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Release round-up: New Mike Oldfield and TOY LPs, plus Duck Sauce and James Blake/Chance The Rapper

By | Published on Tuesday 15 October 2013

Mike Oldfield

Rounding up the latest release news…

Chairing this here release breakdown is Mr Mike Oldfield (pictured), who yesterday made the revelation that he has a new LP, his first since 2008, in waiting. ‘Man On The Rocks’, as it’s called, is out 27 Jan, and will feature verbal stylings by The Struts’ Luke Spiller. Find a tracklisting and various other missing information at this link.

Also announcing an LP in Mike’s wake are Heavenly Recordings-signed psych freshmen TOY. Sharing a name with one of its tracks, the band’s new album, ‘Join The Dots’, is set to be released on 9 Dec, in time for a black (says this promo pic) Christmas. Hear the title track
via this player:

Duck Sauce news now, and the dance-pop hit factory – aka A-Trak and Armand Van Helden – is to ladle a new single onto the airwaves and charts. Titled ‘Radio Stereo’, it’ll feature on the duo’s debut LP ‘Quack’, which is being billed (ahaha) for an early 2014 release. Dial into Duck Sauce’s recent BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix here, and ‘Radio Stereo’ here:

Finally, James Blake has a new video to show off, depicting Chance The Rapper‘s mix of ‘Life Round Here’, a track carried on Blake’s latest LP, ‘Overgrown’. The first of various TBA collaborations the pair are mooted to be working on, it’s showing now on YouTube.



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