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Hello Warp friends. Welcome to a new year and the first edition of our all new improved Warp Newsletters, formatted in HTML for your reading pleasure and designed by tDR.
These will be a regular monthly series, loaded with news and information not only about Warp, but also other labels, friends and allies who people should know about.
Clicking on the more info links in each news article takes you to the expanded article on the Warp site with images, interviews and more.
Cover news this month is the launch of Bleep.com, the dedicated outlet for all Warp music as high-quality downloads. The entire Warp catalogue is available, and the quick-loading audio allows you to easily listen to entire tracks. Check also the new releases from Savath & Savalas (aka Prefuse73), Jimmy Edgar and Beans.

Bleep/
Digital downloads from Warp

We are well pleased to announce that our new baby Bleep.com has emerged kicking and screaming into the world. Before subjecting it to the full onslaught of the Warp massive, we wanted to have a week or two for de-bugging and monitoring to see how it coped with high levels of traffic. We have now installed some new server hardware to ensure a hassle-free visit. However, should you still find the site slow (especially in the few hours following this mailout) then please come back later - the beauty of digital files is that the shop's shelves are always full. Please check out the Bleep news and Faq sections for the full story and answers to popular questions

  • Nice article from The Register


  • Jimmy Edgar

    Jimmy Edgar

    Jimmy Edgar
    Access Rhythm, the slamming 4 tracker from new Warp artist and 20 yr old Detroit native Jimmy Edgar is out now on loud cut 12" vinyl and CD - both housed in a very nifty die-cut sleeve from the Designers Republic. An album, Bounce Make Model, is to follow in 2004

  • Listen on Bleep
  • Buy Access Rhythm in Warpmart
  • Jimmy Edgar Biography

  • Reviews from Absorb, Logo Magazine, Playlouder Feature and BBCi Feature. Jimmy is on tour in Europe during February (see Warp Live below)

    "The razorsharp beats of Dabrye, the twisted hip hop of Prefuse73, the futuristic glitch of Akufen and the downbeat machinations of Carl Craig are all reconfigured into a new shape, with the kind of ease and comfort that would suggest there's a lot more to come"
    4/5 DJ Magazine

    New Savath & Savalas album

    Savath & Savalas - Apropa't

    Savath & Savalas
    The new album from Scott Herren's (aka Prefuse73) Savath & Savalas project is out now. Apropa't is a stunningly beautiful album of Catalan folk songs, recorded during Scott's time spent in Barcelona and featuring vocals by collaborator Eva Puyuelo Muns. The album was engineered by Tortoise's John McEntire.

  • Full article with interviews and images
  • Listen and Buy on Bleep
  • Both S&S albums discounted in Warpmart

  • "Just as Scott Herren starts getting the acclaim he deserves as leftfield hip hop producer Prefuse73, the Atlanta native and Barcelona resident shifts identities. Savath & Savalas were last spotted in 2000 as pensive, decent post-rockers. Now though, Herren has a new partner - Catalonian singer/songwriter Eva Puyeulo Muns - and a gorgeous new sound. So hazy Latin songs emerge out of discreet electronic flutter, acoustic guitars trace shapes around Muns' and Herren's androgynous harmonies, odd bits of Tortoise go about their business in the background. And the whole thing emerges as an enchanting update of the dreamier end of 70s Brazilian pop - as good a record, in fact, as anything this gifted polymath has ever released."
    4/5 John Mulvey, Uncut

    Squarepusher/
    New album and single

    Squarepusher - Ultravisitor

    Squarepusher
    Squarepusher will release a new album in March. Ultravisitor is a full length epic that Tom has described as his best work yet, and combines superlative live bass with song writing and rhythm programming to match anything before. The album is preceded by a 3 track promo EP/Single called Squarewindow, out now. The 12" vinyl is available through your local independent record shop and Warpmart. The EP is available digitally exclusively through Bleep.com

  • Full Info
  • Buy now on Bleep.com


  • Squarepusher plays specially written new material with the London Sinfonietta in March, then kicks off a USA tour during April.

