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YO, TAMBIÉN [a new movie by Álvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro, starring Lola Dueñas and Pablo Pineda]

The passion we feel for music at Elefant is something logical and evident, but from the start we have also been involved in and collaborated on artistic projects that go beyond the musical realm but that also need music to complete and fill out the work and make it more personal. A few years ago, our passion for the movies brought about the creation of “Elefant Music Supervision”, a project that has taken shape over time, with the goal of helping and collaborating on audiovisual projects of all kinds, offering musical supervision that would help the creators find the perfect music for their work. Shorts, documentaries, movies, commercial spots, television theme songs… we have found ourselves involved, sometimes directly, other times more indirectly, in a ton of national and international audiovisual projects that have used music from our company or projects that we have created with our artists’ exclusive pieces. International television series like “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Desperate Housewives”, “The O.C.”, “Summerland”, “Gilmore Girls”, “Ghost Whisperer”, “Degrassi”, “Chop shop”, “Exes & Ohs”, “One Tree Hill” or the imminent new HBO series “Bored to Death” all use music from Elefant Records on [ Read more ]

Tracklist: 01. E102 02. Disco girl [2008 Version] 03. Your class 04. I can wait forever 05. Right across the street 06. Stardate 07. Come clean 08. Extraordinary 09. Baby loves lovin’ 10. Let mother nature be your guide 11. Rimbaud & me 12. Life goes on 13. Hey little Tomboy 14. The day before tomorrow [2008 Version] 15. Stupid 16. I wanna fall in love [Version 2] 17. Whirlpool [1995 Version] 18. Tugboat (with Angel Corpus Christ) 19. Students of life 20. Help me, somebody 21. Intermission [Little seashell ear] 22. Love’s sweet music 23. I don’t wanna grow up

Who are the BMX BANDITScategoría Where did this group come from, who, after more than 20 years together, have been talked about by people like TEENAGE FANCLUB’s Norman Blake (who was in the group in its beginning), Liam Gallagher or Kurt Cobaincategoría Who are the people responsible for this band who have had members of THE VASELINES, TEENAGE FANCLUB and THE SOUP DRAGONS, among others, in its midstí Where was this group, with fans not only in Europe and North America, but also in Japan and the rest of Asia, borncategoría How have they been able to release music on mythic labels like Creation Records, 53rd & 3rd or Vinyl Japan, among many otherscategoría Who is this Duglas T Stewart whose name we’ve also seen on the albums of Alex Chilton, Chip Taylor, Stevie Jackson, Eugene Kelly, Francis McDonald and Ally Kerr, and who also produces his own albumscategoría The way this Scottis [ Read more ]

ELEFANT RECORDS TURNS 20 [1989-2009]

We’re going to England to celebrate our 20th anniversary at the Indietracks Festival, and the same weekend in Spain the ContemPopranea Festival will also be celebrating our birthday by paying homage to our label!

The Indyspensable festival in Madrid gave us the incredible gift of dedicating an entire day to Elefant this past June 12th, and other festivals like Fuengirola Pop Weekend or Lemon Pop will pay special homage to our label in their next editions of the festivals.

We want to thank everyone for having always been behind us! We feel really happy to have lasted all these years with our philosophy and way of understanding the music world, helping groups that excite us, who are on the sidelines of trends and the industry. None of this would have been possible without the label’s FANS, who have supported us all these years. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

THE INDIETRACKS FESTIVAL (UK) PAYS HOMAGE TO ELEFANT RECORDS FOR THEIR TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY BY GIVING US CONTROL OF THE MAIN STAGE! [JULY 24-25-26, Midland Railway, Butterley – Derbyshire, England]

Elefant Stage:

CAMERA OBSCURA, AU REVOIR SIMONE, BMX BANDITS, Rose Elinor Dougall, THE FRANK & WALTERS, FITNESS FOREVER, THE SCHOOL, Nick Garrie, LUCKY SOUL, SPEEDMARKET AVENUE, COOPER, LA CASA AZUL, COLA JET SET, SUCRETTE, TENDER TRAP, MODULAR, TEENAGE FANCLUB, STEREO-TOTAL .

