Atomic (Vinyl 2xLP) Jazz

Atomic (Vinyl 2xLP) JazzMogwai release their new album 'Atomic' via Rock Action. The album is composed of reworked versions of the music recorded for the soundtrack to director Mark Cousin's acclaimed documentary Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise, which first aired on BBC Four last summer. Constructed entirely of archive film, 'Atomic' is an impressionistic kaleidoscope of the horrors of our nuclear times protest marches, Cold War sabre rattling, Chernobyl and Fukishima

Jonathan and Grasshopper quickly found their stride recording themselves in their own basement studio as well as venturing out into the daylight to record tracks at some of their old haunts like NRS and White Light Studios

Kanye West and

and songs that were acoustic and slow in tempo became more upbeat

Producer Darius Denon explains: "This was 1988 and bands like Zouk Machine and Kassav were huge

the spirit of collaboration was alive and well in the studio

LP - Black Vinyl with Download

It feels good\" - Stu

The album is a massive slab of sound with swaying swells of guitar and hypnotic

including their version of 'Wild Horses' which was written by keith richards

"Soul Dance"

independent

this album reflects a more mature