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This made me laugh! Brian Ellis-Quipu album review on Uber Rock by Nev Brooks. Ok he slags off the album, but this has to be the worst writing ever! The way it's written, it makes the reviewer seem very unprofessional and stupid. Anyway, thank you Uber Rock for the review, it's still nice of you to do one.
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Parallax Sounds will be offering some more FREE releases this year via the Prana Series section including releases by:

Swiss artist Goodbye Ivan, will be releasing "The Cherry Wood EP" with a selection of post rock-folk acoustic tracks,

Japanese female reclusive "Hitomi Ueno" will be offering her long awaited self titled ep with a selection of quality classical folktronica.
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2muchachos are currently working on their follow up to "Formanta" with new music for their upcoming 2nd album titled "Dedicated to the Forest". 2muchachos new sound seem to be very deep ambient with elements of new age. You can preview their 2 new tracks by clicking on the image/link below. Happy listening! http://soundcloud.com/2muchachos
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Foreign Cinema live with Elle Niño
Time: 07 May · 20:00 - 23:00
Location: El Rio, 3158 Mission St, San Francisco, California, USA

Foreign Cinema live with Tracing Figures & Hyena
Time: 07 April 2011 at 21:00 - 08 April 2011 at 00:00
Location: Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco, California, USA
plus DJ Set by The Frail. 9pm, $6, 21+
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Nick Noble of 93MillionMilesFromTheSun is forced to choose his 5 favourite music picks on Tin Can website. Find out what 5 he chose by visiting website below: http://www.tincan.tv/features/music/463/nick-noble-nuclear-bunker-discs-/ 
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Goodbye Ivan live in March 25th at Le Cabinet, Geneva and Goodbye Ivan + Alexandre Varlet live in March 26th. Intimate concert at the Studio 603 in Vevey, Switzerland. Limited availability, 30 people only.
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Phantom tour in Germany for 1 week only. Check out the gig listings:

Phantom live on Tuesday, February 15, Astra Stube, Hamburg, Germany.
Phantom live on Wednesday, February 16, Ost-Pol, Dresden, Germany.
Phantom live on Thursday, February 17, Sinkkasten Arts Club, Frankfurt, Germany.
Phantom live on Friday,... February 18, Galerie Loyal, Kassel, Germany.

Phantom live on Thursday, February 24, Club Mammoth, The Queen of Hoxton, London, United Kingdom.
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Brian Ellis - Quipu cds are now manufactured, the album release will be due on Monday 11th April 2011.
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Goodbye Ivan plays live with the amazing I Like Trains at Rocking Chair Vevey, SWITZERLAND - January 30th at 19:00. Not to be missed!
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‎2muchachos - Life Through The Eyes Of The Watch makes number 24 in Top 30 Best Tracks of 2010: http://palmares2010.toune-du-jour.com/
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Sjofn - Whiskey makes number 1 best Parallax Sounds track of 2010 and Sjofn - Secret album makes number 6 in Parallax Sounds Top 50 Best Albums of 2010.
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2muchachos makes number 4 in Parallax Sounds Best Albums of 2010 and makes number 3 in Parallax Sounds Top 10 EP's of 2010 and "Northern Sea Ghosts" track makes number 2 in Parallax Sounds Top 15 Best Parallax Tracks of 2010.
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‎2muchachos - Formanta album makes number 16 in Indie Rock Mag Best Albums of 2010: http://www.indierockmag.com/article12861.html
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93MillionMilesFromTheSun makes number 15 in John Peel's Festive 50 Best Tracks of 2010!!!

BIG NEWS!!! "93MillionMilesFromSun - Waiting There (Dandelion Radio Session)" track has made it inside the legendary John Peel's Festive Top 50 Best Tracks of 2010! 93MMFTS came in as high up as number 15! Beating the likes of Warp's Gonjasufi, 4AD's The National, These New Puritans, Caribou, Crystal Castles, James Blake, Best Coast, Beach House, and many more! We are truly honoured!
 This is a dream come true! Such a great achievement! This will go down in history! You can download the track for FREE on the "All You've Found EP" from this Parallax Sounds website.
Many thanks to all the kind voters, Mark Whitby, Dandelion Radio and John Peel up in the sky! Congratulations to 93MillionMilesFromTheSun!
If you want to view The Top 50 chart, just go here: http://www.dandelionradio.com/2010festive50.htm
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93MillionMilesFromTheSun did a Dandelion Radio/John Peel session on the Mark Whitby show through the whole month of October 2010. These are the 7 session tracks being featured:

Echoes
Yesterday Morning
When I Look Up I See Nothing
Waiting There
Sonic Assault
DarkeStar
All You've Found

SESSION REVIEW by Mark Whitby:

There was a time when the word ‘shoegazing’ possessed little scope for being anything other than a derogatory term. This was almost certainly unfair, one of myriad examples of something preposterously classed as a ‘scene’ or, even a ‘movement’ when clearly it was nothing of the sort. From this point I could write something about lazy music journalism but I’m not going to. I’d rather write about how a term once deemed so pejorative has been majestically reclaimed, and about
93MillionMilesFromTheSun, very possibly the finest of the many bands unashamedly to label themselves as such, and even more specifically the amazing session they’ve done for my Dandelion Radio show.
 
In fact I’ll spend most of my time doing that, stopping only to note that, this year, Serena-Maneesh have made one of the albums of the year and followed this up with a fine 7” single with Fucked Up that I also feature in my October show. 93MillionMilesFromTheSun have already contributed much to the revitalisation of the shoegazer, their self-titled album last year on Parallax Sounds followed this year by a free five-track EP on the same label. So there was little doubt about their brilliance. But when the tracks for the session arrived, seven of them, clad in a sleeve with a picture of John Peel on one side, they ratcheted their status up several more notches.
 
I’m featuring five of the tracks in the show. It’s a session that coasts, glides, builds; while the tracks vary in length, you always feel they could go on longer, perhaps in a continuous loop forever. It’s a seductive process with, if you’ll allow, the final two tracks an explosive multiple orgasm to bring things to an epic close: ‘Waiting There’, a version of a track from that free EP, is one of the most spectacular things I’ve heard all year, followed closely by the eight minute plus ‘Sonic Assault’.
 
I always knew this band was good, but the session has raised them to one of the most powerful musical entities on the planet. This is a band that can alter your perceptions of what can still be done with such well-used musical tools, of how ignoring labels and simply doing what you do can still be the most productive of all musical pathways. I suppose one of the problems with the ‘shoegazing’ moniker at that time is that bands so labelled were essentially using building blocks provided by the Cocteau Twins, Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine. Too add anything interesting to that substantial legacy proved beyond most of them, and inevitably – however good they were – they were viewed as pale imitations of something more substantial.. Perhaps now sufficient time has elapsed for a new generation to emerge, and on this evidence at their head will be 93MillionMilesFromTheSun.
 
You can hear Mark Whitby and Dandelion Radio shows here: www.dandelionradio.com
And you can hear more from the band at www.myspace.com/93millionmilesfromthesun and buy them at www.parallaxsounds.com one of the finest and most productive labels of the year.
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PARALLAX SOUNDS BEST MUSIC LISTS OF THE YEAR 2010.

