




Clearing – “Blank”
No Kings honcho and impeccable soundsmith Lee Noble lifted some of our SOPA blackout blues this morning with a newly-minted vid by Geoffrey Sexton, who’s previously helmed clips for the likes of Pink Priest and Sparkling Wide Pressure. This time around he’s teamed up with Clearing (Police Academy 6/Skylines’ Joseph Volmer), who recently hit up NK with the coyly-named No Titles cassette. Sexton’s refreshingly crisp (read: not Archive.org) collage pairs unsettlingly well with Volmer’s slow drones, which Noble compares to “Baraka-soundtrack-era Dead Can Dance and Philip Glass”.
Related: I never had a chance to properly gush about it due to my September-December hiatus from BA, but Lee Noble’s Horrorism is (still) an absolute killer of a record, and one that ranked high on my theoretical best-of-2011 list. Bathetic is unfortunately sold out of the goods, but you can still snag a digital copy from the good folks at Boomkat.
Seiho is a Japanese electronic artist, who just released a brand new full-length on Japanese-based label Day Tripper Records. There’s a growing, and close knit community of really talented electronic producers in Japan, and they are deservedly gaining some ground. I was pointed to Seiho by one of my favorite Japan-based (by way of California) artists, Magical Mistakes.
Seiho’s production is impressive, and it’s evident he has some serious know how. Which is why it isn’t surprising to find that he has formal training in Jazz. I never cease to be amazed at how different forms of music can inform one another. You can stream the two tracks from Mercury below, and order the album here.*Also check out Japanese electronic artist collective INNIT periodic mix for a great tracklist including a new track from Seiho, Magical Mistakes and more.




