January 2013
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'The Bedroom Club'
Sleeve photography by Maxwell Tomlinson.
London producer Karen Gwyer‘s “lush techno-leaning” contribution to ‘The Bedroom Club II‘ compilation is premiered at FACTahead of the 12″ and DL release on January 28th 2013. Pre-order the 180gm vinyl here.
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Karen Gwyer - 'Needs Continuum' LP
After a debut EP on fellow NPIP act patten’s cassette label Kaleidoscope and an exclusive track on our The Bedroom Club II vinyl compilation, we’re proud to announce Karen Gwyer will release her full debut album ‘Needs Continuum‘ through NPIP on February 25th 2013.
The album was recorded over the final months of Gwyer’s pregnancy at the end of 2012, and the “labyrinthine plasmic pulsations”...
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December 2012
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Vinyl Williams - 'Inner Space'
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THE BEDROOM CLUB II
Part two of ‘The Bedroom Club’ compilation series is due on 28th January 2013. Analysed in articulate form here, producers Ukkonen, John Ola, Ornine, Buffalo Tide, Karen Gwyer and Beams join Dyymond of Durham - an audio/visual collaboration between Matthew Barnes aka Forest Swords and Bavarian fine artist Otto Baer - on the limited 12” release.
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Beliefs - 'Catch My Breath'
Toronto’s Beliefs’ debut album is due through No Pain In Pop on March 5th 2013. Ahead, ‘Catch My Breath’ video by Henry Sansom & James Mejia.
November 2012
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SOON
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Vinyl Williams - Lemniscate stream
Created and performed solely by songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Lionel Williams, Vinyl Williams’ debut album ‘Lemniscate’ unites vast landscapes, multi-religious symbolism, and the supernatural into a paradoxical whirlpool of “mysticism and sonic matrices”. On the surface his music is a flood of ideas and imagery, dashing psyched-out...
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Halls x Ukkonen
Artic house impressionist Ukkonen - he of the sublime ‘Detroit (Alternative Reality)’ mix - has conjured an equally superlative reconstruction of Halls’ ‘Roses For The Dead’ single, the sound of Samuel Howard’s voice blown sideways through the interstellar.
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Halls - 'White Chalk' live session
Aching live studio version of ‘White Chalk’, taken during the recording of Ark.
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Vinyl Williams - 'Open Your Mind'
Lemniscate’s ‘Open Your Mind’ just premiered over at the Guardian ahead of album release on November 12th. Vinyl Williams continues his ascent.
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Halls x Dro Carey x Max Cooper
Halls remixes from “soft-touch” techno producer Max Cooper and Australia’s long-term NPIP affiliate Dro Carey surfaced this week. Ark centrepiece ‘Roses For The Dead’, in both cases, is the track under the surgeon’s knife.
October 2012
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Vinyl Williams - 'Higher Worlds'
Ahead of debut album Lemniscate - due Nov 12th through No Pain In Pop and Salonislam - LA’s Vinyl Williams has issued a video for lead single ‘Higher Worlds’. As with the completely self-produced, written and performed album, the animation is a singular example of Lionel Williams’ creative luminosity. ”Teal treasure temples and extracelestial landscapes are waiting...
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Halls - 'Roses For The Dead'
‘Roses For The Dead’ - the second single from Halls’ debut album Ark, out this week- gets the Sebastian Nevols heart-on-screen treatment.
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Halls - Ark stream
Halls’ crystalline debut Ark is now available to stream in full ahead of digital release on 15th Oct and full physical release on the 22nd. Pre-orderdirect from the label on CD/DL/LP here.
Early reviews :
“One realises that Howard probably doesn’t need to write another song, ever again, as perfection can be a troublesome target to nail twice.” BBC Music
“What is...
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Nail the Cross V
Label No Pain In Pop and promoters Lanzarote are proud to announce the acts for their 5th Nail The Cross festival of new music and arts.
Joining alumni the XX, Joy Orbison, SBTRKT, These New Puritans, Actress, Hudson Mohawke and Hype Williams will be Tri Angle Record’s outlying synth producer oOoOO; spectral songwriters Deptford Goth and Slime each playing one of their first live sets; and...
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Echo Lake - 'Another Day'
A “delightfully bucolic” video for Echo Lake’s ‘Another Day’ - a single from their Wild Peace debut album - just premieried over at Noisey. Directed by Ben Perry and Duncan Christie, it falls ahead of the band’s 15 date October tour, including a British Heart Foundation fundraising show on the 25th at London’s Shacklewell Arms.
September 2012
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Halls - 'Roses For The Dead'
The second single from Halls’ debut album Ark surfaced on Pitchfork today. Download the “understated anthem” below ahead of the album release through No Pain In Pop on Oct 15th, and some newly announced tour dates, including an album launch show in London.
30th October - Ark Album Launch @ Birthdays, London
2nd November - REWIRE Festival, Den Haag, Netherlands
9th November -...
