KXP - Cymbalim

This is the first track I've heard from KXP's new EP Easy. Continuing in a similar vein to their excellent self-titled LP, this is a sublime blend of expressive percussion and hypnotic synth drones, and is augmented here by Mordumi's psychedelic visuals.



And here's a little gem from their previous album, performed live at La Plage Du Glazard:

Rauta (Iron): Finnish Techno

Aki Latvamäki (aka Artificial Latvamäki) makes electronica. His deepset blue eyes stare stoically behind wisps of long brown hair. His wild beard covers a thin, serious mouth. He lives in deep seclusion in the thickly forrested lands of Oulu, jewel of Ostrobothnia, pausing his monastic musical regime only to carry small children to safety across fast-flowing streams. He spends much time alone, his muse the lakes, trees and moss coloured rocks of his homeland.

His music is eclectic, drawing on Folk, Skwee, Techno, Noise & Wonky, and alternates between the contemplative and industrial. His tracks build and develop, skilfully embedding and manipulating organic sounds within the motorik discipline of Techno.

His new album Rauta (Iron) is available from his bandcamp on a pay-what-you-want basis, and comes strongly recommended.

Don't think, Download.

Freak Storm

This is amazing - watch it once, then once it has loaded watch it quickly by dragging the mouse along the play bar.

Beardy Suomi

Aki Latvamäki is one Finland's most skillful electronic musicians. A multi-instrumentalist, he deftly manipulates his own samples to develop a unique, organic sound that conjoins Techno and Deep House.

He's made waves recently with his remix of Simon Hinter's Take Care, which you can listen to/buy along with his other major releases at Beatport.

He also has a rolling archive of unreleased tunes which he occasionally dusts off on his blog. The latest is a motorik beat ("I was banging the drums through a shure 58 onto a cassette deck and then brought back to sample") bursting through an intense, distorted soundscape. Download it here.

Aki's Soundcloud & Facebook

Iron Sky

Nazis + UFOs + the Moon + returning to obliterate our puny mortal asses = awesome!



More footage of this upcoming Finnish production here: http://www.ironsky.net/