Kelpe - Margins EP 12" (BLACKACRE)

Upcoming: Benny Tones - Chrysalis Album Sampler 12" (WONDERFUL NOISE)

The Unheard - Untold Stories In Music 12" (UNICYCLE NUTFISH)

LOCAL VINYL: Homebrew - Last Week EP

Jamie Woon - Night Air (Ramadanman Refix) (CANDENT SONGS)

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Kelpe - Margins EP 12" (BLACKACRE)

Upcoming: Benny Tones - Chrysalis Album Sampler 12" (WONDERFUL NOISE)

The Unheard - Untold Stories In Music 12" (UNICYCLE NUTFISH)

LOCAL VINYL: Homebrew - Last Week EP

Jamie Woon - Night Air (Ramadanman Refix) (CANDENT SONGS)

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Due Out February 2010, to pre-order please contact us at info@conch.co.nz

Available here on 12" - Soundclips below:

Just received the "Last Week" EP from Home Brew

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Available Here on 12"

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Available here on 12" - Soundclips below:

Just received the "Last Week" EP from Home Brew

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Written By 3 - December 06 2010

With a discography reading like a handbook for the rum and uncanny, electronica mainstay Kelpe is an obvious graduate to the Team Acre associated university of drum wrong and Mutant Fuzz. Here teaming up with multi talented human rhythm machine Chris Walmsley (Voice of The Seven Woods, Broadcast, Psapp etc) Kelpe brings an EP that balances deftly between the sound of yesterday and tomorrow. 'Margins' is a wriggling slice traditional drum funk. The steady gallop is haunted by holy ghost rousing keys, zap anomalies and unearthly guitar work. 'No Film' is a moody and low-slung drum excursion. Intricate rhythms provide the solid foundation for unsettling synthwork and fragmented stabs of citric sound. Toy Castle is pure bounce, the pounding kicks push the soundscape through the dance which the sonic scenery is littered with hidden artifacts. The final excursion here it a trip to the lab with 'Taps On'. Initially the most soothing of the bunch giving nods to Dilla or ATCQ more soulful offerings. Taps On continues it’s journey through cut n paste territories and rhythmic breakdown. All together a potent brew of electronic voodoo.

Written By 3 - December 03 2010

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The 15th release from Wonderful Noise is a great Nu Soul/Hip Hop EP by New Zealand producer Benny Tones. Benny Tones is well known as key sound engineer of Electric Wire Hustle. This is the 4TRK EP from his album 'Chrysalis' and is a 300pcs limited pressing. A-Side features vocalist Mara TK from Electric Wire Hustle. "Never Mind" is a smokey and moody soul track. On the 6/8 drums groove, with Mara TK's silky vocals and warm brass section like that of Fat Freddy's Drop. "Fire Fly"is a laid back mellow soul track. Features clap beats with jazz drumming attack, mellow key chords delivers a deep and mellow vibe. B-Side features two vocalists from New Zealand's Nu Soul Scene. "Odyssey" featured female vocalist Lisa Preston. On the cosmic -boogie style with key and synth works, LP delivers a laid back and smooth vocal. "The Centre" features another vocalist Adi Dick. He delivers a fantastic electric soul feel similar to the likes of Steve Spacek with dope beats & groove. Benny Tones album Chrysalis is available on CD here

Written By 3 - November 08 2010

Second 12' release on the Unheards Unicycle Nutfish label, This one's a nine tracker. Kicking off with 'Dreamcatcher' and 'Slow Motion' ,a couple of warm baby nuggets, though very different from each other. Track 3 'Piece of mind' is a dreamy and relaxing, soulfull and delayed out piano'ey type groove over a tidy rimshot break, nice. Track 4 'The Contraption' is more of a mid tempo bassline and breakbeat driven number thats kind of on the daft tip. Track 5 'Cameo Groove' is a 95 bpm funkin' epic cut & paste excursion and at 7m 41s is the longest track. Flippin over, Track 6 'Flying spaghetti monster' is the second cut & paste on more of a random tip, takes you from 90bpm to 120bpm in 6 minutes, but how it gets there is kind of interesting. Next up Track 7 'Guidance' a 4 minute upbeat Mr scruff storyboard type number that kind of tells it's own story.. Track 8, 'Gimmie some sunshine' is a bright and upbeat, energetic and sunny groove that reflects in it's title, And finally Track 9 'Titanium duck foot' an uptempo bassy breakbeat number with dancefloor potential, that eventually breaks into a stringy cresendo, and then melts away. Overall quite an eclectic mix of styles, enjoy. Tracklisting & Soundclips: * 1. dream catcher * 2. slow motion * 3. piece of mind * 4. the contraption * 5. cameo groove * 6. flying spaghetti monster * 7. guidance * 8. gimme some sunshine * 9. titanium duck foot

Written By 3 - November 02 2010

"This is our 7 track EP we wrote last week about the shit we did last week. We call it Last Week." Tom - Home Brew Side A 1. Monday 2. Tuesday 3. Wednesday 4. Thursday Side B 5. Friday 6. Saturday 7. Sunday Art Work by Guy Brock

Written By 3 - October 15 2010

Co-produced by Burial! Jamie Woon is a special talent who will carve his blues n' bass infused pop songs into your brain and leave them there forever. You might not have heard of him yet, unless you've been tapped into the eerie, soulful end of dubstep, but it's a name you will be hearing a lot of in the coming 12 months.

Written and produced by Woon, 'Night Air' is as dark, sweet and seductive as molasses, an irresistibly understated combination of Jamie's uniquely supple voice, his subtly compulsive beats and a sky full of atmosphere. A melancholic ode to the urgency of the night, itâ€™s a future soul vision taken further into orbit with a dancefloor-winning refix by up and coming techno/dubstep crossover don Ramadanman. But you have to go back a few years to find the seeds of his new sound. In 2007 he released his version of traditional standard 'Wayfaring Stranger' with a remix from secretive and ultra selective producer Burial on the flip. It turned people like Gilles Peterson and Mary-Anne Hobbs into full-blown Woon fans. The release also recalibrated his musical mind and inspired him to re-think his approach on music. Woon is now primed to be one of the most exciting artists you're likely to hear all year, a man who is populist but always inventive, a modest and understated 27 year old who's making hugely ambitious music that you'll be filing somewhere, between your favourite Four Tet, Richard Hawley and D'Angelo records. Singer, songwriter and self-taught producer Woon made his name by playing live. He's got hundreds of gigs under his belt, from endless spots in front of the microphone with just his guitar, an effects box and that unmistakable voice, to supporting Amy Winehouse. He's played in a full band with dubstep DJ and producer Reso on drums and he's taken stage at Sonar. He has now made the music that will let him switch between intimate gigs to stages with a bigger reach. The new sound fuses his future pop songs with '80s reverb, ultra-tight beats and acres of bass and they cleverly carry the intimate emotions of his early sound into a whole different room, bigger, badder... heavier. Watch out for his debut album in spring 2011... A. Jamie Woon - Night Air B. Jamie Woon - Night Air Ramadanman refix

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