Paper Fight Blog

amiina

2007-10-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

A video from the breathtaking amiina.

Amiina - Glámur @ Iceland Airwaves 2007

boxcutter

2007-10-21T19:10:00.000-07:00

A gorgeous dub from the new Planet Mu '200' CD - which you can buy here. For fans of Burial and some of the deeper stuff on Tempa records.

Enjoy!

mp3: Boxcutter - Good You (Dub)

chromatics

2007-09-11T16:15:00.000-07:00

Staggering italo-disco retake of the Kate Bush classic, effortlessley outclassing all other synth redo's out this year by a factor of .. a million?

Enjoy!

mp3: ~~The Chromatics - Running up that Hill~~

vector lovers / mixtapes & cellmates / dr blue

2007-09-03T17:01:00.000-07:00

Well, its been party-central at Paper-Fight since the new Vector Lovers album came out. Make sure you go out and buy this sucker. There's tons more variation than on the last, self-titled album.. there's even some vocals! (shock-horror). And plenty of the trademark blissful textures and plink-plonk noises.

Also, an awesome track from Mixtapes & Cellmates (think Postal Service / Dntel), and an absolutely massive dub track that has come out of nowhere and blown heads all around.

Enjoy!

mp3: Vector Lovers - Hush Now
mp3: Mixtapes & Cellmates - Quiet
mp3: Dr Blue - Who Make We

old school sunday mixtape #1

2007-07-29T07:15:00.000-07:00

Here's the first paper-fight summer sunday mixtape! I've put together some old-school mid/late 90s electronica, mostly british stuff.

British electronica went through some fascinating iterations in the 90s, from the early 1990s post-rave ambient house (VERY under-represented here, but see the ORB track) to the 1994-1995 rich layered psychadelic-samplefests (FSOL - Among Myselves). As the mid 90s carried on, we saw electronica mix with british indie, headed by the Chemical Brothers, Fluke, etc. The staggering Surgeon / Mogwai remix is a hightlight of this entire decade. On the dance side, LTJ Bukems Good Looking label was unstoppable, I think the two records here, 'Atlantis' and 'Alpha-7' does its back catalogue from this time some justice, though there was a LOT of output here, and i'm sure everyone has their favourites.

Enjoy!

OLD SCHOOL SUNDAY MIXTAPE #1

Chemical Brothers - Dream On
Ken Ishii - Endless Season
The Orb - Star 6 & 7,8,9
Future Sound Of London - Room 208
Fluke - Setback
Chemical Brothers - Where Do I Begin
Mogwai - Fear Satan (Surgeon Remix)
Teknotika - Interview With An Alien
Future Sound of London - Among Myselves
LTJ Bukem - Atlantis (I need you)
Blame - Alpha 7

husky rescue

2007-07-22T07:40:00.000-07:00

Check out this ambient pop band from Finland, Husky Rescue. Their new album, Ghost is not real, is halfway indie-bliss-pop, halfway bleeps and clicks. This awesome electronica number appears towards the end of the album, its too good not to share.

mp3: Husky Rescue - Shadow Run

chemical brothers / dizzee rascal

2007-06-26T01:24:00.000-07:00

First, possibly the greatest Chemical Brothers epic ever. Crashing in near the ten-minute-mark, 'The Private Psychadelic Reel' is the swirling colour-fused climax of 'Dig Your Own Hole'. Part eastern - all big beat, the sound is distinctly friday-night-at-glastonbury.. drinking cider as the sun goes down. This is for everyone in Pilton trying to make their way home! :)

Second up, a staggering 2-step revival track from Dizzee Rascals new album, 'Maths and English'. Sci-Fi Bleeps make the electronica kids dig.. but this is a pure 1999 club banger.. enjoy!

mp3: The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychadelic Reel
mp3: Dizzee Rascal - Flex

amazon 2

2007-06-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

After a nice holiday, I'm back :)

Tons of jungle came out in 1994-1995 which really pushed the envelope of cut-sampling; there are scores of drill/chop/idm/* fans who have a really limited awareness of anything outside of Squarepusher. Here's how it is: Mid 90s jungle-heads still run rings around 99% of the chop-up samplists who came after them. Its true!

Case in point:

mp3: Amazon 2 - Booyah (Remix) - 1994

kammerflimmer kollektief

2007-06-11T21:58:00.000-07:00

(for liz)

Two bands big on the luscious, epic side of electronica-folk crossover.. the sublime Kammerflimmer Kollektief from Germany, and the multi-instrumental bliss-pop of the Matinee Orchestra. Make a cup of tea, go sit in the long grass, and listen to these:

mp3: Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Live at the Cactus Tree Motel
mp3: Matinee Orchestra - Its a Fantasy World (Everyone Has the Right to Protest Even if No One Listens)
mp3: Matinee Orchestra - Imagination of a Watermelon

matzak

2007-06-08T07:07:00.000-07:00

Matzaks myspace sounds like how i'd write a description for this blog: electronic, playful and cosy, homey sounds.

