Jane Weaver - Flock - VINYL LP

NuNorthern Soul may be Ibiza-based, but the tag's connections with Nottingham run deep. Over the years, Phil Cooper's imprint has offered up countless releases and remixes from some of the East Midlands' city's most Balearic-minded residents, including Crazy P's Jim Baron, Is It Balearic? chiefs Coyote and, most recently, Constellations Workshop associates Brown Fang.You can also add to that list Torn Sail, a collaboration between Brown Fang members Jon Thompson and Henry Scott, and another Notts-based NuNorthern Soul contributor, Huw Costin. The trio's mesmerizing 'Disconnected' recently featured on the tag's deluxe 10th anniversary vinyl box set and now they return with a single credited to both Brown Fang and Torn Sail - the first such occurrence of that happening.Those who heard Brown Fang's brilliant mini-album, Sherwood Pines, will immediately feel at home. Both 'Exit' and 'Endless', the two tracks showcased on this fine single , feature the same gorgeous, slowly shifting fusion of sun-kissed electric guitar textures, ambient atmospherics and immersive, sunset-friendly sound design.First up is 'Exit', an undulating, slow burning delight where rising and falling electronic melodies and yearning, gently jazzy electric guitar motifs rise above a sparse, shuffling, subtly Latin-tinged drum machine rhythm and warming bass. Endearing, enveloping and endlessly attractive, the track seemingly blossoms in slow motion throughout it's' three-and-a-half-minute duration, with additional musical elements presenting themselves as it progresses. Even by the trio's high standards, it's a magical composition.On 'Endless', the long-time collaborators explore their love of mind-soothing ambient soundscapes. Doffing a cap to the 1970s new age ambience of Steve Hillage - whose distinctively languid, stretched out, effects-laden electric guitar solos were undoubtedly an inspiration -

Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology [VINYL LP] date 05/19/2017

Talking Heads' second album, co-produced by Brian Eno, was significantly more popular than their first InchTalking Heads 77Inch. The group's blend of funky bass, country, reggae and punk with David Byrne's unique voice established the group as a critical success. Originally released in 1978, the album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The single, a cover of All Green's hit InchTake Me to the RiverInch, peaked at number 26 on the Pop Singles chart in 1979. This reissue version is pressed on 180 gram vinyl. It was cut at Bernie Grundman studios.