WEATNU RECORDS - YEAR ONE

WEATNU Records (We Are The New Underground) is an immensely impressive organisation of electronic artists with a mission to expose as many of their collective's works to as many people as they can. Combining an internet radio station, a record label and a magazine, the label plugs loads of new artists each month, covering all possible areas of electronic music from head melting experimentalism to ambient to drone electronics to classic synthpop and beyond. It's certainly one to watch as there is so much fascinating music to discover even with just a cursory listen to the odd track. They first came to my attention when vvsi remixed a track by How Hot Is Your Cloud for a remix project. Having loved vvsi's debut album Dispersions (https://vvsimusic.bandcamp.com/), I checked out their remix, the original artist's material and the WEATNU label itself and found more than enough to grab my attention.

Anyway, WEATNU Records is now a year old and to celebrate that they've released a compilation called Year One. There are many reasons for you to get this. Firstly, it features 72 tracks. That's right - 72 tracks. Radiohead have only released around nine tracks in the last 6 years. This has 72 tracks straight off the bat. Secondly, it only costs $8. Now, I'm no economist but that's remarkable value, and that's before you even translate the cost into Pounds Sterling. I've listened to the whole lot twice (not in one sitting I might add) and there is a remarkably high success rate for this many tracks with the contributions by How Hot Is Your Cloud, Anodic8 and Terminator Benelux ones that jumped out at me straightaway. There are many, many more cracking tracks there though and for the price, it's impossible to argue that Year One is anything other than an absolute steal. Have a spin through the tracks below then get over to WEATNU's page to get the album. You won't regret it.

Here's the link http://weatnu.com/product/weatnu-records-year-one/ The album is up on Mixcloud too. Here's part 1 and you can find part 2 at https://www.mixcloud.com/synthoelectro/

WEATNU Records Year One Part 1 by Almark on Mixcloud

WEATNU Bandcamp https://weatnurecords.bandcamp.com/

WEATNU Home http://weatnu.com/about-weatnu/

WEATNU Twitter https://twitter.com/weatnu

NEW BANDS 2015 NO. 9 - VERY VERY SMALL INCLUSIONS

Glasgow duo Very Very Small Inclusions produce quite wonderful music that draws influences from many genres including electronic music, ambient music, post rock and many more. The many different styles come together to superb effect on their debut album Dispersions which is a release that calls you back time and time again because, with every listen, something new comes to light. I've really got into it recently after reading a review on Scottish Fiction and, happily, the band allowed us and Scottish Fiction to use their track Rain Rain on the recent Almost Scottish Fiction Volume 2 release which you can grab for free here https://almostpredictablealmost.bandcamp.com/album/almost-scottish-fiction-volume-2

Once you've fallen for Rain Rain, check out the band's superb video for the equally superb Winter Solstice below.

Finally, get yourself over to vvsi's Bandcamp page ( https://vvsimusic.bandcamp.com/ ) and get Dispersions. Like me, you'll love it.

vvsi Twitter https://twitter.com/vvsimusic

ALMOST SCOTTISH FICTION VOLUME 2

Following the success of Almost Scottish Fiction Volume 1, we and Scottish Fiction are delighted to announce the release of Almost Scottish Fiction Volume 2. For this release, we've increased the number of tracks from 4 to 6, giving you 50% more new Scottish music that is entirely free to download, listen to and fall in love with. Once you've grabbed this, go and check out the bands' websites, Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, see them live and buy their music. This month's tracks are:

APACHE DARLING - MORE THAN ME

Apache Darling are a synthpop duo from Glagsow who produce some of the finest pop music the city has produced in ages. More Than Me was the first track they released and it rightly gained a lot of attention. Apache Darling are a genuinely thrilling prospect and More Than Me captures all that is great about this band

very very small inclusions - RAIN RAIN
With a band name taken from the grading scale used to judge the clarity of diamonds, you'd expect crystalline clear music from very very small inclusions. What you get is a dispersion of influences and ideas, with themes of introspection. This track, Rain Rain features heavy tom-toms, with pure and acoustic sounds, and airy vocals. This track is taken from the band's album Dispersions.

TONGUES - ANYMORE

Tongues is Tim Kwant from Kill The Waves solo project and Anymore was his first release. The song was a smash on Soundcloud and the buzz it created spread far and wide. A slice of laid back electro pop with a huge chorus, Anymore will grab you straight away and never let you go.

BEAM - HEX
BEAM is the glorious sounds of singer and songwriter Amy MacDougall, who has been in the past better known for contributing to other people's music; for example King Creosote. However, Hex is the sound of her own music, mysterious vocal loops, cello, piano and an overall dreamy feel.

THE INSOMNIAC PROJECT - BREAKAWAY

The Insomniac Project have kindly allowed us to use a brand new track, Breakaway and it is a cracker. Disco fused with LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip, Breakaway is destined to get anyone grooving. The band play a headline show at Stereo in Glasgow on May 30 - go along and watch Breakaway work its disco magic

SEAS, STARRY - NEWARK
Coming from the Aberdeen four piece's album Tyto Alba, Newark is a perfect illustration of the effects laden ambient music that Seas, Starry produce so well. Taking influence from the likes of My Bloody Valentine and Errors, the band drag the listener's ear to the furthest edges of electronic instrumental music

To download the e.p. head to either our bandcamp page https://almostpredictablealmost.bandcamp.com/album/almost-scottish-fiction-volume-2 or Scottish Fiction's https://scottishfiction.bandcamp.com/album/almost-scottish-fiction-volume-2

Thanks very much to the band's for allowing us to use their tracks and once again, thanks to Findlay at Burnhouse Industries for the artwork. 

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