THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 8: JACK ADAPTOR

Posted on December 20, 2014 by admin

On the eighth day of Christmas, 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE AND A FREE DOWNLOAD FROM JACK ADAPTOR!

Here’s Fred and Christopher with a little Christmas message for you!

A Christmas gift from Jack Adaptor

Jack Frost may be nipping at your toes but here come Jack Adaptor with a little track to warm you up on these wintry days.

To download the track just enter your details below…

EXPLORE THE WORLD OF JACK ADPATOR!

JACK ADAPTOR – J’ACCUSE! THE ALBUM

Jack Adaptor - J'Accuse!

Jack Adaptor’s new album, J’Accuse!, is available now on CD, LP and Download.
Order your copy now at the 3 Loop Music Shop and get an exclusive, signed copy.

J’ACCUSE!

1. Number One Record
2. Get It Right First Time
3. The Circle
4. If Not Now, When
5. Zodiac Bones
6. Paper Thin
7. V.U.
8. Wall Builders
9. Antonin Artaud

Click here for all the details on J’Accuse!

Praise for J’Accuse!
“If you can’t find anything to enjoy on J’Accuse, you’re not listening carefully enough”
Backseat Mafia – 8/10

“An album that has left the past behind, and expanded its horizons. Indie is not the world.
You might not know and might not care that these songs share a creator with former indie chart hits like “River of Diamonds” and “Steamroller”, it’s great to hear old voices doing new things, and doing them this well, with a freshness and intelligence.”
Record Rewind Play – 8.5/10

“J’Accuse! is turning out to be something rather special”
Andrew Collins

“a rare beast; an album that bears repeated listening, that doesn’t treat you like an eight year old, that demands you come and meet it half-way. J’Accuse! is intelligent pop music with suss which maintains that there is still something of worth to be done with that form of expression… why is no-one else doing this?”
Louder Than War

“erudite, eclectic and enormously enjoyable… one of those all-too-rare quietly triumphant records; confident, fun, adult, fully formed and self contained.”
The Mouth Magazine

“there’s no doubting J’Accuse! is a mighty accomplished piece of work”
Isolation Records

NEW RELEASE: Christopher Cordoba

Posted on December 15, 2014 by admin

“I often said that there isn’t a better unknown guitarist in London than Chris Cordoba and I stand by this. His combination of toughness in tone and his street-wise approach is contrasted with his fluidity, elegance and technical bravado. He’s got blues, jazz, NY downtown experimental, glam, no wave, new wave, new age wrapped around his fingers. Here we have an artist whose ability of self-expression has pushed the world of guitar into new territory…” Max Vanderolf, LMS

CHRISTOPHER CORDOBA – US POOR HUMANS

Order Christopher Cordoba - Us Poor Humans

Us Poor Humans is Christopher Cordoba’s third collection of instrumental music and is again charged with imagination, intrigue and emotion. It is a dynamic, filmic collection, which morphs seamlessly from genre to genre while being very much a singular statement. Cordoba seems totally in control of the contrasts of shade and light in his music, giving us just enough information to settle on before we are introduced to another dizzying guitar line, sweet synthesizer or intriguing mood.

Touchpoints of the album include Jaga Jazzist, John Foxx, Steve Reichian, Spike Jonze, Kraftwerk, Tortoise, Jim O’Rourke, EST and even Jackie Mittoo meeting Georgie Fame. These pull together to form an set of 13 tracks each of which could be the soundtrack to a film. And someone should make the films these songs deserve.

Order the album now on CD or Download at the 3 Loop Music store – click here

“a determinedly intelligent listen… Christopher Cordoba has a gimlet eye and a magpie ear for bits and pieces of sound which fit wonderfully well together to create something unexpected.” Louder Than War

STOP, LOOK, LISTEN

NEW RELEASE: Jack Adaptor

Posted on August 24, 2014 by admin

Jack Adaptor

Twenty years after the demise of independent rock favourites The Family Cat, singer and lyricist Paul “Fred” Frederick returns with a new record.

J’Accuse! is his latest recording as Jack Adaptor, a duo with songwriting partner Christopher Cordoba, Fred wrote the lyrics and sings the songs and Chris provides most of the instruments, production and mixing skills. It is released on CD, Download and limited edition 180g vinyl LP (includes MP3 download code) on 13th October 2014.

Fans of The Family Cat will recognize the vocal style and find joy in the sophisticated songwriting of Frederick and Cordoba, from up-tempo indie rockers like Number One Record (a tribute to Alex Chilton and Big Star) to atmospheric, genre-defying songs such as V.U. (check out the unpeeled banana!).

Fred refers to J’Accuse! as “a distillation of 20 years thinking about music and the kind of record I really wanted to make. Now I feel I really have something to say and the musicians to give it life”.

Tracklist
1. Number One Record
2. Get It Right First Time
3. The Circle
4. If Not Now, When
5. Zodiac Bones
6. Paper Thin
7. V.U.
8. Wall Builders
9. Antonin Artaud

Order J’Accuse! at the 3 Loop Music store.

The word on the street…
“there’s no doubting that J’Accuse! is a mighty accomplished piece of work” Isolation Records

“an album full of quality songwriting” No Crowdsurfing

“J’Accuse! is turning out to be something rather special” Andrew Collins

“erudite, eclectic and enormously enjoyable… one of those all-too-rare quietly triumphant records” The Mouth Magazine

“refreshing sunny side up two step buzz bleached power pop deceptively shimmying its way on the blind side through your defences” The Sunday Experience

“intelligent pop music with suss which maintains that there is still something of worth to be done with that form of expression… why is no-one else doing this?” Louder Than War