Utility Fog

And another batch of utter loveliness I have to bring you tonight! Oh yessss.
Qua‘s fabulous new EP Silver Red contributes two tracks of Steve Reich-meets-postfolkrocktronica; in between, Tom Hall phoned in from Taswegia to talk about his field recordings and processed keyboards and guitars, the beautiful results of which he’s bringing to Sydney for two shows this week (see his website).
UK duo State River Widening aka Phelan Sheppard have teamed up with Japanese singer moomlooo to form Smile Down Upon Us, and their gorgeous first album is released by Static Caravan.
Also in there, some very fine drum’n’bass from dBridge, Brooklyn composer Nico Muhly‘s new album, US nu-folk trio Bowerbirds (go here right now to see them play four songs for La Blogothéque’s Take Away Shows!), and Atom™‘s Señor Coconut moniker takes us All Around the World with a Yello cover! Meanwhile, a flashback to 1999 with early Anticon supergroup Deep Puddle Dynamics – a stunning female vocal sample in there that I’d love to know the provenance of…
And finally, some fabulous new and forthcoming stuffs on Sydney label sound&fury…

Qua – Silver Red 1 [Someone Good]
Tom Hall – beauty [hellosQuare]
…phoned in interview with Tom Hall…
Tom Hall – Reflection [from self-released Floats]
Qua – Silver Red 3 [Someone Good]
State River Widening – Desertesque [Vertical Form]
Smile Down Upon Us – Two Weeks Last Summer [Static Caravan]
aus – Headphone Girl (State River Widening Remix) [Preco]
Smile Down Upon Us – A Vessel In The Fragrance [Static Caravan]
aus – Moraine (Bracken Remix) [Preco]
Various Production – Deadman (Milanese remix) [Various Production]
Comatone & Foley (aka Trigger Happy) – NTV [self-released through Vitamin]
dBridge – Pure Elegance [Exit Records]
Icarus – Moon Palace [Recordings of Substance]
dBridge – Mourning Dawn [Exit Records]
Icarus – keet [Rump]
Señor Coconut – Pinball ChaCha [Third Ear]
Yukihiro Takahashi – Pythagoras’ Trousers [333 discs] {from a wonderful Japanese Penguin Cafe Orchestra tribute album}
Nico Muhly – Mothertongue (excerpt from Pt 1 (Archive) and Pt II (Shower)) [Bedroom Community]
Nico Muhly – The Only Tune (feat. Sam Amidon) [Bedroom Community]
Bowerbirds – In Our Talons [Dead Oceans/Longtime Listener]
Deep Puddle Dynamics – Purpose [Anticon]
a slow rip – drift down kiera [endgame records]
Scissor Lock – Scribbles [sound&fury]
Shoeb Ahmad – Tangled [sound&fury]
Telafonica – Nothing Ventured [4-4-2 Music]
65daysofstatic – I’m Dreaming of a White Noise Christmas [classic mashup from these guys that you’ll have to search for…]
Laura – Z.I.B. 2 [Elevation]
Silver Bone Tone – I Don’t Miss You Anymore [demo]