CD – Gentlemen Recordings https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com Independent record label from Rotterdam Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:15:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-logo-Gentlemen-diap-32x32.png CD – Gentlemen Recordings https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com 32 32 Anemone – Freebird https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/anemone-freebird/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:00:08 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=8259 Freebird. An album full of psychedelic Britpop with a taste of shimmering folk. On which musical waves crash over each other in extended songs and pointy pop songs that tell about friendships, relationships and trust. In the Schenk Studio in Amsterdam, Anemone takes this new path, the place where artists such as zZz, Nouveau Vélo, Lewsberg and Amber Arcades preceded the band. Now it's time to share this new work with the rest of the world. Starting in Rotterdam, the home port of the band, with the release party at V11 on March 8.]]> Freebird. An album full of psychedelic Britpop with a taste of shimmering folk. On which musical waves crash over each other in extended songs and pointy pop songs that tell about friendships, relationships and trust. In the Schenk Studio in Amsterdam, Anemone takes this new path, the place where artists such as zZz, Nouveau Vélo, Lewsberg and Amber Arcades preceded the band. Now it's time to share this new work with the rest of the world. Starting in Rotterdam, the home port of the band, with the release party at V11 on March 8.]]> And Also The Trees – Born Into The Waves (cd / vinyl) https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/and-also-the-trees-born-into-the-waves-cd-vinyl/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:20:16 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=8078 Hunter not the Hunted and (Listen For) The Rag And Bone Man, this album encompasses a new spirit of optimism and liberation in the lyrics of vocalist Simon Huw Jones. "There are no traditional loves songs here but love, as an emotion and a force is at the core of the album and threads through the songs - light and dark, energizing and destructive - the sense of travel and place-was also important as it helped us explore loves' more diverse nature especially that as an opposing power to hate". In their 35th year, And Also the Trees continue to evolve and break new creative ground. This album is available on cd and vinyl.]]> Hunter not the Hunted and (Listen For) The Rag And Bone Man, this album encompasses a new spirit of optimism and liberation in the lyrics of vocalist Simon Huw Jones. "There are no traditional loves songs here but love, as an emotion and a force is at the core of the album and threads through the songs - light and dark, energizing and destructive - the sense of travel and place-was also important as it helped us explore loves' more diverse nature especially that as an opposing power to hate". In their 35th year, And Also the Trees continue to evolve and break new creative ground. This album is available on cd and vinyl.]]> And Also The Trees – The Bone Carver (digital / cd / vinyl) https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/and-also-the-trees-the-bone-carver-digital-cd-vinyl/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:01:44 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=7893 Doctor Millar – Ruining Everything (digital / cd) https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/doctor-millar-ruining-everything-digital-cd/ Sun, 21 Aug 2022 05:27:33 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=7800 Ruining Everything is the sixth solo album by Doctor Millar, and the follow up to C48 (2013). On Ruining Everything Doctor Millar delivers his rootsiest record yet, with contribuitions from such luminaries as Donal Lunny (on Look what she threw away and Unhappy woman), Liam O'Maonlaí (The Hothouse Flowers frontman plays piano on Communion Money and Danny McCoy) and Bill Banjo Whelan. All while still keeping his habitual dry and dark lyrical take on the contemporary life. 'Hotpress, State Magasine and the RTE Guide' have all described Doctor Millar as "Irelands best lyricist". While the Irish Times called him "..an Irish National Treasure".

Quotes about the album and about Doctor Millar:

"Ruining Everything: americana, rootsy folk, old-time country, and occasional nods of the fedora to early Bob Dylan. The record belies its carefully concealed looseness with (as you might expect from such a developed writer) songs that tell tales." (Rated: 4/5) - The Irish Times  Paolo Nutini called Doctor Millar's 'These Days', from the album C48, "the track that changed my life". Damien Rice about his first meeting with Séan Millar: "I remember he came on stage and looked a little nervous. He fumbled a bit, said hi and then started to play. It was amazing. He was so different to everyone else playing that night. His dark, honest lyrics. His terribly good melodies.” Glen Hansard of The Frames asked him for a brief cameo role in the enhanced film 'Once'. Gavin Friday from the band Preacher Song covered his song 'O Lipstick'. For These I Love's David Balfe, Doctor Millar's debut album The Bitter Lie was an example and he called Séan “one of the most underrated of Irish songwriters”.
