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Grizzly Bear

Incoming





'Veckatimest', the new album by Grizzly Bear, is out now worldwide!  You can also watch the brand new video for 'Two Weeks' below.

Some recent Veckatimest reviews:
'9 out of 10 (Best New Music)' album review on Pitchfork
"6 out of 6" Time Out
'While You Wait For The Others' - 10 out of 10 - Pitchfork
"a truly world class album" BBC Online read full review
If you need them there are more reviews here.

Order Veckatimest:
CDs, Vinyl & Downloads at Bleep / Amazon.com / Amazon.co.uk / iTunes

Watch the new video for 'Two Weeks' directed by Patrick Daughters:
Two Weeks on YouTube (in HD) / Warp Site

Grizzly Bear's North American Tour Dates have begun, check their new website for all the dates. Those based in Europe can see the band at various dates - but be quick for tickets as some shows including London at Koko have already sold out.

Watch Grizzly Bear perform on Jools Holland
Read New York Times Feature
Listen to Grizzly Bear's Studio Session at WNYC
Grizzly Bear Week on Drowned in Sound


New Warp Website at Warp.net




Most of you will have noticed that we have (finally!) updated our website.  Warp.net is our new home on the internet, bringing Warp Records and Warp Films artists, productions and news under one roof.

There is much more to come, and may be issues here and there that we need to fix.  If you do notice anything (bugs, inaccuracies, accessibility issues etc) or even have suggestions on how we can make the site better do let us know at feedback@warp.net

RSS has now been added to all pages of the site, see all the links to signup here.

Thank you for listening and watching.

... oh and a BIG BIG thanks to the wonderful designers and people at Remote Location and Universal Everything for all their hard work and dedication, and to Greg at Wholemeal.net for his technical support! Full credits here

 

Clark - new album Totems Flare




Chris Clark returns with 'Totems Flare' - out 13th July 2009.

Eight years, five albums, untold EP tracks and stints living in Brighton, Birmingham and Berlin later, Clark's sound is more developed than ever - Totems Flare is an elegant meeting of past and present sounds.

Here's a little gift for you all...
Download Totems Flare Album Sampler Part 1

View the artwork and get more info at Warp.net

Check his latest EP Growls Garden for a taste of the music and standby for more coming soon.  There's an album launch show planned at Koko in London on Sat 4th July with Plaid, Tim Exile and Luke Vibert - full details here

Preorder Totems Flare at Bleep
Order Growls Garden EP - Bleep / iTunes




Prefuse 73 - New EP plus European Tour




Following the new album Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian there's a new Prefuse 73 EP due out next week entitled 'The Forest of Oversensitivity', full info and stunning artwork here

Pre-order on Bleep now

Those in Europe can look forward to a load of Prefuse 73 live shows in July, which will be opened by Diamond Watch Wrists and DimliteFull info here.

Prefuse 73 MySpace

 

Bibio - Download Free MP3 Sampler




Bibio's album 'Ambivalence Avenue' will be released on 22nd June. This is the first proper Bibio release on Warp, following a remix appearance on Clark's Ted EP (Clark and Boards Of Canada have been vocal fans of Bibio for some time.)

Ambivalence Avenue is a diverse collection of music that swings from plaintive folk songs to richly textured, kaleidoscopic instrumental tracks to vintage disco beats; all woven within Bibio's sonic tapestry.  We're really excited about it over here.. have a listen yourself:

Download Bibio MP3 Sampler Here

Preorder Ambivalence Avenue at Bleep

Last week we also announced a limited embossed Bibio 7inch 'Ambivalence Avenue / Fire Ant' which will be released on 8th June. Listen to clips and view the artwork here

Bibio on MySpace / Bibio on Facebook

 

ATP Film in Edinburgh - Warp X




After receiving its French premiere at Warp20 (Paris), Future Cinema presents the UK Premiere of Warp X's next feature 'All Tomorrow's Parties' as part of the Edinburgh Film Festival.

Condensing 600 hours of footage from 200 contributors including fans and musicians that have attended recent festivals, All Tomorrow's Parties is the result of a two-year project to document the legendary cult music festival.

The UK Premiere in Edinburgh has a special edge to it where the audience will enter a world of blue coats, midnight bingo, Northern Soul dancers, live bands and DJs and a very secret, very special live guest.

More info and watch the trailer at Warp.net
Buy Tickets for the Edinburgh Premiere
All Tomorrow's Parties Film Website

 

Gang Gang Dance




The 'First Communion' 12inch and download - backed with a remixes by TV on the Radio and Hot Chip - will be released on 1st June.

