News : LCD Soundsytem Tour Kicks Off This Week

LCD Soundsystem will be taking their new record on the road this week, as their short run of US dates kick off tomorrow in San Francisco. The Brooklyn dance party will them make their way overseas, before returning for the Pitchfork Music Festival in July.
If you're a fan of LCD Soundsystem, live in Los Angeles and still aren't following us on Twitter, hurry now and enter for your chance to win a pair of tickets to their show THIS Friday at The Palladium!
This Is Happening, is out now via DFA/Virgin.
Tour Dates:
June
3 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
4 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium
5 Pomona, CA - Fox Theater
8 Austin, TV - Stubb's
9 Dallas, TX - Palladium
11 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
July
17 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
News : Capitol Hill Block Party 2010 Lineup Announced

The 2010 Capitol Hill Block Party takes over Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood this time for three full days, July 23-25. Capitol Hill Block Party is an annual music festival that showcases the best indie and underground music in the U.S., with a special focus on its Northwest artists. Set in an urban environment and launched 13 years ago, the Block Party has evolved into one of Seattle’s most anticipated outdoor music festivals. With over 60 bands on 3 stages, great food, and plenty of cheap beer, this is the Northwest's best party of the summer. The current lineup is as follows:
Friday:
MGMT, Yeasayer, Holy Fuck, Shabazz Palaces, Bear In Heaven, Head Like A Kite, Macklemore, Unnatural Helpers, Jaguar Love, Champagne Champagne, Fences, Chris Pureka, Stay Hi Brothers, The Physics, Candit, J.Pinder, Hella Dope, Mahjongg, Police Teeth, Naomi Punk, USF
Saturday:
Atmosphere, Blonde Redhead, !!!, Blitzen Trapper, Mad Rad, Obits, Here We Go Magic, Zola Jesus, Night Marchers, Past Lives, The Redwood Plan, THEESatisfaction, Beach Fossils, Grand Hallway, The Drowning Men, Cold Lake, Air 2 a Bird, Black Breath, Grynch/Spaceman/State of the Artist, Eastern Grip
Sunday:
The Dead Weather, Blue Scholars, The Dutchess and the Duke, Harlem, Cynic, Fresh Espresso, Victor Shade, Truckasaurus, Villagers, Flexions, Globes, Steel Tigers of Death
More to be announced soon….
Partial proceeds from Capitol Hill Block Party benefit two Seattle non-profits: The Vera Project, a youth-run all ages venue and recording studio, and KEXP, a non-commercial radio station.
Discounted $60 three-day passes on sale now for a limited time
$23 single-day tickets available starting Friday June 4th
($25 via online day of show, $30 cash at the door)
Advance tickets available here.
News : Bumbershoot Festival Unveils 2010 Lineup

As soon as you prepare yourself for the fall, Bumbershoot will be there to serve you the very last breath of summer air. On September 4th-6th, Seattle's Music & Arts Festival will be celebrating its 40th year next to the Space Needle with headliners Bob Dylan, The Decemberists, Weezer, Hole, and Mary J. Blige. Other bands that might tickle your fancy are Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Ra Ra Riot, Surfer Blood, and Jamie Lidell. The full lineup becomes more surprising as you go down the list.
For your convenience, the coordinators of Bumbershoot have mustered a ticketing system where your ticket price is contingent on which artists you want to see!
Media : Chief, Your Direction (FILTER Exclusive)

Thoughtfully updating the classic themes of summer and travel, California quartet, Chief, are set to release their debut album, Modern Rituals, this August.
Featuring nostalgic hints of the past with wide eyes towards the future, check out the FILTER exclusive download for the track, "Your Direction". Modern Rituals drops August 31st.
l Chief - "Your Direction" MP3 l
Tour dates:
June
8 San Francisco, CA - Hotel Utah
10 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
11 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
13 Santa Barbara, CA - Muddy Waters
14 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
15 San Diego, CA - House Of Blues (Salvation Alley Stage)
Media : Chief, Your Direction (FILTER Exclusive)

