[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 11.24.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Kasper Bjorke / Bohemian Soul [ft. Laid Back] / 12"
• Acid Pauli / A Clone Is A Clone / MST
• LCD Soundsystem / Hippie Priest Burnout / Confuse The Marketplace
• Kids of 88 / Tucan / Single
• The People's Workshop / Funkathon / The Best Of Disco Demands
• Junior Senior / Shake Your Coconuts / DFA
• JNL / Beausejour / Stripped Chewed Vol 1: Livin' For The CIty EP
• Mike Simonetti / Capricorn Rising /
• Grotto / Bad City Girl / Lagos Disco Inferno
• The Hood Internet  / Critical Captions [ft Class Actress] / Only Children Remix
• Viceroy / While We're In Love [ft Ghost Beach] / Single

Jimmy Kaps Guest DJ Set

• Boney M. / Nightflight To Venus / Nightflight To Venus
• Kool and the Gang / Fresh / De Lite
• Situation / Devastating Records /
• Simoncino / Beat the Street / Mathematics
• Kevin Yost / Natural High / Unprotected Sax EP
• The Digital Kid / User Friendly / Data Bleeps & Noises
• Joshua / If I Fall / Sounds of Om House Complilation 1
• Lawnchair Centrals / Word Part II / The Great Escape
• Night Source / Love Searchin' / Pan Handle Records
• Lavish Habits / The Calculator / Sound Proof Music
• Justin Long & Erik Sativa / But In Chicago / Beat Smugglers
• Roy Davis / Tha Chicago Nightlife Mix / Tha Black Light Exposure EP
• DJ Bump / The Bump / The Bump

THE MINIMAL BEAT 11.24.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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[LISTEN UP] NICOLAS JAAR & THEATER ROOSEVELT - THE EGO

On the craziest, most ludicrous shopping day of the year in America, Nicolas Jaar dropped a free, slick, dubby track on his label’s Clown and Sunset Soundcloud. “The Ego” features Jaar’s nocturnal electronic work underneath a monologue from a voice known as Theater Roosevelt, or “Teddy’s ghost”. The deep voice culls together what appear to be soundbites from the 2012 Election in a thick Jamaican accent, which is probably the most fun you’ll ever have while hearing the words “a-let Detroit go bankrupt.” Check out the track below.

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[LISTEN UP] CHROMATICS - CHERRY

Download the new single from Chromatics off of the long awaited After Dark 2 compilation from Italians Do It Better below...

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WU LYF BREAKS UP... POSTS FAREWELL TRACK

WU LYF is apparently no more. Last night, the band uploaded a new song to YouTube, titled "T R I U M P H" (listen below), beneath which members of the band described how this was the end. Frontman Ellery James Roberts wrote:

"By the time I wrote this I was all ready gone. You know you aint got nothing but time, but time isn't an infinite currency I want to see wasted. If this is our last month living, apocalypse looming, I am not going to spend my final hours waiting in purgatory. I am done. There is nothing here that inspires/ interests me beyond the emptiness for dreams. and I don't want to spend my life asleep; dreaming of a....

"Wake up! We stay safe/ everything is golden/ in this place.

"WU LYF is dead to me. The sincerity of "Go tell fire" was lost in the bull shit of maintaining face in the world we live. Clap your hands chimp everybody's watching. A year spent losing faith; Innocence lost wide eyes see clear the dark. There's blood running down streets of every city in the world, what's a song to do, pretend it mean everything/nothing to you. Another distraction from the world we live. I and I struggle for a based positivity; Get free or die trying; J C Hung him self up for the easy way out. so Broken Mama Cita be kind to me."

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[LISTEN UP] THE HOLIDAY CROWD - SICK DAYS EP

New limited edition 7" single from Toronto's indie-pop darlings The Holiday Crowd. They return with a new double A-side single,"Sick Days" b/w "Born Under a Different Sign". The two tracks are a continuation of their debut Over The Bluffs, released in January of this year. The limited edition 7" is out now through New Romantic (Canada), Shelflife (US) and Manimal Vinyl (UK & Europe).

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 11.17.2012

 
ARTIST / TRACK  / ALBUM

• Sinkane / Jeeper Creeper / Mars
• Desire / Tears From Heaven / After Dark 2
• The Crystal Ark / Crossing / The Crystal Ark
• The Holiday Crowd / Born Under A Different Sign / Sick Days
• Youngblood Hawke / We Come Running (RAC) / (RAC) Remix
• Larry Gus / Jaw Throb / Silent Congas
• Isaac Tichauer / Step Away / Single
• Purity Ring / Obedear / Single
• Chromatics / Looking For Love / After Dark 2
• Mazes / Rundowners / Mazes Blazes
• Good Night Keaton / Next To Mexico [ft. Mareki] / Single

Ghosthouse Guest DJ Set

• Ghosthouse / 9 to 5 / Single
• Spandeau Ballet / To Cut A Long Story Short /
• Fleetwood Mac / Dreams (Remix) / Gigamesh Remix
• The Time / The Bird / Ice Cream Castle
• Butros / Down And Out / Flat Tires Make Friends
• Too My Disco / Blues City / Single
• Human League / Human / Greatest Hits
• Prince / I Wanna Be Your Lover / Prince
• Ghosthouse / Empty Bottles / (Exclusive New Single)
• John Vlasick / Love For Rock /  Single

THE MINIMAL BEAT 11.17.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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VIDEO: KASPER BJORKE - BOHEMIAN SOUL [FT. LAID BACK]

Travel into the lives of Thailand's glamorous Lady Boys in Kasper Bjorke's latest video, "Bohemian Soul [ft. Laid Back]." Highly recommended!

