Erased Tapes Archive

Top 20 albums of 2020 as selfies + Top 150 playlist

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Published: March 3, 2021

In lieu of our usual collage, here are our 20 favorite albums of 2020 with their cover artwork recreated as selfies at home during lockdown. Follows a 10 hour playlist curated from our 150 favorite records of the year (including a couple EPs), available on Spotify, Deezer or YouTube, with the full list down below.

Hope you might find at least a couple hidden gems to add to your own favorites. Enjoy the music, and follow us on either streaming platform for more playlists, and on Instagram @albumcovergirl for more recreated covers of iconic albums, old and new, and regular content on new music releases.

Covers of the top 20 albums of 2020 revisited as lockdown selfportraits by Albumcovergirl / ©GoodMorninCaptn

Or stream / watch the playlist via YouTube, with videos whenever available

All links in the list below directly point towards the respective album page on Bandcamp when available, or the label or artist official online store, so that you can easily stream, download or order them to support the artists. (only first 100 links added for now; remaining 50 to be progressively completed within the coming days)

Fiona Apple – Fetch the Bolt Cutters (Epic Records, US)
Lyra Pramuk – Fountain (Bedroom Community, US / DE)
Eartheater – Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin (PAN, US)
Thanya Iyer – Kind (Topshelf Records, CA)
Perfume Genius – Set My Heart On Fire Immediately (Matador, US)
Torres – Silver Tongue (Merge Records, US)
Adrianne Lenker – Songs + Instrumentals (4AD, US)
Moses Sumney – Græ (Jagjaguwar, US)
Johanna Warren – Chaotic Good (Wax Nine / Carpark Records, US)
Douglas Dare – Milkteeth (Erased Tapes, UK)
Lido Pimienta – Miss Colombia (Anti- Records, CO / CA)
Tenci – My Heart is an Open Field (Keeled Scales, US)
Sevdaliza – Shabrang (Twisted Elegance, IR / NL)
Hania Rani – Home (Gondwana Records, PL)
Zebra Katz – Less Is Moor (ZFK Records, US)
Kelly Lee Owens – Inner Song (Smalltown Supersound, UK)
Nnamdï – Brat (Sooper Records, US)
Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher (Dead Oceans, US)
Dana Gavanski – Yesterday Is Gone (Full Time Hobby / Ba Da Bing!, CA)
Sufjan Stevens – The Ascension (Asthmatic Kitty, US)
Becca Mancari – The Greatest Part (Captured Tracks, US)
Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure? (Virgin EMI, UK)
Obongjayar – Which Way Is Forward? (EP) (September, UK / NG)
Half Waif – The Caretaker (Anti- Records, US)
Anjimile – Giver Taker (Father/Daughter Records, US)
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – Temple (Ribbon Music, US)
Activity – Unmask Whoever (Western Vinyl, US)
JFDR – New Dreams (White Sun Recording / Krunk, IS)
Dua Saleh – Rosetta (EP) (Against Giants, US)
LA Priest – Gene (Domino Records, UK)
A Grape Dope – Arthur King Presents A Grape Dope: Backyard Bangers (Dangerbird Records, US)
Algiers – There Is No Year (Matador, US)
Wye Oak – No Horizon (EP) (Merge Records, US)
Porridge Radio – Every Bad (Secretly Canadian, UK)
Squirrel Flower – I Was Born Swimming (Polyvinyl Records / Full Time Hobby, US)
Jockstrap – Wicked City (EP) (Warp Records, UK)
Keeley Forsyth – Debris (The Leaf Label, UK)
Ana Roxanne – Because of a Flower (Kranky, US)
Frances Quinlan – Likewise (Saddle Creek, US)
Owen Pallett – Island (Domino Records, CA)
Mourning [A] BLKStar – The Cycle (Don Giovanni Records, US)
Ohmme – Fantasize Your Ghost (Joyful Noise Recordings, US)
Zola Mennenöh – Longing for Belonging (Figureight Records, DE / DK)
Other Lives – For Their Love (ATO Records, US)
Hachiku – I’ll Probably Be Asleep (Milk! Records / Marathon Artists, AUS)
Kate NV – Room For The Moon (RVNG Intl., RU)
Fleet Foxes – Shore (Anti- Records, US)
Dmitry Evgrafov – Surrender (130701 / FatCat Records, RU)
The Cool Greenhouse – The Cool Greenhouse (Melodic Records, UK)
Wax Chattels – Clot (Captured Tracks, NZ)
Låpsley – Through Water (XL Recordings, UK)
Sylvan Esso – Free Love (Loma Vista Recordings, US)
Ela Minus – Acts Of Rebellion (Domino Records, CO / US)
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Mosaic of Transformation (Ghostly International, US)
Ian William Craig – Red Sun Through Smoke (130701 / FatCat Records, CA)
Jeff Parker – Suite for Max Brown (International Anthem, US)
Jónsi – Shiver (Krunk, IS)
Princess Thailand – And We Shine (À Tant Rêver Du Roi, FR)
Hazel English – Wake Up! (Polyvinyl Records, US / AUS)
Land of Talk – Indistinct Conversations (Saddle Creek, CA)
Arca – KiCk i (XL Recordings, VZ)
Helena Deland – Someone New (Luminelle Recordings, CA)
Henriette Sennenvaldt (from Under Byen) – Something Wonderful (Paper Bag Records, DK)
Gabriel Garzón-Montano – Agüita (Jagjaguwar, US / CO)
Samia – The Baby (Grand Jury, US)
Amnesia Scanner – Tearless (PAN, FI / DE)
Yves Tumor – Heaven to a Tortured Mind (Warp Records, UK)
Austra – HiRUDiN (Domino Records / Pink Fizz Recordings, CA)
