Cornelius Releases New Single “Sketch for Spring" and Announces New LP Ethereal Essence Out June 26

Japanese Avant Pop Maestro Cornelius Returns With “Sketch for Spring" Lead Single from New LP Ethereal Essence Out June 26

 

“Sketch for Spring” Drops Today April 25

 

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For Immediate Release – (Tokyo, Japan) April 25,2024 – Just in time to shake the darling buds of May, Japanese avant pop maestro Cornelius celebrates 30 years as one of music’s most compelling songwriters, producers, and performers with “Sketch for Spring,” the lead single from his magical new LP, Ethereal Essence, the latest turning point in an already celebrated and iconoclastic career. Of the single, Cornelius says, “This song was written for the background music in the tube of PARCO, a cultural complex in Shibuya. The title is a tribute to my favorite guitarist Vini Reilly [of British post-punk band Durutti Column].” 

 

A shift in direction from his famed alternative pop style to a more ambient and abstract approach, Ethereal Essence marks Cornelius’ first full-length album since the critically acclaimed Dream in Dream (2023), and Mellow Waves (2017). Dream in Dream’s singles and videos –  "Change and Vanish”, “Sparks” and "All Things Must Pass" – were received adoringly throughout 2023. Reflecting on the evolution of his sound, Cornelius explains, “I gathered songs that have an ethereal feel from the various purposes for which they have been produced over the past few years and I decided to make one album. With the current strange situation in the world and the stressful social life, I feel comfortable with something that fits into the introspection and spiritual world. Last year, I exhibited my work at Ambient Kyoto in Kyoto with Ryuichi Sakamoto and others.” In addition to Sakamoto and Cornelius (whose collaboration was enthusiastically received), the prestigious festival also included Shiro Takatani, Buffalo Daughter, and Seiichi Yamamoto, a noteworthy lineup overflowing with genius highlighting Kyoto’s significance in the world of music and art. 

 

His current focus is nothing new. Cornelius has been a fan of ambient music his whole life and includes Raymond Scott’s Soothing Sounds for Baby, Hiroshi Yoshimura’s Music for Nine Postcards, Jonny Nash’s Exit Strategies, The Sweet Enough’s Marshmallow, and Steve Hiett’s Down on the Road by the Beach among his favorite ambient albums of all time. 

 

The upcoming tour in support of Dream in Dream in Dream features Cornelius 20-year compatriots Hirohisa Horie on keyboards (also a support member for Yukihiro Takahashi’s Yellow Magic Orchestra) and Yuko Araki on drums (also a member of Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band along with Cornelius); and Buffalo Daughter’s Yumiko Ohno on Moog and bass, who joined Cornelius in 2016 on his indelible Fantasma World Tour. Cornelius and his band will be playing songs from his five previous albums since 1992, beginning with the landmark LP Fantasma. Cornelius encourages old fans and new to experience this next wave in sound in person. “We are grateful to everyone who has supported our activities. Please come and see us.”

 

 

Tour Dates

8/29-9/1 - End of the Road Festival - Salisbury, UK

9/3/24 - Paridiso - Amsterdam, NL

9/6/24 - Barbican - London, UK

9/21/24 - Music Box - San Diego, CA

9/22/24 - Pappy & Harriets - Pioneertown, CA

9/24/24 - Fonda Theatre - Los Angeles, CA

9/25/24 - UC Theatre - Berkeley, CA

9/27/24 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR

9/29/24 - Neptune Theatre - Seattle, WA

 

As a commercially popular yet experimental pop auteur, Cornelius has built a reputation for smashing musical boundaries, opening sonic playing fields for musicians and music lovers of all kinds around the world. From his earlier work on the breakthrough album Fantasma (1997) which blended motorik rhythms, French pop melodies, Beach Boys harmonies and glitched electronics; to Cornelius’ dramatic shift in tones, forms, and spaces in Point (2001); and his live music contributions to the Yellow Magic Orchestra and Yoko Ono’s Plastic Ono Band, Cornelius' unique blend of daring and sophisticated but accessible art-pop has earned him legions of discerning fans worldwide.

