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Grappling Hooks, the debut album from North Atlantic Oscillation was released last year on Kscope. The album received massive critical acclaim including being named as Zane Lowe’s Album of the Week on his BBC Radio 1 show.

The special edition of 'Grappling Hooks' collects a selection of remixes of tracks from the album along with tracks recorded for a BBC 6 Music session and the band’s beautiful cover of the doo-wop classic I Only Have Eyes For You.
Click here to order the 2CD edition of Grappling Hooks: https://www.burningshed.com/store/kscope/product/272/2824/

The band have been described as prog-pop and electro-rock, but really they just make music. The music has soaring harmonies and loud guitars and dreamy synths and heavy drums and strange effects and unexpected changes-of-mind.

NAO are the Scottish based trio of Sam Healy (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, synths, sax, percussion), Ben Martin (drums, percussion, programming) and Bill Walsh (bass, synth bass, vocals). They describe themselves as playing their instruments within a computerised wall of sound.

“Super exciting new Rock n Roll for a new decade”
Zane Lowe, BBC Radio One

“They really are quite alarmingly good”
Drowned in Sound Single of the Week

“NAO may well be your favourite new band” Artrocker

Grappling Hooks is a subtle yet powerful kaleidoscope of purring electronics, atmospheric layers and hook-laden melodies. Preceded by single Drawing Maps from Memory, out on March 8th, the album proves that the praise that was heaped upon Callsigns EP was entirely justified.

“Their bright, friendly electronics and Brian Wilson harmonies suggest Scotland may have the beginnings of its own Animal Collective. Ones to watch.” Metro

www.kscopemusic.com/nao

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Drawing Maps From Memory

North Atlantic Oscillation - Drawing Maps From Memory (from Grappling Hooks)

"Where Your Shadow Goes" is my contribution to "Lithium" - a compilation put together by The Chemistry Magazine of various electronic artists to celebrate the magazine's 2 year anniversary. 

A huge thank you to Craw at The Chemistry for asking me to take part in this project, and a congratulations on reaching this milestone.

Please take the time to listen, share and support this really wonderful compilation: http://the-chemistry.net/the-chemistry-presentes-va-lithium/

Name your price on a digital download of the comp, or purchase a VERY limited edition cassette here: http://thechemistry.bandcamp.com/

Where Your Shadow Goes (from V/A  - Lithium)

The new ‘All You Could Do’ EP from rising Brit electronica star, club musician and DJ Alex Banks see him exploring similar territory to his eclectic Monkeytown label bosses Modeselektor, fusing techno crunch with the electro-indie songwriting suss of groups such as Animal Collective.

Picked acoustic guitar comes together with pulsating machine rhythms, all made emotive and human by the melancholic vocals of Alex’s Brighton associate Elizabeth Bernholz of Gazelle Twin. As well as the original ‘All You Could Do’, in all its moody fierceness, there’s a beautifully stark pulsating remix by German DJ-producer Phon.o, a haunting slow techno ‘Alternate’ take, and a brand new tune called ‘Phosphorus’ that comes on like the mighty Crystal Castles raving it up at a Polish warehouse party.

All in all, it’s a package that presents Banks as a name to watch and makes his new album, ‘Illuminate’, all the more eagerly anticipated.

Tracklist:
A1 - All You Could Do feat. Elizabeth Bernholz
A2 - Phosphorus
B1 - All You Could Do feat. Elizabeth Bernholz (Phon.o Remix)
B2 - All You Could Do (Alternate Version)

www.facebook.com/alexbanksmusic
www.facebook.com/phon.official
http://www.monkeytownrecords.com/

ALEX BANKS – All You Could Do (PHON.O Remix) - Monkeytown041

Dry hump-02

F#ck

Eruka wrote about this but she isn't sad or so she says isn't...yet this lingering feeling of pride (chin wide above) says she's ready for the wave. I can believe her, but i don't believe in anybody or anything so i become the contradiction. 
A heart beats because it's forced to and slowly enough out of ingestion of circumstance and awareness one holds on to it (beat) out of bliss-full ignorance. "Let it go" she says

The mammary fix2

You'll know

Reading rainbowls

Track from Patterns debut release - New Noise EP.

Released on Pull Yourself Together Records on Monday 13th December as a free digital download and Limited Edition CD.

www.musicalpatterns.com
www.pullyourselftogetherzine.co.uk

Patterns - Wrong two words

warmth.

1. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Sharbat Gula
2. Mulatu Astatqe - Yekatit
3. Sapo Perapaskero - Balada Conducatorolui
4. Miles Davis - Julien Dans L’Ascensceur
5. Julee Cruise - She Would Die For Love
6. Bohren und der Club Of Gore - Midnight Walker
7. Pharaoh Sanders - Ole
8. Albert Ayler - Wizard
9. Orchestra Baobab - Utrus Horas
10. Bembeya Jazz National - Ballake / Fatoumata
11. Pale Sketcher - Plans That Fade
12. Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
13. Fennesz & Sakamoto - Oto
14. Max Richter - Flowers For Yulia
15. The Gentleman Losers - Honey Bunch
16. Ennio Morricone - For A Fistful Of Dollars
17. Yma Sumac - Xtabay
18. Portishead - We Carry On
19. Explosions In The Sky - Greet Death
20. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - The MacGuffin

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