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All that’s in the pantry, the good cooking grandma is making..
Free Cornershop download: Supercomputed/Japan support download
SUPERCOMPUTED (OLD TIMEMACHINE VERSION) by Matsuki is a much cherished young gun from Tokyo, Japan. His music is playful, but very psychedelic, and the force of his onslaught is always apparent I think they call it youth. Many have praised the new Cornershop album as being nothing like they have heard before, but this mix is so out there that even we had to doff our turbans when it bled through our Tannoy speakers.
Matsuki Ayumu releases free support song for download
by Kanki on March 14, 2011 at 1:05 am
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Matsuki Ayumu has decided to allow people to download his new song, “March 11th Mimei”, for free!
This is a tune created especially for the victims of the 2011 Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake, which struck Japan on March 11th.
Matuski had written, “There are probably a lot of people who think now isn’t the time to listen to this song, but for those who are suffering from inaction, it might change their moods a bit. Everyone, keep surviving!”
Check out the song here: http://twaud.io/qGLc
Cornershop & The Double ‘O’ Groove Of – full tracklist & Pre-order details
Ample Play Release
Artists: Cornershop featuring Bubbley Kaur
Title: Cornershop & The Double O Groove Of
Release Date: 14 March 2011 Label: Ample Play Records
CD Cat: AMPLA CD 09 Download Cat: AMPLA DD 09
1 United Provinces Of India 3:26 Full fat funk melds with the cream of Punjabi folk, asking the question, why has such naturalness never been done before.
2 Topknot 3:39 ‘The band’s now-classic 2004 single Topknot,” Spin magazine. A massive track for urban stations, turban stations, clubs as well as Indian weddings. So big that M.I.A. asked to drop a rap on it.
3 The 911 Curry 3:33 The A-team meet up for an afternoon meal – a plan comes together, until Murdock has to flirt with the waitress.
4 Natch 2:34 The other part of the double ‘A’ sided Topknot single, and often even more loved by the DJ for its simplicity and French legion immediacy.
5 Double Decker Eyelashes 4:13 Already being used by select USA bass clubs to get the party started, keep the party going, and ending the party. Being laidback & having the space is leading dancefloorers to improvise, and they take great joy in having the ability and scope to do it once more.
6 The Biro Pen 4:28 A sharp pen in its day was prime currency, guaranteed to get you out of any tight spot. This lament lays it down heavy, even with its drum solo reprieve.
7 Supercomputed 3:44 Kraftwerk meet Irene Cara in a dune buggie.
8 Once There Was A Wintertime 3:14 Capturing the snow drenched wintry season with human warmth and northern brass.
9 Double Digit 3:38 Military again, until its slow build boils over with bass funk, as if the Brontë sisters came from an Indian cowshed. This is maybe why Tjinder thinks Punjabi Folk Music was the first form of hip-hop, and has written a White Paper report on it.
10 Don’t Shake It 5:42 Dont play this one too loud, it will stay in your head for a week, and then move in with you after another week. All is well that ends well. So well that it has extended beats, ending an album that intends to live forever fame.
To Pre-order please go via our PledgeMusic page here or you could send us a Paypal payment direct to: info@cornershop.com £8 for a download, £12 for signed CD including postage
Please state if you would prefer them signed by at least one member of the band.
TOPKNOT VIDEO directed by Prashant Bhargava http://bit.ly/eL5jW0
UNITED PROVINCES OF INDIA VIDEO directed by Chris Hemming http://bit.ly/f9OUhl
For further information please call
+44 7989 566 949 or email info@cornershop.com
Battle Of New Orleans, Extended Play, out now on CD
Title: The Battle Of New Orleans, Extended Play
Group: Cornershop
Label: Ample Play Records
Release date: 2/Nov/2010
To order a CD, as our shop is still being refurbished, please send £3.99 to info@cornershop.com via Paypal and we will send you the CD anywhere in the world.
The battle continues afresh with The Battle of New Orleans EP out from November 2nd, 2010 through their Ample Play label, featuring four unreleased tracks including a new remix of Soul School from their current album, Judy Sucks a Lemon For Breakfast.
