OBLIQUE, A NEW ROBERTS & LORD VID FROM MATT WELLS
January 23rd, 2012 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Matt Wells directed the above video, a visual rendeition of "oblique" from Roberts & Lord's Eponymous album. The video, which looks like Buffy meets any other Friday night high school party, is amazing. Do watch, then you can listen and buy the album by click right here.
A NIGHT AND A DAY FROM PEPE DELUXÉ OUT NOW, PREORDER QUEEN
January 17th, 2012 , by Asthmatic Kitty
A few weeks ago, we released an astounding alchemy of a music video, replete with magic, mysticism, lazers, dancing, and Ms. Dominican Republic 2008.
Today, using the magic of the internet, you can take the song and its many iterations home by purchasing the second single from Pepe Deluxé’s forthcoming record, Queen Of The Wave. “A Night And A Day” is up on iTunes now, right here.
The song features an international cabal including lead vocals from Johanna Försti, a Finnish soul/funk singer who has sung for the President of Finland; backing vocals from Australian Boi Crompton, Gulf War vet who toured with Cat Stevens on his EU tour; Finnish film composer Ville Riippa plays transistor organ and percussion; and Pepe full-time member, the Swedish-born Manhattan-residing Paul Malmström handles much of the rest. The song also includes double speed guitars, a glockenspiel, and a modular synthesizer.
In addition to “Hesperus Garden,” another track from Queen Of The Wave, the single also includes remixes courtesy of A-R-K (aka Andy Spence from New Young Pony Club), K-X-P (producers of Annie), Mex Luthor (also know as Catskills artist Black Grass), Zumo, Echo Park, and Obi Blanche.
You can preorder Queen Of The Wave on iTunes here.
PLEASE WELCOME DENISON WITMER TO THE AK FAM
January 12th, 2012 , by Asthmatic Kitty
All of us, staff and artist roster alike have loved Denison Witmer and his music for a long time. Most of our roster has appeared at least once on any number of his eight albums, or hit the road and toured with Denison. He’s basically family around here, so maybe it’s about time we just made it official-like. Well, ok! Let’s!
Please, welcome Denison Witmer to the Asthmatic Kitty family! (You can even tweet your welcome by clicking here.)
Maybe we should have done this sooner, because it feels like he’s come home.
Of course, there’s always business to be done and the first order thereof is to release his latest album, The Ones Who Wait. Label Mono vs. Stereo released it last year on a limited basis, but when we heard the record we wanted a shot too. A big thanks to them for letting us at it.
We’ll be releasing the record in early March. Between now and then expect some more Denison-related announcements, but for now just know that we’re glad he’s around. We hope you are too.
Read the story behind the new album here.
YEARLY ROUND-UP: HELADO NEGRO
December 30th, 2011 , by Asthmatic Kitty
We’re going back over our releases on the cusp of 2012 and trying to clump together a whole year’s worth of happenings into one post. Here's the one on Helado Negro's Canta Lechuza. We released Helado Negro’s Canta Lechuza in May. Roberto Carlos Lange – the brain and brawn behind Helado Negro – is one […]
Read the Rest...AK ARTISTS ON SOUNDS FAMILYRE XMAS COMP
December 20th, 2011 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Our good friends over at record label Sounds Familyre have put together a remarkable and lovely Christmas compilation, and it includes music from lots of terrific artists – including several of our own! John Ringhofer, of AK artist Half-handed Cloud, created the gorgeous cover art, and contributes “The Cloud Became a Baby To Be With Us.” Liz Janes, along with several special guests, sings, “Shepherd's Song.” And DM Stith sings a haunting, "I Stay Still."
LAZERS, MAGIC, MYSTICS IN NEW VIDEO FROM PEPE DELUXÉ
December 19th, 2011 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Lazers, guitars, and magic have a long, proud history together, and this brand new video from Pepe Deluxé proves it indubitably, using historical footage pieced together by Pepe member Paul Malmström.
We'll be releasing the track and some remixes of it on January 17th, but you can also find it later on Pepe's fourth album, Queen of the Wave, due January 31st. In the meantime, do enjoy the show.
NEW LIZ JANES POSTER, INCLUDES MP3
December 15th, 2011 , by Asthmatic Kitty
It’s been just about a year since we released Liz Janes’ Say Goodbye. About six months ago, Argentinean graphic designer Leandro Castelao contacted Liz. He was so inspired by the album that he offered to design a poster based on one of the songs. When Leandro delivered a final version based on "Firefly," and Liz showed it to us, we knew we had to share it with her fans. It’s terrific!
HAPPY 10 BRASSLAND!
November 23rd, 2011 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Our good friends over at Brassland are giving away a song a day, but without good reason: they’re 10 years old!
Congratulations to Brassland on this fine achievement! You guys make us all proud to be in the business. Here’s to ten more years of Brassland domination!
There’s just a week left in the celebration though! Go, post-haste, and grab some free tunes at Brassland’s expense. Set your iTunes to play and read a slightly more accurate accounting of Brassland at the Guardian here.
HELADO NEGRO PLAYING IN MEXICO
November 22nd, 2011 , by Asthmatic Kitty
Helado Negro is currently undergoing a short but sweet minitour of Mexico. Last week he played at Festival Norte Sonoro en Monterrey, alongside DJ Rupture, White Rainbow, Grupo Esencias, and many others. You can see the tour poster and more info on that here.
For those of you that are in Mexico, make sure you run by Starbucks. You might able to pick up a free track courtesy of iTunes (see here for example).