Modular People Modcast

This special Modcast is brought to you this week from a couple blokes you may know who wrote an album called 'Pacifica'. Coming out to rave reviews and a general warm and fuzzy feeling, the album is a musical evolution for The Presets. See after the jump for the tracklist, more information and a blow by blow of how each track shaped 'Pacifica'. You can buy Pacifica right now from iTunes, JB Hifi, Amazon, Get Music and any other respectable retailers. UK and Europe, the album is available for pre-order and will be hitting shelves, both physically and digitally, in the week ahead. There's also a few deluxe editions knocking around, grab one here and you could win tickets to The Presets' headlined Parklife festival this month. Afterwards, they'll heading over for a tour of the US and Canada, dates here. Tracklist DJ Trouble - Bang and Works JULIAN: My brother bought me a Chicago footwork compilation for my birthday and it had this track on it. I listened to it a lot whilst working on Pacifica. I love the relentless bouncy 808 beat of this stuff. The string sample is mad, and the super simple vocal ('work, work, work...') is so cool. For me it really inspired the original sketch of 'Ghosts'. Christian Smith & John Selway - Total Departure KIM: A few years a go this track was a staple in my DJ sets. We got the idea to use the rising Shepard Tone in 'Youth In Trouble' from this track. Its such an awesome build up track. The Triffids - Red Pony JULIAN: This is my favourite song from this classic Australian band. It is another big influence on 'Ghosts'. I love the melody - it's a real rollicking sing-a-long. And the strings really add to its sea shanty vibe. Great video too if you can ever find it online. Drake - Marvins Room KIM: While recording Drums in LA and playing Caochella 2011, we would listen to Sirus XM radio and in particular an R&B radio station called 'The Heat'. I can't really say that there is a radio station in Australia quite like it. Most of the music they play is very 808 driven and it literally feels so good to listen whilst driving and get a lovely massage by the low frequencies. I remember this song by Drake came on late one night when I was driving back to the Hotel after a recording session. I was transfixed by the minimal production and the lyrics. When i came home to Australia I was inspired to get some of that minimal R&B styling onto the record, in particular on 'Ghosts'. Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto - Aurora JULIAN: This track is from one of my all time favourite albums 'Insen'. Sakamoto's piano playing is stunning - so minimal and delicate. And Alva Noto's clicks and cuts and deep sub bass production compliments it very beautifully. I listened to this practically everyday whilst we toured 'Apocalypso'. The first thing I did when I got home was move my piano into my studio. I've played piano for 30 years, but crazily have never had a real piano in my studio. Production, effects, beats and sounds are such a massive part of what Kim and I do, but 'Pacifica' was the first album where most of the basic 'songwriting' (chords, melodies and lyrics) was done at a piano, rather than in front of a computer screen. X-press 2 Ft. Rob Harvey - Kill 100 (Carl Craig Remix) KIM: Mid 2011 I went to a warehouse party in Sydney called 'Mince Meat'. A lovely DJ from Melbourne was playing that night whose name is Kitty. The music was playing was just really hitting the spot for me, lots of 909 drum machines with a very classic techno flavour. I remember she played this Carl Craig remix, that night and her DJ set inspired me to go home and sketch up a track that was to become 'Fast Seconds', I even think the working title of the sketch was 'Mince Meat'. Big Youth & Vivian 'Yabby U' Jackson - Yabby Youth JULIAN: My girlfriend and I are big fans of dub music. This track is from a Yabby U compilation called Jesus Dread 1972-1977 that sits on heavy rotation at home. I love the chant at the beginning of this track. It inspired the chant chorus of our song A.O. Whilst we don't technically make dub music, the giant space and huge lo-end theory of dub is an important part of what we tried to do on 'Pacifica'. Rather than fill songs up with lots of parts, there was more of a conscious effort this time around to strip parts away, and just leave the essentials - kick, bass, vocals and reverb! The Chemical Brothers - Another World KIM: I really love the unashamed joy in this track, its bordering on bitter sweet but really its just hands in the air Joyfulness. For me it was a big inspiration for the sound of 'Promises'. Gareth Liddiard - The Radicalisation of D JULIAN: This song rocked me when I first heard it. Liddiard (who also fronts the band The Drones) is such a talented wordsmith. In this 16 minute epic he tells the story of a disaffected young boy who grows up and becomes a terrorist. It is such a profoundly moving, and all together terrifying story (the only other time I have been so scared listening to a song was when I first heard The Geto Boys as an 11 year old!) The way Liddiard takes the time to really flesh out a character over 20 or so verses is very inspiring. It is a gripping yarn. On Pacifica we have our song 'A.O' which is all about the city of Sydney. When hearing Liddiard's song I felt encouraged to really take my time with the lyrics on 'A.O', and hopefully paint a full and realistic portrait of our home town. Dirty Three - Better Go Home Now KIM: This Australian band can sound so wild, colonial and unhinged. Their sound was a big inspiration to me for the initial idea that was to become 'A.O'. I tried to sketch up something that was tribal and colonial at the same time, to try and evoke the feeling of a cultural collision at the time when white man first arrived on the land that was to become known as Sydney.