Thoughtfully updating the classic themes of summer and travel, California quartet, Chief, are set to release their debut album, Modern Rituals, this August.
Featuring nostalgic hints of the past with wide eyes towards the future, check out the FILTER exclusive download for the track, "Your Direction". Modern Rituals drops August 31st.
l Chief - "Your Direction" MP3 l
News : Four Tet Sets October Tour

Kirean Hebden, better known as Four Tet, has a few shows lined up this winter to accommodate his recently released fifth full-length album, There Is Love In You. Musically and electronically dense, his new work doesn't fail to bring a conscious effort to synchronize one's thoughts with body movements.
Tour Dates:
October
14 Chicago, IL - Metro
15 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
20 Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club
21 Montreal, Quebec - Studio Just For Laughs
22 New York, NY - Webster Hall
24 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Indian Electronics on the European continent… (part 2)
Dieser Artikel ist auch in Deutsch verfügbar.
Author: ElJay Arem
ElJay Arem during the IE-m Show on 1st June 2010
The heading of our broadcasting in June 2010 bears the title „Indian Vibes on the European continent (part 2) “. The first part was sent in April and introduced the Netherlands, France and Portuguese area. In June we present artists from the German-speaking countries, i.e. from Germany and Switzerland.
We begin our excursion in Cologne. Here the musician Bruno Reuter (alias Karunesh) was born. His New Age music is strongly affected by Indian influences (e.g. Sitar sounds) after his longer stay in India in 1979. Karunesh published in 1984 his first album „sound of the heart “. Since the beginning of the 90′s lives Karunesh on Hawaii.
What makes Cologne so special – the starting point of our musical discovery journey – is that it has a world-wide meaning for electronic music as a whole. 1951 was decided by the director Hanns Hartmann of the North-West German broadcasting (nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk) to furnish a studio for electronic music (see pictures). It’s the world-wide first of its kind. The idea goes back to the 20′s of the last century when the composer Herbert Eimert, who was born in Bad-Kreuznach wrote an atonal music doctrine and organized concerts for sound instruments. Eimert became the first director/conductor of the studio for electronic music. For the sound production the Monochord and Melochord, an earlier model of the Synthesizers were used, together with sound generators and filter systems. The new sounds were made visible by an oscilloscope. One of the most famous users of the studio for electronic music was the avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.