Deradoorian – Find the Sun (Anti- Records, US)
Dominique A – Vie étrange (Cinq 7 / Wagram, FR)
Westerman – Your Hero Is Not Dead (Partisan Records, UK)
Soccer Mommy – Color Theory (Loma Vista Recordings, US)
Lomelda – Hannah (Double Double Whammy, US)
Ben Lukas Boysen – Mirage (Erased Tapes, DE)
Ghostpoet – I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep (Again) ([PIAS], UK)
Woods – Strange To Explain (Woodsist, US)
Mary Lattimore – Silver Ladders (Ghostly International, US)
Cyril Cyril – Yallah Mickey Mouse (Born Bad Records, CH)
Aoife Nessa Frances – Land of No Junction (Basin Rock, IE)
Rina Sawayama – Sawayama (Dirty Hit, JP / UK)
Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia (Warner Records, UK)
Ben Seretan – Youth Pastoral (Whatever’s Clever, US)
Inventions – Continuous Portrait (Temporary Residence Ltd., US)
MAITA – Best Wishes (Kill Rock Stars, US)
Nils Bech – Foolish Heart (Self-released, NO)
Agnes Obel – Myopia (Deutsche Grammophon, DK)
Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter (Chrysalis Records Limited / Partisan Records, UK)
Rob Mazurek – Exploding Star Orchestra’s Dimensional Stardust (International Anthem / Nonesuch Records, US)
Rone – Room With A View (Infiné, FR)
Sonikku – Joyful Death (Bella Union, UK)
Róisín Murphy – Róisín Machine (Loaded Records / Skint, IE)
Lorenzo Senni – Scacco Matto (Warp Records, IT)
Nadia Reid – Out Of My Province (Spacebomb Records, NZ)
Reb Fountain – Reb Fountain (Flying Nun Records, NZ)
Islet – Eyelet (Fire Records, UK)
Fontaines D.C. – A Hero’s Death (Partisan Records, IE)
Yes Basketball – Goodbye Basketball (Les Disques Normal / À Tant Rêver du Roi, FR)
Kyrie Kristmanson – Lady Lightly (Iki records, CA)
Melkbelly – PITH (Wax Nine / Carpark Records, US)
Sorry – 925 (Domino Records, UK)
Junglepussy – JP4 (Jagjaguwar, US)
Tunng – Tunng Presents… Dead Club (Full Time Hobby, UK)
This Is the Kit – Off Off On (Rough Trade Records, UK)
Madeline Kenney – Sucker’s Lunch (Carpark Records, US)
Nicole Atkins – Italian Ice (Single Lock Records, US)
Luka Kuplowsky – Stardust (Mama Bird Recording Co. / Next Door Records, CA)
Julien Gasc – L’Appel de la Forêt (Born Bad Records, FR)
Jaye Jayle – Prisyn (Sargent House, US)
Aārp – Propaganda (Infiné, FR)
Amaarae – The Angel You Don’t Know (Sad Saints Angry Angels, GHA / US)
Sault – Untitled (Black Is) (Forever Living Originals, UK)
Told Slant – Point the Flashlight and Walk (Double Double Whammy, US)
The Soft Pink Truth – Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase? (Thrill Jockey, US)
Yelle – L’Ère du Verseau (Recreation Center, FR)
Georgia – Seeking Thrills (Domino Records, UK)
LAAKE – O (Somaa / Mercury Records, FR)
Empress Of – I’m Your Empress Of (Terrible, US)
Garage Blonde – Rage nue (La Discrète Music, FR)
RVG – Feral (Fire Records, AUS)
Kidbug – Kidbug (Joyful Noise Recordings, US)
Moaning – Uneasy Laughter (Sub Pop, US)
Lo-Fang – Near Other Worlds (Ocean Cloud Records, US / PT)
Cabane – Grande est la maison (Cabane Records, BE)
Mocke – Parle, grand canard (Objet Disque, FR)
Skeletons – If the Cat Come Back (Shinkoyo, US)
Loma – Don’t Shy Away (Sub Pop, US)
Hjaltalín – Hjaltalín (Self-released, IS)
Sam Prekop – Comma (Thrill Jockey, US)
Zeroh – BLQLYTE (Leaving Records, US)
Soundwalk Collective with Patti Smith – Peradam (featuring Anoushka Shankar, Tenzin Choegyal, and Charlotte Gainsbourg) (Bella Union, US)
Oiseaux-Tempête – Tlamess (Sortilège) O.S.T. (Sub Rosa, FR)
Brigitte Fontaine – Terre Neuve (Verycords, FR)
Jehnny Beth – To Love Is To Live (20L07 LLC, FR)
Mottron – Giants ([PIAS], FR)
Monolithe Noir – Moira (Kowtow Records, FR)
Régina Demina – Hystérie&! (Kwaidan Records, FR)
Naeem – Startisha (37d03d, US)
Rico Nasty – Nightmare Vacation (Atlantic Records / Sugar Trap, US)
Megan Thee Stallion – Good News (300 Entertainment, US)
Jonah Mutono – Gerg (EQT Recordings, UGA / US)
Leifur James – Angel in Disguise (Night Time Stories, UK)
Kety Fusco – Dazed (Sugar srl, CH)
Brigid Mae Power – Head Above The Water (Fire Records, IE)
Allysen Callery – Ghost Folk (Cosirecords Schallplatten, US)
Andy Shauf – The Neon Skyline (Anti- Records, CA)
Lee Ranaldo & Raül Refree – Names Of North End Women (Mute Records, US / SP)
Hen Ogledd – Free Humans (Weird World, UK)
Sonic Boom – All Things Being Equal (Carpark Records, UK)
Pantayo – Pantayo (Telephone Explosion, CA)
Thor & Friends – 3 & 4 (Joyful Noise Recordings, US)
Greg Fox – Contact (RVNG Intl., US)

Let me know the albums I have missed from your personal tops, and please come back in 10 hours after you’ve listened to the whole playlist to tell me which new albums you are digging ;-) In the meantime:

Turn Around, Little Heart. Wait Slowly, Halfway Home. This Is The Dark Glow.

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Published: April 27, 2018

Here comes some of the best new music from Spring 2018 in indie rock, dream pop, psych fok, singer-songwriter, ambient… Listen to our carefully curated playlist on Spotify, Deezer, or YouTube via the below player.

