Releases
Gotan Project - Tango 3.0 Instores April 20th
XL Recordings is very pleased to present the first new studio album from Gotan Project in 4 years, Tango 3.0, the magnificent follow-up to 2006’s, Lunático.
Tango 3.0 fluidly steps back on the dance floor where Lunático left off. Group members Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph Müller, and Eduardo Makaroff have constructed yet another beautiful melange of traditional Argentinian tango, dub, jazz and electronics. The album’s 11 tracks are at once seductive and propulsive.
Tango 3.0 is available on US import CD and special double vinyl, which features 4 exclusive tracks that are not included on the CD configuration.
The new album features a host of exciting guests and collaborators. Dr. John lends the smooth sound of the Hammond B3 to ‘Tango Square’ and the work of Argentinian author Jules Cortázar is reincarnated through a reading from his novel Rayuela on the track of the same name. Victor Hugo Morales, legendary football commentator, lends his voice to first single ‘La Gloria’ (paying homage to his famous goal proclamation that soundtracked Maradona’s infamous 2nd goal against England)…GOOOOOAL becomes GOOOOOTAN!
The band will begin a tour in support of the album with an extensive run of European dates Apr.-June, before beginning a North America-wide swing in Sept. and Oct., including stops in Montréal and Toronto.
A major press and lifestyle marketing campaign will run in advance of release that will include Electronic, world, lifestyle, fashion, and general music magazines, Spanish language publications, late night television and more. Major press features are set to run in Vogue, Vanity Fair, Fader, XLR8R, Details and all over the province of Quebec where Gotan Project have an incredible sales history.
Also confirmed are NPR and Morning Becomes Eclectic.
To hear an excerpt of the debut single, ‘La Gloria’, visit www.myspace.com/gotanproject
A clip for La Gloria will premiere at the end of March followed by a full servicing to all television and online video outlets across North America.
For more information, please visit www.gotanproject.com and www.beggarsgroup.ca
“Tango 3.0 has refined all the founding elements of what makes the Gotan Project the wondrous thing that it is.” – Gilles Peterson – BBC Radio1
Jonsi - Go in stores April 6th
XL Recordings is pleased to present Go, the debut solo release from Sigur Rós frontman, Jónsi.
The choice to make an album of solo recordings came together as a solution to a backlog of songs Jónsi had written that didn’t seem to fit within the Sigur Rós context.
Go is a different beast entirely. Ecstatic, dramatic and alive, it features Jónsi’s signature vocals throughout, with the majority of the songs sung in English.
A video for lead track, Go Do, has been completed and is streaming now at www.jonsi.com. The clip is directed by Arni & Kinski, who have helmed no less than six Sigur Rós videos, including Glósóli and Viðrar vel til loftárása and was filmed on location in Iceland between Christmas and New Year.
Jónsi will be touring in support of the album, kicking off a North American jaunt in Vancouver with two shows at The Vogue Theatre April 6th and 7th, followed by April 30th / May 1st in Toronto (The Sound Academy), and May 2nd Montréal (Metropolis). There will be another round of dates in the Fall.
The Go tour will feature a brand new band and a stage set designed by 59 Productions. Both these elements promise to be drop-dead amazing. The idea of the stage collaboration with 59 Productions is to bring together the worlds of theatre and music in a new and hopefully unique way, in order to create something other than the hoary old cliches that pass for innovation in rock’n‘roll. Visit vimeo.com/9480602 too see more.
An avalanche of press will include the covers of Relix, Paste, Tokion and Relevant.
Go is available on US import CD and 180 Gram vinyl with complimentary MP3 download coupon.
Jónsi played three acoustic songs on WNYC radio recently, and it’s a good chance to hear how three of the songs from Go must have sounded before Nico Muhly got his hands on them and, in Jónsi’s words, made them “explode”. Listen here www.wnyc.org
For more information, please visit www.beggarsgroup.ca
Harlem - Hippies in stores April 6th
- Hippies is the second longplayer from Austin’s newest Matador signings, Harlem. As demonstrated by numerous self-booked tours including stints at SXSW and CMJ, Harlem have a reputation of making club gigs seem like living room shows (and living room shows feel like club shows).
- Their first album for Matador, Hippies, harnesses the band’s energy in its 16 blasts of pure pop energy with a new dimension of songwriting that is as tightly masterful as it is true to a joyfully frantic primitivism.
