As if now

Song originally by Gregory Alan Isakov 
Cover version performed, recorded by Andrew Gavin Williams 
This is for Emma.

Words

'Psylla' is out now - download on iTunes here http://smarturl.it/psyllawoozy. The track is the second single to be released on Paul Epworth’s new label Wolf Tone.

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Glass Animals

Psylla

Ben Howard - Depth over distance

Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song (RAC Mix)

Hear the entire RAC discography by subscribing to this Spotify playlist: http://found.ee/RACdiscog

One of the main reasons I started RAC was out of frustration with the current remix scene. I was just plain bored with the lack of variety at the time. Things have definitely come along just in the past year or so with more and more bands remixing each others songs. I strive to create remixes for music lovers who want to hear the song re-invented, not just re-interpreted and chopped up. I hope people experience the original songs in a different way that not only complements the original, but takes them somewhere else.

The idea behind RAC Vol 1 was simply to celebrate that idea by compiling songs that we felt should flow together, and just like most DJs create an in-depth organic mixtape of sorts without the need to stick to particular genre. I love all of the bands included and it’s probably the only “mix” on which you’d hear both Robbers On High Street and Chromeo. One of the main criteria when choosing the bands was the variety intended, but above all, the quality of the original songs. Many artists have remix albums that are simply collections of past work, but this one was built up from the start for this purpose.

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RAC Discography: http://smarturl.it/RACDISCOGRAPHY

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RAC ON TOUR - smarturl.it/RACTOUR
SEP15 - Neumos, Seattle, WA
SEP16 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
SEP17 - The Imperial, Vancouver, BC
SEP20 - The Fonda, Los Angeles, CA
SEP22 - Life Is Beautiful Festival, Las Vegas, NV
SEP24 - Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
SEP26 - Trees, Dallas, TX
SEP27 - Mohawk, Austin, TX
SEP29 - The Republic, New Orleans, LA
SEP30 - The Basement East, Nashville, TN
OCT1 - Terminal West, Atlanta, GA
OCT2 - Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
OCT4 - Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
OCT5 - Black Cat, Washington DC
OCT7 - Coda, Philadelphia, PA
OCT8 - Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
OCT11 - Mod Club, Toronto, ON
OCT12 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH
OCT13 - Metro, Chicago, IL

RAC MERCH - smarturl.it/RACSTORE

Au Revoir Simone - Sad Song (RAC Mix)

Make It Without You

Au Revoir Simone - Tell Me (Clock Opera Remix)

Rock 'N Me - Steve Miller Band

You can download the track for free here: http://spiesonbikes.com/album/man-overboard

Warm


Cover art by Verbals Picks.

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Panorama Pacifico

Satin Jackets – You Make Me Feel Good (Original Mix)

Every once in a while we surface to share our music and shed some light in an otherwise bleak reality. And that time is soon upon us, Ladies &amp; Gents. Our third installment, called "Junior", will be out on the 23rd of March 2009.

Röyksopp Forever

The first album from the latest installment of the Penguin Cafe with Simon Jeffes' son, Arthur. Limited print-run.

“Penguin Cafe continues to occupy a unique place in music: nothing else has ever sounded quite like it. Eccentric, charming, accommodating, surprising, seductive, warm, reliable, modest and unforgettable: it's a true friend” ∼ Brian Eno, February 2010

The Penguin Cafe Orchestra were a uniquely innovative, exploratory set of musicians who enjoyed a cherished period from 1972 to 1997, and continue to hold a special place in many hearts. Their inception was as original, imaginative and idiosyncratic as the music they created…

During the summer of 1972 the English composer Simon Jeffes had a dream, experienced during a severe bout of food poisoning in the South of France
"I was laying in bed delirious, sort of hallucinating for about 24 hours. I had this one vision in my mind of a place that was like a modern hotel, with all these rooms made of concrete. There was an electronic eye which scanned everything. In one room you had a couple that were making love, but lovelessly. In another room there was somebody just looking at himself in the mirror, just obsessed with himself. In another room there was a musician with a bank of synthesizers, wearing headphones, and there was no sound.
This was a very terrible, bleak place. Everybody was taken up with self-interested activity which kept them looped in on themselves. It wasn't like they were prisoners, they were all active, but only within themselves. And that kept them from being a problem or a threat to the cold order represented by the eye.
Next day when I felt better, I went to the beach. As I sat there a poem came to me. It began ‘I am the proprietor of the Penguin Cafe. I will tell you things at random.’”
The music of the Penguin Cafe, Simon broadly regarded as "a very big yes to the survival of the heart in a time when the heart is under attack from the forces of coldness, darkness and repression." When forced to describe it more precisely, he called his music "imaginary folklore" and "modern semi-acoustic chamber music." He very much liked the comment of a Japanese girl who attended a Penguin concert in Japan and who said afterwards that the music sounded strange, because it was as if she'd heard it a long time ago.

To realize this somewhat fevered dream, Simon utilized many different instruments and orchestrations including elements of African, Venezuelan, Brazilian, Classical & Minimalist music, using a variety of instruments from strings, pianos, harmoniums, slide guitars, cuatros, kalimbas, experimental sound loops, mathematical notations and more.

The last official Penguin Cafe Orchestra release was Concert Program recorded 1995, a document of the touring set they were playing at the time...