(Source: Synthesizer Database – June, 25th 2008)
The Berlin school…
We leave Cologne as the homeland of the world-wide first studio for electronic music and adjourn to the capital of this music category. In the former West Berlin that time (before the fall of the wall in 1989) a type of electronic music was re-stamped from which also styles such as Trance and Goa Trance benefited; doubtless also the “Asian Underground”.
Musicians such as Klaus Schulze (Wahnfried), who sat for Tangerine Dream behind the drum set belonged to the so called Berlin school even though this music group assigned itself to the Ambience genre. Tangerine Dream went in the year 1968 first time on stage, only with Lanse Hapshash on the drums, Kurt Herkenberg playing the bass and Edgar Froese on the guitar. The name Krautrock (herb rock) designates the early development phase of Tangerine Dream. Until today exist artists who feel obligated to the Berlin school.
Same as in Cologne there existed in Berlin an institution, which was led by Swiss composer Thomas Kessler: the Electronic Beat Studio Berlin. Here Tangerine Dream rehearsed in their beginnings.
In today’s Berlin also the trio Jahcoozi has its domicile. The singer Sasha Parera, who was born in London is half Tamil and half Singalese. She studied in Cologne and London German language & literature and political sciences. After her studies she moved to Berlin. To Jahcoozi belong the electronics engineer and producer Robot Koch from Kassel (Germany) and Oren Gerlitz on the bass who was born in Israel. Oren studied Jazz and sound engineering and is responsible for Jahcoozi’s productions. Coming out of the Berlin unterground scene Jahcoozi attracted an international public by salient Live performances since it’s debut album „Fish“ in the year 2003. The stylistic elements range from Dub, RAP, Reggae, Dancehall to Jazz. Jahcoozi played also with the well-known British formation Asian Dub Foundation we presented in IE-m’s premiere on 5th January 2010. With the new CD „Barefoot Wanderer“ back pack Jahcoozi currently is on tour through Germany.
Hanseatic City…
In almost direct neighbourhood to Berlin lies Hamburg, the location of our own broadcasting and production place. In Hamburg has developed a considerable club scene also for electronic music in the 90′s. It can quite compete with Berlin. In 2002 here was founded Sir Shree by the guitarist and sitar player Steve Pepper. Beside him the producer Nesto, founder of The Reel Banditos and the percussionist Stephan Krause, member of the quintet ElbtonalPercussion are part of Sir Shree. After publishing two CDs since 2004 it became a little bit quiet around Sir Shree.
Frankfurt Hub…
With our excursion through the German-language landscape of Indian-electronic music we leave now North Germany and go southwards. Osnabrueck celebrated on 11th June 2005 it’s first Bombay club party, for which the DJ Mykel Angel scratched the turn tables. This Hip Hop oriented artist was born in India and grew up in Germany. At the beginning of his art work Mykel Angel attended a party row for pilots, their crews with friends. In this time of ACC – Air Crew Clubbing two compilations were produced. Since 2006 we do not hear anything new from Mykel Angel. For balmy summer nights Mykel’s CD „Bombay to Ibiza – world of chillout lounge“ is still recommendable.
Alpine luck…
We leave now Germany and visit our southern neighbour: Switzerland. Richard Meyer, known as artist Swayd in the public lives in Lausanne and produced for Britney Spears and Celine Dion. On a long journey through India Swayd had cooperated with musicians like the Tabla player and Santoor maestro Manish Vyas, with play back singer Jayachandran for the Indian film or with the sitar player Pandit Janardhan Mitta, who resides in Chennai, South India. We can hear the Indian influences on two albums from the year 2009: Top40 Ulitmate Asian Classic bar of Grooves plus Continuous Party Mix.
In Switzerland also the versatile Mirko Lalit Egger agitates. Under the artist name Mirko-Kosmos - Studio MK and/or as Mahisha surprises Mirko with unusual sound work and as video artist. The clips put his musical works impressively in perspective.
