Today’s
featured artist on "What’s New in Music" is James Yuill's 5th album, "A Change in State".
James
Yuill (born 1981) is an English folktronica musician from London. James
has released 5 albums to date: "The Vanilla Disc" in 2005.
"Turning Down Water for Air" in 2007, (also re-released by the Moshi
Moshi label in 2009), "Movement in a Storm" in 2010, "These
Spirits" in 2013 and his latest, "A Change in State" 2017.
James
Yuill’s latest album “A Change in State” contains a good mix of alternative rock songs, and soothing
dance tunes that are sure to register on your “Hey! I like that song!” meter.
The DJ's Picks:
My
personal favourites from the album are “Cashews”, “Fire Breathing” and “Back to
the Sun”, however, the album offers such a pleasant listening experience filled
with infectious music that caters to a wide range of moods, that my favourites from
the album will most likely change from day to day. The album is well named and most definitely worthy of airplay world wide. Don’t miss
it!
The
first Single from the album, “Back to the Sun” is a well crafted song
that carries the soft flowing summer atmosphere right to the soul by its laid back
soothing waves. A motion that is sure to move the hips and feet. I love
it as I do the dream like acoustic sounds of "Cashews" and the alternative / electric sounds of "Fire Breathing". The album is quite infectious and James Yuill's best album to date in my opinion. ~ Stewart Brennan – World United Music
Be sure to have a listen to “A Change in State” embedded below and to
visit James Yuill's social media websites for more info on what he's up to.
(See links below)
Album:
A Change in State – (Released July 28, 2017)
More
James Yuill Music (The DJ's Picks & YouTube Playlist)
“Fire
Breathing” can be found on “The Best Music of 2017” Playlist below. “Cashews”
and “Back to the Sun” will also be added as they become available on YouTube.
“Carrie Armitage is a Canadian singer-songwriter with a
proclivity for ecological-consciousness and peace activism. Carrie’s 2010
release, The Spirit of The Times,
is a fairly candid take on the global awareness and preservation for the
Earth’s vanishing resources. Carrie’s awareness of Earth’s impending plight is
a musical message of electronica with varying shades of jazz, trip-hop, house,
and lounge. The ambient beat of electronica and her vocals carry the song’s
highs and lows from the darkest depths of Earth’s inner core through the vast
darkness of intergalactic space." - Matthew Forss -
Ariel Publicity
The 4th solo album released by Carrie Armitage
“Frequency” in March 2014 is an eclectic, artistic mix of earth inspired
soulful pop; ambient, eco/peace driven music with a hint of jazz, scat and
spoken word.
“Frequency” is a painting made with sound by a colourful
artistic mesh of New Age rock, electronica, and inspiring vocal flairs with soulful
Jazzy expressions.” ~ Stewart Brennan – World United Music
Portico
Quartet are a band from
London. Their sound is made partially distinctive by the use of the Hang, a
21st-century percussion instrument. The group is composed of Jack Wyllie
(soprano and tenor saxophone), Duncan Bellamy (drums), Milo Fitzpatrick (double
bass), and Keir Vine (Hang and percussion). Nick Mulvey, former Hang player and
percussionist, left in early 2011 to pursue his career as singer-songwriter. He
is replaced by Keir Vine.
After nearly two
years of playing mainly small gigs and busking regularly outside the National
Theatre in London, they signed to Babel Label in 2007. Their first album, Knee-deep
in the North Sea was released on 5 November 2007.
They are now
signed to Real World Records. The name portico comes from when one of their
gigs was rained off in Italy, and they ended up playing under a portico.
Their third, most
recent, eponymously titled album was released on January 30, 2012.
Real World Records
Portico Quartet
still sound like nothing you ever heard before. The Mercury nominated East
London based outfit's unique brand of hypnotic minimalism has expanded to
embrace new sonic territories. Drawing on the inspiration of electronica,
ambient, classical and dance music as they take their strange, beautiful,
cinematic, future music to exciting new vistas where the inspiration of Burial,
Mount Kimbie and Flying Lotus rubs shoulders with the textures of Arve
Henriksen and Bon Iver and echoes of Steve Reich and Max Richter. But all
underpinned by a shared joy in collective music making as the band push their
inimitable music into the future.
