Formed by Mark Lane and Tina Morrison in 1999, Aware landed on the shores of Ibiza like reinforcements to a second wave chill out scene. An early meeting with Hed Kandi pioneer, Mark Doyle, led to his interest in signing the band for compilations, and Aware’s first deal resulted in an international release on the cult label the following year.

Aware’s first, low-key gig on Ibiza caught the attention of a friend of Jose Padilla who rushed the band straight round to meet the owners of Café del Mar. Roman Castillo heard the band and asked them to play at Café del Mar’s first major live event and 20th anniversary celebrations. Playing their second gig on the island, going from a small, select audience for a CD launch at the prestigious Villa Mercedes to a crowd of over two thousand at Café del Mar, spurred Aware on to greater success.

Alongside the likes of Royksopp, A Man Called Adam, Bent and Zero 7, they soon became a “must have” band for the coolest chill out and lounge compilation albums, their tracks being sought after by major labels like Warners and BMG, along with specialist and cult independents, including the famous Café del Mar label itself, as well as appearing in a Channel 4 Television programme about the chill out genre.

With occasional forays into the live arena, Aware enjoy their winter residency at Attik Studios in the heart of the English countryside, continuing to write and produce tracks for numerous international compilations. Mark typically spends the summer months DJ-ing his eclectic sunset sets at the cult status “La Torre” in the hills of San Antonio, Ibiza, whose first ever compilation album was painstakingly sourced and curated by the band.

Aware have enjoyed radio coverage across many countries, whilst still retaining the mystique of underground artists. Even unauthorised YouTube fan-uploads of their tracks with simple still images garner views in the thousands.

Integrity Publishing represent the band's entire output to date worldwide.

Aware - No Belongings

Download track from: https://tribesofeurope.bandcamp.com/track/intermission
elsey: guitars, keyboards, vocals
Barbara Stretch: vocals
Darren Day: drums, gong
Lara Foulkes: flutes
Buzz Rumbelow: bass
Bamber Lamb: bongos

Words/Music by elsey, produced by elsey and Chris Taylor at Bluebarns

INTERMISSION

'It’s A Lovely Day Tomorrow’ is the new single by Tribes of Europe & Barbara Stretch, released by Integrity Records across all major digital platforms (29th November 2019) and on limited edition CD (6th December 2019).

Penned by Irving Berlin in 1938, it was in fact written as a war song in response to the so-called Munich Betrayal when conflict with Hitler was avoided by allowing Germany to annex the Sudetenland region of western Czechoslovakia.

The second collaboration between Fenland-based Tribes of Europe and former feminist punk iconoclast Barbara Stretch features additional vocals by Max Taylor (MIKA, Lily Allen, Clor) and drums by Andy Gangadeen (Massive Attack, Chase & Status, Jeff Beck).

Loosely based on the version released by Vera Lynn to lift spirits during the Blitz, multi-instrumentalist Martin Elsey has put his own Tribes of Europe twist on this classic track which he feels is just as relevant today:

“What happened to the ‘lovely tomorrow’ Vera Lynn was singing about? For a while things got better – decent affordable housing, the NHS, effective vaccination campaigns, building stronger ties with Europe to help keep some peace. Then, after years of austerity, and now the Brexit fiasco, the lyric just seemed to become more and more poignant.”

Previous singles by Tribes of Europe, including recent Barbara Stretch collaboration ‘You Don’t Speak For Me’, have enjoyed support on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 3's Late Junction. 

Check out the video on Youtube https://youtu.be/ykw634H80kk .

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It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow

Change Me A Little is the new single by Danish Music Award nominee Ida Wenøe, released on 13th September 2019 via Integrity Records, taken from her critically acclaimed second album The Things We Don’t Know Yet. 

Blending Ida’s Nordic Noir roots with an obvious appreciation of Americana, Change Me A Little nods to the heritage of classic artists such as 10,000 Maniacs whilst displaying the current authenticity of Odetta Hartman or Julia Jacklin.

