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Check out the teaser video that was posted today on Brainfeeder’s site. The video features the track “Fin de Siècle” from Daedelus’ debut album under the Brainfeeder label entitled Righteous Fists of Harmony. The concept behind the album comes from the story of the Boxer Rebellion.

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“After seventy years of China’s opium-related subjugation by Queen
Victoria and her allies, a force of resistance fighters — termed
“Boxers” by the British — rose to the challenge in 1898. Calling
themselves “The Righteous Fists of Harmony,” this secret society of
martial artists felt they held magical powers: they believed
themselves bulletproof, able to fly, and capable of raising the dead
(who would then fight alongside them). And so began the brief Boxer
Rebellion; three years later 100,000 Boxers had fallen, their magic
helpless against the cutting-edge machinery of war. The British
prevailed only to face ultimate defeat, as their empire rapidly
declined.
Daedelus endeavors to compose a requiem for the end — of beliefs, of
lives, and of an era. This elegy for a bygone battle sheds light on
our own contemporary conundrum: will our faith in modernity be our
downfall? Are we blinded by this age of wonders, doomed to be
destroyed by our ingenious inventions? Although Daedelus’ music has
always juxtaposed organic and electronic elements, they war as never
before on “Righteous Fists of Harmony,” a portrait of a tumultuous era
that came crashing to a close.”

The album will be available world wide on March 23, 2010 in digital and physical formats. Highly Recommended

Track List

1. An Armada Approaches
2. Tidal Waves Uprising
3. The Open Hand Avows
4. Order Of The Golden Dawn (featuring Laura Darling)
5. The Finishing of a Thing
6. Succumbing To (featuring Kid A)
7. Stampede Me (with Amir Yaghmai)
8. Fin De Siècle

Rumors have been circulating all over the web and it seems that there’s no end in site. To make matters even more intriguing are that these rumors may have recently been proven as fact. Twitter accounts for each band member have popped up recently and particular post by Bryan Cook (engineer) confirmed recording for three weeks with Nigel Godrich. Brian is said to have converted a Hollywood Hills home into a recording studio. A blog post by L.A. Times contributor Jia-Rui Cook claimed that the band had been recording for three weeks in the Hollywood Hills. According to Cook, the band had come to record in Los Angeles and escape the “dismal English weather.” Seems they may have been mistaken with all the crazy rainstorms going on these past few weeks. Watch out for those tornadoes in the OC guys.

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There’s a feeling of anticipation here in LA as Flying Lotus (Steve Ellison) one of the most important producers of our generation sets out to release his newest album entitled Cosmogramma. He’s been referred to by BBC’s Mary Anne Hobbs as the “Hendrix” of his generation. The release will feature some of the most important productions of Lotus’ massive music collection with collaborations with high profile artists such as Radiohead’s Thom Yorke. Ellison revealed his interest in wanting to work with Radiohead or Bjork in an interview back in 2008. His work as a producer spans an entire decade. A FlyLo tribute was recently featured on his imprint label Brainfeeder’s (Alpha Pup Records) website containing a mix curated by one of the greatest DJs on the planet The Gas Lamp Killer (Brainfeeder/Low End Theory). Another essential mix you should check out is his epic 2 hour set featured on Diplo’s Mad Decent blog. His label Brainfeeder is a collective of the most important producers of our time and its influence spans the entire globe. Prepare for possibly one of the most amazing listening experience of your life. The album will be available digitally worldwide this coming May. Highly Recommended.

Track List

01. Clock Catcher
02. Pickled!
03. Nose Art
04. Intro//A Cosmic Drama
05. Zodiac Shit
06. Computer Face//Pure Being
07. ..And the World Laughs With You ft. Thom Yorke
08. Arkestry
09. Mmmhmm ft.Thundercat
10. Do the Astral Plane
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13. Recoiled
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