Originally hailing from San Fran, Lemonade are a special group. The trio turn a few fruit bowls worth of genres into the best damn smoothie you've ever had, throw in a few cheeky surprises and serve it up the best way they know, mp3 format. 2012's 'Diver' is a perfect example of this, an album of perfect jumps, twists and clean entries. So when life gives you lemons, pick your tunes, fire up the blender and make a Modcast. Tracklist Kaoru Inoue - Mystic Motion [Mule Musiq] Blood Diamonds ft. Grimes - Phone Sex (Lemonade remix) [4AD] John Talabot - Matilda's Dream [Permanent Vacation] Midi Rain - Darkness [Vinyl Solution] Discodeine - Falkenberg (Pilooski remix) [Dark & Lovely] D.C. Salas - Peru [Doctor Vinyl] Glasser - Home (DJ Spoko Township remix) [True Panther] Orbital - Halcyon + On + On [FFRR] DJ Haus - Needin' U [Unknown To The Unknown] Lemonade - Softkiss (Pional remix) [True Panther]

We've worked with Neil Krug a few times over the years. He's an all around photographing machine wrapped in a psych-rock odyssey taking the form of an all-round good guy. His work graces the cover of Canyons' Keep Your Dreams, he's shot Pond, Tame Impala among a multitude of others. This week, he's stepped up to the plate and curated a psych-rock epic for your loving ears. Have a listen, a download and a cheeky browse [bit NSFW]. Tracklist: The Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Halina Frackowiak - Wodo, Zimna Wodo Petrus Castrus - Batucada Vulgaris Gabor Szabo - Three King Fishers Tintern Abbey - Beeside Injun Joe - Indian Priest Lalo Schifrin - Danube Incident Piero Piccioni - Endless Love Julio Gutierrez - Last Tango in Paris Antonio Castro - W.E.L.F.A.R.E Pedro Santos - Desengano Da Visita The Zodiac - Aquarius - The Lover of Life Georges Rodi - Actual 39 The Creation (Us) - No Silver Bird Colin Blunstone - Smokey Day

Jesse Kivel (also of Princeton) and Zinzi Edmundson are a couple crazy kids behind both this week's Modcast and indie sweethearts

Our Club Mod imprint recently celebrated it's third release, Cécile & Refleksie's 'First Sparkle'. To celebrate it's existence in this beautiful thing we call life, we've got a Modcast from the musical geniuses behind the release. Club Mod #003 also features Cécile riding solo with 'Your Eyes' as well as 'First Sparkle' remixes from Fred Cherry (Canyons' Ryan Grieve) and Axel Boman. Available digitally on iTunes & Beatport with physical release coming soon. Tracklist Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman Piero Ciampi - Extract from Piero Ciampi, No! Refleksie - La Maison Dieu Holger Czukay - Persian Love Muslimgauze - Hamas Cinema Gaza Strip Madonna - Erotic (Sex Book Version) Ossian - Mozolnie Dzwiga sie w Gore Katefra Wiesni Gérard Levecque & Claude Romat - Green Pepper Passenger - So in Loop With You Jesse Boykins III - Sounds Like Love Dj Nature - Feeling Like A Woman (Cécile's Bass Edit) Kornel Kovacs - Down Since '92 (Instrumental) Kink - Leko Swans - Her Mouth Is Filled With Honey Walls - Into Our Midst (Esperanza remix) Omar S - Set It Out Esperanza - *********** Paul McCartney - Waterfalls

