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AGUIRRE RECORDS (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: ZORN 080LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
BRANNTEN SCHNURE Getraumt Hab Ich Vom Martinszug LP
Originally released on cassette in 2016 on Feathered Coyote Records. Brannten Schnüre are one of those neo-romantic music experimentalists who add to a long tradition of celebrating folk tale and exoticism. Their meticulously crafted loops, hesitant melodies and heavily nostalgic lyricism could easily be translated to what the late philosopher and music critic Mark Fisher called "hauntology", a postmodern longing for a lost future. To describe the beauty of Geträumt Hab' Ich Vom Martinszug, however, the term seems somewhat dissatisfying. Romanticism is a hard nut to crack in the Anthropocene, and Brannten Schnüre's realms of the cerebral are too deeply ingrained in a German tradition of storytelling to define them within popular paradigm. Geträumt Hab' Ich Vom Martinszug was recorded in 2014 in Würzburg and functions as the autumn part of the band's seasonal cycle quadrilogy (the other segments being Aprilnacht (SicSic), Sommer im Pfirsichhain (Aguirre) and Durch unser zugedecktes Tal (Youdonthavetocallitmusic)). It deals with the Saint Martin's parade, a mostly European tradition to celebrate the medieval spirit of Saint Martin of Tours, friend of children and patron of the poor. Around November 11th, children come out on the streets with lanterns and sing ancient songs in exchange for sweets. It's a period of snugness and expectation, of yearning and dreaming, and therefore a consummate subject for the duo to scrutinize. To the adult's ear the dream of the Saint Martin's parade isn't all that consolatory. The dark and slow loops of Christian Schoppik rather sound like motifs for a welcome paralysis. Sometimes as a gentle backdrop for vocals by Katie Rich and Schoppik himself, the repetitive structures serve as tricksters that trade innocence for the uncanny. The dream becomes a fever dream which quickly absorbs the listener into a vacuum, an eternal post-panic attack semi-relief. Maybe that's the amazing paradox of Brannten Schnüre. The space they occupy is never comforting -- as if being locked up inside a Carl Grossberg painting -- but it's also a subliminal aural zone you do not want to leave. It's music as being, as a stream, devoid of climax or catharsis. And because it is flux and being, and exists to be taken, it speaks in art's purest form. Layout by Johannes Schebler. Mastered by Pieter De Wagter. Edition of 500.
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CAT #: ZORN 092LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
JAMAL CREATIVE ARTS ENSEMBLE, THE KHAN Drum Dance To The Motherland LP
Reissue. There's not another album on the planet that sounds even remotely like vibraphonist Khan Jamal's eccentric, one-of-a-kind masterpiece, Drum Dance To The Motherland. Thirty years after its release, the album's tapestry of sound, fearless abstractions, relentless grooves, cool swing, flashes of ecstasy, and pan cultural embrace remain powerful and beyond category. One of only three albums released on the Philadelphia-based Dogtown label, it was barely distributed beyond the city's limits when it came out in the early '70s. Finally available again, a really stunning document of musical exploration, a classic session. In its improbable fusion of free jazz expressionism, black psychedelia, and full-on dub production techniques, Drum Dance remains a bracingly powerful outsider statement fifty years after it was recorded live at the Catacombs Club in Philadelphia, 1972. Comparisons to Sun Ra, King Tubby, Phil Cohran, and BYG/Actuel merely hint at the cosmic otherness conjured by The Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble and by sound engineer Mario Falana's real-time enhancements. Clearly, the members of the Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble saw African American music as a continuum that stretched from the Motherland through the blues, R&B, jazz, and free jazz, and they prided themselves on mastering the continuum. In the early '70s, these were fairly new ideas, but they had taken firm root in Philadelphia. The search for an African American music that is modern and culturally progressive but rooted in an African tradition is the music's heart and soul. Its connection to the specific African American community in Philadelphia is its immediate inspiration. "My ancestors eventually show up in my music every time I play," Jamal says. "I've always said that my backyard is Africa." Originally issued by Jamal in 1973 in an edition of three hundred copies on Dogtown Records, Drum Dance To The Motherland was effectively a myth until eremite's 2005 CD reissue. With the master tapes long vanished, the audio was transferred at Sony Music's 54th street studio from a minty copy of the original LP. Includes an insert with Ed Hazell's detailed telling of Drum Dance's incredible history. Under License from Eremite Records.
AUDIKA RECORDS
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CAT #: AU 1010LP
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RUSSELL, ARTHUR Love Is Overtaking Me 2LP
2022 repress. "Compiled from over eight hours of material, Love Is Overtaking Me reaches back further to Russell's first compositions from the early `70s, the most rare and, at the same time, arguably the most accessible part comprising 21 demos and home recordings of unreleased pop, folk and country songs selected by Audika's Steve Knutson, Ernie Brooks and Russell's companion, Tom Lee. A number of the songs feature prominently in the film Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell."
BANG! RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: BANG 161LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ANTISEEN The Dawn Of Antiseen 1984-1986 LP
Witness the sonic evolution of Antiseen with these tracks, originally released on their mid-80s EPs and now all together for the first time on vinyl. Newly remastered and with previously unreleased photography, this is the "Kings of Destructo-Rock" at their most primal! According to Jeff Clayton's words: "What you have here is a collection of the earliest releases of a band made up mostly of small southern town guys trying to make a name for themselves in the 'big city'. With little help or guidance (with the exception of a few very influential cases) we created what became our sound and our attitude that would stay with us for four decades. Come hear the Dawn Of Antiseen." For fans of GG Allin, Dwarves, Bored! Edition of 600.
CASTLE FACE
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CAT #: CF 145LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
FLACCID MOJO Flaccid Mojo LP
"Twin giant towers of amps grinding out minimal beat bloop, the transient sound molecules smell of burning gear and the floor of the pit -- this is organic, electronic music at its finest. Dance? Why not. Freak out? For sure. Brothers from a different mother (Bjorn Copeland and Aaron Warren) à la two-thirds of Black Dice have come together with this fantastic debut [Flaccid Mojo] for us. These are mean beat vipers, spitting and tumescent on the abattoir floor. I would call it drug music, but I'm not sure what drugs these humans consume. Stem cell and adrenal gland cocktails I'm guessing. Futuristic and primal it is, beats from the Thunder-Dome, fight music for fuckers. I've seen them on two separate occasions blow the power for an entire building. Baller move, boys. Produced perfectly by Chris Coady (look him up to be impressed). This record is a burning car in a field and I love it. For fans of Black Dice, Container, Whitehouse, Negativland, Ralph Records, minimal beats à la Profan, vintage Japanese noise, Severed Heads, windburn and chapped lips." --John Dwyer
CLOCKTOWER (CANADA)
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CAT #: CT 036LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
KING TUBBY Dub From The Roots LP
2022 repress. "There are very few individuals who command the respect of dub aficionados greater than 'The Dubmaster' himself, King Tubby. On Tubby's venerable 1974 release Dub from the Roots, he introduces us to the 'Shalom Dub', a method of mixing flying cymbals with horns in what he describes as 'going in and out in a dub way'. Borrowing from the forty fives of Johnny Clarke, Jackie Edwards, Cornell Campbell, John Holt, and Horace Andy, King Tubby takes the listener on a journey through a vast array of different emotions, rhythms and soundscapes. One of the standout cuts, 'Iyahta' explores Tubby's use of deep electric basslines to evoke a melodic calmness in the listener, while 'Mine Field' and 'Hijack the Barber' bring you back with the cavernous echoes of stabbing guitars, horns, and cymbals. Though previously released by different labels on a variety of dusty pressings and formats, Clocktower's reissue of Dub From The Roots is the definitive edition of this 'Dubmaster' classic, featuring audio mastered from the original analog tapes."
CRANES RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: CR 039LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HOWARD, HARRY Slight Pavilions LP
The name Harry Howard might sound familiar to the melancholy-noisy connoisseurs of the past four decades. In the Howard family, the last-born, Harry, does way more than just curating the now-noise temple that are Pop Crimes' Nights dedicated to his late brother Rowland -- gathering people like Lydia Lunch, Bobby Gillespie, Mick Harvey, Jonnine and Conrad Standish, JP Shilo, or even Nick Cave himself. Alongside his experience alongside Crime and The City Solution or These Immortal Souls, the Australian summons the feverish melodies of The Gun Club, Nikki Sudden, or Gallon Drunk and then crushes them into a Suicide-like stern production where the drum machine is Queen. Slight Pavilions' nine tunes are battered by no-wave and post-punk's hammers just to be plunged into a cold southern-gothic romanticism that is the finest of Australia's productions. Far from being into the easy referencing, it is here a precious precipitate of the noisiest side of contemporary music that is offered to us. By the way, Harry's perpetrating the odious crime of being pop and danceable in spite of it all. The new record by Rowland S. Howard's brother. Nine tracks of no-wave, post-punk, and southern-gothic romantism.
DISCHORD
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CAT #: DIS 193LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HAMMERED HULLS Careening LP
"Hammered Hulls' debut LP, Careening, may very well be the last record to be recorded and mixed at the famed Washington, D.C. area recording studio, Inner Ear. Engineered by studio owner Don Zientara and produced by Ian MacKaye, Careening was started right before the pandemic lockdown and completed in summer/fall of 2021. A new band of long-time players, Hammered Hulls' music hews close to some of their early influences. Alec MacKaye is the voice, Mark Cisneros is the guitarist, Mary Timony takes a nimble and rarely-heard turn as bassist, and Chris Wilson commands the drums. Each of them bring their individual imprint to the total sound. This concussion of strength upon strength, unified by vulnerable songs, only barely contained, is the signature sound of Hammered Hulls."
ELKAR (SPAIN)
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CAT #: ELK 1028LP
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
VA Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa 2LP
Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa arrives and, with it, the soundtrack of almost thirty songs. Black is Beltza, the first feature film directed by Fermin Muguruza was released in 2018. Now that it is three years since the death of his brother Iñigo Muguruza, Fermin presents the second part of Black is Beltza as a tribute to his younger brother."Ainhoa, daughter of Manex and Amanda, will embark on her journey of initiation in the mid-80s. In our country, when we talk about the '80s, how quickly words, images and a certain atmosphere come to everyone's mind (even to those of us who were born almost twenty years later). And between words, images and atmosphere, something else, pieces of a puzzle that would later help us to take a picture of the era, among other things: sounds, melodies, songs. Music, after all . . . We follow Ainhoa through almost thirty songs, from Kabul to Pamplona and from Amed to Marseilles, or Beirut, or Havana. With vindictive songs by groups such as Kortatu, Cicatriz, Barricada or RIP, which formed part of the Basque Radical Rock, we will jump to the Basque Country in the '80s of the last century . . . Although most are original songs, there are also beautiful versions made from the vantage point of this second decade of the 21st century: Broken Brothers Brass Band sings to Nicaragua and Mursego curses the bourgeoisie with the strength of the four strings of the cello and the piano. In addition to the contribution of the versions, 'Maite Arroitajauregi', Mursego, has been responsible for the original music of the film. A collection of songs that will also put us out of our village . . . Redskins tell us about power from the UK and The Pogues combine traditional Irish melodies with Turkish flair. We will travel through Lebanon with the sweet melodies of Soapkills and Taniah Saleh, friends of Muguruza during his months in Beirut. The fundamentalists silenced the voices of the Afghans Bakht Zamina and Khan Qarabaghi, ending their lives, but as long as a people sings, you know, death is far away . . . We will approach Palestinian folklore accompanied by the voice of Amal Murkus and we will smell the streets of the south of France with the Marseille band Massilia Sound System, the sound system that performed in Pamplona in 1992 alongside Negu Gorriak. And we will jump from Kurdistan to Cuba with the Afro-Cuban rhythm of Brenda Navarrete..." --Amets Aranguren Also features Imanol, Benny Moré, Mikel Laboa, Wajiha Rastagar, Welatê Me, and Joseba Tapia.
ESP-DISK
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CAT #: ESPDISK 1023LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
WRIGHT, FRANK Frank Wright Trio LP
Reissue, originally released on ESP Disk' in 1966. Frank "The Reverend" Wright was one of the most powerful saxophonists to pick up on Albert Ayler's freedom and ferocious playing. Born in Mississippi and raised in Memphis, TN and then Cleveland, OH, he started in music as a bassist in blues bands but switched to tenor sax under the influence of his Cleveland friend Albert Ayler. Wright's "energy music" approach to tenor saxophone was influenced by Ayler but at the time in the '60s Wright's intensity was unmatched and utterly distinctive. He followed Ayler to New York City, arriving in 1964 and fitting into the scene right away John Coltrane offered him a spot on his album Ascension in early 1965, though Wright demurred. ESP Disk' owner Bernard Stollman signed Wright on the spot upon hearing him sit in with Coltrane, and on November 11, 1965, Wright went into a New York studio to record his debut album, considered a free jazz classic. Wright's influence can be traced down to Charles Gayle, Sabir Mateen, and other hard-blowing tenormen, but even so, he remains unique. Personnel: Frank Wright - tenor saxophone; Henry Grimes - bass; Tom Price - drums. "Wright was throwing together ideas in a spirit of jubilation." --Clifford Allen, All About Jazz "... easily recommended to open-eared listeners who enjoy hearing fiery sound explorations." --Scott Yanow, AllMusic
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CAT #: ESPDISK 1053LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
WRIGHT, FRANK Your Prayer LP
Reissue, originally released in 1967. Frank Wright returned to the studio in May 1967 to make his second album using a quintet of players little-known at the time but now legends to free-jazz cognoscenti. Trumpeter Jacques Coursil, who almost made an album for ESP-Disk' himself, went on to the greatest fame of the players besides Wright; alto saxophonist Arthur Jones was not recorded nearly as often as his talents deserved; Steve Tintweis's stint playing with Albert Ayler raised the young bassist's profile; Muhammad Ali was Coltrane drummer Rashied Ali's brother. Together they raise the roof on a free-jazz marathon that still stands as Wright's magnum opus. "Your Prayer finds Wright refining the bag his solos come from, yet maintaining a firm hold on the ecstatic free-blues shout that makes up most of his solo language... Your Prayer is a rather lengthy slab of high-energy grit, but its unified forward and upward motion make for a firmly rooted sonic liberation." --Clifford Allen, All About Jazz "Rather intense at times, these emotional performances... still sound groundbreaking three decades later." --Scott Yanow, All Music Personnel: Frank Wright - tenor saxophone; Arthur Jones - alto saxophone; Jacques Coursil - trumpet; Steve Tintweis - bass; Muhammad Ali - drums.