Recorded at the Distillery in Costa Mesa, CA with the assistance of Mike McHugh, Hippies is a more refined and cleaner record than it’s predecessor (the self released Free Drugs) with a classically iconoclastic sound that in eras-past was achieved by The Gories, The Standells, Dead Moon, The Kinks and The Pixies.
The songwriting and vocal duties on Hippies are evenly shared by Coomers (nee Michael Coomer) and Curtis O’Mara — who switch between guitar/vox and drums on stage (and off) alongside newly-added bassist Jose Boyer. Harlem is set to tour vigorously across the continent and play the shit out of SXSW.
The band are featured on Matador Records recent compilation, Casual Victim Pile (OLE-859), which pays homage to the new breed of Austin upstarts who make that cities music scene so vibrant.
The album is available on US import CD and LP with complimentary MP3 download.
A video for “Friendly Ghost” will be unveiled soon, visit www.myspace.com/harlemduh for the latest
Visit www.matadorrecords.com to download “Friendly Ghost”.
For the latest information, including tour dates, please visit www.beggarsgroup.ca
“Austin-by-way-of-Tucson garage rock trio Harlem follow up their 2009 debut, Free Drugs, with Hippies, their first release on Matador Records. Building on the lo-fi 50’s garage revival sound established on their previous record, Hippies is a tighter, more calculated affair with catchier riffs and singsong choruses.” – PreFix Mag
Serena-Maneesh - S-M 2: Abyss in B Minor in stores March 23rd
S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor is the second album from Serena-Maneesh, the follow-up to their self-titled debut from 2006 which received much praise, establishing the Norwegian band as an act that could merge the lilting, ethereal melodies with crushingly loud, shimmering distortion.
Recording for the new album started in 2008 when they went underground to record in a cave on the outskirts of Oslo; “Studio environments often get on my nerves,” band leader Emile Nikolaisen explains, “and I love the underworld, you can silently head down there and do as you please, leave the world behind. So we found this huge cave with stone walls, it looked like a refugee hideout from World War II, with a huge, undiscovered treasure of sound.”
Once recorded, the band worked with Nick Terry ( Klaxons and Primal Scream), and Can associate René Tinner, who set about mixing the results – spending an incredible eight days on each song.
It was mastered at Air Studios by Ray Staff, who’s numerous credits include Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti; but this is no distended double-album, the end result is a concise eight tracks spread over just 38 minutes and 45 seconds.
Pre-release shows & festivals include My Bloody Valentine-curated ATP, 2 recent New York shows, Eurosonic & SXSW.
North American headlining tour in March/April, including multiple SXSW appearances. Confirmed Canadian dates include March 27 Vancover, April 2 Toronto, April 3 Montréal.
Video & single for “I Just Want To See Your Face” coming in February.
For more information, please visit www.4ad.com/serena-maneesh, www.myspace.com/serena-maneesh, www.serena-maneesh.com
“Serena-Maneesh really does sound a bit like a new rock manifesto, something Marx would have written had he gone into psychedelic instead of politics. The emotions are fiery, the logic is muddy and each musical statement made by the five-piece group…is grandiose.” – Under the Radar
Pavement - Quarantine The Past: Greatest Hits In stores March 9th
At long last it is upon us. One of the most important and influential alternative bands of the 1990s, Pavement, have reunited.
To commemorate this very happy occasion, Matador Records presents Quarantine The Past, a 23 track best of collection compiled by the band and fully remastered on US import specially priced CD and double LP, with complimentary MP3 download coupon.
The tracks span the entirety of Pavement’s career from 1989 to 1999, from the scratchy and mysterious sounds of their early vinyl-only releases to the rich, multilayered warmth of their final recordings. Although the compilation does not include any unreleased material, it definitely digs deeper than the hits.
Songs range from the Top 10 Modern Rock hit “Cut Your Hair” to nearly all the goup’s singles, some underrated album tracks, 3 choice pre-Matador cuts, and one obscure compilation track singing the praises of REM (?!).
Quarantine The Past lands in stores as Pavement embark on their first live performances since the fall of 1999. Dates begin in New Zealand on March 1 and continue through Australia and Europe over the spring and summer, with 4 shows in New York’s Central Park next September.
They will make a lone Canadian appearance in Toronto on June 19, playing with Broken Social Scene on Toronto Island.
Pavement are Mark Ibold, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich, Scott Kannberg, and Steve West.
