Swoon 231 - April 28, 2008 IMPS - Get a grip (Mule)
Falko Brocksieper - (Face It)
Junior Boys - Caught in a wave (Domino)
Off the international radar - For Mary (Off the international radar)
Martyn - Velvet (3024)
Laurent Garnier - Greed (Mute)
Deadmau5 56 - Monday
Nathan Fake - You Are Here (Border Community)
Gui Boratto - Tales from the lab (Sian remix) (Defrag)
Mathew Jonson and Adam Beyer - Marionette (Adam Beyer mix) (Wagon Repair)
Norman Nodge - Native Rhythm Electric (Ostgut Ton)
Italoboyz - At de Stella (Get Physical)
Internullo - Sentimente (Nea Marin remix) (Desolat)
Lowfish - 999 (Satamile)
Lazersnake - New Years Eve
Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating (Last Gang)
Oldfolks Home - Power of the Sun
Black Dog Productions - ¾ Heart (Warp)
Sintemu - A Photo (Electronic Eel)
Federleicht - On the Streets (Connaisseur)

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Labels: dance, dj, electro, Music, Swoon, Techno, Tracklist

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  Free Ghostly International Tracks from Adultswim

Labels: comedy, dance, dj, minimal, Music, Techno, television

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  Swoon 230 - April 21, 2008 Ambivalent - Nugget (M_nus)
FALSE - Face the Rain (M_nus)
Audion - Hot Air (Spectral)
Matthew Dear - Don and Sherri (Ghostly)
Deadmau5 - I Forget
Plaid - Coat (Warp)
Ace of Clubs - Classid (Firstcask)
Slap - Auto-repeat version 2 (Architecture of Sound)
Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating (Last Gang)
Andre Lodermann - Wanna Feel (Simple)
Mlle Caro and Franck Garcia - Always You (Ewan Pearson remix) (Buzzin Fly)
Beanfield - Tides (Carl Craig mix) (K7)
Zoexenia - Forever (Perspectiv)
The Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Les Gans (Audio Werner mix) (Musique Risquee)
The Mole - Hey Girl (I Feel So Good) (Wagon Repair)
Diskjokke - Flok L Farta (Kindische)
Djuma Soundsystem - Les Djinns (Trentemoller mix) (Get Physical)
Estroe - Driven (perspectiv)
Audiofly X - Below the Surface (Get Physical)
Marc Marzenit - Spheere
Herve AK - Sorry But No (Octopus)
Tranzhop - Take That! (Splendid Imaginings)
Ronin E-ville - Phoxy Horns
Kerosene Daydream - Lure (Velum)

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  Muting the Noise
Ambient music has been largely underground since its heyday in the early and mid 90s. Yes, there's been occasional releases that were good or excellent, but most producers have been innovating elsewhere. So, it's a pleasant surprise to hear so many good tracks on a new ambient compilation, Muting the Noise, on Innervisions.

The tracks all sound very modern, only a few are imitating the 90s. Like the ambient music of the 90s, they keep it very chilled.

The three best tracks are in the middle of the disc and are all quite different from each other. Ame begins the trio with "Doldrums", which combines a french horn, xylophones and other instruments for soothing, relaxing experience. Henrik Schwarz follows with "Arthur", a wonderful track with only piano, bells and a bit of bass. The melody repeats and subtly shifts throughout the track. I wonder if it was played live or programmed. Either way, it's a standout. i:cube follows with "Nuees Ardentes", a bubbly synth driven piece that sounds somewhat like Global Communications or Tangerine Dream.

Among the remaining seven tracks, Stefan Goldmann provides one of the better ones. "Life After Death" is a gently processed cello slowly examining a melody. A couple of bells complete the track. Kammerflimmer Kollektiv has the only track with vocals, "That's How The Lights Gets In". Koss presents "Negai", which sounds like a tribute to Tetsu Inoue. It's slow, delicate and spacy.

Finally, Klaus Schulz appears with the 18-minute "Invisible Musik". It was probably a coup to get him on this compilation, but it's not one of the best tracks here.

People still want like this kind of music, especially in clubs. See this mnml ssgs post, or this interview with Pole. Or read the press release for this cd:

At the beginning of the 90s it was normal to have an ambient floor on every bigger techno or house party. This culture got lost in the new millenium though - it became a niche and went more into cultural activities.

It will be released May 19.

Labels: ambient, minimal, Music

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  Expelled Exposed The people at the National Center for Science Education have a new website dedicated to countering the Expelled movie. It's a good explanation of all the things that are horribly wrong, one-sided and unfair about the movie. From Pharyngula.

