it's SPRING - so time to get out your Victoria and Jacob records

yup - it's perfect for a relaxing spring listen, a must for fans of Lorde, Chvrches and the xx... lovely:




also, in case you missed them last year, here are all the remixes of the singles from the album, and they are FREE!

RELEASE DATE!

we're playing Leefest on Friday

and you can get your tickets here... hope to see you there, come and say hi, and perhaps get a copy of our album!

Cry Baby (DJ Downfall mix)

DJ has been putting the finishing touches on his third long player for around a decade now, in the meantime he worked on last year's Turner Prize winning film, plays guitar in indie legends Tender Trap, hosts regular club nights and remixes the great and the good; everyone from the Postal Service to the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Kenickie to Help Stamp Out Loneliness have benefited from DJ’s electronic throbs and thumps – like Vince Clarke’s charity shop rocking beats, only in a broom cupboard

Cry Baby (Cosines Remix)

Cosines are a mathematical pop band from north London. Simon Nelson and Alice Hubley met on the London Underground after a Stereo Totale gig in 2009. Two days later Simon was round Alice's house unblocking her kitchen drain. Since then Simon has been round and put up two curtain rails, a blind and a shelf. This unlikely meeting, got them talking and once the DIY was done they started making music together, fusing metronomic pop sensibilities, 60's grooves and krautrock noise. What you maybe would get if you mix Love, United States of America and Stereolab. The band were completed by Daniel Chapman, The Late Jonny Drums and Kajsa Tretow. The band are currently working on a debut album and consequently doing less DIY.

The band's debut single "Hey Sailor Boy! was released on Fika Recordings in May

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Cry Baby (Darren Hayman remix)

There is very little Darren hasn’t turned his hand to, from instrumentals about lidos, to lifesize lego models of pets, from albums of traditional English folk songs to a year-long residency at an East London jazz club, from being in the biggest little band in Britain to curating an exhibition of people and animals in space… and here is yet another string to his bow – dub-indie remixing

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Cry Baby (H U S H! remix)

H U S H ! are a british indie dream pop trio from Bridport, Dorset, England formed in 2011. Currently in the studio with Che Albrighton from Clock Opera (Island Records, Moshi Moshi Records). H U S H ! release their debut single later this year. Hyped on blog's and zines throughout 2012 and tipped as SoundXp's 'Tips For 2013' as well as being played on BBC Introducing a number of times. This is Indie Pop not far from the likes of New Order, The Durutti Column, Echo and the Bunnymen, Twin Shadow & Beach House offering a grand & atmospheric ShoeGaze texture to a pumping rhythm section of analog drum machines and synthesisers. Described as  'an eclectic mix of everything good about the 80's with a modern and original touch'. 

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Cry Baby (Antwerp remix)

and without wasting a breath we're onto Cry Baby, the second single to be taken from Victoria and Jacob's debut long player:

London based producer, Antwerp has a new EP, 'Myriad Shapes',  out on the 17th June via his own label, Noise Praise. Darling of the blogs and with a burgeoning live-show - 2013 looks set to be a big year . Just don't ask if he's Belgian. Because he's not - Ok?

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Festival release date

hope you enjoyed the long weekend

today is the release date!... yup... Festival is out today, and you can get your copy here:

a nice Festival review from Sounds XP

those kind chaps at SoundsXP have this to say about Festival:

 ‘Festival’ is shimmery, melodic, euphoric, Balearic electropop, of the sort usually cooked up in some expensive Swedish music factory...it has a clear pop quality that will take them far. 

thank you kind chaps at SoundsXP

Festival (Johan Hedberg remix)

the penultimate remix of Festival comes from Johan Hedberg:

Johan Hedberg is best known as one half of Swedish pop group Suburban Kids With Biblical Names. They wanted to “turn all the dance floors into a burning inferno of Ba-ba-ba”, to quote the Kids themselves. And with their debut single “Rent A Wreck”, they surely did. They sound as if they’ve been writing songs together since the beginning of time. Or perhaps more like children who’ve played together forever. 

In 2005 Labrador released their debut album simply called #3, which not only reached the charts in Sweden and got amazing reviews here - it was somewhat of a slowly growing worldwide success. The album was released in late 2006 in North America and in 2007 in the UK. In Sweden it was nominated for a “Grammis” year 2005 (a prestigious prize at the big award show “Grammisgalan” in Sweden).

Johan is currently recording his debut full length solo album, to be released in the autumn. A new single will be released in June, on Labrador, called Nacamasterna. During the last year Johan has remixed Acid House Kings, Making Marks and now Victoria and Jacob.http://www.labrador.se

final practice before shows

hope to see you at the Old Blue Last, or Now We Are weekender (or BOTH!)... we'll have copies of the records for sale, so say hello!

Victoria and Jacob play the Old Blue Last

this Friday (17th May) Victoria and Jacob play the Old Blue Last... here are the details:

** FREE ENTRY **

FAN THE FIRE Magazine's club night continues its monthly home at The Old Blue Last. Ahead of their eagerly anticipated debut album due this summer, Victoria & Jacob headline and celebrate their latest single launch while the fantastic new wave indie hook-laden five-piece Shy Nature play in support, to mark a release of their own too. Negative Pegasus open up to mark one of the best FNFF line-ups to date. Residents Swiss Forester (Adventures In The Beetroot Field), Soi Soi (Dutty Discotheque), Andre Bravado (Stag & Dagger) and Eva Las Vegas (Buttoned Down Disco) take to the decks throughout.

L I V E :

VICTORIA & JACOB
https://soundcloud.com/victoria-and-jacob

SHY NATURE
https://soundcloud.com/shynature

NEGATIVE PEGASUS
https://soundcloud.com/negativepegasus

D J s :

Swiss Forester (Adventures In The Beetroot Field)
Dutty Discotheque DJs (Stag And Dagger)
Andre Bravado (Sound City)
Eva Las Vegas (Buttoned Down Disco)

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Festival (Pris Dream Attack remix)

it's Monday, which means just one thing, a new Victoria and Jacob remix...the hits keep coming:

Festival (Lovesleep remix)

the fifth remix of Festival comes from Lovesleep... perfect Bank Holiday listening:

look what arrived today....

Victoria and Jacob vinyl

Victoria and Jacob vinyl

Festival (Alexander's Festival Hall remix)

the third remix of Festival comes from Alexander's Festival Hall, a jazzy sway of a take on this summer's pop SMASH, a bit Hannon, a bit Lekman, a bit lovely:

Festival (Gringle Fairground remix)

Victoria and Jacob - Festival remixes

the second remix of the summer (i know, i know, but it's on its way) comes from my good friend Rob Gentry (aka Gringle), you can hear what else he's up to at his soundcloud page:

Festival (Pyper/Long remix)

Victoria and Jacob - Festival remixes

and here we have the FIRST of our summer of Victoria and Jacob remixes... yup, every week, for the next 6 months, we'll be posting a FREE download remix of a track from Victoria and Jacob's stunning long player...

here we have the Pyper/ Long take on the sound of your summer and mine - Festival


if you want to hear more from Ralegh Long, why not come along to the Hangover Lounge from 2pm at the Lexington in London this Sunday 14th April, where's he's playing a free acoustic afternoon show: