Memory Cassette - Surfin' (Sail a Whale version) (music video)

surfin - memory cassette (sail a whale version) from Sebastian Rozenberg on Vimeo.

Korallreven - The Truest Whale

The Truest Whale - Sail A Whale (In Re Korallreven) from Sebastian Rozenberg on Vimeo.

Acéphale ACE012 (Sail A Whale) + ACE014 (Porcelain Raft)

Two new releases available from Acéphale to pre-order!

First up is Porcelain Raft. PR are pretty hit and miss for me but Tip of Your Tongue is a very strong single. This one is infectious.



Pre-order the 7" from Acéphale directly here


And on my most anticipated releases of the year list is the 12" co-release between Acéphale and Sincerely Yours of Sail A Whale's Documentation. This is the first time we are seeing a proper release here in North America for Sail A whale and it features a few mandatory hits from the past year as well as some new stuff. Acéphale only has a handful of these for sale so move fast! This release is on the do-not-miss list!

a sea inside from sail a whale on Vimeo.

Pre-order the 12" from Acéphale here.

Sail A Whale & The Dream

love(the-dream)king - sail a whale from Sebastian Rozenberg on Vimeo.

Sail A Whale Remixes Korallreven

Well, this takes the Sail A Whale total song tally up to 4: two remixes, two originals. This particular track comes from the digital EP release from Acephale for Korallreven's Truest Faith. I would buy it. Now. Acephale pay special attention when it comes to the caliber of remixes they put their stamp of approval on. At $4.99, this Sail A Whale mix alone is worth the price of admission. As for the song itself, it's a slow build of melody and atmosphere, gorgeously textured (as per usual for Sail A Whale) and then the beat comes in. Beauty before beat, got it? I think it may be a Sail A Whale trade secret. This is no conventional remix, it's more interested in finding new layers of depth to an already stunning song, rather than simply dropping a new beat over top. The whole thing has that 'ominous yet lovely' feel that I've already come to associate with Sail A Whale's music. Next up for them is a new release on Acephale/Sincerely Yours. Watch these guys, I'm telling you...

As proof of my love of Sail A Whale and this song, it took me about 8 hours to upload this song. I had to upload it it in various places, squash bitrates, convert to mp3, blah, blah, so enjoy. It's worth the effort to get this one out into the world.

UPDATED: Due to the poor quality of the audio on the track below, the guys in Sail A Whale were kind enough to send over a link, so I could share the song with you the way it was meant to be heard. Get it HERE.

Buy the EP via itunes here.

Sail A Whale

Well this is an exciting post. Not because these guys have new material (soon though), but because they are responsible for some of the best music I've heard over the last year and a half. And I've been listening to their songs on repeat for the past few weeks mercilessly. I can't really describe Sail A Whale's music that well. It's ethereal, it's dramatic, it's gorgeously textured, it's electronic, it's too limiting to call it electronic, it's Jesus and Mary Chain with the emotion level ramped up to twelve. And with each adjective I somehow get further from capturing the magic of their music. Each adjective just begs for more description. Words just get in the way with these guys. Maybe that's why their music features vocals, but the words are indiscernible. And the total count on songs they've released to date: three. And one of those is a remix. And are three songs really worth the hype? That's a question that rarely warrants a genuine 'yes!', but in this case...

Okay, on to the songs. You can get their debut two songs for absolute gratis right here. There's something both sunny and ominous about these songs. That sounds like a contradiction, but again, maybe words just fail where the music speaks. These songs just don't go away. They are that good. Here's a video for "Find Me A Boy".

And here is their stellar remix for Memory Cassette's "Surfin":

The whole MemCass remix EP is available for free right here. Every song on it is tight, so I can't full on claim that Sail A Whale steal the show (Friend is just too damn good), but I would probably give them the even split. And for all the remix naysayers; listen to how they've made this song their own. It sounds like a Sail A Whale song, but remains totally true to the original. Three songs that's all we have from these guys, but they do have a 7" or 12" coming out fairly soon via Acephale and Sincerely Yours. So, soon we'll have two more songs to get lost in and ponder.

That's a bunch of free music today people, download away. Take a walk outside, bring your ipod, and get lost in Sail A Whale. It's a mysterious and beautiful adventure.