'Temporary' features an incredible roll call of collaborators including Sampha, Bill Callahan, Noah Cyrus, Florence Welch, Maddy Prior, Berwyn, Alabaster Deplume, Jah Wobble, Yazz Ahmed, Laura Groves, Kamasi Washington, Rickey Washington, Roses Gabor, Jack Peňate, Samantha Morton, Clari Freeman-Taylor and Nourished By Time. Created over four years from 2020 to 2024, 'Temporary' was recorded at Russell’s own west London Copper House studio, alongside sessions in Tottenham, Cumbria, Dorset, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and is set to build on previous acclaimed releases including 2018’s eponymous, Mercury Prize-nominated debut album.

On 'Temporary', Russell reboots his musical DNA: while his music had previously been about rhythm, words and melody in that order, on Temporary he swaps rhythm and melody, the rhythm taking up less space and the melody coming to the fore. Musically some songs are inspired by the sonic thought experiment “what if folk music had ‘gone digital’ in the 80s, just as reggae had?”, while spiritually and lyrically the themes encompass grief and loss. The results – elevated by an intriguing and diverse set of collaborators who sound like the best and freshest versions of themselves – are the most luminous and relaxed compositions of Russell’s career. Every song sounds washed in sunshine and graced by tenderness. More fragile and quieter than previous Everything Is Recorded output, it might be one of the gentlest records ever made about death. In Russell’s own words “making the album was joyous, a way of hallowing life.”

TRACK LISTING

1. October
2. My And Me (feat. Sampha, Laura Groves, Ricky Washington And Alabaster DePlume)
3. Porcupine Tattoo (feat. Noah Cyrus And Bill Callahan)
4. Never Felt Better (feat. Sampha And Florence Welch)
5. Ether (feat. Maddy Prior)
6. Losing You (feat. Sampha, Laura Groves, Jah Wobble And Yazz Ahmed)
7. Firelight (feat. Florence Welch, Berwyn And Alabaster DePlume)
8. The Summons
9. No More Rehearsals (feat. Roses Gabor, Jah Wobble, Jack Peñate And Yazz Ahmed)
10. You Were Smiling (feat. Samantha Morton)
11. Norm (feat. Bill Callahan)
12. Swamp Dream #3 (feat. Clari Freeman-Taylor)
13. The Meadows (feat. Roses Gabor, Kamasi Washington And Ricky Washington)
14. Goodbye (Hell Of A Ride) (feat. Nourished By Time)

Everything Is Recorded, the collaborative music project centred around producer Richard Russell, returns with a brand new single, 'Porcupine Tattoo' - a stripped-back lament featuring two American musical icons - Noah Cyrus and Bill Callahan - who appear on record together for the very first time.

The collaboration came together while Russell was hosting sessions for a forthcoming Everything Is Recorded album, one set to build on previous acclaimed releases including 2018’s eponymous, Mercury Prize-nominated debut album. Reaching out to Callahan - an artist he’s long admired and whose song “I’m New Here” was covered by, and provided the title for, Gil Scott-Heron’s final, Russell-produced studio album - Russell asked the simple question “who would you like to write a song for?”. “Noah Cyrus” was Callahan’s reply. The final single features Callahan’s original demo vocal, pitched down and resting on layers of sub bass and complemented by Cyrus’ crystalline counterpoint vocal. It was recorded during a rainy week of sessions in a bungalow at Los Angeles’ Chateau Marmont, which Russell described as “comfortable but haunted”. The song continues a lineage of Russell productions – from 'I’m New Here' to Bobby Womack’s 'Deep River' and Damon Albarn’s 'History of a Cheating Heart' – that explore a sparser, more acoustic side of his sound.

The limited edition 7” vinyl single is released on XL Recordings in partnership with Drag City, Bill Callahan’s long term label home. The 7” exclusively features a second collaboration between Everything Is Recorded and Callahan in the form of 'Norm', a tribute to the Austin-based singer songwriter’s favourite comedian Norm MacDonald.

TRACK LISTING

1. Porcupine Tattoo - Everything Is Recorded, Noah Cyrus & Bill Callahan
2. Norm - Everything Is Recorded Feat. Bill Callahan

“Saturday Specials” sees the legendary Bristol drum & bass don Clipz remixing Everything Is Recorded’s acclaimed second album “Friday Forever” in its entirety. Clipz’s first album length project, split here across three volumes; and at first a strange but ultimately rewarding hybrid of the two artists’ involved styles. This third and final set of club ready remakes features the talents of Everything Is Recorded collaborators Infinite Coles & Berwyn.

Swerving between adderol-fuelled, agro-jungle and smoother-edged, mainroom rollers, it's another perfectly curated and classy display of everyone involved's unique take on modern dnb. Winner!

