Brighton’s Jane Bartholomew is a pure talent who creates delicately crafted songs of quiet unimaginable beauty with the subtle precision of a surgeon’s knife. Making use of a travelling string section to powerfully compliment her voice, sparse piano and acoustic guitar, Jane’s music is elegant, hypnotic, and totally enthralling.

Deeply introspective, Jane Bartholomew’s music is a juxtaposition of the fragile beauty of her delicate vocal delivery and heart-wrenchingly beautiful piano and string arrangements against the dark and sombre lyrical output of Jane’s work. Her music is like a warm and comforting open fire yet with the dark and destructive qualities fire carries with it.

Drawing influence from Stina Nordenstam, Joanna Newsom, Nico and true Bristish folk originals such as Vashti Bunyan, Jane Batholomew is the new wave of delicate and life defining ‘true’ Bristish folk.

‘Captivating and delightful, dark minimalism’, Rolling stone.

‘A quirky elfin edge you'd associate with Joanna Newsom’, Norman records.

‘Like some sepia tweaked flashback tenderly tip toeing amid sensual string figurines’. Losing Today

You can find Jane Bartholomew on MySpace and her official site.

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Jane Bartholomew - Morning Songs

OIB022 | 9 Tracks
Joan and May / Happy / Goodbye, Hello / In Your Hands / Seventeen / Your Ghost / High and Low / How Am I
CD / Download
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Self recorded on a shoestring budget, 'Morning Songs' is a dark collection of sparse folk songs that circulate around the themes of love, loss, hurt, desire, fear and hope. It's a brave and incredibly honest introspective body of work that exposes jane at her barest, a mature record that emotionally draws you into Jane's world, providing new angles and experiences with every listen

Having been previously self-released on her own imprint 'Black Eye Recordings', One Inch Badge will be re-releasing her debut album in an all new digipak sleeve, with hand-written lyric sheet, for audiences around the world to fall in love with this rare true talent.

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Various Artists feat. Jane Bartholomew - Fiery Son

OIB023 | 18 Tracks
The Sticks – Night of Pleasure / Pope Joan – Ground is Shaky / Nullifier – Burn Up on Re-Entry / Hind Ear – Coconut / Us Baby Bear Bones – Encore to a Fictional Idea / Sons of Noel and Adrian – Black Side of the River / The Hornblower Brothers – Mossy Epitaph / Curly hair – Pumpkin Eye / Jane Bartholomew – Fiery Son / Stuart Warwick – Advice to married Women Vol.1 / Salter Cane – Sorrow / Birdengine – No Arms and No Friends / Crowns on the Rats Orchestra – The Markov Charade / Markov Parade / Soccer 96 – California / illness – the Guardian / Cold Pumas – Proof of Man / Drum Eyes – Future Police / The Squadron Leaders – Sad Song
CD
£4.99
Released 31st January 2011 OIB Webstore // 25th July 2011 in stores Worldwide - No digital release available

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Time has come to spread the good word of the Brighton scene to the wider world and with that in mind we present ‘SEA MONSTERS’, a comprehensive collection of the 18 most vital and engaging bands on the Brighton Scene right now. It’s a multi-genre showcase of just how wide Brighton’s musical spectrum is, and a love-letter to the town that allows this type of shenanigan to thrive.

Across the 18 tracks you’ll hear the cool surf-rock of The Squadron Leaders and the Sticks; the slick pop perfection of Pope Joan and Nullifier; the enveloping folk-noir of Sons of Noel and Adrian and Birdengine; the 8-bit brutality of Drum Eyes and Soccer96; and the harsh garage rock of Illness and Cold Pumas; alongside a whole host of other artists and genres.

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