Single That Mingle

With Captain Stavros

 

 

Hinako Omori – Foundation

Headline show at London's ICA announced for December 2

Really well put together with excellent pacing.

 Bonus

 

Egyptian Blue – Skin

Living Commodity Out October 27 Via YALA! Records

Great tune but might not be appreciated in its time.

 

Holy Wave – Nothing in the Dark

Five Cups Out Now! Via Suicide Squeeze Records

Looking forward to seeing the live gig at the MOTH this December.

 

Mirror Tree – Echoes Competing

Mirror Tree Out September 8 Via Innovative Leisure

Dunno, just a feel good tune, you’d be hard pressed not to like it.

 

Sextile – New York

PUSH Out September 15 Via Sacred Bones

Combining Power Puff Girls and Prodigy?

 

Gum – Would It Pain You To See?

Saturnia Out September 15 Via Spinning Top Records

Would it pain you to just give this a listen?

 

My Ugly Clementine – Circles

The Good Life Out now Via BMG

Gutted we’ll miss their Old Blue Last set but why not check it out for us and tell us how it went?

 

 

SPARKLING - Hey Hey Hey

We Are Here To Make You Feel Out September 27 Via Moshi Moshi

One for those endless summer nights, which if you’re reading this in the UK, don’t even exist. Thanks a lot Obama.

 

 

Danish duo Sparkling are relishing returning to music after a long break with new single ’Fractions’, following their recent single ’Say Goodbye To The Ragged Tiger’. ‘Fractions’, as the title might suggest is math-y with an electronic basis. However, whilst others may hunt tightness and efficiency, Sparkling insist on exploring the human aspect of synthesizers and machines. Consequently, most of the parts are played by hand and re-amped in the studio to create maximum depth and to bridge naturally to both the vocal and the additional instrumentation.

’Fractions’ is a song about embracing getting older and becoming more aware of your surroundings and inner life. The character in the track is looking back - in fractions he experiences and feels notes from his life. Above all, the track expresses the strong love that transforms someone from a dreamer flying restless in space to a man on earth.

On the recording process, Jens Christian Madsen of the band says “We wrote the song quite fast and laid down the basic tracks in the studio (the dirty intro beat and the synth lead-motif catching up on the choruses are some of the few elements that have ‘survived’ throughout the whole production process). We penned the lyrics in my summerhouse by the northern coast one beautiful late summer evening. And we were so excited and moved by our own words, that we decided to record the vocals immediately; Carsten singing in the open, under the starlit sky at night.”

Sparkling started out in 2002, formed by Carsten Mørch-Bentzen (vox) and Jens Christian Madsen (synths). ’Fractions’, like ’Say Goodbye To The Ragged Tiger’ is from from their forthcoming album Felonious (coming in 2019) in which they have made new allies from the Copenhagen music scene. These include guitarist Oliver Hoiness (Skammens Vogn, Kira Skov, etc.), bassist Peter Buch, jazz saxophonist Jesper Løvdal, guitarist Anders Mathiasen (Murder, Vessel, etc.) - featured on ‘Fractions’, guitarist David Rosenkilde, pianist Steen Rasmussen, and Benjamin Vinding on berimbau.