FAR OUT RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: FARO 170CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
AZYMUTH Light As A Feather CD
2022 repress. Far Out Recordings present a reissue of Azymuth's Light As A Feather, originally released in 1979. Four decades on and Azymuth have reached legendary status amongst fans worldwide and across the music industry thanks to the trio's pioneering blend of traditional Brazilian jazz and proto funk fusion from the early '70s right through to the present day. In 1979, the band's first Milestone Records release, Light As A Feather quickly became one of the best-selling LPs of the year. Featuring the worldwide disco/fusion hit single "Jazz Carnival" and going on to sell more than half a million copies internationally, the album stayed in the UK Top 20 for eight straight weeks. An incredibly well thought out album both in pace, song selection and musicality, Light As A Feather marked a maturing of the band as they began to rightfully utilize the studio as an instrument itself, embracing numerous mixing and recording techniques not yet common for the time as well as pioneering the use of the Big Muff and Dolby System to great effect. The end result is an album that endures to this day as a jazz funk masterpiece. Far Out Recordings present this seminal recording remixed and remastered from the original tapes. Featuring previously unreleased tracks and remixes from house stalwarts Theo Parrish, Ashley Beedle, Mark E and Yam Who?, this definitive edition of Azymuth's breakthrough LP is a must-have for connoisseurs and an invaluable introduction to the Azymuth sound for the uninitiated.
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CAT #: FARO 194CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
AZYMUTH Fenix CD
2022 repress. Continually pushing the boundaries of jazz, funk, electronic music and disco, as expressed through their signature samba swing, the Brazilian mavericks Azymuth, have recreated the energy of those spellbinding seventies sessions which would launch them into international recognition and confirm their status as one of Brazil's most successful bands. Since the passing of keyboard maestro Jose Roberto Bertrami in 2012, remaining members Ivan Conti and Alex Malheiros have worked tirelessly to keep the spirit of Azymuth alive, and to continue the legacy of Bertrami's genius. But Fênix also marks a new era as the Azymuth trio is complete once again, by special guest keyboardist Kiko Continentino. A hugely talented pianist, composer and arranger, Kiko has worked with the likes of Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil and Djavan, and the fresh energy and inspiration he has brought to the group is undeniable. The album also features Brazilian percussion legend Robertinho Silva, one of Brazil's most important and influential players. From the disco-carnival title track to sunny jazz-funk head-nodder "Orange Clouds", through to the deep-space samba "Corumbá", Azymuth have drawn upon five decades of consummate craftsmanship which, coupled with their endless desire for experimentation and improvisation, has resulted in a ten-track journey encapsulating the full spectrum of Azymuth's brilliantly colored expressionist fusion. With all the cosmic energy and masterful musicianship you'd expect from the three-man orchestra, Azymuth rise from the ashes! Recorded in Rio De Janeiro in May 2016 with producers Daniel Maunick and Joe Davis.
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CAT #: FARO 213LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
MAZZOTTI, ANA Ana Mazzotti LP
2022 repress; LP version. 180 gram vinyl; includes download code. Far Out Recordings present an official reissue of Ana Mazzotti's self-titled album, originally released in 1977. An artist as imaginative and unique as Ana Mazzotti doesn't come around often. Dubbed a "super-musician" by fellow Brazilian virtuoso Hermeto Pascoal, Mazzotti's short but rich musical career culminated in just two studio albums: Ninguem Vai Me Segurar (1974), and Ana Mazzotti (1977). Outside circles of Brazilian funk aficionados, these two gems of spellbinding samba-jazz, lysergic funk and trippy bossa have remained relatively obscure. This was partly as a result of Mazzotti's premature death (she lost her battle with cancer in her mid-thirties), but also due to financial restraints and the prejudice she faced as a female songwriter in a fundamentally sexist society. Born in Caixas, in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul municipality, Mazzotti began to play the accordion aged five, before moving with prodigious ease onto the piano. By the age of twelve she was already conducting her convent school's choir, and at twenty-one she led her city's premier chorus, the Coral Bento Goncalves. When rock n' roll hit South America in the '60s, a young Mazzotti was one of the early adopters, fronting various guitar groups including an all-female Beatles cover band, and an eclectic, eight-piece psychedelic group Desenvolvemento. Before moving to Sao Paulo to start her career proper, Mazzotti met drummer, producer and fellow music educator Romido Santos, who she would later marry. Romildo introduced Mazzotti to jazz, and music by the likes of Chick Corea and Hermeto Pascoal who she would later befriend and perform with. In 1977, Mazzotti took her debut album back to the studio, releasing the album with a new running order and new ethereal cover art, ostensibly another crack at commercial success following the small scale of the independently funded first release. With intimately re-recorded vocals, and the bonus of gorgeous horn arrangements and a new track: the carnivalesque "Eta, Samba Bom", replacing Roberta Flack's hit "Feel Like Making Love", Ana Mazzotti (1977) delivers Mazzotti's refreshingly cool musical style even more effortlessly, while retaining the all magical energy of her debut. A cult Brazilian treasure. Remastered.
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
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CAT #: FTR 390CS
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
BASSETT/SAMARA LUBELSKI, MARCIA West Coast Live Cassette
"Recorded at three dates on a 2019 tour of Western North America, this new release by the reboutable duo of Marcia Bassett (guitar) and Samara Lubelski (violin) is the first trade release of a tape originally done in an edition of 23 to be sold on tour. The music is as brilliant as it always is when these two stars collide. Marcia's control of feedback drones is exquisite and pairs perfectly with Samara's long-tone string work. The three pieces here are uniformly awesome assemblages of harmonic frequencies and textures that flow into each other as though they were poured from a single head. The two shorter pieces on the a-side slide through each others' tone holes like electric eels playing basketball with hoop snakes. It can be hard to differentiate sources for the individual voicing, but the results resonate with glowing purity of purpose, and a sort of feverish dream logic that ebbs and flows like blood. The longer piece on the B-side is a full-on carousel ride through a landscape shifting constantly beneath your feet. It's like riding the break of a slow-motion earthquake, where the land itself forms curls you can shoot through if you have the balance to hang on. It's great stuff to hear if you happen to live inside the west coast's 'Ring of Fire,' but it's also mighty fine listening heard from the safety of the Pioneer Valley. Or wherever you happen to reside. So do it." --Byron Coley, 2022
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CAT #: FTR 716CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
GARCIA, MARGARIDA Good Night CD
"Portuguese bassist Margarida Garcia has collaborated with some of our favorite artists -- Marcia Bassett, Loren Connors, and Chris Corsano, among them. Loren even wrote the liner notes for Good Night, which is about as a solid an endorsement as anyone is ever likely to get. So, we are proud and excited to present the first solo album she's released through a US label. The three tracks on Good Night are all lovely slides into pools of quivering dream gel. Performed on an amplified upright bass, the arco flow of her playing (with what I assume to be light electronic effects in certain passages) moves like a field of lava sheets overlapping as they move away from their source. The effect is a bit dizzying, since as a listener you feel attached to these sheets in one place or another, and they are constantly shifting. The sound of Garcia's bass is hard to place in one genre. There are bits that remind of Bertran Turetsky's modern classical work, but other parts have drone content with distinctly psychedelic undercurrents (a truly subjective opinion), and others that put me in mind of Randall McClellan's droned-based electronics pieces like 'Distant Voices.' All over the map? You might say that. But only if you had a very fine damn map. Margarida Garcia's Good Night will take your brain to a lot of new places. For just pennies a mile. Dig it." --Byron Coley, 2022
FODDERBASIS (HUNGARY)
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CAT #: FOB 067LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SZEMZO, TIBOR Skullbase Fracture LP
Issued by Leo Fegin's visionary record label in 1993, Leo Records, this refreshed and revised reissue collection of Hungarian composer Tibor Szemz?'s chamber pieces with spoken text -- composed in the 1980s for the legendary GROUP 180 -- is unlike anything else of its kind. No one has survived life. Everyone has died from it so far. Man must realize that He is responsible for His own life and fate and must insist upon this responsibility beyond all limits. And since man has dissociated himself from the sphere of irrationality, He has no way of getting in touch with death, or of establishing control over it. How we achieve the final result is merely of secondary importance. If the vision is clear to everyone, there is no need at all to look back. In a time of complete mental disturbance, only one chance remains to us: crystal-clear thinking. This leads you back to total mental disturbance, which everyone has died from so far. (Pavel Havli?ek -- Miklós Erdély -- Tibor Hajas)Text and Music - Language and Speech - Sound and Music: The common basis of the three works by Tibor Szemz? heard on this album is the inalienable relationship to text -- as an a priori principle. Text and music: the formal attributes of significance, intentions, and levels of meaning inherent in verbal communication as it is transformed into audible code. Language and speech: the structural level of communication, where it becomes purposeful expression, acoustic statements of variable modality. Vocalization as sublimation. Sound and music: By becoming an auditory signal, communication is deprived of its sense and reduced to musical articulation and abstraction. "Skullbase Fracture": Shards of reality -- senseless, disconnected fragments of recorded "living speech" -- simultaneously disintegrate and merge to create meaning through the musical process, while it is degraded and stylized to represent a single layer of the ambient noise one would hear in a hospitality setting. "Optimistic Lecture": The theses -- like a practical, everyday user's manual to cognitive tendencies and aims as they apply to the entirety of existence -- convey their meaning through simplified rhythmic speech, galvanized into commands. As a counterpoint to recited prayers, they comprise a uniform soundscape. "The Sex Appeal of Death": The head-on simplicity of communication creates such extremely reductive musical interrelations that they cannibalize themselves in a necessary and inevitable fashion. And, in this manner, the text as well.
FUTURE SHOCK (ITALY)
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CAT #: FS 4463LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RETSIEM, BOKAJ Psychedelic Underground LP
Reissue of Bokaj Retsiem's Psychedelic Underground, originally released in 1969. Credited as one of the best late '60s German psych-rock albums, Bokaj Retsiem's ("meister Jakob" in reverse) Psychedelic Underground is an eccentric, soulful, acid and fuzzy rockin' essay that clearly prefigures a part of the krautrock movement. Featuring Rainer Deigner, former guitar for the '60s beat German group Former Bonds, as the only credited musician and composer on this album (although other musicians assisted him on bass, keyboards, and that B3 Hammond and Leslie sound), this is basically Rainer's freaked-out tribute to his favorite children's song, "Meister Jakob", consisting in trippy instrumental sections, furiously savage E-guitar crescendos, amazing psych-rock improvisation, with just a hint of '60s US psych-garage. A real enthusiastic psych-kraut trip for fans of Vanilla Fudge, Hendrix, and Iron Butterfly. Cyan blue vinyl.
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CAT #: FS 4464LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DEMIAN Demian LP
Reissue of Demian's self-titled album, originally released in 1971. One of the bands that helped build the great Austin, TX music scene (the "live music capital of the world"), Demian was actually Bubble Puppy with a new name and sound. While Bubble Puppy was classic psychedelia, Demian was hard rock in the vein of bands like Atomic Rooster. Recorded live-in-studio at LA's legendary "Record Plant" studio in 1970, Demain was also one of the first bands to feature dueling lead guitars. Despite the high quality of the songs and the local buzz this album generated at the time, due to mismanagement, Demian soon faded into the record collecting beyond. Aqua blue vinyl.
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CAT #: FS 4473LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
SUZUKI/MASAHIKO TOGASHI QUINTET, HIROSHI Variation LP
Future Shock present a reissue of Hiroshi Suzuki/Masahiko Togashi Quintet's Variation, originally released in 1969. Essential jazz album among the influences of the future-jazz quartet Sleep Walker by trombonist Hiroshi Suzuki. Variation is a joint project including the legendary jazz drummer Masahiko Togashi featuring pianist Yuji Ohno, saxophonist Jun Suzuki and trumpeter Tetsuo Fushimi. Masahiko Togashi was a major figure alongside Masahiko Sato, Masayuki Takayanagi, and Yosuke Yamashita in the blooming of free jazz in Japan in the late sixties whose Variation is one of the iconic masterpieces.
GUIDED BY VOICES INC.
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CAT #: GBVI 116CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GUIDED BY VOICES Scalping The Guru CD
"Scalping The Guru is an archival Guided By Voices release, envisioned and sequenced by Robert Pollard as a cohesive album, featuring select tracks from four GBV EPs released in 1993-1994 by Domino, City Slang, Siltbreeze and Engine Records. These hard-to-find records are essential for fans of Vampire On Titus and Bee Thousand, with classics including 'My Impression Now,' 'Matter Eater Lad,' and 'Big School.' They feature the line-up that includes Robert Pollard with Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, Jim Pollard, Dan Toohey, Greg Demos, and Larry Keller. Recorded on four-track cassette by Tobin Sprout, with some songs lovingly fucked with by Mike Hummel."
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CAT #: GBVI 116LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GUIDED BY VOICES Scalping The Guru LP
LP version. "Scalping The Guru is an archival Guided By Voices release, envisioned and sequenced by Robert Pollard as a cohesive album, featuring select tracks from four GBV EPs released in 1993-1994 by Domino, City Slang, Siltbreeze and Engine Records. These hard-to-find records are essential for fans of Vampire On Titus and Bee Thousand, with classics including 'My Impression Now,' 'Matter Eater Lad,' and 'Big School.' They feature the line-up that includes Robert Pollard with Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, Jim Pollard, Dan Toohey, Greg Demos, and Larry Keller. Recorded on four-track cassette by Tobin Sprout, with some songs lovingly fucked with by Mike Hummel."
INTERSUONI (ITALY)
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CAT #: TRS 2201LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
C'MON TIGRE Scenario LP
Tradition and experimentation are two familiar territories that C'mon Tigre, a duo who find their identity by working with musicians from all over the world, can balance between very well. As they did for their debut album (2014), they have put together a multicolored collective for their second record Racines (CT 002CD/LP, 2019) and now their third album Scenario. Sailing from the Mediterranean basin and being guided by the fascination for Africa and the Middle East, C'mon Tigre give rise to a personal language, made up of mixtures with jazz, Afrojazz, the rhythmics of hip-hop, funk, club music. All without ever confining their songs to one style, but pushing the exploration as much as possible, into a dimension that every journey worthy of this name should encompass. With the musicians they work with, the exchange and experimentation continue till the end, the songs can take different directions at any time. The result is a mixed, cosmopolitan record, which escapes from any label for the affirmation of a free attitude. It led C'mon Tigre to seek a connection with dancefloor culture, even if considered only as an evocation to revisit in a personal way. This cinematic imagery pushed C'mon Tigre to translate their musical wandering into a visual form, as they already did in the past with animated videos made with the painter Gianluigi Toccafondo and 3D artist Sic Est for "Underground Lovers" and "Behold The Man", two tracks from the previous record. Now the will to merge music and images is even greater with a wide selection of photo taken by Paolo Pellegrin. Paolo has spent the last 30 years documenting the world. He lives and testifies to issues regarding living conditions, poverty, sufferance and violence, always implementing an anthropological approach. A subjective but detached gaze, which is both a reflection and an analysis, that coincides with an attitude of openness, respect, and interest in the times of history, an odyssey between human and inhuman. Scenario wants to tell about what defines us as human beings: joy, connection, anger, sense of belonging, pain, anguish, violence, dignity. These are tales of someone observing with stretched ears. Features Xenia Rubinos, Mick Jenkins, and Colin Stetson. 180 gram black vinyl.
