Lo-fi improvised English folk-synth-rock.

Check Leonard Skully records on Sound Cloud for more Politburo stuff.


The Village Fate is a 5 piece band based in Los Angeles, California. Combining psych, baroque, sunshine pop, English folk and Eastern tinges, their songs are melodic and memorable, eerie and interesting, bright and beautiful.  Led by English songwriter and guitarist Joe Levi.

The solo project of Mark Corrin, Liverpool born, Manchester based writer, producer & radio broadcaster.  Formerly know as Shirokuma, and as a member of Elaskikbande, Rose & The Diamond Hand, Octobuse and Poppycock. Currently presents a weekly radio show for Salford City Radio 94.4FM. Also plays bass for Rose & The Diamond Hand. Has also previously collaborated with the likes of Can's Damo Suzuki, Ria Mazini from Mikro, The Fall / Blue Orchid's Una Baines, Max Tundra, Andy Votel, Ian Moss from the Hamsters / Four Candles and many more and assisted with the running of Manchester's Valentine Records. Currently releasing on German Shepherd Records.

The songs presented here are generally downtempo, melodic and experimental with surrealist lyrics, catchy melodies and short song lengths. The playful and varied musical backings are woven from electronic and organic sound sources and are influenced by psychedelia, world music, cinema and folk.

For a bit of history…Mark Corrin's early demo CDRs as Shirokuma made him a regular favourite on John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 Show for the final five years of its broadcast (1999 – 2004). Rob Da Bank and BBC 3 Late Junction & FloMotion’s Nick Luscombe continue to be radio supporters, whilst Shirokuma was made single of the week by both Steve Lamacq and Phil Jupitus during their time at BBC 6 Music. A debut album “Secret Moves At The Midnight Chess Club” was released via Manchester label Faith & Hope records in 2005, which yielded a joint NME single of the week, “Moonlight In The Afternoon”. The track, which the paper curiously confessed “makes us want to have sex in dressing-up clothes”, was also remixed by Max Tundra (Domino Records) and Andy Votel (Twisted Nerve \ B-Music \ Finders Keepers). An EP on Twisted Nerve records came next, before Shirokuma began working with the Manchester electronic & future rock label Valentine Records. Mark Corrin currently releases on German Shepherd Records. 

In 2015 an ongoing series of brand new EPs is being released monthly on Valentine Records.

Mystic guru, psychologist , TV presenter and record label boss Leonard Skully PhD is on a mission to explore the realms of the magnificent and terrifying through the medium of sound.
Welcome to Leonard Skully Records.
Watch LEONARD SKULLY'S MANCHESTER MONTHLY WHAT'S HAPPENING? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_kcCVOlU0g
Catalogue (available from 11stsq.com):-
LSCD1 "Sally and Prinss Revisited" CD by Politburo, Dec 2012
LSLP1 "Sally & Prinss Revisited" 12" Vinyl by Politburo, Dec 2012
LSDD2 "Seven Songs" by The Bibles
LSCD3 "Last Days of Butterfly" by Stranger Son, Out 25/11/2013
LSCD4 "The Jungfraus" CD by The Jungfraus, Out 9/12/2013
LSLP4 "The Jungfraus" LP by The Jungfraus, Out 9/12/2013
LSFD5 "Sally Came To See / Kali Madhya" Free Download by Politburo Out 14/02/2014

"Joe Levi is a singer-songwriter originally from the rural English Countryside but now living and playing in New York, his songs are a melodic and memorable mix of witchy folk, baroque pop, soaring balladry and celestial psychedelia.."

This page is a place for me to upload new demos and old songs and albums. - Joe

joeleviuk@gmail.com
thevillagefate@gmail.com

Purple Mountains Majesties is comprised of a bassist, a drummer, and four front men who switch off on every instrument they can afford to buy - all types of guitar, ukulele, keys, glockenspiel, flute, trumpet, melodica, recorder, and assorted percussion. Their heavenly three and four part harmonies and melodies bring to mind the sound of early Beach Boys and Beatles, but their inventive instrumentation and arrangements put them firmly at the forefront of the modern alternative scene populated by bands like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Hailing from the depths of Orange County, they were performing in a local raw food restaurant run by the renowned silent chef Ito (yes you read that right) where they were 'discovered' by former Oingo Boingo keyboardist, film composer, and record producer Richard Gibbs. Gibbs immediately brought them on board and began producing their debut album for his new recording venture, Invisible Arts.

Contact the band: purplemountainsmajesties@gmail.com

Joe Levi is following