Del Dot (Anuj Girdhar)

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Last month, Anuj Girdhar of Del Dot was interviewed by WZBC 90.3 FM out of Boston College. In this hour-long program, he shares a handful of new cuts from his forthcoming EP You Can Play These Songs With Cords as well as various production techniques. Stream it all right here or download it.

Tags: anuj girdhar, boston college, del dot, electronic, fm, IDM, interview, Music, process, production, radio, wzbc

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 8th, 2011 at 6:46 pm and is filed under Artists, Music, News. 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.

iameb 57 - Delicate Glitch (EP)

A glitch at its most basic is an intrusion into expectation. Such is the world of iameb 57’s sophomore release for Nueva Forma, Delicate Glitch. At once hard and biting, soft and lush, dark and impenetrable, bucolic and bright, the five-track EP is as intricate as its name suggests. These are the stylings of Jimmy Batista, who works brilliantly in the world of contrast. At the core of each track is a head-bobbing mid-tempo dance pulse perfect for late night summer mixes; the pads are luscious, the bass tones warm and inviting. Built on this is a precise balance of urban static, post-digital glitch, and minimalist melody that holds a cracked mirror up to the cuts he produces.

As we expected from his music after the release of Tipsy Hax last August, iameb 57 has become an intriguing writer of melodies. His skeletal leads leave much to the imagination, a fair accomplishment considering the ability of digital artists to become omnipotent over-writers. Check out the emotive sparsity of the strings on “Thelpwe” to hear how much he can say with so little.

Batista in general has a more concise approach to style in this offering. Where Tipsy Hax was more sprawling as he explored every color and option of the IDM idiom, he is here dialing into a recipe of composing that suits him well. He has distilled himself into an intimidating potency on Delicate Glitch, and this twenty minutes of bliss bodes well for his followers.

You can purchase the album exclusively on Nueva Forma’s Bandcamp.

Tags: Album, bandcamp, Colorcubic, delicate glitch, electronic, Electronica, ep, glitch, iameb 57, IDM, jimmy batista, Music, Nueva Forma, Release, tipsy hax

This entry was posted on Monday, July 11th, 2011 at 9:58 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.

Creta - Closing the Doors of Perception

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We’re kicking off the New Year with a new album by Creta entitled Closing the Doors of Perception. Formerly known as White Car, Creta was the first artist signed to Nueva Forma. We therefore find it only fitting to start the year at the beginning. As an album, the hour-long offering has nine of the sweetest glitched-out, source-material-pulverizing, groove-minded, crooning tracks we’ve heard in a long time. With samplings as divergent as a Langston Hughes poem and an internet pop-up ad, it’s no wonder how Creta got his reputation for being notoriously restless. We love it because we never know what to expect. You love it because no matter what it is, it’s always on point. Forget what you know or how you perceive him. Grab the album on shopnuevaforma.com for the new gestalt.

Tags: 2011, Album, closing the doors of perception, Creta, electronic, glitch, IDM, Nueva Forma, Release, samples, White Car

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 13th, 2011 at 9:36 am 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.

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.

Transitory Timing, Pinscape’s debut release for Nueva Forma, has arrived safely into the digital world. Check out the samples on the player below, buy the complete album, and enjoy the offering from our computer to yours.

Pinscape - Transitory Timing (EP)

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What shines through brightest in the lens of Transitory Timing is Pinscape founder Matthew Flook’s fixation with the shoegaze music of the early ‘90s. The tracks are laced thread-and-needle with Flook’s gorgeous vocal work and mixed to blend his ethereal orating deep into the layers. And while nods to My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive would explain much of what you hear in this 7-track EP, the landscape shows a broader horizon of musical upbringing and experiences.

In lieu of the heavily effected guitars traditionally used by bands of the shoegaze era, Pinscape turns to electronica and IDM tactics to fill out the backdrops. “Last Wish” puts on a bass-heavy synthetic beat perfect for either a night on the dance floor or a mellow evening on the couch, while “Tres Pasitos” and “Through the Window” follow the more ambient wanderings of bands like Telefon Tel Aviv and Aphex Twin. Occasional acoustic instruments and analog sampling and manipulations add ear-catching details throughout.

In the end, it’s Flook’s voice that will bring you back to the album again and again. Its dark, emotive power will not be denied. He has impressed upon Transitory Timing the grey, gloomy din of Pacific Northwestern weather and midnight outings in pitch-black corners of a dim city. Similarities to Sparklehorse’s collaboration with David Lynch surface on more than a few instances. With this in mind, the ethereal reverb placed on the vocal tracks gives an almost otherworldly and uplifting sense to the music as a whole. It is the space rock musician turning his head from his more shoe-conscious forebears.

