Available May 5, 2015

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2015 #5: April
Metz
II
Available May 5, 2015
Ceschi
Fake Four
Broken Bone Ballads
An album 5 years in the making; Broken Bone Ballads from Fake Four Inc. front man Ceschi Ramos. Entirely
produced by Canadian beatsmith Factor and features some of Ceschi’s most raw and viceral lyrics to-date.
Select vocal features include Sage Francis, iCON The Mic K!ing, David Ramos and Shosin.
Release Date: Apr. 7, 2015
File Under: Rap/Hip-Hop
CD: 34457-6831-2
LP: FFINC054
CD: $13.75
LP: $20.81
Creature Automatic
CD UPC: 634457683129
LP UPC: 634457683112
Telegraph Harp
Dust Clouds May Exist
Turn on ‘Dust Clouds May Exist,’ the debut album by Creature Automatic, and hear something familiar
and something completely new. This is pop music that makes pop music strange again. At its core, ‘Dust
Clouds May Exist’ is classic songwriting: flawlessly crafted, featuring catchy hooks and memorable riffs,
exuberant and melancholy. But it’s also an experimental opus, with Lee playing some of the fabulously
unusual instruments he’s become known for: mellotrons, crumhorns, and portatif organ alongside the usual
guitars, drums, and piano. For fans of Brian Eno’s early songs, Robert Wyatt, Richard Youngs, and raucous
experimentation.
File Under: Rock/Pop
CD: 03610-8761-9
LP: THR006
CD: $12.70
LP: $17.56
Jerry Paper
CD UPC: 703610876194
LP UPC: 703610876187
Bayonet Records
Carousel
Jerry Paper is the sonic caricature of New York-based musician Lucas Nathan. Brought into the world after
Nathan’s previous, more abstract projects dissolved into the ether, Jerry Paper represents a cartoonish
vision of Self materialized through Jerry’s bizarre vision of pop music. Nathan’s latest full-length under
the Jerry Paper moniker, Carousel, combines his fascination with synthetic reproductions of “real” instruments with his own brand of philosophical meditations. The album furthers the effort to make “goofy”
sounds into “serious” music through the juxtaposition of idiosyncratic lyrics, sounds, and structures within
the “grammar” of pop music. That being said, the album is much more than the sum of it’s parts. Like his
other releases, Carousel is meant to be taken not so much song-by-song but as a complete piece. Weaving through themes of greed, corruption, waste, impermanence, and belief, the listener is presented with a
world of piggies, cockroaches, and garbage people set to a soundtrack of quasi-orchestral synth madness,
a kind of saccharine sheen that you’re not sure is cleanliness or grease; all you can be sure of is that you’re
riding out Jerry’s trip.
Release Date: Mar. 31, 2015 CD: 59575-0050-2
LP: BR004
CD: $10.00
LP: $12.50
Dinner
CD UPC: 859575005022
LP UPC: 859575005015
Captured Tracks
Three Eps, 2012-2014
Dinner is the alias for Danish singer and producer Anders Rhedin. Since 2012, Dinner has released two EPs
(Girl and You Are Like LA) and a guided meditation tape. This Fall, in collaboration with Texas label Red Eye
Transit, we will be releasing his latest effort Oui!, a four-track EP that serves as a powerful introduction to this
idiosyncratic musician. Dinner’s songs seem to be inspired by his own life - in the lyrics you find references
to cities, parties and girls (the latter sometimes referred to as the “divine feminine”). Dinner himself claims
that “All the songs are about death and transcendence.”
