Its full steam ahead at FA Recordings as we bring to you our third full artist album release in three months! We’re pleased to bring you yet another new band for our label but one you may have come across before having had great success with previous album ‘only Science can tell the Truth’, leftlion.co.uk described it as “A killer mix of mellow piano lines, electronic beats and progressive whirring synths” whilst Sandman magazine gave it the ultimate accolade “I have no idea why this lot aren’t ruling the world”. Welcome to Radium88!

We'd like to invite you to download and listen to the full album release from Radium88. Feel free to blog, review, tweet, discuss with your friends or simply just enjoy. 

The Info:

FA Recordings are proud to present ‘Escaping Tomorrow’ from Nottingham UK based band Radium88.

We hope you enjoy listening to the album, please feel free to review, tweet or blog about it.

Track break down:

1.How the West Was - Languid dreamy hypnotic cycling piano riff, clicking whirring beats and intense melancholic classical strings.

2. Leave No Stone Unturned - Swirling analogue synths with evocative clarinet gives way to electro sequences and deep bass trip-hop beats with crystalline vocals.

3. A Short Ride in a Broken Machine - Soothing pulsing and chiming synths underpin a gorgeous ethereal vocal before drifting off into the distance with folky ukulele and low whistle.

4. Nocturne 3 - Spooky apocalyptic waves of static phase in and out of haunting classical-style piano, with glitching trip-hop drumloop breakdown.

5. The Unerring Certainty of Mechanism - Echoing piano and synths with filtered beats underpin comforting radio announcements of the end of the world interspersed with plaintive vocals morphing gradually into faster beats layered with screaming guitar before fading out with xylophone and melancholic Yann Tiersen-style accordion.

6. The Irretrievable Loss of Personal Belonging - Gentle synth instrumental like a more musical Krafwerk. 

7. Lady of Perpetual Motion - A weird kind of melodic psychedelic dub with lush trippy strings.

8. Still Separated by Oceans – Cool, clear vocal suspended over melodic electro dub, before giving way to Underworld-ish beats.

9. The Angel of Final Warning - A trio of fierce folky fiddlers cook up a storm over atmospheric psychedelic dub, with mellow cornet and transcendent vocals.

10. The Man Who Was Not Himself - Twanging guitar hints at a 50’s spy noir b-movie, only from the future!

11. A Matter of Love and Death - Electric piano and filtered synths and beats blend with intense classical strings. 

12. Monsters Only Seen in Mirrors - More heartrendingly sad piano drowning in glitchy waves of static and 50’s b-movie horror organ but what’s that waltzing over the hill? Is it giant steam-powered robots?

13. Founder or Else Float - Cavernous trip-hop beats blend with piano, cornet and heartfelt vocals.

14. And Then She Saw Stars - Tinkling synths, warm clarinet and angelic vocals offer a surprise uplifting ending to the album.

Available now to download from CDBaby, itunes, Amazon and other download sites.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/radium88
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Escaping-Tomorrow/dp/B005VTRQQG
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/escaping-tomorrow/id472823903

Web Links:

Radium88:
http://www.radium88.net
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radium-88/300812459944304#!/pages/Radium-88/300812459944304
http://www.soundcloud.com/radium88
http://www.myspace.com/theradium88


FA Recordings:
http://www.formationaudio.co.uk
http://www.soundcloud.com/fa-recordings
https://twitter.com/#!/FormationAudio

Radium88 Biog:

Radium88 are based around composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Tim Thwaites and singer Jema Davies, together with Clare Hunt - violin/vocals, Matt Clare - guitar, Mike Clifford - cornet/low whistle and Joe Thwaites - clarinet.