PARALLAX SOUNDS TOP 50 BEST ALBUMS OF 2010.
CHECK IT OUT HERE:

50) Animal Collective - Oddsac.
49) Dark Dark Dark - Wild Go.
48) Teengirl Fantasy - 7AM.
47) Baths - Cerculean.
46) The Clogs - The Creatures In The Clouds.
45) My Autumn Empire - The Village Compass.
44) Bonobo - Black Sands. (Ninja Tune)
43) Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise.
42) Tame Impala - Inner Speaker.
41) Conelrad - Sure Is The Risk Made.
40) Sun Airway - Nocturne Of Exploded Crystal Chandelier.
39) Danny Paul Grody - Fountain.
38) Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner.
37) Nalle - Wilder Shores Of Love.
36) Avey Tare - Down There.
35) Sufjan Stevens - The Age Of Adz.
34) Candy Claws - Hidden Lands.
33) Lonelady - Nerve Up. (Warp)
32) Four Tet - There Is Love In You. (Domino)
31) Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me.
30) Caribou - Swim. (City Slang)
29) Seabear - We Built A Fire. (Morr Music)
28) Sleepy Sun - Fever.
27) High Wolf - Ascension.
26) Nina Nastasia - Outlaster. (Fat Cat)
25) Teen Daze - My Bedroom Floor.
24) The Internal Tulips - Mislead Into A Field By A Deformed Deer.
23) World's End Girlfriend - Seven Idiots.
22) Phantom - Smoke & Mirrors.
21) Lone - Emerald Fantasy Tracks.
20) Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma. (Warp)
19) Twin Shadow - Forget. (4AD)
18) MGMT - Congratulations.
17) These New Puritans - Hidden (Domino)
16) Kemialliset Ystavat- Ullakopalo. (Fonal Records)
15) Rokkuro - I Annan Heim.
14) Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest. (4AD)
13) Various Artists - Deutsche Elektronische Musik.
12) Prince Rama - Shadow Temple. (Paw Tracks)
11) Warpaint - The Fool. (Rough Trade)
10) Emeralds - Does It Look Like I'm Here.
09) The Soundcarriers - Celeste.
08) Lymbyc Systym - Shutter Release. (Mush)
07) Harmonious Thelonious - Talking.
06) Sjofn - Secret. (Parallax Sounds)
05) Solar Bears - She Was Coloured In. (Planet Mu)
04) 2muchachos - Formanta. (Parallax Sounds)
03) Jonsi - Go. (XL)
02) Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - Before Today. (4AD)
01) Nice Nice - Extra Wow. (Warp)

‘Extra Wow’, their first album for Warp, is also the first that’s likely to make a dent on the mainstream. A good thing too, as this is pretty damn impressive. There are echoes of other experimental noise-rock types: Hawkwind and Animal Collective / Gang Gang Dance, plus label-mates Battles. But there’s more going on here than just reverb and distortion. ‘On And On’ cruises along a propulsive motorik beat, ‘Make It Gold’ builds into an intense shamanic drone, and there’s a curious dubby skank to the aptly named ‘Big Bounce’.
Architects of knackering, baffling noise, their sound is a multi-layered, many-stranded trip across far-flung corners of the globe and back again via late-night noisecore, early morning electronica and heavy handed acid-disco hideaways.
Opening up with Set and Setting, the album starts as it means to go on, with spiralling sitar-esque sounds sitting alongside squalling feedback freakouts, thundering drums and widdly spaceship bleeps. The result is a glorious, mind-melding mess that is as oddly comforting as it is confusing and never anything less than intense. Segueing seamlessly into 2009 single release One Hit, which boasts Gregorian punk overtones in its mangled clatter, it’s not exactly what you’d call easy listening. But beneath it all there’s an impressive musicality that’s difficult to ignore.Three years in the making, Extra Wow suffered what you might call an epic setback when, halfway into recording, Nice Nice’s computer crashed, causing them to lose most of the music they’d already laid down. Undeterred, they started over and, from the ashes, crafted a genre-defying phoenix which touches on everything from swirling 1960s psych and garage shakedowns (Everything Falling Apart).
It's complex, yes, but it’s well worth working Extra Wow out.More than just the sum of its influences, ‘Extra Wow’ lives up to its title. There's not a bad track on this album, that's why it's the best album of 2010. Very very nice nice!!

TOP 15 BEST TRACKS THAT'S BEEN RELEASED ON PARALLAX SOUNDS IN 2010.

15) Sjofn - Married People.
14) 2muchachos - Raindear?
13) 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - All You've Found, You've Left Behind.
12) 2muchachos - Symerki.
11) 2muchachos - Snowdrops.
10) Sjofn - Ordinary Girl.
09) Sjofn - Secret.
08) Sjofn - Watch It Fall.
07) 2muchachos - Vremja Tepla.
06) Sjofn - Good To Feel You Here.
05) 2muchachos - Dreaming Girl (Acoustic Version).
04) 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - Waiting There (Dandelion Radio Session).
03) 2muchachos - Adelaida.
02) 2muchachos - Northern Sea Ghosts.
01) Sjofn - Whiskey.

Congratulations to Sjofn, Paul, Leif, and all involved for creating such a magical song! The track "Whiskey" is most worthy of being number one best Parallax Sounds Track of 2010! Everything about this track is great from Sjofn's guitar playing and vocals to Paul's marvellous playing on clarinet. Well Done! ;D

TOP 10 BEST EP'S OF 2010.

10) Letherette - Letherette EP.
09) Seefeel - Faults EP. (Warp)
08) Teen Daze - Beach Dreams EP.
07) Babe Rainbow - Shaved EP. (Warp)
06) 2muchachos - Sumer Vacation EP.
05) 93MillionMilesFromTheSun -All You've Found EP. (Parallax Sounds)
04) Kirsty Hawkshaw & Ulrich Schnauss - Two Trees EP.
03) 2muchachos - Pre-spring EP. (Parallax Sounds)
02) Teen Daze - Four More Years EP.
01) Solar Bears - Inner Sunshine EP. (Planet Mu)

Congratualtions to Solar Bears! Planet Mu's "Inner Sunshine EP" blew me away on first listen. The music is a mix of the rich colours of hip hop inflected analogue electronica with touches of the shimmering neon synths of late 70’s early 80’s Kosmiche music.
It’s warm and organic with a languid, pastoral grace that intertwines acoustic and rock instruments with electronics. Their tracks twist through prog rock’s structures and sounds, occasionally making sharp turns into noisier, tense post rock territory.
Check the way ‘Trans Waterfall’ gently builds from its synth lead melody through passages of tense guitar building into gentle acoustic guitars and flutes. Or the way ‘Photo Negative Living’ rolls along dreamily on a 4/4 beat before the slicing guitar riffs crash in. This is gorgeous stuff.
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‎2muchachos - Pre-Spring EP makes it at number 7 in the Top 10 Free Albums of 2010 list. Thanks Kristel ;D
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BIG NEWS!!! "93MillionMilesFromSun - Waiting There (Dandelion Radio Session)" track has made it inside the legendary John Peel's Festive Top 5o Best Tracks of 2010! 93MMFTS came in as high up as number 15! Beating the likes of Warp's Gonjasufi, 4AD's The National, These New Puritans, Caribou, Crystal Castles, James Blake, Best Coast, Beach House, and many more! We are truly honoured!  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
93MillionMilesFromTheSun have released an awesome 2 track EP and given it away for FREE! for all you lucky people to download. It's called "The Upper Hand of Christmas C*** EP" with a shoegaze version of "White Christmas".
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2muchachos review by Kristel Jax of the canadian Stylus magazine beating the likes of Emeralds and Max Richter:

Search "formanta" on Google, and the first link leads to "Mueseum of Soviet sythesizers". Folktronica trio 2muchachos' formanta (not Formanta), arelic from 1970s Russia, opens the album by creeping, slow and warm, over crisp fields recordings.

2muchachos bring to mind the soft glitch-pop of Morr music artists Isan and Mum or Slowdive's dreamiest shoegaze-but Cherepovets, Russia's Vladimir, Dmitry, and Alexandra have used their remote location to craft a unique and haunting sound. When war-like drums break out on track 3, "Adelaida", a melancholy aggression meets the warm romanticism of the formanta; War and Peace in song.

The gentle rustling and scratching sounds and samples throughout formanta keep 2muchachos close and distant all at once. Beats arrive from gentle noise and fade out again. The music matches the simple, haunting videos of nature the band has posted one by one this year as they release new songs.

