We’ve kept this close to our chests recently but we are finally very happy to announce that the first in an ongoing series of epic45 reissues, to be released on vinyl, will go onsale today and sold exclusively via Norman Records . Slides, our first album for Make Mine Music back in 2004,  [...]]]>

We’ve kept this close to our chests recently but we are finally very happy to announce that the first in an ongoing series of epic45 reissues, to be released on vinyl, will go onsale today and sold exclusively via Norman Records . Slides, our first album for Make Mine Music back in 2004,  gets the first reissue treatment and comes housed in full colour sleeve on heavyweight 12″ vinyl. Its released on Norman Records’ very own Public House Records label and is strictly limited to 200 copies. Grab these quick.   Click here to purchase. More news on the next vinyl reissue very soon.

Earlier this month Weathered received a limited advance release via Norman Records, our favourite independent retailer. It’s now also available on our Wayside and Woodland Bandcamp store for £6. Expect to see it in shops any time now.

Here are the links to buy the CD :

Norman Records (UK), Cargo (UK), Darla (USA), P*Dis [...]]]>

Earlier this month Weathered received a limited advance release via Norman Records, our favourite independent retailer. It’s now also available on our Wayside and Woodland Bandcamp store for £6. Expect to see it in shops any time now.

Here are the links to buy the CD :

Norman Records (UK), Cargo (UK), Darla (USA), P*Dis (Japan), Linus Records (Japan).

The companion volume to epic45’s Weathering album (Sunday Times Album of the Week, July 2011) sees the Staffordshire duo invite labelmates and contemporaries to literally weather the recordings they made for that record.

Contributing artists include The Remote Viewer, The Gentleman Losers, Fieldhead, E.L. Heath, Jasper TX, The Toy Library, Charles Vaughan and Sarah Kemp of Lanterns on the Lake/ The Declining Winter.

We are very happy to announce details of our brand new 4 track EP on the French label Monopsone. Our EP is the third in the series, entitled Fragments, and will be officially released in June on 10″ heavyweight vinyl and come complete with a digital download code. You can pre-order the release here and get all [...]]]>

We are very happy to announce details of our brand new 4 track EP on the French label Monopsone. Our EP is the third in the series, entitled Fragments, and will be officially released in June on 10″ heavyweight vinyl and come complete with a digital download code. You can pre-order the release here and get all 3 releases in this set delivered in March/April. To order it individually, you will have to wait until June, when the label will start taking orders.

Tracklisting :

A1. Defeat

A2. Monument

B1. Skeletons

B2. Ideas As Opiates

This EP was recorded at home over a few weekends during January 2012. The B-side features a cover of the Tears For Fears song, Ideas As Opiates, whose piano was recorded one afternoon at a church in the village of Brewood, Staffordshire. We will post some sound clips very soon. More release news coming up…

ANA (W&W010), the new release from epic45 collaborator P.Manasseh, is now available to buy from Norman Records, in an edition of 200 CDs packaged in custom, handmade card sleeves. ANA sees the multi-instrumentalist working very much in isolation, crafting minimalist compositions that are an exploration of the way we see and interpret the [...]]]>

ANA (W&W010), the new release from epic45 collaborator P.Manasseh, is now available to buy from Norman Records, in an edition of 200 CDs packaged in custom, handmade card sleeves. ANA sees the multi-instrumentalist working very much in isolation, crafting minimalist compositions that are an exploration of the way we see and interpret the world, an attempt to create sonic systems based on visual patterns and structures.

Click here to listen to snippets and to purchase from Norman Records for £7.99.

