Winkle Time!!...

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We at EWR are immensely proud to announce the release of the latest EWR release, namely Winkle Time by Acolytes Action Squad. We’d heard sneaky whispers and rumours about this album over the past few years. Did it really exist? Well, here is the proof. Over 5 years in the making, the album is finally with us! This release is a co-production with Terraas Recordings

Ac.Ac.Sq are The Essence and Ditchus, currently resident in Sheffield, UK. They create a sound that is full of broken balladry, primitive song-craft, noise-music and intensely beautiful sound poetry. This stuff is really difficult to describe, but probably best put in the words of Alex Neilson who kindly wrote the press-release:

“It recalls the meticulously deconstructed miniatures of astral arbiters such as Alastair Galbraith or Peter Jefferies. In fact, on Winkle Time, a whole spectrum of avant traditions are reconstituted and pished out again. This disk don’t really sound like anything ever to have been sired in the City of Steel….amen to that!”

This release is limited to 350 copies, with 2-colour hand-printed sleeves, and a full-colour insert.

Just so you know, both have been otherwise known as part of the Hot Snack art-rock group. The Essence is also a member of the Broken Blackbird Ensemble, and Ditchus has recently contributed vocals to one of the new Big Eyes Family Players albums. For more info and to sneak a listen, click here.

NAKED FIGHTING MAGAZINE #2

Yes, issue #2 is now out. This is an annual publication with the primary aim of asking music-making people to submit their non-musical art. Last years issue featured contributions from Silver Jews, James Yorkston, Micah P Hinson and EWR’s James Green, as well as many others. The latest issue features about 20 artists including Circulus, Charlie Parr, Adrian Crowley, Viking Moses, and again James Green. James’s contributions are a mix of etchings and written text. See www.myspace.com/naked_fighting for more information.

JOHN BARLEYCORN REBORN & WOVEN WHEAT WHISPERS

David A Jaycock and The Big Eyes Family Players are both to featuring on a compilation entitled ‘John Barleycorn Reborn’. It is a massive 2CD and download tome dedicated to all things UK folk-related and a little weird. Other artists featured include The Owl Service, Pumajaw, Sharron Kraus and The A Lords. Check it out at: www.john-barleycorn-reborn.com

Also, all of the EWR catalogue is now available to download from a website called Woven Wheat Whispers. It is brought to you by the same people as the above compilation. It is a totally legal download site for all things good and folk-related, where you can download albums for a reasonable sum. Check it out if you are so inclined at: www.wovenwheatwhispers.co.uk

PAUL SMITH T-SHIRTS

Perhaps better known for their designer clothing, the people at Paul Smith are promoting the James Green and Big Eyes Family Players releases in Japan. They have produced a range of t-shirts based on the ‘Tempers/Do The Musiking’ album sleeves, and are playing the albums in their Japanese stores.

Follow this link if your Japanese is any good.

We may have a few t-shirts that we can sell via the EWR site. We’ll let you know.

ROBOTS AND ELECTRONIC BRAINS ZINE/CD

The latest issue of 'Robots and Electronic Brains' is now out (no.17), and it comes with a CD featuring music from Early Winter, as well as Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation, Point Bird Records, High Quality Recordings and Hairy Parents. The EWR contributions come from all four of the current EWR releases.

See www.robotsandelectronicbrains.co.uk/order.html#17 for more info on how to order etc. The zine costs only £1.50 and is a very good read indeed, tons of reviews and an interview with Chuck D too!

CURRENT EWR RELEASES

The story so far is as follows:

EWR1 - James Green - Tempers CD mini-album

EWR2 - The Broken Blackbird Ensemble - Gadzooks! CD album

EWR3 - James William Hindle - Joshong CD mini-album

EWR4 - David A Jaycock - The Improvised Killing of Uncle Faustus and Other Mythologies CD mini-album

EWR5 – Acolytes Action Squad – Winkle Time CD album

You can order them directly from us via Paypal/personal cheque, or buy from several mail-order/retail outlets in the UK... Jumbo / Norman Records in Leeds, Piccadilly Records in Manchester, Forever Changes / Jacks / Rare and Racy / Record Collector in Sheffield and Rough Trade in London.

To order from our website, see the How To Order page

RELATED RELEASES

The Big Eyes Family Players

James’ group collaborative project ‘The Big Eyes Family Players’ album ‘Do the Musiking’ is now out on Pickled Egg Records.

The album has been three years in the making and features contributions from James Yorkston, Jeremy Barnes (A Hawk and a Hacksaw), Rachel Grimes (Rachel’s), James William Hindle, Suzy Mangion (George) as well as many others. It is available from the Pickled Egg Records website and also via all good record shops. The 29-track album is an orchestral skip through klezmer, drone, balladry, folk and modern composition and comes in a lovely cd-digipack.

The Yorkston collaboration, called 'Sunday Jacket' was also released as the flipside to a recent James Yorkston single ' Woozy With Cider' on Domino Records. See www.dominorecordco.com for more info

Check www.big-eyes.co.uk or www.myspace.com/bigeyesmusic for more info about Big Eyes / The Big Eyes Family Players

Singing Knives Compilation

The ever-busy Singing Knives promoters/record label have released a compilation entitled ‘Singing At The Moon’. It features 15 tracks by various acts they have come across and promoted over the past few years. Artists include Nalle, The One Ensemble of Daniel Padden, Mick Flower, Directing Hand, Ben Reynolds, Peril Hill, James Green, The Big Eyes Family Players and many others. It comes in a lovely cd digipack (with artwork from Nick Mott from Volcano The Bear) and costs £6, either from their website or Volcanic Tongue. See the following link for more info: www.singingknivesrecords.co.uk/singmoon.html

LIVE DATES

James Green is taking the Big Eyes Family Players on tour in the UK in November 2007. See www.big-eyes.co.uk/ for more information.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

You may have already noticed, but we now have a different address. The P O Box is no more, and we have a new home, listed on the How To Order page.