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Maston x Souvenir (Album)

In 2018, composer/producer Frank Maston was living in Paris, working on new music when he was introduced to Geneva based band L’Eclair. Blown away by what he heard, there seemed to be a mutual understanding and appreciation for that loungey, groovy world of library and soundtrack music from the seventies. An immediate thought occurred to him - what if he could record with this simpatico group backing him up? The result is the colorful and kinetic album Souvenir, out today September 10 on Innovative Leisure / Calico Discos (the label of Cali band Allah Las).
To accompany the album release, Maston is sharing a new animated video for album single "Do You Feel It Working?" According to Maston "This song was written in the summer of 2018 and recorded in February 2019. It was the first vocal song I wrote since my debut album. L’Eclair joins me on the recording, which was engineered and mixed by Jasper Geluk at Tone Boutique in Haarlem. I’m playing the Rhodes Piano and singing.   The video was animated by Mark Neeley.”
For more on Maston, please visit these two sites:
Alex Maas x Levitation Full Session
Alex Maas's full Levitation Sessions show is now streaming in full! Watch on YouTube 
 
A fresh pressing of the gold version of the live album is in our shop (https://innovativeleisure.net/collections/all/products/levitation-sessions) and on Bandcamp: https://alexmaas.bandcamp.com/
Thanks to the band for the amazing show + everyone who supported this project & all those who made it happen!
Filmed and Edited by: Jonathan Horstmann
Recorded and Mixed by: Jonas Wilson
Mastered by: Erik Wofford
Filmed in historic downtown Bastrop, Texas Part 1 filmed at Astro Records, Part 2 filmed at The Opera House
Produced by Levitation Sessions
ENJOY!
BADBADNOTGOOD x Beside April

As Pitchfork first reported: BADBADNOTGOOD has shared a new single & video from the upcoming album Talk Memory.  The album releases on October 8th.

The video is directed by Camille Summers-Valli and is inspired by the 1878 film Horse in Motion.

In addition to releasing the video + audio, BBNG has shared the sheet music to "Beside April" on it's website - - > https://tv.badbadnotgood.com/

And a run of tour dates:

12-08 Calgary, Alberta - The Palace Theatre
12-09 Edmonton, Alberta - Midway
12-10 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Park Theatre
12-12 Victoria, British Columbia - Capitol Ballroom
12-13 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
12-17 Montreal, Quebec - MTELUS
12-18 Ottawa, Ontario - Bronson Centre
12-19 Quebec City, Quebec - Imperial Bell
12-22 Toronto, Ontario - History
03-07 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
03-08 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
03-10 Chicago, IL - Metro
03-11 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
03-12 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
03-14 Boston, MA - Royale
03-16 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
03-18 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
03-19 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
03-22 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
03-24 Austin, TX - Emo’s
03-25 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
03-26 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
11-18 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
11-19 Stockholm, Sweden - Nalen
11-21 Oslo, Norway - Vulkan
11-22 Copenhagen, Denmark - VEGA
11-24 Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
11-25 Berlin, Germany - Huxleys
11-28 Vienna, Austria - Ottakringer Brauerei
11-29 Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
11-30 Zurich, Switzerland - X-Tra
12-02 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ronda
12-03 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
12-04 Cologne, Germany - Carlswerk Victoria
12-06 London, England - Brixton Academy
12-07 Paris, France - Le Trianon
12-09 Birmingham, England - O2 Institute
12-10 Manchester, England - Albert Hall
12-11 Bristol, England - Academy 1
12-13 Glasgow, Scotland - QMU

Arjuna Oakes & Serebii x First Nights

"soulful and sophisticated" - Under The Radar 

"Such a beautiful track" - Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC 6 MUSIC)

“Watch out for a great singer from New Zealand called Arjuna Oakes” - Gilles Peterson (BBC 6 MUSIC)

Arjuna Oakes & Serebii "First Nights" EP is out now: 

https://smarturl.it/firstnights

Maston x Swiss Franc

As premiered on Shindig, Frank Maston releases the latest single from his upcoming record, Souvenir (due out September 10th, 2021).  According to Maston:

“‘Swiss Franc’ is the last song on the album and the song we close the live show with. The light and dark elements give it a nice sense of balance – like a discotheque dirge. The video was made using some analogue video synthesisers, blended with a swiss franc coin which I modelled and animated. It’s one of my favourite tracks on the record and is very emblematic of my relationship and musical collaboration with L’Eclair, hence the title.”

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In 2018, composer/producer Frank Maston was living in Paris, working on new music when he was introduced to Geneva based band L’Eclair. Blown away by what he heard, there seemed to be a mutual understanding and appreciation for that loungey, groovy world of library and soundtrack music from the ’70s. An immediate thought occurred to him – what if he could record with this simpatico group backing him up? The result is the colourful and kinetic album Souvenir.