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 11.10.2012

 
ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Desire / Under Your Spell / Desire
• Disclosure / Latch [ft Sam Smith] / Single
• Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony / The Hustle
• LCD Soundsystem / Freak Out / 12"
• Mike Simonetti / Everybody Dub / 12"
• Wolf & Lamb / Real Love [ft. Pillow Talk] / Versus LP
• Flying Lotus / See Thru To U / Until The Quiet Comes
• Keep Shelly In Athens / Foikonos Negri Street / Keep Shelly In Athens
• Jessie Ware / Night Light (Remix) / Wild Beasts Remix
• The Knife / Heartbeats / Deep Cuts
• Ghost Beach / Tear Us Apart / EP
• Tame Impala / Feels Like We Only Go Backwards / Lonerisum
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Down Boy / Is Is
• Memory Tapes / Sheila / Single
• Electric Youth / Right Back To You / Single

Guest DJ Marc Walloch of Company Of Thieves

• Donnie Hathaway / What's Goin On / These Songs for You, LIVE!
• Clarence Carter / Slip Away / Snatching It Back
• Dirty Projectors / Gun Has No Trigger / Swing Lo Magellan
• Little Milton  / What It Is / 7 Inch
• Rodriguez / Sugar Man / Cold Fact
• Beck / Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes / Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind OST
• TV On The Radio / Will Do / Nine Types Of Light
• The Replacements / Can't Hardly Wait / Pleased to Meet Me
• Company of Thieves / Won't Back Down / Ordinary Riches (Bonus Track)

THE MINIMAL BEAT 11.10.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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VIDEO: THE CRYSTAL ARK - WE CAME TO

If your not a fan of The Crystal Ark after seeing this video then don't ever visit this site again! Just kidding you should visit this site frequently but you really need to see somebody about your taste in music. New album is out now via DFA HERE and is highly recommended.



The Crystal Ark - We Came To (Official Music Video) from DFA Records on Vimeo.

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DFA RECORDS RELEASES NEW ALBUM FROM LARRY GUS

Milano-via-Greece producer Larry Gus has a few releases out already, and he just teamed up with DFA Records for his latest, a free album called Silent Congas. It pretty good and unexpected and you can stream the entire thing below or download it for free HERE.

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[LISTEN UP] EELS - PEACH BLOSSOM

Wonderful, glorious news! Click below to hear 'Peach Blossom', the first track to emerge from the brand new Eels album 'Wonderful, Glorious'. Mr. E is back on strutting form, and the track is available to download now with pre-orders of the LP via Vagrant HERE, which is due February 4th next year.

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VIDEO: TAME IMPALA - FEELS LIKE WE ONLY GO BACKWARDS

Track taken from Tame Impala's New Album 'Lonerism', out now, everywhere and on Modular. Directed by Joe Pelling & Becky Sloan.

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[RADIO] THE MINIMAL BEAT 11.03.2012

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM

• Tamaryn / Im' Gone / Tender New Signs
• Alt J / Dissolve Me / An Awesome Wave
• Wild Nothing / Paradise / Single
• John Maus / Bennington / A Collection Of Rarities and Previously Unreleased Material
• JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Unconventional Wisdom / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound
• Gil-Scott Heron / NY Is Killing / We're New Here
• Blood Diamonds / Day & Night / Free Dimensional
• L'Mperatrice / L'Mpertarice / Single
• Sic Alps / Glyphs / Sic Alps
• Peter Bjorn & John / Just The Past / A Living Thing
• Acid Pauli / Requim For A Loop / Acid Pauli
• Nico Jaar / Too Many Kids Finding Rain In The Dust / Space Is Only Noise
• College / A Real Hero [Ft. Electric Youth] / Drive OST

Edward Anderson of Sanzimat & Mazes Guest DJ Set

• Klaus Weiss / A Wide Open Space Motion / Wide Open Space Motion Underscours
• Marek Bilinski / Pills / Input Output
• Jean-Michel Lorgere / Equilibiruam / Distortions Pop
• Derek Erdman / I'm Afraid It's Time / Coyote
• Derek Erdman / Do You Want It Do You Need It / Coyote
• Derek Erdman / Teenagers And Hamburgers / Coyote
• Derek Erdman / Drunk / Coyote
• Derek Erdman / You Will Never Know / Coyote
• Derek Erdman / Taking The Drugs That Killed Chris Farley / Coyote
• Derek Erdman / He Knows That I Love Him / Coyote
• T Stephan / Hummingbird / Catahua Blanca
• Sano / Unreleased / Unreleased
• Companion / My Old Arm Chair / Unreleased
• Les Mentettes / Bouh! / Bouh! Bouh!
• Maniac Mantu / Juegos De Espjos / Armor
• Los Hermanos Mckenzie / De Los Dias / Siames

