Showing posts with label mp3. Show all posts
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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.

18.8.08

Nuuro, Amigos EP



Alex Ghersi regresa más spunky que nunca. Nueva York le ha distraído un poco la existencia, y quizá por ello, vuelve cantando en español, contento, upbeat y repleto de electropop puro, fuertemente influenciado por el nuevo dancefloor europeo y norteamericano sin pudor alguno. Adiós al IDM. Cantar y bailar pop en tu idioma jamás había sido tan divertido y... witty.

Amigos EP fue lanzado a propósito de su visita a México la primavera recién pasada. Así que con este release arrancannuestros lanzamientos para este verano.

// NUURO / AMIGOS EP //

01 - Diamante DOWNLOAD
02 - A B C DOWNLOAD
03 - Un paseo DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and produced by Alejandro Ghersi. Amigos
EP, 2008. 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.

3.5.08

Jóvenes y Sexys, Bruno EP



Jóvenes y Sexys es un proyecto de música tan caprichoso como mágico. Eso sí, existe una determinada estructura que se rige por el manto de las seis cuerdas de la guitarra acústica rasgada como si el escucha estuviera en pleno campamento dominical, acurrucado frente a una fogata y en plena contemplación estelar.

Como el basamento se da en guitarra, existe suficiente "aire" para colar melodías y expandir la abstracción no hacia lejanos horizontes sino directo a las entrañas; en resumidas cuentas, es un pop casi fantasmal solamente que tras escucharlo, queda diseminado ectoplasma dentro de los conductos auditivos, cosa que asevera su presencia física más allá del mero goce auditivo.

La dupla de Ezequiel (Cheky) y Lorena Orlando (Loocila) —túrmix de sangre venezolana salpicando suelo mexicano— han sucumbido ante las bondades del internet y aunque físicamente no perciben el sudor de cada uno, mandan vía e-mail sus caprichos compositivos para ensamblarlos en algún disco duro.

La música de Jóvenes y Sexys es como una carretera de cornisa: corre recta al borde del precipicio de la melancolía pero el casi silencioso teclado impide con sus notas que caigamos redonditos a un abismo. Mientras que la guitarra espina con folk, un pizpireto teclado rebota de aquí a allá. La coacción entre lo electrónico y lo orgánico se aviene más allá de la perfección; se adecua, embrolla y embruja. “Suerte” es un ejemplo capital porque entre arpegios cojos y ritmos con la taquicardia usual del bossa nova, se asoman capas y capas de dobles voces, xilófonos preciosistas y hasta el pandero casi autóctono. Pero si la canción anterior es el estandarte para identificar su estilo, “El reloj”, que planea entre la urgencia melódica acústica de grupos como Frente!, o The Sundays, y “Divine Hammer”, que vuela alto con sus melodías vocales superpuestas a lo Innocence Mission y su álbum Glow, son prácticamente banderas inmensas que cubren su horizonte.

Dentro de esta amalgama de naïvité desbordada, Jóvenes y Sexys se yerguen con soltura. En una comparación bajo los preceptos de lo versallesco, cada una de las cuatro nubes melódicas de Bruno EP poseen reminiscencias de Aurora y la Academia, pero sin Iñaki y cerrando algunas compuertas femeninas que llenaban de rosa y melosidad las melodías de este extinto grupo de féminas defeñas. Quizá la comparación sea descabellada pero en México —o al menos fuera del sobado circuito underground— no ha habido una banda que vuelva a atacar al pop que reposa plácido sobre la guitarra acústica, al igual que las melodías vocales que fluctúan entre el dramatismo y el susurro.


Texto: David Meléndez.




// JÓVENES Y SEXYS / BRUNO EP //

01 - El Reloj DOWNLOAD
02 - Suerte DOWNLOAD
03 - Gold Day (with joiejoiejoie) DOWNLOAD
04 - Divine Hammer DOWNLOAD

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All songs written by Ezequiel Bertho and Lorena Orlando, except "Gold Day", written by Ezequiel Bertho, Lorena Orlando and Clément Marion, and "Divine Hammer", written by Kim Deal. Additional electric guitar, vocals, synth and programming on "Gold Day" by Clément Marion. Additional handclapping on "El reloj" and programming on "Gold Day" by José Ignacio Benítez.

