FIRST WORD RECORDS www.firstwordrecords.com
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Start : 2004
Distr. : UK - Piccadilly/Kudos/Boomkat/Bleep/
US - Darla/
Style : leftfield / downtempo / jazz / electronic / hip hop / soul / funk /
hip hop / breakbeat / reggae /
First Word Records started in 2004 as a collaboration between Leeds promoter Aly
Gillani (DJ Gilla) and Sheffield DJ Andy H. The duo felt that the fertile music scene
in their corner of the UK wasn't getting the exposure it deserved and thus FW was born.
Originally releasing music from their friends and peers (kidkanevil, Homecut, The
Haggis Horns) the label has expanded over the years to include artists from across the
globe including Souleance (France), Yosi Horikawa (Japan), Tall Black Guy (US), Ross
McHenry (Australia) and Comfort Fit (Germany). Now based in London the label has now
notched up over 100 releases and built a worldwide following.
[From: Darla Records] june 10, 2014
FW 01 TOMMY EVANS/HOMECUT DIRECTIVE : Feel The Music / Come 12" .2004
The Revolution
FW 02 V / A : FIRST WORD RECORDS PRESENTS-TWO SYLLABLES CD .2004
FW 04 TODAY'S MATHEMATICS BUTTERFLY 12" 07.2005
FW 05 MIKE L : Eye Of The Storm / Hifi Meditation 12" .2006
FW 06 KIDKANEVIL : KRANIUM ROCK (FT.TESTAMENT) 12" .2006
FW 07 THE HAGGIS HORNS Hot Damn / (instr.) 7" .2006
FW 08 TODAY'S MATHEMATICS LET IT GO (REMIX EP) 12"EP 06.2006
FW 09 CEDAR GO BEYOND EP 12" .2006
FW 10 KIDKANEVIL FT.YARAH BRAVO : F.I.R.E. 12" 09.2006
FW 011 THE HAGGIS HORNS THE TRAVELLER 12" 11.2006
The Traveller // (Pt.2)
(Note : 12" , 33 1/3 RPM)
FW 12
FW 13 KIDKANEVIL PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS 2LP 05.2007
FW 14
FW 015 THE HAGGIS HORNS : Got To Lose Your Way (feat. John 12" 07.2007
McCallum) / Who's Gonna Take The Weight ?
FW 16 THE HAGGIS HORNS HOT DAMN ! LP 10.2007
FW 17 V / A TWO SYLLABLES VOL.2 12" 12.2007
FW 20 V / A TWO SYLLABLES VOL.3 12" .2008
FW 21 MIKE L : Emu Brown / The Word For This Is Cool 7" 02.2008
FW 23 KIDKANEVIL : Black Bug // When I Dig 12" 09.2008
FW 24 KIDKANEVIL BACK OFF MAN, I'M A SCIENTIST LP 10.2008
FW 26 HOMECUT I DON'T EVEN KNOW 7" 05.2009
I Don't Even Know Feat.Corinne Bailey Rae & Soweto
Kinch // Not Far To Go
FW 27 SOULEANCE LE MONDE EP 12" 06.2009
Manana / One Ster (Reedit) / Les Filles / Le Monde /
Cool FM
FW 28 6IX TOYS Voodoo People // Giggle 7" 09.2008
FW 29 HOMECUT NO FREEDOM WITHOUT SACRIFICE CD 06.2009
FW 30 V / A : 5 YEARS OF FIRST WORD MIXED BY ANDY H & GILLA CD 09.2009
FW 31 KIDKANEVIL : 17 SAMURAI-KIDKANEVIL REMIXED VOL.1 CD 07.2009
FW 32 6IX TOYS : SISTERS OF SOUL,BROTHERS OF FUNK 12" 09.2009
FW 33 KIDKANEVIL BASHO BASHO CD 01.2010
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FW 35 SOULEANCE Le Plaisir // Chemise 7" 01.2020
FW 36 MIKE-L ON A COLOMBO TIP LP.CD 11.2010
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FW 42 ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA : Crosstown Traffic / Lost In 7" 04.2010
Kinshasa
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FW 43 SOULEANCE SOUPAPE EP 12" 11.2010
Amourette / Passarinho / Automatico / Soupape / Croque
Madame / La Romance