Labels: biology, evolution, news

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  Swoon 229 - April 14, 2008 Caribou - Melody Day (Merge)
Hot Chip - Out at the pictures (EMI)
Crystal Castles - Vanished (Last Gang)
Maximum Joy - Silent Street / Silent Dub (Strut)
i:cube - Nuees ardentes (Mule)
Gorillaz - Kids With Guns (Quiet Village mix) (Parlophone)
Fairmont - All Good Things (Border Community)
Lucio Aquilina - Magic M (Cocoon)
Marcelo Giordano - Respect Yourself
Hrdvision - Playing For Keeps (Wagon Repair)
The Mole - Gracias a Los Ninos (Wagon Repair)
Francesco Tristano - The Melody (Carl Craig mix) (K7)
Gregor Tresher - A Thousand Nights (Great Stuff)
Mike Monday - Bhalobashi (Simple)
Cobblestone Jazz - W (Wagon Repair)
Sabres of Paradise - Smokebelch (David Holmes mix) (Sabres of Paradise)
The Beta-Resercyclic Acid - Live Fast (Electronic Eel)
Lowfish - Burn the Lights Out (Satamile)
Keravel - Drifter (Kassure)
Sally Shapiro - Jackie Junior (Junior Boys mix) (Paper Bag)
Goldfrapp - Little Bird (Mute)

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  Swoon 228 - April 7, 2008 Henrik Schwartz - Arthur (Mule)
The Mole - Alice You Need Him (Wagon Repair)
Ananda Project - Where The Music Takes You (Pastaboys Dub) (King Street)
Falko Brocksieper - Emotional Support
Fairmont - Flight of the Albatross (Reef Carrier mix) (Border Community)
Lopazz - The Old Days (Get Physical)
Lee Jones - As You Like It (Recloose remix) (Aus)
Lowfish - 8_0p (Satamile)
Crystal Castles - Untrust Us (Last Gang)
Lazersnake - Money (Independent)
Hot Chip - Hold On (EMI)
Artist of the Year - It is time for le party (Universal)
Mannequin Depressives - Victim of Circumstance (Klankboom)
Kazino - Binary (Strut)
Italoboyz - Zinga (Dramadub) (Get Physical)
Audision - Red Sky (Roland Appel mix)
Sasha - Who Killed Sparky (EmFire)
Partial Arts - Telescope (Radioslave's Prenlauer Blur Remix) (Kompakt)
Akiko Kiyama - Hakobi (District of Corruption)
Marek Bois - Whopair (Rrygular)
Metazoo - Circus (Suspiria)
Faze Action - In The Trees (Carl Craig remix) (K7)
John Digweed - Gridlock (Thrive)
Feist - My Moon My Man (Boys Noize remix) (Turbo)

Labels: dance, dj, House, minimal, Music, Swoon, Techno, Tracklist

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  Slim Crescent Moon
Port Dalhousie New Moon Sliver 048
Originally uploaded by philipdowney

A very slim crescent moon over Lake Ontario, on April 6. Taken from Port Dalhousie, Ontario.

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  Battlestar Galactica returns The final season of Battlestar Galactica begins tonight. Ten episodes now, an undetermined break, then ten more to finish things off. Let it be known that this is the best science fiction television series ever. Star Trek can claim to be the first great television science fiction series, but it can no longer claim to the best.

I'm not linking or reading anything about it. I prefer to be surprised later tonight.

Labels: television

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  Swoon 227 - March 31, 2008 Kid 606 - Whereweleftoff (Vertical Form)
B. Fleischmann - 02/00 (Morr)
Sinequanon - Pink Noise and the Modern Man (Sulpont)
Fairmont - Sedatives For The Sentimental (Border Community)
Deadmau5 - 15 Minutes
Deadmau5 - Aprils
Christ - Lazy Daisy Meadow
Francesco Tristano - The Melody (Infine)
Ame - Doldrums (Mule)
Junior Boys - First Time (Domino)
Slap - First Choice, Second Guess (Architecture of Sound)
DJ Yellow and Astrid Suryanto - It's You
IMPS - Heaven and Bagpipes (Mule)
Prosumer and Murat Tepeli - Solid Mind (Ostgut Ton)
The Mole - When It Tastes So Good (Wagon Repair)
Carl Craig - At Les – Live (K7)
Gavin Hardkiss - Lacsa (Lovewonanother)
Alex Attias - Brazilika (Mule)
The Black Ghosts - Some Way Through This (Skream and Plastician mix) (Southern Fried)
Various Production - Go Beat (Various)
Lowfish - Burn The Lights Out (Satamile)

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