Loka / Super Numeri / Pop Levi

jsh · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 12:20 pm

For telescope and discostu, who expressed interest, and the rest of you. Very difficult to separate any one track on these albums, but I try.

Loka are a psych-jazz collective based in Liverpool sharing members with Super Numeri (Snap Ant). Very much zoned in on an Electric Miles tip. Also recommended if you like Cinematic Orchestra and such.

Loka "Meet Dad" from Fire Shepherds

Super Numeri are a psych-rock collective also based in Liverpool. Wholly sprawling but always focused and minimal. Robust and slow-driving rhythms bounded by ambient atmospherics. Recorded stunningly. Ethereal but grounded. Psych rock meets hip-hop in a strange place. Note 74 year-old harpist, Stan Ambrose.

Super Numeri "The Chart" from The Welcome Table

Also, completing this triumvirate is the real deal superstar Pop Levi, central member of Super Numeri, and the impetus for the establishment of Counter Records, whose first release will be the "Blue Honey" 10"/CDEP in August. The second coming of Marc Bolan. Psych-pop existing somewhere between T. Rex, Prince, Syd Barrett, and Streisland.

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Preview tracks at http://www.poplevi.com/

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

Sweet. And here I was just thinking how I've been out of the loop with this kind of stuff since I quit the record shop.

Yippy!

Gracias.

Dalen · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 1:05 pm

i cannot wait for the Pop Levi album!

jsh · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 1:10 pm

Dalen Wrote:

i cannot wait for the Pop Levi album!

Called "The Return to Form Black Magick Party", and it's a dense mind-fucker, heart-warmer.

discostu · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 1:13 pm

Nice. Thanks Jonathan; I'm downloading the Loka track now.

I can officially recommend Super Numeri. It's sprawling, but it can be intense at points. Good if you're jonesing for something without the trappings of your typical indie-pop group.

puma · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 2:22 pm

Dalen Wrote:

i cannot wait for the Pop Levi album!

likewise!

ishy when is pop coming to la again? and i still totally want to make out with him. :twisted:

jsh · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 2:46 pm

pumachik Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

i cannot wait for the Pop Levi album!

likewise!

ishy when is pop coming to la again? and i still totally want to make out with him. :twisted:

He'll be back in LA by next week. He's moving there and playing these shows:

Jun 7 2006 8:00P Club Lipstick @ Star Shoes
Jun 8 2006 9:00P Spaceland
Jun 10 2006 8:00P Kaleidoscope @ The Hear Gallery
Jun 18 2006 9:00P Club Jinx @ The Mountain Bar
Jun 27 2006 8:00P Cinespace

Pop might make out with you. I had some special moments with him over the weekend.

puma · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 2:49 pm

HE'S MOVING HERE?! oooooh yeaaaaah.

great, i'll be at least at one of those shows. most likely star shoes or spaceland. wait star shoes? where the hell will he play there? that place is tiny.

jsh · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 2:55 pm

pumachik Wrote:

wait star shoes? where the hell will he play there? that place is tiny.

Pop will fill any space with his star aura.

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

Bump.

Hey Ishy, really liked both the Loka and Super Numeri, especially the latter. Have yet to listen to your man Levi, but the Bolan comparision pretty much guarantees melikey from me.

Thanks. I'll probably pick up the Super Numeri asap. Sweet sounds.

:rockbanana:

telescope · **Posted:** Mon May 29, 2006 12:35 am

Thanks Ish! Downlaoding now

telescope · **Posted:** Mon May 29, 2006 12:40 am

I didn't realise Pop Levi was connected to Loka and Super Numeri - I've heard his name mentioned but not heard anything.

pollysix · **Joined:** Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:56 am **Posts:** 5174

Bump.

So I just finished listening to both Super Numeria and Loka (picked them up yesterday). Very cool indeed. Guess the Ninjas are making a move in a slightly new direction, eh?

Really great stuff. Didn't even realize they were on N.T. till I showed up at the record store. Soundscapes had them filed under "electronic" but I informed the in-house psych-jam guru about them (no one had really heard about them) and maybe they'll get put in the psych section.

Thanks again for the 411. Still gotta listen to Mr. Levi.

jsh · **Posted:** Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:02 pm

Awesome. I'm glad you picked those up and are glad about it.

New direction? Really? Maybe with the Super Numeri album, but definitely not with Loka. That's instrumental Ninja Tune defined. The Super Numeri album, to me, totally fits in with the expectations of the label, maybe without quite sounding like it. It's risky. Just like the early and best stuff.

I think we classified that shit in electronic for a reason. Nobody knows to look for us outside of electronic. Doesn't Soundscapes have a Ninja Tune section?

Pop Levi will have an EP out this summer. Until then, seek out clips and California performances.

puma · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:15 pm

i'm going to try to make the spaceland show tomorrow if i get over this damn cough & cold. being sick in the summer sucks.

jsh · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:22 pm

Go go go, Dri. I'll put in a good word for you!!!

jsh · **Posted:** Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:23 pm

He'll be with band on these dates!

Loka / Super Numeri / Pop Levi

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