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South East London- based five-piece band Haraket (‘movement’ in Turkish) return with a new 4-track DL EP ‘İlk’ on 25th November 2013 and 12” Vinyl on 25th January 2014.

Haraket’s first release ‘Taint/Attgo’ on Melodica Recordings attracted attention from points as diverse as Zane Lowe (BBC Radio 1), Stuart Maconie, Gideon Coe, Tom Ravenscroft (BBC 6 Music), John Kennedy (XFM), DJ Magazine, The Line of Best Fit and Stamp The Wax.
‘İlk’ (first in Turkish) flows seamlessly from the early promise of 'Taint/Attgo', preserving wall-of-sound dynamics combining disparate elements of electronics, post-rock influenced guitars (Ojan), live / programmed beats (Ed Bernez), impassioned vocal lines (Abigail Hardiman), pounding bass, atmospheric keyboards (Jack Marshall) and cool jazz influenced trumpet (Wilfred Taylor).

‘İlk’ artwork by Mr Gone

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Ilk (Intro)

Levelhead

Moment Of Calm

Sea Grids

A jazzy instrumental in the campfire nova style, sax by Carlton Headley, production by Chris Coco.

On The Beach EP

chriscoco.bandcamp.com

Nick & Samantha - Escapology

Artist: Liston 
Title: Until Dawn EP
Label: Nightbus / Chris Coco Music
Release Date: soon
Format: Digital

1 Until Dawn feat Aisha Zoe
2 Candlelight
3 Nayani
4 Niseko Sunrise (bonus track from -NIGHTBUS)

Liston is a producer from the mighty city of Leeds in the UK. He makes his own distinctive brand of laptop electronica.

His tune Niseko Sunrise featured on the recent -NIGHTBUS album. We loved it so much we asked him to make an EP for us. Here it is. 

Usually drawing from his jazz and hip hop influences, on this EP Liston has gone for more dancefloor oriented tracks in Until Dawn and Candlelight. However he still retains his signature sweeping ethereal pads and smooth vocal chops. The third track, Nayani, takes a step back, with lush piano and guitar lines accompanied by a stripped back drum progression, giving a feeling of reflection and changing emotion. 

"Leeds future bass and garage protege once again graces our speakers. This time with the wonderful ‘Niseko Sunrise’, a downtempo, warm vibe comes off this one. Just the way we like it." WeAreSoundspace Blog

"Liston’s background in a wide variety of genres, from hip-hop to classical piano to underground house, is evident, but he manages to craft a sound that’s all his own." Robotic Peacock Blog

Recent support from Nick Luscombe (Late Junction, BBC R3)

www.nightbusmusic.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/ListonMusic


Liston - Until Dawn Feat Aisha Zoe

Chris Coco - Elton Dub

Part two of the ongoing Film Music EP series, this time Chris and Lol link up with Roger Eno, brother of Brian, player on Apollo and a stack of other fine albums for some deep soundtrack action.

Tracklist:

1 Beneath The Surface
2 String On Piano Part One
3 String On Piano Part Two
4 The Occupation Of Snow
5 Orange
6 On Going


5 - Orange

Captain Bliss makes his harmonica sound like a voice, only thing is nobody can understand the lyrics. This track was inspired by a visit to Splash Point, Seaford, Sussex. It's dedicated to the memory of Leonard Lee Jones.

Chris Coco - Splash Point

Artist: Paul Hartnoll Lol Hammond Chris Coco

Title: Film Music 4

Format: Digital Mini Album

Label: Chris Coco Music

Release Date: 29 July 2016

Tracklist:

1 City Sense (Night Drive)
2 Lights In The Rain
3 The Services
4 Forgotten Fields
5 Who Is Following Us?
6 Escape Velocity
7 Mysteriously Lit Skies
8 This Is My Horizon (Coming Home)

For this episode of the ongoing Film Music series, music supervisor Lol Hammond and DJ/producer Chris Coco hook up with Paul Hartnoll, one half of the legendary electronic duo Orbital, for some dramatic instrumental action.
The boys got together at Chris’s London studio earlier this year with the idea to make some tracks to soundtrack late night adventures, after hours escapades and nocturnal drives.
It all went so well and so fast that they made enough material for a mini EP in just a couple of days.
You can hear the Orbital vibes in there along with a lot of big ambient drama from Coco and some tinkling piano from Hammond. 
The overall effect is slightly scary and definitely epic and evocative. The titles give us clues of the drama that is unfolding. When are you making the movie to go with the music, boys?


