Leaf Newsletter #39
22nd March 2001
This newsletter contains details of the following:
1. MANITOBA - 'Start Breaking My Heart'
hear him live on air tonight + launch party details!
2. Forthcoming Leaf events/releases
3. Mail order info
4. Charts
1. NEW RELEASE
MANITOBA - Start Breaking My Heart
format: CD (BAY 16CD) and limited edition LP (BAY 16V)
release date: Monday 26th March 2001
mail order price: CD: 10.00 GBP (+p&p), LP: 8.00 GBP (+p&p) -
available from us now!! (please reply to this email for mail order
info)
barcode: CD: UPC 0666017017426 / LP: UPC 0666017017419
When Dan Snaith's debut EP as Manitoba was released in October 2000,
no-one - least of all him - expected the overwhelming response the
record received. The People Eating Fruit 12" was limited to a
thousand copies which sold out almost immediately. An unprepossessing
twenty-two year old Toronto resident with classical and jazz piano
training, Dan happens to be a masters-qualified pure mathematician in
the daylight hours. After dark, he's an electronic music producer. If
this sounds terrifying, fear not. The only thing rigorously serious
about Dan is his arch sense of humour that owes more to a helpless
addiction to silly hip hop records than bamboozling all and sundry
with abstract theorems. Although he can do that too, if you like.
His debut album, Start Breaking My Heart, is spliced with arcs of
rainbow melody, hopscotch percussion patterns, and playground
children laughing. Humanity and nature are strong threads through
this album: beauty and mystery are revealed in the mundane and
ordinary. It's kind of a distillation of those rare moments when you
look around and feel a strange glow of contentment - some friends
called over unexpectedly, your room is tidy for once and not strewn
with leftover apple cores, banana skins and orange peel. And it was a
nice day for record shopping. Things could be worse, but they're not.
For that you are truly grateful.
Dan plays guitars and keyboards, preferring to record a melody
straight up than sample someone else's, combining these basic
elements with computer trickery. It gives the album an
electronic~organic feel, warm but with a slightly uptight twitch,
like you know he's going to produce some really banging dancefloor
track one day. Not today, though.
While there's a lot going on - some extraordinary explosions of rapid
fire laser beats, out of which fairy dust nursery rhymes come
dancing, Start Breaking My Heart is so beautifully arranged - equal
parts grace and dexterity - it manages to both stimulate and soothe
at the same time.
Walking and chewing gum. Nifty, eh?
Dan's first ever recording 'Anna & Nina' was the opening piece on
Invisible Soundtracks: Macro 3 (The Leaf Label). The limited People
Eating Fruit EP was followed by a second 12", 'Paul's Birthday', in
February.
You can check out a live interview with Dan Snaith on Canada's
national CBC radio TONIGHT! The interview will be broadcast between
midnight and 4am EST (5am-9am GMT) and you can hear it at
http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/bnw/notice/index.html
There will be a special launch party for the album in Toronto this
weekend, to which you're all cordially invited:
Saturday Mar 24th
Ted's Wrecking Yard
549 College St W, Toronto
live:
The Russian Futurists (Upper Class recordings)
plus DJs:
Koushik (Text Records)
Manitoba (the Leaf Label)
10pm. $5.
info. 416.778.9584.
Dan will also be appearing at the Exclaim magazine party on April 14th
The Reverb, 651 Queen St. W. at: Bathurst St., Toronto
A new and exclusive DJ mix by Manitoba will be hosted at
http://www.betalounge.com from early April.
