has posted the artwork and preorder details for the new The Bear Quartet album "Monty Python", due out September 15: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=279
It will be released in tandem with the single "Fist or hand".
has been posting new remixes every week all summer long, but this week they've changed things up a bit by offering up This Is Head covering labelmates Familjen and their new single "Det var jag": https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=281
is giving away the Gidge remix of the new Familjen single "Det var jag": https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=277
are giving away the This Is Head track "0011" as a free download along with a remix by fellow Malmö artists VED: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=275
is giving away a plethora of Andreas Tilliander remixes as free downloads: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=274
Contributing artists include labelmates Familjen and Boeoes Kaelstigen as well as Minilogue, Pellarin, Vapnet and many others.
has revealed that The Bear Quartet's next album, due out this fall, will be entitled "Monty Python". Preview four tracks: https://adrianfiles.com/thebearquartet2010/
Also note that the band will be playing a few gigs this summer:
05/27 - Siesta festivalen, Hässleholm (SWE)
06/04 - Strand, Stockholm (SWE)
07/02 - Roskildefestival, Roskilde (DK)
07/31 - Storsjöyran, Östersund (SWE)
FamiljenThe opening of Familjen's "Mänskligheten" was enough to give me pause. Here is one of my favorite Scandinavian electronic artists and an album I've been looking forward to for a little while now, and the first track sounds like a lazy, bedroom remix of a forgettable '90s techno track. Even with the outstanding "När planeterna stannat" following quickly after the trainwreck of an opener, a bad taste was left in my mouth as the album progressed. What has always attracted to me to Familjen is the songwriting, the indiepop playfulness embedded into the electronic framework. This is lacking from an artist like Kleerup, who is great in his own right, but approaches electronic music with more of an affinity for the mainstream. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this tact, it's just not what I've come to expect from Familjen after falling for "Det snurrar i min skalle". "Mänskligheten" -- with the exceptions of "När planeterna stannat", "Man ser det från månen", "Viggo", and "Det var jag", the standouts in my opinion -- could act as the soundtrack to a film set in Ibiza. Is "Mänskligheten" a bad album? By no means. It's just that the clever songwriting that sold me on "Det snurrar i min skalle" is mostly sitting in the passenger seat on this particular journey.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
has announced the signing of electro/rock act MF/MB/ and will be releasing their debut album "Folded" this fall. In meantime, check out the single "The big machine" at the band's website: https://www.thisismfmb.com/
Recent signees Den Svenska Tystnaden have just released their debut EP "Större avstånd högre spänning" and are offering it for full preview at their website: https://densvenskatystnaden.se/
Look for two more EPs from the band to be released later this year.
has announced the signing of Edda Magnason, an artist whose self-titled debut album was released in January via jazz label . She will be recording a new album with producer Christoffer Lundqvist at AGM Studio in November. Read more here: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/artist.asp?artist=20
has announced the signing of Den Svenska Tystnaden and will be releasing a series of three EPs from the band over the course of 2010. Up first is "Större avstånd högre spänning" on April 30, to be followed by "Långsamma repliker all tid i världen" (August 30) and "Utsikter från botten" (December 30). And for the trivia-minded, the band features label head Magnus Bjerkert's brother John Bjerkert, whose resume includes stints with ARC labelmates David & the Citizens/David Fridlund as well as Emil Jensen.
is giving away the brand new single "This is the day" from The Fine Arts Showcase: https://www.adrianfiles.com/01.THIS_IS_THE_DAY.mp3
Great stuff, as always!
is giving away the new This Is Head single "0007" as a free download: https://www.adrianfiles.com/2.0007.mp3
has revealed that the new Familjen single will be called "När planeterna stannat".
is giving away a track from the new Andreas Tilliander 12" EP "Showtime" -- go here for the download and full details on the release: https://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=258