The Nablus Project

What happens when you get bored while staying in a city destroyed by bombs? French sound recordist Pierre Gauthier simply recorded the call to prayer of a local muezzin, while he was staying in Nablus. Somehow this recording made its way to Coco Zoabi, Editor of Coco’s OCD and Luke Carrell, who is the editor of International Tapes, who in turn gave it to several artists to be used as a sample. The outcome is this outlandish compilation of hazy electronics, which can be bought on bandcamp. All proceeds from the compilation go to charity by the way.

Julia Holter – Moni Mon Ami

LA’s Julia Holter has always been an artist with a knack for fascinating music videos. Now the video for “Moni Mon Ami” from her album Ekstasis elevates the game to a whole new level. Yelena Zhelezho’s Video vor the song combines the inventiveness of French Guru/Director Michel Gondry and the subtle melancholy of Miranda July’s movies. Watch it below.

Karl Blau – Arco Iris Alredadore de la Luna

It’s been  a few months since we last heard from Karl Blau, but he still exists.

Amen Dunes – Ethio Song

Damon McMahon aka Amen Dunes has released a 7″ of obscure Ethio Covers. Hear one of the three tracks below. The amazing “Ethio Song”

Mother Ganga – Do I?

Glitchy new video for “Do I?” by Mother Ganga (a.k.a. Lewis Cook from Glasgow). The clip was directed by Rob Chabebe and Joe Perez of Eye Bodega. Mother Ganga’s new tape Pineal Soup is out now on Cook’s own label, Instructional Media. You can also listen to the rest of the tape on Soundcloud.

Weekend Wolves – NY

Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, Weekend Wolves (which is actually just one guy) present their new video. Again (like all his/their other vids) this one is composed of public domain footage. Unlike many of their/his contenders, Weekend Wolves’ videos actually have a slight narrative component to their/his clips instead of just putting obscure bits and pieces together. See the vid for his/their new Track “NY” below. For more visit their Youtube-Channel or their Soundcloud.

No Ceremony/// – Heartbreaker

Internet mystery band No Ceremony is back with a new track. After a two weak follow ups to their first track “Hurtlove” another great track popped up, this time placing the band somewhere in the indiesphere next to bands like The Naked and Famous and/or Crystal Castles. As usual, watch the video below and download the track in exchange for your email-address on No Ceremony’s website.

Ital – The Crying Game

Daniel Martin-McCormick is one of those characters that pop up almost everywhere within a certain scene, doing this and that and being in that band and another one and so on. Now Martin-McCormick is about to release his first full-length as Ital. The record is called Hive Mind and will be out March 6 via Planet Mu and features a bunch of synth heavy lo-fi hipster house tracks. The Track below is called “The Crying Game” and won’t be on that record, but it’s not like it isn’t worth listening to.

 

 

Mason Lindahl – Warm Ducks

The soundtrack for these snow days, visually illustrated by Raleigh Moncrief.

Virals – Magic Happens

Virals is the soloproject of Shaun Henchers of UK-Garage band Lovvers. See the video for his first song Magic Happens from his soon to be released double A-side 7″ below. It’s directed by Zac Ella, who’s also starring as the magician (and apparently is now a grown man).