circlesquare "pre-earthquake anthem"

i definitely agree that it is a "could have been" affair, but after listening to it a lot lately, i'm thinking it is truly an underrated record, a minor classic as neil says...

march21's website hasn't been updated since "pre-earthquake anthem" came out, so there's no indication that he is working on anything currently, which is a shame.

circlesquare "fight sounds" EP

i am sooooo off on the hunt for more ..

lack of love for circlesquare is b/c everyone is too busy being bothered with Brighblack Boring Light

anyone have the xmas track from last year? i cannot find it on my computers

i may have it .. i'll have a dig around and let you know ..

steve lawler placed 3 (!!) circlesquare tracks on his recent viva mix. totally wonderful stuff.

If this was meant to be a pun, it was a good one.

i don't get it?

also doesn't seem to be a pun, circlesquare is totally wonderful unappreciated stuff

http://991.com/newGallery/The-Wonder-Stuff-Circlesquare-421736.jpg

i would love to claim the double action was intended, but in all honesty, i had no idea re the wonderstuff connection.
sorry cutty, but all searches so far have not been successfull (i obviously have too many computers !) ..

cutty !
look what just came back online : http://www.circlesquare.ca/gift/
mastered up this time ..

yeah i just got this email:

Friends:

Though still not quite the final version, Circlesquare's "Untitled (For Christmas)" has been mastered this year and is avaliable as a secret gift here:

http://www.circlesquare.ca/gift/

We've also come into some rare stock of 'Pre-Earthquake Anthem' (2003) and 'Fight Sounds' (2005) that's been completely unavailable since the untimely demise of Output Recordings last year...

xo
xmas
infinity
Circlesquare

snap.
also, last i heard jeremy was in the midlle of relocating to berlin and sorting out details for his new releases.
so i would like to believe that we are due for some more music from him.

shit i cannot wait. one of my favorite artists f'real.

more news cutty :

new full length will be out at the end of august, singles before that, videos too.
2 of us are here in berlin, the 3rd will be here feb.
so shows will be starting not long after that...
and then proper touring of europe/uk in 2008 for sure this time.

Friends:

Circlesquare recently finished reworking the Radiohead song "Nude" as part of their remix contest.
Please have a listen to the song and vote before Wednesday, May 30 at:

http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=2152

A thousand best wishes...
Circlesquare xo

apparently there is a new album without a label entitled "songs about drugs and dancing"

why isn't this guy huge?

sorry it's "songs about dancing and drugs"

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v262/96/90/25684436030/n25684436030_1348885_1520.jpg

I never bought this and should have!! Skater-Goth??

both the ep and the album (ie his complete discog to date other than remixes here and there) are still realtively easy to pick up i think.

i forgot about this band (guy?). 7 minutes was the jam.

there are two ep's--"the distance after" and "fight sounds"

ahh. off a hunting i must go ..

[ta cutty - didn't know etc etc]

for cutty.

songs about dancing and drugs

1. hey you guys
2. dancers
3. timely
4. music for satellites
5. ten to one
6. bombs away, away
7. stop taking (so many)
8. all live but the ending

final track is a 13 minute track.

3d cover.

[had me digging around for some old red/green glasses so i could check it properly !]

no big deviation from the circlesquare style.
downbeat, spacious production, layered vocals, twang guitars, heavy bass (nearly destroyed my crappy car stereo speakers this morning)

!k7 records.

Nice to see he's landed on one of the bigger, better-distributed indies. Good for him.

!K7 are giving away an mp3 sampler with a track from this album and some other stuff (Hot Chip dj-kicks single, Quiet Village, unmixed track from the Carl Craig comp, something from the new Matthew Herbert, etc) here:

http://www.k7.com/sampler/

i have the album. glad it finally found a label. i love it.

"hey you guys," "bombs away, away," and "stop taking (so many)" are the high points for me. but i love the whole thing except for that final track which kind of rubs me the wrong way.

THIS IS IT, THIS IS OURS, HERE WE GO.

mark e is my soulmate btw

not so sure about that cutty. i really like the 13 minute closer.

ha. my only other gripe with the record is that "ten to one" cribs the end vocal melody line from belle & sebastian's "sleep the clock around"

thankfully i've never heard b&s so i have no such association.