We hope you enjoy the listening. Keep your ears out for more aural pinscapes on the upcoming Listening Pleasures Vol. 9 and the imminent release of Social Club Vol. 2, which you will most certainly be the first to know about if you join our mailing list. Until then…

Tags: Acousmatic Pop, Colorcubic, Electronica, IDM, matthew flook, Nueva Forma, Pinscape, shoegaze, transitory timing

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 11:40 am 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.

July was a busy month for us here at Nueva Forma. And while we look ahead to August, please allow us our momentary rest and reflection of our laurels. We dropped the newest installment of Listening Pleasures (Episode 8 for those keeping score), which with its mellow grooves and warm resonance you could say is an ode to a mid-summer’s night garden party with ghetto blasters. We also cut exciting new releases from two members of our label’s roster, iameb 57 and Hello Square.

iameb 57 - Tipsy Hax

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Tipsy Hax, the newest album from iameb 57, will have you at its mercy from the first beat drop to the final echoing tones. We urge you to give into the sensation and get lost in the encapsulating melodies and deeply-textured layers of this 19-track offering. Creating some of the most beautiful compositions and eclectic mixes this side of the mainstream, iameb 57 has done more than make an album; he’s reinvigorated our love for IDM. Check out free streaming previews of the tunes right here and purchase all 19 complete mp3 tracks for only $8.00 USD at shopnuevaforma.com. With rumors spreading that IDM is dead, you can take iameb 57′s word that it is indeed alive and well.

Hello Square - Office Jargon

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To round out July’s releases, we offer you Hello Square’s beautiful debut single, Office Jargon. Featuring a fabulous combination of vocal-driven melodies and danceable synthetic beats, this track is perfect for the more pop-minded listener. Included in the package are remixes by the aforementioned iameb 57 and Nueva Forma’s newest artist, A Gap Between. We think you’ll dig the treatments and transformations. The single, along with the two remixes, is up for grabs for only $0.99 USD at shopnuevaforma.com. Three cuts, one low price. Come and get it!

We hope you enjoy these releases as much as we do. And as the summer rolls along, be sure to keep your eyes peeled for more releases, sign up for our newsletter to never miss another beat, and hold your breath for some serious music coming from Pinscape and Miori in the coming weeks. Cheers, and with love -

- your Nueva Forma team

Tags: a gap between, Album, Colorcubic, Hello Square, iameb 57, IDM, miori, new releases, Nueva Forma, office jargon, Pinscape, Podcasts, single, tipsy hax

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 7:42 am 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.

Event Flier

Join us at Holocene tonight for a sure-to-be excellent show with performances by Strategy, Solenoid, Nueva Forma’s Cloudburst, and more. The show starts at 9 PM, and costs $6. 21+.

Should you be unable to attend, check back on the site next week as we’ll be posting some photos from the event. Hope to see you all there.

Tags: Ambient, Cloudburst, event, holocene, live performance, pdx, portland, show, six, solenoid, strategy

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 24th, 2010 at 9:49 am and is filed under Artists, Events, News. 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.

Solipsistic Nation

A big shout out to Bazooka Joe & Solipsistic Nation for their recent podcast (No. 152 The Headphone Experience), and for featuring Masmöd‘s track, Orbit Around A Sphere from his album, Axiom.

Here’s the list of all the featured artists on The Headphone Experience podcast No. 152:

1. Strange Fruit Project “Intro”
2. DJ Food “Extract From Stolen Moments”
3. Ras G “Return From the Great Unknown”
4. Prefuse 73 “Track 13″
5. KiloWatts “Two Parts”
6. Evan Bluetech “Another Bridge Burning” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
7. Nosaj Thing “Us”
8. Kingbastard “Data-Rape Function Creep”
9. Koen Park “I Am Not Aboard This Ship Anymore” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
10. Mochipet “Roll Credits”
11. Daedelus “Assembly Lines”
12. Moderat “Seamonkey”
13. SeventhSwami “Serpiente Cosmica”
14. Alka “Blueberry”
15. Gui Boratto “Besides”
16. general fuzz “eye heart knot” [FREE DOWNLOAD]
17. Masmöd “Orbit Around A Sphere”

You can download the entire podcast from Solipsistic Nation.

Tags: Alka, Daedelus, DJ Food, Evan Bluetech, General Fuzz, Gui Boratto, KiloWatts, Kingbastard, Koen Park, Masmod, mochipet, Moderat, Nosaj Thing, Nueva Forma, Podcasts, Prefuse 73, Ras G, SeventhSwami, Solipsistic Nation, Strange Fruit Project

This entry was posted on Friday, July 31st, 2009 at 1:35 am and is filed under Artists, Music, News. 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.

Free stuff for July 2009

We’ve just posted two free tracks straight from Nueva Forma’s soup kitchen. The download links will only be active for thirty days, so get ‘em while they’re still hot.

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Tags: Electronica, free music, Handouts, IDM, Masmod, MP3, Nueva Forma, White Car

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 at 6:08 pm and is filed under Artists, Handouts, Music, News. 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.