not sure where else to post this, but kranky fans might be interested in this:
https://vimeo.com/203361631
Looking back at this historical trajectory, Peter Burr, Mark Fingerhut, and Forma have created a spiraling interdimensional narrative aptly titled DESCENT - a meditation on one of humanity’s blackest hours. Taking the form of a desktop application, descent.exe gives the user a brief glimpse of a world descending into darkness - an unrelenting plague indifferent to the struggles of the user. There is a silver lining, however, tucked into the software’s final sweep. An equanimous watcher, reduced to a single eye, looks on as the plague of rats that has infested your desktop destroys itself.This video is a recording of descent.exe running alongside Fingerhut's deepdesktop.exe.Visuals: Peter Burr peterburr.org, undervolt.co/Peter-BurrProgramming: Mark Fingerhut markfingerhut.com/Music: Forma - Descent (from Physicalist, Kranky 2016) formasounds.bandcamp.com/, formasounds.com/
This video is a recording of descent.exe running alongside Fingerhut's deepdesktop.exe.
Visuals: Peter Burr peterburr.org, undervolt.co/Peter-BurrProgramming: Mark Fingerhut markfingerhut.com/Music: Forma - Descent (from Physicalist, Kranky 2016) formasounds.bandcamp.com/, formasounds.com/
i ran across it because i really like peter burr, but the music is outstanding too. turns out it's from a recent kranky release (Forma - Physicalist) which came out last fall.
― Karl Malone, Thursday, 9 March 2017 17:32 (seven years ago) link
I'm about to pre-order the new/old Grouper LP from kranky, but i want to pick up a couple others at the same time. are there any especially good, recent kranky releases? i've kind of drifted away from them over the years, to the point where i'm not sure i've even listened to anything by several of the most recent artists (Christina Vantzou, Dedekind Cut, Justin Walker, Demen, Earthen Sea, Anjou).
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Thursday, 8 March 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
Justin Walter is great - parts of his most recent album sound like Labradford filtered through ECM (in a good way)
The Gregg Kowalsky album is modular synth melancholia stuff, definitely solid if you like that sort of thing
The little I heard of the new Dedekind Cut album sounded nice, if instantly forgettable as soon as it was no longer playing (which is a criticism I have of a lot of this stuff)
Anjou is essential if you like Labradford, though it's definitely its own thing - it's Bobby Donne's most recent (not really new) project and it's wonderful
Good luck, tell us what you end up choosing!
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 9 March 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
Christina Vantzou is great - in the vein of Winged Victory for the Sullen. And for that matter Winged Victory for the Sullen is great too if you haven't picked that up.
I second the Justin Walter rec - he's probably my favorite of their most recent group of signees (say, the last 4 years or so).
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 9 March 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
need to listen to that justin walter again. his debut on kranky was amazing but the recent one didn't really grab me all that much tbh
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 9 March 2018 15:33 (six years ago) link
I do like the debiut more, but the second album is good too.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 9 March 2018 20:04 (six years ago) link
Here's a vote for Justin Walter - Unseen Forces
― Evan, Friday, 9 March 2018 20:06 (six years ago) link
Never heard the first one. Same general vibe?
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 9 March 2018 20:14 (six years ago) link
Yes, same general vibe. Might be a case of "first one I heard" but I just like it a hair more than the second.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 9 March 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
the Demen album is incredible, probably my favorite of 2017
https://youtu.be/uXcTSlsme1s
― groovemaaan, Friday, 9 March 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
I think I played Demen's Nektyr more than any other record last year. Justin Walter is also a safe pick (I prefer his second album – and yes, I did hear it first).
― pomenitul, Friday, 9 March 2018 21:14 (six years ago) link
xposts....:( i was apparently so impatient yesterday that i couldn't even wait 30 minutes for a reply before submitting my order. i ended up adding tim hecker's virgins to my order, just i've listened to so much of his music via spotify without actually owning anything. feels like i owe him a little.
if i could turn back time, if i could find a way, i'd probably give justin walter a shot. next time!
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 March 2018 22:30 (six years ago) link
25th Anniversary shows in Portland, Chicago, LA, NYC: http://www.factmag.com/2018/10/23/grouper-loscil-steve-hauschildt-kranky-25th-anniversary-shows/?fbclid=IwAR1HDyg2yd7sz7bSbzPBsxd18OgFeLxk8PD5X1du0I_9JRwUOH15-troUPo
Nov 16 – Portland, OR w/ Loscil, Valet, SaloliNov 17 – Portland, OR w/ Grouper, Benoit Pioulard, StrategyDec 1 – Los Angeles, CA w/ Grouper, Brian McBride, Less BellsDec 8 – Chicago, IL w/ Windy & Carl, Pan•American, Steve Hauschildt, Justin WalterDec 15 – NY w/ Christina Vantzou, Forma, Earthen Sea, Saloli
By the way - five years ago I posted about a spotify playlist I made of the entire Kranky catalog. I still keep that playlist up to date.https://open.spotify.com/user/scottpgwp/playlist/6LjovhU0NCPKEMmSAPEWBZ?si=9SyijQ8qSEmoYbUUhy24sQ
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
Fuck: this tour needs to come to Europe.
