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13/08/2024

Shida Shahabi is playing at Gunnersbury Park in London this Sunday in support in PJ Harvey () and sharing the evening with Big Thief () and Tirzah ()

https://www.facebook.com/PJHarvey
https://www.facebook.com/shidamshahabi
https://www.facebook.com/bigthiefmusic
https://www.facebook.com/Tirzah

Ticket https://ffm.link/202408_shida 🔥

02/07/2024

Breadminster County Council presents the Perpetual Musket: Inaugural Ball at celebrating the licensing of this year’s performance of The Perpetual Musket by FatCat Records, the event features:

K Means opening with an extended set of mind-bending experimentation.

Elijah Minnelli: Showcasing music from the Perpetual Musket album with some special guests..

Dennis Bovell (MBE): Bringing us an exclusive dub/lovers set with singalong classics.

Cal Jader performing a special Cumbia Rebajada set.

Dennis Mixman bringing dubplates straight from his Bedford studio.

Dome Zero wrapping up with straight-up jungle to take us into the morning light.

Very limited early bird tickets available via the link in the bio: https://ra.co/events/1948770

02/07/2024

Breadminster County Council presents the Perpetual Musket: Inaugural Ball at celebrating the licensing of this year’s performance of The Perpetual Musket by FatCat Records, the event features:

K Means opening with an extended set of mind-bending experimentation.

Elijah Minnelli showcasing music from the Perpetual Musket album with some special guests..

Dennis Bovell (MBE) bringing us an exclusive dub/lovers set with singalong classics.

Cal Jader performing a special Cumbia Rebajada set.

Dennis Mixman bringing dubplates straight from his Bedford studio.

Dome Zero wrapping up with straight-up jungle to take us into the morning light.

Very limited early bird tickets available via the link in the bio: https://ra.co/events/1948770

26/06/2024

Ahead of something exciting being announced later today, here are The Psychotic Monks tour dates, with more to be announced….

Jun 23 – Fete De La Musique, Izel (BE)
Jun 27 – Fusion FEstival, Larz (DE)
Jul 12 – Chauffer Dans La Noirceur, Montmartin Sur Mer (FR)
Aug 17 – Arctangent Festival, Somerset (UK)
Aug 22 – Rock En Seine, Paris (FR)
Aug 23 – Oval Openair, Begins (CH)
Aug 24 – Loose Ends Festival, Utrech (NL)
Oct 11 – Wilde Festival, Coutrai (FR)
Oct 12 – File 7, Magny Le Hongre (FR)
Oct 19 – Jarred Up Festival, Sheffield (UK)
Nov 01 – Les Sons D’Automne, Quessoy (FR)
Nov 02 – Les Rockomotives, Vendome (FR)
Nov 30 – Nos Reves Font Du Bruit, Troyes (FR)

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Tickets via the bio.

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11/06/2024

It’s an absolute pleasure to announce ‘Soulcake’ (feat. Shumba Youth), the second single from the forthcoming long-planner ‘Perpetual Musket’ by ‘the ongoing artist-in-residence and de facto Night Czar of Breadminster’, Elijah Minnelli.

‘Perpetual Musket’ fuses dub reggae with traditional folk, reimagining classic standards with a cast of renowned reggae vocalists ( Little Roy, Earl Sixteen, Shumba Youth, Joe Yorke) to breathe new life into traditional and folk songs. In this instance, contemporary dancehall titan Shumba Youth enlivens the old traditional ballad ‘A’ Soulin’’, a song about a Souls’ Day winter ritual where the poor would knock on the doors of farm owners and the rich in a tradition that is believed to have influenced both carolling and trick or treating. Shumba’s rhythmic dexterity refreshes the song with a unique energy.

‘Soulcake (feat. Shumba Youth)’ is available now for streaming and download across digital platforms.
‘Perpetual Musket’ will be released on 21st June and is available now for pre-order via the link in the bio.
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https://fatcat.lnk.to/em-soulcake
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23/05/2024

.der.hale Den Der Hale’s ‘Pastoral Light’ album has been out a few months, and now the Swedish post-psych outfit are out on their Pastoral Light Tour playing in live shows in Germany, France, Holland and Belgium over the next week.

