Xeno Beauty

heavy

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A few songs from the album Somewhere Else, out now worldwide on CD/2LP/download from Paper Bag Records!
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"Another majestic collection of songs" Billboard

"Her sighing vocals and his gleaming synths have been bolstered by a tad more thump and funk this time round...lovely" The Independent (4/5)

""'Somewhere Else's high drama workouts keeps us dancing with tears in our eyes." Instinct Magazine (4.5/5)

"Synths twinkle like slowly spinning disco balls...Shapiro's vocal, filtered in such a way that it recalls a refracted sunbeam, caps off the dream. When she coos in her upper register...the effect is nearly magical." MSN Music (4/5)

"Somewhere Else is their hotly-anticipated third album - and it's a cracker… Indeed, it's difficult not to form a crush on Sally and her angelic vocals while listening to Somewhere Else. The duo continue to conjure euro-pop gems throughout the album, each one wrapped in funky synths, fat bass lines and cool beats. Electro at its best!" Daily Sport (5/5)

"With the improvements, revamps, and overall more interesting arrangements, Somewhere Else manages to be the equal of Disco Romance" AllMusic (4/5)

"With wispy techno beats leading the way, Somewhere Else, the Swedish duo’s (Shapiro and Johan Agebjörn) third studio album, is a journey to a distant land—a heaven of music for anime characters hosting raves on clouds with rainbows for dance floors."
Filter (80/100)

"Somewhere Else is as charming and featherlight as the rest of their discography, but shows growth in all the right places: New collaborations, new sounds, same feeling."
Idolator (4/5)

"Building on the foundations of the duo’s previous Italo-disco homages, the mysterious Swedes are back, blurring the line between that genre and its close relative, Hi-NRG, to winning effect... Somewhere Else makes for an invaluable addition to any self-respecting pop-loving household." The Line Of Best Fit (7.5/10)

"There are no misses here...if Somewhere Else doesn't blow your leg warmers off, nothing will." Bust Magazine (4/5)

"In Somewhere Else, Sally Shapiro dip from toe to calf in new soundscapes and are enlivened by the feel." Paste Magazine (7.3/10)

"The vocals are delicate and gorgeous as ever, and the music really comes to life, peaking on gripping, sensual “I Dream With an Angel Tonight”; the breezy but sad “What Can I Do”; the intergalactic longing and weirdness of “Starman”; and breathy “Lives Together.” This is her, um, their best album to date."
Tibune (4/5)


Somewhere Else preview

Easy Listening

80s. Ish

soundtrack2

01.03.2013

A mish mash of sounds that fell off the back of a lorry marked '80s disco' and assembled for your listening and dancing pleasure.

Flackburger

Give You The Ghost

Wandering Star      

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Yeah Right

Bleeding Rainbow "Pink Ruff"

"Waking Dream" is the third single from Bleeding Rainbow's upcoming album "Yeah Right" (out Jan 29, 2013). Available on limited 7 inch and digital download.

Bleeding Rainbow - Waking Dream

Remix of "All Too Real" by Harts
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All Too Real (Diamond Cut Remix)

Teletrips

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The Fall

Away - Window Seat Ep - Out 20/11/2012

Single out on Nov 20th 2012 on Paper Bag Records.
Available worldwide from: http://shop.paperbagrecords.com/products/what-can-i-do-single and http://www.junodownload.com/products/what-can-i-do/2068628-02/
First single from the album "Somewhere Else" out in February 2013.
Written by Roger Gunnarsson, Johan Agebjörn and Jaime Cristóbal. Produced by Johan Agebjörn. Guitar by Jaime Cristóbal.