THE MINIMAL BEAT 11.03.2012 by The Minimal Beat on Mixcloud

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CHROMATICS RELEASE RUNNING FROM THE SUN [KILL FOR LOVE SESSIONS]

Jet lagged & buzzing from Friday's show in Paris, I couldn't sleep...so I stayed up all night with Oko talking about color based dreams while blending these tracks together. Since the album came out, a lot of people on the road have been telling us they are curious to hear some of the unreleased music from the Kill For Love sessions...Recorded November 2009 through December 2011, these songs were all mixed between 4 & 6 a.m. After hours of tracking at the studio in Montreal, we'd clear the channels on the mixer, open a bottle of wine, & feel around in the dark...working our way through the atmospheric elements & peeling back layers of rhythm...throwing the songs into the abstract pile & playing them while driving home in the snow. In Amsterdam right now trying to upload it from the hotel. Fingers crossed...

This is a lullaby for you...

Sweet Dreams! 

xo 

Johnny Jewel

CHROMATICS – RUNNING FROM THE SUN [Kill For Love Sessions]

• Dreaming In Color (00:23-03:08)
• Red Car (03.09-07:27)
• Kill For Love (07:27-11:30)
• Last Wish (11:31-15:01)
• Running From The Sun (15:02-19:13)
• Disintegration (19:14-22:31)
• These Streets Will Never Look The Same (22:32-30:53)
• Blue Moon (30:54-34:38)

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VIDEO: M83 - STEVE MCQUEEN

Official video for 'Steve McQueen' by M83, taken from the album 'Hurry Up, We're Dreaming'. The video is the winner from the competition run in partnership with Genero TV. The 'Steve McQueen' single will feature remixes by Maps, SALM, BeatauCue and Alluxe. It's now available for pre-order on iTunes with a full release on on 25th November more info HERE

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VIDEO: LANA DEL REY - RIDE

Born to Die: Paradise Edition will be released on November 12 and can be pre-ordered on iTunes today HERE!

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[ALBUM REVIEW] SIC ALPS - SIC ALPS

Sic Alps have always managed to maintain a wonderful garage sound, and with their new self-titled album out now on Drag City, they only continue to get stronger. Vocals have more clarity and songs gravitate toward a junkyard Big Star style… producing a satisfying combination of 60's noise and 70's pop-rock. Strings and piano are weaved throughout the tracks adding an extra punch to intros and interludes. Opening number, "Glyphs", opens with violin- and later, mixes both violin and cello with lovely grungy noise, making me wish I had spare change to give to this talented hobo band. (Sorry, They aren't real hobos. They probably live in decent apartments and can afford to shop at Whole Foods.) Most of their songs, past and present, follow a mellow path, so when a track like "Moviehead" plays, I'm always giddy. This happy-go-lucky song has a psychedelic riff paired with a bubblegum beat that could easily fit in with any Nuggets compilation, which isn't the first song they've ever written to do so and I am not complaining. There are slower times on the album, "Lazee Son" sounds just as lazy as the title, but the length of the songs remain short and then it's back on the right track. At times I wonder if they will ever head in a new direction musically, but let's not jinx it and ruin a good thing.

By; Natalie Burris November 3, 2012

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VIDEO: WILD NOTHING - PARADISE

Shot in LA, New York, St. Maarten & Niagara Falls, the video chronicles travel by plane and the paradise found just beyond the window. Three-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams was brought on-board by director Matthew Amato. The video was shot on Japanese Harinezumi cameras and features a new edit of the song, with Michelle Williams reading from Iris Murdoch’s A Word Child. It was recorded for the video by Jack Tatum at the Rare Book Room in Brooklyn, NY, where Nocturne was also recorded. More info on Wild Nothing available HERE

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VIDEO: L'MPERATRICE - L'MPERATRICE

Paris based DJ L’Impératrice or Empress has released a new EP on Cracki Records.  The eponymously titled record is an amazing mix of funk, French 90s house, and hiphop.

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VIDEO: THE WEEKND - WICKED GAMES (EXPLICIT)

The long awaited physical release of Trilogy by The Weeknd will be available November 13th according to a press release. Trilogy will include his three mixtapes - House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence - that will be mixed and mastered for the first time. Additionally, the physical and digital offerings will feature new unreleased, original music. Click HERE for the full track list and pre-order information.

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THE WEEKND DEBUTS NEW TRACK ENEMY

The Weeknd has revealed a new song 'Enemy', which lifts it chorus from The Smiths' 'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want'. The song, takes its chorus from the 1984 Smiths track, originally released as the B-side to 'William, It Was Really Nothing'. The track will not appear on The Weeknd's 'Trilogy' album when it is released in November.

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