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KOOKY 202EP
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Championed by Iggy Pop, the second vinyl single from bloody/bath is a new two track 7" Burning/A Dream. The Northampton-based post-punk band recorded the tracks with WH Lung and Eagulls producer Matt Peel at The Nave in Leeds. Burning/A Dream comes after a busy 2022 for the band, seeing them support bdrmm, Do Nothing, Deadletter, Opus Kink, and Ritual Howls while promoting Idle Hands/Sunder, their first 7" single on Kooky>Too. "Idle Hands" received BBC Radio 6Music play from Iggy Pop, Lauren Laverne, and Steve Lamacq, who described it as "so elegant and haunted, in an almost gothic way, but with that bass momentum of a proper post-punk song". They have been highlighted by Radio X's John Kennedy, while Louder Than War described them as "music to submerge yourself in". Beginning in 2020 as a bedroom project before evolving into a full band in 2021, bloody/bath have steadily accrued a fanbase via their intense, cathartic live shows and online.
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KOOKY 025CD
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2007 release. Durutti Column's Sporadic Three, was the third in a series of special collections almost 30 years since the original Sporadic Recordings (1989). As highlighted over his long and illustrious career, Vini Reilly is a prolific songwriter. Ideas and tracks just fly from Vini, and most of these tracks, or initial versions of songs, never make it to a final release. The basic idea behind The Sporadic Recordings series is to release material that never makes it onto studio albums. This collection follows the same premise and contains new and exclusive tracks, outtakes, versions, and home demos.
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KOOKY 027CD
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2008 release. Sunlight To Blue... Blue To Blackness was one of the more upbeat title suggestions for this very bare, back-to-basics, reflective Durutti Column album. Many of the pieces are simply instrumentals played on Vini Reilly's Juan Montero flamenco guitar, and he returns to Without Mercy (1984) for the last track "Grief" and reinvents "Never Known" from LC (1981).
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KOOKY 019CD
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2004 release. Durutti Column's Tempus Fugit collects improvisations, re-workings of art installation soundtracks, and snippets of lyrics and musical passages from the past. Gone are most of the drum machines and much of the sampling; in their place is more focused and intense guitar strumming. Tempus Fugit is an emotional, vibrant musical masterstroke from an artist who seems to never release anything less.
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KOOKY 035LP
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2017 blue vinyl repress. 2013 RSD release. Paean To Wilson is arguably Vini Reilly and the Durutti Column's most important and consistent piece of work since the demise of the original and seminal Factory Records in the early 1990s. It was commissioned by the MIF (Manchester International Festival of Music), in July of 2009. Vini had already composed pieces for Tony to listen to while he was ill in the hospital and it was from here that the project developed. The bonus disc first appeared in 2005 via Wilson's project F4, the fourth version of Factory Records. Originally it was a download-only release, Heaven Sent (It Was Called Digital, It Was Heaven Sent), then was issued on CD in 2010.
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KOOKY 037CD
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Ten artists have each provided an interpretation of Phil Cleaver's field recording of nightingale song, which was offered to all of the artists to use however they would. This recording of male nightingales was made at Glapthorn Cow Pastures during the early spring, when the unpaired male nightingale shows off its loud, melodic, and percussive song as it looks to attract a mate and define its territory. The song of the nightingale has been described as one of the most beautiful sounds in nature. Loud, with an impressive range of whistles, trills, and gurgles. Artists include John Foxx, Michael Tanner, Slipstream, Micronormous, Mark Tranmer, Woodcraft Folk, Windy and Carl, Andrew Liles, Laurie Laptop, and Oliver Cherer.
