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JANUARY 2008

new year, new year...
if you have visited this page in the past year, you might think nothing has happened in the world of sea records. Au contraire my friend:

ljoddman married faye

red trees recorded their magnificent 6 track ep which will be available from the shop from february onwards - listen to some of the tracks here

wolf people played with damo suzuki, candi payne and recorded their second 7" (cotton strands & storm cloud) which is available with lovely artwork via battered ornaments. listen to some of the tracks here

new sea signings, avenging force recorded their debut album which is set for release at the end of march on cd, vinyl and download. it's loud. they will be performing all over the place march/april time - keep checking the live page or their myspace for dates and a taster of their album

kristian (woman) had the enviable pleasure of supporting iggy & the stooges at the royal festival hall with scout niblett. guy (woman) spent some downtime wisely and formed yet another band, broken arm who are currently starting to venture into the live forum.

we still get queries about ambulance's track, 'i am not zen' because of this beautiful video: i love new tokyo

stink taps has finally (about 5 years in the planning, writing and recording) completed his 'moon-spinners dreams' which will be available in the shop from march onwards. this is a new path he's heading down with his piano and soul. I feel priviledged to have heard it in advance.

there's tonnes of stuff we shall add to update this website over the coming weeks - i just need to get rid of my christmas tree first.

2007

back in the swing of things, sea has an afternoon booked at the lovely notting hill arts centre, london on february 3rd. ambulance, wolf people and red trees will all be performing along with dj’s ljoddman (sea) and doug shipton (battered ornaments). this follows sea being diy label of the week on huw stevens’s radio one show in december, where they said nice stuff about us apparently - i missed it because i’d gone to bed.

ambulance’s bells and whistles ep is finally finished and ready to hit the shops in early february, it’s also available from our shop. there’s a great video, i love new tokyo up on youtube which features ambulance’s track i am not zen. ambulance are also due to join up with woman on their january tour in edinburgh and liverpool.

new for 2007 will be woman’s second release silver wolf dog. due for release on february 26th .
it’s very, very good believe me. they’ll be in the same country as each other for one week only, so catch them whilst you can this january. check out their tour dates.
also, those of you who buy artrocker magazine might have noticed woman’s cat feet from das hexer on the cover cd.

mugstar by mugstar has been attracting the attention of julian cope who said ‘eight tracks of driving motorik litmus-style instrumentals distil/streamline all the best late lemmy-period hawkwind into a tougher and more speedfreaked out version of top flight la dusseldorf.’
mugstar also feature in dandelion radio’s official festive 50 2006, taking over john peel’s yearly run down. that’s their second festive 50 in a row!

also available now we’re in the new year is the tightrope walkers ep by the auditors. six tracks of psychedelic folk/pop, our forth release in our lifeboat series. this is also very, very good.
speaking of our lifeboat series, stink taps and pea sea have been gracing the airwaves on the northern uproar show on bbc newcastle. we also have an assortment of wonders lined up by red trees, cromagnon band, man & birdmen, hms beckett, avenging force, the electric company of liverpool, adam hell and ice king of california.

OCTOBER 2006

hello again

the evenings are getting darker and the leaves are falling. what better time to wrap up warm, take your dog for a walk and find out what sea records have been up to.

finally we can announce a triple whammy of releases:

ambulance - the bells & whistles ep
a six track ep of delightful music, hot on the heels of the ‘witchi tai to’ 12” single. that’s all we have to say on the matter other than the sleeve is beautiful too. there will be some live performances leading up to christmas which can be found on the live page.

mugstar – mugstar
the long awaited long player from the mighty mugstar. the album is also available on vinyl on critical mass records. in the coming months mugstar are venturing across the uk and europe. whilst they’ve been preparing for the release they also managed to record ‘i got the six’ for a forthcoming zz top tribute compilation which will also feature part chimp, lords and hunting lodge, plus some tracks ‘paradox’ and ‘born to go’ for a hawkwind comp which is set to feature mudhoney, kinski, bardo pond and acid mothers temple. In the middle of this they also managed to record a session for dandelion radio

pea sea – pea sea ep
the third release of our lifeboat series is available, a 9 track compilation of lost and new recordings by pea sea. these songs have been in some of our hearts for years and it’s a pleasure to pass them on to the public. pea sea can now be found fronting the popular beat combo les cox sportifs.

wolf people have released a 7” on the damn fine label battered ornaments. they will also be performing on stuart macconie’s freakzone show on bbc 6 on sunday 15th october.

old associates sorted records have included the original 7” version of the static waves’ song ‘delerec’ on their new 'petals and flowers' compilation of older vinyl singles,

in other news, in the lead up to the festive season, what seems like every sea associate is coming out of the woodwork to play, perform or be merry. check out the live page, mugstar setting off on a mammoth tour, the auditors and red trees setting the foundations for lifeboat sessions in one of the oldest inn’s in england and a series of sea records vs battered ornaments nights across the uk.
you’ll be pleased to know stink taps is planning a more adventurous trip by leaving these shores for costa rica to turn turtles around so they face the sea. it’s not technically playing live (stink taps hasn’t performed live for four years) but we’re sure a good time will be had and it has a sea theme.

AUGUST 2006

what’s going on? you might ask. everything.

wolf people were stuart macconie’s single of the week on bbc 6 with their ep, which he described as “captain beefheart meets steeleye span” and “absolutely terrific” which it is. the ep is selling fast so if you want one go to the sea shop now.

woman have just finished their summer tour with chronicity and are about to record their second album. they also contributed their track ‘vexed’ from ‘das hexer’ to the caff/flick compilation which features other bands such as cleckhuddersfax, ftse100 and munchmunch. go to the caff/flick site to purchase a copy.
you can also catch excerpts from their tour on youtube

coming at you in september we have the 6-track ep ‘bells & whistles’ from ambulance which is already receiving airplay from rob da bank, steve lamacq and xfm’s john kennedy. the debut album from mugstar, recently seen playing the latitude festival and preparing a mammoth tour of the uk in october. the auditors will be releasing their ep ‘melodies of kiosk fortunes’ as the next in the lifeboat series.

we have a few more lifeboat series ep’s on the way, pea sea and red trees will be adding their wares to tape over the next month…