Bleep is a weekly collection focusing on varying degrees of electronic music news, videos and MP3s. This week we feature a new track from Squarepusher, a Prins Thomas remix, some Joy Orbison news and more.
Squarepusher
It’s been a long while since English producer Thomas Jenkinson, aka Squarepusher, has put out a record that reminded us all why we fell in love with him so many years ago. On Ufabulum, his fourteenth studio album since starting in 1994, Squarepusher seems hellbent on releasing one of the most powerful and startling records of the year. Returning to his more drum-and-bass meets acid house styling, Jenkinson has captured all of our attention in 2012 with both “Dark Steering” and the brand new “Drax 2.” Ufabulum is out May 15th via Warp.
tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus lends her voice to Elephant & Castle in this laid-back jazzy tune, which flies through prismatic landscapes feathered by bursts of light. In this highly digital rendering, balls of red and purple tones expand like nuclei in space, walking the line between hoakily animated and just artistically removed enough from our current plane of existence.
Visuals by Timeboy
Elephant & Castle’s latest record, Transitions, was released by Plug Research at the end of March 2012. You can also catch a live video of them performing “I Will” on a house stoop, below, along with a full tracklisting for the record.
“There are ongoing themes in my art that involve the clash of technology with the natural world as well as my own human guilt for being a part of that encroachment by default.”
A compound post for some favorite musicians, including some improv performances by the ever-revered Nicolas Jaar and mixes by Young Magic, including one for Doldrums’ “Egypt”.
Young Magic
Young Magic will be starting their summer and fall North American tour, co-headlined by Quilt, on June 14th. Those dates are preceded by a string of European dates. If you haven’t heard these kindly guys and gal, now is the time to do it. Their latest full-length, Melt, is streaming below, alongside a funky, worldly mixtape they made for The Stool Pigeon, from from which you can really sonically extract some of their influences. Full tour dates, including European dates, at the bottom of this post.
‘Prelude in C# Minor’ (Rachmaninoff) – Les Baxter
‘Velvet Sunsets’ – Music Emporium
‘Two to Make A Pair’ – The Strangers
‘Banana Wine’ – Mo Kolours
‘Malouyame’ – Myriam Makeba
‘Agnus Dei’ – The Electric Prunes
‘Piya Tu Ab To Aaja’ – Asha Bholse & Rahul Dev Burman
‘Boy Is Mine (Harp Edit)’ – NGUZUNGUZU
‘Just For You (Flipped Gaby Vocals)’ – Teebs
‘Slime Beach’ – KUHN
‘Forget (Shlohmo Remix)’ – Lianne La Havas
‘Blue Monday’ – Nautiluss x Lord Skywave
‘Bendin’ – HTRK
‘Before I Leave’ – Fennesz
‘Changes Come’ – Gus Gus
