According to my friends, some of my Bad Habits are ‘my sarcasm’, ‘touching their computer screen when I point at things’ and ‘sometimes wearing a hat when cooking in the kitchen (?!)’. I have many more but I’m gonna keep them to myself for now as this is about you not me…
Share your worst Bad Habit on the Astrophonica Facebook wall and I’ll send this test press with one off painting by Emilski to the one that gets the most likes by Friday 18th November.
Can we get a big round of applause and a good luck cheer for Emilski & Nick Duggins, the creators of the music vid for Fracture & Neptune’s Customtone, who are off to Croatia today to attend the international animation festival, Supertoon.
The video has been nominated in the Animated Music Video category along with big hitters such as U2, Coldplay and The Who. We are seriously happy as the guys put in so much work for the video and really deserve this. Let’s hope we can take on the big guns!
Good luck lads!!!
We at Astrophonica are extremely excited to announce the release of Customtone / Brain Freeze, as taken from the Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune LP. Full release is 27th June through ST Holdings but as ever, we do have some advance copies for sale over in the shop right now. Remember that Brain Freeze is available only on vinyl, so that means no digital release. The reason we are so excited is that this is the most special vinyl release on the label so far. Why is it so special? Let me tell you…
Designed by Nick Duggins & Emilski, each sleeve has been individually hand printed and numbered. A relief of the artwork was created using the solar plate method which involves the exposing of an image onto a light sensitive plate. Once exposed, you are left with a relief of the image which is then inked up by hand using a roller. Each sleeve was laid on top of the freshly inked plate and then put through a press. This means that each sleeve is completely unique in it’s appearance.
The printing took place over an entire weekend at Astrophonica HQ by Emilski & Fracture. We totally pushed ourselves to the limit with this one, probably managing about 8 hours sleep in 3 days and a load of junk food. At times it was a very surreal experience but are very happy with how it has all turned out, you really are getting a piece of hearts with this one. So here it is…
Fracture & Neptune Featuring Martin Fieber – Customtone [Included on digital LP] by Fracture And Neptune
Fracture Featuring Chewie – Brain Freeze [Vinyl sampler only, no digital release!] by Fracture And Neptune
Hi guys, it’s here! Fracture & Neptune – Retrospect ‘A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ is now available to buy from your favourite store. Below are details on the various format of this release.
Full album: 30th May
iTunes album with bonus material: 6th June
Customtone / Brain Freeze Limited sampler 12″: 20th June
‘Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ is an 18 track, digital LP that brings together the classic, always cosmic, Fracture & Neptune sound from the year 2000 right up to the current date. Some released faves, some unreleased, some brand new and some unheard tracks from the vaults! All wonderfully remastered by Bob Macc and sounding better than ever. Release date is 30th May so BUY IT NOW from 7Digital, Juno, Boomkat, Digital-Tunes or find it at your favourite digital store
Along with the standard album release will be a special iTunes version of the album for which we have included the skills of many other artists and creatives to bring you a multimedia package including bonus tracks, the official Customtone music video, documentaries featuring Martin Fieber and Fracture & Neptune digging in their favourite record shop and a super slick pdf booklet including liner notes giving you an insight to each track and images and artwork by Emilksi & Nick Duggins. One of the bonus tracks is ‘Detached’ by Fracture which we get asked about a lot, so we included it for you.
Pre order it now from Itunes
To celebrate the release of ‘Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ we have a very special limited vinyl release featuring two brand new tracks. ‘Customtone ft Martin Fieber’ and ‘Brain Freeze ft Chewie’. Brain Freeze will never be released digitally so we are giving something back to the vinyl heads with this one.
The sleeve art will be hand printed and individually hand numbered numbered by Emilski. If you saw the artwork for the special test presses of The Limit, then you will know Emilski is amazing and that these will be very special. The vinyl release has been limited to a run of 500 with each of the sleeves lovingly printed by our very own hands and I can tell you now it took a whole weekend to do and Emilski still has ink under his fingernails! They look amazing, like nothing you’ve seen before and we are giving you the chance to win number 001 out of 500! A unique collectors item to say the least….
Prize:
No.1 of a 500 Limited Edition 12″ ‘Customtone’ b/w ‘Brain Freeze’ in hand printed sleeves by Emilski. (‘Brain Freeze’ will be a vinyl release ONLY)
How to enter?
Simply follow this link to the Astrophonica facebook page and get your name on the wall! A winner will be drawn at random on the 20th June 2011.
We are very proud to announce the Official Customtone video by resident Astrophonica artists Emilski & Nick Duggins. We are so happy with the result and we want to say a huge thank you for the hard work put in by the guys. I think you’ll agree it was all worth it.
Watch in full screen and let it load for a fully cosmic experience…
ASTROPHONICA in collaboration with UTILE present the video for Customtone by Fracture & Neptune, featuring Martin Fieber.
Created to celebrate the launch of the album ‘Retrospect – a Decade of Fracture & Neptune’, UTILE (Emilski and Nick Duggins) take us on a psychedelic journey into the Astrophonica universe.
design and animation by Emilski & Nick Duggins for UTILE contact@utilecreative.com
Customtone features the lap steel talent of Martin Fieber and will be available as part of a limited edition 12″ sampler for the the album. The sleeve art for this release will be hand printed and individually numbered by Emilski and willl be available at the end of May 2011
‘Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ is an 18 track, digital LP that brings together the classic, always cosmic, Fracture & Neptune sound from the year 2000 right up to the current date. Some released faves, some unreleased, some brand new and some unheard tracks from the vaults! All wonderfully remastered by Bob Macc and sounding better than ever. Release date end of May 2011.
