Monday, March 30, 2009

Garden Gate Records (Apples In Stereo) set to release latest album of danceable hits, and electric light harmonies by Lexington, Kentucky's Big Fresh.

Grab the bouncy first single “W.L.U.V” right now, right HERE.

The glow on the horizon grows brighter until... the UFO is outside your window. Bending circuits, plastic travelers wave from within. If they are singing, invite them into your room. Big Fresh comes from beyond, bearing bright gifts on Garden Gate Records, the newly launched label by Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo.

Lexington, Kentucky's beloved pop superheroes have been hard at work in the laboratory since Yes, Nice, Please, Thanks (2001, Aquapop Records) electrified the regional college radio airwaves. Their U.S. tour last year opening for The Apples in Stereo broadcast their pop manifesto to head-bopping masses, disseminating a 150-copy limited pressing of their newly completed album.

Who are they? Artists, filmmakers, electronic experimentalists. Two compose screenplays. One composes songs that sound like science fiction. One grew up steeped in psychedelia, his father and home-recording legend R. Stevie Moore creating magic in their band Goods and other groups. But that is water. What is ice is that they have produced a very cool record, B.F.F.(Big Fresh Forever): crystalline pop rainbows beamed through a prism.

B.F.F.(Big Fresh Forever) is an ambitious tapestry of danceable hits, bubbling soundscapes, electric light harmonies and synthetic orchestrations: alternately gorgeous and playful. Produced by Big Fresh in their home environment and mastered by Robert Schneider (The Apples in Stereo, Elephant 6), this shining album will transport you to another world.

For the purpose of concluding our propaganda with informative content, we interviewed the group in a controlled environment, and transcribed their terse responses below:

New Album: “We've been working on it for the past seven years. We have lots of recordings that didn't make the cut. We felt it was important to release something short and tight.”

History: “We've been a band for 10 years. Our first band name was Meat Tape.”

Other Projects: “John plays in The Apples in stereo. Ben and John both play in Ulysses with Robert Schneider. Danny and John play in Deek Hoi. Jeremy plays in Joybombs. Dave is in Club Dub.”

Artist: Big Fresh
Title: B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever)
Label: Garden Gate Records
Release Date: April 21st, 2009

01. Secret Public
02. W.L.U.V. (MP3)
03. Janius
04. W.T.O.
05. Joy Bomb #1
06. Large Crowds
07. Losing Friends to War
08. Entertainment
09. International Date Line
10. Joy Bomb #2
11. Satan, No
12. Jean Jammin’
13. Heat Death of the Universe

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Quotes about Big Fresh:
“Plays like a great lost prog-rock album, as though Brian Wilson had tried to revisit Smile in the 70's with help from ELO.” – Optical Atlas

“Slip on any sound from B.F.F. and you can sense the spring thaw is at hand.” – The Musical Box

“For more than a decade, the band has mixed summery soul, pop, dance grooves, and more into a bright sound all its own.” – Lexington Herald Leader

“Blows my bubblegum mind shaft.” – R. Stevie Moore

“An ambitious tapestry of danceable hits and bubbling soundscapes… crystalline pop rainbows beamed through a prism.” - Robert Schneider (The Apples in stereo)

“Proud purveyors of exotically down-home art pop. A band more interested in textures than traditional settings, they perform crisp, cerebral pop that explodes with energy and ideas.” – Ace Magazine

“Could have been formulated in the twisted mind of Joe Meek… Just sit back and float away, you may never want to return.” - Bucketfull of Brains

“My soul doctor gave me a prescription for a new pop ointment… It was the latest Big Fresh record… a panoramic view of the sunniest of days.” – Gimme The Rock!
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

“Dancethink” music makers My Dear Disco remix Kanye West and Franz Ferdinand amid press props and continued touring.

Grammy-nominated Shiny Toy Guns, Cure, Tricky knob-turner Mark Saunders turns out band’s latest for fans of VHS or Beta, Donna Summer, and Devo.

