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2022's singles remastered

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The Orkney Tapes

Sleeping Through The Day (The Orkney Tapes)

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Modern Fencing

Written, performed and produced by Dominique Finnegan and Scott Kaufman
Mixing and Mastering - Scott Kaufman

Other Half

We’ve all been there at times… losing faith in life, questioning who to turn to for solace and meaning – and this time it’s lead singer and guitarist Dave Lightfoot of South London garage rockers The Fades. Having heard a rumour that Keanu Reeves was filming around the corner from their rehearsal studios just after experiencing a midlife breakup, Dave’s imagination was set alight thinking: imagine bumping into Keanu on the street, hanging out and going back to the studio with him for a jam together – then an amazing lifelong relationship can begin, but before that there’s a song to write and here it is…

Looking for Keanu is a 90’s inspired slice of slacker indie rock that features The Fades at their most reflective and self-effacing.

The naked honesty in the verse lyric is plain to see but even in the darkest moments there’s always hope to guide us through to better times and then comes the chorus: it’s powerful, catchy and you can’t help but be lifted up by its energy. There’s the video too, jam packed with ‘Easter eggs’ from Keanu’s various films, all shot around the area where Keanu was filming in South London when Dave came up with the song.

With DJs like Steve Lamacq, John Kennedy & Marc Riley supporting various releases & glowing write ups in Louder Than War, Fresh on The Net & alike throughout their career, The Fades are a band who’ve consistently turned adversity to their advantage, finding the best in life while not taking themselves too seriously.

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Looking for Keanu

Picked it up smooth like butter
Long hot drive in the summer
Drop draws locked doors lock jaw drop
Heart stop
Set mind in the gutter

Unbearable
My parable
Set my sights intangible
More than I could handle
Lust for life by the handful
Everything I want above me
Dangle
Grab it
Mind stay split
Burnt out candles with hunched back wicks
Late night trains through Hackney Wick
Lost friends along the way
I'm accustomed to it
There's a custom to it
Dark magic to it
Dark magic fluid
Dark magic music
Ain't shit to do
Ain't shit to prove
Sit back recline
Wind down the roof
I move

I don't even want to run away
But I'm running out of reasons to stay

Produced by Tony Bontana

All the Things

Is modern life sucking you dry? Void Vampires want you to listen up. Modern post-punk Londoners Jessie Jayne and Kunwar Singh want you to listen to their cautionary tales of the misuse of technology within modern society. Imagine if the band Dry Cleaning, Kae Tempest, English Teacher and Idles met up with Savages and Siouxsie and the Banshees at the graveyard at midnight in 2024 to talk shop about AI ethics and society today. Jessie Jayne preaches sarcastic vocals over Kunwars art-punk stylings.

Breathe In Breathe Out

Lost in the Shuffle

Wallflower

A disused amusement park of a toxic relationship, where the carousel becomes a metaphor for the cyclical nature of control. Realising the person must move on, but how will the other person react?

The Dawn Spawned A Narcissist

'I am the moon, you are the sun' is an attempt to challenge a pattern of always putting others first without daring to appreciate ones own importance.

I am the moon, you are the sun

Song written by Emma de Goede and Gerry Matthee
Produced by Gerry Matthee  
Mixed by Peter Eades and Gerry Matthee
Mastered by Mike Zietsman

Stream "Wishbone" here: https://porcelainmoon.ffm.to/wishbone

Wishbone

Out The Door!

Indie, Acoustic & Psychedelic music from The Outer Hebrides. 

The Outer Hebrides' elusive songsmith, flakebelly, defies genre norms, fusing indie rock and acoustic folk-jazz. From jazzy pianos, bluesy guitar riffs and ambient textures, his music experiments with diverse sounds. Recently played on BBC 6 Music, flakebelly's distinctive songwriting is beginning to build ripples from an avalanche of pebbles. Learning guitar in the early 2000's, his musical journey led to an indie-folk EP in 2022, 'Behaviours,' and 'Lo Fidelity' in 2024. Also due in 2024 upcoming album, 'Apprentice Green'. flakebelly records & produces alone in his home studio, embodying a creative evolution that is always transitory. 

All socials: @flakebelly //

"Extensive and wildly eclectic sonic adventures" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
"Refreshingly individual and very likeable" - Neil March, Trust The Doc Media

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