"Mr H" (scornful exuberance) channeling the spirit of "Mr S" (fatherly disparagement)
Influences
Dischord, SST, Blast First, Creation, Static Caravan etc. . .
Sounds Like
We seek out that which is a bit different. Not trying to imitate but create. We lean towards that which challenges, provokes, inspires and distracts. Square peg music that gets the strange kid at school excited.
Akin to Dutch wordplay-und-beats maestros King Bee, we're back by dope demand. . .
Busy, us? Aye, we sure are. Hot on the heels of our killer This Beat Is Necrotronic release (not got a copy yet? Do something about it) sees Tempelhof's first album We Were Not There For The Beginning, We Won't Be There For The End, and what a bona fide stone-cold killer of a release this is. Honestly, it's the tits. For those of you not familiar with Tempelhof, they're a duo from Mantova, Italy, and their stock trade is master purveyors of fine-ass electronic post-rock. Reference points? Well, we suppose they might sound a bit like M83 without the Tangerine Dream bits, sort of like Maps, rather like The Album Leaf with TV On The Radiohead-ish vocals.
But, y'know, that just does them an injustice really. Tempelhof are carving out a finely-shaped niche of their own thankyouverymuch. Taking inspiration from Bologna film library archives (they regularly perform live soundtracks of the black-and-white and crudely-coloured early-modern cinema experiments), loneliness, solitude and William Burroughs, the album features ten two tracks of lush downtempo beauty. All tracks display Tempelhof at their best: downpours of cymbal-like hiss and mournful keys, shuffling beats, low impassioned - dynamic but not overwrought - vocals, with an array of crashing rhythms and mechanical shifts and slices. Subtle, effortless and, frankly, awesome.
And guess what? You could be the lucky owner of this album if you pre-order the little sucker at the Distraction site! Wowee, and indeed, zowee. Their album page has a jukebox on it, which means that you can check out all of the tracks in full (no 30 or 60 second previews here, matey), but here's one in particular that we dig. It's called Berlin and if you don't like it, well, take yourself of this mailing list right now because we don't understand people like you.
And the cost of the album if you pre-order? Just £6.99 UK, £7.99 Europe, and £8.99 for the rest of the planet. At such a measly pittance, we are surely spoiling you.
We still have copies of Necro Deathmort's This Beat Is Necrotronic that are just begging to be held, heard and enjoyed. Mosey on down down deeper and down to their page for the gen for it's a behemoth, to be sure. And we still have copies available of d_rradio's Leavesalbum on Symbolic Interaction, but not many, so now is the time to stump up the coin to indulge yourself in gorgeous drone if you haven't already done so (by the way, Tears of Abraham's Sacrificing the Text is now sold out, and we have one - opened but unplayed - copy left of d_rradio's self-titled offering; the first person who PayPal's us four quid gets it).
That's about it, and remember, if you don't have fun tonight, at least Wang Chung tonight.
Formed in 2002, Newcastle's Distraction Records aim to offer a challenging alternative to the monotonous sonic gutterswipe cluttering up the so-called independent and underground music scene.
For more information, visit Distraction Records.
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CATALOGUE:
OUT NOV 23RD! Tempelhof - We Won't Be There For The Beginning, We Won't Be There For The End CD Album (£6.99) / PRE-ORDER
OUT NOW! Necro Deathmort - This Beat Is Necrotronic CD Album - 500 ONLY (£6.99) / BUY
OUT NOW! The Retail Sectors March Of Incurable Workaholic / Song About A Girl Who Killed Herself Yesterday 8" square vinyl lathe - 150 ONLY (£6.99) / BUY
OUT NOW! d_rradio d_rradio remixed CD Album (£4.99) / BUY
OUT NOW Moira Stewart Sweetness, Yes! CD Album (£4.99) / BUY
OUT NOW See My Sound Hidden Depths EP 500 only 7" (£2.49) / BUY
OUT NOW Mushi Mushi Chicken EP 500 only 7" (£2.49) / BUY
OUT NOW Dressed In Wires The Big Black Cock Of Death EP 500 only 12" picture disc (£3.99) / BUY
OUT NOW Lachrymose One / Sansava - untitled Sometimes A Sense Of Realism Creeps In / untitled 500 only 7" split single (£2.49) / BUY
All Distraction releases are distributed world-wide by Cargo, in Japan by p*dis. Cargo also sub-distribute to other worldwide distro companies (such as Goodfellas in Italy), so check your local distro to see if they can supply you.
If you are having problems tracking down a Distraction release, try visiting our online shop or send us a message.
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You might come to like our warm sounds of piano and strings or other acoustic instruments.
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