Kingem Records – The Land of The Pop

What’s so special about Christmas songs? Is this kind of silly and very short term vogue goin’ to hold his own place and stand out as a real music genre or is this to be included in the list of silly stuff you’re forced to do in a failing attempt of being cool? As for Christmas 2011 and Tiny Tide seemed a lot like the perfect excuse to challenge its own imagination, since the Italian pop band released a little EP following the old route of Dickens and his Christmas ghost stories.

Not only the EP is ironically called “A Christmas Without Carol”, yet holds three songs called “Vintage Angel (Song of Chirstmas Past)”, “Christmas Lima Bean (Song of Alternative Christmas Present)” and “Noel On The Moon (Song of Christmas Future)”. This new release also include a bonus track called “Cheap Crhistmas”, just recorded for the notorious Italian indie blog “Polaroid”.

You can also get the EP and Polaroid Christmas compilation clicking here and here. Here to buy someone an handmade gift.

Art was made by Claire “Atta Girl” Goldthorp. Do check her site here.

It’s not without feeling a little bit guilt for not having found the time to give this little update the importance it deserved, that I’m pretty proud to announce and introduce you to one of the most exciting indie projects of the year: the indie lo-fi twee theme ep “Fall to Fall”. What if a chanteuse from Indonesia would met a singer from Italy and they started to collaborate to a couple of song? Penny drops! After an interview on SleepWalKing Magazine (R.I.P.) and a collaboration on Tiny Tide album “There’s A Girl That Never Goes Out”, Mark and Rima had so much fun that decided to join each other’s bands from Italy and Indonesia working on an EP about the passing of seasons. “Fall to Fall” was born!

The album also features Porlock on the beatles-que “Tea Time Intermission”while the track “Vacaciones de Invierno” is inspired by a collection of poems by Carolina Quiñonez Salpietro, from Lima. (everything falls into place, considering that Annemarie first release was from Plastilina Records, from the same city). You can find more information on the project on Tiny Tide page here and – above all - buy the CDR here. The EP come along with a picture and a poem of Rima. Come along and celebrate Fall!

Despite how much confusing it may seems, Tiny Tide REAL new album is out! What make it even harder to believe is that this collection of “impossible love songs” is called “There’s A Girl That Never Goes Out”, just to make clear that we’re in love with indie pop and we really wanted this album to be an epic explosion of lo-fi modern dittos. Songs were written and recorded winter 2010/2011, vocals and mixing made on different sessions on “Faith&Fame Studio”  between March and June. Album cover and art was made by Nicola Guerra and Jonathan Lee Hart, Simona Rovida and Rimauli Dindani from Annermarie appears on some tracks as guests. More information here.

YOU CAN GET THE ALBUM HERE. ENJOY.

“Andrė Brorsson, creative-in-chief of the band, I take my hat off to you sir. You are a genius.” ~Charlie Levels on SleepWalKing Magazine.

It’s really a pleasure to share this new KinGem Release. A Stars in Coma new album is not only an excuse to rejoice and discover the new musical gems of Andrè Brorson, it’s also a chance to directly experience his artistic growth and improvement as songwriter, producer and musician.

“Midnight Puzzle” – the new album -  it’s an evolution towards a 3 minute-indie-prog-pop and a visionary and committed songwriting attitude, blending thoughts on today’s messy stories with André’s inner world, turning this new work in Stars in Coma’s own Sgt. Pepper.

The brilliantly produced “Magic Season” is pure classic with some unconscious bits of Shibuya-Kei, and I’m sure that also Cornelius and Pizzicato 5 will love it, just like the YMO-sque “Tuck Dales”. The song “Midnight Puzzle” is an  classic nighttime ballad with piano chords reminiscing of America and Todd Rungren, while Scritti Politti and Style Council would have killed to have had “Paint My Picture On The Thick Shell” on one of their albums.

Either if your a long time “Stars in Coma” fan or you’re just looking for a new nice listening to fall in love with, “Midnight Puzzle” is the sweetest excuse to close your eyes and dream the perfect soundtrack of your springtime nights.

You can buy it and have more information here.

Stars in Coma – Magic Season by Kingem Records

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Tiny Tide is an indie retro pop band from Italy, with its mind open to new indie sounds such as The Golden Dawn, Magenta Skycode and Selebrities. But their new work is all really about Bowie and The Beatles. And I’m From Barcelona. And a bit Dire Straits and Cure too. Let’s not even mention Divine Comedy and Moz. The new work is called “Febrero”, and it’s the #6 release for KinGem Records. Did I mention that it’s my band too?

You can buy Febrero here.
(and listen to some samples as well)

“Here’s a first impressive review by Charlie Levels from Paisley & Charlie.
When I first heard ‘Febrero’ by the wickedly-named Tiny Tide, (it’s a play on New Wave indie), I immediately felt like grabbing a full-length overcoat and heading off to the local library to mope around, just like all those Morrissey-loving kids in the mid 80’s. Once in the library I would seek out tapes by Bowie and The New York Dolls, read up on The Ramones and Talking Heads and then browse the internet to download gems by Helen Love and The Monochrome Set.

Mark Zonda and his glorious cohorts have created an absolute gem of an album – both personal and heartfelt, full of pathos and charm but also packed with Morrissey-esque, almost comic song titles, (‘The Psychopath at the Club’, ‘Ginger Genie’ and ‘Mask Me Mask Me Mask Me’), with the sort of Wildean wit not seen or heard since the gladioli-wielding, internationally famous playboy’s heyday back in the last century.” [Review continues here...]

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