After The Dream You Are Awake
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Laced with the longings and terrors of a society preoccupied with apocalyptic fantasies and cold-war nostalgia, the songs of After The Dream You Are Awake recollect a past that no longer seems real, generating sonic atmospheres that, like memories, seem simultaneously swollen and sparse.
Life Inside The Body
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In Life Inside The Body we hear the Campbell sisters' continue to soften our hearts with those sugary, soulful harmonies, that old time-with-a-twist aesthetic, and those irresistibly quippy yet emotionally present lyrics. This album also marks the beginning of a closer collaboration between the sisters and music producer / performer Suny Lyons (pacificUV).
Whistling While The End Is Near
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The debut LP by Athens, Georgia band The Viking Progress is an epic arrangement of unforgettable anthems, all wonderfully, thematically apocalyptic, managing to be tender and bring a ruckus all at once. The album features Scott Spillane (Neutral Milk Hotel) and Marie Davon (Venice Is Sinking, Power Kompany).
Weekends
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The 3rd LP and 5th release by pacificUV is a journey across a hooky, heartbeating, electronic and masterfully constructed pop landscape. Elements of the band's shoegaze roots are still apparent, but emotional invasions of irony, joy, and distraction are at the core of this decidedly new direction.
Comfort
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The debut by Athens, Georgia's powerkompany is a tenderly poignant soundtrack of two prolific musical scientists in love, swaying dreamlike as if in a dance, led by the often gentle and soothing voice of Marie Davon (Venice Is Sinking), as she and her husband Andrew Heaton (Packway Handle Band) weave a wave of meta-modern magnificence, sprinkled with tiny tastes from across a wide and delicious sonic spectrum.
Thugs and China Dolls
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The songs that make up Dare Dukes' smart and infectious sophomore album, Thugs and China Dolls, are a striking combination of incisive observation and sweet, doleful hooks. Looking past the shiny surfaces of the American everyday, the Savannah, Georgia-based singer-songwriter chronicles life on the margins, and renders its idiosyncratic characters and events in dramatic relief against the vibrant backdrop of his orchestral folk pop.
Bandung Nights
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The debut release by the Athens, Georgia production team and band Electrophoria is a collaboration between dozens of musicians working on the Our New Silence project, one that remixes and reimagines field recordings made in Indonesia. This diverse album includes collaborations with Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink of Azure Ray, Kai Riedl of Macha, Suny Lyons of Hope For Agoldensummer and pacificUV, Jay Nakachi of Brave New Citizen, and many more!
The Fall
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The marvelously enticing debut EP by Athens, Georgia artist Young Benjamin is a surprisingly sagacious set, particularly for a 21-year-old songwriter. The songs were recorded at Popheart Productions in Athens, GA by Suny Lyons (Hope for Agoldensummer, pavificUV, Electrophoria) and chronicle a man’s diagnosis, escapism, and eventual death due to Alzheimer’s.
Idjah Hadidjah and Jugula Jaipongan
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Volume 1 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: This album showcases a unique style of Gamelan created as a reaction to the government’s ban on rock and roll. Armed with gongs, bronze keys, drums and vocals, these musicians voice a rock spirit in the most graceful way possible. Featured are Jaipongan’s most legendary performers, Idjah Hadjijah on vocals and the famed Jugala group of West Java.
Ruk Ruk Rukmana Kacapi Suling Music
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Volume 2 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: Kacapi string music of West Java has inspired meditation and reflection across the globe. Listen and you’ll see why Ruk Ruk Rukmana is one of the best known Kacapi players in the world. Add the legendary voice of West Java Euis Komariah and the effect is sublime. The Kacapi is also accompanied here by the Suling (flute), a classic combination throughout this region.
Tarawangsa Ritual Music
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Volume 3 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: Hear why the minimal yet fully dynamic Tarawangsa ritual music of West Java is known for putting its accompanying dancers into trances. With only two very simple stringed instruments, these renowned players cover a variety of textures and create nothing less than musical poetry. We’ve brought a new quality of recording to this very rare music.
