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Remakes of Lara is simply put, six reworkings of Lara Brodsky's piece for voice and loop pedal, Offering the Mandala. nearly a year ago we approached lara about centering a luvsound project around her piece. a few seasons later and the work has been finished by a host of luvsound regulars and some very welcome new faces. we're incredibly excited with the results. each remake explores the source material from a different and interesting angle, exploding the original into a nearly hour long meditiation. please brew a pot of tea, find a comfortable spot, and enjoy.

Grabbed right off the ambient netlabel, LuvSound. This album was recommended to me by the curator, Erik. While I was hustling, aka working from home, I had this on my headphones. Every time I exited out of my remote desktop because the song was so good it distracted me from the mundane data slinging, it turned out to be remakes by artists IMOLFO had previous shared with you. Normally I'll post just one or two songs so you'll be intrigued enough to spend the 5 minutes clicking on the link and downloading the album, but this time it's different. I think you should hear the four tracks that jumped at me first then download the album. I recommend it's entirety for late Sunday afternoon post brunch champohjays with close friends. Its a shame I hadn't listened to it before this weekend.

Download the complete album on bandcamp

Listen to "Offering The Mandala" below or download here.

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Listen to "Little Organ Book" below or download here.

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Listen to "Meaning To Free" below or download here.

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Listen to "Northwoods" below or download here.

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Ok sorry, screw me. I got bored of videos, or its my ADD, or it might be cabin fever. All this snow, grey skies and cold weather keeps a lot of people in their homes. But here's a remedy Zivist put together for us that outlines the various moods one goes through during the frigid winter. Yearning for the air to smell like earthy spring time is the mood I get most around the last few weeks of winter. Notice the original artwork by Randy Phillips? Check out his other mechanical paintings.

Track list:

electroscope& dj spectra- out of the edge of time-reprise

notwist- solo swim

sketchie- dancers in creed

coldcut- slide over (extended)

lali puna- together in electric dreams

cex- chapel hill

console- mount everest horizontal

valvola- baroque bouquet

sam roberts- no sleep

maher shalal hash baz- stone in the river (live)

Listen to "Winter Mixer Music" below or download here.

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Screw you! I'm only putting up videos this week. I like this song, even if it borderlines on goofy. And what is that video effect??!!!

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I enjoyed this live set very muchly. Looks like a fun show too! Guy should come to NYC so I can get a taste. Reposted!

Yes, True Panther with some more goodies! http://www.myspace.com/bananasandecstasy