Philip Joseph Rae - Sunday Times interview

 

New single from Philip Joseph Rae - 'Sun Keeps Rising'

The new single from Philip Joseph Rae is available from this Monday. 'Sun Keeps Rising' is a companion piece to Rae's debut 'Three Drunken Bros' and is as heart-wrenching as it is beautiful. 

Philip Joseph Rae - 'Three Drunken Brothers' Debut single and video release.

 

Release date: 19/10/20 Originally written by Rae in 2005 and finally immortalised to tape by Iglomat's David Jack earlier this year, 'Three Drunken Brothers' is a euphoric exploration of three brothers struggling to cope with the fall out of a strict Mormon upbringing. Plagued by mental health issues and fierce intelligence, they turned to alcohol to deal with their inner demons and unite them in their shared trauma. Though tragically on the night of 22nd March 2008, the middle brother died of a methadone overdose and the song’s themes of darkness and coming undone, took on a new lamenting, prophetic edge. Once described by Mark Ronson as having "The sound of a true Troubadour" Philip Joseph Rae is a Singer/Songwriter from the North East of Scotland. Channeling imagery from a youth spent amongst gorse, birch, fern and pine, He explores themes of love, mental health, Mormonism and grief and is as comfortable narrating an upbeat electro/pop floor filler as he is intimately lamenting the death of a loved one. Rae has also had a brush with the Mercury Music Prize when Corrine Bailey Rae’s sophomore album ‘The Sea’ , on which he has a writing credit for the song ‘I’d like to call it beauty’ was nominated in 2010.

OH CAPTAIN - "Step Aside" video

OH CAPTAIN'S debut single "Step Aside" hits the streaming services today, it also comes with a cracking video. Enjoy!

Something new coming soon!

OH CAPTAIN is a new Transatlantic project from Minnesotan Mark Lange (Tiger, Tiger) and Fifer Kevin Lynch (cruiser). Mark is a prolific solo musician, vocalist and graphic designer who has worked on projects with DJ Luke Solomon. Kevinhas an extensive history as road crew and production for Slowdive and Adorable,as well as studio work with Mogwai and Snow Patrol.

Mark and Kevin first worked together on BBC Radio 1 Record of the Week, cruiser’s “a gentle press”, and later with a follow up, Super National’s “Meds To Get Over.” Over the years it seemed inevitable that they should work on a dedicated project of album length. That time has now come and to date, OH CAPTAIN have completed six tracks, all produced by the awesomely talented texture freak, David Jack (Iglomat).

OH CAPTAIN are on a journey through their eclectic tastes in alternative pop, electronica, and guitar noise. Embracing the digital future, each track will be released separately as a single and video in the coming months. Please keep all hailing frequencies open.

'Step Aside' will be available to stream and download from all your usual services from the 5th October.

Iglomat - 'The Man Made Man'

'The Man Made Man' - Four words, four albums, once again Iglomat invite you to join them on they're spaced out journey to a place less ordinary. 'The Man Made Man' will be setting sail  29/02/18. All aboard!

Nasty P - The Rich Mundi album release.

Nasty Ps new album 'Rich Mundi' is in the shops this week and to coincide with the release we have a brand new video featuring M.A.D of Groove Armada 'Super Stylin' fame. Check it out you wont be disappointed!

Nasty P - "No Tellin" ft Reks, Ed O.G, Termanology & Akrobatik

Nasty P is in flux.. And as he completes his metamorphosis from producer into the sonic alchemist that is Rich Mundi, we're excited to announce that the album 'Rich Mundi' will be released to the world on November the 3rd. We know you'll love it as much as we do!

Iglomat 'Nylon Hook'

New Iglomat single: KFM 072 'Nylon Hook'

Following a whole lot of late-nights, epic file transfers and serious Skype jams, Scots-American shape-shifters Iglomat are back with their fourth full length work, the poignantly titled The Man Made Man. Like a transatlantic Ghidora, the three heads of Iglomat operate across timezones and area codes to concoct a heady brew of post-rock inflected electronics. 

Lead single Nylon Hook sets the tone for a looser, organic sound that relies less on found samples and more on live sounds (these boys and girls are no slouches when it comes to playing actual instruments). The lilting acoustic guitar intro merges into a spooky moog pattern, before an explosion of skittering trap drums, wailing guitar (or is it synth?) and some dusty French vocal samples, all making for a gloriously beautiful mess of music.

Nasty P 'No Tellin' EP, OUT NOW!

No tellin’ features the star-studded line up of Termanology, Reks, Ed O.G and Akrobatik!, while Round again has a more stripped-down sound featuring M.A.D from Groove Armada’s “Superstylin” fame. As the E.P progresses it moves from a solid hip-hop foundation to the more experimental and booming 808 gospel rhythms of “One more time” and the slow but pulsating “Truth Story”. All of which makes for an intro a bit of a Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde journey, but who’d expect anything less from this Edinburgh-based beatsmith?

To those who already know Nasty P, it’s good to have you back, and to those who want to discover more, welcome to the whacked-out world of Rich Mundi..!?

Nasty P or is it..?

New tunes coming from the Nasty P very soon, its been a while but boy has it been worth the wait! and who is this Rich Mundi cat..?!

