Latitudes is a simple concept. We agreed it would be a great idea to offer our favourite bands – many of them passing through London as part of a European tour – the opportunity to spend some time recording something spontaneous, collaborative, fun or experimental in our studio. Whatever the band wants to achieve in a one day session — essentially – something truly transient, imaginative and unique. Something we hoped to capture in the aesthetic of the resulting record – something with boundless creative scope and freedom – specific to a certain time and space – something with latitude…..

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Latitudes

From Arbouretum's Latitudes session featuring four songs by Gordon Lightfoot.  Released August 2013.

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Arbouretum - Carefree Highway

From the new Latitudes session by Sylvester Anfang II. Coming soon...

Sylvester Anfang II - Jam 3

From the new Latitudes session by The Entrance Band. Coming soon...

The Entrance Band - Last Kind Words

From the Latitudes session release "Labour Of Love".

Wino & Conny Ochs -  Judas

From "Alice", the Grumbling Fur session for Latitudes, out on 28th May 2012.

Grumbling Fur - Solar Nights & Rainwater

From the forthcoming Latitudes session.  Following his critically acclaimed debut album on Aurora Borealis, the new Tri-Angle signee, The Haxan Cloak (AKA Bobby Krlic), has quite gracefully buried himself deep into the networks of unsettling electronic music. This Latitudes release is, in essence, Bobby live, but think of it as 'The Haxan Cloak 2.0'.  

Haxan Cloak - The Men Parted The Sea To Devour The Water (excerpt)

From the forthcoming Latitudes session. Forever cited as the space rock band that deliver everyone’s fix of drug-inspired psychedelia, Bardo Pond land on earth to fill a gap in our Latitudes series. It’s safe to say this quintet come out in full force to deliver lengthy, calculated soundscapes luxurious in distortion and noise.

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Bardo Pond - Side To Side (excerpt)

A track from the Latitudes session due for release 29 October.  The session includes covers of five Rudimentary Peni songs.   

Chelsea Wolfe -  Prayer for the Unborn (Rudimentary Peni cover)

Dylan Carlson, the doom metal innovator behind drone ambassadors Earth, embarks on a solo project.  Accompanied by Jodie Cox on guitar and Teresa Colamonaco on vocals, Carlson brings his restrained majestry to this reworking of traditional folk song Reyardine.  From the Latitudes release "La Strega and The Cunning Man in The Smoke".

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Drcarlsonalbion - Reynardine

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