Release Date: Apr. 14, 2015 CD: 17949-0106-0
LP: CT215
CD: $10.00
LP: $13.13
CD UPC: 817949010607
LP UPC: 817949010591
Marker Starling
Tin Angel
Rosy Maze
A sanguine dream of McCartney pop, Brazilian bossa nova, 1960s movie soundtrack sparkle and stoned
Beach Boys baroque melodies, Rosy Maze is the latest album from cult Toronto troubadour Chris A. Cummings. Known as Mantler since 2000, this is the first record for Cummings under his new moniker Marker
Starling. Rosy Maze was written mostly in the late 2000s “in my house in the east end of Toronto”. Synthesisers in the living room, letting songs drift into life organically, though inspiration would occasionally come
to him elsewhere. “I wanted to capture the feeling of weather changing, the moodiness of the sky,” says
Cummings. On the back of this strident, smart, infectious album, the forecast ahead is good for Marker
Starling’s Rosy Maze. Release Date: Mar. 31, 2015 CD: 52571-0527-2
LP: TAR045
CD: $11.00
LP: $17.56
Pale Blue
CD UPC: 5052571052723
LP UPC: 5052571052716
Captured Tracks
The Past We Leave Behind
Mike Simonetti has decided to split from Italians Do It Better to focus on his new project, Pale Blue, as well
as his new venture: the freshly minted label 2MR (Two Mikes Records). A collaboration between Simonetti
and Captured Tracks, 2MR is an opportunity for Simonetti to start from a blank slate and release music he
believes in. The first release on 2MR will be The Past We Leave Behind, the debut album from Pale Blue.
Pale Blue, referencing the term “Pale Blue Dot” , coined by Carl Sagan to refer to a photograph of planet
Earth taken by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990, was originally conceived around the time that Hurricane
Sandy hit New York and came to completion with Simonetti’s severance from Italians. Thus, many of the
tracks that make up The Past grapple with themes of loss and new beginnings. The Past¦ encompasses
a myriad of sonic elements, ranging from rhythmic, melodic techno to atmospheric ambient productions,
while also incorporating Simonetti’s varied background in noise, drone, and even experimental dream pop.
Above it all though, Wight’s vocals remain the focal point, saturating the record with a lush melodic warmth
that’s so often missing in the electronic world. Musically, Pale Blue is a response to modern dance music
and its constant fluctuations. It intentionally bears no obvious singles, nor club hits.
2xLP: CT219
CD: $10.00
2xLP: $21.25
Robert Aiki, Aubrey Lowe
& Ariel Kalma
CD UPC: 817949011307
2xLP UPC: 817949011062
RVNG Intl.
FRKWYS Vol. 12 We Know Each Other
Somehow
For the twelfth volume of FRKWYS, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and Ariel Kalma offer We Know Each Other
Somehow. Recorded outside of Mullimbimby, a remote community on the eastern Australian coast, the
album pairs two synth voyagers for six extended evocations of environmental ambience and entrancing
naturalism. Accompanied by Sunshine Soup, a feature length documentary based on the intergenerational
collaboration, We Know Each Other Somehow summons another world in an otherworldly part of the planet.
Release Date: Apr. 14, 2015 CD+DVD: 98295-5122-9
LPx2+DVD: FRKWYS12
CD+DVD: $14.38
LPx2+DVD: $17.50
CD+DVD UPC: 798295512291
LPx2+DVD UPC: 798295512284
Stranger Cat
Joyful Nose
In The Wilderness
Stranger Cat is the new project from Cat Martino, Sufjan Stevens’ right hand woman for the Age of Adz tour
and record, as well as All Delighted People. Cat was also a recording and touring member of Sharon Van
Etten’s band circa Epic. She appeared with The Shins on SNL and Williamsburg Park, played in Passion Pit
at Governor’s Ball, and sings on the Son Lux record Lanterns. Cat retreated from Brooklyn, NY to winter in
the Sierra Foothills in a small cottage. She explored the gamut from ethereal to turbulence. Simple melodies
or beats became powerful walls of sound melting through snowstorms, howling winds and stark silence
nestled inside gargantuan oaks and the infinite starry dome. Joined by Sven Britt for a week, each of them
traded making beats, or melodic parts on casios, synths, guitars, branches and spoons, while the other
recorded. Out of this adventure was born “In The Wilderness”, the duo’s debut full-length out April 14th on
Joyful Noise Recordings.
LP: JNR163
CD: $10.00
LP: $12.00
Ava Luna
CD UPC: 656605486024
LP UPC: 656605486017
Western Vinyl
Infinite House
While on a writing retreat in the sleepy southern town of Benton, Mississippi, the members of New York’s
Ava Luna came across an abandoned house while on a walk through the woods. Overgrown, rotting, and
littered with evidence of its past inhabitants, the maze-like dwelling would haunt their psyches throughout
the writing and recording of their third full-length Infinite House. Like Borges’ “Library of Babel”, the seemingly endless rooms and hallways in the old house felt like a metaphor for the invisible, internal labyrinths,
which the band explores lyrically and sonically on their new album. By questioning, or maybe just forgetting
the rules of the real world, on their new album the band has grown beyond the “nervous soul” descriptor
they’ve been tagged with in the past, delivering an album on which nightmarish moments can phoenix into
revelations that help us reconnect with the surreal magic in our everyday lives.
