News from 2014

Music Week Sync Award Nomination: Baltic Fleet 'Frosklia'

Baltic Fleet‘s ‘Frosklia’ has been nominated in Music Week’s inaugural Sync Awards.

The track, which was first released on The Wilds EP, features on the new expanded version of the second Baltic Fleet album Towers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUrczL_SOK0

Blow Up is 21!

21 Years ago today Blow Up opened its doors for the first time in the upstairs room of The Laurel Tree, Camden Town, London. Anyone remember this Select Magazine article about Blow Up that came out the following summer in 1994? ‪#‎ForThe90sSwingingLondon‬ Stay tuned for further announcements… Read more about the Blow Up club history here • Connect: Facebook   | Twitter | Instagram

David Woodcock BBC 6 Music Rebel Playlist Winner

Congratulations to our own David Woodcock – with 52% of the vote – winner of this week’s BBC Radio 6 Music Rebel Playlist with his next single ‘Relatively Single Man’ from his self-titled debut album – thanks to everyone who voted!

“Each week we ask you to vote on your favourite track from three that almost made it onto the official 6 Music Playlist. The winning track will get a play on each daytime programme the following week” BBC 6 Music


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David Woodcock wins BBC 6 Music Rebel Playlist

Congratulations to our own  David Woodcock  – with 52% of the vote – winner of this week’s BBC Radio 6 Music Rebel Playlist with his next single ‘Relatively Single Man’ from  his self-titled debut album  – thanks to everyone who voted!

David Woodcock Record Store Day 2014

David Woodcock will back live in London in a couple of weeks at Joyfest in Brixton.

Earlier in the day at 2.30pm he’ll be doing a live in-store for Record Store Day UK at Casbah in Greenwich, and while you’re there you can also grab yourself a copy of his debut 7″ Beggars Can’t Be Choosers / Tease or browse the Blow Up Records section!

Big Boss Man 'Aardvark' Free Download

You’ve just heard its first ever airing on The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show! ‘Aardvark’ is is the first track taken from the Big Boss Man‘s fourth album ‘Last Man On Earth‘ on Blow Up Records, which is in its final stages of completion.

“I’ve been a big fan of Big Boss Man for many years. Double Groovy!” CRAIG CHARLES, BBC 6 MUSIC FUNK & SOUL SHOW

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD BIG BOSS MAN ‘AARDVARK’ FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME

20 Years Ago Today: First Ever Blow Up Release!

The Weekenders‘All Grown Up’/’Househusband’

The first release on Blow Up Records, released on 4th May 1994 and sold at a launch party at the Tuffnel Park Dome, London withThe Bluetones as guests + Blow Up DJs. The remaining stock was then sold as a mail-order release – a total pressing of a  1000 on 7″ Vinyl – Cat. No. BLOWUP001.

Produced and engineered by Vic Keary at the legendary Chiswick Reach Studios on 8-track tape.  The Weekenders: Paul Tunkin, James Hender, Chris Remington and Steve Smith. Both ‘All Grown Up’ and ‘Househusband’ were recorded as part of an eight song session in February 1994.

“The title track is pleasantly reminiscent of The Kinks. A good listen and, like The Easybeats’ Friday On My Mind, doesn’t outstay its welcome” RECORD COLLECTOR ‘CLUB CLASSICS’

David Woodcock live in Session with Marc Riley - BBC Radio 6 Music Thursday 28th August

David Woodcockwill be live in session with Marc Riley on BBC Radio 6 Music on Thursday 28th August from 7pm. He’ll be playing tracks from his self-titled debut album out now Blow Up Records.

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Big Boss Man Limited Signed Postcards with New Album

Big Boss Man have been busy signing postcards for the Blow Up Shop! Free with 180g Vinyl & CD orders of their new album Last Man On Earth (out 1st September 2014), very limited and exclusive to Blow Up Shop while stocks last: Click here to order »


The album will be available from 1st September 2014 on 180g Vinyl (+DL Code), CD & Digital from all good retailers and digital download stores »

Making of Big Boss Man's 'Last Man Man On Earth' Video

Ahead of the release of their fourth album (September 1st 2014 on Blow Up) Big Boss Man have been busy filming two new videos in Bristol. The first, and album title track ‘ Last Man On Earth ‘, sees the band as never before as (almost) unrecogniseable mod zombies stalking the streets of post-apocalyptic Bristol with a cameo from guest vocalist Princess Freesia. Director and photographer Marcus Way takes us behind the scenes… The new Big Boss Man video for Last Man on Earth concept was born from an idea created by the band, after discussing the details and the feel of the track, a post apocalyptic/mod zombie theme was decided. We had some simple webcam footage from Princess Freesia recorded and sent from Australia, for the vocal track which was to be inserted into a retro TV set in a 60’s style room shot on location in a vintage furnishing warehouse in Bristol, now for some zombie action. After a couple of hours of the band tearing up and dusting down their best mod zombie threads and attempting to poke scary contact lenses into their eyeballs, Scott, Nass, Des and Trev, in full undead garb, hauled musical instruments down disused railway tracks to an area of heavily graffitied warehouses in South Bristol. I directed them to distort their reanimated corpses as people went past on their evening runs and walks with their dogs. The Big Boss Men played the part wonderfully shaking heads and dragging feet like the crazed living dead they were. To complete the changeover we needed an extra scene to take us from the relative comfort of our suburban house out into the streets crawling with the undead, I devised an old style news report with actor Mike Bidmead, the TV crackles into an important news report that takes precedence over the original programming. The song stops and all eyes and ears turn to the TV to hear of the horror! To complete the feel of change and shutdown I shot the full moon passing through the night, time lapses of boiling, moody, cloud filled skies and a series of time lapses of Oxalis triangularis (Love Plant/False Shamrock) closing down. The final scene has the gang of rotting zombies sensing the viewer and moving toward them preparing to tuck in! The very final shot is a 7 hour, night to day time lapse overlooking Bristol, the final moments, life rushing before your eyes before you slip away, only to return as something abominable. As always it was a pleasure to work with Big Boss Man and I believe we have created something with just the right balance of horror and kitsch to entertain! Check out the  final video for ‘Last Man On Earth’ here  • Stills courtesy of Marcus Way at  marcusway.com

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