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the boats - Ballads Of The Research Department
'Ballads Of The Research Department' might well be The Boats' highest profile release to date. For 12k the trio of Andrew Hargreaves, Craig Tattersall and Danny Norbury have crafted one of their most exquisite albums, working with new vocalists Chris Stewart and Cuushe to realise a sensitive and tenderly intimate suite of sounds. 'Ballads…' breaks down as four extended compositions, rendering quiet pop gems as somnambulant drifts of rich strings, slowly effervescent tape effects and electro-acoustic detail which simply sound like nobody else. Two of the ballads are purely instrumental, '…For Achievement' sweeping from desolate widescreen ambience thru warbly, tape-worn texture descending to heartbreaking strings and tinkered electronics with a breathless, frictionless grace, while '…For the Girl On The Moon' is informed by a mixture of neo-classical and burnished midnight jazz modes arranged with a blink and miss sleight-of-hand. Working with Chris Stewart on '…For Failure' the atmosphere is tangibly rich with smoky tape delay, drifting in-and-out of consciousness with a duvet-diving quality, while Japanese vocalist Cuushe is placed against a ghostly backdrop of almost Burial-esque atmopsheres, plangent keys and padded bass, before swooning into Danny Norbury's cello reverie.
KEITH KENNIFF (HELIOS / GOLDMUND)
Village Green
CD // £12.49
Keith Kenniff - best known as Goldmund / Helios - ventures out under his own name for the 2nd time.
NONESUCH
3CD // £37.99
New edition of this remarkable 1976 synth "Opera" from Philip Glass and Robert Wilson.
Kompakt
CD // £10.99
Kompakt's annual ambient round-up lands with lovely offerings from Wolfgang Voigt, BVDub and more...
Kranky
CD // £14.49
A very welcome return for Carl Huntgren and Windy Weber, with their first album proper since 2008.
ERASED TAPES
CD // £10.49
Absolutely heartbreaking improvisations on piano and strings from Ólafur Arnalds - highly recommended.
Forwind
CD // £8.99
Sophomore album of quiet, considered electro-acoustic improvisation by London's Sonnamble.
Village Green
CD // £12.49
Ryan Teague's third solo album proper and a welcome return from the Bristol-based composer/producer
Preservation
CD // £13.99
Lush, languid ambient trips from Finland's Olli Aarni, who's best known for his Ous Mal recordings.
Line
CD // £8.99
Three beautifully deep and meditative compositions swimming in the same waters as Eliane Radigue.
Dandelion (Expanded CD Edition)
DIGITALIS
CD // £7.99
NOW: £4.49
*Expanded CD Edition - includes over 35 minutes of material not featured on the vinyl edition of this album*
ZEITKRATZER
2CD // £17.99
Extraordinary solo release of dynamic and almost aggressive electroacoustic piano works.
Ballads Of The Research Department
12K
MP3 Download // £5.95
FLAC Download // £7.95
The Boats deliver their debut album for the 12k label...
Home Normal
MP3 Download // £3.95
FLAC Download // £4.95
A career-spanning collection of previously unreleased and rare tracks from the prolific electronica group
Home Normal
MP3 Download // £3.95
FLAC Download // £4.95
Career highlight from the magnificent 'The Boats' - pure layered micropop/shoegaze/electronic bliss.
LACIES
MP3 Download // £4.99FLAC Download // £5.99
A truly beguiling release from Andrew Hargreaves, best known as one half of The Boats.
LACIES
CD // £7.99
*Please note that this is the regular CD edition*
You're Going To Love Our Defeatist Attitude
City Centre Offices
MP3 Download // £3.95FLAC Download // £4.95
City Centre Offices
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
12K
3CD // £15.99
64 minutes of advanced electro-acoustic vibrations - new on Taylor Deupree's esteemed 12k imprint.
12K
CD // £8.99
The excellent Marsen Jules descends on 12k with his first full-length for the label.
12K
CD // £8.99
**Standard edition packaged in 12k's new uncoated board gatefold jacket**
12K
CD // £7.99
Gentle, electronically embellished Japanese folk-pop from Taylor Deupree's 12k label.
12K
CD // £7.99
Incredible rhythmic designs based on recordings of household objects and materials - Highly Recommended.
12K
CD // £8.99
An outstanding new album based on gamelan instruments that finds Taylor Deupree at his very best.
12K
CD // £8.99
Seasoned musician, sound artist and ex-Slowdiver Simon Scott presents his first album for 12k.
12K
CD // £6.99
A 20 minute coda to 'A Static Place', created with a setup of two mechanical-acoustic gramophones.
12K
CD // £8.99
Classic, cyclical folk-rock structures, with a finger-picking style openly indebted to Nick Drake.
12K
CD // £8.99
Arguably the most hushed and delicate record in the 12k catalog.
ERASED TAPES
CD // £12.99
An excellent album from Peter Broderick, returning to the lush, glacial orchestrations of his debut ‘Float’
DAKOTA SUITE / DAVID DARLING / QUENTIN SIRJACQ
The Side Of Her Inexhaustible Heart
GLITTERHOUSE
2CD // £13.99
Dakota Suite meets pianist Quentin Sirjacq on another set of sublime neo-classical compositions.
Eight Studies for Automatic Piano
Line
CD // £7.99
Completely brilliant, brain-boxing suite of piano minimalism from Seth Horvitz, aka Sutekh.
Preservation
CD // £13.99
Finding common ground between dusty old-school hip hop cassettes and the fog of deep ambience...
OLIVERAY (NILS FRAHM & PETER BRODERICK)
ERASED TAPES
LP // £14.49
Lovely stuff from longtime sparring partners Peter Broderick and Nils Frahm.
Flau
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
**Suite of beautifully fragile, minimal solo piano compositions released on Japan's Flau imprint**
OLIVERAY (NILS FRAHM & PETER BRODERICK)
ERASED TAPES
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £7.99
Lovely stuff from longtime sparring partners Peter Broderick and Nils Frahm.
Constellation
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
A beautiful third Constellation full-length from Toronto songwriter Eric Chenaux
Spectrum Spools
LP // £21.99
Reissue of the debut 1981 album by revered multi-instrumentalist/avant-garde operator Robert Turman.
ERASED TAPES
10" // £14.49
Absolutely heartbreaking improvisations on piano and strings from Ólafur Arnalds - highly recommended.
