pmd new releases 03rd june 2016
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pmd new releases 03rd june 2016
INDIE NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Max Jury - Max Jury MA0064CD MA0064LP 5060454941996 5060454942009 CD LP MARATHON ARTISTS MARATHON ARTISTS INDIE INDIE £7.99 £10.99 Max Jury is a piano playing singer songwriter from Des Moines, Iowa, who, at 23, is about to release one of the albums of the year. Simply titled ‘Max Jury’, this 11 track opus conjures up the past while stepping boldly into the future driven by his incredible voice. Once you hear it, you won’t forget it. Max’s album is released on the Marathon Artists label, the home of Courtney Barnett. You might have seen him on tour with Lana Del Rey or Rufus Wainwright and witnessed the plaintive heartache that lives within his music. Or you might have heard him on Radio 1, 2 or 6 Music. Or read about him in Clash or Mojo. For Max Jury is making waves. His new single ‘Numb’ evokes the longing to escape, a longing that took him from Iowa to London, a city that’s become a second home to this accomplished young musician. Tour Dates 2016: 02nd Mar – The Forge, Camden 25th May – Louisiana, Bristol 26th May – 100 Club, London 27th May – Bodega, Nottingham 29th May – Gullivers, Manchester 30th May – Hug & Pint, Glasgow Plus, touring with the Mystery Jets this Autumn On this hugely impressive debut album, Max weaves an intoxicating tapestry of 70’s Laurel Canyon st acoustic confessionals and 21 century Neo Soul. It’s a sound of rare beauty. Recorded in New York with hip-hop producer Inflo and a crackerjack band of musicians who often play with Alicia Keys and D’Angelo and in a sleepy North Carolina town with the musical director of a small, local black church. Both places helped Max effortlessly bridge gospel and soul with his country roots. Mark Ronson says: “Max’s songs and musicianship conjure p so many of my favourite elements of country, soul, gospel and rock’n’roll. I can listen to his album on repeat!” ‘Numb’ has already been included on ‘The New Music Commute’ and ‘The New Retro’ Spotify playlists and is now public on soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/maxwelljury/numb-2 ‘Numb’ is the first track featured on the soundtrack to the new Hollywood film ‘Me Before You’: https://youtu.be/Eh993__rOxA (opening in cinemas 03/06 - album release day) This autumn, Max will be supporting the Mystery Jets on tour, after they personally asked for him. “The world should prepare to be captured in a spinning haze of woozy gospel and smooth groove. Based in London-via-Iowa the young soul singer intoxicates with a lustful blend of off beats and funk, lined with rich vocals, twinkling keys and heartfelt lyrics." – The National Student TV: 05th Jun – ITV: Max will perform 2 tracks on the Aled Jones Breakfast Show The video for ‘Numb’ has been shown on Sunday Brunch Press: 4 page lead reviewe in MOJO Features have already been printed in the Independent, Mojo, Telegraph, Standard, Sun and Sunday Times Culture Featured on The 405 (Q & A confirmed), Hype Machine, Eat Your Own Ears and The National Student Radio: BBC Radio 2 – Dermot O’Leary session Spot plays on BBC Radio 1 (Annie Mac, Huw Stephens and R1 Phil Taggart http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070sd5n, 39 minutes in), BBC Radio 2 (Jo Whiley), BBC 6Music (Steve Lamacq and Chris Hawkins) and BBC London (Gary Crowley) ‘Beg and Crawl’ getting support from regional radio. Tracks: Numb / Standing On My Own / Grace / Beg & Crawl / Princess / Ella's Moonshine / Great American Novel / Love That Grows Old / Dreams / Little Jean Jacket / Home Also Available: MA0020 – ‘Something In The Air’ (10”) Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ROCK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Cat's Eyes - Treasure House RAF007CD RAF007VL 5060454941552 5060454941569 CD LP RAF RAF INDIE INDIE £7.99 £11.99 Cat’s Eyes consist of Faris Badwan (lead singer of the Horrors) and Canadian soprano, Rachel Zeffira. If Cat's Eyes self-titled debut was grown in the dark, then Treasure House, their second, is born in light. If the nocturnal interiors of Cat's Eyes were a cult flick viewed in smudgy black and white on cathode ray, then Treasure House takes everything into the great outdoors and shoots it in Technicolor on wide silver-screen; an old school blockbuster, of the kind they no longer make. This is the third album by the band,who’s previous albums include Cat's Eyes self-titled 2011 debut & last year's European Film Award awarding wining soundtrack to Peter Strickland's film, 'The Duke of Burgundy'. The band recently made the headlines after they beat security at Buckingham Palace to perform in front guests there: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/06/popsingers-breach-buckingham-palace-security Official video for “Chameleon Queen”: https://youtu.be/ZzFdvdMG1Ao Official video for “Drag”: https://youtu.be/c4gMFvZ-TAI “Lead single ‘Chameleon Queen’ is a gloriously cinematicand wistful neoclassical goodbye to a demised relationship, coupling resigned stoicism in Badwan’s steady downbeat vocals (I don’t care about you anymore), and spectral operatics from the classically trained Zeffira, with arpeggiating organ and brass” – The I Radio: Plays on 6music (Lauren Laverne, Radcliffe & Maconie, Marc Riley, Shaun Keaveny + News Interview), Radio X (John Kennedy), Virgin Radio, Absolute, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Foyle, BBC Radio Ulster & more 7 plays on Beats 1 to date (across Chameleon Queen / Drag) Press: Confirmed reviews from The Times, Mojo, Q, Uncut, Loud & quiet, Record Collector, Shindig and more. Print features also locked in include: Mojo (Mindblowers feature), GQ (My Style feature),Shindig, Oh Comely (4 page feature), Record Collector (3 page feature), Loud & Quiet, The Idler (June/July issue), The Times (feature ran last month). NME – “Chameleon Queen” included in their ‘Best New Tracks’ selection Online: Online Features confirmed include: The Quietus, Loaded, The 405, The Beat, Guardian (playlist feature), Clash, Twin Magazine, Hero Magazine, Oki Ni (mix) – more to come Tracks: Treasure House / Drag / Chameleon Queen / Be Careful Where You Park Your Car / Standoff / Everything Moves Towards The Sun / The Missing Hour / Girl In The Room / We’ll Be Waiting / Names On The Mountains / Teardrops Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ROCK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Chris T-T - 9 Green Songs XMR118CD 5056032303409 CD £7.99 XTRA MILE RECORDINGS ROCK Chris T-T returns with 9 Green Songs, his long-awaited follow-up to 2013's The Bear and a pseudo-sequel to his classic 2005 album 9 Red Songs. 9 Green Songs captures the vulnerable fury that bore the grassroots, folk-influenced approach of 9 Red Songs (an album that still resonates 10 years later), adding a modern Twitter feed tick-list of ideas, charged by the energy of his recent work with the Hoodrats. If anything T-T is becoming lyrically more radical. 'Love Me, I'm a Liberal' brutally indicts clicktivist sensibilities and "me, me" sensitivity of hipsters on social media, displaying their colours and doing not much else. 'Cutting A Longbow' recalls the spoken word live favourite 'M1 Song', in sound if not in content. Even then, this vocal diatribe is driven by pummelling percussion, giving it a rare menace. This contrasts wonderfully with 'A Garden On The Motorway'; an upbeat fairytale of green-fingered warfare on concrete commuting. Tour dates 2016: 22nd May - Railway Inn, Winchester 27th May - Brudenell Social Club.Leeds 28th May - Defiance Sessions at the Labour Club, Glossop 03rd Jun - Barton Inn, Somerset 04th Jun - Union Music Store (instore), Lewes 05th Jun - Café Kino, Bristol 08th Jun - Free Fringe Benefit at the Bedford, London 09th Jun – tba, Birmingham 10th Jun - Star & Garter, Manchester 11th Jun – tba, Nottingham 12th Jun - Hug & Pint, Glasgow 18th Jun - Big Green Gig at Green Door Store, Brighton After two excellent, tonally different albums - the treatise on the heart and gorgeous wordplay of Love Is Not Rescue and the full-tilt tumultuous 90s alt-rock instrumentation with the Hoodrats, of The Bear - with 9 Green Songs we finally get more of what brought a lot of people to his music in the first place: Chris T-T stands up to shout loudly again, looks outwards, like a warm, terrible, friendly menace, who sees both dystopia and redemption on the horizon. "The genius of Chris T-T's songwriting is his ability to humanise even the most outlandish conceits, until they seem instead like brilliant ideas nobody else would've come up with" The Guardian "Chris T-T is a man that we can trust with our lives. If he was standing for Mayor of London, I'd vote for him" - Steve Lamacq For fans of: Beans On Toast, Frank Turner, Billy Bragg, Ben Marwood Press: Reviews and features confirmed: Q, Rocksound, Upset & Louder Than War Tracks: #WorstGovernmentEver / Love Me I'm A Liberal / Hallucinating / Cutting A Longbow / A Hard Rain / This Is What Drowning Is Like / A Garden On The Motorway / Anyone's Song / Admit Nothing / The Border Crossing Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com HARD ROCK/METAL NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Darkthrone - Soulside Journey CDVILEDX610 801056761026 CD2 PEACEVILLE £6.65 HARD ROCK/METAL Double CD mediabook edition marking 25 years of Darkthrone's timeless 1991 debut of melodic & technical death metal. This 25th anniversary edition includes a bonus commentary CD featuring Fenriz's thoughts on the songs and influences, with insights into the recording session itself. The expanded booklet contains previously unseen photographs of the band & is presented in mediabook format. Darkthrone began in the late 80's as a thrash/death metal act & progressed through technical death/doom metal experimentation to become legends of the black metal world & one of the original leading bands of the Norwegian scene, as well as inspiring a whole generation of metal bands. Soulside Journey was Darkthrone's debut studio album after signing with Peaceville Records, following their cult Cromlech demo. It was recorded in 1990 at Sunlight Studios in Sweden with Tomas Skogsberg, notable for his work with Entombed & many other acts over the years. Soulside Journey contained tracks of atmospheric & often technical & complex death metal, with influences ranging from acts such as Autopsy & Death. This was the band's