The Leaf Label: NEWS

Wildbirds & Peacedrums Perform Björk Cover On Swedish TV
Published 31 August, 2010 by BWL

Wildbirds & Peacedrums performed a cover of Björk's 'Human Behaviour' at the prestigious Polar Music Prize ceremony in Stockholm last night. The Icelandic star was named as a Laureate for 2010, along with soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone. Both were in attendance to receive their awards, presented by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Mariam and Andreas were joined by a full orchestra for the rendition of one of Björk's most popular songs, taken from the album Debut. You can see the full ceremony as it went out, including performances by Robyn and Ane Brun, on Swedish TV here (50 mins in).

And on youtube:

In stark contrast to the glitzy Swedish event, in September last year the couple recorded a 'Take-Away Show' session in New York for French video site La Blogotheque, which has just been released. You can watch Mariam and Andreas perform 'My Heart' from The Snake album at a boxing club here.

The band's third album, Rivers, was released last week. The pair embark on a European tour 'with Voices' at the beginning of October. See all the dates here.

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Win/Buy Tickets For Wildbirds & Peacedrums' London Album Launch
Published 24 August, 2010 by BWL

Wildbirds & Peacedrums' third album, Rivers, is released this week and the launch party takes place in London this Thursday (Aug 26). Mariam and Andreas will play as a duo at The Lexington supported by Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards. The tickets on general sale sold out weeks back but FACT magazine have a pair of tickets, a pair of vinyl EPs (Retina and Iris) and a tour poster to give away to a lucky winner. Click here to enter the competition.

We still have a handful of tickets available in our shop either individually or as part of an album/poster bundle. As these are very limited, don't procrastinate too long! Click here for more details.

The Swedes return on 27 November for a headline show 'with Voices' at London's Union Chapel (read more here).

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Nancy Elizabeth Covers The Smiths
Published 23 August, 2010 by BWL

Nancy Elizabeth's has two shows in September with fellow Manchester-based artists Homelife and Denis Jones, and to promote this Arctic Circle have teamed up with Manchester record label Humble Soul to bring you a mini album of exclusive tracks under the banner 'Outer Circle'.

Nancy has chosen 'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want' by The Smiths and the release also includes Jones' rendition of John Mayall.

Outer Circle is built around the idea of discovering unsung heroes and ground-breaking artists for a series of exciting concerts in prestigious venues.

We have copies of the compilation on CD in our shop, more info here:
http://theleaflabel.net/buy/outer-circle-london-manchester-b

Stream the tracks here:

Outer Circle: London Manchester Bristol by Arctic Circle Radio

Here are the shows in case you missed them first time round:
Thursday 9 September - Band On The Wall, Manchester, UK (with Homelife & Denis Jones)
Sunday 12 September - Kings Place Festival, London, UK (with Homelife & Denis Jones)

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Oh No Ono Dream Up New Video
Published 29 July, 2010 by BWL

Oh No Ono have released a suitably entrancing video for single 'Internet Warrior', taken from this year's Eggs. Created by the team that brought you the similarly eye-catching clips for Efterklang's 'Polygyne', Colleen's 'The Happy Sea' and Vladislav Delay's 'Toive', this video is directed by Carolina Melis and Alessandro Monaco:

"The idea was to create a magical world: a mixture of organic forms and geometrical shapes. At time this video is like a journey into a vintage underwater dimension, then it suddenly turns into a graphical playground. There are no cuts, the idea was to create an ongoing continuous flow which starts with a macro view of a lobster and ends with a planetary view of the world. We started working on this video from a vintage book of diorama. We didn't story-boarded and planned, we just started with one image and we let this work grew day after day following the natural development of the animation. It's a very exciting and beautiful track and it has been a great pleasure to work on it."

Spin.com have premiered the video, which can be seen here:
http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-new-video-oh-no-ono

And Dailymotion are also featuring it here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe6o95_oh-no-ono-internet-warrior_music#hp-sc-p-1

'Internet Warrior' is available as a 12" and download EP featuring remixes by Caribou, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Shlohmo, Zambri and The Depreciation Guild (members of Pains Of Being Pure At Heart). Find out more here.

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