“...those with a taste for dance-rock inspired by 1980s sounds and heavy synths, take note.” – XLR8R.com

“My Dear Disco is a force to be reckoned with! I hope any follow-up to their Dancethink LP is as grossly enjoyable and engaging. A feat these days, to make something this good. I want more!” – about.com

“...chock full of deliciously smooth, synth-laden beats designed to send listeners swirling and whirling about on the dance floor.” – My Old Kentucky Blog

Emerging from the Ann Arbor suburb of Detroit, My Dear Disco has been cutting a path throughout the Midwest with its addictive self-branded style of “danethink” music which displays influences from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Daft Punk and Tom Waits. The band has kept busy in the studio as well, recently producing remixes of Kanye West’s “Love Lockdown” (MP3) and Franz Ferdinand’s “Ulysses” (MP3) that incorporate the band’s live instrumentation into each tune’s original tracks.

Known for its distinctive, “Dancethink Music,” My Dear Disco’s debut album Dancethink LP (watch the trailer HERE) has met with much critical acclaim since its release and the band’s unique sound and style has begun to make waves nationwide. The album features mixes by Grammy-nominated engineer Mark Saunders and his multi-platinum record generating studio in New York, the same people responsible for the sound of Shiny Toy Guns’ We Are Pilots, Tricky’s Maxinquaye, David Byrne’s Feelings, and The Cure’s Wish. Additionally, the band’s high energy, inventive live shows have been generating hard-fought praise all their own (see the band perform “White Lies” LIVE.)

In 2008, My Dear Disco was named one of the most promising bands in the country by American Eagle’s “New Music Union” and was invited to perform at the American Eagle Summer Festival, curated by Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers. This resulted in a fully-stocked summer 2008 festival schedule where the band performed alongside artists such as Lotus, Moe, Buckethead, and Bela Fleck. My Dear Disco continues on the road and will hit the festival circuit once again in the summer of 2009, in full-flight, following its “Dancethink Music,” wherever it takes them.

My Dear Disco Live:
03/26 Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
03/27 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
03/28 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
04/03 Marquette, MI @ Up Front & Company
04/04 Marquette, MI @ Up Front & Company
04/10 Ann Arbor, MI @ Neutral Zone
04/11 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Blind Pig
04/16 Bowling Green, OH @ Howard's Club H
04/18 Kalamazoo, MI @ The Strutt
04/24 East Lansing, MI @ Club Rush
05/08 Chicago, IL @ The Gallaria Marchetti
05/09 East Lansing, MI @ Club Rush
05/14 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
05/15 Terre Haute, IN @ The Verve
05/16 Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick
05/22 Geneva, MN @ Bella Madre - Harmony Park
05/24 Thornville, OH @ Hookaville Festival

Artist: My Dear Disco
Title: Dancethink LP
Label: Dancethink Records
Watch The LP Trailer HERE

01. White Lies (MP3 LIVE)
02. For Your Love
03. My Dear Disco
04. All I Do
05. Amsterdam
06. The Way
07. Madam Eon – Part One
08. Madam Eon – Part Two
09. M.Y.F. (Move Your Feet)

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Quotes From The Press:

“...delivers a wide-range of harmonious variables to satisfy even the most eclectic musical palette.” – CNET

“...parkay dance floor nights under their vintage acrylic belt.” – No Ripcord

“...the band brings their own variety of techno and dance music to the scene and it's worth taking some time to check the album out.” – 4 Stars, Revolt Media

“It’s trancy and brilliant and gives me hope for the future of this planet -- all during the first song.” – The Ann Arbor Observer.

“Brains and Booty.” – The Ann Arbor News
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Hooked on Zodiac Dust? Loop 2.4.3 to release landmark album of rhythmic, orchestral experimentation hinting at Steve Reich, Konono No.1, Brian Eno.

