Double Denim Records: Archive

Jan 17th

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DD010: Amateur Best - Be Happy

DD010 - Amateur Best - Be Happy (LTD 300 Copies on 7”) A. Be Happy B. The Wave PRE-ORDER Amateur Best is a new creation from London’s Joe Flory (formerly Primary 1). Through soft, lilting pop songs Flory tells the story of James Best, a sometime London DJ, latent alcoholic and lifelong amateur. Best’s hijinx are also chronicled in a Flory illustrated comic book following...

Jan 10th

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Nov 22nd

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DD009: Jesse Ruins

We are excited to announce DD009: Jesse Ruins. His brash, wide-eyed productions are epic in scope - think M83 - with a dark, gloomy exterior, closer to the previous Double Denim Records release for Stay +. ‘A bookshelf sinks into the sand’ is industrial, dirge-like before chinks of light crack the exterior in a gorgeous, sweeping end section. By contrast the B-Side ‘In...

Oct 24th

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Out on limited 7” vinyl this November - Pre-Order here or download on iTunes.

Oct 14th

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DD008: Zulu Winter

We’re delighted to announce our next single release on Double Denim for Zulu Winter. We first stumbled across Zulu Winter after meeting guitarist Henry at our very own DD HQ (he helped us pack our Stay + single). After directing us to their ever-interesting and worldly blog we got to hear a couple of demos they had been hard at work on for a few months. DD008: Zulu Winter - Never Leave...

Sep 12th

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30th August // Brighton Green Door Store

This is happening a week today and we’re very excited about it. Our newest bros Outfit playing their first show down south for us alongside another Double Denim fave Gross Magic, and up-and-comers Amusment. RSVP: FACEBOOK EVENT

Aug 23rd

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Outfit - Vehicles

We’re excited today to show you the b-side to Outfit’s huge debut single ‘Two Islands’. ‘Vehicles’ has nestled into our hearts and minds lately as a literal and emotional flip to the dark europhia of ‘Two Islands’. This one unravels only a little quicker as its competing elements finally gel together on the final disco-tinged chorus. You can still...

Aug 10th

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Equinox EP from our man Nico, AKA Antwerp - on sale here. Teaser video above.

Jul 22nd

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DD007 - Outfit - 'Two Islands' 7"

DD007 - Outfit - ‘Two Islands’ 7” Release: 12th September 2011 A1. Two Islands B1. Vehicles We are delighted to announce the release of Outfit’s first single ‘Two Islands’. We first heard the band a few months ago with their dark mini-narratives ‘Killer’ and ‘Every Night I Dress Up As You’. While those two songs offered a slightly...

Jul 20th

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Dirty Beaches - Badlands

There’s a lot of festivals going on this weekend - given the choice, our hearts and minds would be at Pitchfork Festival. But Londoners don’t despair, there’s still plenty to get to over this weekend - and a little beyond. Stay tuned for a big new single from Double Denim coming your way next week. Seeing us through until then… Friday - Be Nothing presents Fishing - Jam,...

Jul 15th

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DD006: Celestial Shore 7" - Shipping Now

DD006 is shipping now. Limited to 300 copies, with the first 100 pressed on White Vinyl. Track Listing A1: Pals A2: Place Aux Dames B1: Maps Available from the below and all other good record stores. DD Shop / Rough Trade / Plastic in Paper

Jul 13th

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Fanzine - Low

image // Jocelyn Catterson and Jeremy Daigneault There’s a pretty Sun-blanched feel to ‘Low’ by London band Fanzine. The fuzz-soaked guitar and pounding drums feel crisp and burnt - like they could crumble apart at any moment. Instead they keep chugging with forward motion opening up beneath some typically smart lyrics about feeling low (before being down in the dumps was...

Jun 30th

Jun 28th

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Double Denim 3D

Very excited to host our first ever live night in London tommorow evening. Anybody in the city who wants to drop down, catch a few bands and maybe snag some rare vinyl - we will be selling some some personal copies. Details and artwork:

Jun 22nd

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Seapony - Dreaming (live session)

Take a little trip back to last summer with us as we watch this nicely shot live clip of our friends Seapony and their Double Denim sellout ‘Dreaming’.

Jun 20th

image // cassie haze Another new one from...

Jun 16th

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Palmistry - (rip southhouse) cutt

image // jacqueline riman We first blogged Palmistry and a song he made with current DD-faves Felicita quite a while ago but this time Palmistry is back with his own juice this time. The mysteriously titled ‘(rip southhouse) cutt’ touches on the kind of yearning and left-of-centre R&B that The-Dream has been mining for a while now. The dark, ruffled edges and hypnagogic...

