The first single 'GAZZILLION-EAR' from DOOM's album BORN LIKE THIS. will be available to download from next week. it includes a bonus beat produced by DOOM and remixes from Thom Yorke, Dr Who Dat? and Jneiro Jarel / Dave Sitek. Beatport exclusive version matches the 12" vinyl (out January 2010) and also includes instrumentals, acappellas, and DJ friendly Villainous scratch samples...
Sign up to the DOOM / Lex mailing list and we'll send you an exclusive MADVILLAINZ remix not included on either format:
Check the video above for a preview... and click HERE for the free MP3.
Dose One & Jel are also known as Themselves and have just toured Europe following the release of their latest album CrownsDown. They've previously worked with Yu Sato of SSSR on various videos for Subtle and now he's turned their single Roman Is as Roman Does into a fantastic interplanetary space bake-off gone awry. Check the video at VIMEO here or click the image above. More music at Themselves MySpace. Yu Sato is working on some new Lex video projects so expect to see lots more from him in 2010.
HEARTBREAK - LIVE IN LONDON
After a break working on new music and solo material, Heartbreak are back for a night organized by Bugged Out and Little Boots. in London on 14th November 10pm - 6am, featuring music from Aeroplane, Joe of Hot Chip, Piers 'Cocadisco' Martin, Little Boots and a live show from Heartbreak. Tickets available HERE.
You can also catch them DJing at Glasgow School of Art on Thursday 12th November at a night called Record Playerz. Expect the best in cosmic disco, eye-wateringly lush italo, detroit techno, chi-house gems and (heavy) metal. More info HERE.
MARY-ANNE HOBBS - BBC RADIO ONE
JNEIRO JAREL EXCLUSIVE MIX
Mary Anne Hobbs has been a fan of Jneiro Jarel for ages, playing tracks from all his albums on various stations over the years. You can stream her 'experimental music' show on BBC Radio One where she played a half-hour mix by JJ.
Previous guest mixers have included all the heavy hitters of dubstep and beats, Kode 9, Pinch, Burial so he's pulled out all the stops and included plenty of exclusive tracks and new remixes. Click HERE to tune into BBC Radio 1via iplayer anywhere in the world. TracklistHERE.
DOSE ONE & JEL - FREESTYLE 101
When he's not wrecking a mic himself
Veteran freestyler Doseone has been working with kids in Oakland and sharing his vision of a world beyond Lil Wayne... but the schooling is hardly one way. Nice mini-doc on XLR8R TV - click HERE.
CHARLIE WHITE AT NYU
LA based artist Charlie White (who recently collaborated with Boom Bip) is giving a talk at New York University - Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:15 - 6:15 PM Einstein Auditorium, The Barney Building, 34 Stuyvesant St. More info HERE.
See his new website for more images of his work and videos.
XLR8R / LA TIMES FEATURE JNEIRO JAREL
NEW MIX TAPE + LA SHOWS
The September / October issue of XLR8R has an interesting feature about Jneiro Jarel (Willie Isz, Shape of Broad Minds, Dr Who Dat?)
You can find the mag in good US stores or download the whole thing straight from the XLR8R website for free and legit: CLICK HERE to download. JJ has also made a new mixtape with a distinct dub-step vibe. Available to download HERE.
Jneiro is also featured in an article about LA club night Low End Theory- Click Here.
LA live dates coming up include BOOM BOX (03/10) / Do-Over (11/10)
DOSE ONE PRESENTS MPC CAT
Dose One of Subtle / Themselves etc has a cat called Purple who recently decided to get in on the whole musical feline tip... choosing an MPC drum machine over keyboard. video clip and Themselves new music on YouTube HERE .
DOOM - FEATURE & INTERVIEW IN
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE
Check the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine for an indepth feature about DOOM and the man behind the mask. Journalist Ta-Neisha Coates spent several days in Los Angeles interviewing DOOM - you can read an extract HERE.
DOOM's latest solo album BORN LIKE THIS. is out now on Lex Records - available at any of these online retailers and in shops now... The first single from this album will be released soon worldwide. Sign up to our Facebook or mailing list for info.
NEW KID ACNE T-SHIRTS
Kid Acne presents a new T-shirt for the very pleasant Concrete Hermit brand as part of their artist series.
It's a grey shirt featuring a great halftone image of the cloak girl illustration and has Kid Acne's signature as a detail on the reverse.
THE HORRORS REMIX HEARTBREAK
DISSIDENT VINYL / LEX DIGITAL OUT NOW
The Horrors have been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize this year and remixed Akin To Dancing from Heartbreak's album. This track is available exclusively on vinyl through the excellent Dissident label HERE and iTunes / BEATPORT on Lex.
Dissident is a no-BS, limited edition, generally single sided vinyl-only imprint that has previously released solo material from both members of Heartbreak (Sebastian's Tropical Warrior was included on one of DJ A-Track's mixtapes). Nice interview & mix from Dissident label boss Andy Blake here.
KID ACNE - PAUL'S BOUTIQUE COVER
Kid Acne has been involved with Beck's (Beer, not artist) 'Music Inspired Art Project' in which illustrators remix their favorite record sleeves. From the list of 100 albums, he's chosen Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique and rendered it in a slight homage to Stephen Wiltshire... Check it out at his website including some of the preliminiary sketch book. Ps. Get well soon MCA!
KID ACNE - SLIDING DOORS
FREE MIDFIELD GENERAL REMIX
For some reason this remix by Skint Records founder Midfield General never saw the light of day around the original release ofKid Acne's single Sliding Doors and wasn't included on the vinyl or CD formats...
Anyway, it's here now and it's a bassline-heavy 112bpm power house. Available to download 320kbps for free HERE.
