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Brian Eno Announces New Compilation ‘Film Music 1976 – 2020’

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Brian Eno has announced the first-ever compilation of his work for film and television. Titled Film Music 1976 – 2020, the collection includes both classic and lesser-known compositions in addition to seven previously unreleased recordings. It arrives November 13 via UMC. Below, listen to ‘Ship in a Bottle’, a newly unveiled recording from Peter Jackson’s 2009 film The Lovely Bones, and scroll down for the collection’s tracklist and cover art.

Film Music includes collaborations with filmmakers such as David Lynch (Dune’s ‘Prophecy Theme’), Michelangelo Antonioni (Beyond the Clouds’ ‘Beach Sequence’), Derek Jarman (Jubilee’s ‘Dover Beach’), Michael Mann (Heat’s ‘Late Evening in Jersey’) and Jonathan Demme (a cover of ‘You Don’t Miss Your Water’ from Married to the Mob), among others.

Over the course of his five-decade career, Eno has composed the score for 20 films. More recently, the producer reunited with his brother Roger Eno for the Mixing Colour LP.

Film Music 1976-2020 Tracklist:

1. Top Boy (Theme) (2:30) from Top Boy – Season 1 *
2. Ship in A Bottle (2:43) from The Lovely Bones *
3. Blood Red (3:15) from Francis Bacon’s Arena *
4. Under (5:20) from Cool World
5. Decline and Fall (3:35) from O Nome da Morte *
6. Prophecy Theme (4:22) from Dune
7. Reasonable Question (2:41) from We Are As Gods *
8. Late Evening in Jersey (4:38) from Heat
9. Beach Sequence (3:32) from Beyond The Clouds
10. You Don’t Miss Your Water (3:46) from Married to the Mob
11. Deep Blue Day (3:59) from Trainspotting
12. The Sombre (4:28) from Top Boy Season 2 *
13. Dover Beach (4:45) from Jubilee
14. Design as Reduction (4:19) from RAMS
15. Undersea Steps (4:06) from Natural World – Hammerhead *
16. Final Sunset (4:11) from Sebastiane
17. An Ending ( Ascent ) (4:24) from For All Mankind

* Previously Unreleased

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Documentary Series Based on ‘Song Exploder’ Podcast to Debut on Netflix

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Netflix has announced a documentary series based on the popular Song Exploder podcast, which debuted in 2014 and focuses on notable musicians breaking down the process behind the creation of their songs. Alicia Keys, Ty Dolla $ign, Michael Stipe (breaking down the R.E.M. hit ‘Losing My Religion’) and Lin-Manuel Miranda are set to feature as guests in the first season of the series. Watch the first trailer below.

“As a teenager, I used to sit in my room and listen to music while poring over the lyrics and liner notes and artwork until I could almost feel myself living in the world of the artist,” creator Hrishikesh Hirway said in a statement. “It was the most incredible feeling, and with Song Exploder, I wanted to take that feeling and go even further.”

He added: “It’s been so exciting to turn it into a television show, because it’s provided a chance to immerse yourself in the music, and the ideas behind the music, in a deeper way than I ever imagined.”

The TV series is set for global release on October 2nd. Since its debut, the podcast has had 192 episodes with guests that include Fleetwood Mac, Lorde, Solange, U2, Metallica, and the Roots.

Albums Out Today: Alicia Keys, A.G. Cook, Fenne Lily, Cults

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In this segment, we showcase the most notable albums out each week. Here are the albums out on September 18th, 2020:

Alicia Keys, ALICIA

Alicia Keys is back with her seventh studio album, ALICIA. Originally scheduled for release on March 20 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the R&B singer-songwriter’s latest marks the follow-up to 2016’s HERE and features guest appearances from Sampha, Tierra Whack, Khalid, Miguel, and more. “I’ve been loving getting to know all the sides of me over the years. And now here I am fully ALICIA,” she said in a statement about the album and its accompanying memoir. “I love all the sides of it. I love all the sides of me/us it reflects, I love how much closer I am to myself. How much more willing I am to get familiar with myself. I never realized how much I relied on only one side. How much I had hidden away the parts that expressed anger, rage, sensuality, or vulnerability.”

A.G. Cook, Apple

A mere month after the release of his 49-track LP, 7G, A.G. Cook has come through with a new studio album titled Apple. Out now via PC Music, the 10-song album includes the previously released singles ‘Oh Yeah’, ‘Xxoplex’, and ‘Beautiful Superstar’. “Apple is my own take on Personal Computer Music,” the electronic producer said in a statement. “I’ve always been interested in the blurred line between bedroom and professional studio production and at what point a personality either gets created or accidentally takes shape. For me, there’s a great sense of freedom in combining something slick with something naive reality where anything could happen.”