+ info Here: http://www.indietracks.co.uk/ 

Friday, 24Indietracks FestivalModular + Rose Elinor [ Read more ]

At this stage of the game, it’s clear that the Internet’s popularity as a means of music distribution has caused a proliferation of unusual and really interesting proposals, that have allowed music to reach thousands (or millions, in some cases) of computers through nothing more than telephone wires. The birth of unknown gems, the sudden appearance of dozens of those secrets named “out loud”, has diversified and enriched the musical panorama considerably. MODULAR is an Argentine duo formed in 2000 by Mariana Badaracco and Pablo Dahy. The group is a strange bird in and of itself in the Buenos Aires scene; their affinity for analog synthesizers (the famous “Moog Modular” gave them their name), the B-series and 60s science-fiction esthetic, the pop and lounge, as well as their imaginary mix of melancholic psychedelia and spatial fantasy have made them stand out as unique in a scene accustomed to more rock-oriented and less sophisticated options. Four demos released on CD-Rs and distributed via the web, collaborations on various compilations in countries as diverse as Germany or Brazil, a collection of truly unique compositions – these have been the things that have generated a plethora of fans who have compared the group to the likes of STEREOLAB, OS MUTANTES, BROADCAST, John Barry, THE HIGH LLAMAS, URSULA 1000, Giorgio Moroder, George Gershwin and many more. Maybe the closest comparison is Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane’s group, [ Read more ]

The British festival Indietracks is paying homage to Elefant Records for our twentieth birthday, giving us control of the organization of the main stage as a present. Indietracks, whose third edition will take place July 24th, 25th and 26th in an old railway station in Butterley (Derbyshire county), has turned into a worldwide, can’t-miss event for fans of the best of indie pop, having brought such bands as Darren Hayman (HEFNER), THE WEEDING PRESENT, COMET GAIN and LOS CAMPESINOS! to previous editions. This year the leap in the festival’s importance and size is considerable, with a total of five stages and an incredible quantity of bands and DJs. That’s why Elefant has been so conscientious (and this is the first time an independent Spanish label organizes a stage at an international festival) to choose unforgettable names, many of which are still unrevealed surprises, including a headliner. Among a mix of bands from the label, friends, and suggestions that we have fallen irrevocably in love with and that have served as an inspiration for Elefant, twenty artists will play on the Elefant stage over the three days of the festival, and here we’re telling you in advance about the first confirmations: CAMERA OBSCURA, AU REVOIR SIMONE, BMX BANDITS, Rose Elinor Dougall, THE FRANK & WALTERS, FITNESS FOREVER, THE SCHOOL, Nick Garrie, LUCKY SOUL, SPEEDMARKET AVENUE, COOPER, LA CASA AZUL (in their only concert this year), COLA JET SET, SUCRETTE, TENDER T [ Read more ]

There is no other group like SINGLE. Simply put, they have no equal. It is a group that is capable of constantly reinventing itself without losing its absolutely recognizable personality. This is a musical project that has no limits other than its own curiosity, concern and excitement about finding new paths. Sometimes intimate and beautiful, other times – like this song here – fun and danceable.

“Mr Shoji” is the new song from SINGLE after three EP’s and an album that has placed Teresa Iturrioz and Ibon Errazin’s project in the sights of fans of the most innovative pop. In this new song, which is already a crowd favorite in their concerts, SINGLE come riding in on a contagious new synthetic rhythm that brings Jamaica together with Chicago. The ragamuffin and the blues unite in an incredibly natural way that is made stronger by the pop spirit that always fills their productions. In the best Jamaican tradition, the B-side of this vinyl single (the original pop format, which gives privilege to the songs and pays homage to the sound systems) is a dub version of the title track, in which Ibon Errazkin’s genius is even more noticeable. This is live, advanced and tremendously modern pop. Different from everything else, but without losing its familiarity.

For the occasion, SINGLE asked the very Mr. Shoji to make the video-clip for the song name after him. Mr. Shoji is no other than Japanese DJ Rootsseker, who has been living in Spain for s [ Read more ]

Don’t miss the EXCLUSIVE MYSPACE concert [2 songs from the album / 1 new song / Alex’s comments]

COOPER presents their new album, AEROPUERTO, live on Myspace in a small, exclusive space where they will play two songs from the album, HYDE PARK and EN EL SOFÁ, as well as one totally new song, MI UNIVERSO. Enjoy the video on Cooper’s Myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/cooperartist  [ Read more ]

Elefant has the privilege of finally releasing the debut album of LA BIEN QUERIDA, the stage name of Ana Fernández-Villaverde. It is one of the most anticipated albums of Spanish indie-pop in recent years due to the enormous impression that her demo made, both in the press (chosen best of 2007 by Mondo Sonoro and highlighted by Rockdelux) and with the public (her myspace page, with more than 125,000 listens, is one of the most visited pages for an artist who hasn’t released an album). Even among other musicians (not only are J from LOS PLANETAS, David from BEEF and LA BUENA VIDA fans, Antonio Luque of SR CHINARRO even lent her his band in her first concerts. LA BIEN QUERIDA recorded “Romancero” with David Rodríguez (BEEF), fitting the creativity that David shows in his solo project LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID with the clean sounds and sweet voice in her marvelous songs. And it’s a magical union of charming melodies with stratospheric arrangements and a unique production that mixes flamenco, Arab music, rancheras and even techno, turning every song into a small work of art, with a moving capacity to reach your heart , and lyrics that are as sincere as they are intelligent. This is, without a doubt, a disc that will make history.