Film Music 4 : Night Drive

Film Music 4 (Night Drive)

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Paul Hartnoll Lol Hammond Chris Coco - This Is My Horizon (Coming Home)

Artist:  Chris Coco

Title: Una Tarde Calurosa / Balearic 100

Label: Chris Coco Music

Catalogue Number: CCM009

Release Date: 5 December 2016

Format: Digital single

Una Tarde Calurosa
Balearic 100

This release was inspired by Chris Coco’s 2016 season of DJ residencies in Ibiza, it captures the lazy, spaced out spirit of a hot afternoon in the sun on the island of light and dreams.

The A) side features the delicate guitar work of Chris’s long time collaborator Nick Cornu. The B) is the pure dub version for very late night club play.

BUY LINKS:


https://chriscoco1.bandcamp.com/album/una-tarde-calurosa

http://www.junodownload.com/products/chris-coco-una-tarde-calurosa-balearic-100/3274953-02/

https://bleep.com/release/77970-chris-coco-una-tarde-calurosa-balearic-100

https://itun.es/gb/i9Zsgb

2 December 2016

Una Tarde Calurosa(Soundcloud Edit)

Film Music 5 12.05.17

by Chris Coco & Ed Bernez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfyFUcOlSwY

https://chriscoco1.bandcamp.com/album/film-music-5

Film Music 5

Monsoon Moon

Something from the new album My Favourite Place (Before Sunset)

My Favourite Place (Before Sunset)

Before Sunset

Word: vox: Andrew Docherty

Andrew Docherty is a Scottish singer songwriter who lives up west. We gave him a backing track inspired by early Factory Records dance acts like Quando Quango. He came back with a fully formed song, complete with horn section and distortion.

Word is a single taken from the album Freedom Street The single is out on July 16. The album follows on July 30.




http://www.kudosrecords.co.uk/release/MELOR012LP/Chris_Coco_Freedom_Street.html

Chris Coco - Word

Vocals by Abigail Hardiman

Mixed by Jay Thomas Heigl

Taint/Ublisch (unmastered)

End Of The World   vox: Jim Sturgess

End of the world is a happy sad song, the music is kind of sweet but the words are a little dark. It was originally inspired by sunny holidays, then Jim and I both read The Road and something a little cloudy happened.


Chris Coco - End Of The World

Coco Steel & Lovebomb - Yachts

Introducing Haraket, a 5 piece from South London who are set to release their debut 12" / digital single on Melodica Recordings this Spring. The band emerged from the creative chaos of school and college bands in and around Peckham that have already given the world King Krule. This is the first in a series of releases with Melodica Recordings, with an album due next year. 
 
Haraket fuse wall-of-sound dynamics with often delicate source material, moody electronics, programmed beats and effected vocal lines. Think a post dubstep version of early Underworld or A Certain Ratio reinvented by the new digital century. 'Taint' / 'Attgo' showcases the young band's keen ear for contrast, sensuous tonal material and high drama, something that is reflected ten-fold in their live shows.


Djrum follows on from his accomplished work on 2nd Drop records with a captivating take on 'Taint',  morphing it into something special. It's moody and dark, sounding like the soundtrack of a film Noir with Hardiman's vocals appearing in a new, smoky light.


Haraket - Taint (Djrum Remix)

Taint - Haraket (Mokadem Remix)

What is Night Bus?

First, the simple answer - it's an electronic music soundtrack that works rather well on that long, late night journey on the night bus. It's atmospheric, ethereal, ambient, modern music with just enough drive to get you home. It's music to help you stare out of the window and notice the little details that make the ride kind of special. It's music to take you there and help you feel like you are somewhere else.

Then, the more complicated one - Night Bus is a collection of music made by a new generation of London based producers who work around the disadvantages of the current economic climate, resorting to computer programs and MIDI keyboards to create their musical exodus; who have grown up in the metropolis plugged into music on their mobiles, listening to dubstep and hip hop and auto tune pop and the sound of the city itself; who have filtered all this through their software to nurture and create a new sound, a new feeling, a new C21 ambient that, sometimes unconsciously, draws on the spirit of the classic artists  to create a new style. Everyone from Erick Satie to Brian Eno to Tangerine Dream to Burial is hidden in there somewhere. Night Bus is steeped in history but it has a sound that is all its own, and now it's becoming a genre in its own right. 

Night Bus is a compilation put together in collaboration by recording artist Jamie Isaac, film maker Wesley Stokes Mellor and MelodicaRecordings label boss Chris Coco.


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