THISISNOTANEXIT MANIFESTO ONE

Finally the moment is upon us. After what feels like forever the first Thisisnotanexit Records label compilation today finally hits record stores across the world. Here at Thisisnotanexit HQ we feel a huge sense of pride that Thisisnotanexit has somehow made it to this point - the point where we feel like we have the right to collect some of our favourite tracks on a 2 x cd set and put it out there. Hopefully you'll all enjoy it - especially as it features a whole load of new exclusive music you can't get anywhere else apart from on this compilation.

Chapter One (Unmixed):

1. Detachments – Messages

2. Brain Machine – Pulsations

3. Professor Genius – A Jean Giraud 5

4. Panda City Band – Wet Journey

5. Naum Gabo – Like Crystalline

6. Spectral Empire – Lift Shaft

7. Pink Stallone – Vlad

8. Night Plane – Let The Right One In

9. Hatchback – Jetlag

10. Moscow – Boson

11. Young Monday – Zaire

12. Weird Tapes – The Walking Dead

13. The Dark Esquire – What You Need

14. Parallels – Ultralight

15. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them – Rabbit Seal Monkey

Chapter Two (Mixed by

Simon A. Carr):

1. Spectral Empire – Innerfearence (Chateau Flight Remix)

2. Hatchback – White Diamond (Prins Thomas Miks Del 1 & 2)

3. Brain Machine – Heaven 8

4. Detachments – Fear No Fear

5. Naum Gabo – Pictur (Joakim Remix)

6. Club Silencio – Turpe Traxx (Sankt Goran Remix)

7. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them – Moon Song (Serge Santiago Totally Different Mix)

8. Detachments – Circles (King Of Town Remix)

9. Parallels – Midnight Voices

10. Professor Genius – A Jean Giraud 1 (Brennan Green Version)

11. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them – Moon Song (The Gospel According To Mung 2012 Live At The Hacienda Version)

Get it from these record stores:

http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/384079-01.htm

http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/61798

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/VariousArtists-ThisisnotanexitManifesto1-Thisisnotanexit-67959.html

http://thisisnotanexitrecords.bigcartel.com/product/thisisnotanexit-manifesto-one-2xcd

If you are on Facebook you can also become a fan of the label here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/THISISNOTANEXIT-RECORDS/333485883514?ref=nf

Stay tuned as we'll be releasing Thisisnotanexit Manifesto #2 in Autumn 2010. This is just the beginning.

Section 25: Larry Cassidy RIP

I learned with great sadness that Larry Cassidy from one of my favourite ever bands Section 25 unfortunately passed away on Saturday. For some reason they never received the same press attention as some of the other Factory bands - which is a crying shame as they hold some incredible music within their catalogue.

Here's one of my favourite Section 25 tracks from their amazing debut album Always Now: 'Dirty Disco'.

https://www.yousendit.com/download/RmNBZHlnYTIwZ252Wmc9PQ

For those uninitiated in the world of Section 25 go and buy some of the reissued LTM cd's. They'll change your life.

“Powerfull, mesmerising and expressive. Perhaps the most maverick and enigmatic of the bands that were part of the now legendary Factory Records roster. Section 25 were formed in Poulton-le Fylde, Lancashire in 1977 by brothers Larry and Vin Cassidy. Their classic Northern Sound defines punk and electro in one. Having worked with Ian Curtis, Martin Hannet and Bernard Sumner on four Factory Albums they now continue to record for LTM. They pre-dated ambient, chillout and massive beats by a decade. Their explorations of hypnotic basslines, thrusting motorik drums and rusty colliding slabs of melody and feedback produce a truly unique and zen like sound”.

http://www.section25.com/merchandise/

RIP Larry.

THE SITUATION IS STILL REAL

For those of you with kids. Or are just messy eaters. Get this bib that shows how much you love The Dark Esquire's SITUATION single.

Zak B loves the SITUATION so much he remixed it into a bass wobbling dancefloor anthem. Not sure if he's got a bib but he's sure got some skills.

***EXCLUSIVE*** The Dark Esquire - Situation (Zak B. Remix)

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=RmNDYnV5Z2dubHp2Wmc9PQ

It reminds me of New Orders CONFUSION and I think Arthur Baker in New York in 1986 would have played this to Bernard and said "Bernie - the situation is real".

