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Nevermind the Majors: Los Angeles Indie Label Everloving Records Takes a Breath to Recap 2008 Releases
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LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/08 -- In 2008, Everloving Records delivered adiverse bundle of music from all around the world. While many in the musicindustry were tightening their belts, Everloving had its most prolific yearto date, releasing eight titles in total.
The music varied from Inara George & Van Dyke Parks' delicate orchestralfever dream ("An Invitation") to Japanese iconoclast Cornelius' 5.1audio-visual odyssey ("Sensurround + B Sides") to Herman Dune's ramshacklewall of sound ("Next Year In Zion") and Don Cavalli's wah-wah rumble("Cryland"). With releases praised by MOJO, NPR, Entertainment Weekly,Spin, Les Inrockuptibles, Wall Street Journal and Uncut, theinternationally focused American label continued to solidify its reputationas careful curators of future classics.
"Everloving Records outta Los Feliz has been globetrotting this year,putting out thrilling music by Germans, French, Japanese and Angelenos. Thelabel that since 2003 has delivered hot music action from wherever itarrives. They cherry-pick choice little records from across the globe anddeliver them stateside." -- L.A. Weekly Music Editor Randall Roberts
Download Everloving's 2008 Sampler HERE.
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DON CAVALLI
"Cryland"
Released APRIL 22 2008
Point of Origin: ile-de-France (Greater Paris)
Recorded in a Parisian flea-market, Don Cavalli's debut "Cryland" soundslike a lost musical treasure unearthed from hours of crate digging. The 35year old Cavalli, (who holds a day job in Paris as a green thumb) hasingested the sound of American rock and roll only to growl it back to us ina patois entirely his own. The result is a disarming musical hybrid thatweaves funky blues, zydeco, shuffling skiffle beats and 60s garage-soulgrooves.
Album artwork by SO-ME
The highlight reel:
**** -- MOJO (11/08)
***** -- Uncut (11/08)
***** -- London Independent (10/17/2008)
"It's hard enough as it is to learn another language, so give France's DonCavalli bonus points for nailing Americana roots and blues with a fat-asshammer. His stripped-down hybrid Cajun swing owes as much to his laptop asit does to his soulful pipes, which recall everyone from Jimmy Cliff toLeadbelly. From front to back, his postmodern folk music is a blast fromour mutually repurposed past." -- XLR8R
RIYL: White Stripes, Captain Beefheart, King Kahn, Leadbelly, ESG
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CORNELIUS
"Sensurround + B-Sides" DVD+CD
Released SEPTEMBER 09 2008
"Gum" (EP) 12" + MP3
Released JANUARY 15 2008
Point of Origin: Tokyo, Japan
Japanese sound explorer Cornelius has always marched to the beat of adifferent drum machine, even in his technicolored home-base of Nakameguro,Tokyo. Since exploding onto the scene in 1997 with debut pop opus Fantasma,he has dazed and amused fans worldwide with his freeform multimediaaesthetic and playful sense of humor. His disciplined sonic layers; burstsof electronic pulse-waves, wood-grain acoustics, minimalist interludes andraw guitar freakouts are only one part of the equation.
His legendary live performances, most recently "The Sensuous SynchronizedShow" are spectacular in the truest sense of the word. A tightlyorchestrated spectacle of light, color and sound that has graced the stagesof the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Coachella and Barcelona's Sonar Festival.
The Highlight Reel:
- National Geographic full-length concert special coming in 2009
- World tour of The Senusous Synchronized Show, including sold outperformance (2265 capacity) at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
- "Fit Song" video awarded Jury Prize at SXSW 2008 Film Festival
- Pitchfork "One Week Only" screening of "Sensurround" DVD
- Featured in CoolHunting's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide
"A tireless soundscaper, this musical polymath blends electronica with amusical kleptomania." -- TIME MAGAZINE
"[W]hat is arid and calculated on 'Sensuous' has become raucous andelemental in the hands of musicians who, paradoxically, have to ape theprecision of machines to make Cornelius's clinical music come alive." --NEW YORKER
RIYL: Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Aphex Twin, Underworld, Murakami
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INARA GEORGE with VANDYKE PARKS
"An Invitation"
(Released AUGUST 12 2008)
Point of Origin: Los Angeles, CA
"An Invitation" is an intimate collaboration between Los Angeles songwriterGeorge (Bird and the Bee vocalist, and Daughter of the late Lowell Georgeof Little Feat) and legendary arranger, and long-time family friend, VanDyke Parks.
The result is a lush, elegant, fully orchestrated song cycle, a catalog ofexperiences equally inspired by the sophistication of Frank Sinatra and thestoried, cinematic wonder of Richard Sherman's oeuvre. The 24 pieceorchestra, conducted and arranged by Parks, was recorded over two days inthe historic Sunset Sound studios in L.A.
