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ELEFANT: Releases [2025]

JANUARY 2025

ER-D389 ALPACA SPORTS \"Always On My Mind\" Single Digital (2 Tracks) [8-1-2025]
ER-1281PLP BUBBLE TEA AND CIGARETTES \"There’s Nothing But Pleasure\" LP (Pink Coloured Vinyl Edition) [10-1-2025]
ER-D381 AMOR BUTANO \"Virgen De Las Desamparadas\" Single Digital [15-1-2025]
ER-1298 ALPACA SPORTS \"Another Day\" LP [17-1-2025]
ER-D393 LISASINSON \"Quiero Que Perdamos La Cabeza (Otra Vez) (David Van Bylen Remix)\" Single Digital [31-1-2025]

FEBRUARY 2025
ER-D394 THE PRIMITIVES \"Sweet Sister Sorrow\" Single Digital [7-2-2025]
ER-D390 MADDIE MAE \"Medusa\" Single Digital [14-2-2025]
ER-D396 MARIA RODÉS (Feat. DELAFÉ) \"Hechizo\" Single Digital [21-2-2025]
ER-D397 PAPA TOPO \"Ven A Mis Brazos\" Single Digital [28-2-2025]

MARCH 2025

ER-1300 THE PRIMITIVES \"Let\'s Go Round Again • Second Wave Singles & Rarities 2011-2025\" Doble-LP [7-3-2025]
ER-1299 IBON ERRAZKIN \"Nubes Y Claros\" Álbum Digital [14-03-2025]
ER-D399 PAPA TOPO \"Emasculación, La Solución\" Single Digital [18-03-2025]

THE PRIMITIVES "Let's Go Round Again • Second Wave Singles & Rarities ...

There are two different periods in the history of THE PRIMITIVES. The first is the era of Lazy Records and RCA, the era of “Crash”, of the breakup in 1992. But 2011 saw the special release of a new single from the band formed by Tracy Tracy, Paul Court and Tig Williams on the prestigious indie label Fortuna Pop! That becomes the starting shot of the second period, which is marked by their signing with Elefant Records and the release of two albums, “Echoes And Rhymes” and “Spin-O-Rama”. One of the group’s defining qualities, in honor of their indie spirit, is the number of collaborations, participations, singles and lost songs that have been released in this second period. For those of you who are desperate to get their hands on some of them, we are releasing “Let\'s Go Round Again • Second Wave Singles & Rarities 2011-2025”, a double vinyl album with twenty-eight songs including previously unreleased tracks, rarities and A and B sides of vinyl singles, the majority of which are out of print.

There have been so many releases these last 14 years. From the four songs that made up that now legendary EP in 2011, “Never Kill A Secret”, to the single we advanced just a few weeks ago, “Sweet Sister Sorrow”. From the song that came out on the Girlsville compilation cassette to the singles released on the Georgia-based Happy Happy Birthday To Me (HHBTM) label, to the Part Time Punks radio session that they released themselves on an EP (and which also came out as a commemorative vinyl single for the 30th anniversary tour in Japan for their album “Lovely”). And of course, there are countless singles, maxis, vinyls and other songs (like that gem for the Christmas album we put out in 2012) released on Elefant Records.

The collection of hits is unquestionable. From the “shalalala” of “Lose The Reason” to the sixties jangle spirit of “Spin-O-Rama”, from the pop dissonance of “I’ll Trust The Wind” to the irresistible riff of “Oh Honey Sweet”, from the powerful garage of “Don’t Know Where To Start” to the frontier spirit of Nancy Sinatra that comes out on “Need All The Help I Can Get”, from the rhythm & blues of “Can’t Stop The Want” to the punk ye-ye of “Squeak ‘N’ Squawk”. We could go on and on.

There are so many huge moments on one release that will come out in both digital and vinyl formats. The double vinyl will be limited-edition and two-toned – the first album is magenta and the second is blue. The colors used in the chromatic play on the album cover. Keep your eyes peeled because THE PRIMITIVES’ albums go fast.

TRACKLIST: 01 Rattle My Cage 02 Never Kill A Secret 03 Turn Off The Moon 04 Lose The Reason 05 Spin-O-Rama 06 Purifying Tone (Reworked By Modular) 07 I\'ll Trust The Wind 08 Oh Honey Sweet 09 Stop Killing Me (Live Part Time Punks Radio Session) 10 Don\'t Know Where To Start 11 I Won\'t Care 12 Sweet Sister Sorrow 13 Need All The Help I Can Get 14 Breakaway 15 Can\'t Stop The Want 16 Always Coming Back 17 Up So High 18 You Trashed My Christmas 19 Lose The Reason (Reworked By Modular) 20 Squeak \'N\' Squawk 21 Same Stuff 22 Been Hiding 23 Rattle My Cage (Paul Vocal Version) 24 Till I\'m Alive 25 Don\'t Know Where To Start (Acoustic Fuzzed Version) 26 Panic (Live Part Time Punks Radio Session) 27 Everybody Needs Somebody To Hate 28 Sweet Sister Sorrow (Symphonic Dream Pop Version)

IBON ERRAZKIN: "Claros Del Bosque" Music Video

A few weeks ago, Ibon Errazkin’s latest album, “Claros Del Bosque” came out, and today we have a new music video for you with the eponymous song that closes the album. It is a new example of acoustic delicacy (there is no percussion on this album) that takes us back to some of the harmonies and ambiances of the time of LE MANS, somewhere between hypnotism and the softest caresses. It is an experience lived in full that carries all the trademarks of one of the most unique songwriters that Spanish pop has seen, and it is part of a project focused on a longer piece that this video is part of, like many other compositions on the album. It’s exquisite.

