Monthly podcast: Nueva Forma Listening Pleasures

Curated by A Gap Between, Episode 20 is like a long-due vacation, if not a short one. Straight from the horse’s mouth:

This particular episode is a soundtrack for an imaginative getaway from the dregs of stress and heartache. And although I probably can’t break away from my routine anytime soon, I think this mix will certainly allow for a great escape in and of itself. I hope it provides the same escape for you.

Podcast: Download (49.2 MB) 42:09

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.

Del Dot - You Can Play These Songs With Cords

If you permit Del Dot to reel you in, you’ll come ear to ear with a limitless world of interplanetary racket and neon whimsy. Dippy spirit reigns in the quick, 6-track You Can Play These Songs With Cords, where pliant, happy beats shimmy, clack, thump, and twine with the first-string noise of right where you sit.

In the doozie Shedd View, Del Dot leaves the TV on during an electrical storm, and lets the characters of his voltaic opera clap it out. There are times you’ll be totally zoned out on the pacifying racket, and suddenly everything will gather force and you’ll be moving, with wired purpose, to a song you like. You won’t know whether you’re listening to a cosmic change in the weather or if you’ve stomped head first into a party you’ll never leave.

When Del Dot says goodbye with Won’t C U Again, your heart falls a little bit. It’s like you’ve backslid into the last scene of a heart-bending film, unwitting. The beauty bumps up against that tender spot where all emotion swells and fades out of your attention with a parting twinkle, the loose glitter and amorphous gurgle of a gasping baby star, until he finally says his last goodbye with a wink and a nod. To assure you that nothing is too serious or more important than the bobbing of one’s head.

Miori promo still

Once again, Miori graces us with another vibrant teaser for his upcoming sophomore release. Be sure to subscribe, and keep a watchful eye for more delicious visuals to come.

Pinscape at Rotture

Join us this Sunday at Rotture to hear Portland’s shoegaze revivalists, including our very own Pinscape! See you there.

January 8, 2012 at Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave
Portland, OR 97214
$5 at the door / 21+

• Pinscape
• Sucker For Lights
• Sundaze

Monthly podcast: Nueva Forma Listening Pleasures

Listening Pleasures episode 19 has arrived just in time for your mid-autumn adventures. Curated by The Bear and The Sea, this mix promises to be a journey in sound, bouncing all over a beat driven, retro sci-fi landscape. When asked what his inspiration was for this month’s mix, the Bear’s reply was that it was fueled by many sleepless nights of watching ’80s cinema and Star Trek: TNG.

Podcast: Download (79.7 MB) 55:30

Masmöd - Conscious Automata

Conscious Automata is Masmöd‘s sophomore release with Nueva Forma, an unexpected and yet natural followup to his debut album, Axiom.

Where Axiom left listeners in a state of seemingly cold and urban decay, Conscious Automata transports listeners to a warmer, more melodic sonic narrative; a place of rediscovery, forgiveness, and new-found courage.

Download your copy of Conscious Automata now. It’s Free!

The Bear & The Sea promo spot

The Bear & The Sea promo spot

The Bear & The Sea promo spot

The Bear & The Sea promo spot

Earlier this year, The Bear & The Sea threw us a little teaser from his upcoming split EP with A Gap Between. One of the tracks in particular (Wistful Algae Break) really stood out to us, and we thought it would work really well as a quick promo spot. So under our design studio, Colorcubic, we produced this promotional video spot for the Bear. Also, while we were at it, we decided to improve upon our Nueva Forma ident title spot.

Hope you enjoy!

MIDNIGHT CASSETTE ALBUM ARTWORK

Orange Horizon, the latest track from A Gap Between, reminisces on that summer romance we’ve all experienced at least once in our lives. That fleeting moment of love during the magic hour of a perfect summer day, when all our inhibitions disappear with the fading sun and the evening bleeds into the night.

If you like what you hear, then be sure to grab your copy from the latest Hearing Gold compilation, Midnight Cassette.

miori teaser 2

miori teaser 2

miori teaser 2

Once again, Miori graces us with this beautiful teaser of surrealistic cinematography, 3D rendered composites, and a beautiful ambient track; an excerpt from an up-and-coming new Miori release, right here on Nueva Forma. If you enjoy what you see, let us know by sounding off in the comments below. Cheers!

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