ANHEDONIA

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The project "ANHEDONIA" has come to its end. If you loved my music selections and recommendations you can now follow my new website THE WEEK ID.

The WeekID

is a weekly music website with a focus in the underground music scene.

Our aim is to introduce new artists, feature interviews, mixtapes, special events and twist things a bit with our creative reviews.

Nothing is more subjective than a review anyway.

So, watch out we might be somewhere around you!

…and remember,

 ”We like it, it’s Weekid!”

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Goldfrapp recently released a video clip for the song Drew, taken from the forthcoming 6th studio album "Tales Of Us". Coming up this September under Daniel Miller's excellent label Mute.

After two stunning performances at Sommerset House and Lovebox Festival, I am sure Alison Goldfrapp's new album is going to be featured on the top charts of the year.

From what we have heard so far Tales of Us combines the folkish and sentimental elements of the Seventh Tree combined with the mysteriously whimsical vocals of Black Cherry. 

The first single is an excellent example of what's to follow. Drew is oozing emotion with its cinematic melody and Alison's etherial vocals. 

Here you can also find a sample preview of Tales Of Us.

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It's been such a long time since James Holden released new material that you we had almost forgotten his existence. To be more precise it has been 7 long years... and then came Renata.

Renata is the second single of James Holden's new album "The Inheritors" released on Border Community. An explosive track that starts with analog synths and slowly builds up to an ecstatic peak of acidic distortion and live drums. 

Expect to get sweaty on the dancefloor!

*His prior single Gone Feral can be found here. 

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David Bowie's new explicit video "The Next Day" goes viral!

Just a couple of days after the Orthodox Easter and the internet is surrounded by comments about the "blasphemous" video. Starring Gary Oldman as a priest, Marion Cotillard as an angel and David Bowie as a "modern Jesus" inspired character. 

Let's wait for the reaction of the Vatican and other religious organisations groups. How provocative can art be? Is this video blasphemous enough to be condemned (and immediately achieve millions of views)?

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Kevin Martin's band King Midas Sound teamed up with vocalist Kiki Hitomi on their latest single "Aroo". It has been a while since they last released new material as Waiting For You was back in 2009.

Aroo is an addictive, upbeat track that you will find yourself unconsciously howling "Aroo" after a couple of times you listen to it. A definite "let's get wild" mood setter.

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Jono McCleery will soon be back with his new single "Fire in my hands" released once again from Ninja Tune, 6 May 2013.

The 7" comes with an extra track "Painted Blue" that you can get now for free if you subscribe to his mailing list, here.

If you can't remember who Jono McCleery is here is a reminder.

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Here is a link to Spotify. #5Tracks

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#5Tracks goes monthly and this time it's inspired by MODERN CLASSICAL.

1. Julianna Barwick - Call | Pacing

Julianna's latest 7" release Pacing features two new tracks, pacing and call. Call is a simple piano song that oozes emotion with it's deep melodies. An ideal start of our 5 track selection.

2. Phillip Glass - Echorus | Spheres by Daniel Hope

Before we start, forget the trite cover of this album and focus on the logo of Deutsche Grammophon.

Daniel Hope is a violinist who recently became widely recognized due a collaboration with Max Richter on the recomposition of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Spheres is Hope's reinterpretations collection of pioneering modern and classical composers's works.

3. Julia Kent - Transportation | Character

Julia Kent will soon be considered one fo the musical revelations of the year among the highbrow blogosphere's society. A cellist who is not afraid of experimentations to reveal her inner Character on her third album. Transportation sounds like the most divulging track of the record in all its complexity.

**You can also listen to a different version of Transportation delivered by the enigmatic duo Roll The Dice, here.

4. Jace Clayton - Evil Nigger | The Julius Eastman Memory Depot

Now that's pretty tough to explain. Jace Clayton is the real name of DJ /rupture who wanted to pay homage to a gay, African American, classical composer of the 60's named Julies Eastman. Clayton with his laptop alongside two pianists David Friend and Emily Manzo recreate two of Eastman's most provocative pieces Evil Nigger and Gay Guerrilla. 

5. Ólafur Arnalds - This Place Was A Shelter | For Now I'm Winter

The comeback of one of my favorite young, modern classical musicians,  Ólafur Arnalds. To our surprise his latest record For Now I'm Winter has not been released through his previous Berlin based label Erased Tapes, but from Mercury Classics! 

The second biggest and most notable surprise is the presence of the vocalist Arnór Dan Arnársson (Agent Fresco) in comparison to all his previous works. *Extra hint is that the orchestra is co-arranged by Nico Muhly. Probably one of the best albums of the year so far.

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#Fresh!

A hypnotic and playful lullaby entitled Mephisto In The Water taken from Jenny Hval's eagerly anticipated forthcoming release Innocence Is Kinky.

