Buscar:the queen
- A1: Gloria Lucas - One Sweet Song
- A2: Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
- A3: Minnie Riperton - Adventures In Paradise
- A4: Ruby Delicious - Rock Steady
- A5: Brenda George - What You See Is What You're Gonna Get
- A6: Jackie Dee - Love You Wholeheartedly
- A7: Gwen Mccrae - All This Love That I'm Givin
- B1: Marva Whitney - What Do I Have To Do To Prove My Love To You
- B2: Ruth Davis - I Need Money
- B3: Millie Jackson - Do What Makes The World Go Round
- B4: Gladys Knight & The Pips - Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)
- B5: Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Don't Joke With A Hungry Man
- B6: Ann Peepbles - Slipped, Tripped & Fell In Love
- C1: Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
- C2: Little Rose Little - Family Tree
- C3: The Quantic Sould Orchestra - Hold It Up
- C4: Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles
- C5: Rose Royce - Car Wash
- C6: Taana Gardner - Heartbeat
- D1: Melba Moore - Mind Up Tonight
- D2: Sisters Love - Gimme Your Love
- D3: Diana Ross - Upside Down
- D4: Donna Summer - Hot Stuff (Single Edit)
- D5: Carrie Lucas - Dance With You
Because is proud to announce the signing of French artist Aime Simone.
Aime is a young singer and songwriter making flamboyant, epic and minimalistic pop songs. Previously based in Berlin, where he crafted his sound and found his voice, Aime is now based in Paris. Since he started making music a few years ago, he has been working fully self-produced and self-distributed, amassing over 10 M streams worldwide and getting a lot of attention from international fans. He released digitally only his debut album ‘Say Yes, Say No’ last summer which includes songs such as “Shining Light” & “In The Dark Time”.
Following the steps of artists such as Christine and The Queens & Feu! Chatterton, he was recently awarded with the prestigious Chorus new talent prize. Because Music now releasing the first time very physical edition of “Say yes Say Now” and working with him to develop his audience & live dates happening this summer in France. International tour dates expected after summer time. In the meantime Aime Simone is writing his new album .
DC Salas’s label Higher Hopes returns for its sophomore chapter… ‘Male Tears’, a deliciously sleazy and wry take on the patriarchy from queer polymath, Kiosk Radio resident, visual artist, performer, producer and DJ Strapontin.
“I wanted it to be funny, sassy, with a drama touch,” he tells us. “The track ‘Angry’ is about a frustrated and lonely angry man. ‘Male Tears’ is a sleazy club hit mocking a straight white male friend of mine who is unable to question himself and his privileges. ‘Divorce’ is a joke on marriage and its rules and ‘Teaching Drama’ is, well, about drama queens…”
Drama, hard truths and witty observations: Strapontin’s agent provocateur status is galvanised by the oily basslines, off-grid drums and loose, swathing grooves that prowl out of the speakers and flip devilishly into moments of pure euphoria… And moments of total chaos.
Strap up, strap in… Strapontin is taking us higher. We couldn’t hope for more.
- A1: Queen & David Bowie - Bohemian Rhapsody
- A2: Queen & Elton John - Another One Bites The Dust
- A3: Queen & David Bowie - Killer Queen
- A4: Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe - Fat Bottomed Girls
- B1: George Michael & Queen - Bicycle Race
- B2: Brian May - You're My Best Friend
- B3: Freddie Mercury - Don't Stop Me Now
- B4: Freddie Mercury - Save Me
- C1: Queen & Wyclef Jean - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
- C2: Somebody To Love
- C3: Now I'm Here
- C4: Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
- D1: Play The Game
- D2: Flash
- D3: Seven Seas Of Rhye
- D4: We Will Rock You
- D5: We Are The Champions
- E1: A Kind Of Magic
- E2: Under Pressure
- E3: Radio Ga Ga
- E4: I Want It All
- E5: I Want To Break Free
- F1: Innuendo
- F2: It's A Hard Life
- G1: Headlong
- G2: The Miracle
- G3: I'm Going Slightly Mad
- G4: The Invisible Man
- H1: Hammer To Fall
- H2: Friends Will Be Friends
- H3: The Show Must Go On
- H4: One Vision
- I1: The Show Must Go On
- I2: Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
- I3: Barcelona
- I4: Too Much Love Will Kill You
- J1: Somebody To Love
- J2: You Don't Fool Me
- J3: Heaven For Everyone
- J4: Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (The Words Of Love)
- K1: Driven By You
- K2: Living On My Own
- K3: Let Me Live
- K4: The Great Pretender
- K5: Princes Of The Universe
- L1: Another One Bites The Dust
- L2: No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young) (Only The Good Die Young)
- L3: These Are The Days Of Our Lives
- L4: Thank God It's Christmas
- F3: Breakthru
- F4: Who Wants To Live Forever
Released for the first time on vinyl, Queen’s compilation ‘The Platinum Collection’, featuring all three of their Greatest Hits albums, shows their unrivalled track record of chart-topping, award-winning, record-breaking rock and pop classics. June 17th will see the limited edition 6LP colour vinyl set released in a slipcase with brand new artwork. Each piece of vinyl will be a different colour and come in its own individually designed sleeve. The set also comes with an exclusive 24-page 12″ photo booklet. LIMITED EDITION
Little Bihlman ist ein mit dem Emmy Award ausgezeichneter Singer-Songwriter, der schon mit legendären Künstlern wie John Fogerty, Trey Anastasio (Phish), Dug Pinnick (King's X) und dem legendären Blueser Son Seals gearbeitet hat und mit seinem Solo Album einen zeitgemäßen und doch sofortigen 10-Song-Klassiker abliefert.
