Hello, Goodbye

While Blogspot has served us well over the years, let's be honest, it's not great looking. So we've moved ourselves over to Tumblr. This blog will become dormant, or it'll forward you to our new home (if I can figure that out).

So if you'd like to keep up with us we are here:

www.halfmachinerecords.com
halfmachineradio.tumblr.com
(it's the same site)

Sam Willis' debut album out tomorrow

Tomorrow sees the release of Sam Willis' debut solo album 'Winterval'. One-half of Kompakt singed Walls, this is Willis' first release under his own name, following singles on labels such as Buzzin' Fly, RVNG INTL, and Playhouse. 'Winterval' is a bold and immersive album that fuses the saturated analogue sounds of classic house and techno with the plagant / euphoric melodics associated with Brian Eno or Selected Ambient Works era Aphex Twin. In a contemporary context Willis's experimental and hypnotic sounds fit neatly but uniquely alongside the likes of other sonic 4:4 explorers such as Four Tet, Actress, Nathan Fake and Caribou.

The LP comes on limited red vinyl, with full album download included. You can order that HERE (or pop in to your local record shop from tomorrow)

Or you can download HERE for only £7

Here's what people have been saying about the album:
"A perfect storm of a debut..fuses analog techno and house with ambient meditations" - The Fader
"narrative, tonal techno.. entirely absorbing" - Pitchfork
"Winterval has hypnotic, frostbitten beauty..a field of swooning analogue beats and spectral scribblings" - MOJO
"Echos the abstract subtlety of Aphex's 'Selected Ambient Works'..surreal hypnotic exploration that demands your full investment" - Clash Magazine
"Twinkling productions that bear comparison with Pantha Du Prince and Jesse Somfay" - Guardian

And if you're still not convinced, stream the whole album:

The Magic 'Call Me Up' video

Here's the video for Call Me Up by The Magic and starring Sylvie Smith on vocals and walking around. Taken from the debut album Ragged Gold, which is out now.

The video was directed by Sean Michael Turrell

The Magic - 'Call Me Up' from Half Machine on Vimeo.

Sam Willis 'Winterval' album stream

The Fader premiered Sam Willis' debut album yesterday.

Winterval is out on Monday 5th November 2012 on cadmium red vinyl and download (the LP comes with free download). Head to our shop to pre-order > SHOP

A stutter and a pause...

...but we're back now with some more music for you. Harald Bjork, the gentleman from Sweden who makes acid techno for many fine labels, his own among them, has remixed Sam Willis' Frozen/Cirrus with great results I'm sure you'll agree: Also, the ever on it Jon Hillcock, off the wireless, has included Sam's album track Foxglissandro in his new podcast All Back No Front, alongside music from Death Grips, Dam Mantle, Majical Cloudz etc.

Sam Willis 'Frozen/Cirrus' download/ HMR radio

Hi, have two things to mention, but I'll keep this brief;

Sam Willis' Frozen/Cirrus was download of the week on the always reliable Little White Earbuds on Friday. Frozen/Cirrus combines pistoning drum machines with tumbling Terry Riley arpeggios and a hypnotic bass refrain.



Secondly, we have a radio page, where we'll be posting our mixes. It's sorta like Magic FM, with more psych rock. You can listen to it HERE. The first mix is an oldie, but goodie (obvs), the soundtrack to our little trip to Guatemala last year. It's a Tumblr, so you can follow us and all that.

The Magic - European tour

The Magic, who's debut album 'Ragged Gold' came out a couple of months back (listen HERE) are supporting their other band Islands on some European shows along with some of their own.

18th Sep, WOODY WEST, PUSTERVIKSBAREN, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN*

19th Sep, FRITZ`S CORNER, LILLA HOTELLBAREN, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN*

24th Sep, HBC, BERLIN, GERMANY*

25th Sep, FEIERWERK, MÜNCHEN, GERMANY*

27th Sep, CLUB STEREO, NÜRNBERG, GERMANY*

28th Sep, KING GEORGE, KÖLN, GERMANY*

1st Oct, SZENE, VIENNA, AUSTRIA*

2nd Oct, NKZ PARK, ZAGREB, CROATIA*

5th Oct, SWAMP, FREIBURG, GERMANY*

12th Oct, LÁRBORDAGE, EVREUX, FRANCE*

25th Oct, HOXTON BAR & GRILL, LONDON, ENGLAND

26th Oct, THE WAITING ROOM, LONDON, ENGLAND

* - with Islands
Note, this will just be the brothers, Geordie and Evan, not full band.

Sam Willis 'Winterval' video

Noisey today premiered the Dan Tombs directed video for 'Winterval', the title track from Sam Willis' debut album, released 5th November.

Download A Sam Willis Remix Compilation

Here's a free unmixed comp of some of Sam Willis' favourite remixes he's done (names redacted to protect the innocent)

DOWNLOAD

Pre-order 'Winterval' on limited 180g heavy red vinyl HERE

Half Machine Records T-Shirts

There's some limited edition Half Machine Records t-shirts in our shop. Grey for the boys, white for the girls.

The back, if you can't see it, reps our ends, England's Lourdes, saying:

Half Machine Records
Solid Gold Hits
Canvey Island, England

BUY BUY BUY