Showing posts with label acoustic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label acoustic. Show all posts

4.5.09

pepepe - Roba orgón de plantas y animales



Carlos Pesina is pepepe. An experimental electronic music performer from Guadalajara, Mexico, better known for his eccentric behavior and complex improvisations at local parties and gigs than anything else.

“Roba orgón de plantas y animales” is pepepe’s second release at Poni Republic, only this time, a little different from his remixes EP, for this recording contains his most intricate and emotional work so far, featuring beautiful girl vocals (Cyané) almost in every track, as well as samples from Hey Chica! and a remix of his own to Unsexy Nerd Ponies' "1986 Valerie".

This is by far one of our favorite releases ever, it just fits right, somewhere between Atlas Sound, The Books and... Akufen? So Carlos says, anyways. But indeed, there's a lot of micro-sampling involved in this record. Future folk pop at its finest.


// PEPEPE / ROBA ORGÓN DE PLANTAS Y ANIMALES //

1.- Unsexy Nerd Ponies - 1986 Valerie (pepepe remix)
2.- Jacinto Cenobio
3.- Sleep With You
4.- Simetría
5.- Algebra
6.- Mirar a los ojos es de mal gusto
7.- Te fundes

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All songs written and performed by Carlos Pesina and Cyané, except on track 1 "1986 Valerie" orginally by Unsexy Nerd Ponies. Track 2 "Jacinto Cenobio" originally by Amparo Ochoa. Track 6 "Mirar a los ojos es del mal gusto" contains sample by Hey Chica! Contact: myspace.com/pepepepepepepepepe

Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

18.1.09

Full-Source, Dinner Table Conversation EP



Fortunely, every once in a while somebody like Tim Dwyer contacts us and shocks the hell out of our minds.

Hello,

It's not often that I come across a netlabel where I actually feel like my music would fit in.

I'm looking for a place to release me newest EP. It's 3 electronic pop songs with lots acoustic samplings. I guess some would call it indietronic or folktronic?

Anyway, I've been making music for about 10 years now, refining and reinventing my sound. I really hope you like this EP! I'd love to have it released on Poni Republic.

Best Regards,

Tim

// Dinner Table Conversation EP //

1.- Sun Spots
2.- Until Morning
3.- Dinner Table Conversation


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All songs written and recorded by Tim Dwyer. Photograph by unknown author. Design by Self-control. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

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.

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.

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.

10.3.07

Sunday Parlours, Self-titled



Malte Jantzen and Saskia Melina are the kind of persons who chill at their flats with no fear of staying there locked until late night, just sitting there, passionately silent, listening with infinite attention to their most favorite songs, mutually whispering, so they don't disrespect whoever is performing through the stereo.

Are you that kind of person too? We are.

Sunday Parlours is that kind of music that leaves you alone with your most intimate sighs and thoughts. Lo-fi bedroom folk from Nordhessen, Germany, that will dearly daze those who like the moods of Komëit, Quarks, Anois, or Spain, Ida, and Hayden.





// SUNDAY PARLOURS / SELFT-TITLED //
01 - Chapter One: The Matching Face DOWNLOAD
02 - The Cold DOWNLOAD
03 - Dear Annabelle DOWNLOAD
04 - Chapter Two: There Is Nothing But Emptiness When You Leave DOWNLOAD
05 - Passenger Seat DOWNLOAD
06 The Arrival of the Story of the Sailors' Wife DOWNLOAD
07 Chapter Three: Will It Always Be Like This? DOWNLOAD

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Songs for Sunday Parlours are Malte Jantzen & Saskia Melina Waldeck. Recorded 2006 by Malte Jantzen & Saskia Melina Waldeck. Artwork by Lars Kranholdt. Contact: myspace.com/songsforsundayparlours.

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

27.10.06

Math, Nature EP


Photo by Martec Merlos.

Kevin Steinhauser writes around three or four songs every week. If he doesn't, he goes a little bit crazy, but that usually only happens with his other project: Math The Band. He has already self-released a variety of records featuring over 20 different songs each, though for Poni Republic, he only selected 7 songs especially meant for you.

Nature EP unlike any of our other releases, is the happiest one of them all. Not because it's just about being happy, but because it makes you feel cheerful and full of joy, even if Kevin is talking about non-sense topics like Antarctic excursions over folkloric mandolins being mocked by upbeat basslines, dorky flutes, catchy Casio melodies and 4/4 beats.

It's a long way until you reach Antarctica, so you better enjoy the open air, the company of your imaginary friends, and do a little dance sometimes in your way. Math gives us the songs we wish we had in our early days, when a little backyard seemed an ever changing world for us to explore.





// MATH / NATURE //
01 - A Spirited Beginning DOWNLOAD
02 - Antarctic Excursion Pt. I DOWNLOAD
03 - Antarctic Excursion Pt. II DOWNLOAD
04 - Antarctic Excursion Pt. III DOWNLOAD
05 - Earth DOWNLOAD
06 - Trees DOWNLOAD
07 - Water DOWNLOAD

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All songs written and produced by Kevin Steinhauser. Recorded in Westford, Massachusetts. Contact: myspace.com/acousticmath.

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

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.

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

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.