //
01 - Cosmic Green DOWNLOAD
02 - Hyper Green DOWNLOAD
03 - Sweet Green DOWNLOAD
04 - Escalope de Dinde DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and recorded by Clément Marion. Artwork by The Poni Republic. Belgium, 2007. Contact: joiejoiejoie.free.fr.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2008.

14.4.08

Carrie + The Oslo Deadtrash Project, The City EP


There are only really two things to say. Firstly, this is a lovely recording. You’ll want the City EP in your life. Secondly, it’s free. Gratis. All it takes is a flicker of that index finger of yours. But wait. Don’t leave. Not just yet, anyway. Stick around.

Who wants free music anyway? (Apart from Radiohead fans.) It must be of poor quality after all. Except of course that this EP is something of a marvel. But don’t decide for yourself. I haven’t told you why yet.n What do we even know of these collaborators? The Oslo Deadtrash Project is Pierre Lejeune and Pierre is one talented bunny. Already a reputable act in Belgium. I guess we could call this electronica, but knowing how twitchy certain folk become when labeled in this way, especially when, like Lejeune, they play guitar – maybe we ought to tread carefully. Carrie is less well known to me. Based in Mexico, Carrie is ostensibly Laura B and she sings like an angel. She’s an established artist in her own right whose own compositions also harbour downtempo tendencies.

So we have one eccentric, loner Belgian who likes messing around with old organ sounds and we have one sexy Mexican princesa. But how did this collaboration come to be? We could speculate that Pierre and Laura met at a festival in Montréal - that their Moogs locked eyes across a crowded tent and that, as they say, was that. This would be pure speculation and frankly ridiculous. When the two duet on "Yellow Building" the effect is frankly sublime. I have always loved Lejeune's far-away, lost boy voice. Laura B’s pipes are all honey-coated sensuality. I want to marry her but clearly she’s already fallen under the spell of TODP.

"Yellow Building" is the centerpiece of this EP. The other three tracks are instrumental save for some vocal sampling on the cinematic "Solar 2". This piece, incidentally, would make for ideal soundtrack material. I’m thinking Amine. "Solar 2" would grace something akin to Spirited Away or Paprika. "The Super Groove Smokey Song" and "Solar 1" are more ambient in texture. More about creating a mood. Normally in the world of TODP the mood is distinctly melancholic. Nobody else in electronica or downtempo sounds like Lejeune. His stuff is light years away from that chilled, ice DJ shtick. It’s comforting. Together with Carrie, he has created a warm intimacy for cosy daydreamers and lovelorn loners everywhere.

On no account though should you snag this for free. I mean, something as wonderful as this – you’ll just have to take my word for it.


Text: Brett Spaceman





// CARRIE + THE OSLO DEADTRASH PROJECT / THE CITY EP //
01 - Solar Part I (The Night) DOWNLOAD
02 -Yellow Building DOWNLOAD
03 - The Super Smokey Groovy Song DOWNLOAD
04 - Solar Part II (The Day) DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and produced by Laura B. and Pierre Lejeune. Montréal, 2007. Mastered by Luis Ramírez at CZG International Productions. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons
BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2008.

12.9.07

Nuuro, Paper Heart EP



We met Alejandro Ghersi when he used to be a 16 year old indietronic emo kid from Venezuela. He was too shy to sing on his own, he wouldn't even dare to play a guitar alone, yet, he kept trying until the point he found himself in New York City, living on his own, with one LP recorded, various songs in respected compilations such as annual Darla's "secrets", and more recently, two EPs.

This is the latter, and it's his deepest, most mature, and heartbreaking work so far. Downtempo, vocoders and deep atmospheres that become the menu of a banquet to which all can access, but only a few will be fortunate to be pleased with. A five-piece EP that will remain as one of Ghersi's cult jewels from here to a very long time.





// NUURO / PAPER HEART EP //
01 - Secret DOWNLOAD
02 - Make Sure DOWNLOAD
03 - Knife (Grizzly Bear Cover) DOWNLOAD
04 - Fell In Love (On A Tragic Sunday Morning Of Mourning And Incompetence) DOWNLOAD
05 - Cute DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and produced by Alejandro Ghersi; except "Knife", written by Grizzly Bear. Paper Heart EP, Caracas, Venezuela; 2007. Artwork by Nuuro. Contact: www.nuuro.net.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2007.

