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Bella Union releasing 3CD anniversary compilation

By | Published on Thursday 9 August 2012

Bella Union

London-based independent Bella Union, in collaboration with Rough Trade Shops, is to release a three-disc compilation LP in honour of its fifteenth anniversary.

Entitled ‘Bella Union 15’, the collection will feature archival gold from label signees Beach House, Midlake, Lift To Experience and Explosions In The Sky, plus six all-new tracks by Jonathan Wilson, The Walkmen, The Low Anthem, Lanterns On The Lake, Zun Zun Egui and ex-Fleet Fox Father John Misty.

Set to be sold as a special edition at this year’s End Of The Road festival (where the label will present a host of its roster artists) the LP will be available on general release from 17 Sep.

Bella Union founder Simon Raymonde says this of narrowing down the final tracklisting: “I decided that the only way for me to imbue this collection with the love and care it deserves was to make it as much of a personal one as I could, and most importantly to make it musically edifying to listen to. I hope I have managed to achieve this”.

He continues: “So, once I had decided that personal reflection was the only way to make this set feel authentic, the tracklisting flowed pretty easily and with the exclusive tracks several artists were able to record especially for this, I feel this is a lot more than just a dip into a catalogue. It looks to the future, which is where I tend to live”.

View that tracklisting and pre-order links here.



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