Name: Beautiful Thing
Brand: Alexis Taylor

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Bonus disc: No

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wiglp403

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Double 180 Gram Heavyweight Black Vinyl with Printed Inner Sleeves and Download.

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-04-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0887828040315

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

wigcd403

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CD with 8 page lyrics and artwork booklet.

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0887828040322

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Alexis Taylor

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Domino

Alexis Taylor is a singer and multi-instrumentalist born in London on April 20, 1980. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitar/keyboard player of the band Hot Chip.
With his unique blend of electronic and indie pop, Alexis Taylor has captivated audiences around the world. His soulful vocals and masterful instrumental skills have made him a standout performer in the music industry.
In addition to his work with Hot Chip, Alexis Taylor has collaborated with other notable artists such as Joe Goddard, The 2 Bears, and Damon Albarn. His musical style draws inspiration from a diverse range of genres including disco, synth-pop, and folk.

Domino is an independent label founded in Putney, South West London by *a694357* and his partner Jacqui Rice in 1993. The label initially focused on American acts such as *Sebadoh*, *Pavement* or *Royal Trux* before signing British acts in the late '90s.

The label operates a US division, located in Brooklyn, which output was initially identified by its own catalogue number schemes, DOMUS then DNO (used until 2013), when the releases handled by the UK headquarters are identified by WIG (albums) and RUG (singles and EPs) catalogue numbers.

The company operating the label, *Warp Records*, diversified, establishing a publishing arm and a series of labels (*Double Six Recordings*, *Weird World Record Co.*, *Rephlex*, ...).

Alexis Taylor releases a new album on Domino. It is a very new, very individualist and – yes – very beautiful reflection of a life that's changed immeasurably since Alexis first started out in music. This is a musician, writer and singer who has carved his own unique path through the music of the 21st century, completely avoiding getting trapped along the way in dumb oppositions of pop vs avant-garde, dancefloor vs intellect, retro vs modernist and so on. He has worked with living legends from major pop stars to free improvisors in the furthest left field, played huge arenas and tiny clubs without ever privileging one over the other, and through all of it, never stopped listening and learning. All of this accumulated experience is put to work on Beautiful Thing in pursuit of something subtle and elusive but ultimately quite profound and beautifully human. Taylor’s fourth album also represents the first time Alexis has made a solo album with a producer, that producer being Tim Goldsworthy, co-founder of Mo Wax and DFA Recordings and member of UNKLE. The record is a bold and confident step forward for Alexis both sonically and in terms of his songwriting abilities. It has electronic thrills, dark spaces, memories of dancefloors, heartfelt writing; it's composed, it's improvised, it's accidental, it's strange, but it's also very immediate. It is a beautiful thing itself: a moving, modern and unique sounding long-player, to get lost in on repeated deep listens.

CD - With 8 page lyrics and artwork booklet.

2LP - Double 180 Gram Heavyweight Black Vinyl with Printed Inner Sleeves and Download.

2LP+ - Double 180 Gram Heavyweight Orange Vinyl with Printed Inner Sleeves and Download and three bonus tracks: Distance Between Us, Moral Dream and 2/15.