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"The debut album from multi-instrumentalist and composer, Nick Palmer aka Directorsound. Holed up in his Dorset village, Directorsound has been carefully melding together a masterpiece of delicate piano and acoustic pieces that flow like a gentle, anarchic stream of consciousness. The gentle reflective tone is only broken by sudden outbreaks of furious triumph, as the one-man ensemble seems to go to war with itself. There's a loose connection here with Geographic label-mates like International Airport, Maher Shalal Hash Baz and Bill Wells, but make no mistake this is highly original stuff -- the result of Nick battling against, and revelling in the limitations of his equipment and somehow making beautiful music out of nothing."
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"Eugene Kelly, founding member of the Vaselines returns with an E.P. of reflective folk-pop. 'Older Faster' is closer to the innocent sound of The Vaselines than Eugene's more recent releases, albeit richly coloured by a reflective neo-folky quality, at times recalling the optimistic sadness of Neil Young's On The Beach or Big Star's Third."
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"'I Picked A Flower' is a collaboration between The Pastels and Jarvis Cocker taken from the forthcoming soundtrack The Last Great Wilderness, soon to be released through Domino imprint Geographic."
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"You Don't Need Darkness To Do What You Think Is Right is the first compilation from the Scottish-based Domino imprint Geographic, headed by The Pastels' Stephen McRobbie. It's a stunning collection of tracks from major underground artists such as The Pastels, Kevin Shields (of early 90's godz My Bloody Valentine), newer treats such as Sister Vanilla (featuring the Jesus and Marychain's Reid brothers) and Japanese naïve-folkists Maher Shalal Hash Baz." Artists also include: International Airport, Future Pilot Aka, Bill Wells Octet, Nagisa Ni Te, Directorsound, Telstar Ponies, Pedro, Barbara Morgenstern, Empress, Appendix Out, National Park, Plinth.
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"Songs For A Simple Moment was conceived as a retrospective of the music of Shinji Shibayama and the two great groups he has lead - The Hallelujahs (1985/88), and since 1992, Nagisa Ni te, a co-venture with his partner, Masako Takeda. These two projects, alongside Shibayama's sterling work for the legendary Osaka based label ORG (Maher Shalal Hash flaz, Naoki Zushi) place him absolutely at the vanguard of a type of Japanese Music which is sometimes referred to as folk-psyche. The Shibayama (and Takeda) variation is particularly beautiful, characterised by honesty and emotional nakedness, and by complex melodic structures and fragile vocals, which often give away to incredible soaring guitar solos. In Japan, Nagisa Ni te's music is on the ascendence and a new album, Feel, has just been released. At a time when interest in the Japanese underground is at an all-time High, Geographic are proud to present the stunning music of Nagisa Ni te, an extremely collectable Japanese psyche-folk group. Nagisa Ni te's music is as pure as a secret water spring; enchanted, free-flowing and beautiful. So placing them isn't easy, but what they share with groups like (their friends and collaborators) Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Belle & Sebastian and God Speed You Black Emperor!, is a purity of intent which makes their out-of-nowhere music suddenly seem really important. To take those comparisons further, melodically, you could say Nagisa Ni te are often as memorable as songs on the first two Belle & Sebastian albums, while their uncompromised pursuit of truth, and their love of heavy sounds, relates to Maher and God Speed You Black Emperor! (whose 'leader', Efrim, is a fan). The LP version of this retrospective is on double vinyl in a beautiful gatefold sleeve."
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GEO 007CD
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"The fine new single take from the critically lauded album Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea. The title cut is Sushil K. Dade's love song to music featuring Eugene Kelly (The Vaselines) and Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) on vocals and The Delgados in the engine room. 'Mount Kailash' reveals a darker Pilot side in a menacing, epic collaboration with Glasgow's drum and bass artists 50kHz."
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GEO 005CD
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"Self-taught musical visionary Bill Wells releases his brand new album Incorrect Practice. Incorrect Practice is a different mood altogether from the robust legend that we now recognise as Bill Wells, with its dreamy sequence of fast-fading polaroids, after-party comedowns and 4am walks through the Scottish countryside. The most useful reference point would be some of John Barry's elegiac early 1960's scores. The trio features Bill Wells (piano/samples), Stevie Jackson from Belle & Sebastian (harmonica) and Robert Henderson (trumpet). Also features Lindsey Cooper on tuba."
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