Tracklist: 01. Ya no 02. Corpus christi 03. De momento abril 04. Adn 05. 9.6 06. Cuando lo intentas 07. El zoo absoluto 08. 7 medidas de seguridad 09. Bendita 10. Santa fe 11. Los estados generales 12. Golpe de estad [ Read more ]

CORAZÓN are Carlos López (vocals) and Nando Quesada (vocals, guitar and programs), a romantic and melancholy pop duo that made us fall in love with them in 2005 with their superb debut “Melodrama”. Their second album demonstrates a solid maturity. “Nuevo Futuro” shines with the fantastic production of Ibon Errazkin, who is responsible for other classic albums on the Elefant label like NOSOTRÄSH’s “Popemas”, Carlos Berlanga’s “Impermeable”, ANA D’s “Satelite 99” or the albums of SINGLE and LE MANS. Additionally, there are stellar collaborations from Teresa Iturrioz (SINGLE) and Malela Durán (NOSOTRÄSH, GRANDE-MARLASKA) on the choruses, or Rafael Guillermo of POP TOPS on the piano. Errazkin achieves a jeweled masterpiece with varied and distinct sounds and original textures, looking for spaces to make the songs special with details and extraordinary arrangements. But the best thing about the album are the twelve superb songs. The compositions are outside the limits of any one style, they are full of elegance and good taste – delicious pop with charming harmonies that could sound like standard light music with someone else’s voice. It’s all feeling, with beautiful and sincere lyrics. CORAZÓN dares to make classic melodic pop, bolero-pop and sentimental melodrama; they reinvent the artistic spirit of VAINICA DOBLE with their own originality a [ Read more ]

“I don’t think airports are transient places. For me, they are a starting point and a final destination. Origin and destination. Start and finish. The beginning of an adventure, that seems full of feelings and experiences to still to discover, or the end of the road, that asks you to go over everything you’ve experienced since you started out. I like to think that this album is like that: a one-way ticket for those who don’t already know COOPER and also a photo album to look back over these last years for those who have traveled with us”. This is how Alex Díez explains the title of the new album, third as COOPER, but really there’s a lot more to it than just a new point of inflection: this is an impeccable collection of songs, carved out of singles (how the great pop albums are made), singles that habitually topped the sales lists (“Lemon Pop” was at the top of the AFYVE lists), as well as the story of five years in the career of one of the most important artists on the Spanish scene. Which is to say nothing about the four new songs that the man who was the spotlight of LOS FLECHAZOS gives us here: “Hyde Park” might be the most direct and uncontestable hit that Alejandro has written since COOPER began, with a chorus that gets just as easily into our subconscious (get ready to wake up whistling it every morning) as it does into our hips (soon to be played in all the bars); “El Sueño” i [ Read more ]

The events that Elefant is organizing to celebrate our 20th anniversary as a record label this 2009 are beginning. And pay attention because this first date is going to have a lot to lure you in with. This coming Friday, March 27th, in the Ocho y Medio club in Madrid, we can enjoy the cocktail of incredible offers that will make the night one of the must deliciously fun nights for everyone there. And we’ve got so many reasons to say that.

The night will begin at 22:00 with the projection of the latest Elefant video-clips. And as if there weren’t already enough reasons to arrive swiftly and promptly, the first 100 people to arrive will be given SPEEDMARKET AVENUE limited edition 7” singles in delicious colored vinyl.

A few days ago we talked about the incredible success of the second album of the Swedish group SPEEDMARKET AVENUE, “Way Better Now”, whose songs have been chosen as single of the week by media and journalists as important as Steve Lamacq (many say he’s John Peel’s successor) or Radio Q (the well-known Q magazine’s radio media). Well, they’ll finally be playing in Madrid on this first spring Friday, confirming their status as one of the most attractive groups from the international indie panorama. Sharing the stage with SPEEDMARKET AVENUE, and opening the show, LES TRES BIEN ENSEMBLE will present the songs from the precious and marvelous second album, “Rougeole”.

And after the concerts there ar [ Read more ]

Saturday, 4th AprilElefant PartyCola Jet Set + Guille Milkyway Dj + Zipper-CremalleraMadridtime: 22:00 price: 10 adv / 12 doors [Tick Tack Ticket, FNAC, Carrefour]Sala El SolJardines 3 [ Read more ]