Not a Lemur is the first single from Broad Oak's debut album to be released mid 2018. 

Broad Oak aka Nigel Braddock, set up Monkey Records in 2000 to release a project he was working on and then got a bit distracted with running the label, producing and managing/touring with bands. His forthcoming debut album has been some twelve years in the making. 

Not a Lemur was originally recorded as a piano piece in 2006 one stormy night when he was living out at Karekare in New Zealand. 
In 2014, John White came to stay with him in Berlin (where Braddock is now based) and they recorded his Henry Green album. 

Although John White is well known in New Zealand as an indie folk/dream pop musician thanks to his band Mestar and his own solo albums, not many people know that he also raps as "Jumps". 

In between sessions working on his new album, White sang, rapped and played viola on a couple of tracks Braddock had been working on including Not a Lemur. Not long after that Brooke Singer, from French for Rabbits, was in town with her band and contributed some backing vocals. 

Says Braddock, " I really like John's stream of consciousness rap and silly word play. There's no posturing or macho nonsense. In fact he sometimes describes it as twee rap, which I believe is a genre he's invented. Despite the whimsy in this song though, at the heart of it there is a love story about a girl he met on a train in Berlin, although unfortunately he lost her number and never saw her again." 

Not a Lemur will be available on 12" vinyl from February 5th featuring a remix by Berlin-based producer Boxroom Rebel. 

Digital release to follow on the 9th March. 
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releases February 5, 2018 

Nigel Braddock - piano, bass, drums 
Vocals - John White 
Bvs - Brooke Singer 
Additional drums - Allan Thomasson 

Recorded and produced by Nigel Braddock
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Not a Lemur (feat. Jumps)

I'm a Berlin-based musician/producer from the fair isles of New Zealand. Originally a classically trained pianist, I've been in a couple of obscure bands back in NZ but these days I prefer to focus on solo projects as well as occasionally producing albums for friends. A few of the older tracks presented here have been languishing on my hard drive for quite a few years and I'm happy to be finally getting round to putting them out there. In 2022 I'm planning to release an album with new material but in the meantime you can download most of my back catalogue for free on SoundCloud or from my Bandcamp page: https://broadoak.bandcamp.com

I also have another project called The Mung Beings with a debut album on vinyl also planned for sometime in 2021. https://soundcloud.com/themungbeings

Here is my band project with my son: https://soundcloud.com/cosmoandthecosmonaut

Artist image by Aurora Romana
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