4 posts tagged “tympanik audio”

It's possibly Monday where you are, and I'm pretending it's still Monday where I am, although technically it's actually Tuesday.  One thing I'm not going to pretend is that this post is a music post, because I don't need to claim otherwise. 

And, all things considered, that more or less makes this a Monday Music post, if you're willing to leave those hairs unsplit.

Today's track is from an excellent new album, released on the Tympanik Audio label - who don't seem to be able to do anything wrong in my book - by Chicago-based Aphorism.  Aphorism first came to my attention from a stand out track on a digitally-released compilation of Illinois electronic music, so it's great to get a full release.

The album is "Surge" and the track I've gone for is Two Sides of the Bullet, although I could almost have plumped for any track on the album as a candidate, it's really that good. Definitely an album for those who appreciate atmospheric, carefully-crafted, emotionally interesting and subtle electronic music...

http://www.last.fm/music/Aphorism/_/Two+Sides+of+the+Bullet

So, have a listen and if you like what you hear, visit Aphorism's website:  http://www.ap5m.com/

Have a great week!

Ah, Monday.  With us again, like the disturbing sight of an unflattering photograph of yourself, the copies of which you thought you had summarily tracked down and destroyed.   With us again, like the unmistakable waft of something unpleasant emanating from within a fridge that you thought you had thoroughly cleaned. With us again, like the storm cloud which seems to decelerate and change into reverse gear when you had previously observed it pass you overhead.

No matter.  No form, or indeed substance, some might be so bold as to say.  "Pffft", I say to them.  Bold people.

Today's, and indeed, this week's, Monday Music is again from the Tympanik Audio label, from the German group Integral. The track is "Back here alone" from the album "Rise" - a brooding and atmospheric piece that swirls around you, twists you around, and then leaves you standing there to count your senses when it has finished its work:

http://www.last.fm/music/Integral/_/back+here+alone?autostart

Enjoy and have a great week, if at all possible.

It's probably entirely appropriate that this week's Monday Music comes from a musician I have featured before in these posts - Stendeck (aka Alessandro Zampieri from Switzerland).  It's apt in several ways, in fact. 

First, because I'm coming up to my first year anniversary of properly scrobbling tracks via Last.FM (more of which later this week) and Stendeck is a project that figures very heavily in my listening profile on there.  Second, because last week saw me receive his latest album "Sonnambula", a CD that I was more eagerly anticipating than any release I can recall in recent times.

Mixed in with the hope surrounding "Sonnambula" was some trepidation that the dizzy heights of his previous releases would be difficult to ascend once more. I am sure that's a common feeling amongst music afficionanados - that the magic somehow will come to an end, that the bond will break.  The slight fear which accompanied my opening of the package was short-lived - quickly vanquished by the opening few tracks of the CD which comprehensively proved that any trepidation was unwarranted - Ale had indeed climbed high and ascended new peaks with "Sonnambula". At 17 tracks and over 70 minutes, it's both a generous and rewarding journey through emotional musical terrain. Fortunately, one of the tracks uploaded to last.fm also happens to be one of my favourites from the album, "Dead Dancing Triangle", so I'll just let the music do the talking from here. 

Stendeck - "Dead Dancing Triangle" - from the album "Sonnambula":

http://www.last.fm/music/Stendeck/_/Dead+Dancing+Triangle?autostart

Have a great start to your week!

Sometimes you stumble across an artist or a label and it instantly resonates so deeply with you that you wonder how it was you hadn't become aware of them sooner.  In today's Monday Music that's not the case because the label itself is so very new, having only been established since September 2007.  Nonetheless, Tympanik Audio has quickly proved itself as a significant and boundary-pushing player in the electronic music scene, not only in terms of their already impressive roster of artists and prolific set of releases, but also in the manner in which they engage with artists and customers.

Totakeke has released two albums (to date, there's a third on the way!) on Tympanik Audio.  Today's track which is entitled "Strangle" comes from the highly recommended album "eLekatota - The Other Side Of The Tracks".

This particular track is full of both atmospheric complexity and glitchy goodness whilst also packing an effective beat... a combination which certainly ticks all the right boxes for me and I hope it does for you too, whatever your mood or preferences:

http://www.last.fm/music/Totakeke/_/Strangle?autostart

I hope that it helps your week start off with a bit of a bang...

If you like it, then there's an album of 12 Totakeke tracks entitled "Past:Present:Future" to download for free from the Tympanik Audio web site.  And, of course, albums are available to buy direct from there too.