Bleep Update 9th May

 
Here we have another select roundup of the best releases to feature on the Bleep frontpage over recent weeks. All of these releases come in standard drm-free MP3, are iPod/Mac/PC compatible and have been encoded at the maximum quality of 320kbps. Clicking on a release will take you to Bleep where you can listen to it in its entirety.
 
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Jamie Lidell - Jim (Warp)
Jamie Lidell's third album for Warp shows a logical progression from 2005's Multiply, stretching further into the realms of funk and soul. From smooth ballads to funk fueled workouts Jim sees Jamie pushing himself as a song writer and performer whilst he maintains the edge that makes him an experimental pioneer.

Matmos - Supreme Balloon (Matador)
Outstanding new album from Drew Daniel and Martin Schmidt that sees them leave behind the avant-garde sound world of recent releases and simply having fun with a bunch of synthesizers. Cute melodies and brash sounds are brought to the fore throughout but high levels of editing and production ensure that Supreme Balloon doesn't lack the edginess of their more out-there productions.

Hudson Mohawke - Oops (Lucky me X Wireblock)
This EP of bootlegs from rising star, Hudson Mohawke, has been creating buzz for a while now and picking up fans in all the right places. It is now available digitally exclusively on Bleep and with three instrumentals not available on the physical version thrown in for good measure.

Noze - Songs On The Rocks (Get Physical Music)
Nicolas Sfintescu and his friend and fellow troublemaker Ezechiel Pailhes follow-up last years excellent How To Dance by upping the stakes - scaling up the production levels and necking another crate of vodka. Meticulously constructed prepared piano compositions rub shoulders with hip-moving guitar licks as the duo effortlessly merge their love of the avant-garde with their funk sensibilites. Dani Sciciliano even drops by to bring a dash of sensitivity to the table, complementing the pairs' gruff French musings.

Loco Dice - 7 Dunham Place (Desolat)
Loco Dice teams up with uber-produer Martin Buttrich for this moody and melancholic minimal techno album. The production levels couldn't really get any higher but that's not the end of the story as Dice shows off his ear for interesting and unusal sounds throughout. Lush plucked synth noises that hark back to Selected Ambient Works are countered by modulating dissonance and processed field recordings and everything is held together by the pairs' tough yet delicate rhythm programming.

People Like Us And Ergo Phizmiz - Rhapsody In Glue (Plurgo)
Matmos collaborator People Like Us has teamed up with Ergo Phizmiz for this online only Bleep exclusive release. Rhapsody in Glue is the culmination of the ideas explored in Codpaste, the duos podcast series for New York radio station WFMU and is as surreal and amusing as you'd expect from these cut and paste pioneers.

Boredoms - Super Roots 9 (Thrill Jockey)
Thrill Jockey bring the ninth in the Boredoms' on-going Super Roots series to a worldwide audience and give it its first ever digital release. This installment comprises of an epic forty minute live recording (recorded in Japan in 2004) and sees the band draft in a 20-person choir to bolster their (already very colourful) sound palette.

JDSY - Adage Of Known (Ghostly)
New Ghostly International signing JDSY debuts with Adage Of Known, an exciting mix of cut-up jittery electronics and warm vocal pop hooks. The Ann Arbour native first gained attention with an excellent remix of Solvent back in 2005 and his first solo offering doesn't disappoint as some fiddly glitchy beats and lush synth parts nestle comfortably with his emotive singing style.

Quiet Village - Silent Movie (K7)
A collaboration between Radio Slave mastermind Matt Edwards and Joel Martin, Quiet village have created an album that conjures up so many different descriptions that it defies real categorization. To describe it as Balearic or Chillout would miss the subtlety of these tracks and the variety of influences and ideas that are included. Definitely one for the summer!

Tickly Feather - Tickly Feather (Paw Tracks)
Philadelphia resident and single mum Annie Sachs aka Tickly Feather has created this very weird and slightly haunting release for the Paw Tracks label. It's a disconcerting mix of eerie strings, reverberated vocals, disconnected organs and delicate foundsounds and has drawn comparisons to Syd Barrett, Kate Bush and Gilli Smith.

Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell (Memphis Industries)
A marked progression from 2006's well recieved A Lesson In Crime EP, Elephant Shell stands out beautifully in the current indie guitar copycat mire. At once chiming with euphoric Kinksian sunshine, cutesy hooks and lo-fi keyboard warmth TPC also take heed from the scuzzed out garage punk of New York and the anthemic chorus lines of fellow canadians Arcade Fire.

Cloudland Canyon - Lie In The Light (Kranky)
Kranky are really on a roll at the moment and it's clearly set to continue as they drop the 2nd album from psychedelic/drone/ambient/krautrock combo Cloudland Canyon. Core members Simon Wojan & Kip Uhlhorn have been working together since 2002 and these seven tracks of rich harmonies, creaky electonics and deep soundscapes brilliantly encapsulate their distinctly organic sound.

Animal Collective - Water Curses (Domino)
Gorgeous new four tracker from Animal Collective that sees the band mellow out and move away from the manic territory of former releases and head for calmer waters.

Leila - Mettle (Warp)
Having not released a record for about seven years, Leila is making her return and releasing her new album on Warp. The lead track from this single, Mettle, sets the tone for this project perfectly, sounding both organic and heavily synthesized at the same time. The result is grindingly distorted and eerily atmospheric. Well worth checking out.

Frivolous - Island Of Sanctity (Scape)
After a short spell off from releasing records and a move to Germany Frivolous has returned to release Islands of Sanctity . Both the quirky, vocal based "acoustic" version and rolling, relentless dance versions form a welcome return by this superbly talented musician and producer.

Meat Beat Manifesto - Autoimmune (Planet Mu)
For his first long player on Planet Mu, San Fransiscan Meat Beat Manifesto has brought us the finest in claustrophobic digital dubstep . Knarled metallic basslines, itchy electronics and innovative sampling collide to create something both danceable and genuinely atmospheric.

The Black Dog - Radio Scarecrow (Soma)
The Black Dog present a follow up to their 2005 album Silenced. Two years in the making Radio Scarecrow is immaculately put together. More beat driven than other recent works, harking back to their techno roots this is The Black Dog on top form. It is electronic music that has intricacy and depth as well as being an album which works as a whole and so is a pleasure to listen to in its entirety.

Four Tet - Ringer (Domino)
Four Tet's ringer EP combines beautiful and sonically lush melodies with complex yet minimal four four beats. A new direction for Keiran Hebden which has a welcome nod towards his Djing style.