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February 2018 Discoveries.

Many people simply want to hear and enjoy some great new music without having to waste time searching for hours. These Musical Discoveries collections aim to fulfill those needs. At least, we hope so! :)

This playlist is a compilation of the favourite musical discoveries of the Wud Records team from everything they heard at SoundCloud during February 2018.

Tracks have been arranged according to the number of plays at the time of publishing, starting with the fewest. Tracks that are early in playlists tend to receive more plays than later tracks, and we feel that the ones with fewer plays need the best chance of exposure.

This playlist is extremely eclectic, so if the track you are playing isn't quite doing it for you, try the next one. It will probably be completely different.

If you enjoyed listening to something here, please give it a like and a repost. Follow the artist. Give them a shoutout on social media. Check out some of their other tracks. Buy from something from them and your support will help them to keep going. Doing any of this will help raise their profile. At the very least you might make their day. :)

If you happen to be on this playlist, please share, give us a shoutout on your social media feeds, listen to some more tracks by the other great bands, and... enjoy!

See also:
* news about this playlist: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/news/wud-records-february-2018-musical-discoveries
* this playlist at Wud Records: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/musical-discoveries/february-2018-musical-discoveries
* all Musical Discoveries compilations: http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/miscellaneous/musical-discoveries/

February 2018 Discoveries

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Rock Progresivo

It's mind blowing for me to realise that it is almost exactly 20 years since Porcupine Tree made their first ever live appearance, at a small club called the Nag's Head in High Wycombe, UK on the 4th December 1993. To commemorate the anniversary here is a recording from the archives of the first song played at that first ever show, the Van Der Graaf Generator / Dead Can Dance sampling, David Gilmour meets The Orb fusion of Voyage 34 (years before he did actually collaborate with The Orb!), the birth of PT as a band and a performing entity.  It was recorded straight from the mixing desk so the balance is a bit strange, but actually considering how nervous we must have all been, it's not bad at all. 

Buy archive PT CD here

PORCUPINE TREE - Voyage 34 (Nags Head 4/12/1993)

As previously announced the forthcoming vinyl compilation LP “Transience" will feature a new recording of Lazarus, originally recorded by Porcupine Tree for the “Deadwing" album in 2004.  

To mark the release of this new version you can listen to my original demo of the song.  This was actually the first of two demos I made of Lazarus, and it features a very different middle 8, subsequently rewritten for the second demo and final album recording.  

Lazarus was one of several songs that were based on a film script that I was working on at the time with my friend Mike Bennion, and the David mentioned in the song is a central character in that script. 

Lazarus (first demo) performed by SW at No Man’s Land, December 2003.

Lazarus (Demo)

"Close To The Glass", the title track from the new Notwist album, out 24th February on City Slang in Europe, 25th February on Sub Pop in N. America, 12th February via Afterhours in Japan, and 21st February via Spunk in Australia.

Preorder the album in limited coloured vinyl here at the label store: http://glnk.it/2f1
digitally via iTunes: http://glnk.it/2ez 
or via Amazon: http://glnk.it/2f0 

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Close To The Glass

"Kong", the new single from upcoming Notwist album 'Close To The Glass', out 24th February on City Slang in Europe, 25th February on Sub Pop in N. America, 12th February via Afterhours in Japan, and 21st February via Spunk in Australia.

Preorder digitally via iTunes and get "Kong" and "Close to the Glass" as instant grat download: http://glnk.it/2ez
Preorder the album in limited coloured vinyl here at the label store: http://glnk.it/2f1
or via Amazon: http://glnk.it/2f0

http://notwist.com/
http://www.cityslang.com/
http://www.facebook.com/thenotwist
http://www.twitter.com/thenotwist

Kong

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Or discover hidden Videos on our Website: www.intolala.com
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THIS SONG CONTAINS //

the little metal-pearl, in the game on top of bubbles.
a Xylophone
an acoustic guitar
an old musicbox-moon from Moritz's childhood
diverse percussions

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LYRICS //
» We keep spinning round and round 
like leaves we stumble to the ground.
Thats ok, thats ok.

