We are pleased to announce the release of two new albums:

"People" by SKELETONS & "Belgotronics" by HOQUETS.





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"People" is the new album by one of the most fascinating bands from the hugely creative Brooklyn/NYC scene of recent times. Skeletons create intense, original and revelatory music, working a globe-spanning realm of inspirations into a singular and colourful vision of guitar-based songcraft.



"People", co-mixed by Rusty Santos (also known for his work with Owen Pallett and Animal Collective/Panda Bear) is the first released in exciting union with Crammed Discs. It brilliantly boils down all the band's thrilling sonic excursions into a collection of concise, fluid and emotive songs: rich, subtly dramatic musical atmospheres envelope Matt Mehlan's compelling lyrical tales, inhabited by unlikely real-life characters (Jimmy Damour, Tania Head, Lil' Rich and others) whose stories are told from a viewpoint which is both human and social/political.



"_a rock-and-roll Steve Reich... circular melodies build to kaleidoscopic intensity of brightly-ordered chaos_" (Sonic Scoop, US)



"_[David Foster Wallace's] The Girl With Curious Hair is perfect reading material for a Skeletons soundtrack. They sound like no one else making music right now. The closest musical reference is Dirty Projectors, but for sheer scope of influence, rather than striking similarity_" (Notion, UK)



"_one of the few contemporary bands who can legitimately be called original_" (XLR8R, US).








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Presenting a brand new, totally unique musical proposition: HOQUETS are an international musical trio who play instruments, also named "hoquets", personally assembled by hand from wooden boards, broken strings, tin cans and other cast away materials in their workshop in Brussels, Belgium.



Named in reference to both "hockets" (the technique used in Western medieval music, Africa, Bali and elsewhere of sharing a melody line between several voices or instruments) and "hoquets" (pronounced "OK", and the French word for "hiccoughs"), the band make music that's overflowing with energy, heavily percussive and strangely addictive ... inspired by raw-edged indie pop and dancefloor punk-funk as well as the DIY aesthetic of Konono No.1, Staff Benda Bilili and other Congolese groups, HOQUETS are both without precedent and oddly familiar at the same time.



"_A group totally off the wall, a bit crazy and definately original, capable of agitating the strings of pleasure, dance, and the joy of life. Such are the troublemakers called HOQUETS_."

(www.mowno.com)



"_Alternating waves of groove, hip-hop, rock, & French chanson, HOQUETS present a musical UFO that crashes musical labels, with a giant smile on their faces. Very strongly recommended!_"

(www.legrandbazart.com)



Both discs may now be purchased at the Crammed Discs Shop!