Since 1995, NYC’s Other Music record shop has had a big hand in defining the sound of the underground, helping to establish the careers (and career resurgences) of hundreds of artists, with a wide-ranging aesthetic that includes everything from indie pop to left-field electronica, folk, funk, psychedelia, dub, free jazz, post-punk, avant-classical, hip-hop and much more. For more than a decade and a half, through myriad changes in the “biz,” Other has stayed true to their one goal, connecting great unheard music with passionate music fans, and with their weekly new-release newsletter reaching more than thirty-five thousand subscribers, an MP3 download store, a mail-order website, and a busy East Village retail shop, they have become an icon and last bastion of indie retail. Now, in partnership with Fat Possum, Other is launching their own label, Other Music Recording Co., to bring the same varied taste and enthusiasm that has always defined their retail store to this new venture.

Other’s first release, OM-001, drops on April 24: Ex Cops’ debut 7-inch,  “You Are a Lion, I Am a Lamb” b/w “The Millionaire.” This new Brooklyn group’s hazy mix of influences draws on vintage British and New Zealand indie, Factory Records and a Velvets/Feelies jangle that is distinctly New York, all with their own sunbaked pop vision. What began as a bedroom-recording project for Brian Harding has been fleshed out into a full band, and Ex Cops are now putting the finishing touches on their debut album in the studio with producer John Siket, due out on Other later this year.

Also due this spring on Other, the debut solo album from Shintaro Sakamoto, the former frontman of the legendary Japanese psychedelic group Yura Yura Teikoku. Over the course of their 20 years together, that band rose from the storied Japanese psychedelic underground to huge mainstream success in their homeland (and cult status around the world), with a wholly original sound that defies definition. The group disbanded in 2010, and Sakamoto set off into uncharted waters on his new solo material, working mostly alone to create a stunning set of quiet, percussive songs that draw on ‘70s folk and AM radio pop from the U.S., U.K. and Japan, as well as folk forms from across continents and eras; How to Live with a Phantom, released late last year in Sakamoto’s own Zelone label in Japan, is an enigma and an instant classic that blew so many minds at the Other Music shop when a few imports trickled in, they had to release it themselves.

Other Music Recording Co. will surprise and enlighten fans of underground music with a roster of diverse artists from around the world, releasing new music and under-appreciated classics from their reissue division, and with this strategic partnership with Fat Possum you will be hearing a lot more from Other in the coming months.

Edinburgh based singer songwriter Purdie is fairly new on the music scene although she has been writing songs since the age of 13. Purdie had always dreamt of playing guitar but it was many years after first putting pen to paper that she bought her first one. Self taught, she was determined to put music to the lyrics she had been writing for so long. Since mid 2014 Purdie has been performing live outside of her living room and gaining fans of her music and singing style along the way. Her ethereal voice tells her stories beautifully and captures you in a very warming way.

Home made techno pop, electronica, post-rock, ambient, trip hop sounds made with lo-fi lo-budget kit.  Thanks for listening.

Part 1 of debut album available here:
https://autumnhang.bandcamp.com/album/autumn-hang-one-three

For the Depths- DEBUT SINGLE OUT NOW EVERYWHERE

Insta: @alleylloyd

With an impressive ten year career as a session instrumentalist, Bristol-raised, London-based bassist, vocalist and composer Alley Lloyd, has toured across the African continent, the USA, Europe and the UK, lending her talents to a diverse array of artists, including Fleur East, Yazmin Lacey, Nectar Woode and Poppy Ajudha, to name a few, with TV appearances including BBC Two's  'Later... With Jools Holland' and 'Live at Glastonbury'.

Known for her percussive bass playing style, Lloyd’s unique bass lines are informed by her work in Latin American music (notably Cuban traditions), Congolese music and studies in Senegalese sabar. As performer and composer, Lloyd is an integral member of multi-award winning, Latin-jazz outfit, COLECTIVA, with whom she has delivered 'virtuosic' performances in the USA, Europe and the UK.

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