14.10.06

Oto Efekt, Living Room EP



For musicians, the main goal is to create moods and pictures that strike each listener, suggesting mental images and drawings in order to let people penetrate its inner world. While listening to Oto Efekt; the project of young French songwriter named Phoene Somsavath, we can all see that she succeeded in doing this. All is blue and grey in her universe, and remains pale for each song.

She sings about the darkest parts of her life, talking about experiences and men we don't know. Are they friends or lovers who have disappeared, or people she met, and then lost? Who are Vincent and Eduardo? Who said something? She just asks for answers and needs for help, and perhaps only the listener can answer these questions. She stands here, naked and revealing her world and thoughts, and musically, the listener becomes a kind of confessor and a way for her to rest and confide.

The Living Room EP is amazing and wonderful, intimate and intelligent. From song to song, the listener will go for a walk, taking Phoene by the hand, and share her musical universe.

Review by Slug @ Past All Concerns.





// OTO EFEKT / LIVING ROOM //
01 - In This Hole (Poni Mix) DOWNLOAD
02 - Vincent DOWNLOAD
03 - Something You Said DOWNLOAD
04 - See DOWNLOAD
05 - Song For Eduardo DOWNLOAD

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Guitars, keyboards, concertina, programming, vocals by Phoene Somsavath. All songs written by Phoene Somsavath. Mixed and masterized by Pierre Lefeuvre except In This Hole (Poni Mix); mixed by Phoene Somsavath. Recorded in Paris, 2006. Contact: www.otoefekt.com. Art work by Paulina Magos / Phoene Somsavath.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2006.

27.9.06

Nuuro, All Clear



Alejandro Ghersi is a 16 year old wiz-kid from Venezuela that might as well represent what young kids have been waiting for. Cute, yet intelligent, electronic pop well structured songs, sung by a stunning voice that will shock older audiences too.

He's not 80's influenced, but he sure knows how to sing and make any song sound beautiful, like back in the days. For some reason, he makes us think of Morrissey or Ben Gibbard singing over beats done by Psapp, Mu-ziq or Yellotone.

Youthful and sophisticated electronic glitchery crafted for melancholic pop songs about high school passion and loss. Far from being naive, Venezuela's new poster boy writes downhearted stories meant for nostalgic souls.

Nuuro previously released In Transit EP in (2005) and has already featured an exclusive track on Little Darla Has a Treat for You v.24 (Darla) compilation this summer. All Clear is our first physical release through Soundsister Records and you can already order it at Darla and Juno.






// NUURO / ALL CLEAR //
01 - Not Agaiin DOWNLOAD
02 - Frame Me
03 - Softer Things
04 - Common Dragons DOWNLOAD
05 - Flying On A Space Ship
06 - Oh One
07 - Cerial Box
08 - Ambience Is Unimportant
09 - Waiting DOWNLOAD
10 - All Clear
11 - Terrorfist DOWNLOAD
12 - Blister
13 - The Wall

All written and produced by Alejandro Ghersi except Frame Me, co-written by Mariana Cadavieco. Mastered by Visonear. Cover photo by Kyle La Valley. Recorded in Caracas, Venezuela; 2006. Contact: www.nuuro.net.

Soundsister Records / Poni Republic. All rights reserved. Distributed worldwide via Darla and Fluor Music in Mexico. Fluor music is a division of Noise Kontrol.

27.7.06

Silver St., Time Will Heal



Seamlessly drawn together, Time Will Heal is a short record which documents beautiful tracks that drift into one another with surprising ease, drawing out exotic ciphered rhythms and patterns that sound foreign no matter where you are.

Mostly popular for his acclaimed soothing micro-house Relief album as Transistor, mexican producer Edgar Medina locked himself away from those foot-stomping days and started using his laptop like Dustin Huffman did in Rain Man with his typewriter, only Edgar was seeking new horizons, new textures, cutesy giggly ambient sounds.

Silver St.'s characteristic trait is his use of sharp dry naive synthesizers that punctuate the careful melodies in the backdrop of rinsing pads and calculated whirrs in such a manner that crash into one piece, not only entrancing but, oddly hurtful and romantic.


// SILVER ST. / TIME WILL HEAL //
01 - Falling Stars DOWNLOAD
02 - I Love It Anyway DOWNLOAD
03 - Why DOWNLOAD
04 - Time Will Heal DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and produced by Edgar Medina. Recorded in León, Guanajuato, Mexico; 2006. Contact: myspace.com/transistormusic. Artwork by Alejandro Ghersi. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2006.

