Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015

What is Shambhala? It's hard to say. This is the fourth consecutive year I've started this thread and there's still no clear definition. Often it concerns songs with a pop bent that would never in a million years touch the pop charts, but songs that are still too clean and unscuzzy enough to be ignored by the likes of Pitchfork or Stereogum. It's a largely female dominated category—at least as far as my own listening goes—but it doesn't have to be. There are usually synths, layered vocals, and drum machines. Sometimes the sounds are bright and sometimes they're icy cold. If you come across something you think fits, then share it. We trust you.

I've been riding this song "Fearless" by Indigo Face pretty hard the past week or two. Liz Fraser and Kate Bush are often the comparisons people use when someone sings up high like the singer of this song, but it doesn't particularly sound like either of them. That said, it probably resides in the same zip code.

No video yet. Just a stream: http://www.reverbnation.com/indigofacemusic/songs

Would Chvrches fit this? Their first album, if the Sundays had produced it, there'd be celebrating on ilx in the streets...

Chvrches would fit, though I'm personally on the fence about them.

Shambhala = stuff that sounds like a more poppy The Knife? (theres a lot of this about)

Yeah, sounds apt.

New Monogem (my favorite yet?): https://soundcloud.com/monogem/theglow

The little fluttery synth sounds are one of my favorite things whenever they turn up in a song. Anyone know what synth voice that is? Maybe I should ask startrekman.

Also, new Tove Styrke track named "Ego" from the new album in March. Favorite thing I've heard from her yet, ever.

http://www.scandipop.co.uk/song-tove-styrke-ego/

allie x and alex winston have albums coming out in the next few months

Ooh, an Allie X album? Looking forward to it. I'll have to listen to the new Alex Winston song again to remember whether or not I should be excited for that one (the first album was a minor disappointment after some good singles).

Okay, yeah, it's good. Put me down for cautious anticipation.

Oh hey, there's an even newer one than "Careless". It's called "We Got Nothing".

https://soundcloud.com/alexwinstonofficial/we-got-nothing

http://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/7kNYZZEDWwIuIEnoHL7y5O

Cool, thanks!

yeah nice one forks for making spotify playlists for all these numerous rolling threads

thanks. as i say, let's see if i can maintain.

if i fall apart due to work or distraction, will open them up for group input but for the moment i wanna handle in/out as this seems potentially less successful as a wiki than as a one-man project. that said, if you wanna tailor more to your own tastes, i strongly recommend pulling and starting yer own list and building out from there.

Wyles and Simpson, smooth synthy album adult-contempo stuff by a London duo.

Stormy Skies: https://soundcloud.com/wylesandsimpson/stormy-skies-2
Light & Dark: https://soundcloud.com/wylesandsimpson/light-dark

Catching up… my fave thing so far is that Monogram track. Sounds Italo-influenced but without falling into the Italo cliches. Really nice!

…by 'Monogram' y mean MonoGEM, of course.

The little fluttery synth sounds are one of my favorite things whenever they turn up in a song. Anyone know what synth voice that is? Maybe I should ask startrekman.

Do you mean the middle 8th solo?

No, the high sounds in the verses. I've heard it in a few different songs. I guess it doesn't really matter since I don't have a synth of my own. I just love it when I hear it.

There's really no info about this one. She doesn't have a fb page, and there are no other links for her on soundcloud. But this song "Hope" by Silk Cinema is really breezy, but with a heavy 4/4 stomp.

https://soundcloud.com/silk-cinema/hope

would young ejecta (formerly ejecta) meet the criteria for this? i'm enjoying her latest EP and the full length from last year or the year before is also good

Ejecta's marketing schtick (i only appear in promotional photography naked) is a little uhhhhh

i mean if it's entirely her choice and not anyone masterminding the band or the producer she works with, i can't hate or judge, although i understand what you're sayin. the music itself is pretty good melodic synthpop

*not that of anyone

I'm not super familiar with her, but if you think it fits here then it probably does.

sloth: it's just cause i had an early club show i worked with her as an artist. The music is hardly transgressive and she doesn't PERFORM nude. it's just a pretty obvious marketing choice and not one i resent, just a lil eyerolly.

Leanne Macomber

I’ve been shooting myself naked for years. I’ve shot tons of people naked. I just don’t like what clothing can say about a person. I wanted Ejecta to be free of class, sexuality, and culture. I wanted Ejecta to be timeless and sort of an everywoman. Clothing is fetish. I remember shooting my first nude. I was in high school and a girlfriend wanted pictures for her boyfriend. She wore nothing but these tiny pink panties with hearts on them. My teacher pointed out to me how much more sexual the semi-nude is than the full nude. It’s so true.

Musically, a bit too twee for me.

xp tru the image and actual art are kind of incongruous. lyrics are the only thing that could be considered remotely transgressive - and only by the prudest of prudes

*true

be naked/don't be naked is whatever but when you say "i will ONLY allow naked press materials to be circulated" you're being a bit precious for me

Listening to the ep now. She sings just barely above a whisper and I can't tell if that makes me like it or hate it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h4CTdIhDF0

Hi JF! Does this count? It's rather twee, admittedly, but such a gorgeous song.

I dunno, that seems squarely "indie" to me.

I'm new to this thread

will this be the year that ILM deigns to create an actual indie thread?

I think last year is the only one in recent history where there wasn't a dedicated "indie" thread.

Amory, traditionally this thread is dedicated to mostly electronic, low to mid-tempo pop that sounds a bit too 'indie' to fit squarely into the mainstream. Coincidentally (or perhaps not) a lot of it tends to be by new-ish Scandinavian artists… also, more often than not, it's sung by women.

That's turned out to be mostly true. I'm sure there are other sounds that qualify as "not pop not indie," but we all seem to gravitate towards much the same thing. Also, forks, if you read this, you're missing the Tove Styrke song "Ego" in the spotify playlist.

Something that fits squarely in daavid's description, though, is this song by Susanne Sundfør from her next album. The instrumentation is clearly modern, but I think the melodies/harmonies and general structure of the song is 100% ABBA. I love it to pieces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdSB_PcBW3k

xxpost - Actually, JF already described it better in the first post. More than being indie, I'd say the song you posted is a bit too guitar-oriented and too retro (it's got an obvious '90s-alternative influence) for this thread.

Karin Park & Pandora Drive - Hurricane (soundcloud)

Sandra Kolstad - My Yellow Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br8Ake7jrWY

Ooh, Karin Park's always good. Will check out Sandra Kolstad shortly.

Emilie Nicolas - Fail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIwdO3Sp3XM

Maybe too close to industrial filthstep to be considered indie.

I like this song a lot.

For forks' benefit, it's not on US spotify, but it can be found here: http://open.spotify.com/track/7euAaMslcTxajhincX2FhC

New Laura Groves EP in February:

https://deekrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/committed-language-ep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-u9n_xrAtg

Also a lovely live performance from last month:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFfIjCe7TsI

That Nautic ep last year was nice. And I sort of halfway remember liking her last solo ep, so I definitely want to hear this. "Dream Story" is cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_42UBOcZoA

This came out several months back, but it's supposed to be the first single from an album that's not been released yet, so I guess that counts for 2015. I was a fan of her first album SEVERAL years ago, so I'm glad she didn't disappear altogether.

Oh wait, the album DID come out, so that makes it 2014. Anyway, enjoy it.

v v excited about new Laura Groves

she's great, i love her! pray that she'll make a killer album one day

Been listening to the Petite Noir ep all day today. No clue if it fits here, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCpkCLhZIJ0

Definitely. Petite Noir is cool with us.

They're apparently on their third album, but this is the first time I've ever heard Birthmark (I think?). Anyway, this song "Everyday" is really nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD6IsPs1ghE

Thx for defining the thread's parameters in the OP, JF. Whenever I've seen this rolling thread in past years, I've thought "oh, so it's just a catch-all?" and not been motivated to click. This time, curiosity got the best of me, and I''m excited that it seems to be up my alley. (Now watch as I never post in this thread again.)

After taking all of 2014 off, Vanbot came back today with a new single called "Trooper" woo hoo

https://soundcloud.com/vanbot/trooper

say lou lou seem perfect for this thread imo https://www.thefader.com/2015/02/02/say-lou-lou-premiere-nothing-but-a-heartbeat

i also think they're great

I go back a long way with Saint/Say Lou Lou. Glad the album is finally materializing, pissed that they're leaving off "Maybe You" and including the wretched "Julian". (I'll get over it, though.)

lol i was like "man i hope johnny fever already knows about them"

They're also the twin daughters of Steve Kilbey from The Church, a fact almost no one seems to care about at all.

i heard that album got pushed back AGAIN, the poor things. they've been dropped by the label i'm pretty sure

It was pushed back from yesterday to the 23rd (in Scandinavia, that is. It's April for rotw.)

The Monogem EP is out today. It only features one song (Silhouette) that wasn't previously available, but it's nice to have the stuff in place: https://soundcloud.com/monogem/sets/monogem-ep

Nothing as good as The Glow, imo, but pretty decent.

All We Are...a bit too slinky for indie, too guitar-y for pop. i love this track and theres a live version thats even better imo...will def go see when they play nearby in March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufADbnDKdLw

I'd heard another of their songs, but not this one. WOW I <3

Iris - "I'll Wait for You"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R9-KhACamk

As a commenter noted, the Haim is strong with this one.

doooooooope! !

The Susanne Sundfør album is up on Spotify and it's slaying me where I sit.

High hopes, but she's yet to surpass The Brothel.

I dunno, that seems kind of boring imo?

It's more Ane Brun than Annie, so not this-thready. But I still come back to it 5 years later.

Keep Shelly in Athens's new singer Myrtha is a good fit. Music's a bit more organic and dreamy than I've recalled from them.

Keep Shelly in Athens - Fractals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8eluILfheA

Stealing Sheep are back! I love Stealing Sheep!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q0UCBNYsms

Oh my, that's wonderful!

it is! i have listened to it about eight times so far today

eight nine

Tei Shi released "Bassically" last year, but it just got a video in the past few days. I love this song, and now its video takes it to a whole 'nother level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A17rVbNTtrg

Not sure how well does Róisín Murphy fit in here but I think at least this track isn't too out of place. It's a little on the weird/experimental side for my taste but it's got at least a few moments of brilliance:

https://soundcloud.com/miss-roisin-murphy/gone-fishing/s-jUKBs

New album announced as well.

I love this song (and her).

Shambhala all over the more northerly Eurovision selections this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DQnzJ-V_0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3wgPGSKg6M

There's also a Karin Park song in Melodi Grand Prix but the YouTubes I've heard so far have crappy sound quality.

I like that Latvian one. The Iceland one is...uh, I dunno. It's just kind of there.

Love the Iceland one! Too bad it's eliminated. I like the Latvian one as well. I never really pay much attention to Eurovision, but I'm kind surprised this kind of stuff even competes.

dude from Late Of The Pier's new side-project - LA Priest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riuEh0oNY2Y

Yeah, I'm into that one. It's on my Spotify playlist.

