[BPR01] Dumbo Gets Mad – Elephants At The Door LP
We’re thrilled and proud to announce the debut LP by Dumbo Gets Mad (facebook) and our first physical release!
The digital release of Elephants At The Door is available just spreading the word with your friends. You will be asked to login to Facebook or Twitter, edit the proposed tweet/wall message – and click the download button. Simple. We invite you to download the mp3s (or click the artwork cover!), print the artwork, burn the cd-r, spread the word, share it with everyone you know and support the artist as you can (buy the vinyl if you love it!).
(if you don’t have a Twitter or Facebook account, please get in touch at badpandarecords at gmail dot com)
BUY ELEPHANTS AT THE DOOR (12” Gatefold Jacket, Limited Edition)
For all booking enquiries email : dumbogetsmad at gmail dot com
Press pack available: [archive.org]
We like mp3 but vinyl is our first love. Thus some very limited 12” vinyls with gatefold jackets are now available. Let’s hope it’ll be a collector’s item before too long. You can order them on BigCartel for 12€ + shipping costs (if you are in Rome, Italia or Berkeley, California and want to save on shipping costs get in touch).
01. Limbo’s Village [soundcloud] [youtube]
02. Plumy Tale [soundcloud] [youtube]
03. Marmelade Kids [soundcloud] [youtube]
04. Sleeping Over [soundcloud] [youtube]
05. Harmony [soundcloud] [youtube]
06. Why Try? [soundcloud] [youtube]
07. Eclectic Prawn [soundcloud] [youtube]
08. Self-esteem [soundcloud] [youtube]
09. Raymond Play [soundcloud] [youtube]
10. You Make You Feel [soundcloud] [youtube]
The separate stems [download] for the track You Make You Feel are now available for a contest remix. All the remixes will be licensed as CC-BY-NC-SA and the lucky winner will receive: 1 Elephants At The Door LP + 1 Bad Panda T-Shirt + your remix released on a Bad Panda monday.Submit your entry to our “Dumbo Gets Mad Remix Competition” Group Dropbox on SoundCloud before the deadline. Contest ends April 23th, 2011… look forward to hearing your remix! [Read more here]
DUMBO GETS MAD:
Dumbo Gets Mad emerged in the summer of 2010 in Northern Italy and has now migrated to Los Angeles. His initial aim was to lay down some marvelous music in an organic manner, open to whatever direction the tunes took during the recording session. The first published track was Plumy Tale, which received positive reviews from a number of music blogs. Dumbo then decided to work on a debut album with an express goal and spirit in mind: “No matter what it sounded like, it had to be psychedelic!”
The result, Elephants At The Door, drops today. The album was recorded sans fancy technology, using old-fashioned equipment like analog synthetizers and tape machines—and lots of good vibes. (from Dossier Journal)
Reviews:
- The Needle Drop [8/10] : “Think of it as Flying Lotus’s Cosmogramma from a psych rock perspective.”
- SlantMagazine [4/5] : “Elephants at the Door is an inspiring victory of DIY determination”
- Coke Machine Glow – Marmelade Kids track review: “This is probably the most potent free psychedelia you can have without growing your own peyote.”
- LoudVision [9/10]: “You can call it post-Loveless shoegaze, lo-fi or dreampop. We simply define it wonder.”
- Joe Tangari (Senior Contributing Writer at Pitchfork) : “Great psych band from Italy – Plumy Tale made my Pitchfork top 50 last year”.
- Redefine Magazine: “The ability to change pace and still sound coherent is what makes the album so satisfying.” (Erik Burg)
- NPR Song of the Day: Dumbo Gets Mad – Marmelade Kids
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[BadPanda129] Tommy Toussaint – I Don’t Wanna Cry
Tommy Toussaint is the vintage-pop moniker for the Harlem-based songwriter Jesse Thompson. Since 2008, Toussaint has been a frequent collaborator/band member of Dent May.
He recently released the Summer USA 7” on Make Mine Records (also available via Rough Trade), after having released the majority of his music via the Cats Purring collective (on free download the Cosmic Caverns EP) and Chill Mega Chill.
Here’s a brand new track apt for late spring period. Be sure to check out the – full of interesting thoughts – interview (after the jump) and to stay tuned for his upcoming music.
Tommy Toussaint – I Don’t Wanna Cry [mp3]
(thanks to Andre Sousa for mastering)
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[BadPanda128] Pandreas – Sirkel(Sag)
21 years-old Pandreas comes from Bergen-Norway and creates sample-based electronic in the style of Gold Panda, The Field or Pogo.
Recently chosen as “unknown artist” of the week on norwegian national radio, he was booked to debut live at Gut Feelings festival (with acts like Digits, Twin Shadow and Basia Bulat) in Oslo, 30th of june and Slottsfjell Festival (with Tortoise, Wild Beasts, Nils Petter Molvær and many more).
Pandreas – Sirkel(Sag) [mp3]
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[BPR02] Indian Wells
We’re glad to announce our 2nd physical release and introduce you Indian Wells. His first track “Deuce” [mp3] just debuted on XLR8R and was likened to Shlohmo’s lo-fi textures and Actress’ gritty techno mantras.
