IG88 - A Loom & Not Me

Sometimes, we want sound — bleeps, burps, squawks, zips, static, clicks –- and sometimes we want the kind of auditory sensation that swells our brain and dead-weds us to the measure. Sometimes we want a damn guitar.

Most of the time, we want it all.

With A Loom and Not Me, IG88′s first release with Nueva Forma, our ears give praise. Collaborator Jenni Potts grabs your hand from the start and grounds the album throughout in a way that only a balletic, weightless voice can. Intentions of a Dart Frog is a projectile, kinetic jam that won’t let you go. Bed of Stars enter just in time with the titular track to tie you up into a ball and bounce you on into the second half of things.

Then there are the brilliant clusters of abounding space in between until Coughing on Syrup Shores clangs around in your jellied head like the guts of an arcade game and spits you back out like a contraband nickel that’s just had the ride of its life. Listen for flux, for soul, for willful racket. Listen for it all.

Tags: A Loom and Not Me, Bed Of Stars, downtempo, Electronic Music, Electronica, IG88, Jenni Potts, Nueva Forma, witchhouse

This entry was posted on Monday, February 20th, 2012 at 3:35 am and is filed under Artists, Music, Releases. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Monthly podcast: Nueva Forma Listening Pleasures

Arriving with Episode 18 of Listening Pleasures, Miori presents us with an eclectic but refreshingly uncomplicated mix of his recent synth pop and downtempo inspirations. Blending obscure talent and close colleagues with seasoned and established artists, this mix glides high above the noise and the clatter, providing you with the perfect autumnal transition into the winter months. Woody opens up during a hypnotic trance, Dandelion Council floats your speakers, and the Little Dragon Remix is sexy as hell.

Podcast: Download (51.3 MB) 43:54

Tags: aaron sjogren, downtempo, Electronica, listening pleasures, miori, mix, Music, Nueva Forma, Podcasts, pop, synth

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at 11:26 am and is filed under Artists, Music, Podcasts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Monthly podcast: Nueva Forma Listening Pleasures

It’s been a little while since the last Listening Pleasures as we’ve been gearing up for our second volume of our label compilation, Nueva Forma Social Club. This episode of listening pleasures is definitely an ode to our love of hip hop, grime, heavy beats, warm bass, and a nostalgic backdrop that’s a perfect soundtrack to the remainder of this beautiful summer. And with some wonderfully bucolic and nostalgic beats from The Bear & The Sea, A Gap Between, and Masmöd, along with some beautiful gems from Datahowler, Galapagoose, Big Spider’s Back, and a plethora of others, you’re sure to enjoy the hell outta this episode. So cue up your stereo, and bump some Listening Pleasures from here to the coast.

Podcast: Download (53.1 MB) 43:56

Tags: a gap between, Ambient, Big Spider's Back, breakcore, cosmic sound, dance, datahowler, downtempo, drum & bass, dubstep, Electronica, Futuristic, Galapagoose, HIP HOP, IDM, J-Dilla, listening pleasures, Masmod, mount kimbie, Nueva Forma, pop, Sepalcure, Slum Village, Slumvillage, Solderboy, stephen farris, techno, the bear and the sea

This entry was posted on Friday, August 12th, 2011 at 12:41 am and is filed under Artists, Music, Podcasts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

While the days are getting shorter and the ice cream trucks creep through the neighborhoods playing their siren songs with dwindling frequency, we here at Nueva Forma are taking advantage of the lengthening nights of September to bring you more great music out of the darkness. New additions to our catalog this month include releases by roster members Miori and Lapse. Drink up, ladies and gentlemen…

Miori - I Have No Memory Of This Place

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Imagine Aaron Sjogren, aka Miori, as your tour guide through an ethereal, illusory land. I Have No Memory of This Place has this sense about it. Miori invites the listener into his domain with open arms for a half-hour exploration of its terrain and inhabitants: mellow grooves, eerie synth patches, acousmatic layering, a filtered and detached voice surfacing here and there. A timeless sense of music emerges from the album as tracks fade in and out, swirling in the atmosphere of its planet. You may find the title fitting as everything feels new while at the same time familiar and comfortable. Sjogren is the conduit, not the architect. Let him show you what he has found. Samples are available here and the full 11-track album is up for purchase at shopnuevaforma.com.

Lapse - The Living Lucid

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If you want to witness, in a single sitting, the budding and decay of a flower, or perhaps someone driving from Los Angeles to New York City, check out the art of time-lapse photography. If you want to listen to a composer who can successfully and coherently develop a single track through a multitude of concise musical themes, look no further than Lapse. The Living Lucid is not exactly what you’d expect from an IDM artist. Straying from pop sensibilities, the ten cuts on this release have deeper bows to improvising jazz artists of the mid-20th century than to the more immediate predecessors of techno and glitch. Strong polyrhythmic layers permeate the electronic beats while the guitar-driven melodies wander freely from one idea to the next in a stream-of-consciousness bliss. Listen to segmented motifs here and head on over to shopnuevaforma.com for your unabridged version.

Insert your earbuds and enjoy. And while you are doing so, check back for the next installment of our podcast, Listening Pleasures Vol. 9, coming to a music player near you, in a time near now. See you soon!

Tags: aaron sjogren, albums, Ambient, charles garcia, Colorcubic, downtempo, Electronica, i have no memory of this place, IDM, lapse, miori, new music, Nueva Forma, Releases, the living lucid

This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 at 4:02 pm and is filed under Artists, Music, News, Releases. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.