– south african born producer alan abrahams (aka portable) has a new album out under the guise of bodycode. moving away from the hushed microhouse of his previous incarnation to a more upfront, cool techno sound. stream the aptly named ‘bodycast‘ sampler at ghostly.
– better propaganda host an mp3 from the recent ‘congotronics 2’ album, featuring seven bands from kinshasa, congo. imagine bundling scrap metal with traditional african instruments, then amplifying the whole kit and distorting it through a giant sound system. you’re about halfway to imagining the sounds. buy the cd and you’ll be treated to a dvd of these bands performing live in the streets of kinshasa. not to be missed. [get an mp3 of konono no.1 – featured on this release – with fat planet’s free 2005 compilation.]
– also dropping on better propaganda is a free download of the ‘exclusive track’ featured on four tet‘s recent dj kicks. entitled ‘pockets‘ it’s a venture into more club-friendly territory for our boy keiran.
– new video clip for sweden’s jenny wilson – ‘a hesitating cloud of despair‘
– also in videos, sydney’s sopp collective recently made an excellent clip for local artist alpen, entitled ‘start now‘
– former gusgus member, iceland’s hafid huld is about to release her debut solo album ‘dirty paper cup’, after recording with the likes of fc kahuna (providing the vox for ‘hayling’ and ‘machine says yes’), ewan pearson and tom middleton. streaming mp3 previews on her site.