“I wrote this song because I felt we are living in a world where we focus a lot on the individual, which sometimes makes us forget how much we can be moved by others – by people, by communities, by art, by love, by each other … If we are open to change, we are open to growth.”

Change Me A Little follows earlier singles Another Kind of Love and Circus Season which enjoyed support from BBC 6 Music’s Gideon Coe, Janice Long on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Ulster’s Eve Blair (‘album of the week’), international radio including Seattle’s super-cool KEXP, several playlist adds by the Spotify editorial team including Easy Indie & Alt, & praise from respected UK music sites like FRUK & Get In Her Ears and US tastemakers That Buzzing Sound & Come Here Floyd.

After an April UK headline tour and summer festival appearances in Austria, UK & Denmark, Ida’s busy 2019 schedule includes a Danish autumn tour and a second appearance of the year in Spain (Madrid, October 6th).  A further UK tour in February 2020 is already shaping up nicely.

“Ida Wenøe is equal parts mysterious, brooding & beguiling” - R2 Magazine

“Her voice - weary but cute, with the power to cut through - is perfect” – The Guardian

“There’s something chilling about Wenøe’s work, suggesting the intriguing singer-songwriter knows things you don’t, and perhaps never will” – The Line of Best Fit

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LYRICS

Change me a little but change me good
Pour the water and carve the wood
Break me a little but break me right
So I feel it without losing my sight

Touch me a little so I know you’re there
To remind me that we are both really here 
Then speak a little, words will come true
You talk about the weather but you change the view

These rattle bones go dancing under trees
The coloured leaves fall for a dance with me
They turn and float and linger till they fall asleep 
Forever in a moment

Hide me a little inside you 
I’ll hang there like a bird on your rib for a minute or two
Then loose me a little but don’t let go
Where ever we are going I am still with you

These rattle bones go dancing under trees
The coloured leaves fall for a dance with me
They turn and float and linger till they fall asleep 
Forever in a moment
Forever in a moment
Forever in a moment
Forever in a moment

Forever in a moment …

Change Me A Little (Single Version)

Ida Wenøe - Change Me A Little (Single Version)

Poison Remedy

Bleed Me Dry, the brand new single by Danish artist MALMØ, is out on 25th October 2019 via Integrity Records. The track and accompanying video comprise Part II of the forthcoming EP, The Inevitable End, a prediction in 4 parts – each one representing a different way of the world collapsing if we don't change our behaviour. 

With a leftfield art-pop vibe built around mesmerising Nordic throat beats, percussive electronica from co-producer Christian Tronhjem provides a dark underscore for multi-layered vocals as Maria pleads: “You can’t lose someone that you really love”.

Working closely with Kasper Vindeløv (graphic designer) and Noemi Müller (videographer) on each of the 4 parts, MALMØ are keen to add to the wider discussion of the potentially irreparable damage mankind seems intent on inflicting upon its own planet.

As the inspiration behind Bleed Me Dry, vocalist/songwriter Maria offers a chilling thought:

"We eat poison, we have troubled sleep, we breathe polluted air - children are dying in their mother's womb. What if women become unable to carry healthy babies, so the next generation is never born?

We already worship external perfection; superficiality rules over substance. So when they perish inside us we stay quiet, ashamed that we couldn’t be the perfect female with perfect reproduction. But perfect on the outside hides chaos on the inside. Extinction looms. It won't be long now … The Inevitable End."

The Inevitable End EP follows 2018’s critically acclaimed debut album We Come From The Stars, with spot plays on BBC 6 Music, BBC Ulster, BBC London, Amazing Radio, Shoreditch Radio & numerous regional stations, Spotify playlisting from the likes of Crack In The Road, Alex Rainbird, Double J & TUNE, & Spotify editorial support across the Nordics and Asia.

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Bleed Me Dry

MALMØ - Bleed Me Dry

‘The House You Built For Us’ is the new single by Tribes of Europe & Barbara Stretch, out 24th April 2020 via Integrity Records across all major digital platforms.

