Bad Cello is the moniker of Zeno Pittarelli from Utica, which is not in Italy but in the state of NY. Pittarelli is releasing bits and pieces since 2012, ranging from bedroom pop to lo-fi-indie, from Singer/Songwriter to (more or less) pure elctro tracks, all in a very fashionable but also charming style. get a little insight with the post-techno track RINGXIETY, Precipice from his last ep Finna and his recent guest appearenc on Diploma by the 17yo producer GBMystical:
Get Holly Herndon’s new single on RVNG’s bandcamp. here’s the incredible good video to it:
don’t know anything about this 16 year old dude, except that he is releasing a track on soundcloud like everyday to which i don’t listen to much but this one is a greratly entertaining piece of dirt:
in februar, british dancefloor dreamer Lockah will release his proper album on doneky pitch. this is the first single. enjoy.
and finally, minternational’s tracks of the year 2013. even in the jungle of mediocre trap’n'chill-electro, self repeating production line vapour and all the soundcloud masses there is still enough stuff to reallly like.
50 mensa group international – drake vampires
49 power nap – eat or be eaten
48 회사AUTO – sitcom ending [1994]
47 blasianlion – HOTUM
46 terio – onle love
45 yung lean – oreomilkshake
44 ryan hemsworth & starlito – can’t get over you
43 AD1M – pimps anthem
42 jr. hi – secrets ft. the weeknd
41 drake – hold on, we’re going home
40 CROWNS – desire
39 selva oscura – vein
38 parrotice – myst
37 vanguard – timbowolf
36 brooklyn buildings – awakeing (demo)
35 choongum – girlfriend
34 nknwn – 022
33 sophie – elle
32 cabaal – out of body
31 goldroom – embrace (cyclist remix)
30 teepee girls – try it
29 flecs – you (demo)
28 changez – gone
27 tv nicks – now it’s just me
26 katy perry – wider awake (groundislava cool mix)
25 sweater beats – make a move
24 dj new jersey drone – syn
23 rahdays – diamonds
22 shy girls – second heartbeat
21 http-www.onenessuniversity.org- – Amma Chant
20 kreayshawn – babycakes
19 rare times – watched over
18 mounet – gather
17 antwon – automatic
16 daft punkt – DNITRGHT (abjo’s turn up RMX)
15 BASKETBALL CAMP – the right
14 Thrift Store Gestapo – MMXII
13 Lake Radio – please
12 headunderwater – neighbors
11 our founders – you are mine (bad channels remix)
10 magic fades – maxxed out
9 max basic – that’s all i said
8 SXMPLELIFE – cry
7 a&ap rocky – fashion killa
6 game – all that (lady) (horse head remix)
5 mssingno – xe2
4 sophie – bipp
3 dj rashad – let it go
2 shy girls – under attack
1 vektroid – enemy
lps, lps, lps. 2013 has not been the strongest year in terms of full lenght releases. a lot of artists just couldn’t bring their potential to the point for a collection of tracks. many highly expected albums also highly failed, especially in the bedroom-r’n'b genre (the-drum, the internet and so on). trap and cloud rap is getting the worst kind (the mixtape genre), chilltronics are really democratically getting weared out (Stwo etc.). so, whilst a lot of the bloggers got lulled away with like endless emerging soft-pop-gals (with Lorde being the tip of the iceberg, Janelle Monáe, Laura Mvula and so on), minternational reached out for some other, sometimes obvious, sometimes hidden, longplayers between the lines of artistry and pop.
40 real swell – suburban fortress
cassette recorder indie curmudgeon sadness
39 safety scissors – in a manner of sleeping
data-pop from an adult boy
38 blood orange – cupid deluxe
slick producer pop, a bit going nowhere though…
37 ethernet – opus 2
ambient album of the year
36 glasser – interiors
album of the year on dummy, and damn, it is good
35 ed motta – AOR
brazilian Steely Dan fan with a programmatic release
34 botany – lava diviner
chill out
33 volcano choir – repave
hype it or not, Justin Vernon is getting a professional
32 yo la tengo – fade
old friends, unspectaculary saying hello
31 tomemitsu – m_o_d_e_s
poetic songs like falling leaves
30 the range – nonfiction
a potpourri of electronic things (the brit version)
29 ryan hemsworth – guilt trips
a potpourri of electronic things (the us version)
28 bombino – nomad
you should have at least one world music album in your list to stay a good person
27 antwon – in dark denim
electronic ghetto funk 2.1
26 john wizards – st.
