The Jenny Hval collab. Not bad.
https://soundcloud.com/smalltownsupersound/bungl-like-a-ghost-feat-jenny
Album out on Friday.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 09:42 (six years ago) link
Lindstrøm is playing live in Oslo on Friday when I'm there, anyone seen him recently/any good? not heard the new stuff
― thirst trap your hare (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 11:15 (six years ago) link
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.
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 11:46 (six years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Friday, 20 October 2017 08:04 (six years ago) link
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'.
― Matt DC, Friday, 20 October 2017 08:19 (six years ago) link
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.
― Jeff W, Friday, 20 October 2017 08:35 (six years ago) link
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.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 30 November 2017 14:22 (six years ago) link
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.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 16 December 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link
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.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 19 August 2018 16:40 (six years ago) link
Well this is an unexpected new direction for Lindstrom
https://www.facebook.com/1519454774996343/videos/vb.1519454774996343/324979004718090/?type=2&theater
― groovypanda, Thursday, 4 October 2018 13:48 (five years ago) link
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)
― Matt DC, Friday, 30 November 2018 11:10 (five years ago) link
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.
― Matt DC, Friday, 30 November 2018 11:11 (five years ago) link
niiice, looks a companion piece to Cosmo Galactic Prism, which is GOAT IMO
― The Fox in the Fedora (Neil S), Friday, 30 November 2018 12:44 (five years ago) link
live on NTS now with a bonanza of Smalltown Supersounds https://www.nts.live/schedule
― Neil S, Monday, 17 December 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
https://prinsthomas.bandcamp.com/album/ambitions
nice and easy
― j., Saturday, 4 May 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link
^the last track Sakral is amongst his best
― the article don, Monday, 6 May 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
This new album and his last few collabs have been really really nice. Excellent stuff for high quality stereos/headphones too; really pristine production
― octobeard, Monday, 6 May 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link
Just picked up Ambitions. Really great album.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 13:49 (five years ago) link
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
― j., Sunday, 4 August 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
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.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 7 October 2019 18:36 (four years ago) link
New Album/EP out today
It's very ambient sounding on first listen
― groovypanda, Friday, 11 October 2019 13:14 (four years ago) link
more soundscapey
― j., Saturday, 12 October 2019 04:56 (four years ago) link
― 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
― j., Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:54 (four years ago) link
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.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 17 October 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
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.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Thursday, 17 October 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
this is lovely. the first track is great!
― cheese canopy (map), Thursday, 17 October 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
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.
― cheese canopy (map), Thursday, 17 October 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
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.
― cheese canopy (map), Thursday, 17 October 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
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.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 18 October 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
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.
― cheese canopy (map), Friday, 18 October 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
there's flashes of loveliness on this but it's just a little too freeform for me, indulgent where it could be refined
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 19 October 2019 09:44 (four years ago) link
this is worthwhile https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/dekmantel-podcast-262-prins-thomas
― chet san telmo (alomar lines), Wednesday, 8 January 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
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
― Neil S, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 09:53 (three years ago) link
!!!
i really adore II so i'm extremely excited
― ufo, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 09:56 (three years ago) link
yeah that was a great record, everything good about both their styles, combined.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 09:57 (three years ago) link
it's probably my favourite either of them have done
― ufo, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 10:06 (three years ago) link
Great news! I still break out 'II' frequently as well, love the atmosphere on that record so much.
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 10:20 (three years ago) link
When's this out, I wonder?
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 10:59 (three years ago) link
November 20 it seems, after browsing around for a bit
― willem, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
So stoked. I love these guys together.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 16:01 (three years ago) link
Thanks
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Tuesday, 6 October 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
They also have a collaborative Jaga Jazzist remix out now too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ctkVZqM-OY
― octobeard, Tuesday, 6 October 2020 20:22 (three years ago) link
Has anyone heard Prins' trance album from a few months ago?
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 06:59 (three years ago) link
Yeah I checked it out on Spotify in the summer, it's lovely
― willem, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 09:03 (three years ago) link
Jaga Jazzist are interesting in their own right but that remix is so great.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 10:35 (three years ago) link
Yeah they are and it is. Off topic, but Todd Terje's remix of JJ's "Oban" from a couple years back is great as well
― willem, Wednesday, 7 October 2020 10:57 (three years ago) link
Terje Oban remix is lowkey one of his best imo, such a lush arrangement
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 11:13 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7N79v84wew
sounds great
― ufo, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 22:30 (three years ago) link
love it, can't wait to hear the rest of the album
― Papa Triste (Thee Macallan 18 Year), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 15:26 (three years ago) link
agog @ the apex remix
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link