    New Beans mini-album

    Savath & Savalas
    A new mini-album from former Anti Pop Consortium instigator Beans is released on February 9th. Now Soon Someday features 6 brand new tracks and exclusive remixes by indie hip hop kings Prefuse73 and El-P. On this kicking new record, Beans (now able to count Weatherall, Missy, Radiohead and Shadow amongst his growing fan club) combines his bulls-eye production with a trademark visceral delivery and rhymes that dig deep into the human condition and frailties. After touring in 2003 with El-P, Prefuse73, Mike Ladd, DJ Krush and The Rapture, Beans is back in Feb with a string of European live dates. See Warp Live below.

  • More info
  • Listen on Bleep
  • Mutescreamer Video
  • Buy in Warpmart
  • !!!

    After topping numerous "Single of The Year" polls with the classic Me and Giuliani... single, !!! ("Chk Chk Chk") have now finished their album, and are mixing it down in the studio as we speak. Their sold-out London gig in December turned into a sweaty rave up and next day had the press excitedly comparing them to the Mondays and Trouble Funk amongst others...

    Reviews on Dotmusic and Playlouder

  • Me and Giuliani... in Warpmart


  • Boards of Canada

    Boards will have a new album out this year, no news yet from Hexagon Sun about what we can expect... To tide us over, Boards of Canada have remixed Mush Records' trio cLOUDDEAD on their new single "Dead Dogs 2"

  • Read More
  • Buy in Warpmart


  • New London Sinfonietta Collaborations

    The London Sinfonietta started 'a quiet musical revolution' when they joined forces with Warp and sold out the Royal Festival Hall during 2003's Ether festival. In March they return with a new and inspired project, this time featuring live performances by Squarepusher and Jamie Lidell, which takes to the road with the Contemporary Music Network. The show consists of performances of work by Antheil, Aphex Twin, John Cage, Jamie Lidell, Steve Reich, Squarepusher, Varèse, with rare Warp videos and visuals by Fernand Lèger, Chris Cunningham, Flat-E and Bluespoon. The first date is at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 12th March (Ether 2004), continuing on to Warwick, Basingstoke, Brighton and Liverpool. We advise booking now!

    Ether 2004

    The world-class Ether festival returns to London's South Bank during March. Highlights include: A full 5.1 AV Show by Plaid, Kraftwerk, David Alexrod & Orchestra, Luke Vibert & JJ Perrey, and the London Sinfonietta + Warp concert.

  • More
  • Booking and full programme


  • Warp Films update

    After last year's success with the BAFTA-winning short film by Chris Morris, My Wrongs 8245-8249 and 117, Warp Films are currently in final production stages of our first feature film, Dead Man's Shoes directed by Shane Meadows (Room for Romeo Brass, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands) and starring Paddy Considine. The film is a genre twisting tale of the revenge of an ex-soldier returning to his hometown to face the gang who still control the town he left 8 years previously. There is a Warp Films/video showcase at the Clermont Ferrand short film festival in France starting 7th February. Chris Morris' My Wrongs.. screens in the Lab section, and there is a big Warp Vision retrospective of Warp videos.



    Warp Live

    More details in Warp live listings

    Elsewhere


    Jimmy Edgar

    February
    Fri 6 Newcastle. Stereo
    Sat 7 Glasgow. RubaDub, Club 69
    Sun 8 Brighton. Sabbath, Ocean Rooms
    Wed 11 Cologne. Studio 672
    Thu 12 Berlin. Club Bastard
    Fri 13 Rome. Metaverso.
    Sat 14 Leuven. Belgium
    Sun 15 London. Lux Gallery
    Thu 19 Paris. Nouveau Casino
    Fri 20 London. FESH @ 333
    Sat 21 Amsterdam, Paradiso with Plaid, Beans, Warp DJs
    Sun 22 Hamburg. MFOC @ venue tbc

