Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2016 Thread

leftfield art-pop / Balearic tech-house electronic pop track from Hunter/ Game titled silver, the closest contemporary reference point would be: Snow Ghosts, Olga Bell, Glasser, Gazelle Twin and The Knife / Fever Ray also riyl: 1990s Balearic electronic pop e.g One Dove with added Weatherall stardust

icy electronics, tribal trippy beats with "crystalline singing" there is a purity and playfulness to this track

Hunter / Game - Silver
https://soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/premiere-huntergame-silver

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1XyyJljaoiu8ai8dHyFcJE

Mixmag:

'Silver' takes techno into thrashing tribal rhythms that are subtly breached by crystalline singing.

A thumping bass keeps the tracks momentum ever driving, as vocals, drums and a bouncing synthline flitter between each other.

I was intriqued to find out who the female vocalist was, had i listened to her before? it turns out No

more info

Stream Hunter/Game’s debut LP Adaptation on Kompakt with track-by-track commentary
http://www.factmag.com/2016/02/03/stream-huntergame-adaptation-kompakt/

08. ‘Silver‘

‘Silver’ started as a remix for our Icelandic friends from Kúra. There were some really interesting ambient sounds to work with and that amazing vocal. So we mainly used some live drums percussions samples, processed by delays and effects. The arpeggiator we recorded in Copenhagen with the Kúra guys from a Nord lead 4x they have in their studio. The result sounds kind of crazy and it was to far from the band sound so we agreed to use it for our album.

Kura
https://www.facebook.com/kuramusic

Fanney Ósk Þórisdóttir, lead vocals
from iceland

from the poppy end of the shambhala spectrum, one of the most addictive tracks of the year so far, you will have this on repeat

track starts and ends with the memorable phrase "can we break this spell on the carousel"

an engaging track, that's constantly changing, the vocals and production blend together sublimely

Manila Killa is from the Phillipines, the singer is Joni Fatora from Brooklyn, NYC

Manila Killa ft. Joni Fatora - All that's Left
https://soundcloud.com/manilakilla/all-thats-left

823K plays on Soundcloud

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2znIzTWdQBzkPSLuXWl14Y

500K plays on Spotify

DAWN – Not Above That - bouncy uptempo track discussed elsewhere on ILM

this addictive track needs to be on this thread's spotify playlist, i reckon it could well make the ILM 77 tracks of 2016.

production from Machinedrum

soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/dawn_richard/dawn-not-above-that

spotify: Dawn Richard - Not Above That
https://open.spotify.com/track/2I68J8QjcrQFyGAaTIufZM

Jezabels - Pleasure Drive (new single from Aussie indie outfit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMV_O_z6-6U

Kill J - Trickle Trickle (Grimes-y R&B) (soundcloud) (Grimes-y R&B)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUG9lyn3KdI

Robyn Sherwell - My Hand (rhythm section really elevates this)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iURbUmoG3Qo

astral electronic soul pop, debut track from Melbourne artist Jess Fairfax (aka X ARI)

X-Ari - Float Away
https://soundcloud.com/fairtrax/x-ari-float-away

you tube:
https://youtu.be/4v7-4aljDO4

bandcamp: http://xari.bandcamp.com/releases

not on spotify yet.

via: Pigeons & Planes - DAILY DISCOVERY: X ARI
http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2016/02/daily-discovery-x-ari/

expect a debut ep mid year

now for something totally different - bombastic euro pop from Norwegian artist Alida

a high octane zesty pop track with a strong vocal flow

riyl: Zhala, Dagny

Alida - Leave it all Behind
https://open.spotify.com/track/2pJaiZ7sayXaVmHGjQJeQ0

interview: Spotlight Interview: Alida
http://jajajamusic.com/2016/02/spotlight-interview-alida/

confident uptempo alt-pop in the vein of Ladyhawke / Sky Ferreira from L.A Girlfriend (another new artist from LA - that's 3 new-ish artists from LA this year on this thread)

2 recommended tracks from the debut album

L.A. Girlfriend - XIV
https://open.spotify.com/track/3rZw8wqdaDVT3ZXzLNFUSn

L.A. Girlfriend - Little Do I Know
https://open.spotify.com/track/4C3H5xZQAsCdXYOwbrkV8t

found via:

New band of the week: LA Girlfriend (No 89)
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/05/la-girlfriend-new-band-of-the-week

