Twelve years on from their last full length album, Michael Golding and Steve Rutter, better known as B12, will be releasing an eighteen track double CD, Last Days Of Silence, on their own B12 Records imprint. The duo, who reconvened in 2005 after a hiatus of almost ten years, have been playing handful of live dates since, and released some new material as well as reissuing their back catalogue of EPs.Last Days Of Silence is due to be released on 26 May 2008. There will be a limited edition of the album encased in a metal box with signed artwork and limited stickers which will only be available to buy from the B12 website. Pre-orders for both versions of the album will start from 16 May.

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Ghostly International have announced detailed of the long-awaited and many times delayed sixth album from fine purveyors of electronic music with a strong guitaristic twist Twine. Five years after their last, self-title offering, the duo are set to release Violets on 17 June 2008 on CD and digital format. The album was recorded shortly after its predecessor was released, in 2003, but has inexplicably remained under wrap until now. Continue Reading »

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Dreamy electronic popster Leila is back with a new album and single, seven years after her second album, Courtesy Of Choice was released. Having released music on Richard D. James’s Rephlex and on XL Recordings, it is now Warp that will do the honours of releasing Blood, Looms & Blooms on 9 June. The album will be preceded by Mettle, a 10” EP, on 21 April.

The album features collaborations with Terry Hall and Tricky sidekick Martina Toppley Bird.

Leila is also scheduled to perform at this year’s Sonar festival in Barcelona.

Leila | Leila (MySpace) | Warp Records

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Daedelus is set to return with the follow up to last year’s Fair Weather Friends EP later on this spring with a brand new album. Entitled Love To Make Music To, the album is due out in June on Ninja Tune, but Daedelus is currently giving away the first single from the album, Hrs:Mins:Secs, available to download from his website, daedelusmusic.com. The single features the original version, which is a techno-infused mashed up piece of paranoid electro, plus a rather lush remix from Ethan.

Downloading the single also gives the chance to pre-order a limited edition digital version of the album.

Daedelus | Ninja Tune

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London-based Erased Tapes will be hosting a special Valentine’s gig on Thursday 14 February at the Monto Water Rats Theatre in King’s Cross, London.

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds will be headlining the evening with a live performance, coming on the back of a recent tour and the release of his debut album, Eulogy For Evolution, with support from ambient pop outfit Kyte and post-rock quintet Codes In The Clouds.

Ólafur Arnalds (MySpace) | Erased Tapes

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The legendary Black Dog are back with a new album, Radio Scarecrow, released on Soma Recordings on 7 April. Two years in the making, Radio Scarecrow is the follow up to the mighty fine Silenced album, which was Ken Downie’s first full length with Martin and Richard Dust.

Talking about the album, the band said ‘the beats are faster and the bass is much’ and is also said to contain embedded coded messages and curses. More information about the album is due to be made available via a dedicated website imminently. Track listing as follow:

1. Transmission Start
2. Train By The Autobahn (Part 1)
3. Train By The Autobahn (Part 2)
4. Riphead v9
5. UV Sine
6. …Short Wave Lies
7. Siiiipher
8. Digital Poacher
9. Coda
10. Set To Receive
11. EVP Echoes
12. Floods v3.9
13. Beep
14. Witches Ov
15. Dials & Dialers 1
16. Ghost Vexations
17. Dials & Dialers 2

The album follows a string of re-releases of early Black Dog material released during their collaboration with General Production Recording and reissue by Soma.

The Black Dog | Radio Scarecrow | Soma Quality Recordings

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Mark Pritchard, one of the two founding members of the legendary Global Communication and Jedi Knights, returns to Warp at the end of February with a new EP released as Harmonic 313. Moving away from the library music tones of Harmonic 33 by adding a 1 to the name, Pritchard turns his attention to Detroit and hip-hop infused dance music and adds some very contemporary flavours to the mix.

EP1, which is due out on 12” and digital download, also includes a playful aspect with all track titles shown only as colour codes to be solved. The 12” will feature five tracks, with an extra track available to download once the code has been cracked.

The EP is out on Warp Records on 28 January, with an album announced for the summer.

Mark Pritchard (MySpace) | Warp Records

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The excellent London-based imprint Highpoint Lowlife will host a label showcase at the Luminaire, Kilburn, North London, on Saturday 26 January from 8pm, with live performances from The Marcia Blaine School For Girls, The Village Orchestra, Fisk Industries and Mandelbrot. The evening will also feature a special turntable DJ set from Production Unit. Check out the HPLL website for more information.

Highpoint Lowlife | The Luminaire

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Details of the forthcoming Autechre album, their ninth, have been revealed in a recent Warpmart newsletter. The album, entitled Quaristice, is due to be released on 3 March and is the follow up to Rob Brown and Sean Booth’s 2005 Untilted album. The album will feature no less than twenty tracks. The cover, designed, for the first time since the Cichli Suite EP, by The Designers Republic, was also unveiled.

Full track listing as follow:

1. Altibzz
2. The Plc
3. IO
4. Plyphon
5. Perlence
6. SonDEremawe
7. Simmm
8. Paralel Suns
9. Steels
10. Tankakern
11. Rale
12. Fol3
13. fwzE
14. 90101-51-1
15. bnc Castl
16. Theswere
17. WNSN
18. chenc9
19. Notwo
20. Outh9X

The band will embark on a full European tour to coincide with the release of the album. Dates as follow:

FEBRUARY
29 Manchester, UK, Music Box

MARCH
01 Glasgow, UK - Arts School
02 Newcastle, UK - Digital
03 Birmingham, UK - Med Bar
04 London, UK - Venue TBC
05 Koln, Germany - Stattgarten
06 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg
07 Antwerp, Belgium - Petrol
08 Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
09 Berlin, Germany - Berghain
10 Katowice, Poland - Jazz Club
11 Budapest, Hungry - Merlin
12 Zagreb, Croatia - Kset
13 Graz, Austria - Post Garage
14 Italy - Town and venue TBC
15 Rome, Italy - Venue TBC
16 Italy - Town and venue TBC
17 Lyon, France - Epicerie Moderne
18 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
19 Paris, France - Rex Club
20 Geneva, Switzerland - L’Usine, Electron Festival

Autechre (MySpace) | Warp Records

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Clark has just released a new EP, Throttle Promoter, ahead of the release of his fourth album, Turning Dragon, on 28 January on Warp. Throttle Promoter is currently only available from Bleep.com, but it will be made available from other digital stores from Monday 10 December. The EP is also released on 12” through regular stores. Throttle Promoter is said to take Clark’s sound from the excellent Body Riddle from last year to a ‘tougher rave sound’.

Clark is also to play a string of dates in the UK around the time of the release of the album, starting in London on 7 February, then Glasgow on 8 February and Manchester on 16 February.

Clark | Warp Records | Bleep.com

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