LP: WV136
CD: $10.00
LP: $12.00
Flash Bastard
CD UPC: 656605466422
LP UPC: 656605466415
Metropolis
Wild
Flash Bastard have raided the closets of yesteryear’s most forgettable acts to bring you a K-Tel quality
masterpiece, where the forgettable becomes unforgettable then forgettable once again. The post-punk,
post-disco, pass the bong spirit of 81’ will be born again in the new millennium, and Flash Bastard’s new
record “WILD” is here to give it a sonic cesarean section. Lost somewhere between ABBA and the Misfits,
this is disco ruffied Glitter Rock at its least culturally redeeming and most rewarding. This is Flash Bastard.
CD: $11.00
Wumpscut
CD UPC: 782388096928
Metropolis
Blut Spuker Tavern
In the realm of dark, harsh EBM, no artist is as prolific and enduringly popular as :Wumpscut:. April of 2015
mastermind Rudy Ratzinger returns once again with the new release BlutSpukerTavern. As evidenced by
standout tracks such as Gangreaen, Rattengift, the new album shows that having released twenty two
albums and counting, :Wumpscut: is still the master of evil electro.
CD: $11.00
CD UPC: 782388097420
The Loodies
Indica
The Loodies
The Loodies, jeune groupe alternatif montréalais, dont le nom s’inspire du mot russe désignant “le peuple”,
sortira son second album le 31 mars.
Edgy Ground, premier opus du groupe, réalisé et mixé par Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Godspeed Black
You Emperor!) et Jace Lasek (Patrick Watson, Wolf Parade), aura emmené la formation à deux reprises en
Allemagne, en Autriche et en Suisse en 2012 et 2013 pour une vingtaine de représentations. On notera
aussi quelques ouvertures prestigieuses pour Half Moon Run et Plants and Animals au Québec.
Le nouvel album au nom éponyme a été réalisé par Warren C. Spicer (Plants and Animals).
The Loodies fait preuve d’une grande maturité musicale en proposant un mélange d’indie, de pop et de folk aux mélodies délicates incluant des lignes
de guitare riches. Ce second album nous fait pénétrer à nouveau dans l’intimité d’un univers musical tout en apesanteur, le temps de dix morceaux savamment ficelés.
La juste touche de romantisme et la candeur mélodique du vocal enivrant de Ludovic Alarie y peignent des fresques mélancoliques.
The Loodies s’affirme et affine ses sonorités dans ce nouvel exercice très prometteur.
Lancement spectacle au bar Ritz le mercredi 1er avril.
Ludovic Alarie (voix et guitare, Sasha Woodward (drums), Lysandre Ménard (piano, voix), Jérémy Delorme (guitare, trompette) et Etienne Dextraze
(basse) s’imposent déjà sur la scène musicale comme l’un des groupes les plus prometteur de la relève.
Montreal ‘s The Loodies’ self-titled sophomore album was produced by Warren C. Spicer (Plants and Animals). The band demonstrate solid musical
maturity with their unique blend of indie, rock, pop and folk layered by delicate melodies and rich guitar lines. This album draws us back to the band’s
most intimate musical universe, making us glide through the ten dreamy and cleverly poignant tracks of the album. Singer Ludovic Alarie’s intoxicating voice paints a picture with its perfect dose of romance and melodic grace. The Loodies bring a confident but refined sound to their latest release.
