Various - Tropical BritxoticaWelcome my exotic friend to another dazzling trip into the most peculiar and engaging of British musical genres, Britxotica! For this third amazing voyage we sail you to the South Seas, the very epicenter of exotic influences, styles and sounds. As usual, Martin Green has outdone himself, and throughout the process of putting this album together we began with a very rough tracklist. Martin would then come over to mine on a weekly basis dressed in a

The deluxe LP comes with a 24 page 12‰۝ booklet containing a full and extended essay by Stewart Lee with notes and annotations from Shirley Collins

Floral Tributes

The album earned the #1 spot on iTunes Electronic chart

reminiscent of some forgotten Japanese animation soundtrack or a rusting Commodore 64 just about to give up the ghost

It all adds up to a remarkable record by one of our most cherished musicians - a musical polymath as at ease on stage with the Manchester Camerata (where he performed 'If

Signing to Rough Trade in the early 80s

with others in tow

despite opening with a swinging number that is

Formed from the core of guitarist Max Kakacek and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich

not Exile On Main Street

Sandra (When The Earth Dies)

‰Û÷Don‰۪t Ever Change‰۪ and ‰Û÷So Long‰۪