He recently released the Summer USA 7” on Make Mine Records (also available via Rough Trade), after having released the majority of his music via the Cats Purring collective (on free download the Cosmic Caverns EP) and Chill Mega Chill.

Here’s a brand new track apt for late spring period. Be sure to check out the – full of interesting thoughts – interview (after the jump) and to stay tuned for his upcoming music.

Tommy Toussaint – I Don’t Wanna Cry [mp3]
(thanks to Andre Sousa for mastering)

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Where do you live actually?

Harlem, NY

What is the last thing you ate?

Moonpie

Your addiction ?

Baths

What do you collect?

Bytes

What is your favorite word?

Precocious

What sound or noise do you love?

The SP-303 Tape Echo effect

What is your most recent extravagance?

Box wine (Rosé)

Who is the most interesting person you’ve ever met?

Mr. Bhattacharya, one of my next door neighbors growing up. He claimed he had the cure for AIDS and was working on the HIV vaccine, but according to him, the US govt was giving him problems. All the families and kids on the block talked about it. I got to see it in his basement one day. I was playing basketball in my driveway and he invited me over to check it out, which is super sketchy in hindsight, but sure enough, he had a fully functioning laboratory down there with boiling vats of both clear and pink liquid. We found out years later that he had been arrested for practicing medicine on humans with only a veterinarian’s license. I still believe that I saw the real cure though.

One book?

Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino

Which song do you listen to when you wake up?

It varies. Lately they’ve been, “When the morning comes” by Hall and Oates, “Gotta Get Up” by Harry Nilsson, or “Our Prayer” by The Beach Boys

A song you wish you wrote yourself?

No Diggity by Blackstreet

Your sunday morning track?

“One Bad Habit” by Micheal Franks

One website?

I can’t choose one. RHIZOME.ORG or Wikipedia will do me just fine.

What do you think about music industry in 2012?

Industry and art are a funny combination, but I think with all the advances in digital technology and the broad scale of the Internet, the state of music distribution and creation is currently at its most democratized. Artists have the ability to produce and share what they create with less financial and political constraint and labels such as this (Bad Panda) serve as a perfect example of how sharing art should work. Of course, even online, especially in the blogosphere, there are still plenty of vain political mechanisms operating in the realm of PR and coverage, but the music “industry” is in a hopeful place.

What about Creative Commons?

Viva la revolution

Favorite venue?

Watt Club in Athens, GA

Favorite concert?

Hmmm…I’d say either Group Doueh at the Animal Collective curated ATP in May, 2011 or the Beach Boys reunion tour concert at Beacon Theatre in NYC.

Favorite place in the world?

The Greek isle of Hydra. There are no cars there, only donkeys and boats. Jump off cliffs all day and drink ouzo all night. Pretty much paradise.

Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?

Beside agent Dana Scully

Pandreas – Sirkel(Sag) [mp3]

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Where do you live actually?

I come from a town in Norway called Ulsteinvik, but i currently reside in Bergen.

What do you collect?

I try to collect camera equipment, but it’s quite expensive!

What sound or noise do you love?

Nothing better than a good sample.

Who is the most interesting person you’ve ever met?

Can’t really come up with anyone, i prefer normal uninteresting people.

One quote?

Anything from Michael Scott of The Office US.

One movie?

Anchorman! Or maye The Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou.

One book?

Harens År by Arto Paasilinna

One website?

Hypetrak.com

A song you wish you wrote yourself?

Spaceship by Kanye West

Which song do you listen to when you wake up?

Lately, Thirtheen by Big Star has been playing a lot on my way to school.

A song for relaxing on a beach?

Toro y Moi – Imprint After. Perfect summer song.

Your sunday morning track?

Bon Iver – re:stacks.

What do you think about music industry in 2012?

So much good music! But i suppose it’s hard to make any money.

What about Creative Commons?

Very clever, digital art should be free and available.

Favorite venue?

I really like the Øya festival in Norway.

Favorite concert?

Honestly, i have no idea, there’s so many! But seeing Kanye West last summer was crazy.

Favorite place in the world?

My hometown, Ulsteinvik.

Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?

Hawaii? That would be nice.

Debut LP “Night Drops” will be out in june, meanwhile pre-order one of the 100 numbered CDs before they’re gone forever and follow Indian Wells on FB or SNDCLD or sign up his mailing list for more news/mp3s.

Hypermagic – Piffy On A Rock [mp3]

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Where do you live actually?

In the middle of the middle of one side of middle England.

What is the last thing you ate?

a chocolate biscuit

Your addiction ?

