Monthly Archives: July 2015

active listener sampler #34

Posted on July 31, 2015 by marklosingtoday

More related friends of the fish in the shape of the acutely cool Active Listener webzine (who we owe something of an apology to due to our absence which we will be setting straight in the coming days) have just … Continue reading →

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a seance at Syd’s……

Posted on July 30, 2015 by marklosingtoday

As this is a kind of extended FdM catch up special type thing and bearing in mind the close friendship and overlaps  between the two labels, it seems a little fitting to squeeze in a brief review of this baby … Continue reading →

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cranium pie

Posted on July 30, 2015 by marklosingtoday

More fruits de mer familiar folk are cranium pie who without a shadow of doubt have been responsible for some of the most wayward, out there forward thinking backwards looking forwards while standing sideways sounds to have graced the FdM … Continue reading →

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the luck of eden hall

Posted on July 30, 2015 by marklosingtoday

Another of the Fruits de Mer old guard, the Luck of Eden Hall, should be round about now on UK soil and prepping for the opening night of a short UK tour due to start tonight at the 12 bar … Continue reading →

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vibravoid

Posted on July 30, 2015 by marklosingtoday

Final mention for the Fruits de Mer September release soiree sees the uber cool psych dudes Vibravoid turning their collective kaleidoscopic sights upon three nuggets from yesteryear. In truth our favourite release of the four (but don’t tell the other … Continue reading →

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nick nicely

Posted on July 30, 2015 by marklosingtoday

Okay so we are agreed that ‘Hilly Fields (1892)’ is deserving of the tags ‘legendary’ and ‘classic’ – eccentric, peculiar and strange not to mention operating in a sound time / space that was so out of step and out … Continue reading →

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Tir Na nOg

Posted on July 30, 2015 by marklosingtoday

Second bite from the quartered Fruits de Mer September pie comes courtesy of the legendary Tir Na nOg – again available on limited seven inch pressings of coloured wax and guaranteed to fly off the racks on pre sales faster … Continue reading →

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magic bus

Posted on July 30, 2015 by marklosingtoday

 Due up in the first week of September the Mer machine will be cranking into its extended year end season with four killer seven inches leading the way, as ever all strictly limited and pressed up variously on coloured wax … Continue reading →

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the cats never sleep / the insektlife cycle

Posted on July 30, 2015 by marklosingtoday

Second serving of the lathe lovelies pairs together the cats never sleep and insektlife cycle for what are label debuts for both parties, the former incidentally hailing from Sweden – the recognised land of pop perfection whilst the latter transmitting … Continue reading →

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me and my kites / soft hearted scientists

Posted on July 30, 2015 by marklosingtoday

First up with the FdM frolics a brace of uber limited lathe cut releases specially crafted and lovingly shaped out of polycarbonate or whatever hell the material they make these wonderfully looking pressings on is by those fine folk at … Continue reading →

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