your greedbag11 Nov 2008 - ORDER NEW MURCOF ALBUM NOW!
Murcof's new album, The Versailles Sessions, is available now (vinyl orders from our store come with a free poster while stocks last and a free download of the album).
The album goes on general sale on December 1, but you can also buy the album now, three weeks ahead of the official date, from Coalition independent record stores in the UK. You can find your nearest store here.
All Murcof's previous CD releases are available at a special price for a limited time from our store and the Coalition shops.
Recorded in 2007 as a site-specific commission for Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes, an annual festival of sound, light and water at Château de Versailles in France. The six compositions derive entirely from recordings of 17th century baroque instruments (including harpsichord, viola da gamba, flute and violin) and a mezzo soprano, made for the project at Studio GetSound in Paris.
Also newly released (on Blue Note) is a collaboration between Murcof and Eric Truffaz. The project, entitled Mexico, is part of trio of collaborative releases themed on cities, the other two being Paris and Benares.
These releases coincide with with Murcof’s first ever full UK tour, in which Fernando Corona will present a newly composed work, entitled Océano, in collaboration with Spanish classical ensemble BCN216 and visual sculptor Flicker:
10 Nov 2008 - LIVE DATES UPDATE
VOLCANO!
Mon 10 Nov 2008: The Arches, Glasgow, UK
Tue 11 Nov 2008: The Tunnels, Aberdeen, UK
Thu 13 Nov 2008: Bodega Social Club, Nottingham, UK
Fri 14 Nov 2008: SWN Festival, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK
Sat 15 Nov 2008: The Gander, Bournemouth, UK
Sun 16 Nov 2008: Portland Arms, Cambridge, UK
Mon 17 Nov 2008: Pure Groove (instore at 1330), London, UK
Mon 17 Nov 2008: Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London, UK
Tue 18 Nov 2008: The Library (upstairs), Leeds, UK (with Cass McCombs & Tigers!)
Wed 19 Nov 2008: Whelans (upstairs), Dublin, IRELAND
Thu 20 Nov 2008: Roisin Dubh, Galway, IRELAND
MURCOF
Fri 14 Nov 2008: South Street Arts Centre, Reading, UK (feat. BCN 216 and Flicker, with Oren Marshall)
Sat 15 Nov 2008: Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (feat. BCN 216 and Flicker, with Oren Marshall)
Sun 16 Nov 2008: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK (feat. BCN 216 and Flicker, with Oren Marshall)
Mon 17 Nov 2008: Duke of York's Picture House, Brighton, UK (feat. BCN 216 and Flicker, with Oren Marshall)
Tue 18 Nov 2008: The Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK (feat. BCN 216 and Flicker, with Oren Marshall)
Wed 19 Nov 2008: Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK (feat. BCN 216 and Flicker, with Oren Marshall)
Thu 20 Nov 2008: Purcell Room, London, UK (feat. BCN 216 and Flicker, with Oren Marshall)
Fri 21 Nov 2008: Arts Centre, Norwich, UK (feat. BCN 216 and Flicker, with Oren Marshall)
Sat 22 Nov 2008: Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast, UK (feat. BCN 216 and Flicker, with Oren Marshall)
Sun 7 Dec 2008: The Basement, Beirut, LEBANON
WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS
Sun 23 Nov 2008: Rotown, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS
Tue 25 Nov 2008: Festival Les Boréales, Caen, FRANCE
Wed 26 Nov 2008: Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, FRANCE
Thu 27 Nov 2008: Le Ciel, Grenoble, FRANCE
Fri 28 Nov 2008: Casa 139, Milan, ITALY
Sat 29 Nov 2008: Init, Rome, ITALY
Sun 30 Nov 2008: Velvet, Rimini, ITALY
Tue 2 Dec 2008: Chelsea, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Wed 3 Dec 2008: Under13, Munich, GERMANY
Thu 4 Dec 2008: Beatpol, Dresden, GERMANY
Fri 5 Dec 2008: Transmission, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Sun 7 Dec 2008: Neumos, Seattle, WA, USA
Tue 9 Dec 2008: Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR, USA
Thu 11 Dec 2008: Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA, USA
Fri 12 Dec 2008: Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA, USA (with Radars to the Sky)
EFTERKLANG
Fri 21 Nov 2008: Ars Cameralis Festival, Rialto Kino Theatre, Katowice, POLAND
Tue 25 Nov 2008: Tavastia Klubi, Helsinki, FINLAND
Thu 27 Nov 2008: Spikeri, Riga, LATVIA
Sat 29 Nov 2008: Uppsala Konsert & Kongress, Uppsala, SWEDEN
Sat 6 Dec 2008: An Club, Athens, GREECE
ESSIE JAIN
Mon 8 Dec 2008: Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY, USA
31 Oct 2008 - STREAM VOLCANO! LIVE IN AMSTERDAM MONDAY 3 NOVEMBER
volcano!'s show at Paradiso in Amsterdam this Monday 3 November will be streamed live on Fabchannel from 8pm (CET). You can catch all of the action here:
Meanwhile you can read the band's blog on their revamped website
Here are the rest of the live dates of the European tour:
Fri 31 Oct 2008: UBU, Rennes, FRANCE (with Fuck Buttons)
Mon 3 Nov 2008: Paradiso (upstairs), Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Tue 4 Nov 2008: De Kreun, Kortrijk, BELGIUM (with Daniel Higgs)
Wed 5 Nov 2008: Botanique, Brussels, BELGIUM (with Why?)
