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“South Facing” a compilation album

“South Facing” a compilation album that looks forwards, backwards and sideways but always faces south.....

The next Kennington Recordings release will be a compilation called ‘South Facing’. We have finished making (and bleeding over) the hand crafted CD's and everything is set for the release date of 25th May 2009. The compilation will be available digitally and also as an extremely limited edition, hand crafted CD, with sublime artwork by our good friend Sam Wilson.

The compilation is a jolly mix of old and new, with lots of exclusive tracks including a never heard before Team LG song and the first chance to hear our new friends Treblecat, Deekie and Mariana Ricardo all of whom are busy working on their debut albums for Kennington Recordings.....

‘South Facing’ also has a track from Leander taken from their excellent Pass Fail album, electronic goodness from Pilote and Acacia, Homespun folk from Mit Tremble Kids, a bit of drama from Mr L & The Goth, a ten minute accordion epic from Directorsound and a recording of My Two Toms from when they played the Doghouse and the legend that is Three Strings OMG! We are truly not worthy….....

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Leander FREE DOWNLOAD!

Get your sticky ears and modems on the 'Pass Fail' album track 'Sliding Drifting Sinking' - absolutely gratis.

Sliding Drifting Sinking is a driving anthemic number taken from the highly praised debut album Pass Fail. On hearing the track Music Week commented that it was “packing a sonic wallop that could more than hold its own down the indie disco” who are we to argue?

Download MP3 - Sliding Drifting Sinking

Nice things they have said about Leander 'Pass Fail' (KENCD2) album -

Q – Cool. Full Of Neat Flourishes
NME – Lovely Lilting, overcast folktronica.Satisfyingly Stark And Brittle
Music Week – Heart-Nagging, Intricate, Beautiful.
Uncut – The band have a sly aptitude for the anthemic. Arresting.

Shop now open!

Leanders album Pass Fail can be purchased right now through our site before it's available in the record shops on the 14th of April. To find out more go to our newly opened Shop page.

Leander - Pass Fail (album)

Berlin based brothers Lars and Daniel have created an album of outstanding beauty. Sub zero cool and sincerely touching, harsh yet mellow. Songs that defy you not fall in love with them.

Here's a recording as claustrophobic as the granite city streets; as open as infinite country fields. Clean as driven snow, warm as the snugliest duvet.

Pass Fail is released on the 31st March 08

You will love this album!

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Pass Fail available now or the 14th April!

Pass Fail is available from our online shop now but you can also purchace the album online from Boomkat, Rough Trade, Fopp, Amazon, Zavvi, HMV and other good online stores on the 14th of April.

Pass Fail reviews just in!

Leander have just received some lovely reviews for their Pass Fail from the likes of Q Magazine, Uncut and the NME. You can read them here.

Leander play Southampton

Leander will be playing at the Hamptons in Southampton on the 17th November. The night is called Yes Yes No No Yes and promises a great night of live music courtesey of Leander, art and short films.

You can visit the YYNNY MySpace or check Out & About for more details.

Leander - Hide and Sleep EP released 12 November 07

So what do you want from a press release? A bit of back story? (Berlin based brothers Daniel and Lars who have been undertaking sonic forays since 2005) An unlikely comparison or two? (Its like the Velvet Underground jamming with Four Tet, on acid, in space!) or perhaps a blatant namedrop levered in to get your juices running (They did a stunning remix of Au Revoir Simone dontcha know?). Well any of those might work for an ordinary band, but Leander are far from ordinary so we wont pull cheap tricks like that....

The Hide & Sleep EP released on Kennington Recordings will give you a chance to see what we mean, it is a beautiful concoction of clipped crunchy rhythms wrapped in hazy swathes of mooginess with stirring acoustic led melodies topped with gentle, touching vocals....sounds good huh?

Leander live in the city, but record in the countryside which says a lot about their sound, a perfect mix of harsh and hushed, pastoral and urban. Over the three songs here you get a real taste of their possibility, Lars singing his tender lyrics on "Hide & Sleep" with a distinctive melancholy nonchalance, while the instrumental "East Hills" showcases a darker side with its almost metallic undertow and unfussy arrangement. Final track "Precipice" blends simple acoustic twangs with coarse percussion and aching harmonies arriving in a track which revels in its claustrophobia.

Live dates are being finalized to coincide with the release of this EP, for their gigs they bolster their sound with an extra guitarist and a drummer and are sure to win the heads and hearts of many with their assured, energetic performances the result of their dogged touring of their homeland.

So brace yourself, the album will be out on Kennington Recordings early next year and it is stuffed with songs that will break your heart and make you feel better all at once. You will love this band.

Mr L's Allstars track gets airing on BBC Radio 1 Blue Room Show [12-02-06]

Sunday 12th Feb, we are pleased as punch that Chris Coco played "Jets" by Mr L's Allstars (Kennington Recordings) on his Brits Special show. On Chris' Blue Room shows you'll find Belle & Sebastian rubbing shoulders with The Specials and Isolee to The Concretes in a supremely eclectic mix of bygone gems and future classics. Check out the BBC Radio website for more information.

Team LG tops Best Selling album on Boomkat website [06-03-06]

The debut release by Team LG (Kennington Recordings) "The Way We Do It" is Best Selling INDIE/ACOUSTIC/LAPTOP FOLK album on Boomkat. Boomkat are THE Independent Music Specialist, the virtual record shop of our dreams - with every genre conceivable on every format, reviews, and tracks to listen to before you buy.

'Chiller Cabinet' to broadcast Team LG Special 19th Feb 2am - 4am [19-02-06]

The Chiller Cabinet show fuses lush electronica, contemporary classical, film soundtracks and the avant garde in a relaxed show to suit the wee small hours. This Sunday (19th Feb) they have kindly chosen to do a Team LG Special to accompany the recent release on Kennington Recordings of their album "The Way We Do It". It will comprise of carefully selected exclusive instrumental tracks you won't hear anywhere else.

ClassicFM's "Chiller Cabinet" can be heard 100-102 FM, DAB Digital Radio and online at www.classicfm.com. Check www.chillercabinet.comfor more details.

Team LG 7" (Earsugar Jukebox 45) [13-02-06]

Our super nice friends at Earsugar have been releasing highly collectable trinkets of musical tomfoolery for some time now. If you go to their website you will be able to get your sticky paws on Team LG's "Big Man b/w Jesus In A Show" on a small but perfectly formed 7" in strictly limited edition black vinyl.

Also on Earsugar you will find releases by Stefan Schneider (To Rococo Rot/Mapstation), Schneider TM, Thomas Fehlmann, Mek Obam and Add Noise to name but a few. Playful, enchanting, minimal but always bespoke - we love Earsugar!!

Listen and learn at www.earsugar.com

Mr L's Allstars remix for Chris Coco [06-02-06]

Mr L's Allstars remix of Chris Coco track "Searching for the Balearic Heartbeat" from his 2005 "Heavy Mellow" long player. Available for MP3 download at Distictive.