Two hot gigs this week to inform you of. First up our very own Line, is appearing at the O2 Academy Islington on Thursday night, supporting Crazy P alongside Shock Defeat:
Crazy P, Line, Shock Defeat + Slutty Fringe dj’s
Thursday 5th March
O2 Academy Islington
16 Parkfield Street
London N1 0PS
Tel: 0905 020 3999
Uncharted Audio are now taking pre-orders for “Hearts” – the début album from Line. Available as a CD and download from the 9th of February, and as a vinyl LP from the 9th of March, the CD comes with a full colour 8-page booklet and the vinyl comes housed in a beautiful full colour sleeve.
Why pre-order from us? Well, we love you. And to show just how much, we’re offering free stuff. Naturally we’ll be despatching your physical item to you in good time for the release date and including some of the hot promotional “Line Hearts” sweeties.
In addition, we know you don’t like to wait for the postman to come knocking, so as soon as we’ve processed your order (usually the same day) we’ll email you a personal link to download 320kbps mp3’s of the whole album, along with some remixes not available elsewhere, and a bunch of digital content including exclusive wallpapers and lyrics.
CD pre-orders are 9.99GBP*
LP pre-orders are 10.99GBP*
*P&P charges apply. When ordering please ensure you select the correct option for your despatch address and the format you want to order. P&P to UK is 1GBP (CD) or 2GBP (vinyl), to mainland Europe 2GBP (CD) or 3GBP (vinyl) and to the rest of the world 3GBP (CD) or 4GBP (vinyl).
Visit the preorder page and listen to the album.
“Deep, pressurised funk and catchy synthpop”.
(Plan B Magazine)
“Plaintive voice times delectable electro prettiness times a monstrous bass equals Line… touching and defiant”.
(Lend Me Your Ears)
“Wicked tunes… fans of Hot Chip might just find the next big thing here… ‘Hearts’ works, and it shows that Britain’s electronica scene is alive and well… the scene can still throw out some great tunes”.
(Bearded Magazine)
“You can’t help yourself liking it… ‘Hearts’ is quite an exceptional album”
(Altsounds.com)
Saturday 14th February 9pm-3am @ Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, London W12 8PH
Line (live) + Kone-R (dj) and guests TBC – visit the Ginglik website for further info.
Line is the solo project of Nottingham-based Neil Wells (one-time member of Seachange, Escapologists and Savoy Grand) seguing heartfelt lyrics of loves and lives lost and won across stark yet warm electronics.
The Chinese Room EP serves as a warm-up for his forthcoming debut album “Hearts” which is due on Uncharted Audio on February 9th. The EP contains two non-album tracks and two remixes of album tracks, one each from Wyndham Earl and Cursor Miner (Lo/Noodles/Combat).
Tracklist:
WAV/FLAC/MP3 download only
Cat no: UNCH019
Release date: 05/01/09
You can currently buy it from Juno Download, or Bandcamp. More digital providers to follow over the next couple of weeks.
We’ve bowed to the sheer number of requests to make some of the Signals tracks available in a digital format. We’ve licensed the LJ Kruzer/Plaid track to Fabric for John Tejada’s Fabric44 mix cd, out in the new year, so it made sense to do so. Please note that this new digital edition contains only 5 of the 13 tracks from the vinyl set, of which we still have a few available. Here’s the lowdown:
Release Date: 08/12/2008
Format: Wav/320kbps mp3/192kbps mp3
We’re hitting the road for two Uncharted showcase events in the Midlands of the UK. Both feature live sets from Cyan341 and Line, with Kone-R on record playing duties, in addition to guests and residents. Here’s the full low-down:
Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street, Birmingham B1 1LT
Friday 17th October, 8.30 til late
3 quid on the door or a pound if you come dressed as either a robot or a dinosaur.
Free pin badge on entry and a massive selection of cocktails available!
Cyan341, Line, Kone-R plus RvsD dj’s
Blueprint, 509-511 Alfreton Road, Nottingham NG7 5NY
Saturday 18th October, 10pm-3am
6 quid on the door
Peverelist, Pangaea, Spam Chop vs Metaphi, Brackles, Cyan341, Line, Kone-R, Bizmarc
In the meantime, you can also catch Kone-R dj’ing from Midnight til 3am this Saturday the 11th of October at Ginglik. Doors open at 8pm and it’s 6 quid on the door. What’s more, the Central Line tube station at Shepherds Bush is now open again, replete in all it’s space age refurbishment glory.
