In anticipation of the imminent new Beck album I though I’d share a little remix gem that’s perfect for a Friday Wind-down. Take it away Bek David Campbell….

_wednesday_weview - Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Lie down in the light

Every now and again one of us falls behind.
I think that you may have gathered by now that I love music. I spend a (scarily) large amount of my life with a soundtrack. Each of my moods or periods of my life have had an appropriate backing track. ’Lie down in the light’ is almost the diametric opposition to the previous post, it’s more like ‘hands in your hair’. (Sorry.)

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s (aka Will Oldham) 9th album ( under this name) is the warm embrace and consoling words of a friend. Warm and honest songs delivered in ‘a fragile sort-of warble frittering around haunted melodies in the American folk or country tradition’. But don’t let that put you off. Produced by Steve Albini (producer to Pixies and Nirvana), Bonnie is said to bring punk’s honesty to American folk. I wouldn’t say that, but you know….someone somewhere did.

I know my way around the world, it’s a circle - it starts and it ends.
If you need a some music that doesn’t demand you dance, or wave your hands like you just don’t care, then chances are you’ll enjoy ‘Lie down in the light’. It’s an album that won’t challenge you immediately. You’ll listen and think ‘I know where this is going’ but next time you look up you’ll be somewhere other than you expected.

For Every Field, There’s a Mole.
Clarinet swirls behind bare folk bones. Jews harp twangs act as exclamation points. There is reward for the attentive listeners that will make this album a consoling friend to all.

THINK: The Punk John Denver
READ: An interview with Bonnie PB
WATCH: Cursed Sleep clip
BUY: ‘Lie down’ at Spunk!

_Friday_hands_in_the_air! Just ’cause…..

Here at triplejaysus we LOVE a good theme. Jeez, we’d hang 60 minutes of music on almost any theme you could think of. ‘I’m happy to be alive because I’m on a secret mission’ for example. (Remember that one?)

But sometimes you have to just say ‘Phuque it, lets just go’.  So here are some ‘hands in the air’ tunes, just cause….

Enjoy!
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Apparat - Things To Be Fricked

Apparat is a German electro producer and owner of the brilliantly named record label Shitkatapult. We like him already.

Apparat first came to my attention when he collaborated with Ellen Allien on the highly acclaimed ‘Orchestra of Bubbles’ and various remixes I’ve come accross. ‘Things To Be Fricked’ is a 2 disc release. The first disc is remixes he’s done, the second is his material remixed. There is an obvious connection across both discs, with the remixed themselves remixing. A standout is triplejaysus darlings Boys Noize ( featured in _choice_chewns #3 ) remix of ‘Arcadia’ and Apparats remix of ‘Shine Shine’.

While essentially a remix album, Fricked does showcase Apparat’s move to less straight forward dance formula, with heavy emphasis on strings and classical composition mixed with beats and electronic ambience.  Oft heralded as a founding father of the ridiculously named IDM genre, Apparat does deliver dance music that will stimulate and entertain fans of the less obvious spectrum of electronic music. 

THINK: Head nodding Headphone space electronica
READ: Apparat Bio
BUY: Apparat tracks at Shitkatapult

_triplejaysus_exclusive! - Motocade

We receive a lot of emails from bands, labels and websites here at triplejaysus, asking us to listen and if we like, to share the music they have sent us. Most of what I have received to date, while really good, doesn’t quite fit in with what we’re trying to do with this site. Motocade are different.

Motocade are a rock band from NZ, that have built up a following with great live shows and EP’s filled with quality tracks of tight, catchy rock. They are recording their debut full length album at the moment and asked triplejaysus to check out the first two tracks completed.  

Needless to say, the fact that I’ve featured them means that I really dig their stuff. Motocade manage to find the perfect balance between catchy riffs and substance. Their sound is crisp and clean on ‘Soap Opera’, yet they still manage to keep a rock edge that gives their music longevity. ‘Come back Kid’ opens with a  thumping bassline that grabs you immediately, countered by falsetto guitars.

Overall, I think that the two tracks featured give plenty reason to consider Motocade’s debut a highly anticipated release. Although the band couldn’t give me details of a release date yet, Eden did take time out from recording to answer a few questions.
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