Telefon Tel Aviv’s new studio album, the first in 4 years, has finally hit the stores. Immolate Yourself is out since January 20th on BPitch Control. This new album is unfortunately being released in very somber circumstances since it was announced on January 22nd that founding member Charles Cooper had been found dead after going missing for a day. It is unclear whether Telefon Tel Aviv will keep making music after this tragic event.
The Chicago-based electronic music duo (Charles Cooper and Joshua Eustis) released their first EP in 2001 to positive reviews. In 2002 and 2004 they released two LPs on Hefty Records’ Immediate Action label. After working with different bands and producing some noteworthy remixes (check out their remix of Bebel Gilberto’s track “All Around” below), they put out a remix collection and started working on new material.
Bebel Gilberto – All Around (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix)
Their third album is full of surprises. It sees the band taking a radically new approach to production, reverting to analog tape and analog synthesizers. Eustis and Cooper wanted to “sound more real” and this new direction clearly brings things back to the dancefloor. Their new compositions merge electronic noises and strong bass lines, still playing with loops and hypnotic melodies.
Listen to more TTA music on MySpace. Buy the new album on 
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GLASS ANIMALS – GOLDEN ANTLERS (Trip Hop/Downtempo – UK)
February 6, 2011 at 11:33 pm (UTC 1)
[...] in your mind and leave you with a feeling half way between pleasure and pain.. Much like early Telefon Tel Aviv, Son Lux or L’altra, Glass Animals build their track around the dramatic tension between the [...]
U R MY DISCO // vol.2
March 15, 2011 at 6:42 pm (UTC 1)
[...] Track list goes as follows: 1. Apparat – Arcadia (Telefon Tel Aviv Remix) 2. Cut/Copy – Lights and Music 3. Robyn – Cobrastyle (Teddybear cover) 4. [...]
U R MY DISCO // vol.3
March 23, 2011 at 4:26 pm (UTC 1)
[...] Star Model 11. Chew Lips – Solo (Tepr Remix) 12. Kylie Minogue – Lose Control 13. Telefon Tel Aviv – The Birds 14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll 15. We Have Band – Oh! [...]
VICTOR BERMON – ARRIVING AT NIGHT (Electronica/Jazz – Australia)
April 8, 2011 at 9:13 am (UTC 1)
[...] Telefon Tel Aviv or Radicalfashion, here is a new addition to Hefty Records’ roster of minimalist experimental [...]
HOME VIDEO – I CAN MAKE YOU FEEL (Electro/Rock – US)
July 3, 2011 at 1:20 pm (UTC 1)
[...] remix for his Invol2ver compilation, which also included reworked songs from Ladytron, Thom Yorke, Telefon Tel Aviv and Apparat. Following this release, in 2009 the band released the It Will Be Ok EP, featuring the [...]
L’ALTRA – DIFFERENT DAYS (Electronica/Alternative – US)
July 3, 2011 at 5:55 pm (UTC 1)
[...] album Different Days in 2005 on Hefty Records. With Joshua Eustis (better known as one half of Telefon Tel Aviv) on production duties, Different Days showcases L’Altra’s lush, romantic sound and [...]
PORTRAIT – SYMPHONY OF ERRORS (DreamPop – US)
November 12, 2012 at 11:33 pm (UTC 1)
[...] production palette sits comfortably between Aphex Twin’s ambient work, Telefon Tel Aviv, Depeche Mode, James Blake, M83 and Phaeleh. He perfectly combines these influences into a textured [...]