May 2013
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Sweeping The Nation: Track-by-track: The Android... →
@sweepingnation @TheAndroidAngel The first of a very occasional new series to STN in which people we’ve covered talk us through their current album. The first we alight on is the work of Paul Coltofeanu, who you might have known of through Free Swim but who put out an album last month of fascinatingly widescreen lo-fi warped psych-pop shapes under the name The Android Angel, complete with...
May 11th
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April 2013
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Android Angel - 'Distant Star' on New Tunes #18 →
@BigJimCambo @TheAndroidAngel The Android Angel – Distant Star The talented Paul Coltofeanu, aka The Android Angel, makes another New Tunes appearance with this excellent track ,where the guitar makes a more prominent appearance than in some of his other great tunes.
Apr 30th
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Android Angel LP >> Music Broke My Bones 'Collage'... →
@MusicBrokeMe @GuyTonkin @TheAndroidAngel Artwork/Words by Guy Tonkin  Rating – 7/10 *We recommend clicking the photo above and reading the Key with the photo open in a window to the side 1: So this is our guy – with a lemon wearing his head as a hat. His head is also wearing a hat. He is Paul Coltofeanu. The man behind Art Brut-ish post-pop guitar lovelies Free Swim. But here, under the...
Apr 28th
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The Android Angel & Free Swim on Rumbles and... →
@SimonJ68 @TheAndroidAngel @SwimmingFreely Free Swim Another from Tom Robinson show, it was the track Croydon Fernandes that stuck in my head, one of those tracks with a cracking beat and lyrics that make you listen, including Geoff Capes, shell in a scotch egg and pulling ex-girlfriends. Listen to this and not smile and nod along, I defy you to. So I grew my collection to all the EPs on their...
Apr 26th
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Listen Again: The Android Angel on BBC 6 Music -... →
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Apr 25th
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The Android Angel LP 8/10 Review on Neon Filler →
@IndieMusicUK @TheAndroidAngel The Android Angel is Paul Coltofeanu, probably best known to our readers as the man behind panda-bear themed rockers Free Swim. However, in reality it is Free Swim who are the side project, Lie Back and Think of England is actually the third album to be released under The Android Angel moniker. If you are used to his Free Swim work then the able might come as a...
Apr 24th
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Android Angel - SHOWS ANNOUNCED
The Android Angel - ‘Lie Back and Think of England’ Live 2013. 28/05 - Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, BRIGHTON 02/06 - Foxfest, LONDON 20/07 - Spice of Life, London 27/07 - Redfest, SURREY
Apr 23rd
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Listen Again >> Android Angel - 'Distant Star' on... →
@freshnet @BBC6Music @TheAndroidAngel Listen again here. 1h06m.
Apr 16th
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Apr 15th
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Lie Back and Read These Tweets →
‘Lie Back and Think of England’ on Twitter.
Apr 14th
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Android Angel LP Review on Spectral Nights Blog →
@spectralnights @TheAndroidAngel The Android Angel, also known as talented multi-instrumentalist Paul Coltofeanu, draws on a summer of volunteering and travelling throughout Europe on his new LP ‘Lie Back and Think of England’. Taking in incredible experiences from time spent on a farm in the Romanian mountains, on a Water Buffalo reserve in the Ukraine and on the banks of one of Budapest’s most...
Apr 13th
Android Angel - 'Lie Back and Think of England' on... →
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Apr 11th
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Android Angel - 'Distant Star' on BBC Introducing... →
@bbc_introducing @freshnet @TheAndroidAngel “The Android Angel is Paul Coltofeanu, a half-English, half-Romanian multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter from Surrey, whose fourth album Lie Back and Think of England is released today. Written during summer 2011 while volunteering on a farm in the Romanian mountains, on a Water Buffalo reserve in the Ukraine, sat on the banks of Varosliget...
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Apr 3rd
Android Angel Interview & LP Playback on Susy... →
Apr 2nd
March 2013
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Android Angel - 'Distant Star' voted a Fresh Fav! →
@freshnet @TheAndroidAngel The Android Angel - ‘Distant Star’ voted a Fresh Fav by readers of BBC 6 Music DJ Tom Robinson’s Fresh on the Net New Music Blog. Taken from ‘Lie Back and Think of England’ LP out 08/04/13. Pre-order here.
Mar 27th
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Android Angel - 'Chicago John' on Alternative... →
@BigJimCambo @TheAndroidAngel Taken from ‘Lie Back and Think of England’ LP out 08/04/13. Pre-order here.
