Bio: During his Communication Design studies at the Merz Akademie in Stuttgart, Robin Hofmann already has been working in various advertising agencies and design studios. In 1997 he started to work as a Freelancer and served various clients in the field of print and online.
During this time he was Djing a lot and in 1999 he founded with three friends the music producer team Dublex Inc. and a year later the record label Pulver Records. Many highly acclaimed music productions, international releases and various Dj appearances all over the globe followed.
Since then, new challenges were lying in the artist and label management, the license right and in the planning of events and tours. During this time Robin was taking care for numerous commercial music projects and advertising campaigns. Founding the company HearDis! Corporate Sound in the year 2004 was a logical step to expand those activities.
At HearDis! Robin Hofmann is responsible for conceptual work, the divisions Instore Music and Music Events. Furthermore he's a lecturer for acoustic brand management at the Design Academy Berlin as well as for media design at the DHBW Ravensburg.
A collaboration between Danger Mouse (among many other projects one half of Gnarls Barkley) and James Mercer (mainly the singer of the band The Shins)? What sounded like an indie-pop fan’s wet dream when it was announced last year, became beautiful reality this week. The Broken Bells‘ self-titled debut amazes you with ten tenderly crafted gems built from organic drum samples, subtle electronic experiments, Mercers addictive voice, catchy guitar melodies and atmospheric strings. In general this one is a neat and timeless pop album which surely will end up on several top ten lists at the end of the year.
Kasper Bjorkes second album is a danceable and pleasantly leftfield offering. You can hear it being influenced by the recent disco revival, but it also features some heavier tunes like the techno monster Melmac with its wobbling dub step baseline. Kasper has gathered some interesting guests around him, mainly for the vocal parts, of which surely the most outstanding one is WhoMadeWho’s Tomas Höffding on Efficient Machine, which also is the latest single. The album is a weird and twisted little gem and worth being checked out by anyone interested in diversified electronic dance music.
Lou Thomas of the BBC wrote that this album “might just be the first great album of 2010″. And even if you think that this statement is a little bit exaggerated, you have to admit that the four Britons created a very danceable and catchy release, oscillating between indie-dance and electro-pop. On the one extreme you have the nine minutes long title track witch could be enjoyed on many dance floors and on the other there is the spaced out power ballad “Submission”, reminiscent of the mastery of bands like New Order. So, in general this is a clear recommendation for everyone who likes a well done mix of guitars and electronic sounds.
The latest album by Massive Attack, their first after a seven year hiatus, is a dark and hypnotic record whose claustrophobic mood will haunt your nightmares. Still there are a few songs that manage to spread a little warmth, mostly those featuring female vocalists like Martina Topley-Bird.
My favourite track is “Girl I love you” with its pulsating baseline and epic brass. Its disco-like groove sounds very contemporary while the general feel is reminiscent of the early Massive Attack records.
“One Life Stand” is called what’s going to stir our blood from the 5th february on!
With their new electropop album, Hot Chip have created something that is still embossed from their typical creative incalculability – at the same time its fraught with nearly biting emotionality.
This sound is nerdy, sexy and sweet like we already know Hot Chip from their last three albums. But also self contained and soulful like none before.
Check: “Hand Me Down Your Love” my personal favourite track…
Today Sade released her new single “Soldier Of Love: The track, features a pulsating and anthemic drum beat along with haunting vocals that Sade is known for.
Looking forward to the album release on February 8th, 2010…
Arthur Russel: genius, tortured artist and often completely misunderstood.
Electric Minds offer a modern-day overhaul of Arthur Russell’s music, compiling this tribute with tracks from Yam Who?, Faze Action, Max Essa and Ilija Rudman.
One of my highlights is the soulful“Make 12” by Yam Who with Mary Moore. Love it!
Being born in the wrong part of the world – is the sarcastic comment on his Finnsih origin.
But DJ, remixer and producer Jori Hulkkonen is a “Man From Earth”: his new album, released on Turbo Recordings, is maybe not as coherent and subtle as some of his previous efforts.
But what it may lack in atmospheric synthpads, “scandinavian mooddesign” and social commentary it makes up in catchy basslines, sizzling hihats and danceable tracks. Absolutely uplifting sound from the polaric circle!
Perfume Genius so far released all his wunderful poetic and bare-bone songs only via his MySpace page. Currently he is readying his debut LP that will be released on Londons Turnstile Label. The compositions are sparse and his heartbreakingly vulnerable vocals sketching tales of tragic and brilliant characters that are sometimes bursting with hope, other times truly disturbing and beautiful always and forever.
Releasedate of this wonderful album was already some time ago, but it´s definitely worth it to check out:
Released on Norways Indie-Label Smalltown Supersound this album blends the lounging of Balearic disco with folk/guitar music. Composed of the Idjut Boys and Rune Lindbaek this Downtempo trio created the perfect sound for a foggy Thursday! Pure relaxation!
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