The band’s first album “Edgy Ground”, produced and mixed by Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor) and Jace Lasek (Patrick
Watson, Wolf Parade). The Loodies are Ludovic Alarie (guitar, vocals), Sasha Woodward (drums), Lysandre Ménard (piano, vocals), Jérémy Delorme (guitar, trumpet) and
Etienne Dextraze (bass)
Tracklisting:
1- Intro 2- Dry
3- Myodesopsia
4- Ballade
5- Light-year
6- Coasting
7- Interlude
8- Tell-Tale
9- Shift
Key selling points: Social media and National press campaign (Indica Records) - Postering and Street promo scheduled from mid-March to release
date - Tour dates confirmed for 2015
CD: $11.99
CD UPC: 623339314725
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem
Signature Sounds
Violets Are Blue
Violets are Blue is Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem’s fifth release, a collection of rollicking, wistful and wise “love
songs from the hill.” Seven originals and five covers look at partnership through the kaleidoscope of midlife,
finding forgiveness, perseverance and self-awareness in funny, mindful, longing, and satisfied songs with
a wide range of moods. Where some pulse with drums, bass, accordion, electric guitar, fiddle and rich fourpart harmony, others hang like spacious webs from the shimmering thread of Arbo’s alto. Confident, diverse,
reflective, and loving, Violets are Blue is a bouquet from an Americana band in its prime.
File Under: Folk
CD: 12372-0742-6
CD: $13.75
Tal National
CD UPC: 012372074268
FatCat Records
Zoy Zoy
When the NY Times placed Tal National’s Kaani on their year-end Top 10 list, the Culture Minister of Niger
organized a televised ceremony to honor the band. But it didn’t stop there. The Guardian, The Independent,
Mojo, Vice, The Wire, The Financial Times, Chicago Reader and others all sang exuberant praises. NPR, KEXP
and WBEZ hosted live sessions. What they all recognized was the band’s entirely new approach to West
African music - that Tal National is a rock band. - Well, sort of. - The songs on Zoy Zoy are a mix of traditionals and originals, and they are intense. They are extraordinarily sophisticated. The band speak French,
but use the expression “very rock and roll” quite seriously, implying their awareness that the loud guitars
and bewildering rhythmic complexity separates them from their peers. They are proud that their members
represent the different cultural groups of Niger, some of which haven’t always been on the best of terms
(the group includes Tuareg, Hausa, Fulani, and Zarma). Still, they are aware that Western ears may not fully
grasp their self-proclaimed “rock” label, and we sure don’t know many rock bands that keep folks dancing
in a trance-like state for 5 hours at a time.
File Under: World
LP: FAT0137
CD: $10.00
LP: $12.00
East Cameron Folkcore
CD UPC: 600116513724
LP UPC: 600116513717
Nine Mile
Kingdom Of Fear
The new full-length Kingdom Of Fear from 8-piece Austin folk-punk ensemble East Cameron Folkcore is an
ambitious 14-track call to action against greed, against hypocrisy, and most of all, against fear.
File Under: Rock-Pop
CD: 43906-4174-3
LP: NMR0291
CD: $12.70
LP: $19.25
Mitski
CD UPC: 643906417437
LP UPC: 643906417420
Nine Mile
Bury Me at Makeout Creek
Since releasing Bury Me at Makeout Creek in November 2014, Mitsku has received international acclaim
for her distinct, arresting sound and profoundly reflective lyrics.
CD: 34457-6862-2
LP: DG099
CD: $12.70
LP: $14.50
CD UPC: 634457686229
LP UPC: 634457686212
Railroad Earth
Black Bear
Live At Red Rocks
New from Black Bear Records, Railroad Earth – Live at Red Rocks, documents the band’s sold out performance at the iconic Red Rocks Ampitheatre in Morrison, CO on 8/4/14, and is the first live concert
DVD presentation by Railroad Earth. The DVD contains the entire performance uncut – almost 3 hours of
music, capturing a crowning moment in the band’s relationship with the Rocky Mountain region. As the film
reflects, it was a night to be celebrated with those fans.. Live at Red Rocks is the perfect addition for fans
of Railroad Earth that couldn’t be there in person, and for those who were a chance to relive the occasion,
offering a full-length concert experience with 5.1 surround sound. For anyone new to Railroad Earth, it offers a glimpse of an American band at its finest hour in a one of a kind setting. This release also features a
horn section playing arrangements created for the occasion. This is a concert film, with no additional narrative to break the flow of the actual performance as it was. Live at Red Rocks was produced by Colorado
based NoCoast, and features audio production by Jon Altschiller (Phish, Dave Matthews Band) and Scott
Hull (Sting, Bob Dylan). It contains many classic songs from Railroad Earth’s collection, while featuring many
from its most recent studio release, Last of the Outlaws. Railroad Earth will return to Colorado for the launch
of the DVD, with three performances at the Ogden Theatre on 1/22-24, as well a premiere of the film in the
works for 1/21 in Denver or Boulder – details to come. The band will be on the road for much of the winter
and spring, making appearances throughout the country. For tour dates, visit http://railroadearth.com/tour.