Alexandra's soothing vocals on "Vremja Tepla" and "Raindear?" sends shivers on every listen, but it's the half way mark "Northern sea Ghosts", when Alexandra and a male voice appear in ghostly harmony, that is the most moving.

In 2muchachos fable-like biography, their mandate seems tobe "warmth and kindness": a strange goal, but one they achieve with formanta. On the albums cover is a simple but striking image of a flower made of yarn in sharp focus, suiting a sound where magic is in the details, but feeling is inescapable; 2muchachos iare equally bewitching on P.A speakers or headphones late at night.
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2muchachos-Formanta is at number 24 on ToMeToTheWeatherMachine's Top 25 best albums of 2010! Rubbing shoulders with the likes of Four Tet, Ariel Pink Haunted Grafitti, Flying Lotus and more. A big thanks to Crawford for such good taste and understanding in music.
Check it out here: http://tometotheweathermachine.com/features/2010/12/favorite-albums-2010-%E2%80%94-crawf  
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Congratulations to Phantom. Phantom's album Smoke & Mirrors has made The Music Fix Albums of 2010 list, rubbing shoulders with bands like Arcade Fire, Gorrillaz and Grinderman. This truly is a unique album of the highest quality. http://www.themusicfix.co.uk/content/feature/12718/the-music-fix-albums-of-2010.html 
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Sjofn's album "Secret" makes it at number 14 in Mark Whitby's Top 20 Best Albums of 2010!!! Mark Whitby was playing 93MillionMilesFromTheSun session on his fine radio show for John Peel's Dandelion Radio and is also the author of the John Peel's Festive 50 book. It's a honour to have Sjofn - Secret album in your list! Thanks Mark. http://www.myspace.com/unwashed1/blog/540993183
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Sjofn - Secret album gets very nice review and a rating of 16/20 on "With Music In Mind" blog!

The Icelandic Sjofn Andersdottir bears the same name as the Nordic goddess of love and passion. A nice omen for this artist who is now lives in the Chugach Mountains of Alaska, USA. Signed on the english independent label Pa...rallax Sounds, she release her debut album Secret. This is an ideal setting to capture the soft light and melancholic melodies composed by the musician skilled at the guitar and banjo. Combining a certain coolness and warmth of Nordic music Americana stripped in this case, Sjofn arrives with her band of musicians Mountain Mission also comprised of Paul Montserrat (clarinet, whistle, etc..) Leif Ericson (guitar, mandolin, violin, etc..), the disc producer Jesse Gunn (electric guitar, string arrangements), and guest star bassist Christina Brown to embark in their world lo-fi folk clever and captivating.

Along the 17 tracks (does not however exceed 48 minutes duration) that make up Secret she wanders and leaves the listener with delight from beginning to end on a sea of pearls highlighted by the siren voice of disenchanted Icelandic, with instruments, slightly reverberated to give it a dreamy and very attractive feel. Both experimental and accessible, this organic, minimalist folk album, which releases a lot of quiet, intimate and delicate songs, invites us to curl up in a quilt to enjoy this little moment of comfort, making us temporarily forget the difficulties of outside world with an almost disconcerting ease. Magical. A debut album of a goddess / mermaid Haunting Icelandic charm. Intriguing. Final Mark: 16/20
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Foreign Cinema were guest dj's on KUSF Radio and did a 1 hour show of playing new Foreign Cinema tracks and tracks by other local music bands from San Francisco. If you missed this show, don't worry, you can now listen to it by clicking the link below.
http://www.kusf-archives.com/2010/10/kusf-101510-3-4-pm-guest-dj-hour.html
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2MUCHACHOS - FORMANTA reviewed by: RabbitInYourHeadlights (Indie Rock Mag) http://www.indierockmag.com/article12258.html

If both instrumentalists and Russian producers behind this improbable pseudonym claiming the aesthetic influence of a certain Kid A on the water cold and instrumental seemingly abstract but actually incredibly evocative and full of humanity, this first opus, but rather on the side of the great outdoors whipped by the wind of the first albums múm emotions frozen in ice (the voice of their third female half on helping Northern Sea Ghosts particular) or eddies of intangible Seefeel early (cf. Dreaming Girl) That we seek to ancestry Formanta, which mimics the cover by its strangely organic textures and graphics spleen that of Summer Make Good, Unjustly underrated masterpiece of Icelandic previously cited.

Certainly, it is indeed a diptych of unpublished signed Radiohead that could refer Polyethylene Tree if this was the "h" missing, and we thought why not other B-sides from the period OK Computer as Melatonin or Meeting In The Aisle Listening to these retro-futuristic keyboards, in this case dated Soviet synthesizers of the 70 that give the album its name. Phagocytosis but timidly arrhythmias a downtempo IDM, the oscillations in the electro random, hypnotism a minimalist krautrock, the guitars of shoegaze immaterial in weightlessness (Vremja Tepla, Whose dreamlike flights seem to dream of a romantic M83) Or simply the sounds of nature surrounding the music developed by Vladimir, Dmitry and Alexandra is positioned more in the continuity of the work of ISAN, Of Ulrich Schnauss or first album Bronnt Industries Kapital passages in his most cinematic (Adelaida) Or haunted (Symerki).

Journey through the seasons as the trio advance on Gogoyoko where the album suggests in its entirety, or confrontation of limbo of loneliness longing for understanding and attention of others, Formanta inevitably leads us, according to the fades of its current and instrumental moods of its authors, the most penetrating of the spleen (the stunning Aqualung Has Broken) Hope to the most disarming (Raindear?), Seeking to calm a wave on which the album fail to float and eventually sink to the sound of wind and tide.
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93MillionMilesFromTheSun are doing a Dandelion Radio/John Peel session on the Mark Whitby show and will be played daily through the whole month of October 2010. These are the 5 session tracks being featured:
Echoes, Yesterday Morning, When I Look Up I See Nothing, Waiting There, Sonic Assault, DarkeStar, and All You've Found.

http://www.dandelionradio.com
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2muchachos - Formanta cd available to buy at "Warp Records" finest "Bleep"..
2muchachos - Formanta is the first Parallax Sounds release that has been featured on Bleep and we at Parallax Sounds are proud!

http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=26747
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Watch a special 2 track live performance video from 2muchachos
Check out the lovely video of 2muchachos performing 2 tracks live in the woodland on the shore of the Rybinsk Lake, Russia. Alexandra enchants us with her vocals and bass guitar playing, whilst Dmitry and Vladmir treat our ears with nice shoegazy guitar and wonderful electronic sounds.
I love this video. Charming music being played live outside at a charming place. Can you spot the rabbits in the background? Go to 2muchachos profile page to view video.
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2muchachos - Formanta
For: Múm, Aarktica, Ambient Works-era Aphex Twin

