PIXSID – Vidcast 02 (Pixieguts)
November 3, 2009
PIXSID’s forthcoming debut album ‘Atoms Apart’ launches the duo formed from the year long musical collaboration of instrumental hip-hop artist Dj Sid-the Apocalypze (USA) and cybervocalist Pixieguts (Australia). Uniquely funky dreamy vibe for a deep downtempo ride. In this second of their vidcasts, Pixieguts chats about the making of the album.
Release coming on CD and digital download through CD Baby, iTunes and other distributors on Nov 25. Signup for mailing list at http://www.reverbnation.com/pixsid
PIXSID – Atoms Apart album coming soon…
October 19, 2009
PIXSID’s forthcoming debut album ‘Atoms Apart’ launches the duo formed from the year long musical collaboration of instrumental hip-hop artist Dj Sid-the Apocalypze (USA) and cybervocalist Pixieguts (Australia). Uniquely funky dreamy vibe for a deep downtempo ride. Release coming on CD and digital download through CD Baby, iTunes and other distributors. Signup for mailing list at http://www.reverbnation.com/pixsid
Cwtch – City To City [Single Release]
August 24, 2009
Voice Marie Craven
Production and music Paul Foster
Lyrics Travvy
“This is electronic music as close and personal expression, where Paul Foster’s gritty synth textures and beats act as a foil to the vulnerable beauty of Marie Craven’s vocals” – Greg Healey (Analogue Island) reviews Cwtch
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Pixicast Episode 004
August 17, 2009
Episode 4 of Pixicast travels the cyberglobe to uncover a rich vein of vocal electronica thriving in the independent zones of post rock, trip-hop, idm, alternative and related genres. Counterpointing this and rounding out the episode are a selection of funky and exquisite electro-instrumental sounds we just had to share.
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01 TheTrees – Odd One Out (UK)
03 Voodoo Economics – In the next place, cement will float like trees. (USA)
05 Serkan Süleymaniye – Pir (Turkey)
06 Autorotation – Ginger Pants (UK)
07 Vienna Psychoanalytical Society – There Is No Normal (Canada)
08 Fox Thomas – Dying (UK/Netherlands)
09 Jane Silence – Ache (USA/Greece)
10 Jennifer Delano – Amsterdam – Si Begg’s Grumpy Old Dj Remix (Netherlands)
11 Cwtch – Fragility (Wales/Australia)
12 Max Waves – Double-U (t-phone mix) (Italy)
13 Baskyl – Mrs. Sibah Reign (Germany)
14 Distant Fires Burning – Messier 70 – NGC 6681 (Belgium)
Show is jointly programmed by host producer Voide in Stockholm and publisher Pixieguts in Australia and focusses on the music of artists around the Palace Network.
Cwtch reviewed by Analogue Island UK
August 9, 2009
Review by Greg Healey, Analogue Island Show, Penwith Radio UK, 9 Aug 2009
“I was going to begin this review with a glib comment about the origins of the two protagonists who make up Cwtch (pronounced Cootch), Paul Foster and Marie Craven; something along the lines of Welsh wizards and Aussie Pixies: Paul Foster is the Welsh electronic artist Dementio13 and Marie Craven is the Australian singer Pixieguts. Perhaps, I thought to myself, it might be a good way of expressing the fact that these two musicians live on opposite sides of the globe. But, as I listened to their album, such ribald introductions seemed inappropriate.
Here’s why:
Cwtch’s eponymously titled debut album is rich in musical detail and layered with an emotional content deftly and subtly expressed. This is electronic music as close and personal expression, where Paul Foster’s gritty synth textures and beats act as a foil to the vulnerable beauty of Marie Craven’s vocals. A wistfulness threads its way through the album, treading lightly as it goes, never collapsing into self indulgence. This is an album of tight musical control, where each sound has its place and tracks are never allowed meander on to pointless conclusions. Cohesive and mature, it is clear that, despite their geographical separation, Marie and Paul have developed a working relationship that is intimate and rigorous, one which demands only the best from the material they produce. To focus on the mechanics of this collaboration is, however, to do a disservice to this project. Cwtch have produced an album of uneasy beauty, one that, while being a delight to listen to, has the capacity to move the listener quietly and in surprising ways.
From the urgent arpeggio driven explorations of modern neuroses in Fragility, to the slow marching melancholia and musings on mortality (or not) of Of Worms, you will find an album whose intent is both oblique and articulate. This journey from clarity to opacity serves to make this an album that functions on many levels and invites the listener to stop and think.
One track to hear now: Fragility“
Voide’s new 3-track single ‘Lazy’
July 25, 2009
The track ‘Into The Sun’ featuring my vocals is released today on Voide’s new 3-track single ‘Lazy’. Retro wave synth electro plus…
‘Into The Sun’, track 2 on the release, has already been at No.1 on the Soundclick electronica charts (of 260,000 listed tracks). It is also featured today in Pete Cooper’s brilliant electronic podcast Bleepshow.
The ‘Lazy’ single is available now at Bandcamp, Soundclick and Last.fm. Hard copies available soon through CDBaby…