For more information, live dates, biography or interview Q&A’s on Fracture & Neptune / Astrophonica contact This Is Reprise on (0)20 7729 0686 or erin@thisisreprise.com
For DJ bookings please contact tom@gramagency.co.uk
Wow can you believe it, we’ve been at it for about 11 years now! To celebrate this we have put together our first ever long player, a retrospective of our career so far…
‘Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ is an 18 track, digital LP that brings together the classic, always cosmic, Fracture & Neptune sound from the year 2000 right up to the current date. Some released faves, some unreleased, some brand new and some unheard tracks from the vaults! All wonderfully remastered by Bob Macc and sounding better than ever. Release date 30th May 2011.
To make this project even more special we have enlisted the skills of many other artists and creatives to bring you a multimedia package including an official music video, documentaries featuring Martin Fieber and us digging in our favourite record shop, photos of Fracture & Neptune HQ through the years and artwork courtesy of Emilski & Nick Duggins. All this extra material will be available via the iTunes version of the album, including bonus tracks and demos and liner notes on each of the tracks.
Retrospect LP – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune [exclusive clips] by Fracture And Neptune
To celebrate the release of ‘Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ we have a very special limited vinyl release featuring two brand new tracks. The sleeve art for this release will be hand printed and individually numbered by Emilski. If you saw the artwork for the special test presses of The Limit, then you will know Emilski is amazing and that these will be very, very special. Keep your eyes peeled end of May 2011
Customtone picks up where our 2006 track Ventura (Med School) left off, with distant ghostly slide guitar courtesy of steel string veteran Martin Fieber and emotive song structure. It has become a firm personal favourite of ours and encapsulates the Fracture & Neptune sound perfectly… Tone to the bone!
On the flip side we find Fracture teaming up with the mysterious Chewie to create a paranoid and murky stepper entited Brain Freeze. With trade mark Astrophonica mid range moans and neck snap beats this one will sit in the collection nicely next to the label’s previous 4 releases.
Retrospect LP – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune 12″ Vinyl Sampler by Fracture And Neptune
Art and design are a massive part of the Astrophonica ethos and to commemorate the release of Customtone resident artists Emilski & Nick Duggins have created a quite simply breathtaking video for the track. Described as a psychedelic journey into the Astrophonica universe, Headtop have crafted a pencil and ink drawn stop frame animation that combines classic and contemporary animation techniques.
The result? think Hans Richter on acid, art deco astrology and comic book constellations, so rich in detail we reckon you’ll be hitting the replay button again and again. Watch this space…
Now we feel old… But here’s to another 10 years!
For more information, live dates, biography or interview Q&A’s on Fracture & Neptune / Astrophonica contact This Is Reprise on (0)20 7729 0686 or erin@thisisreprise.com
For DJ bookings please contact tom@gramagency.co.uk
**This item has now sold out**
To commemorate our most anticipated release so far, Astrophonica and Emilski have collaborated to produce a unique and extremely limited piece for all record collectors and connoisseurs of hand made art work. An edition of 10 hand painted test presses of Astrophonica 004; ‘The Limit / Get Lost’
Staying true to the Astrophonica ethos of attention to fine detail and the use of traditional methods, Emilski has used sign writing techniques and comic book styles to create a galactic backdrop for the classic script style lettering that compliment not only the music on this release but the overall vibe of Astrophonica and Fracture & Neptune.
Each of the 10 records are completely individual and are signed and numbered by Emilski. Don’t miss this rare chance to be one of the 10 most far-out diggers in the universe. Pricing and order details are at the end of this post
To highlight the thought and care that has gone into this project we captured the process on film, check it out…
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As we know that this is a collector piece but you may also like to batter these tunes at a club or on radio we are giving you the opportunity to buy one of the hand painted TPs and an exclusive full release artwork promo copy at the same time. We will have the full artwork promos for sale exclusively on astrophonica.com/shop on Weds 29th Sept and will ship your order then. Full release date is 25th Oct via ST Holdings.
Pricing as follows
1 x Hand painted test press = £30
1 x Hand painted test press & 1 x full artwork promo = £32.50
postage & packaging for both items;
UK First Class – 1 vinyl = £2.75 / 2 vinyl = £3.25
UK Recorded Delivery – 1 vinyl £3.50 / 2 vinyl £4.00
EU First Class – 1 vinyl = £3.50 / 2 vinyl = £4.50
EU Recorded – 1 vinyl = £8.00 / 2 vinyl = £9.00
Rest Of World First Class – 1 vinyl = £6.00 / 2 vinyl = £8.00
Rest Of World Recorded – 1 vinyl = £10.50 / 2 vinyl = £12.50
Please paypal your order to astrophonica@googlemail.com stating postage type and your address.
if there are any special postage requests or multiple orders please us the same email for you query and we will get straight back to you.
A Massive big up to Emilski on a successful debut show. The work will be displayed and onsale in Tokyo Fixed for another couple of weeks. You can also get more information and buy work and T-shirts and all that jazz from Top Safe London
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More culture for the vultures, this time in the form of Astrophonica homie and artist, Emilski. His Debut show is starting on Wednesday July 14th 18:00 – 22:00 at Tokyo Fixed Gear on Peter Street in Soho in conjunction with Top Safe
If you want to come please rsvp to info@topsafelondon
