Someone Good : Avant Pop


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AUD$25 postpaid	Qua Silver Red RMSG005 "Silver Red" has been an evolving piece of music from Qua aka Cornel Wilzcek. Over the course of two years Silver Red began to take shape, with the piano and guitar source material originally recorded in 2005 at a live performance in Melbourne. This source material was loaded into an ever-growing custom software patch controlled by a French invention, the Lemur - a multi-touch, programmable screen – that eventually became the backbone of the composition. While it evokes ideas from Steve Reich, Philip Glass and other rhythmic minimalist composers, it also owes much to colourful explorations of artists such as Moondog and Roberto Cacciapaglia. In 2007, Laurence Pike, of Sydney bands Pivot (Warp Records) and Triosk (Leaf Records), took to the drums performing with Qua live and in the studio. As well as playing on Qua's upcoming pop album, Laurence played a one-take drum part that was then loaded into the custom Qua software patch and re-performed by Cornel, thus lending it the same treatment as the other source material. "One Second" is a reaction to "Silver Red". It felt necessary to somehow resolve the album and boil it down to a few simple sounds. It looks at Silver Red from the view point of artists such as Ennio Morricone, Kristoff Komeda and Scott Walker and somehow extrudes one second of time from Silver Red. Qua (website) \| Jeremy Dower (website) \| Laurence Pike (Myspace)
AUD$30 postpaid - inc FREE BADGES!	The Rational Academy A Heart Against Your Own RMSG004 THE RATIONAL ACADEMY present their debut LP A HEART AGAINST YOUR OWN. With an unerring willingness to dispense with the pleasantries of expectation and convention, The Academy’s songwriting duo Benjamin Thompson and Meredith McHugh have forged a unique place in the heartland of melodic song writing, etched with glistening electronic interludes and wall of sound guitars. Their songs are replete with sweet melody, reflective lyrics and a presence that’s both engulfing and expansive for the listener. Produced by Room40’s Lawrence English and featuring Iceland’s Ben Frost, UK based duo For Barry Ray and others, ‘A Heart Against Your Own’ follows on from The Rational Academy’s two, now highly collectible, seven inches, a swag of compilation appearances and projects with the likes of Japanese songstress Tujiko Noriko and Novi Split. "The next big thing. The ‘It’ band. We've been told this too often before. But join us tonight for THE RATIONAL ACADEMY and you'll leave smugly, knowing this time Richard Kingsmill hasn't beaten you to it!" Faster Louder The Rational Academy (website) \| The Rational Academy (myspace)
AUD$25 postpaid - inc. FREE BADGES!	Lullatone The Bedtime Beat RMSG003 LULLATONE presents THE BEDTIME BEAT; a reverie and imaginative sleep-walk through the minimal avant-pop stylings of Nagoya's favourite bedroom tune-maestros. The Bedtime Beat is a vision of pop perfection, at just over 20 minutes long this LP confirms that minimal is certainly the new cute! Between the bath water solo of 'The Bathtime Beat', the incredible beatbox grooves care of Yoshima Tomida and some of the most elegant and evocative melodies (delicately recorded on tape) from Shawn Seymour, this record sets a new benchmark for micro-pop. "In the world of Seymour and Tomida, cuteness is merely beauty of another kind." Pitchfork Lullatone (website)
AUD$30 postpaid	Akira Kosemura It's On Everything RMSG002 AKIRA KOSEMURA is one of a number of young Tokyo musicians working at the nexus of acoustic instrumentation and minimal electronics. His album, IT'S ON EVERYTHING, typifies a new vision of melodic instrumentation and rich textural electronics sweetened with a beautiful pop overtone. Akira Kosemura (B. 1985) is a musician, graphic designer and record label manager (Schole). His work has been featured on several albums and compilations including 'Drifting Skywards 2' Coldroom (France) and Electronics unplugged aerotone (Germany). "a pretty fucking amazing ride." Music Emissions "highly captivating contemporary electronica. Gorgeous stuff." Boomkat Akira Kosemura (Myspace) \| Schole (Label website)
AUD$30 postpaid	Various Artists Add to Friends RMSG001 We live in a world that connects. And here's the proof. ADD TO FRIENDS a collection of the most exciting, unusual and effervescent avant pop you're likely to hear. A wondrous and rewarding journey through the sounds of the Asia-Pacific region including masters of micro-pop Lullatone, Taiwan's exception My Little Airport, the casio-eque tones of Pancakes, the unusual melodic pulses of Ytamo and the mastery of psychedelic folk, Tenniscoats. Not to mention Australia's The Rational Academy and Qua. "Excellent stuff, and a great way to find out about a whole host of new and undiscovered talent." Boomkat
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