Byline: The TOME's biggest crush of 2010 hits heavy with a full-length. All expectations aside, this is one of the year's strongest releases. Debut or otherwise.
We at the TOME, you see... we're lovers. We like music. Lots of it. Sure there's lots of stuff we don't like, but we don't really feel like it's worth it (for anyone—us, artist, reader) to sit here, nerdily in front of our computer screens while we pretend to work our day jobs, ranting and raving about something you probably won't even bother to check to see if we were "right" or not. Our hope, in approaching the music blogging realm in this fashion, is that just maybe you'll trust us, if even once. Trust us that the music you find on Tome to the Weather Machine is at least worth a spin. So when we post multiple times about an artist, it should be an indication that said artist is worth at least one of these listens. This time, I implore—NAY—I beg of you... give this Cherepovets, Russia-based ambient/electroni-folk trio a chance if you haven'talready. We've posted twice about 2muchachos humble, sun-streaked naturalism already this year, and when Parallax Sounds graciously sent over the final mix of Formanta... it was just a no-brainer. 2muchachos, while confirming and affirming them, has also completely obliterated my expecations. Formanta is, without question, one of 2010's finest full-length offerings from any man, woman, child, band, ghost, alien, wolf, dog, bird or tree.
Once again drawing on the obvious influence of Icelandic slow-core, Formanta shifts the band's overall aesthetic downward. Everything on the album, despite their characteristic rising arpeggios in the synth lines that once symbolized light and warmth for the band, has 2muchachos preparing for winter. April brought us Prespring and with it unbridled optimism and comfortable warmth. July brought us Summer Vacation and with that, those sweltering coma-induced lazies. And now, it's colder, the days are shorter, we're bundling up... it's a bit sad, a bit nostalgic, but ultimately, it's time to get to work: Fall. Back to school.
The album collects music the band has been working on for over two years, and Formanta definitely feels the benefit of the careful consideration that goes hand-in-hand with this kind of time. Everything on Formanta feels much more fully realized. Tones are molded, sculpted and panned across channels, and there's simply a lot more of them, the band mixing and matching individual sounds with precision and grace in a way that still comes out hopelessly simple. There's a broader sense of progression here with concern to volume in particular, but also in terms of space, timing, and timbre, all of these elements brilliantly executed to make songs like "Vremja Tepla" swell to heights that will take your breath away. Like climbing a giant cliff just to jump off; it's exhausting, exhilarating... and it might just kill you. Previously-available tracks like "Dreaming Girl" (which first appears as an acoustic version on Prespring) come to form beautiful full-muchacho arrangements with chiming bells and tip-toeing electronic rhythms that sneak around synths, like the dreaming girl is playing hide-and-go-seek with herself.
This is the perfect record to watch the sun's prominence fade with daylight-savings just around the corner. Grab your coat, your hat, your mittens, your sled, catch the Northern Lights if you can or at least a full moon, and dream your way through March. 2muchachos is there to hold your hand through it... yeah, it's going to be a tough winter, but it'll be beautiful and fun, too... just you wait.

Reviewer: Crawford (Tome To The Weather Machine)
http://tometotheweathermachine.com/reviews/2010/09/2muchachos
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Sjofn review on finnish blog "One Chord"
Sjofn: Secret (Parallax Sounds, 2010)
Sjofn is a folk singer-songwriter from Alaska and Secret is her debut album. I had some doubts when I first received the album, but sometimes you better hit the play button before starting to form an opinion. Based on the cover I didn’t expect this to be my kind of stuff, but in the end it was definitely my kind of stuff. Minimalistic and simple folk music, but with very thoughtful arrangements and well crafted songs. Sometimes Sjofn’s music reminds me of Rose Melberg’s solo material. Maybe if Rose moved to Alaska and started playing folk songs on her front porch it would sound something like this. 17 songs is way too big one time dose though and Secret would get a higher amount of hearts, if I could cut it down in two and form an imaginary album out of the better half of the songs. Now there’s a danger that the real jewels just gets buried in the crowd.

http://onechord.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/review-sjofn-secret/
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010
2muchachos - Formanta gets an awesome review on PennyBlackMusic:
Outstanding combination of dubstep and classical music from Russian experimental trio 2muchachos
Reviewed By: Maarten Schiethart
 
From Cherepovets, on the northern shore of the manmade Rybinsk Lake, and a Russian town equally remote from St. Petersburg as from Moscow, comes symphonic trio 2muchachos. Talented with a well-developed sense for melody and for song structure, 2muchachos combine glitch rhythms and classic compositional structures while performing on acoustic instruments. Soundscapes which 2muchachos recorded at bustling urban areas build the layers for a tense mixture of pastoral and metropolitan touches on 'Formanta'.

'Northern Sea Ghosts' is the first highlight on the album. Elegant modern composing at first and then changing to heavenly pop music, it ends like a haunting waltz. 'Dreaming Girl' best shows the intercourse of sounds. 2muchachos had onboard geigentellers and like a 21st Century riddim section, and with great joy, their sounds tingle and tangle. 'Raindear?' begets a very special meaning as the sounds from a smouldering fire seem to get smothered by rain.

'Formanta' makes for a grand adventure and for a modest moment in music history. Vladimir, Dmitriy and Alexandra have done themselves proud.
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010
 2Muchachos - Formanta album gets 9/10 on DyingForBadMusic.
Genre: Folktronica, Electronic, Ambient
Label: Parallax
If you like well crafted organic electronica

2muchachos from russia seem to be a good companion this year. They appear in the springtime with their wonderful Prespring EP, sent a nice summer holiday card with the Summer Vacation EP and now here it is, their full length album Formanta on Parallax.
I think this is the perfect end summer album. Relaxing, a bit melancholic and warm like the last sunbeams in this die away season.
They advertise this album with the warmth of their Formanta synth, an old russian analogue synth they used for the album.
I like the idea, even if this all could be done with todays software or stuff. But beside these technical blah - this album seems to have a lot soul a spirit. Something that will give you a good feeling like hugging a friend

My favorite is Symerki so far. A wonderful track driven by a analogue drumbox beat, a bit guitar, nice stereo panning and a slightly spooky athmosphere. 9/10
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September 07, 2010
 2muchachos-Formanta gets Best Album Of The Week in Resident.
http://www.resident-music.com/2010/08/29/resident-new-releases-30th-august-2010/
The 2muchachos album beat Oneohtrix Point Never and the new Kompakt compilation, which is high praise indeed and it beat some other well known artists like The Cribs...
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It's a special day for the russian trio 2muchachos! Release Date: 30th August 2010, the 2muchachos - Formanta album is now released and available worldwide to buy on download or lancing pack cd. Available through Parallax Sounds, Cargo Records, HMV Records, Norman Records, Juno, Apple itunes, Amazon, and many more places. There is also a special edition homemade digipack cd (limited to 50 copies only!)

The album "Formanta" comes from the latin formatio (formation) and is also the name of the 1970's soviet vintage synthesizer. Formanta album has elements of electronica, folktronica, shoegaze and ambient.

Each track is carefully crafted by gradually washing you gently with their lush deep, warm beautiful sounds that almost sound abit similar to Ulrich Schnauss, Isan, Cocteau Twins and Paavaharju.

Russian trio 2muchachos find themselves in methodic ambience, the ticking clock of time measures these compositions into structured forms, bringing the band's sound closer to the realm of Icelandic slow core like "Sigur Ros" or, when factoring in the much more subdued, delicate touch which the band employs and it's mastery of pastoral bliss would be more suited to Icelandic band "mum".

Apparently, Radiohead's-Kid A and Portishead's-Third albums have also been a major inspiration on this album. All the tracks on this album are designed to take you on a journey through the seasons. Each track flows into the next track, like a medley.

There is some sort of background noise between the tracks which suggests the album could of actually been created outside, giving it that natural organic, field sound recording vibe. There are lots of ambient hissing noises, crackles, unidentifiable percussion, droning organs, hushed echoing vocals and some really awesome gitchy IDM
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Sjofn - Secret album review on "The Line Of Best Fit" website! www.thelineofbestfit.com
This album documents the bewitching work of Alaskan songstress Sjofn, and intrigues more consistently than it entertains.
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Sjofn - Secret album gets reviewed on The Beat Surrender blog 3 out of 5!

