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The successor to The Liquid Label is Liquid Music S.L.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the label code LC 6269 \/ LC 06269, it is important not to confuse The Liquid Label with other similar labels such as Liquid Recordings from the Netherlands or Liquid Records (2) from the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso related to Liquid Records S.L. and Liquid Music (8), The Liquid Label has made its mark in the music industry and continues to provide quality music for fans worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"head-of-pomegranate","title":"Head Of Pomegranate","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlamingods return with new album \u003ci\u003eHead of Pomegranate\u003c\/i\u003e, recorded in Atlanta by Grammy award-winning producer Ben H. Allen (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, M.I.A.). The much-loved London quartet have now been crafting their distinctive genre-defying music for over a decade now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStylistically and in typical nature of a Flamingods record, there are a lot of genres and sounds covered. Weaving through genres of psychedelia, new wave, electronica and punk – often within the same song – is a bit of a specialty for the band, as is their knack for blending in influences from their unique cultural heritages and love of 70s British rock and roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘We’re a band of mixed-race boys making alternative rock music, something that’s quite rare within our scene. We’re very much influenced by our heritage but aren’t engrossed in making traditional or obvious rock music. We’d rather make it our own.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbum opener and first single Dreams (On The Strip) sets the tone for the record, with its moody synthesizers, gritty drum machines and euphoric chorus. 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Orbiting around a core configuration of drums, bass, marimba and percussion, Sal Principato's voice incanted and chanted. As well as an intensity to the grooves that is very much of its time - you can hear the group reaching for every note and beat - Liquid Liquid were locked together by a sticky looseness that is as head-noddingly infectious now as it must have been desirously strange at the time. The classic EP's are included here amongst 4 long lost studio recordings. Today Liquid Liquid's legacy is everywhere. Glasgow's Optimo is named after a track on this album, a piece of music any DJ would kill to get their hands on as its skitters and twitches its way across the dancefloor. Fellow NYC residents DFA resurrected the uptight downtown funk of Liquid Liquid and contemporaries ESG in their early productions and edits, whilst today's vogue for live instruments in 'Balearock' Italo and electro club tracks means Liquid Liquid's way of doing things has come full circle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domino","offers":[{"title":"LP | x3","offer_id":50410968416587,"sku":"300164","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b08f8804-7829-4f1c-b1bd-9002ea631bd1_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726650846"},{"product_id":"tell-me-now-ep","title":"Tell Me Now EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new material marks an expansion of the duo’s dynamics, which represents another musical leap forward for the band, adding new textures and further honing a sound that has been theirs since their inception. In the process of embracing this evolution, the band enlisted the help of award-winning songwriter and producer, Tarek Musa (of Spring King \/ Dead Nature) as well as bringing in Claudius Mittendorf (Weezer, Parquet Courts, Life) for mixing duties. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the hook-heavy lead single “Rita”, a song about “a hard-working woman who defies the negative surroundings that try to stop her from doing what she is truly passionate about.” Through to alt-pop anthem “Let Me Go”, and darker, psych-inflected “Change Your Mind”, the band’s new material is simultaneously more cutting, energetic and melodically encapsulating than anything else they have released to-date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValeras continue to go from strength-to-strength with each release, and with a vast range of critical acclaim and an array of renowned live shows behind them, their new EP stands as a huge and refreshingly original statement of intent, which is not to be ignored.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Liquid Label","offers":[{"title":"Black | 10\"","offer_id":50459357413707,"sku":"1132610","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c69d9e9b-37e2-4367-9965-df7799fa8b21_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727220729"},{"product_id":"north-east-coastal-town","title":"North East Coastal Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eLIFE are anchored by their hometown; the geography, history and community has always been the inspiration behind their creativity and on their third LP, \u003ci\u003eNorth East Coastal Town\u003c\/i\u003e, the band pay homage to Hull and its folk. \u003ci\u003eNorth East Coastal Town\u003c\/i\u003e is mature; it finds the band at the height of their powers as they carve-up a wide-screen, brooding body of work that is drenched in a sense of belonging and reflection but still impressively maintains their trademark swagger and ear for pop sensibilities and guitar hooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorth East Coastal Town\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to the city. 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Drawing on worldly sounds from the likes of Francis Bebey and Dur Dur Band to Shintaro Sakamoto, tearing up the sonic rule book and conjuring up a distant land where you find yourself cutting loose to grooves that meander their way through a wide spectrum of African disco, funk, exotica and psychedelia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish born with Nigerian and Jamaican heritage, Prest spent his childhood living in Bahrain surrounded by people, like himself, who were all living on an island away from their homeland. Seeing the world from a young age and the experience of 10 years of globe-trotting touring with Flamingods are imprinted on his new project and have been a huge influence on shaping Noon Garden’s tropical adventurism. As a talented multi-instrumentalist Charles has written, self-produced and played all the parts on the single himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoon Garden says of the album: \"This debut was an experiment to get to know myself better. Taken from the name of an area not too far from my family home in Norwood south London, the literal words ‘Beulah Spa’ conjured up imagery of being a place to contemplate in warmth and complete tranquility. Writing music is a therapeutic process for me and it’s taken about eight years on and off to finish this album by myself, to try understand what it was exactly that I wanted to say lyrically and explore sonically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album’s lyrics have shape-shifted so much with time but they take a curious look at the human experience; in my case growing up and soaking up a lot of cultures from an early age in the Middle East, the UK and briefly in Singapore. It’s a reflection on what’s past and what’s yet to come, my connection with others over the years and how that inevitably shapes your outlook on what’s around you. All of this told through the lens of psychedelia which has always given me a sense of possibility. 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