When listening to “The Branches“ it will stimulate diverse brain areas, creating short movies and stories in your mind’s eye. From Soviet era hand-drawn animated fairy tales in winterly forrest-landscapes to narravites of urban struggle or even classical tales in dark and gloomy basement bars – let the record spin and your mental cinema flow.

This album made it into the radio shows of Mary Anne Hobbs (XFM) as well as Gilles Peterson‘s “All Winners” show on BBC Radio 1, his personal list of favorites of the year 2011, alongside various other highly respected stations across the globe.

For the 2012 winter season we decided to give “The Branches“ a proper repress treatment, not only pressing a new batch for all our listeners that weren’t able to acquire a copy yet but also spicing it up and making it a true collectors item for anyone that already owns a copy.

Therefore, the – now gatefold – artwork / transparent 2LP vinyl version, originally drawn by Bioniq was colourized by Roman Pokrovsky and, besides everything being remastered and including new work from Long Arm himself, we also added a second vinyl with various remixes by on the one hand like-minded artists like Hidden Orchestra, Dday One and 40 Winks, with whom Long Arm also shares artistic relationships and friendships, and on the other hand more genre-overarching and experimental remixes from such acclaimed artists as Robag Wruhme, Sieren, Yoko Duo, Berry Weight, Empt and Speck from CYNE, which will surely make for a unique listening experience.

Mastered by Sven Friederichs | Artwork and original paintings by Bioniq & Roman Pokrovsky | Design by Gordon Gieseking | Calligraphy by Sonderskooler | A&R: Malte Tarnow, Jinna Morocha & Gordon Gieseking.

You can order the vinyl version at hhv.de | Rush Hour | Crosstalk | Cargo UK | Jet Set Records | Diskunion | Jet Set Records | Juno | Boomkat and more.

Digital download at Bandcamp | Itunes | Juno | Zero Inch | Beatport | Amazon | Amazon | Boomkat | BLEEP.COM and more.

Excerpts of press or air play outcomes from 2011:
Mixmag December 18th, 2012 exclusive dwnld with the song The Waterfall Inside Me (Robag´s Bad Bocklet Revolut – Robag Wruhme Remix) – LISTEN/DWNLD. Earmilk December 12th, 2012 exclusive stream with the song The Branches (Sieren Remix) – LISTEN. XLR8R December 13th, 2012 exclusive dwnld with the song When Children Sleep (Empt Remix) – LISTEN/DWNLD. BBC1 June 15, 2011 by Gilles Peterson with the song The Waterfall Inside Me – LISTEN. BBE / Global Souljah Radio October 31, 2010 by James Barrie with the song After 4AM – LISTEN. Further In Fusion January 12, 2011 by Mark with the song The Waterfall Inside Me – LISTEN. BLN.FM in rotation with the song The Waterfall Inside Me, When Children Sleep – LISTEN. Rhythm Incursions January 11, 2011 by Primus Luta with the song When Children Sleep – LISTEN. BYTE.FM January 19, 2011 by Matthias Westerweller with the song Perfect Morning – LISTEN. MultiCult.FM by Madkab & Hecler with the song When Children Sleep – LISTEN. Play.FM by Valentin Menedetter with the song Perfect Morning, After 4AM and When Children Sleep – LISTEN. Triple R – Melbourne Independent Radio – 102.7FM at The City Rises with the song After 4AM – LISTEN. RTR FM 92.1 (Mount Lawley, Australia) at Full Frequency with the song The Waterfall Inside Me – LISTEN. Radio Ponsonby Auckland at Ren Radio Girl Show with the song The Waterfall Inside Me and Dummy – LISTEN. WYEP Pittsburg at Dubmission Radio Show #633 February 5, 2011 hosted by Kerem Gokmen with the song Dummy – LISTEN. BASE.FM at Base Breakfast February 15, 2011 with the song The Waterfall Inside Me – LISTEN. Triple R (3RRR 102.7FM) – Jan 24, 2011 Breaking And Entering with the song The Waterfall Inside Me – LISTEN. BBC1 – All Winners July 27, 2011 by Gilles Peterson with the song The Waterfall Inside Me – LISTEN. hhv.de Mag February 15th, 2011 review – READ. Bassport / M94.5 November 29th, 2012 hosted by Lili Ruge & Franziska Niesar with the song The Waterfall Inside Me / When Children Sleep (Empt Remix) – LISTEN. Radio Fritz November 30th, 2012 hosted by André Langenfeld with the song The Waterfall Inside Me (Robag Wruhme Remix) / When Children Sleep (Empt Remix) – LISTEN. KEXP 90.3FM / Seattle November 29th, 2012 with the song After 4AM – LISTEN. Sound Colour Vibration December 6th, 2011 review – READ. Basic Soul Radio / Samuai FM / Play FM December 3rd, 2012 hosted by Simon Harrison with the song After 4AM – LISTEN. Deftune December 10th, 2012 feature with the song The Branches (Instrumental) – LISTEN. Czworka / Polskie Radio December 10th, 2012 with the song Sleep Key (Hidden Orchestra Remix) – LISTEN. Why Blue Matters January 2nd, 2012 review – READ. Radio FM4 February 1st live set & interview – LISTEN.