A Brighton based music blog and radio series by a Philosophy student called Peter Lanceley. I broadcast every Saturday evening at 6.30pm on Resonance FM and document my writing here. I also release music with the Alcohol Label and make music with Kinnie The Explorer. If you'd like to contact me, for whatever reason, please do so on...
This Music Wins Review Of The Year 2011 on Resonance FM
After writing an albums of the year list longer than probably all my posts across the entire year put together, putting together a 90 minute radio show for Resonance FM seemed like a breeze. So, here it is: 15 or so of my favourite songs of the year in Radio Show format. View the written list here.
In addition to being a fairly successful graphic designer (as indicated above), Scott Hansen has also been performing as electronic act Tycho since 2002. ‘Dive’, aGhostly International release from 2011, eschews paranoia in its constantly unfurling, dream-like soundscapes and vast, holistic appeal. Its recorded with live drums, but assembled on the computer, this approach dowsing a pulsating deep bass with a sun-soaked tone which revels in its own warmth. Buy the album or check out Hansen’s extensive design collections at the Tycho website.
#29 Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place - The Magic Place (MP3)
Has there ever been a more fitting name for an album? This hymnal interpretation of chamber folk music echoes the hovering mystic ambience of experimental acts such as Volcano Choir, but in an entirely different context; Julianna Barwick’s ‘Magic Place’ is an adventurous yet solemn voyage into the empyrean, far-removed from reality and modern times not just for its distinctively sunken reverb sound, but for use of choir and vocal layering to present a magical, textured and idiosyncratic ode to religious music.
#28 Toro Y Moi - Underneath The Pine - Still Sound (MP3)
Somewhat divorced from the more clear-cut themes present on Toro Y Moi’s debut LP ‘Causers Of This’, ‘Underneath The Pine’ asserts itself less decisively in its incessant darting between 70s disco and soul, Eastern-tinged psychedelia and retro hip-hop. ‘Underneath’ is altogether impeccably eclectic, ‘Intro’ splutters a churning, scintillating feedback, ‘Before I’m Done’ a squeaky acoustic opening, and ‘Still Sound’ a cheesy Ariel Pink-era disco beat. A solid scoop of a second LP from Washington’s Carpark Records.
New Zealander Connan Mockasin’s previous incarnations have unsurprisingly left their mark on his sound, his former blues arrangements (under the “Connan & The Mockasin’s” moniker) deftly transposed via bass line into the midst of his extended psychedelic performances on new LP ‘Forever Dolphin Love’. The record, released by Because / Phantasy (2011), is a languid, spacey and post-modern affair, and from a salient chiming and stringent, dissonant keyboard vibe resurges the main form of the song, a triumphant, riddling funk-bass and an eerily theatrical, Bowie-like set of almost alien utterances.
#26 Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica - Sleep Dealer
A record of cavernous depth and schizophrenic sampling, Oneohtrix Point Never’s eerie and writhing electronic arrangements commenced streaming via Mexican Summer in November. Stream the whole album and read my words on this highly disturbing release by visiting my earlier post.
Denmark’s mysterious Athletes purvey a succinct and restrained post-punk package on their three songs to date; ‘Fall Apart’ is relentlessly beat driven and mechanical, retro guitar tones entwining with a pumped bass and muffled vocals engulfed in a reverb cloud. Its an understated winning formula shared across the band’s entire three song discography, just as shared between bands era Joy Division, Beach Fossils and most recently BF siblings Dive. An EP is rumoured forthcoming.
![[Resonance FM #28] Dive, Sharon Van Etten, 1000names, Boy Friend, TwinSisterMoon, Mesita, Sepalcure
The 28th weekly This Music Wins’ radio broadcast on Resonance 104.4FM London. Listen here each Saturday at 6.30pm or download below.
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Dive - Sometime (MP3)
Sharon Van Etten - Serpents (MP3)
1000names - Perception Of Color (MP3)
Boy Friend - Egyptian Wrinkle (MP3)
Twinsistermoon - The Hollow Mountain (MP3)
Mesita - On Through The Dark (MP3)
Sepalcure - See Me Feel Me (MP3)
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