All songs produced, mixed and mastered by José Ignacio Benítez. Artwork by Loocila. Caracas, 2008. Contact: myspace.com/jovenesysexys

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

27.4.08

pepepe, Remixes



Aguas. Ahí viene el ataque de los videojuegos asesinos, y parece que llegó para quedarse. Se esconde detrás de una figura ultra nerd armada de mañas y artilugios para macabros propósitos de circuit-bending. Su nombre de pila es pepepe, quien en realidad es Carlos Pesina, un muchacho originario de Guadalajara que nos entrega un EP de siete remixes bajo el sello de Poni Republic.

pepepe ha venido para darle buen nombre a la producción local de 8 bits: hace del sample, del Gameboy y de los beats de baja calidad sus mejores aliados. Hay en esta colorida elección de remixes un margen entre irónico e inocente, que nos dice en buena medida mucho sobre el trabajo de Pesina: cómo dobla los ritmos, cómo samplea, cómo literalmente juega videojuegos. Entre los artistas seleccionados para remixear se encuentran los nacionales Maniqui Lazer, Pizza Party, Volumina, Unsexy Nerd Ponies, Satelitte; mientras que del lado internacional figuran la cantautora francesa Yelle y el colectivo virtual The Me Band Remix, proyecto del Reino Unido que recibe colaboraciones de mucha gente a través de internet.

Buena parte de la bases musicales de pepepe se pueden resumir en la manera que interpreta la canción original del grupo veracruzano Satelitte (guitarra, bajo y batería en sus manifestaciones más simplistas y amateur). El chico, amante de la velocidad electrónica, reajusta los elementos originales de la canción (manda a la voz y a los demás instrumentos a un segundo plano) para dar paso y peso a sus composiciones propias a base de primitivos tonos de transistor.

La apropiación de Pesina sobre “My Best Friend” es un poco menos agresiva que la anterior. Sí, los elementos siguen ahí: nerdy beats y samples del track original, pero en general, el remix respeta el espíritu auténtico de la primera versión, que a través de las gafas de pepepe se vuelve un tanto más electrificada. “Sexabrate”, original de Pizza Party (antes x=r7), muestra a pepepe en su mejor forma: el muchacho se apodera verdaderamente del track y hasta se siente como una producción original que alborotaría a cualquier seguidor del lado revoltoso de Crystal Castles.

“Fat Girls Killing Models” conserva en buena medida un espíritu de oscuro post-punk añoñado por sonidos robóticos fuera de época; Pepepe, en una explayación de virtuosismo geek, hace interesantes aceleraciones y desaceleraciones hacia el final del track. El remix de “Ce Jeu” no podía encajar mejor con la dinámica de Yelle: ritmos juguetones y voces femeninas seudo infantiles que descansan sobre bajo de sintetizador, chiflidos y palmadas. Nada mejor para redondear la estética nerd del asunto. En la versión de pepepe, el bajo oscilante electrónico desaparece para dar paso a disparos de láser y a una melodía base construida a través de esas tonadas agudas del sintentizador de juguete.

Quién sabe si Carlos Pesina es en realidad capaz de ganarle a alguien en un duelo de Nintendo. Tal vez sólo es un disfraz que ha concebido de cabo a rabo para engañar a la audiencia y programar soniditos bailables. Cualquiera que sea su identidad, si su propósito es exprimir lo mejor del Gameboy, lo está logrando.


Texto: Brenda Ramos.




// PEPEPE / REMIXES //
01 - Yelle. Ce Jeu - DOWNLOAD
02 - The Me Band. Lead N Follow - DOWNLOAD
03 - Volumina. My Best Friend - DOWNLOAD
04 - Unsexy Nerd Ponies. Stacy You Are A Monster - DOWNLOAD
05 - Satelittes. Say Yes - DOWNLOAD
06 - Pizza Party. Sexabrate - DOWNLOAD
07 - Maniquí Lazer. Fat Girls Killing Models - DOWNLOAD

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Todos los tracks remezclados por pepepe. Ilustración y diseño: Frank Memela. Powered by Memela Colectivo. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2008.