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The Sjofn album "Secret" - It's blowing my mind! One of the most remarkable albums of the year. Absolutely amazing stuff! This music is of the highest quality. It deserves to be enormous. Mark Whitby (Dandelion Radio DJ / John Peel Radio)
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Sjofn album review on No Depression (Americana/Roots Music) blog: http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/alaskan-folk-artist-sjofn
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SJOFN - SECRET album is out now! Available to buy worldwide on digipack cd or mp3 download from the 5th July 2010!
Sjofn's amazingly beautiful album is charming, quirky and magical. You can discover the secret of this unique folk artist's music by visiting Sjofn's website: http://www.sjofn.net/ You can also purchase Sjofn's album through places like Parallax Sounds website, HMV Records, Cargo Records, Amazon, Apple itunes (worldwide), Gogoyoko, Cd Universe, JPop, Napster, Myspace store, Emusic, HMV Japan, RecordstoreUK, and many more good music stores!
Sjofn - Secret album is easily one of the best albums of 2010 and is very highly recommended!
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Sjofn - Secret album review: http://www.reviewyou.com/cdreviewblog/sjofn-secret/
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Parallax Sounds joins GOGOYOKO! Parallax Sounds are proud to be apart of this fine digital distributor which i think is owned by Sigur Ros and based in Rekjavik in Iceland. This could very well be the future in digital distribution. The idea is more Fair Play to music artists and small independent labels. Parallax Sounds is among labels like Leaf, R & S, Morr Music, etc..
Sjofn's new album "Secret" is the first release thats on there and we plan to put all the releases on there including some of the back catalogue. Sjofn is proving very popular on here aswell, Sjofn is up there with artists such as Seabear, Mum, Isan, Jonsi, Amiina, Aphex Twin, Caribou, The Knife and many more! I strongly recommend you check out Gogoyoko by clicking on the link below and becoming a member and at the same time you can hear lots of great music and listen to the new Sjofn album in full and if you like it you can even buy it! http://www.gogoyoko.com/#/store
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FOREIGN CINEMA are doing a West Coast USA Summer Tour! You can see them live in all these places during the month of July! Be sure to check this awesome band at one of the places listed below!
Foreign Cinema - Seattle at The Comet, Seattle, WAMon, 12 July @ 21:00
Foreign Cinema - Olympia at Private Event, Olympia, WA...
Tue, 13 July @ 20:00
Foreign Cinema - Portland at The Know, Portland, Oregon
Wed, 14 July @ 20:00
Foreign Cinema - San Francisco with Stripmall Architecture and Silver Swans at Milk, San Francisco, CA
Sat, 17 July @ 21:00
Foreign Cinema - Sacramento at Fox and Goose, Sacramento, CA
Sat, 31 July @ 20:30
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Sjofn does a 2 week tour in Iceland and Greenland. Watch out for Sjofn playing live on a front porch in a icelandic village near you soon!
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‎93MillionMilesFromTheSun - All You've Found Ep (PS14)
Released: 31st May 2010,
There are 5 great quality tracks featured on this Ep, this is a continuation of what they do best which is heavy, noisey, shoegaze rock and because we love our fans so much we decided to release this Ep on the Prana Series section of Parallax ...Sounds for FREE!
Tracklisting:
1) All You've Found You've Left Behind.
2) Autumn Comes / Chasing.
3) Rachels Echo.
4) Waiting There (Noise)
5) When You Come (NickMainline Mix).

DOWNLOAD FOR FREE FROM THE PRANA SERIES OR RELEASE PAGE!
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Parallax Sounds label joins Cargo Distributors which means better distribution for all future releases worldwide.
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Feel free to check out the new remix of "93MillionMilesFromTheSun" track "The Times We Have Are Now!" This epic track is remixed by Michael of the great shoegaze band from Bristol, "The Fauns!" The vocals seem to be bought out more and there's an awesome string section towards the end of the track! This will be eventua...lly released on an ep in the future, but you can now listen to it in its full glory on the Parallax Sounds myspace music player: http://www.myspace.com/parallaxsounds
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93MillionMilesFromTheSun will be releasing a new 5 track Ep called "All You've Found EP" which will be available to download from the 31st May 2010 (Bank Holiday Monday) and the best thing about it is that the Ep download will be available on the Prana Series s...ection of Parallax Sounds for FREE! Yes! You did hear me correctly! FREE! We do look after our fans here at Parallax!
Also, watch out for a live John Peel session from 93MMFTS in a few months time along with another new Ep and a forthcoming album!
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BAGPIPE WHISKEY - Men Bason track gets featured on this David Icke interview! Open your mind and ears to what David Icke says in the interview - it might just change your life with positive awareness! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRnyrzjiSbg
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Spring is coming, with it finally comes out 2muchachos debut album “formanta” on the label Parallax Sounds.
There comes thaw, the first snowdrops appear soon. We have accumulated new stuff, which is devoted to this.
We decided to release pre-spring EP of the forthcoming album. Also it will include an acoustic version of “dreaming girl” and an early version “vremja tepla” (from the album “formanta”).

In addition we have prepared a special version of EP on cd-r ..3,5’.. (4 tracks + bonus video) with exclusive hand-made artwork. write to e-mail: billyfishbrown@yahoo.com
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PARALLAX SOUNDS RECORDS BECOMES FIRST LABEL TO GO COMPLETELY ECO AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY WITH A STRICT NO PLASTIC POLICY ON CD CASES!
So why the change Parallax Sounds?

It just made good sense to me and this is the way forward. Plastic looks ugly and cheap plus they can crack easily and are obviously not eco friendly.
We will gradually be replacing the plastic jewel case with Eco friendly card wallets, Digipacks and Lancing Packs style packaging. These styles look alot nicer and more attractive to the eye. I would rather have a digipack cd than a jewel case anyday! I will also be gradually replacing the archive release catalogue with the same eco friendly cases.
I am also currently looking into manufacturing Hemp Digipack cd case.
I think that would be such a cool idea.
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A double CD of blistering psychedelic classics.
Every single track is a stunning scorcher. 32 tracks from world-class acts. This is the very best of the best. Absolutely beautiful packaging and presentation.
Guaranteed to blow your mind for generations to come.
Featuring: 93MillionMiles From The Sun, Caribou, Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Engineers and many more! Available to buy from Amazon, Spotify ect..
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BAGPIPE WHISKEY - Men Bason track gets featured on this David Icke interview! Open your mind and ears to what David Icke says in the interview - it might just change your life with positive awareness!
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Bagpipe Whiskey's debut release, "The Asparagus Puppy EP" from the Prana Series. Click on here to go to the page where you can download this awesome free release and at the same time check his new music video to the track "Men Bason". Enjoy!
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Parallax Sounds signs amazing, unique, female folk artist from Alaska. We welcome Sjofn to the label.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
 Top 75 Albums of 2009! / Top 10 tracks from Parallax Sounds!
What a weird year it's been! 2009 the year of Swine Flu, President Obama, Michael Jackson's death... Anyway, better late than never! Here is my Top 75 albums of 2009 and a Top 10 best tracks from Parallax Sounds of 2009! Enjoy!

TOP 75 ALBUMS OF 2009!!!

