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This is the very first newsletter for Architecture of Sound, a new entity fostering melancholic party music that's not ironic. You are invited to become a part of what's being built.
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Introducing Slap [unmodified] Coming Up August 7th: Slap [unmodified] is a machine whose default setting combines effervescent synthesizers with sobering detail. It's also the new guise of Canadian producer Thomas Sinclair, who some of you may remember from last year's Musical Chairs album as half of electro-pop duo Black Turtleneck with Solvent. The saturated smokestacks on the cover of Auto [repeat] foreshadow the perpetual rhythm of a factory you'll find inside; offering a new daily grind and a habit that's hard to break. Finally, a record that pushes buttons. Limited edition 7" vinyl + bonus CD. Tracklisting: A1. Auto-repeat (version 2) B1. First Choice, Second Guess B2. Effexor Redux Bonus CD contains a digital version of the vinyl, plus 2 extra tracks: Omnipresent (2nd edit) More (less) Now available to pre-order at the Architecture of Sound website. |
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Kids on TV remix out right now:
Mixing Business with Pleasure is the new album by queer-punk-electro-house group Kids on TV. If the hyped-up tempos and lyrics about gay sex don't already make your body flush, there also happens to be a remix on it by Thomas Sinclair of Slap [unmodified]. In Every Dreanhome A Heartache is a remix of a cover of a Roxy Music classic, and dancing to it will make you hotter than Bryan Ferry. Literally, of course. When submitted to the online database Discogs, a moderator commented that Sinclair's remix is "Depeche Mode's Behind The Wheel + a blow-up doll". It's unclear whether that was meant as praise or ridicule, but at least someone got it right. Available now from Blocks Recording Club in Canada and Chicks on Speed Records in the rest of the world. |
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Slap [unmodified] live at the Gladstone, June 15th
Slap [unmodified] is helping CIUT 89.5 FM celebrate 20 years of dynamic community radio programming with a live set of electro-niche goodness on Friday, June 15th. Also performing will be Eightcubed, The Amber Room and The Guest Bedroom. This event is free, so unless you're living way outside of Toronto, there's no reason to miss out. ElectroCIUTion June 15th at the Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen Street West Doors open 8pm Admission: FREE!!! |
| Taking pulses Some great demos have come this way over the last couple of months, and you will definitely see more artists added to the AOS roster in the future, but greedy ears want more. Send demos to: Architecture Of Sound P.O. Box 222 Station E Toronto, Ontario M6H 4E2 Canada Thanks for making it this far down the page and remember to visit the website. http://www.architectureofsound.com Feel free to get in touch with your reactions and queries. info@architectureofsound.com |