“… his finest solo LP” – MOJO ****
“… a welcome return” – Q
“… some great surprises” – Uncut *******
“Those seeking both instant gratification and the added pleasure of discovering more layers with every listen will appreciate Ranaldo’s latest.” – The Wire

Ahead of the release of a brand new album, his first for Mute, LEE RANALDO has shared the video for ‘Moroccan Mountains’, the opening track from Electric Trim, out on 15 September 2017.

In addition, Ranaldo has confirmed two Rough Trade instores, in New York tonight, and at London’s Rough Trade East on Monday 2 October plus a full band European tour for 2018. Before then, Ranaldo and the band will tour across North America in Oct / Nov this year. Further dates, including London will be announced in the coming weeks.

Watch the video for the opening track on the album here: http://po.st/LRMMVideo

Ranaldo explains, “Moroccan Mountains was begun sitting atop a blood-red carpet with yellow mountain shapes woven into it that was brought back from Fes on my first trip there in 1995. I was strumming the chords that became the song and those mountain shapes took me back to my first trip to the country and into the Rif Mountains where I first met and played with the Master Musicians of Jajouka, in their little hilltop village with no running water or electricity. Somehow those memories infused a certain ‘Moroccan spirit’ into the song. It was a magical time, for Morocco is a magical place, and I found myself transported back via the chords from my guitar. The opening spoken section about ‘falling into the crack between the window and the world’ is based on true events that took place on a train approaching Grenoble, France in 2015…”

Directed by Fred Riedel, the video is an excerpt from the forthcoming documentary on the making of the album, shot on location in Morocco, France, New York City, Berlin, and somewhere in the skies over the Tyrrhenian Sea in 2016.

The feature length documentary, HELLO HELLO HELLO : LEE RANALDO : ELECTRIC TRIM tracks the making of the album by filmmakers Fred Riedel and Jerry Fried. The documentary will be touring select film festivals in Europe and the US, screenings include the New Jersey Film Festival on album release day, Fonomo Music and Film Festival in Poland and Gig Harbor Film Festival in Seattle in October and London’s Doc‘n Roll Festival in Nov (venue to be announced, tickets on sale on 27 September).

Watch the trailer for Hello Hello Hello here: http://po.st/LRHelloTrailer

Electric Trim was recorded in New York City and Barcelona in collaboration with producer Raül ‘Refree’ Fernandez and extends the work of Ranaldo’s solo canon, the most recent being his 2013 album, Last Night On Earth.

Through his collaboration with Fernandez, Ranaldo moves into some rich new sonic territories and production techniques, experimenting with electronic beats and samples alongside live players.

Ranaldo is a co-founder of Sonic Youth, a visual artist, producer and writer. In addition to Fernandez, he worked with several special guests on Electric Trim, including Sharon Van Etten who sings on six of the tracks and duets on ‘Last Looks’ and Kid Millions (aka Man Forever) as well as longtime friend and collaborator Nels Cline (Wilco). In addition, the album features Ranaldo’s band The Dust (fellow Sonic Youth member Steve Shelley, guitarist Alan Licht, and bassist Tim Luntzel).

Ranaldo collaborated with award winning New York author Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn / The Fortress of Solitude) for lyrics on six of the songs, including ‘Thrown Over The Wall’, and the American artist, Richard Prince, who previously painted the sleeve for Sonic Youth’s 2004 album Sonic Nurse, created the artwork for the album.

LEE RANALDO 2018 EUROPEAN / UK TOUR

16 Feb – SP Barcelona – Sala Apolo
17 Feb – SP Madrid – Moby Dick
20 Feb – FR La Rochelle – La Sirene
21 Feb – FR Nantes – Stereolux
22 Feb – FR Rennes – Route Du Rock D’hiver at Antipode
23 Feb – FR Paris – La Maroquinerie / Gonzai Night
24 Feb – FR Tourcoing – Le Grand Mix
28 Feb – BE Gent – Vooruit
1 Mar – NL Amsterdam – Bitterzoet
2 Mar – DE Hamburg – Kampnagel
3 Mar – DE Berlin – Roter Salon Am Volksbühne
4 Mar – DE Heidelberg – Karlstorbahnhof
6 Mar – IT Trento – Teatro Sanbapolis
8 Mar – CH Winterthur – Salzhaus
9 Mar – FR Metz – Les Trinitaires
10 Mar – FR Lyon – Epicerie Moderne

Full details at http://po.st/LRWebsite

Spring 2018 Tour now on booking > contact: Etienne AT julietippex . com

We’re happy to welcome US band dälek on Julie Tippex Roster for Europe. (Sofi at You’re not human booking will continue to handle the UK for them)

Veteran agitators Dälek have never been ones to stick within the rigid parameters of genre. A group who seemingly hold the utmost contempt for conservative expectations regarding form, instead pioneering a volatile and timeless strain of hip-hop, drawing as much from My Bloody Valentine as Public Enemy. These practitioners of noise fuelled depravity are back with a whole new album, entitled Endangered Philosophies, their follow up to last years Asphalt for Eden, scheduled to come out via Ipecac Recordings September 1, 2017.

