Blanck Mass has laid out plans for new album In Fernaux .
The producer has collected a huge library of field recordings from his global travels, which form the spine of the new record.
Out on February 26th via Sacred Bones, the album is split into two pieces, alternating long-form journeys.
Excerpt Starstuff is online now, and it s typically fascinating work from the electronic musician.
Tune in now.
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When time stands still and all around you shudders to a halt, we seek inspiration beyond our reality and find refuge in the magic of film. Taking us up into its arms and away into its dreams, film will forever be our saviour. Showing us the light that bursts forth from beyond the storm, film shelters all its children in its warmth and wonder and promise of other worlds. In film, we trust.
And so we take this opportunity to reclaim moments of a broken year and celebrate the films from 2020 that helped us stay safe and keep our faith in a better tomorrow. It’s our annual massive list!
Deftones reinvent ‘White Pony’ on ‘Black Stallion’ remix LP ft. Robert Smith & more – review
Ohms this year, and now they re celebrating the 20th anniversary of their classic
White Pony with a reissue and a
White Pony remix album called
Black Stallion. The remixes were handled by an impressive cast of musicians, from one of Deftones biggest influences (
The Cure s Robert Smith) to one of their popular alt-metal peers (
Linkin Park s Mike Shinoda) to veteran electronic musicians (
Squarepusher, DJ Shadow) to a handful of great newer artists (
Purity Ring, Phantogram, Blanck Mass, Clams Casino, Tourist, etc).
As you might expect from a musically diverse list like that, the album includes a variety of different takes. Blanck Mass turns Elite into something that sounds like his own pummeling industrial music. Purity Ring add their own vocals to Knife Prty, making it sound like the exact middle ground between the original s heavy shoegaze and Purity Ring s maxim
The end of 2020 continues to near, and year-end lists continue to pour in (we posted a reggae list this week, and more BV lists are coming very soon), but this year is not done giving us worthwhile new music yet.
Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack (ft. Grimes, Converge, Tomb Mold, HEALTH, SOPHIE & Shygirl, Run The Jewels, The Armed, and more).
Update: the Lakeyah mixtape is out today too (and really good).
Read on for my picks. What s your favorite release of the week?
Boldy James -
Real Bad Man
What an insane year it s been for Detroit rapper Boldy James. He went from a respected underground rapper to one of the most talked-about and prolific rappers around, with three full-length projects, two of which are widely considered some of the year s best albums (