With her heavenly APE debut album WARM ROBOT only a mere few weeks away, New Mexico’s neutron nymphet Jen Olive presents part 2 of the album podcast. Jen walks you warmly through such beautiful songs as the seashore seance ALL MY HEADS MEET, the lucid luminescence of WAFFLESONS DREAM and the sugar sad swing of HERE I GO.

This is one truly beautiful record that we at APE are very proud of. Captain Andy P himself mixed the music and even contributed percussion and little keyboard dabs in places. WARM ROBOT is released on March 28th but we will be making it available to pre-order before then, with the added bonus of a free download version for the early birds. We’ll update you on it all as soon as we can, in the meantime enjoy part 2 of Jens podcast.

 

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Giddy is the first Pugwash release on Ape. Out on 21st September, the album is a compilation of classic finely crafted pop songs from Pugwash’s previous albums.

Listen to this the first part of 3 pugcasts where Thomas Walsh and Keith Farrell talk you through the first 4 tracks on the album.

Thomas Walsh is one half of the Duckworth Lewis Method, a project with Neil Hannon from the Divine Comedy where they recorded an album of songs inspired totally by the wonderful game of cricket.

You will be able to pre order your copy of Giddy very shortly and get a digital copy of the album FREE when you order.

 

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In this the final part of our Psychedelic Psoiree between Sir John Johns, also known as our Andy P, and Swami Anand Nagara, or John Leckie they remember all sorts of delights from dirt floor living, to that guest drummer on ‘Pale and Precious’ and woodworking!!.

Buy XTC/Dukes re-issues

 

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Part 2 of Robert Whites podcast, where he talks about the making of the Dog Eared Moonlight album, including how the legendary guitarist B.J Cole came to be on the album. Buy

 

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Andy and John talk about the making of Psonic Psunspot at the Cornish Studio Sawmills; the Abbey Road for the Straw Dogs set.
Situated on a tidal creek this is the same studio where, having achieved the unique Dukes sound,  John subsequently recorded the legendary debut Stone Roses album.

Did you know?  on Psonic Psunspot, the sides were flipped, so the album as you hear it now was not the original running order. Find out why and much more…

 

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Watch the stunning short film shot in the deepest Sussex countryside for The Milk & Honey Bands forthcoming  single ‘Mary Faith Autumn’.

Classic Rock’s Johnny Dee  reviewed the Dog Eared Moonlight album BUY as -

” An album that shift gears between Crowded House at their most majestic and the authentic melancholly that proved so successful for David Gray.Wonderful.”

 

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In this the second fascinating installment, Andy and legendary Dukes producer John Leckie talk about the inspiration behind the 25 O’clock  recordings.  How they were done, and what went into achieving that unique Dukes sound, through the phasing and editing on different tracks and bits of different records being spun in when the songs were mixed.

Also they reveal the truth behind the long held rumour that it was Woody Allens little angry voice at the end of ‘My Love Explodes’.

 

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Listen to the first colourful installment of a multi part series of chats between Andy Partridge and legendary producer John Leckie, or Sir John Johns and Swami Anand Nagara to give them their Dukes of Stratosphear nom de psyches.

In the first part John talks of the run up to producing 25 Oclock and includes tales of his early years in the industry. Strap yourself in securely as you’re in for a bumpy ride. You’ll hear of kissing sheep, recording an addled Syd, the joy of getting fired and many more kaleidoscopic stories to warm the cockles of your liquid light show projector.

The expanded remastered versions of 25 Oclock and Psonic Psunspot are released on Ape on 20th April BUY

 

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Canadian queen of invention Veda Hille commissioned Quinne Rodgers and her team of experts to make this video for Lucklucky, a track from Vedas latest album for Ape, This Riot Life. BUY

 

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Wizard musician and producer Stuart Rowe, ringmaster to a flying circus of musical contributors known as Lighterthief, has his first Digital EP Maximalism due for release on Ape on 16th March. buy

The three tracks are Lover, Falling Into The Future and All Done Things with head Ape Andy Partridge playing guitar and singing on all titles.

As a taster Stuart has edited together this short film with excerpts from the EP to whet your appetite for his sonic adventures.

 

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Released on 23th February DOWNLOAD for FREE your copy now and get a bonus unreleased track ‘Mind’

‘Disappear’ is taken from the forthcoming album ‘Dog Eared Moonlight’ which is already receiving many plaudits from the music press.

‘Everyman pop that’s due an everyman audience’ RECORD COLLECTOR ****

‘A masterclass in classy songwriting’ ANDY GILL INDEPENDENT ***

‘10 songs of finely wrought, melodic English rock’ Q ***

‘Stomper’ UNCUT ***

‘Blissful’ WORD

‘Sumptuous’ LATEST

Pre order your copy of the album on CD before 9th March and get the whole album free as a mp3 at the time you place your order.