News, Releases and Events http://warp.net/records Jamie Lidell's fourth full-length album ‘Compass' will be released on May 17th 2010 (May 18th in the US).

Listen to a stream of the brand new title track at the bottom of this article, or over at the jamielidell.com holding page. Pitchfork have already described 'Compass' as a "shape-shifting mini epic... a track that sounds like nothing Lidell has done before".

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Warp - Records - Jamie Lidell - New album 'Compass' featuring Beck, Feist, Chris Taylor from Grizzly Bear and more - Released May 17/18
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]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT This month will see Mira Calix performing in Liverpool, London and Italy. As well as appearances alongside collaborators Oliver Coates and Quayola, there's a soundclash featuring a '3D soundsystem' in the Albert Hall.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - February Live Dates Including Red Bull Music Academy 3D Soundclash with Plaid and Clark
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]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Flying Lotus, Autechre and Luke Vibert will be performing at BLOC this year, alongside a host of other acts (lineup below). We're going to be giving away a pair of tickets in our February newsletter, so read on for more details.

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Warp - Records - Warp News - Autechre and Flying Lotus to play BLOC 2010 - Win a pair of tickets in our newsletter
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]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Life in 2050 is a forthcoming exhibition associated with the Sci-fi London Film Festival

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Warp - Records - Elsewhere - Life in 2050 - call for submissions and exhibition featuring Universal Everything, Build, Dan McPharlin and more
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]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Autechre have put together a mix for FACT magazine in advance of their forthcoming album Oversteps and European live dates, including an appearance Bloc Weekend (see lineup and ticket competition here)

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Warp - Records - Autechre - Fact Magazine Podcast
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]]> Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT It is with great excitement we can announce full details of Flying Lotus' glorious second album space opera for Warp - Cosmogramma.

All info below including a Zip file with 3 recent *non-album* tracks - blogs and websites please feel free to repost these but link back here.

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Warp - Records - Flying Lotus - New album Cosmogramma to be released 3rd/4th May 2010
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]]> Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Babe Rainbow's 'Shaved EP' is dropping next week as a vinyl and digital release - check a mini series of videos below (all tracks feature on the forthcoming EP) and peep his bootleg remix of Doom over at Stereogum (link below).

The other videos will be following sometime soon. Watch this space.

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Warp - Records - Babe Rainbow - Shaved EP Videos - view first 4 videos - and Doom remix
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]]> Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT LoneLady's debut album 'Nerve Up' will be released on 22nd February, with a limited 7inch of single 'Intuition' preceding on February 8th/9th - read on for some of the great initial reactions.

On Saturday this weekend the band have been invited to play as part of a 'Future of Manchester Music' lineup at Factory FAC251 (the old Factory Record's HQ) in Manchester, followed by a London show at Plan B then a mainland European tour visiting France, Germany, The Netherlands and more.

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Warp - Records - LoneLady - 'Nerve Up' debut album early reactions, FAC251 Manchester show and European tour dates
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]]> Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Gonjasufi has launched a new website at sufisays.com - listen up. Head there now and you can see a fan video made for his track Stardustin' taken from the forthcoming album.

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Warp - Records - Gonjasufi - New site Sufisays.com - plus Stardustin' fan video
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]]> Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Nice Nice are set to release their debut LP 'Extra Wow' on April 6th, preceded by the single release of See Waves on limited 7inch in just over a week's time (Feb 8th/9th).

The band will be performing live at a number of West Coast venues in the US in late February and Early March. Standby for news of more European dates following the mini tour in late 2009 including their triumphant set at Warp20 (London).

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Warp - Records - Nice Nice - Debut Album 'Extra Wow', US Tour Dates and European Tour Video
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]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Gonjasufi has delivered his inimitable and enigmatic debut album "A Sufi & A Killer" which will be available 8th/9th March 2010.

