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Ólafur Arnalds & Loreen

SAGES (RSD26 EDITION)

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Ólafur Arnalds and Loreen's collaborative SAGES project arrives on vinyl for the first time, blending electronica, modern classical, and alt-pop. What began as an unlikely collaboration has evolved into something extraordinary, pairing Loreen’s otherworldly vocals with Ólafur’s lush soundscapes.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1:
In The Sound Of Breathing
Unknowing
Opening
Echoes *Out Fri 17th Apr

Side 2:
In The Sound Of Breathing (George FitzGerald Remix)
Unknowing (Lara Somogyi Remix) *Out Fri 24th Apr
Opening (Sofia Kourtesis Remix)
In The Sound Of Breathing (Jessie Marcella Remix) *Out Fri 24th Apr

Various Artists

Pioneers (RSD26 EDITION)

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Today's visionary female and gender expansive electronic artists create new tracks inspired by pioneering heroines of the past.

Pioneers celebrates the little-known lineage of female composers who were fundamental to the invention and evolution of electronic music. Against the backdrop of the turbulent socio-political landscape of the 20th century, they fearlessly experimented with machines and early technologies, unlocking processes and techniques that continue to shape how we produce, record and listen to music today.

Pioneers includes tracks by Arushi Jain, Loraine James, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, rRoxymore, Leila Adu, Holland Andrews, yuniya edi kwon, TAAHLIAH, Hinako Omori, Kate Simko, Lara Somogyi, Jlin, Laurel Halo and Afrodeutsche


TRACK LISTING

Side A
A1 Arushi Jain: No Way Back (for Pauline Oliveros) 03:28
A2 Loraine James: On Time (for Bjork) 02:37
A3 Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Hand Movements (for Clara Rockmore) 03:08
A4 rRoxymore & Leila Adu: I've Seen That Grace Before (for Grace Jones) 05:50
A5 Holland Andrews & Eddy Kwon: Wind Bathing (for Laurie Anderson) 03:34
A6 TAAHLIAH: Starlight (for Suzanne Ciani) 04:05
Side A total: 22:42

Side B
B1 Hinako Omori: You Found the Allotment (for Delia Derbyshire) 05:00
B2 Kate Simko & Lara Somogyi: Analog Season (for Wendy Carlos) 04:37
B3 Jlin: Earth A God (for Ertha Kitt) 03:51
B4 Laurel Halo: Les Sirènes (for Élaine Radigue) 04:53
B5 Afrodeutsche: I See You (for Daphne Oram & Gertrud Grunow) 02:36
Side B total: 20:57

Erland Cooper

Folded Landscapes

Groundbreaking Scottish composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Erland Cooper shares his ambitious fourth studio album Folded Landscapes. Known for merging modern classical-electronic music with evocative storytelling and conceptual art, Erland shares his urgent observation on climate change, temperature and time. This poignant chamber string work figuratively and literally thaws over seven movements, unfolding with electronics, poetry, soprano, piano, harpsichord, field recordings and samples. The work features Scottish Ensemble, UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage and other voices including activist Greta Thunberg, multi-award winning conservationist Dara McNaulty and & visual artist Norman Ackroyd. Field recordings of the natural world include the California wildfires and crashing glaciers.

The creative process mimicked the rising temperature of the piece from glacial to a threatening burn - musicians were recorded in subzero temperatures and the audio master tape was sun-burnt on the hottest day in UK history. The heat, moisture, salt and sunlight worked its way into the fabric of the tape, which has been mixed into the finished work, underscoring the work with an unsettling burn that crackles and pops.

A percentage of the copyright share will go to Brian Eno’s EarthPercent charity as a beautiful way of embedding the planet as a stakeholder in musical creativity and raising money for climate/environmental organisations. The Earth’s share of the song - and its income - will be directed to EarthPercent to redistribute to organisations tackling the climate crisis. Folded Landscapes is released on Mercury KX.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: The wonderful Erland Cooper presents his newest suite of soaring instrumentals and warming storytelling, this time focusing on the environmental crisis and including prominent climate change voices and pertinent field recordings. It's huge and beautiful, and exactly what we'd expect from Cooper.