"From working with labels such as Diskokaine through Permanent Vacation, and alongside artists such as Italo disco legend Fred Ventura and 'chillwaver' CFCF, Shapiro has become the figurehead for the dreamy, spirited pop/indie-disco sound. Her latest for Paper Bag (who initially released a collaboration with CFCF) is a chirpy indie-disco number that takes a cue from vintage 4AD (Cocteau Twins) mixed with just an oversweet touch of '80s Euro-pop; and the result is nothing short of lovely."
DJ Magazine

"Achingly sweet and earnest"
Stereogum

"Taking on elements of indie pop and mixing wispy vocals with light-as-helium synths and even a flute solo, "What Can I Do" feels as inconsequential as a day in the park. It's the sort of track you'll want to play again as soon as it's over, for fear that it might just float away forever."
Refinery 29

"Bedded with newly warmed synth tones and shimmering guitars, "What Can I Do" offers a tender take on acoustic pop that eschews the expected electro backdrop. Still, the pair haven't forgotten their roots: As Shapiro's vocals rise to the puppy-soft chorus, she's backed by syncopated disco drums. And you know what it sounds like? Only the best pajama dance party ever!"
MTV Buzzworthy

What Can I Do

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Original Mix
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Streets Of Vengeance Remaster
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1 - New Wave Hookers

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CHROMATICS / CHERRY

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Single from the Sally Shapiro album "Somewhere Else" out now on Paper Bag Records.

The single includes Miami Nights 1984 remix and instrumental version, available from:
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Co-written and co-performed with Electric Youth.

Written by Mario Pak/Johan Agebjörn/Austin Garrick
Produced by Johan Agebjörn, co-produced by Mario Pak
Additional vocals by Bronwyn Griffin of Electric Youth

"Swedish synth-pop princess Sally Shapiro has shared another gorgeous track with us. The second single from her upcoming album Somewhere Else is called "Starman" which features Canadian pop duo Electric Youth.  Together they’ve created a wonderful bubbling indie pop track featuring Sally Shapiro’s trademark disco likings and whimsical vocals."
Prefix Magazine

"Mixing ultra-girly harmonies reminicent of a Molly Ringwald movie with a dose of trippy new-age synth, Shapiro’s music is our go-to when needing to blow off steam and dance around our bedroom. Download our premiere of the radio edit for her latest single “Starman” feat. Electric Youth above and just try to stay seated…"
NYLON

"The song is an electronic triggered jaunt down the disco. Purposefully detached vocals somehow enforce an overwhelming warmth into the song, and you’re left with the comforting feeling that you’ll never dance alone again. How does she do it? How?!"
Scandipop

"Starman is a particularly deep and dreamy slick of these guys ScandiPop. Sally is at her hushed-Saint-Etienne best, and being backed by the vintage tones of Electric Youth’s Bronwyn, cast a beautiful vocal net. A totally compelling voice in electronic music, Sally has found the perfect music partner in Johan, who knows exactly how to deliver sweeping, passionate synth music, with a subtle 60s twist, that suits her just right. Cannot wait for the album."
Electronic Rumours

"Evidently both duos’ styles were synth made for each other and this is quite the reason why the track can elevate itself to such a level of accomplished sophistication."
EQ Music Blog

"Starman may or may not be a Swedish nod to John Carpenter's movie of the same name, but in any case, it's lovely, fun, and possibly the best song on the album."
BUST Magazine

Starman (feat. Electric Youth) (Radio Edit)

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Metal & Dust

Hey Now

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Taken from Robots Don't Sleep's self-titled EP out 13th January on Four Music, featuring my Vocal Mix of 'So Bad' 

XLR8R

Robots Don't Sleep - So Bad (Synkro Dub Mix)

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Produced by Jono Ma
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Howlin'

The Throw

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Like A Stranger

Yesterday

Spotify

Seconds

Taken from the single 'Sensate Focus 2' released as 12" and Download.
Written and produced by Mark Fell and Mat Steel

Sensate Focus 'X' (FOCUS 2)

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Beacon - Bring You Back

Slipping on everything you say
Vacant eyes, are you the new day?
Exhausted all my references
Given up trying to make sense
It's just who you are

Tell me do you really feel like I do?
All that matters to me doesn't phase you
Growing while my world divided in two
Where the hell were you?

What's important that you've left behind you?
It's a pointless struggle to rewind you
Born in '91, what can I say?
Where the hell were you?