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FW 47 KIDKANEVIL/ILLUM SPHERE/BLUE DAISY : BASHO BASHO 12" 07.2010
REMIXED REMIXED EP 1
FW 48
FW 49 THE HAGGIS HORNS Cockroach Gring / The Jerk 7" 05.2010
FW 50
FW 51 THE SIMONSOUND REVERSE ENGINEERING LP.CD 05.2010
FW 51
FW 53 ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA : s / t CD 11.2010
FW 54
FW 55 THE HAGGIS HORNS KEEP ON MOVIN' LP.CD 07.2010
FW 56 6IX TOYS : Do Your Thing // Turner & Ride (feat.Pugz 7" 04.2010
Atoms
FW 57 FRAMEWORKS VANISH EP DL 05.2012
FW 58 LOTEK : The Rudest / Still Splendid Ft.Roots Manuva 7" 05.2011
FW 60 LOTEK INTERNATIONAL RUDEBOY LP.CD 07.2011
FW 67 TALL BLACK GUY : THE RETURN OF HERE & NOW/DANCE FOREVER 7" 10.2011
FW 073 SOULEANCE LA BELLE VIE CD 04.2012
FW 77 JACK & JUKE : Ain't Nobody // 9th Wonder 7" 10.2010
FW 78 YE MIGHTY Fuse / Optimist Vs.Realist 7" 11.2011
FW 82 SOULEANCE LA GOURMANDISE EP 7" 04.2012
Scahck / La Ville Rose / Tryin'
FW 90 THANK YOU MACHINE BETWEEN THE LINES DL 10.2012
FW 92 TALL BLACK GUY 8 MILES TO MOENART LP.CD 05.2013
FW 94 ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA : Future Ancestors / Get On 7' 11.2012
The Floor
FW 96 SOULEANCE COMO EASTAN BITCHES? 7" 02.2013
FW 98 YOSI HORIKAWA : WHISPERS FROM AN ANGEL // Bubbles 7" 02.2013
FW 100 ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA : TOWARDS OTHER WORLDS LP.CD 10.2012
FW 101 TALL BLACK GUY Mon Amie De'troit 7" 05.2013
FW 102 RIOT JAZZ BRASS BAND Corn On The Cob // Paradox 7" 05.2013
FW 106 RIOT JAZZ BRASS BAND SOUSAMAPHONE CD 08.2013
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FW 108 YOSHI HORIKAWA VAPOR LP 04.2018
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FW 109 FULGEANCE & DJ SCIENTIST : MOSCOW NIGHTLIFE 7" 11.2014
1. Moscow Nightlife
2. Imperialist Monsters
3. Caucasian Wolf Dance
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FW 111 ROSS MCHENRY DISTANT OCEANS LP 10.2013
1. Intercosmos / 2. Living On Both Sides / 3. Distant Oceans Part I / 4. Distant Oceans
Part II / 5. Griffith Park / 6. Interlude I / 7. Still Life Moving Fast / 8. Stanley
Park Dream / 9. Interlude II / 10. Malmsbury Shale / 11. Prayers / 12. Lights Across
The Sky
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FW 112 SOULEANCE BROTHA EP 12" 10.2013
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FW 120 1 ESSA : THE MISADVENTURES OF A MIDDLE MAN LP 05.2014
FW 120 2 ESSA : THE MISADVENTURES OF A MIDDLE MAN CD 05.2014
1. A View From The Middle
2. The Middle Man
3. Easy
4. The World Belongs To You
5. Man Enough
6. Harder
7. Prayers Of A Non-Believer
8. Evade And Seek
9. Well Spoken
10. Nothing To Say
11. Invisible Man
12. Sorry
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FW 123 JON PHONICS WHITE NECKLE 7".DL 07.2014
7" 1. Face Of Spades
2. Wired
3. Afternoon Delite
4. Candy Coupe
DL + 5. Get It Up Ft.Rup
6. Social Influence Skit
7. Yes Ft. Yasine
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FW 124 V / A FW IS 10-SECOND CHANCE 10" 06.2014
1. The Haggis Horns Traveller Part Two (2014 Version)
2. Lotek Rebel Hifi (feat. Spikey T)
3. Souleance One Step Re-Edit
