Lindstrom & Prins Thomas are the shit

This is killer though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdul4vImn2c

Principe del Norte 4xLP is fantastic.

It is great but I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't actually all ambient. I guess that was common with late 80s, early 90s ambient too but I was hoping for a fully beatless album.

Remixes incoming

https://soundcloud.com/smalltownsupersound/prins-thomas-cicube-remix

Smalltown Supersound will release three remix EPs based off Prins Thomas's Principe Del Norte album.

That record, released last week, saw the cosmic Norwegian producer looking back to the the '90s 'braindance' movement for inspiration, specifically ambient works by The Black Dog, The KLF and The Orb. The latter legends are among the heavy-hitters who contribute versions of Principe Del Norte for the upcoming three-part set.

Minimal star Ricardo Villalobos will also contribute two remixes of "C," and Young Marco, I:Cube and Sun Araw, the Californian psychedelic rocker who appeared on Thomas's epic Paradise Goulash mix, have been tapped for reworks too. Hieroglyphic Being starts off the series with a 12-inch featuring his two takes on album track "D."

The Hieroglyphic Being versions will be available next month, with a release date for the second EP, featuring the Villalobos, Young Marco and I:Cube remixes, yet to be announced. Full details on the 12-inch with Sun Araw and The Orb's submissions are still forthcoming.

wow that's a great set of remixers he has lined up

checked out that michael rother album as i too have an ideal version of dire straits that the real dire straits never quite live up too, a nice album tho it doesn't live up to that ideal either. guess i'm stuck with the durutti column for now.

NEW!

https://www.facebook.com/hplindstrom/videos/10153631877372762/

and the whole thing (w/ World First branding):
https://itunes.apple.com/us/post/idsa.68335fe5-e61f-11e5-8530-75008c879c4a

also here: https://soundcloud.com/feedelity/closing-shot

loving this tbh, helps me pretend it isn't March

omg this track is amazing - so effortlessly joyful. <3

love that track

Just now listening to this. So delightful!

It is great but I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't actually all ambient. I guess that was common with late 80s, early 90s ambient too but I was hoping for a fully beatless album.

yeah to me this was okay then drifted into crap modern trance-inflected beats. if you're gonna go ambient, go ambient, otherwise you're just standing at the feet of the gods waiting for a remix album to come out.

i mean, i had the suspicion the article in which he recommended his favourite ambient albums of all time would outlast this record in my consciousness but i didn't want that to be true.

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If you dig Katzenmusik you ought to check out Flammende Herzen as well, that is another beauty

The PT album was a great soundtrack for a sunblissed two hour roadtrip yesterday, maybe try it out that way

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Lindstrøm guest mix including some new songs here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b078xps4

X-post re. the Michael Rother record, check out "Katzenmusik 8" – the one w all the reverse guitars. To me that's the platonic ideal right there.

Live in session on 6 Music at the moment:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07bl9ft

Finally getting around to listening to Principe Del Norte. One or two dud sides but overall a great listen. Did anyone buy the LP set? I'm a little burned out on having that much wax and after getting Paradise Goulash.

Yeah I did get the 4LP set but then I only bought the Paradise Goulash Versions on wax

Closing Shot is now out on an EP called Windings, with two tracks on the b-side Algorytme and Foehn.

LOVE Algorytme. Foehn is good too but holy crap @ when Algorytme takes off towards the end.

Algorytme at 4:00 is joyous

Saw him live tonight. Algortyme killed. Felt like a lot of people there didn't know (or weren't responding to) "I Feel Space" which was a bit grim.

Sad to have missed him last week. What was the crowd like? A few years ago it was all lindstrom loving nerds so I'm surprised to hear I Feel Space flopped.

Saw him live tonight. Algortyme killed. Felt like a lot of people there didn't know (or weren't responding to) "I Feel Space" which was a bit grim.

― Gukbe, Friday, July 29, 2016 1:36 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was there! Did you stay for Todd Terje?

When I said "tonight" I meant at the gig in DC.

Unless of course Todd Terje was a surprise guest there in which case, no, I didn't, and yes, I'm weeping at the thought of missing it.

Crowd in DC was pretty small. Those there seemed more into "Closing Shot" and "Home Tonight" more than I Feel Space. But really, a tiny crowd.

Oh! I saw Lindstrom open for Todd in BK on Friday. I should have looked more closely at when you posted the comment.

How was Todd?

I think him and the Olsens work better in a live setting than a recorded one

I saw him in DC the last time. It wasn't a big crowd but wouldn't call it tiny either. Just a bunch of nerds dancing. I wonder if he will be able to play there again...

wow "Home Tonight"

Principe Del Norte remix album just dropped

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

wow an actual video! I thought he didn't believe in music videos.

Shura remix!
https://open.spotify.com/track/6oeHeJHyL5pXZw7XPpR6L6

Principe del Norte felt totally overwhelming when it came out - I only listened to it a couple of times back in Feb - but returning to this weekend and I'm blown away.

For whatever it's worth, it's quickly becoming one of my 2016 faves.

I think all the untitled tracks also made me sorta blank on it.

I'm starting to think this might be my album of 2016; it's definitely had the most staying power.

Anyone check out the remixes version?

^Yes. It's as good or bad as any other remix compilation. BUT it does include new tracks "I", "J" and "K", which are up there with the best of Principe del Norte. I'm treating these tracks as an addendum to the parent album in my EOY list.

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”