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Grasscut - Muppet (inc. Nathan Fake Remix)
Grasscut return with the second single from their forthcoming debut album. Continuing their theme of exploring the essence of our culture, on “Muppet” Andrew Phillips and Marcus O’Dair deal with losing your ability to communicate, something Phillips describes as “a very English kind of frustration.”
“I was talking to a bunch of people having a conversation none of us could be bothered to have,” Phillips explains. “And I could hear someone gossiping about a mutual friend behind me – I couldn’t resist pretending to text while actually recording them.” While this may not make Phillips your ideal friend, it results in great music. “I wrote the song while walking home and recorded the vocal straight into my phone. Musically it had to go from a pop song to total self-destruction. I remember Marcus ramming a drumstick into a cymbal, jamming the stick into a tom and bowing the cymbal furiously while I was yelling at the end. We really went there.”
Remix duties are ably dealt with by Nathan Fake, the estimable Norfolkian who can throw in everything from next-wave computer rock techno to vertiginous ambient pilgrimages, or in this case, come up with something in between. The package is rounded out by the ecstatic, electro-psych sweep of “Meadowhall At Last”.
Already acclaimed by Tom Robinson as “making genuinely daring music that still remains an accessible and enjoyable listen,” Grasscut are set to release one of the oddest, most listenable and strangely uplifting albums of the year.
Pre-order on MP3 now and receive your link to download on the day of release, 1st March.
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Poirier - Low Ceiling
Having put his own mark on soca ("Soca Sound System") and run some big riddims ("Run The Riddim"), the tropical Rick Rubin, the man called Poirier (Pwa-ri-ay), returns with a third installment, "Low Ceiling", to cap off this series of EP's which will form the basis of his forthcoming album "Running High" (compiling EP's, new tracks, versions, and remixes).
It's four tracks of minimal percussion, 808 kicks, and stabbing synths. All party starters in their own right and when compiled with the other EP's shows the diversity of Poirier's production...and that you don't always need a vocal to run the dance.
Drawing on the current heavy cross over of electronic music/reggae & dancehall (which he in part has contributed heavily to), Poirier has set about rounding out this three EP series with four instrumental bangers that have as much in common with Caribbean music hybrids as they do with classic techno (particularly of the Detroit variety).
Order on 12" heavyweight vinyl & digital download now.
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Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit
The nine piece Norwegian jazz-rock-experimental behemoth that is Jaga Jazzist return to the fray with their stunning new album, “One Armed Bandit”. All galloping rhythms, and grandiloquent reach, main man Lars Horntveth describes the new sound, tongue-a-little-in-cheek, as “Wagner meets Fela Kuti!” Certainly we find it harder to imagine a better soundtrack being written for the first Nollywood Viking epic.
Lars Horntveth began writing the music for “One-Armed Bandit” early in 2008. Looking for a way between and beyond the band’s previous albums, “What We Must” and “The Stix,” Hornveth decided that everything would be charted and written out, noth more focussed and layered than ever before. One night, while listening to Fela Kuti, he came up with title-track “One Armed Bandit” and everything fell into place – a kinf of ride of the polyrhythmic acid-addled valkyries that scarecely lets up across the 53 minutes of the final album.
At heart this collective is a restless soul, going in many directions at the same time, but always going forward. Fast. The band always push their boundaries, both personal and musical. That is why they are impossible to categorize. And that's why they're special. Jaga is something natural and beautiful. A necessity. For both them and us.
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05.02.10
Juice Aleem Download
The mighty Juice Aleem returns with a new single packed with remixes, re-works and general goodness from his debut album, “Jerusalaam Come,” one of iTunes’ hip hop albums of the year, a Record of the Week in The Independent and a must-have for any self-respecting lover of MC-power.
The original of “Rock My Hologram” was produced by none other than Novamute star Si Begg and for this single Si has turned in not one, not two, but three separate remixes. Meanwhile, new Big Dada signing Offshore takes the original of “Higher Higher” and warps it out into a strange, Eastern-tinged banger. Juice then pulls in the posse cut to end all posse cuts over the orignal “Higher Higher” beat. Featuring Serocee, Rider Shafique, Charles Moopowe, Blackitude, Kosyne, TY, TheWhatSupreme and Justice Hotep, the words just keep on coming.
Pre-order now and receive your download link on release date, 1st March.
29.01.10
Free Heavy Poster
Order The Heavy's 'The House That Dirt Built' on CD or LP and get a 2010 European tour poster absolutely free! The Heavy tour France and Denmark early February before London's Barfly on 15th Feb. Get tickets here.
22.01.10
Bonobo - Black Sands
Simon Green aka Bonobo returns with his fourth, most eagerly-anticipated and most accomplished album to date, the magnificent 'Black Sands'.
Released on 29th March, pre-order on CD, 2 x LP & digital download now. Exclusive to the webshop, order the CD and you'll get a limited edition bonus 5" vinyl, featuring 2 tracks from the album.
Alternatively, why not grab the Black Sands & Live DVD Deal which includes both the new album on CD (with limited edition vinyl) and the Bonobo Live at Koko DVD, for just £17.50.
14.01.10
Jaga Jazzism
The nine piece Norwegian jazz-rock-experimental behemoth that is Jaga Jazzist return to the fray with their stunning new album, “One-Armed Bandit” on 25th January. All galloping rhythms, and grandiloquent reach, main man Lars Horntveth describes the new sound, tongue-a-little-in-cheek, as “Wagner meets Fela Kuti!”.
To celebrate we're offering the new album on CD along with any of the 3 back catalogue albums for just £15.00. Take your pick from either A Living Room Hush, The Stix, or What We Must. Ka-ching!..
Not only that but check out their European tour dates and grab a free download of the single, Toccata. The band play London's Islington Academy on 3rd March with support from Anchorsong, purchase etickets here.
Pre-order 'One-Armed Bandit' now.
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