Turn Around, Little Heart. Wait Slowly, Halfway Home. This Is The Dark Glow.
April 2018 digital collage by GoodMornincaptn

The Breeders (US) — “Wait in the Car”, from ‘All Nerve’ (4AD, 2018).
Preoccupations (CA) — “Espionage”, from ‘New Material’ (Flemish Eye Records / Jagjaguwar, 2018).
MGMT (US) — “Little Dark Age”, from ‘Little Dark Age’ (Columbia Records, 2018).
tune-yards (US) — “Heart Attack”, from ‘I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life’ (4AD, 2018).
Dominique A (FR) — “Toute latitude”, from ‘Toute latitude’ (Cinq7 / Wagram, 2018).
Anenon (US) — “Two For C”, from ‘Tongue’ (FoF Music 2018).
Adrian Crowley (IE) — “Halfway To Andalucia”, from ‘Dark Eyed Messenger’ (Chemikal Underground, 2017).
Son Lux (US) — “Slowly”, from ‘Brighter Wounds’ (City Slang, 2018).
Sylvan Esso (US) — “PARAD(w/m)E” (Loma Vista Recordings, 2018).
Dungen & Woods (SE/US) — “Turn Around”, from ‘Myths 003′ (Mexican Summer, 2018).
Peter Kernel (CH/CA) — “Men Of The Women”, from ‘The Size Of The Night’ (On The Camper Records, 2018).
Amen Dunes (US) — “Miki Dora”, from ‘Freedom’ (Sacred Bones Records, 2018).
Ought (CA) — “Disgraced in America”, from ‘Room Inside the World’ (Merge Records, 2018).
Beach House (US) — “Lemon Glow”, from ‘7′, the duo’s new album coming up May 11th, 2018 on Sub Pop Records / Bella Union.
Lucy Dacus (US) — “Addictions”, from ‘Historian’ (Matador Records, 2018).
Olivia Kaplan (US) — “This Is What I Do”, from ‘At the Seams’ EP (2018).
Nils Frahm (DE) — “Human Range”, from ‘All Melody’ (Erased Tapes, 2018).
Laurence Pike (AUS) — “Life Hacks”, from ‘Distance Early Warning’, 2018 debut solo album of the PVT drummer, on Leaf Label.
Superorganism (UK/JP/AUS/NZ) — “Reflections On The Screen”, from the self-titled 2018 debut album of the young international collective on Domino Recording Company.
Haley Heynderickx (US) — “Untitled God Song”, from ‘I Need to Start a Garden’, her 2018 debut solo LP on Mama Bird Recording Co.
Shannon Lay (US) — “Home”, from ‘Living Water’ (Woodsist Records, 2017).
The Third Eye Foundation (UK) — “I’ve Lost That Loving Feline”, from ‘Little Lost Soul’ (Domino Recording Company, 2000).

Loud Open Mind, Cry Out For The Cause – January playlist

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Published: January 21, 2018

Melodies collide with melancholy and psychedelia in our January 2018 playlist, featuring some of the finest in indie pop, folk, rock and electronica released in the Fall-Winter 2017/2018.

Loud Open Mind, Cry Out For The Cause - digital collage by GoodMorninCaptn

Loud Open Mind, Cry Out For The Cause - collage by GoodMorninCaptn

Aisha Badru (USA) — “Mind on Fire”, from her upcoming debut full length, due early 2018 on Nettwerk Music Group.
Knightstown (UK) — “Eyes Open Wide”, from his self-titled debut full length , due early 2018 on Fat Cat.
Makeness (GB / SCOT) — “Loud Patterns”, from ‘Loud Patterns‘ expected April 6, 2018 on Secretly Canadian.
Lawrence Rothman (USA) — “Wolves Still Cry”, from ‘The Book Of Law’, out on Downtown Records.
Wolf Parade (CA) — “Valley Boy”, from ‘Cry Cry Cry’, out on Sub Pop.
* Machine Translations (AU) — “Parliament of Spiders”, from ‘Oh’, out on Spunk Records.
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (USA) — “To Follow and Lead”, from ‘The Kid’, out on Western Vinyl.
Grooms (USA) — “Turn Your Body”, from ‘Exit Index’, out on Western Vinyl.
Rone (FR) — “Down For The Cause” feat. Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead), from ‘Mirapolis’, out on InFiné Music.
Baths (USA) — “Out”, from ‘Romaplasm’, out on Anticon.
Forever Pavot (FR) — “La Soupe à la grolle”, from ‘Pantoufle’, out on Born Bad Records.
Palm (USA )— “Dog Milk”, from ‘Rock Island’, out 09/02/2018 on Carpark Records.
Sufis (UK/USA) — “All Knowing (71)”, from ‘After Hours’, out 12/01/2018 on Burger Records.
Loma (aka Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater, with Cross and Dan Duszynski of Cross Record, USA) — “Black Willow”, from ‘Loma’, out 16/02/2018 on Sub Pop.
* My Brightest Diamond (USA) — “Wish For The Moon” (Amazon Original).
Högni (of Hjaltalín and Gusgus, IS) — “Komdu með”, from hid debut solo LP ‘Two Trains’, out on Erased Tapes.
Jim Ghedi (UK) — “Home For Moss Valley” , from ‘A Hymn for Ancient Land’, out 26/01/2018 on Basin Rock.
Prana Crafter (USA) — “Holy Tempel of Flow”, from ‘Bodhi Cheetah’s Choice’, out 26/01/2018 on Beyond Beyond is Beyond.

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Then The Clouds Went Red – Playlist

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Published: December 16, 2017

Then The Clouds Went Red, Fall 2017 playlist and digital collage by GoodMorninCaptn.

Then The Clouds Went Red - animated collage by GoodMorninCaptn

Tracklist:

Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano (Berlin, DE) — “Winding And Unwinding”, from “Everything” out on Erased Tapes.
Briana Marela (Olympia, WA, USA) — “Quit”, from “Call It Love” out on Jagjaguwar.
Katie Von Schleicher (Brooklyn, NY, USA) — “Life’s A Lie”, from “Shitty Hits” out on Ba Da Bing / Full Time Hobby.
Waxahatchee (Philadelphia, PA, USA) — “Silver”, from “Out in the Storm” out on Merge Records.
Iron & Wine (USA) — “Call It Dreaming”, from “Beast Epic” out on Sub Pop.
Chad VanGaalen (CA) — “Old Heads”, from “Light Information” out on Sub Pop.
Balmorhea (Austin, TX, USA) — “Clear Language”, from “Clear Language” out on Western Vinyl.
Caroline Says (Austin, TX, USA) — “Winter Is Cold”, from “50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong” out on Western Vinyl.
Sylvain Chauveau (FR / BE) — “Find What You Love And Let It Kill You”, from “Post-Everything” out on Brocoli.
Vivian Void (DE) — “No Choice Boys”, from “Rhododendron” EP out on Woodland Recordings.
Garage Blonde (FR) — “J’me souviens presque“.
Deerhoof (San Francisco, CA, USA) — “Come Down Here and Say That” (feat. Lætitia Sadier), from “Mountain Moves” out on Joyful Noise Recordings.
Tera Melos (Sacramento, CA, USA) — “Trash Generator”, from “Trash Generator” out on Sargent House.
Zola Jesus (Merrill, WI, USA) — “Exhumed”, from “Okovi” out on Sacred Bones Records.
Hundred Waters (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — “Fingers”, from “Communicating” out on OWSLA.
Carmen Villain (NO) — “Borders” feat. Jenny Hval, from “Infinite Avenue” out on Smalltown Supersound.
Lina Tullgren (ME, USA) — “Asktell”, from “Won” out on Captured Tracks.
Chelsea Wolfe (CA, USA) — “16 Psyche”, from “Hiss Spun” out on Sargent House.
Bodies Of Water (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — “Here Among You”, from “Spear In The City” out on Thousand Tongues.
Mount Kimbie (London, UK) — “Blue Train Lines” (feat. King Krule), from “Love What Survives” out on Warp Records.
Lali Puna (DE) — “Deep Dream”, from “Two Windows” out on Morr Music.

Find Love Here And Now? – Playlist

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Published: April 28, 2017

“Find Love Here And Now?” — March/April 2017 playlist and digital collage by GoodMorninCaptn:

Find Love_Here and Now ? collage by GoodMorninCaptn

Nadia Reid (NZ) — “The Arrow & The Aim”, from “Preservation“, out on Spunk Records / Basin Rock.
Woods (Brooklyn, NY, USA) — “Love Is Love”, from “Love Is Love“, out on Woodsist.
WHY? (Cincinnati, OH, USA) — “Proactive Evolution”, from “Moh Lhean“, out on Joyful Noise Recordings.
Bearcubs (London, UK) — “Underwaterfall”, from “Underwaterfall” EP, out on All Points.
NLF3 (Paris, FR) — “Sandy Path”, from “Waves Of Black And White“, out on Prohibited Records.
Damaged Bug (San Francisco, CA, USA) — “Bog Dash”, from “Bunker Funk“, out on Castle Face Records.
Alexandra Savior (Portland, OR, USA) — “M.T.M.E.”, from “Belladonna of Sadness“, out on Columbia Records.
Boss Hog (NYC, NY, USA) — “17″, from “Brood X“, out on In The Red Records.
Mount Eerie (Anacortes, WA, USA) — “Real Death”, from “A Crow Looked At Me“, out on P.W. Elverum & Sun.
Oiseaux-Tempête (Paris, FR) — “Carnaval “, from “AL-’AN ! الآن (And your night is your shadow — a fairy-tale piece of land to make our dreams)“, out on Sub Rosa.
Father John Misty (LA, CA, USA) — “Two Wildly Different Perspectives”, from “Pure Comedy“, out on Sub Pop / Bella Union.
La Terre Tremble!!! (Rennes, FR) — “The Life Within”, from “Fauxbourdon“, out on Murailles Music.
Colin Stetson (USA) — “Spindrift”, from “All This I Do For Glory“, out on 52Hz.
sir Was (Gothenburg, SE) — “A Minor Life”, from “Digging A Tunnel“, out on City Slang.
San Fermin (Brooklyn, NY, USA) — “Open”, from “Belong“, out on Downtown/Interscope Records.
Part Chimp (London, UK) — “MapoLeon”, from “Iv“, out on Rock Action Records.
Karaocake (Paris, FR) — “Youth Slip”, from “Here & Now“, out on Objet Disque.
Laura Marling (London, UK) — “Soothing”, from “Semper Femina“, out on More Alarming Records.
Kumisolo (Paris, JP) — “Cha Cha André”, from “Kabuki Femme Fatale” (Japanese CD bonus), out on Flau (JP) / Alter-K (FR).
Kelly Lee Owens (London, UK) — “Anxi.” (ft. Jenny Hval), from “Kelly Lee Owens“, out on Smalltown Supersound.
Allred & Broderick, aka Peter Broderick and David Allred (OR, USA) — “The Ways”, from “Find The Ways“, out on Erased Tapes Records.
Justin Walter (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) — “It’s Not What You Think”, from “Unseen Forces“, out on Kranky.
Anjou (USA) — “Soucouyant”, from “Epithymía“, out on Kranky.

Music Is My Religion – Summer 2016 playlist

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Published: June 26, 2016

Music Is My Religion - June 2016 digital collage by GoodMorninCaptn

1 – case/lang/veirs (US) — Best Kept Secret, from the album case/lang/veirs on anti records.

2 – William Ryan Fritch (US) — Storms, from the album Clean War on Lost Tribe Sound.

3 – Ben Lukas Boysen (DE) — Golden Times 1, from the album Spells on Erased Tapes.

4 – Deerhoof (US) — Plastic Thrills, from the album The Magic on Polyvinyl Records (North America), Upset the Rhythm (UK), Clapping Music / Kythibong (France, BeNeLux), Altin Village & Mine (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Giradiscos / Humo (Spain), Lado ABC (Poland), Lovers & Lollypops (Portugal), Felicity (Japan).

5 – Throws (UK) — The Harbour, from the self-titled debut album on Thrill Jockey Records / Full Time Hobby.

6 – Tiny Ruins (NZ) — Dream Wave, from the Dream Wave 7” on Bella Union.

7 – Bert Jansch (UK) — River Running from the 1985 album From The Outside reissued on Earth Records.

8 – Sarathy Korwar (UK) — Indefinite Leave To Remain, from the album Day To Day, out July 8 on Ninja Tune. Thursday November 3, 2016 at Festival WorldStock #4, in Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord.

9 – Skeletons (US) — All I Want Is You, from the album Am I Home?, on Altin Village & Mine.

10 – Paul Simon (US) — The Werewolf, from Stranger To Stranger, on Concord Music Group. European tour in October and November, incl. Nov 14 in Paris, Palais des Congrés.

