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january 2021 mix
Presenting the GvsB JANUARY 2021 mix, featuring our favorite new tracks from the past month, from the likes of SOPHIE, Madlib, Buzzy Lee, Indigo Sparke, Boyhood + more. Continue reading…
Squid, 2020. CREDIT: Machine Operated/Press
Squid have shared some insight into the making of their debut album, describing the finished product as “really fucking weird”.
In an interview with
DIY, Squid’s Ollie Judge said the album, written last year and produced by previous collaborator Dan Carey, runs the risk of alienating some people.
At one point, he recalls “a ring of amps all facing the ceiling” playing different sounds, with a microphone swinging around them. Elsewhere, a medieval wind instrument known as a rackett is featured.
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“Maybe not consciously, but we have ended up making a really fucking weird record,” he told
SXSW Music Festival names showcase artists Indigo Sparke, Seed Ensemble
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Jan. 26 (UPI) The SXSW Music Festival announced Tuesday that Indigo Sparke and the Seed Ensemble will be among the showcase artists for a digital experience in March.
Australian singer Sparke, who signed to Sacred Bones Records and released the Everything Everything single in a lead-up to a desert folk LP coming next month, is among the artists in the international showcase, according to the annual conference and festival SXSW.
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The British jazz group Seed Ensemble was also announced among the first wave of artists. Some other artists include Chilean feminist pop singer Francisca Valenzuela, British punk band Squid, Danish avant composer Astrid Sonne and BBC Asian Network s Future Sounds 2020-listed rapper/vocalist Nayana Iz.