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NEW
PREFUSE 73 MINI-ALBUM ANNOUNCED
28 November
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The
long-awaited mini-album companion to Prefuse
73’s magnificent Surrounded
By Silence is finally announced for February
2006, although there is no definite date yet. The mini-album,
entitled Security Screening, will feature Scott
Herren’s much talked about collaboration with
Kieran Hebden
and TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe, and is said
to be a ‘more instrumental, sound-based and transitional
record in a similar vein to Extinguished Outtakes'.
For more information, check out the Prefuse
73 website. |
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THE
BATTLES SIGN TO WARP
28 November
2005 |
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Warp
Records have just announced that the Battles have signed
with the label. Formed inn 2002 in New York by Ian William
(Don Caballero), John Stainer (Helmet, Tomahawk), David
Konopka (Lynk) and Prefuse
73 collaborator and avant-guard jazz musician Tyondai
Braxton, The Battles have been seen alongside Prefuse
73 during his last US and European tour earlier this
year. The band have already released a handful of EPs,
which are set to be collated, repackaged and released
by Warp in February 2006, with an album of new material
to follow later during the year. |
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BENBECULA
ANNOUNCES NEW MINERALS SERIES
28 November 2005
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Scottish label Benebecula, home of Christ., Prhizzm, Reverbaphon and many more, is launching a new series of releases this December. The Minerals Series will feature twelve full length albums, strictly limited to 100 copies, with a small number of each being reserved for a special package containing all twelve albums plus an extra CD featuring exclusive music. Artists said to be involved in the project, either with full length contributions or compilation appearance include Christ., Colditz, Fence Collective, Frog Pocket, Greenbank, Prhizzm, Reverbaphon and more. For more information on the project and secure a copy of any of the albums, check out the Benbecula website. |
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THE
BOOKS TO TOUR EUROPE AND US IN EARLY 2006
24 November
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Eccentric
experimental folksters The
Books will follow the release of their wonderful third
album, Lost
And Safe earlier this year with an extensive
tour the US and Europe in early 2006, with particular
attention paid to the UK. Dates as follow: Chicago, USA
(30/12/05), Bracknell, UK (27/01/06), Bristol, UK (28/01),
Brawby, UK (31/01), Gateshead, UK (02/02), London, UK
(03/02), Brighton, UK (04/02), Warwick, UK (05/02), Paris,
FR (09/02), Brussels, BE (10/02), Utrecht, NL (11/02),
Northampton, MA, USA (01/03), Pittsburg, USA (05/03),
Columbus, USA (06/03), Oberlin, USA (07/03), Minneapolis,
USA (09/03), Cleveland, USA (15/03) and Los Angeles, USA
(17/03). All UK dates will be with The Clogs. For more
information, check the Books
and Tomlab
websites. |
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COPPE TO RELEASE BUMPER DOUBLE ALBUM
16 November 2005 |
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Japanese oddball pop songstress Coppe will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of her imprint, Mango & Sweet Rice, with a bumper double album featuring collaborations with Kris Weston, Q Bert, Ryan Breen, Nobukazu Takemura, Samurai Chop, DJ Vadim, Kettel, Mickey The Cat, Dokaka, The Program and many more. The album, due out early next year, will collect thirty-two tracks, some previously unreleased and some new. For more information on the album and activities around the anniversary, check out the Mango & Sweet Rice website. |
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4AD
TO RELEASE NEW HOPE BLISTER ALBUM
8 November 20005 |
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Legendary
indie label 4AD will be releasing the second album by
Ivo Watts-Russell’s Hope Blister. The album, set
to be released as a double CD, features Underarms,
a collection of seven songs originally released as a mail
order only album, plus Sideways, which will contains
remixes of all seven songs from Underarms. The
album will be released on 6 December in the US and on
12 December for the rest of the world. For more information,
visit the newly
relaunched 4AD website. |
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SUPERSILENT
EUROPEAN TOUR
7 November 2005 |
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Norwegian
free jazz quartet Supersilent follow the release of their
DVD, 7, recorded live at Parktertret, Oslo last year,
with a handful of European live dates, as follow: Dublin,
Ireland (18/11), Huddersfield, UK (19/11), London, UK
(8/12), Gent, Belgium (9/12), Aalst, Belgium (10/12) and
Harstad, Norway (4/02/06). Check the Rune
Grammofon website for further information. |
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