A separation you can't see
Age is just a technicality
It's just who we are

Recorded by Ben Greenspan and Justin Pizzoferrato March & September 2012 
Mixed by Justin Pizzoferrato @ Sonelab (Easthampton, MA) 
Mastered by Carl Saff @ Saff Mastering (Chicago, IL)

Born in '91

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Metal & Dust (X Factor Performance)

Summertime sadness
I feel India in my bones
I  can smell sunlight
I can feel the highline
Bless me
Gods bless me
Goddess Of forbidden love
I am she
I keep one white candle
Maintain
Purity ... Purity

Show me the way to your hiding place
I think I wanna go go there
Hooo hoo
Show me the way to your hiding place
I think I wanna go go go go there
...go to church if you scared

I lay formless
Hands tied in my sheets
Star signs say I'm rare
Chosen
By who
I I I I I
I wonder who's watchin
Who's wing I'm under
Sweep me up and ill go
No questions take me
I'll go!

Show me the way ...

Yea yea yea
Yea yea yea
Yea yea yea

100...

06 ICE.MOON - (Prod. by Felix Snow & Patrick Lukens)

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Written and produced by Roger Gunnarsson/Le Prix/Johan Agebjörn (a.k.a. Swedish Italo Disco Mafia)

Taken from the album "Somewhere Else" out on Feb 26th on Paper Bag Records (CD/white vinyl 2LP/download)

Special thanks to Chart Music

All My Life

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"On "Sundown", one of the finest tracks from her new record Somewhere Else, Shapiro and her collaborators showcase newfound artistic breadth by taking familiar sounds and textures, subjecting them to a subtle reconfiguration. Johan Agebjörn and Roger Gunnarsson take a handful of Italo disco trademarks-- glossy synths, airtight electronic percussion, garish, sparkly effects-- and apply them to a slow-paced ballad where Shapiro delivers a dreamy, fragile vocal performance. The final touch is a sublime sax solo reminiscent of Destroyer's magnificently louche Kaputt, and the result is bluish, bruised-heart pop that lingers long after it's finished." Pitchfork

"Sundown, which was produced by Johan Agebjörn is an energetic ballad that Shapiro adorably coos all over...racked with the sweetness you come to expect from Shapiro" Stereogum

"Great work as always. I love the track."
Johnny Jewel (Chromatics, Glass Candy)

Written by Johan Agebjörn and Roger Gunnarsson. Produced by Johan Agebjörn. Saxophone by Jonas Thander.

Taken from the album "Somewhere Else" out now on Paper Bag Records (CD/white vinyl 2LP/download)

Sundown

YELLOWBIRDS
Songs From The Vanished Frontier

Available May 28, 2013 from The Royal Potato Family

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'Songs from the Vanished Frontier,' the second album from New York’s Yellowbirds, includes love songs and breakup songs, happy numbers and sad numbers, tunes about not believing in the truth and, alternately, tunes about delivering it. There’s bracing rock ’n’ roll and bubbling folk, drifting jangle and swiveling R&B. But the thread that unites these nine instantly affecting songs is their search to find the signal amid the noise—that is, to understand the world and its whirlwind and to deliver just a little bit of clarity every three or four minutes. “What have I believed in?” Sam Cohen sings toward the end of the title track, his voice a near-murmur that peeks out from beneath the ashes of a smoldering empire. “How will I deceive me now?”

That quest for answers and assurance suits Cohen’s backstory: After the 2009 end of his longtime vehicle for wild, radiant anthems and experiments, Apollo Sunshine, Cohen thought his musical career might be over. But a clutch of songs he wrote in his bedroom soon found currency with a few New York musicians, and they started developing and playing them under the name Yellowbirds. The band’s 2011 debut, 'The Color,' received favorable reviews, with Pitchfork Media noting that the record espoused “an endearing raggedness … as though Cohen invited you into his living room.”

'Vanished Frontier' hinges on the same intimacy, but you’d never mistake it for a living room project. Indeed, for the first time, Cohen and his now full-time band (drummer Brian Kantor, singer/bassist Annie Nero, her husband and multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman) had their own studio in which to build the new songs and sounds.

“I knew the sonic possibilities were broader than ever before, so I made a point to write the entire album on an acoustic guitar before delving into recording,” says Cohen. “I wanted to believe in the songs in their rawest form.”
	