Our marbles lost along the way
our heads are made of paper maché.
Thats ok, thats ok. 
We can try to find them an other day.

We can't win this race today
yeh we're slow but we take our time to play.
Thats ok, thats ok, more than ok
Trophys get dusty anyway.

Fail harder, fuck up more things than anyone else.
Fail harder, common challenge yourself.
Fail harder, fall deeper, fuck it up, fuck you up«


INTO LALA - Fail Harder (Original Mix)

SW and band “explore the space” on this lengthy encore version of Radioactive Toy taken from their sold out show at the Royal Albert Hall, London on the 20th October last year.  SW - vocals / guitar, Guthrie Govan - guitar, Adam Holzman - keyboards, Theo Travis - flute, Nick Beggs - fretless bass, Chad Wackerman - drums.

Radioactive Toy (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)

Order the Vinyl from the Kscope Store: http://bit.ly/1maNOEN
Pre-order the CD: http://bit.ly/1kpVXJA
Pre-order from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SW_Cover_Version
More info on Steven Wilson: http://bit.ly/XhHnHA
More Steven Wilson videos: http://bit.ly/1654n3g

Cover Version, the album, collects all the material issued on the limited edition Cover Version singles series released between 2003-2010. The 12 tracks comprise six Steven Wilson originals and six covers and provide an essential insight into both Wilson's musical taste and his evolution as a solo artist.

In March 2003 Steven Wilson released Cover Version, a limited edition 2 track CD single. This was the first piece to be released under Wilson's own name (following an illustrious career as a member of Porcupine Tree and No-Man, and recording under various guises such as IEM and Bass Communion), and comprised completely solo performances, stripped back to acoustic guitar, piano and voice.

The single was made up of one cover version, along with one new, original composition. Replicating this format, over the next seven years, Wilson released a further five singles as part of the series.

Each of the CD singles were strictly limited. The final release (Cover Version VI) came in a special box housing all six CDs, with artwork designed by Carl Glover and a booklet of portraits of Steven by Hajo Mueller. Subsequently, an even more limited run of 7" singles were also pressed. Inevitably, as Wilson's popularity has grown - both through his work with Porcupine Tree and his hugely successful solo career - these long deleted releases have become much sought-after by collectors.

Cover Version, the album, re-packages this intriguing part of Wilson's career for a new generation of listeners.

Steven Wilson’s cover of ABBA’s 'The Day Before You Came' can be heard on the latest episode of the Kscope Podcast, listen below (for this and previous podcasts check out the podcast page):

Pressed on double heavyweight (180g) vinyl, the gatefold artwork has been 'remixed' from the box design by Carl Glover.

A CD and Digital release will be released on 30th June 2014

The album tracklist is as follows;

A
Thank You
The Day Before You Came
A Forest

B
The Guitar Lesson
Sign ‘o’ The Times
Lord Of The Reedy River

C
Moment I Lost
Please Come Home
Four Trees Down

D
The Unquiet Grave
Well You’re Wrong
An End to End

Order the Vinyl from the Kscope Store: http://bit.ly/1maNOEN
Pre-order the CD: http://bit.ly/1kpVXJA
Pre-order from iTunes: http://smarturl.it/SW_Cover_Version
More info on Steven Wilson: http://bit.ly/XhHnHA
More Steven Wilson videos: http://bit.ly/1654n3g

Kscope - Volume 6

The Day Before You Came

Kscope Store

Steven Wilson - The Day Before You Came (ABBA Cover from Cover Version)

DJ set @ KAOS London December 6th 2014

Check out my NEWEST song! : https://on.soundcloud.com/oXyhy7ZwZtQQgyJCRs

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The Chainsmokers - Don't Let Me Down ft. Daya (Hipst3r Edit)[FREE DOWNLOAD]

Forget

The Levels (Live At Medina Studio) [feat. David Gilmour]

The Raven That Refused to Sing (and Other Stories)

Drive Home

NO PART OF ME (live in London)

SECTARIAN (live in London)

Happiness III

Happiness III (Edit)

"On" is the new electronic music album by Ben Bradley.