 

[Album Cover Art Goes HERE]

 

Ethereal Essence Track List:

1. Quantum Ghost

2. Sketch For Spring

3. Heaven Is Waiting

4. Too Much Love For Sauna (Falling Deep)

5. Xanadu

6. Koko

7. Step Into Exovera

8. Forbidden Apple

9. Melting Moment

10. Mind Matrix

11. Windmills Of My Mind

12. Thatness and Thereness - Cornelius Remodel (Ryuichi Sakamoto 2023 tribute cover)

 

 

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Cornelius Releases New Single “Sketch for Spring" and Announces New LP Ethereal Essence Out June 26

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ST. VINCENT “BIG TIME NOTHING” THIRD ADVANCE TRACK FROM NEW ALBUM ALL BORN SCREAMING OUT THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 26

ST. VINCENT
“BIG TIME NOTHING”
THIRD ADVANCE TRACK FROM NEW ALBUM
ALL BORN SCREAMING OUT THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 26

Named Hottest Record in the World by BBC Radio 1’s Future Sounds

Photo Credit: Alex Da Corte

“Clark has eked out a singular space in music, occasionally intersecting with the mainstream but for the most part staying uncompromisingly countercultural.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

“All Born Screaming is not the sound of St. Vincent becoming yet another character, but the sound of Annie Clark rediscovering herself… a pure, bold presentation of St. Vincent… It’s good to have her back.” – STEREOGUM

“Big Time Nothing,” the third song to be released in advance of St. Vincent’s feverishly anticipated All Born Screaming, is out now. Featuring a precarious balance of ennui and urgency underpinned by brainworm basslines, the newly unleashed track expands on the incendiary sonic palette of side one of the new album—forming a fiery trifecta with the “swaggering, stripped-down ball of energy” (FLOOD) that is “Flea” and the “volcanic buildup” (THE NEW YORK TIMES) of “Broken Man.”

Watch the “Big Time Nothing” lyric video here.

All Born Screaming will be released this Friday, April 26 via Total Pleasure Records in partnership with Virgin Music Group. Pre-order HERE 

“Big Time Nothing” received its World Premiere today on BBC Radio 1’s Future Sounds as their Hottest Record in the World. The Hottest Record is a historic and world renowned feature, highlighting the most important new global track release of the day. The World Premiere was broadcast at 6:30pm BST, alongside an exclusive interview with St. Vincent by host Jack Saunders.

The three-time GRAMMY winner’s first self-produced record and seventh album overall, All Born Screaming is an invitation from St. Vincent to test the limits of what is possible–and to then keep going;  Brought to life with the aid of a highly curated roster of friends — Rachel Eckroth, Josh Freese, Dave Grohl, Mark Guiliana, Cate Le Bon, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Stella Mogzawa and David Ralicke — the album is an unadulterated expression of St. Vincent’s singular vision.

All Born Screaming was produced by St. Vincent and mixed by Cian Riordan.

All Born Screaming’s release will be followed by an extensive tour. The North American itinerary is as follows:  

May 22 — Ventura, CA — The Majestic Ventura Theater*
May 25 — San Francisco, CA — The Masonic*
August 8 — Bend, OR — Hayden Homes Amphitheater #
August 11 — Vancouver, BC — Orpheum +
August 13 — Boise, ID — Knitting Factory +
August 14 — Ogden, UT — Twilight Concert Series +
August 16 — Los Angeles, CA — Greek Theater
September 5 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway ^
September 6 — Philadelphia, PA — The Met ^
September 10 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount ^
September 11 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount ^
September 13 — Washington D.C. — Anthem ^
September 14 — Toronto, ON — Massey Hall %
September 16 — Ann Arbor, MI — Michigan Theater %
September 20 — St. Paul, MN — The Palace Theater %

*Momma supports
# Spoon supports
+ Eartheater supports
^ Yves Tumor supports
% Dorian Electra supports

