Baths

Obsidian (2013)
http://www.bathsmusic.com/


Happy to finally hear the second full length release from Will Wisenfeld, aka Baths. His previous release, Cerulean, was an uplifting glitch hop album that sounded like the sun reflecting off a lake on a summer day. Cerulean is my go to album when resting on a boat or enjoying a hot day. Obsidian takes a one eighty from Cerulean. The album art alone is enough to give you an idea of what you will hear on the album. That's not to say that is is completely dark, but it definitely has its melancholy moments. Their are many warm songs on the album, such as the fifth track, "Incompatible." While it may be a downtempo track, one will see that is actually a heartfelt love song of Will Wisenfeld describing his feelings towards his boyfriend moving in with him in his house. I had to chuckle giggle smile when I first heared the line, "First boyfriend. You live in my house and we share a toilet seat." This album really has a ton of awesome moments and on first listen I realized it's just one of those albums that you have to listen to over and over again to really get, hell a lot of critics have been rating it above Cerulean.

I am excited to see Baths perform live in Detroit this Saturday! I believe this is first time touring, definitely will be dancing to some groovy Cerulean tracks. 

Mice Parade

What It Means To Be Left-Handed (2010)
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 Obrigado Saudade (2004)
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 Mokoondi (2001)
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      From Last.FM, "Mice Parade is the nom-de-son of Adam Pierce, “Mice Parade” being an anagram of Pierce’s name. Formed in New York City in 1998 the electronica/post-rock band released both their debut single and full length album The True Meaning of Boodleybaye later that year."


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Nit Grit

Self-Titled 
FileServe 

Caught this guy live opening for Pretty Lights in Detroit and so I thought I'd help spread his music. One man project from San Jose, Danny Beall writes a mix of electronic/dub, influence by a lot of IDM, Breakcore, and Drum 'n' Bass. "Lupin" is one of my favorites check it out. ONe of his oldest projects was under the name Sloth Logic and its worth checking out as well.

Shigeto - Full Circle

Full Circle (2010)
Fileserve 

Another one man Electronic/IDM/Glitch project fronted by Zach Saginaw (under the pseudonym Shigeto, among others). The man is from my own home state here in Michigan, and often finds influence from his experiences growing up here. He currently is writing sick beats in Brooklyn, NY.
Very original, very creative, looking forward to getting to know this guys work better and I anticipate future releases. Strongly recommend this download.