Customers in Québec, please place your DVD / video orders via UNIDISC MUSIC
in order to receive product with Regie du Cinema stickers - Tel: 514 697
6000 Fax: 514 697 6864, email: [email protected]
DVD: 44295-0195-8
Au Québec, pour obtenir ce(s) produit(s) avec les timbres de la Régie du
Cinema, vous devrez commander chez UNIDISC MUSIC - Tel : 514 697 6000 Fax :
514 697 6864 Courriel: [email protected]
DVD: $23.75
John Krautner
DVD UPC: 844295019589
Burger Records
Fun With Gum Vol. 1
Super catchy solo bubblegum full-length from Detroit legend John Krautner of the Go & Conspiracy of
Owls!!!
CD: 34457-6762-2
LP: BRGR577
CS: BRGR577CS
NEW ON VINYL & CASSETTE
CD: $13.75
LP: $20.00
CS: $7.10
CD UPC: 634457676220
LP UPC: 634457676213
CS UPC: 634457676244
Please note that vinyl & cassettes are non-returnable.
All releases are in stock now unless noted otherwise.
Cheena
Sacred Bones
Cheena
Citing wildly diverse influences - Gary Glitter, Slade, uppers, (cartoonish) depression, Iggy Pop, ‘70s iron-on
font, Sex Pistols, booze and Hawkwind -Cheena’s unifying theme is defiantly one of late ‘70s/ early ‘80s
New York glam and cow-punk. Eschewing the genre boundaries in which their other projects are so deeply
entrenched, the band manages to channel a pre-internet spirit painfully nonexistent in this age of Tumblr
fashion and Discogs record collectors.
Release Date: Apr. 14, 2015 7”: SBR137
7”: $4.00
7” UPC: 616892272441
Sufjan Stevens
Asthmatic Kitty
Carrie & Lowell
Carrie & Lowell sounds like memory: it spans decades yet does not trade on pastiche or nostalgia. Stevens’s
gauzy double-tracked vocals wash across the dashboard of long-finned, drop-top Americana, yet as we
race towards the coast we are reminded that sunshine leads to shadow, for this is a landscape of terminal
roads, unsteady bridges, traumatic video stores, and unhappy beds that provide the scenery for tales of
jackknifed cars, funerals, and forgiveness for the dead. Each track in this collection of eleven songs begins
with a fragile melody that gathers steam until it becomes nothing less than a modern hymn. Sufjan recounts
the indignities of our world, of technological distraction and sad sex, of an age without neither myths nor
miracle - and this time around, his voice carries the burden of wisdom. Carrie & Lowell accomplishes the
rare thing that any art should achieve, particularly in these noisy and fragmented days: By seeking to understand, Sufjan makes us feel less alone
Release Date: Mar. 31, 2015 CS: AKR99CS
CS: $6.67
Grateful Dead
CS UPC: 656605609942
Future Days
Three From The Vault
Following on the heels of Light In The Attic’s vinyl LP release of One and Two From The Vault comes the final
release in the trilogy of From The Vault releases by the Grateful Dead. These releases are distinguished from
the more abundant Dick’s Picks series in that Dick’s Picks are “direct from the soundboard” recordings,
while the From The Vault series were professionally recorded on multi-track tape and then mixed down
(decades) later for release. Recorded live at the Capitol Theatre (Port Chester, NY) in 1971, this is the worldwide vinyl debut release of this seminal show featuring the 5 piece line-up of Pigpen, Garcia, Weir, Lesh, and
Kruetzmann (Mickey Hart had temporarily left the band at that point), freshly remastered in 2014 by Joe
Gastwirt for your pleasure. 20 classic songs on 8 sides of wax, this show has previously only been available
on CD; this is the first ever vinyl LP release! The band played six shows over the course of seven nights at the
Capitol Theatre in February of 1971, and this was the second of that run, recorded on the 19th. Their previous two studio albums had been their landmark recordings of Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty,
and while songs from those albums were certainly featured, the Dead debuted seven brand new songs on
this night–all of which went on to become Dead “standards” including “Playing in the Band,” “Greatest Story
Ever Told,” and two absolute classics: “Bird Song” and “Deal.” Essential Dead.
