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Olympians // BeatCast OffBeat Session Part 2

We posted a video of our good friends Olympians playing their new single ‘Wake Up Old’ last week. Well here is a video of them playing fan favorite ‘Foreign Language’. You can pick up the band’s last EP, which has this corker on it, from their band camp. You should download it and start to love them as much as we do.

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Olympians // BeatCast OffBeat Session

If these winter months are starting to chill your bones why not warm up with the sights and sounds of the incredible Norwich based, math poppers Olympians. They stopped by our garden to give us an exclusive acoustic performance of their new single ‘Wake Up Old’, out now on Barely Regal Records.

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Alan Sparhawk // ‘Try To Sleep’ session

The second BeatCast acoustic session track from Low’s Alan Sparhawk that we recorded recently. ‘Try To Sleep’ is the opening track from the fine new album ‘C’mon’ which is out now on Sub Pop.

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Alan Sparhawk (Low) // ‘Nightingale’ session

Alan Sparhawk had a whistle-stop tour of Europe a couple of weeks back talking all about the new Low album ‘C’Mon’ which is out this week. We dived in at the chance to film Alan and recorded ‘Nightingale’ taken from that new album…

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Silje Nes – OffBeat Session Part 2

Part 2 of our OffBeat Sessions with Norwegian multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Silje Nes recorded at Corsica Studios.

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Silje Nes – OffBeat Session Part 1

Enchanting Norwegian multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Silje Nes passed through London town recently and we spent an afternoon recording a couple of songs. This is the song ‘Crystals’ and forms part one of those sessions filmed at Corsica Studios.

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Hauschka – OffBeat Session

Filmed at the Vortex Jazz Club as part of our OffBeat series. Following on from the documentary series thats been running on BeatCast about the making of Haushka’s latest album Foreign Landscapes I jumped at the chance to film a session with such a unique artist.

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Shoes And Socks Off – OffBeat Session

Shoes And Socks Off released their fourth record this July in the shape of ‘Robin Hood Waiter Champion Have-Not’. This was preceeded by a free digital EP featuring covers of songs that, well, you just don’t cover…

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Chilly Gonzales Session (Daft Punk cover)

The self proclaimed ‘sad’ musical genius Chilly Gonzales performs an awesome take on Daft Punks ‘Something About Us’. Gonzales returns with his first official UK full length release since Solo Piano in 2006 with Ivory Tower. The new album is also companion to a feature film of the same name starring Tiga and Peaches as well as himself.

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A Lily – OffBeat

Whilst on a jaunt to Brighton earlier this year we were lucky enough to sneak in on an afternoon rehearsal session with A Lily. Band members include James Vella and Oliver Newton (yndi halda) and Alastair Reid and Alexander Peterson (Crown On The Rats Orchestra). We managed to capture the band playing ‘The Sparrow In The Lemon Tree’, albeit without the Cello and Harp sections (watch this space!).

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