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Our love for all things Jonquil and Blessing Force is no big secret, we need more of the joy their music encompasses, so enter the new video for Point of Go stand out track, "Run". continue reading >>

Chad Valley has been a tad quiet lately, with the man behind the moniker Hugo Manuel busy touring with his band Jonquil . (And yep, that's right, the electronic producer perhaps possesses an even more exotic given name than even his recording one.) But to keep us occupied while new solo stuff are on the way, Hugo has unveiled a complied collection of his latest remixes featuring some lovely reworkings of Active Child , Fixers and, of course, Lana Del Rey . Stream and listen to the 9-track [...]

Oxford-based Chad Valley (Hugo Manuel, also member of Jonquil) made available via Soundcloud a great collection of his favourite remixes, including his much-talked about reworks of Lana Del Rey's 'Born To Die', The Drums' 'Money' and Active Child's 'Playing House'. Anyway, the whole set, full of pretty much all Chad's obsessions for balearic and tropical but also sparse and echoed themes, definitely deserves a listen. Stream it below, then.
Posted in General Clickable I've posted about Oxford band Jonquil already this year, when they released this beautiful video for their single 'It's My Part', since then I've been listening a lot to their album Point of Go. It's hard not to walk around with a giant smile on your face while listening to it. 'Swells' - the opening [...]

Jonquil Debuts Keep Shelly In Athens Remix of New Single "Run" Having wrapped up a their first ever national tour with Keep Shelly In Athens , including sets at SXSW '12 , and a sold-out NYC show with Snow Patrol , Jonquil has unleashed a breezy Keep Shelly in Athens remix of their next single "Run." The Grecian duo bring their sepia-soaked synths and angelic atmospheres into "Run," deconstructing the track and reshaping it into something distant and ethereal. The original [...]

The irritating thing about most garage rock bands is that they fry the life out of their guitars and vocals because, well, they can't sing or play the guitar very well, so it disguises their lack of talent. The feedback and fuzz usually means any melody or flow to their songs is often lost in the mire. The sound originated in the late 60s, but through it's evolution, taking in 70s punk, 80s slacker indie and later on with grunge, the mostly-American sound has actually enjoyed some very good highlights. More recently we've noticed that it has continued its hit [...]

So damn good. Download this awesome remix from Keep Shelly In Athens and have a good night. Follow @OceanPdestrians . Jonquil - Run (Keep Shelly in Athens Remix) by Blessing Force

We first knew singer Hugo Manual as Chad Valley before he caught our ear with his full band, Jonquil . The Oxford, U.K. outfit's latest album, Point of Go , is an exercise in "pure indie pop sunshine," and they're supporting the release by touring with Greece's loungey dream-pop duo Keep Shelly in Athens . The bands got on like Nutella and peanut butter (note: well), leading to KSiA remixing Jonquil's latest single, "Run" . At first listen, the remix feels like a wholly different song. At second listen, [...]

Superstar showcases be damned: South by Southwest is made for bands like You Say France & I Whistle . Five people with a silly band name and just-happy-to-be-here attitudes hop off a plane from frozen Sweden and dive into a flurry of shows showcasing their impossibly catchy and improbably clever pop songs. From the first clink of their cowbell, you are hooked. Even though their gig Friday night the Loft was their last in an exhausting week in Austin, it was clear that Claes Carlstrom, Ida Hedene, Patrik Marcus, Petter Wesslander and Christian Wester [...]

All the artists in this week's mixtape will be here at SXSW . Enjoy! If you're here say hi to me: @thelastminute or @fridaymixtape ! Play Friday Mixtape 136: Download Friday Mixtape 136 Tracklist: St. Croix - Family of the Year Sunsick' - Fort Lean Stuck in my ID' - Reptar Do It Again' - Guards No Romance' [...]
Lana Del Rey : Born to Die ( Chad Valley Remix) - Stream
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El hype abrumador de Lana Del Rey ha llegado a su fin, y que bueno. O al menos esto es lo que ha ocurrido de este lado del mundo ya que en Europa despues de que le dieron un premio la han estado metiendo 'de ley' dentro de diferentes festivales asi que... habra que ver como le va pero como no es algo que me quite el sueño, prefiero enfocarme en las nuevas cosas que van apareciendo dentro de la parte 100% musical aunque suene a un cliché enfermo. Anyways, " Born To Die " es un total [...]

I was honestly fed up with all the Born To Die remixes being spewed out by everyone. And I'm not going to lie. I saw this and thought, "Oh great another one, sweet, awesome, Lana Del Rey, lips, butts." But Chad Valley flips the melody to create the best remix of this song I've heard yet. Mucho swaggin'. Follow me @OceanPdestrians .
Just try and listen to "Run" from Oxford, U.K., band Jonquil 's new album and not feel like a champ. Or "Getaway". Or "Swells". Or hell, most any song on Point of Go . It's hard to think of another indie pop record this thoroughly uplifting and bright since Vampire Weekend's debut. They're not a new band, but their first handful of releases flew by mostly unnoticed; how the hell have these guys not made a bigger splash in the indie web-o-sphere? Jonquil's frontman isn't really a stranger: Singer Hugo Manuel is better known by solo moniker [...]

Ahh, good old computers. Aren't they just great? These days it's so much easier to get to stage one of your career as an ambitious musician by tip-tapping away at your desk. Do-it-yourself is a phrase that's been taken away from the out-of-town hardware stores and bestowed upon a new breed of bedroom producers. It's now possible to use a computer to lay down a multitude of ideas in a song. You can produce it right there on your laptop, even adjusting for any lack of real skill, and record it with some pretty smart equipment, at least to a [...]

Jonquil, es una banda de Oxford, cuyo lider lo conocemos bastante bien ya que es Hugo Maniel, también conocido como Chad Valley. El próximo 5 de marzo saldrá su álbum debut Point Of Go en Blessing Force y el primer sencillo, "It's My Part" ya tiene video. Enjoy.

Directed by Franklyn Banks, here is the official video for Jonquil's "It's My Part", the first single from their upcoming album "Point Of Go", due out on March 5th via Blessing Force. Port-Bagages: mp3: Jonquil: "It's My Part" [Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix]