+++ Kool Thing – “Light Games” ++++
By Claire Kurylowski. From their free “Light Games EP”.
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Perfume Genius: “Hood”
From their upcoming album “Put Your Back N 2 It”
Light Asylum: “Skull Fuct”
From their “In Tension” EP (sold out). Shot and directed by Emilxa Xuryłowicz and Cezary Zacharewicz.
Music Ticker: Kool Thing, Magnetic Fields, Austra, Trust, Pictureplane
+++ Berlin based Kool Thing (picture on top by Emma Haugh) has just released a beautiful free 3-track EP entitled “Light Games”. You can stream and download it here (new video to “Light Games” soon): +++ The Magnetic Fields will release their new album “Bottom of the Sea” on March 6 via Merge Records. Here’s the stream of the album track and cute queer hymn “Andrew in Drag”: +++ Check out new videos by Austra (“Spellwork“) and Trust (“Bulbform“), a side project of Austra drummer Maya Postepski +++ +++ Travis Egedy aka Pictureplane has just released a free remix album of his debut ”Thee Physical” from last year. The album entitled “Dimensional Rip 7″ can be streamed and downloaded via DIS magazine. Here’s the video to the Extreme Animals remix of “Body Mods”. It may sound familiar to you.
We Have A Winner! (UPDATED)
I’m happy to annouce that Aerea Negrot’s “It’s Lover, Love” is the winner of our third Catch Fire Music Video Award. Congratulations, and thanks to everyone who voted! The simple but beautiful clip was shot by Pablo Zuleta Zahr, a Chilean artist based in Berlin, who I’ve just interviewed in order to get some background information on the production and himself as an artist. Here’s what he wrote me. UPDATE: Aerea has also send us a little statement to the song and the video as well as a picture of the shooting. You find both below. Tell me a little bit about your background, you live in Berlin now, what do you do here and where are you from? I was born and raised in Chile, and moved to Germany 1999 when I was 20. studied Art/Photography in Dusseldorf, and since 2001 I started coming to Berlin, until I finally moved here a bit later. Since then I had several exhibitions, mostly using video and photo as a medium. How did you get in touch with Aerea? Katrin, her manager, is a friend of mine. Katrin had told me they had a vague idea for a possible video, that somehow was related to a project I wanted to do in an old people’s home. Katrin though we could join forces for the shooting. We arranged a Skype conference and they send me the song and after listening to the track I got inspired and then brought up another idea. The initial idea I had for the track, was also one idea I though could work as an art collaboration in which maybe we could split material, I could use some scenes for the art context and others for the videoclip. But, as usual, that idea turned out to be too expensive. Instead of stressing ourselves, we gave ourselves 2 days of experimenting before going back to something that would cost money. What would you say was the basic idea for the video? Since the original idea was too expensive, the next plan was to meet, dress up, talk, drink coffee and try things out. We had shared some personal stories before the first day of experimenting, and there was this idea we wanted to try out in a graveyard. That curiosity lead us to the final idea of using the water surface of a basin In the graveyard. Somehow the energy of the place is still there although u cant really see any tomb or anything. My was to do a one shot/ no cut video that would show Danielle performing in front of the water that would reflect her movements with the sky in the background.
SAMN! ft. Tigga Calore – “In My House”
Track available via ITunes. If you like it you should also check out SAMN!’s “Synthetic Hearts” EP from 2010. More about the Brooklyn based artist on his page on the website of his label Royal Advisor.
Music Ticker: Planningtorock, Hood By Air, Scissor Sisters, Garçon Garçon
+++ Planningtorock has recently released a new free song: “My Valuable Hunting Knife” is a cover of Guided By Voices and part of the free “DFA Shamash Hits 2011 Collection“, which you should really check out if you haven’t yet. You can stream and download the song right here: +++ The fashion brand Hood By Air has just released a pretty crazy free hip hop mixtape called “Swagot Thrilltape”. You can download it from their website. +++ For their new single “Shady Love” the Scissor Sisters have teamed up with Azealia Banks, a 20-year-old rapper and lyricist from NYC and producer Alex Ridha from Boyz Noise. The song is not really my thing, but if you’re curious what this strange combination sounds like you can watch the new video to the song on YouTube (if you wonder who is “Krystal Pepsy” – it’s Jake Shears’ DJ side project) +++ I guess I’m a little late with this video for the song “Stay In Touch” by a Sydney based beary electro pop duo called Garçon Garçon, which was already released in October. Nathan Mahon and Nick Tsirimokos (the guy on top, picture by Elvis Di Fazio) will release a full EP on the 14th of February. You can listen to two demo songs of Garçon Garçon from early 2011 on BIGSTERO.
Music Ticker: Cakes Da Killa, Shannon Funchess/Ford & Lopatin, Lōtic, Azari & III
+++ Please don’t forget to vote for your favorite queer video of the year +++ +++ Rapper Cakes Da Killa‘s free “Easy Bake Oven”-E.P. (released in October) is the prefect proof that homo-hop is still alive and fresh, even though nobody uses the word anymore. Since the official download link isn’t working at the moment I re-uploaded the record here, you can also download the tracks and some new stuff on his Soundcloud page. Here’s my favourite song “Where Da Trade At”: +++ Light Asylum’s Shannon Funchess has recorded a new track with Ford & Lopatin (formerly known as Games). It’s one of two songs of a new Ford & Lopatin single, the second track is “Flying Dream”, a collaboration with Tamaryn. You can order the limited vinyl via Mexican Summer.
VOTE! Catch Fire Music Video Award 2011
We are excited to present our third voting for the most beautiful, most clever and/or most challenging queer and/or gender-bending music video posted on Catch Fire in 2011. You find our 12 contestants below the jump, don’t forget to take your time and check them out before you make your vote! The competition will run for three weeks. This year the winner will receive a hand-made price, which will be revealed as soon as the winner is found. Here we go: Vote for your favourite CF music video 2011! Total Voters: 153
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Salem – Better Off Alone
“A video art tribute to gangster YouTube clips, gay for pay thugs, surveillance videos, voyeurism and the live version of Salem’s Alice DeeJay cover ‘Better Off Alone’. Directed/edited/created by Matt Burgess. Unofficial, non-for-profit..” Released in March. Via Michał. More videos by Matt Burgess on his Vimeo page and on YouTube.
Introducing Junksista
Junksista is a new electrotrash artist who coos smutty lyrics with a German accent over thick, fuzzy beats (think Garbage and Simian Mobile Disco), plus she’s got an impeccable Cyndi Lauper tattoo. Her digital EP from earlier this year was just given a CD release with two new tracks, retitled (C)LICK ME XXXtended and available thru her site. Check the video for “Fruits”, a sexy reminder to get your 5 A Day:
The Weeknd – “The Knowing”
Toronto R&B enigma’s The Weeknd have finally dropped an official video. The single, “The Knowing”, is off their first release of the year, House Of Balloons (Download from their website) Look out for their next record, tentatively titled Echo Of Silence, to drop before the end of the year.