Most electronic music has traditionally either meandered through cerebral experimentalism or headed straight for the dancefloor. Not feeling like they entirely belong in either place, radium88 are content to carve out a niche of their own, making thoughtful melodic electronica with elements of dub, classical, folk and psychedelia. Partly vocal and partly instrumental, their music features splashes of orchestral colour from live strings, cornet and clarinet. The sound could be loosely described as crystalline pure angelic vocals soaring effortlessly above a Blade Runner soundtrack as re-envisioned by Massive Attack. Or equally the sort of sound you might get if Bjork were to collaborate with Philip Glass or Orbital with Beirut. 

FA recordings forth coming releases included: 

Dec 1st 2011 - FA Recordings release a new range of Full Dynamic Range High Definition (FDR HD) mastering grade downloads exclusively available from the FA Recordings shop at www.formationaudio.co.uk

Bloik – Volume Two. Out Jan 2012
Eskimo Fires – Take me with you. Out Feb 2012 on FA Recordings Black
http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Eskimo-Fires/168017153211458?sk=info
http://www.myspace.com/eskimofires
Munro – Feelin’ Fine. Out Mar 2011
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Munro/208555055832669
http://soundcloud.com/munro1
Test Machine – Hurricane. Out Apr 20111
http://soundcloud.com/testmachine
Blad Photo - Love life. Out Apr 2012 on FA Recordings Black

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Radium88 - Leave no stone unturned

Radium88 - The unerring certainty of mechanism

Radium88 - The irretrievable loss of personal belonging

Radium88 - Still separated by oceans

Radium88 - And then she saw stars

FA Recordings are proud to present our fifth release and the second artist album from Nottingham UK based musician/producer Ben Lappin aka bloik.

‘Volume Two’ is another sonic, genre-defying journey showcasing the amazing and electronic talent of bloik.

We hope you enjoy listening to the album, please feel free to review and/or blog about it.

Track break down:

The Fool - Classic 4 to the floor deep dance track very much produced with the DJ in mind.

Scanner - Rolling Drum and Bass meets Jungle Techno in a sprint to the finish line.

Enter the night - Tech Step Drum and Bass twisted with elements of old school rave.

Destruction From Within – This epic long player takes the listener on a journey through Electro, Dub, Breakbeat and Jazz with tasteful lashings of live instrumentation.

Destructed - Eerie Strings, Squelchy Bass Lines and some slick drum production all very reminiscent of mid 90's all nighters.

Descendin Dub - This track just builds and builds eventually hitting the killer dance floor filling bass line in the mid section, then deposits the listener back into a warped version of the intro with a heavy skank guitar to boot.

Dark Storm - Very dark and dubby. Drum and Bass mashed up with Dub in a Techno mixing bowl.

Bone Crusher - Easy tempo skanky dub reggae tune with sonic melodies that morphs into an electrodub psychedelic meltdown.

All About The Drum - Grab the 4 best drummers you know, record them, sample them then stick em in a break beat blender.

Available now to download from Junodownload, CDBaby, itunes and other download sites.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bloik
http://www.junodownload.com/labels/FA+Recordings/releases/
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/bloik/id213015717

Web Links:

bloik:
http://www.souncloud.com/bloik
http://www.myspace.com/electrobloik

FA Recordings:
http://www.farecordings.co.uk
http://www.souncloud.com/fa-recordings
http://www.facebook.com/formationaudio


bloik - The Fool

bloik - Scanner

bloik - Enter The Night

bloik - Destructed

bloik - Descendin Dub

bloik - Dark Storm

bloik - Bone Crusher

bloik - All About The Drum

bloik - Destruction From Within

FA Recordings is the record label arm of Formation Audio.

Our team has over 20 years experience in the audio industry, having worked on album production and mastering through to sound design for theatre shows.
We aim to excel in all aspects of our work. Attention to detail with our client's projects has led to our reputation as a company that delivers the highest quality consistent output and a customer service that’s second to none.

If you have a project in mind, contact us. We are always happy to discuss your needs and explore ideas before quoting a job. We have a wide network of contacts within the audio industry and if we cannot deliver the best for your project we’ll know someone who can.

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