Alberto

Foxes in Fiction - Alberto EP (2010)

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\\\\YoungaBrotha's Favorite albums (at least some of them)////

///// YoungaBortha's favorites that somehow hadn't been posted on this blog yet... (Includes some releases from 2009)

Others (most of these did make it...)------>>>>>>

Atlas Sound - Bedroom databank Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4
Black Swan - In 8 Movements
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
Glass Vault - Glass EP
Grimes - Halfaxa (found in "downloads")
Memory Screen - Memory Screen EP
Mickey Mickey Rourke/ Mickey Brown ( under 5$ each, well worth it!) ///M M R available for free via Orchid Tapes.
Paneye - Lost in a Dark Aquarium
The Slaves - Ocean on Ocean (worth every penny!)
Teenage Reverb - Isolation Tape Night / Summit Demos
Trans-Bedroom Sound - Descending Dusk / Elmwood / Tundra
Weed - DC Hope / Down in the Valley EP (only 3$ each!)

And of course, my favorite album of the year! ---->>>>>>























Foxes in Fiction - Swung from the Branches (via Orchid Tapes)

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I also agree with most if not all of my brotha's picks...

Down in the Valley

Weed - Down in the Valley EP (2010) via BANDCAMP

////////Well worth the 3$!!!

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Lost in a Dark Aquarium

Paneye - Lost in a Dark Aquarium (2010) via Orchid Tapes

Actual Water

Actual Water - Double Negative (2008/2010) via Orchid Tapes

/// Awesome Reissue of Actual Water's second album on Warren Hildebrand's (Foxes in Fiction) Orchid Tapes!

Download it! Buy it! (limited to 25 copies) get one now!

Don't forget to check out the other Orchid Tapes releases! Hey, they're all free!

If you like 'em, buy 'em.

Guest Mix #1 : Foxes in Fiction

Guest Mix #1 : Foxes in Fiction

Foxes in Fiction's Warren Hildebrand kindly accepted our request to create the very first Somatose guest mixtape! Thank You!

HERE IT IS,
ENJOY !

Info by Warren Hildebrand:

"Now with the weather getting a little bit cooler and the days getting a little bit shorter, I chose some of my favourite songs that seemed appropriate for fall listening. Best experienced on headphones while walking around a downtown area, at least in my mind anyways.

1. Chihei Hatakeyama – Voices II (Ghostly Garden, 2010)

I always love starting off the mixes I make with ambient stuff. I can’t think of anything more appropriate than this gorgeous track from Chihei Hatakeyamam’s new album Ghostly Garden.

2. Gold Panda – Snow & Taxis (Lucky Shiner, 2010)

Sample-based electronic music like this that evokes really strong emotions and images is amazing to me. This falls right into place with my ever-growing love for minimal techno and artists like The Field.

3. Broadcast – Echo’s Answer (The Noise Made By People, 2000)

Broadcast are long-time loves of mine for the fall weather. I love how perfect this song seems with so few elements.

4. Felt – The World is As Soft As Lace (The Splendour of Fear, 1984)

Amazing 1980s indie pop. I downloaded this song as part of a compilation years ago but it had the wrong info attached to it so trying to figure out whom it was really by took some time…but was worth it. I wish I could play well enough to simulate the incredible tapestries of guitar in this song.

5. Arthur Verocai – Caboclo (Arthur Verocai, 1972)

I don’t know how anyone can’t like anything off of this album. As the opening track, it’s makes me really happy to hear a combination of more traditional Brazilian instrumentation and modern electronic synthesis.

6. Attic Abasement – A Werewolf (Dancing Is Depressing, 2010)

Mat Cothran of Coma Cinema turned me on to Attic Abasement’s album a few months ago, which has become one of my favourite albums of the year. The matter-of-fact delivery of his funny / serious lyrics makes this strangely effecting to me.


7. Mount Kimbie – William (Maybes, 2009)

I found this song earlier today in a mix that was posted by Benoit Pioulard (http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2010/10/14/needle-exchange-039-an-exclusive-mix-by-benoit-pioulard/) and I thought it was way too great to not share, too. Don’t the tones sound really similar to the Broadcast song?

8. Do Make Say Think – The Apartment Song (Goodbye Enermy Airship The Landlord is Dead, 2000)

This band has been a favourite since my teen years and I have all sorts of imagery associated with it and the atmosphere it creates within itself. I always had the romanticized idea of Toronto apartment life being as bleak and noir as this song. It’s not.

9. Sandro Perri – Dreaming (Plays Polmo Polpo, 2006)

Another high school-era love from Constellation Records, as well as one of my favourite Canadian musicians. This is an acoustic rendering of a song from Sandro’s main project, Polmo Polpo, the original being a longer, denser but equally beautiful instrumental track.

10. Arthur Russell – That’s Us / Wild Combination (Calling Out of Context, 2004)

Arthur Russell’s music and life was a big influence on me while recording Swung from The Branches late last year. The ability he had to make more personal and experimental music like on World of Echo as well as perfect pop compositions like this is something I find very inspiring."

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Don't forget to buy/download his album Swung for the branches and check out his awesome record label, Orchid Tapes (3 great new releases this week)!

Thank you Warren!

Trans-Bedroom Sound

Trans-Bedroom Sound - Tundra (2010)

////New compilation of songs recorded in the last 6 months by Ben Van Patten aka Trans-Bedroom Sound ////

Check out his other release: "Elmwood" (free download available via Orchid Tapes.)

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Summertime in Heaven (BUY IT NOW!)

Ghost Animal - Summertime In Heaven (2010)

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BUY IT!!!! via Summertime in Hell & Orchid Tapes

Summertime in Heaven

Ghost Animal - Summertime In Heaven (2010)

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Isolation Tape Night

Teenage Reverbe - Isolation Tape Night (2010) (bandcamp)

Buy now from Orchid Tapes ----- limited to 25 copies

Duane Almond, Blue Hawaii, Easyboy, Hooray! & Foxes in Fiction....

1. Younga Brotha's headphone music....

Duane Almond - Mature Fruit (2010)
Duane Almond - Brother Songs (2010)
(Bandcamp DLS)

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Blue Hawaii - Blooming Summer (2010)

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Easyboy - "Friends" (2010)

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Hooray! - Mixtape Memories

Also check out these free downloads!
Snow Daze
Winter Break [ep]
Stuffed Animals

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And finally for those of you who aren't already following Warren Hildebrand's Blog for his project Foxes in Fiction....Here's your chance!!! ------> Make sure to check out his live recordings!

Link to his album Swung from the Branches ----> DOWNLOAD NOW!!! (if you don't already have it!)

BUY HERE! (not sure if he has any left, but try your luck!)

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Enjoy!