Weekly Download 1/16/13 (Three Green Trees, Photo Ops and more)
First and foremost, today's tongue-twister is Blue Foundation 's remix of Apparatjik's track "Datascorller".
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First and foremost, today's tongue-twister is Blue Foundation 's remix of Apparatjik's track "Datascorller".
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CMU approved Canadian artist Lowell has just arranged to promote her new mini-LP, 'If You Can, Solve This Jumble' , via a one-off live date at London's Sebright Arms on 11 Dec. In similar info, Mute's Cold Specks will play her own solo set – also at the Sebright – on 21 Dec. It's a special Winter solstice party, and tickets are free to those who RSVP via this Facebook page.
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Lowell means 'wolf cub', but there's very little lupine to this Toronto-based singer-songwriter.
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CMU approved back in July, Apparatjik protégé Lowell has announced that she will release her debut mini-album, 'If You Can't Solve This Jumble', on 29 Oct. As previously reported, the record was recorded with Apparatjik, aka Coldplay's Guy Berryman, A-ha's Magne F, Mew's Jonas Bjerre and producer and songwriter Martin Terefe.
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While working with producer Martin Tereffe on her forthcoming debut mini-album, 'If You Can, Solve This Jumble', Canadian singer Lowell ended up appearing on his band Apparatjik 's second long player, 'Square Peg In A Round Hole', which was released earlier this year.
Read MoreThe origin of the word Lowell in both English and French means Wolf Cub. Lowell had been working in the studio with Martin Terefe, Grammy award winning producer and member of the Apparatjik collective (Magne F (Aha), Guy Berryman (Coldplay) and Jonas Bjerre (MEW)). Terefe and the young Canadian artist ended up duetting together for Apparatjik's Everybody Is One Bar project, whereby fans and other artists were encouraged to re-work tracks that would later appear on the bands second album, "Square Peg In A Round Hole". Apparatjik immediately realised they had found a close musical relative; Lowell came from the snow just like them you see...
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Worry sets in when I'm sent an album by a band I know nothing about; I become most anxious about not representing the band appropriately when I review the release.
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The first listen of Square Peg In A Round Hole by Apparatjik had me break out in a massive grin in the first sixteen seconds.
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"Apparatjik works in cells around the world as an open platform for collaborations. After working with Pharrell in Miami, Martin came home with a demo of a fantastic song titled 'Do it Myself' which they had written together, and we just said, hey, lets just add some bits and use this as an Apparatjik song ! I love the fact that a musical collective can be this unpredictable."
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Apparatjik was formed in 2008 by Coldplay's Guy Berryman, Mew's Jonas Bjerre, A-ha's Magne Furuholmen and songwriter Martin Terefe.
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"Apparatjik works in cells around the world as an open platform for collaborations. After working with Pharrell in Miami, Martin came home with a demo of a fantastic song titled 'Do it Myself' which they had written together, and we just said, hey, lets just add some bits and use this as an Apparatjik song!
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Back a few years ago Apparatjik were formed.
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