Produced by Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Walk Hard OST, GreyboyAll-Stars).
The Highlight Reel:
A- -- Entertainment Weekly
**** -- L.A. Times
**** -- SPIN
European orchestral performances in November 2008, including the CrossingBorders Festival in the Netherlands.
"Ms. George muses on love, yearning and separation in lyrics that can beingenuous or surreal: "I'm breaking up our house for firewood." MeanwhileMr. Parks surrounds her ballads and waltzes with a nonstop counterpoint ofmelodies and of allusions: parlor songs, tangos, fanfares, chamber music,show tunes. With no drums there's no explicit beat, and the orchestraunfolds continuous variations and metamorphoses. Her voice, always at thecenter, clings to the neat curves of her tunes; around her, as in herromances, everything is in flux." -- NEW YORK TIMES
RIYL: Edith Piaf, Brian Wilson's SMiLE, Feist, The Bird and The Bee
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HERMAN DUNE
"Next Year In Zion" (LP)
Released OCTOBER 21 2008
"1-2-3/Apple Tree" (EP)
Released JULY 15 2008
"I Wish That I Could See You Soon" (EP)
Released MARCH 24 2008
Point of Origin: Paris, France
After years as a highly prolific, mostly DIY band, Herman Dune gainedconsiderable cult status across Europe and in New York City, where theyoung band lived off and on for nearly 8 years. They found an earlychampion in legendary UK Radio DJ John Peel, and their archive of Peel forthe BBC number in the double digits. On "Next Year In Zion," their firstofficial U.S. full-length, songwriter and vocalist David-Ivar Herman Duneand drummer Neman Herman Dune deliver a dozen charming and intricatelyconstructed pop songs. There is sly playfulness and whimsy in the lyricalacrobatics and rhyme schemes, and arrangements include as many nods totraditional Jewish and Eastern European instrumentation and EnnioMorricone's desert vistas as they do to Chuck Berry and The VelvetUnderground's simplistic cacophony. Featuring guest appearances by the JonNatchez Burbon Horns (Beirut/Arcade Fire) and Dave Tattersall (The WavePictures). Engineered by Richard Formby (Spacemen 3/SPECTRUM) at VEGAStudios.
The Highlight Reel:
- "1-2-3/Apple Tree" & David-Ivar Herman Dune featured on "Good MorningAmerica Weekend" (July 08)
- Performances at SXSW in Austin (Mar), New York's Central Park Summerstage(Jun) and the Pop Montreal Festival (Oct.
- Full U.S. tour supporting singer/songwriter Jolie Holland (Oct-November2008) followed by headlining European dates through December.
"This is music for feeling happy." -- NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"An album with love and light pushing almost all the heaviness from itsheart." -- MOJO
"Herman Dune's unusual juxtaposition of conversational literalisms andwhimsical flights of fancy culminate in an expression of human emotion, ofsome deep metaphysical truth." -- SEATTLE WEEKLY
RIYL: Donovan, Leonard Cohen, Belle and Sebastian, Jens Lekman, Vetiver,Jeffrey Lewis
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VARIOUS ARTISTS
"B.I.P.P.P.: FrenchSynthwave 1979-85"
Released FEBRUARY 12 2008
Point of Origin: Paris, France
Everloving's U.S. release of "B.I.P.P.P.," originally curated and compiledby Parisian indie label Born Bad, introduce Maries Moor, Deux, Ruth andothers to a global audience who are listening to new releases that even in2008, draw heavily from the robotic electro of the late 70s and 80s. Casein point, Busy P (aka Ed Banger label head Pedro Winter) recently released"Rainbow Man," a song framed around a sample of Comix/TGV's "Touche Pas MonSexe." An influential blueprint for the evolution of the French electronicmusic genre at large, the majority of the performers featured on"B.I.P.P.P.: French Synth-Wave 1979-1985" never made it beyond limited DIYpressings of 500 or 1000 copies of 7" vinyl singles.