This new video is a short from filmings from a trip to Tangier in 2024 with the director Antonio Morales (the director of films like “Marisa En Los Bosques” and “Miss Futuro”) and the director of photography Dani Lisón. It is an exercise in walking meditation, where we see our Ibon walking through the streets of the Marroquin city in slow motion while passersby cross his path at a normal speed. It is a tribute to Tsai Ming-Liang’s “walker series” in which his favorite actor to work with, Lee Kang-Shen, plays a Buddhist monk who moves slowly through the streets of cities like Tai-Pei, Marseille, and Washington.

The walk is symbolic, an exercise in abstraction, a line of connection, an artistic journey, aimless, without a destination, no defined objective beyond the walk itself. The walk that draws the clearings in the forest. In just a few days we will be able to enjoy the longer piece, that one Ibon has been telling us about, an hour of uninterrupted music and images, with some parts of “Claros Del Bosque” and many other totally new parts.

PAPA TOPO "Ven A Mis Brazos" Single Digital

“Ven a mis brazos” is the third advance single from PAPA TOPO’s second album, “Presto y con Toda la Fuerza”. This new single, which initially seems like a love song, is really about the constant apocalyptic feeling we have in today’s world. Adrià started writing it on March 14, 2020 (the day before the Spanish confinement started) and it is somehow a farewell letter to the world as we know it. The threat of a pandemic, the rise in the far-right, the dawn of AI, the spread of disinformation on social networks and climate change and its catastrophic consequences make it feel like the world as we know it is coming to an end, that the end is near, a paradigm shift is sending us into dark and terrifying unknown territory. The song repeats the cry “ven a mis brazos” (let me hold you) and claims that love for our fellow loved ones is the only thing that can protect us from this new dystopian world. Musically, however, it is quite possibly the happiest, poppiest song on the album and it reminds us of ABBA at their most Eurovision-esque.

We will be able to hear the whole album very soon, and it is the most ambitious and complex PAPA TOPO album yet, a collection of songs where diverse influences like classic impressionism, dance music, pop, punk, folklore, cuplé, and atonal music all coexist. All of that topped with elegant and complex string and wind arrangements.

MARIA RODÉS (Feat. DELAFÉ) "Hechizo" Single Digital

Some albums are a leap into a creative abyss, an exercise of deconstruction that very few artists dare to try. \"Hechizo\" is the second advance (after that “Chico Bueno” that she gave us with BRONQUIO) from a project that Maria Rodés is using to explore the deepest and most complex corners of falling in love, that state of temporary insanity that feels as good as it is necessary, in which each person sees the other as perfect. It is an ode to romantic obsession, where the line between idealized love and delirium blurs, overflowing the limits of what we thought was possible.

\"Hechizo\" slides between syncopated contemporary reggeaton rhythms and the atmospheric sophistication of French electronica. This duality is not a coincidence: it reflects the tension that is inherent to the song’s central theme, where the physical and the transcendental intertwine. Under the production work of Maria and Joel Condal, with co-production by ZABALA and BRONQUIO, the sound manages to maintain a balance between the carnal and the ethereal, without falling into cliché. The song is also part of the soundtrack for \"También Esto Pasará\", the new movie from Maria Ripoll that will be released this spring, and which Maria Rodés has composed original music for with Simon Smith, in addition to adding several songs to her repertoire.

There’s still more – for this declaration of love and devotion, Maria is collaborating with Óscar D\'Aniello (DELAFÉ), whose thematic affinity (Óscar is also back with a new album, “Amor”, with his old project DELAFÉ Y LAS FLORES AZULES) increases the intensity. Together they encapsulate the euphoria and fragility of a human connection that consumes and transforms, where every kiss acts as a catalyst for the magical and inevitable.

The climax of this creative exercise is that “Hechizo” is being released with an exquisite animated music video by Néstor F. who worked with Maria before on the country album she released with LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID.

In the face of something so amazing, we at Elefant Records are trembling at the thought of the album that is coming. This is definitely a radical, exciting, daring turning point, and it is growing out of the earth that only true artists come from, the quicksand that hides the comfort zones. Dare to step into the \"Hechizo\" and let yourself fall into its magic.

CRISTINA QUESADA: Telonera de THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART en su gira de febrero y marzo 2025

Kip Berman (cantante, guitarrista y compositor principal de THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART) ha seleccionado personalmente a Cristina Quesada para que sea su telonera en la gira que los traerá a tierras ibéricas a principios de 2025. Aquí va el calendario e itinerario de ese tour: el 19 de febrero en Oporto (Mouco, dentro del ciclo SON Estrella Galicia), el 20 en A Coruña (Garufa Club, dentro del ciclo SON Estrella Galicia), el 21 en Oviedo (Almacenes), el 22 en Tarragona (Sala Zero), el 23 en Madrid (Lula Club, dentro del ciclo Jaguar), el 24 en Sevilla (Sala X), el 26 en Murcia (Sala REM), el 27 en València (16 Toneladas), el 28 en Barcelona (Razzmatazz 2), el 1 de marzo en Zaragoza (Las Armas, dentro del ciclo SON Estrella Galicia) y el 2 en San Sebastián (Dabadaba).

Quesada, que ya cuenta con tres álbumes a su nombre –“You Are The One” (2015), “Think I Heard A Rumour” (2019) y “Dentro al tuo sogno” (2022)-, así como también con otros tantos EPs -“Pineapple Princess” (2013), “Hero” (2019) y “Per te e per me” (2022)- , siempre ligada a Elefant Records, factura un pop que funde con la chanson y el eurodisco (con querencia por Italia y Francia), con el j-pop, el pop de los 60, el C-86 y las canciones que su hermana mayor, Dara, le hizo conocer de nombres como Los Flechazos, Los Fresones Rebeldes o La Casa Azul. No se prodiga mucho en directo, pero ha recorrido medio mundo con su deliciosa voz y sus maravillosas canciones, no faltó en muchas de las añoradas fiestas de “Flor de Pasión”, el programa de radio 3 de Juan de Pablos, participó en festivales como el Wales Goes Pop! en Cardiff (Gales), Festival Indietracks en Derbyshire (Inglaterra), NYC Popfest (Nueva York), en Paris, una mini gira por Japón y varios conciertos por España.