Also fuck: Kranky is 25 years old = therefore I am ridiculously old :-/
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
Based on who's playing where, it doesn't look really like a "tour" - all those acts are essentially local to the cities they're playing, I think. or at least they don't live far.
In any case - I would LOVE to see that Chicago set. It's probably been 20 years since I last saw Windy & Carl! And I've never seen Pan*American.
But, I've also never seen Grouper so I'll be excited for that LA show. Brian McBride's first album ("When the Detail Lost its Freedom") is also an unheralded classic from the label - anyone who loves the last two Stars of the Lid albums should also love that album. It is nine-tenths perfection.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 23 October 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
thought some people here might be interested that I am about to put out a (superb) new Dean Roberts record on my ErstPop imprint. I am bad about getting the word out usually but in case you are interested, available for preorder now with immediate DL access, and the great first track is streaming...
https://erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com/album/not-fire
― jon abbey, Thursday, 6 February 2020 09:39 (four years ago) link
stellar news and that looks like a great line-up of players! super excited to hear it all - will try and order a bit later
― ymo sumac (NickB), Thursday, 6 February 2020 10:04 (four years ago) link
Oh I was wondering where Dean Roberts had disappeared. Seriously pumped!
― toilet-cleaning brain surgeon (pomenitul), Thursday, 6 February 2020 10:05 (four years ago) link
Additional:
Ekkehard Ehlers - Advisor
😎
Great news Jon, looking forward to this!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 6 February 2020 10:22 (four years ago) link
oh wow, cool! was thinking about White Winged Moth and Dean and wondering what the hell had happened to him.
― Corduroy Stridulations (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 6 February 2020 11:14 (four years ago) link
will buy. thanks for the head's up!
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 6 February 2020 14:23 (four years ago) link
Great news, Dean/AD are Kranky's best-kept secret, sadly.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 6 February 2020 21:22 (four years ago) link
that Dean Roberts is shipping now, CDs printed amazing with full lyrics inside, Pitchfork review coming shortly.
― jon abbey, Friday, 6 March 2020 00:37 (four years ago) link
New Windy and Carl kills. Absolutely one of their best. (It's not quite, say, their Double Negative but it comes from a similar place.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 March 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
Which W&C is that? Forest Trails or something else?
― nikola, Friday, 6 March 2020 01:19 (four years ago) link
New one:
https://windyandcarl.bandcamp.com/album/allegiance-and-conviction
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 6 March 2020 03:25 (four years ago) link
I like the new Dean Roberts but can't help but feel like its deliberately prosaic lyricism detracts from it somewhat, as though he were weaving an aural narrative about failed interpersonal relationships from the wizened perspective of a 50-something divorcee or whatever and I just find that shit hopelessly dull, like a Jonathan Franzen novel.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Saturday, 7 March 2020 11:00 (four years ago) link
Basically I hate psychosocial lyrics that make me feel like I'm supposed to relate to them, like 'wow so true man'.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Saturday, 7 March 2020 11:03 (four years ago) link
Unsurprisingly, the new Windy & Carl is indeed fantastic.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 28 March 2020 12:32 (four years ago) link
Listened to it twice in a row last night. It’s terrific.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 28 March 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
It is indeed. I'll have a piece running soon -- did a big ol' interview with them, though only a few samples of it will be used in the final result.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
The Ana Roxanne album has been my safe space throughout November.
― technopolis, Saturday, 28 November 2020 11:09 (three years ago) link
I love the bits where she doesn't use her speaking voice, otherwise it takes me a little too out of itself.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 28 November 2020 11:25 (three years ago) link
^really enjoying this, it's one of the few times I've discovered something via letting Spotify auto-play.
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link
Her NTS show makes for good work music too
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
I missed this. What a gorgeous album.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 15 January 2021 17:58 (three years ago) link
What was going on with the Low hate 18 years ago
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
i wish i liked the mj guider record a bit more cos i loved her first one, but maybe it'll grow on me with time. not sure what's missing, maybe it's just me? probably worth a spin if you're into bowery electric or early HTRK though
― kieth chagrin (NickB), Friday, 15 January 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
― technopolis, Saturday, November 28, 2020 3:09 AM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
love this
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 16 January 2021 00:13 (three years ago) link
I'd like it better if there was less talking involved.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 16 January 2021 00:19 (three years ago) link
Anyone heard any more of the Niecy Blues album aside from what's on Bandcamp?
― djh, Sunday, 5 November 2023 19:46 (five months ago) link
Oh look! https://justinwalter.bandcamp.com/album/destroyer
― Evan, Monday, 20 November 2023 18:36 (four months ago) link