“Reinvents percussion...” – Fresh Air, NPR

Zodiac Dust -- the name sounds like an addictive new substance that all the kids are taking. Perhaps it soon will be. For now, Zodiac Dust is a fittingly daze-inducing and awe-inspiring work of musical experimentation by Brooklyn duo Loop 2.4.3 that merges myriad elements of classical, jazz, rock and many other world musics. Loop 2.4.3 employs the gamut of percussion instruments, from marimba and steel drum to tom-toms, bongos and snare drums, temple bowls and wood blocks, opera gongs and electronics.

Its music has been described as “transportive percussion odysseys,” (The Boston Phoenix) “taut compositions with a stunning improvisational sense,” (Time Out Chicago) and as containing of both “action adventures and reveries... all sound[ing] like part of a well-thought-out tradition, only the tradition has never existed until now.” (NPR Fresh Air)

In the tradition of sonic innovators like Steve Reich, Konono N°1, Mike Oldfield and Brian Eno, Loop 2.4.3’s new album flows through a vast array of sounds and rhythms across the nine tracks on Zodiac Dust. From edgy to impressionistic, classical to experimental, the music of Loop 2.4.3 takes the audience on “a really focused and thrilling percussive ride,” creating vibrant contemporary music that is “enrapturing and truly alive indeed.” (NewNoise.net)

Hailing from Michigan and arriving in Brooklyn via New Haven and Seattle, Loop 2.4.3 has spent the last five years alternately traveling and working in a Bed-Stuy loft space, focused on writing, improvising and creating their own style. They were exclusively a live act until the release of their debut CD, Batterie, on the Brooklyn label, Music Starts From Silence (MSFS) in the fall of 2007. Batterie was captured in a one-hour session for Sonarchy Radio in Seattle, WA. Upon hearing Doug Haire’s radio show, the group asked if they could release it as a CD. There was NO EDITING of any kind on the recording (other than removing the voice announcements in between tracks). Their new album, Zodiac Dust, is more varied, with tighter compositions, and a more cohesive dramatic flow throughout the entire album. The group introduces two new instruments, the eLog and Rose Echo, and utilizes cello, violin, piano, and voice, along with their standard barrage of percussion. (bio continued below)

Loop 2.4.3 In The Press
“Absorbing.” – Time Out New York
“Transportive…” – Boston Phoenix
“Mesmerizing..stunning” – Time Out Chicago
“Reinvents percussion...” – Fresh Air, NPR
“That only two guys beating on things could sound so orchestral will be a revelation to some listeners… “ – Lansing State Journal

Artist: Loop 2.4.3
Title: Zodiac Dust
Label: Music Starts From Silence/Analog Arts
Release Date: June 16th, 2009

01. Prologue: Rebirth
02. Dark Matter
03. Underground
04. The Existentialist
05. Zodiac Dust (MP3)
06. Clouds
07. I Remember
08. The Return of Chickchi
09. Epilogue: Ashes to Ashes

Loop 2.4.3 Live
03/27 Cambridge, MA Lily Pad
04/02-04/09 Alma, MI Alma College (Residency)

Bio (continued from above)
Loop 2.4.3 has toured throughout North America, Europe, Scandinavia, South Korea, and Australia, and has performed for radio, film, and television, including footage for The Learning Channel and MTV. The group has given concerts, conducted master classes, and held residencies at Cornell University, Okalahoma City University, and Michigan State University amongst others. As active figures in a cross-world of musical genres, they have performed with Clogs, The Books, Willie McBlind (Jon Catler), Evan Ziporyn, Sufjan Stevens, Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond), Belle Orchestre, Newband, their late mentor Robert Hohner, and as soloists with the Brooklyn Philharmonic at the BAM Opera House.

Loop 2.4.3 members have also played at The London Jazz Festival, Merkin Hall, Tonic, The Sydney Festival, Music Works Northwest, Carnegie Hall, The Japan Society (NYC), the Harry Partch Institute and many others.

The duo has received awards and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Connecticut Council on the Arts, Chamber Music America, Analog Arts, the UK Arts Council, Yale University, and the International Association of Jazz Educators.

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