Leaf Newsletter #30
May 16th 2000
NEW RELEASE
Invisible Soundtracks Volume IV
release date: Monday June 12th 2000
formats: limited edition 1,000 x 12" only (REEL 4)
mail order price: 4.00 GBP (+p&p)
barcodes: UPC 0666017010465
Over two years in the making, the fourth volume in Leaf's renowned Invisible Soundtracks series of 12"s materialises in June. A limited edition of 1,000 copies, this 12" edition comprises four brand new tracks to be included on the forthcoming Invisible Soundtracks : Macro 3 CD compilation.
All tracks are exclusive and specially commissioned for the project; as ever, the brief was to produce an evocative piece of music for an imaginary film. The results are always fascinating, often startling, and demand close listening attention.
Returning to the series' original premise of bringing to the surface unknown talent from around the globe, Volume IV presents one debut release, and three compositions by little known producers offering cuts from Canada, Germany, Austria and the UK.
'Anna And Nina' is Manitoba's first ever release, an epic and ambitious track that falls somewhere between the adventurous forays of Kieran Hebden¹s Four Tet project and the lush harmonies of Zero 7. Manitoba is a young jazz pianist from Toronto by the name of Dan Snaith and we know you¹ll be hearing a lot more from him soon...
Bernhard Fleischmann is an unassuming chap from Vienna, whose beautiful 1999 album Pop Loops For Breakfast (Morr Music / Charhizma) exhibited a remarkable ear for melody - a midget gem of a record that has sold in significant quantities on word of mouth alone.
Freeform is probably the best known name here, with releases on Warp, Skam, Sub Rosa, Sprawl and more to his name, though Londoner Simon Pyke's recent work has been largely overlooked. This brand new track is, in our opinion, one of his best ever releases, alien funk of incredible dexterity and depth, and quite unlike anything you¹ve ever heard before. Respect is long overdue.
>From Rosenheim, Germany, Klaus Naitana and Vinko Vrabec - aka Druckwelle - came to our attention with the first release on their own tiny Molar imprint, the incredible Montreal '76 EP, and we've been wanting to work with them ever since.
Invisible Soundtracks : Macro 3 will be released in July, including exclusive tracks by Rothko, Lee Norris (Metamatics/Norken), Susumu Yokota, Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey/Spleen) and Op:l Bastards, amongst others, as well as the four tracks here.
Cert A
1. Manitoba - Anna And Nina¹
2. B. Fleischmann - The Rise And Fall Of A Drinker¹
Cert AA
1. Freeform - Spandoe¹
2. Druckwelle - Unteracherting¹
SUSUMU YOKOTA - Mix EP
release date: Monday June 19th 2000
formats: 12² only (DOCK 23)
mail order price: 4.00 GBP (+p&p)
barcodes: UPC 0666017010762
Susumu Yokota¹s reputation in Europe is growing fast, with media acclaim for his two downtempo Leaf releases (Image 1983-1998 and Magic Thread) and his most recent albums for Japanese house/techno label Sublime (1998 and 1999). The Mix EP successfully brings together boths strands of his work, with satisfyingly warm deep house mixes of his own acoustic, more ambient tracks.
Taken from an album of remixes of tracks originally released on his own Skintone label in Japan late last year (also entitled Mix), these tracks sound like a return to the roots of house music, leaving the idiosyncratic glitches and mistakes in place to give a more human feel.
The originals of three of these tracks (Nisemono No Uta¹, Morino Gakudan¹ and Enogu¹) appeared on Yokota¹s first Leaf release, Image 1983-1998, while the fourth, Naminote¹, is taken from his next album, Sakura, to be released by Leaf in September.
Yokota is already putting the finishing to another Skintone album, and his next Sublime album (entitled Zero) is due imminently. If that wasn¹t enough, the in demand DJ is to release his first ever mix album on Skintone, using only music from The Leaf Label. He has also contributed an exclusive track to the forthcoming Invisible Soundtracks : Macro 3 compilation.
