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BEST ALBUMS OF '12, YA HEARD?

30. Nov. 2012, 17:48 von yourdadsbff

TOP BANANAS

1. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti– Mature Themes

2. Beach House– Bloom
3. LouisEX– Die Leiden Des Jungen Louis Exitus
4. Claro Intelecto– Reform Club
5. Chapelier Fou– Invisible
6. Trust– TRST
7. Kendrick Lamar- good kid, m.A.A.d city
8. Ukkonen– The Isolated Rhythms Of...
9. Frank Ocean– Channel Orange
10. Suzuki Junzo– Ode To A Blue Ghost
11. Sleigh Bells– Reign Of Terror
12. Andy Stott– Luxury Problems
13. Bill Laswell– Means Of Deliverance
14. Perfume Genius– Put Your Back N 2 It
15. Tame Impala– Lonerism
16. Daughn Gibson– All Hell
17. Celer– Recumbent In Wishes
18. Prostitutes– Psychedelic Black
19. Levon Vincent– Fabric 63
20. Steve Moore– Light Echoes

21. Grischa Lichtenberger– And IV
22. Disasterpeace– FEZ
23. Godspeed You! Black Emperor– 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
24. Raime- Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
25. Vatican Shadow– Atta's Apartment Slated For Demolition
26. Komet– Audio.nl
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Brian Grainger - Highschool Guitar 12"

22. Jan. 2011, 7:52 von blisschord

Brian Grainger
HIGHSCHOOL GUITAR
Attacknine Records / ATTLP004
12" EP / Limited edition of 110 copies

My first new work published at the fantastic Attacknine label (run by the amazing Freescha) since 2007's ambient guitar album Eight Thousander. Highschool Guitar can be seen as a single/EP for the upcoming double-LP Summer's Parting Ways, due out at Attacknine later this year. Musically, this material might seem pretty new or different to many of you, but in all honesty, I have been writing/recording music like this since I began in 1997 - I simply haven't released very much of it. A starting point could probably be things like the Smiling Faces/Beautiful Places lathe I released last year, or even certain moments on Nine Billion Names, Clover Farm and Eight Thousander. In 2007, after I finished putting together the Clover Farm EP, Attacknine were so happy with the track "We Walked Home" that they asked me to do an entire album like that. …

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Interview with Brian Grainger

28. Jul. 2010, 17:58 von emoke

To read the interview with Brian Grainger, click HERE.

Yours truly,
Emőke

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solipsistic NATION No. 139: Milieu, Live

1. Mai. 2009, 7:27 von solipsisticast

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The first Friday of each month I feature a recording of a live performance from an electronic musician.

Towards the end of 2008 I found myself scrambling to find those recordings of live performances and my resolution for 2009 was not to let that happen again. I got proactive and contacted about a hundred artists to appear on the show. I figured that out of those hundred artists only a handful would respond but that would be enough to get me through 2009. What I didn’t expect was how many people would get back to me about being on the show! I’m not only covered for the rest of 2009 but well into 2010 as well!

Some of the live sets you can expect to hear in the next few months will come from iambic, Terminal 11, ill.Gates, Rena Jones, Kilowatts, Altus, Exillon and The Orb.

On today’s show we have a live set from Milieu.

Milieu is Brian Grainger. Brian has had releases on such labels as U-Cover, INFRACTION, Awkward Silence, Boltfish, Attacknine and Benbecula. …

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2008 - I'm Living Backwards

27. Dez. 2008, 16:24 von beej82

The Past is All I See

Ah yes, the inevitable "best of" list. Now, in some ways this one differs in the regard that it is not all about stuff that came out in '08. Not sure if that's a critique on this year's releases or simply a matter of changing tastes on my part. I'd say it's a combination of the latter as well as my propensity to gravitate toward quality releases from years past.

As such, the 2008 list is a bit slim:

(In alphabetical order)

Brian Grainger - Porous Variations
Lawrence English - Kiri No Oto
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
Portishead - Third
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash

And a trio of fantastic reissues:

Gas - Nah Und Fern
Pavement - Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed.
Stars of the Lid - Music for Nitrous Oxide

And that's it for 2008!

Now, for the earlier stuff. They certainly aren't new releases, but they were new to me. The phrase "late to the party" comes to mind.

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BEST ALBUMS OF '12, YA HEARD?

Brian Grainger - Highschool Guitar 12"

Interview with Brian Grainger

solipsistic NATION No. 139: Milieu, Live

2008 - I'm Living Backwards