TRACK LISTING

1. Walk Alone - Everything Is Recorded & CLIPZ Feat. Infinite Coles, Berwyn
2. Dream I Never Had - Everything Is Recorded & CLIPZ
3. The Night - Everything Is Recorded & CLIPZ Feat. Berwyn

“Saturday Specials” sees the legendary Bristol drum & bass don Clipz remixing Everything Is Recorded’s acclaimed second album “Friday Forever” in its entirety. Clipz’s first album length project, split here across three volumes; and at first a strange but ultimately rewarding hybrid of the two artists’ involved styles. This second set of club ready remakes features the talens of Everything Is Recorded collaborators Ghostface Killah, FLOHIO and Maria Somerville.

STAFF COMMENTS

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TRACK LISTING

1. Pretending Nothings Wrong - Everything Is Recorded & CLIPZ Feat. Ghostface Killah
2. I Don’t Want This Feeling To Stop - Everything Is Recorded & CLIPZ Feat. FLOHIO
3. That Sky - Everything Is Recorded & CLIPZ Feat. Maria Somerville

SATURDAY SPECIALS sees the legendary Bristol drum & bass don CLIPZ remixing Everything Is Recorded’s acclaimed second album Friday Forever in its entirety. SATURDAY SPECIALS is CLIPZ’s first album length project and is a drum & bass masterpiece, split across three 12” vinyl editions. This first 12" of bass heavy reworks features Maria Somerville, Infinite Coles, A.K. Paul and Berwyn.

TRACK LISTING

1. This World - Everything Is Recorded & CLIPZ Feat. Maria Somerville, Infinite Coles
2. Caviar - Everything Is Recorded & CLIPZ Feat. Infinite Coles
3. Burnt Toast - Everything Is Recorded & CLIPZ Feat. A. K. Paul, Berwyn

Friday Forever is the second album from multi-artist project Everything Is Recorded, helmed by producer artist Richard Russell. This follows the critically acclaimed and Mercury Music Prize nominated debut of 2018, Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell. Friday Forever takes on a multi-lensed perspective of a classic night out, followed closely by the sobering reflections of the next morning. The album features an array of new collaborators – in British rappers Aitch, Flohio and Berwyn, Irish singer songwriters Maria Somerville and Kean Kavanagh, the inimitable voices of A.K. Paul, James Massiah, and returning vocalist Infinite Coles – as well as established names like Ghostface Killah and Penny Rimbaud.

TRACK LISTING

10:51 PM / The Night
09:46 PM / Every Friday Thereafter
12:12 AM / Patients (Fucking Up A Friday)
01:32 AM / Walk Alone
02:56 AM / I Dont Want This Feeling To Stop
03:15 AM / Caviar
04:21 AM / That Sky
05:10 AM / Dream I Never Had
09:34 AM / Pretending Nothings Wrong
10:02 AM / Burnt Toast
11:55 AM / This World
11:59 AM / Circles

Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell features an eclectic international and inter-generational cast of collaborators and musicians who include (in order of appearance on the album) Sampha, Obongjayar, Kamasi Washington, Giggs, Ibeyi, Wiki, Syd, Rachel Zeffira, Infinite, Green Gartside, Peter Gabriel and Owen Pallett. The twelve track album features previous singles ‘Close But Not Quite (feat. Sampha)’, ‘Mountains Of Gold (feat. Sampha, Ibeyi, Wiki and Kamasi Washington)’ and ‘Show Love (feat. Syd and Sampha)’, which have been described as “the embodiment of pure, creative freedom” by Noisey and “a celebration of artistic freedom” by Dazed, while The New Yorker stated “Russell’s vision, it seems, is about the power of collaboration … a grand synthesis of XL’s stylistic history."

Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell was recorded at Russell’s west London studio, The Copper House. Over the past couple of years, the studio became a creative second home for the revolving cast of both new and established artists who passed through to write, record and share ideas, mixing traditional recording sessions with extended, uninhibited live jams that lasted long into the night. With Russell at the production helm, a spirit of soundsystem-inspired collaboration and experimentation runs through the heart of an album that is born out of some spontaneous moments of togetherness and periods of intense personal reflection for its creator, and is at once soulful, timeless and boldly modern.

TRACK LISTING

1. Intro
2. Close But Not Quite (feat. Sampha)
3. She Said (feat. Obongjayar & Kamasi Washington)
4. Wet Looking Road (feat. Giggs)
5. Mountains Of Gold (feat. Sampha, Ibeyi, Wiki & Kamasi Washington)
6. Show Love (feat. Syd & Sampha)
7. Echoes In The Bone - Interlude (feat. Rachel Zeffira)
8. Bloodshot Red Eyes (feat. Infinite & Green Gartside)
9. Cane (feat. Ibeyi)
10. Purify - Interlude (feat. Infinite & Peter Gabriel)
11. Be My Friend (feat. Infinite)
12. Everything Is Recorded (feat. Sampha & Owen Pallett)