Late of the Pier! Gosh. Blast from the past.

https://soundcloud.com/adrianrec/dude

Lovely little dudebro shaming song from Swedish trio Old.

does this thread like The Forest & The Trees? seems like their last record would fit in here

Listening now. Sounds like The Cardigans, so...possibly?

Did you ever like Austra at all?

Emily Vaughn - Hollow
http://indietronica.org/2015/02/07/emily-vaughn-hollow/

riyl Sky Ferreira, Ryn Weaver. strong vocals, addictive hooks, top production. this track is so alike Ryn Weaver.

Emily Vaughn - Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/emily-vaughn-8

first interview

“Life as a journey” A talk with Emily Vaughn
http://www.c-heads.com/2015/02/17/life-as-a-journey-a-talk-with-emily-vaughn/

"Well as of right now, I’m traveling back and forth from Florida to LA and recording my EP. The goal is to release it and play those songs on a tour, then work on the full length album!"

i remember when Ryn Weaver launched on soundcloud, minimal details, no mention of a major record deal. If Emily is travelling to LA maybe a major label / publisher has signed her already?

I like a lot of the production/instrumentation details in "Hollow," but the chorus seems kind of flat for a song that sounds that big.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJAx3pHMm0

Maybe a little overboard on the filtered vocals, but I like the keyboard voicing choices.

I am ready for some new Chairlift and some new Poliça (even though their last album was a bit disappointing) this year. Anyone know whether this'll happen?

I've never been able to really embrace Poliça, despite them being "shambhala" as hell, but I wouldn't turn down any new Chairlift for sure.

Give You The Ghost is just chocka with great songs; Shulamith not so much. The effects on Channy's voice can be a barrier but I soon got used to it.

Former shambhala thread fave X Priest X, which now just goes by Priest, dropped a new one today: http://www.dummymag.com/new-music/priest-the-game-stream-debut-album-emotion-records

The odd initials reminded me, Paris XY (Copenhagen sound via Leeds) has a 2015 single.

And there's a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reDdwrWE-rU

Onuka from Ukraine. "Time" seems to be the single, but the whole album is on Spotify and I'm really liking it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Cswp7smQ0

The Say Lou Lou album is out there now. It's just been released in Sweden and can be bought on import. It doesn't come out in the US/UK until April 6th. Just giving it a listen for the first time now.

Still mad they put stupid "Julian" on it and left off the beautiful "Maybe You."

Interesting that you say you are mad about that as their Popjustice thread is full of people complaining Eclipse hasn't been included. I haven't heard either of those songs but will have to check them out after I finish the album. It sounds good so far.

I hadn't heard Eclipse before people started complaining it wasn't on there. Turns out to be quite nice.

Julian was their second single back a couple years ago. After introducing themselves with Maybe You, anything probably would've been a letdown, but even with that caveat I still think Julian is a fairly terrible song.

I haven't been following them from the beginning like you and plenty of others have been doing. I only got into them from the two songs nominated on the Spotify playlist (Everything We Touch and Games For Girls) I didn't realised they had already put out six singles. Along with Maybe You they left off Better In The Dark as well. They did put a few B-sides on there though which is a bit strange.

I think I found out about them at the beginning because I'm always sort of paying attention to all things The Church, and since they're Steve Kilbey's daughters they became immediately interesting.

Just listened to Maybe You and Better In The Dark. Both should be on the album.

Eternal Death album came out today on Labrador. not really what I'd expect from a band named Eternal Death, but within the bounds of what I'd expect from a band on Labrador. it's sounding nice on first listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9asgKOymms

I've been getting pr emails about Eternal Death for months. None of the songs I've heard so far have stuck with me, but I'll give the whole lp a spin.

listening to SLL now. I always liked Julian! Wasn't into that one with chet faker, is that on here? (guess i'm about to find out!)

Did you enjoy the album monotony? Think it could do with a few upbeat songs in the middle section but I did really enjoy it.

very pleasant - in terms of stuff in this lane i think it's a lot better than the indiana & rae morris albums but maybe not quite as good (certainly not as interesting) as the susanne sundfor

i'm happy they made "games for girls" as it reminds me of the thing of theirs i've returned to the most - the tiger & woods remix of "better in the dark"

Oh you guys, this slinky ass fretless bassline is THE BIZNESS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neVjsTxm0Dk

Cult Club - All the People

Ooooh, love that.

ungoogleable as hell (as in, actually ungoogleable unless you know the name of the album), Call Me - Say:

https://soundcloud.com/luxury-gbg/call-me-say

debut track, by XYLØ titled America has over 180,000 plays on soundcloud and covered by many blogs this week

XYLØ's debut track 'America' is a "love song about two people forced apart by a country."
http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/article/listen-to-xylO-s-debut-track-america-142

reflective slow-paced dreamy female vocals, with rippling hazy synths. track would sound good in a film.

riyl: Susanne Sundfør, LDR

XYLØ on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/xylo100

XYLØ on Spotify
http://open.spotify.com/artist/6ioOEWNNGK40H8xrGj6XPW

loving that petite noir track upthread

The whole ep is essential listening.

Kate Boy - Higher

Enticing as ever, though a bit heavy on the reverb. I fear the album rollout is as sabotaged by label delays as Indiana's was.

Yeah, that's a good song. Sort of a letdown that there's only one new song on a 5-song ep, but I'll take it.

curious if this is up your alley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbmJKrE7rE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDHYThnedw0

Really like both of these!

btw, the Indigo Face song in the op is on Spotify now.

Also, the Priest song "The Game" can be added to playlist plz.

Man Without Country - Laws of Motion feat. White Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYdbqdWEKz8

The vocal by Morgan Kibby (M83, White Sea) lifts this track (a 2014 single?) above anything else on the still-enjoyable new album (Maximum Entropy, 2015).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSVBfK9P0M

Maja Francis - Last Days of Dancing

Big, booming song in the recent Scandipop tradition.

So thankful for this thread; right now the Birthmark album (noted upthread by JF) is scratching my synthpop itch.

new Zella Day - Sacrifice

https://open.spotify.com/track/7wNJmGX7f0uBtIEghOldh5

another big bombastic track from Zella Day, added to spotify today from the soundtrack to the film Insurgent

Zella Day is often referred to as a more uptempo Lana Del Rey, and this track certainly reflects this.

That's not for me, really. Too overtly (and desperately) soundtrack-y.

Ane Brun has a new lead single off a 2015 album.

The last album was a bracing affair, despite a similarly charming lead.

I know nothing about Jennie Abrahamson, except that "Wolf" is shambhalatastic.

There's a connection, both Brun and Abrahamson have been tapped for Peter Gabriel tours (and the obligatory "Don't Give Up" duet).

Ane Brun has never been my bag, but there have been several Jennie Abrahamson songs over the years that I've been into.

Adna is a Swedish artist, based in Berlin. the title track of her new album, "Run, Lucifer" is a sublime icy cold art-pop track, with piano and reflective vocals.

Adna on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/adna-kadic

Adna on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1pduOlnYE5rd4VChXbeU8g

Adna - Run, Lucifer
https://soundcloud.com/adna-kadic/run-lucifer

Spotify: Adna - Run, Lucifer
https://open.spotify.com/track/40Ha2O1FCXebMt8mVQHbBt
for the track

more info:

Adna on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/Adna0

Adna – Run, Lucifer
http://nordicbynatureberlin.com/adna-run-lucifer/

Adna, is under the radar, a few european and british based blogs have picked this up. e,g the 405 in the UK. Also Adna is being played on "Amazing Radio" in the UK, there are apps on google play and ios to listen to this excellent radio station that often plays new Shambhala type music.

The album was slated for March 20th release in Germany. However from some reason it appeared on Spotify UK on March 11th.

Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder. I saved one of her tracks on soundcloud a while back, but I forgot to check and see if the album had come out yet.

Johnny Fever, now this is a track for you, that has a Juan Maclean vibe

Evvol - Your Love
https://soundcloud.com/evvol/your-love-1
slow start to the track, that builds with a hypnotic, pulsating groove and twisting melodies

Kool Thing are now Evvol; hear a new track ‘Your Love’
http://nialler9.com/kool-thing-are-now-evvol-hear-a-new-track-your-love/

dj nialler9 just played this track on his weekly txfm radio show. Txfm is a radio station based in Dublin.

"duality in both vocals and the way in which a tense rhythm dances with a rolling bassline and glassy percussion "

New band of the week: Evvol (No 44)
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/27/evvol-no-44
New band of the week: Evvol (No 44)
Australian-French-Irish trio based in Berlin who specialise in haunting, atmospheric trance-pop

The buzz: “Fusing textured, atmospheric guitars, ominous synths, vicious beats and layered glacier vocals” – Dazed & Confused.

the band on soundcloud describe themselves as dark synth pop

Evvol on Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/evvol

nothing on Spotify yet,
however as The Guardian mention:

What to buy: The single Your Love is released on 30 March by Mad Dog & Love Records, followed by the album Eternalism on 18 May.

I noticed them when they were on NBOTW, looking forward to the lp.

This thread has been lacking contributions from France, so here is Camp Claude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF5M9zvLoVA

This is great!

Might not be indie enough for shambhala but I'm afraid of going on the rolling pop thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRIUdgRw9_U

Better than Euphoria imo

I like that! Was Euphoria her Eurovision song? I know I've heard it, but I don't remember it at all.

That Loreen song is brilliant.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAOIbVDVIAAdqwo.jpg:large

There's to be a Kaleida EP (6 Apr):

1 Think (previously released)
2 Tropea (previously released)
3 The Call
4 Ruby (new)
5 Take Me To The River
6 Aliaa

Like the Emilie Nicolas above, another track drawing dubstep sounds into art pop.

Sarah Belkner - Humans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXW_rcap1kc

https://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/denetia-sene-the-fan

That Denitia and Sene ep dropped today, and one of my favorite of their tracks from last year "Runnin'" opens it up. Happy about that. The rest of it is super great too. The most melodic stuff they've put out yet. Hoping a second album would be more in this vein if there's one coming.

lovely Shambhala type track on the Errors album released today in the UK, maybe the US release is tomorrow?

Errors - Dull Care
https://open.spotify.com/track/7sB8pSICdMj0t5ZtvcCZDc

dreamy female vocals, twinkly cascading synths, sublime melodies

St.Etienne / One Dove vibes, chilled yet euphoric ibiza aura

It's weird. I just started listening to the last Errors album for the first time yesterday and then today I discover there's a new one out. It's on Spotify.

