We'd like to invite you to listen to the full album release from Radium88. Feel free to blog, review, tweet, discuss with your friends or simply just enjoy.


Track break down:

1.How the West Was - Languid dreamy hypnotic cycling piano riff, clicking whirring beats and intense melancholic classical strings.

2. Leave No Stone Unturned - Swirling analogue synths with evocative clarinet gives way to electro sequences and deep bass trip-hop beats with crystalline vocals.

3. A Short Ride in a Broken Machine - Soothing pulsing and chiming synths underpin a gorgeous ethereal vocal before drifting off into the distance with folky ukulele and low whistle.

4. Nocturne 3 - Spooky apocalyptic waves of static phase in and out of haunting classical-style piano, with glitching trip-hop drumloop breakdown.

5. The Unerring Certainty of Mechanism - Echoing piano and synths with filtered beats underpin comforting radio announcements of the end of the world interspersed with plaintive vocals morphing gradually into faster beats layered with screaming guitar before fading out with xylophone and melancholic Yann Tiersen-style accordion.

6. The Irretrievable Loss of Personal Belonging - Gentle synth instrumental like a more musical Krafwerk. 

7. Lady of Perpetual Motion - A weird kind of melodic psychedelic dub with lush trippy strings.

8. Still Separated by Oceans – Cool, clear vocal suspended over melodic electro dub, before giving way to Underworld-ish beats.

9. The Angel of Final Warning - A trio of fierce folky fiddlers cook up a storm over atmospheric psychedelic dub, with mellow cornet and transcendent vocals.

10. The Man Who Was Not Himself - Twanging guitar hints at a 50’s spy noir b-movie, only from the future!

11. A Matter of Love and Death - Electric piano and filtered synths and beats blend with intense classical strings. 

12. Monsters Only Seen in Mirrors - More heartrendingly sad piano drowning in glitchy waves of static and 50’s b-movie horror organ but what’s that waltzing over the hill? Is it giant steam-powered robots?

13. Founder or Else Float - Cavernous trip-hop beats blend with piano, cornet and heartfelt vocals.

14. And Then She Saw Stars - Tinkling synths, warm clarinet and angelic vocals offer a surprise uplifting ending to the album.

Available now to download from CDBaby, itunes, Amazon and other download sites.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/radium88 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Escaping-Tomorrow/dp/B005VTRQQG  
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/escaping-tomorrow/id472823903 

Web Links:

Radium88:
http://www.radium88.net 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radium-88/300812459944304#!/pages/Radium-88/300812459944304 
http://www.soundcloud.com/radium88 
http://www.myspace.com/theradium88 


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Radium88 Biog:

Radium88 are based around composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Tim Thwaites and singer Jema Davies, together with Clare Hunt - violin/vocals, Matt Clare - guitar, Mike Clifford - cornet/low whistle and Joe Thwaites - clarinet.

Most electronic music has traditionally either meandered through cerebral experimentalism or headed straight for the dancefloor. Not feeling like they entirely belong in either place, radium88 are content to carve out a niche of their own, making thoughtful melodic electronica with elements of dub, classical, folk and psychedelia. Partly vocal and partly instrumental, their music features splashes of orchestral colour from live strings, cornet and clarinet. The sound could be loosely described as crystalline pure angelic vocals soaring effortlessly above a Blade Runner soundtrack as re-envisioned by Massive Attack. Or equally the sort of sound you might get if Bjork were to collaborate with Philip Glass or Orbital with Beirut. 

02 leave no stone unturned

05 the unerring certainty of mechanism

06 the irretrievable loss of personal belonging

07 lady of perpetual motion

08 still separated by oceans

09 the angel of final warning

10 the man who was not himself

11 a matter of love and death

12 monsters only seen in mirrors

13 founder or else float

14 and then she saw stars

Radium88 are based around composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Tim Thwaites and singer Jema Davies, together with Clare Hunt - violin/vocals, Matt Clare - guitar, Mike Clifford - cornet/low whistle and Joe Thwaites - clarinet.

Most electronic music has traditionally either meandered through cerebral experimentalism or headed straight for the dancefloor. Not feeling like they entirely belong in either place, radium88 are content to carve out a niche of their own, making thoughtful melodic electronica with elements of dub, classical, folk and psychedelia. Partly vocal and partly instrumental, their music features splashes of orchestral colour from live strings, cornet and clarinet. The sound could be loosely described as crystalline pure angelic vocals soaring effortlessly above a Blade Runner soundtrack as re-envisioned by Massive Attack. Or equally the sort of sound you might get if Bjork were to collaborate with Philip Glass or Orbital with Beirut. 


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