Little Bihlman ist ein mit dem Emmy Award ausgezeichneter Singer-Songwriter, der mit "The Legend Of Hipster Billings" ein Americana beeinflusstes Rockalbum vorlegt.
Die originellen Songs und Geschichten sind geschnitzt aus den Kämpfen und Triumphen des Lebens, inspiriert von Motorrädern, Sonnenschein, Kaffee, Staub, Whiskey, Regen, Tattoos, Narben, Benzin und Herzschmerz. "The Legend of Hipster Billings" lädt ein zu einer musikalischen Reise durch das Herzland Amerikas ein. Von Chicago, nach Nashville über den großen Mississippi in die Badlands von Dakota, hinauf in die majestätischen Berge von Utah und hinunter in die Lichter der Großstadt Las Vegas.
"The Legend of Hipster Billings" wurde aufgenommen und produziert von Miles Fulwider (Wynton Marsalis, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones und Chick Corea) ud Andrew Glasmacher. Little selbst blickt auf seine eigene persönlichen Reise sowie auf die Zusammenarbeit mit so herrausragdenden Künstlern wie John Fogerty, Trey Anastasio (Phish), Dug Pinnick (King's X) und dem legendären Bluesman Son Seals.
Little gibt dem Americana-Rock eine neue, zeitgemäße Note, indem er tiefgründige Texte, dreckige Gitarrenriffs, Gospel-Harmonien und mitreißende Grooves zum Einsatz bringt, welche diesem Album eine besondere Kraft verleiht.
Bihlman's Songs verkörpern eine authentische Annäherung an die Essenz von Herz und Seele, welche uns alle zusammenhält.
Während seiner bisherigen Karriere war Little mit mehr als 50 Songs in TV/Filmen weltweit. Dabei so große Sender wie FOX, ABC, CBS und Netflix. Darunter die preisgekrönten Serien "Sons of Anarchy", "Days of Our Lives" und kürzlich "Big Sky".
Little Bihlman hat sich einen Weg über den amerikanischen Rock-Highway gebahnt und sich als vielseitiger Musiker und Singer-Songwriter etabliert. Als Tournee-Veteran hat Little mit vielen der großen Rock- und Blues-Legenden an weltberühmten Orten gespielt, darunter das Weiße Haus mit dem legendären Bluesman Son Seals. Im Laufe der Jahre hat Little mit Grammy-prämierten Produzenten wie Jim Gaines (Journey, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Huey Lewis ), Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, The Cars) und Bruce Robb (Cherokee Studios) gearbeitet, um nur einige zu nennen.
Die Songs auf diesem Album tragen Geschichten in sich, welche sich beim Hören auf mysteriöse und wunderbare Art entfalten.