Sadly in 1997 Jeffes passed away, marking the closure of that period of Penguin Cafe’s history. However, in 2007, to mark ten years since Simon's death, his son Arthur Jeffes, re-assembled the original musicians to perform a last run of concerts, spanning three nights at London’s Union Chapel, in tribute to both his father and the music that he created. The reception to these concerts was an affirmation that the music held a vibrant life of its own and subsequently Arthur felt that it was appropriate to embark on a more extensive revisiting….

Commissioning a fresh set of musicians ranging from luminaries from The Royal College of Music to notable performers and members from bands such as Suede, Gorillaz, Delakota and Razorlight, the newly envisioned incarnation of the Penguin Cafe undertook a series of performances under the name Music from the Penguin Cafe.

The first of these would be invitation from The Teenage Cancer Trust to perform at The Royal Albert Hall, to be filmed for a future charitable release.

Following this, over the next six months, Music from The Penguin Cafe appeared at various festivals, venues and Arts events over the summer of 2009, initiated by a debut at The Manchester Royal College of Music. This was to be followed by appearances at Port Eliot Literary Festival, Glastonbury, Bestival, The Big Chill, Womad, Edinburgh Arts Festival, the Snape Proms, and the arts festivals of Galway and Milan. Each performance was met with glowing receptions, and heart-warming reviews.

It was during this period that Arthur Jeffes had also began to incorporate his own new material, universally received as natural yet inspired extensions to his own father’s work, thus marking the beginning of a new episode in the Penguin Cafe's rich and turbulent history...

By the end of this run the band was newly invigorated, and the music now seasoned into a fresh, confident and redefined style. With this in mind, it was then decided to bolster the Royal Albert Hall filmed footage with a live studio recording of the set performed over the summer shows. These recordings book-ended this first chapter in the new band's history, mirroring the last record made by the original Penguin Cafe band.

On the 9th day, of the 9th month of 2009, at 9.00am, these 9 musicians walked in to Air Edel Studios and over the next 9 hours recorded 21 tracks live. So much for numerology….

The CD of tracks recorded that day have now been coupled with a DVD of the filmed recitals from The Royal Albert Hall, to be released as a single package under the title 'Music From The Penguin Cafe - Live at the Royal Albert Hall', with all proceeds from this release are going to The Teenage Cancer Trust.

Moreover as everyone involved in this project generously donated their time and talents for free, from performing, filming, editing, recording, mixing, artwork, mastering and manufacturing, when you pay £10 (plus vat, sadly) for the album, Teenage Cancer Trust receives £10.

ARTHUR JEFFES “We're immensely proud of the music on this record, the performances therein, and being able to donate it all to Teenage Cancer Trust. This whole process has proved to be the first steps on this new journey for the Penguin Cafe and 2010 will see both a new album and tour.”

Inspired by the both the process & reception of this endeavor and the events of the previous summer, it would seem that the doors to the Penguin Cafe have opened once more.

Perpetuum Mobile

Recorded at the 'Sunrise Festival take over The Plough' Feb 16th 2013 from the Ghetto Funk Nightclub after Plucky Purcell & The Mad Cows.

Next stop Moles April 5th

WANT TO PLAY AT SUNRISE WITH YOUR BAND? 
SUPPORTING THE BEAT ON THE MAIN STAGE?
DON'T MISS OUT ON OUR BATTLE OF THE BANDS COMPETITION...
MORE INFO HERE: http://www.sunrisefestivals.co.uk/line-up/battle-bands

And do not miss the Ghetto Funk Nightclub at Sunrise Festival....
With:
A. Skillz - Featurecast - Basement Freaks - The Captain - The Funk Hunters - Too Many T’s - DJP - BSide - Goodgroove - WBBL - Father Funk - Will Streetwise - Detta - Spinforth - Luke Stereo - Sammy Senior - The Fritz - J-Sound - Waggles - Hong Kong Ping Pong....

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For more information, please visit:
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TRAKLIST:

In The Mood - Glenn Miller (Funk Ferret & Goodgorove RMX)
Hit The Road - Tom Drummond
Class & Style - The Captain (Ghetto Funk)
Bucovina (Kotch Remix) 
Up Here - WBBL
Supersition (Noisy Freaks Remix)
Brick House (K Theory Remix)
Unknown JFB remix
Smootness - Slynk (Ghetto Funk)
Dancefloor Silly - Slynk (coming soon Ghetto Funk)
Figure It Out - Slynk & Skiitour
We Came To Party - Slynk
Unknown Apache Remix
Six Million Ways - Basement Freaks (coming soon Ghetto Funk)
Insane Brains - Basement Freaks (Scour Records)
Hold That Gyal ft Ragga Twins - Youthful Implants (coming soon Ghetto Funk)

End, thanks to the dancers on the night and to you for listening

Goodgroove @ Sunrise Festival Takeover The Plough 2013

When the rain set in we had nowhere left to go so we just stayed in bed while the thunder rolled there's a comfort in the rain, one that lovers only know so we lay hand in hand while the water rose ...
Every season will turn til the world is upside down rivers overflow then go underground but in the eye of the storm, in the safety of this house we lay hand in hand while the world turns around.
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/keep-us-lyrics-peter-bradley-adams.html ] So keep us and keep us, keep us from the storm.
There's a lesson in the rain, that change will always come let us ride this wave and then greet the sun and though the ground may shake and we’ll think we’ve had enough we must raise our flags for the ones we love.
So keep us and keep us, keep us from the storm. Keep us and keep us and keep us from the storm.


Keep Us - Peter Bradley Adams

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As if now

Adriana Leah