You'd be forgiven for thinking ATC had signed some kind of exclusive contract
with Nicole Willis but we're pleased to announce the arrival of a couple
of new artists to the fold. Naim (above) is a Scandinavian wunderkind
the likes of which we've never heard before. You may have heard him on
TM Juke's last album or seen him live at the Big Chill but if not you'll
soon have Out to Sea (or one of his other forthcoming gems) sound-tracking
your every thought. Infectious is not the word. Watch out for a Ltd ATC014...
Also not far round the corner is a killer 12" from our friend DJ Hoop
and his brother Joe (their recording name is as yet undecided!). You may
have heard Hoop's Tuff Love remixes on Soulclap (which have slowly burned
their way through nearly 10,000 12"s with their golden-era soul-survivor
mentality). Much as we love that sound, this new material takes a more
experimental angle on hip-hop inspired club music and is cut of different
stuff completely. Sitting somewhere between Dubstep, Broken Beat and that
'Danny Breaks' sound, we're hoping this will be bothering bass-bins before
the year is out!
Nicole Willis on Above the Clouds
After a long gestation period, everything has suddenly happened at once
with the Nicole Willis remix project. If This Ain't Love is now available
on a 12" with Mr Scruff and Elizabeth Shepherd Remixes and you can
see the video below or Listen/Buy here.
The full remix album is also now available. (Listen/Buyhere).
Brand New Video for our Brand New Single!!
If This Ain't Love (Don't Know What Is)
Afronaut and Simbad Promo Only 12"
We also pressed a very limited promo 12" of these two mixes to help
promote the album. Listen/Buy Here
Nicole and the Boys doing the Tighten Up in Paris!!
This is a great little audience video from a gig
in Paris. If you doubted how tight these guys would be live - check them
doing the Tighten Up!
Welcome to Above the Clouds Recordings
- a label variously described as “small but
perfectly formed”, “sporadic but always on point” and “that
label with clouds on their records”.
Well we have to agree, we're sporadic and small but perfectly formed and
always on point. We also tend to have clouds on our records - but that
seems to make sense.
Anyways - we assume you are here because you like what we do so thanks
for that! We hope you enjoy the site (Designed by our boy Mark Applegate)
and all our forthcoming releases…
Cloudspace
We finally caught up with the kids and got a myspace myspace.com/abovethecloudsrecordings
and after generally stalking around for friends we started to blog like
only music geeks can. If you are a geek too, feel free to subscribe or
just drop by here every now and again where we'll also be posting our
general thoughts and doings...
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10 August 2007
Keep Reachin’ Up Remixed
We are pleased to announce that we can finally confirm a release date
for the Nicole Willis Remix Project 'Keep Reachin' Up Remixed' which will
be unleashed on CD and Download October 22nd.
It includes some incredible remix work from the likes of Mr Scruff, Afronaut,
Simbad, Heralds of Change, Lack of Afro, Rob Life, Ghost and The Elizabeth
Shepherd Trio.
Keep your eyes peeled also for some extremely Limited Promo Vinyl pressings
of some of the more dancefloor oriented mixes...
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01 August 2007
If This Ain’t a Remix Package
We are excited to announce that following the digital re-release of Feeling
Free, we will be releasing a limited 12" and Download Single featuring
remixes of the fabulous If This Ain't Love by Nicole Willis and The Soul
Investigators.
A couple of incredible re-works come courtesy of Mr Scruff whos extended
re-jig gives the track some new instrumentation with real club potential,
and The Elizabeth Shepherd Trio who have turned a soul classic into what
could become a jazz-dance standard!
Released 26th September this is a taster from the full Nicole Willis Remix
Album coming out in October. (Watch This Space for a full tracklisting
and preview samples of what's to come). It will also be accompanied by
a lovely video which we will get up on here as soon as possible!!!
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20 July 2007
Feeling Free I-Tunes Single of the Week
We are very pleased to be able to announce that through a deal with Universal,
Feeling Free is finally being digitally released in the First week of
September. It will be available to download for free from I-tunes for
1 week only and will allegedly be featured as Single of The Week which
is all very exciting.
At the same time - and for the first time - all of the remixes of Feeling
Free will be available to buy digitally as will the new edition of the
album Keep Reachin' Up including an exclusive bonus track....
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24 May 2007
Nicole Willis Vs The Dynamics @ Fat City
We're pleased to announce that our new 7" - featuring Nicole Willis
tracks remixed by The Dynamics - has been made Fat City Record of the
week!
It'll be available from tomorrow at Fat City www.fatcity.co.uk
and everywhere else as of next week.
If you haven't heard the tracks they are up on the myspace and are soon
to be replaced by amazing remixes of If This Ain't Love by Mr Scruff and
The Elizabeth Shepherd Trio (out later in the summer).
Apparently Elmore Judd's first Honset Jon's single drops in early June
if anyone's interested as does the new album from the Nextmen which is
topto bottom Fiyah!!!
By the way - Brad Nextmen is DJing at some shady bar in Camden this Friday
(Tomorrow!) and is being joined by the amazing Monk One (Wax Poetics NYC).
Definitely one to check for - I think it's at Bar Solo?
Whilst i'm mentioning people playing records, ATC's Matt will be spinning
at The Old Queen's Head next Friday for Kung Fu's Special Times.
Bank Holiday Weekend here we come....
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