Blow Up 45s new wave - the third series of sevens from Blow Up showcasing the best new wave / alternative tracks with new dark & moody die-cut house bag to match…
3. baltic fleet 'black lounge' / '3 dollar dress'
a. black lounge
aa. 3 dollar dress
Cat. no: BU045, limited to 500 copies only
Release date: 25th february 2008, Status: out soon
read more about: baltic fleet
A double A-sided limited Krautrocking dancefloor essential! Taken from the forthcoming self-titled debut album.
‘Baltic Fleet’ due for release Monday 10th March, which was written and recorded by Paul Fleming (a.k.a. Baltic Fleet) whilst on a World Tour playing keyboards for Echo & The Bunnymen.
Black Lounge was recorded on the tour bus driving through mountains from Barcelona to a chilly Madrid. Using band equipment that had been left on the bus - a fender Jaguar, a drum machine and a mini keyboard. 3 Dollar Dress was recorded in Houston sound check after a night out in Austin, Texas. Named after a girl who wore a 1950s film star dress that she’d bought for 3 dollars in a thrift store.
Written, produced and performed by Paul, the tracks were taken into Studio B, The Premises in Hackney for additional production and mixing with Nick Terry (Klaxons, SMD) including some heavy-duty valve and analogue processing. Read more...
2. strip music '24 hrs'
a. 24 hrs
b. the conversation
Cat. no: BU031, limited to 500 copies only
Release date: 13th june 2005, Status: out now
read more about: strip
music
"Windswept, 80's tinged dirty
stadium rock from Sweden, as cold and refreshing as an arctic blast." NME
New Wave Swedish rockers, Strip
Music, release their debut UK single '24Hrs', as part of the 'Blow Up 45s #2' series. '24Hrs' will feature
on Strip Music's forthcoming eponymous debut album, but 'The Conversation',
a firm live favourite, features exclusively on this single.
'24 Hrs' has already won over UK fans, when Radio 1 listeners voted it
the best track on Zane Lowe's 'Fresh Meat' record spin-off on Monday 25th April, beating tracks by The Colour and
Distophia, and earning the record more plays on the rock show. Read
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1. cdoass 'speak to me' / 'chemicals'
a. speak to me
aa. chemicals
Cat. no: BU030, limited to 500 copies only
Release date: 13th june 2005, Status: out now
read more about: cdoass
"Speak To Me is precision
punk-funk with a throbbing bass, squelling noises, tension and anxiety.
it's like early and more jerky spandau ballet, maximum joy and devo /
gang of four" Rough Trade Read
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