Last few 12" copies are available from here:

http://thisisnotanexitrecords.bigcartel.com/

Danceteria 1-2-3!!

And for those that are LONDON based Detachments will be headlining The Legion this coming Thursday with support from Gyratory System and Hounds Of Hate. Here's the Facebook invite...

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=365080235129&ref=mf

This will be the last London gig before their H.A.L. tour in April so be sure to pop down.

A fire is coming

Off please. Thanks.

PARALLELS

This week the mighty Parallels release some of their synthetic italo disco hyper space machine music into the world.

Firstly, their debut single Ultralight has been retwisted and refocused and reversioned and remixed by three of Thisisnotanexit's finest: Detachments, The Dark Esquire and Club Silencio. Detachments take the track into a strange alien worldly warehouse rave soundtracked by a battle between Adonis and Martyn - techno vs. dubstep - No Way Back vs. Megadrive Generation - who will win. Totally dark and totally twisted. The Dark Esquire digs out his copy of The Human Leagues DARE and gives Martin Rushent a call.

"You know that track Don't You Want Me?"

PAUSE

"Well I've beaten it"

It's a future space disco 80s duet classic. Seriously. It makes me want to get my Soft Cell and Heaven 17 records out and shout "This ain't no fascist groove thing" out of the window.

Club Silencio gets on the fax to MK and goes all deep house vs. MK 1990 on Holly Dodson vocals. Deepness. As debuted on the last Diesel Show I did.

£2.99? Surely worth every penny.

http://www.junodownload.com/products/1512477-02.htm

If you are completely ruthless you can listen to Parallels debut album for free on Soundcloud right here:

http://soundcloud.com/parallels

And if you want to actually buy something of physical importance then you can copies of the Ultralight 12" are still available from the Thisisnotanexit webstore featuring 3x Parallels tracks including an early version of Ultralight that isn't on the album.

http://thisisnotanexitrecords.bigcartel.com/product/parallels-ultralight-12

Detachments: Are you a fan?

Are you a fan of Detachments? You should be. You can pledge your allegiance via the below link which will take you to the bands fan page.

And then once you're a fan you should also ask all your friends to become fans. And get them to tell their friends to become fans. And then you will simply have to ask how deep is the rabbit hole?

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Detachments/34847912156?ref=nf

In honour of all things Detachments they are playing at The Queen Of Hoxton on Thursday February 18th. We have a special cheap list so if you would like to attend for a cheap price then email us or leave a comment with your name.

You can also have a listen to their cover of New Order's The Perfect Kiss which they recorded for the Tony Wilson tribute album right here:

http://soundcloud.com/sonshine/the-perfect-kiss-detachments-ceremony-a-new-order-tribute

Lack of proper blogging recently which I apologise for. Coming up soon (I promise) will be posts on These New Puritans, Sudeten Creche, Minimal Wave and Moscow. Stay tuned.

BUSY TIMES: Thisisnotanexit Listening List

Busy times here at TINAE HQ so here's simply a list of music we've been listening to over the past week or so....

Crimea X - Untitled Album (unreleased cd-r)

Roll The Dice LP

Micron 63 - Untitled Album (unreleased cd-r)

Detachments album demos

Optimo Podcast #4

Xeno & Oaklander LP

The Minimal Wave Tapes Volume One LP

The Lines - Floodbank CD

Sudeten Creche - A Kiss From The Creche CD

The Durutti Column - A Paean To Wilson CD

Brassica - Venom Season

Night Plane Soul Clap

Night Plane - Soul Clap Podcast Jan 2010
All tracks by Night Plane
Mixed by harry

http://www.divshare.com/download/10344264-9bc

1. blue I feel (when I'm feeling down)
2. cava scura
3. the american friend
4. icebreaker
5. str8 2 ur heart
6. all the colors of the dark
7. let the right one in
8. back for more
9. fisherman
10. enemy lands

Let The Right One In features on Thisisnotanexit Manifesto 1 available here:

http://thisisnotanexitrecords.bigcartel.com/product/thisisnotanexit-manifesto-one-2xcd

NIght Plane's Chinese Shadows 12" is available here:

http://thisisnotanexitrecords.bigcartel.com/product/night-plane-chinese-shadows-12

The Dark Esquire - Situation Day 5 giveaway

And so it comes to the end of the week. Today we have the final Dark Esquire mp3 to giveway to you lucky souls. Today is the Semi-functional Remix of Situation. We gave you a Soundcloud link a few weeks ago but now you can have the mp3 to listen to at your leisure.