Mirko was born in the 20 million metropolis Mumbai (former Bombay), however grown up in Eich close to Luzern (Switzerland). Here he visited the Jazz school and later studied in Zuerich audio engineering.
One can understand Mirko-Kosmos as multidiscipline „synthesis of the arts“ he initiated 1999 himself. Mahisha was produced from this project in 2005. In the Hindu mythology Mahisha is a buffalo headed demon, an Asura. Only the ten-armed goddess Durga riding on a lion or a tiger it succeeded to defeat Mahisha. In 2009 Mirko-Kosmos published the EP Mahisha Empire.
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The next broadcasting of Indian E-music is dated regularly for the 1st Tuesday next month, 6th July – 09:00 p.m. CET on Tide 96.0 FM and as Internet radio.
… and who is interested in Indian classical music, each 3rd Tuesday same time. Thus next broadcasting date for IMC – India meets Classic is 15th June – 09:00 p.m. CET on Tide96.0 FM and as Internet radio.
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Die indisch-elektronische Musik auf dem europäischen Festland… (Teil 2)
This article is available in English here.
Author: ElJay Arem
ElJay Arem während der IE-m Show am 1sten Juni 2010
Die Überschrift unserer Sendung im Juni 2010 lautet: „Indian Vibes auf dem europäischen Festland – Teil 2“. Im ersten Teil, er wurde im April gesendet, habe ich die Niederlande, Frankreich und den portugiesischen Raum vorgestellt. In der Juni-Sendung möchte ich die Künstler aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, das heisst aus Deutschland und der Schweiz präsentieren.
Beginnen wir unserem Streifzug in Köln. Hier wurde der Musiker Bruno Reuter, alias Karunesh geboren. Seine NewAge-Musik ist nach einem Indienaufenthalt 1979 stark von Sitarklängen und indischen Einflüssen geprägt. Karunesh veröffentlichte 1984 sein erstes Album „Sounds of the Heart“. Seit Anfang der 90er Jahren lebt Karunesh auf Hawaii.
Das Besondere an Köln, dem Ausgangspunkt unserer musikalischen Entdeckungsreise, ist seine weltweite Bedeutung für die elektronische Musik als Ganzes.
1951 wurde beim Nord-Westdeutschen Rundfunk durch den Intendanten Hanns Hartmann entschieden, ein Studio für elektronische Musik (siehe Bilder) einzurichten, weltweit das Erste seiner Art. Die Idee geht zurück bis in die 20er Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts, als der in Bad-Kreuznach geborene Komponist Herbert Eimert eine atonale Musiklehre schrieb und Konzerte für Geräuschinstrumente veranstaltete. Eimert wurde der erste Leiter des Studios für Elektronische Musik. Für die Klangerzeugung wurden das Monochord und Melochord, ein Vorläufer des Synthesizers, zusammen mit Rauschgeneratoren und Filtersystemen verwendet. Die neuartigen Klänge wurden durch ein Oszilloskop sichtbar gemacht. Einer der berühmtesten Nutzer des Studios für elektronische Musik war der Avantgarde-Komponist Karlheinz Stockhausen.
(Bildquelle: Synthesizer Database - 25. Juni 2008)
Berliner Schule...
Verlassen wir Köln als die Heimat des weltweit ersten Studios für elektronische Musik und begeben uns in die Hauptstadt dieses Musikgenres.
Im damaligen West-Berlin (vor dem Mauerfall in 1989) wurde ein Typus elektronischer Musik geprägt, von dem später auch Stilrichtungen wie Trance und Goa Trance profitierten. Und sicherlich auch der ’Asian Underground’
Zu der s.g. Berliner Schule gehörten Musiker wie Klaus Schulze (Wahnfried), der für Tangerine Dream am Schlagzeug sass. Selbst ordnete sich die Gruppe dem Ambiente zu, die im Jahre 1968 auf die Bühne ging, zunächst nur mit Volker Hornbach am Saxophon, der Flöte und Geige, mit Lanse Hapshash am Schlagzeug, Kurt Herkenberg am Bass und Edgar Froese an der Gitarre. Der Begriff Krautrock bezeichnet die frühe Entwicklungsphase von Tangerine Dream. Bis heute gibt es Künstler, die sich der Berliner Schule verpflichtet fühlen.
Auch in Berlin gab es wie in Köln eine Einrichtung, die von dem Schweizer Komponisten Thomas Kessler geleitet wurde: das Elektronik Beat Studio Berlin. Hier probten Tangerine Dream in ihren Anfängen.
