Welder (Eskmo side project) – “Run”
Welder: "Run" (2011) by Welder SF's Brendan Angelides has been making waves lately as Eskmo, but he's now returning to his other project Welder, which mixes electronic and acoustic instruments into dynamic compositions. Welder's new album Florescence comes out on 9/26 on Angelides' Ancestor Media label, and you can download "Run" at his web site.
Night shows announced for Outside Lands 2011 – Vetiver, Best Coast, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
As in previous years, Outside Lands 2011 will feature a series of night shows to supplement the main festival lineup. The night shows will start the Wednesday before the festival, and conclude on the final night (August 10th - 14th), and will take place at the Independent, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Rickshaw Stop. The only catch: you can only buy tickets if you have a ticket to Outside Lands. Best Coast - "Gone Again" Artists playing night shows include Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Best Coast, Eskmo, the Original Meters, Arctic Monkeys, the Vaccines, Vetiver, STS9, and [...]
Eskmo remixes Bear In Heaven’s “You Do You”
Bear In Heaven: "You Do You" (Eskmo Remix) (2010) by Eskmo Via Eskmo's web site, where you can also check out his upcoming US tour dates: I was given the stems / parts for this track by Bear In Heaven for a remix album they released in 2010. It ended up not going out officially. So I’ve played it out a chunk of times, but realized i never gave it out. So here it is for free. Grab, enjoy and share… 🙂
Recommended tonight: Eskmo, Blackbird Blackbird, oOoOO, DJG at The Independent
The Independent tonight (9pm, $15) hosts four flavors of SF electronic pop, with Eskmo, Blackbird Blackbird (performing with a full band), oOoOO, and DJG. Eskmo - "Cloudlight" Blackbird Blackbird – "Give You Everything" oOoOO - "Hearts" A portion of proceeds from tonight's show benefit the Mission-based nonprofit Precita Eyes, which "seeks to enrich and beautify urban environments and educate communities locally and internationally about the process and the history of public community mural art."
A Bay Area electronic pop mixtape, featuring Blackbird Blackbird, Electric Sunset, oOoOO, and more (Podcast #235)
A Bay Area Electronic Pop Mixtape (Podcast #235) In compiling this mix of new and recent music from eleven San Francisco Bay Area-based artists, I've searched in vain for a singular theory to explain the recent proliferation of local electronic pop. Does the tech-heavy business climate here mean techier indie musicians, geeking out on synth sequencing and effects? Or are the Bay's bedroom pop songwriters employing more electronics as it continues to get easier to manipulate software synths to create satisfying layers of sound? Most likely, there's no single answer to explain the catchy melodies and experimental approaches employed by [...]
Bay Area electronic roundup: new releases from Elephant and Castle, Eskmo, and James & Evander
Man does not (or at least, need not) live by rock and roll alone. Below are selections from three rising local electronic artists with recent or upcoming releases. What's more, all three have shows in the Bay during October. Analogue EP by Elephant and Castle The Analogue EP is the first release from Oakland's Elephant and Castle, who celebrates the EP's release at the Totally Intense Fractal Mind Gaze Hut on October 3rd with White Hinterland and Beep. Musician/engineer David Reep is the man behind the project's glitchy, sample-driven electronic soul. In case he's not busy enough, Reep's also the [...]