Wait in the dark is the newest memory tapes track released to date. Indeed, their song was named trees, hiphop slang for a marijuana joint. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Player piano is the second full length from davye hawks memory tapes. Seek magic bonus track version by memory tapes on amazon. While both selections are a far cry above any commercial tripe you are likely to hear on fm radio or mtv, i must say, memory tapes. A new video for bicycle, by jamie harley, is posted with all tour dates including a run of australia shows with missy elliott, below memory tapes 2010 tour dates. Seeking to abandon the more concise, traditional songwriting of that last album, graceconfusion reaches for a more complex. Seek magic is the debut studio album by american musician dayve hawke under the alias memory tapes. Cds, tapes, video, books, from the folk singer carl behrend he brings to life stories from the. Memory tapes is a recording alias of new jerseybased dayve hawk, former frontman of philadelphiabased hail social. Seek magic, his first fulllength effort as a solo concern, works as an excellent summation of that particularly elusive, endlessly summery latedecade zeitgeist, splitting the difference between the gossamer dream pop he makes as memory cassette and the more upfront, dancy electro of his weird tapes guise hence, presumably, the conflated.
The ballad of seul choix just a memory the lords prayer how many stars. Treeship is a great onesonger thats 28 min long, terrific ambiance, much more vast, slow soundscapes. Stream tracks and playlists from memory tapes on your desktop or mobile device. Treeship is a spellbinding 22minute symphony imbued in a mysterious synthpop universe. Listen to memory tapes soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create new jersey. The cd release of seek magic came bundled with a 22minute instrumental, treeship. Hear memory tapes 22minute instrumental, treeship news. Memory tapes is a recording alias of new jerseybased dayve hawk. Dayve hawk born 1981, better known by his stage name memory tapes, is an american. The cd version of seek magic, memory tapes bnmed new album of bleary synthpop lullabies, comes with a bonus disc containing treeship, a rippling 22minute instrumental jam.
And when we bought the house, there was a shed in the backyard. After initially releasing material under the names memory cassette and weird tapes, and on signing to something in construction to release a memory cassette ep also on acephale, memory tapes first lp, seek magic was released in september 2009, through the labels something in. Overzealous copyright bozos and other enemies of creativity. The full piece, set to treeship by memory tapes, opens with a series of blurred faces from mr jangs summer weather portraits, taken of contestants competing to deliver local tv. Eventually he settled on memory tapes as his official moniker and redebuted with the caribbeantinged dancefloor novelty bicycle 2009. Memory tapes just released the artwork and tracklist for his new album, piano player, which drops on july 4. While both selections are a far cry above any commercial tripe you are likely to hear on fm radio or mtv, i must say, memory tapes seek magic works better. It was, like its predecessor, the highly acclaimed seek magic, recorded at dayves home studio in rural new jersey, where he juggles looking after his young daughter and being a musician. Seek magic memory tapes free internet radio slacker. Once your tapes, films and photos are digitized, you can view and share them on any device through imemories apps. Its been sorted out, but to tide you over dayve hawk posted the gorgeous 20minute patchwork instrumental piece that appears on. I hope they dont find my memory tapes, because i grow thorns on my tongue when i speak, i grow burs on my lungs when i breathe, ive been selling a pipe dream through my teeth, and now im buying in because it seems so nice to reckon youre the good kind. The main album also has a couple of instrumental tracks.
I am currently working an overnight shift, so i am living on the opposite clock. Memory tapes remixed crystal castles, was remixed by. Went out on a limb so to speak and purchased seek magic along with the six song ep by washed out via amazons mp3 store new years eve. Noise pop expands 2010 lineup updates include, far. Seek magic was awarded the title of best new music by pitchfork. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Following the slightly cool reception to his second album, 2011s player piano, he promptly disappeared to whatever dishevelled hole it is he came from and, less than a year and half later, is back with third lp graceconfusion. Dayve hawk, as told to tyler grisham october 23 2009. Memory tapes bicycle mp3 the intial lineup for noise pop 2010, which takes over san francisco february 23rd to march 1st, has been updated. Check out seek magic bonus track version by memory tapes on amazon music. He also has released tracks under the names memory cassette and weird tapes. The cd release of seek magic was bundled with a fourtrack bonus disc including a horrors remix and a 22minute instrumental, treeship, which could also be downloaded from his website for free. Seek magic has enjoyed rerelease after rerelease, on these shores and in the states.
Listen to seek magicby memory tapes on slacker radio, where you can also create personalized internet radio stations based on your favorite albums, artists and songs. Virtual troubadour dayve hawk created and produced the track under the moniker memory tapes. Again, sorry about the random bitrates and volume levels. Im just compiling the original free promotional downloads directly, from various sources. The memory tapes thing coincided with me moving a lot and right now, for the last year or so, weve had a house not far from where i grew up in the pine barrens of south jersey. The 2cd version of seek magic includes the 22minute ambient track treeship, which is fine, but not the reason i love memory tapes. Pink stones and run out are inoffensive but take up a quarter of the tracks. Memory tapes born dayve hawk in new jersey, is an american singersongwriter and record producer, and the former frontman of the philadelphiabased indie rock band, hail social. Memory tapes dayve hawk recalls a formative fisherprice record player and dreams of collaborating with prince. The reasons for this lie both in the fact that memory tapes is enjoying a steady growth in reputation and most importantly, that this is the kind of album that could be lost in the post but deserves to be shared.
Memory tapes first lp, seek magic was released in september 2009, through the label sincerly yours, and in the uk on something in construction. Speaking of unlikely places to find memory tapes, on february 8, urban outfitters stores in the uk will start carrying a doubledisc reissue of seek magic, memory tapes debut and pitchfork. Like the nowfamous seek magic, dayve hawk recorded the album at his home studio in rural new jersey. There was a slight delay with the vinyl version of seek magic. Memory tapes was initially associated with the chillwave music genre, but is seen more as a producer in his own right.
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