WILLIE ISZ 'GEORGIAVANIA'
DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW WORLDWIDE
"Man, Georgiavania is dope as fuck - it's that next level shit!" - Big Boi from OutKast
The debut album from WILLIE ISZ - that's Khujo Goodie and Jneiro Jarel - is out now worldwide:
"A psychedelic journey quite unlike any other that could very well result in the creation of a completely new category of music simply known as Utopia Rap because musically it doesn't get much better than this."4.5/5 Urb
“Bridging the North and the South, the abstract and the gangster, Georgiavania in another masterpiece in Jneiro’s collection”Waxpoetics
"Cut to the chase, it’s game on again for our favourite Dungeon Fam frontman Khujo"Fat Lace
"Gnarls Barkley's fucked-up little cousin" - Spin
"Brilliant, OutKast-like fusion of synthetic electro beats and surreal rhymes" - 4/5 Q Magazine
"Part crunk, a little psychedelic, part cosmic pop, and 100% progressive" - 4/5Vapors
"All silken soul and future funk mixed with the deftest lyrical delivery. It's dazzling" - 8/10Clash
KHUJO GOODIE INTERVIEW
FREE WILLIE ISZ MP3
Khujo Goodie of is interviewed on HHC's website about his new group Willie Isz with Jneiro Jarel and the early days of Southern hip hop and Dungeon Family - read it here and download an MP3 HERE. His new album is out shortly. Click the banner below to order your copy or check the music at their MYSPACE page.
DOOM - LIVE SHOW
WIN PITCHFORK FESTIVAL TICKETS
Contrary to popular belief, the real DOOM does play shows and will be representing at Pitchfork's festival this year in Chicago. More information HERE
We have a pair of tickets to give away to someone in the USA - simply go to our LEX Twitter page for very simple instructions.
Saturday - July 18th - 18:15 - Aluminium Stage
HEARTBREAK
MAGIC WAVES / GLASTONBURY / KOKO
Fresh out of Barcelona where they played to 5000 people at the Sonar Festival, Heartbreak are gearing up for more festivals and shows around Europe. The band's Synth-maestro Ali Renault is one of the founders of internet radio station Magic Waves (Now hosted on the highly recommended Intergalactic FM).
Magic Waves are holding a 2 day summer party with Oppenheimer Analysis, Legowelt and Alden Tyrell alongside italo originals like Casco,Fred Ventura and of course Heartbreak.
CLUB NME - 26th June - Kokos, London - TICKETS
GLASTONBURY - 27th June - Dance East Stage (13:15)
GLASTONBURY - 27th June - Dirty Boots Stage (21:00)
GLASTONBURY - 28th June - Guardian Lounge (18:00)
MAGIC WAVES - 11th JULY - London - TICKETS.
CHARLIE WHITE 'OMG BFF LOL'
FREE BOOM BIP REMIX
Boom Bip (also 1/2 of Neon Neon) has been collaborating with artist Charlie White (who's work you may recognize from his Understanding Joshua series and Adidas Adicolor promo) to remix the theme song to a new animated video work entitled OMG BFF LOL, currently showing at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Conneticut and on YouTube - click the images above.
This 3 part animation is part of a larger project entitled The Girl Studies. More info HERE DOWNLOAD:WE LOVE TO SHOP (TEEN DANCE REMIX) Boom Bip is finishing up his new solo album due for release later this year.
WILLIE ISZ ALBUM - JUNE 2009
PREVIEW AT NEW MYSPACE PAGE
Khujo Goodie and Jneiro Jarel are getting ready for the release of their new collaboration album as Willie Isz. You can know preview a bunch of tracks from Georgiavania at their all-NEWMYSPACE PAGE. Check back soon for live dates and full album release details.
HEARTBREAK - VICE MAGAZINE MIX
Heartbreak are on the NME tour with La Roux in the UK and it's been going very well indeed. You can still catch them live in Birmingham, Portsmouth, Stoke, Norwich and a final finale at Koko's in London: full info and tickets HERE.
Vice Magazine asked Heartbreak for a mix and they've included Italo, dark- wave, Detroit techno and even The Horrors. Download the "Grandes Exitos de Ayer y Hoy" VICE mix.
DOOM ALBUM - VINYL LP OUT NOW
DOOM album vinyl is now available from the Lex Records online shop. Also in stores internationally this month.
It's been a little longer than we'd hoped to manufacture but when you see it we're sure you'll understand. EH? designed - embossed, foil-blocked, spot-glossed to the max. Check it HERE
KID ACNE x KID ROBOT
Aside from making amazing early-90s UK rave inspired hip hop and painting graffiti on walls, shops and canvas, Kid Acne has lent his Renaissance Man-power to Kid Robot for a new line of toys.
Rolling Stock has been 3 years in the making / procrastabating but on 7th May 2009, the collection will finally go on sale at Kid Robot shops and their online store: 20 different bizarre animals and monsters to collect.
For more info / ordering details and images, visit the websites of KID ROBOT or KID ACNE. The kids are alright.
P-ORIGINS OF POMMERY
GUERNSEY 'LIBERATION' EXHIBITION
P-Origins of Pommery - Peel Pie Und Rashion Gache
Castle Cornet, Guernsey, May 8th - August 8th 2009
Centre Fold Gallery, May 10th - 19th June 2009 Click image above for full details.
HEARTBREAK - UK NME TOUR / NEW EP
Heartbreak have a very busy month ahead. Their new record, the DeceitEP is out early May and follows on from their debut album Lies, including 3 new track and 3 remixes from Romantix, Allez-Allez and Vitalic - limited 12" vinyl and digital download only. They'll be on the NME tour throughout May in the UK (dates here).
KID ACNE - ART EXHIBITION & TALK
kid Acne's long-overdue first solo art exhibition is now on in London at Stella Dore gallery on Old Street. Here's some video of the opening party and a snoop around the exhibits for those abroad.
On 25th April, Kid Acne will be giving a guided tour / talk and there will be beers / limited edition prints and fanzines. More info HERE.