Im heutigen Berlin hat auch das Trio Jahcoozi seine Heimat. Die Sängern Sasha Parera, in London geboren, ist halb Tamilin und halb Singalesin. Sie studierte in Köln und London Germanistik und Politikwissenschaften. Nach dem Studium zog es sie nach Berlin. Jahcoozi sind im Weiteren der Elektroniker und Produzent Robot Koch aus Kassel und der in Israel geborene Oren Gerlitz auf dem Bass und als studierter Jazzmusiker und Tontechniker zuständig für die Produktion. Aus der Berliner Unterground-Szene kommend, haben sich Jahcoozi seit ihrem Debutalbum „Fish“ im Jahre 2003 und weltweit durch ihre markanten Live-Performances ein Publikum erspielt. Die stilistische Bandbreite reicht von Dub, Rap, Reaggae, Dancehall bis Jazz. Jahcoozi spielte auch mit der uns bekannten britischen Formation Asian Dub Foundation. Mit der neuen CD „Barefoot Wanderer“ im Gepäck ist Jahcoozi z.Z. auch in Deutschland auf Tournee.
Hanseatisches Hamburg...
In nahezu direkter Nachbarschaft zu Berlin liegt Hamburg, unserem eigenen Sendestandort. In Hamburg hat sich seit den 90er Jahren eine beachtliche Clubszene entwickelt, auch für elektronische Musik. Sie kann sich durchaus mit Berlin messen. Hier wurde in 2002 Sir Shree von dem Gitarristen und Sitarspieler Steve Pepper geründet. Neben dem Producer Nesto, Gründer von The Reel Banditos kam der Perkussionist Stephan Krause, Mitglied von ElbtonalPercussion, einem Quintett hinzu. Mit Veröffentlichungen auf 2 CDs ist es seit 2004 um Sir Shree ein wenig ruhig geworden.
Drehkreuz Frankfurt...
Mit unserem Streifzug durch die deutschsprachige Landschaft indisch-elektronischer Musik verlass fen wir den Norden Deutschland und begeben uns südwärts. Am 11. Juni 2005 hatte Osnabrück seine erste Bombay Club Party, für die der DJ Mykel Angel auflegte. Dieser Hip-Hop-lastige Künstler, von Geburt Inder wuchs in Deutschland auf. Zu Beginn seines Schaffens hatte Mykel Angel durch eine Partyreihe für Piloten, ihre Crews mit Freunden auf sich aufmerksam gemacht. In dieser Zeit von ACC – Air Crew Clubbing entstanden zwei Compilations. Seit 2006 haben wir von Mykel Angel leider nichts mehr gehört. Für laue Sommernächte ist seine CD „Bombay to Ibiza – world of chillout lounge“ immer noch empfehlenswert.
Alpenglück...
Verlassen wir nun Deutschland und besuchen unseren südlichen Nachbarn, die Schweiz. Richard Meyer, unter dem Künstlernamen Swayd in der Öffentlichkeit bekannt, lebt in Lausanne und hat sich durch Produktionen für Britney Spears und Celine Dion hervorgetan. Auf einer langen Reise durch Indien hatte Swayd zusammengewirkt mit Musikern wie dem Tablaspieler und Santoormaestro Manish Vyas, dem Playbacksänger Jayachandran für den indischen Film oder mit dem Sitarspieler Pandit Janardhan Mitta, der in Chennai, in Südindien ansässig ist. Die Einflüsse hören wir auf zwei Alben aus dem Jahre 2009: Top40 Ulitmate Asian Classic Bar Grooves plus Continuous Party Mix.
In der Schweiz agiert auch der vielseitige Mirko Lalit Egger. Unter dem Künstlernamen Mirko-Kosmos – Studio MK bzw. als Mahisha überrascht Mirko mit aussergewöhnlichen Klangarbeiten, besondere als Videokünstler, in denen er seine musikalischen Werke eindrucksvoll ins rechte Bild setzt.
Mirko wurde in der 20-Millionen-Metropole Mumbai (ehem. Bombay) geboren, wuchs aber in Eich, bei Luzern auf. Hier besuchte er die Jazz-School und studierte in Zürich Audio-Engineering.
Mirko-Kosmos kann man als multi-disziplinäres „Gesamtkunstwerk“ verstehen, das er 1999 in’s Leben rief. Daraus ist 2005 Mahisha entstanden. Mahisha ist in der hinduistischen Mythologie ein Büffel-köpfiger Dämon, ein Asura. Nur die 10-armige Göttin Durga, auf einem Löwen oder Tiger reitend, gelang es, Mahisha zu bezwingen. Mirko-Kosmos hat dazu in 2009 die EP Mahisha-Empire veröffentlicht.
________________Die nächste Sendung Indian E-music... gibt’s dann wieder am 1. Dienstag, den 6. Juli – um 21:00 Uhr auf Tide 96.0.
... und wer sich für die indisch klassische Musik interessiert, jeden 3. Dienstag im Monat, gleiche Zeit. Also nächster Sendetermin für IMC – India meets Classic am 15. Juni um 21:00 Uhr auf Tide96.0.
+++Media : Miike Snow, The Rabbit

