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CALLING FROM BEYOND

James Cargill of Broadcast is working on a new album using vocals and music sketches Trish Keenan left behind, in addition to a soundtrack they were working on together before her painfully untimely death early this year.

Really looking forward to hearing this, though I already had a good sob about it this morning. More tears are sure to flow for many of us who continue to feel the void left in her absence.

You can purchase the digital version of Under The Radar magazine, which features the first interview James has given since Trish's passing.

HOLY STRAYS

I can't say enough about Sebastien Forrester at the moment. The gorgeous 7" pictured above had sadly been sitting in front of my turntables un-played for at least two months before I pulled it out of the sleeve while preparing for a recent guest session at KXLU.

Holy Strays - Nail the Cross Mix by NO PAIN IN POP

Within seconds I was blown away.

For one, I instantly hated myself for not listening to this beautiful thing sooner. (I have been way under with life for a while. Even the miniscule effort it takes to pull a record out and put it on the record player feels like a To Do item.)

And two, Holy Strays is magnificently beautiful -- like nothing you are hearing right now. And no, it is not dubstep. (Not that there is anything wrong with that.) The B-side, Phrenesia, is killing me. Shape shifting beats that escalate into unbearable intensity collide with quivering soundscapes, gorgeous vocal outcries and pulsating synths.

Just get this record at NOT NOT FUN. There you can read all about the impressive repertoire of material Sebastien worked on well before this project.

Pasted above is a mix he recently recorded for No Pain In Pop. It is unsurprisingly amazing. Nail The Cross begins with Arvo Part's 'Collage On The Theme Bach: I. Toccatta : Preciso, wanders into Demdike Stare, Sybille Baier, Grimes, Portisehead and more.

ALCHEMIA MYSTERIA

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TROPIC OF CANCER EUROPEAN TOUR

OCT 24 LONDON + HTRK

OCT 26 MONS

OCT 28 VIELSALM

NOV 1 PARIS + HTRK

NOV 2 PARIS + MARTIAL CANTEREL

NOV 3 ROME + MUSHY + DIE SELEKTION

NOV 4 STOCKHOLM

NOV 7 VIENNA

NOV 8 PRAGUE

NOV 11 BERLIN + DEMDIKE STARE + RAIME

PSYCHIC ILLS // HAZED DREAM

New Psychic Ills track free for the taking.

Mind Daze

'Mind Daze' is off of the band's forthcoming album, Hazed Dream, out on Sacred Bones (October 18). Lovers of black boot shuffling, hands in pockets, desert garage gazing - ala Spectrum, Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Warlocks - will be down with this. Though the darkly upbeat nature of 'Mind Daze' is close to the band's core, it's a bit of a departure from their explicitly gloomy output on previous albums, Dins and Early Violence.

I'm really looking forward to hearing more of this record next month. Here's a little preview:

'WE DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR FRIEND'

Guilt, envy, revenge: The core values of electronic music's darkest imprint -- Blackest Ever Black takes Resident Advisor's Label of the Month.

Download this mix from BEB founder Kiran Sande; featuring Raime, Regis, Vatican Shadow, Young Hunting and Tropic Of Cancer.