23/05/24 – Reset Club, Berlin, DE

https://www.facebook.com/events/349262998116098

27/05/24 – Ms Stubnitz, Hamburg, DEstubnitz
https://www.facebook.com/events/714906807498875

28/05/24 – Le 3 Pièces, Rouen, FR

https://www.facebook.com/events/722092126522291

29/05/24 – The Garage, Liege, BE
https://www.facebook.com/events/474812538302501

30/05/24 – De Onderbroek, Nijmegen, NL

https://www.facebook.com/events/7522073531165076

31/05/24 – Le Lac, Bruxelles, BE

https://www.facebook.com/events/584104497270836

01/06/24 – Supersonic’s Block Party, Paris, FRblockparty
https://www.facebook.com/events/724666112904206

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30/04/2024

Further to having acquired the exclusive rights to the music from the Breadminster County Council’s ‘Partnership of the Perpetual Musket’ songbook (see last post for details), we are delighted to welcome the somewhat elusive Elijah Minnelli to the FatCat fold – ‘the ongoing artist-in-residence and de facto Night Czar of Breadminster’.

Elijah has announced his forthcoming album ‘Perpetual Musket’ (out 21st June), released a first single from the Lp – ‘Vine & Fig Tree (featuring Little Roy)’, and shared a string of live dates including an album launch.

Born of an equal love of outsider folk, and the interwoven musical lineages of South America and the West Indies, Minnelli stands out by balancing influence with a unique irreverence. ‘Perpetual Musket’ fuses dub reggae with traditional folk, reimagining classic standards with a cast of renowned reggae vocalists to breathe new life into traditional and folk songs. Each track is paired with a live dub version that shines a light on the instrumental adaptations of these traditional melodies.

Veteran Little Roy lends his tone to ‘Vine & Fig Tree’, an explicitly anti-war song originating from the Old Testament, Shumba Youth enlivens ‘A’ Soulin’’, the old ballad about a winter ritual of the poor knocking on doors of farm owners and the rich (a tradition believed to have influenced carolling and ‘trick or treating’). Earl Sixteen emotionally imparts Peggy Seeger’s ‘Lifeboat Mona’ – the story of a lifeboat disaster in 1959, and Bristol’s Joe Yorke sings ‘The Wind & The Rain’ – a tale of weather and weariness from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

​“Elijah Minnelli’s rendition of ‘Lifeboat Mona’ is truly excellent. It is a moving mixture of percussion, harmony and vocals that knows how to tell a story. Vocalist Earl Sixteen does it JUST RIGHT. All the elements of the song, as I wrote it back in December 1959, are still there. Thanks to all for doing it so well.” – Peggy Seeger

Links in the bio 🍞🦆🍞🦆

25/04/2024

28/03/2024

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once again we call upon you, the good people of the rodeo and the powers you yield 🙌
Vote for us to play Y Not Festival as we hath been shortlisted!❤️‍🔥

🎟️ Voting Link: bit.ly/ynotbandappvote
Ticket Link: bit.ly/ynotfestival2024

voting closes 1st April ~ this is no prank!

19/03/2024

07/03/2024

Keeley Forsyth will support her forthcoming album The Hollow with live shows scheduled at ICA, Rewire Festival in DenHaag and Bristol New Music New Music. She will be supported at the ICA by special guest Louis Carnell, whose new album on MUTE Keeley features.

Keeley’s live shows are animated with a powerful physicality and a focus on the moment that feels close to performance art. She has left an indelible mark on stages around the world, including Unsound, Dark M**o, Le Guess Who?, CTM, and Donau. A magnetic presence, she transcends regular stagecraft and live conventions to craft an immersive ceremonial experience that can at once feel ritualistic and Beckettian, drawing the audience into a world of her own manifesting. Within this, Keeley forges connections that are simultaneously fierce and tender, invoking primal, animalistic energy with moments of ethereal softness. She defies easy categorisation, embodying spoken word and deftly manipulating her sonic landscape, refusing to be confined by conventional artistic boundaries or expectations.