Fenne Lily, BREACH

Fenne Lily has released her sophomore album and first for Dead Oceans, titled BREACH. The follow-up to 2018’s On Hold was recorded with producer Brian Deck at Chicago’s Narwhal Studios and at Electrical Audio with none other than Steve Albini. Written during a period of self-enforced isolation before the pandemic actually hit, the album deals largely with “loneliness, and trying to work out the difference between being alone and being lonely,” according to the singer-songwriter. “I think this record is proof that I can be emotionally stable, even if right now I feel a little bit up and down,” she adds. “There’s the ability to find clarity in that”. BREACH includes the previously released singles ‘Alapathy’, ‘Berlin’, and ‘Solipsism’.

Cults, Host

Cults – the New York duo consisting of Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion – have returned with their fourth studio album, Hostvia Sinderlyn. Following 2017’s Offering, the 12-track LP was co-produced by Cults and Shane Stoneback and finds multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin serving as primary songwriter for the first time. “In the past, I’d never brought my own music to the table because I was just too shy,” Follin said in a statement; Brian Oblivion added, “When Shane and I heard what Madeline had written, we couldn’t believe it. The music just floored us.”

Other albums out today:

Devi McCallion & Katie Dey, Magic Fire Brain; Anjimile, Giver Taker; Deradoorian, Find The Sun; Osees, Protean Threat; Napalm Death, Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism; Into It. Over It., Figure; Yellow Days, A Day In A Yellow Beat.

Paper Sculptures by Eva Jauss

Eva Jauss, a talented Berlin-based art director, illustrator and set/prop designer, has published a small series of annual report covers previously done for Wilh. Werhahn.

The designs utilise beautiful shapes with smooth eye-pleasing gradients that flow throughout the display, bringing out beautiful progressions within each piece.

Find more work by Eva Jauss here.

Credit

Set/Prop Design: Eva Jauss

Photography: Ragnar Schmuck, Michael Breyer

Agency: muehlhausmoers

5 Must-Read Culture Books for All 

The art of building a meaningful bond with your co-workers in a workplace is always tricky for the new employees. Every organization has a unique culture based on numerous aspects. One is not supposed to learn everything (from A to Z) in the initial days of their job about a company they’re working in. The company culture books can become your best companion to fix this problem in a better way. Any best corporate culture book can change your life and the perspectives about working wisely in a firm. 

The way you manage your level of engagement around any book on culture is the point that makes such books a wonderful touchpoint. Multiculturalism is a significant part of modern organizational culture. You can go through the related essays at https://studymoose.com/free-essays/multiculturalism for free and check some of the best examples of what does multiculturalism looks like in the modern world. Multicultural essays and popular business culture books are being suggested to encourage the employees to explore multiculturalism in the workplace. 

All in all, we live in a fast-paced society, and the concept of multiculturalism has become its prominent feature. Therefore, whether you’re about to read a book or an essay relating to multiculturalism, it will definitely be of great use in your professional life!

The Best yet Worth-Reading Company Culture Books

People want to learn the organizational culture due to numerous reasons. They look for the motivation and inspiration to adapt their leadership style, achieving better outcomes, improving communication, and engaging their team. And all of the related ideas/suggestions can be found in these books. Just grab the one and get a treasure of knowledge straight away. 

1. Driving to Perfection (by Brian L Fielkow)

You’ll end up finding a direct connection between business and culture in this book. The more emphasis on consuming more time than the money with the hands-on practical solutions are right there inside the book. It’s a great source of learning in-depths of multiculturalism with the superb relevant examples. Students who would like to read it can learn more about the values and priorities in the workplace. 

2. Give and Take (by Adam M. Grant)

The role of takers and givers in a corporation has been beautifully discussed in this masterpiece by Adam M. Grant. He wants to motivate everyone by discussing the varieties of expected behaviours by co-workers or team members. Being right is essential without showing the greed of perks, bonuses, promotions, incentives, etc. In the end, you’ll be rewarded with better things. Try to read the whole book for getting real-world examples of weird corporate cultures. His essays are also worth reading. 