Hailing from Nederland, Palmbomen AKA Kai Hugo puts together this week's Modcast. For those without fluent Dutch on the resumé, Palmbomen translates to palm tree and pretty much captures the dance-party-desert-island-built-on-a-burial-ground feel in his tunes. It's synths, haunting vocals and good times all day every day. Debut EP 'Moon Children' is out now on NON Records. Tour Dates 17 Aug - Lowlands, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands 01 Sep - Valtifest, Amsterdam, Netherlands 15 Sep - Breda Barst, Breda, Netherlands Tracklist Ace Of Cups - Afro Blue Maze - Twilight Palmbomen - Black Safari (Extended Version) G.A.N.G - Incantations (Palmbomen Edit) Legowelt - Dimension Door Dynamic Breakers - Don't Do it (Palmbomen VHS Remix) DAF - Der Rëuber Und Der Prinz (Palmbomen Edit) Fingers Inc - Mystery Philippe Laurent - Hot Bip (Palmbomen Cassette Edit) Antenna - Dance On Ruins B Beat Girls - Same Man (Palmbomen Edit) Human League - Everybody (Palmbomen TTTDAMO Cassette Demo Remix) Virgo Four - Untitled Helen - Witch Sexual Harassment - I Need A Freak Jamie Principle - Bad Boy (Palmbomen Cassette Demo Edit) Loco Mia - Loco Mia Renkas - Ghetto Nights (Demo) Modern Art - Monochrome

The Modular Agency are proud to announce a couple of new brothers coming into the fold. Otologic are Melbourne's premiere DJ duo, leading the city's underground with an iron deck. Otologic are a busy bunch, running parties throughout the city alongside friend Tornado Wallace under the Animals Dancing banner since 2010, plus bringing in and supporting a host of international DJs and generally making nights worth missing work for. In celebration of this proud addition, we present this week's Modcast. Tracklist + tour dates after the jump. Tracklist NYC Peech Boys - On A Journey (Dubmix) Dr Dunks & Rhythm Odyssey - La Chiave (dub beats) Bepu N'Gali - I Travel To You (Frisvold & Lindbaek Meets Todd Terje Uptown) Secret Circuit - Jungle Dogs, Jungle Bones Idjut Boys - One for Kenny Jaz - Everybody More I Boat Captain - Slower (The Backwoods remix) TR One - Drum Dance Chida - Danca Timothy J Fairplay - Cleopatra Loves The Acid Gene Hunt - Living In A Land (Mix 1) Walls - Into Our Midst (Capracara Remix) Holy Ghost Inc - Walk On Air The Grid - Flotation (Prins Thomas miks) Tour dates Fri 3rd August - Revolver, Melbourne Fri 17th August - New Guernica, Melbourne Sat 18th August - C Grade @ Mercat, Melbourne Fri 31st August - Animals Dancing, I:Cube, Melbourne Sat 22nd September - C Grade @ Mercat, Melbourne Fri 12th October - Spice Cellar, Sydney Sat 27th October - C Grade @ Mercat, Melbourne 12-16th November - Eclipse Festival, North Queensland Bookings: stix@modularpeople.com

Kaos is one of our favourite Berliners, a fantastic DJ and accomplished producer who recently applied a classy disco extension to Canyons "When I See You Again". Manuel Gottsching is a true krautrock legend from his work in Ash Ra Tempel, his solo records and of course his seminal "walk into the studio, walk out an hour later with a masterpiece" proto-techno LP, E2-E4. It must be fate then that this Week's Modcast is a live set from Kaos himself, taken live from the Ash Ra Tempel & Manuel Göttsching Concert at Sommergarten 2012 in Berlin earlier in the year. Its an hour and a half of non-stop-time-travelling tunes. Its just like that movie, you know the one, except Eric Bana is replaced by Travolta circa Saturday Night Fever and Rachel McAdams always knew she couldn't hold someone that dancefloor friendly to one time period. No conflict, just jams.

