This week’s Track Of The Week is ‘Left To Right’ by multi instrumentalist duo The Blackheart Orchestra. A mediation on the folly of war, the track is taken from the bands latest album Mesmermanto (2019) out on Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red Records.

The music video for Asylums brand new track ‘Catalogue Kids’ has premiered on essential rock publication Kerrang!

Louise Connell’s track with Sharon Shannon was played on John Kennedy’s X-Posure show last night!

Today sees the release of a collection of music from Simon Shackleton’s ‘Synchromesh’ alias, which was something of a bonkers sound lab prototype for his later Elite Force work. The earliest Synchromesh productions date back to 1992 with music ranging from deep and dirty lo-fi trip-hop to proto acid-breaks to frenetic jackhammer junglist beats.

This year we’ll be bringing you a new track for your listening pleasure every Friday.

Starting the year off we have this Sci-fi tinged delight from Paperface entitled ‘Little Monsters’. 

Taken off the album Love In The Time OF Florida, the track now has an amazing animated video by Cristian Wiesenfeld to accompany it!

Out today is a special version of ‘Crossed The Line’.

Building on Louise Connell’s original version first released on the mammoth double album ‘Squall Echo Rale’ (2019), it adds in fellow Wardlaw artist Sharon Shannon on accordion!

Check out her slapstick video!

Feast your eyes on the brilliant new video for ‘Little Monsters’ by Paperface, with animation by Cristian Wiesenfeld.

Kicking off the new year over in Spain was the debut feature of a short film featuring the music of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Out today is the latest release from Simon Shackleton. On this album Simon has painstakingly remastered 13 tracks from his short lived alias pHrack R that features some of his more experimental beat-orientated work.

As 2019 draws to close we can look back on some of the highlights of the year. Featuring new signings, releases and sync news, this video ties together the things that made 2019 special for us.

Out today is the music video for ‘Ghost Child’, taken from the 2018 album Ghost Gamelan by Susheela Raman. Filmed on location in Indonesia, the video captures the haunting and enveloping nature of the album.

We are hugely excited to announce that Martin Price, founding member of electronic music pioneers 808 State, has joined the Wardlaw Roster!

We have two very exciting signing announcements to make, as two new writers join the Wardlaw family - Stephen William Hodd and Luke Toms.

Simon Shackleton, aka Elite Force, releases a special collection of Elite Force singles.

These releases bring a whopping 37 tracks of a wide variety of essential breaks and tech-funk, some of which are available in the digital domain for the first time and many of which have been remastered especially for this release.

To celebrate 30 years as a performing musician, Sharon Shannon has released an album of 16 tracks called The Winkles Tapes 1989. to be followed by 14 exclusive, tri-weekly singles showcasing the wide and diverse scope of her incredible 30-year musical journey. All the tracks will then be compiled onto her 30th Anniversary album to be released November 2020.

More exciting things from The Blackheart Orchestra this week. They have released two music videos to accompany the tracks ‘Violet’ and ‘Left To Right’.

This month we have had placements in the following shows:

• Station 19 (TV - Disney ABC)

• Turn Up Charlie (Netflix)

• The Hills - New Beginnings (MTV)

• Need for Speed (Electronic Arts - Game)

Our own Blackheart Orchestra rockets up the charts with the newly released album Mesmeranto. It is already up to number 18 in the Official Rock Charts and number 16 in the Independent Album Breakers charts.

Out today are new albums from The Blackheart Orchestra and Burnt Out Wreck, as well as singles from Paperface and Louise Connell.

Pete Way is back on tour! With a string of dates running up to Christmas (and beyond) catch The Pete Way Band with support from fellow Wardlaw band Burnt Out Wreck.