peaking lights

Peaking Lights put their magic touch on one of our favorite singles of the year, draping some of their unmistakable dub-psych haze over Nite Jewel's "One Second of Love." Nite Jewel headlines an outstanding bill at the Bowery next week (also featuring Mac DeMarco + Sophia Knapp), and Peaking Lights play a free show tonight at Lincoln Center as part of the 2012 unsound festival... Read

One of my favorite tracks from Peaking Lights' stellar new dub-pop LP Lucifer, only in part because it features some adorably psychedelic cooing from the duo's baby son Mikko. Lucifer is out in June on Mexican Summer / Weird World.

"To us this record is about play and playfulness, unconditional love, rhythms and pulses, creation and vibration..." --Peaking Lights on their new LP Lucifer, out June 2012 on Mexican Summer/Weird World Peaking Lights announce the follow-up to one of our favorite LPs of 2011...

Our morning has been totally consumed with two amazing, very deep, totally immersive new 70+ minute mixes: the new FACT mix from John Talabot and Peaking Lights' WEIRD UP 2012 mix. Tracklists can be found here and here, if you absolutely must, but we recommend going in blind on both of these: mp3: (167 mb) (62 mb) In other Peaking Lights news, check their blog for two extremely short/promising

Peaking Lights (and baby Mikko, who makes a guest appearance on their new record) debuted a new song from their forthcoming, nearly-completed new LP for BBC Radio 1 during their recent Maida Vale session. Listen to space-dub jam "Westbound" here (the song starts around the 1:02:05 mark)...

Check out a sweet mini-documentary about Peaking Lights + their amazing album 936. Featuring a cameo from the duo's newborn son Mikko, as well as some live footage from their first ever 936 show at the Chicago Museum of Modern Art. Directed by Ben Poster...

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As we mentioned last week, Peaking Lights get re-worked by Maria Minerva, d'Eon, and more on their limited new REMIXES 12" (which comes with this ill patch), out now on Weird World. Listen to all the remixes over at 936.fm. Peaking Lights - Birds Of Paradise (Maria Minerva's Ooh Aah Eh Edit) Peaking Lights - Hey Sparrow (d'Eon Remix) _________ previously: mp3:

Hit up the new Peaking Lights website 936.fm, featuring "a week of music curated by Peaking Lights" leading up to the UK release of album-of-the-year-contender 936 on 11/21 via Weird World. Check the first mix from the band on loop over there, and download a dope new Main Attrakionz remix of 936 highlights "Marshmellow Yellow" + vocals lifted from "Amazing & Wonderful