- A1: Trepa No Coqueiro - Ari Kerner Veiga De Castro ; Ari Kerner Veiga De Castro
- A2: Uma Casa Portuguesa - Reinaldo Ferreira, Matos Sequeira ; Artur Fonseca
- A3: Fado Madragoa - José Galhardo ; Raul Ferrão
- A4: Sem Razão - Fernando Farinha ; Alberto Correia
- A5: Sempre Que Lisboa Canta - Aníbal Nazaré ; Carlos Rochat
- A6: Lerele - Francisco Muñoz Currito ; Genaro Monreal Lacosta
- A7: Si Si Si - José Pérez Moradiellos
- A8: No Me Tires Indiré - Ramón Parelló ; Genaro Monreal Lacosta
- A9: Lisboa Antiga - José Galhardo ; Raul Portela
- B1: Quem O Fado Calunia - Aníbal Nazaré ; Raul Ferrão
- B2: Lisboa À Noite - Fernando Santos ; Carlos Dias
- B3: Marujo Português - Linhares Barbosa ; Artur Ribeiro
- B4: Fado Gingão - Lamberto Braz ; Moniz Trindade (Egas Moniz Félix Trindade)
- B5: Mi Florero - Luis Gómez Gutiérrez-Otero
- B6: Aïe Mourir Pour Toi - Charles Aznavour
- B7: Marcha Do Centenário - Norberto De Araújo ; Raul Ferrão
- B8: Verde Limão
Amália Rodrigues, international star, nicknamed "the Queen of Fado", had a special relationship with France and Paris in particular. From the end of the 1950s, she met with success and became a popular artist, filling the Parisian halls. This record recounts this through three performances at the ABC, the Alhambra and the Bobino, preceded by a recording in the French radio studios.
LIMITED EDITION: ONLY 500
“Here We Go Again” is a favourite amongst ardent soul buffs who recognise the Isley Brothers song, faithfully updated for a 21st Century audience. Output/Input was formed during lockdown by Melvin Lee Davis a Californian native and a skilled master bassist, composer, producer, and educator who is in high demand and is also Music Director for the “Queen of Funk” Chaka Khan.
- A1: An Empty Space Is Not Just Filled With Air
- A10: Think, Blink, Breathe, Blink, Speak, Blink, Breathe
- A11: Drunk At Best
- A2: Cosy Nothing, Moving Coffin
- A3: A Silly Seal, Asleep, Rolling Down The Hill
- A4: Quatre - Vingt - Quatorze
- A5: Melancholy Eyes
- A6: Slvote
- A7: Love, Beers & A Queen Size Bed
- A8: Geranium
- A9: 15 Octobre
Equipe de Foot is a French duo of singer-songwriters who record pop
songs and play them much louder on stage
Since their formation in 2015, Alex & Mike have played hundreds of gigs, from the
sweaty basements of their hometown of Bordeaux to the stages of nationally
renown festivals and European venues, making a solid name for their band, and
little by little becoming part of the new wave of French rock. Equipe de Foot now
admit that their flaws might be their greatest strength, and bring their love for
English and American indie pop music and production to the forefront in their
songs. For 'Geranium' they have chosen to work with producer and sound
engineer (and fellow Beatles fan) Johannes Buff (Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo,
The Drones, Dalek and other various amazing projects) at Shorebreaker studio in
Tarnos, France. A meaningful choice both in terms of technical and artistic skills,
Johannes was able to assemble Equipe de Foot's good old wall of guitars, as well
as reach the heart of their pop songs to make the whole thing gloriously shine,
without altering the charming homemade vibe emanating from their beloved
demos.
The album is a constant rollercoaster, alternating lo- fi ballads and powerful
anthems, but always with a twist, be it a pitched loop on a chorus or an auto
tuned solo trumpet at the end of a sad piano song.
Orange Goblin formierte sich 1995 und spielte auf den ersten Veröffentlichungen hauptsächlich Stoner Rock mit stark psychedelischem Einschlag. Seit dem vierten Album 'Coup de Grace' tendiert die Band mehr in Richtung schnörkellosen Hard Rocks.
Sie spielten Live-Auftritte u. a. mit Unida, Queens of the Stone Age, Nebula, Monster Magnet und Cathedral und sowie als Vorgruppe von Alice Cooper. Die ersten fünf Alben erschienen beim renommierten Indie-Label Rise Above Records.
Die erstmalig als im LP-Format erscheinende Live-Aufnahme enthält 13 Tracks, darunter der Bonustrack 'Blue Snow', der auf bei der Digital Only-Version 2020 nicht enthalten war. Limited 2LP in Orange Splatter-Vinyl!
- A1: Jungle Boy
- A2: Chihuahua
- A3: Sinner! Sinner! Sinner! (Prince Of Darkness Instrumental Version)
- A4: Mickey Put It Down
- A5: (I’m A) Tv Savage
- A6: Elimination Dancing
- B1: Golly! Golly! Go Buddy!