I liked "The Brae" last year, this one is also nice, and synthier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mec8fUE0D8U

I put the two Yumi Zouma EPs into one playlist and it made for a really good half-hour fake 90s Saint Etienne album.

new track: from Manchester's finest, Bernard & Edith

Bernard & Edith - Heartache

https://open.spotify.com/track/42bVYqsOXuawdHiOfnvR3y

slow dubby dark electronic pop track with hauntology vibes riyl: Gems, Niki & the Dove, HTRK, Banks, Portishead, Kelela, Kaleida,

Bernard & Edith debut album due soon, follow on Spotify now

Pillars with a a downtempo chilled track

Listen: PILLARS - “Woman Without Her Love” Premiere
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/song-of-the-day/pillars-woman-without-her-love

Female-fronted electro-pop; the genre is bursting at the seams and we’re more than happy about it. From Emilie Nicolas’ beautifully ballsy composition to Shura’s 80s-inspired work, there’s no denying it continues to be a wonderfully thriving market. Today a West London-based newcomer puts her hand up to join the growing ranks.

soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/pillarsmusic/woman-without-her-love-1/s-TUffr

not on spotify yet

Temple Invisible - dreamy electronic-pop from Romania, that once again is inspired by the Balearic Grooves of the early 90s ala One Dove. you can just imagine the sun setting in ibiza with this track. I first became aware of Temple Invisible via Amazing Radio. dreamy hazy female vocals, cascading drum patterns and swirling synths.

Temple Invisible - Everything from Above
https://soundcloud.com/templeinvisible/everything-from-above

track released in january

Temple Invisible is releasing their debut US/CA single "Everything From Above" on January 27th.

spotify:

Temple Invisible - Everything from Above
https://open.spotify.com/track/0rPLOoAnAA8HHA49cBpO12

another track found via amazing radio

Rainer - Nocturn
https://soundcloud.com/thisisrainer/nocturn

Rainer announce debut LP Water, stream lead single “Nocturn”
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/rainer-announce-debut-lp-water-stream-lead-single-nocturn

like the tempo changes on this track, nice interplay with the female vocals, and the warped male vocoder

not yet on spotify

also heads up Jenny Abrahamson album Gemini, Gemini finally gets an international release this week. It's now on Spotify in the Uk.

One would think all the "Running Up That Hill" fans on ILX would be all over "Wolf" from the Jennie Abrahamson album. On the whole its a great EP with filler but what isn't.

New Priest track ...sounds rather big for them. I think the vocals are kinda weak but otherwise it's pretty good:

https://soundcloud.com/eeemotion/priest-broken

This is a quick, quarterly reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a few album selections) are being posted as updated to a thread-specific Spotify playlist that I'm maintaining. I just did a quick sweep prior to posting this message and updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.

That playlist is currently a bit more than three hours of music and is clickable below. Give it a spin and subscribe if you want to listen along through the year.

Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015 Spotify Playlist

new track from georgia, and it's another gem

Georgia - Move Systems

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4UJG4LJg8yFPapyzORdIAk

tribal tropical drumming vibes ala The Creatures / Bow Wow Wow

note: the new Priest track is now on Spotify

Andrea Belancey - Watefalls

https://open.spotify.com/track/1wmv2fZ7F26HTnjQMZDtsr

track from the Volcano ep released in February

this track has a hauntology vibe with ethereal vocals, trip-hop grooves, rolling drums, best bit the spooky cascading synths after 2 minutes 18 seconds

GEORGIA SIGNS TO DOMINO, SHARES NEW ‘MOVE SYSTEMS’ VIDEO
http://diymag.com/2015/03/31/georgia-signs-to-domino-shares-new-move-systems-video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC1_DWdhDV4

Aliaa from Kaleida's Think ep. They've got the openning slot for Róisín Murphy's UK tour in May.

If you get a chance to see Karin Park, take it. I expected not-too-exciting singing+sequencers, but I wanted to see a show while I was here in Stockholm and there she was. But her drummer is her brother, and he comes out in a Slayer shirt and begins hitting things very hard, and she is at least 9 feet tall and has a keytar, and the whole thing was extremely entertaining. Good crowd response from whatever she was saying in Swedish, too.

Man Without Country - Laws of Motion feat. White Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYdbqdWEKz8

PREMIERE: Loston + Ta-ku – No Reason
http://hypetrak.com/2015/04/premiere-loston-taku-no-reason/

"sees both artists team up to combine intricate keys and soaring vocal samples and weave a colourful and vast landscape, before erupting into a crescendo of ringing floor toms and syncopated synth lines."

soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/loston/loston-taku-no-reason
not yet on spotify

uptempo synth track from Loston + Ta-ku - artists based in Perth, Australia

track mentioned upthread is now on spotify

Rainer - Nocturn
https://open.spotify.com/track/5CGUl2urhOURrW5niiwacV

john, forksclovetofu you missed this track mentioned upthread for the playlist:

is it available in your country?

Andrea Belancey - Waterfalls
https://open.spotify.com/track/1wmv2fZ7F26HTnjQMZDtsr

got it. search is often wonky.

another track mentioned upthread, to be added to the playlist

Jennie Abrahamson - Wolf
https://open.spotify.com/track/6fcEfeklcECOBhOS2qdRq2

I'd really love to hear the rest of this Selected Works album, but it's not available on Spotify US (though the track itself is) or in any US mp3 store (and no one on slsk has it). "Miradors" is a beautiful song, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsVuBwNVqiM

track mentioned upthread, now on spotify

PILLARS - Woman Without Her Love
https://open.spotify.com/track/6IWvQZb4gU6zkgyXyoRhJf

reminder, Kaleida EP is also on Spotify today

2 tracks from the new Doldrums album released this week,

both have a ravey synth-pop euphoric vibe

Doldrums - Loops
https://open.spotify.com/track/31aChToW9xKbdBtDiqRrV0

Doldrums - My Friend Simjen
https://open.spotify.com/track/5gGJmaH9rDCDTU596I70xQ

listen to the album:
Doldrums - The Air Conditioned Nightmare
https://open.spotify.com/album/3FYQnwtVLu59Ku9b7tl6IP

loving the new chromatics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFuIkahi6nw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prdc3aWnZg8

The new Ariane Moffatt album is really lovely. Mostly more downbeat than the single above would suggest.

Laurel - Juglans (Feat. Yung Gud)

https://soundcloud.com/classiclaurel/juglans-feat-yung-gud

one of the best shambhala tracks of the year, hazy sensual female vocals over futuristic oriental mesmerizing zig-zag beats. this track is so addictive due to it's hypnotic nature.

not on spotify at the mo

Didn't expect it to be built around such a trappy beat, but I can get over that.

Iris's first single is posted upthread, I think. Her new one "Follow Me" is out now and, when the beat kicks in, it's reminiscent of the outro to "Thriller" with that plucky insistent guitar line that I'm predisposed to loving. A+

http://soundcloud.com/cult-nation/iris-follow-me
http://open.spotify.com/album/1ZwdGNFaWv0HylZPRgoEC2

obscure gem found on soundcloud

Madi Larson x λjgor ~ Guidance
https://soundcloud.com/madi-larson/madi-larson-x-jgor-guidance

Madi Larson is an 18 year old from Arizona, delicate floaty chilled vocals over electronic ambient pop hypnotic grooves.

I love that winding bass.

electronic glitch-pop from a new artist, Tidelines - nice long swoosh synths on this tracks, like i'm transported to ibiza on a hot summer's night in a chill out zone. In the Uk the weather has warmed up and this track feels so right. i can see this track doing well on ILM with FKA Twigs / Kelela fans

found via the prolific new music blog, pigeons and planes

PREMIERE: TIDELINES – “SAY MY NAME”
http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/04/premiere-tidelines-say-my-name/

direct soundcloud link:
https://soundcloud.com/xvi-records/tidelines-say-my-name-master

"From the wilds of Southeast London, Tidelines have arrived with their debut single. They are a duo practiced in the art of spooky, skittering electronica, wrapping the listener up in a sound cocoon so silky you’re hardly aware it’s there. But the kick does come, and in “Say My Name” it bursts through in twinkling waves, the beat split open with a synth so sudden and full it forces you to listen back to the entire song with that moment in mind."

New Vanbot! "Seven"

https://soundcloud.com/vanbot/single-seven

She sounds way less like Robyn now than she did when she first showed up in 2011, to her credit. First "Trooper" and now "Seven" makes me think her new album is gonna be a stunner.

Mai Kino's Burn, in the "similar" playlist with Iris, should be of interest to Lorde fans.

Karin Park, who wrote Margaret Berger's I Feed You My Love, has a new album out.

http://youtu.be/phrRu6lACcE

^ a bit by-numbers but quite catchy.

osbsure soundcloud find...

Moon Holiday is Alexandra Ward
Sydney, Australia

Moon Holiday - Prince
https://soundcloud.com/moon_holiday/prince

a spooky sensual track, unusual tempos and dubby rhythms, moody ethereal synths

“Prince” is the second single on Moon Holiday's new EP, following on from the single “Rid U”.

“Prince” Written & Produced by Alex Ward
Co-produced by Thomas McAlister
Mastered by Darren Ziesing

spotify

Moon Holiday - Prince
https://open.spotify.com/track/4vTp8CUaRcqxVEPz6XwV00

also worth checking out the track: Rid U - that is a 2014 track

another track from Sydney !

BUOY - Took Me Up
https://soundcloud.com/b-u-o-y/took-me-up-2

dramatic rhythmic backdrop and strong vocals and smudgy synth tones towards the end, a promising debut track

Spotify: BUOY - Took Me Up
https://open.spotify.com/track/7CyKb90eXYZO371Xmmyyzp

"You" by Jones was one of my favorite songs last year, so I'm totally hyped for her new song and coming EP!

http://www.stereogum.com/1793450/jones-indulge-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/

I'm quite taken with Aurora Aksnes at the moment:

Under Stars - https://youtu.be/5AWHALoCzPM

Runaway - https://youtu.be/d_HlPboLRL8

I'm liking this new Mary Onettes track with Selebrities' Maria Usbeck:

https://soundcloud.com/cascine/the-mary-onettes-ruins-feat-maria-usbeck-1/s-RWNh2

They've come a long way from sounding like Echo & The Bunnymen Jr.

enjoying this one.

