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2018 favs playlist

Here’s my 2 cents end-of-year playlist. Hope you enjoy.

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Devon Loch Mix for International Tapes

From the Artist:

Devon Loch is the musical alter-ego of writer and musician Richard Greenan. When he’s not making drowsy-dissonant organ lullabies, Richard runs the record label and arts collective Kit Records, while presenting a show on London’s NTS Radio. 

This mix is a collection of songs I found inspiring during the making and release of my recent record, Sleep Scale. For some reason I’m really into floaty, aquatic noises and synthetic voices at the moment. The firework sounds like a starting pistol to Shostakovich’s crazy horse race. It also features a bunch of unreleased tracks from the Kit Records crew (Swim, TNH, Cara & Antilöch). Bach is definitely spinning in his grave.

Tracklist:

Jonathan Richman - When I’m Walking

Aardvarck - Stayput

Mica Levi - Bothy 

Gavin Prior - Little Laurie

Swim Platførm - HVAL FALL 2

Disasterpeace - Puzzle

Tomáš Dvorák - The Glasshouse With Butterfly

HOLOVR - Line of Flight (part 1)

The Nag’s Head - Luxury Slime Vortex

Bach - Puer Natus in Bethlehem

African Head Charge - Stebeni’s Theme

Shostakovich - Prelude No. 2 (with fireworks)

Frank and his Sisters - Mwanangu Lala

Damascvs - Sogan-Brashni

Cara Stacey - Sunbird

Antilöch - untitled 

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Video: LLLL - Only to silence feat. Metoronori

Tokyo

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 I’ve never lived in quiet serene places, but the older I got, the bigger and harsher I wanted them to be. Set mostly from what I like to call, God’s POV, this video for LLLL‘s blessed collaboration with Metoronori, is a glimpse to what might be the ultimate metropolis rendition inside the heads/hearts of the megalopolis-obsessed.

“Only to Silence,” comes from LLLL’s impending album, Fai…

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VIDEO: Balún - “Años Atrás” Brooklyn via San Juan, Puerto Rico I discovered Balún through a 2010 epic write-up by Luke Carrell for…

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White Tuesday| 32 | "Blizzard" edition

White Tuesday| 32 | “Blizzard” edition

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

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OLD Mariah Japan. 1983

https://cocoocd.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/mariah_-e5b091e5b9b4.mp3

MP3: Mariah – 少年

https://cocoocd.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/mariah_-e5bf83e88793e381aee68989.mp3

MP3: Mariah – 心臓の扉

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NEW Kælan Mikla Reykjavík, Iceland

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BORR…

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The illustrated cover of a 1927 issue of Vanity Fair.

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Guy Billout

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Projections by Aakash Nihalani

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Geigi Momotarou (Nakanoya Ochaya,Kazuemachi) (SOURCE)

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me at the club

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On November 1st the Arab Cultural Centre in Haifa opened its rusty doors to feature Manam; an art gallery highlighting the works of Palestinian artists.

Featured in the photo: Haitham Charles’ work. Photo credits Waad Ghantous.

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#Var #tbt

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Hi, Luke here. I’m the Editor of International Tapes. Welcome to our new digital home.

If you are thinking something like, “Yes, I’m glad you’re back!” then thanks, it’s good to be here. If you’re wondering, “Wait, who the hell are you?” or “Where the hell have you been?” then I have answers for you below.

What to expect now

After 4 years of writing about found tapes, albums, videos, and tracks, we’re going to focus on continuing our mixtape series and our weekly show on Newtown Radio, featuring co-host Tim Hodgin and very special guests. As always, we’re going to keep our ears and energies focused on bringing you the out of the way, unexpected and the pop/not so pop sounds we think are important.

What you can do

Want to make us a mix? Want us to play your music on the show? Want to stop by Newtown Radio if you’re in Brooklyn? Email us at internationaltapescontact [at] gmail.com, please. Talk soon! Onwards!

Looking back

It wouldn’t be appropriate to open a new chapter without examining the old one. International Tapes has had the privilege of supporting a huge, diverse array of artists and bands from around the world. That gets mentioned first, because that’s what we’ve always tried to put first. 

In the course of that, we’ve evolved what we do, over and over. When I joined International Tapes as a contributor, founder Ric Leichtung was starting to look beyond the found bodega cassettes, obscure YouTube finds, and artist mixtapes that cast Intl as a “blog for lost music,” along the lines of Awesome Tapes from Africa, Arawa.fm (RIP) or the early days of the WFMU blog. Pretty soon after, we started doing full length cassette reviews and found ourselves part of the loose community of artists and labels that would eventually spark the current cassette revival. From there, we quickly turned into track reviews, and then things got crazy. More on that later.

In the course of editing and writing for the blog, I’ve also had the chance to involve a lot of really talented people as contributors. Editing their work was a huge privilege, and they made it easier and more fun than it had any right to be. If International Tapes has been successful as a platform for discovery, sharing, and learning, then the credit for that, goes largely to them. Sharing music and ideas with these smart people has been, and is, one of my favorite things.

You can’t talk about Intl Tapes, without mentioning the blogging collectives we’ve been a part of. When we joined Altered Zones (RIP) we were definitely one of the smallest players involved. It seemed like we finally had a stage to match our ambition, and it was a lot of fun. Perhaps most importantly, that planted the seeds for what would become AdHoc, which is still going strong online and IRL. Enjoy AdHoc regularly, please.

In closing: a little advice for your digital life

If you care about something, the best thing you can do is to invest time in it.

Listen to what you want. Trends are fabrications and scenes die quicker than you can name them.

Stay in touch with people. At a minimum, email makes it really easy.

Pick a good hosting service and stick with it.

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(via Remixing the Renaissance as GIFs)

By now it’s become a familiar trope: Photoshop or GIF something historical, say, Old Masters or old photographs. But just because it’s been done doesn’t mean it’s finished. And the elaborate GIFs that James Kerr makes from early Northern Renaissance paintings are a hilariously new take on the idea of remixing antique art.

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Interview: Makthaverskan

Gothenberg, Sweden

 Pretty certain that in 2013 i’ve listened to Makthaverskan‘s sophomore LP in…

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JAPANESE GUM FRAGMENTALISM MIX - After Solstice

From the band:

We love to do mixtapes with lots of layered songs, adding some beats and doing lot of mash up.

For us it’s not like just make a compilation, we love to create new patterns and new way to listen to music that maybe you know but not in this way.

We wanted also to introduce you some of the best Italian independent new music as Diverting Duo, Go Dugong, Machweo, Populous and Julie’s Haircut (remixed by us).

Generally we decided to put together sounds and feelings that describe as well our current mood.

Tracklist:

Popol Vuh - Kyrie

John Baker - Jazz Advert

Vangelis - Blade Runner Main Titles

Diverting duo - Fade/Rise

Tangergine Dream - Phaedra

Raime - This Foundry (Regis Version)

Portico Quartet - Lacker Boo

Lynch Kingsley - Feel Me Now (Go Dugong Remix)

William Basinski - Melancholia - 05 Unnamed 5

To Rococo Rot & I-Sound - Your Secrets, a Few Words

Machweo - Tramonto

Young Magic - Fall In

Popolous - Brasilia

Julie’s Haircut - Equinox in Dub (Japanese Gum Dub Mix)

Major Lazer - Jah No Partial (feat. Flux Pavilion)

Beedeegee - Flowers