Mar 26th
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SFR Recommends >> Arcs LP *Free Download* →
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Mar 4th
February 2013
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The Android Angel on the Von Pip Musical Express →
@VonPip @TheAndroidAngel The Android Angel is the musical alter ego of Paul Coltofeanu and is a project that is more rooted in reality than the surreal dream pop fantasy of his other musical project, the acclaimed Free Swim.  Ostensibly whimsical there’s a depth of feeling and wry melancholia when you scratch the surface of these seeming innocent melodic, reflective tunes, maybe none more so...
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Android Angel - 'Her Shoulders' on Alternative... →
@BigJimCambo @TheAndroidAngel “Interestingly distorted vocals, plus great music and production, help to make this a sublime track from Surrey based Paul Coltofeanu, aka The Android Angel.” Check out New Tunes #13
Feb 12th
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Android Angel - 'Her Shoulders' on The Blue Walrus... →
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Feb 11th
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Android Angel - 'Her Shoulders' on Song By Toad... →
@SongbyToad @TheAndroidAngel Toadcast #259 - The Stiffcast by Song, By Toad on Mixcloud
Feb 11th
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Android Angel - 'Her Shoulders' on Scientists of... →
@sos_musicblog @TheAndroidAngel “Well, isn’t this just delightful. Her Shoulders’ rich harmonious tones and heartfelt hazed lyrics sure make for a longing sense of belonging. With its intrinsic and delicate nature you’re left with nothing more than the comfort and aching sense of blissful romanticism felt throughout the music. Stream it above. The new single is taken from...
Feb 10th
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Android Angel on 17 Seconds →
@EdJupp @TheAndroidAngel Presenting…The Android Angel “The Android Angel is one of the two musical projects of multi-instrumentalist Paul Coltofeanu from Reigate, Surrey, in England. (The other project, by the way, is Free Swim). His new track is the Spiritualized/Air ‘Her Shoulders.’ This is simply breathtakingly beautiful. It’s taken from his forthcoming album Lie Back And Think Of...
Feb 10th
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Android Angel - 'Her Shoulders' on The Dadada →
@thedadada @theandroidangel “Wow! Something completely different from Android Angel. It lacks the clever hooks and guitar drive of past releases. It’s out there in the electronic ether. There is so much atmosphere on this track, such great mood. Paul Coltofeanu should work the farms in eastern Europe more often.”
Feb 10th
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Android Angel - 'Her Shoulders' on In Love Not... →
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Feb 9th
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'Introducing The Android Angel' on Neon Filler →
@indiemusicUK @TheAndroidAngel Who are they? The Android Angel is one of the two musical projects of multi-instrumentalist Paul Coltofeanu from Surrey, UK. The other is the acclaimed, surreal pop-fantasy of Free Swim (As heard on Radio 1, 6music and at our gig last February). What do they sound like? He cites Sparklehorse, Beck, Eels, Brolin, Spiritualized and Air, but let’s see what BBC...
Feb 9th
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Android Angel - "Her Shoulders" on Music Broke My... →
@musicbrokeme @TheAndroidAngel “Morning all- it’s Monday and it’s miserable, so cheer yourselves right the hell up with ‘Her Shoulders’ by The Android Angel, a track we’re proud to be premiering. The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Paul Coltofeanu, one half of Free Swim, Android Angel is the rich, disparate sound of melody and innovation meeting at a point quite unlike anything else...
Feb 8th
My Father, the Romanian Immigrant →
Article by Paul Coltofeanu (Android Angel, Free Swim) about his father Dinu Coltofeanu, a Romanian immigrant to the UK.
Feb 7th
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Android Angel - "Her Shoulders" on Sweeping the... →
@sweepingnation @TheAndroidAngel “Following Chicago John comes a second offering from Paul Coltofeanu’s low-key keyboard odd-pop outlet. The vibe this time is late night confessional, on surface less whimsical and more personal, apparently low budget in construction but delicately poised and loaded with charge in execution.”
Feb 7th
Android Angel - "Her Shoulders" on the... →
@metaboatchris @TheAndroidAngel “The Android Angel is the alter-ego on Surrey-based musician Paul Caltofeanu, who is probably better known for the bonkers-pop he creates under the Free Swim moniker, including the wonderfully bizarre “Smell of Pregnancy.” Following on from last month’s “Chicago John”, the 2nd song to be taken from his upcoming album, “Her...
Feb 6th
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Listen Again >> Android Angel 'Chicago John' on... →
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Feb 6th
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