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CAT #: TRS 2202LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
C'MON TIGRE Scenario (White Vinyl) LP
LP version. 180 gram white vinyl; includes 64-page booklet. Tradition and experimentation are two familiar territories that C'mon Tigre, a duo who find their identity by working with musicians from all over the world, can balance between very well. As they did for their debut album (2014), they have put together a multicolored collective for their second record Racines (CT 002CD/LP, 2019) and now their third album Scenario. Sailing from the Mediterranean basin and being guided by the fascination for Africa and the Middle East, C'mon Tigre give rise to a personal language, made up of mixtures with jazz, Afrojazz, the rhythmics of hip-hop, funk, club music. All without ever confining their songs to one style, but pushing the exploration as much as possible, into a dimension that every journey worthy of this name should encompass. With the musicians they work with, the exchange and experimentation continue till the end, the songs can take different directions at any time. The result is a mixed, cosmopolitan record, which escapes from any label for the affirmation of a free attitude. It led C'mon Tigre to seek a connection with dancefloor culture, even if considered only as an evocation to revisit in a personal way. This cinematic imagery pushed C'mon Tigre to translate their musical wandering into a visual form, as they already did in the past with animated videos made with the painter Gianluigi Toccafondo and 3D artist Sic Est for "Underground Lovers" and "Behold The Man", two tracks from the previous record. Now the will to merge music and images is even greater with a wide selection of photo taken by Paolo Pellegrin. Paolo has spent the last 30 years documenting the world. He lives and testifies to issues regarding living conditions, poverty, sufferance and violence, always implementing an anthropological approach. A subjective but detached gaze, which is both a reflection and an analysis, that coincides with an attitude of openness, respect, and interest in the times of history, an odyssey between human and inhuman. Scenario wants to tell about what defines us as human beings: joy, connection, anger, sense of belonging, pain, anguish, violence, dignity. These are tales of someone observing with stretched ears. Features Xenia Rubinos, Mick Jenkins, and Colin Stetson.
JUNKYARD (POLAND)
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CAT #: JR 001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE Peel Sessions Vol. 1 LP
"In the early '80s very few bands could match the intensity and sonic violence of Australia's The Birthday Party. Fronted by a young and hungry Nick Cave the band delivered an intoxicating mix of rusty blues and mutant rockabilly, post punk sensibilities, noise and experimentation that exploded when played live and these absolutely essential collection of live radio recordings are a powerful proof of that. This first volume contains the first two Peel sessions the band recorded for the BBC, on September 1980 and April 1981."
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CAT #: JR 002LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE Peel Sessions Vol. 2 LP
"In the early '80s very few bands could match the intensity and sonic violence of Australia's The Birthday Party. Fronted by a young and hungry Nick Cave the band delivered an intoxicating mix of rusty blues and mutant rockabilly, post punk sensibilities, noise and experimentation that exploded when played live and these absolutely essential collection of live radio recordings are a powerful proof of that. This second volume contains the last two Peel sessions the band recorded for the BBC, December 1981 and November 1982."
KALLISTA RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: KALLISTA 002LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DAL FORNO, CARLA Come Around LP
LP version. Carla dal Forno resurfaces with the news of plans to release her third album, Come Around, via her own Kallista Records imprint. Now, based in the township of Castlemaine, Central Victoria, the Australian artist returns self-assured and firmly settled within the dense eucalypt bushlands. Dal Forno grapples with ideas of home, disorder and insomnia in the swift pop structures of her DIY/post-punk forebearers such as Young Marble Giants, Virginia Astley, and Broadcast. Three years since the launch of her label, Kallista Records, dal Forno finds stability in Castlemaine (pop. 6,750), her third home city in as many albums. After nearly a decade of moving, recording and touring out of Berlin and London, Come Around embodies a newfound solitude born of/in elemental pop hooks and enlightened songwriting. The title track, "Come Around," offers the best example of this confident, fresh candor. It's an elegant invite into dal Forno's sharp new focus beckoning old friends, relationships and audiences into her resettled home. This meandering pop hit strikes between the melodic simplicity of Anna Domino and YMG and the arrangement hooks of The Cannanes and Movietone, capturing dal Forno at her most welcoming with arms wide open. Other tracks like "Mind You're On" recalls the bass driven heft of dal Forno's previous work but where past albums projected the pastoral idyll from the urban jungles of Berlin and London, the lyricism and production on Come Around embody her current lived experience in the Australian regions where space, strong bonds and solitude are in high supply. Returning to rekindle relationships with people and places and joining in trysts amidst the foreboding badlands cuts through the whole record, as on "The Garden of Earthly Delights," a cover of The United States of America's 1968 track. There is joy if you look for it but, as dal Forno warns on "Caution": "I sell caution word of you." Mistrust and doubt are not completely vanquished. Having embarked on such a radical physical and creative journey since the last record, dal Forno lays bare the passing of time and the oscillating waves of energy and ennui that go with it. This is plain to see on "Stay Awake" and instrumentals like "Deep Sleep" and "Autumn," which gives rise to anxiety and insomnia in her new sunburnt home. Yet "Slumber" offers a glimmer of respite sitting within the chaotic circus of production that channels Kendra Smith, General Strike, and The Flying Lizards. This track, a duet with English artist, Thomas Bush, searches for solace in the arms of another. Nothing is left unsaid on Come Around. Having finally found limitless time and space, dal Forno does well not to waste any bit of it.
KARLRECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KR 095LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
ZEITKRATZER James Tenney LP
By zkr director Reinhold Friedl's personal request now available on vinyl for the first time: zeitkratzer's critically acclaimed interpretations of groundbreaking compositions by James Tenney. James Tenney (1934-2006) was a composer, music theorist, and pioneer especially in the field of microtonal music, being an influential part of the so-called New York avantgarde scene (Cage, Feldman). Besides his compositional work, Tenney was teacher at various universities with students like Charlemagne Palestine, Carl Stone, or Catherine Lamb, and a close friend with Eliane Radigue. This album by zeitkratzer presents compositions by Tenney whose music has been part of zeitkratzer's repertoire since their beginning: "Critical Band" -- Tenney's late classic -- with maximum clarity and precision of bearing tone rhythms and microtonal tuning as light effect and the first recording of "Harmonium #2". Both works demonstrate the remarkable power and resplendent sharpness which Tenney achieved with his microtonal settings. zeitkratzer's approach to Tenney's music as a sensual sound adventure, finally available on vinyl. 180 gram vinyl; includes download postcard; download includes additional track, "Koan: Having Never Written A Note For Percussion".
LE POP CLUB RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: PCR 058LP
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
COLOMBIER, MICHEL Le Hasard et la Violence LP
Le Hasard et la Violence is a strange French-Italian movie which came out in 1974 and was directed by Philippe Labro and written by Jacques Lanzmann. It was a time of thesis films on ultra-violence such as Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971) and John Boorman's Deliverance (1972). Labro's feature film di?ers from those of his American counterparts by an almost dreamlike approach and a soft psychedelia. A sort of lysergic atmosphere that has more to do with the idea of an LSD trip at Castel's than with Californian counterculture. Mid-life crisis is embedded in this story of criminologist Laurent Berman (Yves Montand), vacationing on the French Riviera to write an essay on violence. He is both the victim of an assault and of his love for Constance Weber (Katherine Ross), a young doctor who pushes him over the edge. Within this cinematic paradigm, it was a stroke of genius to ask Michel Colombier to compose the music for his film. Michel Colombier, to recall, is a musician of classical formation, who went to the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique in Paris. His music for Le Hasard et la Violence re?ects his career: from Gainsbourg to the Beach Boys, via Paul Williams. A soundtrack that goes from neoclassical to contemporary, via groovy pop and slow music. Not to mention the main theme, a killer ballad with timeless lyrics. There is in the song performed by Drupi (known in France for "Vado Via"), a kind of romanticism specific to Colombier. Let's forget the post-post modern irony that is no substitute for intelligence and be caught by the emotional power of this soundtrack.
LE TRES JAZZ CLUB (FRANCE)
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CAT #: LTJC 002LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
IMADA TRIO + 2, MASARU Green Caterpillar LP
2022 repress; Le Très Jazz Club present a reissue of Masaru Imada Trio + 2's Green Caterpillar, originally released on Three Blind Mice in 1975. Fuzati (Klub Des Loosers), producer and die-hard crate digger, has teamed up with Modulor to launch the Le Très Jazz Club label, dedicated to jazz vinyl reissues. For the first two releases, Mine (LTJC 001LP) and Green Caterpillar, presented here, Le Très Jazz Club has chosen to celebrate Japan. Japanese jazz is sadly one of the best-kept secrets in music. But, it would be stupid to not discover Green Caterpillar by Masaru Imada Trio + 2. Led by Masaru Imada and his Fender Rhodes, the record opens with "A Green Caterpillar", an 11-minute piece whose groove is somewhat reminiscent of Marc Moulin and his Placebo band. "A Straight Flash" continues along this line, while on "Blue Impulse" and "Spanish Flower" sees Imada use the piano in a much more modal style.
MACRO RECORDINGS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MACROM 068CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
LOOM & THREAD Island Grammar CD
Loom & Thread appear to present a take on this most classical of springboards of improvised music: the piano trio. Indeed, Daniel Klein on drums and Tobias Fröhlich on double bass forge that highly engaging, interlocking framework, set in complex juxtaposition to what emanates from the corner of Tom Schneider on keys. This would be a superbly satisfying triangle of planar relational wonder on its own. Imaginative re-adaptation of unexpected shifts, re-grouped into coherent streams of musical thought. Superb clarity despite the pressurized density of form, the emergence of intricate order from spontaneous play. And yet this would be an utterly incomplete description. Because a dozen directions and dimensions and interdependent layers open like trap doors all around, shattering any first impression of a familiar context within just a few seconds of listening. What appears to be piano improvisation in the post-bop tradition soon exhibits abrupt disruptions, impossible shifts, improbable repetitions, movements in frequency and dynamics beyond the physical capabilities of a fixed-pitch instrument deemed so familiar. How so? Tom Schneider samples his own playing and continuously feeds it back into the ongoing collective stream of the trio. Assigning starting points to the sampled phrases, these are then treated as independent musical events just like the individual tones they contain: a second order of access is created. Signifier and signified in the hands of the same musician, thus driving a two-pronged plane of immanence. This meta-improvisation is thrown at the other two players who now find themselves embroiled in some kind of three-dimensional chess game: fending off simulacra and responding to both, idiosyncratic primary phrases of tones and a vibrant multitude of sampled variants. Reflexivity: the piano/sampler continuum with its multi-layered access points to improvisational mapping is then attacking and soothing and further teasing the appropriately angular rhythm section. A wondrous dissolution of the divide between experiencing now and accessing memory.
MIDWICH PRODUCTIONS
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CAT #: MIDWICH 011LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MAGAS, JAMES MARLON Confusion Is My Name LP
"James Marlon Magas has been reborn -- or perhaps, more accurately, born for the first time in his most undiluted image. Confusion Is My Name is his first album under his full given name, and the first album in over a decade to position him as a proper frontman at the microphone against the backdrop of his idiosyncratic electronic productions. It arrives as a statement of purpose, a detonation to vaporize the debris and clear out new territory. The album lays out his most diverse menu of styles and experiments to date, veering from technoid noise-pop animated by his maniacal vocal performances, to hallucinogenic psych rock with analog synths repurposed into bludgeoning guitar riffs, to something that resembles lounge music as performed by a delirious crooner on the eve of the world's destruction. Meticulously sculpted over the better part of five years, Confusion Is My Name takes up the reins of multiple eras of James Marlon Magas's output and conglomerates them into some rendition of the ultra-Magas. Just as his participation in the band Couch cast him as a swaggering vocalist howling out unhinged tirades, the Magas of today returns to a version of that role with an equal measure of demoniac belting and brain-melted post-crooning. Magas recasts his analog synths into the role of the guitar in some moments, even achieving a sense of back and forth 'stumming' with their oscillating wails -- not to be confused with the actual overdriven guitar contributions of French noise maven Electronicat on 'Lay My Money.' Other guests appear amidst the Confusion. Former Blues Control member Lea Cho pours out a rapid-fire keyboard solo on the climax of 'Feathers in the Clouds,' hitting like a boogie-woogie pianist on speed atop Magas's squelching synths. New Orleans freak music luminaries Miss Pussycat and Quintron contribute vocals, flute, and percussion to album opener 'Irma, Irma.' Chicago experimental/free-jazz veterans Fred Lonberg-Holm and Julie Pomerleau join in on the delicate album-closer 'Kiss on the Cheek' with their plaintive cello and violin layers brushing against Magas's Rhodes. For all its dense frameworks of production, James Marlon Magas's vocal performances occupy our full attention throughout Confusion Is My Name. He takes chances on the mic. He embraces some skewed rapping on 'Watch,' spitting bars alongside director/actress Asia Argento, with whom Magas collaborated as a composer on the 2014 film Misunderstood. Argento's verse finds her incanting a whispered malediction in her native Italian. Magas embraces the role of the quasi-doom metal vocalist on 'Stone,' all while his drum programming pummels us with snares and kicks more in the vein of electro. Magas inhabits the personas that each track calls for with unbridled confidence. This time around, he stands before you as a rock star, some type of demented oracle, and lays it all out on the table. He's not asking you to follow him if you don't want to, but he knows you can't stay here. Nowhere is safe, yet at least you could choose to spend the last of your energy in the company of James Marlon Magas as he serenades you into oblivion."
MONO-TONE RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: MT 034LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VELVETTE, LORETTE Don't Crowd Your Mind LP
Limited 2022 restock. First time ever on LP for Don't Crowd Your Mind, a compilation of songs from Lorette Velvette, originally on rare 45s and CDs. The collection sees the ex-Panther Burns and Hellcats member with guests like Alex Chilton, Mick Collins, Lee Baker, Doug Easley. Garage blues and raunch n' roll, originals songs, and startling covers -- the true Memphis sound, savage and soulful!