Eiko Hara - Going Somewhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHmvVo7pYIc

We covered Polish artist Lari Lu last year at the Jukebox (http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=14207; some comparisons to Javiera Mena), and her new single is quite nice, particularly for farfisa fans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf7q30zzeNA

new Throwing Shade track just released on Spotify

more hazy spoken word vocals with dreamy springtime freshness

hypnotic Hypnagogic pop

Throwing Shade - Honeytrap
https://open.spotify.com/track/03hEef4HArsEZ1v64a2o5Q

Not sure I care for the turn she's taken (from Liz Frazer rips) to earnest vocals in the Chvrches/Purity Ring vein, but its certainly thisthready:

Empress Of - Water Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9lDDKY-Qc

Yeah, I mean it's alright, but not the direction I'd hoped she would choose going forward.

agreed - listened to Hattrick on repeat but this doesn't do that much, despite good sounds

we discussed Haerts briefly on the other thread. Me and my o/h both got it for each other at Christmas, ha - really like it in a different way than I expected. Every track reminds me of about 20 other songs though, in both production and tune

by 'it' I mean the album

Empress Of - Water Water must remind me of White Sea - Cannibal Love because I've had that in my head since listening to it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynGWVOCnNl0

BTW I heard Kate Boy and Purity Ring in H&M and another high street shop this week

"Carrousel is a pop noir outfit from Los Angeles, CA."

track released this month, April 9th titled August 5th

strong female vocals

Carrousel - AUGUST 5th
https://soundcloud.com/carrouselband/august-5th-1

spotify: Carrousel - AUGUST 5th
https://open.spotify.com/track/13ohJdHzYkiZ66755HGQbK

obscure soundcloud gem

Voes - Only Wonder
https://soundcloud.com/voes/only-wonder-1

spotify: Voes - Only Wonder
https://open.spotify.com/track/1BAap2UK5eavQmRJYC8vZc

reflective delicate ethereal female vocals, piano, dubby downtempo trip-hop ala Portishead

this track has similar vibe to Massive Attack - Teardrop - but a more lighter touch

There is no location on their soundcloud, but their twitter indicates from the content they are based somewhere in South Wales.
https://twitter.com/voesofficial

Lisa Alma from denmark,

new 2015 track, best section of the track after 1.45

i would like to listen to a more electronic remix of the track, to put more of an edge to the track ala Electribe 101 - at times it's too smooth

Lisa Alma - Fine
https://soundcloud.com/dumontdumont/lisa-alma-fine-2

Spotify: Lisa Alma - Fine
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Mqib4s0r0C35I0QobPLkn

ha, there is a remix, released last year, still to restrained

Lisa Alma – Fine (CANVAS Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/lisa-alma/lisa-alma-fine-canvas-remix-1

Marz Léon's "Whitelionz" has a video now. I was a big fan of the ep she released last year, and this is likewise fantastic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_-ivCX5YtM

Also getting into Kissey, whose EP comes out next week. The opening track "I Don't Need Anything" is a marvel.

http://soundcloud.com/kissey/i-dont-need-anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4JTUg9s3Yg

"Distortion" is from the Kissey EP as well. It also has a great video.

(fwiw, I just found out Kissey was fka Kissey Asplund and she's got a perfectly agreeable tilty r&b album on Spotify from 2008.)

There's a new Lianne La Havas album out in July. http://www.liannelahavas.com/splash/splashpage_6

Fakuta, of Chile, may appeal to the other Ronika fans hereabouts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVEtutalobA

I've seen no mention of Prints

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeJeAnN5Mo

is this the default sundfør thread?
http://www.roughtradenyc.com/event/816951-susanne-sundf-r-brooklyn

oh, it's directly above this one.

If you're in the right mood/frame of mind, this song will kill you dead.

https://soundcloud.com/orkamusik/tellme

Ørka - Tell Me

zhala is the first act signed to robyn's label; this track sounds like Susanne Sundfør air-dropped into an old cathy dennis single (a compliment!)

https://soundcloud.com/zhalazhala/holy-bubbles

I'd heard a couple prior Zhala tracks, but this one is heaps better. Thanks!

track mentioned upthread now has a video

Rainer – “Nocturn” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
http://www.stereogum.com/1797097/rainer-nocturn-video-stereogum-premiere/video/

Finnish Knife-esque:

Femme En Fourrure - Blossom

chilled downtempo track, delicate twisting melodies

Gacha ft Natalie Beridze Tba - Send Two Sunsets
https://soundcloud.com/gacha/gacha-ft-natalie-beridze-tba-send-two-sunsets

Taken from the forthcoming album ‘Send Two Sunsets’ released 5th May

Ha! That's my current This Is My Jam jam.

SOMEBODY liked that dum dum girls album from last year (that somebody is me) (also, this is the first Sleep Thieves track I've really gotten into)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trR8sbhbeGw

Ooh, I like that. Also, I loved last year's DDG album (my favorite by her/them).

new pictureplane, don't know what to make of it yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa2mWplqebQ

one of the best synth-pop tracks of year, massive euphoric swirling synths, big drums, strong passionate female vocals, the track is addictive to the max

it sounded brilliant on the weekly audition show on amazing radio today
http://amazingradio.com/shows/audition

From Copenhagen, Denmark - Alcoholic Faith Mission

Alcoholic Faith Mission - Another You

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/32GSCbH7I5SG9ff8vObB8S
released April 24th 2015

soundcloud link:
https://soundcloud.com/alcoholic-faith-mission/another-you

Hannah Cohen - Fake It

Singer/songwriter in a cavern with shaggy analog synths, on BellaUnion label.

Funktionslust - A Different Street

Oddfunk.

on the slightly deadpan twee side, gentle melodies, chiming synths

Princess Chelsea - Too Many People
https://soundcloud.com/princesschelsea/too-many-people-1

Gorilla Vs Bear were promoting it last week..

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2015/04/28/premiere-princess-chelsea-too-many-people/

Here’s the new single from New Zealand’s Princess Chelsea (formerly of the Brunettes), taken from her conceptual and kind of epic new record The Great Cybernetic Depression. “Too Many People“, which features vocals from Brunettes founding member Jonathan Bree, is a lilting, deceptively dark cosmic lullaby that recalls the similarly dystopian retro-futuristic vibes present in her amazing video for “No Church on Sunday“. The Great Cybernetic Depression is out June 8.

chilled spring cool chillwave synth pop from EMBRZ who are based in Ireland,
alerted via Irish music blogger, Nialler9 http://nialler9.com/embrz-silent/

EMBRZ - Silent ft. Amy Rose
https://soundcloud.com/embrz/silent-ft-amy-rose-3

spotify: EMBRZ - Silent
https://open.spotify.com/track/1rJ5p6k23pIS0xylWPN8AQ

one of the key Shambhala albums of 2015 has arrived, alert the new Priest album is on Spotify - at least in the UK

Priest - Priest
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Q3M8D6iiyaQiFxk56FCl6

I'm a little disappointed with Priest. I wish they'd done more tracks that sounded like "Samurai." Also, I think their songwriting is a bit weak, TBH.

Kinda my feeling too.

i just noticed that kate boy released an EP containing all their previously released singles a couple months ago
https://open.spotify.com/album/23BneIki2r7BZsMInXVVQ8

Highly recommended album released this week from Manchester's Bernard & Edith touches of The Cocteau Twins in places

Bernard & Edith - Jem
https://open.spotify.com/album/3eAcvodUZjNU6oUC6FKbkJ

also,

Rainer - RAINER STREAM DEBUT ALBUM ‘WATER’ IN FULL
http://diymag.com/2015/05/12/rainer-stream-debut-album-water-in-full
released next week, advance stream

The full Vanbot album is streaming at Soundcloud now: http://soundcloud.com/vanbot/sets/album-perfect-storm

Definitely less Robyn-ish than her debut a few years back and actually refeshingly unlike much else at the moment.

How about this Sally Dige album? Kinda post-punk/italo/Saâda Bonaire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIudnEGeMDU

She's the singer in the Cult Club track I posted upthread. Looking forward to hearing her album.

Belated entry from January

Jemma Endersby - Too Tired
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqOQLWK_Eag

Belgium represent, with a bit of ESL appeal.

Billie - Give Me the Knife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSthrCKIFaA

alert the new Vanbot album has gone up early on Spotify (Uk version)

Change of direction for Tamaryn from ethereal shoegaze to bright Zesty Synth-Pop - one of my fav synth-pop tracks of 2015

Tamaryn - Hands All Over Me
http://www.thefader.com/2015/04/28/tamaryn-premieres-hands-all-over-me

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/7eaGuSw4rVrOG7Sy0Ucsmc

new album Cranekiss in August is much anticipated

New track "Unsaid" from Flor, which sounds as big as the sky.

http://soundcloud.com/florsounds/flor-unsaid

another bombastic track, forceful uptempo vocals

SVE - My Religion
https://soundcloud.com/svemusic/my-religio

track getting attention from a number of blogs this week:
see http://hypem.com/track/2b9rt/HANA+-+Clay

Hana - Clay
https://soundcloud.com/hanamusic-1/clay

sensual alt r'n'b / electronic pop

riyl: Shura, Tei Shi

new track from Mushy

maybe this track is too artwave slow minimalist for this thread but it's worth hearing

sounding like Talk Talk's spirit of eden era with added ethereal female vocals

Mushy - Songs of Diamonds
https://soundcloud.com/mushyyy/song-of-diamonds

back to more realist Shambhala

track with sirens, sparkling synths, layered drums,

Sinah - Harder
https://soundcloud.com/sinah/harder-1

First single release of SINAH's upcoming album. Coming out on the 12th of June

The whole Gacha album is amazing. On Spotify.

New track from Class Actress!

https://soundcloud.com/classactress/morethanyou

it's good, and reminds me of IDIB. i remember reading - this must be about 2 years ago now - that she was working with moroder, but it appears she hasn't made the cut on his album - not sure if he's had a hand in this track

she does maintain a relatively active twitter presence but nonetheless it's been so long since she put anything out that i thought she might have abandoned the project. rapprocher is still a great album btw.

Tamaryn - Hands All Over Me

This producer was in Lansing-Dreiden, and it sounds it! Nice.

Soho Rezanejad, the Danish Zola Jesus...

Soho Rezanejad - Idolatry
https://soundcloud.com/sohorezanejad/idolatry

this is right up my street darkwave synth pop with Zola Jesus type vocals

via the405
http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/top-5-songs-of-the-week-15th-may-2015-143
In it, her gutsy vocals call out into a dark swirling mass of industrial-grade electro-pop, squelchy bass and laser-cutter synth leads at work over the unrelenting, pugilistic beat.

synth pop from canada,

sublime gliding motorik grooves, i reckon Johnny Fever will enjoy this track

For Esmé - You
https://soundcloud.com/foresmeforever/you

Thanks for the tip. I don't like "You" all that much, but the other song on their soundcloud page, "Just Yet," is quite nice.

This Zhala album is even better than I'd hoped.

Danish kids that touch my Grimes synapse.

Rangleklods - lost u
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucvLOc94dUY

Thought I'd posted about Rangleklods here, but it must've been somewhere else. The album is tight as fuck.

I feel like most of Zhala's track have little too much going on for my taste. That being said, I've been enjoying "Holy Bubbles" lately. It got a somewhat lukewarm reception at TSJ, I was expecting a higher score.

