Balearic . Yacht Rock . New Age . Downbeat

WEEK STARTING 22 Sep

Genre pick of the week Cover of There's Always Next Year by Sean La'Brooy.
Analogue Attic presents the second solo release from label co-founder and one half of Albrecht La'Brooy.

6 stunning compositions to soundtrack your half-time break, or to celebrate the big win, 'There's Always Next Year' is a tribute to the misguided hopes and dreams of a sports fan.

Field recordings and commentary from a range of codes weave between silky saxophone lines and piano chords in what is a textbook showcase of the classic Analogue Attic downtempo and early evening sound we've come to know.

Credits:

Leo Yucht on Drums
Greg Carelton on Saxophone
Mastered by Corey Kikos

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: An alluring and enchanted set with coastal leanings, expansive horizons and balmy scents throughout. The ultimate late summer shimmer for those milking out the final rays of the season.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Boxed In
A2. Curse
A3. 3rd And 28
B1. 140 To The Pin
B2. Let
B3. There's Always Next Year

Bibio

Sunbursting EP

    Following on from a milestone 10th album and a string of reissues from earlier in his musical journey that dropped throughout the year, Bibio maintains the tradition of complementing each album with an EP. Enter the ‘Sunbursting EP’, which exists within the same musical realm as BIB10 whilst also delving into fresh concepts and sounds. Drawing inspiration from Brazilian and yacht rock influences, a diverse array of instruments intertwine with contributions from a number of collaborators including Olivier St. Louis, Óskar Guðjónsson, Dorian Concept and more. One for the endless summer.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Sorry (Won’t Cut It) Feat. Olivier St Louis
    2. Shine A Light On Your Mirror
    3. A Matter Of Fact
    4. Rosewoods
    5. All Of The Above
    6. Clay Dots
    7. Sunbursting Feat. Óskar Guðjónsson

    Khruangbin & Toro Y Moi

    Live At The Fillmore Miami

      It's only fitting that Khruangbin’s first-ever official live releases would be double albums paired with their tourmates: artists whose music they love and admire, friends who’ve become family along the way. Khruangbin’s ‘Live At’ series of live LPs traces just one small slice of the band’s flight plan through the years: it’s a taste of some of their most beloved cities, stages and nights. Each release comes with a limited-edition unique album cover exclusive for the recording’s home turf, just a little something extra for the fans that bring a little something extra. Most of all, Khruangbin’s ‘Live at’ series ignites both sides of the band’s magic: the warm, prismatic feeling of their albums and the bewitching energy of their performances.

      ‘Live at The Fillmore Miami’ features performances by Toro Y Moi and Khruangbin.

      ***Limited copies on white vinyl*** Nous'klaer Audio presents Martinou's "Chiral", the follow full-length up to his 2021 album "Rift". More outspoken, heavier sound design and it peaks on a blissful note. Sailing the dub-techno aquasonics with a rich, expansive horizon ahead, the album's synthesis and sequencing work brilliantly in tandem to create a subversive listening experience that electronic music fans are gonna lap up insatiably. Ethereal and heavenly in parts; buoyant in others; and in some parts sounding like your strapped to the back of a jet ski hurtling through the wash at 140BPM! Highly recommended - techno-orientated long players don't come much better than this!

      TRACK LISTING

      01 Reverie
      02 Open Up The Blinds
      03 Demise
      04 Locked In
      05 Surface Tension
      06 Take Me There
      07 Devotion
      08 An Inclination
      09 Exit To Bliss

      Daniel Ogren

      Fastingen - 92

        Daniel Ogren is one of the key artists in Sweden's contemporary, underground music scene. He has already accrued quite the back catalogue, both as a member of the sensational quartet Dina Ogon and also as a solo artist with eight albums already under his belt.

        'Fastingen-92' was originally released as a limited-edition vinyl pressing in 2020 on the independent label Sing A Song Fighter Records (the same label that first introduced us to Dina Ogon's music). The album came to our attention after hearing Daniels' solo band performing live at the Stockholm Jazz Club, Fasching. The band featured Love Orsan and Christopher Cantillo of Dina Ogon fame (who also records with the incredible Sven Wunder), and their sensational genrebusting set blew us away. It convinced us that this now out-of-print album needed to reach a wider audience.

        'Fastingen-92' doesn't sit in one genre, it draws from Daniels's love of South American folk music, soul, Nordic folk music and film soundtracks, resulting in something unique, dreamlike and transformational.

        It features 'Idag', an epic, beautiful, cinematic song that introduces the ethereal vocalist Anna Ahnlund. 'Idag' has gained a cult following and Daniel has stated that it was the spark that started the Dina Ogon project. Tracks like 'Annalena' and 'Kristinehamn by Night (for Christopher)' sound like a new club sound that hasn't yet been invented (which Nicola Cruz would spin in his DJ sets), mysterious, hypnotic, and engaging. Other songs like 'Maj (for Tintin)' and 'Picasso' venture into blissed- out Scando- Balearic realms. Daniel's love of nature and the inspiration he draws from the geographic environment of the Swedish countryside can be felt in these tracks, they take you to other places and times and are simultaneously familiar, ancient and alien.

        Alongside the collaborations with Anna and Christoper, the album features Josefin Runsteen playing the drums on 'Idag' and Swedish musicians Edvin Nahlin and Ulrik Ordin. The majority of the album was played, recorded and mixed by Daniel. For the Mr Bongo edition, we have added the bonus track 'April' which was previously only available digitally. 'Fastingen - 92' is a truly remarkable record that gets into your soul, so please delve in!

        TRACK LISTING

        Annalena
        Hjalmarsfjorden
        Idag
        Kristinehamn By Night (for Christopher)
        Maj (For Tintin)
        Picasso
        Levi
        Oktober (For Lo)
        April


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