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The "A PHASE WE'RE GOING THROUGH" LPs are in stock now - $25 shipped anywhere in the world.
4 Star review in Record Collector, 8 out of 10 in Shindig!. Phew, what a scorcher - go get 'em in the shop over there...
and then there's HAUSFRAUEN EXPERIMENT coming soon...
May 10th 2010.
I did a radio interview for Radio Base Camp on WPKN in Connecticut, USA, and you can check it out via the link below. I think it went quite well, but apologies to all the bands I neglected to mention...I wasn't very well prepared, and my mind went blank...
May 10th 2010.
Part Two of the Head Full Of Snow Interview with me (Andy) is also now on-line if you fancy a bit of that - via the link below.
April 22nd 2010.
Part One of a new Interview with me (Andy) and Head Full Of Snow is now on-line - go read and whatnot, via the link below.
April 21st 2010.
VIBRAVOID "What Colour Is Pink? EP on Fruits de Mer Records - SOLD OUT...watch the video below and see what you missed!
FdM's debut album will be "A Phase We're Going Through" and will be on limited vinyl 12" coloured wax.
It'll feature 11 tracks that were, could or should have been phased back in the 60s, and certainly are now. Here's a video for your listening and watching pleasure...
March 31st 2010.
ARITOMO EPs are now available to all - go get 'em at the BUY IT thing over on the left there. Thank you.
CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE wrote this about Fruits de Mer - we like this a lot. Just for today, I am Chris Blackwell. Jonesy is an Island...no man is an Island...what about the Isle Of Man (I'll stop now...).
"Remember when the likes of Island, Charisma and, of course, Casablanca Records offered a guaranteed stamp of quality? Well, despite the collapse of the music industry there are still cult labels out there to pique your interest. Think Tee Pee. Think Rise Above. Think Fruits de Mer! This tiny outfit outta Walton-On-Thames, Surrey specialises in vinyl-only releases, their eclectic roster of bands offering new versions of psychedelic, prog, acid-folk and krautrock classics. Vibravoid’s What Colour Is Pink? EP is vol. 10 in a series of seven-inch singles, and these deranged Düsseldorf drongos have done Fruits de Mer proud with interpretations of Pink Floyd’s Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Let There Be More Light and A Saucerful Of Secrets. If you thought the originals were off-kilter, you ain’t heard nuthin’ yet. It’s like early Kraftwerk (with Ray Manzarek on keys) let loose in the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop. More mind-blowing than a ton of Space Dust fermenting in a barrel of Alka-Seltzer." - many thanks to Geoff Barton for that pearler!
March 17th 2010.
Guys and Gals - the ARITOMO 10" EPs are in NOW, $20 a pop, which includes worldwide postage, and they're tres lovely things.
10" of solid vinyl with beautiful artwork, containing the tracks "Frog Shouldering The Town", "To Your Heart..." and "Nuevo Mundo (New World)".
Yes, I have a handful (3) hand-painted art-edition sleeves, and these will be allocated at random, though, as before, they're likely to be randomly given to regulars who multi-buy. It's the only fair way...
Go to the BUY IT place on the left to get 'em - RESERVES only till Saturday March 20th, please!
Here's the sleeve art...
March 16th 2010.
Another entertaining interview with me can be read at the link below.
Many thanks to Santtu at Psychotropic Zone for this one, and for his kind words at the end. Much appreciated.
Go, go, go - read it, and see what we'll be up to for the next year or so...
March 11th 2010.
Just done three e-interviews with three fine music loving people, the first of which you can check out at the link below. It's with my man Tom who goes by the handle Monobrow, and he buys all our stuff, so he's a top lad. Comment the blighter
Go check - you may even be entertained...
March 11th 2010.
Psst! Here's the first draft of the sleeve for the upcoming Phased LP - good innit?
Brian of The Swims (one of the bands featured on it) did it. What a diamond. Remember - it'll be available some time in May. Reserve now via email..
March 10th 2010.
Loads of news - first the Bracken bit...
Just heard that the ARITOMO 10" vinyl EPs are almost ready for shipping from Japan. These are (I think) SOLD OUT on reserve, though there are always a few people who don't take what they've reserved, so email me if you'd like one, and I'll add you to the 'secondary list'.
As of 2011, Bracken Records will cease to be. This has been a fairly momentous decision for me, after 6 years of my life, but it's simply too much running two of everything, as well as day-to-day life.
This will allow me to concentrate fully on FdM, and going forward into 2011, Keith and I have plans to expand the Fruity Empire.
A heartfelt 'thank you' too all who have supported Bracken during its life. Cheers all.
Now, the good news - as a sign-off, I'll be doing one final Bracken release, a 7" by the madly magnificent CRANIUM PIE.
It will feature 2 self-penned psych-prog epics titled "Rememberrr" and "Mothership", and may well have some apt 'farewell' lyrics in it!
Email me to reserve in the usual way - $8 shipped should do it. I can't think of a better way to go out than with a Cranium Pie single, so there you go.
Fruits de Mer News...
Okey-dokey - here we go.
FdM Volume 10. The VIBRAVOID "What Colour Is Pink?" EPs should be with me mid-April 2010 on pink vinyl (obviously).
We pressed 500 on this one, which is a good job, because over 300 of them are gone on reserve, and we haven't actually told anyone yet, and have offered none to shops thus far. Erm, so that's looking good! Email to reserve. Thank you.
FdM Volume 11 will be an LP - a proper one, all 12" in diameter on coloured vinyl with a fancy sleeve and everything...!
It's called "A Phase We're Going Through", and features 11 tracks by 11 bands, all plucked from the late 60s and phased up a bit. Or, a lot, depending on which track it is.
Very, very pleased with this one, and we're taking reserves via email right now. It should retail at about $25, which includes shipping anywhere in t'world. Lemme know if you want one...or more!
Here are the artists, tracks, and original recorders, in no particular order, other than alphabetical:
The Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder ‘Baby, Your Phrasing is Bad’, (Caleb)
The Chemistry Set ‘Silver Birch’, (Del Shannon)
Rob Clarke and the Wooltones ‘Mind of a Child’, (Clouds)
Cranium Pie ‘Little Wing’, (Jimi Hendrix)
Geese ‘Point Me At The Sky’, (Pink Floyd)
The Luck of Eden Hall ‘Love is Only Sleeping’, (The Monkees)
The Marshmallow Staircase ‘Plastic Fantastic Lover’, (Jefferson Airplane)
Permanent Clear Light ‘In the City’, (The Who)
Sidewalk Society ‘Red Chair, Fade Away’, (The Bee Gees)
The Swims ‘My Clown’, (July)
Zombies of the Stratosphere ‘London Social Degree’, (Billy Nicholls)
You NEED this in your life.
Fruist de Mer Volumes 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17 are all being planned, and are at various stages of coming together.
Volume 12 will be a 3 track 7" EP by The Hausfrauen Experiment, and that band, along with a few others will feature on Volume 13 which is shaping up to be a cosmic Space Rock 10" or 12" (depending on how long the tracks are).
The remaining Volumes, I shall keep under my hat for now - and a lovely cloth cap of a hat it is, too.
Remember - to stay informed, join the bloody mailing list by sending us an email that states "Add me to the mailing list", and on receipt, we'll add you to the mailing list. It really is that simple.
Fare ye well for now, me old fruits!
CRANIUM PIE "Rememberrr/ Mothership" - 7" single out in late-July 2010. Reserve now.
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