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Divider imageNotes From The Nest: Picture Us Tumblin’, Interns Wanted & Press Round-Up

Matias Aguayo Stars In Our Meme Of The Week

Happy Friday! It’s been a big week at the Terrorbird offices in Brooklyn where we’ve been as many as seven strong with Jay moving to Brooklyn and the inimitable Tim Jones visiting from our LA office. In addition to a bunch of awesome records going for adds at radio, we’re starting some new PR projects, and the licensing department continues to tear it up on small & silver screens.

This week we started a Tumblr blog. Follow us and we’ll follow back. The Tumblr will be a little more informal than this here blog, and we’ll be posting and reblogging MP3s and general things we think are rad.

We’re also still looking for another intern in our Brooklyn office! Preferably someone interested in PR & social media, although we’re still accepting applications for radio interns as well. Please e-mail Matthew (matthew at terrorbird dot com) with some information about yourself if you’re interested.

Finally, here are some things from around the web about our roster…

- Upstart LA label Proximal Records dropped their debut compilation Proximity One: A Narrative of a City including tracks from Dam-Funk, Daedelus & Tokimonsta, but there’s so much more good stuff on this it isn’t funny
- Reporter also made their debut with Time Incredible and announced a tour of the west coast
- Proggy popsters Social Studies premiered a new track at RCRD LBL
- “Stonehenge punks” Heavy Cream were featured on Brooklyn Vegan
- Finally, Baths was featured by Pitchfork’s Guest List (& he name-checked Husky Rescue who you’ll be hearing plenty about soon!)

Posted by Jay on August 13th, 2010 in On the Web, and tagged with , , , , , , , , , . | Leave a comment



Divider imageProximity One Out Now From Proximal Records, New MP3 Available From Sahy Uhns

MP3: “Fire Music” by Sahy Uhns via LA Weekly
MP3: “A Day At the Carnival” by Dam-Funk via Pitchfork
MP3: “A(nother) Day At the Carnival (Sahy Uhns’ Cosmic Songbird Remix)” via The Fader
MP3: “Proximity One Mega(re)mix” by Sahy Uhns via LA Weekly
MP3: “Off Angle Edges” by Daedelus via LA Times

Proximal Records is a Los Angeles based independent record label with a mission of supporting and promoting vibrant new voices in the local electronic music community. The brain-child of L.A. natives Carl Madison Burgin, better known as Sahy Uhns, and composer/ producer Jeff Elmassian, Proximal provides a home for local artists to connect and collaborate.

Their debut release, Proximity One: Narrative of a City, takes the listener through the musical landscape of Los Angeles as they hear it. With a disregard for popularity and scene, Proximity One juxtaposes established and up-and-coming talent and the result is a cohesive and inspired record. Proximity One: Narrative of a City features L.A. staples such as DaM-FunK and Daedelus, current beat-makers such as Teebs and TOKiMonsta, and Proximal’s very own Sahy Uhns, Benedek, Lawrence Grey, Wake and BearClaw. With vision, talent and a commitment to the city of Los Angeles, Proximal Records will always be a step apart and a step ahead…

Proximity One: A Narrative Of A City
Tracklisting
1. Benedek – Laser Forest
2. Dam-Funk – A Day At The Carnival
3. Sahy Uhns – Fire Music
4. TOKIMONSTA – Cigarette Lust
5. Owen Vallis – Trunk
6. Juj – Creep
7. Lawrence Grey – Peaches for the Baby
8. Wake – ButtaBump
9. Shlohmo – Glue Stick
10. Suzuki 8-Ball – Nine-Wing
11. Teebs – Wind Loop
12. Take – Conversations With Yesterday
13. Deadwaiter & Eli Walks – VI
14. BearClaw – Robotrimpin
15. Denny Denny Breakfast – Sea Water
16. Daedelus – Off Angles Edges
17. Dr. Strangeloop – Strange Utopia
18. [Post-Foetus] – Chasms