- B2: King Kong
- B3: Go Wild In The Country
- B4: I’m Not A Know It All
- B5: Why Are Babies So Wise?
- B6: Orang-Outang
- B7: Hello, Hello Daddy
The English new wave band Bow Wow Wow was created by Malcolm McLaren in 1980. McLaren was an impresario and best known as the manager of the New York Dolls and the Sex Pistols. He recruited members of Adam and the Ants to support the 13 year old vocalist Annabella Lwin. A year after, they released their debut album on RCA Records, titled See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! In support of the album, the band opened for The Pretenders and The Police in the US, in Europe for Queen and in Japan for Madness. Vive Le Rock named it one of the 50 greatest new wave albums and the featured single “Go Wild In The Country” was their first UK top 10 hit single.
The cover photograph depicts the band recreating Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe, on which the 14-year-old Annabella posed nude. It caused quite an outrage, but the initiated Scotland Yard investigation led nowhere eventually.
See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! CityAll Over! GoApe Crazy! is available as a limited edition of 2000 individually numbered copies on green & yellow marbled vinyl.
»Darkness & Abstract Art« is the debut single by Berlin based producer and songwriter Venetian Green. And what a debut it is. Two pop-pearls from a parallel universe, in which grand pop gestures of past decades live in harmony with the more bleak and disturbing emotional rollercoasters of recent times. The songs embrace a deep sense of nostalgia, while remaining firmly and confidently rooted within a contemporary pop context.
»Darkness« may be the most uplifting pop song ever that deals with mental health issues and depression. A topic that many can surely associate with after a challenging period of lockdowns and lack of perspective. The opening moments seem like a flirty exchange between an early Vince Clarke and Jake Shears but with a more bouncy and ›present-day‹ sound aesthetic. The bridge, »Was I ever in control, did my feelings just go rogue. Is it you or is it me, you’ve stolen my identity«, brings some major glam moments front and center and finally culminates in a heartbreaking auto-tuned chorus, an ode to the »Darkness« in all of our hearts.
In »Abstract Art«, we are jumping effortlessly between different musical eras. From late Roxy Music elegance to the plasticy melancholy of early Robyn all the way to the slow-rolling pop anthems of Christine and the Queens. A classic pop song about intimacy, trust, boundary issues and physical connection. Easy to imagine the line »You watch me dance with someone else, cause only you have me in strings and belts« on a sweaty recently re-opened dancefloor celebrating the return to a ›new normal‹.
Premier League Pressings returns with another top of the table seven inch 45 beauty.
It's a game of two halves!
SIDE A
THE CHOPPER - CHOP UP THE PIECES
Picking up an above average classic, the Chopper takes the ball into leftfield and sends it spinning into the stratosphere with some deft cut and paste action.
Dancefloor disco funk with an edge. Back of the net!
SIDE B
LADY SMILEY - QUEEN OF FREAK DANCE
A forgotten disco rap classic of yesteryear is is given a new formation, completely re-arranged and beefed up to bring the funky drums to the fore and the make the dope verses sound even better.
Disco rap for modern dance floors. A premiership title contender!
Orange Marbled Vinyl
Chicago singer and rapper, Tink, is back in 2021 to claim her rightful title as the undisputed Queen of Chicago R&B. Her fourth studio album, Heat of the Moment, is executive produced by Hitmaka and includes production from Ayo & Keys, OG Parker, Tariq Beats & Platinum Libraries. Tink shows off her writing prowess and taps in with a tight but strong list of features including Yung Bleu, Jeremih, Davido, & Kodak Black, to add to an already impressive body of work. The album has amassed over 45M streams since release, and debuted at #7 on the Billboard Indie Charts.
"Queen Of Nowhere" is the result of the photographic works by Kourtney Roy and the musician Dayve Samek (Trance Farmers) initiated by IIKKI, between November 2021 and March 2022.
The man behind the name Trance Farmers is Dayve Samek, a wanderer from Los Angeles to Louisiana, and his music has picked up just about every influence it can along the way. He has recorded his first album in 2014 on Leaving Records (Stones Throw Records). Not sure how to classify his music ranges, but something between sweaty, garage-born ballads brush shoulders with drifter anthems and gasoline drenched doo wop with at some points some beats close from the past Anticon works should make the point.
The Canadian photographer Kourtney Roy was born in Northern Ontario in 1981. Intrigued by the possibility of creating a tragic mythology of the self, she conjures an intimate universe pervaded by both wonder and mystery. Her photographer’s eye is drawn to places and settings whose lyrical qualities underscore the sublime banality of everyday life.
