OUTER LIMITS RECORDINGS - SINGLES, DEMOS & RARITIES (2007-2010) OUT 15TH APRIL 2013
One third of Test Icicles, Sam Mehran, releases a collection of works. Whilst his former band mates (Rory Atwell and Dev Hynes) have been producing and working on counteless high-profile side projects, we've been privately enjoying Sam Mehran's intrepid foray into his alter ego Outer Limitz notably with the song I Kontakt. Now dropping the Z in favour of an S, Sam launches a full public assault by consolidating his Singles, Demos & Rarities into one edition for you all to enjoy as well.
'I feel like I have many stories ahead of me. Over the past few years I've learnt that people are people and music is music and I can't really judge or say I believe deep down that one this is genuinely better than another, Life is just so crazy. I used to think I was an alien, but Earth has been such an epic experience that I'm now glad to call it home. But who knows, maybe one day I'll leave and realize that home was some place else.'Sam Mehran
This compilation represents the perfect portal into a special artistic imagination, a thrilling outsider-art artefact and even more reason for excitement regarding whatever Mehran dreams up next.
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WATCHING COUNTRY QUEEN BY NIGHT MOVES ALBUM ‘COLORED EMOTIONS’ OUT MARCH 25TH 2013
Currently on the road with both Django Django and fellow Minneapolis group Poliça, Night Moves worked with producer/mixer Thom Monahan (Vetiver, Beachwood Sparks, Devendra Banhart) to tighten and brighten the album.
The core members of Night Moves, guitarist/lead vocalist John Pelant, bassist Micky Alfano and multi-instrumentalist Mark Ritsema, grew up together in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota and spent their younger years rotating in and out of one another's musical orbits. After a couple of promising false starts, the trio re-coalesced in 2009 in earnest as Night Moves and began recording. Since then, the band has been joined by drummer Jared Isabella completing their live set-up.
WATCHING 'RED RIVER MAPLES' BY ADRIAN CROWLEY
On tour 2013: Adrain Crowley tour dates
March 20th - Paris (Fr) - l'International
March 22nd - Barcelona (S - Antigua Fábrica Damm)
April 25th - Stockholm (SWE) - Sodra Teatren
May 5th - Manchester (UK) - Sounds From The Other City festival
May 7th - London (UK) - Cinema Museum
May 8th - Brighton (UK) - The Hope
May 9th - Birmingham (UK) - The Glee Club
May 10th - Edinburgh (UK) - The Electric Circus
RELATED ALBUMS
ADRIAN CROWLEY - A SELECTION OF SONGS - listen to an introductory playlist of Adrian Crowley's work
ADRIAN CROWLEY - WHERE THE SEA USED TO BE (SOUNDTRACK)
ADRIAN CROWLEY – ‘SEASON OF SPARKS’ out 24th April 2009 (Domino Publishing)
The Big Eyes Family Players & Friends 'Folk Songs II' out 6th August 2012 (Domino Publishing) - Adrian sings Greenland Bound
DAN DEACON SESSION ON THE LINE OF BEST FIT
Dan Deacon was filmed at Village Underground in London for The Line Of Best Fit.
AUSTRA 'OLYMPIA' OUT 17TH JUNE 2013
Austra is Katie Stelmanis (lead vocals), Maya Postepski (drums), Dorian Wolf (bass), Ryan Wonsiak (keys), Sari & Romy Lightman (backing vocals). 'Olympia' was produced by Austra with additional production by Mike Haliechuk, vocal production by Damian Taylor (Bjork, the Killers), engineered by Bill Skibbe and Leon Taheny and mixed by Tom Elmhirst (Adele, Hot Chip). Austra have previously toured with Grimes, the XX and the Gossip.
Despite the sometimes dark lyrics written in collaboration with band member Sari Lightman, 'Olympia' is bubbly and buoyant— fundamentally a dance record, which Stelmanis says was the band's aim all along. 'We are really into dense harmonies and big beautiful melodies, but I also love techno and dance music. I wanted to bring those elements together.'
