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Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise (Rough Trade)

Black Noise seamlessly blends organic synthesized sounds with subtle acoustics whilst exploring the realms of shoegaze and contemporary guitar work.

This third instalment by German producer Hendrik Weber (Pantha Du Prince) maintains a lustrous string of clicks, sticks and beats forever evolving into an orgasmic amalgamation of techno and minimal house.

Unlike his the previous album The Bliss, this latest record is far less channelled, allowing for greater variance, making it more tolerable as an album. There is a strong presence of highly emotionally charged ambience in Im Bann, but A Nomads Retreat is considerably more club friendly.

Black Noise does not flow in the conventional sense; it offers irregularity, where tracks divert and blossom with great vividness and dexterity, occasionally running in juxtaposition to the original idea.

Attracting listeners from a wider spectrum are contributions from Panda Bear (aka Noah Lennonx) and Tyler Pope of LCD Soundsystem. They add to the integrity of Hendrik’s work, and place high value on his own abilities as artist.

Pantha Du Prince is at the forefront of modern techno, with a break from his former style and signing to Rough Trade, he has created more anticipation upon the release of Black Noise than he has ever done.

The Morning Benders - Big Echo (Rough Trade)

A pop record that brings summer that little bit closer.

With a humble yet home grown back catalogue to their name, The Morning Benders have delivered in Big Echo a consistently delightful explosion of pop gems.

With the aid of Chris Taylor’s production talents, you can expect a spattering of Grizzly Bear’s disjointed beat patterns, dynamics and enriching harmonies throughout. Though the merits also rest within the craft of melodic song writing. Coupled with these elements, many tracks are supplemented with an orchestrated backing track with the added texture of meandering soundscape.

Big Echo pays testimony to the greats of 60’s psychedelia, and certainly has the West-Coast feel. Rich looping samples are commonplace but contemporary synthesis is woven in for good measure. I can comfortably and with conviction say without cliché, that Excuses was born out of Sgt. Peppers. It has The Beatles written all over it.

Though despite the narratives being all too familiar, falling in love for the first time, having that first kiss or that first… The listener can feel compelled to have this album gracefully set the tone for those long summery days ahead.