Chevron to release unfinished LP through Planet Mu

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  • Jonathan Valentine had help from Mike Paradinas in revisiting his 2007 album Lifeshake.
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  • Planet Mu will look into the past by finally releasing an unfinished 2007 album by Chevron, due out on February 9th. Lifeshake is part of the UK label's 20th-birthday µ20 celebration, where they intend to release never-before-heard music from their decades-long history that, for whatever reason, never made it to store shelves the first time around. Chevron, real name Jonathan Valentine, was a regular appearance on Planet Mu in the early 2000s. Lifeshake was meant to be the follow-up to his 2005 full-length Everything's Exactly The Same. The files "languished on [Valentine]'s hard drive," according to the press release, but over the past few months, label boss Mike Paradinas AKA µ-Ziq helped him "put together an approximation of how the finished album would have sounded." The record comprises music that Valentine made between 2002 and 2007. Inspired by the Prodigy and that band's own set of influences (which he cites as The Specials, Rasmus and Kool Keith), the LP touches on a number of sounds and styles, including the then-emergent threads of grime and dubstep. Lifeshake features vocals from Valentine himself and Brian Greene, along with Chris Cook playing sitar and spots from bhangra MCs Metz and Trix. Planet Mu reports that Valentine currently is "pottering away in his central London-based studio ready for more releases this year." You can stream clips over at the label's website. Tracklist 01. The Ballad Of Rave 02. Soul Cellar 03. Lyrical Dungeon 04. Sitari ST 05. Bangalore Torpedoes 06. Gravitas 07. Shimoda 08. Free 09. Breytingar 10. Elizabeth I 11. Unstoppable Bullshit 12. Sex Knives 13. Guilt Without Reason 14. Luton Airport Parkway Planet Mu will release Lifeshake on February 9th, 2015.
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