With Dälek, the flow has often been usurped by scorched textures, the product of synthetic decay, themes flitting from pungent political rage through to outright Dionysian frenzy. On Endangered Philosophies, the lyrics are more focused and at the forefront than ever before, and MC Dälek’s new experiments with rhyme styles and flow makes for a vital concoction. There’s no doubt about it, Endangered Philosophies is a work of guttural catharsis, it is a call to arms…

Within the context of the current political landscape, the title Endangered Philosophies certainly brings to mind pertinent issues of moment, notably the rampant rise of anti-intellectualism, as well as the all too rapid erosion of genuinely progressive values in the face of fearful reactionary forces. In MC Dälek’s own words…“Endangered Philosophies is a very introspective record about very external forces. This isn’t about one listen… it’s about your evolving perception when you immerse yourself in the layers of sound and words. Endangered Philosophies is a record about the RIGHT NOW and yet will resonate differently each time it is listened to, in a word….timeless.” (Rolling Stone)

Dälek have been prone to outbursts of pummeling extremity, yet their sound is anything but one-dimensional; with viscous dark-ambient soundscapes congealing atop their incessant beats, a dual focus on brute force and disembodied unease. And still, Dälek continue to evolve, as Endangered Philosophies takes a new approach to source material, this time making use of material sent to them by people they have friendships and relationships with including Toronto-based Metz, manipulating and sampling in the same way they would use record samples.

Although the group have evolved their sound over the years, they continue to collaborate with the same behind the scenes crew who’ve been with them from the beginning, from the production team to the artist behind the cover art (Paul Romano). Endangered Philosophies captures so many elements of past Dälek but in a new way, easily matching any of their earlier output in terms of sheer unbridled intensity.

At this stage in their career they have elevated to a frankly peerless stature; with next year marking 20 years since the release of their pivotal debut album Negro Necro Nekros, and having previously collaborated with a host of like-minded visionaries; ranging from Krautrock legends Faust, through to the 90s electronic act Techno Animal – a similarly restless project comprised of Kevin Martin (The Bug, King Midas Sound) and Justin Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu). Fans will be thrilled – but not too surprised – to discover that with Endangered Philosophies, the group once again charge forward, continuing to resist stagnation in all of its forms. 

New track “Echoes of…” taken from Endangered philosophies available  HERE

ITW of MC Dälek in Rolling Stone Magazine HERE

DÄLEK EUROPE/UK TOUR Nov. 2017

02/11/2017 FR Grenoble – La Bobine w/ Labrats Bugband – Tickets
04/11/2017 FR Lyon – Bizarre! w/ Dead Obies – Tickets / FB
05/11/2017 CH Martigny – Les Caves de Manoir
06/11/2017 DE Esslingen – Komma
07/11/2017 DE Nuremberg – Musik Verein – Tickets / FB
08/11/2017 DE Berlin – Urban Spree w/ Debmaster – Tickets / FB
10/11/2017 DK Copenhagen – Stengade
12/11/2017 BE Kortrijk – Sonic City Festival curated by Thurston Moore  w/ Moor Mother, Thurston Moore
14/11/2017 UK Colchester – Colchester Arts Centre
15/11/2017 NO Oslo – Bla w/ Moor Mother
16/11/2017 UK London – Underworld Camden – Tickets / FB
17/11/2017 FR Paris – Batofar – Tickets / FB
18/11/2017 FR Brest – Festival invisible at La Carene w/ Camera, Action Beat

Booking Europe: Etienne AT Julietippex . com
Booking UK:  Sofi AT ynhagency.com

Lee Ranaldo has announced details of a brand new album, Electric Trim, out on 15 ‎September 2017, and embarks on a US tour in June.‎
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The nine-track album marks a return to the Mute family for Ranaldo, who says: “I’m so excited ‎about this record, it represents new developments and directions for me and I can’t wait ‎to hit the road and play this music live. I’m also so pleased to partner with Mute for this ‎release – it’s like a homecoming of sorts as Sonic Youth’s early records were released ‎on Blast First / Mute. To me Mute has always been a true artist’s label, concentrating ‎first and foremost on the music. I can’t wait for everyone to hear this music.”‎

Hi there!

Memphis band NOTS just have played Primavera Festival and will continue to play their No Wave Garage music in Europe/UK in the next 2 weeks! the full list of shows here!