Tickets for the shows, album pre-orders and more here – https://130701.lnk.to/keeleyforsyth
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04/03/2024

Keeley Forsyth will headline at the ICA London on Thu, 23 May 2024 presenting her 3rd studio album 'The Hollow' (out 10 May on 130701).

Tickets available here - https://www.ica.art/live/keeley-forsyth

Building on the stripped back aesthetic of Debris (2020) and Limbs (2022), Forsyth returns with ferocious and tender vocals that shape her statement string arrangements, thudding drums, kinetic hits, and filmic synthesisers.

Described by Pitchfork as an ‘arid and beautiful debut’, by Uncut as ‘astonishing’ and The Sunday Times as ‘one of the most remarkable in years’, the reception of Keeley’s debut album Debris was then confirmed when she conjured Limbs. Both drew unanimous critical praise prompting comparisons with Nico, Nick Cave, Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, Aldous Harding, Anohni and even Scott Walker.

Forsyth’s live return – and her 130701 debut – is bound to once again bewitch audiences and critics with the raw beauty of her soundcraft.

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01/03/2024

‘Horse’, the first single from Keeley Forsyth’s new album ‘The Hollow’, is out now. Head over to the 130701 YouTube channel to see the full length official video, beautifully directed by Ross Downes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdefRnKcAy4

‘’The final film from Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr left an indelible mark on me. Its themes of duty, poverty and domestic repetition weighed heavily for days after viewing. After the images, in stark black and white, left my thoughts the sound remained. Mihály Vig’s music captured the essence of struggle. The composition rises and falls throughout the whole film, becoming a character whilst complementing beautifully what we see without ever resorting to illustration. He composed a feeling of physicality, complexity and truth. Some months after watching The Turin Horse I set about trying to make something simply as an experiment. Scott Walker had used Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal as inspiration for a song on Scott 4, so I decided to use a similar tactic albeit using Vig’s composition and reimagining it. With some help and over some months we managed to contact Vig and eventually received his blessing.‘’

You can now listen to ‘Horse’ and pre-order the album on vinyl (including Dinked, FatCat and standard editions), CD and digital download – https://130701.lnk.to/keeleyforsyth

28/02/2024

Keeley Forsyth has today announced her new album ‘The Hollow’, along with releasing a first single and video ‘Horse’, and a series of live date has today announced her new album ‘The Hollow’, along with releasing a first single and video ‘Horse’, and a series of live dates.

The bleak and foreboding landscape of Keeley's locale inhabits this, her third album,. The moors, visible from her studio window, impact upon a music that feels made of these places: windswept, rain-soaked and blinking through the low-lit landscape. It is here through the gloaming mist that the storm breaks and the fox tears at the throat as the Red Kites circle to scavenge whatever’s left

‘The Hollow’ derives from discovering a long-abandoned mining shaft. Alluring and hazardous – the past lurking within and haunting the present. A connection to time that places us within it, facing what is gone and what may come. But also, perhaps that time has no concern as to whether we're here or not.

‘Horse’ is out now and ‘The Hollow’ is available now to pre-order on vinyl (including Dinked, FatCat and standard editions) , CD, digital download and streaming across all platforms .

Keeley will perform live at ReWire Festival (ND) and Bristol New Music (UK) in April, and at the ICA (London) in May. More dates to follow.

