

In April 2013 we were approached by the organisers of the Explore the North festival in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. They asked if we would use some footage of the Elfstedentocht (Eleven Cities Tour), the world's biggest ice skating race, and write some songs around it. So we did. A transcript in English is below

www.explore-the-north.nl/

Watch the videos here:
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o63qrV4iKTc
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrPBTwwnpdc

Contains footage (C) Fries Film Archief. Used with kind permission. Written and produced by Public Service Broadcasting. Drums recorded by Gregor Reid at Fonica Studios, Glasgow.

Newspaper: Eleven Cities Tour on Friday
Newspaper: Eleven Cities Tour to be a superhuman effort
January 18th, 1963
An ice-skating marathon that is unparalleled
5.30 in the morning
300km through a Friesland only the strongest can cope with

Newspaper: Elfstedentocht: Tough, Tough, Tough

The starting signal is given for the Eleven Cities Tour
But what everyone is preparing themselves for..
That is the Elfstedentocht

The twelfth Eleven Cities Tour
Temperature: 16 degrees Celsius below zero
A brutal tour of more than 200km
But what everyone is preparing themselves for...

550 professional skaters
Around 9,500 leisure skaters
Skaters from Sweden, Canada, Switzerland and Belgium

But what everyone is preparing themselves for...
Sneek
IJlst
Sloten
Stavoren
Hindeloopen
Workum
Bolsward
Harlingen
Franeker
Dokkum
Leeuwarden

But what everyone is preparing themselves for...
That is the Elfstedentocht.


Elfstedentocht Part 2

FLIES 45-40 Giuliano Sorgini
MAD TOWN / ULTIMA CACCIA
7''

out on Feb, 25th

Four Flies is delighted to present a super juicy treat for all 7-inch vinyl devotees: the first of its 45s series singles to feature tracks from Giuliano Sorgini’s masterpiece Zoo Folle. To ensure maximum DJing pleasure, we’ve picked two of the grooviest tracks from the original recording session, never before released in this format.

The psychedelic funk number “Mad Town”, on Side A, drags you in with its infectious drum breaks and the rapid yet hypnotic flute of Nino Rapicavoli. “Ultima Caccia”, on Side B, is sheer afro-tribal bliss, with drums by Sorgini himself and massive funky percussion by legendary session player Enzo Restuccia.

If you want an ace up your DJing sleeve, look no further.

Giuliano Sorgini | Mad Town

FRIENDLY FIRES & THE ASPHODELLS
‘BEFORE YOUR EYES / VELO’
AA-SIDED SINGLE RELEASED ON 31ST MARCH 2014 ON TELOPHASE
DOWNLOAD NOW FROM ITUNES: http://smarturl.it/FFBeforeYourEyes

At some point in 2013, Friendly Fires, Andrew Weatherall and Timothy J Fairplay (aka The Asphodells), convened in an east London pub to discuss collaborating on new music together. The plan was to produce music that came from a place outside of their respective usual musical styles - a loose, open-ended process embarked upon for the pure joy of experimentation and collaboration rather than a specific end goal.

The collaboration came on the back of two hugely successful Friendly Fires albums – 2008’s debut Friendly Fires and 2011’s follow up Pala – and an acclaimed debut album from The Asphodells in 2013’s Ruled By Passion Destroyed By Lust, the latest in a long line of classic releases from Andrew Weatherall’s own Rotters Golf Club label.

Recording took place between Weatherall’s Shoreditch studio, The Bunker, and Friendly Fires frontman Ed Macfarlane’s basement studio just a short stroll down the road in Farringdon, using a desk that once belonged to influential German producer Konrad ‘Conny’ Plank to mix the tracks.

