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* NEW
RELEASE: Aviary Jackson - DANIEL CARLSON
"...the great-grandchild of Sergeant Pepper's..."
**** -
Rock 'n' Reel
A
beautifully recorded set of songs from New York-based singer-songwriter
Daniel Carlson. Lush, evocative arrangements at times cinematic
and dreamlike yet intimate and moving. More here.
* NEW
RELEASE: Aquatint
-
TESTBILD!
New for
June 2010 - the UK release of Swedish art pop collective Testbild!'s
wonderful Aquatint - a unique musical adventure inspired by the
sea and all things nautical. More info..
“…unusual,
intriguing, electronic art pop”
Aquatint
"This is beautiful and
beguiling music that has a calming effect and heightens your emotional senses. I can't
recommend this record highly enough." - 5/5 Album of the Month
July 2010 - The Music Critic
"Woah!
the forthcoming Testbild! album is shaping up
to be one of the best I have heard this year, beautiful music."
- Shane
Quentin, The Garden of Earthly Delights
"...It's
soundscapes are haunting, beautiful..." - David Harry, Americana
UK
* RE-RELEASE:
Take A
Look at the Sea - IF WEN
Following
continued acclaim - and airplay and sales in the USA - Folkwit Records
is proud to-release If Wen's superb debut album on a Digipack CD - which
includes bonus tracks.
Take
a Look at the Sea
"Fine folk from the far beaches of Cornwall..that's the title track from If Wen's masterful and subtly understated album." -
BBC DJ Tom Robinson
"..genius..one of best things heard in last ten years..could be the English Elliot Smith." -
Shaun Belcher, Flyin' Shoes Review
"A quite charming and fulfilling debut release" - David Kidman, NetRhythms
"..a really great album..." - BBC DJ Sean Rowley
"..songs that go far deeper than many song writers are capable of going..." -
Neil King - the acoustic/folk fanzine FATEA
"Simple, pastoral, but breathtaking folktronica." - Radio Caroline TV
"...an impressive album..." - BBC DJ Gary Crowley
"'Wind Blows' is this album's most sweet of sweetest moments though, if anything ideal for one of those iPod-ready summer nights on the beach." -
Adam Silverstein, Subba Cultcha
"Sublime multi-tracked vocals soar over earthy fingerpicked guitar with a melodic pop sensibility whose closest comparison is an extroverted Elliott Smith circa Figure 8." - Alex Cleary, Folking.com
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Genie Humain - ORWELL
Mark Edwards,
The Sunday Times, Culture, 11 April 2010
Sun
Holiday
* Tell Me One Thing that is New - LOUISE LE MAY
"..quite
simply exquisite; sensual and beguiling..." **** - Rock'n'Reel
Magazine
"Exquisite...a
refreshingly original sound"
- Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music
LATEST
NEWS: Louise Le May
performed a superb live session on Tom Robinson's
BBC 6 Music Show - Friday, 4 December 7-10pm - listen again here
Extraordinary
debut by London-based singer songwriter Louise Le May - with
arrangements by Louis Philippe and Danny Manners - more here.
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A triumph. The
arrangements are top-flight"
-
Van Dyke Parks, Composer/Arranger
"I have been
playing Louise's absolutely beautiful and haunting songs incessantly.
The arrangements are magnificent "
-
Jonathan Coe, author of What A Carve-Up! and The Rotters Club