innocent folly of the jungle
25 oOoOO – without your love
a solitary echo of decent witch house
24 RHYE – the fall
(sorry for this one, couldn’t help it’s sade’ish charme)
23 unknown mortal orchestra – ii
you gotta have at least one odd album in your list to keep your other side alive
22 dawes – stories don’t end
in a saloon without agressions there plays dawes
21 Diana – perpetual surrender
a nice little pop album
20 Snakadaktal – sleep in the water
must be a comfortable record, if i believe the stats of my last.fm account
19 LTTLE PHNX – d’esprit luvrs
a girl with her drum machine exploring her dreams and fears
18 v.a. – after dark 2
Italians Do It Better’s second compilation collects the finest serious disco around
17 childish gambino – because of the internet
again he delivers one of the better mixtapes
16 Zachary Cale – blue rider
nice acoustic guitar folk ballads
15 blank banshee – 1
vapourwave meditations
14 αtu – pictures on silence
lovely beat cuttings
13 nils frahm – spaces
majestic. live album of the year
12 bEEdEEgEE – SUM/ONE
big chilly electro pop fun
11 Miami Vice – palm haze
irresistible vhs romance
10 State Cows – the second one
swedish Steely Dan fans with very skilled tracks
9 HAIM – days are gone
euphoric girls on POP-fire
8 k.roosevelt – RoseGold
mixtape of the year
7 The Weeknd – Kiss Land
an epic aimless amalgam of michael jackson and trent reznor
6 horse head – purple tape
“phantastic” internet themes
5 vandaam – st.
an overlooked, old schoolish album of electro pop
4 Eyeliner – LARP of luxury
Luke Rowell’s second collection of reflections on kapitalism
3 log across the washer – pancakes
evokes like every indie love ever had
2 Magic Fades – obsession
such brilliant bedroom r’n'b
1 Prefab Sprout – crimson/red
out of nowhere came a new prefab album. a christmas present in september and one of their best it is, too
lists are essential for us. these are minternational’s favourite eps of 2013:
20 sk kakraba band – ep
19 lake radio – nostradamus
18 real player 7 – opportunities
17 horse head – the GREEN 1
16 nuage – so long
15 dukes of chutney – domino
14 janine and the mixtape – dark mind
13 ambinate – when tell
12 rival consoles – odyssey
11 computer slime – ミスト
10 mssingo – ep
9 no glow – no future
8 horse head – fresh prince
7 RomCom – 420 jazz funk greats
6 dj rashad – rollin’
5 clap! clap! – gwiningwi dema
4 PURPLE – salvation
3 vanguard – diver
2 shy girls – timeshare
1 slow machete – mango tree
Finally Portland’s Dan Vidmar aka Shy Girls drops his debut ep Timeshare after killing us all with Under Attack some months ago. now here it is, a six track ep that is brilliantly smooth from beginning to the end. Get teased with the hot buttered new single Second Heartbeat and check out where to get it all. (sadly not on bandcamp…)
Another great release from the ever interesting AMDISCS-Label is the new Diver-Ep from Vanguard which manages to combine chilly atmosphere with grooves and beats in such a good way you really don’t want it to end after the very short 17 minutes on there. you can get this little pleasure here – and while you visit the label maybe you can persuade AMDISCS that 8 euros is just a tiny bit too much for a new-media-ep-release… not that it’s not worth it, but things should be mentioned sometimes…
below you see the champagner-seapunk-aesthetik originally intended in persona of the Echohunter video, and then see another minternational romantic manipulation for Timbowolf:
it took LA’s quartett HAIM (three sisters in the publich and a guy never seen) one year to get from a never unsure blog hype to the biggest newcomer act around. we all knew it and now it really got true: they are ridiciously good. every move the make is professionally and lifts their teenage charme to immediate pop-starism. you will hear their songs on you grandpa’s radio station, you will buy it on the flea market, you will visit their concerts afraid of looking at girls way under your age. you will want to dance like them and start wearing short-cut jeans and get a hippie again. close to no filler the debut lp Days Are Gone satisfies high pop requirements, sounding like late 70′s Fleetwood Mac produced by Phoenix. (their Fleetwood love is no secret and there is even a Fleetwood cover version on the album). and so, is it all good? why is it good? read above. if you want pop professionalism at it’s breakthrough – better take this. or at least discuss if they are authentic. or if ‘authentic’ is even a criteria for POP. or whatever. meanwhile, i wait for If I could change your mind to come out as a single and video…