Breaking beats.

***WARNING***

This could cause mass outbreaks of disco-dancing. Danceteria and Arthur Baker strokes chin as the kids get on the floor.

CONFUSION

CONFUSION

CONFUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuSION

THE DARK ESQUIRE - SITUATION (SEMI-FUNCTIONAL REMIX)

http://www.myspace.com/thedarkesquire

The Dark Esquire - Situation Day 4 giveaway

And so it continues....

Today we present to you the Songs Against Space Mix of Situation taking you deep into the cosmos - the black obelisk - swirling dark matter as the stars collapse and the black hole sucks you under. Emerging from the vortex is a driving marching drumbeat. I'm not sure where we've ended up or what this means but sometimes the journey is more important than the destination.

Songs against space - we salute you.

THE DARK ESQUIRE - SITUATION (SONGS AGAINST SPACE MIX)

12" now available from:

PHONICA

JUNO

PICCADILLY

ROUGH TRADE

Choose your poison.

Buy the digital release from Beatport (these 4x tracks aren't on the 12" and include an alternative version of Situation as well as remixes from Night Plane and Liquid Vega):

BEATPORT

The Dark Esquire - Situation Day 3 giveaway

Day 3 of The Dark Esquire good stuff.

Slowed down slo-mo sludge at 33 - 8 vooooooiiiccceeeessssss

Check out the detuned guitars

Dark wave

THE DARK ESQUIRE - SITUATION (COSMIC VAN CLEEF MIX)

Now in stock at:

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/TheDarkEsquire-SituationInc.CrimeaXCFCFRemixes-Thisisnotanexit-67379.html

http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/61171

The Dark Esquire - Situation Day 2 giveaway

The situation is real....

As mentioned yesterday we're giving away a Dark Esquire track every day this week to celebrate the fact that his debut single SITUATION is out this week.

So, today we have the Invisible Hammer Remix of Situation.

Beats and pieces. Downtempo drums. Melancholic keyboards and guitar lines. Wandering souls. Skyward glances. Overcoats and grey skies. DJ Shadow casting a cursory nod from across the street.

Funny how people have been remixing this and making it darker. More moody. More melancholic.

320kps for maximum listening pleasure. Up for 7 days / 100 downloads.

THE DARK ESQUIRE = SITUATION (INVISIBLE HAMMER REMIX)

Tomorrow, another Dark Esquire mp3. Stay tuned.

Buy the 12" here:

http://thisisnotanexitrecords.bigcartel.com/product/the-dark-esquire-situation-12

http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/61171

Download up on Beatport soon.....

The Dark Esquire - Situation Out Now

The Dark Esquire's debut single Situation hits record stores this week. Available on a limited edition 12" of which only 300 copies have been pressed - the sleeve has been lovingly screenprinted by One69a and also hand numbered by my own fair hands. The 12" contains the 12" mix of Situation as well as remixes by Crimea X and CFCF. We've had quite a few pre-orders on this 12" and if you order directly from us at Thisisnotanexit via our webstore (link below) we'll meail you out 320kps versions of the tracks that feature on the 12".

http://www.myspace.com/thedarkesquire

http://www.myspace.com/crimeax

http://www.myspace.com/cfcf

The download version of the single features the 7" version of Situation, Situation II and remixes from our own Night Plane and the wonderful Liquid Vega.

http://www.myspace.com/liquidvega

http://www.myspace.com/nightplane

As a special treat during this week we're going to give away a Dark Esquire track every single day. Today's special treat is the 7" version of Situation. Go get it:

https://download.yousendit.com/MVNjb241TlE4NVVLSkE9PQ

Watch the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHJQExp3mAM

And buy the 12" from here:

http://thisisnotanexitrecords.bigcartel.com/product/the-dark-esquire-situation-12

It should also be in your local record stores from tomorrow...

