"An arbitrary succession of more or less irritating sounds"
Monday, 24 March 2008
Neue Haas Grotesk
Recently got round to seeing Helvetica at long, long last. One of this inspired documentary's many delights is a tasty soundtrack that includes LMYE favourites Four Tet (new 4-track EP Ringer coming next month...), as well as sometime enthusiasms Battles, Caribou & The Album Leaf, & no doubt shamefully late in the day discoveries [several of them from the Thrill Jockey stable] El Ten Eleven, Motohiro Nakashima, Sam Prekop, Kim Hiorthøy & Chicago Underground Orchestra.
Here's a selection of highlights:
Four Tet > And Then Patterns (from Everything Ecstatic)
Battles> IPT-2 (from EP C)
Caribou > Pelican Narrows (from The Milk of Human Kindness)
The Album Leaf > Always For You (from Into the Blue Again; tragically, for a completist anorak, I don't have Shine (from the same album) - the track featured in Helvetica...)
& here's a track from El Ten Eleven, who supply the bulk of the film's music. If you like it, consider making a contribution via their 'PayPal-What-You-Can' facility (pick this or any of the three other tracks here & follow the link...).
El Ten Eleven > Lorge [zShare] (from Every Direction is North)
Trailer:
Labels:
Battles,
Caribou,
electronica,
Four Tet,
post-rock,
Sub Pop,
Thrill Jockey,
Warp
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i saw that movie and got my tattoo in helvetica
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