JNEIRO JAREL / WILLIE ISZ REMIX
TV ON THE RADIO
Jneiro Jarel, has recently remixed TV on the Radio's track Shout It Out and it's available now. He's also been working with Dave Sitek and Tunde Adebimpe who has added some vocals on the Jneiro & Khujo Goodie's Willie Isz album so exepect to hear more from these two groups working together in the future. There's a great feature on Willie Isz in this months digital-only issue of Hip Hop Connection and plenty of music to check out at Cocaine Blunts blog
Download Jneiro Jarel's Willie Isz remix of Shout It Out from iTunes
iTunes includes the exclusive Thom Yorke remix of track GAZZILLION EAR
WILLIE ISZ - GEORGIAVANIA - COMING SOON
Jneiro Jarel and Khujo Goodie's new group Willie Isz are getting their Grussle on. The debut long player drops this Spring. The album already sprung a couple of leaks. You can hear streams at Cocaine Blunts and their MySpace... Artwork from the court artist of Georgiavania, James Jarvis. This image is just the promo CD cover.
DOOM x THOM YORKE
REMIX / COLLABORATION
Thom Yorke's remix of DOOM's first single from his new album BORN LIKE THIS. became more of a collaboration with Yorke creating a beat and DOOM re-recording his raps.
You can check out a preview of the track and read all about it at the new and improved PITCHFORK WEBSITE
HEARTBREAK NME TOUR WITH LA ROUX
+ FREE REMIX DOWNLOAD
Heartbreak have been chosen to go on the NME Radar Tour in the UK. They'll be supporting 80s inspired songstress La Roux. Starting on 29th April with Nottingham and ending 14 dates later with a grand finale at Kokos in Camden on 19th May. Check the NME website for full details. You can buy tickts for shows HERE.
To celebrate, Heartbreak have given La Roux's single Going In For The Kill the once over, leaving it sounding more reminiscent of italo-classic Spacer Woman by Charlie. It's available as a free download from NME's website for a limited time HERE.
HEARTBREAK IN INTERVIEW MAGAZINE
Heartbreak are featured in the March 2009 issue of Interview Magazine. There's an excellent photo of the band looking significantly undead and Heath Ledgerly...
Interview Magazine was set up by Andy Warhol and John Wilcox in 1969 and has since been dubbed "The crystal ball of pop". The band will be announcing their UK and German touring plans shortly. US dates coming soon!
If you've just been sucked into the latest social networky time-evaporating zeitgeist that is Twitter, we recommend you start following Lex Records tweets for real-time scoop on forthcoming albums like DOOM's new solo LP and new music recommendations. Click HERE for more info.
BIG L - 10th ANNIVERSARY (1974-1999)
While everyone is making a bit song and dance about Notorius, the film about the late Biggie Smalls, not everyone seems to know that Sunday 15th February was the anniversary of the death of NYC rap genius Big L. If you only know him from tracks such as Gangstarr's Full Clip, then stop what you're doing and download his extra thuggy debut LP Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous... PUT YOUR L'S UP!
FRIDAY 13th ANTI-VALENTINES
HEARTBREAK LOVE EXPLOSION
Heartbreak have been jetsetting to sold-out shows in Moscow and Poland where, as always, things went totally mental. Check the photos from Russia with love HERE.
The band also just debuted their new live show in the UK, switching up a gear with extra band members and more live instruments to further research into the newly discovered genre of Metalo. Check their MySpace to hear tracks from their album.
Appropriately their first turbo-charged gig was on Friday 13th February... an Anti-valentines Cocadisco love explosion at Corsica Studios in London. line-up included the amazing I-F and Little Boots, XX Teens. Look out for more UK tour details soon!
DOOM - NEW TRACK
There's a new track by everyone's favorite metal-faced super-villan DOOM (previously of MF prefix). It's now all over the internet after it was posted on his Myspace page and soon appeared on Kanye West's blog amongst others...
The track BALLSKIN is taken from his forthcoming solo album 'BORN LIKE THIS.' We'll have more info soon... Stay tuned.
TIAGO LA IS LOSING THE PLOT - OUT NOW
Look out for the debut release by a new and reclusive artist who goes by the name of Tiago La is Losing the Plot. His self-titled EP features 6 mysterious tracks of off-beat pop melodics, sountrack-esque self-sampling and lush psychadelic FX who has been compared to the likes of early Pink Floyd, Patton and Berlin era Bowie.
Track Lucien Guide is Time Out Magazine's Single of the Week. Limited edition 10" and CD - both in clear plastic sleeves with a hint of 70s-Japan-only-vinyl style that look amazing.
Jneiro Jarel has been working under a lot of pseudonyms and aliases since he joined Lex... Four out of five members of his group Shape of Broad Minds were infact just JJ.
His debut Alter-ego was the illusive producer Dr Who Dat? haling from the tropical coast of Viberia, his Brazilian funk influenced album Beat Journey remains an instrumental hip hop classic - a must have for fans of Jneiro, Boards, Dilla, Fly-Lo.
Almost 3 years later, Dr Who Dat? is back with a slightly darker affair, evolved but remaining as mysterious and listenable as his critically acclaimd debut. Beyond 2Morrow is out worldwide as a digital-only release now!
"I'm gonna steal this S@%T like lunch money" - Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio)
"Other-worldly. Beats for hovercraft Saturdays. Makes an alien homesick. How I miss the days to come." - Saul Williams.
KID ACNE LIVE IN LONDON + BOWLING
NEON NEON - DREAM CARS
NEW DIGITAL SINGLE OUT NOW IN UK
Neon Neon continue their rise in the UK with their debut LP being selected as one of the albums of the year in various music magazines.
Their latest single Dream Cars is out now in the UK and includes some great extra tracks including two new versions - the Dream Drums and Motor City remixes by Brother Reade producer Bobby Evans.
There's also a very lo-fi cover version of Searching for Mr Right by Welsh Post-punk band Young marble Giants.
Stoner's best friend Rizla have been organizing big summer festivals this year in the UK and now as a great reminder, they're giving away several thousand songs by a top selection of artists, including several on Lex. it's one MP3 each but click HERE to get your free download.