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Warp - Records - Gonjasufi - Debut Album 'A Sufi And A Killer' - 8th/9th March 2010
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]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT After an incredibly busy 2009, it looks as if Guillermo Scott Herren is not about to slow down in 2010. Having released three albums under three different names in the last year, he now heads out on a 16-date US tour. Supporting him will be Low End Theory / Brainfeeder mainstay The Gaslamp Killer who has produced a number of tracks on the Gonjasufi album (watch this space), as well as the psychedelic noise duo, Voices Voices.

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Warp - Records - Prefuse 73 - USA Tour with The Gaslamp Killer and Voices Voices
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]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT The first of a series of experiments from the Harmonic 313 Laboratories

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Warp - Records - Harmonic 313 - Harmonic 313 Laboratories - Test No. 1 : MP3
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]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Autechre - Oversteps
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Warp - Records - Autechre - New album 'Oversteps' announced plus European tour
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]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Gonjasufi's second limited 7inch release 'Kowboyz & Indians' backed with non album track 'My Only Friend' will be released January 25th. Knowing how quickly the first 7 and prayerbook went we strongly advise you not to sleep on this one!

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Warp - Records - Gonjasufi - Download 'Ancestors' produced by Flying Lotus plus 'Kowboyz and Indians' 7inch out Jan 25th
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]]> Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT FBi, the respected youth radio community broadcaster from Sydney, have named Pivot's O Soundtrack My Heart as the Most Important Sydney Album of The Decade on their blog! This comes shortly before a few shows and festivals in early 2010 in their native Australia.

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Warp - Records - Pivot - FBi radio's Sydney Album of the Decade, New music, Australian live dates and Remixes
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]]> Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Happy New Year to you all.

Hit the Rex Club in Paris tomorrow night for a free Warp show with Clark, Bibio and Warp DJ Spencer.

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Warp - Records - Warp News - Clark & Bibio @ Rex Club, Paris this Thursday 7th January - Free / Gratuit
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]]> Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Veckatimest has been nominated as one of the years best albums in many 2009 international polls including #1 album on iTunes Australia, top 10 placings in Uncut, Clash + NME in the UK and #4 in Spin’s chart - see the long, ever-growing list below.

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Warp - Records - Grizzly Bear - End of Year Poll Results and MP3 download
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]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT 2010 is a compilation of new music from our artists - A primer on some of next year's forthcoming Warp releases.

Included is new music from already established acts like Flying Lotus, Bibio and Hudson Mohawke as well as the first rumblings from new signings Gonjasufi, The Hundred In The Hands, Nice Nice, De Tropix, Rustie and more.

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Warp - Records - Warp News - 2010 - a compilation of new Warp music - some free MP3 downloads added.
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]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Babe Rainbow's gothic futurist take on bass music is set to divert quite a few sets of ears from the scene's core in London.

This Vancouver-based artist has been developing his own special blend of dark atmospherics and disembodied beats that will feature on his debut Shaved EP which will be released in February on Warp.

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Warp - Records - Babe Rainbow - 'Shaved EP' - 8th Feb 2010
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]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT As our 20th anniversary year draws to a close we'd like to take a moment to sincerely thank you for helping to make it such a memorable year.

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Warp - Records - Warp20 - Warp20 (Thanks)
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]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT After the roaring success of their North American tour together, Tim Exile will join the Grammy-nominated Imogen Heap for 10 live dates across the UK.

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Warp - Records - Tim Exile - Imogen Heap UK Support Tour Announced + Free Track on Tim's Myspace
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]]> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Following their first ever UK shows in November, which saw them play alongside the likes of Battles, Flying Lotus, Broadcast and Wavves, as well as releasing their debut single ‘One Hit’, Nice Nice (Portland-based duo Jason Buehler & Mark Shirazi) return in 2010 with a new single and video.