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Listen to Previews of the New EP:
1. Houston Hash 1. Houston Hash - PREVIEW
Houston Hash is the ultimate truck driving song, with a lighthearted description of the road as well as home life, put another way trucks & cooking.
The track was produced in cooperation with the United Association of Songleading Staff & was regularly used for instruction at all Devon & Cornwall Songleading Summer Camps. It is recommended that you check with your Band Director before ordering music arrangements.
2. Soul School, School Dinners 2. Soul School: School Dinners - PREVIEW
The usual Soul School with an added dress-down Friday funk from Cambridge, Massachusetts with more bits from Manchester & Liverpool to drive it home.
3. The Battle Of New Orleans 3. The Battle of New Orleans - PREVIEW
Just before he passed away legendary BBC Radio 1 Disc Jockey, John Peel asked his favourite groups to record a Lonnie Donegan track for him to play across his Christmas/New Year Special shows. We chose The Battle Of New Orleans, which he took high in the charts, and also hit the number one spot in the US in 1959 performed by Johnny Horton. They love the track for its attitude, spirit and for the fact that it was one of the earliest country tracks to top the charts.
4. Lynndie England 4. Lynndie England - PREVIEW
As the old reggae spirituals said “love is lovely and war is very, very ugly,” & this contemplates the end of all wars including New Orleans to more modern expeditions.
We are currently redesigning our Cornershop Shop, therefore, order a CD, please send £3.99 to info@cornershop.com via Paypal and we will send you the CD anywhere in the world.
A free bonus track entitled As We Enter The Centurys Clit will also be available at certain outlets.
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Zombies, The Year Of The Infection Cornershop Mix of Rodeo Massacre
Rodeo Massacre are a French Swedish band that have lost no time in building their world up, since residing in the Capital City of London. They even have their own London night club Clap or Die in Camden.
Cornershop have always promoted Rodeo Massacre, from the first time that Tjinder saw them at Lucky 7 Record Shop.
This was the first time he met Izzy, their lead singer, and since they live in the same quartier they have met regularly, and got to know each other more. Pop fact pickers Izzy has even babysat Mr Singh’s two children.
Well now, all this has culminated into “Zombies, The Year Of The Infection” a Cornershop mix of Rodeo Massacre’s “Zombies Of Life” from their forthcoming album on Smoky Carrot Records. People and Zombies are digging it – listen to the preview below, see what you think:
Zombies, The Year Of The Infection - Cornershop Mix of Rodeo MassacreTo Download this track, full length and for free, please click on the Down arrow on the right of this player below.
Rodeo Massacre – Zombies of Life (Cornershop Remix)
the John Peel Centre for the Creative Arts
We at Cornershop would like to bring your attention to something worth supporting, but you’ll need to be quick…. forwarding this message from John Peel’s ex producer Louise…
Subject: John Peel Centre For Creative Arts – vote Thursday!
Sheila (Ravenscroft) asked me to mobilise the troops to vote for the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts in the ITV People’s Millions. Basically the charity that gets the most votes wineth:
See more about the John Peel Centre for the Creative Arts
When I Was Born For The 7th Time – USA overview
“WHEN I WAS BORN FOR THE 7TH TIME, the third album by Cornershop, is like a smiling, sun-lit reprieve amidst the pre-millennium tensions of most cutting-edge, Western pop of the end of the century. While their post-modern bricolage mirrors Beck’s appropriation skills, Tjinder Singh and his mates craft an album of multi-cultural rhythms, textures and lyrical references. The one-world/one-groove outlook anticipates the 21st century with a glee born of spiritual and physical contentment, rather than Beck’s new-pollution dourness.
To drive home the point of the importance of rhythm for the soul, playful beat-driven tracks are strewn throughout the album. The groovy instrumental “Butter The Soul” pits slacker record-scratching against a sitar to the shouted delight of onlookers. A sampled voice on “What Is Happening” asks the titular question of the situation in the world’s capitals while the beat set up by tablas and handclaps suggests a midnight bonfire rally. Singh and the band focus on memories and emotions any listener could identify with, and then personalize and globalize them in one fell swoop.”