Uk skate videos

What do you collect?

Small change

What is your favorite word?

sssshhhhhhh

What sound or noise do you love?

guitar feedback

What is your most recent extravagance?

moving out of London

Who is the most interesting person you’ve ever met?

my baby daughter – everything she does is new.

One quote?

“I’ve learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly.” Peter Cook

One movie?

The Wicker Man

One book?

Narcissus and Goldmund – Herman Hesse

The song to be played at your funeral?

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – The Band

A song you wish you wrote yourself?

River Man – Nick Drake

Which song do you listen to when you wake up?

Bird song

A song for relaxing on a beach?

Candy Shoppe – Emeralds

Your sunday morning track?

Desert Island Discs theme

What do you think about music industry in 2012?

Amazing – you can do anything you like on your own terms and find anything that has ever been recorded in an instant. How can you argue with that?!

What about Creative Commons?

A neat idea, but remains to be seen how effective it will be. Intellectual property rights are dying (except broadcast royalties), and cannot be salvaged. If anyone would like to be a patron of the hypermagic world then every quid will be gratefully received.

Favorite venue?

The Bastard Club, Berlin.

Favorite concert?

A tough choice between Do Make Say Think at Tanned Tin, Santander 2003 and Enablers @ Bardens Boudoir, London 2005

Favorite place in the world?

The edge of the water at South Queensferry.

Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?

The possibilities are infinite…how can I possibly choose?

Anon – Jungle Rag [mp3]

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 Jungle Rag video directed by Oliver Jennings.

Where do you live actually?

North London, just near the Arsenal.

What is the last thing you ate?

Toast – with my coffee – still waking up.

Your addiction ?

My computer – sad but I am hooked to it – on the internet, working, making music.  I wish it wasn’t so but there we go.

What sound or noise do you love?

Crumpling leaves at the moment. I have got into a new habit of walking around with my headphones plugged into my field recorder, turned up really loud, so you’re ears become hyper-sensitive. Then just hitting shit, standing on stuff and listening in on people. It’s a bit weird and voyeuristic but you can get lost and everything draws your attention . I really recommend it.

What do you collect?

Records, Books, shit facts.

What is your favorite word?

This changes regularly – today its ‘meek’

Who is the most interesting person you’ve ever met?

John Peel – no doubt. A legend.

What is your most recent extravagance?

An electronic drum kit – especially as I hadn’t learned how to drum yet. I am learning at the moment.

One quote?

“Blessed are the Cheesemakers”

One movie?

In reference to the above – Life of Brian

One book?

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat – Oliver Sachs. Fascinating.

The song to be played at your funeral?

Always look on the Bright Side of Life – Monty Python. I fucking hate dark funerals. Make them laugh.

A song you wish you wrote yourself?

Too many to choose – so an epic one I suppose – Paranoid Android – Radiohead.

Which song do you listen to when you wake up?

Sorry – I am Radio 4 all the way (BBC talk radio) then I have no repeat patterns. That would be a shame. I need change musically as everything else is exactly the same each morning

A song for relaxing on a beach?

All this music stuff changes daily – today – Beirut – Postcards From Italy (and the Italian reference is a coincidence)

Your sunday morning track?

Probably something classical, Sibelius? I don’t know that much about classical music but if there is a time meant for it, it is Sunday morning whilst making a roast.

One website?

Guardian.co.uk

What do you think about music industry?

Its a bit fucked but on the way back from massive turmoil. I went to see Flying Lotus in the Roundhouse in Camden, London, which was sold out and if that’s happening then at least good music is getting through. It’s just a shame the UK mainstream is so focused on reality TV stars and nostalgic reformed bands. I suppose really though there’s almost so much choice that it is overwhelming.

Favorite venue?

In London – Corsica Studios.

Favorite concert?

This is the hardest question. I have no idea. Clubwise – Aphex Twin @ Sonar in 2003? As for a  band gig – as I am forgetting everything I am going to say Chic @ Bestival on a Sunday hangover when the sun was out listening to disco. It wasn’t the best gig I am sure, but it was what I needed right then. The ego on Nile Rodgers was a show in itself but after what he’s written that’s fair enough.

Favorite place in the world?

I was going to say somewhere like Tuscany, but really it would have to be London. I love to get away and there are better place, but I always want to come back, it’s home.

Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?

In the southern hemisphere – somewhere. I feel like I need summer again already. Just not antartica.

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Miró Belle – Kiss This (Vol. 0) [zip]

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01 In Fielder [mp3]
02 Penny’s For Lame Thoughts [mp3]
03 La La Lava [mp3]
04 Visions Of Eclairs [mp3]
05 Here Comes The Sheeple [mp3]
06 February (Jones) March [mp3]

Where do you live actually?

