Jaakko Eino Kalevi announces Dreamzone Remixes EP; stream Heatsick mix now

Just two months after his acclaimed ‘Dreamzone’ EP, Helsinki voyager Jaakko Eino Kalevi returns with an exceptional collection of remixes by four fellow travellers who take his enchanted pop into far-out new places. ‘Dreamzone Remixes’ will be released on February 17th. First, Heatsick – Berlin-based polymath Steven Warwick – follows his recent LP for PAN

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Watch new Harley Weir-directed video for Jaakko Eino Kalevi’s “No End”

Nowness  have today premiered the new video for Jaakko Eino Kalevi‘s “No End”, from Dreamzone — out next week, December 2nd. The film was directed by Harley Weir and filmed in the Scottish highlands. Watch below and learn more about its creation here. Jaakko and band play the first of two intimate London shows tonight at Servants Jazz

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New Jaakko Eino Kalevi – When You Walk Through Them All + Headline London show

Ahead of next week’s two London shows, Helsinki voyager Jaakko Eino Kalevi today shares new song ‘When You Walk Through Them All’.  Another highlight from his forthcoming ‘Dreamzone’ EP, set for release on December 2nd. A profoundly tuneful meditation on the nature of destiny set to a swaggering groove that unfurls into sax-ravished Bowie-in-Berlin melodrama,

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Sunrise, Sunset: A Washed Out documentary by Nowness x Yours Truly

Nowness have today premiered the first in a series of collaborations with San Francisco based film-makers Yours Truly featuring Weird World’s Ernest Greene AKA Washed Out. “It was interesting to see the changes in color that happen over the course of two or three hours,” says Ernest Greene, aka Washed Out, describing the spectacle of

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New Washed Out video – “All I Know”

Ernest Greene, better known as Washed Out, has today premiered a new video for “All I Know” – the latest single to be taken from his critically acclaimed second album, Paracosm. The filmic, romantic new video was directed by Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen and co-produced by Urban Outfitters as the sixteenth installment of their UO Music Video Series.

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Introducing Jaakko Eino Kalevi; Dreamzone EP coming December 2nd 2013

Weird World is today proud announce the signing of Finnish artist Jaakko Eino Kalevi. Already something of a cult figure in Helsinki, where he lives and works part-time as a tram driver, Jaakko’s (pronounced “Yah-koh”) debut release for the label is an alluring introduction to a charismatic artist whose softly psychedelic pop blends funk and

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Hookworms share ‘Away / Towards’ video

Pride of Leeds, Hookworms are currently holed up in frontman MJ’s Suburban Home studio recording a brand new LP for Weird World but whilst we wait for that they’ve today shared the video for Pearl Mystic opener and stand-out ‘Away / Towards’ via The Fader. Check out the Sam Wiehl directed eight minute monster below:

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Washed Out announces European tour, album out today

Marking the release of Paracosm in the UK and Europe today, Washed Out has announced European tour dates for this autumn including two UK shows: one in Manchester at one at London’s Oval Space on October 24th. A full list of dates can be found below.   During a chat with Q earlier this month,

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Peaking Lights announce UK soundsystem events

Peaking Lights have announced that Peaking Lights Sound System, Aaron’s solo DJ venture they will be playing three UK dates in September, starting off in London on September 26th before heading over the water to Amsterdam and returning to play in Liverpool and Glasgow. More information can be found below.   These dates follow last

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Watch Washed Out x Creators Project – Part II now

 Ernest Greene AKA Washed Out has teamed up with The Creators Project, a global arts and technology initiative from Vice and Intel, to produce Exploring The Sounds of ‘Paracosm’, a two-part series that focuses on the instrumentation found on the album. The first installment of the series followed Greene to Calgary to visit the Audities Foundation

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