The Diamond Field album is now available in New Zealand on LP and CD from select retailers via our NZ distributor Rhythmethod. We are happy to have the album available there since it has a big New Zealand connection. Limited quantities are available!
NZ customers can order online or in store from:
Marbecks Records
JB Hi-Fi
Flying Out
Mighty Ape
Real Groovy Records
Diamond Field on YouTube
The Diamond Field album was featured on a couple of prominent YouTube channels recently.
The wonderful Melinda Murphy featured the album on her awesome vinyl collecting YouTube channel and the album made a sneaky appearance on The Professor Of Rock’s album rack! How cool!
Check out and subscribe to both of these channels if you love great music!
Diamond Field LPs Now Available!
The Diamond Field album is now available on LP from Sofa King Vinyl.
The limited edition LP is pressed on hot pink vinyl, housed in a poly-lined inner sleeve, and comes with a 12”x24” double-sided insert with liner notes and lyrics.
Limited edition CD and cassette also available and can be purchased from Sofa King Vinyl
Diamond Field Album Updates
Album review by Graham Reid at Elsewhere:
Interview on Forever Synth
Reaction Video with Jonathan Belle:
Diamond Field Album
The Diamond Field album is out now!
Featuring 10 new songs and contributions from Cody Carpenter, Chelsea Nenni, Nik Brinkman, Belinda Bradley, Kyle Brauch, Becca Starr, Miriam Clancy, Nina Luna, Matthew J. Ruys. The Saxophone Warrior and Rodger Cunningham.
Check out some of the early reviews:
“Applied with engaging productions and arrangements, the music captures the spirit of the pioneering MTV era and classic Brat Pack movie soundtracks. Like a high tech K-Tel compilation album but from the baton of one conductor, this is perhaps the most cohesive multi-vocalist album since the only long player to date by KLEERUP which combined electro-soul, synthpop, Italo, kosmische and ambient. DIAMOND FIELD has successfully thrown in new wave, synthpop, funk, R ‘n’ B’ and AOR into one escapist pot.” – Chi Ming Lai, the Electricity Club UK 7/30/21
“The result is an eclectic wonder of a record that is masterfully unique and that can stand alone with its own perspective and amalgamation of musical DNA, transcending a plethora of genres. It gives its retro flavor, but without being too affected or too honed in on trends, paying utmost respect to dynamic, nuanced writing afforded by the wide range of Diamond Field’s influences. The complex layers in the composition and the arrangements, along with the distinctive choice of vocalists showcase a seasoned, bold musician and producer with a vision that he can call his own. All we can say is Bravo! This is a record that everyone must listen to and take notes from.” – CZARINA, Absynth.Space
Listen now on all streaming platforms and pre-order the LP and cassette from Sofa King Vinyl
Art Schop - StarGuide
The new album from Art Schop “Starguide” is out now.
I put together the artwork for this release using a cover painting by William Chajin for a CD didipak with 12 page booklet.
The music is themed on space and our interactions with it, continuing Art Schop’s body of work exploring the human condition in an avant-rock sphere.
I also shot publicity photos and produced a lyric video for the album track ‘Black Hole’.
Diamond Field - The Album
Diamond Field releases their debut album on Friday, July 30th 2021
After a run of outstanding singles, on July 30th NYC’s Diamond Field is set to release their self-titled debut album of 10 brand new songs, shimmering with the sound of the 1980s.
Diamond Field’s Andy Diamond worked on the album with vocalists and musicians from across the U.S., to Scotland and New Zealand. All fine artists in their own right, vocalists include Cody Carpenter (Ludrium, John Carpenter), Chelsea Nenni (Late Slip), Nik Brinkman (Junica, Over The Atlantic), Belinda Bradley (Selon Recliner), Kyle Brauch (MIDWAVE, Rain Rabbit), Becca Starr and Miriam Clancy, with return appearances from previous Diamond Field collaborators Nina Luna and Matthew J. Ruys. The Saxophone Warrior (Felix Pastorius’ Hipster Assassins, Fischerspooner, Lord Huron) makes a special appearance on sax, with LA’s Rodger Cunningham on guitar. Andy has also performed and recorded with many of these artists outside of Diamond Field, making the collaboration process feel like a musical family affair.