ST. VINCENT “BIG TIME NOTHING” THIRD ADVANCE TRACK FROM NEW ALBUM ALL BORN SCREAMING OUT THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 26

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Simon Fisher Turner Announces New Album 'Instability of the Signal' || Shares First Track "Barefeet"

SIMON FISHER TURNER  ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM  INSTABILITY OF THE SIGNAL DUE OUT 8/2 ON MUTE  LISTEN TO FIRST TRACK “BAREFEET”

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Today Simon Fisher Turner has announced details of a new album for Mute, Instability of the Signal, that will see release on August 2, 2024 on limited edition vinyl and digitally. The composer, musician and Zelig-like artist who has worked and performed in groundbreaking and underground music, film and art scenes since the ‘70s has created a lush, soothing and intimate album, a landmark in his ever-expanding catalog of projects. The 13-track album features Fisher Turner singing for the first time in many years, accompanying compositions built from tiny snippets of sound along with piano, classical strings, a detuned Fender Telecaster and his magpie-like collecting of field recordings.  Listen to the album’s opener, the playful earworm “Barefeet”, with its accompanying video by documentary filmmaker Sebastian Sharples HERE. Pre-order Instability of The Signal HERE. Instability of The Signal pulls together four strands of Fisher Turner's sonic experimentation: Slivers, Sounds, Strings, and Singing. The 'slivers' are tiny snippets of audio he used as source material for the tracks, all created by Salford Electronics (aka David Padbury), and reworked by Fisher Turner into foundations for entire tracks. The 'sounds' that pepper these tracks are sourced from Fisher Turner's relentless field recording. They include a rhythm created from the sound of a spinning bicycle wheel recorded in Berlin, the percussive sounds of objects on hard floors inspired by his collaboration with artist potter and writer Edmund de Waal, a hand-made mechanical pencil sharpener made by Tilda Swinton's father (recorded while working on a film with Swinton and the Derek Jarman Lab), along with an extended index of guerrilla field recordings and sonic textures. The album's 'strings' are recordings made with The Elysian Collective (who have recently been performing live with Pulp). Fisher Turner's voice is the centerpiece of this album, it is the 'singing' that draws all these sounds together into a complete and distinctive album of songs. "I was making these tracks with Padbury's slivers one day, and then the penny just dropped," he explains. "I just knew I wanted to sing over them: to use my voice again." His lyrics scramble Burroughs cut-ups sourced from two of Harold Pinter's poems, words from a book on the video work of Czech filmmakers Breda Beban and Hrvoje Horvatic, flashes of memories of riding buses in London and cycling topless in jeans around the city. The intimate, soft vocals feature his own memories, pulled extracts from diaries and other texts, some of which are political and subtly delivered the frustrations he felt at the beginning of the project. These lyrics, he says: "reflect how I feel without standing on a soapbox and screaming."   The album is rooted in the intimate sound space of a small studio, where he recorded with producer Francine Perry. The intimacy is mirrored in the album's artwork, a photo of his regular collaborator and long-time friend, the filmmaker Isao Yamada listening to the album for the first time. Film plays an important part in telling the visual story of the album, with several filmmakers, including the documentary filmmaker Sebastian Sharples (who previously collaborated with Simon Fisher Turner for Lana Lara Lata (Mute, 2005), invited to create short films to accompany tracks from the album.  Like Fisher Turner's long and varied career, Instability of The Signal is an accumulation of experience, effervescent memories, sounds and textures. It contains hidden learnings. It is about how restorative singing of ourselves and to ourselves can be but is also a document of times and places delivered in beautifully impressionistic palettes of sounds and voices. It is also another document of Fisher Turner's remarkable life and unshakeable curiosity about sound. "I'm now a 69-year-old man and by hook or by crook, and some good luck, this album has turned into something which really sounds like me," he reflects. "I'm singing how I feel I truly sound; this time, I'm not hiding anything."