14.9.07

joiejoiejoie, 2006 EP



Clément Marion is French and currently living in Belgium. He's the kind of songwriter that would attract the attention of people who dig Sofia Coppola's soundtracks. Guitar strings from an imaginary futurist languid sunset in France, dream landscapes to whistle cheerfully non-stop -la joie joie joie-. A cabalistic seven as the number of themes that inspire the search of an alternate reality, and letting out the child within. Open those windows, let that warm and summer air fill your body, this is sweetest way to say good bye to that inevitable summer love.

Text: Javier Audirac.


// JOIEJOIEJOIE / 2006 EP //
01 - ZÀITIÀN (INTRO) DOWNLOAD
02 - PILMIPILPI DOWNLOAD
03 - MÙLÁN (MAGNOLIA) DOWNLOAD
04 - PART. 1 DOWNLOAD
05 - BIG RED SQUAW TO DIE TOMORROW DOWNLOAD
06 - PART. 2 DOWNLOAD
07 - VALETINE RIZ DOWNLOAD

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printable artwork.


All songs written and recorded by Clément Marion. Artwork by Nicolás Pradilla. Photograph by Joakim Chardonnens. Belgium, 2006. Contact: joiejoiejoie.free.fr.

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

13.9.07

Sunday Parlours/ Anois, Split EP



This is the kind of music you'd put together on a mixtape for one of those romantically hurtful soundtracks we all have lying around in our thoughts. Remember when hooking up split EPs was intriguing and exciting? Those times when two of your favorite bands were put together in one short record, just for the experience of sharing a couple of songs to each other?

Fortunately, these times are still going on, in different formats indeed, but the spirit can hardly be denied. Anois and Sunday Parlours mean so much to our label that the minute we heard this, we just stood there overwhelmed, kind of like when you have a crush. Silently happy.

Both projects were inevitably put together by destiny -or by accident, as Malte from Sunday Parlours says they met-, and we're absolutely celebrating the fact that we were able to put this release out to you for free. Somewhere between the development of Anois' forthcoming debut album and the latest release of Sunday Parlours, both couples were kind enough to gather a handful of precious folk pop lullabies for us.

Honest sounds, creative passages and pretty enjoyable nostalgic lyrics great for a weekend to stay home, open up that forgotten box of memories and abandon yourself to a set of melancholic whispers.





// SUNDAY PARLOURS/ ANOIS / SPLIT EP //
01 - The Words You Spoke DOWNLOAD
02 - Winter Stories DOWNLOAD
03 - November DOWNLOAD
04 - Homecall DOWNLOAD

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Tracks 1 & 2 written by Malte Jantzen and Saskia Melina Waldeck (Sunday Parlours). Tracks 3 & 4 written by Lars Kranholdt and Anne Bayer (Anois). Artwork by Anna Emilia. Germany, 2007. Contact: myspace.com/sundayparlours & pleasemutetoday.com.

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

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.

11.9.07

Sappho, The Civilized Thing To Do



"These mexican youngsters present their home-made debut under the title The Civilized Thing To Do. They recall the crash of the classic Wall of Sound, circa Loveless, against Pavement's roughest work passing through Brian Wilson's Smile spirit. Not quite a civilized act... but these guys know how to throw acid parties."

Or so they say...

Either way, except for Sappho, there is absolutely no other band based in Mexico that resembles, with such elegance and tenderness, the greatest moments of indie rock's dearest and everlasting road. Just ask Kramer what he thought about these kids.

Sappho disbanded late 2007. This is the only album they ever recorded.





// SAPPHO / THE CIVILIZED THING TO DO //
01 - Celestine DOWNLOAD
02 - Aardvark Song DOWNLOAD
03 - I'm Theoretical DOWNLOAD
04 - La Nostalgie Du Cannibale
05 - Girl To Girl DOWNLOAD
06 - Rat Tat Tat DOWNLOAD
07 - Oui
08 - Victorialand
09 - Love Spiders
10 - The Glowing Hand

STREAM LP
All songs are now availble at Last FM


Sappho: Diego H. Chávez, Francisco Flores, Luis Alberto González, Jesus Neri, Andrés Romo Chávez. With: Ignacio Beruben, Janet Camargo, Julio C. Carmona, Mauricio Estrada, Alejandro Gallo, Sol González, James Lehner, Sandra Michel, Pilar Servin and Ricardo Venegas. Layout: David Montoya. Watercolors: Francisco Flores.