4. Tall Black Guy The Dark Streets
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FW 125 V / A FW IS 10-MOST WANTED 10" 06.2014
1. Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra : "African Kings"
2. Red "The Nuts" (Original Mix)
3. Homecut "Time Difference" (Marc Mac Remix) [feat. J-Live]
4. kidKANEVIL : "Good Morning, What's New?" (Capstone Re-version) [ft. Andreya
Triana]
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FW 126
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FW 127 SOULEANCE VEM JOGAR 7" 08.2014
1. Segrados Do Samba
2. Vem Jogar
3. Novo Mundo
4. Dum Dum
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FW 129 FULGEANCE & DJ SCIENTIST : THE SOVIET TAPE, VOL.1 LP 01.2015
1 The Soviet Tape (Intro)
2 Moscow Nightlife
3 You Know (feat. Distant Starr)
4 Liberation March (Skit)
5 Vendetta
6 Imperialist Monsters
7 Tblisi Sunset (Skit)
8 All Equal
9 From Lithuania with Love (feat. Blu & Open Mike Eagle)
10 The Spy
11 Moldavian Fall (Skit)
12 Glorious Times
13 Youth Brigade
14 Lost in Tyumen
15 Birds in Love (Skit)
16 Rubber Kalinka
17 Chelyabinsk Funk
18 Katerina
19 Outro
20 You Know (Instrumental)
21 From Lithuania with Love (Instrumental)
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FW 130
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FW 131 FRAMEWORKS TIDES LP 03.2015
1 Music Box
2 Old Friend (feat. J P Cooper)
3 A New Sun
4 Breathing Light
5 Calm the Still Night (feat. Ríoghnach Connolly)
6 Tides
7 Dawn (feat. Ríoghnach Connolly)
8 Patience
9 No Place to Hide Away (feat. J P Cooper)
10 End
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FW 135 QUIET DAWN THE FIRST DAY LP 04.2015
1. Aurora
2. New Dawn (feat. Oddisee)
3. Hold Them Close (feat. Miles Bonny)
4. The Trap
5. Grow Old, Pt. 2 (feat. Theory Hazit)
6. Golden Moments (feat. Sarah Gessler)
7. Waters II (feat. Dandy Teru)
8. Zoe (feat. Barrio)
9. Dusk (feat. Manjun)
10. After Sex
11. New Dawn (Ohmega Watts Remix) [ft. Oddisee & Catalina
Bellizzi]
12. Golden Moments (Lil' Dave Remix) [ft. Sarah Gessler]
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FW 136 V / A FW SI 10-FUTURE CLASSICS 10" 05.2015
1. Kidkanevil One For The One
2. Fulgeance & DJ Scientist : Vendetta
3. Essa LeLeLe (feat. Kashmere)
4. Quiet Dawn : Golden Moments (Souleance Remix) [ft. Sarah Gessler]
5. Frameworks : Dawn (Throwing Snow Remix) [ft. Riognach Connolly]
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FW 143 SARAH WILLIAMS WHITE OF THE NEW WORLD LP 11.2015
1 Rewind
2 Arrival
3 Rainmaker
4 Adrift
5 Dust Dreams
6 New World
7 Hum, Pt. 1
8 Hum, Pt. 2
9 Poison
10 Winter Sun
11 No Man's Land
12 Starting Ground
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FW 146 JON PHONICS LETTERS TO HOME LP 06.2016
1 It Is Happening Again
2 Slo Mo
3 Live from the Hypocrite Fest (feat. Dirty Dike)
4 Gut Splash (feat. Dressin Red & DJ Milktray)
5 Nagasaki VIP
6 Tapes & Pianos
7 Seeta
8 Cleaver Hands
9 Exotic Wall Furnishings
10 Sunshine Emoji
11 P_O_V (My Shame) [feat. Dressin Red]
12 PPLPERSON (feat. Lee Scott)
13 Ka$h Money
14 Cheatin' (feat. M9)
15 Cotton Wool
16 Black Russian
