SOUNDTRACK FOR NIGHTSKY OUT TODAY

January 6th, 2011 , by

Years in the making, the PC video game NightSky is out today and is expertly scored by none other than Chris Schlarb. The game is excellent of course, but Schlarb's soundtrack stands on its own as sublime, careful, and thoughtful.

It's $5; stream and buy below or by clicking here.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM AK

December 23rd, 2010 , by

Well folks, this is it. We are officially knee-deep in the holiday season. So, from everyone here at Asthmatic Kitty Records Headquarters, we wish you well and hope you spend the next bit of time happily and with loved ones. 

Because it's Christmas, there is, of course, plenty of music to go around. NY Mag has two songs from Sufjan Stevens and the Dessner Brothers (of The National). Those songs are here. Also, Sufjan, along with our own Helado Negro and Half-handed Cloud, contributed to this year's volume A Familyre Christmas. You can stream and download for free here. Sufjan's own Christmas collection is here. You can stream it for free or download it for $12.
 
If the Ghost of Christmas Past were here, he'd remind us of the Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange from a couple years back. You'll recall that Sufjan picked Alec Duffy's phenomenal "Every Day is Christmas" as the winner. You can hear it here. We also created a mighty fine AKradio playlist of the runners-up, culled from over 600 original Christmas song submissions. Kick that into Christmas cheer gear by clicking  here. And finally, there's a sled-full of AK/Sufjan Christmas goodness including a tinseltastic flash game by Tom DesLongChamp, right…over…..HERE. There kids, that should keep you busy for a while.
 
Once again, Happy Christmas and thanks to all of you out there for making our Christmas bright. 

PREFUSE 73/JAYTRAM/EPSTEIN OUT NOW

December 13th, 2010 , by

Last week we mentioned that today, Tuesday the 14th, we'd be activating an amazing new remix album from Prefuse 73, Jaytram (of Yeasayer). Well, we just did.

Prefuse 73​/​Jaytram​/​Epstein is Prefuse 73 and Jaytram taking the extensive backcatalog of Epstein and mutating it into a very different animal. An animal, we should say, we like to listen to. You probably will as well. 

Stream it, then pay what you want  here.

PEOPLE; ALL OF THEM, DELIGHTED FOR SUFJAN VINYL, CD [FREE MP3]

December 10th, 2010 , by

Do you break for tangible? Do you have a landline phone? Do you like writing letters – ones  that do not require an "@" symbol or fit on paper, not 140 character limits? (We answered yes to all of the above.) Then you will be mightily interested to know that Sufjan Stevens' All Delighted People EP is now officially in the real world, on Compact Disc and LP. Buy the CD here $8+S&H and the LP – we're talking gatefold here people – for $20+S&H here. And of course you can travel on a real bike or car or bus or sidewalk to your local neighborhood record store. They have real shelves with which to stock real goods. 

Speaking of Sufjan. An up and coming producer going by InfinitRock and coming out of Red Hook, NY – working from Base Trip Records – remixed "All For Myself" from The Age of Adz. The remix is a sleek and stylish piece of work. We hope you enjoy it. If you do, you can download InfinitiRock's most recent album for free here.

“All For Myself” (Remixed by InfinitiRock) (Download)

PREFUSE 73 & JAYTRAM OF YEASAYER REINTERPRET EPSTEIN

December 7th, 2010 , by

Earlier this year we released When Man is Full He Falls Asleep from Epstein, who is also known 'round these parts as Helado Negro or Roberto Lange. After getting the album out in the open, Roberto asked friends Prefuse 73 and Jaytram, drummer for Yeasayer, to mine the extensive Epstein backcatalog and craft it into something altogether new. Duly appointed, the two carefully took the usual notions of accuracy and sanctity usually associated with remixes and ate them promptly for brunch. The result is the aptly named Prefuse 73/Jaytram/Epstein, an album replete with layers, thick beats, and sonic exploration. Expect it when we open the doors to asthmatickitty.com on the morning of December 13th.