Her album, a blur of pop fizz and indie drizzle, shimmery melodies and shoegaze haze, is almost a concept homage to that whole era, with references to New Order and Pat Benatar, My Bloody Valentine and Laura Branigan, revolutionary British guitar-noise and perky US skinny-tie new wave.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LAgirlfriend/

Album on Spotify:

L.A. Girlfriend - Neon Gold
https://open.spotify.com/album/3b52EjHApqe9sQODQiYD5O

atmospheric dreamy swirly synth pop track from Glasgow artist Kloe

this track was available on soundcloud last year, but finally got a release last friday on a debut ep

KLOË - Feel
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/70P0jOfZjs2R5nPPQRcXMp
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kloemusic/feel-2/s-fc3sy

another excellent Blooms track, atmospheric art-pop noir

Blooms - Give Me Up
https://soundcloud.com/thisisblooms/blooms-give-me-up

luv the fragility of the vocals smerged with swirling electronics.

riyl: Beth Gibbons / Portishead, Insides, Halou

from a forthcoming ep

dark disco synth pop from Sweden?, (according to the spotify stats) from the mysterious Pikko

Pikko - Run
https://soundcloud.com/pikko-936541108/run

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2TDGswYidPF11EyKgG4hm4

luv the menacing chunky bass lines and extended reverb synth loops ala giorgio moroder on this track combined with the digitally manipulated female vocalist, JF you gonna luv this track

riyl: Cult Club

I was looking for a description of this music, and this nails it:

'Dark Nu Wave Disco' blends the original sounds of the analogue era into a modern melting pot of Dark disco, Electro Funk and New Wave Synth Pop.
http://www.bigfishaudio.com/Dark-Nu-Wave-Disco

The Pikko vocalist sounds unnervingly like Neil Young on "Transformer Man."

Love the two L.A. Girlfriend tracks upthread, though!

dreamwave hauntology pop

this track is going to be very popular on this thread, an atmospheric hazy dreamy track from Malmo artist, Badlands

Badlands - Echo
https://soundcloud.com/badlandsse/echo

this town is like a ghost town

if you speak your mind you'll hear
an empty echo

this town is like a ghost town

all my teeth are falling out and make 
a dance of...

this town is like a ghost town

there is nothing good in here
i can't make bad

28 January 2016: Echo is the 2nd single off the upcoming album Locus, due in April 2016.

spotify: http://nbhap.com/playlists/amazing-sweden-nbhaps-three-favourite-tracks-february/

via: http://nbhap.com/playlists/amazing-sweden-nbhaps-three-favourite-tracks-february/

BADLANDS is Catharina Jaunviksna, a songwriter and producer based in Malmö. Echo is the second single taken from her upcoming debut album Locus, set for release in April. It’s a song that slips between characters. At times it sounds like a pleasant enough slice of disco-pop. But suddenly, elements like dark, ominous synths enter the mix, and the track shows its teeth and gains a colder edge. Jaunviksna describes it a ‘a club tune, but with that apocalyptic twist’, and there’s something to that. It’s the perfect, emotionally dissonant soundtrack to one of those nights where you oscillate between having the time of your life and stumbling into the worst corners of your consciousness.

correct, Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/5KcM5VXN04BWjPEMEQga0b

dramatic art-synth pop from Denmark's Lucaléy

riyl: The Knife, Fever Ray

Lucaléy - Truth
https://soundcloud.com/lucaleymusic/truth-1/s-KPZ5f

via IMPOSE magazine
http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/lucaley-truth

Danish synthpop duo Lucaléy (Ea Phillippa Tange and Bo Karlsson) aren’t just performers, producers and songwriters, they’re community-focused, running music workshops together for high school students across Denmark. “Truth”, which they premiere with us today, is ethereal Scandinavian pop of the highest caliber, with Tange’s delicate soprano bounding over a flickering field of ambient synth and minimal beats

confident nu-gaze synth pop track taken from the new Mint Julep album: Broken Devotion released February 12th

Mint Julep - Murmur
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/keithkenniff/murmur
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6xG5ykrntS9dqfYgaXo0xp

Ooh! I'd been wondering if there was going to be another Mint Julep album.

