Jona Bechtolt and Claire L.Evans aka Yacht will release Shangri-La, the followup to See Mystery Lights, one of my favourite albums of 2009. Continuing the quasi-mystical celestial theme of that album, Shangri-La finds the duo exploring the concepts of utopia and dystopia leading to the idea that “the future is a blank slate upon which anything can be imposed.” They may be going too far into the conceptual side this time around but Shangri-La is a fun danceable DFA-type record.
The album is released on June 24th through DFA Records. Here are the two songs released from it so far:
Download: Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire) by RADIO YACHT
Also definitely worth a listen is Claire Evans’ DFA Radio show:
Claire L. Evans – dfa radiomix #16 by DFA Records
Tracklisting
- Message from the Stars – Snob
- Space Disco – Cosmic Hoffmann
- Spacer – Sheila & B. Devotion
- Supernature – Cerrone
- Automatic Lover – Dee D. Jackson
- Spacer Woman – Charlie
- Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix) – Midnight Magic
- Tout Petit La Planete – Plastique Bertrand
- I’m Ready – Kano
- Future World – Ganymed
- Fly On UFO – Chromium
- In The Year 2525 – Zager & Evans
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