3. Turn the Ship Around (book by L. David Marquet) for better education

This book is based on a real-world example related to the success of USS Santa Fe due to the sudden making changes in the corporate culture. Marquet has created the leaders of every rank by instilling a sense of ownership and delegating responsibility among his crew. It is not rocket science to achieve measurable success within your firm through a culture of individual responsibility. This is one of the best work samples of the Marquet you’ll ever read. 

4. 2014 Zappos Culture Book (a free version by employees of the company)

The overall experience of working with Zappos is being shared every year, featuring expressions and anecdotes from business partners, customers, and employees. It is ideal for learning while building a rapport within a firm by learning to express positive emotions and thoughts. Employees’ personal experiences can show a better picture of how to base and manage the things in a better way.

5. An Everyone Culture (by Robert Kagon and Lisa Laskow Lahey)

Another valuable writing piece pays attention to figuring out their growing edge with a supportive and secure environment for growth. The students who are all set to pursue careers in their dream firms can learn about building organizational development through this book. The author has done a lot of research to pen down such helpful content into the paper. 

Some Helpful Final Thoughts

The books can let you get a wealth of knowledge about dealing with the corporate culture. The lower profits, worse performance, poor relationships, and negativity in the company culture are created due to the lack of employee engagement. The collection of multicultural essay can guide you well to become a competent employee in the workplace. Going through the relevant books and essay papers with real-world examples are preferred to stay longer and happier in a firm.

People usually consider it simple to overcome the difficulties created by negative corporate culture and politics. However, it is not as simple as they imagine. The learning process should be continued throughout your working journey with each firm. This is how you would be able to create a great bond with all the co-workers as a result of a positive impact of multiculturalism. 

A.G. Cook Unveils New Single ‘Beautiful Superstar’

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A.G. Cook has shared a new single called ‘Beautiful Superstar’. The latest preview of his upcoming album Apple is named after two of the producer’s early tracks – 2014’s ‘Beautiful’ and 2016’s ‘Superstar’ – and arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Cook and Prosper Unger-Hamilton. Check it out below.

“The two tracks have become very defined moments for me, presenting specific and personal flavours of PC Music,” Cook said in a statement. “As one of the last tracks I finished for Apple, ‘Beautiful Superstar’ started as an attempt to craft a very direct, almost traditional song, but I found myself haunted by my debut singles. Building on strange nostalgic memories, it became fitting to reference the past – my old concepts of the ‘future’ – and weave those melodies into something that could say more than words.”

Apple, which marks the follow-up to this year’s 7G, comes out on September 18th. It includes the previously released singles ‘Oh Yeah’ and ‘Xxoplex’.

Artist Spotlight: MOURN

You can hardly call MOURN an “up-and-coming band”. The Catalonian quartet, consisting of vocalists Carla Pérez Fas and Jazz Rodríguez Bueno, bassist Leia Rodríguez, and drummer  Víctor Pelusa – released their self-titled debut all the way back in 2014, a darkly-tinged, ferocious punk album recorded with then-drummer Antonio Postius Echeverría when all four members were still in their teens. Boiling over with the raw emotional intensity you might expect coming from a group of social outcasts who weren’t afraid to name their enemies, the album also showcased the band’s propensity for dynamic arrangements and melodic hooks amidst all the chaos and unbridled frustration. Their stylistic progression is evident throughout 2016’s post-punkish Ha, Ha, He. and 2018’s confident Sorpresa Familia, which saw them fleshing out those qualities without abandoning the youthful energy of their debut. Now, they’re gearing up for the release of their fourth album, Self Worth, which is anchored by a series of driving singles: the raucous ‘This Feeling is Disgusting’ finds the band navigating the uncertainty of adult life, while the newly unveiled ‘Men’ – a sort of update on the 2014 bonus cut ‘Boys Are Cunts’ – pulsates with righteous indignation as it rails against the systems of patriarchy. Growing up might just mean having more things to be angry about, but this has only made MOURN’s music all the more defiant.

We caught up with MOURN for this edition of our Artist Spotlight series, where we showcase artists and give them a chance to talk about their music.

How did you form Mourn?

We formed Mourn back in 2014 while Jazz and I (Carla) were studying Arts together. We were always talking about music and messing around with our guitars playing covers so we ended up writing songs together and decided to save money to record them. Asked Leia and Antonio to be part of the band and recorded Mourn (our first album) on a weekend. 

You’ve had to face many obstacles since then. How has that affected your approach to making music?

Being a musician (especially being in a band nowadays) and living off your music isn’t easy. We’ve always reflected our diaries on our songs; we need to put our feelings out through words and sounds. So it has definitely affected our music in that regard but not in a negative way. Obstacles are in our way to step on them and keep going.