bouncy electronic pop from danish artist, Who is Louis

Who is Louis - Fancy Me (edit)
https://soundcloud.com/who-is-louis/fancy-me-edit

"Fancy me" is the first single of our debut album, coming in march 2016!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0zFnLDhbmXYHkh5T4rJJ3c

ethereal electronic dream pop from Newcastle-upon-Tyne artist, Keiandra

another track that has "dreamwave hauntology pop" vibes

Keiandra - Icing Sugar
https://soundcloud.com/keiandramusic/icing-sugar

http://colorising.com/?p=30636
The hazy and ethereal tune is a sonic aphrodisiac of experimental electronica and pop, ripe with Keiandra’s warm and dreamy vocals. ‘Icing Sugar’

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2WeLP8vJSXO9Uz1VicZwqt

ethereal electronic soul pop from NYC artist Adesuwa

2 tracks taken from the 2016 Air Light ep that was released February 1st

Adesuwa - Wild Light

soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/adesuwamusic/adesuwa-wild-light
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4EkSL8Qg1cY1vIJ2bQXDCj

Adesuwa - Firelight
https://soundcloud.com/adesuwamusic/firelight
https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZRZpT27XvoRhvdILaQfZb

this track reminds me of Denai Moore

surely Adesuwa can't remain obscure for long with this talent. Adesuwa is denitia adesuwa odigie (from denitia and sene.)

recent interview: http://www.idolmag.co.uk/music/adesuwa-releases-airlight-ep/

dramatic sensual vocals from Gemma Dunleavy over any icy future bass electronic pop track

riyl: Kelela / Tala

Ziro ft. Gemma Dunleavy - Surrender
https://soundcloud.com/wearecrazylegs/ziro-gemma-dunleavy-surrender

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3yyw241A4GYkZjj7tyd6VH

icy futuristic synth pop from berlin based band Fiordmoss (although some / most? members of the band are from the Czech Republic) - luv the moody synths on this track

riyl: Bjork, The Knife, Gazelle Twin

Fiordmoss - Madstone
https://soundcloud.com/fiordmoss/madstone

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3TTcnlp1gpErmVUfVKFQf6

more info

http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/here-s-fiordmoss-s-new-single-madstone-145
They've been working towards their debut album for quite a while, more so following the release of their Ink Bitten EP from 2013, but now return with a brand new single 'Madstone' - an eerily disturbing, bass drum-heavy track brought together with Petra's vocal, which has an aura or flavour of Björk behind it. It's mysterious and rather intriguing and I'm already craving to discover more.

Pretty, Handsome from San Francisco

this is a strange track, in terms of morphing different styles, at times dreamy, then dramatic, violins, zig zag tempos with pitched bleeps, the female vocalist (Sierra Totten) has a dramatic vocal style that reminds me at times of Billie Ray Martin / Electribe 101

riyl: Kaleida, early 90s band Sunscreem

Pretty, Handsome - Warren Beatty
https://soundcloud.com/popgang/pretty-handsome-warren-beatty-original-mix

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5SxpMFlOwDvvIuCONNnFj6

Producer Stephen Tucker and vocalist Sierra Totten make up San Francisco based pop duo Pretty, Handsome. The result is catchy, danceable beats mixed with powerful, emotive vocals. The pair are best friends which is apparent when you see their effortless chemistry during their energetic live shows. "Love, Or Something Like It" marks the duo's first full length album, culminating in 10 original songs that showcase their unique style and enigmatic sound.

taken from the debut album: (released February 17th)

Pretty, Handsome - Love, Or Something Like It
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ByEUGwaDUBhonNv6vxtcg

chilled ambient pop track from Montreal artist, Forever

luv the hazy drifting synths and delicate ethereal vocals

Forever - Heaven's Mouth

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mmmorelove/heavens-mouth
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/13Ri9n78aa6hTvyUYmq3Y4

expansive electronic art-pop from Australian artist, Vera Blue

this is a new remix of the track: Hold (that has just appeared on spotify)

Vera Blue - Hold (BV Remix)
https://open.spotify.com/track/0wSfZ3ndPhOvt1BN1BcnK2

the original 2015 track, hold was very popular on Triple J radio.

groovy leftfield twisted disco pop from Norwegian Duo Smerz who are based in Copenhagen, Denmark

Smerz have been compared to Tirzah

video: just released today: Smerz - Because

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZiEMnPcmQQ

Smerz - Because
https://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/premiere-smerz-because
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3XY37pV75Ep9ubtcJNNNPj

discovered via Nialler 9 on his weekly txfm show:
http://nialler9.com/listen-back-to-last-nights-txfm-show-my-100th/

Ooh, the Pr0files album showed up on Spotify today. It is doooooooope.