14.7.06

The Oslo Deadtrash Project vs. nim, Drug Tourist Medikit



Thinking that not all pop music has to be shinning happy, systematical, or silly; during a sleepless night, Pierre Lejeune decided to let himself go on the music of his partner Jean-Francois Flamey, better known as NIM, who also directs a very nice label called Carte Postale Records in Belgium.

Pierre Lejeune and Jean Flamey came up nearly by accident with this short record called Drug Tourist Medikit. It's a brief piece including five rainy songs that will you take through a profound mood journey, featuring The Oslo Deadtrash Project's sad vintage pop structures, distorted guitars, beats, hiss and earnest singing, colliding with NIM's obscure melancholic atmospheres and intimate soundscapes.


// OSLO DEADTRASH PROJECT VS. NIM / DRUG TOURIST MEDIKIT //
01 - Sidewalk (Telephone Call) DOWNLOAD
02 - Electronic Music Shop Revolt (Rauchen Ist Tödlich) DOWNLOAD
03 - Down Like Me (Tulipe) DOWNLOAD
04 - The One/ Room Mix (Lumen) DOWNLOAD
05 - Marina (Wish) DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and produced by Jean-François Flamey and Pierre A.L. Produced by Carte Postale Records; Brussel, Belgium. Contact: www.cartepostalerecords.be

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2006.

11.3.06

Anois, Tracery On A Frosted Window EP



It doesn't matter what's your spot in the globe, if it's spring, summer or fall. Anois will trick winter upon your toes, or any season that makes you feel remotely cold.

Poni Republic couldn't be more proud to present Anois' debut EP, a folk guided chamber pop music record, beautifully crafted by intimate atmospheres and shivering whispers sung softly by a girl and a boy, as if they were memories of earlier conversations about uncertain destinies.

Let the music of Lars Kranholdt and Anne Bayer embrace, you and your loneliness, even if you're one of those who brats about being completely happy.






// ANOIS / TRACERY ON A FROSTED WINDOW //
01 - Set The Pace DOWNLOAD
02 - And You Are Okay DOWNLOAD
03 - Tracery On A Frosted Window DOWNLOAD
04 - Min-For DOWNLOAD
05 - Throw Out The Light DOWNLOAD
06 - #3 DOWNLOAD
07 - I'm Currently Not Plenty DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and produced by Anois. Guitar, vocals and programming by Lars Kranholdt. Additional vocals by Anne Bayer. Violin by Nastasja Ernst. Recorded up north Germany; 2005. Contact: pleasemutetoday.com.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2006.

27.11.05

Nuuro, In Transit EP



Alex already controls his computer like an adult, but he is not even allowed to buy beer in his country yet. How ironic, huh? But don't let that stop you, because he's not just quite another nerd.

Besides the fact he's from Caracas, Venezuela, and sure knows how to make people dance, his cut-rhythm style and programming skills are just wonderful. In Transit is the sound of south american youth's folklore, flirting with electronic pop and experimental music.

// NUURO / IN TRANSIT EP //
01 - Edison Melodies DOWNLOAD
02 - Common Dragons DOWNLOAD
03 - Reti DOWNLOAD
04 - Terrorfist DOWNLOAD
05 - Iceolate DOWNLOAD
06 - Electrk DOWNLOAD

All songs written and produced by Alejandro Ghersi; except "Edison Melodies", contains sample from "Remain" by Jose Gonzalez, included in Veneer, 2003. In Transit, Caracas, Venezuela; 2005. Art work by Manuel Morales. Contact: www.nuuro.net.

Some rights reserved.This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2005.

Yamamoto, Columpio EP


Photo by Mariana Bello.

Yamamoto is a beautiful duo from Tijuana who puts out the finest no-fi pop currently available in Mexico. They've been around in the borderline noise and Kleenex pop scene since the mid nineties, and it isn't until now that we can hear them in one single piece. This is Supereit's alter-ego in love. So they say...

Boy to girl flirtations, whispers and naive sighs. Love is music that will always make us smile, and Yamamoto was not the exception. This EP is the true reason the Poni Republic started. Columpio was and is our gem. Now, it's also yours.



// YAMAMOTO / COLUMPIO EP //
01 - Starflyer DOWNLOAD
02 - Nunu DOWNLOAD
03 - Bedtime Story DOWNLOAD
04 - Columpio DOWNLOAD
05 - Subebaja DOWNLOAD
06 - Stargazer DOWNLOAD

All songs written and produced by Mario Supereit and Brenda J. Tijuana, Mexico; 2005. Art work by Manuel Morales. Contact: myspace.com/yamamoto

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2005.