Kondens, the collaborative project of Swedish techno artists Andreas Tilliander and Stefan Thor aka Folie, will release their debut 12" EP "First cut" on September 29 via . Said record will feature two original cuts plus a remix by German artist Norman Nodge and can be previewed at Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/kontramusik
Here's the playlist for this past weekend's radio show:
01. Pluxus - Bootstrap
02. TALK 1
03. Marit Bergman - Straight into my lovers arms
04. Grande Roses - Dead town
05. Mikko Singh - Rauha
06. TALK 2
07. Namur - Draw us near
08. Lapko - Sawyer the brother
09. Paper - To her
10. TALK 3
11. Johnossi - Train song
12. Markus Krunegård - Rocken spelar ingen roll längre
13. Printer - You need to
14. TALK 4
15. Firefox AK - Once I was like you (Boeoes Kaelstigen remix)
16. Aerial - Time is on fire
17. Sahara Hotnights - Visit to Vienna
18. TALK 5
19. Siena Root - Time will tell
20. Kristofer Åström - I collect knives
21. Anna Ternheim - Better be
22. TALK 6
23. Anna Leong - Guollotine
24. Folie - Krogg
25. Hearts of Black Science - Empty city lights
26. TALK 7
27. Inuit - En förlorad generation
28. The Psyke Project - Dark halls red floors
29. Memento Mori - Epilog
30. TALK 8
31. The Bear Quartet - Lights out, sound off
32. Fun - I know Ted Kennedy
33. Johan Heltne - Hjärta. Instinkt. Principer.
34. TALK 9
35. Lama - Bussi
36. Niccokick - Love & neon lights
37. Little Jimmy Reeves - Drowsy dogs
38. C.Aarmé - Visions
39. TALK 10
40. No Privacy - Blood over Denmark
Reminder: my show on Sirius Blog Radio runs Saturdays at 12 noon and midnight ET on channel 26 (Left of Center).
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show, featuring special guest Pontus Levahn from the band Torpedo:
01. Fireside - Let Rasputin do it
02. TALK 1
03. Britta Persson - You are not my boyfriend
04. Hyacinth House - Lucky stranger
05. The Bear Quartet - Sailors
06. TALK 2
07. Jennie Abrahamson - In this life to live
08. Margaret Berger - Seek I'll hide
09. Heroes & Zeros - The foolproof
10. TALK 3
11. Folie - Strum
12. Ellen Beach - The widespread acclaim
13. The Indecision Alarm - Where every fucking dream is killed
14. TALK 4 (INTERVIEW)
15. Torpedo - From Russia with love
16. Rupesh Cartel - Comes the hour comes the man
17. TALK 5 (INTERVIEW)
18. Torpedo - Hospital
19. Tiger Lou - Until I'm there
20. TALK 6 (INTERVIEW)
21. Simon Ryman - Walk with me instead
22. Fanny Risberg - Stay with me forever
23. Lack - Deserters
24. TALK 7
25. The Je Ne Sais Quoi - Manic panic
26. Hebosagil - Slightly confusing
27. Dieter Schöön - The harbour's cold
28. TALK 8
29. Lukestar - White shade
30. Fun - Hold it close
31. The Skull Defekts - The secret
32. TALK 9
33. Laakso - Great times underground
34. CS Nielsen - Black spots
35. Knugen Faller - Lugna favoriter
36. TALK 10
37. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt
Visual artist Ander Weberg has compiled all of the various music videos he did between 2003 and 2006 and has posted them here: http://recycled.se/mintv.htm
Artists featured include David & the Citizens, Folie, The Mo, Sophie Rimheden, Laakso and more.
Friday's Sirius Blog Radio playlist:
01. The Alpine - Mondays look the same
02. TALK 1
03. Gravy - Back with the nerds
04. Giant Robot - Best match
05. Jomi Massage - A detail
06. TALK 2
07. Broder Daniel - Shoreline
08. The Grand Opening - Don't drop off
09. Moonbabies - Take me to the ballroom
10. Britta Persson - Oh how wrong
11. TALK 3
12. Lemonator - Would you die for me?
13. Trapdoor Fucking Exit - Short ends
14. Billie the Vision and the Dancers - Overdosing with you
15. TALK 4
16. Folie - Rocin
17. Robyn - Handle me
18. Laakso - Norrköping
19. TALK 5
20. Magnet - I walk the line
21. Isolation Years - Albino child
22. KVLR - Construction work
23. TALK 6
24. Anna Leong - 61
25. Tigerbombs - One giant leap
26. Motorpsycho - Hyena
27. TALK 7
28. Oskar Schönning - Other birds
29. Pan Sonic - Rähinä II / Mayhem II
30. Mercyful Fate - Evil
31. TALK 8
32. Ricochets - Come around over
33. Ghost Brigade - Based on you
34. Smalltown - The music
35. Popface - In the night
36. TALK 9
37. Circle Six - 1
Indieworkshop reviews Swedish IDM artist Folie: http://www.indieworkshop.com/music.php?id=2521
I'm a big fan of that record and would recommend it highly.