regarding the Pr0files album, i recommend this track to be added to the playlist:

rhythmic electro-pop

Pr0files - Changing of the Guards
soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/pr0files/11-11-pr0files-changing-of-the-guards
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2obwOjX4FAkiL0bQi6tGZr

notice the track starts like Underworld Born Slippy with the slow synths.

many of the tracks on the album are from 2015 and 2014. So their debut comes off more like a compilation so far.

the canadian duo, Mu (Francesca Belcourt and Brittney Rand) that i mentioned upthread have now released their 2016 ep

another track, Debauchery that i have been repeat listening to: luv the floating vocal melodies that blend with the flowing synths

Mu - Debauchery
https://soundcloud.com/soundsofmu/debauchery

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4cd8tkOgDmcvGi0PBEqeHa

Brighton's Sea Bed with their uptempo atmospheric synth pop, they describe themselves as an "Organic Electronic Band"

this track has entrancing ethereal vocals and twisting melodies, bouncy rhythms with reverb synth patterns:

Sea Bed - Moving Ghosts
https://soundcloud.com/seabedband/moving-ghosts
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0osi2v4e5EA4nVzDOeRORo

this track would sound great as a bouncy shimmering balearic pop track in ibiza in May / June:

Sea Bed - Conqueror
https://soundcloud.com/itseargasmic/sea-bed-conqueror

to be released March 11th as part of an ep

sublime Icelandic ice cool synth pop from Samaris

sonic glacial purity, luv the ethereal vocals

Samaris - Wanted 2 Stay
https://soundcloud.com/samaris/wanted-2-say
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/29EhFi1fnyuUj6LtxGy5VH

Samaris’ new single ‘Wanted 2 Say’ is released on 12" Vinyl by One Little Indian on 8th April.

Ushered in on a mournful note and a gentle gasp before a d’n’b breakbeat kicks in, ‘Wanted 2 Say’ is Samaris’ most out pop track yet. For the first time too Jófríður’s breathy vocal is sung in English, set against an effervescent arpeggiated note sequence.

Dj Martian, consider starting your own thread for this stuff.

Oh, yes, nothing can go wrong if you start your own thread.

lol, it's a dark dark world out here

Playlist is updated

ILM's Rolling Shambhala Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

dreamy electronic pop from LA artist, Astronautica

a groovy addictive swaying track that flows sublimely, rolling bassline and smooth seductive vocals. The guitar riffs remind me of The Cure.

Astronautica - Palm Springs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BqjeixStI0

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4T6bEGS6W1O7My9uD0uNZN

Hypetrak interview: Astronautica
http://hypetrak.com/2016/02/astronautica-palm-springs-video-interview/

new video for Acre Tarn - Dawn Faces, that JF previously mentioned in early January.

the video is rather strange and mysterious. At times it looks like a Dr Who set, great ethereal dark pop that remains in obscurity, i reckon grimes fans would appreciate acre tarn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-B3s1Bbfvc

Hypnagogic Pop from Norwich duo Let's Eat Grandma

freestyle skewed hypnotic art-pop

Let's Eat Grandma - Sink
https://soundcloud.com/transgressive-records/lets-eat-grandma-sink-1
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1dsescuKplBS798HKHk3h1

one of my fav tracks of the year so far, the expansive icy future beats synth dark pop from Snow Ghosts

the stunning atmospheric intensity of the production, the ethereal mysterious emotional vocals of Hannah Cartwright, the smudgy Swooping synths from Ross Tones (Throwing Snow)

Snow Ghosts - Undertow

https://soundcloud.com/houndstoothlbl/snow-ghosts-undertow-houndstooth
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ROT4M67fc5LKbyfPgatAg

part of the new Houndstooth label compilation: Tessellations
http://store.houndstoothlabel.com/tessellations.html

this review sums up track well:

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/19/467134456/songs-we-love-snow-ghosts-undertow

The part that producer Ross Tones (who also records solo as Throwing Snow), vocalist Hannah Cartwright (who has also records as Augustus Ghost) and multi-instrumentalist Oliver Knowles play is that of grand goth-pop experimentalists driven by English folk motifs and deep bass drones.