HEARTBREAK & JNEIRO JAREL
NEW MIXES
Another supernice mix by Heartbreak combining metal, Drexciyan techno and a heavy dose of Italo disco. Click HERE for tracklisting and download. Look out for next month's clash mix by Boom Bip.
Meanwhile, Jneiro Jarel has been listening well outside the hip hop box for ages and has felt inspired to create a mix of his favorite non-hip hop influences and his own tracks. You can download this exclusively HERE
SUBTLE
LIVE ON TOUR IN THE US
Subtle are back on the road for an autumn tour playing dates around the US, some old haunts and some new venues. Click HERE to view the full tour dates. This week...
11-13 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
11-14 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
11-15 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo
11-16 Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi
Pitchfork have also been speaking to frontman Dose One about his forthcoming new group with Tunde TVOTR and Mike Patton...
HEARTBREAK & LITTLE BOOTS
AUTOMATIC LOVERS UK TOUR
Heartbreak and Little Boots have teamed up for a joint-headline UK tour and will be releasing a very limited edition split 7" vinyl featuring Heartbreak's new single Don't Lose My Time on the A side and Magical by Little Boots (also produced by Heartbreak) on the other A side. Londoners, hurry - the ICA gig will sell out.
20.11 - BRIGHTON - DIGITAL (BUY TICKETS)
21.11 - LONDON - ICA + SPECIAL GUESTS (SOLD OUT)
22.11 - NEWCASTLE - THE OTHER ROOMS (BUY TICKETS)
26.11 - MANCHESTER - THE DEAF INSTITUTE (BUY TICKETS)
28.11 - LEEDS - COCKPIT (BUY TICKETS)
LIVE SHOWS
KID ACNE / NEON NEON / HEARTBREAK
Plenty of live shows in the UK over the next couple of weeks - Neon Neon are on their UK tour, Kid Acne won the best flyer of the year award for his show at The Social where he's been playing the best evz 90s rap records. Heartbreak just headlined a Halloween spectacular at Cargo before they tour with Little Boots and ready their new single. Lex DJs played the spectacular new P3 space in Baker Street for a boozy OneDotZero party. There's probably going to be a Lex Christmas party and Subtle are about to tour the USA... See you somwhere loud soon.
DR WHO DAT?
THE 'FANTASTIC JJ PROJECT' MIXTAPE
France-based hip hop maestros Fantastic Planethave just released their 'Fantastic JJ Project', a mixtape dedicated to Jneiro Jarel, specifically to his Dr Who Dat? alter ego. All the beats from this mix are taken from JJ's almost entirely instrumental Beat Journey album, only now with added raps and cuts from USA's Mattic and La Fin Equipe crew.
LOOK OUT FOR THE NEW DR WHO DAT? ALBUM COMING SOON
AND THE KHUJO GOODIE / JNEIRO JAREL GROUP - WILLIE ISZ
HEARTBREAK & THE PRESETS
LIVE IN SCOTLAND
After supporting The Presets on tour in the US, Heartbreak have just played with the band in Scotland at the Classic Grand in Glasgow and liquid Rooms in Edinburgh. Look out for remixes from both bands next year and maybe an Australian tour...
Click HERE to hear what The Presets think about Heartbreak.
Neon Neon have recently finished their Australian Parklife tour and are about to fly to South America for a couple of festivals before heading back to the UK for a bunch of live shows
Most dates have sold out so CLICK HERE to check availability and book tickets. You can also check their Myspace page for more information on their live schedule. The band will also be selling Neon Neon T-shirts and merchandise - these will also be available from our online shop soon too.
HEARTBREAK - ALBUM VINYL OUT NOW
Heartbreak's debut album is now available on vinyl. Limited to only 1000 copies worlwide, this double LP looks particularly snazzy and will be available in shops over the next few weeks. However, you can get your copy sent direct from our online shop today! Every purchase comes with freebies and while our sale is on, almost everything is reduced. CLICK HERE to enjoy these credit-crunk prices now!
WAXPOETICS - DOOM FEATURE
The new issue of the great Waxpoetics Magazine is out now featuring interviews with some of music's most mysterious figures. Shuggie Otis tells the engaging tale of his rise to stardom and descent from the spotlight, disco-funk icon Patrick Adams discusses some of his more underground hits... and sharing the cover of the magazine is Lex Records favorite metal-faced rap supervillain DOOM (previously of MF prefix).
More info on what's inside HERE and you can order a copy online at their website - www.waxpoetics.com
NEON NEON - NEW REMIX
Boom Bip, producer half of Neon Neon has remixed a track by a band called Empire of the Sun. They're from Australia, but don't hold it against them. Check it out on here:Gorilla vs Bear
Bip has previously remixed for the likes of Fourtet, Lali Puna and Mogwai but this is the first as Neon Neon. (word on the street is an Oasis track is getting a Delorean-shaped tune-up in the near future!?)
LEX ONLINE SHOP
AUTUMN SALE NOW ON - ALBUMS £7.99
The Lex online shops sale is now on. All standard CD albums are down to £7.99 (Including the new albums from Heartbreak and Kid Acne). Limited edition, double CD albums and vinyl LPs have also been reduced so get shopping now! Freebies with every order.
Heartbreak's debut album is out now worldwide. Here's what the critics have been saying:
"Heartbreak have just made one of the most intoxicating synth-pop albums of the last 10 years. They totally rule."10/10 Vice Magazine - Album of the month.
