[2012] Matthew Dear - Her Fantasy [12'']

It's no coincidence that "Her Fantasy"—the celebratory lead single from Matthew Dear's Beams, the followup to 2010's Black City—is the album's opening track: If Beams is the sound of Matthew Dear waking up after the long, dark night of Black City, then "Her Fantasy" is the sun's first rays, peaking over the horizon.
Ghostly International, Jun 2012
Tracklist:
01 Her Fantasy
02 Crimewaves
03 Her Fantasy (Tornado Wallace Remix)


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[2012] Tycho - Dive [Single]

The title track on Tycho's long-awaited Dive LP is just that—a ripple effect record that sounds like three songs in one, as if sound/graphic designer Scott Hansen just discovered prog-rock and decided to apply its winding passages to his own singular blend of sinewy synths and bleached beats. It's also the first Tycho song to feature a prominent guest musician; guitarist Zac Brown, in this case, who paints outside the lines of Hansen's halcyon hooks with restless rhythms and monorail-like riffs. The "Dive" single fleshes things out even further, as Keep Shelly in Athens and Memoryhouse—both rising underground artists in their own right—cut Hansen's cloud-scraping composition in half and slow his cruise control chords down to a crawl. The misty vocal melodies are still there, but they're now floating through an embryonic assembly of jittery cicadas, rusty gears, and lean loops that are both welcoming and a bit woozy. The sonic equivalent of staring at the sun for too long, really, or two sides of the same cracked mirror.
Ghostly International, Apr 2012
Tracklist:
01 Dive
02 Dive (Memoryhouse Remix)
03 Dive (Keep Shelly In Athens Remix)


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