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Miquela E Lei Chapacans
Miquela e Lei Chapacans

Released 14th October 2022

The first progressive girl group of the French Occitan language pop scene bring you folk funk, sun-baked bossa, Coltrane jazz and their own brand of punky “Dizco rural” against an untouched French Balearic backdrop spanning the late 70s and 80s.

If even the most assiduous of European record collectors consider the Occitan language music scene to be France’s best-kept secret then it’s as fair to say that the incredible multifaceted recordings of langue d’oc prog girl group Lei Chapacans has spent the last four decades hiding in plain sight. In all fairness this overlooked treasure chest of minority language excursions into folk funk, Balearic, bossa, John Coltrane penned jazz, baroque psych, Palestinian poetry, comedic synth skits (and even the rawest form of femme-fronted multiingual punky disco) has been stowed away in inconspicuous photographic record sleeves, falsely evoking something closer to contemporary C&W while oft-misplaced in record shop cassette racks alongside “traditional” spoken-word and scholastic albums. So for the uninitiated, don’t be too hard on yourself.  The fun starts here.  For those who are familiar with the rare and sought-after one-off solo album by Occitan singer Miquela and have craved for more, then you’ve come to exactly the right place. Lei Chapacans (a name that roughly translates to The Vagabonds) is the all-girl vocal group assembled by Miquela herself just two years after her debut release, having toured the word and snubbed major label record deal offers with a steadfast allegiance to the protection of the Occitan language in which this album is primarily penned and performed (minus a small amount of German and sarcastic English in one rebellious instance). For European collectors with a penchant for French savoir faire, but have further yearnings for folkloric femme funk, then it’s time to look towards the Occitan sunset where you will meet Lolo, Miquela, Sophie, Irena and Denise.

These amazing, and undeniably culturally important recordings might have taken some time to find a wider audience, but for music lovers, crate diggers and vinyl vultures alike there are still a lot of tasty morsels out there to be scavenged and devoured, ask any self-respecting Chapacan and they’ll concur wholeheartedly.

Miquela e Lei Chapacans

Dizco Rural

Miquela e Lei Chapacans - Dizco Rural

Insurance Against a Great Thirst 013 Christmas Special / 22.12.2022

Weißnachten

Áchim György & Pege  - best 74 track to 233 my & Pege Norbert music IN MY LIFE! (my and my padavan)

04 Hard Even & Pege - the song of the song  (Crosses - Prurient Acapella) (to 2013) (Hard Even 2020 remasztered)

Little Father Christmas  ORGAN DISCO 7'45''

For my Grandmother Ruth Claire MacIntosh (née Hampson) [March 14th 1926 — September 15th 2017]. 

All music written, produced & recorded by Jesse Somfay.
Recorded @ ↈ during the summer of 2016. 
Optical and literary content by Jesse Somfay.
 
Mastered by Illl @ Soun Studio (www.sounstudio.com). 

3GG001 
℗ + © 2017 Three Graces

Lemon Tranquil

Lemon Tranqil

Somfay - Applecore

Recorded Live at The Crofters Rights in Bristol (UK) for Noods Radio on September 18th, 2018.

Guitar & Synths - Sebastian Lee Philipp
Drums & Electronic Percussion - Ran Levari

Audio Recording - Lorenzo Cecchi
Audio Mix - Sebastian Lee Philipp

Photo: Still from visuals created by Caroline Barrueco and Thomas Haferlach.

www.diewildejagd.com

Die Wilde Jagd - Ginsterblut (Live at Noods Radio Bristol, 2018)

To book Holden & Zimpel, please speak to Naomi at Earth Agency: https://earth-agency.com/

Our resident synth wizard James Holden’s collaborative streak continues apace as he teams up with celebrated Polish clarinet guru Waclaw Zimpel for a four track EP of deliciously krauty in-the-moment improvisations, recorded over four days in Holden’s London studio back in the summer of 2018. The richly textured 'Long Weekend EP' pits Holden’s handmade modular synth rig against Zimpel’s multifariously expressive alto clarinet, judiciously supplemented by organ, voice, assorted percussion and (on 'Tuesday' & 'Wednesday') the Balearic-tinged guitar playing of Zimpel’s long-time collaborator Jakub Ziolek, making for an immersive and transcendent lost weekend of deep listening.

Finding himself at a loose end in London one July weekend in between UK live shows, Zimpel put the downtime to good use and joined Holden in his Sacred Walls studio to undertake a series of musical experiments, with the goal of completing one track per day. Over the course of the weekend, built up in sequential tape-layered live overdubs, first the lush hypnotic undulating noodles of 'Saturday' would emerge from the ether, followed by the rushy enveloping expanses of the stridently emotional 'Sunday' (Holden’s own personal favourite from the EP) – a productive two days indeed.

Long Weekend EP

Holden & Zimpel - Sunday

READ > https://inverted-audio.com/premiere-santilli-dawn

For their fourth iteration after efforts from Cass., Bartosz Kruczyński & Poly Chain and Jason Letkiewicz, Greek label @intothelightrecords have decided to hand the reins over to a lesser-known producer in the person of Sydney-based multi-instrumentalist @maxsant, who steps up with a masterfully executed debut long-player.

Santilli - Dawn [Into The Light]

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Strelka-X/release/14156551

Aleph - Naught (Shiny Boots Edit)

Divisions: Genetics, Parallax, Corolla.

Fiat Sentiunt.
Owned & Operated by @Somfay.