A1. Naminote / Rhythm Mix
A2. Morino Gakudan / Remix
B1. Enogu / Remix
B2. Nisemono No Uta / Remix
other new releases:
BEIGE - I Don't Either
LP/CD BAY 5V/CD June 5th
Timbaland meets Mouse On Mars - the future of funk is here
FOUR TET v POLE - Pole v Four Tet EP
12" split single DOCK 20 June
yes, it¹s finally here, and it¹s stunning! Original tracks from Stefan Betke and Kieran Hebden, plus remixes of each other¹s tracks
EARDRUM - Last Light Remixes Volume I
12" single DOCK 19 July
stunning remixes by Ashley Beedle, Freeform, Monolake and Sofa Surfers
INVISIBLE SOUNDTRACKS : Macro 3
CD REEL 4CD July
finally compiled and ready to go! Contributors include 310, Bass Communion, Beige, Broadway Project, Druckwelle, Rob Ellis, B Fleischmann, Freeform, Manitoba, Ian Masters (I'm Steal), Lee Norris (Nacht Plank), Op:l Bastards, Oskar, Kieron Phelan & David Sheppard, Rothko, Susumu Yokota. All exclusives.
SUSUMU YOKOTA - Sakura
CD BAY 13CD September
LP BAY 13V September
the third (and best?) installment...
Noodles Part II / The Death Of Cool
CD BAY 14CD September
dLP BAY 14V September
the second installment from Noodles, Si Begg¹s self-styled Stupidest Recording Organisation In The World¹, plus a compilation CD to bring you up to date with all the strangeness so far
ROB ELLIS - Music For The Home
CD only BAY 15CD October
PJ Harvey/Spleen/Laika man. Amazing modern classical record. Say no more
more details of all these to come...
LIVE LEAVES
Friday May 19th
Faultline (live) + Eardrum (live) + DJ Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) + DJ Tony Morley
Batofar, Paris, France
we are looking to put together a series of European dates in September/October, featuring any or all of Eardrum, 310, Beige, Susumu Yokota and DJ Tony Morley. If you can help, get in touch!
MAXIMUM ROTATIONS
compiled by Tony Morley - 16/5/00
position. artist - title - label (country)
1. Max Brennan - Strange Sightings - Sublime (Jap)
2. Eternal Sun - 6/8 Drumz (Pathless Mix) - Talkin Loud (UK)
3. various - Staedtizism (LP) - ~Scape (Ger)
4. Femi Kuti - Blackman Know Yourself (Sofa Surfers Mix) - Barclay (Fr)
5. Markus Nikolai - Bushes - Perlon (Ger)
6. Tarwater - Animals, Suns And Atoms (LP) - Kitty Yo (Ger)
7. Bernd Friedmann - Nonplace EP 2 - Nonplace (Ger)
8. Fink - Ever Since I Was A Kid... (Hefner Remix) - NTone (UK)
9. David Holmes - 69 Police/Living Room - Go Beat (UK)
10. Lobi Traoré - Koroduga (Chari Chari remix) - Frikyiwa (Fr)
11. Lambchop - Up With People (Zero 7 mix) - City Slang (UK)
12. 23 Skidoo - Ayu - Virgin (UK)
13. Buscemi - Spooky Samba - Donsall Plastics (Bel)
14. Arovane - Tides (LP) - City Centre Offices (Ger)
15. Icarus - UL-6 - Output (UK)
16. Broadway Project - The Kingdom Of God EP - Memphis Industries (UK)
17. Suzukiski - Utopia (LP) - Soup Disk (Jap)
18. 7-Hurtz - Audiophiliac (LP) - Output (UK)
19. Seiji - Into The Now - 2000 Black (UK)
20. Blue States - Nothing Changes Under The Sun (LP) - Memphis (UK)
21. DJ Food - Kaleidoscope (LP) - Ninja Tune (UK)
22. St Germain - Rose Rouge - Blue Note (Fr)
23. Tommy Guerrero - A Little Bit Of Something (LP) - MoWax (UK)
24. Metamatics - Grades Of Shade - Dot (Swe)
25. Stereo MCs - DJ Kicks (LP) - Stud!o K7 (Ger)
Thanks for listening. Get in touch!
The Leaf Label
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