Original Headz Vol 1, Issue 5

Hey,

Welcome to issue five of Original Headz, and greetings from Florence, Italy.

After a year of lockdown I've finally managed to get out and work on a new soundtrack with my long term collaborator friends Planet Funk. We are working from a beautiful studio in Tuscany, surrounded by olive groves and amazing scenery. I am so happy and grateful to have this opportunity to finally travel and get some new inspiration after all that has happened over the last year and all that the world continues to go through.

I am pleased to say we have finally received Redux stock which is being sent out as we speak. As we have said before, it has been difficult with vinyl manufacturing of late - more on this below. We really appreciate your patience. We've put a lot of love and work into the package and design so we hope it has been worth the wait.

On another positive note, we have now received the test pressings for Rōnin 1 which sound absolutely amazing, so production is finally underway.

Congratulations to the five winners of our recent competition, all the prizes shipped last week so the winners should have these now or very soon. We'll be running more competitions over the coming months so watch this space.

Record Store Day (12th June) will see the release of three UNKLE related tracks on vinyl for the first time with various different labels.

First, the previously unreleased UNKLE Reconstruction of Texas and Wu Tang Clan's recent single 'HI' drops on yellow vinyl from BMG.

Second, Japanese Television's 3 (Remixed) will be released by Tip Top Recordings on neon green vinyl, featuring the UNKLE Reconstruction of 'Falling Spikes'.

And third, the Still Life remix of UNKLE's Heaven will be released as part of a 2LP compilation on Stella Polaris Music in the July RSD drop.

Visit recordstoreday.co.uk for a list of participating stores.

On the merchandise front, we've been experimenting working with some different printers in order to produce the best quality products possible. This is taking us a little longer than we had first hoped as these are the first orders we are doing with them, but stock is in production and this will be shipping soon.

Lastly, I have finished mixing Rōnin 2 and we're currently commissioning more remixes for Rōnin 1 which I'm excited to share with you over the coming months.

Again thanks so much for your continued support. We will continue to put as much love and creativity into the work whilst ironing out the issues (especially regarding production) as we navigate the hurdles of the current situation.

Stay safe.

With love,
James and all at Studio:UNKLE

Lost Souls of Saturn rework Do Yourself Some Good

Seth Troxler and Phil Moffa's Lost Souls of Saturn rework recent single Do Yourself Some Good, taking the track off into the realm of deep cosmic Techno, replete with swirling synths, skittering 909s and vocal samples that appear out of nowhere before reverberating off into the distance. The remixes are available to buy and stream now.

LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD

If We Don't Make It has been added to the BBC Radio 6 Music A-List. Thank you to all the fans and DJs for continuing to support the single.

LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD

The final drop of Rōnin I merchandise is available now on the Rōnin store. The collection includes tees, hoodies, totes and a limited edition collaboration with Ocean Bottle, available in Obsidian Black and Sun Orange.

The sale of each Ocean Bottle funds the collection of 11.4kg of plastic, equivalent to 1000 plastic bottles and invests in people-powered waste management. Head to the Ocean Bottle website to find out more.

RŌNIN COLLECTION

The latest episode of James' Living In My Headphones show is available to listen back now on the Soho Radio Mixcloud.

Tracklist:

Rotary Connection - Respect
Kathleen Emery - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Les DeMerle - A Day In The Life
Preacher - Black Moses
Ghetto Priest - Hercules
Sisters Love - Gimme Your Love
Willie Wright - Right On For The Darkness
Wu-Lu - Times
Jimmy Abney - Come Go With Me
Little Simz - Introvert
UNKLE and Michael Kiwanuka - On My Knees (Rōnin Def Mix)
Tony Allen - My Own (Feat. Marlowe)
Czarface, MF Doom, Del The Funky Homosapien - Jason and the Czargonauts
A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints
Madison McFerrin - Hindsight
Sharada Shashidar - Messages
Depart, Okuma - Reign (Okuma Remix)
Lukas Lehmann - Juno Cuts A Caper
Impérieux - Smooth Skinned Prince
UNKLE - Do Yourself Some Good (Lost Souls of Saturn - Fathers Mix)

LIVING IN MY HEADPHONES

Once again we want to apologise for the delays in getting vinyl stock shipped.

On top of the issues with vinyl pressing generally, a late-stage problem with printing the numbering caused Redux to be delayed even further. That said, we are pleased to let you know that Redux finally made it through customs and has now landed at our UK warehouse where it is being prepared for dispatch to customers.

We hope it was worth the wait. We can't wait for you to receive it.

Test Pressings for Rōnin 1 have now arrived and sound great. This means the next stage of manufacturing can now take place. We are printing all artwork and packaging at the same factory, so CDs will be going out at the same time as vinyl. Current indications are that we are now 13 weeks away from when these will ship from the plant.

Thanks so much for bearing with us.

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