We’re incredibly chuffed with the news that Diamond Mine, the collaborative album from Fence Records founder King Creosote, and fellow Fence Collective member Jon Hopkins, has been nominated for the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize !

Released earlier this year, on Double Six – an imprint of Domino Records - Diamond Mine has been a huge hit with critics and Fence fans alike.  With instrumental moments as affecting as the lyrical, the album consists of newly interpreted obscure delights plucked from 20 years of King Creosote’s treasure chest of a back catalogue. Intended to be heard as a single experience, Diamond Mine produces a near classical suite of emotion ranging from cracked despair to patched-up euphoria.

If you don’t have a copy yet, or if you’d like to share the KC + JoJo love with your friends, then you can buy it on CD, or LP (with download codes) from the Fence Shop!

>> CLICK HERE TO BUY DIAMOND MINE NOW!

It’s a great triumph not only for KC and Jon, but for their label Domino/Double Six, and, of course, for us at Fence Records.  And, as the only Scottish act in the shortlist, it’s a great thing for Scotland too!  We’ve got a ton of other King Creosote and Jon Hopkins titles avaialable, so

The award’s prize winner is announced on Tuesday, 6th September – and Kenny & Jon will be heading out on the road immediately afterwards:

Wednesday, 7th September
Grand Old Opry, GLASGOW
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Thursday, 8th September
The Deaf Institute, MANCHESTER
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Friday, 9th September
Queen Elizabeth Hall , LONDON
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The pair will also be appearing at Leciester’s Summer Sundae festival (August 12th), and Rob Da Bank’s Bestival, on the Isle of Wight (September 10th).