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July 2014 Roundup – A Mixtape

Jon Doyle — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 17:00:16 +0000

Have better things to do that check Wake the Deaf every day? No worries, here is a roundup of everything we featured throughout July to get you up to speed.

Tracklist

1. Boat – The Tallest Tree
2. Lonely – Rivergazer
3. I Think I’m Old Enough – Adult Mom
4. Thought u were better than that – Cyberbully Mom Club
5. Way Gross – Aunts
6. Fierce Resource Allocation – Emperor X
7. Dark Arts – Baby Cages
8. Stranded (On My Own) – Titus Andronicus
9. Singapore – Reid
10. Attak (ft. Danny Brown) – Rustie
11. Gold (Chet Faker re-work) – Flume
12. Duals – Bonobo
13. Ongoing Thing (ft. Oddisee) – 20syl
14. Animal – The Acid
15. Heirloom Luna – Chemists // 化学者
16. Triumvirate – Lewis & Clarke
17. Holly Would – Benjamin J Woods
18. Terrified – The Rural Alberta Advantage
19. Friday Night – The Parade Schedule
20. Falling Stars – Jacob Furr
21. Red Thread – Spark Alaska
22. Blood – Ahava
23. Stars Pt. 2 – Psalmships
24. Goodbye Letter – Adieu Caribou

You can also listen over at Minilogs.

July Mix from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Chemists // 化学者 – Vision in Furs

Jon Doyle — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 18:03:00 +0000

Chemists // 化学者 is the solo project of Danny Bozella (of Rem’s Floating Chandelier). We featured his last release, Slow House Virtual, almost a year ago, and now he is finally back with a follow-up.

Vision in Furs continues in the same vein of chill, ambient electronics and hazy beats. Bozella uses a lush cacophony of synths, guitar loops and instrumental samples to create a swirling, slightly mysterious, sound. Some of it sounds like the It also has this faraway, nostalgic feel which I really like a lot. It sounds like dance music shot on slo-mo, soaked in euphoric reverb. If that’s not clear, the album covers and press shots are a pretty good visual summary. If you like your ambient music with a hint of hip hop, some smart electronics, all shot through with shimmering psychedelica, then this is an album for you.

You can get Vision in Furs on a pay-what-you-want basis over at Bandcamp.

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Chemists // 化学者 – Slow House Virtual

Liam Doyle — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:20:26 +0000

Chemists // 化学者 is the side project of Danny Bozella of Rem’s Floating Chandelier (who have previously featured on Wake The Deaf here and here). Bozella says that the purpose of the project was to allow him to choose any instrument and immediately begin recording, with no preconceived goal or genre in mind. Slow House Virtual is the project’s first official release, and sees Bozella experiment with lush ambient textures and atmospheric beats and guitar loops.

Opening track ’願望’ (which Google translate informs me is Japanese for ‘Desire’) is the perfect introduction, with chillwave-y atmospherics and some rather catchy beats.

‘Yumii (It’s Now)’ comprises of some nice guitar work over breathy vocal samples (and even some birdsong), before having this weird wobble at the end and getting all surreal and dreamy. ‘Fashion House’ opens with tropical beats before warm and languid guitar stroll in on top. The word “chill” comes to mind.

The entire album comes in at just 15 minutes so it certainly does not outstay its welcome. In fact I found myself wishing for more, which is always a good thing.

Slow House Virtual is available for free download over at Bandcamp. If you’re a fan of Rem’s Floating Chandelier, or of experimental, dreamy electronic music in general, then I highly suggest you check this out.

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