Por otra parte, os recordamos que el tour de febrero y marzo de The Pains Of Being Pure At Heartles va a servir para conmemorar el 15º aniversario de su disco de debut. No giraban juntos con su primera y recordada alineación desde que en 2012 acabaron el tour de su segundo disco, “Belong” (2011). Después siguieron grabando y girando, pero con otros componentes y varios cambios en su formación, hasta que se anunció su disolución oficial en 2019. Así que en este tour de principios del año que viene subirán al escenario Kip Berman (cantante, guitarrista y compositor principal), Peggy Wang (teclista), Christoph Hochheim (guitarra) y Kurt Feldman (batería). No ha podido unirse a la cita Alex Naidus (“por estar atendiendo muy buenas cuestiones personales”, ha dicho Berman), así que del bajo se ocupará Eddy Marshall, quien también se encarga de ese instrumento en The Natvral, el proyecto que Kip lidera desde hace cinco años.

“Tocaremos entero nuestro primer disco y también algunas canciones de aquella época. Gracias a todos los que han hecho esto posible. Es más que impresionante que haya gente que todavía se acuerda tanto de ese disco y quiero vernos tocarlo. No sé si haremos más veces esto en el futuro. Pero por ahora estamos encantados de tener esta oportunidad de poder volver a interpretar juntos estas canciones que, bastante literalmente, cambiaron nuestras vidas”, ha comentado Berman.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart comenzaron su singladura allá por 2007. Compartían admiración por bandas como Smashing Pumpkins, The Field Mice, Black Tambourine y Nirvana, y supieron hacer pasar todo eso por un cedazo que los llevó a triunfar, dentro y fuera de su país, teniendo como brújula a The Jesus And Mary Chain o My Bloody Valentine, pero sin olvidarse de The Smiths. Composiciones románticas con fuzz guitarrero algo neurótico y melodías con mucha resonancia emocional. Noise-pop que enganchaba, fresco, que no ocultaba sus limitaciones porque así no escondía su gran bandera, la de la juventud.

Primero llamaron la atención en MySpace (sí, hablamos de esos tiempos) y con su primer EP, de 2007 y autoeditado, pero cuando en 2009 salió su homónimo LP de debut en el sello Slumberland Records, canciones como “Contender”, “Come Saturday” y “This Love Is Fucking Right” volaron ya bien alto, con reseñas en webs como Pitchfork y Stereogum remachando la jugada. El segundo disco, el al principio mencionado “Belong”, aún hizo más grande y alta su ola. Fue en marzo de aquel 2011 donde, si no nos falla la memoria, dieron nada menos que once conciertos en el South By Southwest de Austin. Igual alguno más. Ahí ya habían reclutado a Kurt Feldman como batería. Fue su dream team. Llegaron al # 92 en Billboard 200 y también fueron Top 100 en países como Bélgica, Francia, Reino Unido… y España. Pero para cuando se alzó el telón de su tercer álbum, “Days Of Abandon” (2014), Peggy Wang y Alex Naidus habían dejado de formar parte de la formación. Con una influencia creciente de la nueva ola y el pop ochenteros, siguieron publicando trabajos -léase los discos “The Echo Of Pleasure” (2017) y una versión al completo del álbum de Tom Petty “Full Moon Ferver” en 2019, así como un par de EPS-, con diferentes músicos acompañando tanto en el estudio como en el escenario a Kip Berman, que se quedó al timón como único capitán del barco Y en noviembre de 2019 Berman anunció el fin de The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, con él iniciando a partir de ahí un nuevo proyecto en solitario, The Natvral.

ENTRADAS Y TICKETS AQUÍ

MADDIE MAE "Medusa" Digital Single

It has been a few months since “Wildflower” came out, but Maddie Mae’s debut album keeps giving us things to talk about, and “Medusa” is the new single from that first album. The sinuous back and forth between the syncopated bass and Maddie Mae’s sweet voice creates the perfect, mysterious, sinuous ambiance, in line with artists like Lorde and Lana Del Rey. We are releasing the song as a Digital Single along with a music video directed by Chris Croft (who has directed music videos for THE YEARNING, BMX BANDITS, THE PRIMITIVES and SUNLIT) which shows Maddie with a certain esoteric, magical air, full of witchcraft and at the same time elegant and delicate.

On February 14, Netflix releases the fourth and final season of “Valeria”, and “Medusa” is on the soundtrack for the first episode. We could also see Maddie herself recently in the Amazon movie “Your Fault” (the second part of the hit trilogy based on the books by Mercedes Ron and directed by Domingo González). The main character, Nicole Wallace, has “Polaroid Love” on her phone, because it’s one of her favorite artists, and her boyfriend, played by Gabriel Vergara, surprises her with a romantic dinner that includes a private performance from Maddie.

To wrap up this collection of news, we wanted to let you know that Maddie is working with Joe Moore again on songs for Maddie Mae, but also for THE YEARNING, the group she debuted in the music world with when she was only 14 years old, and which brought her to stages in Spain, England, and Japan.

THE PRIMITIVES "Sweet Sister Sorrow" Single Digital

A lot of people think that THE PRIMITIVES’ trajectory is limited to two albums since 2011, when that Single on Fortuna Pop! brought them back to musical activity. But Tracy Tracy’s band, making the most of their indie spirit, has been constantly releasing songs on different labels and for different projects that they are always willing to inspire and take part in. The proof will be a new double (!!) vinyl of singles and rarities called “Let\'s Go Round Again • Second Wave Singles & Rarities 2011-2025”. It is a real gem for everyone who follows their releases, and a really complete piece of work for those fans of the contagious music of the authors of “Crash”.

