Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2016 Thread

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.

So this thing that doesn't even have a real name yet, of which there are so few examples that even with lots of wrong ones they still all fit in one thread, has now been "done to death", and you can lament a lost "tradition"? Jeezo, man. Nobody makes good moustache wax any more, either.

Let's keep this thread civilised and constructive, Johnny Fever does have a point.

I have reflected on previous years "not pop, not indie" shambhala threads and agree that some of the Hauntology Pop / Hypnagogic Pop / Dreamwave Pop I have been posting this year has been a departure from the original concept. These tracks have been too unstructured / esoteric / abstract compared to the structured songs based approach of most shambhala.

"not Pop not indie" shambhala was itself started as an interzone concept thread.

Pop thread: "that's indie" (this has happened)
Indie thread: "that's pop" (this actually has never happened)

What a dilemma! But I find it happens frequently, so here is a save haven to enjoy songs that straddle the fence.

― Johnny Fever, Sunday, May 13, 2012
Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala: 2012 ed.

The second annual edition of this thread wherein JF and 3 or 4 other people mindmeld on the usually girl-led, mostly synth-driven, pop-not-pop music we like.
(Johnny Fever), Monday, July 8, 2013

Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2013

Even I don't know what belongs here, but if it would feel weird putting it in rolling pop or rolling indie and it seems like something that would appeal to both, then share it here.

― Johnny Fever, Monday, February 24, 2014 10:39 PM (2 years ago)

Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2014

What is Shambhala? It's hard to say. This is the fourth consecutive year I've started this thread and there's still no clear definition. Often it concerns songs with a pop bent that would never in a million years touch the pop charts, but songs that are still too clean and unscuzzy enough to be ignored by the likes of Pitchfork or Stereogum. It's a largely female dominated category—at least as far as my own listening goes—but it doesn't have to be. There are usually synths, layered vocals, and drum machines. Sometimes the sounds are bright and sometimes they're icy cold. If you come across something you think fits, then share it. We trust you.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 7:20 AM

Johnny Fever's Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2015

traditionally this thread is dedicated to mostly electronic, low to mid-tempo pop...Coincidentally (or perhaps not) a lot of it tends to be by new-ish Scandinavian artists… also, more often than not, it's sung by women.
― daavid, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 6:41 AM

That's turned out to be mostly true. I'm sure there are other sounds that qualify as "not pop not indie," but we all seem to gravitate towards much the same thing.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 6:45 AM (1 year ago

over the years the bulk of tracks posted

- have been various shades of electronic pop / synth pop with mostly female vocals (particularly of the scandi pop variety) mostly mid tempo
also:
- dark synth pop / minimal synth pop
- balearic electronic pop
- sensual slow placed shambhala (e.g shura / Blooms)
- alt R&B / electronic pop crossover

Using Glenn's Every Noise genre-clusters / The Sounds of Spotify

http://everynoise.com/everynoise1d.cgi?scope=all

analysing Big Tent: Not Pop / Not Indie including Borderline and Outlier Genre Clusters, note Glenn splits Electronic Pop into numerous clusters

From most popular to most obscure, some of these are core to this thread, others are peripheral / adjacent / borderline genre clusters. I have ignored geographic / country clusters.

The Sounds of Spotify

Synth Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/71wpwg8KzRxx240DcJx2EE
Indie R&B: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2xblssDewgd1AA5R7Lap6w
Indietronica: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/0yqVOsxA2U4P260ad60QuU
Alternative Dance: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/5LwcdWTCx2JoWeVVWOYsGj
Dance-Punk: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/6c6EDGbcWdOSUvTaaUENyg
New Rave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3ZlEqn2WSADG2wVMPhKHsd
Nu-Gaze: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2gUFVgxO2AeWSFSmg2kQvl
Trip Hop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2wrc23l7JdQVcpPIcDGaed
Chill Out: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3LYkOCbYOfNbUgyz9DyThk
Downtempo: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/5zxj55xrB53As97uvt5x8x
Dream Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2A5zN7OTP4n64gEtsFEO2Z
Chillwave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/5pDD5tz9aQULzowpuKMSep
Shimmer Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/1HxlHisjJGDQLJzg35NVIy
Electrofox: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3oBf8kc02esfPC3PUuSZks
Shiver Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/1FcWxTM72potsWHiPQKmZC
Alternative R&B: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/0Hwb2a9DJdom4yoe5V41K9
Grave Wave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/2Ndvcc1Qz9mNbQemnforB5
Hauntology: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/7yKED2Klt77liZOLVAwzma
Balearic: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3FDQXSzsETVYzbrfOEEJnQ
Shimmer Psych: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/1Q4lGxGOt6A6K9CdELz8jG
Metropolis: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/70z5dMlsS9fPudWdQ9ebqP
Vaporwave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/6R9NIMDGt0sK7k1EggBAhj
Minimal Wave: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/61AMB6Oddyl1hEUBd9A9sc
popgaze: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/30FpFGBFN7Jlu4ElSv5vTE
Etherpop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/3eoGAwNztSSx7Pi6dC6GFn
Gauze Pop: https://open.spotify.com/user/thesoundsofspotify/playlist/6gaLUOiIgrnSFt2qmmUIMr

