[Smallfish-releases-html] Smallfish Mailout 22/11/08

[Mike Smallfish]

Smallfish New Logo <http://www.smallfish.co.uk>

Hi there.

The big news this week, of course, is the new Fennesz album on Touch. 
It'll be available and shipping from Monday and, as you might expect 
it's absolutely stunning. More info on that follows below.

Still no sign of the Grit CD just yet, but I'm hopeful that it'll turn 
up some time this week but, other than that, there have been some 
amazingly nice releases landing on the doorstep this week. A small 
selection of my highlights follows and you can browse all the new 
releases at www.smallfish.co.uk <http://www.smallfish.co.uk>


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Fennesz - Black Sea - Touch CD*
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*Christian Fennesz's last album on Touch, Venice, was a magnificent 
piece of work that brought together a lot of his trademark tones, 
textures and styles into one surprisingly accessible whole. I feel that 
Black Sea can be seen in much the same way as it features a beautiful 
combination of the deep, the warm, the abstract and the challenging and, 
once again, these elements all come together to form a finely honed, 
incredibly well crafted body of tracks that sounds as complete and 
cohesive as you could hope. Incredibly detailed guitar washes with 
grainy processing and melodic tones working their way through the mix. 
The much vaunted (but to me slightly unfathomable) pop influences of 
Venice have been stripped back and this album works in a much more 
densely soundscaped way (with the occasional exception) - the delicate 
charm of Vacuum, the high end fragility of Glass Ceiling and the robust 
and epic swathes of the title track all spring readily to mind. However 
you choose to describe it this is an utterly spellbinding album that's 
going to be talked about for a long time to come.

*Check it out here... 
<http://www.smallfish.co.uk/dev/shop/release/?cat=TO%3A76>


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Kenneth Kirschner - Filaments & Voids - 12k 2xCD

*The 50th release on Taylor Deupree's 12k imprint is a superb double CD 
by compositional artist extraordinaire Ken Kirschner. It comes with 4 
pieces over the 2 discs (including the magnificent hour-long March 16, 
2006 and shows a broad range of his many talents. From reduced, spacious 
works through to his trademark piano meditations, this album is a true 
tour de force. Quite apart from being a landmark release in itself it's 
yet another reason to adore the label. Challenging, yet beautiful. 
Marvellous.

*Check it out here...* 
<http://www.smallfish.co.uk/dev/shop/release/?cat=12K1050>


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*Various - Listen - DB CDr

*I'm thrilled to have acquired some copies of this wonderful CDr album 
from DB. Run by Jordan Sauer (aka Segue - you may have heard his track 
on the excellent Slow Flow Rec compilation) it's a beautifully put 
together collection of atmospheric, deep, ambient and just generally 
lovely electronic music in the textural style that I adore so much. 
Featuring tracks from Ryonkt, Offthesky, Entia Non, Son Of Rose, Corey 
Fuller, Glenn Ryszko (also on the Slow Flow comp) and more it's an album 
that I can't recommend highly enough. Lovely minimal packaging, first 
class music and a limited edition of 200 copies. You'll want to check 
this beauty out. Brilliant.
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*Check it out here... 
<http://www.smallfish.co.uk/dev/shop/release/?cat=DB01>*
 
 
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Level / Andrey Kiritchenko / Felicia Atkinson Spekk releases - In stock
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*Yes, the Spekk CDs dropped this week and they've been as popular as I 
expected! 3 very different sounding releases but all equally as 
brilliant in their own ways, I'm getting low on stock of them so if you 
haven't checked them out yet I'd get in there and have a listen. From 
the deep, sculptural soundscapes of Level, via the organic / electronic 
beauty of Andrey Kiritchenko, right through to the avant folk leanings 
of Felicia Atkinson. Great stuff as always.
 
*Check it out here... 
<http://www.smallfish.co.uk/dev/shop/browse/?lid=5879>*


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*Adam Pacione - With Wakened Eyes - Bee Eater CDr

*A lot of people may have missed this as a very small quantity came in 
during the week, but I'm very glad to say that I've managed to snaffle 
another handful which should be in towards the end of the week. For 
those that did miss it be assured that it's yet another wonderfully deep 
album that takes you on a long, soulful and wonderfully atmospheric 
voyage through ambient processed sound. Adam's work is nothing short of 
marvellous (yes, I'm a fan) and if you do fancy a copy of this lovely 
CDr I'd advise pre-ordering a copy.

*Check it out here...
<http://www.smallfish.co.uk/dev/shop/release/?cat=BET%3A02>*

 
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*Offthesky - Creek Caught Fire - The Land Of CD
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*Yes! A new Land Of release and it's a lovely one too. Jason Corder 
delivers an 8-track slice of pure and beautiful electronic music with a 
slightly different twist to his work on Databloem. This is a more 
minimal style and I think it really suits him. Imagine 12k mixed with 
his more melodic style crossed with a bit of Green Kingdom's organic 
influences and you're arriving at just about the right place. A great 
piece of work and, as always, it's a limited edition.
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*Check it out here...
<http://www.smallfish.co.uk/dev/shop/release/?cat=LND006>*

 
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*Various - Message From A Subatomic World - Hypnos CD
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*Bit of a bargain here with this great compilation from ambient stalwart 
Hypnos. Featuring tracks from Relapxych.0 (of Shapes And Phases Of 
Ambience fame), Jason Sloan, Oophoi, Phaenon, Austere and more it's a 
really icy, deep and very atmospheric selection of long, hypnotic works. 
With occasional forays into a more organic sound but mostly 
concentrating on the electronics this comes with a big recommendation 
for those that like it relaxed. Great stuff.
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*Check it out here... 
<http://www.smallfish.co.uk/dev/shop/release/?cat=HYP2854>


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So, as you can see I've been rather spoilt for choice this week and, 
believe me, there are plenty of lovely things to come over the next few 
weeks before Christmas (and a few little gems ready for the new year - 
more about them soon!)

Have a great musical weekend and wrap up warm!

Peace.

Mike.

Smallfish.

Unit 2N, Leroy House | 436 Essex Road | London | N1 3QP | +44 [0] 20 
7288 2900 | www.smallfish.co.uk | mike at smallfish.co.uk 
<mailto:mike at smallfish.co.uk>
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