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FW 151 CD TALL BLACK GUY LET'S TAKE A TRIP 2LP 11.2016
(Note : double LP , black & greed vinyl)
FW 151 CD TALL BLACK GUY LET'S TAKE A TRIP CD 11.2016
1 A Train Is Coming
2 One Device, One Method, One Thing
3 Rocking from Beginning to End (feat. Kenny Keys)
4 This One Is for the Ladies and Gents (feat. Miles Bonny)
5 The Kids Are Listening Interlude
6 Don't Box Me In (feat. 80s Babies)
7 Beware of the Groove (feat. Mario Sweet)
8 Come with Me and Fly (feat. Yusef Rumperfield)
9 Is There More to Life? (feat. Diggs Duke)
10 I Will Never Know (feat. Moonchild)
11 Mario Smith Speaks On (feat. Daniel Crawford)
12 Things Deeper Than My Skin (feat. Ozay Moore)
13 Peace and Love (feat. Masego & Rommel Donald)
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FW 153 KAIDI TATHAM CHANGING TIMES 12" 02.2017
1 Treacle Manifestations
2 Seasoned Clouds
3 Chui Nui
4 Shims
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FW 154 LP MYELE MANZANZA : ONEPOINTONE (LIVE AT THE BLUE WHALE) LP 11.2016
1 A Love Eclectic (Live)
2 Absent Fade (Live)
3 7 Bar Thing (Live)
4 Circumstances (Live)
5 Jeremy Sole Interlude (Live)
6 Love Is War for Miles (Live)
7 Montara (Live)
8 Everybody Isn't / A Long Walk (Live)
9 City of Atlantis (Live)
10 Ben MF Shepherd (Live)
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FW 156 BASTIEN KEB 22.02.85 LP 02.2021
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FW 163 DON LEISURE SHABOO LP 07.2017
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FW 167 SOULEANCE BAMBOULE 12" 11.2017
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FW 170 QUIET DAWN : HUMAN BEING-THE SHORT STORY OF A REED 12" 03.2018
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FW 171 CHILDREN OF ZEUS SLOW DOWN 7" 05.2018
1 Slow Down
2 All Night
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FW 174 KAIDI TATHAM IT'S WORLD BEFORE YOU LP 07.2018
FW 174 CD KAIDI TATHAM IT'S WORLD BEFORE YOU CD 07.2018
1 Joyous
2 Your Dreams Don't Mean A Thing
3 Sweet Kinch
4 Cold
5 Out Here On My Own (feat. Children Of Zeus)
6 Bien
7 2Tone
8 It's About Who You Know
9 Outta Audah
10 Soon Come
11 It's A World Before You (feat. Dego)
12 Cupid (feat. Uhmeer)
13 Unique
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FW 175 YAZMIN LACEY WHEN THE SUN DIPS 90 DEGREES 12" 06.2018
1. 90 Degrees
2. Something My Heart Trusts
3. Burn & Rise
4. Heaven
5. Body Needs Healing
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FW 176 CHILDREN OF ZEUS TRAVEL LIGHT 2LP 07.2018
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FW 185 14KT THE POWER OF SAME 7" 04.2019
1. The Power Of Same (feat. Muhsinah)
2. The Power Of Same (Kaidi Tatham Remix) [ft. Muhsinah]
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FW 196 KAIDI TATHAM SERIOUS TIMES 12" 07.2019
1. Cost Of Living
2. Don't Cry Now
3. Sugar
4. Zallom
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FW 197 CHILDREN OF ZEUS HARD WORK 7" 07.2019
1. Hard Work
2. The Heart Beat, Pt. 2
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FW 198 ROSS MCHENRY NOTHING REMAINS UNCHANGED LP 02.2020
1. Complicated Us
