Christmas 2017

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Five Things We Liked This...Christmas!

THE LIMINAÑANAS WITH PASCAL COMELADE: The Curse Of Santa Claus / Silent Night
(Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club, SNOWFLAKE 16)

The Limiñanas is guitarist, bassist, organist and main songwriter Lionel Limiñana and drummer and sometime vocalist Marie Limiñana, and is based in the southern French border city of Perpignan. After having released a series of singles, on which the duo used several guest vocalists, The Limiñanas released their self-titled debut album in 2010 on US label Trouble In Mind. The music of the Limiñanas finds its inspiration in the French psychedelic pop music from the 1960s – think Serge Gainsbourg and the yé yé sound. The Velvet Underground and psychedelic garage rock were also important influences in the band's sound. This all leads to music that incorporates a lot of 60s elements, but still sounds modern and different from most of the other music around. The duo continued to put out singles and albums over the next few years, slowly incorperating new influences in their music, like European '60s and early 70s soundtracks and library music. On their third album, The Liminañas worked for the first time with French avantgarde composer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Pascal Comenade, a cooperation that led one year later to the album 'Traité de Guitarres Triolectiques' on Because Music, re-released in 2016 as 'The Nothing Twist' on Trouble In Mind. Comenade, who became known for using toy instruments an an important component of his music, has released more than a dozen albums since the early 1980s and has worked with artists as diverse as Robert Wyatt, Faust and PJ Harvey. For their Snowflakes Christmas single, The Liminañas and Pascal Comenade again join forces and have recorded two songs together: original 'The Curse Of Santa Claus' and a version of 'Silent Night'. 'The Curse Of Santa Claus' has usual Christmas ingedrients like sleigh bells and church bells, and revolves around a story read by Odliz Bemer, but adds several vintage sounding organs, pounding drums and a fuzz guitar. The instrumental version of 'Silent Night' gives the much covered traditional a complete new perspective, with the melody being played by a glockenspiel, Herb Albert-style trumpets, violins and funky wah-wah guitars, all held together by a steady drumbeat.

The Limiñanas With Pascal Comelade - The Curse Of Santa Claus

'All I Want For Christmas Is You By Mariah Carey' b/w 'Last Few True (Vessels Remix)'
🎄 out 08.12.2017 on digital and 7" vinyl 🎄
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'All I Want For Christmas Is You' by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff originally appeared on the 1994 album "Merry Christmas" (Columbia Records). Reworked by Living Body in August to October 2017.

All instruments played & recorded by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow, with:
Alice Rowan: Lead Vocal
Katie Harkin: BVs

Piano & Fender Rhodes recorded by Jeff T. Smith at Greenmount Studios

Mixed by Jeff T. Smith at the Bungalow
Mastered by Tom Woodhead at Hippocratic Mastering

'Last Few True' from 'Body Is Working' LP, remixed by Vessels.

© 2017 Kingfisher Bluez / Barely Regal Recordings

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All I Want For Christmas Is You b/w Last Few True (Vessels Remix) 7"

All I Want For Christmas Is You By Mariah Carey

Sassy electro sparkle - a different kind of festive tune.
A sonic assault on crass commercialism with massive beats, crunching bass, and pulsating synths.
"You won’t fit down the chimney so get a cab
I’ll start off with the whisky so the time won’t drag” 
Written, Performed and Produced by Feral Five
Mastered by Angus McNaughton
Cover art Feral Five + Tracey Moberly™’s TriTrace
www.feralfive.com

I Want U

FERAL FIVE - I WANT U

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Christmas, The Sequel

I felt so blue, I felt so lonesome 
I couldn’t stand the sight of snow 
I couldn’t take this merry cold 
Despite 4 layers under my coat

I bought a ticket at the airport 
To Atlanta on a flight from Frankfurt 
I had no luggage of any sort 
Well not the kind they check you for

I felt so blue, I was so lonely 
Christmas should never feel like this 
But I sent a postcard to my family 
Merry Christmas, with love from Paris

It’s because of you that I find myself here 
Because you ruined the best time of the year 
In a little room just watching TV 
Alone for Christmas, Alone in Paris 
Alone for Christmas, AloneinParis, 
Tennessee

I felt so lonesome, I was so blue 
I couldn’t stand this night without you 
I couldn’t take the joy, the lights, the songs 
And the market down the avenue

I felt so blue, I was so lonely 
Christmas should never feel like this 
But I sent a postcard to my family 
Merry Christmas, with love from Paris

It’s because of you that I find myself here 
Because you ruined the best time of the year 
In a little room just watching TV 
Alone for Christmas, Alone in Paris 
Alone for Christmas, AloneinParis, 
Tennesseee

And who wouldn't want to spend Christmas in Paris?

Christmas In Paris, TN

New single from Nelson Can celebrating the spirit of Danish Christmas - "The song is about Christmas from a Scandinavian point of view. The further up north you go, the darker the days are during Christmas and the increasing hours of sunlight after Winter Solstice (December 21st or 22nd) still plays a very central role in the Christmas celebrations here. Hence the chorus “Solstice in sight! We don’t have to wait anymore. We will be bathed in light on Christmas night”.

We wanted to make a Christmas song that combined the Christmas we know from modern day western culture with the old hedonistic celebration of the return of the sun."

Nelson Can - On Christmas Night

Happy Holidays everyone. Last week I sat down to write and record my very own festive song. A song about not being a dick to people and making the most of the time you have with your loved ones.  I finished it on Monday and thought I would release it right away as a thank you for making the past year so special!  Available to stream or as a free download.
x

Leave Take Lend

A melancholy duet about the search for calmness amidst the chaos that is the holiday season, and an ode to the moments of peace found between the blinking lights and the falling snow.

See the lyric video here: https://youtu.be/D3E2ecJrt-A

Loop Line - Snowdrifts

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