Live Recording
Producers: Tjinder Singh, Dan “The Automator” Nakamura, Daddy Rappaport.
Personnel: Tjinder Singh (vocals, guitar, dholki, scratches); Lourdes Belart, Paula Frazer (vocals); Justin Warfield (rap vocals); Ben Ayres (guitar, tamboura, keyboards); Anthony Saffery (sitar, harmonium, keyboards); Grace Winder, Robert Buller, E. Johnson (strings); Ray ? (flute); Nick Simms (drums); Peter Bengry (percussion).
Recording information: 657 Holloway Road, London, England; Eastcote Studios, London, England; Sun Plantation, San Francisco, CA; West Organge Studios, Preston.
Illustrator: Thomas Bayrle.
Photographer: Catalina Gonzales.
Cornershop: Tjinder Singh (vocals, guitar, dholki, DJ); Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, tamboura); Anthony Saffery (sitar, harmonium, keyboards); Nick Simms (drums); Peter Bengry (percussion).
Additional personnel: Paula Frazer, Lourdes Belart (vocals); Justin Warfield (rap vocals); Allen Ginsberg (spoken vocals); Robert Buller, E. Johnson, Grace Winder (strings); Ray (flute).
Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.66) – Included in Rolling Stone’s “Essential Recordings of the 90’s.”
Rolling Stone (8/21/97, pp.106-108) – 4 Stars (out of 5) – “…a cohesive, finely crafted LP in which the last album’s low-fi funk expands into low, fat grooves, and Singh’s pancultural, anti-racist lyrics become more sophisticated but no less impassioned…”
Spin (9/99, p.136) – Ranked #34 in Spin Magazine’s “90 Greatest Albums of the ’90s.”
Spin (1/98, p.86) – Ranked #1 on Spin’s list of the “Top 20 Albums Of The Year [1998].”
Spin (9/97, p.153) – 9 (out of 10) – “…Turning away from the ragged indie rock that dominated Cornership’s previous music, Singh now lets the groove be his guide. A third of the tracks here are Mo’Wax–worthy instrumentals–melting pots of chunky beats, Asian drones, oddball samples, and Singh’s own turntable doodles…”
Entertainment Weekly (9/26/97, p.78) – “…Their third album mixes up hip-hop beats, rock guitar, sitars, scratching, alt-country, and Allen Ginsberg, and few bands make this musical Cuisinart so playful, accessible, and friendly…” – Rating: B
Q (6/00, p.65) – Ranked #68 in Q’s “100 Greatest British Albums” – “…[An] opus of sardonic neo-Asian disco/rock/hip hop, blending chugging guitars, lazy beats, sitars and lyrics about Bollywood and masturbation…”
Magnet (11-12/97, p.64) – “…The best music nowadays tends to be sound-inclusive, and Cornershop has ‘cornered’ the market with its percussive/sample-heavy, ethno-global-indie bag that’s as fresh as papadum dipped in mint chutney…”
Option (11-12/97, p.89) – “…a sprawling work that, with it’s laidback beats, ear-catching samples and pleasingly anachronistic synth squiggles, sounds more than a little like Beck’s ODELAY….a fun, funny and funky good time for all.”
Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp.66-67) – Ranked #11 on Melody Maker’s list of 1997’s “Albums Of The Year.”
Melody Maker (9/6/97, p.42) – “…The breadth of vision on WHEN I WAS BORN is astonishing. It’s a record you can listen to time and time again, one where you’ll forever be discovering hidden nuances, more delights.”
Village Voice (2/24/98) – Ranked #3 in the Village Voice’s 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics’ Poll.
NME (Magazine) (12/20-27/97, pp.78-79) – Ranked #6 in NME’s 1997 Critics’ Poll.
Mickey the Parrot Bobs to Brimful
After accusations of some parrots going crazy when they hear Cornershop, we have ascertained evidence that its crazy in a good way.
After accusations of some parrots going crazy when they hear Cornershop, we have ascertained evidence that its crazy in a good way.
