09 June 2008

Singer Songwriter vs. Baggy Balearic



Another close shave this week with two very different releases but equally two of my favourite musicians last year. First, all the way from Mancunia, Stickboy is back this week with his latest collection of lovely crafted songs. Manchester... so you know the deal. Record of the week! But it is dead limited to 500 copies for the whole world so you'd better be quick to snap a copy from Piccadilly Records. On another tip, come the collection of remixes from Studio entitled Yearbook 2 (Yearbook 1 was a Swedish only release pre-West Coast). Do not be scared by the line-up that includes Kylie Minogue as all the remixes included here (and that were previously available on individual 12") barely have anything in common with the originals. The way they can transform those tunes is amazing. You should mostly check out the treatment on their mates' Brown Piano from A Mountain of One or Brennan Green 'Escape from Chinatown'. Two absolutely essential releases!

Sample A Mountain of One 'Brown Piano (Remake by Studio)' here
Purchase Studio 'Yearbook 2' here
Listen to Stickboy on MySpace here
Purchase Stickboy here

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