Roy’s studies in photography, at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and later at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, inspired her to develop her finicky aesthetic, which lends itself particularly well to both glossy paper and film. Roy works extensively as an independent photographer/filmmaker in the art world. Instilled with a dark sense of humor, taking their clues as much from the grotesque nature of seemingly placid settings as from the tensions simmering just under the surface, her photographs have garnered many prizes, including the Prix Picto in 2007, The Emily Award in Canada in 2012 and the Prix Carte Blanche PMU/Le Bal in 2013 and the Pernod Ricard Carte Blanche in 2018.
"Queen Of Nowhere" is the result of the photographic works by Kourtney Roy and the musician Dayve Samek (Trance Farmers) initiated by IIKKI, between November 2021 and March 2022.
The man behind the name Trance Farmers is Dayve Samek, a wanderer from Los Angeles to Louisiana, and his music has picked up just about every influence it can along the way. He has recorded his first album in 2014 on Leaving Records (Stones Throw Records). Not sure how to classify his music ranges, but something between sweaty, garage-born ballads brush shoulders with drifter anthems and gasoline drenched doo wop with at some points some beats close from the past Anticon works should make the point.
The Canadian photographer Kourtney Roy was born in Northern Ontario in 1981. Intrigued by the possibility of creating a tragic mythology of the self, she conjures an intimate universe pervaded by both wonder and mystery. Her photographer’s eye is drawn to places and settings whose lyrical qualities underscore the sublime banality of everyday life.
Roy’s studies in photography, at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and later at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, inspired her to develop her finicky aesthetic, which lends itself particularly well to both glossy paper and film. Roy works extensively as an independent photographer/filmmaker in the art world. Instilled with a dark sense of humor, taking their clues as much from the grotesque nature of seemingly placid settings as from the tensions simmering just under the surface, her photographs have garnered many prizes, including the Prix Picto in 2007, The Emily Award in Canada in 2012 and the Prix Carte Blanche PMU/Le Bal in 2013 and the Pernod Ricard Carte Blanche in 2018.
Fine Art Book, Ltd. to 700 copies:
Hardcover book printed on Arctic G-Snow 150g/m2 // 132 pages, 24cm x 22cm, 95 photos // Logo, slot and circle embossed // Hand-numbered, hand-stamped
- 1: Pretty Vacant
- 2: Anarchy In The Uk
- 3: Submission
- 4: God Save The Queen
- 5: Bodies
- 6: No Fun
- 7: (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
- 8: No Feelings
- 9: Holidays In The Sun
- 10: I Wanna Be Me
- 11: C’mon Everybody
- 12: New York
- 13: Problems
- 14: Satellite
- 15: Lonely Boy
- 16: Did You No Wrong
- 17: Substitute
- 18: Silly Thing
- 19: Something
Am 27. Mai werden mit dem Album „The Original Recordings“ zum ersten Mal seit über 20 Jahren 20 Aufnahmen der Sex Pistols aus den Jahren 1976 bis 1978 gesammelt veröffentlicht, um die Geschichte
einer der einflussreichsten und außergewöhnlichsten Bands der Welt zu erzählen.
„The Original Recordings“ dokumentiert eine historische Periode, in der die Band kaum aus den Nachrichten oder den Charts wegzudenken war. Die Sammlung enthält die entscheidenden Singles ”Anarchy In The UK”, ”God Save The Queen”, ”Pretty Vacant” und ”Holidays In The Sun”, wichtige Titel von ”Never Mind The Bollocks”, weitere Originale und Covers vom Soundtrack-Album ”The Great Rock & Roll Swindle” sowie einige bedeutende B-Seiten wie ”I Wanna Be Me”, “Satellite” und ’Did You No Wrong’.
Bald erscheint auf Disney+, die Serie „Pistol“ über den legendären Sex Pistols Gitarristen Steve Jones unter der Regie von Academy Award Preisträger Danny Boyle. „The Original Recordings“ erscheint als 1CD und 2LP.
