Tim Hecker #2 in Drowned in Sound’s 50 Favourite Albums Of The Year 2011 (Posted By Harry)

Tim Hecker (Kranky)

Tim Hecker in DiS 50 Favourite Albums Of The Year Tim Hecker// Ravedeath 1972 [Kranky] Great news that Tim Hecker has been placed at #2 in Drowned In Sound’s albums end of year list, an album that definitely deserves it. Tim Hecker ‘Hatred of Music I’ [Kranky] Here’s the list in full, see what you … Continue reading

Blue Daisy// Nicolas Jaar// Walls in MOJO’s Electronica Top Ten Albums 2011 (Posted By Harry)

Blue Daisy

MOJO‘s ELECTRONICA TOP TEN ALBUMS 2011 Compiled By Stephen Worthy 01. Blue Daisy         The Sunday Gift (Black Acre) 02. Machinedrum Room (s) (Planet Mu) 03. Zomby Dedication (4AD) 04. Nicolas Jaar         Space Is Only Noise (Circus Company) 05. James Blake James Blake (Atlas/ A&M) 06. Africa Hitech 93 Million Miles (Warp) 07. Kode … Continue reading

Dummy Interview // Walls + Download Dummy Mix 101 (Posted By Harry)

Wall 'Coracle' Kompakt

Dummy interviews Walls + Dummy Mix 101 Walls ‘Coracle’ Kompakt “Sam Willis and Alessio Natalizia have done quite a bit since their last Walls Dummy Mix. They’ve released two fantastic albums, toured every which way, and even found time for  musical side projects. Their last album, ‘Coracle’, is a stunning landscape of sound punctuated by … Continue reading

“This is house music at its very best” The Field’s Q Review (Posted By Harry)

The Field-Looping State Of Mind (Kompakt)

Q Review of The Field’s  ‘Looping State Of Mind’ The Field “Looping State Of Mind” (Kompakt) “…Each of the album’s seven tracks starts with a simple groove and meticulously builds on those foundations, creating a collection of electronic soundscapes that somehow occupy a parallel space between the dancefloor and the after-party…Boundless and ecstatic, this is … Continue reading

Walls ‘Coracle’ gets an 8 in NME (Posted By Harry)

Wall 'Coracle' (Kompakt)

Walls in NME Walls ‘Coracle’ (Kompakt) Album Review in NME – 8 “London – based Walls duo Sam Willis and Alessio Natalizia put journos in floatation tanks to experience their new album ‘Coracle’; it was a cunning ruse for a record whose luminous soundscapes are at once alien yet familiar, adding hazy heartbeat rhythms to … Continue reading

Walls ‘Coracle’ Review in The Times and MOJO (Posted By Harry)

Wall 'Coracle' (Kompakt)

Walls ‘Coracle’ Reviewed in The Times and MOJO Walls ‘Coracle’ (Kompakt) Out Now The Times 4/5 Stars (October) “…Raw Umber/ Twilight would sound great in a draughty  bus shelter in Swindon. With vocal loops floating plangent sounds, many of the tracks here are reminiscent of the German ambient maestro Ulrich Schnauss – and in this … Continue reading

NEW ALBUM / SINGLE RELEASES from SRD (Posted By Tony)

Joakim

New Album / Single Releases from SRD In no particular order New Album Releases 01. Walls ‘Coracle’ LP/CD (Kompakt) Electronic/Ambient/Shoegaze 02. Gui Boratto ‘III’ 2xLP/CD (Kompakt) Electronic    03.  Roman Flugel ‘Fatty Folders’ 2xLP/CD (Dial) Electronic 04. Joakim ‘Nothing Gold’  (Tigersushi) Electronic CD 05. Nadine Carina ‘Magic Box’ Electronic CD (Stattmusik) Singer Songwriter 06. Alias ‘Fever … Continue reading

Walls is ‘Song Of The Day’ on The Line Of Best Fit (Posted By Harry)

Wall 'Coracle' (Kompakt)

Walls ‘Raw Umber / Twilight’ is ‘Song Of The Day’ on The Line Of Best Fit “…Walls are also very good at channeling that straight-to-the-gut emotion… tracks like ‘Raw Umber/Twilight’ are all about simple, familiar, wide-eyed basslines…” Written By Josh Hall Read it in full here Walls’Coracle’ out on Kompakt on 26th September Walls ‘Raw … Continue reading

FoxyDigitalis Interviews Walls (Posted By Harry)

Wall 'Coracle' (Kompakt)

FoxyDigitalis Interviews Walls Kompakt will release Coracle on 26th September In 2010 Sam Willis of London DJ duo Allez-Allez came together with Alessio Natalizia of bedroom pop project Banjo Or Freakout to release the first, self-titled WALLS album. Released on Kompakt, the über-slick German label best known for records by The Field, Gui Boratto and … Continue reading

Walls Leftfield and Disco Single of the Month in DJ Mag (Posted By Harry)

Wall 'Coracle' (Kompakt)

Walls in DJ Mag  Walls (Kompakt) Here comes the money shot… Walls are September’s Money Shot: Leftfield Single of the Month and Disco Single of the month in DJ Magazine. Leftfield Single of the Month ” It’s easy to see why Walls are mentioned in the same breath as Battles, Paw Tracks and Caribou…And with … Continue reading