Tag: Brusque Twins
Top 25 Songs of 2012
2012 has been the strongest year in memory for Canadian electronic pop. Established artists started new electronic projects, amazing new talents appeared seemingly out of nowhere, and one of our shining stars became a superstar recognized the world over. Canada is clearly at the epicenter of the zeitgeist – it’s a testament to the unbelievable talent in this country that we have 100 songs to present to you as the best of the year, and STILL had to exclude so many excellent tracks.
Montreal and Toronto may still have the most representatives of any Canadian city, but dark electro is thriving everywhere, from Halifax to Calgary, Ottawa to Vancouver, and exciting new hotbeds appearing in London, Ontario, and Grande Prairie, Alberta. We’re not too exclusively nationalist here at Silent Shout, so border states (minus NYC) appear too, with artists from Minneapolis, Seattle, and Brattleboro, Vermont making our list.
A huge thank you to all our readers, the folks who attend our events, and the bands that make brilliant music across this land for making 2012 an unforgettable year for us. Here’s to an even bigger 2013 for Canadian electronic music.
Top 100 Songs: 100-76 /// 75-51 /// 50-26 /// 25-1
25. Holy Family – My Kayfabe Babe
24. Essaie Pas – Carcajou
23. Pat Jordache – Steps (Damaged Goods)
22. Blue Hawaii – In Two
21. Mac DeMarco – She’s Really All I Need
20. Prince Innocence – Girls
19. Cabaal – Out of Body
18. You’ll Never Get To Heaven – It’s All Over
17. Triple Gangers – Molly
16. Dresden Dresses – Fallen Angel
15. Prince Nifty – Vox News Double Double Dose
14. How Sad (formerly Goose Hut) – MACEE
13. Yacht Club – Tropicana
12. Jay Arner – Broken Glass
11. Purity Ring – Obedear
10. Silkken Laumann – House Of Common Problems
9. Renny Wilson – Feel Like a Child
8. Mozart’s Sister – Chained Together
7. Kontravoid – Silent Visions
5. Homo Duplex – On or On and On
4. Brusque Twins – Speaking In Colour
2. Doldrums – She Is The Wave
1. Yacht Club – Flash (Single Edit)
Top 100 Songs: 100-76 /// 75-51 /// 50-26 /// 25-1
Previously: Top 20 Albums /// Top 20 Videos /// Top 15 Remixes /// Top 10 EPs
Top 10 EPs of 2012
10. Majical Cloudz – Turns, Turns, Turns – Label
9. Phil Console – The Modern Fog – Bandcamp
8. How Sad (formerly Goose Hut) – Throw it at Your Dad’s House – Bandcamp
7. Mathias Mental – The Stateroom Scene – Bandcamp
6. Greggy Clypse – Easy 101′s – Bandcamp
5. Moon King – Obsession I – Listen
4. Chrome and the Ice Queen – Diane – Bandcamp
3. Brusque Twins – A Voice in the Night – Bandcamp
2. Dresden Dresses – ☹EP – Bandcamp
1. Essaie Pas – Tout Est Jeune – Bandcamp
Earlier: Top 20 Videos /// Top 15 Remixes Next: Top 20 Albums, Top 100 Songs
Mix: Best of August 2012
Mix: Silent Shout – Best of August 2012
Tracklist: all tracks link to a review and a download of the individual MP3s.
1. Devan Boomen – Children’s Names
2. Greggy Clypse – Duh Duh Duh
3. Hermetic – Portlandish (Jay Arner Remix)
4. Moon King – Only Child
5. The Natural Shocks – Change
6. New Hands – Tulips
7. The Luyas – Fifty Fifty
8. Shadow Folk – Heaven’s Gate
9. New Zebra Kid – Go The Extra Mile
10. Brusque Twins – Wait For Me (Dark Ages Remix)
11. Kontravoid – Silent Visions
12. boyBITCH – Down Town
13. Yacht Club – Flash (Single Edit)
14. Bon Iver – Beth / Rest (Work Drugs Remix)
15. Ladyfrnd – Sunday
16. Jay Arner – Black Horse
17. Charles Valois – Beautiful But Troubled Girls
18. Elrichman – The Shah and I
MP3: Brusque Twins – Wait For Me (Dark Ages Remix)
Brusque Twins – Wait For Me
We like to think that we made this happen, considering that we booked these two wonderful bands together a few months ago. Dark Ages remixing Brusque Twins!? What more can you ask for?