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Nail the Cross V
No Pain In Pop and promoters Lanzarote are proud to announce the first acts for their 5th Nail The Cross festival of new music. Joining alumni the XX, Joy Orbison, SBTRKT, These New Puritans, Actress, Hudson Mohawke and Hype Williams will be Tri Angle Record’s outlying synth producer oOoOO; spectral songwriters Deptford Goth and Slime each playing one of their first live sets; and more. A...
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Vinyl Williams - Lemniscate
No Pain In Pop are proud to announce Vinyl Williams’ debut album Lemniscate will be released through the label on 12th November 2012.
The work of Los Angeles based artist and musician Lionel Williams fuses vast landscapes, multi-religious symbolism, and the supernatural into a paradoxical whirlpool of “mysticism and sonic matrices”. Created and performed solely by songwriter,...
August 2012
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'Wild Peace'
Filmaker and 20 Jazz Funk Greatser Daniel Nixon - who shot the band’s celebrated ‘Young Silence’ - has shot an otherworldly video for Echo Lake’s LP title track ‘Wild Peace’. Director’s commentary below, and thanks to Fruit Media, Planetside Software and Fractured Films.
Around the time Echo Lake asked me to make a second video for them I’d become a bit...
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Echo Lake UK & EIRE tour
Poster by Linda Jarvis
Echo Lake are on the road around the UK and Ireland this October for their first tour, in support of their acclaimed debut record Wild Peace.
‘Wild Peace’ tour, October 2012
Monday 1st - London / The Lexington (tickets)
Friday 5th - Brighton / The Green Door Store (free entry)
Monday 8th - Manchester / The Castle (tickets)
Tuesday 9th - Glasgow / The Art...
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'White Chalk'
Video for Halls’ ‘White Chalk’, the first single from debut album Ark. Directed by Sebastian Nevols and Robin Ockleford, bathed in white light.
July 2012
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Halls - 'White Chalk'
‘White Chalk’ is the first track released from Halls’ crystalline debut album Ark, due October 15th. Taking inspiration from Mozart’s famed ‘Ave Varum Corpus’ hymn, the choral track is Samuel Howard’s depth-charge kick and snare, reinterpretation of a gothic sonic tradition. Pre-order Ark here.
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Halls - 'Ark'
We’re proud to announce Halls - the solo project of 21 year old South London musician Sam Howard - will release Ark through No Pain In Pop on 15th October 2012.
Ark - his brooding debut album - draws from a palette of crystalline melodies, intense production and panoramic instrumentation to create a deeply personal, constructivist work of art. Evocative in sound and yet isolationist in...
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Echo Lake - 'In Dreams'
New Lisa Ambjörn directed video for Echo Lake’s ‘In Dreams’, from their “truly magnificent and possibly boundary redefining” Wild Peace LP.
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'WILD PEACE' OUT NOW
We’re proud to say Echo Lake’s breathtaking, soon-to-be-seminal debut album ‘Wild Peace’ is out now. Support the band by purchasing the record on limited 12” vinyl LP (only £10!), CD or DL (specially priced at £4.99) direct from No Pain In Pop here. The album is also available from iTunes here.
”Every so often a debut comes along so full of elegiac beauty...
June 2012
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RIP Peter Hayes
R.I.P Pete Hayes (27.1.1987 - 21.06.2012)
We are so sad to say that our close friend and brilliant drummer Peter Hayes passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 25.
(more from Echo Lake’s Thom Hill)
(donate to British Heart Foundation)
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Echo Lake - 'Wild Peace'
Echo Lake’s ‘Wild Peace’ - the title track of their debut LP - is avilable for free DL now after premiering on Pitchfork earlier this week.
May 2012
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'WILD PEACE' TEASER
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ECHO LAKE - EVEN THE BLIND
Check out the new Natalia Stuyk produced video for ‘Even The Blind’, the lead single from Echo Lake’s forthcoming debut album Wild Peace.
Shot in a World War II bunker in East London, the projection feedback-heavy visuals mirror the shimmering, beautiful guitar lines.
Pre-order Wild Peace direct on vinyl or CD here.
April 2012
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Echo Lake - Wild Peace
Photo credit: Natalia Stuyk
We’re overjoyed to announce Echo Lake’s debut album - Wild Peace - will be released through No Pain In Pop (Europe) and the seminal Slumberland label (North America) on June 25th/26th.
Marrying Thom Hill’s huge, dense production with countless interweaving layers of Linda Jarvis’ emotive and cavernous voice the album seems to float like the...
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PATTEN - RADIO 1 SESSION
Two new post-GLAQJO XAACSSO tracks from patten - ever in ellipses - taken from his BBC Radio 1 session with Huw Stephens. Listen from 1:18hrs onwards here.
March 2012
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Echo Lake - Peaking Lights remix
With a debut album very nearly finished and primed for a summer release, Echo Lake have released a remix of Peaking Lights’ ‘Marshmellow Yellow’ from last year’s 936.
February 2012
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WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS
2012 release news shortly.
