Anthna, Tones EP

Today is such a perfect day for our label and it’s mostly because we’re more than glad to present to you one of Mexico’s finest laptronica documents ever to be recorded in the history of (glichy) electronic (rock) music. Does that sound mad to you? Well, it might probably be, because it’s true.

Tones EP was released under a very limited edition through Soundsister in early 2005, this EP was so goddamn good, somehow ended up in every Mexican IDM freak, future folk pirate and weirdo post-rocker dudes’ iPod. One of those iPods just happened to be the right one, and then the next thing you know, you got Anthna onstage giving an epic massive gig at MUTEK MX’s third edition. Hell, we’ve seen Mogwai and Fennesz live for a few times, and yet, Anthna that day, for some reason managed to whoop their ass. No rubbish, mates.

Here you will find five songs that shall always remain in our thoughts like a shocking story of love, hope and pain, mostly because it was narrated to us in such a great, raw, cold, loud, fickle and strongly distorted approach. We hope you like it as much as we do.


// Tones EP //

1.- 31
2.- Domingo #14
3.- Loving Raw Bands...
4.- ...Crashing On Stage
5.- The Birds Have Gone


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All music and artwork by Nicolás Pradilla. Mexico City, 2005. Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.5 License. The Poni Republic, 2009.

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.

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

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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.

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: myspace.com/americanchambermusic

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