NAIM COLLECTED_01: A NEW BREED OF COMPILATION

NAIM COLLECTED_01: A NEW BREED OF COMPILATION

Collected_01 is the first in a new breed of compilation, showcasing some of Naim's favourite recordings from the last few years. As the new look successor to the popular Naim Sampler series, now almost twenty years old, Collected_01 boasts the broadest range of styles to date including everything from jazz to art-pop, indie rock and electronica. Find out a little more about the tracks below. This outstanding anthology is encapsulated by beautiful cover artwork by Tom Hingston, whose creative credits include seminal imagery for the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Nick Cave and Grace Jones. 

Ahead of official release on 11^th May, Collected_01 is exclusively available to download in Hi Def for only £9.99 (14.99€/$15.99) from Naim here.

To celebrate the release, Naim have produced a Limited edition of 1000 hand numbered double 180gm LPs of Collected_01 (includes Hi Def download code). Pre-order the 180gm 2LP or standard CD version here.

(The first 50 LPs pre-sold will receive numbers 1-50!).

		Crying On Land - Pylo - naimcd194 Who ever said rock n' roll is dead? Pylo are the British guitar band set to bring balance to the airwaves with their brave, bright and beautiful amalgamation of everything that is great about real contemporary music.
		La Porte - Neil Cowley Trio - naimcd171 Following his legendary performance on the multi-platinum selling '21' by Adele, this album shows off Cowley's own dazzling compositions and pure audacious melodies. Cowley creates thrilling music defined by powerful rip-roaring riffs punctuated by passages of sheer delicacy.
		Toujours - Sabina - naimcd198 Sabina Sciubba is a multi-lingual artist whose music transcends both space and time. Across no less than five different languages, her debut solo album Toujours is a compelling, intimate, narcotic dreamscape you might call The Parisienne Velvet Underground and Nico, with a surprising sense of humour.
		Hollow Eyes - Phantom Limb - naimcd166 The Pines is the Bristolian country-soul phenomenon's eagerly-awaited comeback, produced by Marc Ford of the Black Crowes, channeling two years of relentless touring with acts as diversly heralded as Rumer, The Avett Brothers, the late great Solomon Burke, Candi Staton and The Stax band.
		Home To You (Feat. Marc O'Reilly) - Kairos 4tet - naimcd191 Everything We Hold is Kairos 4tet's third album and first recording for Naim Jazz. Home To You, directed by Homeland star Rupert Friend, is a bid to push the boundaries of his own creativity. Waldmann explores in great depth the art of song, deserving the praise 'Hidden Gem of 2013' by The Observer.
		Dirty Bird - Huey And The New Yorkers - naimcd180 Huey, frontman of the Fun Loving Criminals and BBC broadcaster, creates a bold, beautiful, poignant, profoundly authentic old-school rock 'n' roll blast, his baritone croon now giving Tom Waits a considerable run for his tobacco-flavoured money. It's a New York Blues bonanza packed full with songs about the human condition.
		OC DC - Get The Blessing - naimcd170 ‘OC DC' is summed up crisply by bass player Jim Barr: "OC DC is when you flip between being obsessive compulsive...and not", a fitting summary of GTB musing over jazz traditions whilst wrestling the inner rock n' roll beast which has previously labelled them ‘punk-jazz' by the media, winning them a BBC Jazz Award.
		Strom - Trichotomy - naimcd186 Over the course of two compelling albums for Naim Jazz they have carved out a reputation as one of the most exicting trios in contempoary jazz combining the lyricism of EST and the energy levels of The Bad Plus while nonetheless finding their own unique voice.
		Going Home - Sons Of Kemet - naimcd195 Winning the 2013 MOBO for Best Jazz Act, this is a curiously addictive album that manages to appeal to both heart and mind, there is little to compare it with. Instead, Burn feels like that rare thing, an exciting new sound that somehow worms its way into your brain and won't let go.
		Sinas - Grigori - naimcd192 This Essex born singer-songwriter and producer creates sharp and immediate music, soulful pieces of electronic music which draw from the metronomic sensibilities and glitch culture of electronic production, drawing comparisons to Bon Iver and the likes of Jamie Woon and SOHN.
		What Is Beauty (Live) - Stuart McCallum - naimcd185 Stuart McCallum released his acclaimed Naim debut album of ambient jazz-electronica, the Mancunian's distinctive and ethereal guitar playing headlines this new long player ‘Distilled Live'; captured live during the 40-date European tour that succeeded the release of his studio album ‘Distilled'.
		Simple Things - Empirical - naimcd168 The Guardian commented that "Empirical have become fascinating and fearless" and this track from Elements of Truth is no exception. Multi-award winners Empirical, dubbed by the Daily Telegraph as "the coolest of Britain's young jazz bands", make the most relevant UK post-bop for decades - Fact.
		Lay Lady Lay - Barb Jungr - naimcd179 The album Stockport To Memphis is a metaphorical journey, not just Barb's own route through life but that of others, including her own parents' escape to the UK from war-torn Europe. True to form, this is a world-class re-interpretation of a Bob Dylan classic in 'Lay Lady Lay'.
		Call Me Faithful - Marc Ford - naimcd200 Former Black Crowes lead-guitarist Marc Ford and his outstanding new album, dubbed by Maverick as 'the finest release of the Americana genre of 2014', will delight a legion of admirers who never knew he could embrace the wide open spaces of American roots music so brilliantly.