Black Transistor: April 2008

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Genghis Tron - Board Up The House (2008)

Genghis Tron - Board Up The House (2008)

1. Board Up The House

2. Endless Teeth

3. Things Don't Look Good

4. Recursion

5. I Won't Come Back Alive

6. City On A Hill

7. The Whips Blow Back

8. Colony Collapse

9. The Feast

10. Ergo

11. Relief

My ears are still ringing horribly.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Venetian Snares - Pink + Green (2007)

Venetian Snares - Pink + Green (2007)

1. Pink + Green

2. Nutimik

3. Husikam Rave Dojo

4. Pink + Green VIP

5. Sporto Fucking Sellout Cocksuckerface

Growing - Lateral (2008)

Growing - Lateral (2008)

1. Swell

2. First Contact

3. Lateral

4. Afterglow

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Fennesz/Jeck/Matthews - Amoroso (2008)

Fennesz/Jeck/Matthews - Amoroso (2008)

1. Christian Fennesz - Plays Charles Matthews

2. Philip Jeck - Plays Charles Matthews

Official Website

Monday, April 21, 2008

Sol Invictus - The Killing Tide (Reissue) (2007)

Sol Invictus - The Killing Tide (Reissue) (2007)

1. Like a Sword

2. In A Silent Place

3. Let Us Prey

4. The Killing Tide

5. Figures On A Beach

6. The Man Next Door Is Very Strange

7. Our Lady Of The Missing Presumed Dead

8. The Wild Hunt - Something Grim This Way Comes

9. A Figure On A Beach

10. Like A Sword - Live

11. Let Us Prey / The Killing Tide

12. In Silent Place 2007

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds Of (2001)

Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds Of (2001)

Disc 1:

1. Requiem For Dying Mothers (Part I)

2. Requiem For Dying Mothers (Part II)

3. Requiem For Dying Mothers (Part III)

4. Austin Texas Mental Hospital (Part I)

5. Austin Texas Mental Hospital (Part II)

6. Austin Texas Mental Hospital (Part III)

7. Broken Harbors (Part I)

8. Broken Harbors (Part II)

9. Broken Harbors (Part III)

Disc 2:

1. Mulholland

2. The Lonely People (Are Getting Lonlier)

3. Gasfarming

4. Piano Aquieu

5. FAC 21

6. Ballad of Distances (Part I)

7. Ballad of Distances (Part II)

8. A Lovesong (For Cubs) +, (Part I)

9. A Lovesong (For Cubs) +, (Part II)

10. A Lovesong (For Cubs) +, (Part III)

Download: Part One, Part Two

ISIS - Holy Tears (2008)

ISIS - Holy Tears (2008)

1. Holy Tears (Album Version)

2. Not In Rivers, But In Drops (Melvins/Lustmord Remix)

3. Holy Tears (Live 10/06/06)

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Nadja - Thaumogenesis (2007)

Nadja - Thaumogenesis (2007)

1. Thaumogenesis

Nadja's Thaumogenesis, while brilliant, is not for the faint of heart. This one track clocks in at just over an hour, so be prepared to spend some time with this one. Highly recommended drone/ambient.

LIYL: Sunn O))), Lycia, The Angelic Process, Boris

Rome - Confessions D'Un Voleur D'Ames (2007)

Rome - Confessions D'Un Voleur D'Ames (2007)

1. Ni Dieu Ni Maitre

2. The Consolation of Man

3. Le Carillon

4. Der Wolfsmantel

5. Querkraft

6. The Torture Detachment

7. Le Voile De L'Oubli

8. The Joys of Stealth

9. This Twisted Crown

10. Novemberblut

11. Wilde Lager

12. L'Adieu Aux Anciens

HIGHLY recommended. Without a doubt my favorite neofolk/martial release of 2007.

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (2007)

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (2007)

1. Intro

3. Fancy Footwork

4. Bonafied Lovin' (Tough Guys)

5. My Girl Is Calling Me (A Liar)

6. Out of Sight

7. Opening Up (Ce Soir On Danse)

8. Momma's Boy

9. Call Me Up

10. Waiting 4 U

11. 100%

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like Love Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul (2007)

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Like Love Lust & The Open Halls of the Soul

1. Eisenhower Moon

2. Like Love Lust

3. You Might Walk Away

4. The Air Is Thin

5. Spectral Beings

6. How Will We Know

7. Hard Not To Believe

8. Aftermath

9. Station Grey

10. I Like The Sound

11. Morning It Comes

12. The Open Halls Of The Soul

Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)

Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks (2004)

1. The Blue Notebooks

2. On the Nature of Daylight

3. Horizon Variations

4. Shadow Journal

5. Iconography

6. Vladimir's Blues

7. Arboretum

8. Old Song

9. Organum

10. The Trees

11. Written On Sky

Listen if you Like: Brian Eno, Eluvium

Hercules and Love Affair - S/T (2008)

Hercules and Love Affair - S/T (2008)

1. Time Will

2. Hercules Theme

3. You Belong

4. Athene

5. Blind

6. Iris

7. Easy

8. This Is My Love

9. Raise Me Up

10. True False / Fake Real

A new discofunk record featuring Antony Hegarty (Antony & The Johnsons, Current 93). Very unique and highly recommended.

Monday, April 14, 2008

M83 - Saturdays = Youth (2008)

M83 - Saturdays = Youth (2008)

1. You, Appearing

2. Kim & Jessie

3. Skin of the Night

4. Graveyard Girls

5. Coleurs

6. Up!

7. We Own The Sky

8. Highway of Endless Dreams

9. Too Late

10. Dark Moves of Love

11. Midnight Souls Still Remain

It comes out today! Go support the artist!!

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull (2008)

Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull

1. Omens and Portents I: The Driver

2. Rise To Glory

3. Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)

4. Engine of Ruin

5. Omens and Portents II: Carrion Crow

6. Hung From The Moon

7. The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull

Friday, April 11, 2008

Human Bell - S/T (2008)

Human Bell - S/T (2008)

1. A Change In Fortunes

2. Splendor and Concealment

3. Hymn Amerika

4. Outposts of Oblivion

5. Hanging From The Rafters

6. Ephaphatha (Be Opened)

7. The Singing Trees

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (2008)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (2008)

1. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

2. Today's Lesson

3. Moonland

4. Night of the Lotus Eaters

5. Albert Goes West

6. We Call Upon The Author

7. Hold On To Yourself

8. Lie Down Here (And Be My Girl)

9. Jesus On The Moon

10. Midnight Man

11. More News From Nowhere

Monday, April 7, 2008

Fennesz - On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By (2007)

Fennesz - On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By (2007)

1. On A Desolate Shore A Shadow Passes By

Helios - Eingya (2006)

Helios - Eingya (2006)

1. Bless This Morning Year

2. Halving The Compass

3. Dragonfly Across An Ancient Sky

4. Vargtimme

5. For Years and Years

6. Coast Off

7. Paper Tiger

8. First Dream Called Ocean

9. The Toy Garden

10. Sons of Light and Darkness

11. Emancipation

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