2. Adelaide
3. 1 East West
4. Forest Dance
5. Woods
6. Processional
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FW 203 WERKHA THE RIGOUR 12" 01.2020
1. Generation X
2. The Key
3. Swing Thru
4. In Sunny G
5. Favourite Corner
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FW 204 TALL BLACK GUY AND 14KT : TALL BLACK GUY AND 14KT 7" 02.2020
A1. I Will Never Know (14KT IAMABEENIE Remix) [ft. Moonchild]
- Tall Black Guy
B1. The Power Of Same (Tall Black Guy Remix) [ft. Muhsinah]
- 14KT
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FW 205 TAWIAH STARTS AGAIN LP 10.2019
FW 205 TAWIAH STARTS AGAIN CD 10.2019
FW 205 TAWIAH STARTS AGAIN CS 10.2019
FW 205 TAWIAH STARTS AGAIN DL 10.2019
1. Conversations With Papa
2. Recreate
3. Good
4. Borders
5. Don't Hold Your Breath
6. One Moment
7. Starts Again
8. Lost In A Dream
9. How Much Left
10. Mother's Prayer
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FW 208 KAIDI TATHAM IN SEARCH OF HOPE 2LP 05.2020
FW 208 KAIDI TATHAM IN SEARCH OF HOPE CD 05.2020
FW 208 KAIDI TATHAM IN SEARCH OF HOPE DL 05.2020
1 In Search of Hope, Pt. 1
2 Swift Inspiration (Quick Kid)
3 Do What You Gotta Do
4 Could I Ever Know?
5 He Laughs She Cries
6 So Amazed
7 I'm High
8 Simiya
9 On a Vibe
10 These Things Will Pass
11 In Search of Hope, Pt. 2
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FW 210 CHILDREN OF ZEUS ROYAL 7" 03.2020
1. Royal
2. Get What's Yours
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FW 216 TAKUYA KURODA FLY MOON DIE SOON LP 09.2020
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FW 217 OLIVER ST. LOUIS M.Q.T.H. 12" 02.2021
1. Jump The Line
2. Runnin' Wild (Extended Version)
3. Confliction (feat. Oddisee)
4. All In Love
5. Quit
6. Serotonin
7. Steady
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FW 230 CHILDREN OF ZEUS BALANCE LP 06.2021
FW 230 CD CHILDREN OF ZEUS BALANCE CD 06.2021
1. Sunrise
2. No Love Song
3. I Know
4. Be Someone
5. I Need You
6. Nice & Sweet
7. Balance (feat. Akemi Fox & Georgie Sweet)
8. Cali Dreams
9. 42Long
10. The Most Humblest Of All Time, Ever
11. What I'm Seeing
12. Love Again
13: Sunset
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FW 232 DON LEISURE SHABOO STRIKES BACK LP 03.2022
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FW 233 QUIET DAWN MOVEMENTS 12" 02.2022
1. Yellow
2. Change Must Come (feat. Oliver Night)
3. Breathe
4. Swirl
5. We Can Do Everything
6. Coming Up
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FW 241 WERKHA ALL WERK IS PLAY 2LP 04.2022
1. All Werk Is Play
2. Move Different
3. You Kraft
4. Eterno Retorno (feat. Moreiya)
5. Battered Mars Bar
6. Downtools & Boost
7. In Saint-Gilles (feat. Le Motel)
8. May Day (feat. Chunky)
9. On The Rhythm Of It
10. Microwerk
11. Beauty & The Bloc
12. Pick Up Football
13. Count Yer Pace (feat. Kemani Anderson)
14. Dérive
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FW 246 (KRS) PEACE + HARMONY 12" 02.2022
1. I Wonder
2. Lily Apart
3. Born In 98
4. CGWY (feat. Children Of Zeus)
5. Harmless
6. Given Summer (feat. Ayeisha Raquel)
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