The outro totally sounds like Saint Etienne from the Foxbase Alpha/So Tough era.

xp *Zhala's tracks

That Rangleklods album is really good on first listen, reminds me of When Saints Go Machine a lot.

ideal late spring track, chillwave vibes

Fickle Friends - PARIS
https://soundcloud.com/ficklefriends/paris

Misogi - Lunar
https://soundcloud.com/misogi/lunar

this track is rather different, a strong bassline runs through it with dreamy female vocals by a singer called Sosi. The producer Misogi claims to be 16 from Dubai.

the singer sosi, is from Illinois and seems to be young and mysterious

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/05/daily-discovery-sosi/

best Chvrches impersonation of 2015 award goes to Eves the Behavior - from Australia for this track:

Eves the Behavior - Electrical
https://soundcloud.com/dewprocess/eves-the-behavior-electrical

so Chvrches - check the vocals, production, songwriting

Great song. I was a fan of her song "Zen" back when she was just known as Eves (and I gave her some mild shit on fb for changing the name to Eves the Behavior...because what even is that?). She seems to be a slow mover (3 songs in the span of about 2 and a half years), but maybe there's an album coming.

new track from Ireland's Blooms, who deserve a much higher profile

Blooms - Love (Prod. by P*nut & Gil Lewis)
https://soundcloud.com/thisisblooms/love

riyl Shura

v nice

Made in Heights - Panther, another track on the sensual side of shambhala from now on known as "Sensual Shambhala"

this track was digitally released late 2014, has been played over 790, 000 times on soundcloud

but now is available on the new Made in Heights album: "Without My Enemy What Would I Do" just released

Made in Heights - Panther
https://soundcloud.com/madeinheights/panther

the atmospherics on the track are sublime, the production, the sensual vocals and the delay echo chant vocals with the word "closer" make it addictive

https://soundcloud.com/the-japanese-house/teeth

I'm super into this EP, Pools to Bathe In, by The Japanese House (aka 19 year-old Amber Bain). Creeping beats and heavily processed vocals, but then the light breaks through in spots and an amazing melody hits. "Teeth" is the one with the most resonance for me, but the whole EP is a stunner.

Reminds me of Hugo Largo/Mimi Goese in some ways.

And The 1975 I assume, but because half of them were involved in its production.

It sounds NOTHING like The 1975 at all (which is a wonderful thing imo). If those guys are secretly into making music like this instead of the shit they pump out in their dayjobs, I have a little more respect for them.

new artist, to me: Delaire just played on amazing radio's weekly audition show

Delaire - Belief
https://soundcloud.com/delaire-music/belief-1

new tamaryn track sounds great, very much leaning towards cure/cocteau twins territory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2mxdXpbGCw

Speaking of Chvrches impersonations:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOKsdQm0JFo

That song's about a year and a half old, but I gotcha.

Oh lol, times moves fast. That's actually a song from 2011. I can't believe it's been around for 4 years already.

God, I should shut up. Wikipedia says 2011, but that's probably a typo. All signs point to this coming out at the top of 2014. I should probably scan older Shambhala threads to see when it first got posted.

x-post from the Shura thread. Here's "White Light" - https://soundcloud.com/shura/shura-white-light

The song seems to have been teased in 2014, but the EP's physical & digital release was 7 April 2015. As with Kaleida, I think year of impact gives us some leeway.

Its been a pretty fantastic year for this thready EPs, even if most of them are following the post-label strategy of Youtube/Soundcloud teasers for years before artifacts arrive.

KALEIDA - Think
Laura Groves - Committed Language
Kate Boy - Kate Boy
Allie X - CollXtion I
Funktionslust - A Different Street

Lord knows it took Ronika forever to get her album together.

track getting lots of blogging action, today:

another track on the sensual side

BAILE - Leaves (feat. Felicia Douglass)
https://soundcloud.com/color-station/baile-leaves-feat-felicia-douglass

riyl: Shura meets hipster house

the 2nd track from XYLØ, their first track, America has nearly 1 million plays on soundcloud

the female vocalist has an engaging tone to her vocal style, it's another track that has a film / cinematic vibe

XYLØ - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
https://soundcloud.com/xylo100/between-the-devil-and-the-deep-blue-sea

That's 0/2 for XYLØ for me. idg the popularity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qr_SvcC6Vc

This Real Lies track is a bit different to the rest of this thread but it feels like neither pop nor indie. Somewhere between The Tough Alliance and East 17.

KALEIDA - Think
Laura Groves - Committed Language
Kate Boy - Kate Boy
Allie X - CollXtion I
Funktionslust - A Different Street

A very good few months for this thread!

I don't think I like the Zhala album much at all, even though Holy Bubbles is a really strong single - it's all a bit too one-dimensional over 45 minutes.

this track surprised me, dark art-pop meets dreamy future bass

i love the icy cold mysterious production, clanking zig zag sounds combined with floaty dreamy vocals

Keep Shelly in Athens - Benighted
https://soundcloud.com/keepshellyinathens/keep-shelly-in-athens-benighted

Released by:
Friends of Friends

Release date:
1 June 2015

I realize some still instinctively reject The Bird and the Bee's twee leanings, but they've got the pop chops.

The Bird and the Bee - Will You Dance (w bonus Patton Oswalt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flbce8yaBao

I immediately decided this is the best The Bird and The Bee song I've ever heard.

Trio from LA named MUNA. New single "So Special" sounds a little like Haim, but more keyboardy.

https://soundcloud.com/whereismuna/muna-so-special

Blooms was mentioned upthread. Here's a track from her producer Gil Lewis that she contributes a vocal to. It's slippery funk.

https://soundcloud.com/gillewis/gil-lewis-i-cant-do-it-feat-blooms

Also, hey forks! Can you add "Teeth" by The Japanese House to the playlist? http://open.spotify.com/track/0OAHIrca7LoKPNoX3eJwAw

xp-I've always been on the fence about The Bird and the Bee. Their tweeness is close to the limit of what I can stand, but Greg Kurstin sure knows how to write a pop song.

That MUNA track is pretty good. The vocals have a bit of a country feel.

a track with a mysterious atmospheric twist including smudgy synth tones and different tempos

PURPLE - The Deepest Night
https://soundcloud.com/purplepurplepurple/the-deepest-night

via Stereogum
http://www.stereogum.com/1806325/purple-the-deepest-night/mp3s/

dreamy track

laura clock - Fantasy
https://soundcloud.com/goldenbruise/fantasy

signed to rinse

Sunrise Device - Tonight
https://soundcloud.com/sunrise-device/tonight

obscure track via indietronica mixtape june 2015 playlist on soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/indietronicaoffical/sets/indietronica-mixtape-june-2015

male vocalist, sublime atmospheric chiming pianos and synths, this one is a keeper, in brief places sounds like Phil Oakey, if you like the chillwave of Memory Tapes then listen.

^ into it!

another track from the indietronica june 2015 playlist

MIKRO - Thelo Na Zo [album Version]
https://soundcloud.com/mikro/mikro-thelo-na-zo-album-version

Greek electronic pop, dramatic tune, strong atmospheric intensity, powerful vocals,

riyl: zola jesus

track from London based, Bo Rocha

new artist to me, remix version of new single

has a tropical feel, with bouncy locked in groove,

Bo Rocha - Angel Eyes (Brolin Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/bo-rocha/angel-eyes-brolin-remix

i prefer the remix, but here is the original version to compare and contrast

Bo Rocha - Angel Eyes
https://soundcloud.com/bo-rocha/angel-eyes-1

an atmospheric track released by Friends of Friends earlier this year

Nadastrom - House Shoes Ft. Nina K
https://soundcloud.com/fofmusic/house-shoes-ft-nina-k

at times the vocalist reminds me of liz fraser in the tone of her singing style

French Minimal Wave / Coldwave / dark synthpop track

mysterious french vocals, icy synths

Hante. - Le Silence
https://soundcloud.com/hante-band/le-silence

Nina K was my favourite thing about both Tomas Barford albums.

Yeah, she's great.

the latest track from everyone's favourite blue haired Shambhala pop star, Ji Nilsson

fresh, addictive vocal performance - it's a distinctive track that keeps getting replays for me

Ji Nilsson - Perfume
https://soundcloud.com/jinilsson/perfume-1

a good electronic-pop debut track from LA based, Elohim

Elohim - She Talks Too Much
https://soundcloud.com/elohimelohim/elohim-she-talks-too-much

this track has a strong bassline and catchy vocals, riyl Chvrches

blogged by 22 blogs @ Hype Machine, back in May
http://hypem.com/track/2beg0/Elohim+-+She+Talks+Too+Much

The Tove Styrke album is seriously fantastic. She reminds me of Lykke Li but with punch instead of wistfulness, and I love the production on it - it's almost reggae in some spots, acidic in others.

The Jupiter album sounds like it should probably have come out in 2005 but it's good none the less:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY8niqVVLXg

Nina K – “Impossible (Tomas Barfod Remix)” (Stereogum Premiere)
http://www.stereogum.com/1811384/nina-k-impossible-tomas-barfod-remix-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/

soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/ninakinert/02-impossible-tomas-barfod-remix/s-U7v9P

Hey JF, have you checked out The Amazing's new album, Picture You? A presumptuous band name, I know, lol. But this record is badass, albeit in a low-key kind of way. Most of the songs are rather long, but I find them, on the whole, to be more hypnotic than annoying. I've read many comparison's to various classic rock bands, but I've yet to nail down anyone in particular.

If you, or anyone else perusing this thread, wants a sampling, check out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13pMFya2ilA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT0Zxva4kI4

great track, with sparkling swooshy synths

HAUNTED - Soft Night ft. Tantrum
https://soundcloud.com/hauntedcreeps/4-soft-night-1

riyl: Georgia, Throwing Shade

via
HAUNTED Debuts So Heat EP
The Atlanta experimentalist casts shiny waves of chill across five new tracks.
http://www.thefader.com/2015/06/19/haunted-debuts-so-heat-ep

another Haunted track, going in a more avant chillwave dark pop direction

Haunted - Budder
https://soundcloud.com/hauntedcreeps/budder-1

riyl New Order, Salem, Purple,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=29&v=MoGxR_qo3zc

I dunno about The Amazing. It reminds me a little bit of the band Gersey from about 10 years ago, which is also the time I would've been most into something like this.

Does the Dø go here? I keep posting stuff from this album on different threads because it's really good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8RO_nDq1NU

infectious, quirky uptempo rhythmic / tropical pop track,

Gilligan Moss - Choreograph
https://soundcloud.com/gilligan-moss/choreograph-1

this track first surfaced in october 2013, but at last gets an official release in June 2015

- also posted on the BALEARIC REVIVAL thread

exclusive evvol track

Evvol toy with fate on “Starcrossed”, a new taste from upcoming debut Eternalism (Premiere)
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/evvol-starcrossed

riyl: Warpaint, Glasser

reminder, the album Eternalism is released 24 July on !K7/Mad Dog & Love.

Discovered this song via that Spanish radio station that was streaming the new Beach House song:

Alondra Bentley- What Will You Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSXJn3lT3Gw

That's fantastic!!

Lyves X Synkro - Body Close
https://soundcloud.com/lyves/lyves-x-synkro-body-close

great vocals, stunning production

Not ready yet for songs with Amen Break style drums to become a cottage industry again. (Totally down with Funky Drummer, though.)

