We’re delighted to announce that our next release will be a four track EP from Aberdeen/Edinburgh based THE DOUGLAS FIRS.

It’s taken Neil Andrew, the brains behind the project, five years to finally complete enough material for his début album (which we won’t be releasing, but will no doubt heartily recommend). Judging by the ambition and depth of tracks like The Quickening and Soporific, the delay is due to Andrew’s quest for ambient perfection rather than any particular lack of inspiration. We’re ridiculously excited about The Douglas Firs and look forward to sharing the EP with you very soon (exact date TBC).

http://www.myspace.com/thedouglasfirs

1. Zeitgeber

Of course, it’s in my best interests to say nice things about Klak Tik, so here are the opinions of a few impartial observers:

“A true testament that good music can be crafted from any bedroom by anyone, as long as there’s talent and creativity. There’s class and excellence in these songs, moments of compositional brilliance which will leave you speechless, as well as puzzled as to why this isn’t on repeat worldwide.” – Japie Stoppelenburg, NoRipcord.com

“The music of Klak Tik is layered, multi-instrumental and hypnotic – reminiscent of Beirut, DeVotchKa and Arcade Fire.” – Fast Forward Revue

Since the EP’s completion, Klak Tik has evolved into a five-piece band which will make its live debut on 21 November at Soho’s Spice of Life. More live dates are to be announced soon.

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After a couple of years of writing, recording and performing with London’s 6 Day Riot, Søren has decided to focus fully on his solo project and the results so far are nothing short of startling. The EP, which will act as a taster for his upcoming debut album, is as yet unnamed and will be released on September 29th.

Until then, I highly recommend sampling Søren’s music on his MySpace site, http://www.myspace.com/klaktik. You almost certainly won’t regret it.

Founded in Cumbria at the turn of the century but currently based between Sheffield and Aberdeen (it depends on who visits who), Atticus creates chiefly instrumental, synthesiser-heavy tracks which bask in the lingering influence of the early nineties shoegaze scene. Some people call this synth-gaze. We’ll let you make your own mind up.

Atticus: “Atticus EP” (K801)
1. 231204
2. Dans Le Jardin
3. Peter And The Wolf

Click here to download the entire EP (for free, of course) as a .rar file

* All tracks copyright Atticus. Please feel free to share this work with your friends.

The idea behind the label is simple. There are far more amateur musicians and home recording enthusiasts out there than so called professional artists. While it’s certainly true that many hobbyists create mediocre music, we believe that a great number of these bedroom visionaries are worth hearing. Through our free EP series, we simply hope to share our humble discoveries with other like-minded music fans.

Demo Submissions:

We enjoy hearing your demos and are actively looking to line up artists for future EPs. The procedure is fairly straightforward.

E-mail kapitel8 at googlemail dot com with a brief artist bio and a URL (e.g. to your MySpace page) where we can check out your music. Do not send media files through e-mail. We won’t be happy. We will respond to all demo submissions but please understand that we won’t be able to release everything. Bribery may or may not help to further your cause.