only death metal album before turning to a more primitive black metal style, but is still rightly regarded as a masterpiece of the genre. CD 1: Cromlech / Sunrise Over Locus Mortis / Soulside Journey / Accumulation Of Generalization / Neptune Towers / Sempiternal Sepulchrality / Grave With A View / Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia / Nor The Silent Whispers / The Watchtower / Eon CD 2: Cromlech (With Commentary) / Sunrise Over Locus Mortis (With Commentary) / Soulside Journey (With Commentary) / Accumulation Of Generalization (With Commentary) / Neptune Towers (With Commentary) / Sempiternal Sepulchrality (With Commentary) / Grave With A View (With Commentary) / Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia (With Commentary) / Nor The Silent Whispers (With Commentary) / The Watchtower (With Commentary) / Eon (With Commentary) Also Available: CDVILEDX549 – ‘Transilvanian Hunger (2CD 20th Anniversary Edition)’ CDVILEDX390 – ‘Sardonic Wrath’ (2 CD Version) CDVILED435X – ‘Under A Funeral Moon’ (2 CD Version) Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ROCK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Palace Winter - Waiting For The World To Turn TAMB138CD 7332181068924 CD TAMBOURHINOSOUROS RECORDS ROCK £7.99 TAMB138LP 7332181068931 LP TAMBOURHINOSOUROS RECORDS ROCK £9.99 On 'Waiting For The World To Turn', Palace Winter's Carl Coleman and Caspar Hesselager have pushed their unique sound into new territory. Crossing indie, psych, country, motorik, melded with electronics, the self-recorded and self-produced album is an intense, raw and rousing nine track collection. Tour Dates 2016: 19th – 21st May The Great Escape, Brighton 27th May - Dot to Dot Festival, Manchester 28th May - Dot to Dot Festival, Bristol 29th May - Dot to Dot Festival, Nottingham 25th May - Shacklewell Arms, London (Headline) 18th Jun - Guy Garvey’s Meltdown, London 25th Jun - 02nd Jul - Roskilde Festival, Denmark 15th Jul - Latitude Festival 17th Jul - Citadel Festival, London 18th – 21st Aug Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons From ethereal opener 'Dune Wind', through to epic two-track, seven-minute album closer Dependance/Independence, Palace Winter's debut is everything that the hype around their debut EP gave them credit for; a supremely accomplished and accessible work from an exciting, upcoming duo. The album is the follow up to the duo's critically acclaimed 2015 EP 'Medication', which featured the Hype Machine No. 1 single 'Menton' and gained the band fans across the board from The Guardian to BBC 6 Music. UK festival appearances include Meltdown, Dot to Dot, Latitude, Citadel and Green Man festivals ‘Positron’: https://youtu.be/EdRQP-UbYTQ Press quotes: "Absolutely fantastic" - Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music "Boyant, blazing... reminiscent of The Vaccines or even the more direct side of The War On Drugs." - Clash Music "Paul Lester from The Guardian is a fan and so am I" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music For fans of: The War On Drugs, Kurt Vile, Future Islands, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Lower Dens, The Walkmen. Press/Radio: Reviews & features from Uncut, Mojo, Q, The Line Of Best Fit, The 405, Red Bull, JaJaJa more TBC Radio: playlist on BBC 6music for 'Soft Machine' (impacting May 2016), 'HW Running' in playlist discussion through album release. Tracks: Dune Wind / Hearts to Kill / Positron / Soft Machine / H.W. Running / What Happened / Proclamation Day / Dependance / Independence Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ROCK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 The Main Grains – Don't Believe Everything You Think BAMF50 5024545748116 CD TWENTY STONE BLATT £7.99 ROCK Danny McCormack returns with fellow rock`n`roll hooligans and sonic assassins - guitarists Ben Marsden (ex- Modern day Dukes) and JJ Watt (ex - Spill 16 & Whiskey Haze) along with drummer Ginna Rhodes (ex - Psychobabylon & Phluid) to form The Main Grains - quality purveyors of what they refer to as Northern Punk Rock. A must for all fans of The Wildhearts and The Yo-Yo`s here is a band infused with what rock`n`roll is truly all about - seriously bad-ass riffage, shout and reply choruses with a power pop edge and punk rock energy and attitude. A melting pot of The Ramones, The Wildhearts, Phil Spector, Blondie and full of what so much of todays bands miss out on totally - FUN !!! Official video for “Unscrewed”: https://youtu.be/G0SPiH8Wjgs "Here comes the first great white hope of a punk rock`n`roll record that 2016 has offered us and, in true championing of the underdog fashion, at its head one of rock`n`rolls coolest characters Danny McCormack. It`s a punchy slab of rock`n`roll that checks every box and doesn't rely on sentiment to inspire and excite". - Uber Rock " Remember when The Wildhearts crafted perfect three minute punk rock songs with a distinct pop edge - imagine The Ramones jamming with Cheap Trick and throw in a fair dollop of the New York Dolls sleaze and Stooges riffola - that is exactly what Danny McCormack and his new band have achieved, absolutely essential stuff from minute one" - More Than Music " A refreshing example of what real punk should sound like - savagely catchy and honest to the core" - Zcine Online Tracks: Unscrewed / We're Happy Round Here / Spend Your Money / Fine By You / I'd Rather Be In California / Teenage Kicks / She's A Catch Bill Carter – Innocent Victims & Evil Companions FBR012 020286221043 CD FORTY BELOW RECORDS £7.99 ROCK Co-author of Stevie Ray Vaughan's biggest hit recruits all-star roster of Austinites, including Dylan sidemen Charlie Sexton and Denny Freeman and Eagles keyboardist Mike Thompson, for latest solo effort. *Digital download distributed by Proper* Austin-based singer-songwriter Bill Carter's list of bona fides is so long, it's hard to decide which credits to note first. We could start with his first big songwriting score, "Why Get Up?," heard on the Fabulous Thunderbirds' breakout album, Tuff Enuff . Then there's "Crossfire," the No. 1 hit he co-wrote for Stevie Ray Vaughan along with his wife Ruth and Double Trouble. Or there's "Anything Made of Paper," penned for the West Memphis 3's Damien Echols, which Carter recorded with pal Johnny Depp and performed on the Late Show With David Letterman . Carter's songs have been covered by scores of major artists, from John Mayall and Ruth Brown to Robert Palmer and Waylon Jennings. Among his accolades is a BMI Million Air award. Review confirmed in R2 Tracks: Black Lion / Recipe For Disaster / Lost In A Day / Bughouse In Pasadena / Feel Town / Last Tear (delaney's Song) / Fisherman's Daughter / Sooner Or Later / Missing Guru / Livin' In It / Moscow Girl / Exiled / Solar Powered Radio / No More Runnin' Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ROCK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Canned Heat – One More River To Cross + Bonus Tracks BGOCD1233 5017261212337 CD BGO RECORDS £6.99 ROCK Canned Heat’s one and only album for Atlantic from 1973 Produced by Barry Beckett and Roger Hawkins at Muscle Shoals Studio, Alabama, the band’s lineup included Bob Hite, Henry Ventine and Adolfo ‘Fito’ de la Parra. BGO have added two extra tracks that Atlantic issued as a single to promote the album: ‘The Harder They Come’ and ‘Rock ’N’ Roll Show’. Fito de la Para still leads a revised Canned Heat including original member Larry Taylor and Harvey Mandel. Tracks: One More River To Cross / L.A. Town / I Need Someone / Bagful Of Boogie / I’m A Hog For You, Baby / You Am What You Am / Shake, Rattle & Roll / Bright Times Are Comin’ / Highway 401 / We Remember Fats (Fats Domino Medley): Introduction; A) The Fat Man; (b) I’m In Love Again; (c) I’m Walkin’; (d) Whole Lotta Love; (e) Let The Four Winds Blow; (f) I’m Ready; (g) So Long / The Harder They Come (Bonus Track) / Rock ’N’ Roll Show (Bonus Track) Delta Spirit - History From Below DUA17071 803020170711 LP £10.99 DUALTONE ROCK 'History From Below' was the highly anticipated follow-up to Delta Spirit’s captivating debut album, 'Ode To Sunshine', which brought the band thousands upon thousands of passionate fans, along with the kind of critical acclaim most bands dream about. SPIN hailed the album in its four-out-of-five-star review, saying, “This rousing debut impresses mightily,” while Filter called it “Pure joy” and Jim Fusilli of the Wall Street Journal said, “I make no pretense of objectivity with Delta Spirit, I love these guys.” After touring non-stop to support their debut, the band came off the road and wrote and recorded their new album in just a few short months with the help of Eli Thomson and Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket) at Prairie Sun studios, the same place Tom Waits has recorded almost exclusively since 1991. 'History from Below' showcases a road-tested band that picks right up where Ode To Sunshine left off, with 11 new rocking, soulful songs, including the driving lead single “Bushwick Blues” and the anthemic “Golden State.” “History from Below is clever, heartfelt, and well-crafted, and suggests this band is solidly building on the promise of their debut.” - All Music Tracks: 911 / Bushwick Blues / Salt In Wound / White Table / Ransom Man / Devil Knows Your Dead / Golden State / Scarecrow / Vivian / St. Francis / Battle Of Vitaly Stone The Crows - Ontinuous Performance BGOLP2003 5017261020031 LP £9.99 BGO RECORDS ROCK ‘Stone The Crows’ last album from 1972 The death of Les Harvey had knocked the stuffing out of the group and they finally disbanded the following year. