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"Montreal's Montag (aka Antoine Bedard) got lonely making music by himself. After working all alone on his first record for France's Gooom Disques (M83, Cyann & Ben), Antoine decided it was time to share his knowledge of arrangement and orchestration by enlisting the help of friends such as James Cargill of Broadcast (Warp Records, Drag City), Amy Millan from Stars and Broken Social Scene (Arts & Crafts), and Sixtoo (Ninja Tune, Anticon). With its strings, horns, wind instruments, layered vocals and analog synths, Montag's Alone, Not Alone has a lush sophisticated sound that helps redefine classic electric pop."
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"In 2002, we called it 'Nu-Indie'. That pissed people off (who knew?). At the time, New Zealand's Bevan Smith successfully married the digital and analog worlds with Signer's Low Light Dreams. Now the honeymoon is over and this couple is in it for the long haul. No longer are the two distinct; they have become one. Bevan spent some time listening to his favorite indie slow-jams (Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Laughingstock-era Talk Talk et.al) and decided he should make the first proper fuzzed-out pop gem of the 21st century. Signer's The New Face of Smiling chews on all of Bevan's experience in indie bands and electronica and spits them back out into something brand new yet somehow familiar. Those with a sense of humor can call it 'Nu-Gazing'."
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"Wanna buy a Craprak? A unique multimedia CD sampler selling at a special low price, that will make everyone's wallet very happy. Wanna buy a Craprak? contains 13 audio tracks and 4 videos from all of your favorite Carpark artists (such as Marumari, Greg Davis, Kit Clayton, Safety Scissors, Kid 606, Dinky Ogurusu Norihide, and Signer). Many of the tracks are taken from future and past Carpark releases, some are exclusive (Lake Mandell, Freescha, Takagi Masakatsu, Hrvatski, and 242phots)."
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"Playfulness. competition. innocence. cruelty. excitement. anxiety. ping. pong. A fast-paced volley of broken thoughts and insecurities, this story charts the wavering desires of two petty humans trying desperately to conform to an indiscoverable standard. In this fruitless effort they travel through wildly divergent territories of the familiar and inaccessible with rapid bursts of alternating comfort and confusion. Ripe with the melodrama and intrigue of our exceedingly product-focused lives, reality TV has never been so compelling. Exhilaratingly brisk, charmingly raw, and unquestionably musical, the Ping Pong EP fills us with hope for the new world we've already forgotten."
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"First forward-thinking musicians began experimenting with electronic instruments, then some abandoned the traditional band setup (and the band) entirely for the computer. It's a trend that has been observed by New Zealand native Bevan Smith (aka Signer) for many years. Abandoning his indie rock past and embracing the burgeoning 'electronic' scene of the mid 90s, Bevan created many gorgeous IDM and ambient techno records as Aspen and Signer. Yet after a while he felt constrained by the digital music making process. It had become as formulaic as the indie rock he abandoned in the 90s. It was time once again for something new. Low Light Dreams explores a sound that Bevan himself calls 'nu-indie': incorporating elements from first-wave post-rockers like Seefeel, dub-influenced techno, and some of the more blissed-out items from the Kranky Records' catalog."
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"Is this a rock record, a folk record or electronic record? Surely the rockers will think it's 'electronic', while the computer kids will find it 'rockist', and well... who knows what the folk listeners will think. Regardless, Greg Davis has created a record that truly transcends these marketing genres. Arbor is something wholly new that manages to incorporate all these elements and more. In structural and aesthetic terms, think of a mix between John Fahey's early acoustic records, Fennesz's Endless Summer, and Jim O'Rourke's solo work. Carpark is certain that Arbor is the harbinger of a new type of music we like to think of as 'laptop folk'. If it isn't already obvious, laptop IS the new folk."
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"Carpark is pleased to present the 4th full length recording from Marumari (his 3rd for Carpark) entitled Supermogadon. The continuing effects of interstellar space travel combined with extended stays in New England have created even more musical building blocks for our young space traveler to work with. Dare we call Supermogadon more 'mature' even though Marumari is ageless? Our boy has taken elements of smooth jazz, 80s alternative rock, and 70s American radio hits and given them a more playful digital interpretation. Sadly for marketing departments around the world, this is dance music that fits no currently existing dance genre."
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"Once set in motion, these songs express what words cannot: the ineffable sensations accorded to desire and attachment. Much has been said about the dehumanizing aspects of computer technology. Jake Mandell revises these luddite notions and claims the computer as the 20th century humanizer par excellence. Love Songs... leaves no computer music movement untouched. From the poppy new waveness of New Order and early Human League, to the unique timbres and rhythms can only be achieved with late 20th century computer software, this CD brings the last 50 years of computer music history together into one very bold emotional statement."
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"With this, Marumari's third full length (and their second for Carpark) we find our young space traveler in a state of transition. The first half of the record emerges from the interests on Marumari's Ballad of the Round Ball, where strange, decontextualized tones integrated freshly with space-age melodies and glitchy robust beats. The second half of The Wolves Hollow finds Marumari pursuing different ideas. Here he is less concerned with the song and more concerned with layers (I hate to use the work tracks). Listened to as a whole, it is a masterful statement sure to please all those in tune with the future."
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"Formed in the 2000th year of the new history. All the cultures and races of the universe were now in alliance, and interstellar travel and trade resulted. Ships flew freely from one planet to another, and all seemed well among the galaxies... then Marumari arrived. Originally from the planet Earth before emigrating to Zebes, Marumari's career began as a young man reading Omni magazine in upstate New York. From there, he acquired the scientific skills of a certified space hunter and hence initiated his travels throughout the galaxy. Upon coming into contact with the musical people of Chozo, Marumari realized that his future lay in communicating the sounds he had often heard in his head as a young man while riding his bike up to the local Dairy Queen. From that point, Marumari took leave of his position in the space hunters and purchased a small villa on the remote planet of Tourian. Here he began his journey as a messenger of the future. The first product of these sessions has been transmitted back to Marumari's home planet Earth and has been named Ballad Of The Round Ball. Interceptors have called the sounds 'electronic pop music'."
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"We're excited to present The Placekick EP: 7 tracks made three million years in the future by a 24 year old raised by cats, fed by curry, and mentored by a senile artificial intelligence." The CD is sorta football-shaped, you'll have to see it to, uh, "believe" it. If you're lucky, you might stumble in front of a highly accelerated train before your eyes ever meet up with such a sight.
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