Ample Play would like to introduce The Soap Opera.  Always the different kids of Western France, comprising of members of Sudden Death of Stars and the Spadassins, they consist of a cape crusading poet, a secondhand bookseller, a bespectacled engineer and a level-headed drummer.

The result is great indie pop reminiscent of Arthur Lee's Love of the 1960s and the C86 sound of the 80s, with touches of the Brazilian Tropical in places, greatly illustrated by this two-track single.

THE SOAP OPERA UK debut single 'Eggs to Hatch and Cats to Kill' / 'No Name No Packdrill'

GLORIA 'Heavy' Single ft. Arianna Monteverdi

Ample Play Records Compilation

The Smoking Trees 'TST' - Ample Play Records

The KVB '436' - ample play records

*** Order this album directly from the band at their own, independent store via http://store.cornershop.com/

“The UK’s most underrated band are back with a new album” 
Time Out (Feb 11)

“Cornershop & The Double ‘O’ Groove Of’ isn’t just great music; it fuses disparate cultures with such joyous irreverence that, for 40 inspirational minutes, entire notions of national borders and racial divides cease to exist”
4/5 Uncut (April)

“Handcream For A Generation and Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast firmed up their credentials as one of Britain's more consistently smart indie bands…if the free taster track, “United Provinces Of India” is anything to go by, the final product will be well worth it.”
The Guardian, Pick of 2011 Music Preview


Cornershop ft Bubbley Kaur - Topknot

Beat Mark 'Christmas Blossom' Ample Play Records

taken from 'All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown' LP out 10/3/2014 on Ample Play.

Sudden Death Of Stars - 'Inside Out' - Ample Play Records

Released on 25/08/2014 as part of ‘The Way Out Sound From In’ album heavy duty collection of mixes by The Time & Space Machine.

"It's about time someone got together a killer compilation of Time And Space Machine Mixes. From start to finish this is a full set of end to end burners - Warpaint, Jagwar Ma, Temples, Psychemagik and more all get the treatment. The perfect soundtrack to those phased-out psychedelic summer nights."  Rough Trade Shops


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Warpaint "Disco//Very" - The Time And Space Machine Remix



Released on 25/08/2014 as part of ‘The Way Out Sound From In’ album heavy duty collection of mixes by The Time & Space Machine.

"It's about time someone got together a killer compilation of Time And Space Machine Mixes. From start to finish this is a full set of end to end burners - Warpaint, Jagwar Ma, Temples, Psychemagik and more all get the treatment. The perfect soundtrack to those phased-out psychedelic summer nights." Rough Trade Shops


Temples "Mesmerize" - The Time and Space Machine Remix

Richard Norris' Time And Space Machine Mixes on August 25th, release of an album entitled 'The Way Out Sound From In' containing psychedelic dancefloor mixes of amongst others, Warpaint, Jagwar Ma, Temples and The Sufis. 
more info via our blog: http://ampleplay.tumblr.com/post/92664409899/an-ample-play-release-a-monster-compilation-the-time 

Warpaint 'Disco//Very [RADIO EDIT]' - The Time And Space Machine Remix - Ample Play Records

From the debut album 'Sir Vices' out 9th March 2015.

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Charles Howl 'Going Down With A Hi'

The Smoking Trees 'Round Christmas Time' - Ample Play Records

THE SMOKING TREES - Through Your Reflection - Ample Play Records

THE SMOKING TREES - Victoria's Garden - Ample Play Records

THE SMOKING TREES - It's Only Natural - Ample Play Records

THE SMOKING TREES - Trips - Ample Play Records

THE SMOKING TREES - Best Friend - Ample Play Records

Taken from the album 'TST' out 10th July 2015. Pre-order the LP here: http://bit.ly/1c3ErsS 

The Smoking Trees 'Home In The Morning'

THE SMOKING TREES - Good Morning - Ample Play Records

Masaki Hanakata AFRICA

THE SMOKING TREES - She Takes Flight With Me (Radio Edit) - Ample Play Records

3. Yokan System 'A Dream You Never Wake Up From' - Ample Play Records

8. Yokan System 'Yokan Teresa' - ample play records

10. Yokan System 'Duplicate Key' - ample play records

11. Yokan System 'Melt Away' - ample play records

12. Yokan System 'Tete' - ample play records

13. Yokan System 'Sea Moon' - ample play records

The Paperhead are Nashville 18 year old youngsters that kick sitars andtwang guitars in a psychedelic penny round collar.  There new album ‘Focus In On The Looking Glass’ is out on Ample Play Records, on vinyl format only. This preview of all tracks from this album gives off some of their steel.

To buy the vinyl please visit http://store.cornershop.com/product.php?id_product=46

Rounding Out (preview only) - The Paperhead - ampleplay records

Yellow Book (preview only) - The Paperhead - ampleplay records

Dear Mr.Vacant (preview only) - The Paperhead - ampleplay records

THE SOAP OPERA 'Bad Reputation'

THE SOAP OPERA 'No Name No Packdrill'

THE SOAP OPERA 'You Caught On Fire'

THE SOAP OPERA Unspeakable

THE SOAP OPERA 'Eggs To Hatch And Cats To Kill'

from the forthcoming 'Oîdophon Echorama'.

GLORIA 'Heavy' ft. Arianna Monteverdi

Jack Lesser Lewis' Awkward Energy - Whitey -  ampleplay records

Library Ghosts - Jack Lesser Lewis' Awkward Energy - ampleplay records

The Sufis - 'Where Did She Go' - ample play records

GLORIA - The White Lilly - ample play records

GLORIA - Dancehall N°3 - ample play records

GLORIA - The Highlight (instrumental) - ample play records

GLORIA - Hey Gyp - ample play records

The SUFIS - 'Sri Sai Flora' - The Time & Space Machine Version [Radio Edit]

Matsuki Ayumu 'Ether Rocket No9' - Ample Play Records

giving the wonderful 'Acetates' album a wider digital release via iTunes etc May 6th.

The Smoking Trees 'Persuaded Rendezvous' - ample play records

THE SUFIS 'Different Views' - ample play records

London, England. Ben Ayres & Tjinder Singh's own label. Come & join us for an independent take on music, music, music. Home of The Sufis, Cornershop, Sudden Death of Stars, Gloria, Matsuki Ayumu & The Smoking Trees, & The Masaki Hanakata and more. 

"Ample Play, masters at unearthing the world’s weird sounds” NME Magazine 

"Ample Play is truly a label of love, bringing you new rock in the great explorer's tradition of Elektra, Island and Apple." David Fricke, Rolling Stone, USA


Both Tjinder & Benedict are avid record collectors, who met when they both studied at Preston Polytechnic.  Tjinder became the Union Social Executive whilst Ben went to London to work in a vinyl record pressing plant.  As Cornershop took off and developed, so did the amount of Turbans they had to wear, and Ample Play Records is the culmination of all that work and experience, backed by freedom & enjoyment, with 'Music 10 Commandments'.

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