WITCH HOUSE. DISARO. WIERD. PENDU.

Here is some pretty extensive Spanish coverage about Witchhouse on Madrid-based website Notodo.com (found via popmistaken):

 SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS WAY COMEs.

 Witch House Ora Pro http://www.notodo.com/musica/indie/1507_witch_house_ora_pro_nobis.html

Al igual que la chill wave, el glo-fi o el pop de reflejo hipnagógico en sus distintas filtraciones de género, la efervescencia garagera y la permeabilidad fructífera de sus confines hacia el noise, el dreampop o el punk; y lo mismo que las declinaciones del synthpop, la new wave y la cold wave, la protoelectrónica o las manifestaciones industriales nos hablan de los intereses estéticos que en la música suponen una vuelta a sonidos del pasado con un horizonte claro hacia el futuro; hay un anverso fantasmal que crece en las sombras y en los recodos nebulosos de las inquietudes melómanas de distintas partes del globo y que coincide con la emergencia (en varias voces) de un movimiento concreto. A un ritmo constante, lento, pero implacable, hordas de zombis, paganos, visiones imprecisas, ungidos del maligno, espectros desubicados, fantasmas de catenaria arrastrada, almas perdidas y efigies encapuchadas, van definiendo sus contornos desdibujados según se aproximan y se nos aparecen de entre sus tinieblas como parte de un fenómeno musical en ciernes. Son los llamados a ceremonias oscuras en torno a un nuevo culto musical al que con agua negra se bautiza como Witch House, aunque salpique otras acepciones como Drag, Ghost Drone, Gothic Chillwave, Darkwave, Haunted Disco, marcos definitorios de una nueva expresión musical que, sin embargo, ya lleva unos cuantos años practicándose en un activo silencio. Bienvenidos a esta casa de brujas.

 

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Upcoming gig, 19th of October 2010: The lovely people of Hi, Honey! put on the Robot Elephant / ISVOLT collaborators White Ring & Robert Disaro - which is making us totally giddy already - together with Manchesters very own D/R/U/G/S! Completing the lineup are C Powers DJ and Hi, Honey DJs!
The thing will go on in the brandest newest venue London has to offer - The Nest in Stoke Newington (alright.. it’s in the same location where legendary underground music venue Bardens Boudoir used to be. So basically it’s Bardens, but refurbished!).
For the inclined socially networked reader, you can RSVP at this Facebook event.
Tickets can be bought here- http://www.wegottickets.com/event/95461
Mark the date in your calendars - it’s the 19th of October! See you down there!

Upcoming gig, 19th of October 2010: The lovely people of Hi, Honey! put on the Robot Elephant / ISVOLT collaborators White Ring & Robert Disaro - which is making us totally giddy already - together with Manchesters very own D/R/U/G/S! Completing the lineup are C Powers DJ and Hi, Honey DJs!

The thing will go on in the brandest newest venue London has to offer - The Nest in Stoke Newington (alright.. it’s in the same location where legendary underground music venue Bardens Boudoir used to be. So basically it’s Bardens, but refurbished!).

For the inclined socially networked reader, you can RSVP at this Facebook event.

Tickets can be bought here- http://www.wegottickets.com/event/95461

Mark the date in your calendars - it’s the 19th of October! See you down there!

Robot Elephant Records on Independent Music Podcast

Another podcast, and more nice words about our upcoming Disaro Records co-release ISVOLT!

This time it’s on the Independent Music Podcast hosted by Robot Elephant friend Gareth. People who know him would probably agree - he is an absolutely incorruptible man when it comes to music- so being featured and endorsed on the podcast (in Anthony’s absence ;) is an honour and a badge of excellence.

 
ISVOLT - A Disaro Witch House Compilation
Release Date: 6th of December 2010
Cat No: RER-004
Release Format:  CD/ Vinyl/Digital Download
 
“…Slowed-down hip-hop beats, crude electronics, nerve-jangling samples and bad-dream sounds.”
The Guardian
 
“Drag tracks are always beat-driven but molasses-paced— the bass is prominent, but drowsy and languid. Vocals are there, but no one’s singing upfront. (Typically, vocals are manipulated in some way and buried in the mix.) It’s not necessarily tech-y music— there’s a human quality to these songs but it’s ghostly and distorted, as if the tracks themselves are haunted. “ 
Pitchfork
 
Featuring nine acts from across America, Europe and Australia, ISVOLT is a Witch House Compilation to be released through Robot Elephant Records, and in collaboration with Disaro Records, in early December 2010.  
 
Commonly labelled ‘Witch House’ or ‘Drag’ and associated with new acts such as Salem, Zola Jesus and White Ring, this new sub-genre combines elements of Electronica, Industrial, Hip-Hop and Shoegaze. Developed in bedrooms around the world, it is now for the first time available on record, filled with tracks from genre-defining artists such as Mater Suspiria Vision, Ritualzz, Fostercare, Raw Moans, Party Trash and Modern 
Track listing:
†‡† - Misery Walk Fostercare - Cold Light ///HORSE MACGYVER\\ (///▲▲▲\\) - Nod Modern Witch - Your Life a Movie //TENSE// - Versus Man Party Trash - Skyclad White Ring - IxC999 Raw Moans - Nectarine Mater Suspiria Vision - Ritualz of the Crack Witches



ISVOLT by Robot Elephant Records

ISVOLT - A Disaro Witch House Compilation

Release Date: 6th of December 2010

Cat No: RER-004

Release Format:  CD/ Vinyl/Digital Download

 

“…Slowed-down hip-hop beats, crude electronics, nerve-jangling samples and bad-dream sounds.”

The Guardian

 

“Drag tracks are always beat-driven but molasses-paced— the bass is prominent, but drowsy and languid. Vocals are there, but no one’s singing upfront. (Typically, vocals are manipulated in some way and buried in the mix.) It’s not necessarily tech-y music— there’s a human quality to these songs but it’s ghostly and distorted, as if the tracks themselves are haunted. “

Pitchfork

 

Featuring nine acts from across America, Europe and Australia, ISVOLT is a Witch House Compilation to be released through Robot Elephant Records, and in collaboration with Disaro Records, in early December 2010. 

 

Commonly labelled ‘Witch House’ or ‘Drag’ and associated with new acts such as Salem, Zola Jesus and White Ring, this new sub-genre combines elements of Electronica, Industrial, Hip-Hop and Shoegaze. Developed in bedrooms around the world, it is now for the first time available on record, filled with tracks from genre-defining artists such as Mater Suspiria Vision, Ritualzz, Fostercare, Raw Moans, Party Trash and Modern 

Track listing:

†‡† - Misery Walk 
Fostercare - Cold Light 
///HORSE MACGYVER\\ (///▲▲▲\\) - Nod 
Modern Witch - Your Life a Movie 
//TENSE// - Versus Man 
Party Trash - Skyclad 
White Ring - IxC999 
Raw Moans - Nectarine 
Mater Suspiria Vision - Ritualz of the Crack Witches

ISVOLT by Robot Elephant Records

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