Lost at Sea reviews Swedish electronic artist Folie: http://www.lostatsea.net/review.phtml?id=3155671143d0130f40c4a
Nominees for this year's Manifest Awards, Sweden's alternative to the Grammy:
Hip-hop/r&b/soul:
Form One - Meet Johnny Rhino
Hearin´Aid - The Boom Lucy
Jaqee – Blaqalious
Looptroop - Fort Europa
Timbuktu – Alla vill till himlen men ingen vill dö
Electronica/post-rock/synth:
Folie – Eyepennies
Midaircondo – Shopping For Images
Ola Bergman – The satellite city
Tape – Rideau
Thermostatic – Joy-Toy
Pop/Rock:
Embassy – Tacking
Jenny Wilson – Love And Youth
Blood Music – Sing a Song Fighter
El Perro Del Mar - Look! It’s El Perro Del Mar!
Lucknow Pact – A Few Drinks- A Few Laughs
Jazz:
E.S.T. - Viaticum
Jeanette Lindström – In The Middle Of This Riddle
MUSICMUSICMUSIC – What´s a good boss anyway?
Bobo Stenson trio – Goodbye
Ulf Wakenius – Notes From The Heart
Singer/songwriter:
Lars Bygdén – Trading Happiness for Songs
Frida Hyvönen – Until Death comes
Hello Saferide – Introducing: Hello Saferide
Christian Kjellvander – Faya
Billie the vision and the Dancers – The world according to Pablo
Dance/techno:
Hundarna från Söder – Troika
DK7 – Disarmed
Skugge & Stavöstrand – Humla
John Dahlbäck – Man From the Fall
Dibaba – Songs For Good Lives
Hardrock/punk:
Randy – Randy the band
Disco Volante – Blood On The Walls
Witchcraft - Firewood
Regulations - s/t
Grand Magus - Wolf’s return
Folk/world-music:
Sofia Karlsson – Svarta Ballader
Harv – Polka Raggioso
Ellika och Solo – Abraka/Tack
Svenska Akademien – Resa sig opp
Simone Moreno – Samba Makossa
Best live act:
David Sandström Overdrive
Frida Hyvönen
Jenny Wilson
Robyn
Timbuktu
Best newcomer:
The Tough Alliance – New school
Timo Räisänen - Lovers are Lonely
Frida Hyvönen – Until Death Comes
Montt Mardié – Drama
Suburban Kids With Biblical Names – #3
Best unsinged act:
She
Insert Coin
Anagoes
Intohimo
Loney, Dear
Winners will be announced on February 9.
Here is a record that you should be hearing in you favorite hip lounge with all you BCBG friend for a $12 martini after a long work week. A few years ago, this was all over the place with St-Germain and Plaid in every laid-back bar in town, now it might be better used as schmooze music at home. Honestly, Folie are pretty good at this downbeat/house thing and certainly more forward thinking than the aforementioned St-Germain. You won't see me paying $12 for a martini though.
- Simon Thibaudeau
I don't listen to a lot of electronic music, so I have to admit that I really don't have much of a vocabulary to discuss it. But I know what I like and I like Folie (aka Stefan Thor) and his new album "Eyepennies". It's a bit more intricate and straightforward than most of the other glitch/click + cut style stuff I like, but still messed up enough to appeal to me. Hey, I like the sound of machines being broken and abused. Folie is also masterful at adding subtle little melodies to his pieces. They aren't necessarily the kinds of tunes that you'll hum along with, but they're nice just the same. Today's mp3 that I'm posting stands out from the rest of the songs on the record because it swings. Obviously it's not like the jazzy big-band stuff that Foetus sometimes does, but it's always good to hear something besides the usual 4/4.
I don't listen to a lot of electronic music, so I have to admit that I really don't have much of a vocabulary to discuss it. But I know what I like and I like Folie (aka Stefan Thor) and his new album "Eyepennies". It's a bit more intricate and straightforward than most of the other glitch/click + cut style stuff I like, but still messed up enough to appeal to me. Hey, I like the sound of machines being broken and abused. Folie is also masterful at adding subtle little melodies to his pieces. They aren't necessarily the kinds of tunes that you'll hum along with, but they're nice just the same. Today's mp3 that I'm posting stands out from the rest of the songs on the record because it swings. Obviously it's not like the jazzy big-band stuff that Foetus sometimes does, but it's always good to hear something besides the usual 4/4.
Folie - Viskos
Mitek has posted the video for the track "Strum" from the new Folie album "Eyepennies": http://www.mitek-web.net/products/mitek22.html
I got a copy of this record last week and have been really diggin' it quite a bit more than I expected. Glitchy techno with enough pop melody to gain more widespread appeal. Perhaps I'll even post a track myself eventually.
Tyskarna från Lund will release a special new single called "Kniven, gaffeln, skeden" on September 15. The track features accompanyment from the Svenska Kocklandslaget (the Swedish Culinary Team) and is the official Swedish hymn for the Culinary Olympics 2004 (!!!) in Erfurt, Germany on October 17-20. The disc will also include the exclusive b-side "Klötzodizian venue menu III" which is described as 'an experiment in French house, sort of' alongside two remixes by Swedish electronic artist Folie.