11 – YEYEY (ex – Uzi & Ari, US) — The Vision, from the album The Vision on Hush Records. On tour in Europe in September, starting September 9 in Paris, FR, at le Carmen (free entrance).

12 – Converge (US) — You Fail Me, from You Fail Me Redux, reissue of their 2004 album on Epitaph.

13 – Let’s Eat Grandma (UK) — Rapunzel, from the album I, Gemini on Transgressive Records.

14 – Message To Bears (UK) — I’ll Lead You There (feat. Will Samson), from the album Carved From Tides out July 1st (self-released).

15 – David Toop (UK) — Dry Keys Echo In The Dark And Humid Early Hours, from the album Entities Inertias Faint Beings on ROOM40.

16 – Flamingods (UK) — Taboo Groves, from the album Majesty on Soundway.

17 – Son Lux (US) — You Don’t Own Me, from Stranger Forms EP on Glassnote Records.

18 – Moonface and Siinai (CA) — Them Call Themselves Old Punks, from the album My Best Human Face on Jagjaguwar.

19 – Casket Girls (US) — Sixteen Forever, from the album The Night Machines on Graveface Records.

20 – B/B/S/ (Aidan Baker, CA, Andrea Belfi, IT, and Erik Skodvin, NO) — Cosmow, from the album Palace on miasmah.

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December 2015 playlist

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Published: December 14, 2015

Enjoy our December 2015 song selection and digital collage featuring indie pop, ambient, modern classical, folk, rock, and electronic from Scandinavia, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, France, UK, Canada, Venezuela and USA.

December 2015 collage by GoodMorninCaptn

1 – Bersarin Quartett (DE) — Sanft verblassen die Geschichten, from III, out now on Denovali Records
2 – Intertwine (NO) — Northern Light, from Goraikoo, out now on Brilliance Records
3 – The Balustrade Ensemble (UK) — Show Us To The Sky, from Renewed Brilliance out now on Serein
4 – Matmos (US) — Ultimate Care II Excerpt Eight, from Ultimate Care II, out February 19, 2016 on Thrill Jockey Records
5 – arca (VE/London) — Front Load, from Mutant, out now on Mute
6 – Anna von Hausswolff (SE) — Evocation, from The Miraculous, out now on City Slang / Other Music
7 – vert (UK/Berlin) — And I Know, from The Days Within, out now on Shitkatapult
8 – Tortoise (US) Gesceap, from The Catastrophist, out January 22, 2016 on Thrill Jockey Records
9 – Sarah Neufeld (CA) — We’ve Got A Lot, from The Ridge, out February 26 2016 on Paper Bag Records
10 – Metz (CA) — Eraser, from Eraser/Pure Auto 7”, out January 22, 2016 on Three One G
11 – Your Friend (US) — Heathering, from Gumption, out Januray 29, 2016 on Domino Record Co.
12 – Lubomyr Melnyk (UA) — Parasol (excerpt), from Rivers and Streams, out now on Erased Tapes Records
13 – Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes (US) — Out of Sight, Out of Mind (The Five Keys cover)
14 – Library Tapes (SE) — Feathers, from Escapism, out January 29, 2016 on 1631 Recordings and Auetic
15 – Derek Piotr (PL/USA) — Exchanges, from Bahar, out on Bit-Phalanx Music
16 – GABI (USA) — Falling, from Sympathy, out on Software Recording Co.
17 – Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (FR/London) — Minnesang, from Like Water Through The Sand, out now on 130701 (Fat Cat Records)

Zachary Cale – Douglas Dare – Thibault Rivrain – Spring 2014

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Published: May 6, 2014

GoodMorninCaptn presents

Sunny days are coming back, and Spring brings us a handful of sweet musical discoveries, with 3 artists to follow this month: first album and first French headlining show for Douglas Dare from the UK (Erased Tapes), first French tour for Zachary Cale from New York, and first supporting gig for Thibault Rivrain from Paris.

(This post was originally published in French for GoodMorninCaptn’s promotion & booking newsletter)

ZACHARY CALE: Spring 2014 European tour for the New York singer-songwriter

Entre folk des origines, rock teinté de blues et formats pop, Zachary Cale officie depuis près d’une décennie du côté d’un songwriting onirique et tranchant.

Le New-Yorkais originaire de Louisiane livre un quatrième album, Blue Rider, particulièrement salué par la presse indé. Le disque sorti en septembre 2013 sur le label All Hands Electric, co-fondé par Zachary Cale lui-même, et en Europe sur le label allemand Jellyfant, distille un folk rock minimaliste soutenu par une écriture puissante et singulière.

Après une tournée US avec Crystal Stilts à l’automne dernier, et avant de prestigieux festival anglais cet été (Green Man, End Of The Road), Zachary Cale prend la route ce printemps pour 35 dates européennes.

“fingerpicking envoûtant… brumeux et magnifique” – Pitchfork
“#1 des disques injustement ignorés en 2013″ – Popmatters
“des textures riches et des mélodies intimes, une magnifique collection de chansons regorgeant de détails passionnants” – American Songwriter
“Zachary Cale plonge au cœur du minimalisme. Une parenté flatteuse avec la production la plus douce de Kurt Vile, alliant une rythmique syncopée et pleine d’émotion à la voix chaude et intime de Cale” – Spin

May 10 – Liège // L’An Vert
May 12 – Nancy // OFF Kultur
May 13 – Grenoble // O’Brother Kfe
May 14 – Tarbes // Celtic Pub
May 15 – Montpellier // The Black Sheep
May 16 – Marseille // Casa Consolat
May 31 – Le Burgaud (31) // Le Café du Burgaud
June 1 – Lyon // Kraspek Myzik
June 6 – Paris // Oliver Peel session
June 7 – Paris // La Loge

Listen, watch, share:
“Wayward Son”, extract from “Blue Rider”: https://soundcloud.com/zachary-cale/wayward-son

“Riverbed”, extract from the “Kettle Pot Tracks On The Hill” session:

Zachary Cale — Riverbed (Kettle Pot Tracks On the Hill Session) from Michael Batchelor on Vimeo.

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zacharycale.com
facebook.com/zacharycalemusic
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zacharycale.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/zachary-cale

Zachary Cale’s latest album Blue Rider is on Spotify, Deezer and Bandcamp, and available on vinyl from Jellyfant.