“One of Ireland's greatest songwriters” - Hotpress “The best collection of short stories I have never read” - The Irish Times “Millar is half Leonard Cohen and half Jarvis Cocker... he remains Irelands best lyricist” - RTE Guide "Full of honesty and integrity" - The Journalist “He is the poet laureate of Dublins dark side, an Irish national treasure" - Irish Times
This album is also available as a package with Doctor Millar's albums The Bitter Lie (1995) and C48 (2013). See package here.]]> Ruining Everything is the sixth solo album by Doctor Millar, and the follow up to C48 (2013). On Ruining Everything Doctor Millar delivers his rootsiest record yet, with contribuitions from such luminaries as Donal Lunny (on Look what she threw away and Unhappy woman), Liam O'Maonlaí (The Hothouse Flowers frontman plays piano on Communion Money and Danny McCoy) and Bill Banjo Whelan. All while still keeping his habitual dry and dark lyrical take on the contemporary life. 'Hotpress, State Magasine and the RTE Guide' have all described Doctor Millar as "Irelands best lyricist". While the Irish Times called him "..an Irish National Treasure".

Quotes about the album and about Doctor Millar:

"Ruining Everything: americana, rootsy folk, old-time country, and occasional nods of the fedora to early Bob Dylan. The record belies its carefully concealed looseness with (as you might expect from such a developed writer) songs that tell tales." (Rated: 4/5) - The Irish Times  Paolo Nutini called Doctor Millar's 'These Days', from the album C48, "the track that changed my life". Damien Rice about his first meeting with Séan Millar: "I remember he came on stage and looked a little nervous. He fumbled a bit, said hi and then started to play. It was amazing. He was so different to everyone else playing that night. His dark, honest lyrics. His terribly good melodies.” Glen Hansard of The Frames asked him for a brief cameo role in the enhanced film 'Once'. Gavin Friday from the band Preacher Song covered his song 'O Lipstick'. For These I Love's David Balfe, Doctor Millar's debut album The Bitter Lie was an example and he called Séan “one of the most underrated of Irish songwriters”.
“One of Ireland's greatest songwriters” - Hotpress “The best collection of short stories I have never read” - The Irish Times “Millar is half Leonard Cohen and half Jarvis Cocker... he remains Irelands best lyricist” - RTE Guide "Full of honesty and integrity" - The Journalist “He is the poet laureate of Dublins dark side, an Irish national treasure" - Irish Times
This album is also available as a package with Doctor Millar's albums The Bitter Lie (1995) and C48 (2013). See package here.]]> The Anaesthetics – 1080 (digital / cd / vinyl) https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/the-anaesthetics-1080-digital-cd-vinyl/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 09:37:12 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=7794 1080 the four dark-haired gentlemen from Limburg, The Netherlands, wrote more than a hundred songs in one year! A gigantic job that could only be successful by deploying an arsenal of tools and a high work ethic. Armed with synths, guitars and software, song after song was produced. Not only during rehearsals and in the studio, but also at home: living rooms and bedrooms were transformed into real music studios. A mega project that finally pays off, and results in the 10 tracks of this debut album. We also do have some limited signed vinyl (three euros more expensive than the normal CD).]]> 1080 the four dark-haired gentlemen from Limburg, The Netherlands, wrote more than a hundred songs in one year! A gigantic job that could only be successful by deploying an arsenal of tools and a high work ethic. Armed with synths, guitars and software, song after song was produced. Not only during rehearsals and in the studio, but also at home: living rooms and bedrooms were transformed into real music studios. A mega project that finally pays off, and results in the 10 tracks of this debut album. We also do have some limited signed vinyl (three euros more expensive than the normal CD).]]