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Sufjan Stevens, Anathallo, Efterklang, Owen Pallett and Danny Elfman (yes, Danny Elfman). Throw them together and you’ll end up with Einar Stray. Next year the Norwegian genius is set to release Chiaroscuro, an album that any of those artists would be proud to have created. No hyperbole... Read More →

In February 2008 John Parish [producer of PJ Harvey, Eels] was invited by a tutor at Bath Spa University to exhibit his recording skills by taking a group into the studio and letting students watch - Big Brother style. Kill It Kid were that guinea pig band. "We sat and slogged... Read More →

MIRACLE FORTRESS is the cognomen for Montreal-based musician and producer Graham Van Pelt. Also a member of Think About Life, as Miracle Fortress Graham records and performs a wide array of musical soundscapes, hooks and beats. His 2007 debut, Five Roses, received widespread critical... Read More →

In the midst of the music industry crisis Norman Palm had an idea: Why not visualize the bedroom-recordings he had made in his last art-school days in Paris, produce a hi- 200-page artbookaround the CD, name it Songs and throw it on the collapsing market via his own DIY-record label... Read More →