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British experimentalist Leifur James preps new EP The Year Turns To Air.

Fresh off the back of a fruitful few years that saw the release of the artist’s much-lauded debut album, notable live performances and audio-visual collaborations, the London-based composer returns with a brace of new recordings. James builds on the success of his breakout with a dense and emotive new offering wrought with organic sound design and accomplished instrumentation.

Born in part as a response to challenges that continue to be felt worldwide, the backdrop for the music is the Neolithic stone circle at Avebury in the UK near to the home of the artist’s father and where James spent much of the past year. Returning to a simpler existence, closer to nature and landscapes infused with such prehistoric lineage provided valuable insight during the composition process. The combination of acute isolation and remedy worked to draw a new energy upwards and into the light that transferred itself almost by osmosis into the music. The transformation is best described by the artist themself, recalling a new moon rising, gleaming on the horizon during a period of particular intensity in February 2021, “like a tide was turning for us all.”

Opener Sirens introduces the EP with cinematic verve before building patiently, propelled by an undulating piano riff. Buoyed by the gentle hiss and crackle of audio noise and complete with softly engineered field recordings, the track waxes and wanes in James’ characteristic style before opening up into a rousing and energetic piece of left-field techno music. Ethereal follow-up Marianna eschews the kick drums in favour of soft modular bells that drive the work throughout its runtime. If Sirens hinted at James’ ability to draw intensity out of the restrained and economic use of instrumentation, Marianna certainly proves the point: as a single, swirling synth lead gives the track its almost trance-like energy. On Locked James returns to drum programming–hi-hats shuffle while bells reignite to deliver a simple but hypnotic hook; piano riffs drop in and out alongside rising synth components and washed out vox to create an immersive experience made powerful by the artist’s admirable production techniques. New Moon bears all the hallmarks of an artist whose primary concerns include density, texture and moving songwriting. Opening simply enough, a processed piano riff introduces the piece while soft live drums draw and pull to create space for playful guitar and synth parts that drive the work onwards, simultaneously creating moving gestures across the sonic landscape. A mesh of glistening sonics executed with considerable assurance, the ebb and flow of the track makes for an invigorating outro to the EP, fading to silence in its final seconds to close the door–even if just momentarily, on the next exciting chapter in the artist’s development.

Released November 24th, The Year Turns To Air is supported by a new Leifur James European tour beginning in October this year, including stops at AB in Brussels, London’s Village Underground and Melkweg, Amsterdam.

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Leifur James - Sirens

As well as the previous one, i wasn't able to finish this track as my apartment was burglarised on October 2020.
Around July 2020, i've randomly sent some music to a dear friend of mine: Simon Heah, because he wanted to hear it.
Here is what's left, as well as other lo-fi recordings that i will only share on Soundcloud.
The thieves stole my musical equipment, my computer and the usbs where i kept the projects at the time, gladly i was able to send some audio files to Simon.
There is no reason for me to holding on to it, so here it is...

This track was recorded mainly in the summer of 2019, rearranged around October and November 2019, in my home studio, which at the time was based in Wimbledon.

You can now buy digitally "Unreleased (2018-2020) Vol. I", which is the album where this track is featured, by simply following this link : https://tinyurl.com/yck4mnaa

In Your Warm Embrace (Unreleased Track)

Joasihno & JEL
Alien Transistor - N38

There's something going on between California and Bavaria, as you might have recognized collaborations between "Themselves" and "The Notwist" ("13&God") or "Odd Nosdam" and "Saroos". And on it goes when "Jel" a true producing mastermind behind the Anticon experimental Hip Hop scene is creating a mind blowing track out of loops from Munich based experimental Pop Duo "Joasihno". And here's the small sensation: Jel is not only tinkering with soundscapes and beats but even puts his vocals and his track "Hypnotize Us". 

Cat.no.: N38
Format: 7"

Tracklisting
1. Lay Down
2. Hypnotize Us

Release Dates:
Dec 13, 2013 (Worldwide) 

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Joasihno & JEL : Hypnotize Us

Angela Aux - Pearly Gates

From the album Nostalgia Killer, available June 9, 2023 on Western Vinyl.
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Lightning Dust - "Run"

Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper - Pony Blues

Official video: https://youtu.be/TN2wlDl2D-s

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Taken from FRKWYS Vol. 11: Cantos de Lisboa
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Steve Gunn & Mike Cooper - Pony Blues

United Crushers

Summer Please (Poliça)

Restless Spheres

Alight Here

Boffadem

Single release from the album "Permanently Midnight". Hear the whole album at https://thegentlemanlosers.bandcamp.com

Permanently Midnight

Rising Tide

QUARANTINE SERIES 10 // SHiPs(Ft. Willy Mason, Ellie Rose-Davies, Naima Bock) - Shelter In Place

Speedy Wunderground – A ten-point plan

1. Speedy Wunderground is a new label which begins on February 25th 2013 with the release of “I Go Out” by Steve Mason & Emiliana Torrini.

2. Speedy Wunderground is the idea of producer Dan Carey. Dan will produce all releases. All records will be recorded at Dan’s South London studio. Dan has previously produced Franz Ferdinand, Bat For Lashes, TOY, Willy Mason, Django Django, Emiliana Torrini, The Kills, Chairlift and Steve Mason.

3. Recording of all records will be done in one day and finish before midnight. The recordings will be a snapshot of the day. Mixing will be done the day following the recording, also in one day only. This will prevent over-cooking and ‘faff’.

4. There will be no lunch break during recording and mixing days.

5. Overdubs will be kept to a minimum allowing the recordings to be free of clutter.

6. The recordings will appear in limited runs of two hundred and fifty 7”s, which will be in the shops as soon as humanly possible following their completion.

7. The core of each song will be a live take recorded in the dark with smoke and lazers and somewhere on each record the Swarmatron – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJyub78p924 - will make an appearance.

8. Speedy Wunderground work quickly. There will be as a little delay as possible between recording and release. Speedy Wunderground records will not sit on the shelf gathering dust waiting to be released.

9. Speedy Wunderground will release each year’s recordings as a compilation at the end of the year.

10. Speedy Wunderground Records will not be slow.

QUARANTINE SERIES 10 // SHiPs(Ft. Willy Mason, Ellie Rose-Davies, Naima Bock) - Shelter In Place

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