Jan Jelinek Liberates Samples

A new Jelinek album, under another new name (we all know that he is, of course, Ursula Bogner as well).

The second faitiche release is planned for 29th of may. The author of this audiocollage is an anonymous member of the ‘Gesellschaft  zur Emanzipation des Samples’ (english: Society for the Emancipation of Sampling). Album title: Circulations.

You can hear samples of the first four tracks on the Faitiche site. Sounds lush!

Burial + Four Tet = Awesome

An exciting collab to say the least! You have the melodic and organic qualities of Mr. Hebdan combined with the dubstep beats and textures/atmosphere that have made Burial a household name (among connoisseurs of fine electronic music at least).  I put in my preorder for this 12″ at Norman Records, who look to be getting more in stock soon. Full streaming versions of both tracks can be heard here. Now we can only hope that an unexpected full-length from these two pops up as well!

Best of 2008

Here is a list of my favorites from last year which I have tried to whittle down to 20 (almost impossible given the amount of music I listen to). In no particular order:

Fennesz – Black Sea
Neil Halstead – Oh! Mighty Engine
Move D & Benjamin Brunn – Songs from the Beehive
Skyphone – Avellaneda
Bohren & der Club of Gore – Dolores
Autistici – Volume Objects
Sigur Ros – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
Koen Holtkamp – Field Rituals
Peter Broderick – Float
TV on the Radio – Dear Science
Why? – Alopecia
Paavoharju – Laulu Laakson Kukista
Cut Copy – In Ghost Colours
Fleet Foxes – s/t
Beach House – Devotion
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Tomoyoshi Date – Human Being
Flying Lotus – Los Angeles
Advisory Circle  – Other Channels
Deerhunter – Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.

Jasmine 3″ cd

Jasmine 3" cd

I still have copies of the Smallfish disc available should anyone desire one- shoot me an e-mail at michaelcottone@gmail.com . Here is what Mr. Smallfish had to say about the disc:

I fell in love with Michael Cottone’s Green Kingdom album on the Sem label when it came out last year, so I’m extremely pleased to be able to bring you this superb 3″ release on Smallfish. What can I say, really? A deeply beautiful selection of organic, atmospheric electronic music lovingly created using guitars and processing. The sense of space and depth is what always strikes me when listening to it and the sheer exquisite beauty shines through every time. There’s an oriental lilt to a couple of the tracks (reflected I think in the titles of a couple of the tracks) and it all combines to create a soothing, ethereal and sublime EP. The combination of Michael’s undeniable talents and the mastering skills of Taylor Deupree have come together to give us an absolutely lovely release. Limited to 100 copies.

Laminae

Information on the new album is now available on The Land Of website.

New cdr soon…

Some quick news- a new cdr entitled Laminae will be released soon on the wonderful label The Land Of. This will be a limited edition of 100 copies. More soon…

http://www.thelandof.org

The Green Kingdom Available on iTunes

   

The Green Kingdom reviews

The reviews are coming in and all seem to be very positive. They can be read on the SEM label website here

Room40 Airport Symphony Virtual Terminal

I am pleased to announce that a piece entitled Tension/Release has been included in the Airport Symphony mp3 edition.

Click Here for info and downloads

New cd on SEM label

The Green Kingdom – The Green Kingdom

S/T cd release is now available, click here for more info and audio

With The Green Kingdom LP, compositions blur the lines between soundscape and structure while keeping a sharp focus on melody with the guitar playing a central role. The album is comprised of manipulated acoustic and electronic sources, sampled textures, noise and field recordings.

Imbued with a sense of “optimistic nostalgia”, Mike Cottone’s soundworlds encourage introspective explorations and provide an escape from our sometimes hectic lives. more>