> The Celtic Social Club – Dancing Or Dying (digital / cd / vinyl) https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/the-celtic-social-club-dancing-or-dying-digital-cd-vinyl/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:12:41 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=7788 Dancing Or Dying?  is simply a great record made by a band imposinga sound, a style and a name. THE ALBUM From March 2020, surviving lockdowns through the medium of the internet,  The Celtic Social Club focused on its writing and recording work. Between Dan Donnelly, the musician from Belfast (Levellers, Wonder Stuff, Watercress...) living in Newcastle, and his comrades stranded in Brittany, a new method of work and production was invented, taking advantage of this suspended time. Between France and England, in an incessant back and forth of files, the album took shape little by little. Always anchored in the tradition of Celtic music and viscerally attached to the quality of his songwriting, Dan took inspiration from The Beatles, heroic rock and new-wave elements.]]> Dancing Or Dying?  is simply a great record made by a band imposinga sound, a style and a name. THE ALBUM From March 2020, surviving lockdowns through the medium of the internet,  The Celtic Social Club focused on its writing and recording work. Between Dan Donnelly, the musician from Belfast (Levellers, Wonder Stuff, Watercress...) living in Newcastle, and his comrades stranded in Brittany, a new method of work and production was invented, taking advantage of this suspended time. Between France and England, in an incessant back and forth of files, the album took shape little by little. Always anchored in the tradition of Celtic music and viscerally attached to the quality of his songwriting, Dan took inspiration from The Beatles, heroic rock and new-wave elements.]]> Jack Francis – Jack Francis (digital / cd / vinyl) https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/jack-francis-jack-francis-digital-cd-vinyl/ Sun, 30 Jan 2022 11:58:01 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=7766 Erica Nockalls – Dark Music From A Warm Place (digital / cd) https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/erica-nockalls-dark-music-from-a-warm-place/ Wed, 18 Aug 2021 15:08:34 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=7649 Imminent Room and EN2 showcased her baby-sweet but barbed worldview, then new set Dark Music From A Warm Place takes that genre-neutral template and drowns it in honey-flavoured acid. Her songwriting is removed from the pop norm: Emotionally derelict, blunt and melodically unsparing. This album is a tale of release and re-appropriation of oneself, a call of empowerment. Gritty drum machines, generous synths, cutting tones mixed with unusual violins and glass-sharp vocals: ‘Pesante’ melodies meet modern anthems. Erica Nockalls’ conservatoire training as a violinist and vocalist are evident, but not defining. She chooses danger and experimentation with her violin, making it a tool of creation, rather than accompaniment. Blunt. Honest. Generous. There’s a lid boiling on her British reserve.
“Elegant, experimental and atmospheric. Lynchian soundtrack at times. Excellent weirdy noises, wondrous violin and great production. A cracker LP.” - The Shend
  Songs: Mouth Full Of Something - The King Of Want - I Know (feat. Jah Wobble) - Eiffel's Eye - The Dying Snow - House of Erica - Build Me A Ship - Pearls And A Grin - Making Friends With An Alien  
  • Digital download: €9,99
  • CD: €12,99
]]> Imminent Room and EN2 showcased her baby-sweet but barbed worldview, then new set Dark Music From A Warm Place takes that genre-neutral template and drowns it in honey-flavoured acid. Her songwriting is removed from the pop norm: Emotionally derelict, blunt and melodically unsparing. This album is a tale of release and re-appropriation of oneself, a call of empowerment. Gritty drum machines, generous synths, cutting tones mixed with unusual violins and glass-sharp vocals: ‘Pesante’ melodies meet modern anthems. Erica Nockalls’ conservatoire training as a violinist and vocalist are evident, but not defining. She chooses danger and experimentation with her violin, making it a tool of creation, rather than accompaniment. Blunt. Honest. Generous. There’s a lid boiling on her British reserve.