Javanese and Sundanese Gamelan
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Volume 4 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: The Gamelan music of Java is intricate yet graceful. Its beauty and power have made it one of the most popular forms of music to come out of Java. Employing bronze keys, gongs, drums, and strings, its lovely interlocking patterns have influenced many western composers.
Endah Jaipongan
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Volume 5 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: Known for its dark lights and late nights, Klub Endah in Bandung, Java, is home to one of the most energetic and psychadelic Jaipongan groups in the city. This sensually calculated music is made to move people on the dance floor and beyond! This is a raw expression of jaipongan. This tight-knit group is the musical counterpart to dark red lights, alcohol-driven nights, and some of the most unique dancing styles found anywhere in Java!
Degung Music Featuring Ujang Suryana
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Volume 6 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: Minimal yet playful, Degung is the musical autograph of the people of West Java. This album features some of the region’s most famous musicians, including the legendary Ujang Suryana. Gamelan degung is played on very few instruments, allowing the character of each melody line to shine forth brightly.
Gan Gan Garmana Kacapi Suling Music
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Volume 7 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: Gangan Garmana is known throughout West Java for the graceful edge he brings to the kacapi. Stylistically different from Ruk Ruk Rukmana, the internationally-known Garmana brings a contemporary flare to this unique style of music while still preserving all its classic qualities.
Bale Bom Dangdut
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Volume 8 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: Across the nation of Indonesia, the popular music known as Dangdut can be heard echoing from dance clubs where singers pass the microphone, the band plays the hits, and the crowd dances along to the signature drum sound,”dang-dut,” an undeniably pop heartbeat prompting people to their feet in dance in clubs across the country. This music has brought more people together than any other, with themes of love, joy, and longing. “HELLO! Everybody Dangdut!”
Classical and Folk Zitheran
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Volume 9 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: Indonesia’s hyperactive musicality often finds itself spilling out onto the streets in beautifully unexpected and inventive ways. These musicians may pass the hat or not, but one thing is sure: they can provide passers-by an immediate escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. This recording captures a zither-based couple singing classical love songs to each other and their random audiences. Roaming the streets of Yogyakarta, they’ve enchanted the people for decades.
Badui Village Songs
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Volume 10 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: The Badui of West Java have rejected all modern culture and technology. Protected by the Indonesian government, this village has been able to preserve its historical customs and music. Hear these living representatives of a forgotten time musically integrate themselves into the land with its spirits and cycles. These numerous recordings represent a wide variety of the unique styles found in this culture.
Balinese Cremation Music
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Volume 11 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: This album, recorded in Bali, represents the shimmering cremation music heard throughout the island. During funeral ceremonies this music directs the attention and mood of the crowd. If you died in Bali and your ears still worked, this is the music you would hear. Played by an orchestra of eighteen, all in seamless synchronicity, this recording sheds light on the dynamic gamelan style found in Java’s neighboring island.
Kacapi Suling Music Featuring Euis Komariah
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Volume 12 of Javasounds, the epic Traditional Indonesian Music Series: Gangan Garmana is known throughout West Java for the graceful edge he brings to the Kacapi. Stylistically different from Ruk Ruk Rukmana, the internationally known Garmana brings a contemporary flare to this unique style of music while still preserving all its classic qualities. This album also features timeless vocal performances by the beloved Indonesian singer Euis Komariah.
Chrysalis
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The fourth release by these masters of narcotic space pop signals initiates a clear aesthetic transformation, as well as the beginning of a close collaboration between pacificUV Co-founder Clay Jordan and music producer and performer Suny Lyons (Electrophoria, Hope For Agoldensummer, Lovers, Tin Cup Prophette,Popheart Productions). "Chrysalis" also includes "Lakes", featuring Carolyn Berk (Lovers) and a remix Glowworm.
Hours In The Attic
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This live album by folk darlings Hope For Agoldensummer showcases some of the Campbell sisters' most popular songs and contains a few live renditions of developing songs that eventually went on the 2012 release, "Life Inside The Body".