[note : it's such a good headphone album]

i love this guy, can't wait to hear this

good interview here http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1770&Itemid=27

VG but i know what cutty means about the last track. i find the rhythm awkward and annoying somehow.

actually i changed my mind about that track. i've started getting into it.

i haven't changed my mind. i love the whole 13 minutes of it.

great.

and when i say "great" i mean i haven't seen a video this good for years. so pure. amazing. really enhances the song too.

I love the move with his necktie for some reason. Between this, Depeche Mode and the two Fever Ray clips this is looking like a hell of a year for music videos...

http://andywarholgallery.com/shop/images/longo1.jpg

nice video

the album is really, really good isn't it? develops his sound in such perfect, subtle ways...and i think the last song might be my favourite thing he's done! apart from 7 Minutes of course.

ilm needs to give him more attention for real.

uh guys....this album is amazing

BTW : i'm not so sure if this is common knowledge, but there is an extra track available for the new album.
the track is called "dark matter(s)"
unfortunately, it's still only officially available from itunes (i think).
in the words of the man himself :
"it was originally track #8 after Stop Taking, but I took it off as I thought of all of them, it could easily exist on it's own... and that way it kept the record under an hour! "

hey mark e, are you the same mark e that did the detroit experiment remixes?

sorry, no i'm not.
that mark e capitalises properly.

don't worry you'll always be a great mark e to us

xpost

heh. ok. well, those remixes are super good.

anyway, from what i've heard of it, this new circlesquare lp is quite good . the video posted upthread is ace!

gosh.
some ilm love.
feels rather strange.
and yes, the album is very very good.

so, is it too early to dig out the circelsquare crimbo song, untitled (for christmas)
answer : no. it's never too early.
guess this years album didn't quite hit the spot for as many people as i'd hoped it would.
shame.

yeah i thought it was a really ILM-y album! seems to have been totally overlooked :(

guess this years album didn't quite hit the spot for as many people as i'd hoped it would.
shame.

:(

This guy is kind of criminally overlooked

yeah, he really is.

glad to see there are others alongside cutty and myself in the love for this mans work.

oh mark i finally like the last song on SADAD

hurray.
hope you got the extra track as well.
if not holla, and i can sort you out.

I was in a local used bookstore with a small music section today and for some reason they had seven(!) sealed copies of Songs About Dancing and Drugs for real cheap. It was weird seeing so many of these mixed in with all your usual small used shop standards. Remembering FACT really liked it, I of course picked up a copy.

you should look into fight sounds EP and the earlier stuff as well

fuck yeah

seems to be a repository of various images/videos etc, most of which i have never seen before.

but i love the whole thing except for that final track which kind of rubs me the wrong way.

I very belatedly heard this about a weak ago and I LOVED it.

Except that on some weird Freudian level obv I think it's weak.

how do you mean?

the last track reminds me of classic superpitcher stuff, 'the long way' etc.

also fuck yeah!!!! @ that tumblr

Ha jabba I was just making a poor joke about misspelling "week" in my prior post. As I said I thought the track was AMAZING.

glad you succumbed tim.
its an album that when in a certain mood, ticks all the boxes for me.

hey you guys

still listening to this guys stuff on a regular basis.

same

i have lost the extra track that came with the digital version of the second album, and the xmas song though.
have just checked my various digital drives.
but i think i can cope with the loss.
just.

not that cutty (unless new name and i have not realised) is around anymore, but this bloke is back (sort of) :
https://thevinylfactory.com/news/jeremy-shaw-liminals-exhbition-store-studios/

thank you mark!

also xmas song here: https://soundcloud.com/circlesquare/untitled-for-christmas

never thought to look on soundcloud !
cheers for the pointer cutty.
(welcome back .. )

cutty, did i ever send that tune to you (that was mentioned NINE YEARS AGO?)

send me a webmail on here with your email addy if you want/need that.

Jeremy won the "best Canadian artist under 40" award in 2016. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jeremy-show-2016-sobey-art-award-1.3832099 His recent art, what I've seen, is excellent

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