As an advance, we are bringing you a new and previously unreleased song. Well, technically, two. “Sweet Sister Sorrow” is a previously unreleased track that we have two very different versions of. The original, which shows off their extremely catchy and more electric side, with that pop spirit overflowing out of every “do do do do dooo” that Tracy Tracy sings. It’s delicious. And the second is more acoustic, precious, and introspective, giving a different feeling to those lines like “She knows all the hurt in your heart”, defined by the subtitle “Symphonic Dream Pop Version” and those exciting orchestral arrangements. The same song taking you to two totally different places, and both are absolutely marvelous.

Obviously we couldn’t not do a music video for each of the versions, and this responsibility couldn’t fall in better hands: Pooley, from Woom Studio, who has also been behind for those incredible music videos that the creativity just pours out off for LE SUPERHOMARD, Giorgio Tuma, FITNESS FOREVER, A GIRL CALLED EDDY, LINDA GUILALA, Cristina Quesada and JULIE ET JOE, gives each version a different approach: the first is more colorful, the second plays with greys; both have Victorian and baroque themes. These are two new delicacies that play constantly with textures, changes of axis and unusually framed shots.

Get ready – twenty-eight incredible songs by THE PRIMITIVES are coming soon on a Double-LP.

TRACKLIST: 01 Sweet Sister Sorrow 02 Sweet Sister Sorrow (Symphonic Dream Pop Version)

LISASINSON "Quiero Que Perdamos La Cabeza (Otra Vez) (David Van Bylen Remix)" ...

Another stage in LISASINSON’s career is closing and we are starting 2025 with a new year of changes. The infinite cycle. But there are ways to do things and then there are ways, and LISASINSON put their all into everything they do and into this remix of their latest hit, “Quiero Que Perdamos La Cabeza (Otra Vez)”, at the hands of David Van Bylen. One of the top remixers on the national indie scene, “the man who turned national indie music into dance music”, makes the song his own with this smash hit and mixes it all up to blow up the dance floor with a rush, an irresistible hit.

There is no doubt that this man from Mallorca living in Santander is at the top of his game. He has played in clubs and at festivals all over Spain: Bilbao BBK Live, Sonorama, Low Festival, Arenal Sound, Warm Up, Ebrovisión, Polifonik Sound and a long list of etceteras. He has remixed groups like DORIAN, SECOND, ZAHARA and RUSSIAN RED, to name just a few. He is a producer and has participated in multiple movie soundtracks, with a special mention for his collaboration on “Combustión” by Daniel Calparsoro.

So, get ready to dance to this incredible song on every dance floor it plays on. And, of course, as a highlight of LISASINSON concerts.

In the meantime, LISASINSON are very excited to be working on the songs that will be on their new album, which we have already heard the first three advance singles from, and which is looking like it’s going to be full of surprises.

LA CASA AZUL: Miobell Records Compilation (Japan)

A few months ago, thanks to the appearance of THE YEARNING on one of the marvelous compilations from the Japanese record label Miobell Records, we told you about the Tanzaku, an 8-centimeter CD format with very special and unique packaging, adored by collectors, that is only released in Japan. Miobell is continuing with their work and are releasing a new compilation in this format as part of their “Blue Tention” collection. This is the third volume already, and it has six fantastic songs.

Once again, the release is exquisite, with an insert with pictures, credits, comments from the artists, and lyrics, and includes such an incredible selection of groups as THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, BMX BANDITS, SWINGING POPSICLE, Hideki Kaji, ADVANTAGE LUCY and - don’t miss it – our beloved LA CASA AZUL. In this case, “Podría Ser Peor” has been chosen to be included on this special selection. The result is an absolute collector’s item (like the whole collection is). Soon it will be an impossible-to-get object of desire.

ALPACA SPORTS "Another Day" LP

So much has happened since ALPACA SPORTS released “From Paris With Love” in 2018. There have been new cities to live in, new chapters in their lives, health problems and loved ones lost. All of these circumstances have led, almost unintentionally, to “Another Day”, their conceptual new album about what change brings. The songs celebrate the few spare moments of calm and contemplation when we find ourselves in the midst of an immense shift. They dwell in the hazy spaces and golden hours when the day turns into night, when summer becomes fall, and all the other in-betweens in our lives that are full of fears, doubts, hopes and dreams. This kind of fragile and heartbreaking beauty, that is so surprisingly powerful at the same time, is what we get from the group formed by Andreas Jonsson, Amanda Åkerman and Lisle Mitnik (TINY FIREFLIES, FIREFLIES, VERY TRULY YOURS...).

It\'s not that the group stopped working after their last release, but the changes they experienced did affect in some way the songs that Andreas and Lisle had been working on, and caused a bunch of unexpected mutations, which made this full length take a lot longer than expected to complete. Ian Catt himself (ANOTHER SUNNY DAY, THE FIELD MICE, SAINT ETIENNE, TREMBLING BLUE STARS, SHAMPOO...) took advantage of this situation to challenge the group to take their music to new levels, pushing their most danceable facet (“Always On My Mind”, “Slipping Through My Fingertips”) or perfecting even more (if it’s even possible) their vocal arrangements (“Tonight”, “Break My Heart”). The band maintains their incredible ability to make us smile while they talk about bitter things (“Tomorrow I’ll Be Fine”, “Waiting For The Right Time”), but they also talk about those small, beautiful details that ultimately turn into something tremendously beautiful (“If Tomorrow Comes” and “Autograph”).

Once again, Ray Kimura is in charge of creating the album’s visuals, and there are also live drums from Hampus Öhman-Frölund (which was recorded again in New York by Gary Olson, of THE LADYBUG TRANSISTOR), stellar vocal harmony collaborations from Cristina Quesada, and the precious participation of Georgie, Ian Catt’sdaughter, on the choruses of “If Tomorrow Comes”.

