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Lost Tribe Sound's picks for the best 25 albums of 2016. At least the music we loved listening to.

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Western Skies Motel - Settlers (Album Out Today)

Available on Vinyl / CD / Digital here:

Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/wsmbandcamp Spotify: http://smarturl.it/settlerspotify Itunes: http://smarturl.it/settlersitunes Darla: http://smarturl.it/settlersdarla Norman Records: http://smarturl.it/settlersnorman Experimedia: http://smarturl.it/settlersexp Stashed Goods: http://smarturl.it/settlersstashed

PRESS: "The Danish musician’s experimental folk instrumentals blend cyclical guitar and droning harmonium into hypnotic reimaginings of Americana style graced by the life experience of a post-rock fan who cut his teeth in punk bands" - TINY MIX TAPES

"The music penetrates each living cell and every atom, evading all analysis and tests...it feels so very raw and special" - HEADPHONE COMMUTE

9/10 STARS "I’m not sure if Schelbeck has seen No Country For Old Men, but I’m pretty sure if you hooked this album up and let it play underneath, it’d sync up Floyd/ Wizard of Oz style." - DROWNED IN SOUND

"Americana, British folk, European modern classical, ambient drone, and even echoes of post-rock and noise simmering beneath the surface. All of this is framed in a weathered, minimalist sensibility that makes Settlers satisfying much in the same way as a Hemingway or Steinbeck novel – not a word, or in this case a note, wasted." - STATIONARY TRAVELS

"The music itself feels old, worn and somehow creased, the skin around its eyes wrinkled with the passage of the years...Don’t confuse old age for weakness, though, because the music speaks with a wise, experienced voice." - FLUID RADIO

"The soft floating guitar feels perfectly at home with the turn of the century imagery used alongside. The music feels classic and timeless. This is definitely a record I’ll be tossing on after a shit day at the office, could sooth any weary soul." - SLY VINYL

"There's an elegance and refinement to Schelbeck's playing that aligns him naturally to the British folk tradition...and yet, despite that, Settlers exudes an undeniably American aura" - TEXTURA

"A remarkable, sparse and hypnotic experience. Truly a beautiful work" - CYCLIC DEFROST

9/10 STARS - "Western Skies Motel is Danish guitar maestro René González Schelbeck who has managed to concoct one of those albums which from the very opening notes engulfs you band takes you to a place more peaceful than where you reside." - NORMAN RECORDS

"It’s the sound of the hard-fought quiet night, the song on the front stoop, the roast in the oven and the pie on the sill... The message seems to be: life is hard, but we’ll get through it." - A CLOSER LISTEN

"Album of the Week" - MUSIC WON'T SAVE YOU

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(william ryan fritch) - taken from the upcoming full-length. Available to pre-order here: https://williamryanfritch.bandcamp.com/album/new-words-for-old-wounds

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Premiere: Western Skies Motel - “Whirl”

Settling has gotten a bad rap lately. It has come to denote a kind of dispassion or regret. People settle on a dress or college to attend or color to paint their living room. They settle for less. Well, Western Skies Motel is taking it back.

With Settlers, due out April 22, 2016 on Lost Tribe Sound, René Gonzàlez Schelbeck created a sound for sore ears, for the older than old school, for the people who settled the across the great plains to the rocky, unforgiving wilderness and dramatic shoreline of the West, those who settled for more than they ever knew. The Danish musician’s experimental folk instrumentals blend cyclical guitar and droning harmonium into hypnotic reimaginings of Americana style graced by the life experience of a post-rock fan who cut his teeth in punk bands and the wide-eyed awe of an adventurous spirit who landed on the new continent centuries ago to carve a new life out of the unknown.

You can pre-order Settlers on CD or LP here. But, before then, check out the premiere of the video for “Whirl,” which sets the droning, fingerpicking instrumental to lightly manipulated vintage footage of trains and semi-arid landscapes that completes the sense of longing nostalgia heard in the tune. http://j.mp/1nYuVgK

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Purchase or Stream the Reforestation EP: Bandcamp: http://smarturl.it/reforestbc Spotify: http://smarturl.it/reforestspotify

The 'Reforestation EP' presents a carefully selected group of musicians to remix songs from Mute Forest's debut full-length 'Deforestation' along with two new original songs from Mute Forest himself ("Glass of Sand Water and "Everglade").  The 'Reforestation EP' also came as a digital download card with physical editions of the 'Deforestation' vinyl.  This collection was given a brilliant mastering by Kirk Marrison of Kiln (Ghostly International).

The 'Reforestation EP' works as a solid accompaniment to the proper album, but also manages to stand on its own as a complete body of music.  The warm ambiance of Mute Forest's original songs set the perfect backdrop to be reshaped into something equally as intimate and memorable.

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'Settlers' is the upcoming album from Western Skies Motel, out April 22nd, 2016 in a gatefold 180gram vinyl ( limited to 170 copies), cd and digital formats. 'Settlers' was mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree, lacquer cut by Roger Siebel at SAE, and physicals come with a bonus EP, 'Generations' mastered by Kirk Marrison of Kiln.

In the dry desert of Arizona that Lost Tribe Sound calls home, a letter is received from guitarist René Gonzàlez Schelbeck who’s eager to share a collection of intimately composed songs, titled Settlers. Upon listening, we are immediately enthralled. There’s a timeworn, arid, and almost badlands quality to Schelbeck’s hypnotic, cyclical guitar style. It seems to perfectly capture the lonely, barren landscape of the American West.

Yet, there are curious dynamics at play here as Schelbeck, who makes music under the alias Western Skies Motel, is from Denmark and far removed from any upbringing in the rough-hewn Americana style of folk guitar. Conceivably, his music has more in common with the lonesome, calculated tone of Berlin's modern classical scene or the rainy day folk of the UK. Those are intriguing parallels, since the collective mood of Western Skies Motel's music would adapt so well to either environment.