"Something happens when you say 'I' in a song, that can't happen in a book," declares Jenny Hval, who's known in her native Norway both as a musician (both under her own name, the moniker Rockettothesky, and with the duo Nude on Sand) and as a published novelist and media commentator. Her songs -- featuring frequently explicit language -- explore subjectivity and sensuality and experiment with male perspectives and voices. But don't call her music "confessional," as that implies guilt and sinfulness, and Jenny makes no apology for who she is or what she's thinking. As she challenges: "How much subject can you take?" Jenny Hval's previous, acclaimed Rune Grammofon album Viscera (2011), recorded with her own free rock trio, overflowed with intimate detail and surrealistic bodily imagery. Innocence Is Kinky -- which also features a string section led by avant garde composer Ole-Henrik Moe -- was produced in Bristol, England by PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish, who helped bring out the intimate qualities of her lyrics and sharpened her improvisational tendencies. "It was a very easy collaboration..." Like contemporaries such as Julia Holter and Laurel Halo, she's weaving spellbinding new forms of intelligent, experimental pop with injections from mythology, theory, gender politics and improvisation. - via

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Our favorite girl from Ninja Tune, Emika, returns on June 10th with her second album DVA.

" Dva, is a return to the music of her roots, a triumph of keenly felt and brilliantly expressed reflections of oppression and freedom, be it political, sexual or artistic. Dva is an exploration of self-expression and sound, taking dark dub pop, sound design inspirations and melding them with classical music of her upbringing, taking Emika's production a giant step forward." - via official website.

You can also listen to Emika's version of the Wicked Game where she achieves to give a wicked twist to an over-covered Chris Isaac's classic. By subscribing to her mailing list you can even get it for free.

If you still feel the need for a little more of Emika's addictive voice then make sure to listen to the preview of DVA, here.

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#Fresh tracks from Cloud Boat. 

After their first melodic EP, Lions On The Beach, Sam Ricketts & Tom Clarke aka Cloud Boat return with their new 10" Wanderlust/Dréan which you can stream through their soundcloud here. 

Wanderlust and Dréan are the two new tracks of their new single including a remix from one of our favorite new electronic bands Old Apparatus on Wanderlast. The mini EP was released a couple of days ago prior to their new album Book of Hours which is due to be released on May 27 through Apollo Records.

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The return of James Blake.

Here is the preview of the highly anticipated new James Blake's album "Overgrown".

The album consists of 10 tracks and is due to be released on the April 8.

Among the highlights of the album are Blake's collaborations with RZA and Brian Eno.

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#Fresh tunes from Massive Attack's Robert Del Naja under the moniker Battle Box featuring Guy Garvey (Elbow) on the vocals and remixed by Guy Andrews (Hemlock).

"Created by Massive Attack’s 3D aka Robert Del Naja, Battle Box fuses music, art and discourse across one-off live events, exhibitions and exclusive vinyl releases." via Vinyl Factory

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#Fresh

In the latest Inga Copeland's adventures on World Music, she collaborates with dutch producer Martyn and Scratcha DVA on her latest release Don't Look Back, That's Not Where You Are Going.

World Music Group is a label formed by Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland, in other words the couple behind Hype Williams.

Don't Look Back.. is a three track EP that includes the tracks: So Far So Clean, Speak and A&E. It's definitely worth your attention. 

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#Fresh

New single from Chinawoman titled "Vacation From Love".

There is not much to say really about such an artist. The only thing I will mention is a couple of verses from the track completely matching the spirit of anhedonia:

"you fell in love with a loner, you fell in love with a stoner 

you want to see me everyday and still expect a boner  miserable couples on the bus, we used to say: thank god that's not us"

Can't wait for the new album. In the meantime support the artist by buying the track here.

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#5Tracks

I. Dinos Chapman - So It Goes | Luftbobler

If you have heard of the Chapman Brothers before, a sibling collaborative duo of artists, then you are pretty much aware of who Dinos Chapman is. His first ever album Luftbobler released on The Vinyl Factory is based on a decade of experimentation with sound and the outcome is an avant garde gem for unconventional people on a dancefloor.

II. Objekt - Shuttered | BLPGRN

Berlin based producer Objekt is featured in Bleep's Green Series along with Cosmic TRG. Here is the excellent a-side track from Objekt. Deep and hypnotizing techno for eclectic ears.

III. Benjamin Damage - 010x | Heliosphere

Taken from Benjamin Damage's second album Heliosphere, released on Modeselektor's label 50weapons. 010x is the highlight of the album and one of Anhedonia's favorite tracks recently.

IV. ∆ ∆ (Delta Delta) - Skyway | Skyway

This is not an alt-j side project or anything related to a hypsteric triangle. ∆ stands for the greek letter "delta"and "Delta Delta" are the monograms of the greek producer Dimitris Dimas. Skyway is the track with the same name as Delta Delta's 6-track EP. A hybrid of disco, house and tribal in other words a musical playground.

V. Voigt & Voigt - Triptychon Nummer 7 | Die Zauberhafte Welt den Anderen

Kompakt's co-founder Wolfgang Voigt collaborates with his brother Reinhard Voigt under the moniker "Voigt & Voigt" on their latest album  Die Zauberhafte Welt den Anderen. Expect heavy reverb, repetitive loops and EBM inspired synths.