Stay tuned to Beatport for the download version of the release which should be up later today...

BLACK MERLIN waits in the shadows.

He waits.

You see him in the corner of your eye. He's a bit like Frank from Donnie Darko. The plane engine crashes down. The mirror bleeds. The barrel reloads - click click - the drums pound. The sound reverses and spirals through your mind.

Black Merlin wonders why your fear is so clear to see. Do you have no strength of will. Do you simply accept what's given to you? Do you not think to question? The darkness overtakes you sometimes.

After the dark comes the light of the day.

BLACK MERLIN - THE LIGHT OF THE DAY

((2010))

The year of the black stuff.

BLACK MERLIN MYSPACE

Themes for great cities

Germany holds a special place in Thisisnotanexit's heart. The home of Motorik - the home of Bowie's Low - the home of Kraftwerk - the home of Shackleton - the home of DAF - the home of Tresor - the home of Themes For Great Cities.

The debut release on Themes For Great Cities is a vinyl only release featuring three different artists. No downloads. Just vinyl. Just the black stuff. 300 of them in beautiful printed sleeves. High concept art. The good stuff.

First up is Stabil Elite with a track named KRAUTKAMERAD. I have no idea what this means. All I know is its a sublime piece of motorik - driving driving driving kraut beats - with a new wave vocal. Swirling synths. 2nd half is the kill. Straight to the dancefloor for a lost in the moment eyes closed moment. Momentary bliss. 9:09 moments.

Second is Jantronix and CHEOPS. Acid disco. Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah. Check the licks. Sounding like Harvey's new release (but better) guitars and acid. It's a 2010 sound.

Third is Earl and SHAPESHIFTER. Beats falling over themselves but somehow staying in control. Embrace the dark - These New Puritans somehow stand and watch and learn.

Dusseldorf. A new sound. Get onto it.

01-stabil elite-krautkamerad-TFGC001-2009

02-jantronix-cheops-TFGC001-2009

03-EARL-shapeshifter-TFGC001-2009

http://themesforgreatcities.blogspot.com/

New Thisisnotanexit Webstore

We have a new Thisisnotanexit webstore as the old one was just a bit clunky and un-user friendly. It's now much sleeker thanks to our friends at Big Cartel with search functionality, a proper basket and checkout system plus rss feed for new products being added. We'll be updating this regularly with very limited and exclusive items so keep checking back.

We've also got The Dark Esquire Situation 12" and Thisisnotanexit Manifesto #1 2 x cd both up for order. They'll be in stock this week so order now to get them before the shops.

http://thisisnotanexitrecords.bigcartel.com/

Once Big Cartel add downloadability to their products we'll also have a Thisisnotanexit download store. Until then it's just vinyl and cds.

DETACHMENTS CARGO SET 16.1.10

Detachments Cargo 16.1.10 Setlist

1. I Don't Want To Play

2. Circles

3. H.A.L.

4. The Art of Viewing

5. Fear No Fear

6. The Flowers That Fell

Storming set.

Next gig: The Queen Of Hoxton 18th February

The Dark Esquire - Situation sleeves...

Detachments - Circles Remixes Part Three OUT NOW

This week we released a bunch of new DETACHMENTS CIRCLES remixes by SPECTRAL EMPIRE (my personal favourite - truly stunning), Roy Dank & Nick Chacona's new remix alias BEG TO DIFFER and finally a new mix by DSICO.

They're available exclusively from Beatport but you can preview them here on Soundcloud.