JF, what do you think of the: Gilligan Moss - Choreograph - track that i linked a few days ago

rhythmically, it's outstanding - the track has an addictive propulsive flowing sound

another track that deserves more attention on ilm, is a track i posted on the rolling pop thread recently

kiiara - Gold
https://soundcloud.com/kiiaraonline/gold
over 316, 000 soundcloud plays in 14 days for a complete newcomer.

totally addictive, distinctive fresh pop - when it ends, it's an instant reply - again and again.

JF, what do you think of the: Gilligan Moss - Choreograph - track that i linked a few days ago

I listened to it then (and just now listened again) but the production makes me uneasy or something.

The Kiiara track likewise stresses me out.

This is a quick, mid-year reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a handful of album selections from each listed) are being posted as updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist. I just did a top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and have updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.

Added a whole bunch of tracks that weren't initially available, so worth a relisten if you've been away awhile. 138 tracks (!), over nine hours long.

ILX's Johnny Fever Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

Good work, forks! I didn't realize those Orka and Flor tracks had made it on to Spotify!

This is a quick, mid-year reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and a handful of album selections from each listed) are being posted as updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist. I just did a top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and have updated as of today with everything that's been added on Spotify since it was first mentioned.

30 tracks, 3+ hours.

ILX's Time Travel 2015 >2012<2102<5102 Thread Spotify Playlist

d'oh, wrong thread; disregard.

atmospheric track with dreamy ethereal vocals

SLO - Fortune
https://soundcloud.com/sloofficial/fortune

newcomer Keyes has released two singles in 2015,

atmospheric / dreamy electronic pop

new track:

Keyes - Poor Man's Paradise
https://soundcloud.com/keyeskeyeskeyes/poor-mans-paradise

debut track, got a fair amount of attention on blogs earlier this year:

Keyes - Veins
https://soundcloud.com/keyeskeyeskeyes/veins

NYC band Wet aren't posting tracks on Soundcloud due to their record label, so fire yup Spotify

Wet - Deadwater
https://open.spotify.com/track/2dB5GYSO8IdZazyTp8YhgB

The track is very Shura-like, both the female vocalist and the production. I wonder if they share the same producer / sound mixer?

Wet interview: “Are you a miserable person?”
Kelly Zutrau of the NYC trio discuss miserable lyrics and major label deals.
http://www.dummymag.com/features/wet-band-kelly-zutrau-interview

another track from NYC,

Black Coast - Gold Chain ft REMMI
https://soundcloud.com/blackcoast/gold-chain-ft-remmi

bright, confident, fresh electronic pop with a superb bouncy groove production. One of the best tracks on this thread.

the singer Remmi reminds me of another vocalist, maybe Broods? someone else?

electronic pop from Norway

Sofie Letitre - Bare
https://soundcloud.com/sofieletitre/bare

riyl Banks, Kelela

LA band, Superhumanoids does a Good Goldfrapp impersonation:

Superhumanoids - Anxious in Venice
https://soundcloud.com/superhumanoids/anxious-in-venice

that vocalist sounds exactly like alison goldfrapp, the music sounds like goldfrapp

Ha! They're not fucking around. They seriously want to be Goldfrapp. It's kind of creepy/weird.

ha, maybe Goldfrapp should do a cover version and upload to soundcloud.

Which Goldfrapp track does it most rip off though?

It's like a mesh of three different songs from Supernature.

Schaffel pop is a bottomless well. Just 'cuz Allison spelunked for a couple of years in the early 90s doesn't exhaust its wonders.

I notice, Evvol are now on Spotify

Evvol - No Love
https://soundcloud.com/evvol/no-love-1

i've found gold with this track:

Evvol - Four Step From Home
https://open.spotify.com/track/03JdgUbGGdOkAQybKq4Y7w
atmospheric dreamy electronic pop, that has a italo-disco vibe, absolutely astonishing track with sparkling synths.

Reminder, the highly anticipated debut Evvol album will be released Friday July 24th
http://evvol.bandcamp.com/

Evvol - Four Steps From Home (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/lag_XeDKQ2c

track from earlier this year that i keep listening to,

Sevdaliza - Taste
https://soundcloud.com/sevdaliza/taste

bouncy dynamic uptempo track

icelandic cool chillwave pop gazing by a waterfall

Vök - Waterfall
https://soundcloud.com/vokmusic/vok-waterfall

nice, slow dubby chilled track

Lowki - F.A.C.E
https://soundcloud.com/lowkimusic/face-1

new dramatic Natasha Kmeto track, strong upfront vocals as usual.

Natasha Kmeto - Come and Say
https://soundcloud.com/natashakmeto/kmeto-come-and-say

From the "Inevitable" LP due out 9.18.15 on Dropping Gems

...roll on September 18th

I like some of her stuff. This is reassuringly good.

xp: is that parsed "an impression of goldfrapp that is good" or "an impression of goldfrapp when they were good" b/c if it's the latter we have beef now

(the track is good though!)

"an impression of goldfrapp that is good" I agree with JF regarding the Supernature reference. Superhumanoids have gone back 10 years in the time tunnel for a carbon copy.

I also liked the last Goldfrapp album, Tales of Us. However they did lose their way on the 2010 album, Head First.

rather unique slow spacey track

Grace Acladna - Afterlife
https://soundcloud.com/graceacladna/afterlife

via

Say hello to the experimental pop of Grace Acladna with her debut track “Afterlife” Premiere
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/grace-acladna-afterlife

"Afterlife" features on Acladna's debut EP Songs Of The Subconscious, released this summer via Hometown Recordings.

not on Spotify at the mo.

Sweden delivers yet again...

Miynt - Civil War
https://soundcloud.com/miynt/miynt-civil-war

via

MIYNT uses her voice to slice through smog on new dance-pop cut “Civil War” (Premiere)
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/discovery/miynt-civil-war

unfortunately, Miynt is not on spotify at the mo.

Hmm, she's not slicing enough. That song is too dense for me. Also, I see she did a gimmicky cover of Baby One More Time, so now she's on my shitlist.

i like the "dense" production - as it has a future bass vibe

reminder for forks: Both "Civil War" and "Nick Drake" will feature on MIYNT's debut 7", which is out 21 August via B3SCI Records

new subgenre named.. Skewed Shambhala

this track has a skewed feel - echoey female vocals, piano drops, spooky spiraling synths, chopped production similar to that of recent tracks by Gilligan Moss and Kiiara - so i am not expecting that this will be a track for JF

1:20 in ...wait for.. those... spooky spiraling synths

Jack Grace - Hills
https://soundcloud.com/jackgraceofficial/hills

thanks for John Forks.., for adding Miynt to the playlist - the useless spotify search on the UK version didn't pick it up !

Jack Grace track is A+

nice find!

Leeds based electronic pop artist Department M

Department M - Bleak Technique
https://soundcloud.com/departmentm/bleak-technique1

Taken from the forthcoming 7'' single on Hide & Seek records.

male vocals. the production on this track recalls early period Talk Talk, other reference points Wild Beasts and Outfit.

great uptempo infectious groovy electronic pop track from La duo Pr0files:

Pr0files – I Know You Still Care
https://soundcloud.com/pr0files/i-know-you-still-care-1

via

http://pressplayok.com/pr0files-i-know-you-still-care/

Pr0files debut album Jurassic Technologie to be released in October.

Empress Of continues to tease her new LP with another song, "Kitty Kat". Definitely the most unlike anything she's previously recorded, but in a good way this time instead of a bad one.

https://soundcloud.com/empressof/kittykat

heads up, advance stream of Evvol album, due for release on Friday

Evvol: Eternalism – hear their debut album
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/20/evvol-eternalism-hear-their-debut-album

New track from Pure Bathing Culture! Great basslines.

https://soundcloud.com/purebathingculture/pray-for-rain

Would the Mas Ysa album belong in here? I like it a lot, nice mix of brooding and ecstatic.

this remix track at a stretch does, although not on spotify, i linked to it on ilm balearic thread earlier this year

however the track is more instrumental

Mas Ysa - Margarita (Delorean Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/masysa/margarita-delorean-remix

the original is probably more suited to the Rolling 2015 Indie Rock/Pop Thread, due to the more drawn out gravely vocal style

Mas Ysa - Margarita
https://soundcloud.com/masysa/margarita

I have yet to get around to listening to the album, Seraph that was released on Friday.

debut track by Mabel, 19 year old, daughter of Neneh Cherry and Massive Attack’s producer Cameron McVey

Mabel - Know Me Better
https://soundcloud.com/mmmmmmabel/mabel-know-me-better-1

Neheh Cherry's other daughter also released a recent single,

Panes - Things Fall Apart
https://soundcloud.com/panesinternet/things-fall-apart-2

Spotify: Panes - Things Fall Apart
https://open.spotify.com/track/6pzTCs1kF25OiiUy5BBFJY

"gee, what is dimitri tikovoi up to these days, I love that guy"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZvSwwtWl98

Found this via Nicola Roberts' FB page. Apparently she's involved in some way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT2Q4hQcDfw

Forgive me if there was a mention of erstwhile Charlie XCX and Avicii collaborator Noonie Bao above. Somewhere in between MO's "Maiden" and J-Pop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVeMUXhKl0

Such a classy track, slow, chilled, atmospheric, the way the vocals mesh with the lush electronics:

Joni - Aether
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlneXrI_kXM

Joni - Aether
https://open.spotify.com/track/6oFjSWqo5hh9LaG3jMsXDN

i can hear this track working well in a film, it has such a strong cinematic / evocative feel.

Aether is the bside of the debut single by Irish based artist Joni

bass heavy electronic pop with soulful vocals

Joni - Running
https://soundcloud.com/jonistring/running

spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/7bumzfzcadQxi4LdOuMAIN

video: Joni - Running

https://youtu.be/1J0ylAzWsYM

found via Irish music blogger:

Nialler9
http://nialler9.com/video-premiere-joni-running/

Ryat is back with her Bjork-alike appreciation

you know what to expect and Ryat delivers: kooky vocals with offbeat percussion and wonky beats

Ryat - Blade
https://soundcloud.com/unspeakable-records/ryat-blade

via
http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/listen-to-the-scurrying-blade-a-new-one-from-ryat-405-premiere-143

'Blade' is taken from the forthcoming album Alt Mode, out on 28th August via Unspeakable Records.

Forgive me if there was a mention of erstwhile Charlie XCX and Avicii collaborator Noonie Bao above.

Not anywhere in this thread, I don't believe. I dialed in on her a few years ago when she worked with Adrian Lux and Kocky, and her album from 2013 was quite nice. I like this new song too.

Our Goldfrapp-alike friends, Superhumanoids are back with "Norwegian Black Metal"

Superhumanoids - Norwegian Black Metal
https://soundcloud.com/innovativeleisure/superhumanoids-norwegian-black-metal-2

ha, don't expect Norwegian Black Metal, expect more Goldfrapp.