DOUGLAS DARE: first album of the English poet out May 13 on Erased Tapes and headlining gig in Paris on May 29

Erased Tapes, famous for successfully bridging pop and contemporary music (Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Peter Broderick…), is releasing the first full-length album by London singer-songwriter Douglas Dare. With the piano at the core of his debut album Whelm, Dare vocalises his short prose and poems to a backdrop of drums, electronics and brass… The album will be released including the poetry book Nine Poems on CD, LP and Download via Erased Tapes on May 12, 2014.

Douglas Dare, now on a European tour, will stop in Paris on May 29 at Espace B. Facebook event.

Listen, watch, share:
“Swim”, from the album Whelm:

“Lungful” music video directed by Dusan Kacan:

To know more:
douglasdare.com
erasedtapes.com
facebook.com/douglasdaremusic
twitter.com/DouglasDare
soundcloud.com/douglas-dare
Spotify
Deezer

THIBAULT RIVRAIN supporting Douglas Dare in Paris on May 29

The Paris-based singer-songwriter Thibault Rivrain will showcase his delicate and unique universe as a support act for Douglas Dare on May 29 at Espace B. Between whispers and wailings, his songs on life, death, bodies, madness will reflect a tormented soul.

“With his pop specters, Thibault Rivrain reaches the sublime, disconcerts, magnifies and surprises in every title.” – Benjamin Dierstein, Discordance.
“[With] its enthralling, unreal singing, hypnotic melodies […], its false simplicity, fragility, and delicacy, […] Snow Gold simply is one the best promises we’ve been made in a long time. […] An underground masterstroke.” – Cédric Chort, Froggy’s Delight.

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facebook.com/thibaultrivrain.music
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thibaultrivrain.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/thibaultrivrain

New Year’s Eve Label Interview: Erased Tapes Records

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Published: December 29, 2009

Erased Tapes Records - 2009 > 2010 New Year's Eve label interview WHILE WE DISCOVERED ERASED TAPES RECORDS THIS YEAR THANKS TO PETER BRODERICK AND ÓLAFUR ARNALDS RELEASES, THIS EXCITING YOUNG LABEL IS ALREADY PREPARING TO CELEBRATE ITS 3RD ANNIVERSARY. BASED IN LONDON, ERASED TAPES HAVE FOUND AN AESTHETIC ON THEIR OWN, SIGNING ARTISTS FROM BERLIN TO PORTLAND, FROM NEO-CLASICAL TO POST-ROCK AND SOULFUL ELECTRONICS, BRIDGING INNOVATIVE CONTEMPLATIVE MUSICS TO CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND VISUAL ARTISTS. LABEL FOUNDER ROBERT RATHS IS PRESENTING US THE ERASED TAPES FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY, AS THE FIRST ENTRY IN OUR SERIES OF LABEL INTERVIEWS FOR THE NEW YEAR.

A) Which records released in 2009 do you wish you had released on Erased Tapes?

Robert: I am not quite sure. Maybe there just wasn’t any other record that I wish I had put out in 2009? No, that can’t be, can it? Or maybe I was just too busy to pay enough attention to any other records out there? Well, if so, then that’s alright. It’s the timeless records that last and that we can discover years after any sort of hype or flavour of the week nonsense.

The only album that hit me so much I could not sleep without playing it at night, I could not eat without it in the morning and I could not work without it during the day was Nils Frahm’s “The Bells“. I count myself very lucky that it had only just been released in Europe at the time and I was able to sign it for the UK and North America, because I could not imagine Erased Tapes without it anymore.

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Nils Frahm – “Said And Done” from “The Bells” (Erased Tapes)

Of course there were other great releases in 2009. For instance, I really enjoyed our good friends Efterklang & The Danish National Chamber Orchestra – “Performing Parades“. Partly because I was involved in getting them the Barbican show with Britten Sinfonia by telling the right people about this idea of performing their 2007 album with a live orchestra, which this record of course reminds me of. But also because it just sounds so much richer than the original recording, which I really did not think was possible until I heard it.

Then there is this new wave of psychedelic releases from the States, especially New York, which I enjoyed a lot all year. Songs like Animal Collective’s “My Girls” or Dan Deacon’s “Snookered” make me happy every time I hear them. Same thing with the latest Dirty Projectors album.

B) Which artist you wish you had signed will you keep an ear on in 2010?

Efterklang - Magic Chairs (4AD, Feb. 2010) Robert: EFTERKLANG. What I’ve heard of their new album called “Magic Chairs” so far sounded really fresh – more pop and at the same time rawer than their previous material. Think Paul Simon’s “Graceland” played by an army of the most natural and dedicated musicians I know.

OWEN PALLETT. Since I first saw Owen perform his violin with his loop station accompanied by his boyish voice whispering or shouting obscure poetry, I knew I would not rest until I’ve dragged everyone I know to his shows to experience the same. In January 2010 he will release his upcoming album “Heartland“, the first under his real name since he decided to no longer release under his moniker “Final Fantasy”. As a friend I wish for him and his music to finally reach a larger audience as he is one of the most gifted and hardest working musicians I know.

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Owen Pallett – “Lewis Takes Action” from “Heartland” (Domino)

Nico Muhly (detail from Speaks Volume covert art) NICO MUHLY. Nico is the only person that makes me feel slow. He is also the only person I am actually worried about. Why? Because he is Nico Muhly, the busiest composer around but also a dear friend of mine and I don’t want to see him having a burn-out. Since I know him he has taken on a new project every week or so. The National, Grizzly Bear, Courtney Love, Pet Shop Boys, Elton John… The list is endless. Then there is his own solo recordings, touring and he is writing his first opera for the English National Opera planned to premiere in 2011. And yet he’d find the time to show his pretty face on cooking programs, write essay-sized blogs and reviews about hair, food and art that will now really interest you – all on a daily basis. Basically, it’s hard not to be obsessed with Nico. Last time I stayed at his apartment in Manhattan he was working on some string arrangements for Jónsi (Sigur Rós)’s debut solo album “Go“. He is a man pouring with energy and creativity – enough to power the whole of China Town and make his house cats cook their own fish à la carte.

C) What are you the most proud of for Erased Tapes in 2009?

