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After thirteen years as one of the centerpieces of Sweden’s experimental
rock scene The Skull Defekts return with their fnal, self-titled album.
The Skull Defekts are known for merging the coarse vitality of punk with
the ritualism of folk dances to create music that is addictive, wondrously
discordant, and rooted in a belief in the overwhelming power of pure
sound.
Their fnal self-titled album is the band’s most composed effort to date
and features new member Mariam Wallentin (Wildbirds & Peacedrums)
joining core members Joachim Nordwall (founder of groundbreaking
iDEAL Recordings), Daniel Fagge Fagerström (8 Days of Nothing), and
Henrik Rylander (Union Carbide Productions).
The members of The Skull Defekts are singular forces in the European
experimental scene. Nordwall has frequently collaborated with
acclaimed saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, including in his Fire! Orchestra,
alongside Wallentin, who herself has collaborated with Swedish singer
Lykke Li. In addition to The Skull Defekts, Nordwall and Rylander have
worked together on numerous projects, including Orchestra Of Constant
Distress, and Saturn And The Sun. The Defekts have worked with a wide
variety of labels, a testament to their creative energy and the diversity
of their output, including Important, Meudiademorte, Diagonal, Aa,
iDeal, Touch, and Kning Disk. Frequent collaborator and singular artist
in his own right Daniel Higgs again created the album artwork.
TRACK LISTING:
1. A Brief History of Rhythm, Dub, Life and Death
2. Clean Mind
3. The Dance
4. Slow Storm
5. Powdered Faces
6. All Thoughts Thought
7. A Message From The Skull Defekts
8. The Beauty of Creation and Destruction
“A slice of the kind of relentlessly pounding, tribal
doomrock” – Tiny Mix Tapes
The Skull Defekts have operated as one of the centerpieces
of Sweden’s experimental rock scene and have toured the
world over the past decade
Cover artwork by Daniel Higgs (Lungfsh)
LP pressed on black virgin vinyl and presented in a tip-on
jacket with printed inner sleeve and free download card.
The inner sleeve features printing on the inside pocket and
the back panel of the LP jacket is printed in FOUR different
colors, randomly distributed
Full online marketing campaign and playlist pitching
The Skull Defekts will perform their last shows in 2018 with
plans to tour in both Europe and the US
“A primordial force, promising liberation through
obliteration.” – The Quietus
“Not many bands in recent memory have been able to
combine noise and otherworldly sonics with the sweat and
hot breath of punk rock. The Skull Defekts have mastered it,
boiled it down and resurrected it. For the sake of humanity,
here’s hoping it burrows its way into more ears.” – Paste
“This band are masters of their craft”
– The Line of Best Fit Erhältlich ab 09.03.2018
Mit dieser EP machte sich das junge britische HipHop/Jazz-Label Def Pressé auf Anhieb einen Namen: Madison Washington bestehen aus MC Malik Ameer und dem DJ/Produzenten thatmanmonkz, der auch das Label Shadaleaf betreibt. Ihre 6-Track-EP “Code Switchin'” aus 2017, die jetzt flächendeckend erhältlich wird, wurde von Gilles Peterson als “that Brilliantness of Hip-Hop” bezeichnet. Erhältlich ab 03.08.2018
Neues Album des britisch-New Yorker Duos Pan Amsterdam, bestehend aus HipHop-DJ/Produzent thatmanmonkz und Leron Thomas, dem renommierten New Yorker Jazz-Trompeter, der bereits mit Bilal, Erykah Badu und D’Angelo gearbeitet hat. “The Pocket Watch” erscheint auf dem aufstrebenden, britischen HipHop/Jazz-Label Def Pressé, das u.a. Gilles Peterson und Iggy Pop zu seinen Fans zählt. “One of the best horn players around today.” Iggy Pop über Leron Thomas. Erhältlich ab 27.04.2018
On her Thrill Jockey debut, acclaimed guitarist Marisa Anderson’s
music is boundless. Anderson is undeniably a master of
the North American traditions of country, folk, and blues on
guitar. On Cloud Corner, Anderson expands on those styles as well
as instrumentation. Written and recorded in a period of political
and personal upheaval, the album is intended as a refuge, an ode
to stillness in an era of ceaseless noise. The results are an album of
remarkably intimate beauty.
The solo guitar work of Marisa Anderson owes its familiar tones to
her awareness of history and her mastering of her instrument, yet it
is completely new. Marisa Anderson flters musical history through
her own personal experiences, as a traveler in life and in music.
A curious and gifted player, Anderson has spent over 35 years of
performing forging her singular, instantly recognizable voice. Marisa
Anderson’s Cloud Corner is hopeful in the face of any discord, a
resplendent diverse sound sanctuary that shines, a mirror of the
horizon it looks towards.