75) Remano Eszildn - R-Tracks (Planet Mu)
74) Sunn 0))) - Monoliths and Dimensions
73) Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (Domino)
72) Sunset Wings - Covering For Solace
71) The Gentlemen Losers - Dustland
70) The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa
69) The Witch and the Robot - On Safari
68) The Yellow Moon Band - Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World
67) Neils Children - X.Enc
66) Mark Templeton - Acre Loss
65) Orb - Baghdad Batteries
64) Clark - Totems Flare (Warp)
63) Jonsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
62) Araya - Whilst We Try (Benbecula)
61) Point 7 - What? (Toytronic)
60) Christ - Distance Lends Enchantment To The View (Benbecula)
59) Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream
58) Tortoise - Beacons Of Ancestorship
57) The Fauns - The Fauns
56) Susumu Yokota - Mother
55) Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
54) Nocow - Hopaji (Parallax Sounds)
53) Prefuse 73 - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian (Warp)
52) Sam and the Plants - The Eft
51) Lamp Of The Universe - Acid Mantra
50) The Time and Space Machine - Volume 2
49) IJO - Selektida (Sutemos)
48) Clue To Kalo - Lilly Perdida (Mush)
47) Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue (Warp)
46) Ochre - Like Dust Of The Balance (Benbecula)
45) Syntaks - Ylajali
44) White Rainbow - New Clouds
43) The Mummers - Tale To Tell
42) Andrew Bird - Useless Creatures
41) Goodbye Ivan - The K Syndrome
40) Gong - 2032
39) Plum - Different Skin (Benbecula)
38) Jah Wobble and the Chinese Dub Orchestra - Chinese Dub
37) Tyondai Braxton - Central Market (Warp)
36) Astra - The Weirding
35) Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
34) Milieu - Colortone
33) Miou Miou - Electronique/Miou Mixes
32) Bibio - Vignetting The Compost (Mush)
31) Tim Exile - Listening Tree (Warp)
30) Wisp - The Shimmering Hour (Rephlex)
29) Plaid - Heaven's Door
28) Little Dragon - Machine Dreams
27) Lone - Ecstacy and Friends
26) Asobi Seksu - Hush
25) Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career (4AD)
24) Atlas Sound - Logos (Kranky)
23) Universal Studios Florida - Ocean Sunbirds
22) A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
21) Fredricson - Misc
20) Fever Ray - Fever Ray
19) St. Vincent - Actor (4AD)
18) Daniel Land and the Modern Painters - Love Songs For The Chemical Generation
17) The Flowers Of Hell - Come Hell Or High Water (Benbecula)
16) Maps - Turning The Mind
15) Nuearz - Saturation Point (Skam)
14) Oneohtrix Point Never -Rifts
13) Muse - The Resistance
12) The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love (4AD)
11) David Sylvian - Manafon
10) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (Warp)
09) The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
08) Vuk - The Plains
07) Goodnight And I Wish - A Ruffled Mind Makes A Restless Pillow
06) 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - 93MillionMilesFromTheSun (Parallax Sounds)
05) Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
04) Broadcast & The Focus Group - Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age (Warp)
03) Hudson Mohawke - Butter (Warp)
02) The Horrors - Primary Colours (XL Recordings)
01) Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (Domino)

TOP 10 TRACKS FROM PARALLAX SOUNDS OF 2009!

10) Isles Of Kin - Oomingmak (Cover version of Cocteau Twins)
09) Nocow - How Many Yellow Leaves
08) Maelstrom - I Long To Be Free
07) Foreign Cinema - Lovers And Killers
06) Bagpipe Whiskey - I Am Stupid
05) 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - Darke Star
04) Foreign Cinema - At The Bottom Of The Deep Blue Sea
03) Phantom - Voodoo Romantic
02) 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - The Times We Have Are Now
01) 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - To The Sky (Cover version of Maps)

Congratulations 93MillionMilesFromTheSun! You made 6th best album of 2009 and number 1 best track from Parallax Sounds of 2009!
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Phantom - Great Pretender single makes 15th best single of 2009 in Artrocker magazine beating the likes of Franz Ferdinand!
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‎93MillionMilesFromTheSun album is the 3rd best shoegaze album of 2009 in shoegaze blog!
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Phantom invent Gloomgaze and gets on Dark Compass blog.
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PHANTOM invade Topshop/Topman stores! Phantom - Great Pretender video will be played in all 400 Topshop/Topman stores in the U.K for a whole week!
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Phantom - Great Ptetender music video is now released.
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Phantom release The Great Pretender cd single worldwide.
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Phantom gets Single of the day in Q magazine.
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Phantom are Glasgow Podcart artist of the week.
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Phantom review on Muso's Guide website.
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Phantom gets Single of the month in Artrocker magazine beating the likes of Artic Monkeys, The Big Pink, Friendly Fires, Franz Ferdinand, and Parallax Sounds beat the likes of 4AD, Warp, Island, and more!
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Phantom on Fairtilizer.
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Phantom interview on Zaptown magazine.
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Phantom on Stereokill.net
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Phantom on This Is Fake D.I.Y website.
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Phantom review on The 405 website.
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Phantom gets reviewed on The Culture Of Me website! http://thecultureofme.com/2009/07/emerging-phantom.html
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PHANTOM on Cherry Red TV!!! Phantom plays Chamber this Sunday 21st June. The event is being filmed and packaged for the a series of on going programmes to highlight new live music with Cherry Red TV: http://www.cherryred.co.uk/other/cherryredtv/music.htm
The Show will be packaged and available to watch online shortly after the event...good things come to those who wait, as they say.
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Check out the new music video from Bagpipe Whiskey! Bagpipe Whiskey - Tobias is an amazing track and video, it's like Amon Tobin meets Beta Band meets Julian Cope! http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=57411043
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Parallax Sounds confirms that "PHANTOM" are a band that have recently been signed to the label! Parallax Sounds is very happy to have them aboard! Phantom are new blood destined to do well! They already been featured in Artrocker & other magazines! Phantom are to release their single on Parallax Sounds on the 28th September & will be MTV playlisted! Critics are saying great positive things about their music! Check them out!
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93MillionMilesFromTheSun play live with The Telescopes and have now become members of The Telescopes by playing guitar and bass guitar for them, they play their first live show at the legendary AC30 shoegaze club in London.
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BAGPIPE WHISKEY & NEVILLE STAPLES/THE SPECIALS LIVE IN LONDON ON 7TH MAY! TICKETS £8
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Hey 93MillionMilesFromTheSun fans! Here's a feature on the band at "Drowned In Sound" Check this out!!! http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4136700
93 Million Miles From The Sun
As stereotypical visions of people and places go, the good folks of Doncaster aren't exactly at the top of the list when thoughts turn to embracing new, experimental music. Indeed, having spent the occasional stag night in DN1 and its dens of iniquity also known as night clubs, the nearest anyone could expect to come to encountering new music would be the "Indie half hour" in Seventh Heaven, where Oasis, The Enemy and Ocean Colour Scene are the so-called alternative. Thank heavens for small mercies then, as 93 Million Miles From The Sun not only manage to dampen stereotypes, but their self-produced, self-titled debut long player could (whisper it) just be one of 2009's most exquisite offerings on the album front. Combining layered, textured guitars over an array of effects and choral vocals, 93 Million Miles From The Sun is one of those records that, while evoking memories of the likes of Slowdive in their heyday or even a more sonically enhanced Maps, stands tall and proud in its own right due to the dazzling range of variation across its thirteen tracks. Another key element of 93 Million Miles From The Sun's extensive make-up is that not only do they express a desire to take their sonic experimentation one step further, but they also never lose sight of the fact that beneath all the reverb and delay lay actual songs that would sound just as affecting stripped down. 93 Million Miles From The Sun are:- Nick Mainline (guitars/effects/vocals), Rob Hogg (bass/effects) and Jack Straker (drums/effects). The album 93 Million Miles From The Sun is available direct from Parallax Sounds.

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‎93MillionMilesFromTheSun Album Review on line now....Click on this link to read it:- http://albatross2.wordpress.com/
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‎93MillionMilesFromTheSun album is released on the 13th April 2009 and is available NOW to buy on CD/MP3 Download through Parallax Sounds website: www.parallaxsounds.com The first 50 people to purchase the new 93MillionMilesFromThe Sun debut album recieves a limited edition badge! Critics have been saying that this is the best shoegaze album of recent times and they ROCK!
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FOREIGN CINEMA - NON-SYNCHRONOUS SOUND EP available to buy from www.parallaxsounds.com on 30th March 2009! Gothy shoegaze music from San Francisco!
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BAGPIPE WHISKEY IN SESSION FOR GLOBAL SOUNDTRACKS! Presented by: Tom Ravenscroft (John Peel's son)
After playing 'Horsebite' by Bagpipe Whiskey in GS018 we received a deluge of emails demanding more. Ever eager to please we tracked down Bagpipe Whiskey, also known as Ben, and he suggested there would be no better time to record him than Halloween and no spookier place to record than an old cinema in Fishguard, South West Wales. So that's what we did.Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

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With the help of Parallax Sounds. The label has started to achieve it's mission. 2 artists from the Parallax Sounds music label have now been signed up by other labels. Do not worry though, they will still be on this label releasing music still. First of all, Goodbye Ivan has now been signed to Shayo Records and will be releasing an excellent new album published 1st May 2009 in a beautiful digipak which many people will look forward to. Secondly, Min-Y-Llan has also been signed up by ISIGTUTEOT label and has a new album available to buy called "To Be Where Life Is". Min-Y-Llan also has a couple of tracks available on a special ambient compilation, "Visionary Milieux" which is also released through ISIGTUTEOT label.
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DOVES OVER POMPEII - DOVES OVER POMPEII EP (PS10) available for FREE download released today February 9th 2009!
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
MIN-Y-LLAN - THE LETTERSTON EP (PS09) available for FREE download. Released date: 8th february 2009, which not only happens to be Martin Boulton's birthday but also the same date of his album release "To Be Where Life Is" which is available to buy from the Isigtuteot music label.
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Monday, January 26, 2009
MAELSTROM - MUSIC FOR THE 3RD EAR (PS08) album is now released on the 26th January 2009!
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
COVER VERSIONS OF COCTEAU TWINS AND MAPS!!!!
 