Recorded by Sappho. Mixing and additional recording: Paúl Marrón.
Mastering: Kramer. Executive Producer: Javier Audirac. Guadalajara, México; 2007.

Poni Republic. All rights reserved. Distributed worldwide via iTunes by Second Shimmy.

11.3.07

Todosantos, Acid Girlzzz EP



What Alberto Stangarone, Ernesto Pantin and Mariana Martin have in common besides their unique sound, is that each of their current members are highly notorious in Caracas' indie scene since the early 2000's. They've only released one LP entitled Aeropuerto, and that independent recording got them great reviews and gigs all over the world, including TV. Barcelona, New York, Austin, Caracas or Bogotá, it doesn't matter where they are, people dance, because their language is understood world-wide: FIESTA! FIESTA! FIESTA! You know what we mean?

Hit their mega bass with a quirky booty shake, 'cause Todosantos' grimey acid wave house and "tukky bass" is nothing we've heard before, though you can easily guess by listening tunes like "Pao!", that sometime during their NY tour last year, they took a shit load of happy acid and danced with white kids at a couple of Ed Banger's parties. You might consider doing that sometime too, you know, before you hit that ugly 35...

Acid Girlzzz is an audiovisual EP that contains 3 pods (or audiovisual & portable tracks) in mp4 & DVD format to be reproduced on your iPod, iTunes, DVD players or DVD mixers for VJ's. Heavy Bass & powerfull club tracks to set the room on fire.

You should also know what Todosantos re-released Acid Girlzzz EP through Flamin Hotz' Records in a packaging that includes marbeled colored vinyl, a DVD containing 3 videopods & high quality mp3s, 3-D artwork with custom 3-D glasses, and remixes by Cousin Cole, System D-128, Leif, and Cardopusher! Be sure to get that one too because THE VERSIONS ON THIS RELEASE ARE DIFFERENT than the ones featured on the Flamin Hotz' release, they are much more dancefloor guided and you can listen to them at their MySpace.





// TODOSANTOS / ACID GIRLZZZ MP3s //
01 - Acid Boys & Acid Girls DOWNLOAD
02 - OMG! We Got It! DOWNLOAD
03 - Pao! DOWNLOAD

// TODOSANTOS / ACID GIRLZZZ MP4s //
01 - Acid Boys & Acid Girls DOWNLOAD
02 - OMG! We Got It! DOWNLOAD
03 - Pao! DOWNLOAD

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DOWNLOAD SONGS & VIDEOS
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All songs & videos produced by Todosantos. Music credits. Recorded by Todosantos + Claudio Ramírez @ cromo* Caracas. Mixed by Cardopusher @ home Caracas. Mastered by Jason @ Transition Studios London. Todosantos are: Alberto Stangarone (vocals/laptop/guitars). Ernesto Pantin (vocals/laptop/synths). Mariana Martin (Visualart). Contact: todosantos.com.ve.

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2. 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.

14.3.06

V/A, Ride Your Poni



Poni started like this, with an idea of launching a netlabel through a compilation featuring the distinct artists we like and believe in. However, while requesting songs and chatting with our friends and artists, we ended up having more scheduled releases than confirmed songs for the compilation, therefore, it wasn't until this year that we were able to officially release this delayed compilation. And we're glad this happened. It was all for the best. We had more time to meet and find great artists.

Ride Your Poni
is the first volume of this series that will be released once a year. We're very much honored to feature all of these top-notch artists since our very first edition, most of them are not from Mexico, heck, they're not even from America. Ride Your Poni includes artists from Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Spain, Canada, USA, Venezuela, and Mexico. We admire them all and consider them our own favorite bands and projects. This is why we decided to show them to you in one single piece.

Spread the Poni among your crowd, it's a great compilation to listen to while driving back home from one of those rough and lonely days or knock-out parties. It's rocky, it's folky, yet ambienty, definitely a wild pony. A long journey of acoustic and electronic pop music, happy but subtle, confused and sad, just like our days at the Poni Republic.