Detachments - Circles (Spectral Empire mix) by ThisisnotanexitRecords

Detachments - Circles (Beg to Differ Mix) by ThisisnotanexitRecords

Detachments - Circles (Dsico remix) by ThisisnotanexitRecords

BUY HERE:

BEATPORT

Detachments - The Flowers That Fell (Missile Crisis RMX)

Detachments - The Flowers That Fell (Missile Crisis RMX)  by  Missile Crisis

Eat Your Own Ears: Detachments @ Cargo Tonight (preview from The Guardian Guide)

The Eat Your Own Ears crew are nothing if not consistent. Since their inception, they've managed to hover enticingly between the underground and overground, offering a platform to all kinds of awe-inspiring music. It looks like there'll be no slacking from them in 2010 either, as one of their first events of the year already looks like it's going to be one of the most exciting. Showcasing two bands so hotly tipped it's a surprise that neither of them have spontaneously combusted, tonight Cargo would do well to line the stage in flame-retardant tape. First up are Detachments, who have been making sweet music with a dream production gang which includes James Ford, Trevor Jackson, Tim Goldsworthy and Andrew Weatherall. Then it's the turn of tipped London lo-fi electro trio Is Tropical, while DJ action from Stopmakingme will bind the whole thing together in order to make a near-perfect pop package.

Cargo, EC2, Sat

Leonie Cooper

***It's free entry tonight before 11pm with Detachments onstage at 10pm. See you there!***

The Dark Esquire Situation back of sleeve being printed

Ceremony - A New Order Tribute tracklist revealed

A Tribute To New Order Ceremony Track List revealed (featuring Detachments and The Dark Esquire):

DISC ONE

CEREMONY
Yes But No

DREAM ATTACK
Kites With Lights

BLUE MONDAY
Rabbit In The Moon

CRYSTAL
The Dark Romantics

SUB-CULTURE
Pocket (feat. Shaun Robinson & Tracy Shedd)

WORLD
Solo Gigolos U.K.

TURN
Lone Wolf feat. Geri X

MR. DISCO
Detachments

PARADISE
The Beauvilles

RUN
Christian Webb & Adam Knowles

THIEVES LIKE US
Sunbears!

60 MILES AN HOUR
GD Luxxe

LOVE VIGILANTES
Jimmy Oakes

ALL DAY LONG
John Ralston

TEMPTATION
The Dark Esquire

THE HIM
Johnny Parry

DISC TWO

AS IT IS WHEN IT WAS
The Bedford Incident

ROUND & ROUND
Sibling

PERFECT KISS
Detachments

YOUR SILENT FACE
Flight

THIS TIME OF NIGHT
Kingsbury

BLUE MONDAY
The Cloud Room

CEREMONY
The Sheaks

SUNRISE
History

CHOSEN TIME
Light Yourself On Fire

LEAVE ME ALONE
Allegra Gellar

EVERY LITTLE COUNTS
XOXO

BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE
Jimmy Oakes

REGRET
Win Win Winter

1963
The Milling Gowns

CEREMONY
Yes But No (Kites With Lights REMIX)

Available February 20th 2010

More info here:

http://newordertribute.com/

Parallels - Ultralight (The Dark Esquire Re-Version)

Parallels - Ultralight (The Dark Esquire Re-Version)  by  The Dark Esquire

Detachments LIVE at Cargo 16.1.10

Detachments are playing at Cargo on Saturday 16th January. Stage time TBC.

DJ sets afterwards from Stopmakingme and Alex Egan from Skull Juice.

Free entry before 11pm.

http://www.cargo-london.com/event/kaleidoscope-caravan-clubeatyourownears/

Break your new years resolutions.

The Dark Esquire - Situation (Semi-Functional Remix)

The Dark Esquire - Situation (Semi-Functional Remix)  by  Semi-Functional

Night Plane - Signs in the Sky

Intro: Let the Haters Hate

1. Norway Light Spiral

2. Kremlin Pyramid

3. Cava Scura

4. Blue I Feel (When I'm Feeling Down)

5. Don't Come Running

6. Here On Earth

As a special holiday gift, Night Plane brings you "Signs in the Sky," a 23-minute mix of new and unreleased original material - afro/beardo/deepo styles - in honor of two recent aerial mysteries. Within twenty-four hours of one another, two strange phenomena recently occurred in the night skies of the Northern Hemisphere. The first, a swirling abyss of blue light, shone above Oslo. The second, a hovering pyramid, thought to be much as one mile long, menaced the airspace over Moscow's Red Square. Numerous eyewitness and video testimonies for both events exist. The light spiral is confirmed to have occurred on Dec 9th, and some accounts place the Kremlin pyramid around the same time. Russia's Pravda news agency, however, did not report the pyramid until Dec 18th - possibly since the spiral was announced as the result of a failed Russian missile launch, the Russian authorities did not want the event of the still-unexplained pyramid to be associated with the Norwegian light display. Some conspiracy theorists read both spiral and pyramid as related in some way to Obama's Nobel Peace prize speech given on Dec 10th. Are the spiral and pyramid related? Is one or both of extraterrestrial origin? I mean, holy shit, that's a goddamn pyramid floating over the Kremlin. Enjoy.