Pavement’s catalogue for Matador has come to define in the eyes of many, the blueprint for independent rock over the past generation. Albums like Slanted & Enchanted and Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain are still consistent sellers and routinely appear on all-time Best of lists.
For more information, please visit www.matadorrecords.com and www.beggarsgroup.ca
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks In stores March 9th
New Jersey’s Ted Leo And The Pharmacists are back after a two year break with their fourth album and Matador debut, The Brutalist Bricks.
It was recorded in Brooklyn’s Seaside Lounge, and is the band’s first full-length since 2007’s Living with the Living.
This extraordinarily assured, wideranging album explores new ground for Ted, showcasing his singer-songwriter side while remaining emotionally and energetically true to his punk roots.
From the thrilling opener and video track “The Mighty Sparrow” to the apocalyptic “Last Days,” startling
influences reveal themselves.
Hardcore punk vibes are there, as is acoustically driven power-pop – but from Elvis Costello to Billy Bragg,
there’s a softer, at times more introspective side at work, with one entirely acoustic number. In one song, the ghost of Josh Homme seems to hover momentarily.
From start to finish, Ted’s inventive, sparkling songwriting and his tightly wound, explosively chopworthy band keep the momentum ferocious and fascinating.
The band will be appearing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on streetdate March 9, followed by North American wide touring March-May, plus summer festivals, and then a second round of dates Sept-Oct.
Ted will be releasing an Exclusive Record Store Day 7” April 7th.
Download album track “Even Heros Have To Die” from www.matadorrecords.com
For more information, please visit www.beggarsgroup.ca
Titus Andronicus - The Monitor In Stores March 9th
The pride of New Jersey, Titus Andronicus, return with their sophomore XL Release release, The Monitor on March 9, the follow up to last year’s, The Airing Of Grievances.
The Monitor was recorded this past August (2009) by producer and engineer Kevin McMahon at his studio – Marcata Recording – in New Paltz, NY.
The usual suspects from the world of Titus Andronicus were all in attendance, as well as members of Ponytail, Wye Oak, Vivian Girls, and the Hold Steady. McMahon also mixed the album.
It was mastered by Greg Calbi – whom the band chose because he is the only person alive who can claim involvement in both The Chemistry of Common Life by Fucked Up and Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell by Meat Loaf!
The Monitor is available on US import CD and double vinyl with complimentary MP3 download coupon.
The band will be playing a US instore tour ending at SXSW in Austin followed by a 100 date North American swing that will be stopping in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montréal later this summer.
For all the latest, please visit www.titusandronicus.net
To preview new music, visit www.myspace.com/titusandronicus
“Patrick Stickles howls with anguish way beyond his 22 years, often cramming lyrics into tight spaces just to make sure he gets the last word in…the drama’s more Boss than Bright Eyes, fuelled by blue collar frustration and, most notably, beer.” – PITCHFORK
“A passionately bleak yet irresistibly rousing album”. – TIME OUT NEW YORK
“It remains instrumentally raucous, emotionally battered, and unaplogetically fun.” – FILTER
The Morning Benders - Big Echo In Stores March 9th
Rough Trade / Beggars Group are pleased to announce the signing of San Fransico’s The Morning Benders. Now based in NYC, the band will be releasing their new offering, Big Echo, on March 9th.
Big Echo, produced and engineered by Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear) is available on US import CD and Vinyl, with complimentary MP3 download coupon.
The band will be touring heavily in support of the album, with confirmed Canadian headlining shows April 3rd Vancouver (Media Club), April 14th Toronto (The Drake Hotel), and April 15th Montréal (La Sala Rossa).
The group has previously toured in support of Grizzly Bear (fall 2009), The Kooks and Death Cab for Cutie (summer 2008), Ra Ra Riot (fall 2008), and also with Yo La Tengo, MGMT, Grand Archives, Yeasayer, Two Gallants, The Rosebuds, Au Revoir Simone, and We Are Scientists.
The debut album”Talking Through Tin Cans” was the iTunes Independent album of the year 2008.
The Morning Benders are Chris Chu (vocals, guitars, organ, rhodes, pianos), Joe Ferrell (guitars, rhodes, pianos, organ), Julian Harmon (drums, percussion) & Tim Or (bass).