Fri 7 Nov 2008: The Fox & Firkin, London, UK
Sat 8 Nov 2008: Korova, Liverpool, UK
Sun 9 Nov 2008: The Roadhouse, Manchester, UK
Mon 10 Nov 2008: The Arches, Glasgow, UK
Tue 11 Nov 2008: The Tunnels, Aberdeen, UK
Thu 13 Nov 2008: Bodega Social Club, Nottingham, UK
Fri 14 Nov 2008: SWN Festival, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, UK
Sat 15 Nov 2008: The Gander, Bournemouth, UK
Sun 16 Nov 2008: Portland Arms, Cambridge, UK
Mon 17 Nov 2008: Pure Groove (instore at 1330), London, UK
Mon 17 Nov 2008: Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London, UK
Tue 18 Nov 2008: The Library (upstairs), Leeds, UK
Wed 19 Nov 2008: Whelans (upstairs), Dublin, IRELAND
Thu 20 Nov 2008: Roisin Dubh, Galway, IRELAND
29 Oct 2008 - VOTE FOR LEAF ARTWORK IN ART VINYL COMPETITION!
Art Vinyl have launched a competition for the best vinyl cover art of 2008. Already nominated is Battle and Victory by Nancy Elizabeth, for which Daniel Halsall designed the cover.
You can vote for any album that was released as an LP in 2008, and seemingly 2007, in the competition, as Nancy's album was released last year. Anyway, feel free to vote for any of our albums of the last year (or so) that have been released on vinyl.
VOTE FOR!
 Buy Nancy Elizabeth - Battle and Victory |
 Buy Efterklang - Parades |
 Buy Murcof - Cosmos |
 Buy - Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Heartcore |
 Buy Murcof - The Versailles Sessions |
17 Oct 2008 - WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN DATES FOR DECEMBER
Wildbirds & Peacedrums have announced a handful of shows in the USA and Canada in early December. The dates begin with an appearance at Transmission in Vancouver, Canada on 5 December. The Swedish duo then head down the West Coast of the United States, dates below.
Fri 5 Dec 2008: Transmission, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Sun 7 Dec 2008: Neumos, Seattle, WA, USA
Tue 9 Dec 2008: Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR, USA
Thu 11 Dec 2008: Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA, USA
Fri 12 Dec 2008: tba, Los Angeles, CA, USA
17 Oct 2008 - EFTERKLANG ON UK TV TONIGHT!
UK's Channel 4 will be screening highlights of this year's Field Day festival Friday night/Saturday morning (18/10/08) at 0105. The Rockfeedback programme features Efterklang and you can find out more here:
Rockfeedback
Don't forget that the Danish band are giving away freebies all this week. Today's offerings are Casper Clausen's remix of First Floor Power's God Damn Your Fingers and a video for 'Doppelgänger', from debut Tripper. Catch all the action here:
Efterklang.net/home
15 Oct 2008 - WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS CHINA AND EUROPEAN TOUR NEWS
Swedish duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums have added a whole load of dates to their autumn schedule, including shows in China this week, and their most extensive European tour to date throughout November. They are currently finalizing more North American dates for December, and will return to touring in Europe in early February 2009.
