SONIC MASALA: Pictish Trail

Sunday, 8 August 2010

Caribou + Silver Columns = why hasn't this happened earlier?

Those who follow us here at Sonic Masala will have picked up on Ani's predilection for refined electronica. In her eyes (and admittedly in mine), acts such as Caribou and Four Tet can do no wrong. A track came across my desk this week that managed to marry most of Ani's faves, so I felt compelled to impart it onto you.

Silver Columns is the current project of folkified Adem (also of Fridge, the post-rockish outfit with Four Tet's Kieran Hebden) and the man behind the Pictish Trail, Johnny Lynch. Caribou's Swim is a SM fave for album of the year. These two have come together as caribous has remixed Silver Column's 'Always On', almost 9 minutes of elegaic plinkings and meanderings that serves to heighten the original track.

Hope you enjoyed the weekend - SM will be back on track this week I promise!

Silver Columns - Always On (Caribou remix)

Monday, 3 May 2010

Two troubadours go incognito

A quick post about two bands doing the rounds ATM that contain members far more famous in their own right. Silver Columns has already been mentioned on Sonic Masala - the current project for ADEM and the Pictish Trail. They have been playing around the traps, including a show on Record Store Day, and have just put out a remix of their track 'Cavalier' by Astronomer. Check it out...

Silver Columns - Cavalier (Astronomer remix)

Also turning heads is Junip, a group that harbours the talents of one Jose Gonzalez. Nothing overtly new here, but it does bolster Gonzalez's vocals and song structures, creating a meatier pastiche of folk rock as a result. Here's a taste of what to expect from Junip...

Junip - Rope & Summit

About

It was early on a Sunday morning at ATP - A Nightmare Before Christmas 2009. After downing a fair few, at 4am we decided to cook a curry. It was during the consumption of this drunkenly delicious breakfast treat that we decided to actually do something about the music we talk about all the time.

So we started a blog – and Sonic Masala was born. Now into its seventh year, the blog has spread out to call both Australia and the UK its home (and the rest of the world), and has expanded to include gigs, festivals and a record label under its black umbrella. Come on, eat the noize.

If an mp3 is up here, it's because we have been talking about it, and think the whole world needs to know more. It's there to give you a little taste. Then, if you like, check out the band live and spend all your hard earned cash on their records. If we've posted up an mp3 of your stuff and you're not too keen on the idea, let us know and we'll happily take it down pronto.