2nd - Dublin - Forbidden Fruit
10th - Amsterdam - Bitterzoet
12th - Paris – Le Nouveau Casino
14th - Berlin - Lido
17th - London - Hoxton Bar & Grill
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Austra 'Feel It Break' out 16th May 2011 (Domino All-In)
Austra 'Sparkle' out 25th July 2011 (Domino All-In)
PASTELS 'SLOW SUMMITS' OUT 27TH MAY 2013 - ALBUM TRAILER
Recorded in Glasgow and mixed in Chicago, Slow Summits is hereby introduced by way of a trailer they cut by their friend, Blair Young from The Forest Of Black.
JON HOPKINS 'IMMUNITY' OUT 3RD JUNE 2013 - ALBUM TRAILER
Jon Hopkins will be performing a headline album launch show at London’s Village Underground on 12th June.
BELLA HARDY 'BATTLEPLAN' OUT 15TH APRIL 2013
BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Bella Hardy talks to the Guardian about how Edale – and atmospheric walks on the Pennine Way in the Peak District – provide inspiration for her music [BIO]. Her new album 'Battleplan' features her band 'The Midnight Watch'. Peruse photos of their Celtic Connections performance of the album taken by Alan Cole here. Bella will launch the album with a special May Day gig at The Slaughtered Lamb in London followed by the Battleplan Tour - May 3rd-15th. Full details are here.
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Bella Hardy 'Bright Morning Star' out 12th November 2012 (Domino Publishing) XMAS
Bella Hardy ‘Songs Lost and Stolen’ out 17th April 2011 (Domino Publishing)
THE MEMORY BAND 'ON THE CHALK' OUT 20TH MAY 2013
The Memory Band release a set of postcards to promote their forthcoming album - On the Chalk (Our Navigation of the Line of the Downs)
A beguiling musical tribute to a mythical ancient pathway crossing Southern England, On the Chalk is made of eleven songs spread across haunting horn noises, crackles, drones, blissed-out beats and tender piano melodies, this fourth studio album marks the tenth anniversary of one the most invigorating and much loved folk acts around, a group described by NME as “a disorientating, drugged-up soundtrack for the 21st Century… genuinely beautiful.” And speaking of monumental journeys, it’s been quite a road to this moment for Cracknell and his ever evolving cast of collaborators.
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The Memory Band 'Oh My Days' out 7th February 2011 (Domino Publishing)
OLOF ARNALDS - SUDDEN ELEVATION OUT 5TH MARCH 2013
Video Directed by Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir
Camera: Thorgeir Gudmundsson
‘I wanted the album to have a comforting quality’, Ólöf confirms. ‘Like something that people feel good listening to when they are alone at home, enjoying solitude. Actually, the majority of the songs are based around the note G, which is the humming frequency in a lot of home electric equipment, like refrigerators and washing machines…’ [more info on the One Little Indian website]
CLINIC 'FREE REIGN II' OUT 4TH MARCH 2013
Seamless Boogie Woogie BBC 10pm (rpt) II is taken from Free Reign II - a set of alternate mixes of the original album by revered producer Daniel Lopatin.
RELATED LINKS
Clinic 'Bubblegum' out 2010 (Domino All-In)
Clinic ‘Free Reign’ out 13th November 2012 (Domino All-In)
THE PHOENIX FOUNDATION 'FANDANGO' OUT 22ND APRIL 2013
The Phoenix Foundation are represented by Domino Publishing on behalf of Native Tongue in UK and EIRE only.
The band recorded Fandango partially at Neil Finn’s Roundhead studios, partially at a barn in the depths of the New Zealand countryside (in the middle of winter, fire blazing in the recording studio, cardigans on) but mostly at the band’s own HQ, The Car Club in Wellington, New Zealand. The album was then mixed with the assistance of long-term associate Lee Prebble at The Surgery (earthquake warnings taped to the front door).