Listen to the tracks on the Warp Site

Gang Gang Dance will also hit London for a show at Dingwalls on 1st June with Alexis from Hot Chip's new band About in support. Limited tickets left here.

Gang Gang Dance MySpace
Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna is out now




 

Plaid




Plaid have returned with a moving, powerful score to new film Heaven's Door, available to download now.

More info and listen to samples on Warp.net

Described as 'bittersweet, whimsical, at times tragic' by director Michael Arias, this is another atmospheric piece of work from the band who previously worked with Arias on the award winning animated film Tekkon Kinkreet,

In other news Plaid will also be headlining Koko in London with a live show - info and tickets here.




Harmonic 313

Watch a video for Harmonic 313's new Battlestar Remix below!

Battlestar Video

This thundering new remix by Mark Pritchard himself will be released on the Battlestar EP (feat. Detroit's Phat Kat and Elzhi) out June 15th, complete with instrumentals and the orginal track taken from the new album When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence.

Warp20

Voting is now closed on the Warp20 (Vote) website. Thank you to everyone who took part. Standby for more news of the release you helped to create coming via this mailing list or the Warp20 RSS feed soon.

Read more about Warp20

Flying Lotus

Brainfeeder in BCN/LDN 18/20 June

Brainfeeder returns to London on Saturday 20th June at an as yet secret (but familiar) venue.
Headlined by Flying Lotus of course, plus a roster of guests invited from LA and the UK's finest bass practitioners.
More very soon, but for now hold the date and check Warp.net and Brainfeedersite.com over the next few days.

LDN is preceded by a Barcelona event on Thursday 18th at Mondo, with FlyLo plus special guests. Venue and ticket info on the Warp Site

Elsewhere, Dance Floor Dale contributor Eric Wareheim has released a new DVD as part of 'Tim and Eric' - see the competition section below for how to win a copy and get more Adult Swim goodies!

Tim Exile

Tim will be collaborating on a new piece called Soundclusters at this year's Sonar festival in Barcelona.  It's a 'robot orchestra' created with Roland Olbeter & Jon Hopkins, which also featured at the Taste of Sonar event in London

Catch Tim Exile on tour throughout the summer - see dates on the Warp site.

Live jam video with Bela Emerson

Le Donk - New Shane Meadows

Shane Meadow's latest project 'Le Donk' is a feature made with long term collaborator Paddy Considine and the world premiere will be held at this years Edinburgh International Festival.
Shot over 5 days on a low budget, it was a real return to Shane's filmmaking roots: fast, improvised and funny.

View the Le Donk trailer on the new Warp Films Website

Boards Of Canada

New colour schemes of the Boards of Canada T-Shirts have been printed and are now for sale on the Bleep site.

View the designs at Warp.net

Boards of Canada T-Shirts at Bleep:
Blue / Green

An additional colour scheme of this design is in the pipeline, watch this space for details.

Maximo Park

Maximo Park's new album Quicken The Heart is out now and the band are just finishing up a sold out tour of the UK

"the first great album of the latest great recession" 8/10 NME

Quicken The Heart Special Editions come with 68 minute live DVD and deluxe packaging:
Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com / iTunes / Bleep

Maximo Park - Website / MySpace / Facebook

Mira Calix

The music and film installation 'My Secret Heart', by Mira Calix, Flat-E and Streetwise Opera, has picked up a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Audience Development. These are the most prestigious awards in the classical music sector and are presented in association with Classic FM!

In other news Mira Calix has a new piece entitled 'Nunu Wadudu' on a surround sound CD/DVD compilation called Recovery / Discovery alongside works by Jonathan Harvey, Javier Alvarez and Harrison Birtwistle.

Listen and buy online via the Bmic website

Recovery / Discovery - 5 Stars - BBC Music Magazine





Warp Live

More details on Warp.net

Competitions


Aphex Twin

Festivals this summer:

28-30 May Spain, Barcelona, Parc Del Forum
16-19 Jul Belgium, Dour
18th July Italia Wave Festival, Livorno

plus more festivals...
View all Aphex Twin live dates on Warp.net


Clark

Sat 27 Jun 09 Spain Madrid Marquee
Sat 4 Jul 09 UK London Koko
17-27 Jul 09 Belgium Ghent
23-25 Jul 09 Switzerland Alterswil

plus more...
View all Clark live dates on Warp.net


Flying Lotus

Dates in the US and Europe over the summer.