MONOTYPE (POLAND)
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CAT #: MONO 021LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DRUMM, KEVIN The Back Room LP
Limited restock. Kevin Drumm is a Chicago-based experimental artist and one of the most important musicians in the electroacoustic noise scene. During his career he has worked with great improvisers such as Mats Gustafsson, producer Jim O'Rourke and saxophonist Ken Vandermark. Kevin Drumm's Imperial Distortion (HOS 134LP) and Sheer Hellish Miasmah (EMEGO 053LP) are must-hear albums of contemporary avant-garde. The Back Room is a vinyl reissue of a previously self-released album. Two years ago, Drumm prepared by himself 100 copies of a CD-R full of intensive noise. The whole conception from the beginning sounded like something recorded not for a CD but for an LP. There are two parts: one consists of three very short, high-pitched pieces. Another part is built with two long compositions where you can hear and even feel many shades of analog electronic noise, with all of its brutal beauty.
MUNSTER RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: MR 432LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
LOS SPEAKERS En El Maravilloso Mundo De Ingeson LP
Officially reissued for the first time, originally released in 1968. By 1968, Colombian rock had left behind its affinity with yéyé and go-go music. In Medellín, Discos Fuentes had terminated its contract with Los Yetis, whose farewell record Olvídate (1968) set a strong anti-establishment tone. While the fire of protest that had spread rapidly among students in Paris was dying out, young people in Bogotá voiced their discontent. Aware of the effervescent political climate across the world, Los Speakers wrote their last record between June and September of the convulsive year of 1968. In order to give shape to these new songs they needed a space where they could experiment freely with sound. The music historian and critic and sound engineer, Manuel Drezner, made a providential appearance and offered the innovative Ingeson studios to the trio under one condition: that his company's name was included in the title of the record. For four months, Rodrigo, Manuel, and Roberto created a record that was completely different to anything on the Colombian rock scene at that time. Los Speakers used cutting-edge equipment to record and mix El Maravilloso Mundo De Ingesón. It was the first time local musicians had access to a multichannel mixing desk where they could experiment with all kinds of bold sound effects. The silences between songs were replaced with brief intervals of sound including the noise of a train running over a passer-by, a bomb exploding... Although it's often labelled a conceptual record, the four compositions that each of the band members contribute reveal different aesthetic personalities. From the strong influence of Renaissance and Baroque poetry and music to the virulent social critique and pacifist statements, suffused with religiosity and mysticism. Armed with the demo tape, Los Speakers presented the project to CBS, Philips, Sonolux, and Bambuco. The labels' verdict was unanimous: not very commercial and very costly. The group reacted to this negative response by pooling their personal savings, inventing a fictious record label called Kris and released the record just as they had imagined it. This led to the creation of a graphic concept unheard of in Colombia: the record included a booklet containing photos, texts, and illustrations. Although there was a big media roll out, which included TV appearances and features in newspapers and magazines, as predicted the album was a commercial failure... El Maravilloso Mundo De Ingesón is one of the most brilliantly whacked-out psych LPs to emerge from South America. An almost impossible to find cult record.
MUSIC ON VINYL (NETHERLANDS)
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CAT #: MOV 2353COL-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
PENTANGLE Basket Of Light (Yellow & Orange Marbled Vinyl) LP
"Basket Of Light is the most progressive release by the British folk-rock group Pentangle. Traditional English folk songs are reinterpreted with a mix of jazz, pop and rock influences. The album opener 'Light Flight' has become their signature song, which was also the theme song from BBC1's first color drama series Take Three Girls. With Basket Of Light, Pentangle proved they could release a progressive, ground-breaking work without keyboards, much studio trickery or even electric instruments. The original Pentangle was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During the recordings of Basket Of Light, line-up included Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Terry Cox, Danny Thompson and Jacqui McShee. Basket Of Light is available as a limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on yellow and orange marbled vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve."
MY VIA NERO'S NEPTUNE
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CAT #: MY 004LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WOEHRLE AND MICHAEL YONKERS, JIM Borders of My Mind LP
Original pressing from 1974.
NOPAPER RECORDS (POLAND)
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CAT #: R 132CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SKALPEL Origins CD
The Polish duo Skalpel release their new album Origins. Origins is an inspiring contemporary vision adapting various currents of electronica and dance music of the millennium era. Marcin Cichy and Igor Pudlo, the duo's founders, on Origins: "This album is a kind of prequel. We return to the music of the '90s that we had listened to and that inspired us before we discovered the potential of jazz sounds. A bit of a fictional compilation like those once released by Mo'Wax, Ninja Tune, Wall of Sound, !K7. Nostalgia mixed with the desire to update those ideas gives the music a contemporary sound. At the same time, this is an eyewitness and earwitness testimony of one of the most interesting chapters in the history of electronic music." Throughout the years, Skalpel have been blending local, traditional jazz inspirations by means of new electronica. This original approach sparked interest of Ninja Tune who subsequently released Skalpel's two enthusiastically received albums: Skalpel (2004) and Konfusion (2005). These paved the way to the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Award nomination. Their critically acclaimed 2020 album Highlight (NOPAPER 120CD/LP) together with the follow-up: Escape Remixes EP (which included a remix by rising modern classical star Hania Rani and globally respected house duo Catz 'N Dogz), accrued many streams. Skalpel's full spectrum of their imagination and skills was also enhanced by their well- received concerts with a live line-up. For fans of: The Cinematic Orchestra, Bonobo, Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Shadow.
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CAT #: R 132LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SKALPEL Origins 2LP
Double LP version. The Polish duo Skalpel release their new album Origins. Origins is an inspiring contemporary vision adapting various currents of electronica and dance music of the millennium era. Marcin Cichy and Igor Pudlo, the duo's founders, on Origins: "This album is a kind of prequel. We return to the music of the '90s that we had listened to and that inspired us before we discovered the potential of jazz sounds. A bit of a fictional compilation like those once released by Mo'Wax, Ninja Tune, Wall of Sound, !K7. Nostalgia mixed with the desire to update those ideas gives the music a contemporary sound. At the same time, this is an eyewitness and earwitness testimony of one of the most interesting chapters in the history of electronic music." Throughout the years, Skalpel have been blending local, traditional jazz inspirations by means of new electronica. This original approach sparked interest of Ninja Tune who subsequently released Skalpel's two enthusiastically received albums: Skalpel (2004) and Konfusion (2005). These paved the way to the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Award nomination. Their critically acclaimed 2020 album Highlight (NOPAPER 120CD/LP) together with the follow-up: Escape Remixes EP (which included a remix by rising modern classical star Hania Rani and globally respected house duo Catz 'N Dogz), accrued many streams. Skalpel's full spectrum of their imagination and skills was also enhanced by their well- received concerts with a live line-up. For fans of: The Cinematic Orchestra, Bonobo, Kruder & Dorfmeister, DJ Shadow.
ON THE CORNER RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: OTCR 017LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
EDRIX PUZZLE Coming of the Moon Dogs LP
Edrix pulses in the distant sky. Modal meditations, hypnotic bowed formations, and detuned throbs of echo and bass reverberate from the ruins of Planet Battagon. A puzzle, a tremor detected in the stars buried deep in the decay of Neptunia retracting at breaking speed. Edrix pulses in the distance... Rising from the rubble of Planet Battagon's cosmic collision of shimmering improvisation and bass- weight electronics, producer, multi/instrumentalist and veteran drummer, Nathan "Tugg" Curran (Basement Jaxx, Kano, Bryan Ferry) returns with London-based ensemble, Edrix Puzzle's latest celestial disturbance, Coming of the Moon Dogs, via On The Corner Records. Presenting the latest chapter in Curran's reimagined v3050 dub of Mwandishi-era Herbie Hancock, Edrix Puzzle swap its mother planet's rattling Battagon sub-bass and improvised, machine-bebop of bleep, for live acoustic bass (Tom Mason), classical violin (Darren Berry), and Stockhausen-esque experiments. Recorded remotely across ten months during lockdown, the full-length follow-up to Edrix's 2021 Rise To Eris EP, also features Oli Savill (percussion) and Martin Slattery (bass clarinet, saxophone), two long time Curran collaborators and members of Planet Battagon. Tugg the creator can be found on acoustic drums, drum synths, and machines. Whilst Curran's Planet Battagon idles in the galaxy, Edrix's post punk silhouette appears in temporary total eclipse, resurrected and in transit, ready to emerge from the darkness.
OTOROKU (UK)
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CAT #: ROKU 029CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
JIHA AND ROY CLAIRE POTTER, PARK To Call Out Into The Night CD
Full recording of one of the most engaging and beguiling Late Junction live sessions -- the one-off first meeting between Korean multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha and writer and performer Roy Claire Potter. It's an unlikely pairing which works from the first breath. Park Jiha plays the saenghwang, a Korean mouth organ which she blows in long multiphonics to set pace for Potter's words. They unfurl a scene slowly in front of you, rich and focused, shifting your field of vision and drawing you in, elsewhere. It's impossible not to follow, not to look for where they point. When the piri sounds for a flooded town on the B side, the water flows between your own feet; Potter's words a sometimes frightening hörspiel in scouse. Though the details are fine, the space each artist gives one another and their instruments, their language, is given to the listener in turn. A careful melody picks out a route for words with no fixed meaning, a body with no fixed direction, and you are invited to listen and see a kind of music made visible in its inference.Influenced by linguistics and performance theory, Roy Claire Potter makes performance, text, drawing, installation and film, and often collaborates with musicians and sound artists to make audio for music festivals and radio. Across the wide range of their practice, Roy tells stories built from fragmented, intense images that depict moving bodies or domestic scenes and architectural settings. Roy's interest in subtext and narrative sequencing is felt in the way they use fast-paced talking or reading speeds, and restricted or partial views of space. Complicated social or group dynamics, and the aftermath of violent events are common themes in Roy's work and are usually treated with a dark, sometimes willful humor.Park Jiha creates exploratory music rooted in traditional Korean instrumental performance. To this session she brings three instruments: a Korean hammered dulcimer called a yanggeum, a saenghwang which is an instrument made of 24 slender bamboo pipes attached to a bowl and played like a harmonica and a double-reed bamboo flute called a piri, which sounds similar to an oboe.Recorded and mixed on January 30, 2020 by Rob Winter, Pete Smith and Andy Rushton at Maida Vale Studios, London.
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CAT #: ROKU 032CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
NICOLS, MAGGIE Are You Ready? 2CD
First physical solo release from legendary vocal improvisor, dancer, and performer Maggie Nicols, and the follow-up to her brilliant Creative Contradiction (Takuroku, 2020). While she might be best known as an improviser (Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Feminist Improvising Group, Les Diaboliques), Maggie Nicols's talents stretch into song, dance, poetry, performance, and composition. When Cafe OTO was shut over lockdown, they invited her to follow-up the brilliant solo Creative Contradiction. "Songs" -- seemingly contradictory to the practices of free improvisation -- have been a vital part in Nicols's relationship to music. It was singing bebop with pianist Dennis Rose which nurtured and challenged Nicols, allowing her to develop her own skills and sound amongst a repertoire of standards swung in clubs and pubs. Singing alongside Julie Tippetts in Centipede showed her how heady experimentation could be woven into composition, and a more recent recording with pianist Steve Lodder is simply titled The Maggie Nicols Songbook. Are You Ready? recalls Nicols's own compositions from memory, working out tunes and turning them over. New routes down old paths form in moments of improvisation and all wrong turns are played out with joyous discovery. What John Stevens dubbed Maggie's "ability to find the 'rhythmelodic'" meets a willingness to be understood and to understand. Solo at the piano, Nicols is still firmly rooted in the collective however -- "Are You Ready / Sans Papiers" sets the words of poet Vicky Scrivener to tune; a tale of migration and struggle which is as important to Nicols as the songs her mother wrote. "Whatever Arises" - a companion disk to the 'Songs', is a meditation of sorts, a process of 'following the energy' which has its roots in John Stevens' work. "Improvisation gives the confidence to compose," Nicols told us in an interview about some of her archival tapes, and here the two are as important as each other. Beginning with breath and repetition, "Whatever Arises" allows Nicols to find new voices, accompanied by the piano and over dubbings of her tap shoes on the concrete floor. Brilliantly she is able to share her moments of discovery with the listener, finding comfort in vulnerability. Whilst rooted in Stevens' work, Nicols' improvisational techniques is also reminiscent of Pauline Oliveros's Sonic Meditations. Recorded at Cafe OTO July 15-17 2021 by Shaun Crook. Mixed by Shaun Crook. Mastered by Sean McCann. Artwork by Annalisa Colombara. Lettering by Rosella Garavaglia. Layout by Maja Larrson. Double-CD version includes a companion disc of freely improvised meditations entitled, "Whatever Arises".
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CAT #: ROKURE 004LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
MOHOLO OCTET, LOUIS Spirits Rejoice! LP
2022 restock. Otoroku present the first vinyl reissue of Louis Moholo Octet's Spirits Rejoice!, originally released in 1978 on Ogun Recordings. One of the most legendary free jazz records ever produced, Spirits Rejoice! is a high achievement in the movement of the era as it soars beyond oppression with a raucous and spiritually uplifting surge of movement and melody. Featuring Harry Miller, Johnny Dyani, Keith Tippett, Evan Parker, Nick Evans, Radu Malfatti, and Kenny Wheeler, this is former Blue Note artist Louis Moholo's first album under his own name and is a classic example of the cross-pollination between South African and British players. Mongezi Feza's 'You Ain't Gonna Know Me 'Cos You Think You Know Me" alone is enough to make your life a better place. Made with permission and in association with Ogun Recordings. Features an exact reproduction of the original artwork and liner notes, along with new liner notes from Matthew Wright. Remastered by Giuseppe IIelasi. High gloss sleeve.From Matthew Wright's new liner notes: "The South African melodies, now so familiar, were wholeheartedly taken on board by the individual musicians, their unity of purpose mirroring the belief in the strength of the collective. Stunning solos, often close to the edge, feature throughout -- Evan Parker and Keith Tippett on 'Shine Wherever You Are'; the contrasting trombone styles of Nick Evans and Radu Malfatti on 'You Ain't Gonna Know Me...'; the octet sounding like a full big band; and behind them, the relentlessly rhythmic urgency of the piano, bass and drums. Add to this Kenny Wheeler's moving and all-encompassing trumpet on the elegiac 'Amaxesha Osizi' and the joyous flamboyancy of 'Wedding Hymn' with Parker's relatively straight-ahead tenor and Tippett's dextrous piano solo over a bed of riffing horns, (fast) walking bass lines and a supreme sense of swing. Louis' early hero, Big Sid Catlett, would have loved it!"