The album draws on the band’s collective love of the rock canon (Dr John, Black Sabbath, The Carpenters, Can, Talk TalK, ELO, Television,), but also from some of music’s more obscure corners (Harmonia, The Clean, Aphrodite's Child, Erkin Koray, Baris Manco, Georges Zamfir, Hayao Miyazaki).
RELATED LINKS:
The Phoenix Foundation in the Guardian
The Phoenix Foundation 'Buffalo' out 24th January 2011 (Domino Publishing)
BILL RYDER-JONES 'A BAD WIND BLOWS IN MY HEART' OUT 8TH APRIL 2013
'He Took You In His Arms' directed by Alex Southam who has previously shot videos for Alt-J, The Walkmen& Lianne La Havas.
The video was shot across a number of locations important to the album’s conception - his teenage bedroom frozen in time at his Mother’s house still complete with 90’s Liverpool FC paraphernalia, the beach at the end of her road, the famous ferry across Liverpool’s Mersey River and the streets, houses and pubs that colour Ryder-Jones’ life each day.
A Bad Wind Blows In My Heart,marries Ryder-Jones masterful capacities as arranger and composer with his first firm steps as a singer songwriter. The album was recorded upstairs in his mother’s house inLiverpool. Two friends from local band By The Sea made up the backing band for the recordings, which were then produced and mixed together with James Ford.
Ryder-Jones will be performing the album live for the first time Sunday 17th March at Manchester’s Castle Hotel, with more tour dates being confirmed soon.
Bill Ryder-Jones is one our our recommended COMPOSERS for bespoke work in film + TV.
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Bill Ryder-Jones 'If...' out 14th November 2011 (Domino All-In)
WATCHING 'CRYSTALLIZED' MELODY’S ECHO CHAMBER - SINGLE OUT 19TH MARCH 2013 (WEIRD WORLD)
'The track has a very mellifluous syncopation to it, built from many repetitious looped sounds, so in the film I wanted to visually connect these sounds to simple actions exploring the imminent demise of love. By that I mean the beauty of the beginning and the end and the recursive behaviour that those feelings inspire in between.' Director Zaiba Jabbar
Producer: Brett Webb
Exec Producer: Claire Stubbs
Production Company: Partizan
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WATCHING WHAT THE DEVIL BRINGS BY SIMONE WHITE
It's criminal - we're sat in the pub with Simone White and we didn't blog about her amazing Seamus McGarvey film for What the Devil Brings from her album Silver Silver (Honest Jons 2012) WATCH SIMONE'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
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Simone White 'Silver Silver' out 7th May 2012 (Domino Publishing / Honest Jons)
Simone White 'Yakiimo' out 22nd June 2009 (Domino Publishing / Honest Jons)
'Bunny in a Bunny Suit' used in commercials for Omega featuring Nicole Kidman
'Beep Beep Song' used in commercials for Audi R8 taken from the album 'I Am the Man'
TALLINK SILJA (FERRY LINE) - PATRICK WATSON
'Adventures In Your Own Backyard' by Patrick Watson on Scandinavian commercials for Tallink Silja (2013)
WATCHING 'LETTER OF INTENT' BY DUCKTAILS
Filmed in New York’s Central Park by The Henrys.
Ducktails play a sold out show at the London Lexington tonight before heading back stateside to embark on an extensive North American tour throughout the spring. Ducktails' remix EP for 'Letter of Intent' features DJ Sprinkles, Mark McGuire and Heatsick.
WATCHING FRIGHTENED RABBIT 'BACKYARD SKULLS'
'Backyard Skulls' official video
'Backyard Skulls' The Line of Best Fit acoustic performance.
LOOK AT NICE PHOTOS OF FRIGHTENED RABBIT at their gig at Forum, London
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Frightened Rabbit 'The Winter of Mixed Drinks' out 1st March 2010 (Domino Publishing)
PATRICK WATSON 'BLACKWIND' VIDEO COMPETITION
Having received an incredible collection of entries from aspiring film-makers since its launch before Christmas, Patrick Watson and creative group Genaro have since announced the winner of the 'Blackwind' video-making competition. Chloe Poirier-Sauve from Canada has had her beautifully well-crafted and fantastical video awarded the title of the single’s official video.
