Taking stock doesn’t come naturally. It is never easy to look backwards when your entire being is set to discovering and nurturing the next Caribou. The next Efterklang or Melt Yourself Down. It should be noted that for Leaf, the next Caribou, Efterklang or Melt Yourself Down will bear no obvious relation to the previous iteration. There is no immediately apparent unifying sound here. Like a moth to a flame, there is a magnetic attraction to artists operating on the fringes – to startling hybrids and mercurial fusions – but always with the desire to reach the widest possible audience. You will find Leaf in those places where electronic music, classical, jazz, pop, folk and rock meet. Those places where the sparks are flying.

In recognition of 20 years loyal service to releasing that beautiful noise, The Leaf Label presents this extremely limited deluxe vinyl box set featuring ten landmark albums from across the back catalogue. The Leaf 20 box is comprised of fourteen pieces of white vinyl in full artwork and wrapped in bespoke, hand-printed paper covers, accompanied by the ten albums on CD, plus a fold out catalogue artwork poster, a limited edition print, and liner notes by acclaimed writer and journalist Rob Young. All painstakingly curated and assembled by label founder Tony Morley in collaboration with Leeds design studio Split, this is the finest Leaf document money can buy.

Formats

Limited edition box set containing 10 individually wrapped white vinyl LPs, 10 CDs, signed print and poster (BAY 100XX)

Limited edition box set containing 10 individually wrapped black vinyl LPs, 10 CDs, signed print and poster (BAY 100XX)

TRACKS

Susumu Yokota – Sakura

Asa-Chang & Junray – Jun Ray Song Chang

Murcof – Martes + Utopía

Caribou – Up In Flames

Colleen – Everyone Alive Wants Answers

A Hawk And A Hacksaw – The Way The Wind Blows

Efterklang – Parades

Polar Bear – Peepers

Wildbirds & Peacedrums – Rivers

Melt Yourself Down – Melt Yourself Down