Jim Noir's AM Jazz was critically acclaimed, orbiting the top 10 of many best albums of the year lists. In the intervening years, Noir has managed to release a criminally underrated masterpiece, 2023's Rotate LP, under the ‘Co-Pilot’ moniker, with long time collaborator Leonore Wheatley (International Teachers of POP/Soundcarriers), along with 18 E.P.'s released direct to fans via Patreon.
Programmes For Cools draws from the best cuts from these E.P.'s, bookended with instrumental intermissions which evoke Noir's excursions into computer game music (Little Big Planet), with an orchestrated focus, as if scored by John Barry with Mort Garson waving the conductor's baton at a vintage synth ensemble
Released: February 2026
Cat: DOOK747
Label: Dook Recordings
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Tracklist
1. start
2. out of sight
3. the fountain
4. these are things
5. manchester cat
6. longsword
7. harum scarum
8. bit 42
9. one more hand
10. i think i found it
11. fireworks
12. morning light
13. motorbike
14. close