Listening to "Undertow," the group's excellent contribution to Tessellations, you'd be forgiven for imagining this song existing in a more metal- and prog-rock-oriented age. Synths and low-end are layered deeper in the background, while finger-picked acoustic and a wailing electric guitar accompany Cartwright's soft intoning about her emotions resembling the tides, all of them deep expressions in the tradition of tony English narrative. Yet somewhere around the fourth minute, this notion is given a shrewd post-punk update, as tom-toms start pounding and an approximation of a 4/4 beat arrives. The beach we suddenly find ourselves standing on is New Order's — also very British and fatalist, and, here, lyrically apropos. Suddenly, Snow Ghosts aren't simply extending the U.K.'s electronic music sprawl toward a grandiose past, they're doing something to reconfigure it.

Hoodlem (Melbourne, Australia) remixed by Ark Patrol (Portland, US)

this is a distinctive track, the female vocalist has a lovely textured soulful vocal style, luv the rippling synths on this track - track featured on this week's Spotify Fresh Finds playlist

riyl: Grace Mitchell

Hoodlem - Firing Line (Ark Patrol Remix)
https://soundcloud.com/heroicrecordings/hoodlem-firing-line-ark-patrol-remix?in=hoodlemmusic/sets/collabs-remixes
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/33ZnXBqCfUN3ekvdjbQipJ

Ark Patrol strikes back with his take on Hoodlem’s deep and soulful ‘Firing Line’. Another Soultronica classic from this West Coast producer, Ark’s “Firing Line” remix is bouncy and lighthearted; ethereal and ambient.

Also today, Spotify has launched a number of themed Fresh Finds playlists including: Hiptronix that matches this the theme of this thread

Fresh Finds - Hiptronix
https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/6tSPShkHtxVL8fWtJqxe7Z
"the sweet spot. Equal parts pop and electronics"

Introducing Fresh Finds
https://news.spotify.com/uk/2016/03/02/introducing-fresh-finds/

New playlists featuring the latest undiscovered artists (you likely haven’t heard) before they take off

including:

Hiptronix (vocal pop)

djmartian, wish you'd post a little less and only share the truly greatest stuff - about 20% of your posts are really awesome, the others seem pretty much like the average spotify highlights or whatever. however thank you for yr efforts and generosity!

Sean, wish you'd post a little less and only share the truly greatest comments - about 20% of your posts are really awesome, the others seem pretty much like the average ILM toxicity or whatever. however thank you for yr efforts and generosity!

djmartian, keep doing exactly what you want to do.

I intended that as a humorous demonstration of the point, but maybe I just contributed to the toxicity.

To say it more productively: "Greatest" is subjective, so if djmartian eliminated 4/5 of his posts, I have no reason to think the 1/5 that remained would be the ones that match my or your tastes. From my point of view, djmartian posts at a perfectly acceptable and helpful rate.

ok, fair enough!

uptempo confident epic synth pop from London duo Avec Sans

riyl: Chvrches

Avec Sans - Heartbreak Hi
https://soundcloud.com/avecsans/avec-sans-heartbreak-hi
https://open.spotify.com/track/4EASghXeRDnfOakTcGT35t

this track was previously available om soundcloud a few years back in demo format, but released for this time in 2016.

groovy electronic pop from Finland, luv the sequenced synths on this track.

Solano + Profettes - Like This
https://soundcloud.com/solinarecords/solano-profettes-like-this-first-single-from-the-upcoming-debut-ep
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0L3dpDh9Jz3lDNczw0Jtyn

characterful songwriting, with a strong sense of vocal harmonies. Monotonic beat loops, echoing layers of synthesizers and four talented singers make the music dark but susceptible pop with a light and airy avantgarde grip.

self described as "50% Scott Walker & ABBA, 50% Enya & Giorgio Moroder"

this track blends well with the Solano + Profettes track

dreamy experimental hypnagogic electronic pop, with male & female vocal harmonies and a strong crisp rhythmic feel

Junk Son - Fool
https://soundcloud.com/junk_son/fool

more info:

Premiere: Junk Son - Fool
http://www.dummymag.com/new-music/premiere-junk-son-fool

Junk Son is the moniker of London-based John Dunk,

“I was trying to incorporate rhythmic aspects of trip-hop without using a loop - the beat has the groove and tempo of a trip-hop track, but is sampled from single hits, rather than a pre-made drum track.”

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

this is a song by my friend hana, has opened for grimes and purity ring on tour, often works with the producer bloodpop (née blood diamonds) who produced bieber "sorry" and some charli stuff

riyl: that drake song with a chantal krieviazuk feature, the idea of noah shebib producing sarah mclachlan

from youtube: Shot by James Brooks at O2 Academy in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England on March 7th, 2016

quick editing work!