    Beans

    February
    Fri 13 Kreun Bissegem
    Sat 14 Brussels Botanique
    Tue 17 Edinburgh The Venue
    Wed 18 Dublin Wheelans
    Thu 19 London 93 Feet East
    Fri 20 Utrecht De Helling
    Sat 21 Amsterdam Paradiso
    Sun 22 Madrid tbc
    Tue 24 Strasbourg La Laiterie
    Wed 25 Paris Batofar
    Fri 27 Marseille Le Poste a Galene
    Sat 28 Barcelona Nitsa club


    Plaid

    January
    Fri 30 Eindhoven - Distronics
    Sat 31 Paris/Velizy Leucos (with Warp DJs)

    February
    Mon 2 Paris Nouveau Casino
    Tue 3 Poitiers Confort Moderne
    Wed 4 Nantes Olympic
    Thu 5 Dijon La Vapeur
    Fri 6 Strasbourg Laiterie
    Sat 7 Lille Aeronef
    Fri 13 Ghent Jigsaw Circus @ Int. Film Festival
    Sat 14 Leuven Stuk (with Chris Clark, Jimmy Edgar)
    Fri 20 Utrecht De Helling
    Sat 21 Amsterdam Paradiso

    March
    Sun 7 London QEH
    Fri 2 Edinburgh Pogo Vogue @ Bongo Club
    Fri 19 Rome Agatha@Brancelone
    Sat 20 Bologna Link

    Squarepusher USA Tour

    March
    London Sinfonietta shows
    Fri 12 London RFH (Ether)
    Sat 13 Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
    Tue 16 Basingstoke Anvil
    Fri 26 Brighton Dome
    Sat 27 Liverpool Philharmonic

    April
    Fri 2 Brooklyn/NY South Paw
    Sat 3 Boston Paradise
    Sun 4 Montreal Club Soda
    Tue 6 Toronto Phoenix
    Wed 7 Columbus Wexner Center
    Fri 9 Chicago Metro
    Sat 10 Minneapolis Ascot Room
    Tue 13 Seattle Showbox
    Wed 14 Vancouver Richards on Richards
    Fri 16 San Francisco tba
    Sat 17 Los Angeles El Rey Theater
    Tue 20 Dallas Trees
    Wed 21 Austin Antone's
    Thu 22 New Orleans The Parish
    Sat 24 Atlanta Echo Lounge
    Sun 25 Asheville Orange Peel
    Tue 27 Washington Black Cat
    Wed 28 New York Irving Plaza

    Luke Vibert: Kerrier District (Rephlex)

    After last year's Amen Andrews and YosepH, Luke's latest project finds him in lush analog disco-house mode, 3 discs of Vibert magic and warm bottom-end fatness. Out now.

  • Buy in Warpmart
  • Info and samples from Rephlex


  • Lost in Translation

    'Tommib' by Squarepusher (taken from Go Plastic) features on the soundtrack to Sofia Coppola's latest, Lost in Translation. The album also features 4 new pieces from My Bloody Valentine genius Kevin Shields, and has just been nominated for a BAFTA for best soundtrack.

    Squarepusher Remixes on Ninja Tune Compilation

    Squarepusher again(!), and Ninja Tune's newest compendium includes his legendary and ace remixes of DJ Food and East Flatbush Project, amongst other reworks by Luke Vibert, Four Tet, Manitoba and many more. Recommended.

    Lex-related cut and splice mayhem

    Thought that bootleg mania was well and truly over? Think again, as DJ Dangermouse (the DM in your DM & Jemini) has successfully melded the full vocal content of Jay-Z's Black Album with new beats and production entirely made using the Beatles White Album as the source. The resulting Grey Album is nothing to do with Lex Records and unlikely to be available in your local Woolworths, but keep an eye out for it this spring.

  • Dangermouse Site
  • Good article on MTV

  • Continuing the mashup theme, prepare for Richard X's enormous rework of Prince Po's Hold Dat, incorporating a big bleepy chunk of an old school Nightmares on Wax classic.
    Released April 8th on Lex.


    Thanks to the Apple centres in Manchester and London for their help with Bleep. Kleber and tDR for build and design.