Interview || Summer Of Love With Ennui

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Speaking Telepathic Beat With </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jim Doutrich Of Ennui</span></span></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ennui</span> is the brainchild of renowned Pittsburgh-based musician and producer Jim Doutrich, and has been around in various incarnations since 2004. </span></span><br> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></span> <br> <div style="display: inline;"> <div dir="ltr" style="display: inline; line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">The songs that comprise <i>Telepathic Beat </i>stand out in style and substance, as roller-beats immersed in a bath of shimmering neo-shoegaze, creating a widescreen backdrop to act as home for brain-embedding melodies and subtly haunting lyrics.</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="display: inline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span><br> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="display: inline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span><br> <div dir="ltr" style="display: inline; line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">With its sun-drenched feel, the album plays as the soundtrack to a summer spent balancing a narcotic life in clubs, with the possibilities that await when you skip work and head to the beach. It'</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">s destined to be the album to reach for when you don't want to admit that summer is over. </span></span></div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> <div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telepathic Beat</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is <span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ennui</span>'s debut for Mush Records and is nothing short of a rebirth for the band, with mastermind Jim Doutrich honing his infectious brand of synth-pop. </span><span style="line-height: 1.15;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline;">The playfully yearning vocals, syncopated synth patterns, and distorted Euro-dance grooves bring to mind both '80s new wave pop, and the youthful nostalgia of recent releases by glo-fi re-originators. </span></span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TpaJDOVH2vbuStEBDh5Qc3XiKDT6mqfasx17jPHrTx7jlDAi5he12O2UzFfXm6lR5UTqpfUOCdJf7TFnXf3joXOPSNyRRenmDWK4USCP9E1VhnHhx99cMRrfmXD4IQLd8kpyFVjrP-Hw/s1600/PeterPawlowski_JimDoutrich+high+res.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Speaking Telepathic Beat With Jim Doutrich Of Ennui" border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TpaJDOVH2vbuStEBDh5Qc3XiKDT6mqfasx17jPHrTx7jlDAi5he12O2UzFfXm6lR5UTqpfUOCdJf7TFnXf3joXOPSNyRRenmDWK4USCP9E1VhnHhx99cMRrfmXD4IQLd8kpyFVjrP-Hw/s1600/PeterPawlowski_JimDoutrich+high+res.jpg" title="ennui" width="640"></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">How are you doing and how has your summer been treating you?</span></b></span></div> <div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br></span></div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Pretty good. I wish it was longer</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">.</span></div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br></span></div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;">We are from South Africa and we ask every one of our guests this, what’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear South Africa? </span></b></span></div> <div dir="ltr"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">I just watched Shark Week so probably great white sharks</span><br> </div></div></div></div>

Interview || Summer Of Love With Ennui

Speaking Telepathic Beat With Jim Doutrich Of Ennui Ennui is the brainchild of renowned Pittsburgh-based musician and producer Jim ...

Ennui Announce New Album Telepathic Beat, Out 9/23 via Mush Records

<div style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><h2 style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>Download: </b><b>Ennui </b><b>"Circles" via <a href="http://dmanalytics1.com/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fmushrecords%2Fennui-circles&i=13&d=YYXUY729-6645-4W06-Y644-WWY98898UYU8&e=thinkinelectronic%40gmail.com&a=V6Y9867Y-VZ9X-4Z66-8967-9YX8VYW091X8" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a></b></span></h2> <div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaebrSOaqy58iwEaB3rCJ2wIC2hN70hvIoOEW2BFCnjBAsuvIZUJiQkIwb1r1nXRBGW1ND5RO6PPLlQk2nQNcpITtGpXetTlpPO0pLRAEzPDaJbokstHtUuACBhPedZsrUJ-ZZyH4Xcg2S/s1600/ennui.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="mush records" border="0" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaebrSOaqy58iwEaB3rCJ2wIC2hN70hvIoOEW2BFCnjBAsuvIZUJiQkIwb1r1nXRBGW1ND5RO6PPLlQk2nQNcpITtGpXetTlpPO0pLRAEzPDaJbokstHtUuACBhPedZsrUJ-ZZyH4Xcg2S/s1600/ennui.jpg" title="ennui" width="640" /></a></div> <div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ennui is the brainchild of renowned Pittsburgh-based musician and producer Jim Doutrich, and has been around in various incarnations since 2004. </span></b><b><b><b><div style="display: inline;"> <b><b></b></b><div dir="ltr" style="display: inline; line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Though there is no shortage of hooks, "Circles", "Summer Of Love", and "Telepathic Beat" stand out in style and substance as roller-beats immersed in a bath of shimmering neo-shoegaze, creating a widescreen backdrop to act as home for brain-embedding melodies and subtly haunting lyrics.</span></div> </div> </b></b></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div style="display: inline;"> <b><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><b><b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b><div dir="ltr" style="display: inline; line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline;">With its sun-drenched feel, the album plays as the soundtrack to a summer spent balancing a narcotic life in clubs, with the possibilities that await when you skip work and head to the beach. It'</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline;">s destined to be the album to reach for when you don't want to admit that summer is over. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></div> <b></b><br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Telepathic Beat, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Doutrich took the final steps to make Ennui a solo synth-wave act and locked himself in his Pittsburgh studio, filled with vintage synths and their modern counterparts to work on new material. Mixed by Al Carlson at Gary's Electric Studio (part of Mexican Summer), the album sounds both effortless and pristinely constructed. </span></div> </div> </span></div> <div style="background-color: white;"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #f1c232;"><i>Telepathic Beat </i>cover art + tracklisting:</span></b></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div> <b></b><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgk0dnUgJlFqc8fV8RDpNmG6hFYLmXipXqqvwxaWvjDyeuCl3sftNgJo43B0jeWZD9hyphenhyphene8dm89WE9ECe_u2fDoRhxfXK2xS1PMT412-x_dh9GCugGjuHrSjKLjPyUaEWJbq7l2hyKmI7yZLu92Vc8s-6drgXQ1u-5CClZPfJ4tt8wwC2YaEwVYU0dIC6OwFkewKng=s0-d-e1-ft" width="239" /></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Intro </span></div> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15;">2. Feel It </span></div> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15;">3. Jump Back</span></div> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15;">4. Summer of Love</span></div> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15;">5. Telepathic Beat</span></div> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15;">6. Turning Point</span></div> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15;">7. Over and Over</span></div> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15;">8. Circles</span></div> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15;">9. Weight of the World</span></div> </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.15;">10. Outro</span></div> </span><br /> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div> <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #f1c232;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Follow Ennui:</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> <a href="http://dmanalytics1.com/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FEnnui%2F33752082960&i=14&d=YYXUY729-6645-4W06-Y644-WWY98898UYU8&e=thinkinelectronic%40gmail.com&a=V6Y9867Y-VZ9X-4Z66-8967-9YX8VYW091X8" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://dmanalytics1.com/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fthebandennui&i=15&d=YYXUY729-6645-4W06-Y644-WWY98898UYU8&e=thinkinelectronic%40gmail.com&a=V6Y9867Y-VZ9X-4Z66-8967-9YX8VYW091X8" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://dmanalytics1.com/click?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fennui&i=16&d=YYXUY729-6645-4W06-Y644-WWY98898UYU8&e=thinkinelectronic%40gmail.com&a=V6Y9867Y-VZ9X-4Z66-8967-9YX8VYW091X8" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a> </span></span></div> </div> </span></div>

Ennui Announce New Album Telepathic Beat, Out 9/23 via Mush Records

Download:  Ennui  "Circles" via  Soundcloud Ennui is the brainchild of renowned Pittsburgh-based musician and prod...