"The 'Nuggets' of French electronica" -- VICE
"Obscurantists and beard-strokers, we've got the record for you: 'Esoteric'would be a generous way to describe the compilation, which delves into thewacky subgenre of Synthwave, a blippy, beepy off-shoot of New Wave thatemerged in France in the late '70s. Though not much here will ring manybells -- most of the songs were culled from obscure 7-inch singles by actswith the longevity of fruit flies -- the collection as a whole is averitable treasure trove of post-nuclear pop: Ruth's 'Polaroid-Roman-Photo'is an infectious 'Je T'aime Moi Non Plus' for the technocratic age,Visible's 'Le Jour Se Leve' is a bleak, tinny, march-of-the-robots anthem;and Comix's 'Touch Pas Mon Sexe' is a masterpiece of Devo-esque nerd-rock."-- INTERVIEW MAGAZINE
RIYL: Joy Division, Justice, Grace Jones, Ed Banger Records, Devo
Listen - Watch - Learn
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"Everloving Records outta Los Feliz has been globetrotting this year,putting out thrilling music by Germans, French, Japanese and Angelenos. Thelabel that since 2003 has delivered hot music action from wherever itarrives. They cherry-pick choice little records from across the globe anddeliver them stateside." -- L.A. Weekly Music Editor Randall Roberts
Download Everloving's 2008 Sampler HERE.
------------------------------------------------------
DON CAVALLI
"Cryland"
Released APRIL 22 2008
Point of Origin: ile-de-France (Greater Paris)
Recorded in a Parisian flea-market, Don Cavalli's debut "Cryland" soundslike a lost musical treasure unearthed from hours of crate digging. The 35year old Cavalli, (who holds a day job in Paris as a green thumb) hasingested the sound of American rock and roll only to growl it back to us ina patois entirely his own. The result is a disarming musical hybrid thatweaves funky blues, zydeco, shuffling skiffle beats and 60s garage-soulgrooves.
Album artwork by SO-ME
The highlight reel:
**** -- MOJO (11/08)
***** -- Uncut (11/08)
***** -- London Independent (10/17/2008)
"It's hard enough as it is to learn another language, so give France's DonCavalli bonus points for nailing Americana roots and blues with a fat-asshammer. His stripped-down hybrid Cajun swing owes as much to his laptop asit does to his soulful pipes, which recall everyone from Jimmy Cliff toLeadbelly. From front to back, his postmodern folk music is a blast fromour mutually repurposed past." -- XLR8R
RIYL: White Stripes, Captain Beefheart, King Kahn, Leadbelly, ESG
------------------------------------------------------
CORNELIUS
"Sensurround + B-Sides" DVD+CD
Released SEPTEMBER 09 2008
"Gum" (EP) 12" + MP3
Released JANUARY 15 2008
Point of Origin: Tokyo, Japan
Japanese sound explorer Cornelius has always marched to the beat of adifferent drum machine, even in his technicolored home-base of Nakameguro,Tokyo. Since exploding onto the scene in 1997 with debut pop opus Fantasma,he has dazed and amused fans worldwide with his freeform multimediaaesthetic and playful sense of humor. His disciplined sonic layers; burstsof electronic pulse-waves, wood-grain acoustics, minimalist interludes andraw guitar freakouts are only one part of the equation.
His legendary live performances, most recently "The Sensuous SynchronizedShow" are spectacular in the truest sense of the word. A tightlyorchestrated spectacle of light, color and sound that has graced the stagesof the Montreaux Jazz Festival, Coachella and Barcelona's Sonar Festival.
The Highlight Reel:
- National Geographic full-length concert special coming in 2009
- World tour of The Senusous Synchronized Show, including sold outperformance (2265 capacity) at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
- "Fit Song" video awarded Jury Prize at SXSW 2008 Film Festival
- Pitchfork "One Week Only" screening of "Sensurround" DVD
- Featured in CoolHunting's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide
"A tireless soundscaper, this musical polymath blends electronica with amusical kleptomania." -- TIME MAGAZINE
"[W]hat is arid and calculated on 'Sensuous' has become raucous andelemental in the hands of musicians who, paradoxically, have to ape theprecision of machines to make Cornelius's clinical music come alive." --NEW YORKER
RIYL: Kraftwerk, Daft Punk, Aphex Twin, Underworld, Murakami
------------------------------------------------------
INARA GEORGE with VANDYKE PARKS
"An Invitation"
(Released AUGUST 12 2008)
Point of Origin: Los Angeles, CA
"An Invitation" is an intimate collaboration between Los Angeles songwriterGeorge (Bird and the Bee vocalist, and Daughter of the late Lowell Georgeof Little Feat) and legendary arranger, and long-time family friend, VanDyke Parks.
The result is a lush, elegant, fully orchestrated song cycle, a catalog ofexperiences equally inspired by the sophistication of Frank Sinatra and thestoried, cinematic wonder of Richard Sherman's oeuvre. The 24 pieceorchestra, conducted and arranged by Parks, was recorded over two days inthe historic Sunset Sound studios in L.A.
Produced by Michael Andrews (Donnie Darko, Walk Hard OST, GreyboyAll-Stars).
The Highlight Reel:
A- -- Entertainment Weekly
**** -- L.A. Times
**** -- SPIN
European orchestral performances in November 2008, including the CrossingBorders Festival in the Netherlands.
