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The 9th 2019 single (of 12!), taken from the forthcoming 3rd Mailman album 'S3ASON' (season three).

Released: 20/09/19

Stream on Spotify here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1plo6qaS69XC602CrFXBYF?si=Q46QFQi8RXGO8N_mJoQeKQ

Stream / buy on Apple / iTunes here:
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/on-a-roll-feat-dannydangerously-ep/1478446128

Alternate version featuring Danny Dangerously here: https://soundcloud.com/zeitgeistproduction/on-a-roll-czechs-in-the-mail-mix-mailman-danny-dangerously

More info and tracks: www.mailmanstan.co.uk

On A Roll

Phoebe Coco’s piano is reminiscent of Phillip Glass and undulates with synth bass, drum machines, harmonicas and shakers with the voices of Phoebe Coco and her sisters textured harmonies lulling us throughout.
 Co-produced by Marc Makarov, Vanessa Anne Redd (of Sharp Attack Records) and Phoebe herself, it has been mixed by multi Grammy award winning Eduardo De La Paz, and mastered by Kevin Tuffy.

Different

Celebrating ten years of the Liz Cirelli & Minski collaboration, "Flights Of Strings And Beats" is an album that spans multiple genres including trip-hop, downtempo and intelligent dance music.

Showcasing their immense collective talent, Cirelli & Minski skilfully combine experimental soundscapes with crisp rolling beats and warm sonorous bass lines, complete with Minski's intricate and exquisitely played violin layers.

Quoted as being "a highly-accomplished example of musicality meets elegant electronica", "Flights Of Strings And Beats" takes you on an epic journey that masterfully fuses the worlds of classical and electronic music. It captures the intricacies of classical music whilst at the same time delivering the edginess of electronic music.

Cirelli & Minski are inspired and influenced by great classical composers such as Mozart, Bach and Wagner – as well as the more contemporary Debussy, Satie and Saint-Saens. Alongside these classical influences, electronic music artists such as Jon Hopkins, Moderat and Bonobo have also played a role in shaping their distinctive musical style.

Their collective ability to fuse the worlds of classical and electronic music is stunning.

Flights Of Strings And Beats

Inside The Machine

The second single released from The Frisbys upcoming E.P 'My Wicked Mind'. My Wicked Mind is released on 26th June 2020 via Dantbaccus Records.

Lyrics:
Bright lights, inner city
Your mouth tastes sweet
I get so alone now
I just don't know what I

Feel your getting closer
Feel you inside my head
So scared I could drop this
I just don't know what I like
Know what I like...

Heart aches, lungs are burning
Room seeps sweat and smoke
Whispered I know what's better
I just don't know what I,
know what I, know what I

Woah lead me to the water
Lead me  back to you
Woah lead me to the water
Lead me back to you

Embrace this night for sinners
Know the devils out
Guarded I let him take me
I just don't know what I
Know what I, know what I


Woah Lead me to the water
Lead me  back to you
Woah Lead me to the water
Lead me back to you

Hold me down to the river
Let me lay my head
Hold me down to the river 
Let me lay my head

My Wicked Mind

Lead Me To The Water

Released 16th July, 2020 on Glasgow's legendary Southside Deluxe label, 'Weird Hings' is the first single taken from Dunt's debut album, Starter Pact (due for release early 2021)

Starter Pact

Weird Hings

'Mortal' is the debut single from London based composer and electronic musician Evan Gildersleeve. The track explores the composer’s personal challenges with mental health, his search for solitude and the conflict of imposed isolation.

What began as a more introspective project exploring themes of solitude saw a complete shift in relevance during lockdown. Quarantine forced a period of re-evaluation upon the composer and a great deal of music was soon abandoned. Evan later rediscovered a collection of sparse piano improvisations, captured in a peaceful moment before UK lockdown began. The recordings served as a gateway between the tranquility of the recent past and the turbulence of the present day. Although comforting at first, the growing tensions experienced around the world would inevitably creep into the music. The result is a gentle push and pull between tension and tranquility, a singular piece that flows seamlessly through meditative moments and often teeters on the brink of overwhelm. 

‘Mortal’ is out now on London label Human Worth with all proceeds donated to UK mental health charity Mind.

"Mesmerising" - Electronic Groove

"Darkness made beautiful" - Music Dances When You Sleep

"Deeply Evocative" - Aural Aggravation

Mortal

Mortal (Edit)

Having grown up in the 70's my awareness of history and culture was informed by a mixture of school, TV, books and comics along with influences from friends and family and the wider community. I spent a large part of my life I guess feeling lucky to be British, I mean, who didn't like the British, we had brought so much to the world, let alone as the football chants always went, we won two world wars and one world cup. I had no reason to question these thoughts, that are subtly discouraged when you are young.

Awakening is about the realisation that we need to strive to relearn and restructure our understanding of where we have come from, question more, open our minds to new ideas and truths, and build new perspectives. You can't change what has happened, but at the very least you should know it, understand it and do something to mitigate its effects in the present day.

