Out Monday on Push and Run, Treehouse is the second release from Ifan “not James Blake” Dafydd. Comprising title track ‘Treehouse’ with ‘To Me’ on the flip, it’s as stirring and symphonic as ‘Miranda’ and I’m not talking about the androgynous comedienne who looks to the camera after every single joke (kind of like a poor man’s David Brent).
As beautiful as this release is, it’s not likely to get much actual treehouse play because not many of those things are rigged for sound. Apart from the expensive ones Hollywood lawyers build for their kids in huge oak trees…but I’m pretty sure they only listen to remixed “kerching!” sounds anyway.
Right kids, I’m going to keep this brief. Fancy the chance to win tickets to see Randomer, Throwing Snow, Becoming Real, Deft and JJMumbles in a couple of weeks? Good, because I’m going to lay the opportunity right out in front of you like a cheeseboard begging to be ravaged. The architects of such an inspired line-up are the folks behind club night Triangle and, being the philanthropic bunch they are, they’ve given us two pairs of tickets to offer up for grabs. Your grabs. Oh yes indeed.
How to Enter
All you have to do to enter is tweet a link to the this blog post with @boxmusique included and boom, you’ve entered. Winners will be announced a couple of days before, so make sure you’re all crowding round a computer ready to rejoice like happy pilgrims.
Triangle is at The City Arts & Music Project in London on February 10th, head over to the event page on Facebook for more info. The flyer lies after the jump, as does an absolute banger by Throwing Snow.
Personally, I am yet to attend Outlook festival. Last year, my tuxedo wasn’t ready in time and I simply couldn’t turn up in the same one I’d worn to the summer ball. My darling Miffy would have been too embarrassed to even look at me and I daren’t imagine what her father would have said…
Anyway, announced today, the line-up for this year’s Outlook festival is bigger than the ego of the guy who invented bacon. Featuring Fat Freddy’s Drop, Phife from Tribe, Scuba, DMZ, The Bug and a hell of a lot more, I would be able to feel my money getting ready for lift-off if I had any.
Of the vast and illustrious catalogue on offer, some personal favourites are Fantastic Mr Fox, Phaeleh, xxxy, Dark Sky, Mosca and Kuedo…but picking favourites out of a line-up like this is like Scrooge McDuck selecting his favourite gold coins from that huge fucking pile he’s always diving about in (with no trousers on, I must add).
Below is a video documenting the highs of Outlook 2011 and the entire line-up announced today lies after the jump. The official website isn’t up yet but you can head over to the Outlook Tumblr for updates.
Way back in October 2011 (so, like, forever ago) I described Pedestrian’s musical temperament as “wondrously delicate yet lush”, a statement which could be partially applied to this remix of ‘Mouves’ from Tropics’ recent album Parodia Flare.
By partially applied, I mean that while it’s certainly not as delicate as Hei Poa, it is still lusher than a tropical bird convention held in the default Windows XP wallpaper field…which, I must admit, is rather lush.
I would have actually come up with a brand new way to describe this sublime offering, but it’s Saturday and you know what that means: no time to write, too busy eating chicken wings and watching QVC. I’ve always wanted a tool that would take the elbow grease out of household cleaning and now I’m finally going to get it!
So it’s Wednesday night, time for some speedcore and a prolonged session of rough German sex, right? Well, not quite. Maybe this will fit the mood a little better. Deep, tranquil and underpinned by a simple yet methodically pulsing bassline, this Blynk remix of Qualmsound’s ‘Water’ is an artfully laid-back affair which would perfectly soundtrack the sunrise after a heavy night out. Not that I would know anything about that, of course. I don’t go out because my only friend is a dog.
Did I mention it’s free? Listen and download below.
Posted today by the good folks over at The Guardian, this is a full-length stream of Be Strong, the forthcoming album from Joe Goddard and Raf Rundell, a duo collectively known as The 2 Bears.
Having listened to the whole thing this afternoon, I can assure you of its deeply groove-endowed and occasionally eccentric nature, which had me nodding my head like one of those springy door stops on a particularly funky dose of speed (in this instance, speed is a concoction of Ribena and Cherry Coke). Of the tracks that I had previously not heard, ‘Get Together’ really stood out for me, with the short portion of horns giving me a mad case of dance-by-yourself-but-still-look-around-to-acknowledge-fake-people. I’m pretty sure it will have the same effect on you. Unless you have friends because then you can dance with actual people.
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