Lindstrom & Prins Thomas are the shit

Two and a half hours of goodness from Mr Thomas on BiS last night (including a track from the recent Lindstrom 7" promo):

http://www.beatsinspace.net/playlists/863

I am only just now getting around to Principe Del Norte and it is SO good, probably my favorite solo album of his. sounds a lot more melodic than his other stuff for some reason. in any event, extremely good and totally worth the time investment, even though the messed-up labels don't make it easier to keep track of things.

also I saw him DJ on Friday night in a LA warehouse for 6 hours straight and it was RAD. fun fact: Thomas' set at the dearly-departed Mountain Bar ten years ago (!!!) was my first venture into LA nightlife.

"H" came up on shuffle and I thought it was Blondes. Funny I never made the connection before. Principe has a more minimal sound but even so.

Prins Thomas has a new album out today with Bjorn Torske.

You can stream the tracks here:

https://bleep.com/release/85692-bjrn-torske-and-prins-thomas-square-one

https://bleep.com/release/87890-lindstrm-its-alright-between-us-as-it-is

new lindstrom album out in october. windings was really fun, hope this is as good

Awesome news! I was just listening to Smallhans the other day.

The vocals on 'Shinin' really smack of "will this do?" and have just reminded me how outrageous it is that Christabelle seemingly disappeared without trace.

this is sounding very cool

https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/433278/large/5053760030515_T11_Image.jpg

Prins Thomas provides a thorough, kraut-ish, cosmic-styled overhaul of Dungen’s Häxan, a soundtrack to the 1929 animation film ‘Adventures of Prince Achmed’

“With ‘Versions By’ Prins Thomas takes Dungen on a journey down a new winding road; 17 minute epics, wide open spaces, Balearic ambience, psychedlia, all things cosmic and Kraut grooves. Or as the sleeve notes remark; "recorded, remixed, rearranged, chopped, screwed, glued and partially reproduced with love by Prins Thomas".

The record is woven together with the same stitch as his seminal mix-albums ‘Cosmic Galactic Prism’ and ‘Paradise Goulash’, creating the perfect flow, way beyond a mix. It’s obvious Prins Thomas has been enjoying himself with the original analogue tapes of the record.

“Dungen has long been one of my favourite bands. Their music is a daily staple in the house, so much so that even my 3 year old daughter recognises any Dungen record from the first few seconds playing. If there's any ‘dream comes true’s’ left, having Joakim (Smalltown Supersound founder) request a remix for them comes close. The tracks in question was the music for the 1929 animation film Adventures of Prince Achmed, the music that later became the Häxan album. With all the possibilities AND the limitations these tapes had it would be easy to get lost on the way… and of course, it DID get totally out of hand and I ended up with over an hour of recorded material. It has to be pointed out, this is NOT a ‘Dungen’ album, but more like an exploration of the raw material. In some places only using a single sound or two to construct something new, in other places just rearranging sections of songs. Hope you all enjoy hearing this record heard through a new set of ears.” – Prins Thomas”

The new single "Shinin" may be his most generic track ever.

Shinin' seems of a part with the Lindstrøm & Christabelle stuff, which I'm cool with. very much looking forward to hearing what he does with Jenny Hval.

Tensions is the more recent Lindstrøm single, and fits in nicely with the more spacey instrumentals. haven't heard anything yet to suggest that the album won't be dope.

I much prefer Lindstrom on his own. Prinz gets pretty fucking interminably noodly - his solo album is perhaps the dullest tenner I ever spent.

The Jenny Hval collab. Not bad.

https://soundcloud.com/smalltownsupersound/bungl-like-a-ghost-feat-jenny

Album out on Friday.

Lindstrøm is playing live in Oslo on Friday when I'm there, anyone seen him recently/any good? not heard the new stuff

He was great last year when I saw him. Weirdly the small crowd was more into Closing Shot etc and barely responded to I Feel Space.

The new album has several fantastic moments but he stopped surprising us years ago and the quality just plummets nearly every time a vocalist appears. Only Jenny Hval's song rises above the completely generic and I usually can't abide her solo stuff.

It just reminded me of how much I'd prefer to hear Christabelle again to that utterly off-the-peg Scandi sadsack 'contribution' to 'But Isn't It'.

Never mind. Prins Thomas has been excelling of late. There's a taster track from PT5 on Spotify today (also here: http://www.factmag.com/2017/10/05/prins-thomas-5-album/). I didn't really like the Björn Torske collab LP, but the "Edmond / Montague Grant" and "Apokalypso" 12 inches are great, as is the Dungen remix album. All of these sound nothing like each other.

The whole of PT5 is now available to stream. Only listened to half of it so far but "Here comes the band" put a massive smile on my face.

just getting around to the new Lindstrom album as I was contemplating seeing him tonight and it's really... dull? It sounds unfinished. I really loved "Home Tonight" from yesteryear and the Christabelle album but the vocalists on this are doing nothing.

