2019 Blog

4th March 2019

Latest Releases Manufactured by Key Production Group_February Round-up

Lily and Madeleine Canterbury Girls CD, [New West Records]

Sisters Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz create candid music under the moniker Lily and Madeleine, boldly explore what it means to be women in the 21st century. Canterbury Girls is their heir fourth studio album, named after Canterbury Park designated within their hometown of Indianapolis.

Woman's Hour Ephyra black vinyl, [Practise music]

A majority of these songs were recorded as demos in early 2015. "They contain the thoughts, memories, ambitions, fears and sleepless nights that have come to define the narrative of our lives over the last three years. These songs are letters to you, and once you've sent a letter you can never ask for it back."

Various Fabric Presents: Bonobo CD, [Fabric]

Bonobo opens the Fabric Presents series that pledges CD and vinyl releases on a quarterly basis. This collection of tracks consists of 22 tracks spread across 74 minutes of house, techno electronica and breakbeat.

Leyla McCalla Capitalist Blues CD and black vinyl, [Jazz Village]

Capitalist Blues is the ex-Carolina Chocolate Drop Leyla's McCalla's third album. The album was produced by Jimmy Horn of New Orleans R&B band King James and the Special Men and features a stellar cast of Louisiana musicians including, Shannon Powell, Carl LeBlanc, Louis Michot, Corey Ledet, the Haitian musical collective Lakou Mizik and more.

Robert Ellis Texas Piano Man CD, [New West Records]

"Texas Piano Man is a collection of songs specifically written for my piano driven Rock and Roll band from the great state of Texas. Myself and the guys bring these songs to you in the very spirit of Texas itself; loudly, confidently, over the top, larger than life, at times deadly serious and yet always with a wink and a smile. We invite you to come on in, stay a while, and when you leave take with you the spirit of these songs, the spirit of Texas, and the spirit of The Texas Piano Man himself. Adios!" - Robert Ellis

The Gloaming The Gloaming 3 CD, [Real World]

The Gloaming 3 is the third studio album from the Irish American folk group The Gloaming. Produced by Thomas Bartlett (Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent) and engineered by Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, Laurie Anderson). The album was recorded in New York City at Reservoir Studio.

José González & The String Theory Live In Europe green and yellow coloured vinyl, [Imperial Recordings]

Live In Europe was recorded in 2017 during González and The String Theory’s acclaimed collaborative tour, their second outing following the 2011 tour that earned them rave reviews from across the continent. Live in Europe is a two-LP live recording from his recent European tour with the maverick orchestra, The String Theory.

Cosey Fanni Tutti Tutti blue coloured vinyl, [Conspiracy International]

Tutti is Cosey Fanni Tutti's first solo album since 1982's "Time to Tell". It was created to be the soundtrack to Harmonic Coumaction, a film about Tutti. Time To Tell was recently given its first release on vinyl, on a long-awaited official deluxe edition.

Rachel Zeffira Elizabeth Harvest (OST) dark blue coloured vinyl, [Invada]

Elizabeth Harvest is a motion picture score by Rachel Zeffira to Sebastian Gutierrez’s film. This score contains elements of all of her musical influences, from her choral and orchestral arranging to her oboe solos and contemporary songwriting. The vinyl is housed in a deluxe spined sleeve with beautiful artwork put together by Marc Bessant pressed on clear vinyl.

Fews Into Red black vInyl, [PIAS]

Fews returns with their sophomore 10 track studio LP, Into Red. This album was Co-produced by Joakim Lindberg (Hater) and mixed by James Dring.

Flèche Love Naga (Part 1) CD, [Musique Sauvage/PIAS]

Indoor Pets Be Content white coloured vinyl, [Wichita Recordings/PIAS]

Be Content is the long-awaited fourteen song debut rock album from Indoor Pets. Produced by the band’s lead guitarist and Kris Harris and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer (Ash, Yak, Parquet Courts etc).

Pond Tasmania white coloured vinyl and CD, [Marathon Artists]

Tasmania is the new album from Australian rock group POND, produced and mixed by Kevin Parker (Tame Impala). Tasmania follows the release of 2017’s "The Weather", which saw the band tour the globe extensively, performing the biggest headline shows of their career thus far with a string of sold-out dates.

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein Spheres white coloured vinyl, [Lakeshore Records]

SPHERES--a celestially immersive experience focusing on the human connection with the cosmos--with music composed and performed by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein (S U R V I V E, Stranger Things). “When Eliza asked if we wanted to work on this project it didn't take much to convince us. One of the most exciting aspects of writing for this type of experience is the interactivity and utilizing the spatial orientation of the viewer to control different parameters of the audio. With all of the interaction and spatial arrangement, it made sense for the album to have as much movement as possible, so we created 7.4.1, 5.1 & Headphone X binaural mixes to try and recreate the score as accurately as possible. Technology aside, it's always great when your director says "it's not weird enough" or "it sounds too much like music." Coming from an experimental background this is exactly the kind of note we like to get when creating a score.” - Dixon and Stein

Lane A Shiny Day black vinyl, [PIAS]

This album recorded in May 2018 by Camille & Tesh in Angers, France. Mixed by Camille in August and September 2018 in Angers. Mastered by Dan Coutant in October 2018 at Sun Room Audio, New York, USA.

E.B. The Younger To Each His Own CD and gold coloured vinyl, [Bella Union]

This release is the debut solo album of E.B. The Younger, the current frontman of Texan legends Midlake. “I’m expressing, simply, that something greater came before me. It’s countering the idea in today’s culture that everything revolves around ourselves, that we’re the most important thing in the world.”

Charles Aznavour Liberte double black vinyl, [Le Chant Du Monde]

Doyle W Donehoo Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War 2 (Soundtrack) triple light blue coloured vinyl, [Laced Records]

Virtual orchestra maestro Doyle W. Donehoo composed the original music score for this sci-fi fantasy strategy game set in the bleak, sombre distant future of 40,000 AD with the galaxy torn under endless war. "Unlike other music genres, music for video games, TV and movies enjoy an entertaining symbiosis with visuals, dialogue and sound effects. They all work together to produce something greater than the sum of their parts. It is a privilege to score for the vast Warhammer 40,000 universe with its broad strokes of emotions and endless warfare. It begs for huge themes and high drama, and that is what I strove to deliver for Warhammer 40,000; Dawn Of War II" - Donehoo

Doyle W Donehoo Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine white and blue coloured vinyl, [Laced Records]

Established composer duo Cris Velasco and Sascha Dikiciyan have crafted an expansive impassioned score inspired by Space Marine's stunning cinematic visuals and intuitive gameplay. Channelling the epic scale of this sci-fi fantasy, the score features orchestral compositions and modern film music production.

Dido Still on My Mind light blue coloured vinyl, [BMG]

Bob Dylan Blowin' In The Wind double black vinyl, [Le Chant Du Monde]

Roy Ayers Silver Vibrations double black vinyl, [BBE]

Bedrock Heaven Scent (Remixes) black vinyl, [Bedrock Records]

Ola Szmidt EP2 black vinyl, [Ola Szmidt]

Pete Seeger We Shall Overcome double black vinyl, [Le Chant du Monde]

Arletty Mon Homme double black vinyl, [Le Chant du Monde]

This release compiles fourteen of her best songs alongside Arletty reciting texts extracting from ‘Mort à Crédit’, a famous French novel by Louis- Ferdinand Céline.