Stereogum (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
NAME: Caribou PROGRESS REPORT: Mixing his still-untitled followup to 2007's Andorra . Recorded at home in London. "I'm not able to make music based on what people like. It's a very selfish pursuit, in a way," Caribou's Dan Snaith says. And for Snaith, it's also a very obsessive one. Unlike other easily distracted Progress Report subjects, Snaith says it's hard for him...
CHOCOLATE BOBKA (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
... Semya mixes Peruvian pan flute grooves with dripping BMSR synths and extra driving drumbeats that Dan Snaith would probably dig on. "It's the Sun" is so freaky, Tim & Eric should make a video for it consisting entirely of Apocalypse Now footage. Should also note that the backlooped, freak glitch going on in "Ninja Smoke" is a tweakers dream/nightmare, depending on...
silence is a rhythm too (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Caribou Vibration Ensemble - Skunks_________PHD holding Canadian mathematician Dan Snaith is Caribou. He began releasing records in 2000 as IDM'er Manitoba until he was legally forced to change his name to Caribou a few years ago. Over the last few albums he has augmented the laptops with an increasing array of organic instruments. I am a big fan. He recently put together the 16-person Caribou...