The result is ‘Before Your Eyes’ and ‘Velo’ - two brand new tracks that take close to ten minutes each to reveal their full hypnotic glory. The tracks will be released as a AA-sided single on 12” and download and will be the inaugural release on Friendly Fires’ own Telophase label.

www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/re…ed/37720000000
www.piccadillyrecords.com/prod/Friendl…e-95128.html
www.roughtrade.com/albums/81322

Friendly Fires & The Asphodells - Velo

STRUCTURE & ROUTINE: 

Intro:
Every single time
Every single time 

Verse 1:
We wake up in the chaos and break another chain 
We dance around the edges of the everyday same 
Structure in the shadows, routine in the rhyme 
We turn a little madness into our kind of shine 

Chorus:
This is how we break it, this is how we move
Find a new horizon, something we can prove
Structure’s just a canvas, routine’s just a line
We paint a little freedom every single time, 

Verse 2:
Chasing down the daylight, running through the noise
We flip another script and we raise up our voice 
Finding all the colors in a black-and-white scene
Turning every minute into something unforeseen 

Chorus:
This is how we break it, this is how we move
Find a new horizon, something we can prove
Structure’s just a canvas, routine’s just a line
We paint a little freedom every single time, 
every single time
Every single 

Bridge:
In the quiet, we find a rhythm 
In the stillness, we find a spark Just a breath to break the pattern 
Just a beat to light the dark

Chorus:
This is how we break it, this is how we move
Find a new horizon, something we can prove
Structure’s just a canvas, routine’s just a line
We paint a little freedom 
every single time, 
Structure’s just a canvas, routine’s just a line
We paint a little freedom 
every single time, 

every single time. 
every single time. 
every single time. 
every single time.


STRUCTURE & ROUTINE

Symphony of Nadiege Sabate No.18

Recorded at Head Gap Studios by Neil Thomason
Mixed by Alex Markwell
Mastered by The Cabin Mastering

Never Going Back

Black Noise 2084 - pre order https://OnTheCorner.lnk.to/BlackNoise2084

artworked vinyl stictly limited

Dense Ft. Shabaka Hutchings & Tommaso Cappellato

From the upcoming album "Too Much Tension!" Out May 10th.
Dapt.one/TooMuchTension

The Mystery Lights's sophomore album on Daptone's rock subsidiary, Wick Records, finds the group digging deeper into their well of eclectic influences, enriching their sound without echoing the past. It mixes the eerie, insistent synth sounds of groups like The Normal and Suicide, the energy and swagger of punk’s golden age, the pop sensibility of The Kinks, and the stark, deliberate execution of Television.  The Mystery Lights are taking their idiosyncratic brand of rock and roll to dizzying new heights.

The Mystery Lights - Someone Else is in Control

Jamie Lidell's self-titled album 'Jamie Lidell' was released on CD, 2LP and download on 18th February 2013. 

iTunes - http://glnk.it/1rk
Bleep - http://glnk.it/1rl
Amazon - http://glnk.it/1ss
Google Play - http://glnk.it/2ci

http://jamielidell.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jamie-Lidell/20076240072

Jamie Lidell

why_ya_why

Buy on iTunes

Jamie Lidell - why_ya_why  (taken from self-titled album 'Jamie Lidell' out Feb 18/19)

A track from the new album 'New Tunes Vol.3' of Alex Cortiz.

Available on all download-stores and streaming-services world wide.

Alex Cortiz on Bandcamp: https://alexcortiz.bandcamp.com

New Tunes Vol.3

Nightcrawlers Theme

Nightcrawlers Theme (full version)

Informing, educating and entertaining since 2009.

Live at Brixton | Out Now: https://psb.lnk.to/live-at-brixtonSo

The Race For Space / Remixes available here:
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Physical: http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/trfs-remixes/

"The Race For Space" available here: http://publicservicebroadcasting.net/the-race-for-space-out-now/

Buy the debut album "Inform - Educate - Entertain" here: http://bit.ly/11cHjJP & stream here: http://smarturl.it/psbalbum1 

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Elfstedentocht Part 2

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