focused music news for week 14 : April 3rd to April 9th 2011

April 03 – Ascii.Disko switches gears on his new album, Black Orchid: From Airline To Lifeline out on Artoffact Records, reducing the head exploding punchy bass and adding a more organic vibe to the whole album. The man behind it all, Daniel Gerhard Holc, is one of the most innovative producers and knows how to express emotion in his electronic music.

April 05 - Remember that sweet sweet soundtrack for Tron Legacy that was performed and arranged by Daft Punk?!?  Well Disney Records have released a remix album, Tron Legacy: R3conf1gur3d. Enlisting the who’s who of remixers, it’s hard to imagine this being disappointing. I just wished they would have used letters and not numbers in the title. And really I wish they would have just released the remix album along with the soundtrack. But I guess you are talking about making money and Disney knows how to do that.

- Mike

Ascii.Disko – Stay Gold Forever Gold

Deftones – Diamond Eyes

Edge of Dawn – Anything That Gets You Through The Night

Ellen Allien – Dust

Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma

LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening

Front Line Assembly – Improvised Electronic Device

The Lovecrave – Soul Saliva

Mothboy – Bunny

Nice Nice – Extra Wow

SE – L36

Shiv-r – Hold My Hand

The Sight Below – It Falls Apart

read the reviews in the June/July 2010 Issue