Inspired by artists such as Daft Punk, Yello, Orbital, Giorgio Moroder, Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys, Tangerine Dream and Jean Michel Jarre.

This album can be purchased on iTunes, Amazon and other online digital music stores.

Discovery

A FEW SMALL REPAIRS

The Facts About Jimmy

Beach Days

Culture

Notes of pure nature.
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Der Waldläufer
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Completely Near & Far Away

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Der Waldläufer - Ciel Ouvert

To The Bone

The Same Asylum As Before

Song Of I (feat. Sophie Hunger)

This is a live performance of the song Meadowland, recorded by Big Big Train at Real World studios in April 2017.

Meadowland performed live at Real World April 2017

This track is in a similar style to 'Inspectors Calling' which was released with my first Garage Band album, hence the name. It contains a swung bass rhythm with many catchy synth hooks.

This track was arrested in GarageBand

The Band Is Finnished (In The Garage)

The Inspector's Case

Brendan Fraser

Last Day Of June

There Must Be A Way

Some Things Cannot Be Changed

That Day By The Pier

Spring

Permanating

Permanating (Ewan Pearson Mix)

I found this on an old computer - it's a demo for either the In Absentia or Deadwing albums, something that never got used - I can't be totally sure because while it shares lyrical themes with the songs on In Absentia, one of the melodies seems to relate to another piece from Deadwing era.  I don't remember too much about it, other than I guess it wasn't good enough to get any further than this.  Rescued from the abyss, so I only have a compressed audio file of this one, sorry about that.

Godfearing (demo 2001-03?)

These 5 songs were originally included as part of a special 3 disc hardback book edition of Insurgentes released on my own label Headphone Dust a few months prior to KScope issuing the standard version. I had around 25 songs in total from the recording sessions, several of which were dropped because they didn't measure up (some of the other leftover pieces are now released on the Insurgentes film DVD), but I felt these 5 songs were as good as the album material, so it wasn't for lack of quality that I left them off, more to do with context and not wanting the album to be too long as a listening experience.  Instead they were included on a separate CD only available with the special edition (and later on vinyl releases).  The whole idea of the special edition was to experiment with doing something really special with the packaging that took advantage of the multi-media aspect of the project (film, photos, music), and to sell only online.  They were very expensive to make and could only be printed as a one-off edition, so I had to guess at how many to make - even then I became so convinced that I wasn't going to be able to sell them that I priced is such that I basically lost money with every copy sold.  Later on I found myself wondering if the small minority that still complained that they had been "ripped off" in only getting a CD, a CD EP, a DVD, and a ten by ten 128 page clothbound full colour book for their £34 were the same people that later sold their copy on eBay for 10 times what they paid for it.  Anyway, I digress....  Here for those that missed out on the special edition, are the bonus Insurgentes songs in full resolution WAVs, enjoy! Best, S

Collecting Space

An extended 6 minute version that was previously released as part of the "Blackfield" digital download single, but I think only in mp3 form (as usual this is full resolution WAV). Blackfield's third album is due for release in March, and there is now a facebook page dedicated to the band at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blackfield/103704446366593

Blackfield

BLACKFIELD (extended)

Here we all are
Born into a struggle
To come so far
But end up returning to dust

Oxfam panache tips his hat
(laces undone)
He has no truck with idle chat
(work to be done)
The songs he learned from scratched LP's
Stops in mid-flow to sip his tea

He strums the chords with less than grace
(songs we all know)
Each passing year etched on his face
(sun, rain or snow)
The words he sings are not his own
They speak of things he'll never know

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Steven Wilson - Vocals, Mellotron, Keyboards, Guitars
Nick Beggs - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Guthrie Govan - Lead Guitar
Adam Holzman - Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Piano, Minimoog
Marco Minnemann - Drums, Percussion
Theo Travis - Flutes, Saxophones, Clarinet
Jakko Jakszyk - Additional Vocals

Kscope - Volume 4

Luminol

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