regarding when I post on other threads:

for the more glossy / commercial pop - i post on the pop thread

i have posted the more abstract electronic experimental pop, including vaporwave on imago's time travel, e.g Track of the year so far in terms of arty electronics - minimal experimental-techno meets spoken word Propaganda type female vocals - 11 minutes track Astronomy Domine - Black Flowers

― djmartian, Friday, February 5, 2016 8:33 PM on
No thread for 2016 -> 4032 -> 8064 -> 16132? Surely some time travel mistake!

for the more traditional dream pop / shoegazer - I post on the indie thread

most of the balearic tracks - i post on the balearic thread, however the more electronic pop croosover balearic tracks i post on this thread

returning to...

the Hauntology Pop / Hypnagogic Pop / Dreamwave Pop of 2016
is a developing interzone between art pop, ambient pop, balearic pop, hazy chillwave, electronic pop, glitch pop, electronic dream pop / Nu gaze and indietronica.

key characteristics: Unstructured approach / hazy / dreamy / atmospheric / ghosting / drifting / esoteric / exotic / different.

these tracks would come under the broader framework of "not Pop not indie" but due to the unstructured / esoteric / abstract approach it's a separate conceptual aesthetic.

So from now on it's probably best if i create my own separate public spotify playlist for these niche genre-clusters and mention this also on imago's 2016 Time Travel multi themed experimental thread. I'll sort a spotify playlist sometime next week. If there is enough interest maybe start a new thread? as Imago's time travel deals with numerous art / experimental genres.

I will carry on posting on this thread with the more core shambhala synth / electronic pop re: "Sometimes the sounds are bright and sometimes they're icy cold."

I really didn't mean to hurt anybody's feelings, honestly. Like I said, it's mostly me not being as much into the latest wave of this stuff.

Return of the real Shambhala:

Stockholm:

Soldier's Hearth - Randy (spotify
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYSepGZDr_w

Tromsø:

Synne Sanden - the pilot (spotify)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i793qejEp6A

A long way from Dum Dum Girls (lots of love for New Order here):

Kristin Kontrol - X-Communicate (spotify)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrAfGtpLiQ4

Ha! I was just wondering yesterday when something from Kristin Kontrol was going to come out...except I couldn't remember what name Dee Dee was using now! This is good.

i was going to post that Kristin Kontrol track, now for a another comeback...

new Ladyhawke track

Ladyhawke - Sweet Fascination, Taken from Ladyhawke's third album, Wild Things, released 3rd June.

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

spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/1mHKaMKIKZ5n5MihLhOjjI

London based artist Kelly Lee Owens (who previously has done vocals with Daniel Avery)

groovy electronic balearic pop, ethereal vocals, swooshing icy synths, there is a controlled calmness to this track.

riyl: Fever Ray

Kelly Lee Owens - 1 of 3
https://soundcloud.com/kellyleeowens/1-of-3
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/47AnYWgB690DkRHHBQM5my

good review @ http://highclouds.org/kelly-lee-owens-1-of-3/

Sanpaku's last post is so essential

electronic pop from South African artist now based in London, Gina Kushka

luv the vocal versatility on this track

including at times the booming vocals with an intense cinematic vibe

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

Gina Kushka - Hurtproof
https://soundcloud.com/ginakushka/gina-kushka-hurtproof-prod-jay-weathers
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3auXEcbn7G1ahcdeSnrgan

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