“you know they out” (Download)
“Seite campanas de la Serenidad” (Download)

JULIANNA WELCOMES YOU TO THE MAGIC PLACE

December 2nd, 2010 , by

We are very pleased to announce Julianna Barwick's Asthmatic Kitty Records debut, The Magic Place. This nine-piece full-length album of magic and solace, bursting joy and healing tones is set to release on February 22, 2011.

Read more about the album here.

MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND COLLABORATING

November 29th, 2010 , by

We are very pleased to announce that Shara has been asked to give a concert as a part of the American Songbook series presented by Lincoln Center. This performance will take place on Thursday, January 27th in The Allen Room. She is frantically writing new music, which will be premiered at this special show. Joining her onstage will be a drummer, bassist and yMusic (violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet & trumpet).

Additionally, Shara will be presenting a joint-bill with Sarah Kirkland Snider and yMusic at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis on May 4 & 5. Shara will perform "Letters from Charles" (a song cycle she composed for herself and yMusic, based on letters from her Grandfather to her Grandmother). She will also sing Ms. Snider's "Penelope." Above is a video for music from that project shot by Murat Eyuboglu.

In other news, Shara was commissioned by Music at the Anthology, Inc. (MATA) to compose a piece of music for voice and piano, which premiered by Gabriel Kahane on November 17th as part of the MATA Interval Series Concert at Issue Project Room.

FOL CHEN PERFORM AND RECORD IN RUSSIA

November 21st, 2010 , by

On Wednesday November 24th, Fol Chen will be performing at Klub Kitaiyskii Lyotchik Jao Da (9 Pestela Street) in St. Petersburg, Russia. The performance will be two long-form, constructivist-inspired reworking of selected tracks from their two studio albums.The following day Fol Chen will be holding a very special workshop/recording session at Kitaiyskii Lyotchik Jao Da (Ul. Pestela, 7). Members of the group Samuel Bing and Sinosa Loa are inviting local musicians (and curious non-musicians) to join them in recording a new Fol Chen song, which will then be released on their next album, or as a single.

TRUMANS WATER CONTINUE WORLD RE-DOMINATION

November 18th, 2010 , by

For a little while, there was nothing from Trumans Water. Then, they emerged from the darkness with a brand new album, O Zeta Zunis, which we had the honor of releasing.

The emergence continues, as Trumans Water today makes five of their classic releases once again readily available to you. This includes their eponymously-titled album and Fragments of a Lucky Break which documents the era when the group's core included the Brandstetter brothers, Kevin Kascell, and Glen Galloway (of Soul Junk). The reissue madness continues with Action Ornaments, Apistogramma, and You Are in the Line of Fire and They Are Shooting at You all of which showcases their late 90s/early aughts era continuing their unpredictable scuzz rock with collaborations from Azalia Snail, Gary Olsen, Chan Marshall, among other guest appearances.

In addition to the studio albums, Trumans Waters' storied Peel Sessions will be made available including a pantheon of different Trumans line-ups as well as covers of Nation Of Ulysses and Sun City Girls songs.
 
This is a lot to process at once, we know. So we have made available a free sampler of all the reissues, titled Schist and Schisms. It will help the brain throb. Stream for free below, or download here. They are naturally touring in Europe, details here.


FOL CHEN из Лос-Анджелеса проведет

November 18th, 2010 , by

Во Четверг, 25 ноября, музыкальная группа Fol Chen из Лос-Анджелеса проведет необычный мастер-класс с записью композиции в клубе «Китайский летчик Джао Да», Ул. Пестеля, 7, Санкт-Петербург.

Члены группы Самюэль Бинг и Синоса Лоа приглашают петербургских музыкантов (а также и тех, кто просто интересуется) присоединиться к ним для записи новой песни Fol Chen, которая затем войдет в следующий альбом либо будет выпущена в виде сингла. Этот совместный музыкальный проект дает возможность увидеть изнутри, как одна из наиболее захватывающих новых групп из США создает свою музыку.

Музыкальное мастерство не обязательно, но музыкантам предлагается принести свои собственные инструменты. Просьба сообщить об участии по адресу [email protected] или просто прийти в 13.00 25 декабря.

 

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