Release Date: Mar. 31, 2015 4xLP: FDR609
File Under: Rock
4xLP: $77.00
Uncommon Nasa
4xLP UPC: 826853060912
Fake Four
New York Telephone
As an emcee, Nasa is inspired by the words of the famed screenwriter and playwright Rod Serling. In response to a question about how he’d like to be remembered 100 years from now, Serling simply said “as a
“writer.” Nasa’s music is a story of self—often focusing on defining moments in his life and current events
that strike a chord. Nasa has a love for New York like a child loves its mother. Raised on Staten Island, Nasa
reps NYC with a ferocious pride. When New York’s indie hip-hop boom hit in the 90s, Nasa was there as a
devoted attendee of events, listener of late night radio and buyer of vinyl … then, he became involved. And
as the scene has evolved and the city has changed, Nasa has been dedicated to it every step of the way. His
newest album, New York Telephone, reflects his love for his home, the way it has nurtured the indie hip hop
art form, and how it continues to be most the most influential city in the world.
File Under: Hip-Hop/Rap
LP: UND42
LP: $24.50
LP UPC: 888831479116
Mykki Blanco
UNO NYC
Mykki Blanco Presents Gay Dog Food
Gay Dog Food is the fourth musical release from artist Mykki Blanco and the first in a campaign of releases
leading up Blanco’s debut album in 2015. Recorded in far eastern Russia, London, Berlin and New York City
with production credits from Gobby, Sasha DZA, Low Concept, Naked & Supreme Cuts, Gay Dog Food is
a record that perfectly encapsulates the past, present and future of Mykki Blanco in its genre splicing and
choice of production collaborators. Mykki Blanco’s roots in industrial noise music are ever present on Gay
Dog Food.
12”: UNO033
12”: $14.50
Part 1
12” UPC: 634457674714
Sacred Bones
Funeral Parade
Part 1’s underground deathrock classic Funeral Parade is finally seeing a reissue after years of being out of
print. This edition is a remastered 12” vinyl in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with accompanying horror zine I...
Paraworm, packed with never-seen text and unpublished artworks from the pen of guitarist Mark Ferelli, all
contemporaneous to the original 1982 release.
Release Date: Apr. 14, 2015 12”: SBR3016
12”: $12.50
Cuushe
12” UPC: 616892261643
Cascine
Night Lines 10”
Cuushe returns with the Night Lines EP, her fourth proper release and first for the Cascine label. Night Lines
is presented as a noir storybook, unfolding along four tracks to expose a haunting Japanese soundscape,
complete with bad guys, funeral processions and skyscraper-sized floral arrangements. The lyrics were
penned by Cuushe with underlying productions composed by aus. Many sounds were sourced from films,
animations and field recordings, with designs of obscuring timelines and the perception of reality. Night
Lines is set for release on April 7 on 10” vinyl as a collaboration between Cascine and flau. North American
tour dates are currently being routed.
Release Date: Apr. 14, 2015 10”: CSN054
10”: $11.73
Sunatirene
10” UPC: 639667198586
Ehse
Trepanning
Sunatirene is the evolving alter-ego of Baltimore-based musician and performance artist Sydney Spann.
Trepanning reflects stage one in her growth process. In this stage, she is a hybrid breed of witch. She’s from
the sea, but also from southern swamps, from oceanic mangroves, from Scotch moors and marshlands,
tropical tundra, from the brine lakes and subterranean rivers’ banks. Trepanning is an aural interpretation of
those colliding visual environments and paradoxical imaginary biomes. Collaging found samples with field
recordings, adopted folk songs set to rewritten melodies, and stream of-consciousness turned into lyrical
passages to navigate through shifting soundscapes are all forms of research. Texture is vital. She wields the
ukelin, testing its range of fragility and harshness. A sonic backdrop sets a scene for Sunatirene, and music
becomes a way for her to speak.