Thur 1-Jun SP BARCELONA – PRIMAVERA FESTIVAL / Tickets
Fri 2-Jun SP BARCELONA – PRIMAVERA FESTIVAL FREE SHOW IN TOWN / Tickets
Sat 3-Jun FR PARIS – POINT FMR / Tickets
Sun 4-Jun UK BRIGHTON – GREEN DOOR STORE / Tickets
Mon 5-Jun UK LEEDS – BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB / Tickets
tues 6-Jun UK HEBDEN BRIDGE – TRADES CLUB / Tickets
wed 7-Jun UK LONDON – CAFE OTO / Tickets
Thur 8-Jun FR LILLE – ANTRE 2
Fri 9-Jun BE BRUSSELS – BEURSSCHOUWBURG / OUT LOUD FESTIVAL / Tickets
Sat 10-Jun NL AMSTERDAM – BITTERZOET / Tickets
Sun 11-Jun DE HAMBURG – Ms HEDI / Tickets / FB
Mon 12-Jun DE BERLIN – URBAN SPREE / Tickets
tues 13-Jun DE COLOGNE – KING GEORG / Tickets
wed 14-Jun FR STRASBOURG – MUDD CLUB / FB
Thur 15-Jun DE SCHORNDORF – MANUFAKTUR / Tickets
Fri 16-Jun CH FRIBOURG – LE NOUVEAU MONDE / Tickets / FB
sat 17-Jun CH LUZERN – B-SIDES FESTIVAL / Tickets / FB

Booking -> Etienne AT Julitippex.com

We’re happy to welcome OTTO RIITA on our Roster!

After years approaching each other, yugo solo and Rescue finally team up to create some music under the moniker OTTO RIITA. Rescue is a dj, radio producer and sound artist. She is active within the french underground electronic scene since the early 2000. yugo solo is one of the guitar heroes of the french super band RIEN (RIP) and member of the crazy duo Câlin. Within OTTO RIITA they blend their skills and backgrounds to create an odd yet funky spacey disco vibe that is a real collision of worlds.

The title track ‘Azul Piscina’ is first and is a rugged affair with shooting synths, funky drums and a raw energy that really gets you going. Cosmic melodic explosions and knotted bass guitar riffs brush up with one another and make the whole thing really jump out at you. Next up, the equally interesting ‘Square Dance’ is a deeper affair, with rippling synths and big bass downstrokes taking you far off into the cosmos. It is a musical tune that mixes organic and synthetic sounds with real aplomb.

Belgian-Italo duo Front De Cadeaux step up to remix and rework ‘Azul Piscina’ into a slow and ponderous, chuggy disco prowler with tumbling percussion and loose drums falling away from the groove. It’s playful and curious and makes way for Argentinian drummer and producer Publicist to step up to tackle the same track. His version is much more direct and freaked-out with mad synths bringing a tortured feel, industrial sounds adding energy and slap-funk drums driving the whole thing along.

HERE is what The Drone thinks about it.. and HERE Gonzai! and here below a few quotes from DJ/Producer/Labels

Arnaud Rebotini > ‘Publicist remix is for me !’
Chloé > ‘love both original tracks !’
Ted Krisko from ATAXIA >‘Talk about a release that cuts through in promo world. Total standout – thank you for the absolute smashers here. Azul Piscina OG & Publicist remix get full support. ‘
Bottin >‘both original are very good. Publicist remix also interesting!’
Bufi / Ritmo Culto (Kitsuné, Correspondant, Record Makers, Turbo) > ‘NICE!’
Gemini Brothers > ‘Defo a great EP! Love ‘Azul Piscina’ orig version! Defo playing and supporting around!’
Tom Findlay from Groove Armada > ‘wicked disco ness – love it’
Severino Panzetta from Horse Meat Disco > ‘Great release Front De Cadeaux is FAB and original too ‘
Timothy Clerkin from Heretic / Eskimo Twins > ‘All amazing!’
Golden Bug > ‘Top F2C and Azul Piscina’
Id!r > ‘Nice pack ! Originals are just Brilliant, love them both.’
Il Est Vilaine > ‘Cool ep’
Alexandre Berly from La Mverte > ‘F2C remix is for me, really good !’
Marco Dos Santos > ‘Great one. ‘
Pulp Disco and The Outcasts (Her Majesty’s Ship, Correspondant, La Dame Noir) > ‘Great release. Love the originals and remixes.’
PSLKTR (Meant Records) > ‘square dance original is sick’
Travis Kirschbaum from Split Secs (Kompakt) > ‘Loving Azul and and the Publicist remix. Very nice!’
Neil Parnell from Tronik Youth > ‘great package’

They’re now available for live and Dj Set !

booking > Etienne AT julietippex.com