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl Peter Grant continued to manage Maggie Bell and she went on to have a long-lasting solo career. Long-serving drummer Colin Allen went on to play with Focus and John Mayall, whilst guitarist Jimmy McCulloch joined Wings. Digitally remastered Tracks: On The Highway / One More Chance / Penicillin Blues / King Tut / Good Time Girl / Niagara / Sunset Cowboy Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ROCK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Shovels & Rope - Busted Jukebox Volume 1 DUA17301 803020173019 LP DUALTONE £10.99 ROCK Busted Jukebox is a collaborative effort between critically acclaimed duo Shovels & Rope and their close friends. The ten song collection finds the band covering well known songs or tracks they have written or performed with other artists in the past. Album features collaborations with Shakey Graves, Lucius, J Roddy Walston, Butch Walker and more. Tracks: Unknown Legend (Neil Young) W/ Shakey Graves / Bullet Belt (Butch Walker) W/ Butch Walker / (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, And Understanding (Elvis Costello) W/ Lucius / Patience (Guns N Roses) W / Milk Carton Kids / Boys Can Never Tell (J Roddy Walston & The Business) W/ J Roddy / Nothing Takes The Place Of You (Allen Toussaint) W/ JD McPherson / Last (Nine Inch Nails) W/ Caroline Rose / Strangers (The Kinks) W/ Inlaws / Perfect Day (Lou Reed) W/ Preservation Hall Jazz Band / Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight (Emmylou Harris) – Shovels & Rope Cradle Of Filth - Eleven Burial Masses VILELP601 801056860118 LP2 £13.50 PEACEVILLE ROCK ‘Eleven Burial Masses' contains the classic Heavy Left Handed & Candid 'From Thrashers To Ashes' concert recorded on 14th April, 2001 at the legendary Rock City, Nottingham. This edition of 'Eleven Burial Masses' is presented on vinyl for the first time, on double 180gm vinyl. Featuring tracks from early-mid period Cradle of Filth including well-established favourites such as 'Summer Dying Fast' & 'Her Ghost in the Fog', 'Eleven Burial Masses' captures the masters of metal mayhem in their element with The Filth's distinctive brand of Black Metal extremity. Grammy nominated Cradle Of Filth have been pioneers of extreme music since their debut in 1994 and have continued to evolve with each of their subsequent releases. Unafraid of ruffling a few feathers, the band have continually refused to bow to convention or to conform to prevalent trends and fads. Yet despite this uncompromising stance the band are still the most successful British heavy metal band since Iron Maiden, with legions of fans around the globe. LP 1: Intro (The Ceremony Opens) / Lord Abortion (Live) / Ebony Dressed For Sunset (Live) / The Forest Whispers My Name (Live) / Cthulhu Dawn (Live) / Dusk And Her Embrace (Live) / The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh (Live) LP 2: Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids (Live) / Her Ghost In The Fog (Live) / Summer Dying Fast (Live) / Interlude (Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors) / From The Cradle To Enslave (Live) / Queen Of Winter, Throned (Live) Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors – Chasing Someday DUA1529 DUA15291 803020152922 803020152915 CD LP DUALTONE DUALTONE ROCK ROCK £7.99 £10.99 Originally released in 2011, 'Chasing Someday' is available in the UK for the first time. When Holcomb graduated from college in Knoxville, TN he never expected he would spend his twenties touring the country playing music, but that is exactly what he and his band, the Neighbors, have been doing since coming together in 2006. Since that time, they have secured placements on shows like Parenthood, Army Wives and The Cleaner while selling over 35,000 records all without the help of a label. A devoted fan base has fueled the anticipation for this career defining album, Chasing Someday. USA Today calls Holcomb "Soulful folk-rock" and these 12 sides don't disappoint. Tracks: Fire And Dynamite / Anywhere But Here / Live Forever / Miracle / Your Love / Someday / Can’t Get Enough Of You / Steal My History / Baby Tomorrow / Hourglass / Day At A Time / Weight Of The World Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ROCK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Kalispell - Printer's Son CRCD62PMI CRLP61PMI 789577752726 789577752719 CD LP IMPORT EXCLUSIVE IMPORT EXCLUSIVE ROCK ROCK £7.99 £13.99 "Printer's Son" is Kalispell's second full-length album, and was recorded in Eau Claire WI, and co-produced by Grammy winner Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens). Kalispell is a moniker for Shane Leonard. Shane is the percussionist for the band Field Report and currently touring with The Stray Birds. "Windfall reminds me of those Wilco ballads that amount to an epic journey into the center of Jeff Tweedy's drowsy half-consciousness... yet Leonard's tenor has a distinct Midwestern drawl of its own... A gorgeous arrangement." - Stereogum Spain - Carolina DS92PMI 756519799941 £7.99 CD IMPORT EXLUSIVE ROCK Influential slowcore band Spain's sixth studio album Carolina is an alt-country-fueled journey through American history, a coming-to-terms of the death of Spain frontman Josh Haden's father, jazz bassist Charlie Haden, nostalgia over lost youth and warnings over the future of the earth. ROCK NEW RELEASE – AVAILABLE NOW L.A. Witch - Drive Your Car RV-01PMI 711574711024 £6.99 7” ORG MUSIC ROCK Often compared to early Gun Club, The Black Angels and Brian Jonestown Massacre, L.A. WITCH are Los Angeles natives Irita Pai (bass), Sade Sanchez (singer/guitarist), and Ellie English (drums). This "Drive Your Car" 7" release is limited to 500 copies worldwide. Left Alone - Rare & Unreleased (1999-2014) SMELVIS662PMI 635961324423 CD IMPORT EXCLUSIVE £8.49 ROCK This album is packed with 26 tracks from rare out of print CDs and records. It also contains songs with alternate mixes from the album versions and unreleased tracks from past studio sessions. These songs were recorded between 1999 to 2014. Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ROCK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 The Multiple Cat - Intricate Maps CRCD42PMI CRLP41PMI 616892342649 616892340843 CD LP IMPORT EXCLUSIVE IMPORT EXCLUSIVE ROCK ROCK £9.49 £13.99 The Multiple Cat blends the sensibilities of synthy new-wave pop with the roughness of guitar rock to make 'Intricate Maps' a stellar album, full of quirky, thoughtful lyrics and a catchy musical style - reminiscent of XTC and Modest Mouse - that will have you singing along as you listen and then humming those very songs long after. The Multiple Cat is a studio project, formed in the mid-nineties, that plays and tours live. It was created and steered by Patrick Stolley of Davenport, IA, and a cast of guest musicians. The current lineup includes Stolley (guitar), Ben Crabb (bass) and Andrew Barkau (drums). Stolley is a founding member of Daytrotter (daytrotter.com) and is their founding and current engineer, and is owner of Futureappletree Records and Future Appletree Too studio in Rock Island, IL. At Daytrotter, he has engineered over 1200 sessions with such varied musicians such as Andrew Bird, Ra Ra Riot, Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver, Low, Fleet Foxes, Dirty Projectors and Delta Spirit. Tracks: Maps / David / Theme For -S / Green Ice / The Lovers / The Boring Game / Magic That Works / Theme II / Magic That Doesn't Work / Theme III / Bells Jonny Polonsky - The Other Side Of Midnight PWSSILP1PMI 888174909141 LP IMPORT EXCLUSIVE £14.99 ROCK "The Other Side of Midnight" the first record since "Hi My Name Is Jonny" where Jonny all the instruments and produced and recorded everything himself. Dean Hurley mixed it at David Lynch's recording studio, Asymmetrical Studios. Jonny describes this record as having a dark, watery, night time feel to it and having Lynch mojo in the air added even more of a vibe to it. Jonny has been a member of Puscifer, Big Noise (Rage Against the Machine side project) and has recorded on records by Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, Pete Yorn, Tom Morello, Mason Jennings, Minnie Driver, and Donovan. Jonny recorded self-released cassettes as a teenager which Marc Ribot used to turn John Zorn on to Polonsky's music. Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie, The Cure) introduced Polonsky to Frank Black who became an immediate fan and produced a demo which led to Rick Rubin signing him to American Recordings. This led to Polonsky and his live band touring with Frank Black and with Lollapalooza in 1996 (the last good year) on the much revered side stage with Melvins, Cornershop, Girls vs Boys, Ben Folds Five, Sponge, and Soul Coughing.” -ATM Tracks: Chip Away The Stone / Lay Down Your Arms / Sunset Night / Waiting For Something / The Motherlode / Forever's End / We Could Last Here Long / Going Home Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ELECTRONIC NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Phoria - Volition XN010CD XN010LP 885150342367 885150342374 CD LP X NOVO X NOVO ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC £7.49 £11.49 A voice appears out of a sound: a golden shape, a texture, a mixture of sunlight and sculpture. Music as spectral as this makes you lose yourself in the right way; deep in sound and light. Imagine the music of Sigur Ros, or James Blake, or Aphex Twin, but travelling somewhere else instead. As you do, pay attention as your eyes and ears adjust: open up, come alive. Over the past few years, Phoria have become known for their colourful, visually evocative soundscapes with the release of two EP's: 2013's 'Bloodworks' and 2014's 'Display'. Top 5's on Hype Machine, support from BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music followed - along with millions of Spotify streams. Now, they're proud to announce their highly anticipated debut album 'Volition', out 3rd June on X Novo Records. Tour Dates 2016: 16th Jun – ICA, London 14th – 17th Jul – Latitude Festival Phoria are headed up by the master of electronics and composition Trewin Howard, a deeply sensitive character in tune with his surroundings, empowered with synaesthesia and once afflicted with a mysterious - still undiagnosed - illness that left his senses frayed and mind on edge. When this illness ebbed, it left behind an even more heightened auditory perception, which he channels into the band's music. He is joined by two friends he has known all his life (guitarist Jeb Hardwick, piano/synth player Ed Sanderson) and two others (drummer Seryn Burden and bass/synth player Tim Douglas), whom he feels he has known forever. Phoria start to make sense with this strong backbone and incredible bond in place. 'Volition' is bursting with vibrant sounds throughout, from the electronic washes of opener 'Melatonin', to the organic clicks and claps of 'Emanate', to the epic string section finale on 'Yourself Still', which brings a colourful parade to end the record. Full UK & EU tour planned for 2016. 