'Archive' is a collection of unreleased tracks produced by RD at the turn of the 21'st Century, when IDM dominated, un-influenced by indie hipsters yet filled to-the-brim with socially inept chin-scratchers. This release is an homage to that once-blissful electronic past, when Intelligent Dance Music superstars graced magazine covers and a world-wide urban nerd movement gave birth to laptop music.
In an effort to catalog the sudden death of IDM, each track from 'Archive' is time-stamped, indicating the approximate date of its original composition. You may find these dates to be relatively recent, but in dog years they are contemporary history*.
Aside from burning nostalgia, let 'Archive' be your personal reminder that although the human mind is capable of vast intelligence, it will never outsmart music.
Enjoy!
Greets! I wanted to let you know about the new experimental hip-hop/electronic EP i just dropped on Lab Beat!
HipGnosis's first release on Lab Beat, a label out of Cambridge UK specializing in "deservedly fashionable, relentlessly sideways electronic music, also known as glitch hop, IDM and jungle."
The album is titled Scientific Illuminism (Is For Sissies), and is available as an exclusive Juno Download until May 8.
From the Lab Beat page:
With his deliciously clinical, woozy, bassy instrumental "Scientific Illuminism (Is For Sissies)," HipGnosis embarks in a different direction, more usually working with some remarkable vocalists, to fit their visions together.
With this outing, HipGnosis stretches into new territory, incorporating elements of glitch, drum n bass, ambient, and ever more experimental sounds. It is a continuous-mix, nonstop head-nodding, mind-blowing journey from beginning to end. Get it now exclusively through Juno Downloads. The album will be hitting iTunes and other major digital distribution points on May 8. Thanks for your support!
Just a quick note to say that "through the trees" has been added to the subLAD MySpace player - it's the first track on my forthcoming album, entitled "where the land meets the sky".
We have also put up a preview of the whole album on the n5MD website:
Koen Park is the work of Ian D Hawgood. Working between his small apartment in Tokyo and his mum's garage in south London, he makes washed out electro-hip-hop-pop-folk-shoegaze music. Pastoral Pioneer was made with circuit bent casios, drums, piano, field recordings, melodica, harmonium, warbly old tape recorders and musical smarts. The results are both unique and wonderful.
Also released today is 'Everything In Shadow', a Koen Park CD release on Experimedia Recordings. It's kind of a sister release to this, as Ian used similar gear. Both releases are super melodic.
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ahhh well just hit the site up and check it out. its at
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anyways, i gots to run, but gimme a call later on, k?
a humble invitation for you to pre-listen to my new album �HONIGPUMPE�. this honeysuckle-myspace-arrangement will last for a week. �HONIGPUMPE� will be released on the 29th of may by KOMPAKT. greetings from the HONIGFABRIK keep it sweet thomas
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