Diamond Field’s sound is inspired by ‘80s producers like Hugh Padgham (Phill Collins, The Police), Rupert Hine (Howard Jones, The Fixx) and Peter Wolf (Wang Chung, Survivor), whose production techniques mixed traditional instruments with the latest tech of the time. On Diamond Field, electric guitars, bass, and ‘real’ drums are combined with drum machines, sequencers, and synthesizers; vocals are up front and stacks of backing vocals regularly fill out the choruses.
For the songwriting, inspiration comes from many places – from ABBA to Michael Sembello, The Go Go’s to Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark. Careful attention is given to song arrangements – intros to draw you in, pre-choruses build, choruses soar, solos and middle eights keep you engaged. Hooks are everywhere and stick in your head – this is “ear worm central”! Despite the varied song styles and different vocalists, Diamond Field still feels like a cohesive album – like a compilation of pop hits, but all from one artist.
All the album’s tracks were written before the covid-19 pandemic with final mixing taking place over the course of 2020 and early 2021. By chance, many of the song lyrics deal with hope and positivity, and combined with the album’s catchy music, it makes Diamond Field an ideal soundtrack as find our way forward.
The physical release will be available on limited edition hot pink vinyl with a 12x24” insert and on high quality cassette distributed via LA-based boutique vinyl label Sofa King Vinyl. In 2019 Sofa King Vinyl released Diamond Field and Bob Haro’s ‘Won’t Compromise’ on colored 7” vinyl, the first title in Sofa King’s “Synthy Sevens” series which included 7” vinyl releases from Let Em Riot, TEEEL, Palm Lakes and Glitterwolf. Sofa King Vinyl’s previous releases include Opus Science Collective, The Motion Epic and Australia’s much loved synth duo Client Liaison.
Note: Due to increased production times, vinyl and cassette availability will be available later in 2021.
Separate masters specially for digital, vinyl and cassette were cut by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio Mastering. Boose specializes in optimal mastering for vinyl and works closely with Sofa King Vinyl on all its vinyl releases. Cassettes will be duplicated in real-time from 24bit masters.
Tracklist:
1. New Situation (with Nina Luna)
2. Bring Back Love (with Matthew J. Ruys)
3. Glowing In The Dark (with Miriam Clancy)
4. In This Moment (with Nik Brinkman)
5. Spills Like Love (with Cody Carpenter)
6. It’s Your Time (with Becca Starr)
7. A Kiss Apart (with Belinda Bradley)
8. Used To Be (with Chelsea Nenni)
9. Look To The Stars (with Kyle Brauch)
10. Out Here For Love (with Matthew J. Ruys)
Preorders for LP and cassette available now at Sofa King Vinyl
Computronic “Lost And Found”
I played bass (as Diamond Field) on two tracks on COMPUTRONIC’s new album “Lost & Found”
The soundtrack to an “imaginary movie”, “Lost and Found” is the story of Lenny, an alien searching for his wife on Earth and Tommy Skors (the defeated arcade champion character from COMPUTRONIC’s 2017 album “Even The Score”) who agrees to help him. Shootouts, laughs, car chases, robots and even roller skating make for an adventure that's out of this world!
Guest vocalists and musicians on the album are Historiaster, Becca Starr, Mike Orvis, Chad Spaz, Paula Rich, Diamond Field and Powernerd Paddy.
Voice actors are Nick Allan as Lenny, Jason Sedlar as Tommy Skors, COMPUTRONIC as Tracker, Primo The Alien as Anoola and Marc Poliquin as Bobby.
AVAILABLE NOW ON BANDCAMP AND COMING TO STREAMING SERVICES NEAR YOU SOON.
Pure Retrowave Vol. 1
Diamond Field & Rat Rios appear on this new compilation from the UK’s Aztec Records “Pure Retrowave Vol. 1”.
The album features 18 tracks from NINASunglasses Kid Oblique PARADISE WALK LGHTNNG FreeweightsSJBRAVO Phaserland ADAL Diamond Field New Arcades Neon NoxCosaquitos en Globo Knight$ Cajsa Siik Maxthor The Affirmation and Lost Outrider
David Bridie "WAKE" album out now
David Bridie's new album "Wake" is out now.
I was lucky enough to contribute some synth/keyboards to a couple of tracks on this album.
David says:
“I wanted to forge my own direction on this record, write the best songs I could, joining together all the various influences, gathering together all the musicians I have an affinity with, to come up with something that I could say I was proud of” he says. “I needed to stop being distracted, to lose myself inside the process, and make the best record I could, a record of substance.”
Check out David on the "Wake" tour in Australia, June through August.
All info on his website
Check out the video for album track 'Delegate':