5 million streams to date. Official video for ‘Undone’: https://youtu.be/JtimyzJYUgc "Inventive electronic flourishes and vocals that craft the most enchanting of spells" - Gold Flake Paint "The feeling of time passed is something that transcends through their music" - Noisey Press/Online : Q album review confirmed Four consecutive singles have gone into Hype Machine’s top 5, while ‘Undone’ was chosen as TLOBF’s ‘Song Of The Day’ Radio : Spins on BBC Radio 1 (Phil Taggart, Huw Stephens) & Amazing Radio (John Kennedy). Single ‘Emanate’ was ‘Record of The Week’ at BBC 6 Music, also Lauren Laverne’s ‘Headphone Moment Singles from the record have premiered on Indie Shuffle and Hilly Dilly “ascending ever so swiftly along the path towards musical greatness", with coverage in Clash Music, Turntable Music, Majestic Casual, TLOBF, The 405, Gold Flake Paint, Noisey Tracks:Melatonin / Red / Everything Beta / Mass / By The Salt / Loss / Evolve / Undone / Emanate / Saving Us A Riot / Yourself Still Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ELECTRONIC NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Loose Meat - Loose Meat WHIP001LP 5056032303034 £9.99 LP WHIPPED CREAM ELECTRONIC Loose Meat is the avant-disco project of Kristian Craig Robinson (Capitol K) and Arp Cleveland (Archie Bronson Outfit). Initial vinyl pressing strictly limited to 1000 copies, complete with download card Remixes incoming from Dan Carey, DFA's Tim Goldsworthy and more. Born from a desire to rip up the garage-psych hymn sheet under which Arp & Kristian met and embrace a new eclectic sound; Loose Meat have achieved that rarest, golden musical moment: the new! Tour Date 2016: 02nd Jun – Miranda, London A sizzling cauldron of disco, swingbeat, electro and Downtown music, that is both complex and direct. It’s an unabashed attempt to abandon preconceived notions of restraint and take it further... A leap into the open-ended void of the now, via cherry-picked nuggets of the past; the making of Loose Meat involved joyous and carefree manoeuvres inside the world of analog synthesizers and old skool drum machines whilst drawing on Capitol K's modern electronic nous. Arp's stream-of-consciousness lyrical narratives are delivered by Brazilian artist Cibelle, with Viva contributing. Vocal tracks are often manipulated and multi-layered, while the music at times morphs into largely unidentifiable rhythm-scapes and electrifying sonic shifts. Press/Online: Reviews and features in Q, Mojo, Uncut, Record Collector and Loud & Quiet Online coverage on The Quietus, Dummy, Clash, Ransom Note, Notion, London In Stereo and Sodwee Radio: Lauren Laverne 6music, XFM, etc - plugging by Jay On A Plate Tracks: Human Motivation / Edge Of Love / Octopus / Circular Motions / Regulator / MdrnLv / Harbour Of Your Heart / I'm Burning Up / Inside The Sun / Daisy Chain Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com ELECTRONIC NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Harleighblu - Futurespective TRU327 5060205156884 CD £7.99 TRU THOUGHTS ELECTRONIC Harleighblu’s ‘Futurespective’ album charts the exciting development and artistic exploration of a gifted young singer and songwriter, bringing an eagerly awaited physical release for tracks from her acclaimed “Futurespective” digital EP series, alongside a previously unreleased track. The project sees Harleighblu – one of the most tipped talents in the UK’s soul/electronic world - fusing her classic, hip hop-infused soul background with a varied and arresting platter of future beats, and a joyfully free and experimental vocal approach. Since her earliest releases, Harleighblu’s inimitable vocals have been hugely in demand by many of the world’s hottest producers. The ‘Futurespective’ album illuminates a stunning collection of songs that have been developed over the last year in collaboration with a cluster of international talent. Taking the boards, there’s production from SpectraSoul, Audio Sparks, Captain Supernova alongside label mates Lost Midas, J-Felix and Jonny Faith. Each track brings a fresh sonic spin, with Harleighblu’s charismatic vocals and heartfelt, gritty songwriting tying it all together into a deeply immersive listen. Press/Radio: Previous radio play from airplay from Charlie Sloth, Trevor Nelson, Target, Huey Morgan, Harry Shearer and Chase & Status Debut album saw coverage and support from Q, Clash, DJ Mag, AfroPunk, SoulBounce, Earmilk, Artrocker and USA Today. Tracks: Real Good feat. SpectraSoul / Mmm feat. Dr. Zygote / Off and On feat. Jonny Faith / I feat. Lost Midas / Meant To Be feat. Azure / Tell ‘em feat. J Felix / Forget feat. Captain Supernova / Another One feat. Audio Sparks / For Fun feat Brother Mike / Reverse ELECTRONIC NEW RELEASE – AVAILABLE NOW The Tourist - U MTEY1032PMI 653738322922 £7.99 CD IMPORT EXCLUSIVE ELECTRONIC The 26 year old producer and DJ is a seasoned remixer and skilled producer of anthem dance music. Hailing from South-East London, Will Tourist Phillips has worked his magic on tracks by Sam Smith and Chvrches as well as a series of impressive tracks for himself. Tracks: U / To Have You Back / Run / Wait / My Love (Interlude) / Waves / Too Late / Foolish / Separate Ways / For Sarah Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com BLUES NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Fantastic Negrito – The Last Days Of Oakland BBU0007 3614597758076 CD £7.65 BLACKBALL UNIVERSE BLUES The Last Days of Oakland, the highly anticipated first full-length album from critically acclaimed artist Fantastic Negrito, is out June 3 on Blackball Universe. He appeared in the April 27 episode of the Fox TV series Empire. Tour Dates 2016 (With Chris Cornell): 24th Apr - Ulster Hall, Belfast 25th Apr - Olympia Theatre, Dublin 27th Apr - Bridgewater Hall, Manchester 29th Apr - Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 30th Apr - Colston Hall, Bristol 02nd May - Birmingham Symphony Hall 03rd May - Royal Albert Hall, London Known for his unique fusion of blues, soul, roots and rock music, on The Last Days of Oakland frontman and songwriter Xavier Dphrepaulezz tackles the socioeconomic, race and class issues he witnesses on a daily basis living in the East Bay. The winner of NPR's inaugural Tiny Desk Concert Contest, Fantastic Negrito quickly won over critics with 2015's self-titled EP. Consequence of Sound wrote of the record "Dphrepaulezz sings like a man compelled by a spiritual force...[his] voice is impassioned, somewhere between a croon and a scream," and the Washington Post praised the EP's "raw vocals and self-assessing lyrics." The San Francisco Chronicle noted that "almost overnight, the singer-songwriter became an international sensation." The name is "a celebration of blackness. The 'Fantastic' is self-explanatory; the 'Negrito' is a way to open blackness up to everyone, making it playful and international." Promo Reel: https://youtu.be/sDPkUAM9Vo4 Full private stream here Press: Froots article (2 page feature) The Blues Magazine interview (6 page feature) Guardian print feature Live review and interview for The Arts Desk Live review and interview for Louder Than War Mojo review “Fantastic Negrito lived up to his moniker”—Consequence of Sound “…an international sensation.” - San Francisco Chronicle “There is no bitterness in the way Dphrepaulezz tells his story; there’s nothing but celebration of a life, and the blues is his weapon of choice because he believes it is the music of truth.” - Village Voice “He wrapped the crowd in an intimate embrace of delta blues, gospel rock and folklore...impressing everyone within earshot.” - San Francisco Weekly Tracks: Last Days Of Oakland (Intro) / Working Poor / About A Bird / Scary Woman / What Do You Do (Interlude 1) / The Nigga Song / In The Pines / Hump Thru The Winter / Lost In A Crowd / El Chileno / The Worst / Rant Rushmore / Nothing Without You Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com BLUES NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Tinsley Ellis - Red Clay Soul HFM1013 012886101320 £7.99 CD HEARTFIXER MUSIC BLUES Landslide Records is proud and excited to announce the compact disc release of 'Red Clay Soul', a vibrant new set of original, soulful compositions from veteran Georgia blues rocker Tinsley Ellis. A follow up to Ellis' award winning, critically acclaimed 'Tough Love', the new album combines Ellis' masterful guitar and vocal prowess with fresh arrangements and a crack backing band. Produced by Ellis and keyboardist Kevin McKendree, 'Red Clay Soul' was recorded live in McKendree's Nashville studio with bassist Steve Mackey and drummer Lynn Williams. Oliver Wood (the Wood Brothers) contributed guitar and background vocal parts on the duet, "Givin' You Up," which he also co-wrote with Ellis. Additionally, 'Red Clay Soul' boasts a wide ranging assortment of soul induced blues rock that opens with "All I Think About," a Freddie King inspired rocker, then moves along effortlessly through the southern soul of "Callin'" and the Latin based instrumental, "Estero Noche." Tracks: All I Think About / Givin' You Up / Callin' / Anything But Go / Hungary Woman Blues / Circuit Rider / Don't Cut It / Party Of One / Estero Noche / The Bottle The Book Or The Gun Mungo Jerry - Rewind HYP16312 4011586163122 £7.99 CD2 HYPERTENSION BLUES Rewind is a timeless album that shows Mungo Jerry as a songwriter, blueslover and also reflects a music and lifestyle that is and was important for more than just one generation of musiclovers - the 70’s hippie culture. In describing the music of Mungo Jerry as pure pop would be an insult to the varying styles of rock, blues, boogie and skiffle that has graced the stages of concerts and festivals which have seen Mungo Jerry sharing and indeed at times topping the bill with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, Rod Stewart & The Faces, Genesis, Status Quo, Canned Heat and Free. Instead of simply resting on his laurels and living off the success of the worlds biggest selling summer song "In the Summertime", Ray Dorset aka Mungo Jerry has in this new millennium maintained his reputation as the King of the Groove by releasing some of his best and strongest work and Mungo Jerry's live stage performance has been much acclaimed at Blues, Jazz and Rock Festivals throughout the world. The new release is 'Rewind' - a double CD which reflects an overview of Mungo Jerry's total work on the first CD and a complete new view on the second CD. The first compilation CD would not be complete without hits like 'In The Summertime', 'Lady Rose' or 'Hello Nadine' but it also contains some tracks which will be a surprise for many people a rocky, bluesy Mungo Jerry with 'snakebite' or 'Motor Bikin' - tracks that are hard to get. The second CD reflects the varity of Mungo