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Mute Forest - Distracted By My Contorted Reflection ("Oxide Baroque" Kiln Rebuild) (Lost Tribe Sound)

Out now on the Reforestation EP - https://muteforest.bandcamp.com/album/reforestation-ep

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NEW SINGLE from William Ryan Fritch - Entirety (Out Now) @williamryanfritch

Artwork by @uselessarm

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Mute Forest - Deforestation (Official Music Video)  premiering on Ambient.

Listen to more: https://muteforest.bandcamp.com/album/deforestation-4

Mute Forest https://muteforest.bandcamp.com/ https://kaelsmithmusic.com https://soundcloud.com/mute-forest https://www.facebook.com/MuteForest

Video by Matthew Taylor http://mtaylorart.com

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Mute Forest - Deforestation - Deluxe 180 Gram Vinyl Edition, details HERE

• 180 gram vinyl in a matte gatefold tip-on case w/resealable sleeve • Lacquer cut by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering • Mastered for vinyl and digital by Taylor Deupree • Bandcamp DL code on card: choice of formats: FLAC, 320K MP3 • Physical copies only receive a free download of the Reforestation EP, including remixes from Kiln, Ten and Tracer, Western Skies Motel, Mombi, Spheruleus, Porya Hatami, plus two bonus songs from Mute Forest. • Vinyl ships in a polylined inner sleeve with cardboard stiffeners and special corner projected shipping boxes

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Listen/purchase: I'm On Fire (White Rooms Remixes) by Graveyard Tapes

1. I'm On Fire (Western Skies Motel Remix) 2. Ruins (Fieldhead Remix) 3. Sometimes The Sun Doesn't Want To Be Photographed (Mute Forest Remix) 4. Exit Ghosts (William Ryan Fritch Cover Version) 5. Dulcitone Grasses (Benoit Pioulard Remix) 6. Sometimes The Sun Doesn't Want To Be Photographed (Bastardgeist Remix) 7. Ruins (Caught In The Wake Forever Remix) 8. Flicker (Dag Rosenqvist Remix)

Mastered by William Ryan Fritch Artwork by Shawn Stephany

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Pre-order the I'm On Fire (White Rooms Remixes) here: gtapes.bandcamp.com/album/im-on-fire-white-rooms-remixes

PRE-ORDER BONUS: Receive two additional remixes by pre-ordering this collection on or by August 14th, 2015

For those who missed Graveyard Tapes album 'White Rooms' late last year hopefully this will provide some serious incentive to check out one of the strongest releases in the Lost Tribe Sound catalog.  

1. I'm On Fire (Western Skies Motel Remix) 2. Ruins (Fieldhead Remix) 3. Sometimes The Sun Doesn't Want To Be Photographed (Mute Forest Remix) 4. Exit Ghosts (William Ryan Fritch Cover Version) 5. Dulcitone Grasses (Benoit Pioulard Remix) 6. Sometimes The Sun Doesn't Want To Be Photographed (Bastardgeist Remix) 7. Ruins (Caught In The Wake Forever Remix) 8. Flicker (Dag Rosenqvist Remix)

Mastered by William Ryan Fritch Artwork by Shawn Stephany

If you have yet to grab a copy of the original 'White Rooms' on vinyl, CD or digital, get on it here: gtapes.bandcamp.com/album/white-rooms

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Our pick for Best Instrumental Album Of 2015 thus far!

"Heavy Calm" track by Seabuckthorn from the album "They Haunted Most Thickly" / LP available HERE

"Les Chateaux de Sables" video by Clément Richem

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Pre-order page for the new Graveyard Tapes - I'm On Fire (White Rooms Remixes) is up, featuring tracks from Western Skies Motel, Fieldhead, Mute Forest, William Ryan Fritch, Benoît Pioulard, Bastardgeist, Caught In The Wake Forever, and Jasper TX (Dag Rosenqvist), plus two pre-order bonus tracks from Now Wakes the Sea and Alaskan Tapes.

Figured it's a better time than never to unleash this solid collection of remixes and covers into the world.

For those who missed Graveyard Tapes album White Rooms late last year hopefully this will provide some serious incentive to check out one of the strongest releases in the Lost Tribe Sound catalog.

If you have yet to grab a copy of the original 'White Rooms' on vinyl, CD or digital, get on it here: gtapes.bandcamp.com/album/white-rooms

Artwork by Shawn Stephany / Mastered by William Ryan Fritch

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A ton of amazing artist have come together for this benefit compilation Dayalu on Hibernate Records.  100% of the proceeds are going to the British Red Cross to aid the victims of the recent earthquake in Nepal. 

Dayalu features 37 songs at the moment, include exclusives from William Ryan Fritch, Mute Forest, Field Rotation, The Green Kingdom, Machinefabriek, Arovane, and a bunch more!

Please help out and purchase/donate here: https://hibernate.bandcamp.com/album/dayalu-for-nepal

See how much money Hibernate has already been donated here: http://hibernate-recs.co.uk/2015/04/dayalu-for-nepal/

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Here is the first track revealed from something Lost Tribe Sound has planned for one of the most overlooked and bad ass albums in the catalog, 2014's Graveyard Tapes - White Rooms.  

Keep your eyes peeled for more remixes coming soon.  Until then, this Mute Forest remix and the original version of "Sometimes the Sun Doesn't Want To Be Photographed" can be listen to and downloaded HERE 

Artwork by Shawn Stephany

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Artist: William Ryan Fritch 

Album: Music For Film Vol. I  (Full Album Stream)

Label: Lost Tribe Sound

Release Date: April 21st, 2015

Purchase all 30 Songs, HERE