Begonia - Powder Blue - VINYL LP

Since his earliest projects nearly two decades ago, Polish composer Michal Jacaszek has kept some proximity to film music. Initially, his output simply felt cinematic by nature; densely detailed electroacoustic textures on releases like Lo-Fi Stories (2004), Treny (2008) and Glimmer (2011) evoked dimly-lit worlds within themselves, vignettes of the imagination. Over time his interest in sound design and collaboration would manifest actual film projects and commissions, some of which have earned him awards. Jacaszek's practice an amalgamation of ambient, classical, and musique concrete deploys field recordings, acoustic samples, poetry, and baroque instrumentation to paint pictures, oftentimes melancholic, nostalgic, tragic. His 2020 album, Music For Film, marks the naturally-occurring intersection of his identities as a solo artist and a film score artist. The collection is now sequenced and released as a single autonomic movement. InchI didn't write to particular scenes,Inch says Jacaszek, recalling the process of envisioning music for Rainer Sarnet's 2017 black-and-white fantasy drama November. InchHe asked me to create a bunch of pieces for a dark fairytale-like movie about love in old Estonian pagan times full of dark magic, strange beliefs, poverty, grit, and natural beauty.Inch That versatile purpose from the onset affords the material particular pliability in the album ; the pieces work on their own. Two tracks originated from the 2019 documentary He Dreams of Giants; another was first used in 2008 project Golgota wroclawska. Context removed, they fuse seamlessly; ten years time between some recordings, erased. A visceral dynamism emerges here with a relatively restricted palette of sounds. Music moves in measured steps, inconspicuous yet holding attention. Opener InchThe ZoneInch is curious and brittle, crawling on keys and a foundational bass thump as string

Charlie Manning is CHUBBY AND THE GANG. The 30-something-year-old born-and-bred Londoner kicked off the project in 2019 with the intention of blending hardcore punk with the most infectious elements of '70s rock 'n' roll and doo-wop. Charlie brought in a 'gang' of rotating instrumentalists performing on the albums Speed Kills (2020) and The Mutt's Nuts (2021), both released through Partisan Records. Fast forward to now, and for the of the upcoming album And Then There Was..., CHUBBY AND THE GANGjoins long-running hardcore tag Flatspot Records.The album is 16 songs written and performed by Charlie, produced by Jonah Falco, and recorded and mixed by James Atckinson. It's a mix of control and chaos, love and loneliness, rage and vulnerability. The songs scream to be heard in a live setting, but feel just as at home playing over the speakers of a dimly lit local pub. 'There's A Devil In The Jukebox' is a roaring punk track. 'The Bonnie Banks' storytelling nature leads to repetitive refrain that is begging to be shouted along with. There's the raucous and simply put 'Anticop.' An expansive, drawn-out moment of facing mortality on 'To Fade Away.' And the record ends with an emotive piano ballad in 'Cocaine Sunday.' Throughout And Then There Was..., Charlie exposes his prowess for melody and exposition of true self.In the five years CHUBBY AND THE GANG has existed, the band has done more than most in the double that time frame. An extensive 65-date UK tour, sharing the stage with chief influence THE NEW YORK HOUNDS, celebrating Christmas and Valentine's Day with original anthems. It's no surprise the band has garnered praise across the globe and across media with features on Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The Guardian, NME and more. Inching towards the of album number three, CHUBBY AND THE GANG is primed to continue to be an enthralling voice of authenticity in the world of p

Album Tracks 1. Cantilã¨Ne 2. Les Anges 3. Elegi 4. Sylvie 5. Une Sainte en Son Aurã©Ole 6. Puisque L'aube Grandit 7. La Lune Blanche Luit Dans Les Bois 8. J'allais Par Des Chemins Perfides 9. J'ai Presque Peur, en Vã©Rit 10. Avant Que Te Ne T'en Ailles 11. Donc, Ce Sera Par Un Clair Jour D'éTé 12. N'est-Ce Pas? 13. L'hiver a Cess