Not Pop Not Indie Shambhala 2016 Thread

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That Teen album is quickly becoming one of my favourites of the whole year, it's so great

Yeah, just yesterday I fully immersed myself in the Teen album and it is luscious.

dramatic expansive dark electronic pop from Plaitum (Colchester, England)

the dense forceful swirling production combines with the ethereal vocals of Abi Dersiley

Plaitum - Jagwa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-YYdJfHtCE

https://open.spotify.com/track/31YXTQI7xrw906QdwmOJ2A

Yeah, just yesterday I fully immersed myself in the Teen album and it is luscious.

Yay! Really hoping this takes off on here. I'm listening to it every day at the moment.

keep listening to this addictive quirky rhythmic art-pop Prince Rama track on repeat, there is a Kate Bush vibe to the vocals.

This is also great. Same label too (Carpark)

Rivrs, London based electronic pop band signed to Charli XCX's Vroom Vroom label

luv the flow to this track, chilled vibes, sensual vocals, bubbly synths

RIVRS - Friend Lover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11sLYwpAdSc

https://open.spotify.com/track/2fqQ3AWZdJT6BUboN8md2W

Prince Rama were one of my favorite accidental discoveries at SXSW last year!

RONiiA (pronounced Row-nee-a) is Nona Marie Invie (Dark Dark Dark), Mark McGee (Father You See Queen, Marijuana Deathsquads) and Fletcher Barnhill (Joint Custody, FUGITIVE). Together they produce a mysterious world full of departure, rejection, and love made from dark beats and scuffed up synths. Electronic music that is stripped of its gloss, as wildly innovative as it is original.

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This is dead good

icy Electronic Pop from Sweden by Raindear (Rebecca Bergcrantz)

Raindear - I'm the Ice
https://soundcloud.com/raindearmusic/im-the-ice-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/7CMNzqoAiHBYMaNll76Sj6

the return of LA's Nite Jewel

Nite Jewel - Boo Hoo
https://soundcloud.com/nite-jewel/boo-hoo-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/7wUKpTK2TH1cxWXSnfKHUu

via: http://www.gorillavsbear.net/nite-jewel-boo-hoo

Doing my part to keep Shambhala is up to date:

La Femme - Sphynx (spotify)
The video, like other La Femme imagery, might not be safe for work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOic6pVAN30

White Sea - Arcadia (spotify) (Morgan Kibbey of Ths Romanovs and M83's Saturdays = Youth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4vfQ0EFPhQ

ARO - Cocaine Style (spotify)
I'm usually not one to ogle, but this woman is achingly beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0gxrnoCg3I

"Cocaine Style" is brilliant but I had no idea she was the Other Osbourne daughter

Ha! All I ever knew about her is that she refused to appear on the MTV show, so I don't think I've ever seen what she looks like.

this nadia nair track is pretty massive: https://soundcloud.com/nadianair/blow-2

dark electronic pop from London based artist Slovenlie

Slovenlie - Disaster
https://soundcloud.com/slovenlie/disaster
https://open.spotify.com/track/1EsyvobZG0Y9zRNXinM0qG

more info:
Discover London-based musician Slovenlie and her debut track 'Disaster'
http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/discover-newcastle-born-glastonbury-raised-london-based-musician-slovenlie-and-her-debut-track-disaster-405-premiere-145

Currently in the studio with Neil McLellan (The Prodigy) and Steve Dub (Chemical Brothers, Leftfield) expect much more from Slovenlie throughout the year and beyond

xp That's good. I really liked her track "Hardships" from last year.

Haven't formed an opinion yet about the Slovenlie track.

ANYWAY, the Camp Claude album is out today!!

This isn't an official shambhala thread entry, just a note to point out that Rangleklods no longer exist because they now go by the name Blondage and have released a rather duddish new song: https://soundcloud.com/i-d-online-1/premiere-blondage-dive

TS: 4 Non Blondes, Blond Ambition, Blondage, Blond:ish, Dumblondes, Three Blonde Mice, or Venetian Blond as worst bandname.

Is there actually someone using the name Three Blonde Mice?!

Probably not anymore, if you want it.

I never learned what a rangleklod is. I always assumed it was some obscure implement for animal husbandry, or perhaps a festival shoe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzDEFFSsRx8

hmmm why can't I hear new niki & the dove -- "tech issues" according to twitter?

icy electronic pop from Auckland, New Zealand artist So Below

groovy pulsating track with arpeggiators and dreamy female vocals

So Below - Far
https://soundcloud.com/sobelowsound/far

https://open.spotify.com/track/0GesbuYRUkYatwr1iYg8TT

ok the kristin kontrol album is gonna rule me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvfH4rhFjTU

Yep! That's a VERY STRONG 2-for-2 so far.

new video for the latest single: Remind Me by Swedish artist Noonie Bao

Noonie Bao - Remind Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnjSkmMdm34

there is a new 4 track release by Ryan Driver and Thom Gill- I guess this would be described as indie r&b?

http://isthisthomas.bandcamp.com/

I'm really digging this Prince Rama album so far. Sounds totally different to the stuff I heard from them before, which was very very post-AC chillwave.

Perhaps better suited for the Not House Not R&B Shangri-La, but the vocals are wispy enough for an honorary mention here:

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

today in "things that were apparently recorded just for me," Laura Groves covers The Cleaners From Venus: www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/laura-groves-turns-lo-fi-pop-into-something-that-sparkles-on-gamma-ray-blue-14

her voice sounds a lot stronger on this than on her previous recordings — I guess the melody stays in a comfortable range for her

That url seems to be dead (just takes me to main page).

:(

aw, whoops. here's the soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/deekrecordings/laura-groves-gamma-ray-blue

Playlist is updated for April.

ILM's Rolling Shambhala Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

From Holland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK5GA49GeIs
Eefje de Visser - Staan

That's lovely.

yes!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ispry9ERCoU

stunning

Oh shit, a full Cult Club album just popped up on Spotify today. I had no idea it was even coming.

that Kristin Kontrol album is an absolute joy, the perfect intersection of so many different things I love.

The Kristin Kontrol album reminds me of CRJ's Emotion in that the opening track is so mind blowing that the rest of the album, while uniformly excellent, cannot help but feel like a bit of a letdown in its inability to ever match the opener.

I suppose I can't disagree with that

The Eefje de Visser album is very good, though Scheef is the standout imo.

https://youtu.be/0WXMkk8WURE

Just came to post about the Cult Club album but I see JF beat me to it by a few weeks. I've been checking in on Cult Club every couple of months to see if they were up to anything and was surprised tonight to see an album was out. Sounds great so far. For those who don't do Spotify, it's a free download (if you give up your email) in any digital format from their label's Bandcamp:

https://domestica.bandcamp.com/album/cult-club-play-with-lies-2016-ref-dom07-s

Would love to have this and the 12" on vinyl but coming in at over $50 with shipping from Spain I'll have to be content with the free download.

The Men I Trust album from last year was one of my silent favorites, so I'm glad they're staying active. The bass work in this is phenomenal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNsSBhl_2LI

I really don't know what you're all hearing in that Cult Club album, it just sounds like an average 80's pastiche to me.

Weaves - Human

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs4c_virYnc

https://soundcloud.com/fastcut/ice-choir-unprepared maybe slightly out of place in this thread but I really like the new Ice Choir song, it's very Prefab Sprout

pr0files album is great, not sure how i missed this until now

Sure is! One of my tops of 2016.