For a free download of the album track Promises, visit www.myspace.com/themorningbenders
For more information, please visit www.beggarsgroup.ca
“Take a trawl through the annals of ear-sticking melodies and you’ll follow cupid’s arrow, soaring in a straight line from the Brill Building to the Beatles…Follow that arrow a bit further, and you’ll find your heart racing to the love-is-all indie pop of Berkeley’s Morning Benders”. – SF BAY GUARDIAN
“Rarely has a debut album sounded so fresh and endearing”. – LA Times
“Jaunty, melodic tunes ideal for summer days and rainy afternoons”. – SPIN
“A lot of the writing on the forthcoming, impressively consistent and endlessly catchy Big Echo is set in that ineffable state of yearning and pensiveness that comes with coming of age, tightly packaged in clever if simply constructed pop”. – Stereogum
The Unthanks - Here's The Tender Coming in stores March 2nd
Rough Trade is very pleased to present the third release from Britain’s premiere folk group,The Unthanks, Here’s The Tender Coming, BBC’s Music Folk album of the year.
It’s hard to imagine a British folk outfit with fans like Radiohead, Portishead and Ben Folds, but The Unthanks occupy a unique place in music. Influenced as much by the minimalist eccentricity of Antony & The Johnsons or Miles Davis, as they are by the traditional music of the North East of England, The Unthanks have established themselves as the most innovative and critically acclaimed folk bands in modern history.
Here’s The Tender Coming released in the UK and Europe last year to an avalanche of critical acclaim, with the album being called “absolutely exquisite” and “a rare undisiplined magic.”
Formerly known as Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, their second album The Bairns (2007), nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, was recently the only British folk album to appear in The Best Albums of the Decade in both Uncut magazine and The Observer (The Guardian on Sunday).
The group have just completed a sold out 42 date UK tour in support of Here’s The Tender Coming (London show – Shepherds Bush Empire), on which they unveiled a new line-up featuring a kaleidescope of instruments including string quartet, trumpet, marimba, dulcitone, chord organ, piano, guitar, marimba, double bass, drums and vocal harmonies from the whole band.
Known for their timeless, unsentimental and quietly subversive tales of loss, fear, booze, brawls, abuse and sorrow, siblings Rachel and Becky Unthank are honest, young storytellers outside of time, forging links between folk worlds old, new and other.
Selling out shows all over Europe and Australia, in the US and Canada, The Unthanks have a glowing New York Times review and a support slot last summer with Ben Folds under their belts, but otherwise are looking forward to relatively untested waters with Rough Trade, hoping to become a British counterpart to the leftfield folk leanings of Sufjan Stevens, Bonnie Prince Billy (who they cover on The Bairns) and Fleet Foxes.
For the latest information or to preview music, visit www.myspace.com/rachelunthank and www.rachelunthank.com/
PRAISE FOR HERE’S THE TENDER COMING
“My favorite county record of 2009. The county of Northumberland, that is. The supernatural singing from Rachel and Becky Unthank and the lovely arrangements are three reasons to hear this wonderful album.” – Elvis Costello
“Even more satisfying, compelling and varied than the Mercury-nominated The Bairns. Haunting, original and magnificent” 4 stars – The Guardian
“An exquisite mixture of light and dark, instinct and artistry.” 4 stars – Uncut
“Folk music’s most beguiling act is back” 4.5 stars – The Sun
“There is nothing obvious about this album” 4 Stars Observer Music Magazine
“Absolutely exquisite. A real work of art. I will be playing it at least forever.” – Paul Morley
“When confronted with music as splendid as this, it’s easy to be swept along on a wave of purple prose. “Beautiful”, “haunting”, and “beguiling” are all words that spring easily to mind whilst listening to this astonishing record..even such effusive descriptions drastically undersell” – BBC Music Reviews
Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago in stores February 23rd
Shearwater continue to explore the beauty, menace, and fragility of the natural world – and that increasingly rare species, the indivisible album – on The Golden Archipelago, the band’s most absorbing and accomplished work to date.
Available February 23, 2010, the album is available in two unique US import configurations: a super-deluxe CD version and 120 gram LP with two bonus tracks and MP3 download coupon.
The initial CD pressing comes packaged with 50-page perfect-bound book with dossier of records, photos, regulations and images on islands, displaced peoples, immigration records and more – deluxe in slipcase FOR SAME PRICE as regular CD.
The band will be on the road immediately upon release in March-April, followed by a full summer of festivals and an additional round of dates in Sept-Nov
Video for “Hidden Lakes” to be directed by Alma Har’el (Beirut, ‘The Salton Sea’ film etc.)