Jerry's music with a complete new CD. Opening with a lazy rock tune 'It Don't Matter', continuing with a classic blues track 'one More Night Without You' and finishing with a waltz-like song 'The Old Apple Tree'. CD 1: In The Summertime / Lady Rose / You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War / Hello Nadine / Somebody Stole My Wife / Alright, Alright, Alright / Wild Love / Sugar Mama / All That A Woman Should Be / Snakebite / Mighty Man / Heavy Foot Stomp / Motor Bikin' / Going Up The River / Open Up / Baby Jump / In The Summertime, Good Times On My Mind CD 2: It Don't Matter / Touch The Sky / You'll Be Sorry / Rythm Is A Healer / I'll Be A Hippy 'til I Die / I Only Had A Dollar / One More Night Without You / The Old Apple Tree / Going Down To Mexico Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com FOLK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Boo Hewerdine - Born EP REVEAL063CDX 0713179439167 £2.75 CD REVEAL FOLK ***Digital download distributed by Proper*** All new 5 track EP Limited Edition 1,000 CD's from one of England's greatest songwriters. Follows his 5 star rated Telegraph Album of 2015 "Open". Hewerdine says... "I felt like I had to wait for the right time to tell some old stories, working on the Best of compilation My Name In Brackets and finding the Open recordings took me back a little, each song a placed me in a memory. I soon realised I had to go further and revisit the time when I was first making music. Taking the bus down to Rough Trade in London with my demo tape Julia, playing cheap guitars with broken strings. For Born I have used instruments I've not used for years. The process has been more akin to when I was starting out in an indie band. I used my father's old beat up piano and I wrote some songs with my son, Ben which was great. The lyrics came fast, I trusting my pen." Tracks: The Year That I Was Born / Hometown / Swimming In Mercury / Bobby Fischer / Farewell Also Available: REVEAL055CDX – ‘Open’ REVEAL040CDX – ‘My Name In Brackets’ Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com FOLK NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Maarja Nuut - Une Meeles MN0001 4743154000408 CD £7.99 MAARJA NUUT FOLK ***Digital download distributed by Proper*** Estonian fiddler and vocalist Maarja Nuut's 12-track full-length album In the Hold of a Dream leads listeners into an ambient, looping electronic retelling of the village musical traditions of pre-war Europe. Nuut's spellbinding storytelling is an extension of a hushed, minimalistic technique that creates a 21st century intersection of fiddle, vocal etherealism, and a looping pedal rerendering of the artist's lucid dreams as they meet reconstructions of Estonian folk traditions. In the Hold of a Dream proposes a melancholic, haunting evocation of Nuut's dreamworld, offering the listener the ability to fluidly travel between the artist's realities, whether rooted in resurfaced Estonian mysticism, experimental soundscapes, or classic storytelling bent to electronic, looping currents. "... a striking solo violinist rooted in local folk but taking it closer to the psychedelic. A transfixing performance." - Mojo / The Arts Desk "Damn, girl, you got us all emotional. Nuut is effortlessly unique, a folk singer from Estonia who tells lengthy folk tales from the homeland, fiddles, loops, dances, adds percussion with her feet while dancing and sings so beautifully that nearby songbirds must shake their heads and just close up their nests." - Si Hawkins, Clash Magazine Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/MaarjaNuutEst Press: Selected track will be on the fRoots compilation album and monthly playlist + review Songlines review also confirmed Louder Than War paper magazine story and review Tracks: Kargus / Hobusemäng / Sammud / Õdangule / Kellatoas / Kiik tahab kindaid / Siidisulis linnukene / Eeva & Maarja labajalg / Valss / Jaa-ti-daa / Kuradipolka / Vaga linnuken Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com FOLK NEW RELEASE - 27/05/2016 Martin And Shan Graebe - Calm And Collected WGS414CD 5016700117820 CD WILD GOOSE £7.99 FOLK ***Digital download distributed by Proper*** Martin and Shan Graebe sing traditional songs, mostly from the south of England &, mostly, unaccompanied & in harmony. Many come from the Devonshire collector, Sabine Baring-Gould, on whose work Martin is an authority. Martin has also written a number of songs that have become popular with folk audiences worldwide. Our previous CDs, Parallel Strands (2005) and Dusty Diamonds (2008), both released on the WildGoose label, have been unavailable for some time. This CD brings together 16 tracks from those CDs and we have also included three tracks that we recorded in 2013 for the book Folk Songs in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ English Folk Song Suite written by Prof. Robert Garofalo. Tracks: Hunting the Hare / Adam the Poacher / Stonecracker John / Dives and Lazarus / Jack in the Green / American Stranger / Tyburn Hill / Down in the Coal Mine / From Severn, by the Somme / Bonnie, Bonnie Boy / John Barleycorn / Rouse, Rouse / Sly Reynard / The Hunting Song / The Setting of the Sun / Henry Martin / Honiton Lace / Laying My Life on the Line / The Great Galleon of Plymouth / I Had Two Ships / My Coffin Shall be Black Crows - Time To Rise WGS415CD 5016700117929 £7.99 CD WILD GOOSE FOLK ***Digital download distributed by Proper*** Crows were a popular feature of the folk scene from 1977 until 1987. During that time, they made two LPs, Crows in 1981 and No Bones Or Grease in 1986. The tracks on this album were taken from the two albums plus 8 songs recorded for radio broadcast and never released. The original line up of the band was Mick Ryan, James Patterson, Ralph Jordan and John Burge. The band had a number of personnel changes during its time. John Burge left to join Kitsyke Will in 1981. His place was taken by multi instrumentalist Dave Bordewey. Ralph Jordan left to join Nigel Chippindale and Colin Thompson in Eric in 1983, though he continued to work with James Patterson as Silas until 1987. Ralph was replaced by Jim Younger. The band was joined by keyboard and violin player Steve Faux in the run up to the second album. Tracks: Bold Wolfe / Coast of Peru / The Antelope / Factory Girl / The Hungry Army / Time to Rise / When This Old Hat Was New / Gavotte en Rondeau / Moreton Bay / Napoleon?s Farewell to Paris / You Rambling Boys of Pleasure / Northfields / Sidmouth Days / The Two Magicians / Long Long Time / And When I Die Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com JAZZ NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Alex Webb & The Copasetics – Call Me Lucky SPR017CD 5060211503108 CD £6.99 SPLASH POINT JAZZ Alex Webb has recorded a stunning set of originals with a cracking band and an international cast of top jazz vocalists: Liane Carroll, Cherise Coryna, Alexia Gardner, Allan Harris, Jo Harrop, David McAlmont, China Moses, Sandra Nkaké, Vimala Rowe, Alexander Stewart and Ayanna Witter-Johnson. Thirteen new songs performed by an international cast of vocalists, supported by Denys Baptiste, Nathaniel Facey, Freddie Gavita, Winston Rollins, Sue Richardson, Jo Caleb, Miles Danso, Alex Davis, Andy Chapman, Sophie Alloway and Andres Ticino. The album is produced by Andrew Cleyndert. Tour Date 2016: 07th Jun - Pizza Express Jazz Club, London (Album launch) "Original songs by Alex Webb both lyrically and musically nail the times." Womanaroundtown.com "A strong penchant for a fine melody and catchy lyric." - Blues & Soul "Webb plays the piano as nimbly as Fred Astaire dances." - Theeasy.com Audio: http://tinyurl.com/zxgd59x Press: Review + “Taking Off” feature in Jazzwise (June issue) Review confirmed in Record Collector, review + album giveaway on LondonJazzNews Airplay confirmed on Jazz FM (Sarah Ward’s Dinner Jazz, Ronnie Scott’s Radio Show, True Brit Show) Tracks: It's Your Move / Winters / Me And My Crazy Ideas / Bad Girls (Need Love Too) / As If / Call Me Lucky / Infatuation / Open The Windows (Tudo Bem) / Nothing But A Blues / Enough / Low Low Places (Parts I & II) / End Of The Affair / Words I Never Spoke Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com JAZZ NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Steve Lane's Famous Southern Stompers Remembering Steve Lane LACD347 5017116534720 CD LAKE £7.99 JAZZ Steve Lane is one of the unsung heroes of British Traditional Jazz. Trumpeter Lane formed his first band in 1949. He remained doggedly loyal to the Classic style of Jazz typified by King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton in the 1920s. *Digital download distributed by Proper* Steve remained semi-professional all his life, but was highly respected as a mentor to many aspiring Jazz musicians over the years. Alongside his playing Steve also ran three record labels, VJM, Halcyon and Azure. This compilation covers a very fruitful ten year period in Steve Lane's career. He died in 2015 aged 95. Advertising in Just Jazz, Jazz Guide and Jazz Rag. Tracks: Paoa De Da Da / Zig Zag Rag / Mindin' My Business / What-cha-call-'em Blues / Snake Hips / Cakewalkin' Babies From Home / King Porter Stomp / Nobody Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine / Junk Man / Grandpa's Spells / Who'll Chop Your Suey When I'm Gone / Original Charleston / Alligator Hop / Sugar / Dead Man Blues / Tomorrow Night / Ballin' The Jack / The Strut / East Of Suez / Anna-marie / Steppin' On The Blues / Midsummer Arthur Blythe - In The Tradition/Lennox Avenue Breakdown/Illusions/Blythe Spirit £7.99 BGOCD1242 5017261212429 CD2 BGO RECORDS JAZZ Jazz alto saxophonist Blythe's first four albums for Columbia, dating from 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981. Blythe had previously been a sidesman for Gil Evans, McCoy Tyner and Lester Bowie amongst others. Blythe has had a long and successful recording career, though in recent years he has been plagued by ill-health and now suffers from Parkinson's Disease. Digitally remastered and slipcased with extensive new notes. CD 1: Jitterbug Waltz / In A Sentimental Mood / Break Tune / Caravan / Hip Dripper / Naima / Down San Diego Way / Lenox Avenue Breakdown / Slidin’ Through / Odessa CD 2: Bush Baby / Miss Nancy / Illusions / My Son Ra / Carespin’ With Mamie / As Of Yet / Contemplation / Faceless Woman / Reverence / Strike Up The Band / Misty / Spirits In The Field / Just A Closer Walk With Thee Kim Waters - Rhythm And Romance SHANCD5439 