THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE - 'CHAPTER ONE: A LONG WAY FROM HOME'

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• ERATP006CD - CD

  689492072421

• ERATP006EP - LP

  689492072414

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as the band of which he was a founding member, yourcodenameis:milo, go into indefinite hiatus, producer/songwriter justin lockey returns with his new project the british expeditionary force released through cinematic music lovers erased tapes records. after four critically acclaimed albums with milo and a host of other production duties ranging from get cape. wear cape. fly. to enter shikari, lockey is emerging as the pre-eminent young british producer. lockey's music is supplemented on bef by the vocal talents of aid burrows. the creative partnership between the two was forged despite geographical difficulties: using a process not to dissimilar to benjamin gibbard and jimmy tamborello's postal service, lockey constructed the music in isolation in newcastle upon tyne and then, via the magic of the internet, sent it on to the warrington based burrows who supplied lyrics and vocals before sending the music back to lockey for mixing and erased tapes founder robert raths for co-production and mastering. the result is an inspired collection of songs that are representative of the return of progressive, genre-defying music to the british isles. the british expeditionary force sees lockey liberated from the format of writing songs within a band and reveals him as a singular musician of enormous ability allied to limitless imagination. from "throwing little stones" evocation of pebbles dropping into calm waters courtesy of fragile piano chords to the machine-gun beats of "a long way from home" the album is an impressively focused study in seemingly diametrically opposed musical forms merging together. the british expeditionary force sees lockey and burrows combine ethereal soundscapes, sonorous guitars, beautifully fragile vocal and vocoder work, lockey's now trademark sensitivity to drum sounds and burrows' inclement lyrics together to form something akin to my bloody valentine filtered through the best of brian eno with a smattering of the iceland inspired sonic vistas of sigur r?s. it is a snapshot of late night urban life, the eerie sense that something wicked this way comes on a long walk home amongst deserted streets that betray both the residual menace and drink fuelled revelry of only a few hours previous. it is the sound of 21st century northern england. it heralds the arrival of two major talents. it is the british expeditionary force. bef are featured on the covermount cd with the november issue of rock sound magazine. the enhanced cd also includes the "all those demons" video trailer directed by adam patch at etypical.tv in san francisco. lp version comes with a free digital download code.

Tracks

1. BACK OF THE HAND
2. THROWING LITTLE STONES
3. A LONG WAY FROM HOME
4. THE ENGINE
5. LASHING OUT
6. ALL THOSE DEMONS

BONUS TRACKS:
7. SWALLOWED BY ANGER
8. A LONG WAY FROM HOME (RIVAL CONSOLES RMX)

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RIVAL CONSOLES - 'THE DECADENT EP'

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• ERATP005EP - 10"

  689492072315

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RIVAL CONSOLES IS 21-YEAR OLD ELECTRO ACID-SMITH RYAN LEE WEST FROM LEICESTER. INFLUENCED BY IMPRESSIONISTS LIKE CLAUDE DEBUSSY AND MODERN ELECTRONIC ARTISTS SUCH AS AUTECHRE AND SQUAREPUSHER, HE CREATED HIS UNIQUE SIGNATURE. A PLAYFUL AND BRUTAL MIX OF IDM ACID BEATS AND WARM, EMOTIVE SYNTH STRING ARRANGEMENTS. IN FEBRUARY HE RELEASED AND TOURED THE MORE QUIRKY "VEMEER EP" UNDER HIS SECOND MUSICAL ALIAS APARATEC, WHICH SOLD LIKE HOT CAKES AND EARNED HIM A LOT OF FANS. RYAN RECENTLY REPRESENTED ERASED TAPES RECORDS AT THE BRITISH MUSIC WEEK 2007 IN COLOGNE, GERMANY AND CRAFTED REMIXES FOR UPCOMING LABEL COMRADE AND PRODUCER JUSTIN LOCKEY (YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO). "THE DECADENT EP" WILL HIT THE UK SHOPS AS A FUSION OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY FORMATS - A 10" VINYL RECORD WITH A DOWNLOAD CODE, THAT ALLOWS THE PURCHASER TO BE ABLE TO GET THE ENTIRE EP PLUS BONUS TRACK DIGITALLY FOR NO EXTRA COST.

Tracks

1. JUNCTURE
2. SEVENTEEN
3. KITSCH
4. VARI
5. THE DECADENT
6. ACID

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Audio & Video

DIAL - '168K'

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• CEDE03 - CD

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THIRD ALBUM FROM DIAL, THE NEW FORCE IN GUITAR PRIMITIVISM FRONTED BY JACQUI HAM FORMERLY OF NO WAVE PIONEERS UT. EIGHT DEMOLISHING TUNES THAT COVER A WIDE SPECTRUM OF SONIC TERRAIN; WITH AN UNCOMPROMISING EFFECT; FOR FANS OF DEAD C / GATE, SIGHTINGS, MOUTHUS AND THE OLD SCHOOL OF MARS / TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS. DIAL HAVE DELIVERED THEIR MASTERPIECE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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REVIEWS IN THE WIRE, MOJO, UNCUT AND PLAN B:
"A STUTTERING BEAST OF GUITAR-DRIVEN POST-NO WAVE FRENZY...ROCK MUSIC AT ITS FINEST." - BRUCE RUSSELL, THE DEAD C

"BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED PRIMITIVE ROCK MUSIC." - THE WIRE

"ILL-TEMPERED GUITAR-SHREDDING AND LOCOMOTIVE-RHYTHMED ATTACK PROVIDE CATHARSIS WITHOUT CORNINESS ? JUST THE WAY WE LIKE IT." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS

"AN ARCHEOLOGICAL UNIT RATHER THAN SIMPLY A BAND." - YOUR FLESH

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