Just to let you know that 2 artists on the Parallax Sounds music label have recorded cover versions.
Isle of Kin, has an exclusive myspace only cover version of the "Cocteau Twins - Oomingmak" which originally is taken from the Cocteau's 1986 album "Victorialand" and i must say that Kyle has done an excellent job in creating it. A big thanks also go out to Robin Gutherie for his kind permission!
93MillionMilesFromTheSun, have an exclusive cover version of "Maps - To The Sky" which originally is taken from Maps 2007 album "We Can Create" and i must say that the original track is excellent but 93MillionMilesFromTheSun's cover version is indeed better! The 93 team have managed to give the track more guts, making it stand out even more. It's well worth checking out!
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Monday, January 12, 2009
NOCOW - HOPAJI (PS06) album available for FREE download and BYE-BYE VIOLET TAPES - BYE-BYE VIOLET TAPES EP (PS07) are now released on 12th January 2009.
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THE TOP 75 ALBUMS OF 2008!
 
It's my favourite part of the year when i (Anthony), shortlist and compile the best alternative music albums of the year 2008! I am pleased to say that there are 3 albums from Parallax Sounds that have made it in there! Last year, we had "Panda Bear - Person Pitch" album at number 1 and not far behind we had the likes of "Brian Ellis", "Battles", Acid Mothers Temple", "Caribou", "Beirut", "Gravenhurst", "Stars of the Lid", and in 2006 we had "Free Festival" at number 1 with "Helios" in second place. 2008 has not been a great year for music albums compared to previous years and its certainly been abit of a strange year too! Anyway, here is the list!

75) Aidan John Moffat - I can hear your heart.
74) Cheer - Static Traps (Benbecula).
73) Chris Dooks - The Aesthetic Animals Album (Benbecula).
72) Various Artists - Parallax Sounds Volume One.
71) Amorphous Androgynous - The Peppermint Tree and the Seed of Superconciousness.
70) Haruka Nakamura - Grace.
69) Luga - Be May Day (Distant Noise).
68) Why? - Alopecia.
67) The Boats - Our Small Ideas.
66) One Little Plane - Until.
65) Kira Kira - Our map to the monster olympics.
64) Organic Stereo - The stories linger in my mind.
63) The Stranger - Bleaklow.
62) The Verve - Forth.
61) Greg Weeks - The Hive.
60) Autechre - Quaristice (Warp).
59) The Cure - 4:13 Dream.
58) Maps and Diagrams - Smeg.
57) The Owl Service - A Garland of Song.
56) Neil Halstead - Oh! Mighty Engine.
55) Noah and the Whale - Peaceful, the world lays me down.
54) Hammock - Maybe they will sing for us tomorrow.
53) Portishead - Third.
52) Brian E - Tech Noir.
51) Rumskib - Rumskib.
50) Ototek - Epicelectro! (Parallax Sounds).
49) Cranes - Cranes.
48) Ruby Suns - Sea Lion.
47) Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid.
46) Helios - Caesura (Type Records).
45) Lone - Lemurian.
44) Tape - Leminarium.
43) David Holmes - The Holy Pictures.
42) Digitonal - Save your light for darker days.
41) Resplandor - Pleamer.
40) Vetiver - Things of the past.
39) Portal - An Uninsured Flood (Parallax Sounds).
38) Clark - Turning Dragon (Warp).
37) Rings - Black Habit (Paw Tracks).
36) Squarepusher - Just a Souvenir (Warp).
35) Bersarin Quartett - Bersarin Quartett.
34) July Skies - The Weather Clock.
33) Robin Saville - Peasgood Nonsuch.
32) Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (Warp).
31) Sigur Ros - Meo Suo i eyrum vio spilum endalaust.
30) Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling.
29) Auburn Lull - Begin Civil Twilight.
28) Aus - Lang (Remixed).
27) Beck - Modern Guilt.
26) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles.
25) White Rainbow - Sky Drips Drifts.
24) Teeth Mountain - Teeth Mountain.
23) Kelpe - Ex-Aquarium.
22) Stereolab - Chemical Chords (4AD).
21) Monkey - Journeys to the west.
20) Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood.
19) Various Artists - Pero Ese O Lor En El Cuarto Del Piano.
18) Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends.
17) The Aliens - Luna.
16) Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree.
15) El Guincho - Alegranza.
14) Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music 1.
13) School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms.
12) Mrs Jynx - The Standoffish Cat (Planet Mu).
11) Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight.
10) Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista.
9) The Flashbulb - Soundtrack to a vacant life.
8) Nalle - The Sirens Wave.
7) MGMT - Oracular Spectacular.
6) Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna (Warp).
5) The American Dollar - A Memory Stream.
4) The Alps - III.
3) The Time and Space Machine - The Time and Space Machine Volume 1.
2) M83 - Saturdays=Youth.
  1) 4 Bonjour Parties - Pigments Drift Down To The Brook (Mush Records). Special message from 4 Bonjour Parties: hi parallax sounds!!! thank you for informing us great news!! we're really glad to hear it!!!! thank you very much! 4 bonjour's parties AYUMU.
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Friday, December 20, 2009
RAINDEAR? release their "SKETCHES EP" on winter solstice for FREE with exclusive artworks!
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Friday, December 19, 2008
CREDIT CRUNCH AND PIRACY DOWNLOADING AFFECTS INDIE MUSIC LABELS WORLDWIDE!
 
Indie label distribution company Pinnacle Entertainment has been declared bankrupt, with the firm letting go over 94 people (December 3 2008). The company is the latest casualty of the credit crunch, and puts the entire future of indie labels into question, as the company was responsible for releasing records from over 400 indie labels. Among the hundreds of influential record labels that were distributed by Pinnacle are Rough Trade (home of The Strokes), One Little Indian, Drag City and Fierce Panda.
So, what with the credit crunch and lots of people pirating by downloading music from the internet all the time, things are going to get worst by the sounds of things but Parallax Sounds will continue providing good alternative music. Parallax Sounds does not care about the credit crunch because its not about the money or how many sells, its about the music and getting people into the music. Even if we only sell 1 copy of an album, Parallax Sounds will still continue to help keep the alternative independent music alive. Thats serious dedication for you!
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Sunday, December 14, 2008
PARALLAX SOUNDS TOP 25 MUSIC TRACKS FROM THE LABEL OF 2008!
 