After last venture 'Intimacy', Bloc Party looked at the world, toured it, and left Obama and the GFC to take care of the headlines. Come 2012, they've refreshed their browser, logged back into their twitter account and rejoined the digital rat race. New album 'Four', announced a couple months ago, is set for release on August 20 (EU/UK) and August 21st (US). The lads are currently smashing out live shows all over the world, with gigs alongside our own Tame Impala at Splendour in the Grass, Lollapalooza & Osheaga Festival in the coming month. Full dates and tracklist after the jump. Tracklist DJ Zinc - Wile Out (fest. Ms Dynamite) Zombie Nation - Chickflick L-Vis 1990 - Come Together MR INTL (Andrew Butler & Kim Ann Foxman) - The Groove The Mekanism - Missing Love Tanlines - Bejan Jacques Greene - Another Girl (Official) Imogen Heap - Hide And Seek Crookers - Dushi Arthur Russell - Arm Around You Azealia Banks - Liquorice Skream - How Real (Featuring Freckles) Donna Summer - I Feel Love Tour Dates 07-20 Charrues, France - Festival Les Vieilles 07-21 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Fest 07-28 Byron Bay, Australia, Splendour in the Grass 07-30 Honolulu, HI - The Republik 08-03 Los Angeles, CA - Hard Festival 08-04 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza 08-05 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival 08-07 New York, NY - Terminal 5 08-08 New York, NY - Terminal 5 08-09 New York, NY - Terminal 5 08-11 Las Vegas, NV - The Pool at the Cosmopolitan 08-12 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands 08-16 St. Polten, Austria - Frequency 08-17 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands 08-18 St. Polten, Austria - Frequency 08-24 Saint-Cloud, France - Rock en Seine 08-25 Zurich, Switzerland - Open Air Festival 09-04 Mallorca, Spain - Mallorca Rocks 09-05 Ibiza, Spain - Ibiza Rocks 11-03 Nantes, France - Le Stereolux 11-04 Lyon, France - Le Transbordeur 11-05 Bordeaux, France - Le Rocher de Palmer 11-07 Toulouse, France - Le Bikini 11-08 Milan, Italy - Acatrax 11-11 Hamburg, Germany - Docks 11-12 Stuttgart, Germany - Theatrehause 11-13 Dresden, Germany - Eventwerk 11-14 Munich, Germany - Tonhalle 11-18 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega 11-19 Stockholm, Sweden - Munich Brewery 11-20 Oslo, Norway - Rockafeller

In celebration of Van She's new album 'Idea of Happiness' making the big jump to 'out pretty much everywhere', this week's Modcast is a selection of tunes that put the boys inspiration in to overdrive. Its a troupe of tunes fresh off the gulfstream, straw skirts & Hawaiian shirts all over. You can grab the album from iTunes / Van She Store / JB Hifi (signed copy). The 'Idea of Happiness' 12" single is also available through the new and improved Mod Shop. The boys kicked off their Australia & NZ tour in Perth last night, all the info right here, dates below. Tour Dates Thur 5 July - Perth, Capitol - w/ Voltaire Twins + Shazam Fri 6 July - Adelaide, Fowlers - w/ Messrs Sat 7 July - Canberra, UC Live - w/ RüFüS Sun 8 July - Newcastle, Cambridge - w/ RüFüS Wed 11 July - Byron Bay, Brewery - w/ RüFüS Thu 12 July - Brisbane, The Hi Fi - w/ RüFüS + Pigeon + The Bowler Bar DJs Fri 13 July - Melbourne, The Hi Fi - w/ RüFüS + Panama Sat 14 July - Sydney, Metro - w/ RüFüS + Beni + Panama Wed 18 July - Auckland, Monte Cristo Room Thur 19 July - Wellington, Bodega Sat 21 July - Hobart, Republic

Both this week's Modcast and VÅR (formerly War) are the work of two guys with thumbs in a lot of pies. Elias Bender Rønnenfelt is part of indie rebels Iceage as well as Marching Church and Pagan Youth. Loke Rahbek is the singer for Sexdrome, solo artist LR, records with Skurv and Damien Dubrovnik and co-runs Danish label Posh Isolation. Their first album under the new moniker is slated for a 2013 release on Sacred Bones. Mayan calendar be damned. Think dark synths, Robert-Smith-itude and Danish lo-fi gold thrown together and you have VÅR. Track List Brainbombs - Kill Them All Whitehouse - You Don't Have to Say Please The Hasbeens - Make The World Go Away Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened The Party Boy - The Twilight Zone Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro '95 Faithless - We Come One Section 25 - Looking From a Hilltop Throbbing Gristle - Hot on the Heels of Love John Jacob Niles - Go Away From My Window Kraftwerk - Europa Endless Lust For Youth - Champagne

Chet Faker is Nick Murphy, a Melbourne based musician whose beard rivals that of our own Jonathan Boulet. We are very hair conscious around here, and this understated comparison not taken lightly. Its far more a compliment than you'd expect. Mr Faker has jumped from strength to strength and touring with hot shots The Temper Trap over the last couple months probably hasn't hurt. Just guessing over here, folks. There's just two shows left on that tour though with a gig tonight at Dan Atelier in Luxembourg followed by London on July 11 at Somerset House. More dates announced soon. This week's 124th Modcast is a celebration of facial hair, immaculate music taste and Aussie pride. Have at it.