Divider imageOUT TODAY: Mexicans With Guns Presents “Me Gusto 12″” On Friends of Friends & Innovative Leisure ft. Chico Mann, Ghosts On Tape

MP3s: “Me Gusto ft. Chico Mann” via LA Weekly

“The titular tune, which West Coast Sound has the honor of premiering, features singing from Chico Mann, another alter-ego courtesy of Antibalas guitarist Marquitos Garcia, not to mention the wild production of Mexicans With Guns, which sounds like the physical manifestation of the lyrics to Beck’s Que Ondo Guero.” LA Weekly

MEXICANS WITH GUNS is the raw and exciting production-moniker/character created by Exponential Records honcho Ernest Gonzales. After prepping his Been Meaning To Tell You LP for the Friends of Friends label, EG was in search of a new sound and ready to explore the depths of bass music and it’s unique sonic elements…his journey lead him to the cutty edges of his mind where Mexico, London and the Dirty South all fused into one mysterious and club friendly mindset.

Dawning the mexican wrestling mask in February 2009, MwG began tearing down the streets with big bass and a nasty swag, breaking out remixes for the likes of Bassnectar, Rainbow Arabia, CYNE, Faunts, Yppah, and shared the stage with the likes of Peanut Butter Wolf, Daedelus, Ghosts on Tape, Nocando, Eliot Lipp, Mux Mool, Jogger and more. The Me Gusto EP is just a taste of what’s to come from MwG in the near future including collaborations with Tiffany Preston (Rainbow Arabia), Nocando (Alpha Pup) and more so watch out!


“I didn’t come here to cut your grass.” Mexicans with Guns

12″ Tracklist:

A:
1. Me Gusto ft. Chico Mann
2. Me Gusto ft. Chico Mann (Ghosts on Tape Remix)

B:
1. Dame Lo
2. Los Perritos
3. Me Gusto (Instrumental)




Divider imageOUT TODAY: Daedelus Presents “Righteous Fists of Harmony” On Brainfeeder

MP3: Order of the Golden Dawn (ft. Laura Darlington) via XLR8R

“The upcoming album from Daedelus is a study in juxtapositions: 19th-century China rubs up against the tele-technological future, organic sonic textures play with electronics, and hope is mixed with an uncertainty about a sinister future.” – XLR8R

Daedelus‘ newest release, Righteous Fists of Harmony, will be coming out on Flying Lotus‘ outstanding Brainfeeder label. Bridging the demise of the magic-inspired martial arts fighters of the Boxer Rebellion to the post modern malady of technology and imagination, Daedelus constructs a soundtrack-of-sorts to the struggle of both 19th century China against colonialism and modern man’s inevitable hurl towards an unknown future.

After seventy years of China’s opium-related subjugation by Queen Victoria and her allies, a force of resistance fighters — termed “Boxers” by the British — rose to the challenge in 1898. Calling themselves “The Righteous Fists of Harmony,” this secret society of martial artists felt they held magical powers: they believed themselves bulletproof, able to fly, and capable of raising the dead (who would then fight alongside them). And so began the brief Boxer Rebellion; three years later 100,000 Boxers had fallen, their magic helpless against the cutting-edge machinery of war. The British prevailed only to face ultimate defeat, as their empire rapidly declined.

Daedelus endeavors to compose a requiem for the end — of beliefs, of lives, and of an era. This elegy for a bygone battle sheds light on our own contemporary conundrum: will our faith in modernity be our downfall? Are we blinded by this age of wonders, doomed to be destroyed by our ingenious inventions? Although Daedelus’ music has always juxtaposed organic and electronic elements, they war as never before on Righteous Fists of Harmony, a portrait of a tumultuous era that came crashing to a close.

