Rough Trade's Albums of the Month.
The Norwegian record label run by Joakim Haugland celebrates its 25th anniversary with a mix album that’s a selection of just some of the best the label has to offer.
It’s mixed by Thomas Moen Hermansen (more commonly known as producer/mixer/DJ Prins Thomas). This is ...
You can listen to Prinis Thomas' Smalltown Supersound 25 mix on NTS here
BJØRN TORSKE & PRINS THOMAS Arthur's Return (Long Unreleased Version)
ARP Alfa (Dusted)
LASSE MARHAUG Polar
DEATHPROD Treetop Drive Part 3
ELEKTRO NOVA Phase Two Pt 1
CELER Caprice
CARMEN VILLAIN Planetarium (Gigi Masin Alternative Mix)
ERIK WÖLLO Underwater ...
What a welcome surprise that this decade may wind up containing Neneh Cherry’s most sustained, rewarding creative peak. No disrespect to her 1989 breakthrough, Raw Like Sushi; it’s just math, as she’s released two strong solo albums, one vibrant jazz project, and a sizzling remix collection since 2010. Broken Politics reunites her with ...
For her second collaboration with producer Four Tet, trip-hop queen Neneh Cherry takes a quieter turn, focusing her soulful voice on issues including the refugee crisis and the environment, set to twinkling bells and dub. Elements of the Bristol scene that first brought her to fame remain, with Massive Attack’s 3D stopping by, although it’s ...
Contemplating the current state of the world led Neneh Cherry and her husband, Cameron McVey, to write songs that mix meditation and puckishness, global concerns and personal reflections: “It’s my politics living in a slow jam,” she sings. Four Tet’s production sets her voice amid plinking, pinging loops and subtle beats, a surreally synthetic ...
This already feels like one of the best albums in the Smalltown catalouge! Now Resident Advisor also have the album in their best albums of November describing it as "Hayashi's uniquely psychedelic collages of jazz, hip-hop and house flourish on his first LP" Read the whole story here.
We are so proud of this one. A truly special album and in many ways the perfect Smalltown Supersound album combining club and avantgarde. Evan Parker and Lindstrøm. Disco and free-jazz. We hope you will like this as much as we do!
Giske’s mesmerizing debut takes listeners on a true journey through the euphoria and ...
Many ask for the unmixed tracks. Here is a Spotify playlist with most of the tracks. There is some tracks that is not available online. We are working to get these on this playlist also. In the meantime here is a good 8 hours woth of listening : )
Here is info about formats on this release as we get many questions about this, and its a big complex release, so hopefully this will give you some answers : ) Thank you for your interest!
Digital is only mixed. No unmixed version. We will make a playlist with most of the orginal tracks on Spotify (which ...