“Another Day”, which is being released as a limited-edition, transparent vinyl, will probably be the most existential, intimate and exciting album in ALPACA SPORTS’ trajectory, which is saying quite a lot. Enjoy it in every possible aspect – they triumph in every single one.

TRACKLIST: 01 Tomorrow I\'ll Be Fine 02 Always On My Mind 03 Tell Me 04 Autograph 05 Bluebells 06 Slipping Through My Fingertips 07 Break My Heart 08 Tonight 09 Waiting For The Right Time 10 If Tomorrow Comes

MADDIE MAE in "Culpa Tuya" film

This past December 27th, Amazon Prime released “Culpa Tuya”, the second part of the trilogy based on the novels by Mercedes Ron and directed by Domingo González. The first part surprised everyone by reaching number 1 worldwide on Amazon Prime, and the premiere of this second part, which took place on December 18th, was one of the events of the year. The premiere made it possible for six thousand people to see the film before anyone else, and the event was a massive hit. All the fandom developing these past few months mobilized because they wanted to be the first to see “Culpa Tuya” and this brought people from all ends of the earth together in the crazed crowd at Palacio Vistalegre (Madrid), where the screening took place.

Here at Elefant, we have a small role in this new movie thanks to our artists. First, Maddie Mae. Our beloved singer’s music appears in two different moments in the movie. At the beginning, when Noah (played by Nicole Wallace) is in the pool and we can see she’s enjoying “Polaroid Love” on her phone, and again later when Nick (Gabriel Vergara) tries to surprise her with a romantic dinner that includes an exclusive performance by Maddie herself. Yes – Maddie is actually in the film, playing herself!

Second, a few days ago we gave you Soleá Morente’s new advance “Con Los Nudillos”, produced by Guille Milkyway (LA CASA AZUL) and which will be included on that highly anticipated and very special album they are working on together. It is an exercise in intense flamenco passion, cynicism, and pop sophistication set to a rumba beat. In “Culpa Tuya” there’s a moment when this song takes center stage, at Nick’s father’s company’s 50th anniversary party.

To top it all off, just like in the first part, Adriana Ubani, half of our beloved PIPIOLAS, is in the movie again, this time playing Nick’s ex-girlfriend, who organizes clandestine races.

In just a few months the final piece of the trilogy, “Culpa Nuestra”, will be out. Stay tuned!

AMOR BUTANO "Virgen De Las Desamparadas" Single Digital

If there is one thing that we have gotten used to with AMOR BUTANO up to now it has been the unstoppable frequency they have given us highly danceable hits with. But you\'re not ready for this. As an advance for their upcoming EP “Abierta Hasta El Amanecer”, they\'re bringing us “Virgen DeLas Desamparadas”. Once again, the dance floor is on fire (to the beat of bachata!)! This new song from theValencian group is a Latin hit (that includes guitars by Asier Bengoetxea from ETERNA JUVENTUT), an ode to spite and falling out of love, full of irony and pain, in the best tradition of Caribbean rhythms. The abandon, the feeling of what we thought was the center of the universe shifting to the periphery to the point of feeling likeyou\'re in free fall. Accepting you\'re in the deepest part of the abyss. And just then a dormant hope lights up. Will this macabre bachata be able to revive us? Will we get Santa Teresa to intervene on behalf of our wretched soul? This is intensified in the music video (directed again by Javier Artigas and with the stellar collaboration of Sílvia Tarín and Rocío Broseta, or in other words, the bosses of the podcast “Casquería Fina”), a “Pop Bible”, full of religious references and a tremendous sense of humor, and where finally, as it has to be, hope prevails.

We love surprises. We love the feeling that so many great things are still to come even more. And if it catches us dancing, even better. We can\'t wait!

TRACKLIST: 01 Virgen De Las Desamparadas

BUBBLE TEA AND CIGARETTES "There’s Nothing But Pleasure" LP (Pink Coloured ...

Taking advantage of the release of “we should\'ve killed each other”, we are reissuing on pink coloured vinyl the first album by BUBBLE TEA AND CIGARETTES. An opportunity to get an album whose first edition is already out of print and enjoy the magic of the slow tempos, the mellow and evocative melodies, and hazy ambiance full of reverb – everything you need in a good dream pop song is here.

ALPACA SPORTS "Always On My Mind" Digital Single

After the advance singles “Tomorrow I’ll Be Fine” and “Autograph”, it’s now time for “Always On My Mind”, which will be the third advance single from “Another Day”, the new ALPACA SPORTS album. If the first single reflected the jangle and twee-pop spirit of Andreas, Amanda and Lisle’s group, and the second showed their more beautiful and delicate side, supporting their favorite football team with unconditional love, this third single, driven by the production work of Ian Catt (ANOTHER SUNNY DAY, THE FIELD MICE, SAINT ETIENNE, TREMBLING BLUE STARS, SHAMPOO...) brings us in a surprisingly danceable direction, with echoes of NEW ORDER, SAINT ETIENNE, DUBSTAR, EVEN AS WE SPEAK and CLUB 8. Immensely beautiful euro-disco and synth-pop are intermixed with that vocal play which is so emblematic of ALPACA SPORTS’s discography. This current release also includes an extra track that won’t be included on the album, “No Place I’d Rather Be”. The B-side shows a more controlled and organic side and is also the perfect complement for a single that aims to illuminate the darkest of days, because if there’s one thing that Andreas, Amanda and Lisle are experts at, it’s bringing us the brightest lights in the form of sound. And of course, the fitting, colorful cover couldn’t be by anyone other than Ray Kimura. We don’t have to wait much longer to enjoy “Another Day” in its entirety.

The spectacular music video is directed by the fantastic Jonas Börjesson and filmed during sunsets at different beaches and locations in the Swedish town Halmstad. A unique summer postcard captured with a Super 8 camera.

