2010-09-16

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DUCKTAILS is Matt Mondanile, a New Jersey resident whose pop is drenched in a warm drone. There is a pretty amazingly realised aesthetic running through this stuff, with all its plastic nostalgias - like Ninja Turtles pizza, fake palm trees and sugary cereal - and the lo-fi tape fuzz that also permeates his other projects, Predator Vision, Real Estate and Dreams In Mirror Field. It's home recording with one of the most ...embracing feels you'll find - reminiscent of Ariel Pink, but with a weird-out exploratory nudge. Matthew prefers cassettes as scuffed-up homes for this stuff, but a vinyl full-length on LA DIY label Not Not Fun and a new LP on Olde English Spelling Bee are more widely come by.
This will be mightily special.

http://www.myspace.com/ducktailss

DOLPHINS INTO THE FUTURE is the musical project of Belgium’s (Antwerp) Lieven Martens. Spin-off projects are Duncan Cameron, L.R.J. Martens, In The Eye Of Vision, etc … Martens also runs the labels Taped Sounds (formerly known as Dreamtime Taped Sounds, or Dreamtime Tapes) and Cetacean Nation Cassettes, and works as an ambassador for the Cetacean Nation.

"I gotta say… Dolphins into the Future totally kick my ass. This project is the main focus of Belgium-based musician/tape manipulator, Lieven Martens (If you check the credits… I have to think that Alex Murphy is just another way to confuse identity?). The dude takes this game to a new level. He steps it up, mixing tape loops and sounds to create a bizarre glowing atmosphere, one that seems to provide a pathway for it’s listeners to communicate with our animal ancestors. It’s good weed for those of us that would like to abscond from the earth-bound existence. Lieven runs a label, or maybe a set of labels (?), that seem to come together under the name Taped Sounds (see bread and animals / cauliflower / taped sounds and I’ve seen Dreamtime Taped Sounds too). There is tons of good stuff on this label, with lots more to come. In addition to releasing all of the interesting current stuff out there, he also re-released a classic LP from JD Emmanuel: Wizards. I heard that this sold out in 10 days. There have been a few reviews out in cyberspace-land that seem to mention this guy’s got some sort of super power with regards to altering tape loops in the live show setting. After seeing this video, I have to say I can’t disagree. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK4nAlCnBWA"
/Gifttapes

http://www.myspace.com/skaterseuropeantour
http://www.last.fm/music/Dolphins+Into+the+Future
http://cetaceannationcommunications.blogspot.com/