For more information, please visit www.shearwatermusic.com, www.myspace.com/shearwater, and www.matadorrecords.com
“Rook is among the most achingly beautiful things ever recorded.” – Pop Matters
“A quiet ferocity belied by gorgeous, soaring melodies.” – Entertainment Weekly
Efterklang - Magic Chairs in stores February 23rd
Newly signed to 4AD, Efterklang make their label debut with Magic Chairs, their third full-length studio album, February 23rd 2010.
Since 2000, the Copenhagen-based quartet (plus an ever evolving number of collaborators) have been quietly honing their craft, fusing left-of-centre electronic beats with grand orchestral gestures.
Self-sufficient by nature and necessity, the band have until now, always written, recorded and produced every element of their music from the comfort of their Copenhagen bunker. So far, the results have been revelatory; 2007’s hugely ambitious Parades, an album that was difficult to define but even harder to fault, raised their profile enormously and with Magic Chairs, they continue their evolution.
Removing themselves from their home city and heading to Aarhus’ Feedback Recording Studio, the band recorded basic tracks as a band (drums, bass, guitars and piano), replicating the live set-up from where the songs had initially taken form.
Later, back in Copenhagen, orchestral flourishes were added and guest musicians were called upon (including their touring band members – Peter Broderick, Heather W. Broderick, Frederik Teige and Daniel James).
For even greater clarity of sound, British engineer and producer Gareth Jones (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Depeche Mode, Interpol, Mogwai, Grizzly Bear, Wire and more) was drafted in for mixing duties to work alongside their in-house electronics wizard, Mads Brauer.
The result is an intimate and immediate record that exudes warmth. The grandiose classical structures heard so prominently and admired so highly in previous albums Tripper and Parades have been replaced by something far more streamlined, deconstructed and altogether melodious.
The band have already announced a North American tour to immediately follow the album’s release with confirmed Canadian dates March 5th Montreal, March 6th Toronto, and March 12th Vancouver.
Efterklang are Mads Brauer – Electronics and various instruments, Casper Clausen – Vocals and various instruments, Thomas Husmer – Drums and Trumpet., Rasmus Stolberg – Bass and Guitar
For more information, please visit www.efterklang.net, www.myspace.com/efterklang, www.4ad.com
Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library in stores February 23rd
American singer-songwriter Holly Miranda’s solo debut full-length, The Magician’s Private Library, will be released via XL Recordings on February 23, 2010.
The 10-track album, produced by Dave Sitek at Staygold Studio in Brooklyn, NY, and includes contributions from Sitek, Kyp Malone and Jaleel Bunton (TV On The Radio), Eric Biondo and Stuart Bogie (Antibalas), and Holly’s long-time violinist, Marques Toliver.
The Magician’s Private Library is available as a US import 3-sided double LP with etching & complimentary MP3 coupon and 4 panel CD digipak with poster.
Holly will be appearing at SXSW 2010 in March and commences a full North American tour in April.
Holly Miranda officially made her XL Recordings debut with the “Forest Green Oh Forest Green” single (7” & digital) in November 2009 and spent that same month touring with label mates Friendly Fires and The XX in the US (including Vancouver), and a Toronto Horseshoe Tavern date with The Antlers.
Holly has been singing for as long as she can remember. She first began playing in New York at age 16 and soon discovered the world of the East Village and started playing at places like The Sidewalk and meeting kindred spirits in the New York scene. Whether solo or with her band, she’s become an artist consistently able to mesmerize with her range as well as her songs.
Holly is also a founding member of New York based, Jealous Girlfriends.
Visit www.hollymiranda.com for the latest news and to download a copy of Holly’s Sleep On Fire EP.
“On these new songs she conjures a whole range of possibilities: a less fearful Cat Power, a more substantive Feist, a Norah Jones with actual feeling.” – New York Times
“Whether she’s performing a cappella or surrounded by a full, warm fuzz of music—as on her Dave Sitek–produced forthcoming debut—Miranda is a rare talent.” – The Volume
“You can hear the influence of New Order as much as you can TV On the Radio, Patti Smith, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs…Consider this fair warning: she’s the real deal.” – Variety
“Its tinkling melody is almost too precious, but the ramshackle instrumentation adequately musses up any lingering sense of cutesiness.” – Popmatters
Chris Joss Presents Monomaniacs Vol. 1 In stores February 16
Chris Joss presents Monomaniacs Vol 1. 12 tracks of angry hammond funk with a nasty vintage sound, released through ESL Music Feb. 16th.