- https://130701.lnk.to/keeleyforsyth

26/02/2024

"I roamed, capturing vocals in different spaces, forging a connection as I sang. I imagined battling against an invisible force, facing down challenges, pressing on, determined to breathe in this. I chose to refuse to be shackled by the chains of language here, surrendering instead to the primal dance of my body's urges. My mouth moves in sync with the shallow breaths of my gut, and impulse guiding my every wordless utterance” –

21/02/2024

We are excited to welcome singer, composer and actress Keeley Forsyth to the 130701 / FatCat fold. A frequent presence on primetime TV since the mid-'90s, over the past few years she has forged an unusual parallel career as a unique and uncompromising new presence in contemporary music.

Described by Pitchfork as “arid and beautiful”, by Uncut as "astonishing" and The Sunday Times as "one of the most remarkable in years”, Keeley's debut LP 'Debris' (2020) and follow-up 'Limbs' (2022) drew unanimous critical praise, prompting comparisons with Nico, Beth Gibbons, Aldous Harding, Nick Cave, Anohni and even Scott Walker. It's often stated that no one else is making music quite like this.

A sought-after collaborator, she is currently working on new projects with Ben Frost & Robert MacFarlane, Teho Teardo, and Matthew Bourne. She has provided vocals for Louis Carnell; remixed both Gazelle Twin and Quin Quis; and has soundtracked Maxine Peake’s directorial debut.

We’re looking forward to sharing more about this very soon…

📸 Photograph: William Lacalmontie.

20/02/2024

Holiday Ghosts will be playing the BrooklynVegan showcase at The New Colossus Festival in New York this March!

This is our first-ever New Colossus showcase happens at Knitting Factory at Baker Falls on March 7 and the lineup also features Mx Lonely, Holiday Ghosts, Robber Robber, and Silent Mass.

07/02/2024

Shida Shahabi Spring / Summer Tour Dates:
Following up last year's 'Living Circle' album and UK tour, Stockholm-based Shida Shahabi has announced a run of live shows in Europe this Spring / Summer, including shows in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Hamburg, Brussels, Berlin, Jena, Dresden, Prague, Warsaw, Malmö, Utrecht & London (supporting PJ Harvey), with more to be announced...
Find tickets / info here: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/15492877-shida-shahabi
09/03 - Brorsons Church, Copenhagen, DK
15/03 - Nobel Prize Museum, Stockholm, SE
04/04 - Resonanzraum, Hamburg, DE
07/04 - BRDCST Festival, Brussels, BE
09/04 - Silent Green, Berlin, DE
11/04 - Trafo, Jena, DE
12/04 - Jazzhaus Tonne, Dresden, DE
13/04 - Atrium Žižkov, Prague, CZ
16/04 - Pardon To, Tu, Warsaw, PL
28/04 - Intonal festival, Malmö, SE
02/06 - Opia Festival at Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht, NL
18/08 - Gunnersbury Park, London, UK (w/ PJ Harvey, Big Thief, Tirzah)

06/02/2024

On this day back in 2012, The Twilight Sad released ‘No One Can Ever Know’. Previewed with ‘Kill It In The Morning’ and lead single ‘Sick’, the band’s third LP marked a sonic shift towards something more spontaneous but sparser, colder and more militant.

Freshly inspired by a listening diet of Cabaret Voltaire, Can, Liars, Magazine, Autechre, and Public Image Limited, the band turned to a dark, synth-heavy sound; the result shared themes and sonic space with the most innovative offerings from Depeche Mode, The Cure, or even Nine Inch Nails.
�Recorded at The Pool in London under the guidance of Andrew Weatherall, the band experimented with vintage analog synths - borrowed from producer Ben Hillier – to work on the core sounds they wanted, finding further inspiration in the distinctive production style of innovators like Factory Records’ Martin Hannett and Cluster‘s Conny Plank.

The Twilight Sad’s 2020 (only 3 remaining!) and 2021 represses are available here:
https://store.fatcat.online/release/355218-the-twilight-sad-no-one-can-ever-know

You can also order all 5 Twilight Sad vinyl represses as a bundle and save £19 whilst you’re at it 👍 Bundle includes digital download of all releases:
https://store.fatcat.online/release/440017-the-twilight-sad-the-twilight-sad-vinyl-bundle