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CAT #: ROKURE 009LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
PARKER, EVAN Six of One LP
2022 restock; originally recorded and released in 1980, Six of One beautifully captures the detail in Evan Parker's high frequency split tones for which he is now perhaps better known. Five years on from Saxophone Solos and with circular breathing and polyphonics well-worn into his live performances, Parker's experiments here produce sustained passages of brilliant flight. Set into the echoes and resonances of a St Judes On The Hill church, the results are stunning. Transferred from the original master tapes by Thomas Hall at Abbey Road Studios and released in an edition of 500."The recital commences with a split tone line of twining sine waves that expand and contract in telepathic collusion. Pitch dynamics narrow and redefine themselves more emphatically on the second piece where sliding legato rivulets born of Parker's compartmentalized tonguing create the sonic semblance of up to three separate voices emanating from the single reed speech center. It's a feat he's accomplished innumerable times since, but every fresh hearing never fails to open an aperture into a style of improvisatory expression that is at once wholly alien and intensely mesmerizing. There's also something strangely subterranean about the flood of sounds, like the rush percolating water through an underground aquifer system enroute to unknown tributaries. The third piece trades tightly braided tones for leaner and more linear phrases, but a vaporous trail of phantom notes still clings to the central line. And so it goes, with the illusion of repetition guiding the momentum, though Parker never explicitly repeats himself." --Derek Taylor, All About Jazz, 2002
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CAT #: ROKURE 010LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
PARKER, EVAN Saxophone Solos LP
2022 restock. OTOROKU reissue Evan Parker's first solo LP Saxophone Solos. Recorded by Martin Davidson in 1975 at the Unity Theatre in London, at that time the preferred concert venue of the Musicians' Co-operative, Parker's densely woven and often cyclical style has yet to form; instead throaty murmurs appear under rough-hewn whistles and calls -- the wildly energetic beginnings of an extraordinary career. Reissued with liner notes from Seymour Wright in an edition of 500."The four pieces across the two sides of Saxophone Solos -- 'Aerobatics 1' to '4' -- are testing, pressured, bronchial spectaculars of innovation and invention and determination. Evan tells four stories of exploration and imagination without much obvious precedent. Abstract Beckettian cliff-hanging detection/logic/magic/mystery. The conic vessel of the soprano saxophone here recorded contains the ur-protagonists: seeds, characters, settings, forces, conflicts, motions, for new ideas, to delve, to tap and to draw from it story after story as he has on solo record after record for 45 years. 'Aerobatics 1-3' were recorded on June 17th 1975, by Martin Davidson at Parker's first solo performance. This took place at London's Unity Theatre in Camden. 'Aerobatics 4' was recorded on September 9th the same year, by Jost Gebers in the then FMP studio in Charlottenburg, Berlin. Music of balance and gravity, fulcra, effort, poise, and enquiry. Sounds thrown and shaken into and out of air, metal and wood. It is -- as the titles suggest -- spectacular." --Seymour Wright, 2020
OWN IT (UK)
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CAT #: OWNIT 001CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS The Rest Is Distraction CD
Experimental post-punk outfit Girls In Synthesis are set to release the eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2020's incendiary debut, Now Here's An Echo From Your Future (HARB 206CD/LP/S-LP). Entitled The Rest Is Distraction and available via the band's own label Own It, its mix of fractured guitar, crushing drums and bass, intense vocals and lyrical content create as challenging a record as you will hear this year. Formed in 2016, Girls In Synthesis are John Linger (bass, vocals), Jim Cubitt (guitar, keys), and Nicole Pinto (drums). The trio's double A-sided debut single The Mound/Disappear came out in the early part of 2017, and since then they have established themselves as the most forward thinking, viscerally challenging band around with unmissable live shows that continue to excite and astound in equal measure. Recorded last year amidst the uncertainty of continuous lockdowns as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic, The Rest Is Distraction is far darker in content than its predecessor. Mainly exploring internal and mental struggles as opposed to external current affairs, it focuses on the claustrophobia of emotional anguish and continues to bravely delve into previously un-ventured topics. Featuring frequent collaborators funkcutter and Stanley Bad on horns and violin, respectively, two songs also see Eleni Poulou, ex-The Fall, on keyboards. The album was mixed by long-term collaborator Max Walker and features stunning landscape photography by Bea Dewhurst. The album was mastered in France by Ayumu Matsuo. Sonically atramentous and less one dimensional than the band's debut, The Rest Is Distraction takes its cues from Join Hands-era Siouxsie & The Banshees, Brainiac and Crass's Christ The Album, among others. From the first crackle of electricity on the opening track, to the heart wrenching taped voice-recording on the final outro, this album triumphantly retains every ounce of intensity and vitality that makes Girls In Synthesis the most captivating band to emerge from the UK DIY underground in recent years. Listeners will find The Rest Is Distraction a challenging, yet ultimately cathartic listen. Prepare yourselves for a sonic cleansing, Girls In Synthesis style. LP versions available on black vinyl (OWNIT 001LP) and grey vinyl (OWNIT 001COL-LP).
POSSESED (POLAND)
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CAT #: POSSESED 001LP
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VA Welcome to Venice LP
"Released in 1984, and long out of print, Welcome to Venice is a milestone for crossover thrash fans all over the world. Put together by Suicidal Tendencie's Mike Muir and Louiche Mayorga on their Suicidal Records label it accurately represents the local Venice scene of the era and it's Hardcore Crossover stile. With songs by the legendary Suicidal Tendencies, Los Cycos (with Muir also on vocals), Beowülf, No Mercy and Excel, Welcome to Venice it's a banger sure to please any fan of the genre. Includes three bonus tracks not included on the original vinyl."
RADIATION REISSUES (ITALY)
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CAT #: RRS 121LP
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AGENT ORANGE Living In Darkness LP
2022 repress. Adventurous southern California punk trio Agent Orange was the first band to mix surf rock with punk. The group was formed in1979 in Placentia, a small town close to Fullerton and Anaheim, by front man Mike Palm on guitar and lead vocals, Steve Soto on bass, and Scott Miller on drums. That early line-up recorded the classic version of "Bloodstains" in 1979 as a demo produced by Daniel R. van Patten (of the group Berlin). A year later it was included on the seminal Rodney On The Roq compilation album released by Posh Boy Records. Meanwhile, James Levesque had replaced Steve Soto (Adolescents) and the new line-up released their own self-produced and self-released 7" EP in 1980. A year later, the group signed with Robbie Fields' Posh Boy Records for their debut LP, Living In Darkness, co-produced by Fields and former Simpletones guitarist, Jay Lansford. The album was recorded at Brian Elliot's store front studio in North Hollywood (a few years before Elliot struck gold writing Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach"). A milestone in California punk rock history. Includes five bonus tracks. Black vinyl.
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CAT #: RRS 135LP
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GBH City Baby Attacked By Rats LP
2022 repress. Radiation Records present a reissue of GBH's City Baby Attacked By Rats, originally released in 1982. Street punk pioneers Charged GBH formed in Birmingham in 1978, the name referencing original bassist Sean McCarthy's trial for grievous bodily harm. The in-your-face hardcore of EP Leather, Bristles, Studs And Acne, paved the way for super-charged debut LP, City Baby Attacked By Rats, which hit the number two position on the British indie charts on release in 1982, as well as the mainstream top 20, despite being released by tiny independent, Clay Records. With a touch of Motorhead and Sabbath beneath their straight-up hardcore, City Baby is where the legend begins, capturing GBH at their bloodiest.
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CAT #: RRS 136LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GBH City Babys Revenge LP
2022 repress; Radiation Records present a reissue of GBH's City Babys Revenge, originally released in 1983. After the chart-topping debut City Baby Attacked By Rats, Birmingham "UK82" punk pioneers Charged G.B.H. cut City Baby's Revenge, their second release for Clay Records, and even though a mere year had passed, City Baby's Revenge showed significant progression, Jock's guitar more obviously inspired by metal, the lyrics more explicit and the sound even rawer than before. With a cool take of the Stooges' "I Feel Alright" and the reggae/rockabilly-esque "Skanga", this acclaimed winner is the LP that broke the band in the USA and is arguably the best they ever recorded required listening for the band's devotees and all fans of metal-edged hardcore.
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CAT #: RRS 137LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GBH Leather, Bristles, No Survivors And Sick Boys... LP
2022 repress; Radiation Records present a reissue of GBH's Leather, Bristles, No Survivors And Sick Boys..., originally released in 1982. In between the charting debut LP City Baby Attacked By Rats and the acclaimed follow-up, City Baby's Revenge, the independent Clay Records gathered all their Charged GBH singles for the shocking compilation, Leather Bristles No Survivors And Sick Boys..., capturing their versatility, as well as their shit-on-you attitude. The anti-war "Generals" is an early classic, "Necrophilia" tests the limits via an ironic salute to copulating with corpses and there are plenty of other shock-value moments, all delivered with their trademark blend of hardcore, metal, angst, rage and humor. Essential!
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CAT #: RRS 158LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DISCHARGE 1980-1986 LP
Reissue. Formed in the northern industrial town of Stoke on Trent in 1977, Discharge changed punk with its distinctive brand of hardcore, making minimalist music with distorted guitar, drone-like bass, shouted anarchist themes and propulsive drumming, known as D-Beat. Originally issued in 1987, this killer compilation charts the best of their early years with Clay Records, from the full-on assault of "Realities of War", passing the chart-topping "Why?", to the shrieking sounds of "Grave New World", which edged further into metal territory. Listen and be awed by the power and the glory of one of the most influential punk and metal bands ever. Gatefold sleeve.
RAVE UP RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: RUR 088LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GYNECOLOGISTS, THE John Wayne Gacy: Original 80s Punk Rock from Indiana LP
Howlin' from Bloomington, Indiana, The Gynecologists were probably one of the most outrageous and repellent punk bands ever. Inspired by the everlasting violence of American society, their songs evoke a chilling maelstrom of depravation and amorality, while their obsession with sex and feces makes GG Allin look like a priest. The material on this anthology has never been released before on vinyl: while confirming a challenging musical creativity and the powerful vocals of frontman Tommy Afterbirth, it reveals unexpected links with American classic rock (take a listen to their cover of Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band").
ROOM40 (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: RM 4153LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
KNIGHT, PETER Shadow Phase LP
Australian composer and director of the Australia Art Orchestra, Peter Knight, resolves his extensive work as an improvisor and band leader into his first solo recording in a decade, Shadow Phase. This is a recording which charts out a sense of perpetual opening, in a time of restrictive movement. It is a music of verticality, spiraling simultaneously up and down, effortlessly generating a depth and openness that is reflected both compositionally and texturally. Shadow Phase is also a music of light and dark, of elements being revealed and concealed with unerring patience. Even at its most dynamic this is a music that carries itself with a quality of a reductive, yet effervescent landscape. It is a masterful exploration of sound, anchored by Knight's evocative approach to trumpet.From Peter Knight: "Most of this record was created in the shadow of COVID and deep in the maw of Melbourne's 2020 long winter lockdown. It is a meditation on the nature of connection. Restricted to a 5km zone, one of the only people I saw outside my family during this time was my old friend and teacher, Ania Walwicz. We met in the overlap between our zones on the waterfront near Docklands to walk and talk on bright, cool winter afternoons. Those conversations became large in my thoughts when Ania suddenly passed away in September. Her voice was in my head as I worked on this music, trawling through threads of ideas, recordings made on my phone, and thoughts jotted down in notebooks. Ania's practice as a writer relied on 'automatic' processes. Her work was informed by everything she had read (a lot) but it was created in the manner of dreams . . . I recorded everyday using the trumpet, my old Revox reel-to-reel, a couple of synths, a harmonium I lent from a friend, and whatever else was around. I worked mostly on just diving a little deeper each time I sat down to it. Through the simple process of exhalation, I explored my relationship with the trumpet, which has been through so many twists and turns. I let the tones produced by my breath unfurl on long tape loops and degrade beyond recognition through pedal and plugin chains, until the only imprint of the initial gesture remained. My process also involved long bike rides during which I'd listen to the work of previous days on ear buds, gliding through familiar streets made slightly strange by the absence of people and movement..."
ROOTS VIBRATION (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: ROOTS 042EP
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GEORGES The Light 7"
Holy grail of US roots reggae. Sweet vocals on a carefully produced riddim and classic dub version on the b-side. Still the light shines so bright! More Relation started in 1977 in New York. They've recorded many now sought-after singles and one self-titled album. This release however was credited to Georges because one of the four band members was missing during the recording session.
SOFT ABUSE
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CAT #: SAB 101LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
KRAUS Fire! Water! Air! Kraus! LP
"Longtime Aotearoa/New Zealand producer Kraus has been a fixture in various underground North and South Island circles for twenty years, and his solo music has covered a lot of ground in that time. In recent years he's shifted focus from guitar-based recordings to synthesis-oriented electronic work, an approach that blooms in full color on Fire! Water! Air! Kraus!, his 19th full-length album and first all-electronic affair. Kraus obsessives will once more revel in the inventive use of melody and texture here, as well as the primitive futurist fusion of eastern/western psychedelia and tonal explorations of electronic pioneers like Suzanne Ciani and Laurie Spiegel, with a dash of exotica for good measure. Fire! Water! Air! Kraus! is a joyful, immersive listen, and Soft Abuse is thrilled to share it with the known universe."
SONG CYCLE RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: CY 980LP
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TOOP/PAUL BURWELL, DAVID Wounds LP
2022 restock; Song Cycle present the first reissue of Wounds by David Toop and Paul Burwell. Originally released in 1980 on Toop's Quartz! label, the album is representative of a seminal moment within the British music scene evolved around the London Musicians Collective in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Founded in 1976 by a group of improvising musicians and sound artists including Evan Parker, Peter Cusack, Lol Coxhill, Sylvia Hallet, Max Eastley, the LMC contributed to shape a new generation of free improvisers with broader interests ranging from the music of John Stevens, Evan Parker, and Cornelius Cardew, to non-western music experiences. David Toop and Paul Burwell came to know each other precisely in these crucial moments, to start a long-lasting collaboration on two separate but intertwined projects a trio with the artist and poet Bob Cobbing, and an improvisation duo. As result of the latter, the nine tracks included in Wounds are edited from a single performance at the LMC, date 30.6.1979. Recorded by Max Eastley and Russ Wood, these shows saw the employment of different musical instruments as well an odd number of found objects placed in front of the artists, on the floor, ready to be picked up and played. Electric guitar, flute, cassette, water, rubbish, explosives, six strings harp, bamboo fiddle, whistle were only a few of the wider arrange of instruments at the disposal of the two. The result is an ambivalent album, suspended between the unfolding of the time of performance, and the circularity of the ritual. And if the collage of texts appearing on the artwork demonstrates a certain disapproval and skepticism toward the progress of society, Wounds seems also suggesting a possible cure. The improvised music, the use of non-canonical instruments, the presence of pre-recorded sounds coming, seems indeed to be an open invitation to the listeners to abandon the old conventions and to search for a new system of relationships.