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KOOKY 060CD
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Chronicle, by The Durutti Column, is released on Kooky as a very limited, special and expanded version to acknowledge Vini Reilly's 60th year of his life; thus Chronicle LX XL. The partly autobiographical album was first commissioned for a performance in April 2011 at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. During this period, Vini and Poppy (his girlfriend of 9 years) parted company and it was a heartbroken Vini that went on to complete the production. Despite the breakup, Poppy had agreed to perform on piano that evening for two of the songs that she had written with Vini accompanying on guitar. Over the following three years, the artist has battled serious illness and has not played a full show since. It was -- and still is -- a very difficult time physically, mentally and emotionally for Vini Reilly. The compositions reflect a particular stage in Vini's recent life. At the Bridgewater Hall show, a pre-release limited edition CD was available for that evening only, with a note by Vini explaining the background to the new work. Chronicle began as an autobiographical project, marking particular moments in Vini's past. Although elements of this surfaced in the original Chronicle, events in his life while recording the album brought a new twist to the project. Bruce Mitchell (drums and percussion): "So there are two versions of Chronicle. We did a special edition for the gig at the Bridgewater Hall, where people could get the album as part of a premium ticket deal. In 2011, we premiered the music there, with all Vini's photographs up on the screen. That was the last gig, really. The following day, Phil Cleaver from Kooky said he'd got back home to find his emails full of requests from the audience to buy one. So they all sold out, immediately. But soon afterwards Vin became really ill." "It was a big, expensive recording, Chronicle. And Vin, despite being ill, did this further version. So there's Chronicle 1 and Chronicle 2. What I wanted Vini to do as a composer was something similar to Elgar's "Enigma Variations" -- a piece of music about certain people in a life. I wanted him to do this and link the music to photographs he'd taken over the years. Vin's a great photographer." However, Reilly remains The Durutti Column's indisputable leader, and had the last say. Bruce continues: "I didn't quite get what I wanted, because in the end, Vini wanted the album to be about his life at this point in time. We couldn't finish it for a while because Vin was in such a bad way. But now it's there. And we've got some very interesting, very powerful music on this." In a package that continues The Durutti Column's tradition of innovation, this record is only available in special packaging containing personal images from the artist's camera and photographic collection. Continuing the autobiographical theme, the packaging acknowledges previous releases through parts of its design. A foil blocked burgundy textured clamshell box will contain: a full-color saddle-stitched booklet with an introduction by Bruce Mitchell and a collage of photographs from Vini's own personal collection. It also includes a printed sandpaper insert, a map (randomly selected one of six) redrawn in "Obey the Time purple and yellow" showing a place of importance to the artist, a grey card certificate in a custom envelope, and two CDs in pochettes. Each box set will have a map and grey card certificate. There are no plans to release this in any other format at present and this will be strictly limited to 1,000 copies only; worldwide. Features: Caoilfhionn Rose Birley (piano & vocals), Jill Taylor (vocals), Billy Rance (vocals), Keir Stewart (guitar, piano, harmonica), Vin Reilly (vocals, guitar), and Bruce Mitchell (drums).
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KOOKY 036CD
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Heavy Forest Air is a live spontaneous musical collaboration between Eugene Skeef and Rae Howell (Sunwrae). Recorded live by Jared Miller in the Rolston Recital Hall at The Banff Centre, Alberta Canada, it was an impulsive venture in this magnificent hall filled with percussion instruments that began as an experiment following an intensive three-month winter music residency. The three tracks are suitably bound by Eugene's stylish labyrinth of rhythms on all things percussive and Rae's minimalistic prowess on marimba and vibraphone. Their sound, coupled with Jared's keen ear for innovative recording techniques, makes this record a rare treat and an absolute delight to listen to. The artistic fellowship that binds these three maestros together has not waned in the seven years since their initial meeting; hence they are finally releasing this record of sublime colors, rich textures and intricate rhythms, for public airing. Rae says, "Heavy Forest Air has been waiting for this moment for a long time and it's something that we're all very proud of. After such a long time apart living in different countries, we thought it's about time to get it out there!" Heavy Forest Air is a mellifluent sound world, unclassifiable, yet superbly ceremonious. Eugene serendipitously changes between udu, congas, gongs, water bowls and many other drums, providing solid, yet continuously surprising rhythmic backbones to Rae's creations on melodic percussion. "It is perfectly crafted, yet unexpected. I am delighted by this work -- it is comforting and uplifting, bringing the listener into the weave of music & stillness." --Dave Ellwand, BBC Radio Merseyside
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KOOKY 029CD
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2013 repress, originally issued 2010. A Paean to Wilson was arguably The Durutti Column's most important and consistent piece of work since the demise of Factory Records in the early 1990s. Manchester International Festival of Music commissioned it for their festival in July 2009. Vini Reilly had already composed pieces for Tony Wilson to listen to while he was ill in the hospital and it was from here that the project developed. With Reilly and drummer Bruce Mitchell augmented by bass, keyboard, violin, electric piano, drum machine, and trumpet, the band's beautiful pieces reflected Wilson's love of rock and classical. Reilly's plangent guitar work showed grief's emotional spectrum, from sadness to overdriven anger. As in life, Wilson had the last word, his recorded voice expounding thoughts on Socialism with an eerie echo. Ever-critical of Vini's voice, but ever a fierce champion of his talent, the late Tony Wilson would surely appreciate this instrumental tribute by The Durutti Column.
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KOOKY 030CD
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2013 repress. Arguably the seminal Durutti Column album, the ironically-titled Vini Reilly is now available remastered and expanded into a two-disc set. First released in 1989, Vini Reilly features the extensive use of sampling, with looped vocals employed as the basis for several tracks. Disc two was curated from a TDK tape which was found in a storage box. It was marked "sampler tunes" and contained all the material released. Much of this has not been heard for several years, being the demos and sketches which were used by Vini during the making of the record in London.
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