Giggle me timbers, what an unusual afternoon. I haven’t slept for that long in tiiiiiime.

Whats more; South Central’s debut CD “Owl Of Minerva” is due for release in December through Egregore Music. You should defintatly get your claws into it. I have had the chance to listen early and was pleasantly suprized. Bedroom rave. Yep yep, went straight into my five star ratings for my ipod and now assists me on many a commute.

Owl Of Minerva is a collection of South Central’s finest from the past two years, all the stuff you couldn’t get on CD or mp3 anywhere else. To date, South Central has remixed artists including Klaxons, Van She, The Whip, Metronomy, Shy Child, Maccabees and Shitdisco, the list goes on…

For me, the strongest tracks on the CD are ‘Golden Dawn’ and ‘Nothing Can Go Wrong’ - something about them touches me… and in an almost inappropriate way? They move me; interacting with my soul as well as my ear drums. I like them. They make me feel.

Do me a favor.. feast; MP3: South Central - Aeon

Hope all is well across everyone’s corners… Thanks for the emails from Russia, they were awesome ^_^ Keep them coming!

- Luu

It’s that time of year again when Kitsuné Music release another brilliant compilation of the artists on their label. Kitsuné Music was created in 2002, and is part of the Kitsuné Fashion Label. Artists such as, Alan Braxe, autoKratz, Bloc Party, Boys Noize, Digitalism, Hadouken!, Klaxons, Simian Mobile Disco and many more have found themselves part of the Kitsuné entourage at some point.

I first heard about the record label about 2 years ago when I first heard Lo-Fi-Fnk’s: Change Channel and Metronomy’s track: This Could Be Beautiful emerge from the first Kitsuné Maison Compilation. I was instantly hooked and thinking back, was one of the first CD’s that really made me explore the apparent boom of electro sounds coming from Paris.

Released on October 27th, the Kitsuné Maison Compilation 6 is tagged, “The Melodic One”. Lo-Fi-Fnk start the album nicely with their usual but more defined style, whilst Digitalism, Beni, autoKratz and many others carry you through the album at a nice pace with some great new music. It’s pretty similar to what you would expect from the Kitsuné Maison series except I found that a lot of the bands/artists had a more evolved and mature sound to when they first appeared on the scene. Kitsuné themselves say; “There is a Kitsuné sound, but it keeps on evolving towards always more melody. A sometimes aggressive, violent sound and sometimes throbbing, melancholic or all of that at once.”

More evolved or not, I am loving the new album and it fits in nicely to the past editions. Definitely worth a listen.

- Stuart

Hii guys, Matt here after a long absence! It’s good to be back!

So since I last posted there’s been so much music floating about that i love… too much for one post. So I’m just going to centre on one band today: Late of the Pier!

You may have heard of these guys, they have been releasing singles and demos since March 2007, and they have supported some awesome bands like Hadouken! and Justice on recent tour dates. If you haven’t heard of them, you should definitely check them out! Their debut album, Fantasy Black Channel was released in the UK in August, with a number of the singles they had previously released as well as their upcoming single ‘Bathroom Gurgle’.

I myself absolutely LOVE the album. Their self described ‘Thrash’ music is well summed up by the album art - hard to describe, yet utterly beautiful given the chance. Every track could be the stand-out track of the album in it’s own right, as every song is completely different to the next. Despite this, the album flows well, being gapless at the beginning. The intro ‘Hot Tent Blues’ leads well into ‘Broken’, an obvious choice for the first track due to its extreme catchiness.

The previously released singles, as you would expect, are amazing, and new tracks match their quality while perfectly complimenting the rest of the album. At 43 minutes long, the album is a perfect length to satisfy your synthpop cravings while not losing your attention.

It has everything an album should offer: great album art, a fantastic selection of music and of course, a hidden track at the end! Their new single, ‘Bathroom Gurgle’, is being re-released on October 2nd in the UK. Check it out on iTunes here. You should so buy it!!

The band is on tour at the moment so if you are near any of the venues then you should definitely get down there! Check out their myspace page for dates and venues.

Well that’s enough from me for today! Luu hasn’t got the internet at the moment, so I’m going to be taking over no doubt until she gets it back I’ll see you kids sooon!

Matt
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