TEENAGE KIDS (POLAND)
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CAT #: TEENAGE 001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
UNDERTONES, THE Peel Sessions 78-79 LP
"The first three sessions The Undertones recorded for the BBC present the Irish masters of punk pop at the peak of their game, energetically going through an unbeatable set of classics any band would kill for. Recorded for the show of one of their biggest fans and supporters (no wonder they were one of John Peel's favorites after listening to this songs), this collection proves again The Undertones where unstoppable when it came to mixing the frenzied out energy of punk rock with the melodic sensibility of the best '60s pop. A must!"
THE FLENSER
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CAT #: FLENSER 127LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SCARCITY Aveilut LP
"There's a real sense of loss on Brooklyn experimental black metalists Scarcity's debut album Aveilut, an inescapable presence of the realities of death. Multi-instrumentalist Brendon Randall-Myers (conductor of the Glenn Branca Ensemble since Branca's passing) wrote Aveilut while processing the sudden deaths of two people close to him, tracked it while caught in Beijing's first lockdown of 2020, and finished it while surrounded by the overwhelming plague visuals of New York's early COVID peak. Back in Brooklyn, vocalist Doug Moore (of Pyrrhon, Weeping Sores, Glorious Depravity, and Seputus) soon found himself in the midst of an equally bleak lockdown experience -- living next to a funeral home when New York City was America's COVID epicenter. From conception through development, tangible death surrounded Aveilut. The result of such a profound closeness with death is this grief-stricken release, which takes its name from the Hebrew word for mourning. 72-note octaves, alternate tunings, psychoacoustic phenomena and macro-phrases embody the hugeness of loss, the inexplicable space of death's void that Randall-Myers faced both on a personal and existential scale. Together with Moore's gripping vocal delivery and stark lyrics, the album takes the form of a hyperobject, an entity with such vastness and reach that it's difficult for the human mind to comprehend. Consisting of one 45-minute composition, the music is black metal roughly in the vein of Jute Gyte, Krallice, Mare Cognitum, and Enhare -- with hefty doses of post-Branca microtonal guitar abuse, and a cinematic scope that draws on Randall-Myers' work with orchestras. Aveilut's mathematical abstraction and lyrical focus on the greatness of the void breed raw emotion, attempting to represent a catastrophe, the vastness and inevitability of things outside one's control, as well as a direct expression of grief, a kind of requiem. Though born of Randall-Myers and Moore's intense intimacy with absence, Aveilut is an attempt to present a harrowing universal representation of death's true form."
TINY GLOBAL PRODUCTIONS (HUNGARY)
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CAT #: PICI 045CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NIGHTINGALES The Last Laugh CD
Revisiting a press release for the Nightingales' last album, Four Against Fate, Tiny Global Productions recalled hesitant anticipation for the forthcoming King Rocker, a film documentary of Robert Lloyd and Nightingales, made by Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee. After forty years of activity, Robert and the band had seen hyped recordings go lost, scant commercial success. Royalties? Ha. Yet response to King Rocker was immediately positive. Fab reviews galore, a long process regaining master rights which led to a series of expanded reissues with Fire. A tour postponed three times finally took place, to fully-packed houses. It was a very good year. The band felt a degree of anxiety prior to the sessions, which took place at Valencia's Elefante Studios. With bassist Andi Schmid isolated during Covid, the band had yet begun working out individual rough sketches, typically battered into songs over a period of months. They went into a new studio blind, with a new producer, Jorge Bernabe, without rehearsals . . . and produced a top-to-bottom masterpiece. Thirty seconds in, "Sunlit Uplands", is already a classic showcasing Fliss Kitson's increased songwriting power and the core dichotomy of the group's best songs: perverse as fuck, catchy as fuck. "I 3 CCTV" is highlighted by a fab Jim Smith astral-garage guitar riff . . . and that's a one-two punch few albums ever equal, let alone carry over to the affectionate "Frances Sokolov", Robert's ode to mentor Vi Subversa, the playground riff that underlines "Spread Yourself Out" and then "Bloody Breath", the best encapsulation of all the band's genius in developing a kind of "pop" that no other combo has ever cracked. Other highlights include the lopsided mysterious beauty of "Magical Left Foot", the courtly raver of "I Need The Money At The Time" with a wonderful motorik groove driven by bassist Andi Schmid, and the album closer, "My Sweet Friend", a rockabilly lullaby which sounds like a magical outtake from Robert's one and only solo album It's a corker, it's a marvel, it's the best Nightingales record to date. Try and deny it.
TRES SELOS (BRAZIL)
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CAT #: TSPL 033LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
ZE, TOM Tom Ze (1972) LP
Reissued for the first time outside of Brazil, originally released in 1972. After a few "strategic mistakes" in his career, Tom Ze? found a new home at Continental label. It was there that he made four albums for the remaining of the 1970s, beginning with this self-titled one. When this LP was released in 1972, Tom Ze? had a relentless interest in the unexplored, in experiments, and in the unusual. These songs revealed a more mature Tom Ze?, addressing social issues, outdated concepts, false traditions, and the hypocrisy from Brazil's military government. The original press release warned: "1972 marks the beginning of a new phase in Tom Ze?'s career. He decided to move into simpler forms of writing and released an album that is a result of that." Tom Zé is considered the most "paulista" of all tropicalistas. He came from Bahia, but his wry urban poetry, infused with the uncomfortable sounds of the largest metropolis of South America, is pure São Paulo. This reissue includes unseen photos, new testimonials from Tom Ze? himself and a lengthy article signed by Bento Araujo, author of the book series Lindo Sonho Delirante. Gatefold sleeve.
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CAT #: TSPL 034LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
ZE, TOM Todos os Olhos LP
Reissued for the first time outside of Brazil, originally released in 1973. Todos os Olhos is one of the most emblematic and essential records of the confrontational music of Brazil. By denouncing, criticizing, and mocking the trend of "heroes" who made "protest music" at the time, Tom Ze? signed his eremitic letter of exclusion but not without "contest the contestation". Excommunicated from the MPB and even from tropica?lia, in Todos os Olhos Tom Ze? presented, with a lot of courage, an unusual way of fight Brazil's military dictatorship. All that would be later triggered in Tom Ze?'s career is here, always ready for a new rediscovery. Tom Zé is considered the most "paulista" of all Tropicalistas. He came from Bahia, but his wry urban poetry, infused with the uncomfortable sounds of the largest metropolis of South America, is pure São Paulo. The tracks "Complexo de E?pico", "Cademar", "Um 'OH' e um 'AH'", "Augusta, Ange?lica e Consolac?a?o" and "O Riso e a Faca" were included in Brazil Classics 4: The Best Of Tom Zé, compiled by David Byrne and released by Luaka Bop in 1990. This reissue includes unseen photos, new testimonials from Tom Ze? himself and a lengthy article signed by Bento Araujo, author of the book series Lindo Sonho Delirante. Gatefold sleeve.
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CAT #: TSPL 035LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
ZE, TOM Correio da Estacao do Bras LP
Reissued for the first time outside of Brazil, originally released in 1978. Away from radio, TV, and with live performances increasingly scarce at the end of the seventies, Tom Ze? was a risky investment for record labels, agents, and gig promoters. Always eager to please his sense for innovation and his creativity Tom Ze? wanted to release an album again after the cult Estudando o Samba (1976). So came this, a record where the tension was at the script, in the distressing real life chronicles that the artist interpreted and reported also in an autobiographic manner. At Correio da Estac?a?o do Bra?s (1978-2022) Tom Ze? had done what seemed impossible: contemporary working-class music not for the elite but for the people itself. Tom Zé is considered the most "paulista" of all Tropicalistas. He came from Bahia, but his wry urban poetry, infused with the uncomfortable sounds of the largest metropolis of South America is pure São Paulo. The variety of musical genres in the LP -- samba, sertanejo, bolero, xote, repente and forro? -- reflects the cultural diversity of the Bra?s neighborhood, a meeting point of Italians, Nordestinos, Africans, and Latinos. This reissue includes unseen photos, new testimonials from Tom Ze? himself and a lengthy article signed by Bento Araujo, author of the book series Lindo Sonho Delirante. Gatefold sleeve.
UNROCK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: UNROCK 024LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
A TRIO The Binding Third LP
The legendary Lebanese trio of trumpeter Mazen Kerbaj (Karkhana, Johnny Kafta), guitarist Sharif Sehnaoui (Calamita, Karkhana, Johnny Kafta), and bassist Raed Yassin (Praed, Praed Orchestra) celebrates their 20th anniversary with The Binding Third on Unrock. They still create acoustic improvised drones that range from insistent, chiming resonances with emergency alarm bells to low, thrumming hums but with growing intensity. Avoiding conventional technique, "A" Trio manages to create sounds like motorized devices to generate rattling, metallic vibrations, building a mechanistic backdrop out of which the instruments' true voices occasionally arise. This recording, taken at Sound Disobidience in Llubljana in 2019 reaches an exceptional electro-acoustic depth with strange sounds boiling down to a dark, heavy spiritual essence. Call it acoustic-industrial-free-jazz or call it unrock. The Binding Third is "A" Trio's first full-length album since their 2014 release Live In Nickelsdorf. In between they released a collaboration with Sun City Girl Alan Bishop and another with UK-electro-acoustic pioneers AMM. Recently A-Trio joined forces with Egyptian composer Maurice Louca on his solo-album The Luck Hour, released on Sub Rosa (SR 519LP).
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CAT #: UNROCK 030-1EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ALVARIUS B. Karaoke 7"
If you ever witnessed an Alvarius B. show you are probably aware that there are a few things only in underground music matching this level. If you haven't, don't miss him when he's coming close next. Karaoke shows one of the many characters you could explore during his shows. As his brother Richard, the other keyholder of Sun City Girls legacy, Alan Bishop played a lot of shows not only under the Alvarius B. moniker on various Unrock stages through the years. "Solo Nostalgia" (E. Morricone) and "Tiba Tiba Tu Menangis" (T. Koeswoyo) are songs which Alan rarely performed and they show off his alter-ego as a cosmopolite solo-entertainer. Unrock's 30th anniversary as an entity seems to be a good reason to release those tracks at that point. Sound wizardry by Peter Koerfer, photography by Hans van der Linden, and realization by Philip Lethen. Limited, one-time run on black vinyl.
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CAT #: UNROCK 030-2EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Magrebh Blues 7"
When internally the plan came up to release a bunch of vinyl singles for Unrock's 30th anniversary as an entity, Richard just like his brother Alan, the other keyholder of Sun City Girls legacy was among the first to take a deep look into his archives. Out came two shining pearls from different periods of his long career. "Taqasim For Omar (acoustic)" was recorded in Seattle in 2008. It was recorded before the Sir changed his mind and recorded the track with an all-electric band again for his The Freak of Araby LP (2009). "Magrebh Blues" was recorded in Tangier, 2018 when Bishop recorded Tangier Sessions in Morocco. The track came out too bluesy for what Richard wanted to show with the album, but it is the only track he played on the mysterious guitar which beautifully sounds like a Magrebhinian blues. Photography by Hans van der Linden, realization by Philip Lethen. Limited, one-time limited run on black vinyl.
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CAT #: UNROCK 030-3EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DWARFS OF EAST AGOUZA, THE Speaking In Tongues 7"
Dwarfs Of East Agouza are a leading force of improvised musical excitement and stand apart from wider parts of an lame ass underground of the '20s. Founded in Cairo circa 2015 by Alan Bishop (ex-Sun City Girls) with Sam Shalabi (Land Of Kush, Karkhana) and Maurice Louca (Karkhana) the trio developed an unique always recognizable sound, but with many faces to show. Two very different ones are shown on their contribution to Unrock's "Il Burro Sabe Mas Que Tu" singles series. "Speaking In Tongues" sounds like a nightmare coming straight out of hell, conducted by Bishop's unique voice, while "Organism 46-B" shows them in a classical softer mode, touching nearly classical free jazz issues. Mixed by Adham Zidhan. Mastered by Peter Koerfer at Ivory Tower. Photography by Hans van der Linden, realization by Philip Lethen. Limited, one-time run on black vinyl.
V.U.A.S. (POLAND)
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CAT #: VUAS 1967LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE I'm Not A Young Man Anymore (Live At The Gymnasium NYC) 2LP
Limited restock, last copies. "April 30, 1967 recording of a performance at The Gymnasium (424 E. 71st St) in New York City. So its Velvet's White Light/White Heat period in full gloom. In fact, it contains the first public performance of 'Sister Ray' (it clocks 19:10"! ) and the previously unreleased songs 'I'm Not a Young Man Anymore' and the R&B number Booker T. Mastered form recently sourced tapes not comparable with any previous versions. Black vinyl edition. Gatefold sleeve audiophile vinyl bags."
VAMPISOUL (SPAIN)
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CAT #: VAMPI 250LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
BEN, JORGE Bem-Vinda Amizade LP
Repressed. Vampisoul present a reissue of Jorge Ben's Bem-Vinda Amizade, originally released in 1981. Jorge Ben is someone who needs no introduction. Since his first hits in the '60s, this artist has become one of the greatest icons of Brazilian pop music. His anthems "Mais Que Nada" or "Pais Tropical" are probably two of the most ever-listened Brazilian songs of all time. After being involved in the Tropicalia movement and incorporating the influences of Afro-American funk into his repertoire, with the support of his backing band -- Trio Mocotó --, his very personal samba sound also opened up to the new musical trends coming from the States at the edge of the '70s. Boogie and disco music were making headway and soon became popular in the Brazilian market. Jorge Ben's albums recorded at the beginning of the '80s reflect this trend and deliver a good number of outstanding tunes. Bem-Vinda Amizade is one of those albums. Recorded in 1981, it is a solid album, start to finish. It comprises the usual samba funk numbers, so characteristic of Jorge Ben, with killer boogie and disco tracks ("Oé Oé (Faz O Carro De Boi Na Estrada)", "Ela Mora Em..."). And it also contains downtempo soulful slow burners like "Lorraine" or "Katarina, Katarina", funky as hell! An essential addition to any Brazilian music collection.