“Marisa Anderson doesn’t just play guitar — she sinks into bends
and lingers over melodies, knowing when to light a fre under her
fngers and when to wind like a creek.” – NPR Music
“The deft and vigilant way Portland-based guitarist Marisa Anderson
has with a six-string garnered her some old-fashioned word-ofmouth. Anderson’s ingested both the country blues and bluegrass
lexicon in such a way so as to voice something new.”
– Rolling Stone
“Her sound has strength in restless variety…Anderson’s playing is
heartfelt and utterly American- free from grandstanding and steeped
in respect for the old tradition.” – The Wire
TRACK LISTING:
1. Pulse
2. Slow Ascent
3. Angel’s Rest
4. Cloud Corner
5. Sanctuary
6. Sun Song
7. Lament
8. Sant Feliu de Guíxols
9. Surfacing
10. Lift
SALES POINTS
Anderson has been praised by Billboard, Rolling
Stone, NPR, SPIN, Pitchfork and The Wire. Billboard
magazine named Into the Light one of the best records
of 2016 and Pitchfork named Anderson’s 2015 split LP
with Tashi Dorji one of the top experimental records
of the year
Anderson will be touring throughout 2018, including
US dates this spring alongside Godspeed You! Black
Emperor and Circuit des Yeux. Anderson will also be
appearing at the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose
Festival alongside labelmates Glenn Jones and Sarah
Louise, as well as Portland’s Pickathon Festival
NPR Music has featured Anderson on All Songs Considered, First Listen, and had her perform for their Tiny
Desk concert series
LP version pressed on virgin vinyl and packaged with a
free download coupon
Anderson has contributed to recordings by Beth Ditto
(The Gossip), Sharon Van Etten and Circuit Des Yeux
among others, as well as creating music for short flms
and soundtracks
Anderson has toured extensively including festival appearances at Le Guess Who, Moog Fest, Copenhagen
Jazz Festival and the Winnipeg Folk Festival Erhältlich ab 15.06.2018
Absolutely no one makes music like The Body.
On their follow up to 2016’s acclaimed No One Deserves Happiness,
the Portland duo of Lee Buford and Chip King conjure the sublime
from the unexpected by turning their compositional approach on its
head. The Body continue to defy the constraints of what it means
to be a “heavy” band, seamlessly combining diverse in?uences for
an utterly singular sound. The album’s contributors include Kristin
Hayter (Lingua Ignota), Michael Berdan (Uniform), and Ben Eberle
(Sandworm), as well as frequent collaborator Chrissy Wolpert
(Assembly of Light Choir). Production was handled by Machines
With Magnets (Lightning Bolt, Battles).
The Body transcend musical boundaries. Their ambitious creativity
shapes their bleak worldview into propulsive, affecting, and even
danceable music often drenched in distortion.
The Body will be touring throughout 2018, including appearances at
Roadburn and Sled Island festivals.
The Body have recently collaborated with Full of Hell, Thou, Krieg,
Haxan Cloak, and Wrekmeister Harmonies.
TRACK LISTING:
1. The Last Form of Loving
2. Can Carry No Weight
3. Partly Alive
4. The West Has Failed
5. Nothing Stirs
6. Off Script
7. An Urn
8. Blessed, Alone
9. Sickly Heart of Sand
10. Ten Times A Day, Every Day, A Stranger
SALES POINTS
The Body will be touring Europe this spring with
Lightning Bolt including a collaborative set with Thou
at Roadburn, and will tour throughout North America
this summer with an appearance at Sled Island Festival
The Body’s recent collaboration with Full of Hell
(Ascending A Mountain Of Heavy Light) was praised
by NPR Music, Pitchfork, Decibel, Metal Hammer,
Invisible Oranges, and more
2xLP presented in a gatefold jacket with spot UV
printing, printed inner sleeves, and free download
card. A limited supply pressed on silver high melt
color vinyl. CD version in 4 panel mini-LP style
gatefold jacket.
The album features regular The Body collaborators
Chrissy Wolpert (Assembly of Light Choir) and
Ben Eberle (Sandworm), and longtime engineers
Seth Manchester and Keith Souza (Machines With
Magnets), as well as guest performances by Kristin
Hayter (Lingua Ignota), and Michael Berdan (Uniform)
“A decibel clashing cavern” – NPR Music
“Sounds like a rave in a collapsing black hole.”
– Metal Hammer
“A riot of sound so aggressive it would make John
Zorn blush” – Pitchfor Erhältlich ab 11.05.2018