Bvdub - Songs for a Friend I Left Behind

Here comes Mr. Van Wey's 5th release so far this year.

Available here and here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRDNTC_I1jY

bvdub has some beautiful stuff. Not a fan of everything but a few of them I've definitely enjoyed a lot. Thanks for the update will have to check this.

I think I'm starting to get bored of him.

He's great but when he releases so much and they all sound so similar it's hard to keep up...

i appreciate his continuity just as i do with fluxion, gas or loscil

I got an advance copy of this one, definitely lovely stuff! Was originally recorded a few years ago...

highly recommend THE TRUTH HURTS, especially if you're single

This sounds fucking amazing. I went off him for a while because of the sheer amount of stuff.

But I really like the sound of this.

Sounds AMAZING! Bvdub is amazing!.

  On 6/10/2011 at 2:47 PM, Hertha Thiele said:

I think I'm starting to get bored of him.

haven't heard it but he always seems to have this whiny sad boy aspect to his stuff. I wish he'd just leave it untitled.

  On 6/11/2011 at 3:17 AM, Hanratty said:

  On 6/10/2011 at 2:47 PM, Hertha Thiele said:

I think I'm starting to get bored of him.

 

haven't heard it but he always seems to have this whiny sad boy aspect to his stuff. I wish he'd just leave it untitled.

You just sounded like a whiny sad boy :/

Its so rare these days with artists not being ironic about real emotions. Could someone give me more tips about artists like Gas, Bvdub, Loscil all the kompakt "pop ambient" ones etc... You all have to check out Ulf Lhoman!

  On 6/11/2011 at 11:46 AM, Archrival said:

 

Its so rare these days with artists not being ironic about real emotions.

In earlier newsletters to his fans Brock has occasionally been very sincere about his troubles with depression. For instance, he wrote about the making of his album "The Art of Dying Alone" that it helped get him through an extremely rough depression and a period of extreme isolation "from which I wasn't sure I was going to return".

Now, personally I don't think there is neither anything "whiny" nor a "sad boy aspect" to clinical depression.

And like Archrival I feel there is something genuinely refreshing about artists in electronic music who choose not to hide behind "safe" abstract concepts and song titles.

I mean, some of the best electronic/ambient/callitwhatyouwant music released in recent years has had an unabashedly sentimental streak: Burial, Stars of The Lid, Celer, Ulrich Schnauss, Richard Skelton, Manual, Helios/Goldmund, The Sight Below/R.A. Irisarri, The Caretaker, Marsen Jules, etc.

So, Bvdub seems to be in excellent company, if you ask me.

  On 6/11/2011 at 11:46 AM, Archrival said:

  On 6/11/2011 at 3:17 AM, Hanratty said:

  On 6/10/2011 at 2:47 PM, Hertha Thiele said:

I think I'm starting to get bored of him.

 

haven't heard it but he always seems to have this whiny sad boy aspect to his stuff. I wish he'd just leave it untitled.

 

You just sounded like a whiny sad boy :/

 

Its so rare these days with artists not being ironic about real emotions. Could someone give me more tips about artists like Gas, Bvdub, Loscil all the kompakt "pop ambient" ones etc... You all have to check out Ulf Lhoman!

I think we're at the point where not being ironic about emotions is actually more ironic. he should just do shoegaze and sing some sad little lyrics over the top.

"Descent to the End" from The Art of Dying Alone has been the only track I've kept from the many releases I've heard of his.

  On 6/11/2011 at 12:48 PM, ventolin68 said:

  On 6/11/2011 at 11:46 AM, Archrival said:

 

Its so rare these days with artists not being ironic about real emotions.

 

In earlier newsletters to his fans Brock has occasionally been very sincere about his troubles with depression. For instance, he wrote about the making of his album "The Art of Dying Alone" that it helped get him through an extremely rough depression and a period of extreme isolation "from which I wasn't sure I was going to return".

Now, personally I don't think there is neither anything "whiny" nor a "sad boy aspect" to clinical depression.

And like Archrival I feel there is something genuinely refreshing about artists in electronic music who choose not to hide behind "safe" abstract concepts and song titles.

I mean, some of the best electronic/ambient/callitwhatyouwant music released in recent years has had an unabashedly sentimental streak: Burial, Stars of The Lid, Celer, Ulrich Schnauss, Richard Skelton, Manual, Helios/Goldmund, The Sight Below/R.A. Irisarri, The Caretaker, Marsen Jules, etc.

So, Bvdub seems to be in excellent company, if you ask me.

I completely agree and I LOVE all those sincere artists you just mentioned, except for Irisarri who I dont know about and have to check out! :D

By the way this Bvdub album is fantastic!

  On 6/15/2011 at 10:25 AM, Archrival said:

  On 6/11/2011 at 12:48 PM, ventolin68 said:

  On 6/11/2011 at 11:46 AM, Archrival said:

 

Its so rare these days with artists not being ironic about real emotions.

 

In earlier newsletters to his fans Brock has occasionally been very sincere about his troubles with depression. For instance, he wrote about the making of his album "The Art of Dying Alone" that it helped get him through an extremely rough depression and a period of extreme isolation "from which I wasn't sure I was going to return".

Now, personally I don't think there is neither anything "whiny" nor a "sad boy aspect" to clinical depression.

And like Archrival I feel there is something genuinely refreshing about artists in electronic music who choose not to hide behind "safe" abstract concepts and song titles.

I mean, some of the best electronic/ambient/callitwhatyouwant music released in recent years has had an unabashedly sentimental streak: Burial, Stars of The Lid, Celer, Ulrich Schnauss, Richard Skelton, Manual, Helios/Goldmund, The Sight Below/R.A. Irisarri, The Caretaker, Marsen Jules, etc.

So, Bvdub seems to be in excellent company, if you ask me.

 

I completely agree and I LOVE all those sincere artists you just mentioned, except for Irisarri who I dont know about and have to check out! :D

 

By the way this Bvdub album is fantastic!

You might like Irisarri's "side project"

I'm grateful for any tips about artists similar to those already mentioned.

aha! yeah I love Sight Below!

Here's a nice video interview with Bvdub

  On 6/11/2011 at 6:28 PM, Hanratty said:

  On 6/11/2011 at 11:46 AM, Archrival said:

  On 6/11/2011 at 3:17 AM, Hanratty said:

  On 6/10/2011 at 2:47 PM, Hertha Thiele said:

I think I'm starting to get bored of him.

 

haven't heard it but he always seems to have this whiny sad boy aspect to his stuff. I wish he'd just leave it untitled.

 

You just sounded like a whiny sad boy :/

 

Its so rare these days with artists not being ironic about real emotions. Could someone give me more tips about artists like Gas, Bvdub, Loscil all the kompakt "pop ambient" ones etc... You all have to check out Ulf Lhoman!

 

 

I think we're at the point where not being ironic about emotions is actually more ironic. he should just do shoegaze and sing some sad little lyrics over the top.

"he should just do shoegaze and sing some sad little lyrics over the top"

He already got some insanely beautiful vocals on top of his tracks like http://www.discogs.com/Various-Pop-Ambient-2011/master/305483 check out the track "Make The Pain Go Away"

I don't know what you mean by this "I think we're at the point where not being ironic about emotions is actually more ironic." Could you please explain further what you mean by this, I don't really understand?

you guys really should check out this...

Bvdub / Shifty Science – Same Boat, Different Sea / Love's Not Fading

it's definitely beat-oriented; both tunes are really good. this was released by a friend of mine here in CHI.