Here's an example of the couple's powerful and energetic live set taken from their show earlier this year at the Bohemia Jazz Fest in Prague, Czech Republic. This track is 'The Window', which can be found on this year's Heartcore.
You can find all the scheduled dates below.
Fri 17 Oct 2008: University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, CHINA
Sat 18 Oct 2008: Central University of Nationalities, Beijing, CHINA
Sun 19 Oct 2008: Nankai Univeristy, Nankai, CHINA
Tue 21 Oct 2008: Sun Yat-Seng University, Guangzhou, CHINA
Wed 22 Oct 2008: Sun Yat-Seng University, Guangzhou, CHINA
Thu 23 Oct 2008: South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, CHINA
Sat 25 Oct 2008: Gerlesborgsskolan, Tanum, SWEDEN
Sun 26 Oct 2008: Umeå Jazzfestival, Scharinska Villan, Umeå, SWEDEN
Thu 30 Oct 2008: Transform Festival, Dokkhuset, Trondheim, NORWAY
Fri 31 Oct 2008: Metropol, Härnösand, SWEDEN
Sat 1 Nov 2008: JazzCologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, GERMANY
Sun 2 Nov 2008: Enjoy Jazz, Klub K, Heidelberg, GERMANY
Tue 4 Nov 2008: Restaurang Opus, Gävle, SWEDEN
Wed 5 Nov 2008: Crecendo, Norrköping, SWEDEN
Thu 6 Nov 2008: JazzFest Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY
Fri 7 Nov 2008: Nordic Music Week, Stavanger, NORWAY
Sat 8 Nov 2008: SonoFestival, Viften, Copenhagen, DENMARK
Sun 23 Nov 2008: Rotown, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS
Tue 25 Nov 2008: Festival Les Boréales, Caen, FRANCE
Wed 26 Nov 2008: Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, FRANCE
Thu 27 Nov 2008: Le Ciel, Grenoble, FRANCE
Fri 28 Nov 2008: Casa 139, Milan, ITALY
Sat 29 Nov 2008: Init, Rome, ITALY
Sun 30 Nov 2008: Velvet, Rimini, ITALY
Tue 2 Dec 2008: Chelsea, Vienna, AUSTRIA
Wed 3 Dec 2008: Under13, Munich, GERMANY
Thu 4 Dec 2008: Beatpol, Dresden, GERMANY
14 Oct 2008 - EFTERKLANG GIFT WEEK
All this week, the generous Danish folks Efterklang are offering a freebie every day. This bonanza started on Monday when the band released the video for 'Horseback Tenors', taken from 2007's Parades. The video, directed by Rasmus Bro, is shot in the collective's hometown of Copenhagen, featuring stop motion photography.
Keep up to date with all of this week's kind presents, which we are reliably informed will include mp3s and more videos, here.
Efterklang.net/home
Having recently returned from a trip to China, you can catch up with all of their fun and exploits via the band's flickr page. Also featured are photos from last month's Parades concerts in Copenhagen.
02 Oct 2008 - ESSIE ON BBC RADIO 3
Essie Jain will appear on BBC Radio 3's The Verb this Friday 3 October. The show, presented by poet Ian McMillan, is broadcast from 2115 (BST). Essie will play a couple of songs as well as being interviewed.
You can stream the show online for a week after the event by clicking here.
Essie played a show at Point FMR in Paris in May 2008, and it was captured on camera by La Blogotheque, who have recently featured Efterklang, volcano! and A Hawk And A Hacksaw in their Take-Away Show series. Tracks 'Haze'. 'Talking' and 'Understand', all taken from 2008's We Made This Ourselves, can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here
Parisiens can catch Essie again this weekend as she plays Maroquinerie also on Friday 3rd October, in support to Under Byen.
30 Sep 2008 - CARIBOU WINS POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE
Leaf alumnus Caribou (aka Dan Snaith) has won the Polaris Music Prize for 2007's Andorra album. In the Canadian equivalent of the Mercury Prize, the album was judged to be the best Canadian album of the year, beating off competition from the likes of Holy F*ck, Black Mountain and Stars.
The London-based artist released three albums on The Leaf Label between 2001 and 2005 (Start Breaking My Heart, Up In Flames and The Milk Of Human Kindness), as well as the Marino DVD. All releases can be found here.
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