FUTURE SOUNDS COLUMN IN RECORD OF THE DAY (UK) AUGUST

Click image to read the latest FUTURE SOUNDS column in RECORD OF THE DAY for August.

LISTEN TO FUTURE SOUNDS ON WOXY 7.27.09

Here's today's playlist...

Future Sounds #33 - July 27, 2009

A B & The Sea – Suzie – Demos – Unsigned
The Blakes – Basket – Souvenir – Unsigned
Portugal. The Man – The Sun - The Satanic Satanists – Equal Vision
Hotels – Café Martinique – Hearts Panic – Hidden Shoals Recordings
Avi Buffalo – Where’s Your Dirty Mind – Settled Tigertail – Unsigned

BREAK

Mini Mansions – Majik Marker – Demos – Unsigned
Andy Clockwise – My Generation – Andy Clockwise – Unsigned
Sam Stewart – Six Little Days – 10 Songs – Unsigned
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home – Up From Below – Community Records
Spiral Stairs – Hey Folk Singa! – The Real Feel – Matador Records

BREAK

Little Fish – Darling Dear – Demos – Universal Republic
The Stone Foxes – Fever – New Tales To Tell – Justice Records
Band Of Skulls – Death By Diamonds & Pearls – Baby Darling Doll Face Honey – Shangri-La Music
O. Children – Dead Disco Dancer - Dead Disco Dancer 7” – Deadly People Recordings
The Growlers – Barnacle Beat – Greatest sHits – Unsigned

BREAK

Fitz & The Tantrums – Don’t Gotta Work It Out – Songs For A Break-Up Vol. 1 EP – Future Sounds Records
The Years – Let’s Stay In Love (Ft Sy Bar-Sheshet) – Vosotros Presents: The Years – Vosotros
Magic Wands – Teenage Love – Magic, Love and Dreams EP – Young & Lost Club
All Wrong & The Plans Change – I Get Down – I’m Like Whatever – Unsigned
Voxtrot – Berlin, Without Return…. – Berlin, Without Return… - Unsigned

BREAK

Eastern Conference Champions – Bloody Bells – Sante Fe EP – Unsigned
Greenladies – What You Been Up To – Black Mold EP – Unsigned
Cheetahsaurus – Trailblazer – New Demos – Unsigned
The Upsidedown – Silver Wind – Human Destination – World’s Fair
Fungi Girls – Dystopic Vision – Seafaring Pyramids – Play Pinball Records

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THE HOT 5
Kid A – wasnotwas – In A Dream House, We All Ride Carousels – The Lab
Little Dragon – My Step – Machine Dreams – Peace Frog
LoveLikeFire – Boredom – Tear Ourselves Away – Heist Or Hit Records
The Nervous Wreckords – When The Beat Comes Down Like A Storm – Unsigned
The Radical Sons – Wolves in Sheep Skin – New Demos - Unsigned

END OF PROGRAM

* Bold denotes FS debut artist

NEW SOUNDS: KID A - THE SONG OF THE SUMMER

The song of the summer is "wasnotwas" by the brilliant young act, KID A out of Chesapeake, Virginia.

I'll stand behind the statement, the song has been on loop since it's arrival, when it mysteriously appeared on my desk with a yellow-post it that said "listen to this". In true Alice In Wonderland - 'Eat Me' fashion, I took the bait and fell into her fantasy land, which poetically all comes from an EP called, "In A Dream House, We All Ride Carousels". Kid A is built around the 21 year-old singer/composer/producer Anni T, and her DJ mate, Turbo P.

Upon hearing this EP we were like hound dogs onto management, and they were kind enough to get us access to Anni T, and she took the time to answer some of our questions. The interview is below, and we'll be dropping her single, "wasnotwas" in our HOT 5 segement of the Future Sounds radio show later this afternoon on WOXY. Here's the interview......

FS: Congratulations on putting together the hottest new track I’ve heard in 2009. How did KiD A come about and how did you hook up with producer/mastermind, Dan Le Sac?