016351543929 CD £8.49 SHANACHIE JAZZ Smooth Urban Jazz superstar whose crossover appeal and dynamic performances have placed him among the elite in his field. This album contains amazing remakes of smash hits by such artists as Sam Smith, Janet Jackson and DeBarge and 7 brilliant Kim Waters originals including the smooth jazz radio hit “Bring It.” Coproduced by Chris “Big Dog” Davis. “His exquisite tone and lyrical phrasing place him among the very elite.” - JazzTimes Tracks: Bring It / No Sleep / Rhythm And Romance / Forever Yours / Morning Star / Time Will Reveal / Smoothness / Can’t Let You Go / Heaven’s Gate / I’m Not The Only One Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com JAZZ NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Trudy Kerr - The House JITCD1665 5032396016650 £3.15 CD JAZZIZIT RECORDS JAZZ "The House" is Trudy Kerr's 13th album on her Jazzizit Label. The album is a collaboration between Trudy and pianist Andrea Vicari. For the past few years they have been performing duo gigs around London and on hearing Andrea's original compositions Trudy was inspired to begin writing lyrics to her beautiful tunes. The album is a change of direction for Trudy. "Stylistically the tunes are more contemporary sounding and were therefore challenging to sing as well as write suitable lyrics to." Tour Date 2016: 18th May - The Spice Of Life, London (Album Launch) Joining them on the album are bassist Geoff Gascoyne and Martin Hathaway playing sax, flute and clarinet. This drummer-less quartet is more chamberlike in quality, the melodies are haunting the arrangements have strong counterpoint lines. There are six original compositions on the album, four by Andrea and Trudy. The title track "The House" is a piano and voice duet. The lyrics are about Trudy's childhood house in Australia, a photo from the house taken in the 60's appears on the front cover. "Pretty Little Dancer" has a fun township groove and is about Trudy's ballet dancing daughter. "Hold Back the Tears" has a beautiful fluid solo by Andrea and Trudy's lyrics are about her son having to learn lessons in life and begin to stand on his own two feet. The other songs on the album have been arranged by Geoff Gascoyne using the instrumentation and reharmonisation to reinvent the songs. "Infant Eyes" by Wayne shorter is in 5/4 and has lovely interplay between Trudy and Martin on the solo. "Waltz for Debby" by Bill Evans has the added extra of Trudy's vocalese written to the Cannonball Adderley solo. The lyrics continues Gene Lee's story of a little girl growing up. Chick Corea's "Crystal Silence" is sad and reflective and Trudy has added some improvised lyrics to the end of the piece. There is also an uplifting version of Fred Hersch and Norma Winstone's "Song of Life Tracks: The House / Song Of Life / Counting Sheep / Waltz For Debby / The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener / Pretty Little Dancer / Infant Eyes / Forever Green / Hold Back The Tears / Life In A Bubble / I Have Dreamed / Crystal Silence / How Can I Miss You Luis Perdomo - Spirits and Warriors CRISS1387CD 8712474138722 CD CRISS CROSS JAZZ £8.42 JAZZ For his fourth Criss Cross recording, pianist Luis Perdomo offers a swinging affair, on which a crackling quintet of New York first-callers interprets seven originals by the leader (the centrepiece is the well-wrought six-piece "Spirits and Warriors Suite" that gives the CD its title), Clifford Jordan's iconic jazz standard "Glass Bead Games," and the classic ballad "Portrait of Jenny". Propelled by drum grandmaster Billy Hart and bassist Ugonna Okegwo, who lock in like life-long partners, tenor saxophonist Mark Shim and trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, a Criss Cross regular, uncork cogent solos, some inflamed, some nuanced. Perdomo, plays throughout with the old soul clarity, grit, maturity and freshness that have earned him deep respect from the best and brightest representatives of the hardcore jazz and AfroCaribbean practitioners on the international playing field. Tracks: Face Up / Sensei / Aura / Ralph / Her Eyes / Year One / Glass Bead Games / Little Church / Portrait Of Jenny Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com JAZZ NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Seamus Blake & Chris Cheek – Let's Call the Whole Thing Off CRISS1388CD 8712474138821 CD £8.42 CRISS CROSS JAZZ JAZZ Deepening a two-tenor partnership that dates back to the mid-'90s, saxophonists Seamus Blake and Chris Cheek follow up their quintet release 'Reeds Ramble' (CRISS1364CD) with 'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off', featuring the same powerful band lineup (Ethan Iverson on piano, Matt Penman on bass, Jochen Rueckert on drums). While they stand apart as gifted soloists, Blake and Cheek always flourish as a team, bringing lustre to every tune with their lyrical unison melodies and beautifully harmonised theme statements. Spontaneity plays a big role, as it should when improvisers of this calibre get together (Iverson's versatility and off-kilter eloquence comes through with particular strength). But foremost, what distinguishes this group is the logic and efficiency of its arrangements, whether slow and spacious or brisk and complex; from originals and modernist classics to standards of '20s and '30s vintage. Tracks: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off / Choro Blanco / Lunar / La Canción Que Falta / Limehouse Blues / Surfboard / Count Your Blessings / A Little Evil Boris Kozlov - Conversations At The Well CRISS1389CD 8712474138920 CD CRISS CROSS JAZZ £8.42 JAZZ After thirteen Criss Cross sideman appearances, including four with the all-star collective Opus 5, Boris Kozlov, one of New York's busiest and most respected bassists in a multiplicity of genres, makes his leader debut for the label with 'Conversations At The Well'. Joined by the distinguished guitarist David Gilmore of Steve Coleman and Five Elements fame, and the increasingly prominent drummer Rudy Royston, Kozlov guides and grounds their creative navigation of repertoire by Bill Evans, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Duke Ellington,Wayne Shorter, Keith Jarrett, Ornette Coleman and Thelonious Monk, concluding the proceedings with a vivid, spontaneously generated blues. Tracks: Five / Conversation / Orbits / Semblance / Prelude To A Kiss / Eye Of The Hurricane / Latin Genetics / Headless Blues / Pannonica Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com COUNTRY NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Charley Pride - Amazing Love/Country Feelin'/Pride Of America/Charley £7.99 BGOCD1229 5017261212290 CD2 BGO RECORDS COUNTRY Four more of Charley’s albums from 1973, 1974 and 1975 ‘Amazing Love’ was a US Country No.1 whilst this package also features the country hits ‘All His Children’, ‘Then Who Am I’ and ‘We Could’. Pride continues to record and tour and is still extremely popular on both sides of the Atlantic. Digitally remastered and slipcased and with new notes CD 1: Comin’ Down With Love / If She Just Helps Me (Get Over You) / I’m Only Losin’ Everything I Threw Away / Footprints In The Sands Of Time / Amazing Love / Blue Ridge Mountains Turnin’ Green / I’ve Just Found Another Reason For Loving You / Old Photographs / I’m Glad It Was You / Mr. Joe Henry’s Happy Hand-Clappin’ Open Air Rhythm Band / Which Way Do We Go / We Could / It Amazes Me / All His Children / Streets Of Gold / I Don’t See How I Can Love You Anymore / Singin’ A Song About Love / The Man I Used To Be / Let My Love In / Love Put A Song In My Heart CD 2: Then Who Am I / I Still Can’t Leave Your Memory Alone / The Hard Times Will Be The Best Times / Completely Helpless / Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town / She Loves Me The Way That I Love You / Mary Go Round / That Was Forever Ago / Thorns Of Life / North Wind / Hope You’re Feelin’ Me (Like I’m Feelin’ You) / Searching For The Morning Sun / The Hardest Part Of Livin’s Loving Me / Now And Then / Fools / I Ain’t All Bad / She’s As Close As I Can Get To Loving You / One Mile More / You’re The Woman Behind Everything / Lovin’ Understandin’ Man The Carter Family - The Unbroken Circle DUA17021 803020170216 LP2 DUALTONE £14.99 COUNTRY The Unbroken Circle project was initiated by Johnny Cash and son, John Carter Cash after the passing of their family’s matriarch, June Carter Cash. It was tribute to the music of her family, the first family of country music, The Carter Family. The Unbroken Circle features fifteen new recordings of Carter Family standards by artists weaned on these incredible songs and on Mother Maybelle’s ground breaking guitar playing. The album features the last recording from Johnny Cash on “Engine One-Forty-Three,” recorded right before his passing along with “Hold Fast To the Right” from June Carter Cash’s recording sessions for the double Grammy award winning Wildwood Flower album. Originally released on compact disc and digitally in 2004, this album is now being relased on double vinyl for the very first time. CD 1: Worried Man Blues | George Jones / No Depression In Heaven | Sheryl Crow / On The Sea Of Galilee | Emmylou Harris W/The Peasall Sisters / Engine One-Forty-Three |Johnny Cash / Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You | Marty Stuart And The Fabulous Superlatives / Little Moses | Joe And Janette Carter / Black Jack David | Norman And Nancy Blake W/ Tim O'Brien CD 2: Bear Creek Blues | John Prine / You Are My Flower | Willie Nelson / Single Girl, Married Girl | Shawn Colvin W/ Earl And Randy Scruggs / Will My Mother Know Me There? | The Whites W/Ricky Skaggs / The Winding Stream | Rosanne Cash / Rambling Boy | The Del Mccoury Band / Hold Fast To The Right | June Carter Cash / Gold Watch & Chain | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band W/ Kris Kirstofferson Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com COUNTRY NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Bobby Bare - The Moon Was Blue DUA17281 803020172814 LP £10.99 DUALTONE COUNTRY Originally released on compact disc in 2005, Bobby Bare’s 'The Moon Was Blue' was his first album of new material in over two decades and was produced by his son, indie rock and Bloodshot recording artist Bobby Bare, Jr. as well as Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Calexico). The album stays true to Bobby Bare’s country roots with lazy waltzes and lap-steel but also incorporates distorted guitars, spacey