TRACKLIST: 01 Always On My Mind 02 No Place I\'d Rather Be

ELEFANT: Releases [2024]

JANUARY 2024
ER-D353 PIPIOLAS (Feat. RIGOBERTA BANDINI) \"La Niña Bonita\" Single Digital [12-1-2024]
ER-D354 LISASINSON “Mira Chico\" Single Digital [17-1-2024]
ER-D357 INTERROGACIÓN AMOR “Sin ti no soy nada\" Single Digital [19-1-2024]
ER-D359 SUNLIT \"Back\" Single Digital [24-1-2024]
ER-D358 AMOR BUTANO \"Mágica\" Single Digital [26-1-2024]

FEBRUARY 2024
ER-D360 SUNLIT \"Someone So Beautiful\" Single Digital [16-2-2024]

MARCH 2024
ER-D361 SUNLIT \"Don\'t Cry Tonight\" Single Digital [1-3-24]
ER-D362 MARINITA PRECARIA “Momento Decisivo\" Single Digital [5-3-2024]
ER-1291 SUNLIT \"Sunlit\" Álbum Digital [8-3-2024]

APRIL 2024
ER-D365 AXOLOTES MEXICANOS \"Himawari\" Single Digital [5-4-2024]
ER-D364 SOLEÁ MORENTE \"Mi Vida Es Para Mí\" Single Digital [10-4-2024]
ER-D366 LISASINSON \"Salgo A La Calle\" Single Digital [12-4-2024]
ER-D367 PIPIOLAS (Feat. KIKO VENENO) \"Llorarme\" Single Digital [19-4-2024]
ER-D368 AXOLOTES MEXICANOS (Feat. AIKO EL GRUPO) \"ROSAS y ESPINAS\" Single Digital [26-4-2024]

MAY 2024
ER-1293 AXOLOTES MEXICANOS \"4ever\" LP / CD [3-5-2024]
ER-D369 LABORDE \"No Vull\" Single Digital [10-5-2024]
ER-D370 AMOR BUTANO \"Te Noto Cambiada\" Single Digital (4 Temas) [17-5-2024]
ER-D371 LISASINSON \"Decidí Desaparecer\" Single Digital [29-5-2024]
ER-1291 SUNLIT \"Sunlit\" LP [31-5-2024]

JUNE 2024

ER-1189SLP THE PRIMITIVES \"Spin-O-Rama\" Reissue [21-6-2024]
ER-1107LP LA CASA AZUL \"Tan Simple Como El Amor\" Reissue \"[28-6-2024]
ER-1119LP LA CASA AZUL \"El Sonido Efervescente de La Casa Azul\" Reissue \"[28-6-2024]

JULY 2024

ER-1195LP AXOLOTES MEXICANOS \"Holi <3\" Reedición [5-7-2024]
ER-1229LP AXOLOTES MEXICANOS \"Salu2\" Reedición [5-7-2024]
ER-D372 AMOR BUTANO \"Apocalipsis\" Single Digital [12-7-2024]
ER-D373 MARINITA PRECARIA “Fantasmas\" Single Digital [19-7-2024]

SEPTEMBER 2024

ER-D375 MARINITA PRECARIA \"Gente Normal\" Single Digital [6-9-2024]
ER-D376 NOS MIRAN \"La Torre\" Single Digital [11-9-2024]
ER-1296 VARIOUS \"Viernes 13 (una colección de historias de terror, misterio, ciencia ficción, monstruosidades y fenómenos paranormales)\" Álbum Digital [13-9-2024]
ER-D377 LIA PAMINA \"Love Lies, Ya No Quiero Soñar\" Single Digital [18-9-2024]
ER-D378 FITNESS FOREVER (Feat. CALCUTTA) \"A Vele Spiegate\" Single Digital [20-9-2024]
ER-D374 SOLEÁ MORENTE y LA CASA AZUL “Ahora O Nunca” Single Digital [24-9-2024]
ER-1294 MARINITA PRECARIA \"Un Vaso De Agua\" LP [27-9-2024]

OCTOBER 2024

ER-D379 ALPACA SPORTS \"Tomorrow I’ll Be Fine\" Single Digital [4-10-2024]
ER-D382 FITNESS FOREVER (Feat. PEPPINO DI CAPRI) \"Ischia\" Single Digital [9-10-2024]
ER-D383 NOS MIRAN \"La Chica Que Curaba Textos\" Single Digital [16-10-2024]
ER-D386 FITNESS FOREVER \"L\'amour\" Single Digital [23-10-2024]
ER-1286 NOS MIRAN \"Siempre Igual\" Álbum Digital [25-10-2024]
ER-D388 LISASINSON \"Quiero Que Perdamos La Cabeza (Otra Vez)\" Single Digital [31-10-2024]

NOVEMBER 2024

ER-D384 IBON ERRAZKIN \"Nubes/Lamento\" Single Digital [6-11-2024]
ER-1295 FITNESS FOREVER \"Amore E Salute\" LP [8-11-2024]
ER-D391 ALPACA SPORTS \"Autograph\" Single Digital [12-11-2024]
ER-D385 IBON ERRAZKIN \"La Vía Láctea\" Single Digital [13-11-2024]
ER-D387 IBON ERRAZKIN \"El Río/Olas\" Single Digital [20-11-2024]
ER-D392 PAPA TOPO (Feat. Juliana Gattas) \"Me Voy A Desenamorar De Ti\" Single Digital [26-11-2024]
ER-1297 IBON ERRAZKIN \"Claros Del Bosque\" LP [29-11-2024]

DECEMBER 2024

ER-D390 SOLEÁ MORENTE \"Con Los Nudillos\" Single Digital [20-12-2024]

SOLEÁ MORENTE "Con Los Nudillos" Digital Single

We are still getting more advances from what will be the new album that Soleá Morente is making with Guille Milkyway (LA CASA AZUL) and “Con Los Nudillos” makes it clear once again that Guille and Soleá come together with a special, unique chemistry. This new song is a rumba that has a bit of each artist, like Soleá’s flamenco skills and breathtaking sensitivity, and Guille’s sophisticated pop. The collaboration traces new lines forward in Spanish-rooted music, with bold, clever lyrics that are a total declaration of intentions. That line that marks the bridge of the song that says something like, “Esto será como Kill Bill” (This is going to be like Kill Bill) totally knocks us out. It is a futuristic, refreshing rumba that restores us like a fresh glass of water in summer.