Essentially a fusion musician, James Yuill combines acoustic elements with digital enhancement to create songs that have helped establish a unique subgenre in alternative and indie pop — namely, folktronica. Yuill created his unique style with an acoustic guitar, vocals, a laptop, and a wide range of influences, taking inspiration from British folk icons like Nick Drake, forward-thinking rockers like Radiohead, and dance-oriented acts such as the Chemical Brothers and Aphex Twin. Although heralded for his work as a one-man band, he also gathered acclaim as a sought-after remixer, working in this capacity with artists like Au Revoir Simone, Reverse Migration, Tilly and the Wall, David Holmes, and Rod Thomas.
Yuill began issuing material in 2005, when The Vanilla Disc appeared on his own label. Turning Down Water for Air followed two years later and was reissued by Moshi Moshi, a London-based label notable for its roster of popular indie musicians, in 2008. Yuill soon garnered a notable amount of critical attention in the U.K., including features in NME, Dazed & Confused, and Clash magazines (the latter of which featured him as Best Newcomer of 2008). He expanded his profile by performing at several American festivals, and the Nettwerk Music Group signed him at the end of 2008. ~ Michael G. Nastos, Rovi
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After releasing his critically acclaimed debut album Turning Down Water For Air in October 2008, 28 year old Brit James Yuill is back with a brand new album for 2010. Entitled Movement in A Storm, the LP is set for release worldwide on June 21, 2010 and will be released through Moshi Moshi in the UK.
One of the hardest working chaps in music, James spent the last year traipsing the globe and performing 105 gigs in 16 countries (phew!) all the while spreading his unique blend of emotional acoustic songwriting with visceral, dynamic electronic beats. He’s won many a champion along the way including Huw Stephens, Zane Lowe, John Kennedy as well as The Chemical Brothers and Phoenix.
His first UK live date of the year has been confirmed for Thursday April 15th at The Meltdown at CAMP in London. Presented by Ross Allen (Ministry of Sound, Radio 1) and Raf Daddy (Greco-Roman, 1965 Records), The Meltdown is a brand new free music event in Shoreditch. Watch this space for more info.
To celebrate the release of Movement in A Storm, James is giving away an extended version of the first track from the album aptly called “Give You Away”.
James commented, "I'm so excited about the new album. As fans will know Turning Down Water For Air was a year old before it was released so I'm happy to say the new songs were done a mere couple of months ago. Like all artists know It's a great (and frightening) feeling to issue new material out into the public domain. I've tried to maintain the acoustic elements of the last record whilst advancing the electronic production. For example there are tracks that range from dance and glitchy electronica right the way through to an acoustic guitar instrumental. I hope people like it. "
July 2017:
James
Yuill’s latest album “A Change in State” contains a good mix of alternative rock
songs, and soothing dance tunes that are sure to register on your “Hey! I like
that song!” meter.
The
DJ's Picks:
My
personal favourites from the album are “Cashews”, “Fire Breathing” and “Back to
the Sun”, however, the album offers such a pleasant listening experience filled
with infectious music that caters to a wide range of moods, that my favourites
from the album will most likely change from day to day. The album is well named
and most definitely worthy of airplay world wide. Don’t miss it!
The
first Single from the album, “Back to the Sun” is a well crafted song that
carries the soft flowing summer atmosphere right to the soul by its laid back
soothing waves. A motion that is sure to move the hips and feet. I love it as I
do the dream like acoustic sounds of "Cashews" and the alternative /
electric sounds of "Fire Breathing". The album is quite infectious
and James Yuill's best album to date in my opinion. ~ Stewart Brennan – World
United Music
Be
sure to have a listen to “A Change in State” embedded below and to visit James
Yuill's social media websites for more info on what he's up to. (See links
below)
Album: A Change in
State – (Released July 28, 2017)
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