LEILA
Blood, Looms & Blooms
WARPCD
Warp Records 2008
14 Tracks. 54mins56secs

Leila Arab first appeared on Richard D. James’s Rephlex just over ten years ago with a handful of EPs and a stunning debut album, Like Weather, which gathered considerable praises from the press and got the Londoner’s quirky blend of electronica and pop noticed for all the right reasons. Firmly in charge of assembling little gems drenched in bleeps and glitch, with just a little hand from lord Aphex on post production, Leila brought on board a host of contributors to assume vocal duties, including sister Roya and long term friend Luca Santucci. After moving to XL Recordings, Leila and her crew reconvened for her sophomore missive, Courtesy Of Choice, released in 2000. Continue Reading »

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.

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