First up, years after volume one first graced the racks of record stores worldwide, volume two of our ‘Dub Plate Sessions’ 10″ series of dancefloor stormers is dropping in early November. This one is brought to you by one of our favourite collaborators, Mark Streatfield, under his Cyan341 alias, a dubby slice of techno with added wonk. On the flip, the man like LJ Kruzer brings the remix pressure with a deep and brooding 4/4 outing.
More good friends drop fresh vinyl – Octavcat, spread though they are across England, Wales and Norway, deliver what is surely one of the best electronica albums of the year in the shape of “Hard As Snails“. Available mid-November on blue vinyl and a slightly extended digital version.
Finally on the new release front, our good buddy Wil who did such a sterling design job on the Signals series (as well as providing the fab label art for UNCHDUB2) has designed a brand new t-shirt for us. It’s available in various sizes and printed on good quality Fruit of the Loom shirts.
The Uncharted shop has all these items available for purchase right now, and the vinyls will be in all good record shops next month. Digital versions will be appearing on Bleep, Juno and Peoples Music Store in due course. The tees are exclusive to the Uncharted shop.
Next up on this sizable news update, John Callaghan has a free EP available for download. We suggest you head to the Rebellious Jukebox website and download “Thirty Years On The Dancefloor” without further ado.
Finally, massive congratulations are due to both LJ Kruzer and Wil Russell and their respective partners on the birth of baby boys, William and Luca respectively! Champagne and cigars all round :O)
Protest against the closure of one of London’s finest venues this Saturday, the 20th of September.
Come down at 5pm for free music, bbq and drinks on the roof of Ginglik, and add your voice to the clamour against the local council and their proposed closure of Ginglik early next year. If you can’t make it, please sign the petition online. And if you are coming down, why not stick around for the whole evening to be entertained further.
Saffrolla vs Shorty
Line (live)
Kone-R
Stayhome
We’re going on until 3am with the finest in electronic beats. See exactly what we all stand to lose if the council gets their way!
Just a quick interim missive to let you know about some of the stuff that has happened and is about to happen.
First up, a word about gigs.
Kone-R is going to be busy in August, with two resident dates at Ginglik on the 9th and the 23rd. Keep an eye on their website for more line-up info – it’s now got a 3am license so even more bang for your buck!
Additionally you can also catch the ua head honcho dropping techno science on the turntables for the peoplesmusicstore launch party as part of nitefreq on Friday the 8th – playing from 4.30 til 6am at Jack’s near London Bridge, this event also features such legends as 808 state, Arthur Baker, i-f and DMX Krew so not to be missed! Apparently jacks has had a total refurb and is now state of the art, so make sure you get down to this.
Finally and not least of all, uncharted have hooked up with our good friends at rednetic to start off a new electronica showcase called microclimate. This one is a Thursday evening, the 21st of August with thoroughly civilised hours, taking place on a boat on the thames and costing only 3 quid. Head over to the microclimate myspace for all the details.
The first instalment of microclimate doubles as a release launch party for our next shiny vinyl – The Dub Plate Sessions Vol. 2 (five years after the release of Volume 1 – sorry for the delay). This one sees Cyan341 who some of you will already be familiar with from the signals 7″ series dropping some serious mechanised tech, backed with a deep and lush remix from LJ Kruzer. You want this! 10″ vinyl and download coming soon – watch this space.
Whilst we’re on the subject of new releases, Octavcat’s album “Hard as Snails” is currently being mastered and will be next to drop on nice blue vinyl and download, followed by Line’s much anticipated debut lp, which is in the final stages of mixdown. And bloody fantastic they all are! We’ve got loads more in the pipeline as well – busy days ahead!
So what have we been up to apart from organising all this good stuff? Well, we’ve recently extended our digital reach – you can know find most of the back catalogue available for download at Juno – including a couple of configurations not previously available on download, notably unch003 in it’s entirety. We’ll also have catalogue available on peoplesmusicstore when it launches next month, an exciting new download service/online community, be sure to check it out. Additionally, we’ve started twittering – feel free to investigate, share, add and all the rest of it.
Plenty more updates ahead… stay tuned!
This weekend sees west London’s finest celebrate it’s sixth year of bringing you the best of, well, pretty much everything. As per every week at this most intimate yet rockingest of venues, the Saturday night is given over to bringing you the finest electronic music around – a mantra shared by us here at uncharted audio, and that’s why we’ve been working so closely together for so many years. Come and raise a glass with us all – here’s to the next six!
