Holy Other, “Blissters” MP3
How did Black Dice never think to call one of their songs “Blissters”? It’s the perfect word to conjure bursts of extended ecstatic noise—repetitive harshness becoming comfortable over time. But this...
View ArticleDollars to Pounds: Holy Other
Back in April we publicly asked Holy Other, “who are you and could you please be a little less mysterious so we can congratulate you for making this song.” Today we finally got to speak … read more »
View ArticleVideo: Holy Other, “Yr Love”
Cryptic Berlin-based producer Holy Other‘s found-footage video aesthetic is, of course, all baptismal bliss plus one shot of the pope, heavy images for a Tuvan throat singing-sampling song that sounds...
View ArticleAsobi Seksu, “Trails (Holy Other Remix)” MP3
It’s fun reading the adjectives people throw around to talk about Holy Other: “hyper-masculine,” “shadow builder,” “putting the GOTH in Gothenburg.” But his latest remix for Asobi Seksu nearly disrupts...
View ArticleCREEP’s FACT Mix MP3
So uh, CREEP are doing a song with Nina Sky, the great lost R&B duo that never quite blew (but did get a FADER cover). No idea how that’s going to work, unless CREEP got … read more »
View ArticleHoly Other, “Touch” MP3
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard an original song from Holy Other, who has lately been dominating the world of remixes that sound like being stranded at sea, or stranded at a funeral, or … read more »
View ArticleStream: Holy Other’s With U EP
The emotional weight of Holy Other‘s With U EP (out June 7th on Tri Angle) is so massively gloppy, such a perfect combination of the most melancholy genres, funneled through the band’s deceptively...
View ArticleHoly Other “Touch” (Blood Diamond + Supreme Cuts Remixes) MP3
To celebrate the release of Holy Other’s With U EP, Tri Angle has released four remixes of the EP’s standout “Touch” from Blood Diamonds, Cupp Cave, Matthewdavid and Supreme Cuts.” We’ve decided to...
View ArticleVideo: Holy Other, “Know Where”
Holy Other‘s MFK-directed “Know Where” video goes in super hard on the bad TV effects. Every shot pulsates and wiggles left and right, scan lines and bleach spill over the Vimeo frame. It’s an...
View ArticleWalls, “Sunporch” (Holy Other Remix) MP3
You pretty much know what you’re going to get from Holy Other at this point, even when he’s remixing someone else, like he’s doing here for Walls. That’s not a bad thing though. There’ll probably …...
View ArticleStream: How To Dress Well, “Suicide Dream” (Holy Other Effervescent Mix)
If Baz Luhrman were making Romeo and Juliet now, if he needed some Catholic romance and gospel melodrama for the internet age, perhaps he would’ve used this Holy Other remix of How to Dress Well, …...
View ArticleStream: This Will Destroy You, “Black Dunes” (Holy Other’s Woman in the Dunes...
Maybe Holy Other felt that his remix of This Will Destroy You’s “Black Dunes” was so divorced from the original, that he needed to semi-retitle it. Or maybe he just went on a Hiroshi Teshigahara … read...
View ArticleStream: Andy Stott and The Haxan Cloak Remix Holy Other
Probably one of the bigger misconceptions about Holy Other is that he makes dark music. On the surface, that is what it is, but peel back a layer or two and it feels thick and … read more »
View ArticleMoMA PS1′s Warm Up 2012 Lineup
Judging from MoMA PS1’s Warm Up lineup, we will once again be spending our summer Saturdays sweaty and stoked in the courtyard of MoMA PS1. This year we’ll be shaded (and the air will be … read more »
View ArticleStream: Holy Other, “Love Some1″
Here’s a new track by Holy Other, who has just announced his debut album on Tri Angle. It’s pretty dark. The song is often drumless, or framed by big hits, which gives it a freeform … read more »
View ArticleStream: Holy Other, “Love Some1 (Teengirl Fantasy Remix f. Kelela)”
New York duo Teengirl Fantasy re-enlist Kelela, the vocalist behind one of their own greatest songs, for a totally re-imagined, far more dance-appropriate remix of Holy Other’s molten slug of bass,...
View ArticleStream: Holy Other, “Held” (Tim Hecker Remix)
It’d be a stretch to call Tim Hecker accessible, but his remix of Holy Other’s “Held” hits all the grandiose, so-pretty-it-hurts-to-listen-to high notes that great soundtracks hit. This isn’t a call...
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