Robert: Everything. 2009 has been our best year so far in so many ways; it’s been so exciting! Signing Nils Frahm and Peter Broderick to the label meant the world to me. It felt so natural.

I am also especially proud of the way we worked the “Found Songs” project and all the beautiful things that have come out of it. The way Ólafur Arnalds managed to finish a song per day for a whole week and how I had to set my alarm to remember uploading and linking each track every evening whilst on tour. It was such a crazy week! I loved the way fans were involved in creating the cover artwork via Flickr and how it inspired Esteban Diácono, a young visual talent from Buenos Aires, to create this astonishing particle animation video for “Ljósið“. It was so exciting to see the free low-res version receiving over 200.000 downloads and the video over 500.000 views within only a few weeks time… All the amazing feedback from fans and critics all around the world has given us so much hope really.

Then of course the release of two rather remarkable contemporary dance scores: first there was Peter Broderick’s score “Music For Falling From Trees” for Adrienne Hart’s piece in spring, then the collaboration we initiated between Óli and our choreographer friend Wayne McGregor for “Dyad 1909” in autumn 2009.

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Ólafur Arnalds – “Til Enda” from “Dyad 1909” (Erased Tapes)

It makes me very proud to hear from so many people how they discovered contemporary dance through our music and the other way around, how the dance world discovered our music through the performances. It was also great to hear how many people thought this was Peter’s most distinguished work to date. I was so moved when his sister Heather and the Efterklang guys told me they thought so too. There is nothing more I could have hoped to achieve with these two projects.

Peter Broderick – Music for Falling From Trees (video trailer)

But of course I am just as proud and happy about the albums we released with all the other acts this year. There are so many different forms of happiness I find in their music. Rival Consoles gives me energy every day anew. There must be something in my genes or in my heartbeat that synchs especially well with his tracks.

I’m very proud of all the touring Codes In The Clouds did in 2009. They used up all their holidays and really made an effort to play as many concerts, in-store shows and radio sessions as possible throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe mainland. There were actually so many live performances in 2009 that made me proud of what we’ve got going – it would take ages to list them all.

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Codes In The Clouds – “Don’t Go Awash In This Digital Landscape” from “Paper Canyon” (Erased Tapes)

It feels so good to see Erased Tapes becoming more and more of a family. Being the “first born” on the label, Ryan aka Rival Consoles has, is and will always be special to me. He recently moved to London and now lives 5 minutes down the road, which is wonderful as we can meet pretty much every day now. Also Ólafur is visiting us in London more often. Now everyone actually realises the benefits of being on the same label – of being there for each other as artists and friends.

In general I am very happy about what we have created together this year. It’s almost as if there were no compromises needed – on neither side. It was all about sitting in the same boat, finding new currents for music and taking the same risk in doing so.

D) What are the label’s challenges for 2010?

Robert: 2010 will of course see a lot of great new challenges in form of “difficult” second albums, tours, label nights and special projects. We are also working on a brand new website (http://erasedtapes.com) to be launched in time for the official worldwide release of “Erased Tapes Collection II” on February 1 to celebrate our 3rd anniversary. People can download a free low-res version of the compilation by visiting http://ddc.erasedtapes.com and typing in “MY-FREE-ERATP020″ together with their email address.

I am currently working on a very exciting visual concept for the next Rival Consoles album. The music Ryan is making for it is sounding more organic and very cinematic. Also Peter and me skyped the other day and came up with a great concept for his next record on Erased Tapes. Ólafur Arnads just finished mixing Album 2, Codes In The Clouds are writing and Nils Frahm will be concentrating on touring with Balmorhea in spring and Peter Broderick in late 2010.

I don’t want to give away too much, mainly because I tend to change my mind a gazillion times before things are set in stone. It’s all part of the process. It’s pure chaos to begin with – like a puzzle. But once I found two little pieces that match and make sense together things are falling into place bit by bit. I don’t like planning things too tightly. I need enough room to still be flexible and to be able to surprise people – including myself. I hope to be able to surprise you in 2010. That’s my biggest challenge.

You can follow Erased Tapes Records on twitter.com/erasedtapes to be kept up-to-date.

… And please stay tuned to GoodMorninCaptn.com for further label interviews in the coming days.

On The Go With Peter Broderick

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Published: August 29, 2009

Peter Broderick at Nouveau Casino, May 11, 2009 (c) GoodMorninCaptn

IN THE MIDST OF A VERY BUSY YEAR, MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST AND COMPOSER PETER BRODERICK PUTS HIS LUGGAGE DOWN FOR A QUICK LOOK BACK ON HIS PROMISING DEBUT AND WALKS US THROUGH A DAZZLING GALLERY OF PROJECTS.

Captn: “4-Track Songs” is being released on Type. You recorded this song collection back in 2006. Do you feel like a lot has changed for you since then, or does it seem like only yesterday?

Peter Broderick - 4 Track Songs Peter: It’s funny, because I only made this music three years ago, but it feels like much longer. So many things have happened in my life since I made that music, and at that time, my own music was only something I did for fun on the side. I never thought I might be able to release records on my own and make a career out of it… When I hear that music now, it’s hard for me to believe that I made it. It’s almost a bit embarrassing actually, but I also like how raw the music is, and I’m happy that Type has reissued it.

Captn: Your roll-out of releases for 2009 is quite impressive. How do you manage so many projects? Do you write and record songs 24/7? How many ghostwriters do you have, and/or do you ever sleep?

Peter: Sleep is something I could probably use a lot more of. These last couple years have been incredibly busy, and in general I’m pretty exhausted sometimes. But I make music whenever I can! I think it’s what keeps me going. And I often work very quickly. I like to work in many different ways. Sometimes spending a lot of time on something in a studio, and sometimes making things really quickly on my computer with the minimal equipment I have. For instance, the music on Five Film Score outtakes was recorded really quickly before I left for an extended North American tour. I set up one microphone on the piano and recorded some improvisations, and then quickly recorded some improvisations on a few other instruments, and then I brought all the files with me on the road, and did all the mixing and assembling in the tour van, with my laptop and noise-canceling headphones. So I’m always working on things!

Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek - Blank Grey Canvas Sky Captn: “Blank Grey Canvas Sky” is coming out in October on Fang Bomb. What can you tell us from your collaboration with Machinefabriek?

