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Tampa Bay Times' Artist Of The Day - Pocket

posted Jul 30th 2009, 18:22

Richard Jankovich has achieved that most mythical of rock-star statuses: He’s big in Japan.

Cue the Pulse to Begin, a song Jankovich recorded with his band The Burnside Project, was the theme to Showtime’s Queer as Folk. But it also became a Top 40 hit in the far east.

“Probably the only real rock-star experience I’ve had was in Japan,” Jankovich laughed. “We literally got picked up in a limo from the airport — not even like a Lincoln Town Car, a full-on limousine. The moment we got off the plane, we knew it was going to be a different experience.”

He’s in the middle of another new experience. Jankovich — an indie DJ/producer who, under the name Pocket, has remixed artists like Beck, Radiohead and Cat Power — is the newest signee to Tampa record label 24 Hour Service Station, the home of artists like Geri X., the Beauvilles and Win Win Winter.

Pocket isn’t a household name stateside. But attracting an artist with any sort of national profile was a coup for the small Tampa outfit.

The label will oversee Pocket’s current project, a series of electronic-pop singles released every six weeks or so, featuring guests vocalists like Robyn Hitchcock, Belly’s Tanya Donnelly and Dag Nasty’s Dave Smalley. It’s an unconventional approach to creating and releasing new music; hence the unconventional partnership between Pocket and 24 Hour Service Station. The singles are released on Pocket's Web site; click here to listen to his latest, Hear in Noiseville with The Church's Steve Kilbey.

Kites With Lights Debut EP - The Weight Of Your Heart

posted Jul 28th 2009, 02:01

This debut EP is packed with electro pop gems that float between dance floor dreams and rainy day delights.

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Kites With Lights - The Weight Of Your Heart

Kites With Lights is Electro Pop for a rainy day, a blissed out dance floor or a late night drive.

Timeless is the key to a Kites With Lights tune: A clean and clear aesthetic: Electro Pop with a purpose. Kites With Lights incorporate looking up and staring down, a dramatic curve where raindrops equal dance beats, and somehow you feel that the film in your dreams finally has a soundtrack.

TRACK LISTING
- The Weight Of Your Heart
- A Mystery
- We're Ready
- The Space
- Sound Of The Rain

FOR FANS OF
Junior Boys, New Order, Cut Copy, OMD, Radio Dept, Electro Pop

PRESS
"The most beautiful and powerful synthpop we've ever heard"
-Electronic Sub South

"Filled with sweeping, lush, and pristine sugar coated pop nuggets that are a complete rush to the head"
-First Coast News

Schallgrenzen - Kites With Lights German CD Review

posted Jul 20th 2009, 02:31

Kites With Lights - fun electro-pop with DIY charm

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Autor Peter • 20 Juli 2009 Author Peter • July 20, 2009

Positivismus. Positivism. Zumindest musikalisch. At least musically. Bei Kites With Lights handelt es sich um eine sogenannte Ein-Mann-Kapelle. For Kites With Lights is a so-called one-man band. Somit einziges Mitglied ist Jonah Cordy, wohnhaft in Florida. Thus the only member is Jonah Cordy, residing in Florida. Bereits 2004 wurde eine kostenlose EP mit Demos veröffentlicht. As early as 2004, a free EP with demos released. Elektronisch, swingender Pop. Electronically, swinging pop. Kite With Lights hatte sich bereits mit einem Song an demhörenswerten New Order Tribute Album “Ceremony” beteiligt. Kite With Lights had already had a song to demhörenswerten New Order Tribute album "Ceremony" involved. Und tatsächlich ist “Dream Attack” wahrlich nicht von schlechten Eltern. And in fact is "Dream Attack" really not bad parents. Nun erscheint das erste eigene Werk, die EP “The Weight Of Your Heart”. Well, the first separate work, the EP "The Weight Of Your Heart."

Die Musik, vom Synthie-Sounds der 80er, Shoegaze und britischem Indie-Pop inspiriert, schafft es mit Leichtigkeit, im Grundton fröhlichen Elektro-Pop mit Heimwerker-Charme zu verbinden. The music, the synth sounds of the 80s, Shoegaze, and British indie-pop inspired, create it with ease, happy in the fundamental electro-pop with DIY charm too.

1. 1. The Weight Of Your Heart The Weight Of Your Heart
2. 2. A Mystery A Mystery
3. 3. We're Ready We're Ready
4. 4. The Space The Space
5. 5. Sound Of The Rain Sound Of The Rain

Lexington Music Examiner - Beauvilles SXSW Recap

posted Jul 14th 2009, 02:56

The Beauvilles: Whispering Sin
(24 Hour Service Station)
Indie garage rockers from Florida, The Beauvilles made quite a splash at this years' SXSW festival in Austin earning a nationwide distro deal of their independently released full-length debut. Hints of Americana can be heard in the band's British Invasion inspired sound.

A Pocket Full of Remixes

posted Jul 10th 2009, 20:56

Pocket (aka Richard Jankovich) is the newest addition to the 24 Hour Service Station family. His new single, the third in a series of EP collaborations with legendary musicians, is "Hear In Noiseville" featuring Steve Kilbey of The Church. The EP also includes remixes from Alien Skin, Peter Flowers, and Justus Kohncke, who recently remixed Depeche Mode's "Peace".

His collaboration partners include: Robyn Hitchcock, Tanya Donelly (Belly), Steve Kilbey (The Church), Sal Principato (Liquid Liquid), Yuki Chikudate (Asobi Seksu), Craig Wedren (Shudder To Think) & Danny Seim (Menomena).

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