XL Recordings / Remote Control Records are pleased to announce the release of Diamond Cut/Bby, the new EP and 12” record from dynamic London duo Overmono. Previewed in their recent BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, ‘Diamond Cut’ is a euphoric, soulful UKG-inspired rave track and the a-side to the previously released ‘Bby’. A natural follow-on to the 2021 summer dance music anthem, ‘So U Kno’, Diamond Cut / Bby cements Overmono’s position as two of the...
Chicago’s Horsegirl, the trio of 17-19 year olds Penelope Lowenstein (she/her), Nora Cheng (she/her), and Gigi Reece (they/them), present ‘Billy’, their debut single/video via Matador / Remote Control Records. Having only formed in 2019, Horsegirl’s first three singles captured the ears and fans and critics worldwide, garnering early support and acclaim from BBC 6 Music, Pitchfork, NME, Loud & Quiet, NPR, Stereogum, and others. Following their appearance at the Pitchfork Music Festival this fall, where the trio performed for their biggest crowd yet, NYLON remarked “Horsegirl...
London-based duo Jockstrap (Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye) have announced their signing to Rough Trade Records / Remote Control Records and shared the first single on their new label home ‘50/50’. Fresh from a sold-out headline tour of the UK, and a summer of rightfully hyped festival slots (alongside the likes of Pa Salieu, Kode 9, Jamie XX, Floating Points) and one-off appearances supporting Caroline Polachek & Jarvis Cocker, Jockstrap have returned with a pulsating new track, more influenced by the club...
dvr announces the release of dirty tapes, his debut EP on XL Recordings / Remote Control Records due out on 14th January 2022. To mark the news dvr shares a new single ‘stupid’. Written, recorded and produced by dvr, ‘stupid’ is accompanied by a Forluck-directed music video. ‘stupid’ is the second track to be released from the dirty tapes EP following September’s release of lead single ‘lowlife (with kenny beats)’. It once again showcases dvr’s genre-fluid sound, combining wry lyricism, unique DIY production and...
Singer-songwriter and producer Ruthven releases his new single ‘123 Days’. Flexing a different side to his multilayered productions, Ruthven follows recent single ‘Don’t Keep It To Yourself’ with this infectious drum-led track; adding to his growing catalog of timeless music. Speaking on the creation of the new record, Ruthven says:“123 Days came out of a tough time for me: struggling to finish music, frustrated, running out of money and burning out from a workaholic lifestyle. My head was in...
Next month, Matador Records / Remote Control Records will honour the 10th anniversary of Fucked Up’s early ’10s masterwork David Comes to Life with a limited-edition lightbulb-yellow 2xLP reissue. That album – which clocks in at 78-minutes – may be as heavy a dose of genre-bursting progressive-psychedelic-hardcore punk brilliance as anybody can comfortably ingest at once. On March 25th, Fucked Up will release Do All Words Can Do, a nine-track compilation gathering David era-appropriate rarities and B-sides, all of which were previously available...
Montreal’s Basia Bulat announces The Garden: a new album that reimagines songs across her five studio albums with stunning classical string quartet arrangements by Owen Pallett, PaulFrith, and Zou Zou Robidoux, set for digital release on February 25th 2022 and physically out March 25th, via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records. While she has been known to play live with small chamber ensembles and full orchestras, The Garden marks Bulat’s first recording to capture this spellbinding configuration, which further showcases her singular voice...
Leif Vollebekk shares a live version of ‘I’m Not Your Lover,‘ recorded at The Troubadour in Los Angeles back in 2020 – out now via Secret City Records / Remote Control Records. “This was the first time we played the song live, a couple of months before the lockdowns. It was a beautiful sold-out show at one of my favourite venues,” Leif explains. “When I first heard the live recording,” he continues “I thought it sounded better than the record.” Its accompanying...
Electro-pop artist and harpist, TATYANA, is back with new single and video, ‘Right Places,’ – out now via Sinderlyn / Remote Control Records – that dawns an impressive new era for the dynamic producer, songwriter and performer. The “New & Notable” (Bandcamp) “Rising Artist” (Vinyl Me, Please) is known to make a “Smooth pop gem” (Dork). Cultr calls TATYANA’s music “An astral surprise sculpting her musical dreamland – a vivid wonder that will consume your consciousness” and this new single is no exception, with it’s cheeky, fun...
Acclaimed artist Courtney Barnett has released her third studio album Things Take Time, Take Time on Milk! Records / Remote Contol Records. The album is a finely-woven collage of snapshots recorded at a time of creative renewal and deeper understanding for Barnett, signalling an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers. Already receiving rave reviews from the likes of Mojo, Uncut, Rolling Stone and Loud and Quiet, Things Take Time, Take...
Radiohead and Epic Games Publishing are proud to present KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION: an upside-down digital/analogue universe created from original artwork by Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood and sound design by Nigel Godrich to commemorate 21 years of Radiohead’s Kid A and Amnesiac albums. KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION will be available beginning November 18th as a free download for PlayStation 5 (HERE), PC and Mac at EPIC GAMES STORE. Some two years in the making, KID A MNESIA EXHIBITION was originally conceived as a physical installation debuting in London and designed...
The unveiling of the KICK series continues as Arca shares the details of the third album in the anthology: KicK iii, due out December 3 on XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. Featuring the previously released single ‘Incendio,’ KicK iii finds ecstasy in turbulence, as Arca returns to the mutant club music of her breakthrough early work. Accompanying the news of KicK iii’s release, Arca is sharing a new music video for album track ‘Electra Rex,’ directed by Carlota Guerrero and shot in September 2020, featuring Arca and friends performing in...
Following the release of ‘Under Belly‘ – one of the most talked-about tracks in dance music this year – English producer and DJ Blawan shares his XL Recordings / Remote Control Records debut EP, Woke Up Right Handed. Alongside the project’s release, hailed by The Quietus as “the sound of a producer at the very top of his game right now”, Blawan shares focus track ‘Blika‘. Moving away from the club and touring DJ life to focus on in-studio production; the EP...
CASISDEAD returns with his new single ‘Boys Will Be Boys’, his biggest musical and visual statement to date and the second track to be revealed from his highly anticipated debut album (due in 2022 via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records). ‘Boys Will Be Boys’ is accompanied by a cinematic music video directed by Hollywood actor, screenwriter and director Ed Skrein (Dead Pool, Game Of Thrones), and starring Emma Rigby (Hollyoaks), singer-songwriter Connie Constance, Jo Hartley (This Is England)...
Norwegian musician and novelist Jenny Hval, “a post-punk pop philosopher at the height of her craft” (Pitchfork), announces her signing to 4AD / Remote Control Records with new single/video, ‘Jupiter’. The ‘Jupiter’ video sees Hval collaborating once again with director Zia Anger. Following its soulful, almost jazzy opening with Hval intoning over floating piano, ‘Jupiter’ blooms with shuffling percussion, and as Hval’s crystal cooing layers, it swells into a simple hymn-like chorus. “When I wrote the music for this song in 2015, it had no...
Joy Orbison returns to once again side step expectations. If still slipping vol.1 explored Joy Orbison’s musical DNA with a warm casualness equally suited for home listening as on the dancefloor, ‘red velve7′ is music for DJs, soundsystems and dancers – out now via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records. While nodding to O’Grady’s love of drum & bass and its metallic, bass-heavy textures, ‘red velve7’ is yet another characteristically future-facing production from one of the most influential electronic...
