New label Top5 Records is devoted to pure musical hedonism to make us discover its inexhaustible records. A world with more beauty than any single life would ever contain. A horizon with just a few albums, divinely cherished and carefully selected. Real records made by real people. The feeling that a record can change your life and open new perspectives. Top5 Records, a label that crosses the genres waiting to be besieged by its passions.
Tout entier dévolu à l'idée de pur hédonisme musical, TOP5 Records se lance corps et âme dans la quête de disques inépuisables, renfermant plus de beauté que nos vies peuvent en contenir.
A l'horizon plutôt qu'en ligne de mire : peu de sorties mais des albums choy's et choisis. C'est la conviction intime qu'un disque peut changer la vie, y ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives, l'habiter. De vrais disques avec de vrais gens dedans, vivants.
Depuis 2003, TOP5 veut être une chance pour une quête de sens. Il est question d'individus et de sentiments, d'un espace où un choix et une rencontre demeurent possibles. La culture ne s'incarne pas dans des ornements, des colifichets q'on exhibe, c'est le coeur d'une aventure personnelle à vivre, sensible dans son rapport aux autres, respectueuse des choix individuels. Le pick-up sera notre bras désarmé, ouvert aux accolades.
John Cunningham
Happy-Go-Unlucky
TOP001
Maybe more subtle than ever, the songs on "Happy-Go-Unlucky, John Cunninghams so expected newest album, show once again the incredible finesse in the melodies of the English songwriter and singer. John Cunningham offers a new set of brilliant compositions sometimes inspired by a new sense of joy but always with the same sense of untouchable sensibility
Jawhar
When Rainbows Call, My Rainbows Fly
TOP002
One fantastic strike of soulful music, amazing songwriting, magical moods of folk, jazz and world music When Rainbows Call, My Rainbows Fly sounds close to the finest soul of Bill Withers alikes, to the mesmerising abundance of Astral Weeks, the original blends of Terry Callier, the open minded musicality of Joseph Arthur, and, more than everything, the central reference is probably Nick Drake.
Paul Stuart & The Sweet Powerpack
Talks about particular generalities
TOP003
Manchester, autumn 2004. PS and the SP kiss the universe and lots of chicks in the twenty shorts songs they recorded there. Inspired by a few common passions (Takahama Kyoshis haikus, Paul Stuarts poems, Jimmy Tamborello, Jean-Pierre Léaud and The Beatles), their music could be featured on Sofia Coppolas next movie along with Air or Phoenix. Solar and misty pop in the great tradition of Northern English pop.
Major Deluxe
Skyline Society
TOP004 / Tricatel CD29
Skyline Society is freshly grooving under its acoustic and flourished mood, in the search of equilibrium between compositions and arrangements. From deep mellow soul to a shy and subtle disco sense, the squad lays a bed of néo-folk layers in a hazy cloud of Talk Talk. Probably influenced by the kinds of Lambchop, High Llamas, Jim ORourke, Elliott Smith, Beatles, Stereolab or J.J. Cale, Major Deluxe reveals a unique sound, brings a feeling of pleasure and happiness.
Superflu
La Chance
TOP005 (soon)
Top 5 Records is proud to welcome one of their favourite French bands. Their music inspired by The Tindersticks or Spain is the one that you love to see emerging from the early morning mist or the late evening parties. Nicolas Falezs talent for writing delicate Smog-like bitter songs moves us from the bottom of our hearts. Astonishingly pure shapes.
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