TRACK LISTING

Movement 1 [6:42]
Movement 2 [5:03]
Movement 3 [3:53]
Movement 4 [7:09]
Movement 5 [6:51]
Movement 6 [3:57]
Movement 7 [9:01]

Anna Meredith X Ligeti Quartet

Nuc

Mercury Prize-nominated cross-genre composer/producer Anna Meredith releases her new project in collaboration with contemporary string quartet Ligeti Quartet. Nuc started life as a conversation between Anna Meredith and Richard Jones (Ligeti Quartet viola) after a decade of collaboration, honouring a shared attitude towards creating music which pushes boundaries whilst also speaking very directly to the listener. In addition to string and electronic recordings of Anna's music from throughout her career, performed by Ligeti Quartet, Richard also developed new arrangements of existing compositions by Anna, and Nuc came to embody a celebration of forward-thinking pop composition rooted in classical instrumentation. The result is a joyful, occasionally furious, never too serious, sometimes energetic and sometimes restful collection of tracks which dazzle with Anna’s signature compulsive harmonies, rhythmic shifts of gear and sparkling textures.

TRACK LISTING

Tuggemo
A Short Tribute To Teenage Fanclub
Honeyed Words
Solstice In
Solstice Out
Chorale
Shill
Haze
Blackfriars
Nautilus

Ólafur Arnalds

Some Kind Of Peace (Piano Reworks)

Creative reimaginings for piano of Ólafur Arnald’s some kind of peace album (2020).

The Icelandic modern classical composer, performer and producer brings together a diverse group of friends, collaborators and musical kindred spirits from across the globe and musical spectrum to experiment and rework his music.

This Ólafur-curated lineup includes artists from the worlds of modern classical, electronic, jazz and alternative, featuring Yiruma, Dustin O’Halloran, Hania Rani, Alfa Mist, tstewart, JFDR, Lambert, Sophie Hutchings, Eydís Evensen and Magnús Jóhann.

TRACK LISTING

Loom - Eydís Evensen
Woven Song - Hania Rani
Spiral - Dustin O’halloran
Still / Sound - Sophie Hutchings
Back To The Sky - Lambert
Zero - Alfa Mist
New Grass – Tstewart
The Bottom Line (live) - Jfdr
We Contain Multitudes – Yiruma
Undone - Magnús Jóhann

Ólafur Arnalds

Some Kind Of Peace

Ólafur Arnalds is one of the most influential musicians of modern times: a multi-faceted talent, who has paved the way across the electronic and classical worlds. His latest album, ‘some kind of peace’, nonetheless has the feel of a brand new chapter for Ólafur. Within, you'll find a self-confessed perfectionist grappling with the messier realities of everyday life: the possibilities of love, of settling down, and how to navigate all of that during a global pandemic (the album was half-written prior to lockdown, and completed at Arnalds' harbour studio in downtown Reykjavik). What's emerged on 'some kind of peace' is a record about letting your guard down, and ultimately what it means to be alive. 

More than anything he's ever made, 'some kind of peace' is the story of Ólafur Arnalds' life - and there is quite the life-story to tell. Arnalds started out writing compositions for a German metal band, before supporting Sigur Rós and forging an oeuvre full of innovations. His 2007 debut album documented life’s journey from birth to death, with projects ever since ranging from 2016’s ‘Island Songs’ (seven songs made in seven different Icelandic towns, in seven days) to forming one-half of the experimental techno duo, Kiasmos. Having collaborated extensively with German pianist/composer Nils Frahm, Ólafur’s last album - ‘re:member’ – proved a technological triumph (it featured his ground-breaking, self-playing and semi-generative Stratus Pianos). A 140+ date world tour followed, which saw Arnalds sell-out venues ranging from the Royal Albert Hall and his own suitably genre-bending music festival OPIA at Southbank Centre. Few contemporary acts, after all, would be as at home covering Iggy Pop’s show on 6Music as they are composing dance scores for Wayne MacGregor at Sadler’s Wells, winning an BAFTA for his work on ‘Broadchurch’, or landing an Emmy nomination earlier this month for his title theme to ‘Defending Jacob’.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Arnalds presents yet another album further exploring his unique mix of electronic and modern-classical, less incidental and randomised than 'Re:member', but equally beautiful.

TRACK LISTING

1 ‘ Loom’ Feat. Bonobo
2 ‘Woven Song’
3 ‘Spiral’
4 ‘Still / Sound’
5 ‘Back To The Sky’ Feat. JFDR
6 ‘Zero’
7 ‘New Grass’
8 ‘The Bottom Line’ Feat. Josin
9 ‘We Contain Multitudes’
10 ‘Undone’


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