January 2012
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PATTEN - EDITS
After the acclaim of his 2011 debut album - GLAQJO XAACSSO - we’re very excited to say patten will play his first audiovisual show on Thursday 19th January at CAMP Basement in Old St, London (Facebook event/£5 advance tickets). The album is now available on CD for the first time and limited UK indie shop and NPIP webstore orders will receive EDITS, a full length work “extending,...
November 2011
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The Proper Ornaments - Who Thought
Centered around the close partnership of frontmen Max Clapps and James Hoare, The Proper Ornaments make a thrillingly taut and melodic pop indebted both to the sun balm’d West Coast (the Byrds, Brian Wilson) and the driving, terse rhythms of the British Invasion & C86 (the Beatles, Postcard Records). Their debut EP is out on 12” vinyl and DL through No Pain In Pop next week and...
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Echo Lake - Buried At Sea
Natalia Stuyk directed video for Echo Lake’s ‘Buried At Sea’, from last spring’s Young Silence EP, shot off the coast of Granada, Southern Spain. Want to live inside it.
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PATTEN - LOGQAJ ACSXSOA
A third remix EP, with Spare, Yearning Kru, Erratic Boulder and Lee Gamble taking select tracks from patten’s GLAQJO XAACSSO album:
“Each remixer gets a bunch of chunks from a finished track. One track per remixer. No stems. No finished full track to compare against. Passing the fragments like bits of code divorced from the full program. See what gets retained, what comes through from the...
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Grimes - Crystal Ball (Doldrums refix)
Doldrums gets tangled in with Montreal sparring partner and tour mate Grimes’ ‘Crystal Ball’ track from this spring. His own ‘Empire Sound’ EP is both out now through No Pain In Pop and available to stream in full over at Altered Zones. ’Crystal Ball’ appears on ‘Halfaxa’ LP through Arbutus Records, Montreal.
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PATTEN - QALOGJ OACSSXA
Listen to QALOGJ OACSSXA, the second remix EP from patten’s acclaimed GLAQJO XAACSSO album, with Ukkonen, Dro Carey and Halls again working to the London producer’s following diktat:
“Each remixer gets a bunch of chunks from a finished track. One track per remixer. No stems. No finished full track to compare against. Passing the fragments like bits of code divorced from the full...
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Doldrums - Endless Winter
Doldrums flying too close to the sun with his ‘Endless Winter’ video from the avant-pop Empire Sound EP, out on DL and 12”.
“A voice comes across mid panic attack..”
October 2011
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Echo Lake - Alisa
Halloween video for Echo Lake’s cover of Ariel Pink’s ‘Alisa’, due to appear on the Japanese reissue of the Young Silence EP through Coco Heart Records, out 16/11/2011.
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PATTEN - PLURALS
Lava strewn video for ‘Plurals’ by the ever-enigmatic patten, directed by Jane Eastlight. We’re proud to announce the London producer will perform a special audiovisual live show to celebrate the album’s release on January 19th 2012 (details and advance tickets).
‘Remarkable. One of the year’s most exciting debuts.’ - FACT ‘Among the albums of the...
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Nail the Cross IV
Our fourth Nail the Cross festival is Friday and Saturday this week at the Shacklewell Arms in Dalston, East London. Alongside the above line up - featuring Nite Jewel, Pariah, Echo Lake, Sex Worker, Doldrums, patten and more - we’ve a special secret guest and a video installation courtesy of Take Courage gallery. Tickets are available in advance or at the door on either evening. For a...
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Doldrums - Empire Sound
The work of Doldrums - aka. 21 year old Montrealer Airick Woodhead - floats in a sea of chopped up samples, disembodied vocals and tribal percussion. We’re happy to announce Empire Sound - a manic EP of electro-hallucinogenic freak outs and fuzzy warm nostalgia - will be available through No Pain In Pop shortly. For now, listen to ‘I’m Homesick Sittin’ Up Here in My Satellite’ below.
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Forest Swords - Bones (remix)
We’re happy to say over £1100 has been raised for the Red Cross to date from the Forest Swords’ ‘Fjree Feather’ EP. We made our first donation today - proofs - but hope to add to this figure with the few final copies of the 12” and download release of the EP still available through our online store.
To say thanks to all those who supported the release we’ve a...
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PATTEN - JLAGQO CSOAAXS
Patten released his debut album - GLAQJO XAACSSO - last week to significant praise from FACT (“tremendous”), Boomkat (“among the albums of the year”), Bleep.com (track of the week), the Quietus (“excellent”), The Wire and Pitchfork.
Today sees the release of JLAGQO CSOAAXS, a remix EP by artists including Sculpture, C Powers and The Slow Revolt....
September 2011
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A GRAVE WITH NO NAME - CROWS
Beautiful Anupa Madawela produced video for A Grave With No Name’s recent ‘Crows’ 7” (buy here) - a 3 track release of Alexander Shields’ piano led songs which trace delicate fissures in the emotional radiography of loss and longing.
