Under their respective artist names Truss and Tessela, brothers Tom and Ed Russell have forged formidable individual reputations as producers. The duo recently announced their first collaborative project together, Overmono, with the debut EP ‘Arla‘ and first track ‘Lockner Union’, released via XL Recordings / Remote Control. Overmono have also announced their first ever live show. The Boiler Room event will take place in London on 9th August 2016 with support from Pariah, Pedder...
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To celebrate the announcement of Overnight, the forthcoming debut album by Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, they share first single ‘The Waning Crescent’. The album follows their Rough Trade debut EP, Through The Clouds, which was released earlier this year. Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker won Best Duo at the 2015 BBC Folk Awards. Their rendition of the traditional ballad The Banks of The Sweet Primroses at the televised awards ceremony prompted 6...
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Dot Dash and Remote Control Records are incredibly excited to announce the signing of Melbourne based 9-piece Dorsal Fins. The band have today shared the first single ‘Sedated’ from their forthcoming record. To celebrate the release, Dorsal Fins will be playing a string of east coast dates in Melbourne, Sydney, Byron and Brisbane throughout August. Dorsal Fins’ Jarrad Brown had this to say about the new single. “When the sun slinks way too low, and the stars forget to shine, and you need a cryogenic sleep chamber...
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The Soft Moon has announced his debut Australian tour set for this October. Converting sounds into the live realm will be a full band to accompany instrumentalist, singer, producer and founder of The Soft Moon, Luis Vasquez. Taking key notes from post-punk and dark pop pioneers like Joy Division, Bauhaus, Suicide and Nine Inch Nails Vasquez’s sound has developed a cult following since his first release in 2010. Last years...
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Merchandise have announced details of their new album, A Corpse Wired For Sound, due for release on Friday 23rd September via 4AD / Remote Control. Alongside the album announce they’ve also shared the video for a second new track, ‘End Of The Week’. Formed nearly a decade ago, galvanised by Tampa hardcore and inspired by its miscreant noise, A Corpse Wired For Sound signals a new chapter for Merchandise. Following...
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Barely Dressed Records and Remote Control are incredibly excited to announce the signing of indie-pop wunderkind Jarrow. Jarrow is the solo project of 20 year-old Footscray-based musician Dan Oke. After spending much of the last year studying and performing in Nashville, Jarrow returns to Australia to join the Barely Dressed Records roster. Cube is the first taste of Jarrow’s upcoming debut album and a masterful example of his ability as a producer and songwriter. The economy of Jarrow’s songwriting is laid bare. The charming...
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Hot. Like real hot. I’m talking about sittin’ in only your undershirt and putting your head to the sky and hootin’ but nothing comes out just dry wispy profanities type hot. Victoria. Australia. They got small pots of old, cold gold. And they got Jarrod Quarrell but they call him Lost Animal. Dot Dash and Remote Control Records are incredibly excited to announce the signing of Melbourne based enigmatic cult musician Lost Animal. Lost Animal is the newest addition to the Dot Dash roster which currently features Methyl Ethel, friendships, Teeth & Tongue, Gabriella Cohen, Banoffee,Client Liasion, Sunbeam Sound Machine and many...
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Having become a word-of-mouth dancefloor phenomenon over the summer, DJ Koze’s much talked-about extended disco edits of Låpsley’s ‘Operator’ get a full release via XL Recordings / Remote Control. The track has already received huge DJ support from everyone from Horse Meat Disco and Mister Saturday Night, to the likes of Seth Troxler, Jackmaster, Disclosure, Norman Cook and Annie Mac (who made it her Hottest Record on Radio 1). DJ...
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Melbourne audiovisual duo friendships have surprise-released a new EP, It’s Vermentino Dickhead: Edits, Cuts & Tools. The release is a selection of edits that Nic Brown of friendships has crafted to use in DJ sets as well as two friendships originals. The release centers on remixes of fellow Australian artists such as Kirin J. Callinan and Fortunes, and arrives just two months ahead of friendships‘ long-gestating debut LP Nullarbor 1988-1989 out September 30 via Dot Dash / Remote Control Records.
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Under their respective artist names Truss and Tessela, brothers Tom and Ed Russell have forged formidable individual reputations as producers. Defining tracks such as Truss’ ‘Kymin Lea’ and ‘Beacon’ and Tessela’s ‘Rough 2’ and ‘Hackney Parrot’ for the likes of R&S, Perc Trax, and their own Poly Kicks label, have encapsulated so much of what is exciting and vital in UK underground, electronic music. Their new collaborative project Overmono, now sees Tom and Ed come together on record for the very first time, and the duo will release their...
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Atlanta’s own “Darkwave Duchess” has released her PRINCESS EP via True Panther Sounds / Remote Control. Following the release of single ‘CRYBABY’ last month, which shot up to the top of the Hype Machine charts, ABRA has also released the official video for the track. Directed by Zaiba Jabbar, the ‘CRYBABY’ video features a newly-blonde ABRA in various desert locations – dancing in an abandoned house (keep an eye out...
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Teeth & Tongue are incredibly excited to share the video for their newest single ‘Dianne’ premiered via Rookie. Propelled by relentless synth bass and hyperactive Farfisa keyboard mashing, ‘Dianne,’ in essence, is a song about being a teenager and experiencing bad shit: you’re too old to not notice it happening but too young to do anything about it. Musically though, ‘Dianne’ and its accompanying video is all bed-jumping, hair-brush-singing, Fruit-Loops-eating...
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Introducing The Lemon Twigs, teen brothers Brian (19) and Michael (17) D’Addario, from Long Island, New York. Born into a musical family, the pair have been playing rock music since they were old enough to walk and talk. The prodigiously talented brothers write and perform everything together, and today they have shared a new song, ‘These Words’. Written by Brian, it follows in the footsteps of younger sibling Michael’s song...
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Sam Gellaitry, 19-year-old Scottish producer and DJ, has shared a new track titled ‘The Gateway’ from his forthcoming Escapism II EP on XL Recordings / Remote Control. This latest body of work is the follow up to last year’s critically acclaimed Escapism EP on XL, which is available now digitally and on vinyl. Escapism II is a continuation of Gellaitry’s bright experimental production that has won over music listeners across the globe. Earlier this year MixMag highlighted Annie Mac’s pick...
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Scott Walker follows on from his collaboration with Sunn O))) with a remarkable soundtrack to Brady Corbet’s directorial debut, The Childhood of a Leader. This is Walker’s first score work since the Pola X soundtrack in 1999. Partly inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre’s short story of the same name, The Childhood of a Leader is a tense psychological drama tracing the formative years of a young boy and set against the...
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Jamie xx is proud to present the brand new video for ‘Gosh’. Directed by Romain Gavras (famed for his work with Kanye West & Jay-Z, M.I,A., Justice and The Last Shadow Puppets among others), the epic film provides the perfect accompaniment to Jamie’s anthemic In Colour album opener. Huge in both scale and ambition, ‘Gosh’ features a cast of over 400 actors with no CGI or 3D effects whatsoever. Watch...
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