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 2026Cat: DOOK747Label: Dook Recordings Listen Tracklist 1. start2. out of sight3. the fountain4. these are things5. manchester cat6. longsword7. harum scarum8. bit 429. one more hand10. i think i found it11. fireworks12. morning light13. motorbike14. close
