Cookshop Music

New Lost Idol Single 'A Sorrowful Thing' Out Now
(added 01/02/10)

James Dean, producer & man behind the Cookshop record label, steps out from the shadows to don his Lost Idol alias & bring us the first single taken from his forthcoming lp ‘Brave The Elements’. 'A Sorrowful Thing’ is a beautifully understated lament featuring Lost Idol’s hushed voice accompanied by clipped beats & atmospherics, a song that successfully combines his love of electronica with an emotive & human touch which is often lacking in much of the electronic-based music of today. Norway’s Implosion Quintet turns in an equally impressive remix, completely rebuilding the song around the vocals using all manner of plucked acoustic instruments & stripping away the electronics to give it a lo-fi contemporary folk twist. Listen here!Available at iTunes, Play, 7digital, emusic, Beatsdigital, Juno & more.

Digital Midgets - 'Zootronics' Free Download
(added 04/01/10)

Happy New Year! Cookshop long-timer Digital Midgets has made his absolutely ace 'Zootronics' album available for free download. It's a 3-part segue that delves into typically off-kilter electronics, cosmic dance moves & intricately-spun soundscapes that could only come from the weird & quite wonderful brain of the Digital Midgets. Grab it now, for free HERE!

New Lost Idol Album Release In 2010
(added 10/11/09)

James Dean, producer & man behind the Cookshop record label, steps out from the shadows to don his Lost Idol alias & deliver his second full length lp, due out on 22nd Febraury 2010. It has been quite a wait since 2006’s critically acclaimed ‘Utters From A Cluttered Mind’, however Lost Idol has spent this time carefully developing a sound that moves away from the psychedelic songcraft of his debut & into a predominantly instrumental oeuvre that reflects his love for electronica, ambient, krautrock, soundscapes & beyond.
More news to follow soon....

New Implosion Quintet Video
(added 28/08/09)

Jaloppy Peppers Video

Rejoice all ye faithful! Implosion Quintet has hooked up with eminent filmaker Mr. Jesse Tate to bring us a videophonic makeover of 'Jalopy Peppers', a track taken from his 'I Don't Hear A Single' EP. Watch it here - but be warned! To gander it eye-wise is to weep, guffaw & be nauseated in equal measure.

In other IQ-related news, we urge you to sign up to his own mailing list for further updates, you can do so here & will receive an exclusive track for your troubles...all to gain, nowt to lose.

Goes without saying, if you haven't checked out the debut Implosion Quintet album 'The Future Sound Of Yesterday' then do so, post-haste, here.

Until we meet again....

Implosion Quintet - 'The Future Sound Of Yesterday' OUT NOW
(added 06/07/09)

"a vital work that's part Barry Adamson, part 'In Rainbows' & the part of your mind that makes you commit evil acts" - Source

"on beats-based soundbeds, Baker lays down compositions of a bewildering & beguilingly hybrid nature" - Uncut

"...sounds as if it should accompany the trials & tribulations of a Balkan cowboy trapped in a space capsule with an opera singing Nosferatu" - Music Omh

Implosion Quintet is singular fivesome James Baker, a British musician now residing in Norway. Following a scattering of tracks on the Cookshop label, we're proud to present his highly ambitious & accomplished debut album, 'The Future Sound Of Yesterday'. Driven by a short attention span & love of prog, proto-metal, jazz, electronica, klezmer, tango & everything in between, IQ takes us on a bizarre journey through said styles infused with a cinematic quality lending it the feel of a soundtrack to some long forgotten cult eastern European flick. This is undoubtedly one of the most dizzyingly unique records to come round in quite some time...

Buy the CD here

Available digitally at ITunes, Amazon, Emusic, Juno, Play, 7 Digital & Dancetracks

Implosion Quintet - Sounds From The Infernal Hi-Fi Mix
(added 22/06/09)

People be ready, be very ready! The debut Implosion Quintet album 'The Future Sound Of Yesterday' will be released on Cookshop on 6th July 2009. In anticipation for this momentous occasion IQ has put together a very speical mix of music which inspired the the record. Entitled 'Sounds From The Infernal Hi-Fi', you can download it for free by clicking here. Here's some words about it from the man himself...

"Infernal Hi-fi is a seven minute mix comprising crucial snippets taken from the tracks & artists who influenced the long player & material beyond. Such luminaries as Man Man, Earth, Black Sabbath, Bernard Herrmann, Zappa, Astor Piazolla, Squarepusher & Clifford Brown all fleetingly feature in the ultimate quick-sharp lesson in haste & impatience. Enjoy! Or pay the price in blood."

In other IQ news, you can now peruse & buy some super fly IQ garments including t-shirts (men & women) & hoodies, for those of you deluded enough to want to profess your undying solidarity. Check them out in the IQ shop

Zoon Van Snook - Solid Steel Mix
(added 20/05/09)
Bristol based Zoon van snooK takes over the 2nd hour of this week's Solid Steel! The sometime keyboardist for Malakai also has releases on Cookshop and offers a mix featuring tracks by Four Tet, Daedelus, Ochre as well as a very upfront play of a track from the forthcoming Lost Idol album and music from the man himself. Check it out here - ninjatune.net/solidsteel