// VARIOUS ARTISTS / RIDE YOUR PONI //
01 - ABOUT. Think Niles Drink - DOWNLOAD
02 - NUURO. Waiting - DOWNLOAD
03 - AZUL SIETE. The Sky... - DOWNLOAD
04 - .TAPE. Coming (Horse Kingdom Edit) - DOWNLOAD
05 - MUSIKA 77. Llanvair Llew - DOWNLOAD
06 - TODOSANTOS. Panda Sonora - DOWNLOAD
07 - PISCIS. Sodafilms - DOWNLOAD
08 - ANOIS. Sand - DOWNLOAD
09 - YAMAMOTO. A.M. - DOWNLOAD
10 - SAPPHO. Celestine - DOWNLOAD
11 - HI LUCY! Smoke With Bears - DOWNLOAD
12 - PEPITO. Get Out - DOWNLOAD
13 - MANIQUI LAZER. Sonic Sex - DOWNLOAD
14 - REFLECTIOSTACK. Magic Mountain - DOWNLOAD
15 - AMERICAN CHAMBER MUSIC. Still Life - DOWNLOAD
16 - EXECUTIONER OF THE HEART. May - DOWNLOAD
17 - BOY OMEGA. From Us To Eternity - DOWNLOAD

DOWNLOAD ALBUM
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All songs were compiled and selected by The Poni Republic from October 2005 to February 2006. Mastered at Lost Studio by Childs. Art work by Rogelio Vázquez.

All tracks are courtesy of their own authors and labels and were previously solicited to each of their owners or authors.

01) Taken from the debut album Bongo; courtesy of Cock Rock Disco. 02) Taken from the debut album All Clear; soon available through Poni Republic and Soundsister. 03) Taken from Dreaming In Trees; courtesy of the artist. 04) Exclusive track; courtesy of Ambulatore. 05) Taken from Brave You Free; courtesy of UTS,M!. 05) Taken from Aeropuerto; courtesy of La Superagencia. 07) Taken from Ruidemos; courtesy of the artist. 08) Unreleased track; courtesy of the band. 09) Exclusive track; courtesy of the band. 10) Taken from their demo; courtesy of the band. 11) Exclusive track; courtesy of the band. 12) Taken from The New World; courtesy of Static Discos. 13) Taken from the debut album I Learn Everything On TV; courtesy of Soundsister. 14) Taken from Music For Torching; courtesy of the band. 15) Taken from Untitled; courtesy of the artist. 16) Taken from All Things that Sparkle, Trick and Sting; courtesy of the band. 17) Exclusive track; courtesy of UTS,M!.

More information regarding the artists available at each link provided above.

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

11.3.06

American Chamber Music, Untitled EP



Oh, just when we thought it wasn't going to be an easy task finding good rock music, this modest and shy guy called Mark, was introduced to us through Soundsister. And his music was not only good, it was charming and exactly what we had been seeking for.

Mark Pantoja is from San Francisco, and only with the help of a studio drummer, his music, besides being beautifully crafted, is also intriguing, gentle and deeply cinematographic. American Chamber Music is what he calls it, and we can't say there's a better name for this unique vision of post-rock. All performed not by a sextet, but by Pantoja himself.

Untitled, is a mini-EP featuring two songs, a prologue and an epilogue that hasn't stopped playing in our iPods and computers since we first heard it. It's a small piece of rock music that grows within each play inside your heart.


// AMERICAN CHAMBER MUSIC / UNTITLED //
01 - PROLOGUE: COLMA BOUND TRAIN [DOWNLOAD]
02 - STILL LIFE [DOWNLOAD]
03 - SOMETHING ABOUT MOTION [DOWNLOAD]
04 - EPILOGUE: LULLABY [DOWNLOAD]

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Music by American Chamber Music. Recorded by Sonny Walker, Millenium Sound, San Francisco, CA. Guitars and keyboards by Mark Pantoja. Drums by Sonny Walker. Design by Nicolás Pradilla, photographs by Eric Gamboa. Contact:
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Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2006.