Track listing: 1. Barefeet 2. Turning Slowly 3. She Lowers Her Arms 4. I Can’t Hear Anything 5. Thrashing It Out 6. Fishscales 7. Boymanduet 8. Toast 9. Democracy 10. Tape Ends 11. The “Special Relationship” 12. Purr 13. Bless Your Hands (Pt. 1 and 2) Pre-order the album HERE.   CONNECT WITH A SIMON FISHER TURNER: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM CONNECT WITH MUTE: FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM | TIK TOK | WEB

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Ginger Winn announces debut LP & shares playful, flour-filled video "Frosting" out now

SINGER-SONGWRITER GINGER WINN ANNOUNCES WISTFUL DEBUT LP STOP-MOTION DUE OUT JUNE 7 PRE-ORDER THE LP HERE & SHARES LIVE CREATION OF THE OFFICIAL ALBUM ARTWORK WITH "FROSTING" VIDEO LISTEN HERE | WATCH HERE + WILL SUPPORT BECCS AT THE AVALON LOUNGE ON MAY 29 IN CATSKILL, NY MORE INFORMATION HERE Exclusively premiered via Atwood Magazine

Photo credit: Adrianna Newell

Today, South Carolina-born, South Africa-based singer-songwriter Ginger Winn announces her dreamy, enchanting debut album STOP-MOTION due out June 7 and available for pre-order now. Alongside the announcement, Winn shares "Frosting" out everywhere now with an accompanying flour-filled video. Plus, Winn will support indie-pop artist beccs at The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, NY on May 29 with more information available here. The new track, video and big announcement premiered exclusively via Atwood Magazine, who wrote, "A gentle, sweet, and dreamy acoustic reverie, 'Frosting' glows warm and bright with Winn’s inner light as she sings about ditching her day job and diving headfirst into music. And now here she is, a glistening ray of hope here to show the world that you can make your dreams come true." STOP-MOTION, the debut album by Ginger Winn is an alluring body of work that offers a bright glimmer of hope in an often bleak world. It captures the artist's hopes, dreams and experiences as Winn explores her place in the world and who she might become. Winn recorded ten songs in 18 days with David Baron (The Lumineers, Noah Kahan, Shawn Mendes), who is currently top 5 on both Rock and Alternative producer Billboard charts and produced the wildly popular "Scared to Start" by Michael Marcagi, at his own Sun Mountain Studios in Boiceville, NY. Today's "Frosting" video release reveals the album cover to coincide with the project's official announcement. Winn carefully crafted a body of work that encourages reflection, daydreaming and wonder while simultaneously confronting truths, no matter how difficult it may be. The collection, Winn says, "is a 27-minute carousel ride through a renaissance. You will fall in love, build your dreams, rip down reality, face your fears, reconnect with your inner child, and escape this world for a moment while reflecting on your place in it. A reminder to enjoy what you can, when you can, if you can because the carousel ride won't last forever." Reflecting on working with Winn and the completed body of work, Baron shares, "Ginger Winn is a rare diamond. A mature artist who has not released music before (almost unheard of these days). Her style and songs are diverse in style. They are unified by her personality which is both approachable and a bit mysterious. She has an interesting career ahead of her." On the album itself, Baron says, "The album feels like a memoir. It captures that ‘day in the life’ like many of the best books and records. I recommend listening to the record as a unified whole. It is exciting to be involved in the inception of an artist as powerful as Ginger." With "Frosting" and its accompanying video, filmed at Early Terrible in Woodstock, NY, Winn pays homage to her short career as a pastry chef and puts the live, careful creation of the new album artwork on full display. The cover features a photograph taken by Tina Baione of a carousel in Piazza della Reppublica in Florence, Italy with tape to reference Baron's studio and frosting to reference Winn's old job. The final piece was photographed by Adrianna Newell (NY Times, Vogue, DVEight) to create the finished product. The video is a tribute to the process of deliberately crafting an album, as Winn shares, "This is a surreal version of my inner thoughts while making pastries wishing I was making music, which leads to hand-making the album cover with David Baron–the same way we made the music." Watch "Frosting" (Official Video) Last month, Winn introduced herself with the tender "Super 8," a modern dreamy love song inspired by the complexities of being a young woman and the hard fought realities of making one’s own ever-winding dreams come true. Winn's ethereal, booming vocals invite listeners into the hazy dream-like reality of her anxious and ambitious mind. With an acoustic guitar mixed with swelling horns, the artist chronicles the intricacies of falling in love with recollections that feel familiar yet distant–as if to watch flashbacks play back on Super 8 film. The track arrived with a video, appropriately shot on Super 8 film, directed by Tina Baione and Ellery Luse Weiss and edited by Nicholas Paul, brings Winn's multifaceted story to life. It's a tribute to all that dreams offer–from powerful, to surreal to sweet where a slumbering Winn oscillates between dreamworld and reality, finding herself in peculiar places like Jane’s Carrousel in Brooklyn, NY and the backroads of Tuscany.  Born and raised in South Carolina, Ginger Winn has been singing and songwriting since age nine. With the pursuit of music always central in her mind, she began working as a freelance music producer online over two years ago, leading her to her latest offering–"Super 8." In 2022, Winn received a message from Tina Baione to help turn her husband Matthew's poetry into a song, and "Super 8" was born. The three have been making music together ever since, and through Winn's music, are thrilled to build a sonic and visual universe of their own. STOP-MOTION, the debut LP by Ginger Winn sees the artist take stock of life and submerge herself in love. It's due out June 7 and available for pre-order now. Watch Winn reveal the official album artwork with the "Frosting" track and video out now. See Winn live in Catskill, NY on May 29 with more information available here. Keep up with Ginger Winn on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube for much more from the rising musician. Watch "Super 8" (Official Video) | Listen

