hey!
yer monthly update of all t'ings highpoint lowlife..

First thing - The Wire magazine have invited us along to their regular
'Adventures In Modern Music' radio show on Resonance FM, going out tonite,
thursday May 1st. Me and Mat/Fisk are going along afterwork tonite to talk about
the label and play some tracks from the catalog. I have a wee selection of
things with me, from our first release through to a couple of upcoming
unreleased treats. Resonance broadcasts from London on 104.4 FM, or streaming at
www.resonancefm.com; The Wire show is from 9pm till 10:30pm BST. toooon in to
hear me and mat flapping badly and sounding awkward!

Also radio related - we put together a mix of HPLL tracks for the excellent
Electronic Explorations podcast show a few weeks back. You can checkout and
download our show at:
http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/week-020-highpoint-lowlife/
We were super excited to take contribute, as they have an amazing selection of
mixes up there from people like 2562, Milanese, Neil Landstrum, Surgeon, our
very own The Village Orchestra, and many more. well worth checking out!

Release News
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[hpll026] - Magnetism, That Electricity..
http://highpointlowlife.com/releaseinfo.php?id=26

The vinyl is due to finally arrive this coming tuesday, the 6th May! The test
presses for it sound amazing, and i can't wait to see the final artwork
versions, resplendid in their rotating optical illusion label prints.

For all of you have pre-ordered, i'll be mailing them straight out on the same
day, and it should be in regular stores within a few weeks, distributed as
always by the lovely Cargo. Its already available digitally in most online
stores, from emusic, boomkat, itunes, amazon, insound, and beatport (turned up
in their top ten selling electronic items!).

There are also still a few copies of the CDR version left from the limited
edition run of 100 copies.

We received a very nice writeup overt at:
http://dezji.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/album-va-magnetism-that-electricity-highpo\
int-lowlife-hpll026-2008/


[hpll027] Funckarma - Stub Dane EP
release date: June 25th 2008

Funckarma, the two Dutch brothers, Don and Roel Funcken, released their first EP
in 1999 on the Djak-Up Bitch (DUB) label. Since then they have unleashed a fury
of releases on labels from Neo Ouija, n5MD, U-Cover, to Hymen, not including
their work under other guises such as Cane, Quench, and their hip hop project
with a trio of US MC’s under the name Shadow Huntaz on Skam records.

Their signature bass-driven precision sound compositions, which encompass
influences from hip hop, jazz, reggae, dub, soul and all forms of electronic
music, are carefully crafted and constructed into tight rhythmic forces with a
keen ear for texture and structure.

With the dubstep virus infecting all forms of electronic music, it was a natural
evolution for the Funcken brothers to take strands of the meme and splice it to
the dna of their own productions, creating a mutant hybrid of lurching
instrumental hip hop with floor shaking bass and super punchy intricate razor
sharp rhythms.

We're going to host a release party for the 12" with a rare London live
appearance from Funckarma on June 25th 2008 at Plastic People, with support from
Ikonika (Hyperdub), and our own Fisk Industries. I'm well excited for this
London show - the Plastic People sound system is just so evil, it's gonnae be
great! While they are over, they are looking to play a few more shows in the UK,
so do get in touch if you can help with any other UK dates around the end of
June.


[hpw030] Tigrics - p.e-e.p (free download)

a brand new lovely wee four track ep in glorious FLAC quality from Tigrics, with
live tracks from a few years back here in London, and also showcasing some of
his recent synth building experiments. Consider this a teaser to his upcoming
"Snyki" 12" release!

Download from http://highpointlowlife.com/downloads.php

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aiight, well i think thats the gist of whats going on! For more regular updates
on whats going on at HPLL, you can subscribe to our blog at
http://highpointlowlife.com/blog/blog.php
which has more behind the scenes goings-on, some brief record reviews of what
we've been listening to in the office, download links, boring rants, and
whatever else seems vaguely interesting!

thanks,
thorsten