Pile of Best Albums: Brusque Twins – A Voice in the Night
Brusque Twins – Speaking In Colour
Brusque Twins – Stone Communication
Visage Musique had quite a year last year, but this year is shaping up to be an even bigger one. The already-awesome Brusque Twins have further refined their sound on their new EP A Voice in the Night, and are doing the same minimal dark pop we’re used to from them, but even better. “Speaking in Colour” is probably the best track we’ve heard from them, a savage arpeggiated bass synth juxtaposed against Hollie Hensman’s atmospheric vocals floating through the mix. The EP also includes the previously posted “Wait for Me,” “What Else is there to Say?” from last year’s Visage compilation, and “Stone Communication,” one of our favourite songs of last year. It all adds up to an incredible EP which hopefully sets the stage for an amazing Visage line-up in 2012.
A Voice in the Dark is available in limited quantities on CD from Visage and digitally from Bandcamp.
MP3: Brusque Twins – Wait For Me
Brusque Twins – Wait For MeMore reliably excellent minimal synthpop from Montreal’s Brusque Twins. Very excited to hear their forthcoming EP, A Voice in the Night, out March 6. Available now for pre-order from Visage Musique.
Top 40 Songs of 2011 Part 1: 21-40
41. The Hood Internet – Kaputting It Up (Raekwon vs Destroyer)
40. Triads – Angelus – website
39. Kool Music – Hot House – website
38. Happy Trendy – January 6 – Website
37. Allosaurus – No Heart – website
36. Triple Gangers – Saltwater – website
35. Sally Dige – Immaculate Deception – website
34. The Weeknd – Lonely Star – website
33. Young Galaxy – Peripheral Visionaries – website
32. Ghibli – Hollywood Snow – website
31. Braids – Native Speaker (Born Gold Remix) – website
30. Junior Boys – Playtime – website
29. Grimes – Vanessa – website
28. Paula – Even If It’s True – website
27. Resorts – Simple War – website
26. Sean Nicholas Savage – Serious Eyes – website
25. Terror Bird – When I Woke Up
24. Terror Bird – Make Believe – website
23. Brusque Twins – Stone Communication – website
22. Rouge – Destruction – website
21. Tasseomancy – Heavy Sleep (Princess Century Remix) – website
Compilation: Visage Musique #1
Brusque Twins – What Else Is There To Say?Gold Zebra – Back In The Dust
Montreal minimal electronic pop standard-bearers Visage Musique have released their first compilation, including many unreleased tracks from their impressive roster of artists. Gold Zebra offers up a remixed version of “Back in the Dust,” one of our favourite songs of last year, and it’s sounding fuller and even better than before. Brusque Twins‘ “What Else Is There To Say?” is another obvious highlight, along with “Stone Communcation,” an immaculately produced minimal piece featuring an especially haunting delayed fake flute refrain. We covered that track a month back.
Tony Cops brings a couple of great driving instrumentals to the compilation, the virtuosic Femminielli gives us a breathy narrative over the 10-minute “Hotel Suite” and Police des Moeurs contribute two badass French minimal synthpop tracks. The best track on the release, and an absolute must-hear, is Gold Zebra‘s masterful “Love, French, Better” which we wrote about back in July.
They’re out of free Bandcamp downloads, but they’ve made it available for free download on this other site. A limited run of 100 CDs is also available for purchase, you can contact them through their page.
Brusque Twins – Stone Communication
Brusque Twins – Stone CommunicationMontreal’s Brusque Twins with an excellent new track, it’s from a forthcoming Visage Music compilation, and it’s also going to be on a new upcoming EP. I predict more deliciously minimal Italo to come.