The Prins Thomas semi-improvised duet album with Norwegian jazz pianist Bugge Weeseltoft is really good. Laid back listening that's perfect for lazy summer Sunday afternoon. Could have done without the last track ('Epilog'), which finally crosses over into aimless noodling. But the rest is quality. PT continues to bat at over .900 while remaining as prolific as ever.

Well this is an unexpected new direction for Lindstrom

https://www.facebook.com/1519454774996343/videos/vb.1519454774996343/324979004718090/?type=2&theater

Yes please.

Smalltown Supersound, the Norwegian label run by Oslo-based Joakim Haugland, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the label is releasing The Movement Of The Free Spirit, an epic new mix album of the Smalltown Supersound catalogue by Prins Thomas, out November 30th. As Thomas’s follow up to Paradise Goulash, The Movement Of The Free Spirit is a 3-disc mix comprised of 80 tracks and 3 hours and 40 minutes of music featuring artists including Sonic Youth, DJ Harvey, Studio, Yoshimi (Boredoms), Kim Gordon, Oneohtrix Point Never, Todd Rundgren, Stereolab, High Llamas, Neneh Cherry, Ricardo Villalobos, Four Tet, The Orb, Kelly Lee Owens, Lindstrøm, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Biosphere, Peter Brötzmann, and many more (full track list is below). The mix will be released as a CD box set, digitally (mix and unmixed) and disc 1 will be available as a double LP.

Tracklist:

Part 1
1. Echo Troopers - Fred Astaire Session (intro)
Deathprod - Orgone Donor
Yoshimi & Mats Gustafsson - Soundless Cries With Their Arms in the Air Yuichiro Fujimoto - Little Sun
2. Bendik Giske - Hole
Supersilent - 13.1
Biosphere - Aura in the Kitchen
Supersilent - 13.1
Elektro Nova/Electro Nova - T03
Bruce Russell - The Movement of the Free Spirit (The 1st Movement)
3. Carmen Villain - Safe
Alexander Rishaug - Time and Place
4. Monopot - Scena Napoletana
5. Continental Fruit - Dear Heart
6. Biosphere - Wyll and Purpose
Lindstrøm - Call Me Anytime (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)
Deathprod - Orgone Donor
Arp - V2 Slight Return
Monopot - Dronningen
7. Monopot - Dronningen
Jaga Jazzist - Plym
Todd Rundgren - Anything (vocal outtake)
8. Todd Rundgren - Anything (vocal outtake)
9. Todd Rundgren, Emil Nikolaisen & Hans-Peter Lindstrøm - Wrap Your Arms Around Me (Stereolab vs High Llamas Remix)
10. 120 Days - Sleepless Nights
11. Carmen Villain - The Moon Will Always Be There
Continental Fruit - The Moon Was My Only Witness
Mats Gustafsson & Sonic Youth - Part 3 (Contrabass Sax)
12. Erik Wøllo - Ody At Sea
Alexander Rishaug - Satellites
Prins Thomas - B (Sun Araw Saddle Soap Remix)
13. Prins Thomas - B (Sun Araw Saddle Soap Remix)
Bjørn Torske & Prins Thomas - Arthur's Return (long unreleased)
Serena Maneesh - Introspection
Serena Maneesh - Leipziger Love Life (ancient mix)
Mats Gustafsson & Sonic Youth - Part 4 (Voice)
14. Wildest Dreams - Off The Lip

Part 2
1. Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Lovesick (Four Tet Remix) 2. Dungen - Franks Kaktus
3. Idjut Boys - One for Kenny (Bjørn Torske remix)
Idjut Boys - One for Kenny (Idjut Version)
4. Dungen - Alberto Balsam
5. Prins Thomas - H (The Orb Remix)
Bjørn Torske & Prins Thomas - Arthur
Kjetil D. Brandsdal - Komboloi
Lindstrøm - No Release (Owen Pallett Remix)
6. Lindstrøm - No release (Owen Pallett Remix) Diskjokke - Cold Out
Yoshinori Hayashi - Bit of Garden
7. Yoshinori Hayashi - Bit of Garden
Diskjokke - Cold Out
Meanderthals - Andromeda (Basic Idjut Version)
Arp - The Past (Version by Studio)
Meanderthals - Andromeda
8. Prins Thomas - C (I:Cube Remix)
9. Lindstrøm - Another Station
10. Bjørn Torske - Se Torsken (Mungolian Jetset Remix) Dan Lissvik - Airwalk
Dan Lissvik - G
11. Neneh Cherry - Slow Release
Bjørn Torske & Prins Thomas - K16
12. Bjørn Torske - Totem Expose
13. Kim Hiorthøy - Door Opens Both Ways
14. Toy - Don't Be
15. Lindstrøm - Raakost (Unknown Mortal Orchestra Version)