Hana was featured on last year's thread, indeed I posted her debut track, Clay back in May 2015. So, will be tracking her progress this year.

Note, Hana is yet another LA artist featured on this 2016 thread.

Here is a track the follows nicely on from Hana, by Minneapolis duo, Fraea both share similar aesthetics with clarity and purity of vocals over dreamy ambient electronics.

Fraea - Criminal
https://soundcloud.com/fraeafraea
https://open.spotify.com/track/1a26t3GRUGpF1IUnEUi7WA

hypnagogic electronic pop or "Shadow Pop" as self described

Fraea is the Minneapolis-based duo of Jessie Daley and Drew Preiner who together combined to create musing, hypnotic shadow pop. Fraea—a stylized take on Freyja, the goddess of beauty, love and sex, but also death, war and the underworld—encapsulates the idea of opposites coming together to create beauty, compassion and catharsis.

djmartian, wish you'd post a little less and only share the truly greatest stuff - about 20% of your posts are really awesome, the others seem pretty much like the average spotify highlights or whatever. however thank you for yr efforts and generosity!

― sean gramophone, Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:22 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Sean, wish you'd post a little less and only share the truly greatest comments - about 20% of your posts are really awesome, the others seem pretty much like the average ILM toxicity or whatever. however thank you for yr efforts and generosity!

djmartian, keep doing exactly what you want to do.

― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:02 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I intended that as a humorous demonstration of the point, but maybe I just contributed to the toxicity.

To say it more productively: "Greatest" is subjective, so if djmartian eliminated 4/5 of his posts, I have no reason to think the 1/5 that remained would be the ones that match my or your tastes. From my point of view, djmartian posts at a perfectly acceptable and helpful rate.

― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:13 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ok, fair enough!

― sean gramophone, Thursday, March 3, 2016 1:36 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I actually kind of with sean g here. I don't even drop in this thread that often anymore because I have to wade through a bunch of middling junk to get to an occasional winner, which is why I didn't attach my own name to it this year because I saw this coming. martian, your services are valuable in some ways, but a lot of what you consider "shambhala" is not what's traditionally been the focus of the thread/concept. But whatevs, you do you sir. I'll just drop in occasionally when I come across something worth everyone else's time.

2015: "If you come across something you think fits, then share it. We trust you."

2016: "fuck off with your junk"

Ha! Yeah, I know it sounds every bit as bad as you make it sound. I actually wrote a follow-up post last night and was ready to submit, but my internet dropped out and I had to reboot my computer. :(

The short of it was something like..."Part of it is that what I originally thought of as "shambhala" has either been done to death at this point or it's morphed into something I'm not really into, and that feeling is reinforced listening to all these things martian posts that don't move me at all. iow, get at me when the new Niki & The Dove album drops."

tbh I'm just listening to less of this because it's begun eating itself.

I really liked their EP from 2014. Glad they didn't just disappear. This is nice!

have y'all talked about maggie rogers here? she's v shamhala in sound if not necessarily in pharrell cosign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0jXvW1ZS2M

Phases by Cellars is fast becoming one of my most played albums of the year. Nighttime Girl is a real song of the year contender for me. It's all about the gorgeous rising harmonies.

https://youtu.be/yPCCioS75jY

xp - That is exactly what I thought as I heard a clip for the BBC Sound of 2017 award shortlist. I think I like this one better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWsW6c6t8g

playlist is updated.

utterly in love with this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv76dqcSkuE

lol @ the video, tres jamiroquai chic

no 2017 thread or interest, eh?
I dig this Owo album.
http://www.okayafrica.com/audio/owo-new-ep-afro-diasporic-sounds-of-summertime-brooklyn/

My favorite Norwegian album of last year, probably not as interesting if you don't speak the language but still catchy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxFUVjkPTng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SNEG_cOa5Q

where are Johnny Fever and Sanpaku to start the 2017 version of this thread? I would myself, but this one of those areas where everything I love about it is always news to me.

Just been listening to 'Twist' from this thread's playlist - thought it must actually be from the 90s so surprised to hear it was from 2016! Quite liking it but not sure how much of that is nostalgia...

and yeah, as always, I'm still catching up. new thread welcome...?

Anyways, the 2016 Spotify Playlist is updated and finalized.

ILM's Rolling Shambhala Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

Better late than never

Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2017 Thread