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>Leaf Newsletter #27
>
>At the end of what have undoubtedly been The Leaf Label's finest 12 months
>to date, we thought we'd round the year off with a reminder of our most
>recent releases, a run down of our favourite records of the year, and a
>look at what we've got going on in 2000.
>
>Thanks to everyone who's supported us in '99 - here's to the big one!
>
>First up: new releases for the first part of the next year:
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>NEW RELEASES
>SUSUMU YOKOTA - Magic Thread
>to be released in February 2000
>format: CD (BAY 11CD) and limited edition double LP (BAY 11V)
>barcodes: CD: UPC 0666017009926 / LP: UPC 0666017009919
>
>The second installment in Yokota's series of delectable abstract albums
>from his own Skintone label, licensed for the rest of the world by Leaf.
>Magic Thread was originally released in Japan as a limited edition of just
>500 CDs, so this is the first time the album will be fully released
>anywhere. As well as a CD version, we will be releasing the album on
>limited edition double vinyl LP (the vinyl version will also be available
>in Japan).
>
>
>SUSUMU YOKOTA - Image 1983-1998
>Feb 2000
>limited edition LP only (BAY 9V)
>barcode: UPC 0666017005812
>
>Due to popular demand, we will also release a limited edtion vinyl version
>of the previous Image 1983-1998 album in February (the vinyl version will
>also be available in Japan).
>
>[see below for reviews of the CD issue of Image 1983-1998]
>
>We will also be releasing an EP of house remixes (by Yokota himself) of
>tracks taken from Image 1983-1998, Magic Thread, and the forthcoming Sakura.
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>
>BEIGE - I Don't Either
>to be released in March 2000
>format: CD (BAY 5CD) and limited edition 180g LP (BAY 5V)
>barcodes: CD: UPC 0666017005522 / LP: UPC 0666017005515
>
>Debut album from Köln's ultrafunk protegé Oliver Braun. Compulsive,
>playful electronica and skeletal house music, influenced as much by George
>Clinton and Missy Elliott as it is by the fractured Köln sound. This is
>the real future funk.
>
>To be followed by the already legendary 'The Rhythm? The Message!' 12".
>
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>2000 will also see the release of records by FOUR TET v POLE, GRIPPER and
>GORODISCH, plus the next installments in the acclaimed INVISIBLE
>SOUNDTRACKS series.
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>Many of our artists are available for live and remix work - get in touch
>if you want more information. We are currently seeking European shows for
>Faultline and Eardrum, and European and North American shows for 310.
>
>If you need artwork or photos of any Leaf artists for use in magazines,
>websites, etc, please get in touch.
>
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>Tracks Of The Year 1999
>compiled by The Leaf Label's Tony Morley
>
>position. artist - title - label (country)
>1. Whitney Houston - Its Not Right But Its Okay - Arista (UK)
>2. Erykah Badu - Southern Gul - Motown (US)
>3. Tube Jerk - Eight - iLL (UK)
>4. Burnt Friedman & The Nu Dub Players - Hard Drive Dub - ~Scape (Ger)
>5. Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says - Rawkus (US)
>6. Fridge - Kinoshita - Go Beat (UK)
>7. Destinys Child - Bills, Bills, Bills - Columbia (UK)
>8. 7-Hurtz - Beatbox - Output (UK)
>9. Pedro - Pedro - Melodic (UK)
>10. DJ Trax - Define Funk? - Lacerba (UK)
>11. Chicks On Speed - Mind Your Own Business - Go (Ger)
>12. Super_Collider - Under My Nose - Loaded (UK)
>13. Likwid Biskit - The All New Ummm - People (UK)
>14. Blue States - Your Girl - Memphis Industries (UK)
>15. Isolée - Beau Mot Plage - Playhouse (Fr)
>16. Klute - Got Any Breaks - Certificate 18 (UK)
>17. Quannum (feat. Divine Styler) - Divine Intervention - MoWax (UK)
>18. Hell - Copa - V2/Disko B (Ger)
>19. Sebadoh - Flame - Domino (UK)
>20. Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott - Shes A Bitch - eastWest (UK)
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>Albums Of The Year 1999
>compiled by The Leaf Label's Tony Morley
>
>position. artist - title - label (country)
>1. I Monster - These Are Our Children - Earth (UK)
>2. Jim ORourke - Eureka - Domino (UK)
>3. Sad Rockets - Once Upon A Time Called Now - Morbid (Os)
>4. The Cinematic Orchestra - Motion - Ninja Tune (UK)
>5. Tobias Schmidt - Le Chimp Atomique - Scandinavia NYC (US)
>6. Basement Jaxx - Remedy - XL (UK)
>7. Monolake - Interstate - Monolake/Imbalance (Ger)
>8. Fridge - Eph - Go Beat (UK)
>9. Freeform - Me Shape - Sprawl Imprint (UK)
>10. Ian Simmonds - Last States Of Nature - !K7 (Ger)
>11. Pole - Pole 2 - Kiff SM (Ger)
>12. Sofa Surfers - Cargo - Klein (Os)
>13. Four Tet - Dialogue - Output (UK)
>14. B. Fleischmann - Pop Loops For Breakfast - Charizma (Ger)
>15. Norken - Soul Static Bureau - Beau Monde (UK)
>16. Gramme - Pre Release - Output (UK)
>17. To Rococo Rot - The Amateur View - City Slang (UK)
>18. Dakota Oak - Kaleidascope - Twisted Nerve (UK)
>19. Mina - Kryptonite - Bungalow (UK)
>20. Kit Clayton - nek sanalet - ~Scape (Ger)
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>Thanks for listening. Get in touch!
>
>The Leaf Label
>Suite 209, Bon Marche Building, 241 Ferndale Road, LONDON, SW9 8BJ, UK
>Fax: +44 (0)20 7733 5818
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