Your Digital Daily for Wednesday, February 22, 2012

EB Listening: RareBit’s album Daizo streaming in full

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 in EB Listening, Features by Moritz Gayard about Friends of Friends

EB Listening: RareBit's album Daizo streaming in full Rarebit is the alias of graphic designer, film composer and tree climber Justin Hopkins, who is also (and most obviously) a maker of very fine beats. He was the founding member of the experimental operating collective Sequins and Skeletons but these days Justin is part of Los Angeles’ NonProject‘s label which is one of the most underrated labels on earth. Today we are more than happy to unwrap his long-awaited debut full length, Daizo – named after his grandfather. Now enter relax mode and listen to some avant-garde music where free jazz meets new school electronics:

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Cover art by Justin himself, RareBit’s album Daizo is out February, 28th via Non Projects.

EB Listening: Emptyset – Collapsed EP

Monday, October 01, 2012 in EB Listening, Features

After last year’s Demiurge – an outstanding beast of an album – we are happy to unveil the latest brainchild from the Bristol duo. The Collapsed EP is out next week through the Chemnitz-based Raster Noton label. – more

EB Listening: Gesaffelstein – Rise of Depravity

Friday, July 06, 2012 in EB Listening, Features

Gesaffelstein est de retour! How can you say no to crisply dense and gorgeously heavy production that not only makes you dance, but also reaches into your soul and asks the question: are we human or are we ravers? The rising French producer is just about to overtake the techno throne that Justice created a – more

EB Listening: Jóhannsson/Hauschka/O’Halloran’s Transcendentalism EP streaming in full

Wednesday, May 02, 2012 in EB Listening, Features

In honor of their 130701 Transcendentalists Tour 2012 (featuring the gorgeous, post-classical experiments of Hauschka, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Dustin O’Halloran) FatCat Records is also issuing an EP featuring exclusive new and reworked material from all three artists. We’re pleased to bring you a pre-release listening stream of Transcendentalism, which is available below: 15 May – – more

EB Listening: Nomenklatür – Fascinated by The Chaos

Friday, January 06, 2012 in EB Listening, Features

Time for some magnifique french techno! Today we’re happy to present the exclusive EB-Listening of Nomenklatür‘s upcoming album called Fascinated by The Chaos. It’s the follow-up to their acclaimed debut album Gift Of Ages which came out two years ago via Space Factory. With their sophomore album the Paris-based duo, which consists of Olivier Rossi – more