This track is available to download for free on jackcade.bandcamp.com/
Released on streaming services on October 9th

The Death Throes of a Jaded Empire

Awakening

Jack Cade - Awakening(Single)

Thank You - Next Single 13th november

Robert Brian – drums
Jon Buckett – organ, clav
Pat Edmonds – electric guitars
Paul Lappin – vocals, synths, electric guitar
Andrew Clifford Maggs – bass guitar
Lee Moulding – persussion

Taken from the album "The Boy Who Wants to Fly"
Music and lyrics by Paul Lappin ©2020
Produced and mixed by Jon Buckett
Mastered by Pete Maher
Recorded at Earthworm Recording Studio, Swindon

The Boy Who Wants to Fly

Serendipity

Phoebe the Chemical Maker
She's Gonna Be a Leg Breaker
I Need Slowness and Speed
Gotta Be Gotta Be Gotta Be Free

How Light We Meet Each Other, Meet Each Other, Meet Each Other, Meet Each Other
On The Edge Of The Universe Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Oh

Casey, Casey and Bart
They're Gonna Make a Fresh Start
Phoebe and the Blue Gum Tree
Gotta Be Gotta Be Gotta Be Free

How Light We Meet Each Other, Meet Each Other, Meet Each Other, Meet Each Other
On The Edge Of The Universe Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Oh

Going Up, Coming Down
Meeting Up in the Middle Ground
Bolognaise, Spaghetti
Phroeba and Phoebe

How Light We Meet Each Other, Meet Each Other, Meet Each Other, Meet Each Other
On The Edge Of The Universe Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Oh Yeah Oh

Phoebe The Chemical Maker

Drums — Connor Hilton
Guitar — Zach Davison
Bass/Vocals — Matt Done
Guitar/Vocals — Josh Dade

Mastered by Borja Regueira.

https://shopliftersunion.co.uk/2020/11/19/sioux-poppy-seeds/?fbclid=IwAR23paH7rUUnY9FmogJZuddkrvlJgsbkHUrt1WEjOrBHCtxgNiZ5R1A12DQ

Poppy Seeds

Inspired by the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn & Titan.

One Way Trip to Titan

"From the stimulating intro on you’ll tap your feet, without even noticing it. This is the wake-up-call I want to hear when I can’t get out of my bed in the morning. You simply can’t resist this shot of adrenaline. This is what elevating pop is all about. Vitalizing, energizing, and galvanizing. In a normal world, this should be a global hit. Oh yeah, I feel quite euphoric and, trust me, you’ll have your heart beat as fast as mine after just one spin. Hopefully, we can all come out of the lockdown shadows pretty soon."
Turn Up The Volume

Download for free at Bandcamp

Out of the Shadows

Saving My Soul.

The number seven has long been associated with good luck and magical forces. But in the case of singer-songwriter Monique Barry, there's a great deal more to both that particular number and her musical output than just fortune's favour and a bit of enchantment. Her latest song, “Coyote”, is the seventh single in a series of innovative and highly individual releases that will add up to a finished album titled HAAK. And as the song climbs through its narrative peaks and varying stylistic passages it very quickly becomes apparent that “Coyote” is the result of vision and skill rather than mere luck, and the magic here can be found in Monique's creative focus and the inspiration she draws from the natural world and our interaction with it.  

Never one to resort to the expected, Monique has always been quick to discover her creative influences and thematic material in a variety of contrasting sources. Her new single began to take form when it was reported that a coyote had been seen in Toronto in her own neighborhood, leading to a set of lyrics addressing the troubling dynamic of mutual invasion: namely, the animal's encroachment on urban settings which has been brought about by man's destruction of wildlife habitats. Both confrontation and avoidance are part of the conflicting forces that Monique explores here as she depicts the response of urban humanity to the presence of the canine outsider. Rather than confront the significance of the animal's presence, the action taken by the local citizens is to record the novelty of the coyote's image on cell phones—capturing the animal, in a sense, in a secondary new and artificial environment. Further to this, “Coyote” also comments on how we confuse the meaning and impact of what's being stored on our electronic devices. In this collision between man and beast, entrapment claims both the intruder (who is forced to live in an alien surrounding not suited to it) and the human inhabitants (who can't interact with the animal and must monitor its activities from a distance within the safety of indoors). 

Driving Monique's latest single is a rich electroacoustic mix of guitarwork that artfully writhes and ripples as it floats through the song; crisp, cracking percussion; soaring keyboards; and a musical atmosphere that carries the lyrics into a very private but beckoning environment all its own. Joining Monique on “Coyote” are some of her most trusted and vibrant collaborators: Kevin Lacroix on electric guitar; Alisdair Jones on bass guitar and synth bass; Michael Wojewoda on drums and vocals; and Emma Campbell, also on vocals. As well as giving us the lead voicework, Monique also plays Native Instruments ‘Noire’ piano with particle engine.

HAAK

Coyote

Blood From Tear Ducts

Double Versions by Lights That Chnge

‘End Credits’ is a nihilistic yet optimistic track about slipping into the unknown of the afterlife. Musically joyous, lyrically dower this track perfectly sums up the highs and lows of realising our human condition as we hopelessly and defiantly trudge towards the end.

End Credits

This song delves into the struggle to identify yourself in a vast world, questioning our purpose, and how you can carry the weight of this.

Quietly

My Life. Your Life. Our Life is released on Friday December 4 2020. From debut album Distance which is now available wherever you listen: https://ffm.to/distancealbum

My Life. Your Life. Our Life - Popcorn Fiend

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