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Warp - Records - Nice Nice - See Waves 7inch out February, watch new video plus 'Extra Wow' album announced
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]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Broadcast and The Focus Group have delivered their second spectral video in an ongoing series of online videos which you can see below. The release of "#2 I See, So I See So", taken from their critically acclaimed mini album, coincides with WIRE magazine naming "Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of The Radio Age" their album of the year for 2009!

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Warp - Records - Broadcast and The Focus Group - Wire magazine's album of the year for 2009 plus new video #2 - I See, So I See So
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]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT As part of the Lumiere Festival Mira Calix collaborated with United Visual Artists (responsible for the Battles 'Tonto' video) to produce 'Chorus', an installation of light and sound in Durham Cathedral.

As part of a Sky Arts documentary on the Lumiere Festival an interview with Mira Calix will be broadcast this week.

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Chorus: United Visual Artists With Music from Mira Calix featured on Sky Arts TV
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]]> Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT A new addition to the planned list of cities, Warp20 visits Berlin for two nights at the legendary Berghain.

Last Friday 4th December saw Battles take their new songs to Germany for the first time with specially-invited guests.

This forthcoming Friday (11th December) is an all-night rave across both Berghain and Panorama Bar, bringing the year of Warp20 parties to a fitting finale.

Please note the rare opportunity to be able to buy tickets in advance for the Berghain/Panorama Bar - so make sure to grab one if you want to get in easily.

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Warp - Records - Warp20 - (Berlin) part 2 at Berghain and Panorama Bar - this Friday - Hudson Mohawke vs Rustie, Plaid 'live classics', DJ Andrew Weatherall, Clark, Jackson, Tim Exile, DJ Winston Hazell, Steve Beckett & Warp DJs
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]]> Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Several of our artists were asked by Adult Swim to contribute tracks for a free downloadable album in conjunction with Rockstar's 'Beaterator' game. Artists such as Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Prefuse 73, Dabrye, Starkey and HEALTH remixed 16 hip-hop tracks hailing from Atlanta...

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Warp - Records - Warp News - Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Prefuse 73 and more remix hip-hop from Atlanta for Adult Swim
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]]> Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Warp20 comes home to its final city on Saturday 5th December with an all-night live and club event at London’s Coronet Theatre. Full lineup announced below.


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Warp - Records - Warp20 - (London) - Battles, Broadcast, Plaid (Live Classics Show), Flying Lotus, Rustie, Nice Nice, Nightmares On Wax, DJ Jackson, Mira Calix, Strictly Kev Blech20 set, Winston Hazell & Warp DJs
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]]> Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT After smashing 12,500 people at Warp20 in Tokyo (yes 12,500 - photos coming soon), Hudson Mo has confirmed a run of 3 dates in North America for late December - a taster for more dates which are planned in the new year.

In other news US magazine XLR8R have named Butter as a favourite of 2009 together with an interview and photos from Shaun Bloodworth which were taken in Glasgow around the same time of the North / South / East / West photos.

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Warp - Records - Hudson Mohawke - December North American Dates, XLR8R interview plus Shaun Bloodworth photos
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]]> Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Clash magazine's feature on Warp20 was presented with the award for 'Feature of the Year' by Record Of The Day at their annual awards for PR and journalism.

The 8 page pull-out printed on different paper to the rest of the magazine was part of the October 2009 issue. Read on for images and a link to the full feature.

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Warp - Records - Warp20 - Warp20 feature in Clash magazine wins 'Feature of the Year' award
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]]> Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Calix won the award for her composition My Secret Heart, in the community and education category, which the judges described as "transformational, capturing raw humanity and giving voice to the disenfranchised in a sound-world which is original, absorbing and unsettling".

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Warp - Records - Mira Calix - Wins British Composer Award for 'My Secret Heart'
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]]> Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT 'Intuition', the second single from LoneLady will be available from 8th February with 1 in 5 of the vinyl singles containing a limited postcard. The release will feature two tracks, 'Intuition' and 'Bloedel'

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Warp - Records - LoneLady - New single 'Intuition' out 8th February - available to pre-order now
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