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The flip side to the forthcoming mix of ‘L’amour Et La Violence’ by Floating Points is a complete reworking of Tellier’s neo-romantic Kubrickian fantasy ‘Fingers Of Steel’ by Penguin Prison. Assimilating a perfect brew of down-town funk hybrids his unique re-imagining features Penguin Prison himself on lead vocals, crooning a blue-eyed cover, whilst Tellier steps up solely to sing his own BV’s on the chorus. It’s a swirl of space-funk with added pop appeal, a Talking Heads-Tom Tom Club mélange of the highest funk factor.

Little Red’s debut album “Listen To Little Red” is officially released in the UK today. More details here. There are a number of ways you can get your hands on a physical copy. You can order from Rough Trade and receive an additional 7 track bonus CD, or order from Pure Groove and receive a signed copy whilst stocks last. Alternatively you can order from Amazon or Play.com.

Digitally the album is available from all the usual digital retailers. iTunes has 2 versions of the album available. The standard 13 track album, available at a cheap price initially, or a deluxe 20 track version. The 20 track version is the one to get of course. It’s a fantastic album.

Little Red are coming to the UK to support the forthcoming release of their album, Listen To Little Red.  Here are the dates.  [ read more ]

Darwin performed at the NME showcase at this weeks CMJ event in New York.   Jaimie Hodgson of the NME captured parts of Darwins performance on his camera phone, interviewed Darwin after the show, and posted all on his blog at NME.com today. Catch it here.

Following the completion, and release, of the Vice & Virtue album Keith set themselves up in Salford’s Sacred Trinity Church, with the aim to produce a series of extra tracks with a warm, organic feel that’s at odds with the electronic album.   The resulting recordings are collected upon the Threes EP, which is officially released today and is sadly to be the last release by the band, as the foursome have decided to close the chapter on Keith (for now). 

More info on the release can be found here. 

It’s a truly wonderful and moving EP, and it is a fitting footnote to the career of one of the most furiously creative, but criminally under-rated, bands in the UK.