Mar 31, 2010 @ Pygmalion Cafe Bar – Dublin
Apr 1, 2010 @ Adventures In The Beetroot Field at Fabric – London
Apr 2, 2010 @ Rainbow w/ Luke Vibert – Birmingham
Apr 3, 2010 @ L’Ereme – Bari
Apr 4, 2010 @ Electron Festival – Geneva
Apr 8, 2010 @ D:qliq – Luxembourg
Apr 9, 2010 @ Bateau Ivre – Tours
Apr 10, 2010 @ Motel Mozaique Festival @ Laatam – Rotterdam
Apr 11, 2010 @ Auditorium Parco De La Musice – Rome
Apr 17, 2010 @ Remixing the Ring Cycle at the Edye Theater – Santa Monica, California
Apr 24, 2010 @ The Loft at UC San Diego – San Diego, California
Apr 30, 2010 @ The Avalon Hollywood – Los Angeles, California
May 1, 2010 @ Illumination at Limelight featuring Pretty Lights – Nashville, Tennessee
Jun 5, 2010 @ Starscape with Rusko, Trouble & Bass + more – Baltimore, Maryland
Jul 24, 2010 @ Audiotistic – San Bernardino, California

Posted by Jay on March 23rd, 2010 in Out Now, and tagged with , , , , . | Leave a comment



Divider imageTerrorbird Over Austin: SXSW Invasion Imminent

Indoor Stage
12:00 – 12:15 The Splinters
12:30 – 12:55 Ernest Gonzales
1:15 – 1:45 Stricken City
2:05 – 2:35 The Fresh and Onlys
2:55 – 3:25 Oh No Ono
3:40 – 4:10 Matias Aguayo
4:25 – 4:55 Toro Y Moi
5:15 – 5:45 A Sunny Day in Glasgow

Outdoor Stage
12:00 – 12:25 Inlets
12:45 – 1:10 Beach Fossils
1:25 – 1:50 Frankie Rose and The Outs
2:10 – 2:40 Choir of Young Believers
3:00 – 3:30 Neon Indian
3:50 – 4:20 Those Darlins
4:40 – 5:10 Real Estate
5:30 – 6:00 The Rural Alberta Advantage

Schedule of Terrorbird artists after the jump!
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Divider imageTerrorbird Video Round-Up

Matias Aguayo – “Rollerskate” via Pitchfork
Bonobo – “Eyesdown” via Pitchfork.tv

Bonobo – The Keeper featuring Andreya Triana from Ninja Tune on Vimeo.

Nocando feat. Busdriver – Two Track Mind from Fresh Coast on Vimeo.

Daedelus “Righteous Fists of Harmony” from DestroyRockMusic Inc. on Vimeo.

Ernest Gonzales- Etchasketch Trees from Air on Vimeo.

Ernest Gonzales – “Self Awakening” from CYNE on Vimeo.

The Sun Always Sets from Team on Vimeo.




Divider imageFriends of Friends and Gigacrate Announce SXSW Party @ Beso Cantina


Click the flyer for more information or RSVP here

MP3: Me Gustó by Mexicans With Guns ft. Chico Mann (Ghosts On Tape Remix) via XLR8R




Divider imageDaedelus Preps Righteous Fists of Harmony EP for Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder Label

Daedelus

MP3: Order of the Golden Dawn ft. Laura Darlington [via XLR8R]

Daedelus‘ newest release, Righteous Fists of Harmony, will be coming out on Flying Lotus‘ outstanding Brainfeeder label. Bridging the demise of the magic-inspired martial arts fighters of the Boxer Rebellion to the post modern malady of technology and imagination, Daedelus constructs a soundtrack-of-sorts to the struggle of both 19th century China against colonialism and modern man’s inevitable hurl towards an unknown future.

After seventy years of China’s opium-related subjugation by Queen Victoria and her allies, a force of resistance fighters — termed “Boxers” by the British — rose to the challenge in 1898. Calling themselves “The Righteous Fists of Harmony,” this secret society of martial artists felt they held magical powers: they believed themselves bulletproof, able to fly, and capable of raising the dead (who would then fight alongside them). And so began the brief Boxer Rebellion; three years later 100,000 Boxers had fallen, their magic helpless against the cutting-edge machinery of war. The British prevailed only to face ultimate defeat, as their empire rapidly declined.

