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James will be performing ‘Moving Up Country’ in it’s entirety with a 5-piece band – as well as a selection of other classics – in the beautiful surroundings of Reading Minster of St Mary’s, to celebrate the re-release of the album in a special anniversary addition.

Tickets £12 in advance, £15 on the door

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Label founder, King Creosote, will headline the night – performing solo, and with a few special guests. With a back catalogue of over 40 albums, including the Mercury and Scottish Album of the Year Award nominated Diamond Mine, the set list is sure to include favourites old and new.

Support comes from King Creosote’s right hand man, The Pictish Trail who’ll be performing an eclectic mix of songs from his forthcoming album, Secret Soundz Vol.2, with a full band.

Opening will be Glasgow’s own Randolph’s Leap a new addition to the Fence fold, who will be releasing an EP on the label later in the year.

Buy your tickets well in advance as it is sure to be a sell out!

Barbarossa will perform a full live set, with support from fellow Fencer, Rozi Plain.

ADVANCE TICKETS – are currently £7.50 each.  This will go up to £8 next week. Tickets will be £10 on the door (subject to availability).

PRE-ORDER:  This E.P. will be shipped out to subscribers for 12th June 2012.  You can also pre-order the 7″ vinyl individually, for release on 12th June 2012.  All copies will come with a download voucher.

Following the release of EP’s by Withered Hand and Delifinger, Fife’s Fence Records are chuffed to announce that the third title in the Chart Ruse series is by London-based singer-songwriter James Mathé, aka Barbarossa.  James has been a member of the Fence Collective for awhile now – he has played countless Fence shows (Home Game, Away Game, Eye O’ the Dug amongst others), and his debut album Chemical Campfires was released on the label, preceded by the mini-album Sea Like Blood. Having toured around the globe as a member of Black Ghosts, and as part of Johnny Flynn’s band, Barbarossa has returned to writing and performing his own material.

Barbarossa’s output was previously quite folky, centred around an acoustic guitar – but the sound is now shaped by Casio keyboards, vintage synths and old drum machines. Accompanied by Ben Brown on drums and Adam Beach on bass, Barbarossa is now an immaculately sleek, soul pop machine!

The A-side of the new E.P. was recorded to tape at Analogue Catalogue – an all analogue studio, located just outside Manchester – as part of a full album session.  Fellow singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adem Ilhan (Fridge, Silver Columns, Adem) produced and mixed the tracks.

Opening number, ‘Butterfly Plague’, is as catchy as it is atmospheric – where fluttering synths escape, and dance around a mesmeric chorus. The accompanying video is equally hypnotic. Starring Zawe Ashton (Vod from Channel 4’s Fresh Meat), it captures the song’s haunting psychedelic feel, and marks the stunning directorial debut of James’ partner, actress and film-maker Montserrat Lombard.

On the B-side, James has home-recorded a new version of ‘Stones’. This incredible song featured on the hit US sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and has subsequently accrued hundreds of thousands of views across various YouTube clips.

The E.P. is completed with a remix by The Atlas Mountains of the title track. The Atlas Mountains are band members of François Marry, the most recent signing to Domino Records, and a fellow Fence Records affiliate.  The remix revolves around James’ vocal, and gives the whole song a more gritty R’n’B touch.