out soon: I Am Enfant Terrible compilation and Europ Europ album

In 2004 Enfant Terrible released its first vinyl record… in 2014 I celebrate 10 years of activity… first up will be a compilation album filled with the sounds I love…next to that there is a full length album by my favorite Norwegian band Europ Europ …

The compilation ”I Am Enfant Terrible” is all about the sound and moods of the label… from indie pop to new wave to minimal synth and from noise to elektro and IDM and ambient... from poppy to experimental to dance music... featuring artists like Solitude FX, Kord, Sololust, Kim Ki O, Neugeborene Nachtmusik, Former Descent and more…

Listen to a full track preview here... And… more previews are here...

Europ Europ hits back with a full length album… this new full length album by Europ Europ might be called subtle noise... the band serves you lo-fi industrial soundscapes presented as songs... sometimes haunting and disturbing but the next minute soothing and hypnotic...

Listen to a full track preview here... And… more previews are here...

Both records can be (pre)ordered here...

Enfant Terrible kitchen concert at XXX-Berlin, 5 October 2012

Next live event:

October 5, 2012, Berlin, Germany

Enfant Terrible meets XXX-Berlin... Live music + food in the XXX-Kitchen...

Live: Kim Ki O + Former Descent (Tenori On set) + Sololust Dj's: M. + Saint Maurice Entrance: 5 euro / on RSVP only...

See also the flyer below... SO... if you want to be part of this... write to: RSVP@XXX-BERLIN.COM

review: Moon Duo - Escape

This duo from San Francisco really set me off on a trip with their latest EP "Escape". I believe that in the meantime they already released another 7 inch and a split 7 inch... but this 12" EP does it big time for me.

Last year they released two more 12"'s of which one through Sacred Bones... known from Zola Jesus and Factums to name just two other excellent contemporary acts from the USA.

Anyway this new EP has all the elements to please the real freak out there... it has the minimalistic way of doing things like Suicide did, the drums (from a machine / sample) and the guitar are doing their thing in that classic Jesus and Mary Chain way and then all of this is done in a 60's acid rock style. For me this description already sounds like heaven but from vinyl... well... it is like the trip I always wanted...

Blasting loud through my speakers in a slightly lit room... dozing off on these tracks that take about 7 minutes each... I feel like lying in a corner on the floor at one of these acid test Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters pulled off... still I could stand up and dance my head off in the flickering strobelights at any moment soon...

"Escape" is released on the Woodsist label from fellow acid heads Woods. There is also this recent compilation out on Woodsist entitled "Welcome Home: Diggin'The Universe - A Woodsist Compilation". There is another great track from Moon Duo on that one. Next to that you will hear various contemporary interpretations of psychedelic and beat music from a total of thirteen bands. Worth checking out too...

Moon Duo is planning to tour Europe spring 2011 together with Turkish band Kim Ki O. Kim Ki O of course recently releases their debut LP "Dans" on my Enfant Terrible label.

Well... that is it... sorry I am back to my trip now... join me by tuning into Moon Duo here...

Videoclip for upcoming Kim Ki O debut vinyl (Enfant18)

At the end of August the official debut by Kim Ki O from Istanbul will be released on Enfant Terrible.

The two girls were already present on the "Radio Resistencia" compilation from last year.

Here is the videoclip for the track 'Herkes Evine' from the upcoming record. More information soon...

review: Low Red Center

Today a small pile of the debut 10 inch by USA based band Low Red Center was delivered. Since I opened the package and put a copy on the turntable I did not play anything else anymore this day.

Low Red Center is more of a performance group then a traditional band thing. The live shows I have read about seems to feature costumes, theatrical aspects and such... hopefully they are coming over to Europe some day soon... Also it is a group of musicians with some experience as members are also active in Medio Mutante and Zom Zoms for example.

Anyway the music... well you could qualify this as minimal synth but it is sounding less harsh and raw and is richer in sounds and textures. It has none of the clichés of the style and that is what makes it so good... even outstanding.

The sound is quite light and warm and playful. Still it is lo-fi and unpolished. Well basically it has all that good post-punk music should have... Maybe think about the experimental side of The Dreams and mix this with the melancholy side of Kim Ki O and put in a bit of Los Iniciados and you get pretty close to what they sound like.

This 10 inch is their debut vinyl release on S-S Records (there is also a 7 inch out now on another label) and it is simply lovely! I hope the future will bring more nice tunes from this band... meanwhile you can get a copy of this 10 inch in my webshop...