Peter: I am really happy about this one. Over the last couple years, Machinefabriek has become one of my favorite artists, period. Everything he does, from the music, to the design, to the amount of things he releases, his website, etc. In my eyes he is a completely unique artist, and I have so much respect for what he does. In addition to that, he’s one of the most amazing, positive, and energetic people I’ve ever met. A short email from Rutger (Machinefabriek) always puts a smile on my face and makes my day brighter. That said, making an album with him was an amazing experience for me. I would record different things and send them over to him (by email), and he would work on it and send it back. Every time he sent something back to me I was blown away. It felt like he took my music and turned it into something much more interesting, in a way that I could have never imagined in my musical brain. I think we have very different approaches to music, and when you combine them, for me it turns into something very special. So I’m really happy about this album. Sadly we’ve had some problems with the master, so it might be delayed a few weeks now, but I look forward for it to be released!

Captn: What about your remix/letter to Balmorhea, which is just out?

Peter: Haha, I don’t think there’s too much to say about that one. Michael and Rob from Balmorhea are two of my favorite people in the world, and great friends. I think the concept of “remixing” music is quite strange, especially when I think the music is already perfect (and I think this about theirs). So when they asked me to contribute to this remix project, rather than sit there spending a lot of time trying to figure out how to approach their remix, I just started recording, and this is what came out…

Peter Broderick - Home Captn: You’ve been travelling/touring a lot for the last 2 years. Where do you consider “Home” now?

Peter: Well, at the moment I’m between Copenhagen, Berlin, and Portland, Oregon. My things are scattered all over the place, and I’m really working hard to try and find a place where I can settle for a while. I think the most honest answer to where my home is, is probably in my suitcase at the moment. Sad but true. But someday I’ll have a home!

Captn: You wrote soundtracks to a short film and a dance creation already. Would you be interested in composing a feature film score? If yes, which director would you work with in your wildest dreams?

Peter: I love to work with filmmakers and different kinds of artists to make music. It always encourages me to try something new, and that’s very valuable to me. If I could choose one artist to work with, it would probably be Miranda July. If she made another film and I got to make the music for it, this would be my dream collaboration. She is an incredible artist, and so inspiring. Actually once I sent her a fan letter (a real letter, not an email). I spent a lot of time putting it together, and mailed it off feeling really embarrased about it. I never heard anything back. So I don’t think we’ll be collaborating any time soon ;-)

Captn: Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy tweeted you “World’s best looper”. What do you think? And who would you pick for world’s best looper?

Peter: This is crazy. One of my friends forwarded that Tweet to me. I’m stunned by that. Owen Pallett is amazing, and I was really nervous about playing that night with him, because he is who I would consider to be the best looper! So to hear this from him is a real honor.

Captn: Can you tell us a few words on your current recording sessions with Efterklang? What should we expect from “Parades“‘ successor? Will you keep touring with them despite of your numerous projects?

Peter: I am -really- excited about the new Efterklang album. Those guys are my heroes, and they always will be. There is still a lot of work to be done on the album, so I don’t think I should say too much yet. I will say that I think it’s very different for them. But in the best way possible. I will continue to play with them as long as I can! At this point I’m not ready to say goodbye to them and focus only on my solo music. I love having both. So at this point I do everything I can to keep Efterklang a top priority in my schedule.

Peter Broderick at Nouveau Casino, Paris, May 11, 2009 Captn: Any details about what will be your next full length album? When should it come out? On which label? Will it be song-oriented or rather instrumental?

Peter: I am working on my next album for Bella Union right now. It’s quite far from being finished, but I think it will most likely be out next Spring. The main difference this time around is that I’m actually spending a lot of time on it. All my other albums have been made really quickly, in focused, condensed periods of time. For once I’m taking some time to really work on something, and I think that’s good. It’s more challenging in a way, because as time goes by, I start to doubt my own ideas, and I try to rework them. There are already three songs on the new album which I’ve recorded two times. After a while the first version wasn’t working to me any more, so I started over with a different approach. And it’s also the first album where I’m not placing any limits on myself. It is mostly song oriented, but there are a lot of strings and piano, etc., and a lot of extended instrumental passages. I think that’s about all I can say now, because I’m still not sure where it’s going! My friend Nils Frahm is producing the album. I’ve been getting to know him really well in the last six months, and I trust his ears so much. He has a great impact on this album, because he has been there almost the whole time, contributing ideas and playing piano, etc.

Captn: Any other projects you are working on or are looking forward to and which you would like to mention?

Peter: There is one thing. There’s a lovely record label from Belgium called Slaapwel, which only releases music to sleep to. They asked me to make a contribution sometime last year, and I immediately said I’d love to. For many years I have often fallen asleep to my favorite music. Not so much these days because I’m always traveling and sleeping in hotels, etc., but when I had my own home I always listened to music to fade away in the night. At the same time, there was a girl in Holland (but actually she’s from Greece…) who made a sleeping sculpture of me. A gigantic sculpture of me, laying in a bed sleeping, with a little motor in the chest so you can hear it breath. When she first proposed the idea to me, I thought it was crazy (a sculpture of ME?), but also beautiful in some way. So I told her I’d love to make a piece of music to acompany the sculpture. I made a long piece of music for this strange version of myself to sleep to. It’s about 30 minutes long, and comprised entirely of my voice and little piano (with a lot of processing and effects). When I made the music, I was maybe the most exhausted I’ve ever been, after my longest tour ever around Europe this Spring. I was nearly falling asleep while I made the music. And when I finished, I sent it to Chrysa (who made the sculpture), and then I took a trip to Amsterdam to see the opening exhibition of the sculpture, with my music playing in the background, on repeat. It was….terrifying. I sat there in this cold, grey room, staring at myself sleeping on this bed, and it felt as if I was watching myself die. And all of a sudden this music I made became very, very sad to me. But at the same time, it became peaceful, like it was ok that I was dying. …This all probably sounds very strange right now, but this music is really important to me. If I were to die tomorrow, and if there was any kind of funeral held for me, I would like this piece of music to be played there. That image makes me feel very calm. Anyhow, this one will be released at the end of the year. My last release for a very busy year.

Captn: Thanks a lot for your time (and for your music)!

Peter: Thank YOU!

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