yari
full of beats & bops from the northernmost parts of europe.
This was fun – I went on a little mission to find out what’s been going on in Norway, and found heaps of really interesting stuff. In particular there’s Gisle Martens Meyer, a kind of… musical David Lynch? On this compilation he’s behind Ugress, Shadow of the beat, Pixxel Tyger and Spokelsekladden. And these are [...]
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beyondthefjord - Listen now |
Happy New Year! 1. Eternity Now (2006) – The Bear Quartet 2. Vespertine (2001) – Björk 3. Dimanche a Bamako (2005) – Amadou & Mariam 4. Silent Shout (2006) – The Knife 5. Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) – Animal Collective 6. Ny Våg (2002) – The Bear Quartet 7. Funeral (2004) – Arcade Fire 8. [...]
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tentopalbums2000-2009 - Listen now |
Imagine a sufi version of Animal Collective’s ‘My girls’, sung by Victoria Bergsman (previously the singer of the Concretes and the female voice on Peter Bjorn & John’s ‘Young folks’) – how amazing would that be?! This is exactly what Victoria did – she went to Pakistan, found a group of sufi musicians and recorded [...]
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northernlightsXVIII - Listen now |
I’ve had this compilation in my head for over a year, so I’m really pleased to finally put it somewhere else. Not sure why these two bands merged in my mind – musically they don’t have a great deal in common, apart from being filed in the ‘indie’ or ‘alternative rock’ section. I suppose what [...]
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BearQuartet_vs_Fall - Listen now |
I recently learnt to record music on the internet with this free (and legal) sound recorder: http://applian.com/sound-recorder/. If you download the toolbar you can simply record any streamed music online and save it as an mp3 file. Thanks for the tip Mr Galvin – very nifty. So here’s a bunch of bands I’ve been meaning [...]
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northernlights_freecorded - Listen now |
…I sat down to compile another northernlights. Quite a few tracks are from bands on Finnish record label Fonal records. If you want to hear more of TV-Resistori, Eleanoora Rosenholm and Risto, as well as loads of other new Finnish stuff, there is an electronic jukebox available on the Fonal website at http://www.fonal.com/news.php. Just be [...]
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At_last - Listen now |
So much to do and so little time. It seems that all the exciting Finnish stuff I’ve found recently will have to wait til next year, but I didn’t want anyone to have to go through Christmas without Nina Kinert. Tracks: 1. I shot a man 2. The art is hard 3. Beast
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NorthernlightsXIV - Listen now |
Here’s a random collection of stuff, including some interesting Icelandic tunes by FM Belfast, Seabear and a brand new single from Emiliana Torrini. Plus that irresistible Mummers-track March of the dawn – not that they are from anywhere near Iceland, but the song most definitely has a strong affinity with Bjork so I thought it [...]
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northernlightsandbeyond - Listen now |
What can be more exciting than a new album from First Floor Power? Well possibly the even newer remix album, featuring First Floor Power’s new single The Jacket and four remixes of the same song, plus a remix of their To Do List, by people like Karin Dreijer and Hortlax Cobra (Peter Bjorn and John). [...]
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fifteenreasonstobeexcited - Listen now |
What was it we did again, before we had the internet? I know what I didn’t do – I didn’t make Russian cyber-friends on last.fm, who recommended some supercool music (thanks hivr!), which prompted me to scrounge around for more Russian sounds… So we’ll take a break from the usual Nordic stuff and go to visit our [...]
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northernlightsinrussia_01 - Listen now |