'all the right reasons' video from Mr Niz

Brilliantly clipped together by Mark Turner his video for 'All the right reasons' hits the nail on the proverbial head. The new EP is available now from the Bandcamp and world wide from the 20th. Please do have look and enjoy!

Brand new Joe Nisbet Jr release!

We're excited to announce brand new tracks from the inimitable Mr Niz. Available on Bandcamp right now and the rest of the world next week. Here's some words from the man himself.

"You may (or not) know that musicians can be bitchier than Joan Collins, and I've always relished being opinionated, acerbic, or plain dismissive about people's songwriting. So it is with understandable trepidation that I approach the criticism entailed in the release of my own first foray into original material - which I also arranged, played on and sang. There would appear to be nowhere to hide - I present you with an open goal. If you don't like it, I can't blame the extraordinary talents and generosity of the brilliant musicians, engineers and biz enablers who have donated enough rope for this auto asphyxiation. If you don't like it, I will understand entirely and think none the worse of mankind than I already do. I will not cry, I promise I will be in no way upset. Because most importantly, if you don't like it that means you've listened to it. And because you've listened to it, let me give you a little background on the tunes - ALL THE RIGHT REASONS is not about drinking, it is about stopping on a hillside and looking around to see where you actually are. Often a very different place than you thought. JUDGE NOT is about recognising mistakes. There's a universal theme for you. TOO BLUE is about feeling so bad that you don't even want to play the guitar in the pub. HONEY YOU LIE is just a jaunty little pop song. About Westminster. Maybe."

Out Now!

"Showing off the undeniable talent of Bryan Jones, “International Nobody” is the perfect soundtrack to a cloudy day."

Today is the official release date for Bryan Jones solo album and its now available from all your favourite download and streaming sites. We even have a limited run of CD's available from Bryan's Bandcamp page. Get them while they're hot!

Bryan Jones ex of Penpushers has a new solo album ready to launch, its coming soon but until then and heres a cracking new tune from it. Its called 'The Gentlemen'. Enjoy!

We have a new single from Joe Nisbet Jr out this Monday and its a corker! Check out the video and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.!

Following his critically lauded first album (The Gospel According To Mr Niz), KFM Records is delighted to announce the release of Joe Nisbet Jr's first self-penned song, "JUDGE NOT" on Monday 18th July.

"The positive things people said about the first album gave me the confidence to start writing and recording my own material, which turns out to have a different sound, but doesn't stray far from the usual obsessions - good times, regrets, early r'n'b, drinking, and a bad attitude to authority.

Given the nature of the lyric, I knew the song had to be urgent and honest, so we recorded it very quickly and very live with a group of good friends who just happen to be brilliant musicians - they contributed a level of personality and attitude that you don't often get in the studio - and I think that comes across - although it sounds like a badly behaved gospel meeting in a New Orleans hip-hop club, it's actually a punk record at heart."

“Judge Not just got my bones, makes me happy. I don't why, but I'm crazy in love with this song. I can't remember when something last made me feel so happy!!! Tell your friend,it's such a wonderful song, I haven't danced alone like this in years!!!xxxxx I got to stop playing it or I'll wear it out...just one more time though....here we go again.....”

Recorded and mixed by Brian McNeil at Bert's in Glen Lyon and Rocket Science Glasgow.

Video by Mark Turner

Drums: Sian Monaghan

Bass: Nico Bruce

Trumpet: Neil Weir

Guitars: Joe Nisbet Jr and Bert Bertram

Harmonium: Andy May

Vocals: Andy May, Neil Weir, Bert Bertram, Justin Currie

Produced by Joe Nisbet Jr and Brian McNeil

Video for "Tic Tac Toe" taken from the 3rd Iglomat album - "Iglomat III"
This clip was once again shot, edited and directed for Iglomat by fast-rising Essex-based filmmaker, Angus Burgess.

Following their acclaimed composition for Walid Salhab’s short The Kelpies, transatlantic post-rockists Iglomat are back with Jen 68, a melancholic ode to being young, free and out there.
 As ever with the Iglomat crew, the track is a product of late nights and early mornings, heavy file transfers and even heavier Skype jams. While some songs from the recent album ’iii’ have seen the introduction of lyrics, Jen 68 is an evocative instrumental collage built around stuttering beats, cut-up samples and plaintive guitar – augmented this time round by the spooky-beautiful piano skills of Jennifer Austin (Wildings, Rachel Sermanni).
 Shot, edited and directed by fast-rising Essex-based filmmaker, Angus Burgess (who also makes a fleeting, piggy-backed cameo appearance) the accompanying video is a lazy, hazy tale of teenage dreams and distant memories of summers past.
 Play it loud, at sunset, in your mom’s station wagon. 

To coincide with the release of Iglomat’s 3rd album the band have produced a new video for the track “King Of The Sun”.

“King Of The Sun” features haunting vocal performances from Rachel Sermanni and Jennifer Austin. Rachel is one of the UK’s most respected young singer songwriters and Iglomat are thrilled that she could be involved in the album. Rachel and Jennifer contributed vocals to “King Of The Sun” and to “No Place Like Home” with Jennifer also contributing piano on the aptly named “Jen 68″.

Produced by the band the video is a portrait of loss of innocence and regret. A melancholic reflection on growing up and what it means to come to terms with the realities of life.



Iglomat III available in our Bancamp shop now!!