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London Conchord Ensemble / William Dazeley - Loeffler, Pierné and Duruflé
Released: 31/08/2010
Champs Hill Records
Featuring the accomplished baritone Dazeley, these beautiful, expressive examples of early 20th century chamber music represent three of the Belle Epoque's leading composers. Charles Loeffler is said to have rejected his German roots and claimed Alsace heritage, so strongly did he identify with France's trailblazing cultural move towards modernity.
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James Blackshaw - All Is Falling
Released: 24/08/2010
Young God Records
12-string guitarist James Blackshaw has earned enormous acclaim for his technically accomplished playing. His ninth album is also his first electric one, but the increased voltage takes none of the emotional force from his spiritually transcendental music. Charlotte Glasson provides accompaniment, playing violin, flute and glockenspiel.
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Eels - Tomorrow Morning
Released: 23/08/2010
E Works
Once you’ve hit the bottom, the only way is up. So eccentric indie artist Mark ‘E’ Everett completes his recent trilogy of albums, each released within about six months of each other. Tomorrow Morning is as upbeat as Eels get, with a refreshing reliance on electronic instrumentation.
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Klaxons - Surfing the Void
Released: 23/08/2010
Polydor
Klaxons' follow-up to their Mercury Prize-winning debut has had a gestation period that seems positively old-fashioned in this age of leaked albums and unusual mainstream sounds. After their initial prog rock-influenced efforts were rejected roughly 50,000 times by their record label, they finally nailed it with this direct sounding set.
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Wildbirds and Peacedrums - Rivers
Released: 23/08/2010
The Leaf Label
Two is the magic number. The Swedish husband-and-wife duo’s new album is made up of a pair of EPs released earlier this year. They use drums and vocals to create the kind of harmonious music that their name implies. The introduction of steel pan drums is a welcome twist.
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!!! - Strange Weather, Isn't It?
Released: 23/08/2010
Warp
For a group with an eccentric name (it’s pronounced “chik chik chik”) who first attracted attention during the now unfashionable dance-punk scene of the early 00s, !!! aren’t doing too badly. Frontman Nic Offer leads the new line-up through another tight set of funk for indie kids.
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Luke Abbott - Holkham Drones
Released: 23/08/2010
Border Community
Keeping it real regional, Luke Abbott’s debut refers to a stretch of Norfolk coastline and generates frequencies that evoke offshore floatiness. His psychedelic electronica has a Krautrock pulse, and is infused with a sense of euphoria similar to that which Caribou and Four Tet have recently become exponents of.
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Jason Moran - Ten
Released: 23/08/2010
Blue Note
Jazz pianist Jason Moran leads bass player Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits through a typically self-counterpointing set. The trio's embrace of complexity means that even gospel-inspired numbers are delivered with a contemporary, street-smart groove. A recommendable work by one of modern jazz's greatest players.
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Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Hawk
Released: 16/08/2010
V2 / Cooperative
Glaswegian Isobel Campbell and American Mark Lanegan have transcended the stylistic chasm between their respective groups, twee-poppers Belle and Sebastian and rockers Screaming Trees. Produced by Campbell, their third album of brooding, southern-flavoured duets finds them developing their sound considerably, to thrilling effect.
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The Nels Cline Singers - Initiate
Released: 16/08/2010
Cryptogramophone
Guitarist Nels Cline may have joined alt-country legends Wilco in 2004, but it's as an avant-garde jazz player that he truly flourishes. Initiate consists of a studio recording and a live disc, and its packaging features remarkable photos of the Large Hadron Collider taken by Simon Norfolk.
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