The politically-charged song with a futurist soul vibe has the classic vocal of the former feminist jazz-punk iconoclast to the fore with the Ely Fallen Angels Choir, led by Max Taylor (MIKA, Lily Allen, Clor), adding a layer of gospel joy.

Tribes of Europe, the alter ego of Fenland-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Martin Elsey, are joined on drums by Andy Gangadeen (Massive Attack, Chase & Status, Jeff Beck) and Chris Taylor (Poison Girls) on co-production duties and the finest bass outside Motor City.

Drawing lyrical inspiration from the current political landscape, Martin explains:

"It seems there have always been a few men who have lusted after power and wealth, and there’s been a much larger group of men that have revered and followed them. In the process we screw the planet over and the poor get poorer, and with globalisation it’s gone into freefall.  If we want to survive then society has to evolve. Men need feminism. We all need feminism. No question."

Previous singles by Tribes of Europe, including the Barbara Stretch collaboration ‘You Don’t Speak For Me’, have enjoyed national support on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio 3's Late Junction and various regional shows.

An instantly catchy and uplifting retro-futuristic creation” - Get In Her Ears
“Unashamedly ‘60s but with a new twist” - Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music
"Tribes of Europe with the fabulous Barbara Stretch - these are such a great combination. I love what they do!" – Janice Long, BBC Wales
"It’s an absolute belter!" – Charlie Ashcroft, Amazing Radio
"That is truly lovely" - Bob Fischer, BBC Tees


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Artwork: Jellica - https://soundcloud.com/jellica-1

The House You Built For Us

Värmeland is the new single by Danish Music Award nominee Ida Wenøe, out 31st January 2020 via Integrity Records, taken from her critically acclaimed second album The Things We Don’t Know Yet and preceding a co-headline UK tour with London-based Scot Samantha Whates.

With the kind of sound Edward Woodward might have heard downstairs in the local inn had the Wicker Man been filmed in a remote Danish village while Sarah Lund scoured for clues in her jumper, Ida’s recent singles Another Kind of Love and Change Me A Little enjoyed support on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 4, Amazing Radio, BBC Wales, BBC Cambridge, BBC Suffolk, BBC Shropshire and BBC Radio Ulster, international radio including Seattle’s super-cool KEXP, several playlist adds by the Spotify and Deezer editorial teams & praise from respected UK music sites and US tastemakers.

Värmeland was inspired by a recording session in an old wooden house in Sweden, with snow so deep that the band had to transport their equipment there on bobsleighs: 

“Snow has a way of both covering and revealing. There's something so delicate about that. You don't see the things beneath, but you see everything above. The things above will disappear but the things underneath will not, and will catch up with you eventually."

28/02 Friday - St Peter’s, Sudbury
29/02 Saturday - Café #9, Sheffield
01/03 Sunday - The Musician, Leicester
03/03 Tuesday - Green Note, Camden, London
04/03 Wednesday - Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham
05/03 Thursday - Hug & Pint, Glasgow
07/03 Saturday - Elm House Concerts, Fife
08/03 Sunday - Craigdarroch Arms, Moniaive, Dumfries

“Ida Wenøe is equal parts mysterious, brooding & beguiling” - R2 Magazine

“Her voice - weary but cute, with the power to cut through - is perfect” – The Guardian

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The Things We Don't Know Yet

Värmeland (Single Version)

Ida Wenøe - Värmeland (Single Version)

Farewell Roaring Ocean, the brand new single by Danish artist MALMØ, is out now via Integrity Records. 

The track and accompanying video comprise Part III of the forthcoming EP, The Inevitable End, a prediction in 4 parts – each one representing a different way of the world collapsing if we don´t change our behaviour. 

MALMØ features the unique voice and song-writing of Maria Malmoe. Earlier releases and immersive live performances across Europe have seen her likened to Agnes Obel, Eivør and Björk.