KID A: Thanks so much. It‘s really cool to have people who care about music taking an interest. It feels even more validating. KiD A came about a little while after I graduated from high school. I was previously in a band, but in 2007 I started tinkering with electronic sound and computerized music programs.

How I came to work with DLS is due to my UK-based manager, who used to do TV presenting and interviewed Dan when he was playing with Pip in Manchester. He was interested in producing some new projects and when we met, we just kind of clicked. He and his manager are really great people.

FS: After reading your bio, about your childhood jazz experiences that evolved into Brian Eno and The Cure, what contemporary influences helped you shape your sound? I mean this has the same kind of big energy that M.I.A. brings to the table.

Kid A: My first taste of contemporary electronic sound was when Daft Punk’s album Homework came out in 1996. A classic album with amazing tracks, I still listen to that album now. From there I branched out and started listening to Felix Da Housecat, Tiga, Pnau, Nujabes, Miss Kittin, CoCoRosie, Bjork and AIR. Speaking of MIA, I’ve recently been really taken with Burka Som Sistima, so they are doing a lot for me right now as well.

FS: Your press quotes seem to come from the UK and electronic magazines, while I get why the electro crowds get it – this is a club banger no doubt -have you performed in the UK yet?

Kid A: I have been pleasantly surprised with the variety of interest shown in my debut single, from electro press, to getting kudos from some more highbrow press with The Sunday Times. Since I’ve never put something out before, it has definitely been untested water for me. I had the chance to play Europe earlier this year. A festival called Nuits Sonores helped me get over to France and the UK. I played for Kruger Magazine in London and the NS festival in France, which is where I shared a stage with Danger, which was truly amazing. I still can’t believe I was there.

FS: Do you still live in Chesapeake, Virginia?

Kid A: Yeah, that’s home from me. But, I’m also currently a student, so most of my term time is spent in Roanoke, Virginia. This is great because that’s where the other half of KiD A lives (DJ Turbo P) so it makes it a lot easier to get shows, which we are in the middle of doing right now.

FS: What’s the plan for Kid A? Will the Lab be releasing a full-length? What’s the timing?

Kid A: At the moment the plan for KiD A is to play a lot of local shows to really get to know our local fanbase. Then, hopefully play some bigger support shows later in the year, which could coincide with the EP release. The full length itself is currently in discussions with a hand full of labels in the UK. The Lab has been so free in how we approach this single and I’ve been really taken with the calibre of the labels I’ve been in touch with so far. I would love to get the EP out by the end of the year, but I also want to take my time and do it right. It definitely excites me to know that listeners who have heard bits and pieces of it are really anxious for a release.

FS: Is there a live element to Kid A? A backing band?

Kid A: Yeah, this is where Turbo P really comes in. He is a DJ I met in Roanoke and is really doing well for himself in his own right. We started out with a side project called CINEMAX, but that started to spill over into KiD A, and he is now an integral part of KiD A. We are trying to keep the live side as simple as possible for right now, so we can afford to get as many live shows under our belt, but in the future I would love to have a full band behind me as well. Although when I was in France I had Spitzer backing me, and that was amazing. There is something so romantic about France. Lyon especially.

FS: Future Sounds is all about blowing up the next Kid A, what artists that you admire that no one knows about yet can you share with the world?

Kid A: I love hearing new music, and some artists/bands that really stick out to me are: Ariel Pink/ Haunted Graffiti, ZOMBY, Micachu and The Shapes, Eternal Summers, Esser, Danger, Hot Lava, Red Clay River, OURLIVES, Delphic, Spitzer, We have band, Kid British, The Great Nostalgic, Leif (DJ from NYC), Granufunk, The Bastards of Fate and Way Shape or Form.

All of these artists deserve the best. I really enjoy what they're doing, and I may have the opportunity to work with some of them in the coming months.

Also, back in Roanoke there’s a great DIY mentality that has created a group of local artists who work under The Magic Twig Community.

Thanks again to management and Anni T for the music and the time.

KID A
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