“We never thought there would be that many good entries. Crazy. And of course, we couldn't agree on what should win.
“In the end, we decided to go with a video that impressed us with its artistic qualities. It struck us as more than a music video: it stands on its own as a work of art, which just happens to be inspired by our music. This wasn't an easy choice. Some we liked for the story, some for the beautiful images, some surprised us, others simply touched us. And they go in every direction, which amazes me: who would think one song could inspire so many different feelings and ideas?” Patrick Watson
THAO AND THE SHORTS
Directed by Lauren Tabak. Thao And the Get Down Stay Down feature in a series of short films. Watch them on the Thao & the Get Down Stay Down YouTube Channel.
EPISODE 1 'The Hand of God'| EPISODE 2 'The Art of My Loins'| EPISODE 3 'Fruit of My Labor'
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KAREN GWYER 'NEEDS CONTINUUM' OUT 25TH FEBRUARY 2013
All audio and visuals by Karen Gwyer. LP 'Needs Continuum' out 25th February 2013 (Domino Publishing/ No Pain In Pop).
Gwyer’s album launch show is on 27th February at The Waiting Room, North London. Support comes from M’a Tuer, The Triology Tapes‘ Will Bankhead and NTS‘ Mattis. Information and tickets here.
AUSTRA ON TOUR WITH THE XX
Browsing the XX Blog who should we stumble across but our own Katie Stelmanis (Austra) grinning over the shoulder of Romy Madley Croft along side her band members Maya, Dorian, Ryan and the Tasseomancy twins. It's a joyous sight. Austra and The XX have been touring the US and by all acounts had a lovely time - read the XX acount of it here. Big white cups have never looked so cool.
Watch this space as Austra have been busy in the studio ...
BILLABONG 2012 - MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER
Surf Capsule from Billabong on Vimeo.
'I follow You' by Melody's Echo Chamber
EDUN BTS SS13 - THE KILLS
Edun BTS SS13 Ad Campaign from edun on Vimeo.
'The Heart is a Beating Drum' by the Kills (Domino Records and Domino Publishing)
WATCHING STEVE MASON 'OH MY LORD'
Directed by Institute For Eyes (Luke Seomore & Joseph Bull) who have previously worked on films and videos for the likes of Wild Beasts, Moby, Delilah and just completed a short film for Channel 4, The First Dead Lies. Working with director of photography David Proctor (These New Puritans, Esben and the Witch, Wild Beasts) and aesthetically inspired by Japanese 1960s avant-garde cinema, the video, shot on the outskirts of east London, is an exploration of a mysterious character haunted by the perpetual noise of modern society. As the narrative progresses the video moves further into the internal world of the central character played by Barry Ward.
Album: Monkey Minds In the Devil's Time is out 18th March 2013 (Double Six Records / Domino Publishing) Double Six is a Domino record label.
RELATED LINKS:
FIGHT THEM BACK (Domino All-In)
Steve Mason 'Boys Outside' (Domino All-In)
Steve Mason and Dennis Bovell 'Ghosts Outside' (Domino All-In)
Steve Mason is one of our recommended COMPOSERS for bespoke scores [more].
THE GREAT HIP HOP HOAX PREMIERE - SXSW 2013
SXSW World Premiere 2013 - The Great Hip Hop Hoax from Jeanie Finlay on Vimeo.
The Scottish accent is an issue close to the Domino Film+TV team's hearts and this film raises some eyebrows at the music industry. Directed by the fantastic Jeanie Finlay director of Sound It Out.
Sound track includes Domino Publishing works by Frightened Rabbit, Martin John Henry and Found.
'WATCHING 'WE THE COMMON’ BY THAO & THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN.
Live show featuring Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
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