Isan- Damil 85

according to discography damil 85 was on the 'casablanca' compilation on elefant records, maybe you heard it there.

i heard it on peel a couple of times when it was released and went into rough trade to buy a copy having forgotten the piece of paper i wrote the details down on but the bloke serving recognised it from the sample. which as nice. have bought everything of theirs i've seen since.

(if anyone has the two tracks that were available on their website then, well, i'd like the one that isn't 'disruptive elephant')

cheers andy

it is their best

Loving "glow in the dark safari set".

i have it ordered.

in the meantime:

Kings Place, London. 25 February 2010
http://www.isan.co.uk/isan/?p=96

(first and last tracks are from new lp)

(also i know the answer to the original question. they sample the same thing on Betty's Lament...)

didn't think the new lp was out until 7th, but mine turned up this morning from boomkat.

It feels like it is "glow in the dark safari set" season.

meet next life is v v pretty

http://www.indiemusic.fr/2016/10/07/isan-glass-bird-movement/

Felt strangely ambivalent about new ISAN music but have been seduced by it, particularly "Risefallsleep".

My copy is in the post.

There's a talk through on a German website where they talk about each of the tracks. Am waiting to hear the CD first though.

http://dasfilter.com/sounds/spickzettel-und-songanalysen-isan-ueber-ihr-neues-album-glass-bird-movement

Enjoying this a lot ... I was listening to it while writing Xmas cards/letters to friends earlier ... It's lovely and *sounds like ISAN* and I was pondering if I was finding some re-assurance in that.

Aargh. I appear to have missed a tour CD!

like what?

new lp out next week (ish). playing union chapel (albeit covers) on the 26th.

oh, nine simple works? i guess that's for these current few dates (robin keeps posting pictures of railway stations on facebook - paris, dijon, limoges) but i don't think it's that extensive a tour, only 2 french dates and the daylight music thing.

Yeah, that.

By coincidence made a compilation that included ISAN, Plone, Komputer, early Piano Magic this week ... and I ended up at ISAN's discogs page.

Where can I hear that comp?

Message me with your address and I'll burn a CD.

It didn't end up particularly coherent. Bits of it are "Me, at 29".

Curiously excited about the new album - they're the sort of band its easy to take for granted. Been playing old ISAN. They are gorgeous.

they've ditched the laptops for other hardware so it might have a different sound. the two 'singles' have sounded ok (i've only listened to snatches, don't want lp spoilers).

they've been posting little things on their youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lM9KBBPOvSgLYP5jILENg

seems to be mostly microfreak and 0-coast based.

union chapel gig was short and not the usual fare but very good. some photos here (Daylight Music facebook photos):

https://www.facebook.com/daylightmusiclondon/photos/rpp.367055630001218/3392877914085626/?type=3&theater

(photos by mike who posts here sometimes, mostly during wimbledon 8) )

nine simple works is lovely, think i prefer it to the real lp (based on one listen of each).

robin using microfreak there, anthony seems to be mostly using some tablet - the gig was a game of two halves really, no time to practice together so they each did 10-15 minutes with a brief transition in the middle.

Wasn't the gig a concept one? Playing Susumu Yokota covers? Possible I have dreamt this idea.

Anyway, I need to find a way of getting hold of Nine Simple Works, ideally by buying a copy off the band but am open to other ideas ...

Really enjoying Lamenting Machine tonight.

Yes, it was a gig, with 3 acts, all doing yokota-inspired pieces.

Synthspotting article on facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/synthspotting/posts/822094204903556

never noticed the RS-09 in their earlier recordings, for some reason I thought they were mostly softsynths

their studio is really cute! also why hasn't Korg put out an MS-10 mini? they could even do a desktop version and it would sell like hotcakes

Robin has a new solo lp out (21st feb)

https://www.anost.net/en/Products/Robin-Saville-Build-A-Diorama/

and they've also just released this, a sample pack.

https://intimatenoise.com/sample-pack/isan-pond-skating/

Thanks for the heads up!

new compilation of music from the recent youtube videos made available for fee-free bandcamp day

https://isan.bandcamp.com/album/isan-workshop-1

(also remembered to pick up the a couple of other things i slept on at the time
https://bronamcvittie.bandcamp.com/track/eileen-aroon-feat-isan
https://couriersound.bandcamp.com/album/silhouette-cameo-3 (2x solo tracks))

Just spent a contented hour with this:

https://www.mixcloud.com/isan/isan-december-playlist/

There's a new playlist here:

https://www.mixcloud.com/isan/isan-march-2021/

... but replaying the December one at the moment - it's glorious.

New Robin Saville:

https://robinsaville.bandcamp.com/album/lore?label=781663124&tab=music

oh, a track from Diarama popped up just this morning and i wondered if there was anything new planned

out today (6 euros, plus tax, ~£6.50)

second compilation of tracks from the workshop videos, out today

https://isan.bandcamp.com/album/isan-workshop-2

Also, another Robin Saville release:

https://handstitched.bandcamp.com/album/siphonophore-versatile-clouds

(Grr. Missed the CD and can't quite be bothered with cassettes!)

rare gig next saturday lunchtime in leytonstone
https://www.daylightmusic.co.uk/events/380

and another the day after in faversham

^ this was slightly disappointing, through no fault of isan's. the two earlier acts both spent 5 minutes describing their work before / after and the compare did his usual admin for 20 minutes, and two 10 minute breaks and it all ate into isan's time as they were the only act with a hard deadline. also, church was cold. and it's not as nice a place as the Union Chapel is for gigs (congregational chapels have better sightlines than processional churches) especially given the acts were playing at the same level as the audience (in fact Robyn was sat on the floor for a lot of hers).

anyway it was recorded and might be here, starting at 1:35 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GMS_9kYM4A

still, 10th time seeing them, i think, and i had a nice catchup with them both afterwards.

(oh, the timings there go from 1:38 to 2:18 so it was exactly 40mins. felt shorter)
((video not great here, keeps halting, but sound is ok))

New seasonal release:

https://isan.bandcamp.com/album/winter-chimes?from=fanpub_fb