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| | Artist : VA | |
| | Album : Check The Water | |
| | Label : Leaf Source : Retail_CD | |
| | Cat. No. : BAY50CD Size : 210 MB | |
| ª Genre : Electronic StrDate: 2005-11-07 ª |
ª _ Quality : 192kbps/44.1khz/Joint Stereo RipDate: 2005-11-07 _ ª
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| | Check The Water: | |
| | Selections From The Leaf Label's First Ten Years | |
| | | |
| | Disc 1 (1995-2001) ~~ Disc 2 (2002-2005) | |
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| | Celebrating the anniversary of any record label is always a | |
| | strange thing, as the quality of releases are down to the bands | |
| | the label chooses to work with. Still, ten years feels like a bit | |
| | of a milestone. ThatÆs especially true for The Leaf Label, which | |
| | was launched by ex-4AD press officer Tony Morley in 1995 with no | |
| | defined goal to even exist beyond the first 12", and whose 100 | |
| | releases over the past decade hold little in common besides a | |
| | united focus of artistry and innovation, exploring the places | |
| | where electronica, jazz, classical, rock, folk and pop music | |
| | meet. Leaf has continually offered up some of the most | |
| | interesting music from across the planet, always celebrating | |
| | artistic individuality, and was recently honoured by the | |
| | influential US publication XLR8R as one of the 25 Best | |
| | Independent Labels in the world. | |
| | | |
| | A double CD retrospective compilation available at a special | |
| | price, Check The Water is a celebration of The Leaf Label, and is | |
| | released to coincide with a series of anniversary shows in London | |
| | (October 25-29, 2005), featuring many of the musicians who have | |
| | moulded the labelÆs sound over the years. Sequenced broadly | |
| | chronologically, the album includes a stack of unabashed classics | |
| | from the recent catalogue, including A Hawk and a Hacksaw's | |
| | emotional cover of the anti-war folk standard æPortlandtownÆ, | |
| | MurcofÆs deadly 'Mir', ColleenÆs found-sound lullaby æBabiesÆ, | |
| | the upbeat electronic pop of Psapp's 'Curuncula', Efterklang's | |
| | uplifting 'Step Aside', Hanne Hukkelberg's honeyed 'Ease', and | |
| | 'Apple or a Gun', a taste of what's to come from the label's | |
| | latest signing, Chicago trio volcano!. TheyÆve also taken the | |
| | chance to dip a little further back, pulling a few long-deleted | |
| | gems from the vaults, including Boymerang's still sensational | |
| | 'The Don' (Graham Sutton's first post-Bark Psychosis outing, and | |
| | the reason the label's here in the first place), Caribou's | |
| | party-rockin' 'Tits & Ass' (originally a B-side), Four Tet's | |
| | 'Field' (Kieran Hebden's first ever release under the Four Tet | |
| | name), a hard-to-find piece by the more experimental Icarus (from | |
| | their self-released Misfits album), and an unreleased mix of 'A | |
| | Grain Of Sand' by the wonderfully peculiar Sons Of Silence, as | |
| | well as our favourites from Susumu Yokota, Faultline, Boom Bip & | |
| | Doseone, PJ Harvey sideman Rob Ellis and, as they say, many, many | |
| | more. Twenty-nine tracks in two and a half hours. | |
| | | |
| | There's enough warmth, melody, playfulness and passion here to | |
| | distinguish Leaf from its contemporaries. Hell, a lot of this | |
| | stuff still sounds like nothing else. The label continues to | |
| | evade classification and build on its enviable reputation, with | |
| | an ear for a tune and an eye on a desirable artifact. | |
| | | |
| | Tracklisting: | |
| | | |
| | CD1: | |
| | 101. Boymerang - The Don (Edit) 7:23 | |
| | 102. Luger - Pass Agent 7:05 | |
| | 103. The Sons Of Silence - A Grain Of Sand 6:12 | |
| | 104. Susumu Yokota - Morino Gakudan 3:26 | |
| | 105. Four Tet - Field 5:35 | |
| | 106. Gripper - Prostate Boogie (Edit) 4:45 | |
| | 107. Richard Thomas - Pienso Que 5:14 | |
| | 108. Eardrum - Swarm 6:24 | |
| | 109. A Small Good Thing - El Mariachi Loco (The Siesta) 2:14 | |
| | 110. Beige - The Rhythm! The Message? 4:27 | |
| | 111. Faultline - Tiny Consumer 5:29 | |
| | 112. Keiron Phelan & David Sheppard - Theme From 3:20 | |
| | Cardinal Menthol | |
| | 113. Rob Ellis - Symphonies Of Wind Up Instruments 4:52 | |
| | 114. Gorodisch - Moth To The Flame 3:47 | |
| | 115. Caribou - Tits & Ass- The Great Canadian Weekend 4:44 | |
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| | CD2: | |
| | 201. Murcof - Mir 6:39 | |
| | 202. Boom Bip & Doseone - The Birdcatcher's Return 4:11 | |
| | 203. Clue To Kalo - We'll Live Free (In NYC) 6:20 | |
| | 204. Colleen - Babies 3:36 | |
| | 205. Shadow Traffic 5:33 | |
| | 206. Icarus - Skate Glug 6:52 | |
| | 207. Bill Wells, Stefan Schneider, Annie Whitehead & 4:04 | |
| | Barbara Morgenstern - The Dust Of Months | |
| | 208. Psapp - Curuncula 5:46 | |
| | 209. Efterklang - Step Aside 4:39 | |
| | 210. Triosk - Two Twelve 3:30 | |
| | 211. A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Portland Town 5:15 | |
| | 212. Hanne Hukkelberg - Ease 4:10 | |
| | 213. Sutekh - Almna Hueco 3:40 | |
| | 214. Volcano! - Apple Or A Gun 5:06 | |
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| | 144:18 | |
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ª _ Total: 02:24:18 _ ª
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