Maria describes the meaning of the new single as two-fold:

“On a personal level, I’m saying goodbye to the part of me that seeks out turbulent or troubled ‘waters’, and welcoming the still, serene waters of simplicity and non-attachment to the material world.

On a wider environmental scale, it’s about bidding farewell to the vast oceans as we know them. Despite water levels and water temperatures rising, we remain consumed by material desires and perceived needs – when we should be looking towards nature while there is still time.”

Working closely with Kasper Vindeløv (graphic designer) and Noemi Müller (videographer) on each of the 4 parts, MALMØ are keen to add to the wider discussion of the potentially irreparable damage mankind seems intent on inflicting upon its own planet.

The Inevitable End EP follows 2018’s critically acclaimed debut album We Come From The Stars, with spot plays on BBC 6 Music, BBC London, BBC Ulster, Amazing Radio, Shoreditch Radio & numerous regional stations, Spotify playlisting from the likes of Crack In The Road, Alex Rainbird, Double J & TUNE, & Spotify editorial support across the Nordics and Asia.

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Farewell Roaring Ocean

MALMØ - Farewell Roaring Ocean

‘Overgrown’ is the new single by Aware, released on 20th March by Beat Filter/Integrity - 3 minutes of cosmic electronica featuring a '90s field recording of a Guatemalan Shaman talking about the Mayan pyramids in Chichicastenango.

 "An earworm of spiritual proportions ... FFO The Orb" (God Is In The TV Zine)

"Röyksopp meets Public Service Broadcasting" (Postcards From The Underground Radio Show)

The mystical ‘Overgrown’ was inspired by a visit to the Mayan pyramids of Guatemala, when many sites were still un-excavated and ‘overgrown’, having been reclaimed for centuries by deep forest. Mark explains:

“Our guide (whose voice features on the track) was a Shaman who told us that some of the hills we could see were actually hidden pyramids and that there remained many such undiscovered places. Using modern technology in 2018/19 it was discovered that this is in fact true and there are hundreds of unearthed Mayan sites in the region.”

Aware are Mark Lane and Tina Morrison.  Ibiza regulars since 2000, when cult label Hed Kandi was the first of many to add their tracks to chill-out and lounge compilations, Aware became a regular name alongside the likes of Röyksopp, A Man Called Adam, Bent and Zero 7 on the finest sunset albums, including releases on the iconic Café Del Mar label for whose 20th anniversary celebrations Aware played a full-band live set to a crowd 2000-strong.

The Birmingham-based duo prepare to celebrate the release of the 20th Anniversary Remastered Edition of their much-bootlegged debut album ‘Catch The Day’ which will be available digitally for the very first time on 22nd May 2020, followed by a new album in September.

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Overgrown (Radio Edit)

Aware - Overgrown (Radio Edit)

‘Come Alive’ (29th May) is the first single from ‘A Day Out of Life’, the new album of chilled electronica by Aware which drops on 3rd July via Beat Filter/Integrity Records.

This early summer feel-good track was inspired by walks along Ibiza’s Sunset Strip, catching snippets of nightlife from each passing bar. One of Aware’s more up-tempo tracks, cheerful marimba and piano layered on latin percussion form a base for a vocal hinting at the sense of euphoria promised by the long hot night ahead.

Ibiza regulars for many years, Aware sit alongside Royksopp, A Man Called Adam, Bent and Zero 7 on the finest sunset, chill-out & lounge albums, including releases on the iconic Café Del Mar label for whose 20th anniversary celebrations Aware played a full-band live set to a crowd 2000-strong.  

In addition to their own releases and composing for film & TV, Aware curated the very first album in the series of compilations for the now famous Hostal La Torre where they’ve enjoyed extensive stays and DJ’d sunset sets in the hills above San Antonio.

Aware are Mark Lane and Tina Morrison. 

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Come Alive (Single Edit)

Aware - Come Alive (Single Edit)

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