Part 3
1. Lindstrøm - The Contemporary Fix (Bjørn Torske Remix) 2. Matt Karmil - Morals
Biosphere - With Their Paddles in a Puddle
Andre Bratten - Minor Misconception
Carmen Villain - Planetarium (Gigi Masin Remix) 3. Andre Bratten - Minor Misconception
Carmen Villain - Planetarium (Gigi Masin Remix) Brian Reitzell - Ozu Choral
4. Carmen Villain - Planetarium (Gigi Masin Remix) Mungolian Jetset - Mush in the Bush
Bjørn Torske - Langt fra Afrika
5. Kelly Lee Owens - CBM
Carmen Villain - Obedience (Bjørn Torske Remix) Elektro Nova/Electro Nova - Phase One
Elektro Nova/Electro Nova - Phase Two Part 3 Brian Reitzell - Honeycomb
6. Prins Thomas - C (Ricardo Villalobos King Crab Remix) Bendik Giske - Adjust
Elektro Nova/Electro Nova - T03
Prins Thomas - C (Ricardo Villalobos Knödel Prince Dub) Mungolian Jetset - Shelton's on a Bender
7. Neneh Cherry - Everything Is Everything (Villalobos & Loderbauer: Vilod High Blood Pressure Mix)
8. Bjørn Torske - Furu
9. Andre Bratten - Pax Americana
10. Lars Horntveth - Kaleidoscopic
11. Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet - II (Performed by Joe McPhee & Ken Vandermark)

I listened to the first 50mins or so on my commute this morning and I got most of the way to the office before I heard anything approaching a beat, all multilayered ambient soundscapes but absolutely gorgeous on headphones. Looks like it might perk up on the second and third discs.

niiice, looks a companion piece to Cosmo Galactic Prism, which is GOAT IMO

live on NTS now with a bonanza of Smalltown Supersounds https://www.nts.live/schedule

https://prinsthomas.bandcamp.com/album/ambitions

nice and easy

^the last track Sakral is amongst his best

This new album and his last few collabs have been really really nice. Excellent stuff for high quality stereos/headphones too; really pristine production

Just picked up Ambitions. Really great album.

Prins Thomas has a new album out today with Bjorn Torske.

You can stream the tracks here:

https://bleep.com/release/85692-bjrn-torske-and-prins-thomas-square-one

― groovypanda, Friday, July 7, 2017 6:02 AM (two years ago)

i thought this was quite boring—obviously tossed off

I like the track that was released off the new Lindstrom. Looking forward to it. Moving to all live instruments plus drum machines seems like a logical evolution for him.

New Album/EP out today

It's very ambient sounding on first listen

more soundscapey

https://prinsthomas.bandcamp.com/album/ambitions

nice and easy

― j., Saturday, May 4, 2019 1:54 PM (five months ago)

'feel the love' has a pretty weird low end, i never noticed it until playing it on just a particular sound setup that highlighted the bass

OK so the new Lindstrom album as a whole I think is a pretty minor thing but also really pleasant. Like taking a warm bath in analog synths. I had it on the other day while I was taking a walk and it was nice soundtrack music.

The first track is noodly rubbish imho, but the other three are beautiful. Might be the best thing he's done since Real Life Is No Cool.

this is lovely. the first track is great!

he's such a talented melodist, it's fun to hear him go in a more idk classical/new age direction. 'swing low sweet lfo' sounds like it could be the 'i am the center' comp, reminds me of the iasos track. it's all pretty 'noodly' tbh but i would rather describe it that quality as 'deep' and as something that has the promise to emerge and gain life through repeated listens.

on first listen this is just beguilingly good imo, very near the top of the new age / ambient / balearic revival of the last 15 years.

the promise to emerge and gain life through repeated listens.

Definitely been true for me. Things that just seemed formless the first time through take on texture and shape. Especially on that first track, which I really like.

there is a lot of tangerine dream pastiche on this but it's better than that sounds i think. right now i feel like there's a lot of unrealized potential here, like it points in a lot of different exciting directions at once? i'm not sure how or if it all gels but there's something simultaneously compelling and distancing about the harmonic drift that makes me want to keep listening to it.

there's flashes of loveliness on this but it's just a little too freeform for me, indulgent where it could be refined

this is worthwhile https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/dekmantel-podcast-262-prins-thomas

new one!

Meanwhile back in Balearic 2020, @feedelity and @prins_thomas are set to release 'III', their first new album together in eleven years. "Our partnership is very democratic—we never turn down each other's ideas. And if it goes wrong, we blame it on the other guy!" - PT.

— Ralph Moore (@RalphusMoorus) October 6, 2020

!!!

i really adore II so i'm extremely excited

yeah that was a great record, everything good about both their styles, combined.

it's probably my favourite either of them have done

Great news! I still break out 'II' frequently as well, love the atmosphere on that record so much.

When's this out, I wonder?

November 20 it seems, after browsing around for a bit