CD: LP:
1. A1. Dundas, Ontario
2. A2. People Eating Fruit
3. A3. Mammals vs Reptiles
4. A4. Brandon
5. A5. Children Play Well Together
6. B1. Lemon Yoghourt
7. B2. James' Second Haircut
8. B3. Schedules And Fares
9. B4. Paul's Birthday
10. B5. Happy Ending
press on Start Breaking My Heart so far:
"a riot of delicate leftfield anarchy that steamrollers convention
and redefines innovation" The Face
"the most original record I've heard so far this year... a debut
record of unutterable charm, texture, humour and diversity, that
manages to host the spectres of jazz, folk, electronica and ambient
music, and make them all sit comfortably at the same table" Abstract
Album Of The Month, 9/10, Wax
"A beguiling mix of free-jazz radicalism, abstract electronic beats,
cute folksy melodies, avant-classical experimentalism and sweet pop
arrangements. And if that sounds like fairly hard going, then I
haven't done the record anything like justice, because the beauty of
this is that it's both wildly inventive and a relaxing dream of an LP
to listen to. Sensational" M8/M8, M8 magazine
"electronica vibes that almost caress you with their warmth and super
organic rhythmic undercurrents" 4.5/5, DJ
"Someone call trade descriptions: Manitoba's breaking all the rules.
First he calls his album 'Start Breaking my Heart' but laces it with
enough optimistic melodies to reverse the course of the darkest Greek
tragedy. Then he records as Manitoba - a Canadian province - when he
lives in Toronto. He also calls his track 'Lemon Yoghourt' when he
really means 'The Dead Good Steve Reich One' and includes 'Dundas,
Ontario'; melodic two-step MJ Cole would make if he was raised on
Boards of Canada not jazz-lite. No, no and no Mr Dan Snaith - a
qualified pure mathematician you may be, but this simply won't do.
Your blend of Fourtet, Tortoise, Alice Coltrane and Autechre is
highly unusual. Just how are the general public supposed to
pigeonhole your wondrous electronic-folk excursions? Some people, eh?
They will insist on being original" 4/5, Jockeyslut
"musical, intelligent and funky all at once" Flux
"I can't recommend this enough - no matter what your musical tastes
veer towards normally, let Manitoba charm and disarm you" 9/10 Wax
"adventurous souls should track it down without delay" 4/5, Muzik
2. OTHER STUFF
NOODLES
The Death Of Cool: Part 2 double vinyl LP (compiled by Si Begg) is
released on April 2 - watch this space for more info, or you can
order it from us now if you dare... (9.00 GBP + p&p). Buy your way
into credibility, buy Noodles.
In the meantime Si Begg is DJing in these desirable locations near you:
Wednesday 11th april
AKA bar (next to The End)
London, UK
Sunday 29th April
Moon Palace, Monkey Chute, Kentish Town
London, UK
Friday 30 June
Trigger
Electric Kingdom
Birmingham, UK
We are currently booking Noodles parties accross the globe - get in
touch if you're interested!
GORODISCH
We've decided that Gorodisch's first full release on Leaf will be a
7-track mini album on CD and vinyl, entitled Thurn & Taxis, scheduled
for release in late June. You heard it here first!
Ammo City
Tony Morley is now presenting a fortnightly 2 hour show on internet
radio station Ammo City. tune in to:
http://www.ammocity.com and have
a look around. A new show will be posted on Friday 23rd, which will
be available for a week. Here's what you'll be able to hear,
including a few Leaf exclusives!
1. Patrick Dawes - Circus Train - Tummy Touch
2. 310 - UNTidal - The Leaf Label
3. Asa-Chang - [track 2] - Hot Cha
4. Talking Heads - Drugs - Sire
5. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West (Main Theme) - Virgin
6. Tim 'Love' Lee - Exit 747 - Tummy Touch
7. David Axelrod - The School Boy - Capitol
8. David Axelrod - The Human Abstract - Capitol
9. Gorodisch - Setting Sail - The Leaf Label
10. Lee Hazelwood - Sand - EMI
11. Ol' Dirty Bastard feat. Lil' Mo - Good Morning Heartache - Elektra
12. Ananda Project - Cascades Of Colour (Danny Tenaglia's Edit Of The
Saffron Mix) - Nite Grooves
13. Freaks - 2 Please U (Turning Orange) - Playhouse
14. Ana Rago - Sex (E Troneek Vision Of Sex) - Set
15. Julie London - Can't Get Used To Losing You - Liberty
16. Dean Martin - (Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You - Reprise
17. Johnny Cash - The Long Black Veil - CBS
18. 23 Skidoo - Coup - Illuminated
19. Four Tet - Glue Of The World - Domino
20. Seelenluft - Land-Kur 2 - Klein
21. Orchestral Manouvres In The Dark - Of All The Things We've Made - Virgin
22. Asa Chang - [Track 5] - Hot Cha
23. Susumu Yokota - Grinning Cat - The Leaf Label
24. Femi Kuti - Blackman Know Yourself (Sofa Surfers Remix) - Barclay
25. Op:l Bastards - Masqued Lover (Andante) - Form and Function
26. Jim Avignon - Bones - Wonder
We'd also like to take this opportunity to point you towards
http://www.overloadmedia.co.uk , the website attached to the
excellent Overload magazine, which contains the full transcript of an
interview with Tony Morley. If you're interested in that sort of
thing....