Nowa Muzyka Festival - 28-30 Jul Poland, Cieszyn

All Points West Music & Arts Festival - 31 Jul - 2 Aug USA, Jersey City, NJ

plus more...
View all Flying Lotus live dates on Warp.net


Gang Gang Dance

Live shows and festivals this summer. View dates

Roskilde, Primavera, Fuji Rock, Lollapalooza, Oya Festival, Bumbershoot Festival

Londoners spot the rare London show on Monday 1st June at Dingwalls in Camden

plus more...
View all GGD live dates on Warp.net


Grizzly Bear

May / June North American Tour.
View tour dates on Warp.net

plus more...
View all Grizzly Bear live dates on Warp.net


Harmonic 313

Selected dates in Melbourne and Sydney in June.

Fri 5 Jun Australia Sydney The Phoenix Bar, Void

Sat 6 Jun Australia Melbourne Croft Institute

Sun 7 Jun Australia Melbourne Section 8

plus more...
View all Harmonic 313 live dates on Warp.net


Hudson Mohawke

European festivals this summer:

Mooi Weer Spelen Festival (NetherLands), Synch (Greece), Willsonic (Slovakia), Glastonbury (UK), Le Ciestes Electronique (France), Oxygen Festival (Ireland), Glade (UK), Nowa Muzyka (Poland), Pukkelpop (Belgium)

plus more...
View all Hudson Mohawke live dates on Warp.net


Maximo Park

US & Canada tour, European Live Dates, and Festivals

US & Canada Tour
German Music Festivals
May UK Tour

plus more...
View all Maximo Park live dates on Warp.net


Mira Calix

On 19th June 2009 My Secret Heart will open at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
More info here

plus more dates...

View all Mira Calix live dates on Warp.net


Pivot

UK and Australian Festival Dates:

Green Man, Bestival, We Love Sounds, Luminous

plus more...
View all Pivot live dates on Warp.net


Prefuse 73

European dates this summer. Full info here

Sonar, Festival Au Foin De La Rue, Open Source

UK, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, France

plus more...
View all Prefuse live dates on Warp.net


Squarepusher

Festival Dates:
Glade, Primavera (Spain), Bestival, Synch (Greece), Pukkelpop (Belgium), Sziget Festival (Hungary)

plus more...
View all Squarepusher live dates on Warp.net


Tim Exile

Summer 2009 Festivals and Live Dates:

Sonar, Glade, Dour, Second Nature, Melt!, Nachtdigital, Nowa Muzyka, Bad Bonn Kilbi

UK, France, Spain, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Norway Switzerland

plus more...
View all Tim Exile live dates on Warp.net


Other

Bang Fest 2009

Luke Vibert, Speed Dealer Moms, Ragga Twins, Bong-Ra

Sat 29 - Sun 30 Aug
Sommerleyton, Suffolk
Tickets £45 (+£3)

Info on the Bang Face website


Brainfeeder BCN

Flying Lotus + Loads of special guests

18th June, Club Mondo
Tickets £15 / €15

More info here


Brainfeeder LDN

Flying Lotus + more TBC

20th June, Secret Location

Eyes peeled for more info on Warp.net


Sonar Festival 2009

Rustie, Tim Exile, Jeff Mills, Orbital, Richie Hawtin, Grace Jones, Erol Alkan + loads more to enjoy in the shimmering Barcelona sun!

18-20th June, Barcelona

Tickets and info on the Sonar Website

To enter email editor@
warprecords.com
with the correct subject line to enter.


Bang Fest

For this months comp we have secured two pairs of tickets for Bang Fest - Bang Face's new summer festival set in spectacular English country surroundings.

See lineup here for much mashup goodness.

Bang Fest takes place in the grounds of Summerlayton Hall in Suffolk from 1pm Sat 29 Aug - 6am Sun 30 Aug. It's the first Bang Face outdoor summer party.

Bang Fest Info and Tickets

Use subject line: BANGFEST09


Adult Swim

We've also got a chance for you to get your greasy mitts on the latest offerings from Adult Swim.
'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' and 'Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!' have just been released on DVD in the UK for the first time.
Full info here

We've got 3 Adult Swim prize packs to give away. The packs contain a ltd. edition Tee, a copy of both 'Aqua Teen Hunger Force' and 'Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!' and an Adult Swim calendar plus some postcards & stickers

To enter, send us an email with the subject line: ADULTSWIM09


Gang Gang Dance

We have a pair of tickets up for grabs for the upcoming Gang Gang Dance show at Dingwalls in London on Monday!
Not feeling lucky? Don't worry, you can always buy tickets from the Dingwalls website.

To enter, use subject line: GGDINGWALLS

View more GGD live dates this summer at Warp.net


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