Lazy Sundays: Boards Of Canada – A Few Old Tunes
When it comes to Boards Of Canada it’s more of an obsession than just liking the band. The hunt for rare tracks, demo’s and anything unreleased never stops as the chances of any new material gets slimmer and slimmer. Then up pops +dB, a prolific user on Soundcloud who takes great pleasure in curating Dj [...]
Boards of Canada – Olson (Midland re-edit) – free download
It’d be fair to say that we can’t get enough of Midland here at the Labs. When this remix of the Boards of Canada classic appeared in his FACT mix we were hungry, hungry like a wolf and keen to get our hands on that badboy. Now, thanks to the kind folks at Feel My [...]
Lazy Sundays: Boards of Canada 1998 Peel Session
Sunday mornings are often spent listening to the brilliant Boards of Canada and this Peel Session from 1998 is a perfect starting point. Sit back, get the headphones on and bask in the greatness of one of the greatest production teams to grace electronic music. You can pick this up over at Bleep. Boards Of [...]
Lone – The Seasons Change Mix – free download
As BTS Radio writes, “Lone bridges the gap between ’80s funk & soul, hazy afternoons in Los Angeles and House parties in Chicago.” Lone’s (aka Matt Cutler) exclusive mix for BTS Radio “The Seasons Change Mix” highlights this perfectly. A mixture of lazy funky soul house hip hop, which for me anyway, makes me daydream…. [...]
Skywave Systems – “Ban The Mindreader” mix – free download
I don’t really know too much about Skywave Systems to be honest, except I came across an “All Boards of Canada mix” they did a while ago, which i really enjoyed. This brand new mix (released 25/02/10) features tracks from such famous labels as Warp, Luckyme, Sonar Kollektiv, Myuzyk, Ninja Tune, Big Dada, Planet Mu, [...]
Guest Mix: Fur- Controlled Reverberations Mix
Those of you who are regulars to the site will know we featured FUR (aka Bryce Isbell) back in November. Since the free downloads of the “Black Castles” & “Blood” EP’s became available Fur has been getting more & more attention. He was recently featured on Pitchfork and XXJFG amongst others- all with glowing reviews. [...]
FUR- Controlled Reverberations- Phuturelabs Mix Download
Boards of Canada – “Macquarie Ridge”
As some of you may know I’m a massive fan of Boards of Canada. Rumour has it that the notoriously elusive brothers will be releasing a new album this year………….maybe. Their last album “The Campfire Headphase” was released in 2005 so, if true, it’s been a while in the making. While searching for some confirmation [...]
Fur- The Downstairs Room & Blood EP
Nearly a month has passed since i posted about Fur‘s excellent Black Castles EP, and he’s just released two further Ep’s for free legal download- “The Downstairs Room” & “Blood EP“. “The Downstairs Room” clocks in at just under 45 mins in duration and is pure ambient electronica- not a single drum sound in site!!! [...]
Mask 500, by Various Artists (Hell Interface, Gescom, Chaos AD.) (12″ on SKAM)
Originally released in 1999 (and worth a few pennies if you have one of the 500 originals)- this brilliant 12″ has just become available again as a bootleg repressing, courtesy of those football cheating French types. The vinyl features remixes & mash-ups by Squarepusher, Autechre, Boards of Canada & others (all under aliases) of 1980′s [...]
Seafar – Hegira
I have to say that, until yesterday, I’d never even heard of this guy….. but having just listened to Cumbernauld-born Seafar’s debut album “Hegira” for the third time in about 24 hours, i’m already a big fan. Released exclusively on The Future Sound of London‘s own digital label FSOLDigital the double cd length album ranges [...]