"The future of dance music"i-D Magazine / "Sensational on almost every level, they'll make you dance with tears in your eyes"- Dazed & Confused / "Heartbreak are the greatest live act in the country right now... a triumph of high drama" - FACT Magazine / "Every track is a mini pop-classic and dance floor stormer in one" - The List / "Italo-inspired futurist dungeon disco that will save your life." - 8/10 NME
"If an album that sounds like being transported to 1984 Rimini inside a hand-sculpted marble bath tub filled with a mixture of uncut Bolivian cocaine and Veuve Clicquot Champagne (aka. Disco paste) is your kind of thing, you should check it out." - Guardian Music Blog
KID ACNE EUROPEAN TOUR &
GRAFFITI IN NEW KAUFMAN FILM
We just spied a massive Kid Acne graffiti piece lurking in the background of the trailer for the new film by Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation / Being John Malkovich etc). Click HERE to check out the trailer. Meanwhile, Kid Acne is on tour in Europe at the moment. Full listings below and on his website: www.kidacne.com
Oct 2nd - Le Romandie - Place de l’Europe - Lausanne + James Pants. On stage: 21.30
Oct 3rd - The Palace - Blumenbergplatz - St Gallen + BDC. On stage: 23.00
Oct 4th - Puschkin Club - Leipziger StraBe - Dresden. On stage: 22.00
Oct 6th -Fluc - Praterstern - Vienna + DJ Crum. On stage: 22.00
Oct 8th - Hafenklang Club - Hamburg + Rampue + Ira Atari. On stage: 21.30
Oct 9th - Festival Electricity - Reims
Oct 10th - La Marquise - Quai Augagneur - Lyon. On stage midnight
Oct 11th - L'Aeronef - Avenue Willy Brandt - Lille + Bauchlang / Herbaliser / Hocus Pocus
Oct 12th - La Maroquinerie - Rue Boyer - Paris + Bauchlang / Herbaliser / Hocus Pocus. 8pm
NEON NEON
AUSTRALIAN TOUR & CHARITY AUCTION
Neon Neon are on tour in Australia as part of the Parklife Festival now. They're off to Brazil later in the month for the Tim festival:
27 September - Parklife - Adelaide
28 September - Parklife - Melbourne
29 September - Parklife - Perth
4 October - Parklife - Brisbane
5 October - Parklife - Sydney
23 October - Tim - Ibirapuera Park - Sao Paulo
25 October - Tim- Marina da Gloria - RDJ
Neon Neon have also been included in a charity auction as part of Under The Radar magazine's Protest themed issue. CLICK HERE fore more info. We particularly like Jamie Lidell's offering and you can find an early track by him on the Lexoleum compilation.
NEON NEON
NATIONWIDE MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE
Neon Neon were nominated for the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize alongside 11 other strong contenders including Radiohead & Burial, however, the prize ended up going to a band called Elbow (whatevz). If you're in the UK, you can watch the whole show on BBC iPlayer - online until Friday.
CHECK NEON NEON'S BLOG TO SEE HAR MAR SUPERSTAR'S VIDEO
Kid Acne's just got back from a Graffiti tour of Brazil and now he's off on a national-lampoons style musical european vacation:
Oct 2nd - Le Romandie - Lausanne, CH
Oct 3rd - The Palace - St Gallen, CH
Oct 4th - Puschkin Club - Dresden
Oct 6th - Fluc - Vienna
Oct 8th - Hafenklang Club - Hamburg
Oct 9th - Festival Electricity - Reims
Oct 10th - La Marquise - Lyon
Oct 11th - L'Aeronef - Lille
Oct 12th - La Maroquinerie - Paris
Ackkers brilliant debut album on Lex, Romance Aint Dead, is getting a full international release at the end of this month. For more info on his painting and music check KID ACNE'S WEBSITE.
Resident Advisor website's latest podcast is an hour long selection of the finest in Italo Disco, Electro, Techno and more, mixed by Heartbreak and ready to download HERE.
URB magazine are running some kind of competition and Heartbreak are in it... the main thing is you can hear a new track called 'Robots Got The Feeling' from their forthcoming album Lies out later this month. check it and vote for them HERE
You can read more about the band and the return of disco in this feature from The Guardian. Also check out Soul Transplant - The Times newspaper's Track of the Day.
NEON NEON UK TOUR / BESTIVAL
Neon Neon are playing a few select live dates in the UK including a headline slot, the last live gig at Bestival on the Isle of White - midnight on BBC Introducing stage, Sunday 7th September. This Autumn, they'll be touring:
October 28 - Bristol Trinity Church
October 29 - London Koko
October 30 - Brighton Digital
November 1 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club
November 2 - Cardiff Millennium (SOLD OUT)
November 4 - Dublin Tripod
November 5 - Belfast Stiff Kitten
November 6 - Glasgow Oran Mor
November 7 - Gateshead Sage 2
November 9 - Manchester Ruby Lounge
November 10 - Birmingham Glee Club
Some dates are almost sold out so CLICK HERE to check availability and book tickets...
HEARTBREAK
LIVE IN LONDON
Heartbreak have just played a bunch of live dates around London including Smash & Grab and Bloggers Delight and alongside Alexander Robotnick at Hunted - Corsica Studios, London's focal point for Hague-related electro and italo. They'll be flying over to the USA for a bunch of live dates this fall. Check Heartbreak's MySpace page for music & live info. Find out more about the band on their Lex Artist page HERE.
"The future of dance music" - i-D Magazine
"'We're Back' is an amazingly fun disco anthem, the kind that even an avowed disco hater like me could dance to... What's not to love?" - The Guardian
KID ACNE
BRAZILIAN GRAFITTI TOUR
Next month, 5 artists from around the world converge on the beautiful landscape of Brazil to collaborate on murals, exhibitions and a wide variety of art projects from Rio to Sao Paulo.
Descending from France, England, New York, Los Angeles and Sao Paulo these artists are bringing their distinct styles together in a series of collaborative murals and exhibitions for the first time ever. Famous in their own right, each person brings a style and flavor of their own, never before seen south of the US border.
Lex's Kid Acne will be representing England - click HERE for more info.
Neon Neon have been nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize. Read all about it online HERE. To celebrate, the ban performed a free live show at London's finest independent record store, Rough Trade East, just off Brick Lane. towards the end, Har Mar Superstar was joined on stage by a member of the Mighty Boosh for a dance-off. More info HERE
NEW NEON NEON VIDEO 'I TOLD HER ON ALDERAAN' & TRICK FOR TREAT (featuring Har Mar Superstar)
The new double single I Told Her on Alderaan / Trick For Treat is out now. Click the iTunes logo below to download the single or view the Neon Video channel at YouTube...