25) The Place Promised Beyond The Clouds - View From The River Seine.
24) Raugust - Tank.
23) Bye Bye Violet Tapes - Colours.
22) Desconocidas - A Study In Emerald.
21) Maelstrom - I Long To Be Free.
20) Miele - Polaroid Sunrise.
19) Ototek - The First Time.
18) Raindear? - Lesnaia.
17) Goodbye Ivan - Cross Country Skiing.
16) ILL Piccolo Canzoniere - Persons Bjazz feat ILL Burlone.
15) Foreign Cinema - Arbitrary Map Mode.
14) Ototek - A World Apart.
13) The Consolation Project - It's Been A Long Time Coming.
12) Isle Of Kin - Luminary.
11) Zephyr - Public Friend.
10) 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - DarkeStar.
9) Sowrkream - Thursday.
8) Portal - Clouds On Fire.
7) Hitomi Ueno - Morning.
6) 2 muchachos - Warm Time.
5) Trip Lava - Gallop Light.
4) Turdboy - Sloppy Pocket (Master Glitch Mix).
3) Hitomi Ueno - Draw.
2) Re'sequence - Waltz.
1) Bagpipe Whiskey - Tobias.
CONGRATULATIONS! Mr Bagpipe Whiskey! Your brilliant exotic, quirky, but quality track "Tobias" wins best Parallax Sounds song of 2008!
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Friday, December 12, 2008
SEIZURE CIRCUS SUPPORTS THE HORRORS AT LONDON GIG!!!
 
Yes, you did hear right! "Seizure Circus" who are new to Parallax Sounds are a four piece band from Chelmsford who create garage, indie, post punk music. They have been confirmed to play at the Dirty South venue supporting "The Horrors" on the 12th December 2008 at 20.00 hours and tickets cost only £8.00! It seems like theres no stopping Parallax Sounds now!
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Monday, November 26, 2008
Raindear? Play their very first live concert! Bless their little wooly socks!
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Monday, November 24, 2008
GOODBYE IVAN - BENEDIKTSKA EP (PS04) RELEASED 24TH NOVEMBER 2008! FREE DOWNLOAD!
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Monday, November 10, 2008
PORTAL - AN UNINSURED FLOOD AND OTOTEK - EPICELECTRO! ALBUM RELEASES ON MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER!!!
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
I CAN NOW CONFIRM WHAT MUSIC WILL BE PLAYED ON THE PARALLAX SOUNDS MUSIC RADIO SESSION!
 
Hi Everyone!!! I can now confirm the 8 songs by 8 artists that will be played on the Parallax Sounds music radio session: 93MillionMilesFromTheSun - Darke Star, Zephyr - Public Friend, Sowrkream - After 7, integral and free design - shallow propagation, Bagpipe Whiskey - Tobias, Re'sequence - Waltz, ID369 - In Da Rot, Zmitser von holzman - Tut tut. All the other music artists on the label including myself (Maelstrom) will not miss out either because i will be talking about them individually aswell. If i had my way, i would play a track from all of the artists on the label but it is not my radio show but i am very grateful to Peter Harris the radio dj for this great opportunity. So, it is still worth listening to the radio show as i will be talking about all the artists on the label and the new artists too! Happy Listening!!!! Anthony (Parallax Sounds)
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
PARALLAX SOUNDS IN SESSION ON (TUESDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2008) ON PHONIC FM RADIO!!!!
 
Hello Everyone!!! Just letting you all know that Parallax Sounds music label will be having its very first radio session! This will take place on Tuesday 21st October 2008 between 10pm and Midnight (U.K) time on the Peter Harris show on Phonic FM Radio. I am aware that alot of you live in different parts of the world and depending in what time zone you are in. For example if you live in New York, it will be 5 hours behind or if you live in Saint Petersburg, it will be 3 hours in ahead. I will be visiting the radio studios and will be talking live on air about Parallax Sounds music label and the music artists on it. We plan to play 8 music tracks from 8 different artists from the label. If we do not play your music, we will atleast talk about all the music artists on the label, so your music will atleast get a mention. Feel free to tell all your friends to listen to the show and you can also send email messages in to the radio show aswell. You can listen online at: www.phonicfm.com and you can send email messages to studio@phonic.fm If you like John Peel or good alternative music, listen out for the Peter Harris show. HAPPY LISTENING!!!!
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
NOW AVAILABLE!!! VARIOUS ARTISTS - PARALLAX SOUNDS VOLUME ONE!

HELLO EVERYONE!!! CELEBRATE THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE PARALLAX SOUNDS MUSIC LABEL! IT'S FINALLY ARRIVED! PARALLAX SOUNDS VERY FIRST RELEASE! "VARIOUS ARTISTS - PARALLAX SOUNDS VOLUME ONE" (LIMITED TO 100 COPIES ONLY) IS NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY ON CD-R FOR A SMALL PRICE OF £2 PLUS POSTAGE AND PACKAGING AND.... YOU CAN NOW DOWNLOAD THE COMPILATION ALBUM FOR "FREE"!!!! CHECK IT OUT AT THE RELEASES/SHOP PAGE OF THE Parallax Sounds Website The compilation has a varied selection of different music genres. The compilation starts of quite rocky in a My Bloody Valentine heavy shoegaze way and then i gradually chill it out to ambient towards the middle of the album and afterwards i gradually build it up again to more upbeat stuff until it comes to a climax at the end. I hope you all enjoy this music compilation and it will give you some idea of what music is on the label at present. In the future, there will be more different artists joining keeping with the alternative and no compromise attitude of Parallax Sounds music policy. The best is still to come.....
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Friday, September 12, 2008
PARALLAX SOUNDS music net label launch and compilation release!!!
 
PARALLAX SOUNDS MUSIC NET LABEL LAUNCH!!!!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Music Artists, Young and Old people from all over the world, and Music Fans. Welcome to Parallax Sounds music net label, home to music artists of a alternative nature from all over the world!!! In the beginning there was the "Big Bang", and now recently the "BIG BANG MACHINE". Scientists and Physicists created their own "BIG BANG" and then "PARALLAX SOUNDS" was born!!! (Joke!) Parallax Sounds will be officially launching the music label on "Wednesday 1st October 2008". To celebrate the launch of the label, there will be the very first Parallax Sounds release which will be the Parallax Sounds music label compilation album titled "Parallax Sounds Volume 1" by various artists from the label and will be available as a FREE mp3 download on the Parallax Sounds website and myspace. There will also be a limited edition CD-R version (100 copies only) for a small price of £2 plus £1 postage and packaging in the U.K and £2 postage and packaging to the rest of the world. Parallax Sounds is an independent, alternative, D.I.Y, music net label created and co-founded by myself (Anthony Merrill aka Maelstrom). Yes, it's only me thats managing the label!!! The purpose of the label is to open the ears, hearts, minds and souls of people out there with good, positive unheard and unsigned alternative music and to create recognition for music artists on the label to a wider audience and to develop my passion and John Peel's (R.I.P) passion for music further. I will be arranging and planning some press coverage and some radio sessions in the near future and will let you know more nearer the time about that. Please keep in mind that this label is at experimental, developing stage and is only a small label but if we keep being positive and help each other along the way, who knows? We might develop into something more bigger and become the new Warp Records or something or maybe i can be the next Tony Wilson (R.I.P) of Factory Records! LOL!! Parallax Sounds looks to have a good future ahead and more great music artists are destined to join, with a couple of already famous music artists joining up in 2009 (Hopefully), just to give the music label some support and abit of a boost! I personally want to say a big "THANK YOU!" to all the great music artists on my label for helping to make this happen and for believing in me! I also want to thank all the people out there and the music fans for their support, and wonderful comments and messages that i recieve daily and for people who take time to listen to the music. Without YOU...this label would be nothing! As quoted by Krister Linder, "The artists are in no way exclusively bound to Parallax Sounds. Neither can all of their music be said to represent Parallax Sounds. But these souls are in some way contributing to the Parallax Sounds project and furthering its spirit." We are are all equal and we are all good friends. Let's keep up the good work by being positive to one another and to help each other succeed in our dreams and happiness in life! Parallax Sounds hasn't even started yet and the label as already become quite popular. Exciting times, surprises and bigger things are yet to come in the future. So.. on the 1st of October why not join me with a drink to celebrate the beginning of something special. Have fun! Lot's of Unconditional Love, and Peace! Anthony Merrill (Co-founder of Parallax Sounds and Maelstrom).