Jun 7th

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DD006 // Celestial Shore - ‘Pals/Place Aux...

May 31st

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image // mr blue sky We’ve been keeping...

May 19th

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image // rebecca williams We can never have...

May 12th

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Christian AIDS - Young Luv

Here is a video for Christian AIDS b-side ‘Young Luv’, which premiered on The Fader yesterday. There’s some more video magic going on here with reverse nuclear explosions, and plants un-blooming. It’s creepy and has a kind of 50s Cold War vibe to it. Still some vinyl left too, not many so get on it here: 7” Pre-order.

May 5th

I Sky - Alice

image // lauren treece Ivo Pacheco is possibly the most exciting Portugese electronic musician you have never heard of. He makes some pretty forward thinking dubstep music that we’re going to term Portostep as IVVVO, Your Sister and Baliac - all with their own subtle differences, but each worth checking out. However it’s his music as I Sky that really grabbed us. It’s more out...

May 4th

Slime - 2 Player (Feat. Vondelpark)

image // ? We’ve been listening to Slime for a little while. 19 year old Will Archer is another Londoner making sensitive music with plenty of space in the mix. This track features Vondelpark, on hazy vocals, and has a nice laid-back sound, fit for any Bank Holiday weekend. Slime should have more emerging soon and definitely one to keep watching. Slime - 2 Player (feat....

Apr 26th

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Image // Aquist This disjointed cluster of...

Apr 14th

image // autumn taylor Rare Berries is a...

Apr 11th

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Image/ sophiaschultz We have never blogged as...

Apr 7th

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image // Marija Mandic Everlone is a producer...

Apr 6th

Outfit - Firemen Don't Fly

Here’s another song from Liverpool’s Outfit who we featured a little while ago. This one has some Grateful Dead nodding double-tracked vocals, and some subtley intricate changes of pace. It drives headlong into its less contained sections with a real sense of verve, but knows the right moments to reel everything back in. Outfit - Firemen Don’t Fly

Apr 5th

Body Language: 'You Can' (Keep Shelly in Athens...

Image//Allisonwells We have a lot of love for Keep Shelly in Athens. Who doesn’t? Even more so now that they have re-worked ‘You Can’ by our favourite Brooklynites - Body Language. Its a blissful 3 minutes 26, that you can now download for free courtesy of the good people at the New Musical Express. ‘You Can’ is out now alongside ‘Social Studies’ - head...

Mar 30th

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Mar 28th

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Mar 27th

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Art // James Kirkup DD005 - CHRISTIAN AIDS //...

Mar 25th

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image // sophia schultz This one from The...

Mar 24th

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Something for the weekend

As if we could be more excited about our upcoming release with Christian Aids. This one is a certified banger.

Mar 18th

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image // cluttered sea We made it through...

Mar 18th

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image // eleanor rask What the 90s R&B...

Mar 17th

image // bethany rennard This lazy long-drive...

Mar 16th

image // allison wells We blogged about Colo...

Mar 15th

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image // tamara lichtenstein Check out this...

Mar 3rd

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image // shay Take a minute to listen to this...

Feb 23rd

We are thrilled to confirm that our 4th 7”...

Feb 14th

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Video: Hard Mix - Eye Contact

Hard Mix - Eye Contact from Double Denim Records on Vimeo. Here is the video for ‘Eye Contact’ by Hard Mix, taken from the 7” out this week. We love the way the video has a dewy-eyed look at ordinary household things, with a slightly surreal slant - a lot like the excellent 7” artwork that Noah put together for us. Where a lot of videos lately seem fantastical, or...

Feb 10th

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DD003: Star Slinger / Hard Mix 7" OUT TODAY

We are very excited to announce that our third release - a split between Hard Mix and Star Slinger - is OUT TODAY. This release is limited to 300 copies only. The first 100 on blue vinyl have now Sold Out. We love both of these guys for making the kind of future-thinking music with a lean on twisted beats that we go crazy for. We’re really happy with the pairing and think this one could...

Feb 7th

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Feb 3rd

David Vincent: Lose Nothing

Image// Violeta Niebla Introducing to you David Vincent, the new project from DD faves Elephant and Castle. With it’s lush orchestration and woozy vocals it couldn’t be much further removed from his earlier project, and David Vincent has a distinctly English sound. It has a subtle melancholy reminiscent of mid-90s Verve, and a Beatles-slant to it too. David Vincent - Lose...

Feb 2nd

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Image// Katrin Braga Unvoiced, the vocal cords...

Jan 28th

Image// darnstotheradio Celestial Shore have an...

Jan 27th

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Image//hossamadonna The Ghost of the Castles...

Jan 24th

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Image// Violeta Niebla Its strange how hard it...

Jan 20th

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