Like a long lost vintage LP plucked from a time capsule buried sometime in the 1970’s this album brings Joss back to a distinctly traditional and dusty funk groove.
Recalling the iconic blaxploitation and grindhouse film soundtracks of that era, Monomaniacs is filled with ricocheting breakbeats, whirlwinds of wah-wah, rubber-band basslines, cosmic organs, and even a few shredding rock guitars to put some hair on your chest.
Frenchman Chris Joss, a completely self-taught multi-instrumentalist and autonomous studio producer, is not exactly a newcomer to the global music scene. Having lived in both Paris and London in the early nineties, Joss digested the vibrant music scenes of each city while working as a sound engineer and playing with several bands.
Chris’ I Want Freedom EP released in September 2008, featured remixes from Greece’s Smokey Bandits from and Toronto’s, Myagi.
For more information, please visit www.chrisjoss.free.fr, www.eslmusic.com, www.beggarsgroup.ca
“Retro-funk makes sweet, sweet love to futuristic electronic weirdness, while assorted samples stand patiently in line waiting their turn.” – VUE (Edmonton)
“Like a blaxploitation soundtrack or a riff from one of Sesame Street’s more psychedelic moments in the ’70s, You’ve Been Spiked genuinely feels legitimately old school – for real “ – Hour
“Joss lingers in the past but plants his music in the present with the odd scratch, break beat roll and present-day production layering. Semi-serious and unpretentious, Joss has successfully landed a highly enjoyable day trip to yesterday.” – Exclaim
Elizabeth Fraser - Moses 12" Single In Stores February 16th
In celebration of the life of Jake Drake-Brockman, Elizabeth Fraser releases the benefit single, ‘Moses’.
A close personal friend of both Elizabeth and her partner and musical collaborator, Damon Reece (Spiritualized, Massive Attack, Echo and the Bunnymen, Bom), Jake was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident last September. Elizabeth and Damon feel that the passing of such a wonderful man and great friend cannot go unmarked.
A pivotal member of Echo and the Bunnymen, Bom and The Hook ‘Em Boys and, latterly, a highly respected sound recordist for the BBC, Jake was a beautiful human being and adventurer who profoundly touched the lives of all who had the privilege to know him.
Moses’ was written and performed by Jake, Elizabeth and Damon and is backed with two re-mixes: the first by Thighpaulsandra (Julian Cope, Spiritualized, Coil) and the second by Andy Jenks (previously of Alpha and presently of the Flies, Spaceland).
Moses is available in very limited numbers on UK import heavy weight 12” vinyl.
The track’s soundscape will set you swirling, with archaic sounding choral samples amid dub rhythms and Eastern European accordion melodies while Fraser’s voice sails across the mix in unearthly fashion.
Thighpaulsandra offer a sympathetic electronic reworking while Spaceland cast a gloomy, more organic production.
Nickodemus' Sun People Remixed In Stores January 12th
Although summer’s long gone, Brooklyn’s foremost outernational DJ Nickodemus is ready to heat up your soundsystem with Sun People Remixed. As the title suggests, this release brings together some of the world’s finest and most eclectic remixers for brand new interpretations of original tracks culled from Nickodemus’ critically acclaimed sophomore album, Sun People. Earthrise Soundsystem’s take on the title track is a tribal moment; packed with West African chants, while The Spy From Cairo brings a deep island reggae sound to “Just Move Feat Kwasi”. Next, The Pimps of Joytime take Brooklyn & Bucharest on down to the Big Easy with that New Orleans funk groove and both Red Astaire and Tal M Klein lay down a thick layer of funky bass on their interpretations of “Sun Children” and “N’Dini,” respectively. J Boogie brings a wonderfully warm electronic vibe to the soothing Middle Eastern vocal on “Didibina” while Swedish producer HIRD (Fever Ray, Little Dragon) brings out a treasure trove of percussion on “La Lluvia.” The warehouse doors fly open with techno on Christian Prommer’s driving and beau- tiful remix of “The Love Feeling;” a proper warm up for Kush Arora’s bone rattling 2 step crusher on “2 Sips & Magic.” A comedown is necessary after that scorcher and Adham Shaikh offers the perfect R&R through his downtempo take on “WEriseWEfallWerise” Day turns to evening and the sun sets on this CD with Pablo Sanchez’s smooth Hip-Hop flavored take on “Sun Children” and a gorgeous house remix of “The Love Feeling” from SABO feat new vocals from Dario Boente.