Download here:

http://www.divshare.com/download/9926523-d62

SITUATION - the finished sleeve!

Email simon.thisisnotanexit@gmail.com to pre-order a copy.

Listen to the CFCF Remix here:

http://soundcloud.com/simonacarr/the-dark-esquire-situation-cfcf-remix

Last Christmas....

I don't particularly like Christmas songs. Call me grumpy if you like. I have though always had a soft spot for Wham's Last Christmas. God knows why. It has a centre of melancholy that isn't the stupid grinning banality of other pop Christmas songs though. I think I even own it on 7" [10p sticker on it from Oxfam upon further investigation]. Not sure the last time I played it but it's there if I ever fancy it.

Anyways when this landed in my inbox as a present from the wonderful Micron 63 [The Fall - Soft Cell - Fad Gadget - Nitzer Ebb influences - MY EARS AND HEART SAY YES - further reading: Death Is Colder Than Love 7" from earlier in 2009] I was quite overjoyed that they'd turned Last Christmas into a wonderful dark hearted piece of electronic synth-poppery complete with a synth line of their own choosing that is simply quite joyous. I dare you not to listen to it. And then put it straight back on again.

And how often can you say that these days?

Get it here. 100 downloads / 7 days / whichever comes first.

MICRON 63 - LAST CHRISTMAS

If the world was of my making rather than the strange creation it actually is this would be battling whatever abomination the X Factor has vomited forth this year. But instead it's Rage Against The Machine [which by the way please buy if you live in the UK - I don't care for Cheryl Cole and her "stop it - it's mean" whimpering - just do it and see if we can at least make a dent in the black hole of Butlins on ITV1 talent no-show]. Anyways for a minute there I lost myself.

Check Micron 63's myspace out and some of the demos from their forthcoming album.

They're onto something.

They may have sold something [S-O-U-L to the horned one] to get this music but it could be worth it.

www.myspace.com/micron63

Thisisnotanexit Manifesto 1

Thisisnotanexit Manifesto One Promo CDs READY for despatch.

Detachments I-DJ Review

Thisisnotanexit 2009 Mix by Simon A. Carr (74 minutes / 22 tracks )

1. Spectral Empire - Black Shark (TINAE 014)
2. Club Silencio - Objectif Venus (Fratelli Edit) (TINAE 022)
3. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - The Unstoppable Kite (Hatchback Mix) (TINAE 024)
4. Spectral Empire - Innerfearence (Chateau Flight Remix) (TINAE 014)
5. Spectral Empire - KM-50 (Spectral Assault Mix) (TINAE 014)
6. Night Plane - Chinese Shadows (TINAE 021)
7. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - Moon Song (The Gospel According To Mung 2012 Live At The Hacienda Version) (TINAE 012)
8. Detachments - The Far (TINAE 016)
9. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - Signals (Emperor Machine Dub Instrumental Mix) (TINAE 024)
10. Club Silencio - Felix (TINAE 022)
11. Naum Gabo - Pictur (The Loving Hand Remix Naum Gabo Edit 1) (TINAE 015)
12. Naum Gabo - Pictur (The Loving Hand Remix Naum Gabo Edit 2) (TINAE 015)
13. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - Moon Song (Serge Santiago Totally Different Mix) (TINAE 012)
14. Club Silencio - Turpe Traxx (Sankt Goran Remix) (TINAE 022)
15. They Came From The Stars I Saw Them - Rabbit Seal Monkey (Tronik Youth Remix) (TINAE 024)
16. Detachments - Circles (Martyn's Round & Round Mix) (TINAE 027)
17. Detachments - Circles (TINAE 023)
18. Detachments - Messages (TINAE 013)
19. Detachments - H.A.L. (TINAE 023)
20. Detachments - H.A.L. (Andrew Weatherall's Disco Dub) (TINAE 019)
21. Detachments - The Flowers That Fell (Parallels Remix) (TINAE 018)
22. Parallels - Ultralight (TINAE 017)

Download here:

http://www.divshare.com/download/9772332-9a1

The situation is real

The spectacle is real.

