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Video: Blue Lanterns on East Oxford - Mountains

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Mountains - Blue Lanterns on East Oxford from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

I've been checking out Mountains' new album having really enjoyed the last one and I have it sounds pretty special. This video for 'Blue Lanterns on East Oxford' seems to perfectly encapsulate what the duo are about, taking natural imagery and twisting it to make captivating patterns.

I particularly dig the clouds. Check it and prepare to zone-out.

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Video: Home (Party Supplies Live) Remix - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

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I have no idea who Party Supplies is except for the fact he is on Fools Gold Records, hails from Brooklyn, New York and is clearly highly adept at using a drum machine. Check the video above for his awesome live remixing on Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros' 'Home'. Awesome stuff.

Check out Party Supplies' site for more.

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Video: Need Your Lovin (Original Mix) - M A N I K

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I've recently been checking out some of M A N I K's debut album Armies of the Night. It's got a number of these deep electronic numbers and it seems to swing between muted soul and funky. The album is apparently inspired by the darker side of New York and the seventies cult film The Warriors.
Look out for a review soon but in the meantime check out this video for a taste. No idea what the video itself is supposed to be about (snow and mild stalking mostly it would appear) but the track is worth a listen.
The album gets released on 23 May on Josh Wink's Ovum label.
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Video: What Is It That You Want - Blackroom

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Blackroom - What Is It That You Want from BLACKROOM on Vimeo.

Blackroom, formerly known as Lorraine (we can see why they ditched that idea) hail from Norway and it would appear they got tired of waiting for New Order to get back together and just decided to do it themselves. So yes, 'What Is It That You Want' really sounds like it could be a New Order track - albeit one given a little bit of a prog-trance remix with those thick keyboard stabs - but it's catchy enough that I forgive it.
 
The video here is directed by Jørgen Håland and despite its minimalism it manages to convey the dance floor alienation of the record.
 
'What Is It That You Want' is out now on Souldrop, available from Amazon.co.uk on MP3 [affiliate link]. More on Blackroom on their official site (which currently points at MySpace).
 
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Video: Lego - OK

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This is just pure brilliant guitar pop music with a pure brilliant little pop video and I can't help but love it... 'Lego' is the kind of sugar buzz destined to come with a comedown but the way the little puppet band rock out in the video pretty much makes me not care.

OK are from Cardiff and this has apparently been out for a little while but just dropped on CD last week. You can grab it on Amazon on MP3 now [affiliate link]. If you fancy finding out how the video was made check out this little making of.

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