As announced earlier today, Thom Yorke, Four Tet, & Burial are releasing a collaborative single. Tonight both the A track, “Ego,” as well as the AA track, “Mirror,” were premiered on the Four Tet vs. Floating Points Rinse FM show. “Ego” starts at the 2:30 mark. Listen:
We received an email this morning from Text Records announcing a new release that Thom Yorke, Burial, and Four Tet collaborated on:
We are excited to announce the latest release from Kieran Hebden’s brilliant TEXT RECORDS…
A two track collaborative twelve inch from Burial + Four Tet + Thom Yorke…
A-side is titled “EGO”, AA-side titled “MIRROR”. Plain black house bag and black label.The tracks will get their first airing tonight (Tuesday 15th) on Rinse FM during the Four Tet vs. Floating Points back to back session tonight at 23:00 GMT. We will be shipping this week…
The single is due for release March 21st. You can purchase here.
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Jonny Greenwood’s Report Card?
While going through a bunch of old files tonight, I came across this scan of a report card supposedly belonging to Jonny Greenwood. This was sent to us almost 10 years ago by someone who apparently knew the teacher. It could totally be fake, though. Anyone want to take a stab at figuring it out what it says?
Spotted over at the Radiohead Collector Facebook page is this photo of The King of Limbs 8 Track Promo CD.
8 track promo CD of complete album in plastic wallet w/b&w insert, cat no TICK001S
Andi Watson’s profession doesn’t come with a sexy title — he’s a lighting and stage director — so it’s probably best to think of his work this way: He’s the guy responsible for Radiohead’s mise-en-scène.
Since the mid-1990s, Watson has designed the visual component of Radiohead’s tours—outings that have become increasingly ambitious and atmospheric as the five-piece band’s sound has done roughly the same. Watson’s light creations share little in common with the neon hedonism of tours by the Rolling Stones or U2, save sometimes for the big-arena scale. Watson’s work can be ponderous and starkly minimalistic and sometimes Dadaesque — it’s stunning mood art meant to accompany and translate the music of the world’s biggest art band. Reached at his home in Brighton, England, Watson said: “My purpose is to create an environment for the band to perform in,” an additional synaptic link between Radiohead and its audience.
Read the rest: Strobe Lights and Blown Speakers: Radiohead’s Light Design – NYTimes.com.
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Radiohead.com Redesigned
The official Radiohead website, radiohead.com, has been redesigned. The changes appear to be purely visual (with a cool limb animation) with no new sections or content. Go take a look!