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Taken from his debut EP 'Seven Hours' out September 30, 2013.
Order the CD/10"/DL here: http://www.erasedtapes.com/store/index/ERATP051
or via iTunes: http://snip.ftpromo.net/sevenhours

Debut Album 'Whelm' out on May 12, 2014.
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'Very strange and wonderful... One to watch' – Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC 6 Music

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Seven Hours

Lungful

Douglas Dare – Lungful

Amelia Rivas and Christian Pinchbeck don't just sing about feverish, frayed and  fractured romances – in the three years since forming  Elephant, they've been living one.

Their first recordings, recorded in the strung out early mornings after the night before, were delirious and light-headed. Rivas’ stream of conscious lyricism combined with Pinchbeck’s innate melodic nous to create vignettes of delight and wonder.  A debut single followed, 2011’s woozy Ants, followed by the Assembly EP.   But before they had a chance to capitalise on the growing acclaim around them the duo’s relationship broke down, almost to the point of no return.

That seemed to be Elephant’s graveyard.  Yet an unexpected rapprochement in late 2012, and a renewed musical hunger saw Rivas and Pinchbeck reconcile.  The first fruit was this year’s gauzy single Skyscraper, which announced their return in spectacular fashion, with Rivas’ swooping vocals allied to a spectral chorus creating an eerie, lens-flared 3 minute wonder of song.

Now, new release Shapeshifter provides confirmation that Elephant are truly back as a force to be reckoned with. “I flew to the moon to mirror you and I saw the future” sings Rivas, with a raw melancholy and nostalgic longing. A sumptuous missive of love lost and lessons learned, that sparkles with charm, optimism, and the sort of lush swoonsome string arrangements that reach into your chest and wring your heart dry. 

Backed by the sparse and stretched out Snowday, as icily cool as it sounds, full of chiaroscuro contrasts and flickering atmospherics, it’s a release that suggests their debut album is set to be one of the standout albums of 2014.

ELEPHANT LINKS: 
 
Facebook - www.facebook.com/elephanttheband    
Twitter – www.twitter.com/ElephantTwit  
Label -  www.memphis-industries.com


Elephant - Shapeshifter

Luke Temple, 'Good Mood Fool' out October 15, 2013 on Secretly Canadian
iTunes http://smarturl.it/luketemple_itunes // Amazon http://smarturl.it/luketemple
SCD http://smarturl.it/luketemple_scd // Indies http://smarturl.it/luketemple_indies

Luke Temple
Artist Page: http://www.secretlycanadian.com/artis...
Official Website: http://luketemple.tv/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeTempleMusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeTempleMusic

Luke Temple - "Florida" from 'Good Mood Fool' out October 15, 2013 on Secretly Canadian

Good Mood Fool

Florida

Luke Temple - Florida

The first track off Devendra Banhart's Nonesuch Records debut album, MALA, remixed by Hauschka. Order the original at http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/mala.

Devendra Banhart: Golden Girls (Hauschka Remix)

its been 9 months since we dropped sumn.. peter rosenberg liberated this one for me earlier..

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Further cementing his reputation as purveyor of fine Francophone Indie-Pop and Nu Disco, French Producer/Composer/DJ, Yuksek offers up the sixth release on his Partyfine imprint. Due to drop on 26th November, Belgian duo Villa's EP6 is a great little seven-tracker set around stand-out Nu-Disco anthem, 'If I'. Enjoy the exclusive!  
@villamakesmusic
Villa 'If I' - Bass by Ben Brunin, Additional Production and mix by Yuksek
Lyrics/Music: François de Meyer
Recorded in Gand, Belgium 
2013 Partyfine 
https://www.facebook.com/Partyfinemusic / https://twitter.com/PartyfineMusic

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Track Premiere: Villa - If I

Original song written by the french band Maya and their single "Lait de Coco" released in 1987.

Sid Baxter - Lait de Coco

Soul Clap: "James Curd does it again!"
Munk: "Is JS the Frank Zappa of house? I hear them all: B52s, James Chance, Boney M, Todd Terje, Masters At Work. Great Full Pop."

In the last 2 and a half years James Curd has become a regular contributor to the label Exploited. He has released outstanding original material as well as collaborations with Morgan Phalen (their project is called Favored Nations and Morgan also wrote and sang on two singles for the Justice album 'Audio, Video, Disco'), Luke Million (from The Swiss), JDub (from Chicago) and Fred Everything (their project is called Jimmy & Fred which already had a massive dance chart topper with Diynamic act Karmon on the remix for "I See Lights" and one from Locked Groove of Life&Death, Hotflush, and Permanent Vacation fame). Now he is back on Exploited with 5 (thats already a mini-album) new tracks featuring incredible talent such as the sax player Jonty Hall or rapper Jdub. James Curd in his own words about the 5 songs:

1. James Curd - Forever My Friend
"After spending a couple months scoring a feature film I wanted to blow off some steam and make something I would like to play in a club. I love throwing curve balls into songs and try to imagine what a crowded club will do when a 16 bar rhodes solo comes out of nowhere. It's my version of a build up and drop with out the soft synths."

