NKR artist and all round dude, Hakobune, has recently released a rather excellent cassette (and digital) release with our old friend Celer on Chemical Tapes. The cassette is all sold out now but to grab the download from the Chemical Tapes Bandcamp page go here: http://chemicaltapeslabel.bandcamp.com/album/vain-shapes-and-intricate-parapets
Third (January 10 2011)
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Check out the wonderful Cedar AV jamming live from a little while back. Their awesome release will be a double CD showing the two sides of the band - studio (‘At Long Last’) and live (Nin-O-Van’). Due out late May, after our hols in the UK!
We’ll also be doing a rather deluxe re-issue of the Fugenn & The White Elephants album, ‘Archetype Zero’ with a bunch of remixes by some awesome Japanese artists, some film and some wicked design by Lord Buna. Probably not towards the very end of the year now as he’s blowing up here now and a busy boy. Can’t wait though :)
In April, our dear friends Aus and Cuushe will be doing a mini-tour with the lovely Gurun Gurun lads! I wish we could go but work beckons on the other side of the world then…if you have a chance I can’t recommend these guys highly enough. And what a poster! Wow :)
We’ll be doing a re-issue of The Green Kingdom’s wonderful album ‘Egress’! Released earlier last year, this was a huge hit (especially here in Japan), and one of our fastest selling albums to date. Featured in a number of end of year lists, we’re thrilled that we will be doing a very special edition with Michael of this fabulous album. Probably looking at a very early 2014 release :) Thanks!
The latest issue of HIS Voice with Federsel on the cover is out now!
Screenshots from the video for ‘Brouk Bingo Bloud’ by Wabi Experience. Out later this year :)
Digital store for NKR now open! :)
We have finally sorted out the NKR digital store via Bandcamp! We are also very kindly being distributed (both physically and digitally worldwide) now through the wonderful Morr label in Germany, and Boomkat in the UK :) However, now you can also stream all of our back catalogue and buy whatever takes your fancy!
Each release will just be fixed at a fiver as well. Whilst we get things sorted out for the next release, once the art and mastering have been finalised we’ll be putting up digital pre-orders with the first track or two available for immediate download prior to actual physical release :)
The new look NKR packaging and formats mean that there will be a bit of a wait for the next release (a couple of months at least), but it’ll definitely be worth it. We’ve taken the decision to move away from the single packaging and ‘musical polaroid’ aesthetic, to limited edition vinyl, and double cd, cd/dvd packages which take a while to wrap up right. We’ve got a team in place now who are busy as bees getting NKR really running right. We WILL be doing re-issues of some of our quickly out of print releases in new packaging, but there will be a bit of a wait I am afraid for the re-issues (probably not this year to be honest)…we’ve had a lot of emails about The Green Kingdom, Studiocanoe and Fugenn and The White Elephants releases in particular as these went ridiculously quickly here in Japan. These will be getting a bit of a deluxe release but once again, not for a while so please don’t ask! :)
Thanks :)
Now stream away: http://nomadickidsrepublic.bandcamp.com/
By Lone Sea Breakers
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Amazing track taken from the Juxta Phona album ‘We Will Not Be Silence’. Out June 2013 in 250 edition on wax and digital. :)
Packaging changes
Just a quick update before the big one (honest!). We will no longer be doing the single card packaging as we’ve been wanting to do double cd packaging for a while. Yes, this does mean that most (all?) of the records will be out with two discs worth of lovely material for you to enjoy from now on :) We even have a couple of new designers who are joining the new team. For 2013, your design sensei and guide will be a certain Buna, who makes some of the best artwork we think, this side of the world, and the other for that matter.
Thanks :)
blue (heart of a diver)
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This year will see the release of a beautiful collaboration between Autistici and Justin Varis. ‘Nine’ will be out in 2013 on NKR, although we aren’t sure exactly when yet :) Here’s a little unmastered taster of one of the superb pieces from the album.
Track 2
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It has been a good few years since Christopher Hipgrave’s highly acclaimed debut ‘Day’, came out on Home Normal now. In the mean time he’s made software for Audiobulb, released another record on Low Point and we’ve been busy getting our Tiny Isles project (with Jason Corder and a host of friends) finalised. However, finally Chris has almost completed his latest album of beautifully fragile textures and melodies.
Here is an unmastered demo from Christopher Hipgrave’s upcoming album on NKR, ‘No Greater Hero Than The Least Plant That Grows’.
Due out post-mid 2013 in double CD edition. Double CD re-issue of Christopher’s debut, ‘Day’, will be released the same day.
Cover photography by Peter Nejedly.
Amazing film for ‘Brouk Bingo Bloud’ by Tomas Knoflicek, from the upcoming self-titled album by Wabi Experience. Keep watching until the end - seriously trippy! :)