Again, he wanted to keep the signal clear from the noise, and that’s precisely what Vanished Frontier achieves. It’s not a fussy album, overpopulated by a load of special guests and strange accessories. And Cohen’s brilliant guitar playing is never flashy so much as it is functional, sending simple lines through a web of carefully chosen effects to help illustrate the stories he sings. On “Vanished Frontier,” for instance, the arid guitar seems to be shaking its world-weary head every time Cohen uncovers another lie; during the lovelorn equivocation of “Mean Maybe,” the six-string solo warps the blues into a pattern that’s as fractured as Cohen’s feelings. 

That’s not to say, of course, that these songs are spare or stripped in any way. This is still Sam Cohen, of course, draping and dressing these tunes with spectral harmonies and backmasked voices, decorative percussion and interwoven textures. It’s just that these songs now stand on their own and then glow in the presence of the band and the studio. In the end, then, the noise supports the signal.

Yellowbirds | "Young Men Of Promise"

Your Eyes

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TOUR DATES

08.03 - St Petersburg, Russia - Jesus Club
09.03 - Moscow, Russia, Rodyna Studio
13.03 - Birmingham, UK - The Bulls Head
14.03 - Brighton, UK - The Green Door Store
15.03 - Portsmouth, UK - Theme
16.03 - Norwich, UK - Norwich Arts Centre
20.03 - Manchester, UK - Islington Mill
21.03 - London, UK - Dance Tunnel
22.03 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Liquid Room
23.03 - Nottingham, UK - Stealth
27.03 - Dublin, Ireland - The Lost Society
28.03 - Glasgow, Scotland - Broadcast
29.03 - Bristol, UK - Thekla
30.03 - Sheffield, UK - Bungalows and Bears

04.04 - Stockholm, Sweden - Landet
05.04 - Berlin, Germany - Gretchen
06.04 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - Motel Mozaique Festival
11.04 - Munich, Germany - Yip Yab
12.04 - Bucharest, Romania - Control Club
20.04 - Paris, France - La Bellevilloise
24.04 - Lisbon, Portugal - Musicbox
26.04 - Krakow, Poland - Pauza
27.04 - Poznan, Poland - Pawilon Nowa Gazownia

03.05 - Vienna, Austria - Cafe Leopold
06.05 - Brussels, Belgium - AB Box 
10.05 - Madrid, Spain - Post Club
11.05 - Belfast, Ireland - Oh Yeah Music Centre

07.06 - Oslo, Norway - Bla
08.06 - Manchester, UK - Parklife Festival

05.07 - Helsinki, Finland - Kuudes Aisti Festival

10.08 - Sventoji, Lithuania - Satta Outside Festival

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Forlorn (ft. Busdriver)

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Written and produced by Johan Agebjörn.

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Taken from the album "Somewhere Else" out now on Paper Bag Records (CD/white vinyl 2LP/download)


This City's Local Italo Disco DJ Has A Crush On Me

Sally Shapiro's music is heavily influenced by 80s italo disco. The project also includes the composer and producer Johan Agebjörn.
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Albums

Disco Romance (2007)
My Guilty Pleasure (2009)
Somewhere Else (2013)

Remix albums

Remix Romance vol. 1 (2008)
Remix Romance vol. 2 (2008)
My Guilty Pleasure - Remixes (2010)
Elsewhere (2013)

Singles/EPs

I'll Be By Your Side (2006)
Anorak Christmas (2006)
Jackie Jackie (2008)
Spacer Woman From Mars (2008)
He Keeps Me Alive (2008)
Miracle (2009)
Love In July (2009)
Don't Be Afraid (Alternative Version) (feat. Anoraak) (2010)
Alice (feat. Fred Ventura) (2011)
What Can I Do (2012)
Starman (feat. Electric Youth) (2013)

Remixes

Don Juan Dracula: Take Me Home (2007)
CFCF: The Explorers (2009)
Lindstrøm &amp; Christabelle: Looking For What (2009)
Wolfram feat. Holy Ghost!: Hold My Breath (2011)
Jam &amp; Spoon feat. Plavka: Find Me (2013)