SUBTLE LIVE IN LONDON
Subtle are playing a mini-EU tour including two dates in the UK. The first is on Monday 21st July at Cargo, London in association with music website Drowned in Sound who have been long-time supporters of the band.
The followin night Subtle go to Bristol to play The Croft - 22nd July.
Just to recap, London-based electronic disco duo Heartbreak are Argentine singer Sebastian Muravchix and producer Ali Renault. Fusing the finer qualities of electro, Italo-disco and dark metal, Heartbreak's powerful synth-pop has been described by Vice magazine as "how the '80s would sound today if the '90s hadn't got in the way".
They're featured in this weeks NME magazine and their first single entitled We're Back is out next month as MP3 download and limited edition vinyl. Both formats include a remix by Romantix (aka. Swedish electro producer Luke Eargoggle).
Lex Records big summer party went off a treat in London on July 6th. Neon Neon arrived in their Delorean car with Har Mar Superstar to play their first non-festival show in ages. Khujo Goodie and Jneiro Jarel debuted their new hip hop group Willie Isz (check the leaked MP3 below) and Heartbreak, the latest addition to the Lex Records roster, left the crowd in a state of metalo ecstasy.
Neon Neon's amazing live visuals (created by Jeremiah Shuff) are now on YouTube here:
Heartbreak's debut single We're Back will be released on 4th August.
Neon Neon's next single I Told Her On Alderaan is out on 15th August. New video coming soon!
HEARTBREAK AND DREW BROWN FEATURED ON BOWIE COVERS ALBUM
The two latest signings to Lex Records are featured on a new compilation from K7 entitled Life Beyond Mars - a collection of David Bowie covers. Heartbreak have turned Loving the Alien into a mysterious and spacey retro pop voyage, while Drew Brown has mellowed out Sweet Thing into a super-lush taster of his forthcoming record...
Download the album here:
NEON NEON AT GLASTONBURY
Neon Neon played the stage at Glastonbury on Saturday 28th June, one of the only times the sun came out all weekend. Check some rather unusual rapping styles from Har Mar Superstar on Trick For Treat in the video link below (at 2 minutes in) and also a mini interview backstage for the NME.
This summer almost every Lex artist is in Europe playing festivals and gigs in most countries. Subtle, Shape of Broad Minds, Neon Neon, Kid Acne, Heartbreak, Willie Isz, are all on the road so make sure to catch them in a venue or field near you soon.
Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip were playing live on BBC2s The Culture Show on Wednesday, but don't worry if you missed it. If you're in the UK you can catch the repeat this Friday night at 11:30pm including an additional performance of their forthcoming single 'I Told Her On Alderaan'. You can also help crash the internet by watching it on BBCs iPlayer (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer)
SUBTLE 'EXITING ARM' OUT NOW
The new Subtle album ExitingARM is out now worldwide. It's an amazing conclusion to their trilogy of albums and has been getting great reviews worldwide... even some in Japanese that our distributors assures us are excellent.
The band have just completed another very successful US tour and are gearing up to hit Europe in July. Stay tuned for more info and get your copy of the album today from all good shops including these online retailers:
Jneiro Jarel's Shape of Broad Minds are back with a new single featuring a guest appearance from Khujo (godfather of the Dirty South scene and Cee-Lo's band mate in Goodie Mob).
The CD format includes 2 remixes, DJ friendly vinyl 12" includes remix, acappellas and instrumentals.
Both formats limited to 1000 copies wordwide... pre-order your copy online HERE. 'OPR8R' in shops worldwide June 2nd.
WILLIE ISZ 'GEORGIAVANIA' MP3
Excellent Hip Hop Blog Cocaine Blunts have posted a leaked track from the forthcoming Khujo Goodie & Jneiro Jarel album out this Autumn. Click HERE. Meanwhile you can pre-order the new Shape of Broad Minds single feat Khujo.
JNEIRO JAREL - QUES POSTER
Illustrator Ques has created a poster of the stars of underground hip hop, featuring the likes of Madlib, John Robinson, RZA, Flying Lotus, J Dilla and Lex artists MF DOOM and Jneiro Jarel.
Previously only available in Japan, You can now buy this direct from Turntable Lab.
SUBTLE NEW ALBUM & WEBSITE
'ExitingARM'
As you may know the new Subtle studio album titled ExitingARM and is now recorded and due for release worldwide mid-May. It's the final part of a trilogy of records that started out with A New White (2004), working towards For Hero : For Fool (2006), with missing links filled in by Wishingbone and Yell&Ice. The band are on tour from early May to bring this new work into the third dimension... Check their MySpace page for full tour dates.
Meanwhile frontman Dose One has been breaking down the 2-Deez, creating a multi-layered website dedicated to the world and words behind ExitingARM. It's a constantly evolving landscape with new and bizarre scenes being added every week until the album's release. You really must check this out... WWW.EXITINGARM.COM
SHAPE OF BROAD MINDS
APRIL EUROPEAN TOUR
Jneiro Jarel's group Shape
of Broad Minds are on tour in Europe, playing gigs in
France, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, Italy and around the UK. They're
supporting Roots Manuva in London on Saturday
April 12th at Kokos and a solo show at The Luminaire
on 19th with hip hop support from fellow Lex artist Kid Acne. Jneiro Jarel has also been working with Khujo Goodie of Dungeon Family and their first track together will be released in May.
Vote for JJ's remix of Radiohead's
track Nude. Click the player above to
listen and vote. Click HERE
for the HTML to add this widget to add to your website / MySpace.
NEON NEON NEW ALBUM!
4/5 Uncut 4/5 URB 4/5 Q Magazine 5/5 Metro
"Like playing Grand Theft Auto on Ecstasy" Vice Magazine 8/10
"A brilliant electro-pop concept album" Dazed & Confused magazine
"Damn near perfect... Early contender for album of the year" Record Collector
"Utterly Unique...The stuff of dreams" Clash magazine
"One of the most brilliantly demented electro-pop albums you’ll hear this year...