2. James Curd - Jack Be Nimble
"I made this song during a late night studio session right after a night out. It's a homage to my hometown classic Chicago house tracks of JACK. It's an inebriated lyrical session that captures how much fun I was having in the studio that night."

3. James Curd - Tornado In The Basement feat. JDub
"This was written in my old Chicago basement studio with JDub. All the kids in my neighbourhood were around the same age and growing up together. They all graduated from riding bikes and playing in the fire hydrant to an all out EGG war. Every house on my street was getting hit with eggs! Tornado In The Basement is a product of trying to record vocals inbetween the loud bangs of eggs hitting the front windows of my building."

4. James Curd - Everybody Knows feat. Jonty Hall
"This song is a culmanation of a few ideas that where not working as individual songs but came together great as a mosaic piece of music. I chopped up all my favorite parts from a few songs and combined them to create "Everybody Knows". A great horn player from Australias capital city Canberra was in town visiting and he dropped by and did a few takes for me to finish off the song."

5. James Curd - Caught Again feat. JDub
"This is inspired by old French funk songs from the 70's. I wanted a mix of funk with light and dark elements. The bass is funk, the guitar and synths are light and JDub's vocals are dark and a bit intimidating."

Label: Exploited
Artist: James Curd
Release: Jack Be Nimble
LC: 15799

Releasedate Beatport: 20.04.15
Releasedate I-Tunes, ect: 04.05.15

Art Design by Neven Cvijanovic / Floor 5. Illustration by Laura Junger.
www.nevenswork.com
www.loragearrive.free.fr

Early Feedback:
Soul Clap: James Curd does it again!
Munk: Is JS the Frank Zappa of house? I hear them all: B52s, James Chance, Boney M, Todd Terje, Masters At Work. Great Full Pop.
Tensnake: Like Forever My Friend.
Arthur Baker: Love the quirky chicness of caught again.
Pedro Winter: Loading it now.
Noir: Good EP.
Mark Farina: Great stuff! Been rocking already from Mr. Curd.
Trickski: Summer jam! I am ready! Thx for this one.
Tom Flynn: Forever My Friend is beautiful. Reminds me of early Greenskeepers vibe but more soulful. Lovely stuff!
Round Table Knights: Forever Your Friend is cool. 

Jack Be Nimble

Everybody Knows feat. Jonty Hall

James Curd - Everybody Knows Feat. Jonty Hall | Exploited

Léo Lunel - Jump The River - HRZN|S009

Here is the 9th track of the single series signed by a new French producer @leolunel Keep that name in minds! ;)
You can also hear the sweet guitar played by @pierre-laffargue-1.

Hope you will enjoy it with a fresh drink!

Artwork : @soniccone86 & Horeazon


Léo Lunel - Jump The River

Written by Adam Frawley & Danny Ogden
Produced by Adam Frawley

Alfonso Frawls - Climb Dance

Out May 20! http://news.lnk.to/TYC

Eskimo Recordings is back for its annual inspection of what propels the Belgian imprint’s throttle, exploring the boundaries of their house, disco and pop infusions in ‘The Yellow Collection’. Each artist has their own identity but Eskimo forms a package of seamless musical treats and forges yet new allies in the dreamy landscape of ‘The Yellow Collection’. 

More info http://maouris.co.uk/music/eskimo-recordings-presents-the-yellow-collection

https://soundcloud.com/luxxury
http://www.eskimorecordings.be/ 
https://www.facebook.com/eskimorecordings/ 
https://twitter.com/eskimorecords

LUXXURY - Breathe

PREMIERE : Snacks - Chatter [Boogie Angst]

French electronic producer Yuksek proves again how you can get indie music back into the nightclubs. Enjoy this funky beauty!

Hyphen Hyphen  „We Light The Sunshine (Remix EP)“

Tracklist:
 
1. We Light The Sunshine (Yuksek Remix)
2. We Light The Sunshine (Trinix Remix)  
3. We Light The Sunshine (Djaresma Remix)  
 
℗ & © 2016 Parlophone / Warner Music France, a Warner Music Group Company.
 
Taken from Hyphen Hyphen “Times” 
Album pre-order: http://wmg.click/HyphenHyphen_TimesFA

Pre-Order

Hyphen Hyphen - We Light The Sunshine (Yuksek Remix)

DJ support from Fake Blood, Gigamesh, RAC, The C90s, Leri Ahel (Mutant Disco) and Cassian

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The Informations - Lion's Hand (Cyclist Remix)

Out now on Chit Chat Records
Digital Download: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/future-disco-vol.-6-night/id599716171
Order the 12" here: http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/480233-01.htm
Music Video by Evan Stalker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HaDWgBPEcI

Track Premiere: Villa - If I

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