You’ve described the new album as “an album of empowerment”, saying that you read more about feminism while writing it. Were there any ideas that particularly inspired you?

This new album (Self Worth) is the result of a year of listening to what we needed as human beings and as members of the band. Suddenly, when you do what feels right and what liberates you from things you realised weren’t healthy behaviours, you feel empowered. Checking on your human relationships and deciding what you can’t accept anymore and changing them has been an idea that follows the album. 

I think many young people who can relate to the sentiments you express on ‘This Feeling is Disgusting’, especially when it comes to the uncertainties of navigating adult life. Did you have any discussions about your shared experiences while making the song?

We are constantly debating about how precarious our job is and how much we want it to work. We also share our struggles with money and insecurities on how we’re actually going to survive in the near future (especially with Covid-19 now). Jazz came up with the lyrics about this shared feeling of uncertainty.

Could you talk about the process of making the video for the track?

We wanted to work with Grulla Estudio for ‘Call You Back’’s music video but because we were quarantined we couldn’t do it. So once we could go outside we started working on the idea for ‘This Feeling Is Disgusting’. We had a long FaceTime call with Alex (Director) and Yai (Director of Photography) and shared our ideas. We felt super comfortable with them because they gave us freedom with our ideas. It was the chillest team and experience ever filming a music video and we can’t wait to work with them again on future projects!

What were some of the highs and lows of making the album as a whole?

The highs were definitely when Jazz and I went to Lalanne (South of France) for a week and improvised some riffs and wrote lyrics for the album. It was a bonding experience that we’ll never forget. Another high moment was the summer we spent in our rehearsal space playing, sweating like crazy, eating Cheerios and drinking beer. For this record I can’t think of a low moment, to be honest. Maybe when things get stressful because you want something to work and you are impatient as hell haha but I wouldn’t say that’s a low moment.

What do you hope listeners ultimately take away from Self Worth?

First of all, we hope that they like what they hear! And if they get deeper into it, we hope they can also feel empowered as we do while playing these songs.

Self-Worth arrives October 30 via Captured Tracks.

Bartees Strange Shares Video for New Song ‘Kelly Rowland’

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Bartees Strange has previewed his upcoming album Live Forever with a new single called ‘Kelly Rowland’. Following the previously released ‘Mustang’ and ‘Boomer’, the track is accompanied by a music video directed by Britain Weyant. Check it out below.

“Another song that will probably stick with me forever because I had the hugest crush on Kelly Rowland and I copied literally every stylistic move Nelly did as a high schooler. Band aid included,” Strange wrote on Twitter.

Speaking about the song in an interview with Stereogum, the singer-songwriter said: “‘Kelly Rowland’ is my peak hedonistic dream, if I had no rules. I was in Berlin, and I saw the most beautiful, talented, wealthy, amazing people, we partied all night and danced all night. And I was like, ‘I cannot believe people live every day like this.’ It’s this hyper-idealized vision of what I wish I could be, for a moment.”

Live Forever is out October 2nd via Memory Music. Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Bartees Strange here.

 

Watch Taylor Swift Perform ‘betty’ at the ACMs

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Taylor Swift gave ‘betty’ its live debut last night (September 16) at the the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards. The singer performed the folklore single at Nashville’s legendary Grand Ole Opry House. Check it out below.

Though she’s garnered nine ACM Awards in the past, last night marked the first time Swift performed at the ceremony since 2013, when she joined Tim McGraw and Keith Urban for a performance of ‘Highway Don’t Care’.

folklore, Swift’s eighth studio album, was released in July, and became the top-selling album of 2020. It features contributions from the National’s Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Jack Antonoff, and more.

Faye Webster Releases Video for New Song ‘Better Distractions’

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Faye Webster has released a new song titled ‘Better Distractions’. Recorded at Chase Park Transduction in Athens, Georgia and produced by the singer-songwriter’s frequent collaborator Drew Vandenberg, the single arrives with an accompanying music video directed by Matt Swinsky and Eat Humans. Watch it below.

“I wrote this song kinda without knowing I was writing it,” Webster said in a press release. “It’s a kind of free association, just thoughts running straight from my head onto paper untouched. I also think it’s best my band has ever sounded on record.”

Along with the new single, Webster has also announced a full band performance scheduled for October 6, to be streamed via Noonchorus.  Her last album was 2019’s Atlanta Millionaires Club.