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New Emiliana Torrini album coming!

New Emiliana Torrini album coming!

Rough Trade is delighted to announce a stunning new album from the hugely talented Emiliana Torrini.
Hear the title track: "Me And Armini"


Following her critically acclaimed albums Love In The Time Of Science and her Rough Trade debut Fisherman's Woman, the forthcoming Me And Armini (release date September 9th) sees her working once again with her long time producer/collaborator Dan Carey, resulting in what we feel is destined to be one of the loveliest albums of 2008.



Me And Armini is a hugely ambitious and aspirational pop record with Emiliana’s soaring voice centre stage, bolstered by a rich gamut of musical styles. From the summery skank of the title track to the surging, breathless “Jungle Drum” and the yearning “Big Jumps” and much more in between, Me And Armini is a truly fantastic album. For those not in the know, the pedigree paring of Torrini's songwriting and Carey's sonic alchemy (currently being put to work on the new Franz Ferdinand and recent Hot Chip records) has previously combined to world-beating effect when they co-wrote/produced a number-one hit for Kylie Minogue in the shape of the huge-selling pop smash “Slow” as well as contributing “Gollum's Song” to the multi-platinum soundtrack to The Lord Of The Rings.

Emiliana Torrini is half Icelandic, half Italian. She grew up in Iceland in a town outside Reykjavik and spent her childhood summers with her grandmother in the far east of Iceland out in the wild, spacious countryside. Her teen summers were spent in Germany with her Italian uncle. Her worldwide debut album, 1999’s Love In The Time Of Science, was produced by Roland Orzabal of Tears For Fears and was a gorgeous electronic trip-hop influenced album. Her second album, Fisherman’s Woman was a little closer to Nick and included the song “Honeymoon Child“ written by Smog’s Bill Callahan, who Emiliana spent some time writing with in the US. Fisherman’s Woman’s theme was loss – sometimes dripping with sadness but more frequently imbued with almost magical optimism.

Me and Armini will be released by Rough Trade in the US on September 9th, and marks another new chapter in Emiliana’s impressive career.

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DJ Set: Friday Night @ Special Music School Annual Summer Jam posted by adam-f

As part of my civic duties, twice a hear I schlep my laptop and Lesley's iPod connector uptown to DJ the annual Special Music School Summer Dance.   And twice a year I absolutely wreck the fucking joint. 

This year was no exception - the roof was literally blown off the cafeteria at PS 199 this past Friday for 3 straight hours.  I mixed in some of the familiar and some less-so and the kids were 100% feelin' DJ Realin' In Tha Years for the 3rd Summer in a row.  Hit the jump to see how that shit went down:

Flo Rida "Low"
Rihanna "Please Don't Stop The Music"
Lil' Wayne "Lollipop"
Boys Like Girls "Five Minutes To Midnight"
Chris Brown "Forever"
DAY26 "Got Me Going"
Girlicious "Like Me"
Justin Timberlake "Summer Love"
Al Jarreu "Ain't No Sunshine"
LMNT "Juliet"
Metro Station "Shake It"
P. Diddy "Shake Ya Tailfeather (featuring Nelly)"
Rihanna "Shut Up and Drive"
Usher "Love In This Club"
Katy Perry "I Kissed A Girl"
MIA "Boyz"
The Cool Kids "Black Mags"
Outkast "So Fresh, So Clean"
Jay-Z "Show Me What You Got"
Vampire Weekend "A-Punk"
Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah"
Holy Fuck "Lovely Allen"
Otis Redding "Remember Me"
Rufus Thomas "Do The Funky Chicken"
Ying Yang Twins "Whisper Song"
Snoop Dogg "Drop It Like It's Hot"
Lil Mama "G Slide"
Terror Squad "Lean Back (Remix featuring Eminem and Mace)"
DMX "Party Up In Here"
Jurassic 5 "Verbal Gunfight"
Ludacris "Money Maker"
Kanye West "Stronger"
Daft Punk "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"
Notorious B.I.G. "Hypnotized"
Timbaland featuring MIA "Come Around"
Tupac "Untouchable"
Amerie "1 Thing"
Katy Perry "I Kissed A Girl" (requested)
Thunderclap Newman "Something In The Air" (outro)