No floppy discs here! Thanks to SpinGrey for adding 'In Your Neighbourhood' to their Workaholic playlist. ⏲️

Hear 'In Your Neighbourhood' on this independent Spotify playlist featuring a lot of my favourite musicians, such as Grandaddy, Jane Weaver & other musical gems! 

In good company with Sébastien Tellier and St. Vincent on this excellent, independently-curated Daily Fresh Finds 2017 Spotify playlist. 

Thrilled that ‘In Your Neighbourhood’ has been added to the Fresh Finds: Hiptronix playlist on Spotify, alongside lots of other excellent electronic music! 

Give it a follow and a listen now.

The digital pre-order for ‘Gilded Cage’ is now up on Amazon, Bandcamp, Google Play and iTunes. Alternatively, you can join me in my corner of Spotify and be notified when the album is released.

For the turntablers amongst you, there will also be a very limited edition vinyl version available to pre-order soon (with free download). More updates on that here as I get them.

Written and performed by Roberta Fidora, except In Your Neighbourhood, written by Roberta Fidora and Andrew E. Wright.

Additional performances by Mike James, Grace James and P.J.E. Davy. Recorded, produced and mixed by Deluxe Flamingos and Roberta Fidora. Mastered at Stardelta Mastering, with thanks to the Mike Howley Trust on the Isle of Wight. Art direction and photography by Rob Luckins.

Deluxe Flamingos:  deluxeflamingos.bandcamp.com
P.J.E. Davy:  www.pjedavy.com
Rob Luckins:  www.welcometothedarkslide.co.uk 

‘In Your Neighbourhood’ is released today and is the first single from second album ‘Gilded Cage’, co-produced with Deluxe Flamingos.

Available to download or stream now on Amazon, Apple Music/iTunes, Bandcamp, Google Play, Spotify and YouTube.

Ahead of the release of single ‘In Your Neighbourhood’ this Friday (06.10.2017), I’ve designed a few Curxes x Mercht t-shirts featuring The Captain, Flamingo (constructed by Mitchel Wang) and Herman the Cat from the accompanying video. 

They’re available online for a very limited time and you can browse all of the designs here. Mercht also offer worldwide shipping options so you you can be part of the neighbourhood wherever you are.

P. S. If you’re a Bandcamp paid subscriber who’d like to purchase a tee - please drop me a line and I’ll still honour the physical merch discount by email once the tees are posted. Thanks!

Live dates in your neighbourhood with Blancmange? Watch the hillside to find out more.

For fans of David Bowie, The KLF, Can, Popol Vuh, Blancmange and electronic musicians who hang out in television repair shops for fun, the new MOJO magazine is in shops now (and the CD is phenomenal too).

Photograph by @zomtographer.

Ahead of the release of ‘Gilded Cage’, I chatted to DOPECAUSEWESAID about my shattered Tim Cappello dreams, embracing the spooky and making a record with friends. Visit their excellent site to find out more.

From across the pond, DOPECAUSEWESAID shared their thoughts on the cinematography and themes of ‘In Your Neighbourhood’ and you can read them here. A large plateful of thanks to them!

Here’s The Captain, dropping in to give a big thank you to the Brooklyn-based Vehlinggo, who had this to say about ‘In Your Neighbourhood’.

Here’s another view of the neighbourhood, put together by @zomtographer and myself for the opening titles of ‘In Your Neighbourhood’. Much like the Isle of Wight currently, it looks like it might be about to rain.

When I was a kid, I used to make my own dollhouse furniture. Now I'm a luthier for finger puppets.

This is a miniature replica of a 1960s Hagstrom Futurama bass, which is played by one of the finger puppets in the @zomtographer-directed video for new song ‘In Your Neighbourhood’. All of the instruments in the video were constructed using beer mats, dressmaker pins, wooden skewers and cocktail sticks, then painted with acrylics.

On new neighbourhoods and ‘In Your Neighbourhood’, via The Most Radicalist (with thanks to HLMX).

Thanks to Robin at Breaking More Waves blog for his kind words about new video ‘In Your Neighbourhood’. High five the band to read them.

A few of the amazing props from the ‘In Your Neighbourhood’ video. To see them flickering in all of their bright and gaudy glory, you can watch the video via YouTube.

'In Your Neighbourhood’ is the first single taken from second album ‘Gilded Cage’ and the song is co-written with Andrew E. Wright, formerly of The Strange Death of Liberal England.

Back in the neighbourhood, with thanks to Faded Glamour!

Obsolete technology, a puppet band and a familiar figure.

'In Your Neighbourhood' (6.10.2017) is the first single taken from forthcoming album 'Gilded Cage' (released digitally 20.10.2017).

Directed by Rob Luckins.

Never sit too close to the screen. ‘Gilded Cage’ is set for digital release on October 20th 2017 via Apple Music, Bandcamp, Spotify and all good digital stores (special limited edition vinyl release date TBC). 

If you’re looking mournfully across a hillside, waiting for ‘Gilded Cage’ to arrive, then I have a short but hopefully exciting update for you. Hold on to those binoculars.

Firstly, I’ve decided to move the digital release date ever-so-slightly (to the 20th October 2017), but there is a very good reason for this. I’m thrilled to say that I have received some much welcome funding from The Mike Howley Trust on the Isle of Wight, which means that the album will be getting a vinyl release! With that in mind, I’ll be setting up a pre-order page very soon on Bandcamp (subscribers get 20% off the record price). However, if you are well versed in clouds and streams, you can join me on Spotify or Apple Music and that’s alright too.

Also, some advice whilst you’re out in the wilds. Be alert for bears and don’t venture out near the log cabins or chalets.
 

Just sailing back to Ryde after a day of album-bending with @pjedavy in Brighton. Nobody gets to go home until the songs are as creepy as this sailor. ⚓️⛴

In Brighton mixing 'Gilded Cage' after a hearty breakfast*.

*Yes, it's sugary rock.

This autumn, I’ll be crossing the sea to join Blancmange for live dates in Brighton, Bristol, London and Southampton. Get hold of your tickets by clicking on the links below:

October 5th 2017 - Concorde 2, Brighton, UK

October 6th 2017 - 229 The Venue, London, UK

October 20th 2017 - 1865, Southampton, UK

November 2nd 2017 - The Fleece, Bristol, UK

Pudding on the ritz and sharing this excellent photograph by Aleksandra Kingo, because I’m delighted to once again be sharing a stage with Blancmange, this time on the 20th October 2017 at The 1865 in Southampton. Tickets available here.