We're pleased to announce that we now have 3 new additions to
Blow Up Records' roster for 2012:
Fay Hallam & The Bongolian (a new collaboration), singer-songwriter
David Woodcock from Southend-on-Sea and Sicilian duo
Daiquiri Fantomas. Plus, '
Towers' the long-awaited follow up to
Baltic Fleet's self-titled debut will be released this Summer, followed swiftly by the second album for
Alfa 9 '
Gone To Ground'.
FREE DOWNLOADS:
The first 2 singles for 2012 will be '
Engage' from
Baltic Fleet, and '
Dancing' from
Fay Hallam & The Bongolian which we'll be giving away as free downloads for a
limited time, links below...
'Dancing' will be the first track to be taken from ‘Lost In Sound’ the very first collaboration between Fay Hallam (Makin’ Time, The Prime Movers, Phaze) and Blow Up Records’ The Bongolian. Both share a serious passion for 60’s Hammond Beat and Soul. Due for release very shortly, the album covers a variety of styles: Bossa Nova, heavier 70's grooves and a strong Northern Soul influence. Get ready to get Lost In Sound...
Head over to FayHallamAndTheBongolian.com to get your free download.
  
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'Engage' is the first track to be taken from ‘TOWERS’ the 2nd album from BALTIC FLEET, released this Summer and which follows his 2008 self-titled debut which was an Album of the Year (No 29) for Rough Trade Shops. Baltic Fleet is the moniker of multi-instrumentalist and DIY producer Paul Fleming. The second record signifies a departure from the travelling and diarising of life on the road (whilst touring as keyboard player for Echo & The Bunnymen), and arrives home to the industrial backdrop of North West England. The album was written and recorded in a room overlooking the industrial landscape a stone’s throw from Spike Island, the scene of another Northern band’s finest hour.
Head over to BalticFleetMusic.com to get your free download.
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'Bongos For Beatniks' The Bongolian
THE BONGOLIAN releases his long-awaited 4th album 'Bongos For Beatniks' this May. The album continues the musical journey where 2007's Outer Bongolia left off, bringing us back down to Earth possibly via France circa 1967 via 2011, in a wildly eclectic rare groove fusion of Funk Soul Hammond Beat Jazz and a Sci-Fi Boogaloo.
PRE-ORDER on CD:
or on
lovely Vinyl LP:
The first single from the album 'The Riviera Affair' was recently featured on BBC 6music Nemone's Lunchtime Loves (alongside plays from Gideon Coe and Craig Charles) and was also Sky Sports Soccer AM's track of the week.
"A bakers dozen of gems. Bongo powered grooves at their very best. Preston Epps eat your heart out"
Scootering 'Recommended Listening'
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The Bongolian 'Bongos For Beatniks'
The sleeve for the Bongolian's 4th album is finally revealed! '
Bongos For Beatniks' will be released on
Monday 9th May, but if you can't wait that long you can download the first single '
The Riviera Affair' which was recently featured on
Nemone's Lunchtime Loves on BBC 6music (she also interviewed Nasser before his BlowUp/HMV show in February), alongside support plays by Gideon Coe and Craig Charles. The track is also
Sky Sports Soccer AM's track of the week.
The album is also featured in
Scootering Magazine's 'Recommended Listening' this month alongside an early review of the album, an interview with The Bongolian and a live review of February's Blow Up/HMV show.
Stay tuned as from next week the album will be available to pre-order, with some limited edition bundles.
DOWNLOAD THE RIVIERA AFFAIR:
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Tags 6Music, Artwork, Big Boss Man, Blow Up, Bongos For Beatniks, HMV, Live Review, Nasser Bouzida, Nemone, Pre-order, Release Info, Scootering, The Bongolian, UK
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September 7, 2009 – 8:01 am
The long awaited 3rd album from Big Boss Man ‘Full English Beat Breakfast’ is now out! Available on CD, a lovely vinyl LP and as a download from all good retailers including Norman, Piccadilly, Rough Trade, Amazon, HMV, iTunes, eMusic, Amazon Digital and more….
August 11, 2009 – 5:10 am
Big Boss Man 'Full English Beat Breakfast' (Blow Up)
Blow Up is pleased to announce that the long awaited third album from Big Boss Man – ‘Full English Beat Breakfast’ is soon to be released. Shipping from September 2009, the album will be available on CD, LP and as a download from all good retailers.
Go to Blow Up Records Myspace or www.blowuprecords.com to listen to a preview of the album!
As usual the band have made good use of their extensive collection of vintage (and temperamental) gear for Full English. Head honcho Nasser Bouzida (a.k.a the Bongolian) plays mini-VIP, Farfisa and Hammond organs, Wurlitzer piano, Moog synths and drums and percussion. Driving fuzz guitar and bass beat is provided by bassman Scott Milsom “the Hawk” and guitarist Trev Harding. The band have once again created a superb spaced-out selection of prime 60?s inspired dancefloor tracks: Northern Soul vibes with “?Black Eye”, Garage sounds with “The Bloater”, Boogaloo with “Pies and Pastiche” and even Samba with “Full Brazilian”
Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck 'Moves On The Screen'
Available now from all good download stores and taken from their acclaimed debut album ‘Days And Go’ is the second single ‘Moves On The Screen’ from Swedish indie-posters Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck
DAYS COME AND GO quotes…
“Think The Concretes with strings and a folky/indie edge. Grand songs, delivered well” Stool Pigeon
“Lovely, gentle folk inspired indie pop that invokes the idea of Jens Lekman fronting Belle & Sebastian. Simple as that” indieMP3
“Wry but sincere hometown poetry” NME
“An album to pay attention to” AllMusic
Silvery – the ‘The Nishikado EP’ (Blow Up) featuring brand new tracks – out now from all fine purveyors of digital sounds…
“Silvery have produced a tribute to the one and only Toshihiro Nishikado to whom we give gratitude for the remarkable invention that it is Space Invaders – those little critters everyone knows and loves. With wild synth riffs and vocals resembling David Bowie, Silvery suck you in to the unrestrained indie madness. Identity and Murder Holes continue the fairground theme, with unruly synth sections distinguishing Silvery from current and past indie bands.” KRUGER
“Wow. Take a deep breath before you enter the crazy world of Silvery. The grandiose circus music of The Nishikado takes you on a whirlwind with its relentless and spiralling organs. The cacophony of different sounds can all get a bit confusing, until the chorus when the glorious mess seems to find it’s way. The furious pace of the EP will have you bouncing off the walls and collapsed in an exhausted heap in the corner by the end. In the words of me Dad, “What a bloody racket.” But an utterly exhilarating racket, it has to be said.” ARTROCKER RECOMMENDS