"Ms. George muses on love, yearning and separation in lyrics that can beingenuous or surreal: "I'm breaking up our house for firewood." MeanwhileMr. Parks surrounds her ballads and waltzes with a nonstop counterpoint ofmelodies and of allusions: parlor songs, tangos, fanfares, chamber music,show tunes. With no drums there's no explicit beat, and the orchestraunfolds continuous variations and metamorphoses. Her voice, always at thecenter, clings to the neat curves of her tunes; around her, as in herromances, everything is in flux." -- NEW YORK TIMES
RIYL: Edith Piaf, Brian Wilson's SMiLE, Feist, The Bird and The Bee
------------------------------------------------------
HERMAN DUNE
"Next Year In Zion" (LP)
Released OCTOBER 21 2008
"1-2-3/Apple Tree" (EP)
Released JULY 15 2008
"I Wish That I Could See You Soon" (EP)
Released MARCH 24 2008
Point of Origin: Paris, France
After years as a highly prolific, mostly DIY band, Herman Dune gainedconsiderable cult status across Europe and in New York City, where theyoung band lived off and on for nearly 8 years. They found an earlychampion in legendary UK Radio DJ John Peel, and their archive of Peel forthe BBC number in the double digits. On "Next Year In Zion," their firstofficial U.S. full-length, songwriter and vocalist David-Ivar Herman Duneand drummer Neman Herman Dune deliver a dozen charming and intricatelyconstructed pop songs. There is sly playfulness and whimsy in the lyricalacrobatics and rhyme schemes, and arrangements include as many nods totraditional Jewish and Eastern European instrumentation and EnnioMorricone's desert vistas as they do to Chuck Berry and The VelvetUnderground's simplistic cacophony. Featuring guest appearances by the JonNatchez Burbon Horns (Beirut/Arcade Fire) and Dave Tattersall (The WavePictures). Engineered by Richard Formby (Spacemen 3/SPECTRUM) at VEGAStudios.
The Highlight Reel:
- "1-2-3/Apple Tree" & David-Ivar Herman Dune featured on "Good MorningAmerica Weekend" (July 08)
- Performances at SXSW in Austin (Mar), New York's Central Park Summerstage(Jun) and the Pop Montreal Festival (Oct.
- Full U.S. tour supporting singer/songwriter Jolie Holland (Oct-November2008) followed by headlining European dates through December.
"This is music for feeling happy." -- NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"An album with love and light pushing almost all the heaviness from itsheart." -- MOJO
"Herman Dune's unusual juxtaposition of conversational literalisms andwhimsical flights of fancy culminate in an expression of human emotion, ofsome deep metaphysical truth." -- SEATTLE WEEKLY
RIYL: Donovan, Leonard Cohen, Belle and Sebastian, Jens Lekman, Vetiver,Jeffrey Lewis
------------------------------------------------------
VARIOUS ARTISTS
"B.I.P.P.P.: FrenchSynthwave 1979-85"
Released FEBRUARY 12 2008
Point of Origin: Paris, France
Everloving's U.S. release of "B.I.P.P.P.," originally curated and compiledby Parisian indie label Born Bad, introduce Maries Moor, Deux, Ruth andothers to a global audience who are listening to new releases that even in2008, draw heavily from the robotic electro of the late 70s and 80s. Casein point, Busy P (aka Ed Banger label head Pedro Winter) recently released"Rainbow Man," a song framed around a sample of Comix/TGV's "Touche Pas MonSexe." An influential blueprint for the evolution of the French electronicmusic genre at large, the majority of the performers featured on"B.I.P.P.P.: French Synth-Wave 1979-1985" never made it beyond limited DIYpressings of 500 or 1000 copies of 7" vinyl singles.
"The 'Nuggets' of French electronica" -- VICE
"Obscurantists and beard-strokers, we've got the record for you: 'Esoteric'would be a generous way to describe the compilation, which delves into thewacky subgenre of Synthwave, a blippy, beepy off-shoot of New Wave thatemerged in France in the late '70s. Though not much here will ring manybells -- most of the songs were culled from obscure 7-inch singles by actswith the longevity of fruit flies -- the collection as a whole is averitable treasure trove of post-nuclear pop: Ruth's 'Polaroid-Roman-Photo'is an infectious 'Je T'aime Moi Non Plus' for the technocratic age,Visible's 'Le Jour Se Leve' is a bleak, tinny, march-of-the-robots anthem;and Comix's 'Touch Pas Mon Sexe' is a masterpiece of Devo-esque nerd-rock."-- INTERVIEW MAGAZINE
RIYL: Joy Division, Justice, Grace Jones, Ed Banger Records, Devo
Listen - Watch - Learn
Everloving.com
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