TAGS 'THE BOATS'

  • COMING SOON: 12K PROMO SAMPLER 002

    NEWS

    "The new 12k sampler CD will land in mid-September. It features 12 songs, looking forward to early 2012 and back to the recent releases and clocks in at over 60 minutes. It offers a sneak-peak at upcoming releases plus a re-cap of the past year."

  • 12K SAMPLER 002

    RELEASES

    "The second 12k sampler CD features 12 songs chronologically looking forward to early 2012 and back to the recent releases and clocks in at over 60 minutes. It offers a sneak-peak at upcoming music plus a re-cap of the past year. The CD is being sold for only $4/$6 (USA/INT'L…"

  • THE BOATS

    ARTISTS

    "The Boats are the well known duo of Craig Tattersall and Andrew Hargreaves, now joined by Danny Norbury on cello, as well as Chris Stewart and Elaine Reynolds on vocals. Craig has previously recorded under Hood, the Archivist and The Remote Viewer, runs the Cotton Goods label and co-runs the…"

  • 12KP002-01 THE BALLAD OF FAILURE

    AUDIO

  • NEW 12K RELEASES AVAILABLE TODAY

    NEWS

    "We’re very happy to announce that the boxed set from Taylor Deupree + Marcus Fischer is finally available. Also today you can get the new 12k Sampler as well as Taylor Deupree’s Focux from Lantern Recrods (Japan) in the Other Labels section."

  • 12K1068-BOOMKAT

    REVIEWS

    "Drifts of rich strings, slowly effervescent tape effects and electro-acoustic detail which simply sound like nobody else."

  • NEW FROM THE BOATS & KANE IKIN

    NEWS

    "The new 12k releases are now available! Read on! "

  • 12K1068-MONSIEUR DELIRE

    REVIEWS

    "Dreamy yet constructed music. "

  • 12K1068-ESSMAA

    REVIEWS

    "Un charme étrange, regorgeant d’effets numériques, d’interférence. "

  • 12K1068-SAMPLER

    REVIEWS

    "Son cuatro temas donde se mezclan ambient, pop, clásica, experimental con grabaciones de instrumentos acusticos o grabaciones en cintas analogicas y se destaca la colaboracion de Danny Norbury que suministra Cello a lo largo de las cuaro canciones."

  • 12K1068-TEXTURA

    REVIEWS

    "The album's painterly sound-world is rich but not overloaded."

  • 12K1068-EXCLAIM

    REVIEWS

    "A beautiful and affecting record."

  • 12K1068-A CLOSER LISTEN

    REVIEWS

    "Ballads of the Research Department inhabits the haze like particles of dust suspended in a sunbeam."

  • 12K1068-THE SILENT BALLET

    REVIEWS

    "A swelling warmth stretched across forty-five minutes of blended ambient acoustics and whispered rhythm."

  • 12K1068-ONDAROCK

    REVIEWS

    ""Ballads Of The Research Department" è un nuovo coraggioso passo avanti."

  • 12K1068-HHV

    REVIEWS

    "Das The Boats völlig an der Zeit vorbeikomponieren, könnte man den Musikern durchaus zum Vorwurf machen. Oder aber man bewundert die Leidenschaft, mit der hier ein Sound erhalten, verbessert, neu erfahrbar gemacht wird. Mit etwas Wohlwollen: Ich bestaune das."

  • 12K1068-HIFLY

    REVIEWS

    "Jangling guitars, calm vocals and reluctant drums, all making a very nice touch to a splendid album."

  • 12K1068-FREQUENCIES

    REVIEWS

    "Scienza e poesia insieme al servizio della musica per dar vita ad una sinfonia notturna da godersi al buio in cuffia magari con una finestra aperta da cui poter ammirare le luci della città in lontananza."

  • 12K1068-CHRONIQUES ELECTRONIQUES

    REVIEWS

    "Ballads Of The Research Department est telle une chambre à ciel ouvert, qu'il faut pénétrer après avoir enlevé ses souliers. Car autour d'elle, l'herbe fraîche est détrempée."

  • 12K1068-DEBUG

    REVIEWS

    "Schön sind ihre Balladen aber auch ohne Genrelabel. "