California

What is the last thing you ate?

My trifecta (Beans/Fries/Guacamole)

Your addiction?

Water

What do you collect?

Knowledge?

What is your favorite word?

Trill

What sound or noise do you love?

Water

What is your most recent extravagance?

Shooting a film on 16mm

Who is the most interesting person you’ve ever met?

Thou shall not name drop.

One quote?

“Me, We” (by Muhammad Ali)

One movie?

Inland Empire (by David Lynch)

One book?

The Book (by Alan Watts)

One website?

Wikipedia

Which song do you listen to when you wake up?

Sweet Road (by Animal Collective) it’s my ringtone/alarm

A song you wish you wrote yourself?

El Scorcho (by Weezer)

The song to be played at your funeral?

Shampoo Suicide (by Broken Social Scene)

A song for relaxing on a beach?

Blessa (by Toro y Moi)

Your sunday morning track?

This Must Be The Place (by Talking Heads)

What about the music industry?

No Comment!

What about Creative Commons?

I’m all for it!

Favorite venue?

Henry Miller Library

Best concert attended?

Animal Collective

Favorite place on earth?

I’ll get back to you once I’ve gone everywhere.

Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?

Somewhere new? I’d also be fine with just waking up

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“I trust no one who hasn’t time for music. What a shame to Leave a child, or worse, a generation orphaned from one of life’s great beauties.” (Jack White)

“Folks who work here are professors. Don’t replace all the knowers with guessors keep’em open they’re the ears of the town” (Tom Waits)

“A proper record shop reminds us why we got into this in the first place – a place to be reminded of old friends, still in their spots on the shelves, a source of unexpected magic and lucid memories – a place that reminds us that music is more than dumb file sharing and the management of dead data by faceless sociopathic corporations, but a storehouse of dreams, both possible and impossible.” (Max Richter)

“Every time I am in a different city on tour, I make a point to hit the indie retail record stores to see what they’re spinning and selling, because i just LOVE being there…my own personal and sometimes anonymous church. You can’t get that feeling sitting behind your computer, ever.” (Amanda Palmer)

Andrea – Bedtime Stories EP [zip]

1. Work the Middle [mp3]
2. Going Down [mp3]
3. Work the Middle (Kodak to Graph Remix) [mp3]
4. Work the Middle (Kyson Remix) [mp3]
5. Work the Middle (Real Remix) [mp3]
6. Work the Middle (Grobbie Remix) [mp3]
7. Work the Middle (Splinter Remix) [mp3]

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Check out the interview with Andrea after the jump.

Where do you live actually?

I’m actually based in Paris. It’s not the best city to be making my kind of music, everything is techno/dubstep here, but i believe that internet makes frontiers disappear.

What sound or noise do you love?

There a lot of weird noises and sounds i hear threw the day that are worth loving, closing a door or even opening a can of coke are sounds that should get recorded ! unfortunately i dont own a small recorder or convenient mic to record all those noises, but someday i might work on that !

Which song do you listen to when you wake up?

Funny thing, Kayvon’s (Kodak to Graph) remix from my track ‘Work the Middle’ is my alarm clock song haha. I’ve got so much trouble waking up in the morning, i’m changing it very often but this one seems to work for me for now !

A song you wish you wrote yourself?

I’ve got a lot of issues with that, more than a single song, there’s full albums i wish i did, goes from early Bonobo or Portishead stuff to newer artists such as Mount Kimbie or Gold Panda.You could ask me that question day after day and the name of the song/artist would change.

What do you think about music industry?

It’s quite extraordinary, things are really changing, i’m pretty young but i can see things moving. Big music record companies are sinking, small ones are getting bigger, i think there’s a lot to do and i’m thrilled about the years ahead of us.

Favorite venue?
I play a set in a huge church in Paris last year. Even though it’s not the venue where i had the biggest audience, it was amazing to play in that kind of place, really magic, the natural reverb would make all my tracks have a whole new atmosphere.

Favorite place on earth?

The first that always comes to mind is Portishead, i’ve been a huge fan since i’m little, and seeing them was a dream become true.Phantogram was also really really good, i was listening to them non-stop for a year thinking they would never come to Paris, they’re even better live !

Where would you wish to wake up tomorrow?

Anywhere that blows my mind, gives me time to wonder around, and have people i love near me

Below you can listen /download the winning remix of the KDK remix competition + a couple of the many great runners up. Thank you so much to everyone for participating.