GINGLIK’S 6TH BIRTHDAY – TANOSHIMI
electronics / electro / techno / breaks
SHUT UP AND DANCE
ECHASKECH – LIVE
LIBERATION JUMPSUIT – LIVE
MILES TILMANN – LIVE
KONE-R
DJ STAYHOME
“Every Saturday for the past 6 years Ginglik has brought you the tastiest electronic beats and visuals on the scene.
Tonight some of our favorites return: Old skool legends Shut Up And Dance, Echaskech live (‘The best hypnotic technotronica since the demise of Orbital’ – The Big Chill), Liberation Jumpsuit live (keyboards, turntables, theremin and electro beats for the masses), Miles Tilmann live (deep atmospherics & warm synthetic textures) plus exotic new offerings from DJ’s Stayhome & Kone-R”
6 pounds AFTER 8PM / 7 pounds AFTER 10PM / 7PM – 3AM
What the press says about Ginglik:
“An ace bunker bar chokker full of warmth and character…. a gem of a place”
Time Out
“Ginglik is a whirlwind of bohemian expression”
Itchy London
“Not just a super-cool hideaway, this place is also a friendly wonderland, a truly unique venue… Among the best spots of any size in the capital”
londontown.com
“Five out of Five”
viewlondon.co.uk
“West London’s premier electronic evening”
angryape.com
Voted Best Club in Hammersmith and Fulham by myvillage.com
Nominated as one of the Top Ten Local London Bars in the Independant/LBC Living London Awards
What more do you need to know?!!
The following week (sat 31st of May) Kone-R will again be manning the turntables, this time supporting the ever wondrous Digitonal.
Uncharted Audio is proud to present a six hour showcase at this year’s Firegathering Festival in Sussex. Kicking off around midnight on Friday 16th of May, on the pool room stage and going on til the wee small hours of Saturday, we have:
Line
John Callaghan
Cyan341
Ebbs & Flows
Kone-R (dj set)
Joining us on the bill over the weekend are our good friends Octavcat, Digitonal and Lost Idol, among a host of others from across the musical spectrum. Get your tickets – a snip at only 65 quid for the whole weekend, but be quick as they are selling out fast.
Before that, Kone-R continues his much-loved Ginglik residency, warming up for live acts Lifecycle and Libelula on Saturday 10th of May. Come down early for big screen Wii action!
5KG event and mix, new tracks and a film…
Plenty to update you all on, so here goes without further ado…
5KG – 5 Years of Kone-R @ Ginglik
This week marks five years of Kone-R and Uncharted Audio’s hook up with West London’s finest beat bunker, Ginglik. To celebrate we have a special event there this Saturday and Kone-R has put together a free mix for you all to download. Here’s the word from the man himself:
“Strange to think it’s been five whole years since I first took to the Ginglik turntables, but then it’s crazier still to think it’s been more than seventeen years since I first attempted to blend a pair of records… all I can say is it’s been an absolute pleasure! On the 9th of May I’m going to mark those five years of residency with an extended set covering all my usual bases across the night, from electro to techno to old skool breakbeats – plenty of bass, bleeps and vibes, from cutting edge newies to stone cold classics, I’ll also be using serato to complement my vinyl selections in public for the first time – all the better to increase the mayhem.
To all those people down the years who came, saw, danced, cheered, or just sat and listened… THANK YOU
To all the other DJ’s, live acts, VJ’s, breakdancers and other folk who I’ve shared a Ginglik bill with down the years… THANK YOU
To all those who protested against the closure of this wonderful and unique venue… THANK YOU
To all the Ginglik staff down the years who have given their hospitality… THANK YOU
To Colin and Tammi, for giving me the opportunity and generally being two of the most wonderful people in the business… THANK YOU!
Here’s to the next five… long live Ginglik :O)”
Kone-R presents 5KG mix available here for free download.
The big event takes place this Saturday at Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, London W12 8PH. Expect a three hour mix from Kone-R, plus a special live appearance from good friend Cursor Miner, and support from Jash and Nedry. Live 360 degree visual installation by Surrealartist…. details here:
Brand new Line tracks available for FREE
Download two new exclusive Line tracks.
They are totally free if you want the 128’s. If you want a heftier format, you have the option of paying money but if you want them for free (by entering zero dollars) you have to hand over your email address. I don’t think we can say fairer than that.
‘Lenx’ from the album will be available as a digital single soon, and of course the album is available now on CD, LP or download.
‘Horrorlab’
The Council Flats of Kingsbury presents a short film entitled ‘Horrorlab’…
Visit the Council Flats’ site.