"The best side-project since Gorillaz" ... "Miss it at your peril" NME 8/10
"Neon Neon were bound to get compared to Gorillaz. Stainless Style is more consistent as an album... The potential hits, hit equally hard." Pitchfork
The new video for Neon Neon's next single I Lust U is up now on YouTube
Director Klaus Thymann filmed the band in LA with singer Cate Le Bon who duets on the track, cameo appearances from Brother Reade and a jellyfish in the starring role. I Lust U is out on 7" picture disc and MP3 - March 24th.
In the UK check the MTV website where you can see the video at a much higher resolution, otherwise click HERE to check it out...
NEW SUBTLE ALBUM - 'ExitingARM'
The new Subtle album ExitingARM is complete and due for release worlwide mid-May!
It's the last in a trilogy of Subtle albums, that started with A New White in 2004. Part two in the series, For Hero : For Fool was listed by Metacritic as one of the most critically acclaimed releases of 2006.
ExitingARM is slab of dense beautiful antipop. you can download the track Unlikely Rock Shock taken from the album at PITCHFORK for a limited time.
The band tour North America in May and June. European dates are likely to be in the summer.
Neon Neon are headlining Adventures In the Beetroot Field Easter spectacular at London's Fabric on March 20th. It's an amazing line-up including the unmissable Heartbreak, Chrome Hoof and Lex DJs! Click here for TICKETS.
KID ACNE - INSIDE OUT ON BBC 1
Kid Acne has been busy flying all over the place doing live shows and graffing up the unsuspecting walls of Europe.
BBC TV have been following him around in Barcelona, checking out some painting and a recent gig - The show is called Inside Out showing on BBC1 in Yorkshire - February 22nd at 7:30 pm.
You can also check it out online after the 22nd using the BBC's iPlayer website.
NEON NEON - BBC RADIO 1 SESSION
Neon Neon were in session with Rob Da Bank on BBC Radio 1 on Monday. This was recorded at BBC's Maida Vale Studios where Gruff & Bip played ultra Lo-fi Casio versions of 2 tracks from their forthcoming album and a cover of a song by Welsh band Young Marble Giants... that morphs into an even more stripped down version of T2's bassline breakthrough Heartbroken.
For everyone outside the UK you can listen to the show streamed from the Radio 1 website where it will be available online for several weeks. CLICK HERE. Video footage is on their MySpace Page.
NEON NEON - COVER OF BPM MAGAZINE
Neon Neon are featured on the front cover of this month's BPM magazine in the US.
Vocalist Gruff Rhys and beat-maker Bryan Hollon, aka. Boom Bip go into detail about the album, how it came about, the studio process and even some of the alternative names for the group.
If you're not in the USA, you can download the magazine from their website HERE.
The debut Neon Neon album Stainless Style will be released on March 17th in the UK and March 18th Worldwide.
Kid Acne kick-starts 2008's busy live schedule with a headline slot at London's heavyweight nightspot Fabric, Friday 11th January.
Spain will then have to watch out next as he's jetting over to Barcelona for a gig on January 17th.
From February 11th, he's touring with The Long Blondes, 10 dates around the UK. Check his MySpace for details. There's also more info at our LIVE page and at his website. Don't miss out, Kid Acne's live show is proper party action!
JNEIRO JAREL - URB INTERVIEW
Check out the new issue of Urb Magazine for a mini-interview with Shape of Broad Minds front-man / producer Jneiro Jarel in which he selects his favourite rapper alter-egos.
The latest single from Sheffield's chattiest bastard rapper is out now. 'Eddy Fresh' is a straight-up hip hop banger that happens to also be very funny too.
Electronic music pioneers Sean Booth and Rob Brown aka Autechre have remixed the track as Gescom, giving heavier electronic beats, cut up vocals and a string section haunting the edge of your speakers.
7" and 12" include the instrumental version of the Gescom Remix. LTD edition out now!
DJ friendly
iPod friendly
ltd 12" vinyl
NEON NEON - INFLUENCES MIX
DOWNLOAD AT PITCHFORK
Boom Bip (one half of Neon Neon with Gruff Rhys) has put together the first Neon Neon Influences mixtape.
Bip tells us it's not intended as an exercise in rare record digging, just a selection of tracks that they love and inspired their album, including Prince, Goblin, Kraftwerk and some Neon Neon previews / fun album outtakes.
Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip's new single is available now worldwide as a digital download. It's a turbo-charged, italo-influenced synth-pop track dedicated to sex bomb Raquel Welch (who allegedly dated John Delorean - to whose colourful life, their debut album is dedicated).
This is their second limited edition picture disc, and the first time Trick for Treat has been available to download, including Hot Chip's remix. Click the links below to check it out...
DJ friendly
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ltd 12" vinyl
SHAPE OF BROAD MINDS
BBC RADIO 1 INTERVIEW
Jneiro Jarel was interviewed on Gilles Peterson's BBC Radio 1 Worldwide show in the UK. Check it online to hear plenty of exclusive tracks including a preview of his forthcoming project with Khujo Goodie from Dungeon Family, due for release next year.
Dose One from Subtle has been interviewed for Pitchfork where he talks about the band's upcoming mini-album of collaborations with members of TV on the Radio, Notwist, Wolf Parade and cLOUDDEAD, his own future solo projects, Dax's progress and of course a surreal poetic explanation of his musical world that he's been developing throughout a trilogy of Subtle albums.
Following the success of their first show, Lex Records designer EHQUESTIONMARK with W.S-S.K (WETSHAME) / KUILDOOSH are re-exhibiting their now expanded site-specific installation of artefacts entitled 'P-Origins of Pommery II'.
This ever-expanding collection of works is a unique re-vision of history / aesthetics from 20th Century England:
"I entered an intergalactic woodworm-hole. An insight into how England coped with the introduction of LSD into the water supply of 1927 - 16 years before invention. Hand-made but nothing sprayed, a damp wooden-crated collection from a never-made Jules Verne film - the story of four adventurers travelling from Lands End to John O'Groats by steam powered bakelite rope bridge. A triumph of modern social surrealism at its most exquisite, delivered with a hot water bottle full of strong cider in a mahogany shopping trolley."
FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER 2007, Bristol (UK). THE CHURCH OF ST. THOMAS THE MARTYR - Thomas Lane (between St. Thomas St & Redcliff St), BS1 6JG, BRISTOL, UK - click HERE for directions.
SUBTLE - YELL&ICE MINI ALBUM
Subtle have found time in between their eternally hectic tour schedule to record a 9 track mini-album entitled Yell&Ice. It's a companion to their critically acclaimed long player For Hero : For Fool and sequel to their collaboration / remixes project Wishingbone.
Yell&Ice features collaborations with members of TV On The Radio, The Notwist, Wolf Parade and a one-off cLOUDDEAD reunion! Grab it now...
Download from iTunes
DJ friendly 320kbps MP3s
KID ACNE - ROMANCE AIN'T DEAD
ALBUM OUT NOW IN THE UK
Kid Acne's debut album is out now in the UK on Lex and it's a short, sharp shock to the lug-holes from a punch-drunk MC messed up on spray-paint fumes.
This 11 tracker is laced with influences from punk, various eras of hip hop history, OI! and old school rave courtesy of Req and pumped up by Ross Orton (the man responsible for M.I.A.'s hit single, Galang).
According to Q MAGAZINE, Romance Ain't Dead is "Packed with abrasive beats and hilarious quick-fire rhymes" Why can't all hip hop from the UK be this good?
"Yorkshire's finest rapper brings the noise."4/5 Observer Music Monthly
"Bangers and Beano" 4/5 DJ mag
320kbps MP3s
ipod friendly
Buy CD / LP
DAN LE SAC vs SCROOBIUS PIP
THE BEAT THAT MY HEATS SKIPPED
NEW SINGLE OUT NOW!
The Beat That My Heart Skipped is the new single from producer Dan Le Sac and rap-poet Scroobius Pip. Their globally loved debut single Thou Shalt Always Killwas just the beginning and their latest record is another banger. It's out today in the UK on CD (including the video), 7" vinyl and digital download (all formats include the remix by drum machine maestro Jel of Subtlefame).
After a break working on new music and solo material, 
Mary Anne Hobbs has been a fan of Jneiro Jarel for ages, playing tracks from all his albums on various stations over the years. You can stream her 'experimental music' show on BBC Radio One where she played a half-hour mix by JJ. 
The September / October issue of XLR8R has an interesting feature about Jneiro Jarel (Willie Isz, Shape of Broad Minds, Dr Who Dat?) 
While everyone is making a bit song and dance about Notorius, the film about the late Biggie Smalls, not everyone seems to know that Sunday 15th February was the anniversary of the death of NYC rap genius 
Subtle are back on the road for an autumn tour playing dates around the US, some old haunts and some new venues. Click 
After supporting The Presets on tour in the US, Heartbreak have just played with the band in Scotland at the Classic Grand in Glasgow and liquid Rooms in Edinburgh. Look out for remixes from both bands next year and maybe an Australian tour... 
Kid Acne's just got back from a Graffiti tour of Brazil and now he's off on a national-lampoons style musical european vacation:
Subtle are playing a mini-EU tour including two dates in the UK. The first is on Monday 21st July at Cargo, London in association with music website 
The two latest signings to Lex Records are featured on a new compilation from K7 entitled 
This summer almost every Lex artist is in Europe playing festivals and gigs in most countries. Subtle, Shape of Broad Minds, Neon Neon, Kid Acne, Heartbreak, Willie Isz, are all on the road so make sure to catch them in a venue or field near you soon. 
Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip were playing live on BBC2s The Culture Show on Wednesday, but don't worry if you missed it. If you're in the UK you can catch the repeat this Friday night at 11:30pm including an additional performance of their forthcoming single 'I Told Her On Alderaan'. You can also help crash the internet by watching it on BBCs iPlayer (
The new Subtle album ExitingARM is out now worldwide. It's an amazing conclusion to their trilogy of albums and has been getting great reviews worldwide... even some in Japanese that our distributors assures us are excellent.
Excellent Hip Hop Blog Cocaine Blunts have posted a leaked track from the forthcoming Khujo Goodie & Jneiro Jarel album out this Autumn. Click HERE. Meanwhile you can pre-order the new Shape of Broad Minds single feat Khujo.
The new video for Neon Neon's next single I Lust U is up now on YouTube
The new Subtle album ExitingARM is complete and due for release worlwide mid-May!
Neon Neon are headlining Adventures In the Beetroot Field Easter spectacular at London's Fabric on March 20th. It's an amazing line-up including the unmissable Heartbreak, Chrome Hoof and Lex DJs! Click here for TICKETS.
Neon Neon were in session with Rob Da Bank on BBC Radio 1 on Monday. This was recorded at BBC's Maida Vale Studios where Gruff & Bip played ultra Lo-fi Casio versions of 2 tracks from their forthcoming album and a cover of a song by Welsh band Young Marble Giants... that morphs into an even more stripped down version of T2's bassline breakthrough Heartbroken.
For everyone outside the UK you can listen to the show streamed from the Radio 1 website where it will be available online for several weeks. CLICK HERE. Video footage is on their MySpace Page.
Jneiro Jarel was interviewed on Gilles Peterson's BBC Radio 1 Worldwide show in the UK. Check it online to hear plenty of exclusive tracks including a preview of his forthcoming project with Khujo Goodie from Dungeon Family, due for release next year.
Dose One from Subtle has been interviewed for Pitchfork where he talks about the band's upcoming mini-album of collaborations with members of TV on the Radio, Notwist, Wolf Parade and cLOUDDEAD, his own future solo projects, Dax's progress and of course a surreal poetic explanation of his musical world that he's been developing throughout a trilogy of Subtle albums. 
Following the success of their first show, Lex Records designer EHQUESTIONMARK with 