Chillwave electronic pop from La band, Cannons

Cannons - Down on Love
https://soundcloud.com/cannonstheband/down-on-love

Cannons - Body Talk
https://soundcloud.com/cannonstheband/body-talk

both tracks released this week on spotify

Cannons
https://www.facebook.com/cannonstheband?ref=hl

Halou are back !

One of America's finest trip-hop artists
reference: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/halou

Our first new music in seven years is now available. "Lean Into The Gravity" is available to purchase or stream on all digital outlets.
http://www.halou.com/blog-halou/2015/7/15/new-single-lean-into-the-gravity

sensual vocals, layered drums, synths - this track goes in a more uptempo chillwave direction. A welcome return.

Soundcloud: Halou - Lean into the Gravity
https://soundcloud.com/haloumusic/lean-into-the-gravity

Spotify: Halou - Lean into the Gravity
https://open.spotify.com/track/6bgSY5x2fzDCIigBqdAzuZ

do you miss the Knife? your in for a sonic treat

Aïsha Devi - Kim & the Wheel of Life

soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/houndstoothlbl/aisha-devi-kim-and-the-wheel-of-life-houndstooth/s-WW8kR

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/45AO37Y5fgAkRFfhCJnJnr

unsettling, noir experimental electronic pop
riyl: The Knife, Gazelle Twin

from the new Aïsha Devi ep on the Houndsetooth label
https://aishadevi.bandcamp.com/album/conscious-cunt-ep

Lead track ‘Kim & The Wheel of Life’ is a whirling melodic vortex of melancholic echoing synths underlaid by deep rumbling kicks that morphs into a vocal-centric piece.

more info: @ THE FADER

Let Aïsha Devi's Hi-Fi Shamanism Lull You Into A Trance
http://www.thefader.com/2015/07/07/aisha-devi-kim-the-wheel-of-life

The EP's trance-like first single "Kim & The Wheel of Life" elaborates on these themes. Devi tells The FADER: "This track's about the hypnosis of masses via materialistic icons, alienation from the society versus resistance through self-teaching and spirituality. Inducing liberation from dogma and indoctrination through a collective and active trance. I've produced the repetitive pattern on the Roland JP 8080, a synth that basically shaped Euro-dance anthems. I love this machine, the massive brightness of its frequencies has the ability to stimulate higher consciousness and open the crown chakra. Hi-fi shamanism." Get hypnotized below, and look out for Conscious Cunt's release on July 24th, with a debut album to follow later this year on Houndstooth.

I love Cannons' track "Night Verses" from earlier this year. These new ones are kinda nice.

Halou I'm torn on.

I can't get the Aïsha Devi track to load, but I see she's fka Kate Wax.

Loving the synth/drum choices on this track from Elisa Coia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWBFOybdxh4

It's a shame so few remember Halou's prior incarnation.

where did this euphoric track come from? sublime swoosh cascading synths combined with addictive vocal glitch melodies

Jai Wolf - Indian Summer

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/1IlTnE6JAjxIBTx2oKCgty

Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/foreignfamily/jai-wolf

More info

Jai Wolf Makes His Massive Debut With "Indian Summer" on ODESZA's Foreign Family Collective
https://thump.vice.com/en_us/track/jai-wolf-makes-his-massive-debut-with-indian-summer-on-odeszas-foreign-family-collective

== also posted on it's not Summer without your Jams - 2015

Trap beat sinks it for me. #deathtotrap

another find via my Spotify Discover Weekly, track from Australia artist Tear Council, chilled funky electronic pop,

Tear Council - Anywhere
https://soundcloud.com/tear-council/anywhere

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/50sgt93biEDBxwKNM75Urr

check the chunky grooves and smooth synths after 3 minutes reminds me of Scritti Politti
other references re: production, Human League/ Jam & lewis, Caribou, Junior Boys

Tear Council - "Anywhere" (Official Video)
video:

https://youtu.be/THGXa9ZTYc8

Headed by Matt Van Schie (Van She/Du Tonc), Tear Council is not just an advisory body on tear control, but a full body performance authority.

After having previously collaborated in 2009 with fellow fashion aficionado and former band mate Michael Di Francesco to write 'Journey' the pair have joined forces again to bring you "Anywhere".

Featuring guest vocals and a video appearance from Holiday Sidewinder, "Anywhere" takes you back to the rhythm of the 80s!

follow up Tear Council single, that was released May 29th

Tear Council - My Car
https://youtu.be/JJsiSnzaNyw
nice video

Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/tear-council/my-car

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2SYRBkKmFFraGJ5BkifWg6

this band are seriously talented, looking forward to a debut album.

Tear Council also compiled a mix tape

https://soundcloud.com/tear-council/mixtape-for-the-heart
including
Why - Carly Simon from 1982

Carly Simon - Why (12" Mix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyXLUvB-QHA

you can that track inspiring
Tear Council - Anywhere

slow, sensual track

Henry Green - Barcelona
https://soundcloud.com/henrygreenmusic/barcelonasingle

Release date:
1 June 2015

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1mZfquPuigPXQBFRjE9pLF

Gems are back

GEMS – “Living As A Ghost”
http://www.stereogum.com/1822811/gems-living-as-a-ghost/mp3s/

Debut album:
Kill The One You Love is out 10/30 via Carpark.

if Ellie Goulding circa Lights went the promising direction, not the direction she actually went:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHK0AUWMksw

Now for something extra special...

New swedish artist AnnaMelina has just released a sensational new single

AnnaMelina - Sången Om Havet
https://open.spotify.com/track/6GyWmojrMdFJmJw7nL4519

sensual yet slighty droney dreamy ethereal electronic pop track sung in Swedish, play this track once and you will have it on repeat !

the track isn't yet on soundcloud

AnnaMelina
https://soundcloud.com/annamelina

if you appreciate aesthetics and photography, then take a look at AnnaMelina's tumblr

AnnaMelina
http://annamelina.tumblr.com/

Can't remember if I mentioned Pearls anywhere upthread, but I revisited this song tonight and it's blowing me away atm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-riLS9yNcTc

Not all the way shoegaze, and no electronics to speak of, so maybe shambhala is really the best interzone description for it. Totally enveloping and warm and fuzzy.

Committed Language so good. I demand a full Laura Groves LP

There's another EP from 2013, Thinking About Thinking, which is in the vein of (and equal to) the second half of Committed Language: "Friday" and "Mystique".

Ireland's answer to Sky Ferreira: New Portals

New Portals - Do It Right
https://soundcloud.com/just-portals/do-it-right-1

this track has a similar melody to: everything is embarrassing

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2W4DwY7AA0VD1GX1RBfXeD

The Laura Groves and The Japanese House EPs are two of my favourites this year. This thread is a wealth of riches these days.

I like that New Portals track, but idg the Sky Ferreira comparison really.

kind of an upbeat Julia Holter vibe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZm55V8u4nI

Hadn't heard of her before. Listening to the album now and it's good!

Laura Groves fans: she made a very nice folk pop album in 2009 under the guise of Blue Roses, on XL Recordings if you haven't heard that http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13335-blue-roses/

Oh shit, I remember that record. I never made the connection tho.

yo that Tamaryn album is ill

indeed!

Add me to the tamaryn album fanclub

Forks' a track i mentioned upthread is now on spotify:

Mabel - Know Me Better
https://open.spotify.com/track/6GccSdxNtnObEYqB5W3dZA

bright dramatic electronic pop from Nashville based artist Fleurie - riyl Aurora, Jennie Abrahamson

Fleurie - In My Bones
https://soundcloud.com/fleuriemusic-1/fire-in-my-bones-1

Fleurie - Still Your Girl
https://soundcloud.com/fleuriemusic-1/still-your-girl

from the new Flurie - Arrows ep
https://soundcloud.com/fleuriemusic-1/sets/arrows-ep-1

Release date:
4 September 2015

Now on Spotify

more info:

Bristol music website / magazine, Drunkenwerewolf

Introducing: Fleurie
http://www.drunkenwerewolf.com/blog/introducing-fleurie/

hazy sensual ambient chillwave electronic dream pop track from Lastlings, based in Gold Coast, Australia

LASTLINGS - Wavelength
https://soundcloud.com/lastlings/wavelength

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/1uRXLRQIQnaYb1EIdDKZBo

more info @ triple j
https://www.triplejunearthed.com/artist/lastlings

message to John forksclovetofu, you have added the wrong Fleurie track on this threads spotify playlist, please add the 2 named tracks, thanks.

Fleurie - In My Bones
Fleurie - Still Your Girl

Stockholm based synth pop from R.A.B.B.I.I, short for Revoutions Are Best Before Initial Inception

R.A.B.B.I.I - Hang us High
https://soundcloud.com/rabbiirevolt/rabbii-hang-us-high

luv the euphoric vibes of the synths combined with the passionate vocals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBJu6r3LF8M

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/4gWHNo2WIgCSqm0bXMcA30

A little too Knife-sounding in some parts perhaps but, yes, undeniable chorus.

That Pearls - Albion sounds great! Reminds me of Slowdive a lot so I would definitely classify them under shoegaze.

a spotify Discover Weekly gem from Australian artist Lilt

Lilt - Don't Tell Me
https://soundcloud.com/lilt-aus/dont-tell-me

i like the way this track builds up, chilled atmospherics with an engaging vocal style then a blissed out release after 3 minutes

Lilt are a live electronic act from Perth, Western Australia - duo Louise Penman and Matt Mclean write and produce the songs, and are joined on stage by Chris Honey (guitars/synths) and Dan Firkin (acoustic/electronic drums).

this is futuristic electronic bass pop Shambhala

bass heavy, rhythmic euphoria, luv the swirly dense production, this track was made for me. TĀLĀ & Mssingno have extended themselves into sonic maximalism overload, your left buzzing with excitement.

TĀLĀ & Mssingno feat WA$$UP - Tell Me (말해줘)
https://soundcloud.com/talaofficial/tellme

https://open.spotify.com/track/26MOZKaas6R0alpeylMS6Y

I can't take seriously an act that disemvowels a glitch pokemon

Did we like goth-hop (CREEP etc) at the Shambala?

Georgi Kay - Head Full Of Lies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29GJ7owDG8E

Also impressed by the goth-western of Nicole Sabouné's "Lifetime"

The Georgi Kay one doesn't move me much, but I like "Lifetime"!

Rose McGowan letting her freak flag fly. Bit of an iamamiwhoami visual thing going, and NSFW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Wq5Tt-op8

Yeah, I'm 110% on board with this.

This is a quick, third-quarter reminder that all available tracks mentioned on this thread (and/or an album selection from each listed) are being updated to the thread-specific Spotify playlist as posted. I just did another top-to-bottom sweep prior to posting this message and have revised as of today with everything that's been added since first mentioned. Subscribe if you're into it!

It's 205 tracks, over 13 hours long.