Debut LP “Night Drops” will be out in june, meanwhile pre-order one of the 100 numbered CDs before they’re gone forever and follow Indian Wells on FB or SNDCLD or sign up his mailing list for more news/mp3s.
[BadPanda127] Hypermagic – Piffy On A Rock
Introducing London’s Hypermagic, a forest of echoes and polychrome phonographic vibrations inspired by acts like Grouper, Emeralds, Do Make Say Think and Teen Daze. Layers of rustic beats, rusty clicks, shrouded voices, kaleidoscope reverbered guitars and rheumatic feedback. After 4 well-received EPs and a full-length (everything on free download) here are new sonic textures and rhytmes that will ride you along a time warping tunnel headed straight for the moon. Stay tuned for more music at Magic Rub Cassettes and check out the interview below.
Hypermagic – Piffy On A Rock [mp3]
[BadPanda126] Anon – Jungle Rag
Anon is blooming. This mysterious London-based producer is making experimental electronic sounds dipping into trip hop beats and the new track is all about heavy delays and bassy sounds. After having remixed Young Magic (mp3 via Clash Music), he’s just put out an exclusive mix for Dazed Digital. Look for the debut LP soon and listen to the other tracks on his website.
Anon – Jungle Rag [mp3]
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Jungle Rag video directed by Oliver Jennings.
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[BadPanda125] Jaws vs Paws – Jaws vs Paws
The Jaws vs Paws project is more than an album. It is a fantasy told through hundreds of narrative voices culled from sources new and old, blending violence with humor, time travel with spiritual awakening. The universe comes to life with sounds indebted as much to dub and hip hop as musique concrete and breakfast at Berghain, woven together with a love for classic soundtracks. This is the first chapter of the Jaws vs Paws story, which sees our protagonists go from the Wild West to a prehistoric jungle and back – revealing a tale of immortal spirits and time travel, betrayal and revenge, heroism and villainy.
(free download below)
[BadPanda124] Miró Belle – Kiss This (Vol. 0) EP
Miró Belle (a.k.a. San Diego-based Jeff Tuyay) is dropping today his new EP , six short and playful tracks that will remind you sounds a-la AraabMuzik, Stereolab or Monster Rally. Premiered on PRTLS, Kiss This (Vol. 0) is the final episode after the (free downloads!) Vol.1, Vol.2 and Vol.3. Get them all and follow him wherever you can, you won’t regret it.
Miró Belle – Kiss This (Vol. 0) [zip]
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01 In Fielder [mp3]
02 Penny’s For Lame Thoughts [mp3]
03 La La Lava [mp3]
04 Visions Of Eclairs [mp3]
05 Here Comes The Sheeple [mp3]
06 February (Jones) March [mp3]
Record Store Day ’12
It’s Record Store Day! Please go out and support your local indie!
Our web store is celebrating too and just for today, Dumbo Gets Mad debut LP 40% off!
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“I trust no one who hasn’t time for music. What a shame to Leave a child, or worse, a generation orphaned from one of life’s great beauties.” (Jack White)
“Folks who work here are professors. Don’t replace all the knowers with guessors keep’em open they’re the ears of the town” (Tom Waits)
“A proper record shop reminds us why we got into this in the first place – a place to be reminded of old friends, still in their spots on the shelves, a source of unexpected magic and lucid memories – a place that reminds us that music is more than dumb file sharing and the management of dead data by faceless sociopathic corporations, but a storehouse of dreams, both possible and impossible.” (Max Richter)
“Every time I am in a different city on tour, I make a point to hit the indie retail record stores to see what they’re spinning and selling, because i just LOVE being there…my own personal and sometimes anonymous church. You can’t get that feeling sitting behind your computer, ever.” (Amanda Palmer)
[BadPanda123] Andrea – Bedtime Stories EP
Coming out from Paris, Andrea is the winner of our Kodak To Graph contest and he’s putting out an impressive EP featuring remixes from emerging and talented artists as Kodak To Graph, Kyson (who just released an EP on Moodgadget), Chester-based Real, Grobbie and Splinter.
Andrea – Bedtime Stories EP [zip]
1. Work the Middle [mp3]
2. Going Down [mp3]
3. Work the Middle (Kodak to Graph Remix) [mp3]
4. Work the Middle (Kyson Remix) [mp3]
5. Work the Middle (Real Remix) [mp3]
6. Work the Middle (Grobbie Remix) [mp3]
7. Work the Middle (Splinter Remix) [mp3]
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Check out the interview with Andrea after the jump.
Andrea – Work the Middle (Kodak to Graph Rmx)
As a preview from the upcoming Bedtime Stories EP by Andrea (winner of the Kodak To Graph contest) out on 16/04, here’s one of his new track remixed by Kodak To Graph.
Below you can listen /download the winning remix of the KDK remix competition + a couple of the many great runners up. Thank you so much to everyone for participating.