Daedelus endeavors to compose a requiem for the end — of beliefs, of lives, and of an era. This elegy for a bygone battle sheds light on our own contemporary conundrum: will our faith in modernity be our downfall? Are we blinded by this age of wonders, doomed to be destroyed by our ingenious inventions? Although Daedelus’ music has always juxtaposed organic and electronic elements, they war as never before on Righteous Fists of Harmony, a portrait of a tumultuous era that came crashing to a close.

Daedelus “Righteous Fists of Harmony” from DestroyRockMusic Inc. on Vimeo.

Posted by Jay on February 25th, 2010 in What's Next, and tagged with , , , , , . | Leave a comment



Divider imageHey, Knoxville! Win +1 To See the @MagicalProps Tour ft. Daedelus, Jogger and Nosaj Thing

Magical Properties Tour

The Magical Properties tour has swept all over this great land, and we want to make sure our fine warriors Daedelus, Nosaj Thing & Jogger receive a hero’s welcome in the last cities of the tour.

Tomorrow the tour stops at the 90 Proof in Knoxville, TN. If you’ll be in Knoxville tomorrow night simply retweet this blog post using the Tweet button at the bottom of the post to enter. Or, if you’d prefer to use your own Twitter client, simply tweet “RT @TerrorbirdMedia: I want +1 to see the @MagicalProps tour in Knoxville!”

We will select and notify the winner by tomorrow afternoon. Best of luck!

There’s also still time to enter to win +1 to tonight’s show in Richmond! Simply substitute Knoxville with Richmond in your tweet to enter.

Magical Properties tour in Los Angeles reviewed by Resident Advisor
Magical Properties tour in New York reviewed by CMJ

Posted by Jay on February 24th, 2010 in Contests, and tagged with , , , , , . | Leave a comment



Divider imageHey, Richmond, VA! Win +1 To the @MagicalProps Tour ft. Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, Jogger

Magical Properties Tour

The Magical Properties tour has swept all over this great land, and we want to make sure our fine warriors Daedelus, Nosaj Thing & Jogger receive a hero’s welcome in the last cities of the tour.

Tomorrow the tour stops at the Xscape Lounge in Richmond, VA. If you’ll be in Richmond tomorrow night simply retweet this blog post using the Tweet button at the bottom of the post to enter. Or, if you’d prefer to use your own Twitter client, simply tweet “RT @TerrorbirdMedia: I want +1 to see the @MagicalProps tour in Richmond!”

We will select and notify the winner by tomorrow afternoon. Best of luck!

Magical Properties tour in Los Angeles reviewed by Resident Advisor
Magical Properties tour in New York reviewed by CMJ

Daedelus

Daedelus, the Victorian-clad electronic maestro who has released with labels like Ninja Tune, Mush, Plug Research, Friends of Friends, Alpha Pup, and many more with one lined up for Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder AND beginning his own Magical Properties label in 2010. Performing with his infamous Monome(unique electronic trigger), electronic music is rarely as invigerating and exciting, so don’t miss out!

Nosaj Thing

Nosaj Thing is the 23 year old LA producer who took the world by storm with his stellar debut Drift on Alpha Pup. One of the most highly touted electronic acts of 2009, Nosaj has already remixed: The xx and Charlotte Gainsbourg in 2010 and looks to take his unique brand of dark, hard-hitting beats on the road!

Jogger

Jogger’s experimental electronic sound is sometimes dangerous, sometimes poignant, and sometimes funny, but always captivating. This America singer songwriter duo consists of Amir Yaghmai on violin and guitar, and Jonathan Larroquette on laptop and controllers, with the vocal duties divided between them. After being named to URB’s Next 100 and releasing their debut album on Daedelus’ Magical Properties, Jogger is another LA act ready to come into their own…

magicalpropsmap

Posted by Jay on February 23rd, 2010 in Contests, and tagged with , , , , , . | Leave a comment



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