- A1: Silly Games – Janet Kay
- A2: Hopelessly In Love – Carroll Thompson
- A3: I’m In Love With A Dreadlocks - Brown Sugar
- A4: I’m Still In Love With You – Marcia Aitken
- A5: Keep It Like It Is - Louisa Mark
- A6: Can’t Go Through With Life - Marie Pierre
- A7: Caught You In A Lie – Louisa Mark
- B1: We’ve Got A Good Thing Going – Sugar Minott
- B2: Money In My Pocket – Dennis Brown
- B3: You Make Me Feel So Good – Ruddy Thomas & Susan Cadogan
- B4: Dim The Light – Winston Reedy
- B5: Someone Loves You, Honey – June ‘J.c.’ Lodge
- B6: Taxi – Leroy Brown
- C1: Night Nurse – Gregory Isaacs
- C2: I’m So Sorry – Carroll Thompson
- C3: Getting Cozy - The In Crowd
- C4: When Push Comes To Shove – Freddie Mcgregor
- C5: Lovers Race - Sugar Minott
- C6: Wildfire – Dennis Brown & John Holt
- D1: I’m Still Waiting – Delroy Wilson
- D2: Walk Away - Marie Pierre
- D3: Love Has Found A Way – Dennis Brown
- D4: Paradise (In Your Eyes) – Winston Reedy
- D5: Ghetto Queen – John Holt
- D6: Key To The World – Ruddy Thomas
The first British reggae sub-genre to achieve ‘outernational’ success and influence the music of Jamaica, lovers rock was a dominating force in the UK scene, from the mid-Seventies through to the close of the Eighties.
Developed largely as a counterpoint to the more militant style of roots reggae, the romantically-themed genre was heavily influenced by the styles of US R&B and the predominantly soulful Jamaican rock steady sound of the Sixties.
Despite the style achieving mainstream success with a number of major UK chart hits, lovers rock received scant attention in the mainstream media until the screening of Steve’s McQueen’s award-winning 2020 BBC TV series, “Small Axe”, the highlight of which was an aptly titled episode that paid tribute to the style and its impact upon British culture.
Since then, interest in the genre has continued to grow internationally and reflecting this trend comes this handsomely packaged album which is presented in 2 physical formats – 2x LP and 3CD.
Comprising the most popular and influential recordings in the style, the collection includes works by such legendary British performers as Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson and Louisa Mark, alongside established Jamaican reggae royalty, notably Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, John Holt and Sugar Minott.
With its focus firmly upon the best-loved romantic reggae sounds of the Seventies and Eighties (whilst the 3CD set also digs deep into the archive), this essential collection of dancefloor favourites provides the most authentic representation of lovers rock sounds yet to see issue.
Before Dan Klein's unfortunate passing, The Frightnrs agreed to keep a promise he asked of them - continue making music together. Part of that promise has been made manifest here... Daptone Records is proud to present ALWAYS - the raw, soulful new long player from The Frightnrs.
The road to Always began with a period of intense songwriting back when The Frightnrs and producer Victor Axelrod (Ticklah) were working on the group's debut, rocksteady masterpiece, Nothing More to Say. In addition to the scorchers heard therein, Axelrod and The Frightnrs agreed many of the recordings were too sweet to tamper with in order to fit the rocksteady mold. Some were created at their headquarters in Queens with Dan on the mic, some were elaborations on older ideas, others were brand new creations made at the finish line.
Thanks to the vocal stems they had captured in this golden period, Dan Klein's other-worldly voice lived on, giving The Frightnrs all the raw material they needed for an entire album's worth of new, original music. So with that, The Frightnrs and Axelrod returned to the studio and painstakingly conceptualized, tracked, re-tracked and mixed them into a complete album with their beloved friend singing lead. The fruits of this arduous process lay bare the undying love and respect between musical brothers.
The last song written for this album, "Why Does it Feel Like a Curse", married two song concepts with one of Dan's original vocal performances - creating a beautiful, flawless composition that not only serves as a highlight reel of their editing skills and songwriting prowess, but also as a kind of metaphor for The Frightnrs jour ney. The per fect ending f or ALWAYS.
Behold! The latest 45 from Queens, NY stalwarts - The Frightnrs. With this platter the group pushes past the rocksteady rhythms that have come to define their Daptone releases and deliver a genre-defying, soulful triumph of sound. "Always" the a-side and title track of their forthcoming album drops with a beat that hits like a seven-ton bomb. Heavy, heavy drums...raw guitar and ethereal keys fortify the soulful bedrock for Dan Klein's other-worldly vocal performance. Plucked from stems tracked years prior, the seamless joining of Klein's old vocal track to the Frightnrs new recordings exemplifies how masters of their craft can make something so complex sound effortless. It also serves as a document of musical brothers injecting the undying love and respect they have for each other into the DNA of every note.




