VINILISSSIMO (SPAIN)
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CAT #: MRSSS 541LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BOND + BROWN Two Heads Are Better Than One LP
Reduced price, last copies. Vinilisssimo present the first vinyl reissue of Graham Bond and Pete Brown's Two Heads Are Better Than One, originally released in 1972. Graham Bond and Pete Brown need little introduction. Bond was a key figure of the early British jazz and R&B scenes. His Graham Bond Organisation recorded several albums and the band's members (Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, John McLaughlin and Dick Heckstall-Smith) achieved massive fame in their later careers. Pete Brown was a Cream/Jack Bruce collaborator. After being thrown out of his own band, Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments, he formed another group: Piblokto! Dangerous habits, mental health issues and little commercial success seriously affected their careers on the verge of the '70s and a series of unfortunate events saw Graham Bond and Pete Brown finding themselves in limbo. They decided to team up for a new band project, resulting in the recording of Two Heads Are Better Than One in 1972. The album includes songs like "Lost Tribe" and "Looking For Time", both an attempt to express the fact that Pete and Graham were now on the outside of the rock scene in the early '70s, and "Ig The Pig", a dedication to a dubious record label head after the band found out their fee was not going to end in their bank account. Two Heads Are Better Than One is a brilliant multi-genre crossover celebration: bluesy rock with a funky twist and jazzy prog passages. It was Graham Bond's last album and probably his best work. Presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
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CAT #: MRSSS 544LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MUTANTES Ao Vivo LP
Reduced price, last copies. Vinilisssimo present a reissue of Mutantes' Ao Vivo, originally released in 1976. Those who fell in love with Os Mutantes after listening to their Tropicália work in the late '60s, embracing both psychedelia and Brazilian music influences, should be aware that only one of the original band members, Sérgio Dias, is responsible for this late album, and when it came out the band's sound had changed enormously after almost ten years since their debut LP was released in 1968. The good news is that Ao Vivo is actually a great progressive rock record and also the first time we can see the name of Os Mutantes printed on the sleeve of a live album. The quality trademark of the band was still there despite the personnel changes over the years and the fade out of the Tropicália movement, which in many cases evolved towards the progressive genre. Ao Vivo was recorded in 1976 during a show at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. Rita Lee and Arnaldo Baptista were not there, but the very talented Paulo de Castro, Rui Motta, and Luciano Alves had joined Dias and delivered a brilliant shot of live rock music with lots of quality keyboard solos and guitar licks. Paulo was at the time a very skillful multi-instrumentalist, so it is not surprising that he was hired as arranger and studio musician for artists such as Gerson Conrad and Zezé Motta on their 1975 LP on Som Livre. This album features 13 new songs and appears to be the last recording of Os Mutantes until the 2006 reunion show in London. An essential addition to any '70s Brazilian music collection. Presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
WEWANTSOUNDS (UK)
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CAT #: WWSLP 013LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
WILKINS, JACK Windows LP
2022 repress. Wewantsounds present the first ever reissue Jack Wilkins's highly sought-after Mainstream Records album Windows, originally released in 1973. Produced by Bob Shad, the album, which is on many want-lists, is especially cult for his rendition of Freddie Hubbard's classic "Red Clay", notably sampled by A Tribe Called Quest (on "Sucka Nigga") and Chance The Rapper. Recorded in 1973 at New York's Record Plant, this superb session sees guitarist Jack Wilkins in a trio setting accompanied by Mike Moore on bass and young seasoned west coast drummer Bill Goodwin (Gabor Szabo, Gary Burton, Paul Horn, Tom Waits). Together, the trio plays mix of classics including John Coltrane's "Naima", Wayne Shorter's "Pinocchio", and Chick Corea's "Windows", showcasing their instant rapport. Jack Wilkins is an underrated guitarist; he's accompanied such stars as Stanley Turrentine, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, and Sammy Davis Jr. but he has remained more of a musician's musician. Windows has reached cult status for the fact that its slow funk version of Freddie Hubbard's "Red Clay" has been sampled by A Tribe Called Quest for "Sucka Nigga" from their masterpiece Midnight Marauders (1993). ATCQ's jazz samples have always garnered a huge amount of attention from DJs and hip-hop fans and this one has had an instant effect on Windows's popularity, making it one of the most sought-after albums released on Mainstream. Chance the Rapper has also sampled "Red Clay", in the song "Nana" which featured on his second mixtape, Acid Rap (2013). This reissue is thus a great opportunity to (re)discover a great guitarist. Comes in gatefold sleeve featuring never-seen session photos and new liner notes by leading UK journalist, Kevin Le Gendre (Jazzwise, Echoes, BBC's Jazz Line Up).
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CAT #: WWSLP 031LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MYSTERY KINDAICHI BAND, THE The Adventures of Kindaichi Kosuke LP
2022 repress; LP version. Obi; includes four-page insert. Wewantsounds present the first official release outside of Japan for The Mystery Kindaichi Band's The Adventures of Kindaichi Kosuke, originally released in 1977. The "imaginary" soundtrack to the cult detective book series by writer Seishi Yokomizo is on many DJ want-lists. Arranged by soundtrack master Kentaro Haneda and featuring a mysterious group of the best '70s Japanese Funk musicians, the album is pure undiluted disco funk. Writer Seishi Yokomizo is an institution in Japan. He could be compared to Agatha Christie with his series of novels based on the adventures of detective Kosuke Kindaichi. The fictional character was born in 1946 with Yokomizo's first novel in the series and solved mysteries until the late '70s under Yokomizo's pen before the death of the writer in 1981. Yokomizo's novels have been a prime source for film and TV scenarios, so when, in 1977, Japanese label King Records decided to record a concept album based on the Kindaichi novels, it made complete sense. The writer was slightly surprised though. The concept album was arranged by pianist Kentaro Haneda, a key TV and film composer who has worked on many anime films and is also famous outside of Japan for composing the music for the video game Wizardry. For the album, he assembled a supergroup of some of the best Tokyo funk and city pop musicians. The long list includes jazz pianist Hideo Ichikawa who played on the 1971 Joe Henderson In Japan album, drummer Jun Moriya, who is on Joe Hisaichi's cult Wonder City Orchestra album (1982), percussionist Tadaomi Anai who played with disco singer Eri Ohno, trumpeter Koji Hadori who's featured on Haruomi Hosono's Pacific album (1978). Also present on the album are saxophonist Takeru Muraoka who plays on many Tatsuro Yamashita cult albums including For You (1982) and Spacy (1977), Kimiko Yamauchi (koto) who's on Akiko Yano's landmark 1976 album Japanese Girl (WWSCD 017CD/WWSLP 017LP), and last but not least, French hornist Koji Yamaguchi who plays on Yazuaki Shimizu's Kakashi (1982). Together they lay the funk on ten instrumentals filled with pure disco and funk breakbeats, making the album one of the highly-coveted Japanese LPs on international cratedigger scene. Remastered from the original tapes. Faithfully reproduced original artwork; Artwork by renowned illustrator Ichibun Sugimoto. New introduction by Anton Spice.
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CAT #: WWSLP 037LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
VA Mainstream Funk: Funk, Soul, Spiritual Jazz 1971-1975 2LP
2022 repress; double LP version. Gatefold sleeve featuring never-seen photos from the Mainstream vaults and new liner notes by UK journalist Paul Bowler. Wewantsounds continues its collaboration with Bob Shad's venerable jazz label Mainstream Records, and present a selection of 12 turntable-friendly tracks recorded between 1971 and 1975 and showcasing the label's superb blend of spiritual jazz, funk, and soul.Mainstream Records is one of the key independent jazz labels of the early 70s, together with Flying Dutchman, Strata East, CTI, and Black Jazz. Founded by legendary label man Bob Shad (who had been head of A&R at Mercury Records and set EmArcy in the '50s), the label concentrated on psychedelia in the '60s before switching back to Shad's jazz roots in the early '70s, signing a new crop of jazzmen fed on John Coltrane and Miles' electric experiments. Thus, was born the cult Mainstream "300 Series" with its distinctive artwork and outstanding music from which this selection is largely drawn. Giving their chance to many young jazz players and a few old friends, Shad recorded some of the most exciting jazz of the early '70s, mixing spiritual influences with funk and soul. It is interesting to note the Mainstream sessions included many of the hottest session players of that time such as Ron Carter, Eddie Henderson, Airto, Mtume, Earl Palmer, Mickey Roker, Merl Saunders, Cedar Walton, to name but a few. Shad also had a long-standing association with jazz divas showcased here with the opening track by Sarah Vaughan, a funkified version of Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" recorded the same year as the original in 1971. Mainstream Funk also includes a selection of superb tracks by young Turks who'd cut their teeth as sidemen for Blue Note and Prestige in the late '60s and were given a chance to record their own music on Mainstream. Buddy Terry's "Quiet Afternoon', Dave Hubbard's "Family Affair", and LaMont Johnson's "M'Bassa" are prime examples showcasing the label's desire to give these talented newcomers a chance to shine. Seasoned musicians from the Bebop scene were also welcome, such as trumpetists Blue Mitchell -- who'd released a string of great albums for Riverside and Blue Note in the late '50s and '60s -- and Johnny Coles who'd played with Gil Evans, Charles Mingus, and Herbie Hancock. Shad also released pure soul music on the label such as Sugar Billy's "Super Duper Love" which was released on his Fast Track sub-label in 1974, arranged by Jimmy Roach and featuring Marcus Belgrave in the line-up. Also features Prophecy, John White, Mike Longo, Barry Miles, and Pete Yellin.
WRWTFWW RECORDS (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: WRWTFWW 015LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SPOERRI & RETO WEBER, BRUNO The Sound Of The UFOs LP
2022 restock. We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records present a reissue of the extraterrestrial cult classic The Sound Of The UFOs, a collaborative effort between Swiss jazz and electronic music icon Bruno Spoerri and innovative drummer extraordinaire Reto Weber, available on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 1978. Recorded live in Zurich in March 1978, The Sound Of The UFOs finds Bruno and Reto improvising with a vast array of classic and customized synths and percussions from all corners of the globe (and the galaxy). It's cosmic free jazz in audio gear heaven with a heavy dose of ambient, krautrock, primitive proto-techno vibes, and experimental space disco with a musique concrète mentality -- anything's possible when a jazzman and a percussionist obsessed with finding new sounds collide and explore uncharted sonic territories. This groundbreaking gem is the ideal companion piece to Bruno Spoerri's highly coveted Voice Of Taurus LP (WRWTFWW 015LP). Still very active recording, touring, and collaborating (with Julian Sartorius, Franz Treichler of Young Gods, Marco Repetto of Grauzone, Roger Girod, to name a few), Bruno Spoerri is a multiple award-winning Swiss music icon, whose career started in the 1950s. His works spans jazz, electronic music, film, and TV work, and everything in between. Improvisational maestro and synthesizer mega-connoisseur, Mr. Spoerri has influenced an entire generation of producers and musicians -- even Jay-Z sampled him. Housed in a 350 gram jacket; Includes new liner notes.
ZEL ZELE (TURKEY)
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CAT #: ZEL 006LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
TAS, BAHTIYAR Acaip LP
Zel Zele is back with a stomper of a DIY '80s solo album by Turkish bassist Bahtiyar Ta?. First time released on vinyl. Arabesque melodies meet odd fusion beats with humorous lyricism, cheeky use of synthesizers and a free approach to arrangement; Acaip offers a cross genre trip into Ta?'s ironic world. The story in music is always real when it represents its moment of social and political ongoings, and right on that line of truth, Bahtiyar Tas is able to bring in a touch of dark humor. When he thinks, only then you are able to loosen up and laugh about life events, because why have heavy feelings over absurd fun?
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A RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: AUK 136LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MAGIC CASTLES Sun Reign LP
2022 repress, black vinyl. 180 gram LP version. Minneapolis psych-rockers Magic Castles are back with a new album, Sun Reign, making an exciting return after founder and songwriter Jason Edmonds suffered a near fatal car accident in November 2019. Magic Castles are well-versed in the ways of psychedelically-inclined folk-rock. Edmonds's smooth vocal harmonies float above the guitars, creating a lush, almost Byrds-esque soundscape. The layered arrangements incorporate Farfisa organ, synths, and dreamy string arrangements. Sun Reign is the band's fourth release on Anton Newcombe's label A Recordings Ltd. Ironically similar to Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Magic Castles have been plagued by lineup changes over the years. Due to this and other factors, in 2016, Edmonds, a single father, decided to take a short hiatus from regular live shows and touring to focus on his family. During that time, (2016-2019) Edmonds, an introverted multi-instrumentalist, continued to record new material in his studio, and also record with a new band at Neil Weir's studio Blue Bell Knoll, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The results of these sessions are the current release, Sun Reign. In November of 2019, tragedy struck and Edmonds was seriously injured in a car accident that required hospitalization and surgery. Friends started a GoFundMe that raised over $20k USD for the uninsured musician's hospital bills, showing an incredible outpouring of love and support for him and his family. Fortunately, Edmonds has made a complete recovery from his injuries and has bounced back remarkably well. In early 2020, Edmonds managed to finish the remaining work on the album Sun Reign, including a previously unreleased song, "Surmise", penned by guitarist Jermiah Doering, and a rare cover of a moody 1966 garage rock song "Ode to the Wind" by Danny and the Counts. Edmonds also began working with a booking agency, planning a return tour to Europe with the band to support the new album. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Due to the global pandemic crisis of Covid-19, the album was delayed until 2021, and the promising tour was cancelled. In May of 2020, Minneapolis police killed George Floyd two blocks from Edmonds's home, which incited riots across the country. The protests led to the burning of Minneapolis, where a long-time music venue and many other buildings were lost. Edmonds' studio was not destroyed although many nearby buildings were. Edmonds is a known supporter of Black Lives Matter. A lot has happened to the Magic Castles since this was released in April 2021 this release took over a year to be manufactured, the band have toured with the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Warlocks in the USA in 2022, and the track "Lost Dimension" was used in the HBO series Succession so not a bad 2022 for the band.
BANG! RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: BANG 107LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GUN CLUB, THE In My Room LP
Limited 2022 restock. In My Room features the unreleased recordings of what would have been the very last album of The Gun Club. Recorded in the very last period of the band, between 1991 and 1993, the studio recordings that Jeffrey Lee Pierce did with The Gun Club, with maximum quality and excellence of sound and presentation. What Jeffrey Lee Pierce exposes here is the highest vocal and guitar performing, from sounds are reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix and Television, to truly intimate heartbreaking blues, going through soul and rock. Includes covers from The Who, Wilson Pickett, and more. A dream come true for all Jeffrey Lee Pierce/The Gun Club fans all over the world - absolutely necessary. Comes in a deluxe gatefold jacket; Includes lyrics; 150 gram vinyl.
BLACK SAINT (ITALY)
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CAT #: BS 120134-LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
THREADGILL VERY VERY CIRCUS, HENRY Spirit Of Nuff... Nuff LP
Originally released in 1991 this was Henry Threadgill's new band's debut release. That's where Threadgill introduced the unique concept of dual tubas and dual electric guitars. In Very Very Circus's ultra-layered sound world all roles melt equally into an unprecedented sound experience. A big step forward in modern jazz from one of the greatest composers of our time. Personnel: Henry Threadgill - alto saxophone, flute; Curtis Fowlkes - trombone; Brandon Ross - electric guitar; Marcus Rojas, Edwin Rodriguez - tuba; Gene Lake - drums.