We're always looking for dates for Leaf artists, so if you're
interested in booking any of the following, get in touch: Eardrum,
310, Beige (all live), Si Begg (and his Noodles circus), Susumu
Yokota, Manitoba, Gorodisch and Tony Morley (all DJs), plus Freeform
(live). Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet is also available to DJ. Many of
our artists are available for remixes - let us know if you're
interested. We also have some great DJ mix CDs available for
broadcast.
4. MAXIMUM ROTATIONS
Si Begg's '10 that whiff' (Noodles/S.I. Futures) - 18/3/01
title - artist - label
my computer is optimistic - shake - frictional
funky instrumentalist - simply jeff - bad motherfucker NYC
gearhound - lesser - matador
california rhinoplasty ep - matmos - matador
human race LP - bolz bolz - feis
pop electronique - cecil leuter - dare dare
ep - neil landstrumm - neue heimat
sound off - various artists - fuel
we are not a rock band - S I Futures
ep - tim wright - novamnute
chart compiled by DoubleScreen (310) - 15/3/01
position. artist - title (label)
1. various - Docking Sequence: BSI Campaign Vol. 1 (BSI)
2. Sientific American - Basic-Rock Beats (Slabco)
3. T.D.S Mob - What's This World Coming To? 12" (Race)
4. Terry Riley - The Harp of the New Albion (Celestial Harmonies)
5. Twilight Circus Dub Sound System - In Dub V 1 (M)
6. Holosud - Fijnewas Afpompen (A-Musik)
7. George Benson - Body Talk (CTI)
8. Eddie Henderson - Realization (Capricorn)
9. Andy Statman - Between Heaven and Earth (Shanachie)
10. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age (Loosegroove)
chart compiled by Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) - 14/3/01
position. artist - title (label)
1. Wookie - Storm - Manchu
2. Missy Elliot - Get yr freak on - East West
3. Ride It Riddims - Flatline - White
4. Quasimoto - Basic instinct - Stones Throw
5. Nobukazu Takemura - Souvenir in Chicago - Thrill Jockey
6. Tim Wright - Searcher - Novamute
7. Ryoji Ikeda - Matrix - Touch
8. Pilote - Turtle (Bonobo remix) - Certificate 18
9. Tame One - Raw dick shit - Fat Beats
10. So Solid Crew - More less more soul (wooh) - So Solid Beats
11. Closer Musik - One two three (no gravity) - Kompakt
12. Manitoba - Start breaking my heart (LP) - The Leaf Label
13. Memphis Bleek - Do my - Roc a fella
14. NS and David Jay - Acetate 006 - Acetate
15. Anticon - Music for the advancement of hip hop (LP) - Massmen
16. Mouse on Mars - Actionist respoke - Domino
17. Tanto Metro & Devonte - Everyone falls in love (Masterstepz mix)
- Relentless
18. Monolake - Gravity (LP) - Monolake
19. Thomas Brinkmann - Klick (LP) - Max Ernst
20. NS & David Jay - Hit and run - Acetate
Thanks for listening. Get in touch!
The Leaf Label
Suite 219, Bon Marche Building, 241 Ferndale Road, LONDON, SW9 8BJ, UK
Fax: +44 (0)20 7733 5818
leaf@posteverything.com (please update your address books!)
Leaf is a Posteverything label
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