atmospheres, strings, horns, and haunting background vocals. The result is a progressive country album that’s rooted in 70’s retro tradition similar to that of the Loretta Lynn/Jack White collaboration. In Bobby Bare’s career he has had 15 top 10 singles, 6 top 10 albums and 1 Grammy Award, not to mention championing the careers of Kris Kristoffersen, Billy Joe Shaver, Shel Silverstein, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, J.J. Cale and Waylon Jennings. Waylon called Bare “the best songhound in the world” and truer words were never spoken. With 'The Moon Was Blue', Bobby Bare continues to push the envelope of country music, as he has throughout his career. Tracks: Are You Sincere / I Am An Island / Everybody's Talkin' / Yesterday When I Was Young / Love Letters In The Sand / The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan / My Heart Cries For You / It's All In The Game / Shine On Harvest Moon / Am I That Easy To Forget / Fellow Travelers EASY LISTENING NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Perry Como - The Best Of British/Where You're Concerned/Perry Como/So It £7.99 BGOCD1240 5017261212405 CD2 BGO RECORDS EASY LISTENING Four albums dating from 1977, 1980 and 1983. ‘The Best Of British’ was recorded in London in 1977 and was released in the UK and Canada, whilst ‘Where You’re Concerned’ was a US-only release and features several songs not included on ‘The Best Of British’ ‘Perry Como’ and ‘So It Goes’ contain a mixture of standards and new compositions, all sung in Como’s inimitable style. Digitally remastered and slipcased and with new notes CD 1: My Kind Of Girl / Greensleeves / Michelle / A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square / Someday I’ll Find You / There’s A Kind Of Hush / Where Is Love? / The Other Man’s Grass Is Always Greener / Smile / The Very Thought Of You / We’ll Meet Again / You Light Up My Life / Feelings / When I Need You / Where You’re Concerned / Girl You Make It Happen CD 2: Not While I’m Around / Regrets / When / There’ll Never Be Another Night Like This / Love / When She Smiles / The Colors Of My Life / Save Me The Dance / Someone Is Waiting / You Are My World / What’s One More Time / So It Goes / Here Comes That Song Again / Goodbye For Now (Theme From The Motion Picture ‘Reds’) / The Second Time / Jason / As My Love For You / Fancy Dancer / Is She The Only Girl In The World / You Are So Beautiful Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com REGGAE NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Lucky Dube - House Of Exile SHANLP43094 016351439413 LP £12.99 SHANACHIE REGGAE South African reggae star won a worldwide following before his untimely death in 2007. House Of Exile is one of his best-selling and most acclaimed albums – now on vinyl. Reggae's popularity in Africa produced a new generation of African reggae stars such as Alpha Blondy and Lucky Dube. Dube became South Africa’s first homegrown reggae star with his soulful, melodic yet message-oriented recordings. Vocally he evoked the style of his hero Peter Tosh. Yet Lucky’s voice ranged beyond this similarity with a power and phrasing all his own. It’s no surprise then that he became the most important new artist from South Africa in many years. South Africa’s foremost reggae star continued to grow with House Of Exile. His voice, powerful as always, presented more facets than the trademark Peter Tosh-style baritone that first attracted attention. Most impressive was his songwriting, which had become more sharply political. He addressed the struggle in South Africa as well as themes of personal liberation. With so much Jamaica reggae trending in a dance hall direction, it’s heartening to see the classic internationalist message reggae of Marley, Tosh and Wailer carried on in Africa by Lucky. Tracks: House Of Exile / It's Not Easy / Hold On / Up With Hope (down With Dope) / Reap What You Sow / Can't Blame You / Mickey Mouse Freedom / Crazy World / Group Areas Act / Running, Falling SOUNDTRACK NEW RELEASE – 03/06/2016 Patrick Nettesheim - Coven / O.S.T. FM311PMI 694263971315 LP IMPORT EXCLUSIVE £16.99 SOUNDTRACK Forever Midnight is proud to announce the release of the soundtrack album to 'Coven' (pronounced with a long 'O' like 'woven', not like 'oven') - the legendary 1997 short horror film by Mark Borchardt. Patrick Nettesheim's score is a brooding assortment of dreamlike synths, overdriven guitars, pounding drums and wailing choirs, all run through a charming and creepy home-recorded filter. From the opening, ominous bending bass hits to the final slowdancing pianos, this thoughtful soundtrack conjures images of dilapidated scarecrows, haunted drive-ins and black-robed fiends - a perfect complement to Coven's stark black and white imagery and harrowing themes. Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com WORLD MUSIC NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Jose Alberto El Canario & El Septeto Santiaguero Tributo A Los Compadres - No Quiero Llanto £8.49 LOSC9002 097037900236 CD2 LOS CANARIOS INC WORLD MUSIC The historic musical alliance between world reknown salsero José Alberto El Canario, and Cuba's celebrated group, El Septeto Santiaguero, was the seed that gave birth to an iconic homeage to the legendary group, Los Compadres. This paramount tribute titled "No Quiero Llanto - Tributo a Los Compadres" includes special guests like: Oscar D'Leon, Andy Montañez, Ismael Miranda, Aymee Nuviola, Eliades Ochoa, Tiburón Morales, Edwin Bonilla, La Conga De Los Hoyos and El Grupo Esencia, among others. CD 1: Hay Un Runrun / Con La Espuela Feat. Edwin Bonilla / Mi Son Oriental Feat. Oscar D' Leon / El Lunar / Pensamiento Feat. Ismael Miranda / El Que Usted Conoce No Soy Yo Feat. Eduardo Bringuez / Metiste La Pata Feat. Aymee Nuviola / No Quiero Llanto / Su Señoria La Conga Feat. La Conga De Los Hoyos CD 2: Baja Y Tapa La Olla Feat. Andy Montañez / Sabroso / Rita La Caimana Feat. Estrellas De La Charanga / A Georgina Feat. Eliades Ochoa / Amor Silvestre / Sarandonga Feat. Grupo Esencia / Se Secó El Arroyito Feat. Jesus Fernandez / Pruebe Este Tono Feat. Tiburon Morales / Gusto Y Sabor Feat. Magic Sax Quartet Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto SHANLP43033 016351433312 LP SHANACHIE £12.99 WORLD MUSIC The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto collects some of the greatest mbaqanga tracks recorded during 1981-1984. Full-throated singing, often harmonized, rode jumpy rhythms and countermelodies with joyous results; no wonder singer/songwriter extraordinaire Paul Simon used township musicians to recreate their sound on his acclaimed Graceland album. “One of the 100 greatest albums of all time.” —Rolling Stone Tracks: Awungilobolele -Udokotela Shange Namajaha / Holotelani -Nelcy Sedibe / Qhude Manikiniki -Umahlathini Nabo / Inododa Yejazi Elimnyama -Amaswazi Emvelo / Emthonjeni Womculo -Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo With Makgona Tshole Band / Sobabamba Udokotela Shange Namajaha / Qhwahilahle -Moses Mchunu / Thul’ulalele -Amaswazi Emvelo / Sini Lindile -Nganeziyamfisa No Khambalomvaleliso / Ngicabange Ngaqeda- Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo With Makgona Tsohle Band / Joyce No.2 -Johnson Mkhalali / Nansi Imali -Ladysmith Black Mambazo Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Kathryn Temills & Trio D'Argento – Piano Centric 7439 776143743929 CD OPENING DAY £7.99 CLASSICAL Since its inception the piano has played a major role in the history and development of Chamber Music. Because it can attain a near–orchestral volume of sound and complexity and yet be played with the precision and intimacy of a single line instrument, it is an instrument perfectly suited to the compositions presented on this album. What better place to start than with the music of Beethoven, a composer who was involved with the earliest designs of the pianoforte? His “Piano Trio in B–flat major” is a delightful way to explore the combination of instruments with the piano. Trio d’Argento then performs the two French works on the disc — Saint–Saëns’ spirited “Tarantella” and the “Deux Interludes” by Jacques Ibert. These two works have become a staple of the core repertoire for Piano Trio — flute, clarinet and piano. Finishing this chamber music excursion is a work of majestic proportions, the “Quintet for Piano and Winds, Opus 79” by Nicolai Rimsky–Korsakov, whose early years included self–immersion in learning about orchestration. With piano as the central player along with state–of–the–art modern instruments, the works collected here spring to life! Tracks: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Allegro Con Brio Adagio Tema Con Variazioni Camille Saint–Saëns: Tarantella In A Minor, Opus 6 Jacques Ibert: Andante Espressivo Nicolai Rimsky–Korsakov: Allegro Vivo Quintet For Piano And Winds, Opus 79 Allegro Con Brio Andante Rondo Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Kepler Quartet – Ben Johnston: String Quartets Nos. 6, 7, & 8 NW80730 093228073024 CD NEW WORLD £9.25 CLASSICAL A fourteen-year odyssey comes to a close with the eagerly anticipated world premiere recordings of the final volume of Ben Johnston’s string quartets. The ten string quartets of Ben Johnston, written between 1951 and 1995, constitute no less than an attempt to revolutionize the medium. Only the first limits itself to conventional tuning. The others, climaxing in the astonishing Seventh Quartet of 1984, add in further microtones from the harmonic series to the point that the music seems to float in a free pitch space, unmoored from the grid of the common twelve-pitch scale. In a way, this is a return to an older conception of string quartet practice, since players used to (and often still do) intuitively adjust their tuning for maximum sonority while listening to each other’s intonation. The completion of the cycle, supervised throughout by the composer himself, is a historic achievement that will undoubtedly stand as the definitive document of these works, among the landmark quartet cycles of 20th-century music. The Seventh and Eighth Quartets are receiving their world-premiere recordings. The former has a reputation as the most difficult quartet ever written and the Kepler Quartet has met the challenge with enviable aplomb, as they have throughout the cycle, affording listeners a chance to finally hear these difficult but highly rewarding works. Johnston’s brief, poignant Rumi setting, Quietness, with the composer