What’s more, “Con Los Nudillos” is going to be included on the soundtrack of the upcoming Amazon movie “Your Fault”, the second part of “My Fault”, and a part of the trilogy that will close with “Our Fault”, all directed by Domingo González, the director of the first LA CASA AZUL music videos and the artifact of that group of 5 teenagers who brought the group to life.

This new Soleá album looks like it’s going to be a fun one!

TRACKLIST: 01 Con Los Nudillos

IBON ERRAZKIN "Claros Del Bosque" LP

In music, there are composers and there are creators. The difference is that the latter don’t only produce new work but also have the ability to give a special, personal aura to everything they touch. Ibon Errazkin does this on every one of his solo albums. He did it as well with his groups, all of which are a fundamental part of Spanish pop history: AVENTURAS DE KIRLIAN, LE MANS and SINGLE. It doesn’t stop there; he has also done this with his production work, with Carlos Berlanga (“Impermeable”), Ana D (“Satélite 99”) and NOSOTRÄSH (“Popemas”).

He is an inventor without limits, capable of getting the most out of the pitch and frequency of even the most solitary note, and of breaking down barriers with inexplicable cleverness and phrasing. That’s why the publication of his new album is something to be celebrated, the certainty that we are once again going to enjoy something unique, with the personal seal that is simultaneously identifiable and surprising. The album is recorded by Ibon, mixed with the help of Lorenzo Matellán and mastered by Xavier Alarcón.

The music videos that come with the release, directed by Antonio Morales, filmed by Dani Lisón and edited by Dani Aránega, are a delicacy. There is a series of music videos (for all the songs on the album and for the grand finale that will come later) filmed in Tangier and inspired by the work of the Malaysian director Tsai Ming-Liang. It is a walking meditation in which we can see Ibon in different places in Tangier, showing us that silence can say so much, and that, from an expressionistic perspective, less is more.

This is how Errazkin explains “Claros Del Bosque”, as if it were a personal letter:

“The forest clearing is a center that it is not always possible to enter; from the edge, you can see inside it and the appearance of some animal tracks does not help us take that first step. It is a separate kingdom guarded and inhabited by a spirit. A bird warns and calls to follow his voice. And you obey; then you find nothing; nothing other than an intact space that seems to be open in that single moment and that will never be like this again”.

María Zambrano (excerpt from “Claros Del Bosque”,1977)

Two years ago, when I started to think about recording a new album, the idea that motivated me the most was to write a longer piece, a format that would allow me to distribute sounds almost like elements in space; something more like walking through a garden – or letting your eyes move around a vertical garden – than listening to a straightforward piece of music from beginning to end.

I was also interested in writing something that felt like a digression, a bit rambling. I didn’t want to write something with a structure that led to a specific place; I wanted to write a simple succession of musical moments, vaguely interconnected and without a greater purpose. I felt pulled by the idea of doing something more extensive, just because, using the length as an essential quality of the piece. Maybe it was inspired by the hypnotic effect that comes with certain experiences – a La Monte Young composition, a Jacques Rivettefilm – just because they are long. I decided on approximately an hour and, with that, I started working.

When the project was already pretty far along, I got an idea: why not take some moments from this piece and turn them into songs? That way, the project could have two parts – one would be an extended, uninterrupted piece, and the other would be a 10-song album.

The 10-song album is what you have now, and it’s called “Claros Del Bosque”.

The uninterrupted piece will be released a few months later, and it will be called “Nubes Y Claros”.

CLAROS DEL BOSQUE

The title of this 10-song album comes from a book by the same name by María Zambrano. It’s a small book that’s somewhere between mystical and philosophical, that I read while I was making the album and that somehow seemed to be related to what I was doing. I recommend anyone who listens to the album to check it out.

The album’s instrumentation is simple: guitars, piano, bass, melodica, banjo and some synthesizers. There is no percussion at all, like on “Hola” (2020), SINGLE’s last album (my project with Teresa Iturrioz), and there had barely been any on my last solo album, “Foto Aérea”. On that last album the sounds were acoustic, but in a lot of cases I sampled what I had played and manipulated it in on the keyboard. On “Claros Del Bosque” I didn’t use this technique, and the recording process was more traditional or “natural”.

As they are fragments pulled out of a larger block, the songs don’t have a normal verse-chorus-etc structure. The melodies appear and disappear without the whole “coming together”. For me, this is the most defining element of the album. Music without a definitive meaning, that doesn’t lead anywhere, that simply just is there.

There are two exceptions to this: “El Río” and “La Vía Láctea”, songs that didn’t come from that uninterrupted block and that I wrote specifically for the album. They are also the only two songs I recorded with a clapperboard (steady rhythmic accompaniment) and, because of that, are the most pop moments on the album. I like to think the first song would fit in well on a western, and the second is inspired by the starry skies of the Balearic islands.

The cover art was made, as usual, by Javier Aramburu. For “Foto Aérea” he put a mountain range in my head, and this time he has turned me into a grove of trees. With the artistry he brings to everything he does.

I hope you like the album.