“Elegant, experimental and atmospheric. Lynchian soundtrack at times. Excellent weirdy noises, wondrous violin and great production. A cracker LP.” - The Shend
  Songs: Mouth Full Of Something - The King Of Want - I Know (feat. Jah Wobble) - Eiffel's Eye - The Dying Snow - House of Erica - Build Me A Ship - Pearls And A Grin - Making Friends With An Alien  
  • Digital download: €9,99
  • CD: €12,99
]]> Doctor Millar – C48 (cd) https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/doctor-millar-c48-cd/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 21:14:27 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=7492 "I remember he came on stage and looked a little nervous. He fumbled a bit, said hi and then started to play. It was amazing. He was so different to everyone else playing that night. His dark,honest lyrics. His terribly good melodies.”  This album is also available as a package with Doctor Millar's albums The Bitter Lie (1995) and Ruining Everything (2022). See package here.    “He is someone who has made me think about music. I still love the songs ‘Happy Can Be’ and ‘Alcohol Problem’” - Damien Rice “One of Irelands greatest songwriters” - Hotpress “He’s the poet laureate of Dublin’s dark side, an inner-city visionary who sees the ugliness beneath the cosmopolitan façade and the beauty in the forgotten corners of the capital.” - The Irish Times “An Irish national treasure” - The Irish Times “Millar is half Leonard Cohen and half Jarvis Cocker... he remains Irelands best lyricist” - The RTE Guide.]]> "I remember he came on stage and looked a little nervous. He fumbled a bit, said hi and then started to play. It was amazing. He was so different to everyone else playing that night. His dark,honest lyrics. His terribly good melodies.”  This album is also available as a package with Doctor Millar's albums The Bitter Lie (1995) and Ruining Everything (2022). See package here.    “He is someone who has made me think about music. I still love the songs ‘Happy Can Be’ and ‘Alcohol Problem’” - Damien Rice “One of Irelands greatest songwriters” - Hotpress “He’s the poet laureate of Dublin’s dark side, an inner-city visionary who sees the ugliness beneath the cosmopolitan façade and the beauty in the forgotten corners of the capital.” - The Irish Times “An Irish national treasure” - The Irish Times “Millar is half Leonard Cohen and half Jarvis Cocker... he remains Irelands best lyricist” - The RTE Guide.]]> And Also The Trees – And Also The Trees (cd / double vinyl) https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/product/and-also-the-trees-and-also-the-trees-re-issue/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 21:16:01 +0000 https://www.gentlemenrecordings.com/?post_type=product&p=6696 Unfortunately this album is sold out at the moment!  In recognition of their 40th anniversary ‘And also the trees’ are re-issuing their self-titled debut album in a special double-vinyl remastered edition. Recorded in London in 1983, the album was produced by Laurence Tolhurst of The Cure, with whom they toured during the first years of the bands life. Considered by many now as a post-punk classic, the album is excellently recorded and whilst the production is polished and meticulously executed, the youthful energy and raw passion of ‘And also the trees’ is perfectly captured. With the addition of both A & B sides of their first two single releases ‘Shantell’ and ‘The secret sea’, the second disc of the release also features the debut recordings made in 1981 with Robert Smith and Mike Hedges for the self-released cassette ‘From under the hill’, available on vinyl for the very first time and something of a holy grail for both collectors and fans of ‘and also the trees’ and The Cure alike. Unfortunately this album is sold out at the moment! ]]> Unfortunately this album is sold out at the moment!  In recognition of their 40th anniversary ‘And also the trees’ are re-issuing their self-titled debut album in a special double-vinyl remastered edition. Recorded in London in 1983, the album was produced by Laurence Tolhurst of The Cure, with whom they toured during the first years of the bands life. Considered by many now as a post-punk classic, the album is excellently recorded and whilst the production is polished and meticulously executed, the youthful energy and raw passion of ‘And also the trees’ is perfectly captured. With the addition of both A & B sides of their first two single releases ‘Shantell’ and ‘The secret sea’, the second disc of the release also features the debut recordings made in 1981 with Robert Smith and Mike Hedges for the self-released cassette ‘From under the hill’, available on vinyl for the very first time and something of a holy grail for both collectors and fans of ‘and also the trees’ and The Cure alike. Unfortunately this album is sold out at the moment! ]]>