a r t i s t : Metrotone
t i t l e : Kiss Me Awake
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Unlabel (un52006/50)
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2007
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 52,5 MB
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Welcome to unlabel series52! This is number 50, released on
December 11, 2006.
Artist Info:
Metrotone - Metrotone released records for four labels from
1997 to 1999. Many thanks to Keith Jenkins, Joff Gladwell,
Dominic Martin, Tore Mallaug and John and Jason at Unlabel for
putting these records out and to John Peel for the Session.
'Kiss Me Awake' / 'Byddant Fel Y Se^r' / 'Four Continuous
Tones' 7" only, Wurlitzer Jukebox - WJ40, November 1997.
'Be Like The Stars' / 'Constructing Clouds' 7" only, Bad Jazz
- BEBOP 1, February 1998.
'Stellarator' / 'Shimmer' / 'I Ache For You Still' / 'Deep' 7"
only, Earworm - WORM 18, May 1998.
'The Less You Have, The More You Are': 'Flod' / 'Air Guitar' /
'Feel' / 'You're A Very Safe Place To Be' / 'Kyrie Eleison' /
'Fahrenheit' / 'The Less You Have, The More You Are' /
'Hemispherical' / 'Dream Harder' / 'Five Consecutive Chords'
CD and 10" clear vinyl, Earworm WORM 21, July 1998.
Peel Session: 'Stand By Me' / 'When It All Comes Down' / 'My
Own Writing' / 'Orange Resin Tiles', recorded 21st June 1998,
broadcast August 1998 and January 1999.
Flexi with Honey Thunder magazine: 'Faraday' / (also 'Rron' by
ISAN) 7" Flexi, Earworm - WORM 28, August 1998.
'Two Spirals' / 'Just So Very Stupid' / 'Arran' 7" only, Myke
Droner - #09, May 1999.
See also Landshipping and Southville on Tunetribe and the
series52 Ojn album 'Movers and Shakers'.
The series52 Concept:
While chatting on the phone back in September 2005 the two
people who run Unlabel decided to do this...
During 2006 Unlabel is releasing a series of 52 CD albums -
one every week of the year, all by people who aren't connected
with us (i.e. none of our regular artists), to include all
genres that we cover from the usual guitar based music -
acoustic and alt. country to post-rock / math-rock, hardcore
and beyond, piano, electronica / idm through to ambient,
glitch, microsound, gabber, industrial / noise, soundscapes
and anything else that takes our fancy, each in a strictly
limited edition of just 100 copies.
We decided to do something slightly different - instead of
focusing on local artists, as has been traditional with
Unlabel, we opened this project up to submissions from all
over the world. It is entirely separate from the usual
catalogue of releases and will run as a new offshoot of the
unlabel family.
The idea is to release work by unknown artists who may not
otherwise be recognised at all alongside a handful of
carefully selected guests, including a few names which may be
familiar due to their other releases elsewhere. We receive
quite a few demos these days from all over the world and it
will be good to work with some of these people and to document
music (albeit in a small way) that may not otherwise be
noticed at all...
Each 'album' in this project includes at least 8 tracks OR at
least 30 minutes of material and obviously quality control is
being kept to a high standard.
All releases are packaged in distinctive matching artwork with
the musical artists' own image on the front and two images
from Unlabel on the back - including one of a landscape
photographed every week over the 12 months of 2006 and all
pictures are professionally printed on high gloss photo paper.
Each sleeve is hand numbered and every CD includes a diary
page insert for the relevant week of the year, which can be
filled in and returned to Unlabel to win a unique prize. There
are also inserts from the artists and Unlabel making each one
of these fine discs a collector's item.
http://www.unlabel.net/series52.htm
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01-Kiss Me Awake [03:15]
02-Shimmer [02:39]
03-Dream Harder [02:58]
04-My Own Writing [03:41]
05-When It All Comes Down [03:39]
06-I Ache For You Still [01:37]
07-Orange Resin Tiles [03:44]
08-Stand By Me [03:23]
09-Be Like the Stars [04:29]
10-Sellarator [01:34]
11-Byddant Fel Y Ser [03:25]
12-Constructing Clouds [06:18]
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40:42 min