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Mabel Returns to R&B Roots with New Track 'Vitamins' - Out Today

MABEL RETURNS WITH NEW TRACK ‘VITAMINS’ – OUT NOW

LISTEN “VITAMINS”   Today, British award-winning, platinum-selling artist Mabel returns with the brand-new track ‘Vitamins,’ out now via Capitol Records.   Listen to ‘Vitamins’ HERE.   Produced by Tommy Brown (Ariana Grande, Victoria Monet), the sultry cut marks a welcomed return to Mabel’s early R&B roots. Speaking on the track, Mabel explained: “This is my family and friends' favorite song out of all the music I’ve made over the past couple of years. It's a reminder to the man I love to take care of himself but also that in difficult times I’ll always be there in his corner. I dedicate the record to my uncle David Cherry who passed during the making of this song. He was a musician and I felt him guiding me musically during the session, to be braver and bolder with my songwriting.”   ‘Vitamins’ marks Mabel's first new solo music since 2022’s ‘About Last Night…’, and follows on from the Black Sherif assisted collab ‘Zero’, out earlier this year. Last month, Mabel shared a heartfelt statement on social media announcing that she was back and launched the fan platform ‘This One’s For You’.   Stay tuned for more from Mabel.

ABOUT MABEL Mabel, born Mabel Alabama-Pearl McVey, is one of the UK’s brightest popstars. She has amassed twelve top 20 singles with hits like ‘Don’t Call Me Up’, ‘My Lover’ and ‘Fine Line’, two UK top 3 albums and won Best Female Solo at the BRITs. Mabel released her platinum-selling debut album ‘High Expectations’ in 2019 – the biggest-selling debut by a British woman that year. Released in 2022, Mabel’s sophomore album ‘About Last Night’ became her highest charting release to date, debuting at number two on the Official Charts and received critical acclaim from the likes of NME, The Observer and DIY. Mabel has now surpassed over 4.5 billion streams, and 8 million singles sold worldwide. She has also graced the cover of numerous publications including British GQ, Glamour, ES Mag and more.   FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | X | YOUTUBE | TIKTOK | WEBSITE

Mabel Returns to R&B Roots with New Track 'Vitamins' - Out Today

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