In the infamous words (and 1989 album) of 2 Live Crew, the latest clip from Swedish electro pop outfit, Miike Snow, showcases a whole lotta folks being "as nasty as they wanna be".
As a bearded kid breaks it down with a few spandex-laced ladies, it all culminates in a beach scene that would surely make the Miami hip hop group proud.
Check out the video for brand new single, "The Rabbit" below.
News : UK’s The Heavy Embark on American Summer Tour

After making their US debut in 2008, The Heavy are making their way back to North America from Noid, England once again. Built on neo-soul foundations that flourish on rock intentions, The Heavy has pleased audiences with their "musical schizophrenia".
This time around, they will be touring with Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings to create a neo-soul balance for all concert goers.
Tour Dates:
June
16 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
18 Calgary, AB - Republik
20 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom *
21 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
22 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
24 San Jose, CA - Blank Club
25 San Francisco, CA - Warfield *
26 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern *
28 Victoria, BC - Element Club #
29 Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom %
July
1 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Club
7 Colombus, OH - The Basement
10 Quebec City, QC - Quebec International Summer Festival %
* with Sharon Jones
# with Doran Stucky Studer & Tacuma
% Kid Koala & The Slew
News : Outside Lands Festival Lineup Announced

The 3rd Annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival is giving us more than we expected with an eclectic lineup that includes Kings of Leon, The Strokes, Cat Power, Al Green, Janelle Monae, and Nas & Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley. Soon to be planted in the historic Golden Gate Park of San Francisco, this year's festival will be held August 14-16.
2-Day General Admission Tickets are on sale now, but you'll have to wait until Sunday, June 6th at 10AM (Pacific Time) for Single-Day Tickets.
Since its inception in 2008, Outside Lands is distinguished for its celebration of the Bay Area. While music plays an expressive role in the Bay Area culture, local restaurants, wineries, and technology are equally embedded into the festival. Other attractions include visual arts, green installations, on-site cabanas, and so much more!
Click here to get the full lineup in a cleverly crafted promotional video.
Kiko de Gallo – Jamaican Airlines Mix

Our good friend and dj Kiko de Gallo from Fania Records and the always stellar Groovalizacion blog just posted up this great mix of classic Jamaican music. Enjoy and check all the dope reviews, radio shows and links on their site!
News : M.I.A. Reveals Cover Art

Enough about truffle oil fries! M.I.A. is back to business this week and has revealed the cover art to her highly-anticipated new album.
/ \ / \ / \ Y / \ drops July 13th.
News : The Chapin Sisters Hit The Road With She & Him; New Album Out This August

Abigail and Lily Chapin, better known as LA based folk rock duo The Chapin Sisters, are prepping the release of their appropriately titled sophomore record, Two, this August.
In celebration, the stylish sisters will be hitting the road with She & Him, as both an opener and as part of their backing band. The sisters will also be a part of She & Him's band as they make their Hollywood Bowl debut on July 18th with The Swell Season and the bird and the bee. Tickets are available now!
Two will grace store shelves on August 31st.
Tour Dates:
June
5 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
6 Royal Oak, MI 1 Royal Oak Theatre
9 Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
10 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
18 Los Angeles, CA - LA FILM Festival (Private Event)
19 Los Angeles, CA - Historical Monument 157/Sweet Relief Benefit
23 Berkeley, CA - Freight & Salvage
July
1 Boston, MA - House of Blues
7 Washington, DC - 9:30 club
9 Atlanta, GA - Botanical Gardens
10 Birmingham, AL - Sloss Furnaces
18 Hollywood, CA - The Hollywood Bowl w/The Swell Season & The Bird and the Bee *
31 Los Angeles, CA - Roots Roadhouse at Echo/Echoplex
August
2 New York, NY - TBD
6 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia - Lunenburg Harbour Folk Festival
7 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia - Lunenburg Harbour Folk Festival
8 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia - Lunenburg Harbour Folk Festival
*part of She & Him Touring band


