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ApSci “Best Crisis Ever” Quannum Projects Genre: Electronic : Pop UPC: 681940008921 Territories: World Release Date: 8.11.09 |
Taking a cue from progressive artists like Gnarls Barkley, Santigold, Gwen Stefani, Aesop Rock, Janelle Monae, and Kanye West, ApSci blend elements from electronica, pop, hip-hop and R&B into a quirky electro-pop that has appeal to everyone from mainstream listeners to underground heads. If this is the next generation of pop music, ApSci can only be considered one of its brightest new faces. |
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ZAZA “Cameo” Absolutely Kosher Genre: Indie : Psychedelic UPC: 827175004011 Territories: World (ex. Australia, New Zealand) Release Date: 8.11.09 |
ZAZA has already been met with praise from the NY press making favorable comparisons British dream-rock acts like Ride, Slowdive, and Cocteau Twins but to pigeonhole them as a 90s throwback would be a mistake as their debut EP radiates a mystical, otherworldly element that both challenges the listener, while at the same time inviting them in. |
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CYNE “Water For Mars” Hometapes Genre: Hip-Hop : Indie UPC: 718122112821 Territories: World (ex. Japan) Release Date: 8.11.09 |
As turntable stylists are just beginning to cool down from last year’s highly-anticipated, highly-lauded “Pretty Dark Things,” CYNE is back with a new collection of tracks that provides both a window into their creative evolution and a summer’s worth of classic jams (not to mention what many are calling the best CYNE record since “Time Being”). Introducing: Water For Mars. |
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Choir of Young Believers “This Is For The White In Your Eyes” Ghostly International Genre: Alternative : Indie UPC: 804297908908 Territories: Americas Release Date: 08.18.09 |
Snow-flecked mountaintops, deserted city streets, a final kiss between estranged lovers- this is the emotional terrain trod by Jannis Joya Makrigiannis and his Choir of Young Believers. “This Is for the White in Your Eyes” is an album of orchestral indie-pop, but its artistic scope extends beyond melody and harmony: Choir of Young Believers paint cinematic tableaux, with Jannis cast as the silvery-voiced narrator. |
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Jay-J “Love Alive” Shifted Music Genre: Dance : R&B UPC: 852004001473 Territories: World Release Date: 08.25.09 |
Love Alive features amazing vocalists including Big “Brooklyn” Red, Michelle Shaprow, Charlene Moore, Brian “BAM” Morgan, Judy Albanese and Fabian Leo as well as a slew of notable musicians including Scott Wozniak (Large/Defected) and Tim K. (Home & Garden/Collette/Lucy Woodard/OM Records). The result; a warm and soulful album, complete with plenty of House, R&B, Hip Hop and Jazz vibes. |
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San Francisco Symphony “Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major“ San Francisco Symphony Genre: Classical : Symphony UPC: 821936002827 Territories: US, Canada, Japan, Australia, W. Europe Release Date: 08.25.09 |
The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas present Mahler’s Adagio from Symphony No. 10 and Symphony No. 8 featuring soloists Laura Claycomb, Anthony Dean Griffey, Katarina Karnéus, Quinn Kelsey, James Morris, Yvonne Naef, Elza van den Heever & Erin Wall, the SF Symphony Chorus, the San Francisco Girls’ Chorus and the Pacific Boychoir. |
IODA has teamed up with Shifted Music, Juno, Sonnox and Soundcloud to hold a remix competition featuring the title track from Jay-J’s forthcoming artist album, Love Alive, available August 25, 2009.