The situation is real.

12" screen print test number 1.

Out January 25th in hand numbered screen printed sleeves. 300 only.

Pre-order now for £6.99 (+p&p) and we'll send you high quality mp3s of the tracks that feature on the 12" two weeks before the release hits the shops.

Just email us: simon.thisisnotanexit@gmail.com

I always wondered what Salem looked like. Is this them? is that Heather?

Is this is a myth?

Or a riddle?

http://www.myspace.com/s4lem

In 2010 we may finally unleash the Detachments track featuring HEATHER from Salem on vocals called SANDS OF TIME. Maybe we'll put it on the Detachments album. Maybe we'll put it on a 7". Maybe we'll give it away.

It is nightmare / dream music - the sound of the black lodge and Agent Cooper wondering where his nice cup of Joe went and why Wyndham Earl is a shake shake shaking like Slim Harpo asked him to. The horror. The fear. The beauty.

Black Meteoric Star this week announce that the Gavin Russom piloted spaceship will head off in search of The Crystal Ark in 2010. Following the dual piloted Delia & Gavin project that skirted the surface of (THE DAYS OF) MARS and ably assisted by Carl Craig and DFA on remix command. Alongside that we visited the Black Leotard Front (whilst somehow losing HEY COACH) and Black Meteoric Star have kept things pulsing through 2009. Along with Gavin Russom going on solo missions to try and rescue Palms and Peter Dundov.

Now we plunge ever onwards with Viva Ruiz helming the microphone and a sense of palpable excitement as the matter collates and The Crystal Ark will appear in February 2010.

More reading and a Gavin Russom mix available here:

http://madelikeatree.com/Pages/bms.html

Portishead - Chase The Tear

Portishead - Chase The Tear from Mintonfilm on Vimeo.

Portishead channel the spirit of Can and Neu! into a krautrock influenced disco opus - fun fun fun on the autobahn motorik motorik motorik.

99 shiny 1p pieces and the future will be yours.

Or you can just repeat repeat repeat the video again

and

again

and

again

and

again

until your head falls off

Thisisnotanexit estimates this will happen around 4:12 when the guitar comes in.

Buy it here:

http://www.7digital.com/artists/portishead/chase-the-tear

Simon A. Carr Pure Groove DJ Set Part 2

Here's some additional music I played on Friday:

Section 25 - Looking From A Hilltop
Six Sed Red - Shake It Right
Dollskabeat - No Breaks No Sleep (Part I)
Can - Oh Yeah
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
Ministry - All Day (Remix)
Gang Of Four - At Home He's Tourist
Colder - Wrong Baby
Lou Reed - I'm Waiting For The Man
David Bowie - Sound And Vision

Simon A. Carr Pure Groove DJ Set

1. Roy Montgomery - London Is Swinging By It's Neck

2. Twin Peaks Theme

3. Spacemen 3 - Walkin' With Jesus

4. OMD - Almost

5. Tk & Tok - The Garden (4 track demo)

6. Palms - Boundary Waters (Gavin Russom Remix)

7. Fever Ray - Dry & Dusty

I then Djed with Thomas and got a bit tipsy. Here's some other stuff in no particular order that I remember playing:

Johnny Thunders & Patti Paladin - Crawfish

Talking Heads - Naive Melody

Naum Gabo - Pictur (The Loving Hand Remix Naum Gabo Edit #1)

Parallels - Ultralight

The Dark Esquire - Situation

Detachments - Circles (Martyn's Round & Round Mix)

Liquid Liquid - Optimo

Grauzone - Eisbaer

Micron 63 - Death Is Colder Than Love (Factory Floor Remix)

The Creepers - Baby's On Fire

Detachments - The Flowers That Fell (Parallels Remix) Video