PETER BRODERICK Music Man
Interview by themilkman
Originally hailing from Portland, Oregon, multi-instrumentist Peter Broderick currently resides in Copenhagen, where he moved to toward the end of last year after Efterklang inviting him to join the band for the tour that followed the release of Parades, their album of last year. Broderick has recently released a beautiful mini album on Swedish imprint Kning Disk entirely made of instrumental piano compositions, and his debut album, Float, is about to be released on Type. We caught up with him as he was about to embark on yet another leg of the Efterklang tour to talk about the multiple facets of his work, living in Europe, recording on a shoe string and endorsing a one-man band persona on stage.
MATTHEW DEAR A Day In A Life
Interview by Robert Rowlands
In the space of just a few years, Matthew Dear has established himself as one of America’s most consistent electronic musicians around. A true all-rounder, seemingly as much at ease with techno, minimal house and techno pop, Dear follows his instinct instead of trends. His most recent album, Asa Breed, has catapulted him into electronic music’s premier league. Here, he talks to Robert Rowlands about being influenced by European techno, touring with Hot Chip, how his music is a reflection of his life and what matters to him when listening to other people’s music.
THE THIRD COMING
Portishead / A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Brixton Academy, London, 17/04/2008
Reviewed by themilkman
There could hardly have been a greater contrast than that between the high spirited Hungarian folk motifs of A Hawk And A Hacksaw and the dark overtones of Portishead. Playing their second date in London, a couple of weeks after the Hammersmith Apollo, Portishead took over the Brixton Academy in South London, ahead of the release of their long awaited third album at the end of the month.
Ae Mx Rl
Autechre/Massonix/Rob Hall, The Middle East, Cambridge, MA 14/04/2008
Reviewed by David Abravanel
A night of music, featuring seasoned veterans of the abstract electronic genre confronting their futures with innovative, multi-layered sets, from Autechre’s full-on beat assault to Massonix’ polyrhythmic breaks.
PORTISHEAD Third
1764013 Island Records 2008
Reviewed by themilkman
Ten years after their last album, Portishead return with a magnificent third album which plunges their music into much darker and oppressive territories.
MATMOS Supreme Balloon
OLE799 Matador Records 2008
Reviewed by themilkman
With their latest album, Matmos turn their usual experimental approach on its head by not using any microphone and turning their interest to vintage synthesizers instead.
SKYPHONE Avellaneda
RCD2071 Rune Grammofon 2008
Reviewed by themilkman
Four years on from their debut album, Danish trio Skyphone return with this second opus on which they continue to bring together acoustic and electronic instruments to create wonderful pastoral vignettes.
YASHUSHI YOSHIDA Little Grace
CXCA1228 Noble 2008
Reviewed by Max Schaefer
Yashushi Yoshida stifles the electronics to deliver a full-blooded orchestral music of unfeigned sentiments on his second full-length for Noble.
VARIOUS ARTISTS Favourite Places
AB016 Audiobulb Records 2008
Reviewed by Max Schaefer
A small collection of esteemed artists in the field of experimental electronica ruminate on their favourite places in the world.
PETER BRODERICK Float
TYPE027 Type Recordings 2008
Reviewed by themilkman
Multi-instrumentist Peter Broderick follows his mini-album of solo piano compositions with this very confident and superb debut album. One of the revelations of the year.
MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO Autoimmune
ZIQ202CD Planet Mu 2008
Reviewed by Robert Rowlands
Planet Mu become the latest label to house Jack Dangers’ incendiary sound with this, the tenth album from Meat Beat Manifesto. Splicing dubstep with techno, the results are raw, tough and surprisingly fresh.
VARIOUS ARTISTS Magnetism, That Electricity
HPLL026 Highpoint Lowlife 2008
Reviewed by themilkman
Magnetism, That Electricity is the latest in a series of very limited releases from the excellent Highpoint Lowlife giving Mandelbrot Set, Fisk Industries, The Village Orchestra and The Marcia Blaine School For Girls the free run of a side of EP each.
TICKLEY FEATHER Tickley Feather
PAW22 Paw Tracks 2008
Reviewed by Robert Rowlands
Children’s voices, muffled vocals and Casio keyboard effects are the key components as Tickley Feather unveils her debut long-player for the Paw Tracks label.
CHRIS DOOKS The Aesthetic Animals Album
BEN540 Benbecula Records 2008
Reviewed by themilkman
While Dooks’s previous music project involved much cut and paste, this album is almost entirely acoustic and based around news stories that Dooks has turned into wonderfully surrealist poems.
CUT COPY In Ghost Colours
MOD103CD Modular 2008
Reviewed by themilkman
Four years from their debut album, Melbourne’s Cut Copy are back with a flamboyant and confident follow up recorded in New York with DFA in-house producer Tim Goldsworthy.
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Water Curses
RUG287CD/RUG287T Domino Recording Co 2008
Reviewed by themilkman
Animal Collective return with this collection of outtakes from the Strawbery Jam sessions which catch the band in a much more contemplative mood than usual.
FOUR TET Ringer
RUG295CD/RUG295T Domino Recording Co. 2008
Reviewed by themilkman
After three years spent focussing primarily on his collaboration with Steve Reid, Kieran Hebden returns as Four Tet with one of his most engaging and brilliant collection of new music in years.
CYLOB Late In The Day
CSR005M Cylob Industries 2008
Reviewed by David Abravanel
Late In The Day, the latest EP release from Cylob, available to download from his Cylob Industries imprint, is the sound of passively violent degradation.
MOVE D Quit Quittin’
UZURI002 Uzuri Recordings 2008
Reviewed by Robert Rowlands
It’s nothing new, certainly, but Move D’s release on the fledgling Uzuri label has its own undeniable charms.
RAF & O Has The Air Gone Walking?
GEO010 Geo Records 2008
Reviewed by Robert Rowlands
Gagarin returns with an Italian singer in tow as he unveils a new band and a new sound. Part glitch, part pop, the results are unusual but rarely uninteresting.
