Paul F Cook
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Joined May 2012
RT @freshnet: @TrustTheDocUK wrote this week's faves voted by our readers, check out his words on music by.@ahmednt….
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These Fresh Faves were picked by our readers over the weekend - and reviewed by Fresh On The Net's Neil March this week. You can hear all these tracks in a single Soundcloud playlist here. Note from...
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RT @littoralpenguin: If anyone can hear me (screams in to the dark demonic void) "MORE EVENTS THIS WEEKEND!".
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"an adult lullaby. the song expands from a pinpoint of light to a constellation of stars". Read my @JoyzineUK review of the songwriting skill and "exceptional voice" of Dorothy Bird on her brand new single 'Meteorites'. @DorothyBird18.
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‘Meteorites’ is the first single to be taken from Dorothy Bird’s upcoming second album. It’s an ethereal music box of a track that slowly unfolds from soft piano playing and perfectly showcases...
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"they forge hypnotic passages you can get lost in"."they are the charmers we are the snake". Read my @JoyzineUK review of the dazzling microtonal joy of BaBa Zula's new album 'İstanbul Sokakları', out on Glitterbeat Records. @BaBa_ZuLa_ENG @Glitterbeat_Rec.
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BaBa ZuLa have been playing their swirling, dubby psychedelic Turkish music since 1996 and are rooted in traditional Turkish folk but amplified, effects-laden, and with powerful beats and hypnotic...
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RT @hopenothate: ⚠️Far right ideas are global and what happens in the US should act as a warning to us all. This week, Donald Trump praised….
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"an album that blends dreamy folk/pop, a dash of theatre, and some late-night cabaret". Read my @JoyzineUK review of the "intrigue and otherworldliness" of ‘Made 4 Fun’ the new album from Birgit de Priester.
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Classic, grown-up songwriting and outstanding vocals from Birgit de Priester on her new album 'Made 4 Fun'.
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Just finished the audiobook of @richardosman's gripping 'We Solve Murders' (Nicola Walker's narration is superb). Steve on his bench reminded me of this Lucky12 song. Not many songs about benches but few will be as beautiful as this. #wesolvemurders.
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"a sparse but catchy bounce that has plenty of surprises up it’s Afropop sleeve". Read my @Joyzineuk review of ‘LDN Girl’ the new single from Falle Nioke (his first since signing to @EatYourOwnEars) & featuring a perfect bite-sized rap from TaliaBle.
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'LDN Girl' is the first release from Falle Nioke since signing to Eat Your Own Ears. It's a sparse but catchy bounce that has plenty of surprises up it's afropop sleeve.
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"slinks in on a low-low guitar riff with tremolo shuddering like our fright-night terror". Read my @Joyzineuk review of 'Read The Room…Beware the Moon' the new 2-track release from 'the best masked rock’n’roll band in the world' @blackmekon.
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The moon is full and the Wolfman, Dracula, The Mummy and Frankenstein’s Monster shoot out of the graveyard at midnight in a V12 midnight-black hearse with chrome flames and a glowing skull hood...
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RT @blackmekon: SURPRISE!!!.Two brand new songs for your Halloween Dance Party….TONIGHT, I STRIKE.b/w.BLUE MOON (See You Next Wednesday Ver….
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RT @somehappything: 'Love Songs' now has 6 tracks - download free directly from us: & available to pre-order on CD….
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RT @arpraxis: 🎶 @MonochromeMotif, @MusicOfSoundUK #ElevenShortStories #RemixAlbum - reimaginings of the originals by @MinimumsActual @some….
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RT @MonochromeMotif: OUT NOW - @MusicOfSoundUK remix album for download & streaming featuring the talents of . @alienalarms.@hartshornmusic….
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RT @MonochromeMotif: One week to go to hear the full set of wonderful genre hopping remixes, but pre order now and get tracks ft. @Minimums….
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RT @TrustTheDocUK: 5PM Sat 19 Oct #TrustTheDocRadio @RadioExileFM ft:.@coupdekat @MRHaiku575 #Aerolina #Dopamine #TheWood @MusicOfSoundUK x….
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RT @TonyHardy53: Free entry show with the amazing @SilkCinema @imfrancesmistry.and @MusicOfSoundUK Book your seats….
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This show is FREE entry however there are a limited number of advance tickets available (at no charge) that you can sign up for which will guarantee a seat ( max 6 per table). If you can’t make it in...
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"Grown up pop with a high IQ. Piney Gir deserves to be a household name". Read my @Joyzineuk review of 'Cosmic Upside Down' the new EP from longstanding friend of Joyzine Piney Gir. @PineyGir.
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Joyzine has a lot of love for Piney Gir and her 'Cosmic Upside Down' EP sits in the best tradition of smart, exceptional songwriting.
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"menacing & thunderous", "otherworldly, slightly out of control". Read my @Joyzineuk review of 'Black & White Cat/Black & White Cake' from musical polymath John Toohill helping friend Dan Oh form a band inspired by 70s horror 'The Sentinel'. @swimmingfaith.
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John Toohill helped friend Dan Oh form the band which takes the name Black & White Cat / Black & White Cake from the 1977 horror film The Sentinel.
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"strange and intriguing worlds formed from granite and permafrost". Read my @Joyzineuk review of the ambient "intrigue and menace" of 'HOWL' the new collaborative album from Rothko and Steve Parry. @Hwyl_Nofio.
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Mark Beasley AKA Rothko and Steve Parry have been friends and have often contributed on each other’s releases, but this the first time they have fully collaborated; long overdue but HOWL was well...
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RT @MonochromeMotif: OUT NOW New classical dream pop single from @MusicOfSoundUK on download and wherever you do your streaming. https://….
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