We are kicking off the new year with some very exciting developments that we hope will be our main focus throughout 2012. Today sees the launch of the brand new website for Wayside and Woodland Recordings, which is run by Rob and Ben from epic45. Here you will find [...]]]> Hello and happy new year one and all,

We are kicking off the new year with some very exciting developments that we hope will be our main focus throughout 2012. Today sees the launch of the brand new website for Wayside and Woodland Recordings, which is run by Rob and Ben from epic45. Here you will find information on all the artists involved on the label, which is currently home to many epic45 related projects. In conjunction with this, we also launch our W&W bandcamp page which will be added to with new releases and rarities over the coming months. Here also you will also find a free 8 track download sampler entitled An Introduction To Wayside and Woodland which features unreleased and exclusive recordings from epic45, The Toy Library and E.L Heath as well as a taster from the forthcoming My Autumn Empire album, which will be released this spring. Click the cover below to have a listen….

In other news, epic45 will be taking a bit of a break in 2012 while we focus more on the label and other projects. We have some exciting releases in the pipeline for the first half of the year (more on those soon) but other than that 2012 will be somewhat of a hiatus for epic45. No live shows are planned. Thanks to everyone who supported us in 2011 and for all the positive press and comments that the album ‘Weathering’ managed to garner. epic45 isnt over, just time for a change.

Have a great year….

x

Ps. Big thanks to Matt Andrews from Those Mountains for all his hardwork in putting the W&W website together.

After ten years of releasing music, Make Mine Music will close its doors for the final time at the end of 2011. We are very proud of what we’ve achieved, running the label ourselves and releasing nearly 70 albums and EPs. However, busy personal [...]]]> MAKE MINE MUSIC – A STATEMENT

After ten years of releasing music, Make Mine Music will close its doors for the final time at the end of 2011. We are very proud of what we’ve achieved, running the label ourselves and releasing nearly 70 albums and EPs. However, busy personal lives, rising costs, diminishing sales and the increasing number of “illegal” downloads have forced us to think long and hard about our future. In short, we decided that it was better to quit now rather than compromise or go on half-heartedly.

A few of the artists whose music was released on the label now consider themselves to be retired, whilst others will continue to release their music elsewhere. All of the releases on the label have now been deleted, so if you are missing anything from your collection, now would be a good time to buy those CDs or records. Our friends at Norman Records in Leeds will continue to provide our mail order service until we run out of stock. We have also lowered the prices of many of the releases, should you need an extra incentive.

We would like to say a warm and heartfelt thank you to everyone who has supported us over the years by buying our releases or otherwise extending a hand of friendship. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Scott Sinfield, November 2011

The final release on MMM is the compilation, Vox Pop, which is available via Bandcamp and will also be sold as an ultra limited CDr release via Norman Records this month. To listen in advance, click here. The compilation features unreleased tracks from across the MMM stable as well as an exclusive epic45 track called ‘Field and Stream’ as well as a collaboration between epic45 and July Skies entitled ‘Requiem For A Village’. We hope you enjoy. Happy new year and have a great 2012 everyone.

Exclusive My Autumn Empire (Ben) and The Toy Library (Rob) tracks appear on the new 4 cd compilation set recently released on Oxide Tones.  All profits from this release will be going to the Red Cross towards Japan earthquake/tsunami relief work.

Release date is 9th December 2011, pre-orders are open [...]]]>

Exclusive My Autumn Empire (Ben) and The Toy Library (Rob) tracks appear on the new 4 cd compilation set recently released on Oxide Tones.  All profits from this release will be going to the Red Cross towards Japan earthquake/tsunami relief work.

Release date is 9th December 2011, pre-orders are open already.
Stream the album here

I cannot apologise enough to the organisers and to the fans that had planned to come and see us. We hope we

can come over at some point in the future. This is a huge disappointment to [...]]]> It is with great sadness that we have to announce that our forthcoming China tour has had to be cancelled.

I cannot apologise enough to the organisers and to the fans that had planned to come and see us. We hope we

can come over at some point in the future. This is a huge disappointment to us all.

x

Finally, the debut from Charles Vaughan is with us. Ever since the mysterious arrival of the ‘April15th’ EP back in 2007, this album has been rumoured, along with a host of other slowly gestating projects which will all, hopefully, see the light of day on Wayside & Woodland Records, sometime in the future.

So, [...]]]>