[Tricky’s epic gangster promo for 'Mixed Race' directed by Fleur and Manu]
ALBUM: ‘MIXED RACE’ out 27th September 2010 |SINGLE: ‘MURDER WEAPON’ out 30th August | GIG: 10th October 2010 - Koko, London
Best known for his collaboration with Massive Attack on Blue Lines, Tricky previously released Knowle West Boy on Domino Records in 2008. Who better to describe his new album than the man himself. In Tricky’s own words: “The album’s called Mixed Race because being mixed race is the single biggest influence on my music. You sat down at the table in my house and you saw every colour. It’s made me much more open-minded than I could’ve been. I come from both worlds.”
This is most definitely the sort of video that YouTube was built for. Part of me is wondering if this is an elaborate ploy by management of Mercury nominated - Wild Beasts to promote the album virally - however, their manager's stunned reaction put pay to such a notion. So it's clearly a lad so enraptured by the tunes that he's embodied Alvin and the Chipmunk's and seen fit to share his moment with the World. We salute you nutter of the interwebs.
Click on the image above to stream this sampler.
SICK AND WRONG! time to wheel out our cute little Christmas graffic here. Yes, we're all still convincing ourselves that this is summer so if you're sloshinig around in your flip flops working on a Christmas spec slosh no further. Fill your sacks kids.
Artists include: Marah, The Mekons, The Papercuts, Quasi, Elliott Smith, Frightened Rabbit, Goober & the Peas, King Creosote and Low.
A winter themed sampler to follow if you're good boys and girls.
Here Owen Pallett performs 'Scandal at the parkade' at Tavastia, Helsinki. His album Heartland is to be followed up on September 27th with an EP of brand new material ‘A Swedish Love Story’ available on 10" (MORE). Owen will be sharing the stage with Arcade Fire on 31st August at Berlin Tempdorom.
Clinic commissioned visionary artist Pete Fowler (known for his work with Super Furry Animals and his psychedelic Monsterism compilations) to direct the video for their new single ‘I’m Aware’ (out September 20th 2010) – a lost cult film showing the transformative powers of The Starlake Cosmic Sun Owl Commune. The new Clinic album, 'Bubblegum' will be available as a special vinyl edition, composed of the original album on LP on October 4th. Also released will be a bubblegum pink LP titled ‘Son Of Bubblegum’, which features acoustic versions of songs from the album also includes a fold out poster, a Clinic iron on transfer and sticker. I want one!
Red Eyed & Blue has relocated from the Wilmington Arms to The Luminaire and Domino Publishing's John & Jehn (Naive) play 8th September as part of a launch for Brute Chorus' new album out on Tape Records. John & Jehn pulled a huge crowd at the Big Chill recently and if you like your music edgy come check them out MORE
We hereby unsheath ‘Murder Weapon’ - the first single (out 30th August) from Tricky's ninth studio album 'Mixed Race'. The single is a reworking of the classic dancehall hit from Jamaican-born Echo Minott, originally released in the early ‘90s STREAM. This teaser video is a sneaky peak into Tricky’s promo video directed by Fleur and Manu.
The new album ‘Mixed Race’ is out on 27th September 2010 (Domino Records) and was recorded in Paris where Tricky currently resides. Collaborators on the album include Terry Lynn, Bobby Gillespie, Hakim Hamadouche, Blackman, Tricky’s brother, Marlon Thaws (the thirteenth of just fourteen siblings) and also Franky Riley - Tricky’s vocalist for two years
In Paris on Friday 13th August, Tricky plays Fnac Indétendances - Free entry MORE.
Tricky will be also performing at V Festival, Chelmsford (Union Arena, 7.30pm), V Festival, Stafford (Union Arena, 7.30pm) and Bestival, Isle Of Wight (Big Top Stage, 10.30pm).
'Mega Mega Mega' by The Count & Sinden is nearly amongst us. Here we share with you behind the scenes footage from the 'After Dark' video featuring Mystery Jets. A full album mix is also now up on soundcloud to STREAM.
Iconic art rockers These New Puritans' forthcoming single 'Hologram' out 9th August 2010 (on Domino and Angular), is the third to be taken from 'Hidden' and we hereby unveil the amazing video directed by Saam Farahmand. Recently Traverse City/Chicago trio SALEM remixed the track - DOWNLOAD
The band play special performances featuring a 15-piece ensemble of brass, woodwind, percussion and live Foley artistry conducted by Andre De Ridder at Barbican Centre, London on 23rd October and Centre Pompidou, Paris on 18th December.
Here be a video produced by Nektar Films and directed by Gareth Moon of Love Is a Radiation by New Zealand’s finest (alongside all the other fine New Zealanders we publish) – the Black Seeds. On Sunday 8th August at the Forum, Kentish town, London. With a huge following in Germany and France, whilst originating from Wellington, New Zealand, The Black Seeds' music is a boundary-crossing sound fusion of big-beat funk, dub, soul, and afro-beat, mixed with vintage roots-reggae. Boasting an 8-piece live show, they were described by Clash Magazine as ‘one of the best reggae acts on the planet’. STREAM
ALBUMS:
Keep On Pushing (2001)
In the Sun (2004)
Into the Dojo (2007)
Solid Ground (2008)
MORE INFO:
www.theblackseeds.com
www.myspace.com/theblackseeds