No guesses why, then, I think you're going to love this song. From the LP "Life Beginnings" out on Boxer Records, we have something inbetween the clicks of Holden, the warmth of Nathan Fake and the delicacy of say.. Vector Lovers..x

http://myspace.com/matzakboxer

mp3: Matzak - Dadadaughter

beth orton

2007-06-05T20:03:00.000-07:00

Every boy into folk-indie-tronica is in love with Beth Orton, its as simple as that. Not only does she have a voice that sums up everything shoegaze, but she's not scared to make ten minute tracks, and.. oh.. some of the best end-of-album Chemical Brothers epics feature her. I <3 you, Beth Orton.

mp3: Beth Orton - Touch Me With Your Love

skream

2007-06-04T18:08:00.000-07:00

Ever since the first acetates of 'Midnight Request Line' got ripped and uploaded, every dubstep blogger with a keyboard had a slightly different speculation as to who would sign Skream. Tempa finally got the gig, and who better? The long time champions of dark 2, ..3 step is home to Hatcha and Banga, no less.

A few years on, they've let Skream press out a fair proportion of his much-rumoured chock-full hard drive; Skreamizm Vol. 3 shows no sign of over-supply whatsoever. The best cut on the EP, 'Check it' features Warrior Queen .. anyone listening to the pre-dubstep heavy broken-riddim scene a few years back will remember the devestating vocal she did for Sunship on 'Almighty Father'. 'Check it' is another sweet vocal - meets - devestating riddim track. Anyone with half a brain will get down to DMZ over the next month or two to see how this one goes down.

mp3: Skream - Check It (Vocal)

boy in static

2007-06-03T19:38:00.000-07:00

Glitch-click acoustica that doesn't compromise drenching guitar melodies for anything more synthesized. One of the handful of artists who bring their unplugged skills to this amazing genre. For fans of Four Tet circa 'Rounds' and dntel.

mp3: Boy in Static - Bellyfull

crystal castles

2007-05-31T22:37:00.000-07:00

Girl-Boy electro robo-pop from Toronto blips Crystal Castles. Everyone who sees this band loves them, they're mega-styled and manage to stay FUN. Listen to this song!

mp3: Crystal Castles - Air War

Whistla

2007-05-23T04:54:00.000-07:00

In a world of gloomy dubstep, Whistla brings us this awesomely cheerful 6am bassline track. With a cheeky 80s sample (listen and see..) and warrrrrrm bassline, its everything you want to nod to in your car on the way back from dancing all night.

mp3: Whistla - My Father and I (7mb)
homepage: wwww.djwhistla.com

The Great Gig In The Sky

2007-05-22T15:42:00.000-07:00

Ok, so this has gone.. but isnt this the perfect gig?

Saint Etienne

2007-05-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

Welcome to 1992, baggy trousers, raving to indie, a sweet holiday from hardcore. Classic girl-pop vocal indie-dance perfection.

  mp3: Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (6mb)

  homepage: www.saintetienne.com
  similar-artists: New Order, Stereolab, Primal Scream, Goldfrapp
  band-photo: click here
  tags: alternative, brit-pop, electronica, indie-pop

Badun

2007-05-20T21:12:00.000-07:00

Danish Rump Records click-stars Badun win the prize for nicest sleeve-art this week. The self-titled 2xLP looks so nice that you might eat it by mistake.

so nice!

  mp3: From it's a trap! blog

  buy / samples / art: Juno Records
  similar-artists: Monday & Oakley, Suicide Sportsclub, Intravert
  band-photo: click here
  tags: drill n jazz, electronic, experimental, glitch, idm, post-post

Amiina

2007-05-20T16:12:00.000-07:00

Have a good weekend?

cheer yourself up on a gloomy monday morning; here's a song by the greatest band in the world, amiina. Go buy their album, Kurr. Haunting strings and night-sky hand-bells, what more could you want?

Enjoy :-)

  mp3: Amiina - Seoul (13mb)

  homepage: www.amiina.com/
  similar-artists: Múm, Yndi Halda, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sigur Rós, Efterklang
  band-photo: click here
  tags: ambient, electronic, experimental, icelandic, instrumental, minimalistic

Burial

2007-05-18T09:00:00.000-07:00

Dub inna year 4000 style,
dark future sound of london-scapes
burial shows how he has sent a world of
dubsteppers and city kids into a frenzy
.. enjoy a bleak tomorrow :)

mp3: Burial - Distant Lights (7mb)

Matthew Dear / Four Tet

2007-05-16T21:39:00.000-07:00

Summers day plink
plonk four-tet wonder,
bliss over-working of
minimal hotcake Matthew Dear

mp3: Matthew Dear - Deserter (Four Tet Remix) (9mb)

SEEFEEL

2007-05-15T23:55:00.000-07:00

ambient house
sounds like years gone by
for fans of the orb / orbital
dreamy
float on
whiteness

:-)

mp3: Seefeel - Climactic Phase 3 (8mb)

PSAPP AT THE ARCHES

2007-04-30T15:59:00.000-07:00

Marina del Rey (Photos)

2007-04-29T19:04:00.000-07:00

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Casino versus Japan - Search For The Sun

2007-04-27T07:18:00.000-07:00

Casio bleeps, ring-mod distortions and soaking harmonies. YES! That is what this blog is all about.. electronica that makes you float. Casino versus Japan is Erik Kowalski. He's a long time music collector that sampled everything, then threw it all away, then collected again, then threw it all away; he shares the same ideas as lots of us. And he makes the music we love, too. Check out his song, Search For The Sun. You'll love it. Mp3: Casino versus Japan - Search For The Sun Web - http://www.casinoversusjapan.com Wikip - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Versus_Japan Mahsp - http://www.myspace.com/casinovsjapan