Røsenkøpf are a group of electro-goth-rockers that have been together since 2010. Formed by Soren Roi, Saira Huff and Emil Bognar-nasdor, the band released a couple of tapes before unleashing their most recent release, a self-titled LP available now as a limited edition colored vinyl on WIERD Records. This, the 123rd Modcast, is a dark trip with the cool kids in the back seat of the school bus of life. Stream below, download above and lose yourself wherever and whenever you want. Tour Dates June 21st - Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre June 22nd - Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge June 23rd - Detroit @ Lager House July 5th - NYC @ Glasslands Track list Roxy Music- In Every Dream Home a Heartache Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn Solid Space - Destination Moon Monolake - Axis Leonard Cohen - Who By Fire Deux - Felicita Skinny Puppy - Testure Beige - Hollow Point Amebix - Moscow Madness My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - The International Sin Set

After reading the title, a question you may ask is just what makes this man, Melbourne producer Mic Newman, so 'fantastic'? Is it just bravado? Is there really an agreed upon concensus supporting this adjective? To answer these questions and more, we're using the 122nd Modcast as a 1 hour demonstration of why this name fits the game. Keen to explore a different side to his talents, Melbourne producer Mic Newman launched an illusive alias, 'Fantastic Man'; which has so far seen success on Wolf Music, Join The Dots, Melbourne Deepcast and Kolour LTD, the later reaching the illustrious number 1 position on Juno's top sellers chart. His most recent work; an upcoming EP 'It's Essential' is a debut on NYC's revered party-turned-label 'Let's Play House' (co-run by favourite Jacques Renault) and is arguably his most complete Fantastic Man collection of works to date. On the back of his recent success, Mic will embark on a 3 month tour of Europe, Brazil and the U.S where high profile dates have been penned throughout. Highlights including London's Fabric as well multiple dates in Ibiza and Berlin. Track List 1. Mr. Scruff - Fresh Noodles 2. Fantastic Man - How Bout It 3. Paulo Rocco - Through The Mirror 4. James Welsh - Zippyshare 5. White Lions - Hjob 6. Moodymann - Got 2 Make It 7. Mountain People - Mountain 001 (edit) 8. Fantastic Man - It's Essential 9. Midland - Through Motion (Tevo Howard Remix) 10. Unknown - Unknown

The Great Bearded One, Jonathan Boulet, is our man of the hour. 'We Keep the Beat, Found the Sound, See the Need, Start the Heart' is out tomorrow and its nothing but good. Grade A music to get weird to. This is the very special 11-squared edition of the Modcast detailing Jonathan Boulet's musical inspirations. This is the "bands, songs, ideas and concepts that "We keep the beat...." wanted to be when it grew up...' Tour Dates Wed June 27 - The Brewery, Byron Bay, NSW [buy ticket] Thu June 28 - The Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast, QLD [buy ticket] Fri June 29 - The Hi Fi, Brisbane, QLD [buy ticket] Sat June 30 - The Metro, Sydney, NSW [buy ticket] Thu July 5 - Fowlers, Adelaide, SA [buy ticket] Fri July 6 - The Prince, Melbourne, VIC [buy tickets] Sat July 7 - Amplifier, Perth, WA [buy ticket Track List Krzysztof Penderecki - Anaklasis for Strings & Percussion It gets so noisy and loud but funnily enough the most tense parts are the quietest. Zoo - Berkibarlah Benderaku This music is beyond definition. swans - stay here This one has such swinging sludgy momentum. Dense, angry and mechanical. Venom P. Stinger - Venom P. Stinger Some real Australian music. Hard and Fast. Sex Wizard - Holy Fuck Not safe for grandma. The Pogues (live) - Sally MacLennane Who doesn't love a rousing Irish sing along. I love that no one but the irish can understand what the hell they're singing. Ohana - Les Enfants De Marx Et De Coca-Cola Please come home Ohana, we miss you. The Lounge Lizards - Well you needn't Forget what key we're in, just make some noise. That's how jazz was invented.