Release Date: Apr. 14, 2015 CS: EHSESS013CS
File Under: Electronic
CS: $7.10
CS UPC: 634457686441
Shilpa Ray
Northern Spy
Make Up EP
The former backup singer for Nick Cave steps out from his shadow to release the Make Up EP, a pair of
imaginatively adapted covers. On Lou Reed’s quirky “Makeup,” described by Rolling Stone as an “image of
the…sissy traipsing around and lisping about effeminacy,” Shilpa Ray filters the story through the antithetical lenses of explosive noise and charming cabaret. Next, Dinah Washington’s legendary “What A Diff’rence
A Day Makes” is given a seventies soft-rock makeover, and you find yourself completely bewitched by
Shilpa’s captivating vocals and dreamy wurlitzer piano. Only a brief taste of what’s in store on her brilliant
upcoming LP, Last Year’s Savage (May 19th on Northern Spy), these songs are sure to whet the appetites of
long time fans and new ones alike. In Shilpa Ray’s words: I had an epiphany about “Make Up” (written by
Lou Reed) when I was in Palermo around Christmas time after the Bad Seeds tour. Lou had died late October. I found out 10 minutes before I had to
play solo before a sold out crowd at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. Needless to say, his passing had a massive effect on me. He was my childhood hero. Europe was hard to grasp for me in a lot of ways. The culture, language barriers,the overload of dairy and ghettos of freshly placed refugees
from countries, some I had never heard of before. I was exhausted and getting drunk outside a bar where you can get Marsala for a Euro, basically all
I could afford. There were tons of kids dancing in the streets getting high and happy, when this stray yellow lab walked up to me and starts swaying
back and forth. The song Make Up came blaring through the stereo and I started swaying with the dog. It was one of those rare moments I felt alright.
We had decided to go to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame during a tour stop in Cleveland. I was pretty cynical about the whole thing and tour hadn’t been
smooth. I had to send a dude home for being a brat in Kansas City among other places and was feeling pretty exposed as the bad guy. It was a stressful
situation and trying to justify my actions in the passive aggressive world of music where no one’s making any money felt daunting. I seperated myself
from the group, the costumes, the Katy Perry and the Beyonce and hung out in the listening booth for hours. Dinah Washington came on and put every
wannabe singer, myself included, to shame. What a voice! She draws her breath so long and never loses the listener. I had to challenge myself with
this one. I hope I can sing like her someday.
Release Date: Apr. 14, 2015 CS: NS065CS
CS: $5.35
RP Boo
CS UPC: 703610876101
Planet Mu
Classics Vol. 1
Planet Mu are honoured to be invited to look back through RP Boo’s archives and present the cornerstones
of his style, which would emerge from Chicago’s Ghetto House in the late nineties and develop into the
genre of Footwork.These six minimal, repetitious rhythm tracks weren’t officially released at the time, with
the exception of the original version of ’11-47-99’ (The Godzilla Track) which came out under DJ Slugo’s
name in 2001, but was actually written and produced by RP Boo. Others were white labels for Dance Mania, never fully released, but which are remembered locally as key tracks in the cementing of the genre at
the end of the nineties.’Baby Come On’, often cited as the first ever Footwork track, was recorded back in
1997 – says RP Boo “I got the idea from a Radio DJ who was going nuts over the phrase, and I got busy
on the R-70, which I had just started to use, to create the track – it got played out at the clubs and the DJ’s and dancers loved it!” The sample has
since become a Footwork staple and almost every producer has made their own version of it.’Party Motion’, built around vocal samples looped into
angular patterns and offbeats over a sharp drum machine, was first played at a gym room party in 1998 and got its name from another footwork
original – Traxman. ‘02-52-03’ is a remix of the classic ‘11-47-99’ (The Godzilla Track). It is so named because February = 02, 52 = The 52 Hundred
Street RP lived on at the time and 03 is the date the remix was made, February 3rd 2003. ‘Night & Day‘, made in 1999, further develops the footwork
template with relentless toms and demented pitch shifted vocals. It is the most notable of RP’s many songs that sample Larry Levan favourite, Class
Action’s ‘Weekend‘. Since then, snippets of that song have sneaked into many of RP’s production as something of a camouflaged signature.‘Try To
Break (Original)‘. From 1997, this is another track that made use of a chipmunked sample from ‘Weekend’ combined with harmonies and looped into
a rushing phrase. Originally this was broken in Club Cavallini’s, Chicago where it was a very popular club track.‘Try To Break (Remix)‘. This is a 1998
remix that was put on the legendary Chicago mixtape that RP Boo and DJ Rashad made called ‘No-Edits-Allowed‘ in 1999.
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