himself as vocalist, rounds out the recording, a fitting denouement to—in the words of composer/author Kyle Gann— “possibly the most ambitious string quartet project in history.” Tracks: Ben Johnson: String Quartet No. 7: Prelude - Scurrying, Forceful, Intense String Quartet No. 7: Palindromes - Eerie String Quartet No. 7: Variations - With Solemnity String Quartet No. 8: Vigorous, Aggressive String Quartet No. 8: Lazy, Rocking String Quartet No. 8: Scherzo - Fast, Skimming; Trio - Light String Quartet No. 8: Extremely Light And Rhythmic String Quartet No. 6 : Legato Espressivo / Quietness Also Available: NW80637 String Quartets Nos. 2, 4, and 9 NW80693 String Quartets Nos. 1, 5, and 10 NW80432 Ponder Nothing Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Slava & Leonard Grigoryan – Rodrigo Guitar Concertos ABC4812231 028948122318 CD2 £11.10 ABC CLASSICS CLASSICAL In this edition, Rodrigo’s deeply emotional works – a mixture of fiery passion, gentle introspection and profound beauty – are accompanied by a bonus album of Baroque guitar concertos including favourites by Vivaldi and Handel. “I am delighted to receive from guitarist Slava Grigoryan, much admired by me, the great news about the reappearance on the market of the ABC Classics recording that features Joaquín Rodrigo’s three guitar concertos. “This is a magnificent way to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the premiere of the Concierto de Aranjuez, which took place on 9 November 1940 in Barcelona. I also appreciate the opportunity to express my thanks to the two outstanding guitar soloists, Slava and his brother Leonard, for their masterful performance of Concierto madrigal which is so significant in the world of Joaquín Rodrigo’s compositions.” So writes Cecilia Rodrigo, only daughter of composer Joaquín Rodrigo, on the occasion of this reissue of Slava and Leonard Grigoryan’s iconic recording of her father’s music. The album was first released ten years ago to universal acclaim – including an ARIA Award nomination and five-star reviews across the Australian and international press. Tracks: CD 1- Rodrigo Guitar Concertos: Concierto De Aranjuez Fantasía Para Un Gentilhombre Fantasía Para Un Gentilhombre CD 2: VIVALDI Arr. Malipiero: Concerto In G Major For Two Guitars Vivaldi Arr. Pujol: Concerto In A Major, RV82 Vivaldi Arr. Behrend: Concerto In D Major, RV93 Handel Arr. Eduard Grigoryan: Concerto In B-flat Major For Two Guitars, HWV294 Weiss Arr. Behrend: Grigoryan Concerto In D Minor For Guitar And String Orchestra Fasch Arr. Chiesa: Concerto In D Minor Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Eva Van Grinsven, H Basilova, M Milstein, L Niederstrasse - Prokofiev, Rachmaninov & Shostakovich: Transcriptions For Sax MDG9031951 760623195162 SACD MDG £9.25 CLASSICAL Eva van Grinsven's Saxofolk debut album with the Berlage Saxophone Quartet was a spectacular success. On Rendez-vous russe her saxophone and its marvelously versatile tone blend with the instruments of her chamber music partners, and the fine articulation so incredibly similar to the human voice produces a unique impact. Two saxophones join forces for a contemporary encore. The reminiscences of Russian Orthodox sacred song create a striking effect in Sofia Gubaidulina's Duo Sonata. The fact that Lars Niederstraßer, another Berlage instrumentalist, is involved produces an especially harmonious combination of these two instruments and perfectly renders the sacred illusion on this finely balanced, three-dimensional Super Audio CD. Tracks: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): How Peaceful Arr. For Alto Saxophone And Piano Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Five Melodies Op.35 Arr. For Alto Saxophone And Piano Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Piano Trio No. 1 Op. 8 Arr. For Violin, Tenor Saxophone And Piano Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): In My Garden At Night To Her Daisies 2‘33 Arr. For Alto Saxophone And Piano Sofia Gubaidulina (*1931): Duo Sonata Arr. For Two Baritone Saxophones By Michael Couper Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915): Romance Arr. For Tenor Saxophone And Piano Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Five Pieces Arr. For Violin, Alto Saxophone And Piano Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Dreams Arr. For Alto Saxophone And Piano Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Joshua Weilerstein – Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète, Concerto In D, Pulcinella £9.25 MDG9401955 760623195568 SACD MDG CLASSICAL Igor Stravinsky inaugurated the era of musical neoclassicism with a sensational success. His Pulcinella continues to be uncommonly popular even today, primarily as a suite from the ballet of the same name – which makes this virtuosic orchestral piece the perfect choice for this fascinating MDG debut program featuring Joshua Weilerstein, the new principal conductor of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Apollon musagète and the rarely heard Concerto in D offer additional highly interesting insights into this important period in the great Russian composer’s oeuvre. With Joshua Weilerstein the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne has truly passed the torch to a new generation. The young conductor follows in big footsteps, but continuity on the highest level is also a sure bet: after the pianist Christian Zacharias another outstanding instrumentalist, this time a violinist, has assumed the conducting duties with this renowned Swiss orchestra. Tracks: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite - Sinfonia Serenata / Scherzino Tarantella Toccata Gavotta (con Due Variazioni) Vivo Minuetto Finale Apollon Musagète: Premier Tableau - Naissance D‘Apollon Second Tableau: Variation D‘Apollon Pas D‘action Variation De Calliope Variation De Polymnie Variation De Terpsichore Variation D‘Apollon Pas De Deux Coda Apothéose Concerto In D: For String Orchestra - Vivace Arioso Rondo Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Dieter Klocker, Consortium Classicum - Works By: Albrechtsberger, Asioli, Bruch, Erzherzog etc £18.50 MDG3011967 760623196725 CD4 MDG CLASSICAL The unforgettable Dieter Klöcker would have celebrated his eightieth birthday in 2016 – which is reason enough to commemorate this anniversary with a very special edition. Four CDs with carefully selected musical gems from the WDR audio archive, made between 1969 and 1993, demonstrate the incomparable variety of Klöcker’s work as a chamber musician. Since a few CD premieres are found among them, this release is a valuable rarity guaranteed to enthuse faithful fans of the legendary Consortium Classicum – and not only them. Today composers like Christian Cannabich and Georg Christoph Wagenseil have their own firm places in the annals of music history. When Dieter Klöcker first introduced their works on the concert stage, they were known at most to a few specialists. Wagenseil’s suite, which as the oldest composition has the honor of opening this program in a recording from 1974, shows how skillfully the Consortium Classicum was able to combine entertaining performance style with musicological foundations – from start to finish, a wonderful musical feast! Tracks: CD 1: Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777): Suite De Pièces Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809): Octet (Parthia Nr. 2) Rudolph Erzherzog Von Österreich (1788-1831): Septet Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Military March D 733,1 CD 2: Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781): Concertino Bonifacio Asioli (1769 -1832): Sextet Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791-1874): Quintet Op. 8 CD 3: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864): Quintet Louise Farrenc (1804-1875): Nonet Julius Röntgen (1855-1932): Serenade Op 14 CD 4: Max Bruch (1838-1920): Septet Heinrich Von Herzogenberg (1843-1900): Quintet Op. 43 Order from Proper Music Distribution : Telephone: 0870 444 0805 Fax: 0208 6765169 e-mail: sales@propermusicgroup.com CLASSICAL NEW RELEASE - 03/06/2016 Ardinghello Ensemble – Beethoven: Serenade Op. 25, String Trio Op. 3 MDG9031953 760623195360 SACD MDG £9.25 CLASSICAL Only a little chamber music for flute by Beethoven has come down to us. The Viennese classical titan was not particularly fond of this tender instrument. Nevertheless, he managed to pen an elegant, nimble Serenade op. 25, which the Ardinghello Ensemble is now releasing along with a new rendering of the magnificent String Trio op. 3. For the Ardinghello Ensemble Beethoven stands at the beginning of an epoch of special interest. The four instrumentalists performing with Karl Kaiser – all of them women – very undogmatically operate with insights provided by historical performance practice and set out in quest of the “Faraway Sound” of romanticism. Recorded in MDG's 2+2+2 sound. Tracks: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Serenade For Flute, Violin And Viola Op.25 In D Major - Entrada - Allegro Tempo Ordinario D‘un Menuetto Allegro Molto Andante Con Variazioni Allegro Scherzando E Vivace Adagio – Allegro Vivace E Disinvolto Trio For Violin, Viola And Violoncello Op. 3 In Eb Major - Allegro Con Brio Andante Menuetto. Allegretto Adagio Menuetto. Moderato Finale. Allegro Aulos Quartett – J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Arr. Josef Rheinberger 1883 £9.25 MDG9031950 760623195063 SACD MDG CLASSICAL Even the very first printed editions of Bach’s incomparable Goldberg Variations contained arrangements for ensembles of melody instruments. The Aulos Quartet has recorded a new version of Josef Rheinberger’s arrangement that grabs and keeps our listening attention for two good reasons: the ideal transparency created by the mixed ensemble of strings and winds and the employment of the 'oboe profonda', a rarely heard instrument enormously expanding the tonal resources of the oboe family. The musicians of the Aulos Quartet have based their arrangement on the version produced by Rheinberger for two pianos more than a hundred years ago. In this version, the oboe and violin play the treble, the oboe profonda takes charge of the tenor part, and the violoncello supplies the bass. The rewarding arrangement by the Swiss ensemble also brings out many a previously unnoticed detail even for seasoned listeners, and is recorded in MDG's 2+2+2 sound. 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