Category: Blow Up Records

Daiquiri Fantomas will release their debut single Moon Raga on April 1st 2013, to be followed by their debut album ‘MHz Invasion’ this May on Blow Up Records. Daiquiri Fantomas are an experimental musical duo from Sicily, founded in 2010 by composers and multi-instrumentalists Marco Barrano and Dario Sanguedolce.  Experimenting with acoustic instruments and vintage electronics crossed over with new technologies, their sound has a distinctive “retro-futuristic” flavour, giving a nod both to the 60s/70s (Progressive Rock, Sci-fi b-movies soundtracks, Kosmische musik etc.) and to contemporary electronica, the duo citing The Beatles, Kraftwerk, John Barry and Air as some of their favourite bands.

The single is available as free download for a limited time from daiquirifantomas.com or from their facebook page

Alfa 9‘s second album ‘Gone To Ground‘ gets its official release on March 11th and the band will be signing the first 100 copies, but they’ll only by available from the official Blow Up / Alfa 9 shop.

Plus you can buy their other releases, including other limited goodies. There are even a few copies of their first album ‘Then We Begin‘ on vinyl signed by the first line-up.

Not one but three Blow Up Records albums made it into the end of year polls for 2012 including Vive Le Rock, Crack Magazine, Louder Than War, Liverpool Echo & some very nice blogs too…

Fay Hallam & The Bongolian  ‘Lost In Sound‘: read press here • more about the album

Baltic Fleet album ‘Towers‘: read press here  • more about the album

Alfa 9 ‘Gone To Ground‘ (not even out yet!): read press here • more about the album

See all artists press here

“Leaving For A Day” is a brand new track taken from the forthcoming new edition of Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck‘s debut album “Days Come And Go” which has now been expanded to include additional tracks. The album made the top five list of albums of the year for Sweden’s national newspaper Sydsvenskan.

Check out the video for “Leaving For A Day”, a compilation of footage filmed during the bands last visit to the UK, including a Rough Trade East in-store, an appearance at Dot-To-Dot Festival Bristol, a support slot with Camera Obscura at King’s College, a show at the Blow Up Metro Club on Oxford Street and an acoustic session at the V&A.

We’re pleased to announce that Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation) has asked us to give the Blow Up treatment to ‘Mother Of Illusion‘, the second single from his new solo project Dust Galaxy.

The Blow Up Mix is the first track on the 12″ version of the single and is also available to download (out now). The Blow Up mix team features Nasser Bouzida aka The Bongolian, Nick Terry (Klaxons, SMD) and Blow Up’s Mr. Paul Tunkin. You can currently listen to the mix on Dust Galaxy’s myspace.

links…
dustgalaxy.com
myspace.com/robgarzamusic

The second of 2 one-off UK dates for Blow Up’s swedish indiepop 8 piece Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck (the first being the night before at the Blow Up club, supporting Lucky Soul).

This will be an acoustic show, and entry will be free – so what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon – on stage at 2pm.

Expect a psychedelic musical trip to the outer regions of the Funk galaxy, taking in spaced-out heavy Bongo rhythms and Latin Soul along the way – all 100% Original Dancefloor Rhythms. (Instruments featured include the Hammond, Bongos, Synthesisers, Vibes.) As always written, arranged, performed and produced entirely by Nasser at his Ramshackle Studios on analogue 8 track. The album was mixed by Nick Terry (Klaxons, SMD) at The Premises in Hackney, London. Please note, this album contains NO SAMPLES, just a groove that sounds good!

Due for release 2nd February (UK) on CD, LP (first 1000 pressing with poster) and Digital. Preview tracks now at myspace.com/blowuprecs

Click here to launch album player & LISTEN!

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track listing
album reviews
the bongolian

links…
myspace.com/blowuprecs
myspace.com/thebongolian

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2008 is set to be the most release-packed year yet for Blow Up with several new projects from 2007 being wrapped up and set for release, including The Bongolian‘s 3rd album & debuts from new signings Baltic Fleet & Silvery:

4th feb 2008
THE BONGOLIAN – Outer Bongolia
The third solo outing for BBM’s Nasser Bouzida aka The Bongolian.
See below

25th feb 2008
BALTIC FLEETBlack Lounge / 3 Dollar Dress
A cracking double A-sided limited Krautrocking dancefloor essential! Taken from the forthcoming self-titled debut album.
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3rd mar 2008
SILVERY – Horrors / Orders
Silvery release their limited debut 45 ‘Horrors’/’Orders’ as a taste of their forthcoming debut album (late Spring 2008). Its a double A-sided blast of infectious eccentric British pop, and with first track ‘Horrors’ coming in at 1’47 it’s not long before you’ll be wanting to play again. The single which has aready had more than one spin by BBC’s Steve Lamacq, and this week won Zane Lowe’s Fresh Meat contest on BBC Radio 1.
‘Horrors’ is accompanied by a brilliant animated video by Alasdair Brotherson.
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10th mar 2008
BALTIC FLEET– Baltic Fleet
Whilst on a World Tour playing keyboards for Echo & The Bunnymen, Liverpool-based artist Paul Fleming began to write what would come to be his debut album ‘Baltic Fleet‘. With a laptop and any instruments that were to hand he would capture, in music, what inspired him in each city around the world, and a sound was born influenced by artists such as Eno, The Doves, NEU!, Sigur Ros and DJ Shadow. Read more

and coming soon…

SILVERY– album debut
BIG BOSS MAN – 3rd album
UNTITLED PROJECT – debut single & album

Big Boss Man have been invited to record a live session for Mark Lamarr at the BBC’s famous Maida Vale studios, including tracks from Full English Beat Breakfast – hear the session this Saturday 18th September on BBC Radio 2 at Midnight