Ibon Errazkin, September 2024

TRACKLIST: 01 Nubes 02 Arco 03 El Río 04 Lamento 05 Détour 06 Telón 07 La Vía Láctea 08 Ecuador 09 Olas 10 Claros Del Bosque

PAPA TOPO (Feat. Juliana Gattas) "Me Voy A Desenamorar De Ti" Single Digital

We have a new single for you from “Presto y con Toda la Fuerza”, the imminent new album from PAPA TOPO. “Me Voy A Desenamorar De Ti” is a new melancholic and danceable anthem from the group, in collaboration with the great Argentine pop diva, Juliana Gattas (singer of MIRANDA!, the most important pop duo in Latin America). These two artists have come together to give us a euphoric song about emotional dependence.

Adrià started to write the song when he was trapped in a toxic relationship that consumed him. Writing it set him free. After finishing the song, he saw that, even though the lyrics were intimate and personal, it was about something universal that so many people could identify with. Finishing the demo coincided with the release of Juliana Gattas’ spectacular and dramatic solo album, and Adrià realized that she was the perfect singer for the song; it was clear that they shared a lyrical and musical sensibility. He reached out to her on Instagram without much hope of hearing back, but she answered him immediately saying that she loved the song, that it had resonated so much with her and that she was 100% for the project.

The lyrics describe the confusion of someone who feels that, when they give their all, their loved one distances themselves but by doing that it creates longing. The lover is someone narcissistic who needs to be desired: they are indifferent to the unconditional love, give affection when the relationship cools off, keeping control that way. The protagonist tries to fall out of love in order to get their lover’s attention, in an emotional tug of war that becomes a vicious cycle. This senseless, paralyzing sense of contradiction seeps through the lyrics but, despite the fatality of the words themselves, the song has a message of hope. At the end, the distance doesn’t only work as a catalyst of desire, but also ends up freeing the protagonist from the yoke of dependence and makes it possible for them to escape from the situation.

Musically, the song is an emotional roller coaster of extreme musical contrasts. It has a timeless, lyrical melody accompanied by a spectacular orchestration with colorful touches that remind us of a more pop Astor Piazzolla (maybe that’s why Juliana fits in so well on this song), that turns quickly into an intense dance hit, dark and melodic, somewhere between the most playful europop and CAMELA, between SAINT ETIENNE and Sonia Y Selena, that wraps up in an apotheotic climax. The trademark chorus is a classic “papatopian” chorus: a melody that quickly inserts itself in your mind and plays over and over again, like that vicious cycle the song describes.

Juliana Gattas has been the frontwoman of MIRANDA! for more than twenty years and in 2023 started her solo career with the release of the single \"Maquillada en la Cama\", produced by Alex Anwandter, where she explores a more performative style, showing her artistic versatility and vocal depth. This single, \"Maquillada en la Cama\", was the title track for her debut album in March 2024. She is currently on tour promoting her first album, and her first lead acting role in the movie \"Los domingos mueren más personas\" by the Argentine director, actor and screenwriter, Iair Said. The movie was a hit at both Cannes and the San Sebastian Film Festival.

In December this year you will be able to see Juliana Gattas and PAPA TOPO together, playing this superhit live in Argentina. And last but not least, for the finishing touch, the single’s fantastic cover art is a design by Adrià himself.

PAPA TOPO are travelling to Buenos Aires again to celebrate the release of ‘Me Voy a ...

PAPA TOPO are travelling to Buenos Aires again to celebrate the release of ‘Me Voy a Desenamorar de Ti’, their brand new single, a duet with the great Argentine song diva Juliana Gattas, on 15 December at Camping. To celebrate, they have put together a concert in which they will review their greatest hits and present songs from their imminent second album ‘Presto y con Toda la Fuerza’ and, above all, to sing their new hit with Juliana at the top of their lungs.

Juliana and Adrià met on instagram when Juliana posted a story listening to PAPA TOPO\'s first album and told Adrià that she was on a plane listening to it on a loop. Adrià was thrilled to discover that the singer of MIRANDA! (the most important pop duo in Latin America) connected with his music, and so, when years later he had the ideal song, he proposed to Juliana that they collaborate together. She didn\'t hesitate for a second and gave her heart and soul to the song, spending hours in the studio, recording a video clip, which will be released soon, and now, getting on stage to sing it live for the first time.

The bedroompop singer JÚPITER EN CASA will join this time as the female voice of PAPA TOPO replacing Júlia Fandos. Adrià and Jupi met in 2018 when PAPA TOPO travelled to Argentina for the first time. Like Adrià, Jupi started making music at the age of 16, self-producing in her bedroom and demonstrating a great pop sensibility that transcends the precariousness of the media. According to Jupi herself, it was decisive for her project to meet Adrià after a PAPA TOPO concert, as Adrià, seeing himself identified with her, encouraged her to publish her songs on networks. Over the years she has published small pop hits such as the viral ‘wenosaire’ or the vindicative ‘Mamá Soy Gay’, earning her a place in the Argentine underground. When organising this concert, PAPA TOPO were clear that Jupi had to participate in a very active way and she was enthusiastic.

In addition to Jupi, Ceretti and Matt Montero, two pop singers who are part of the Buenos Aires artistic collective ‘La Banda del V.I.P.’, will be on stage. Both artists have great similarities with the pop universe of PAPA TOPO and make a very funny and timeless music. From the other side of the pond, Adrià has been following them for years through networks and is dying to collaborate with them for the first time. To round off the list of guests, María Riot, a well-known Argentinean cultural agitator, pornographic actress, activist, musician and PAPA TOPO fan since time immemorial, will also be on stage. PAPA TOPO met María at a Pride celebration in Barcelona, they hit it off and have collaborated on several occasions, so her presence at the party was also a must.

It will be a very special night, full of collaborations, friendship, lots of love and above all, live music by PAPA TOPO. You can\'t miss it!

Sunday 15 December

Camping

At 21:00 hours

Tickets on sale at campingcamping.org

Entradas: https://campingtickets.boleteria.online/musica/papa-topo