Rolling Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

not sure how much it fits here but i'm v into this molly nilsson song, and also its super simple but effective video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ukSm5gmKk

Let's just forget about those three decades.

Shana Falana - Anything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_Mpu4GbXQ8

not sure if this is the right thread for it but this autour de lucie track is phenomenal, just world-endingly good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By2920j6zCA

I would say so!

Polish Shambala

Mary Komasa - Come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PHJz37OBeY

The new GEMS album is out there now. I'm particularly fond of "Tangled Memories" and "White Light".

http://i.imgur.com/DhNSs8k.jpg
http://pressplayok.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/artworks-000069402233-aus3s6-t500x500.jpg

Shambhala is eating its own tail now.

I guess Cult Club never did anything beyond that one track that was posted earlier in the year? I played it a ton and was really looking forward to an album. I like the Sally Dige album but nothing on there connects like "All the People" did.

^ I feel the same. Her album is nice enough, but "All the People" is a stunner.

Kate Boy's long belated debut album One is now available on Spotify
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51TLY8CZsEL.jpg

whoa that GEMS album is good

gems album is good, kate boy excellent

this is an outsanding powerful track...the vocals, the production, the words, the emotion

REMMI - Bobby K
https://open.spotify.com/track/1o4NTGC77RBp82ZLn5qT9q

synth pop / future bass / trippy trap

part of the "New America" EP by Remmi
https://open.spotify.com/album/4Vt8O62OYNU21gfvCJJTRx
released November 6th

on soundcloud previously

Lucian X Remmi - Bobby K
https://soundcloud.com/lucianofficial/lucian-x-remmi-bobby-k
over 1 Million plays

Camp Claude just dropped a video for "Trap," which as far as I'm concerned now makes it a 2015 song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3Nbrik9-UI

impressive new ethereal track

Acre Tarn - Lantern

http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/song-of-the-day/acre-tarn-lanterns

Continuing in the distinguished vein stretching through from the likes of Kate Bush and the Cocteau Twins up to Bat For Lashes, Cumbria’s ACRE TARN, the electronic art pop project of Anna-Louisa Etherington, lays her own fine brick on that road with her latest single, “Lanterns”.

soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/acre-tarn/lanterns-1

additional, there is a single track from earlier this year from Acre Tarn

Acre Tarn - Flex
https://open.spotify.com/track/6nZ7zvxaR5RKIlzhDRblPg

and remix

Acre Tarn - Flex - saycet remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5uy0xsmrFKwTHs6cUJpJEB

Another new find:

Kria from Iceland

there is a transcendental, immersive ethereal purity to this track as reflected in the video

KRÍA : hiding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2Z-fc5NhEw

3 track ep on spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/3H5Pj7oTO9Yjd8aGqbhbuM

=== Also Posted on: research into Ethereal Goth and Dreampop (and other stuff for fans of early 4AD and Projekt)

Loving everything about that Acre Tarn song.

Loving everything about that Acre Tarn song.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, November 20, 2015 8:39 AM (Yesterday)

This is damned near neck and neck with "Delirious" as my most loved track of the year already.

Johnny Fever, this should be right up your street - dreamy electronic art-pop from Florida band Kingslynn

Kingslynn - Steady

https://soundcloud.com/kingslynnmusic/steady

https://open.spotify.com/track/7gXaSFUhPlnMIWc15CO0w5

Kingslynn - Transcendent

https://soundcloud.com/kingslynnmusic/transcendent

https://open.spotify.com/track/5oIUACPUK4KpCMXeOrbFtj

from a 6 track ep

Kingslynn - Steady
http://kingslynn.bandcamp.com/album/steady-ep

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6IQy2XWAtzdJFyL0Go1qQW

Year end listmaking apprised me of this gem:

Computer Magic - Secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw9dUTuvhrU

Autolux - Soft Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nwp5uMvvIU

That's the first Autolux song I've ever actually liked.

Don't really know much about them, other than that the female drummer doesn't take many lead vocals.

one of the key shambhala tracks of 2015, the synths remind me of Gary Numan / John Foxx, an addictive and alluring track

Sophie Lowe - Understand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMq6o2gCD7M

I can imagine this one being a slow burner.

JF, i reckon you will enjoy this track

Choir of Young Believers - Serious Lover
https://soundcloud.com/ghostly/choir-of-young-believers-serious-lover

regarding the sound aesthetics: Sade, Rhye, Milosh, Junior Boys, the recent Movement single: Lace

‘Serious Lover’ is a fine example of the new chapter Choir of Young Believers has entered for his new record; it’s a captivating, glossy synth pop song anchored by an undercurrent of electronic experimentalism. Choir Of Young Believers
via
http://circuitsweet.co.uk/2015/12/choir-of-young-believers-share-new-track-serious-lover-album-grasque-out-feb-19th-via-ghostly-international-european-tour-announced/

I was into CoYB when they first bubbled up a few years ago, but lost track of them. This is deliciously sophistopop-ish i.e. The Dream Academy.

dubby dreamy balearic art-pop track

BEA1991 - my name is written on it
https://soundcloud.com/1991bea/my-name-is-written-on-it

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/66vV2EQlpWdD1Z2szUqCjZ

--- Also posted on: this is a thread for the BALEARIC REVIVAL

Finally a new track from Cult Club:
https://domestica.bandcamp.com/album/cult-club-never-enough-2015-ref-dom06-s

^ Just now noticed this last post. So fucking great. I should've asked Santa for a whole Cult Club album for xmas.

Do we want to try to create a voting block this year to get something in the EOY poll so everyone else can say "WTF I've never even heard of THAT!"?

I'd be most inclined to rally behind Cult Club's "All the People," but would definitely entertain other options.

First, one of us would have to nominate it. Here are all the nominated tracks by artists mentioned in this thread:

Acre Tarn - Lanterns
American Wrestlers - Kelly
Ariane Moffatt - Debout
Chairlift - Ch-Ching
Chairlift - Romeo
Chromatics - Just Like You
Chromatics - Shadow
Chvrches - Clearest Blue
Chvrches - Leave A Trace
Class Actress - The Limit
Elohim - She Talks Too Much
Emilie Nicolas - Fail
Empress Of - How Do You Do It
Georgia - Heart Wrecking Animals
Iris - I'll Wait For You
Kate Boy - Midnight Sun
Kiiara - Gold
Laura Groves - Dream Story
Loreen - Paper Light (Higher)
Molly Nilsson - 1995
MUNA - Loudspeaker
Nicole Sabouné - Lifetime
Petite Noir - Chess
Petite Noir - MDR
Poliça - Lime Habit
Priest - The Game
Pure Bathing Culture - Pray for Rain
Purity Ring - Begin Again
Purity Ring - Push Pull
Purity Ring - Stranger That Earth
Rangleklods - Lost U
Say Lou Lou - Skylights
Shura - 2Shy
Shura - White Light
Slackk & Dullah Beatz - Forest Walk
Superhumanoids - Anxious in Venice
Susanne Sundfør - Accelerate
Susanne Sundfør - Delirious
Susanne Sundfør - Fade Away
Susanne Sundfør - Memorial
Susanne Sundfør - Slowly
Tamaryn - Cranekiss
Tamaryn - Last
The Japanese House - Teeth
The Mary Onettes - Ruins
Throwing Shade - Honeytrap
Tove Styrke - Ego
Wet - Deadwater
Zhala - Holy Bubbles

I expect Shura's - "White Light" (what a grower) and several Sundførs to place on their own merits, but I'd be happy to contribute to a block vote for the Acre Tarn, Iris, Rangleklods, or Superhumanoids.

A few points

- ha, don't forget my nominations still to come !

- I'll be voting for Acre Tarn - Lanterns.

- Empress Of - How Do You Do It - will this track have a chance of top 77 placing?

- Kiiara - Gold - from total obscurity, to soundcloud upload, to my mention on ILM ...and finally to major label deal and millions of streams.

- Throwing Shade - Honeytrap, is such a dreamy hypnotic track

- everyone use your 10 extra nominations wisely, have a look through this thread and thread spotify playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/user/forksclovetofu/playlist/7kNYZZEDWwIuIEnoHL7y5O

e.g Tei Shi - Bassically - hasn't been nominated yet.

e.g Mabel - Know Me Better - Surprised that this track hasn't been nominated yet

- JF and Sanpaku do you read this blog: disconaivete.com

Best Songs of 2015
http://disconaivete.com/post/136262902741

some great tracks on this list:

including this to add to this thread's spotify playlist

Tsar B, Belgium's answer to Tala / FKA Twigs / Kelela

Tsar B - Escalate

soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/tsarb/escalate

spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/track/5dGrtSJS1RmG9Igmo7PrPJ

- Sanpaku, any further thoughts on changing the voting? there is still time to up the voting to 40 Albums and 40 Singles.

I'd totally be down with trying to get "Lanterns" in the top 77, but I didn't suspect it had much of a chance (even in this thread).

Disco Naivete was better a few years ago than it is now, but I still see new posts on my tumblr dashboard.

"All the People" and "Lanterns" both are going on my EOY ballot, as well as Camp Claude's "Blow" so if anybody wants to rally vote for any of those three I'm doing my part.

e.g Tei Shi - Bassically - hasn't been nominated yet.

I nominated it in 2014, though I guess it was eligible a second year because of the EP. I probably should've nominated Go Slow, but in all honestly it would've been squeezed out of my ballot anyway.

I nom'd "Blow" and will almost certainly have it on my ballot even after I whittle it down to 25.

Two people did, actually, because I had to clear out a duplicate when I was tidying up the spreadsheets.

I'll be voting for "Ego".

I wasn't counting Ego as shambhala-specific because she got her own thread, but yes...I voted for that as well.

I'm wrapping this playlist for the year. It has been updated with quite a lot of new adds (Indigo Face, Karin Park, Marz Léon, Rainer, Zhala, MUNA, MISOGI, Soho Rezanejad, Lowki) and includes every track mentioned on thread that is available via Spotify's US catalogue as of EOY 2015. If I missed something or if a track comes available sometime in the future, bump here to let me know and I'll add.

Rolling Johnny Fever Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015 Thread Spotify Playlist

Not sure if Foxes qualifies as shambhala but "Body Talk" has been hitting the spot the last few days

Realized one of my favorite songs from last year prob fits this thread:

https://la-soc.bandcamp.com/album/night-games-dopamine-single
https://open.spotify.com/track/59ohqIDQIPz9CCuDs5suZU

new thread?

I was waiting until I find something from this year I like.

fair.

really like the allie x songs on the EOY poll playlist, i assume that's from this thread?

Yeah, she's been a semi-regular.

I wanted to poll the big 'Heart of Glass' ripoff songs from the 2010s, but I can't remember them all. I'm sure there must be one at least every year, right?

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II: Mountains Beyond Mountains (2010)
St Vincent - Cruel (2011)
Susanne Sundfor - Fade Away (2015)