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CAT #: BS 520002V-LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
CHERRY/DEWEY REDMAN/CHARLIE HADEN/EDDIE BLACKWELL, DON Old and New Dreams LP
Reissue. Recorded in 1976 and originally released in 1977, this was the debut album by the legendary Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, and Eddie Blackwell quartet. Old and New Dreams spans the whole late '70s post-free universe with passion and lucidity. From the fast harmolodic phrasing of Ornette Coleman's "Handwoven" to the deep lyricism of Charlie Haden's "Chairman Mao". This is timeless music performed at maximum energy and profound inspiration. Personnel: Dewey Redman - tenor sax, musette; Don Cherry - pocket trumpet; Charlie Haden - double bass; Ed Blackwell - drums.
BO WEAVIL RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: SIDRA 005LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
AMBARCHI & ROBBIE AVENAIM, OREN Dream Request LP
Warehouse find, last copies. Bo Weavil presents a sublime duo recording from old sparring partners Oren Ambarchi and Robbie Avenaim, recorded live in Tel Aviv in 2009. This is a single edit of the performance which perfectly captures the chemistry between Robbie's busy percussive maneuvers and Oren's textural overlay. A previous performance of the pair was documented on the Clockwork CD (re-issued by Room40) and prior to this the notorious The Alter Rebbe's Niggun CD was released on Tzadik. Here, the two come together with an energetic performance of free interplay. Steeped in rock, electronics and feedback, the duo conjures an ecstatic instrumental journey. Momentum builds while shifting around a variety of sonic styles until the entire patchwork is laid bare, exposing all the nuance within. Edition of 350 numbered LPs, housed in a heavyweight silkscreened sleeves.
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CAT #: WEAVIL 051LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
MCPHEE QUARTET, JOE Underground Railroad LP
Warehouse find, last copies. First time vinyl reissue of Joe McPhee's classic CJR LP from 1969. Exact repress of the original artwork. Trumpeter and saxophonist Joe McPhee's first album, Underground Railroad, has been virtually impossible to find on vinyl, issued in an edition of 500 copies on Craig Johnson's CJR label -- it was recorded next to Johnson's house at the Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, New York. It sold out and was never reprinted on vinyl until now. Underground Railroad is comprised of three pieces, the title-track, "Harriett," and "Message from Denmark." The band features McPhee on cornet, pocket trumpet, and tenor, Reggie Marks on tenor, soprano, and flute, bassist Tyrone Crabb, and Ernest Bostic on drums, and is a scathing fire music release. There are wild, ecstatic interactions between McPhee and Marks, while the rhythm section harness the moaning, screaming, crying, and wailing done by the front men. On "Harriett" and "Message from Denmark," the music takes on a decidedly more spatial feel. This is McPhee at the height of his powers of improvisation and composition. As far as vintage ecstatic free jazz goes, it doesn't get much more nail-biting than this. Limited to 500 copies. Joe McPhee (trumpet, pocket cornet, tenor saxophone); Reggie Marks (tenor and soprano saxophone, flute); Tyrone Crabb (bass); Ernest Bostic (drums, percussion, vibes). Recorded on April 13, 1969, West Park, NY.
CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY
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CAT #: CVSD 091CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
VON SCHLIPPENBACH, ALEXANDER Globe Unity CD
Reissue, originally released in 1967. In 1966, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach assembled his first large ensemble to play his compositions "Globe Unity" and "Sun." This 14-piece band, which brought together some of the leading figures in European improvised music, would eventually expand -- incorporating not only Europeans but also American and Asian musicians -- and assume its rightful name: Globe Unity Orchestra. In its nascent outing, beautifully recorded at Ariola Studio in Cologne, Schlippenbach's band was already sensational, performing at various festivals and solidifying the reputations of some of its star players. Most notably among these was a 25-year-old saxophonist named Peter Brötzmann, whose whole band -- saxophonist Kris Wanders, drummer Mani Neumeier, and bassist Peter Kowald, the latter of whom would for a period assume nominal leadership of Globe Unity -- was incorporated into the large Schlippenbach group. Globe Unity was Brötzmann's first outing on LP. Kowald's too. And future drum heroes of the krautrock genre, Neumeier (with Guru Guru) and Jaki Liebezeit (with Can) constitute the incredible rhythm section. If you factor in German early-free-music mainstays Gunter Hampel (here on flute and bass clarinet, no vibes), trumpeter Manfred Schoof, bassist Buschi Niebergall, and tenor saxophonist Gerd Dudek, Dutch saxophonist and clarinetist Willem Breuker, French trumpeter Claude Deron, the enormity of the band's potential becomes apparent. Add Schlippenbach himself, an absolute cyclone on the piano as well as prominent tubular bells and gong, and the global scene is set. Schlippenbach's unique position at the time, as one of the foremost players in German free music, but also as a rising young composer who'd studied with Bernd Alois Zimmermann, allowed him to serve as exactly the right conduit for several approaches to creative music, from introducing his graphically notated scores to making a perfect context for the debuts of future star improvisors Brötzmann and Kowald. Schlippenbach's Globe Unity was first issued on SABA in 1967, then MPS a couple of years after that. It has long been out-of-print and has only ever appeared on CD in a tiny Japanese version published in 1999. Corbett vs. Dempsey's reissue comes with facsimile cover. The music was remastered from the original tapes and is licensed directly from MPS. Anyone interested in the history of improvised music needs to hear Globe Unity, which retains a sense of urgency 56 years after it was waxed.
DEAR BOSS (ITALY)
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CAT #: JACK 005CV-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RAMONES, THE The Kids Are Ready To Go: Montevideo, Uruguay 14-11-1994 FM Broadcast (Color Vinyl) LP
The Ramones, live in Montevideo, Uruguay on November 14, 1994. FM Broadcast. Color vinyl.
DISCHORD
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CAT #: DIS 012LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MINOR THREAT Minor Threat LP
2022 repress on silver vinyl. Recut from the Silver Sonyare masters in November 2008 at Chicago Mastering Service. Recorded: April & August 1981. First released on 12": June 1984.
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CAT #: DIS 044LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
FUGAZI Repeater LP
Limited 2022 repress on blue vinyl. "This is Fugazi's first full-length record, released in 1990. This 12" LP was re-cut and re-issued In April 2009."
DISCREPANT (UK)
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CAT #: CREP 090LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
VA Aquapelago: an Oceans Anthology LP
Anthology introducing the first of a series of albums based on the concept of Aquapelago. "Since the earliest days of the planet there has been a rhythm of tides that creates coastal interzones where humans have foraged and pursued various livelihoods. Developing boats to fish from and technologies that enabled them to immerse themselves deep underwater, the aquatic realm has been one explored, experienced and imagined in various ways. In an effort to express the vitality and richness of this environment I coined the term aquapelago in 2012. The wordplay was deliberate. The neologism was designed to distinguish the liquid inbetweenness of this space from the dry, scattered, lands of archipelagos. The concept of the aquapelago coalesced around themes taken from various places . . .This compilation album takes the concept of the aquapelago into new depths and breaches it on fresh shores. The tracks are soaked with the aquatic. Bassy sonorities boom as if heard deep underwater. Bubbly textures breach the surface, water drips and seabirds soar high above waves. Sugai Kei samples fragments of text concerning the Ningen, a fantastic humanoid/whale that reflects the 'aquapelagic imaginary' of modern Japan and its preoccupation with industrial whaling. Andrew Pekler continues the orientation of his Phantom Islands project -- a sonic atlas of imaginary places -- with a soundscape as if heard by a swimmer just offshore, mixing sounds of the island and the sea together. Mike Cooper's sonic reflection on Hong Kong's Lamma Island is similar, combining the island's ubiquitous barking dogs with the slurp of waves on rocky shores, conjuring a languorous time before Chinese crackdowns on the territory. Taking another tack, the Dead Mauriacs gleefully water-ski through collage of tropical island exoticisms, replete with glitchy orientalism, while Babau combines skittering idiophone melodies with resonant glissandi. Vica Pacheco moves between dense and airy sounds, as if crossing between surf lines and the space above. Yannkick Dauby's track is also imbued with in-betweenness, evoking ambient sounds heard through a ship's hull. Sculpture's 'Froth Surfer' realizes its title, with bubbling sounds and rhythms that evoke Hawaiian surfing filtered through layers of time and distance. Reminding us of the shore necessary for aquapelagic spaces, Franceso Cavaliere and Tomoko Sauvage's composition anchors the album, centred around shaken rhythms and resonant ringing tones and drones..." --Philip Hayward, December 2021
DRAG CITY
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CAT #: DC 500LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
4TH MOVEMENT, THE The 4th Movement LP
2018 reissue. Originally released in 1980. "There is life after Death after all -- and just like you've heard, it hinges on accepting You-Know-Who as your lord and savior. 1980: it was the dawn of a new age. Built on the broken backs and bodies of those who had hoped and dreamed for a better world, the '80s made it clear: that world wasn't coming. A generation and more plunged into the abyss. But what of Death? The Hackney brothers were no different from anybody else -- in the heat and tumult of the 1970s, they'd seen that new world coming. They'd raised their voices righteously, transforming with outrage and hunger their all-in-the-family power-trio Rock Funk Fire Express into the legends called Death. The combination of Bobby and Dannis' pile-driving rhythm, older brother David's hard-rock guitar leads and an effervescent combination of lyrical angst, missionary zeal and vision-spirit were an unknown hybrid on the African-American side of Detroit in the mid-70s -- and everywhere else, for that matter! These were the sounds the world knows today as For the Whole World to See -- but at the time, the brothers managed only to self-release two songs on a basically undistributed 7" record, which caused no label anywhere to express any interest in a record deal for the band called Death. Stung by the indifference, they reconsidered their position. The three corners of their personal cosmic triangle hadn't been enough to realize their Death ambitions. It was time for the 4th Movement. Death had plenty of existential/spiritual elements to them; a desire to know where they stood in the big picture was always key to the Hackneys' musical ambitions. As the 4th Movement, they would direct all those inquiries to Christ. But the raw spirit of Death was still the driving force behind the music; the sound of the 4th Movement captured the trio with rough-hewn intensity as they reached new heights of composition, creating an album-length set of songs that verged on Punk/Christian opera. It would be years before it would occur to any other musical act to try such an outrageous thing. Recorded in their new home base of Burlington, Vermont and released by the group on their own Tryangle Records imprint, the 4th Movement was destined for private-press notoriety in the world that was coming. But in the world in which the Hackney brothers were striving to be heard, the 4th Movement was the second seismic rumbling of Death..."
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CAT #: DC 601LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
FATHER YOD AND THE SPIRIT OF '76 Kohoutek LP
2022 restock, last copies. "....the second coming of Kohoutek. This was the first spontaneous release that was made into a record, credited to Father Yod and The Spirit of '76. It came out in 1973, the year of Kohoutek, when the imminent arrival of the big comet spawned a new round of cosmic consciousness in the media and with people all over the planet. This was more than a comet, its radiance was enormous, it came from ancient times to be experienced again by the enlightened people of the day. The Source Family were alive with expectation about the return of this long-haired messenger, and Father devoted considerable time chanting and eventually changing in his identity to Yahowa while meditating on the comet. Events like these were to be cherished for bringing infusions of energy that could only be accessed via the rare occasions. Life had to be lived in order to grow -- and the two sides of Kohoutek are a special jam that passes through tranquility to exultation, a tapping of the passing flame in the skies and a greeting from Father to the messenger and bearer of such awesome gifts. Very pure. After the original LP pressing in 1973, Kohoutek was issued on CD for the first time as a part of the God and Hair boxset in 1996; this is the first time the vinyl has been available again since the 1970s. Features all of the original artwork, including an insert about the comet, plus new inserts with reflections from Isis. These emanations from the original Source are pure, uncut spiritual visions from the mid-1970s, not to be missed."
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CAT #: DC 710LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE Balaklava (50th Anniversary Restoration) LP
Originally released in 1968. "Released in late 1968, the second Pearls Before Swine record continued to deliver music with a preternatural sense of what the youth of America wanted to hear. One Nation Underground had been a surprise hit when released in 1967 by the hipster free-jazz indie label ESP, receiving an incredible organic response, with continuous underground radio play and sales. Coming from obscurity in Florida into a position of speaking to people everywhere, Tom Rapp and his bandmates felt emboldened to embark upon an evolved piece of record making. The music of Balaklava strips away the manic, post-garage band diversity of the first album, instead grounding the production around Tom Rapp's guitar and singing, with the touches of instrumental color all the more dramatic and striking. Producer Richard Alderson utilized breathy sweeps of reverb, sound effects, tape manipulation and spoken word recordings along with an array of instrumental overdubs including banjo, marimba, organ, clavinet, flute, English horn and strings (played by the band along with New York jazz session players Bill Salter and Al Schackman, plus The Fugs' Lee Crabree and legendary saxophonist Joe Farrell, with Selwart Clarke and Warren Smith contributing string arrangements) to reach for the universal space sought in Tom Rapp's meditative, existential songs. The message writ between the leaves of Balaklava -- WAR NO MORE -- is elegantly written . . . Musically, the message is conveyed with one or two passing lyrical references, letting Tom Rapp's use of literary reference and allegory dwell on the transcendence of love and pastoral beauty in life, achieving a stinging impact, as much by what isn't said as what is. This sets Balaklava apart from much of other protest music from the Vietnam era -- and it has allowed it to age gracefully into the 21st century. Like One Nation Underground before it, Balaklava celebrates 50 years of life in stunning fashion. Original producer Richard Alderson has remastered the album, restoring the precision of the original mix -- and in the process, revealing fantastically dynamic performances and dispersing the haze of the years that had gathered over latter-day editions of Balaklava. The music and message it intended to deliver to the world are still needed, the peace still sought. The fight to understand and to change is still ongoing. And so, Balaklava has fresh purpose, after all this time..."
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CAT #: DC 773LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
VANDROOGENBROECK, JOEL Far View LP
2021 release. 2021 release. "Far View is a compilation of tracks from Joel Vandroogenbroeck's series of library music releases for the Coloursound label -- a uniquely trippy catalog of music vignettes long overdue for their day in the library music sun, remastered from the original analog reels! The late Joel Vandroogenbroeck was among that rare breed of musician who defy all categorization, using music conventions to explore the far reaches of human and cosmic consciousness. After passing through the jazz and rock worlds from the 1950s through the 70s, Joel found new outlets for his expansive vision in the '80s with the Swiss library music label Coloursound. Far View draws tracks from these releases, which form a unique entry in the genre of library music. For the uninitiated, this is just one way to begin a brilliant musical trip through Vandroogenbroeck's undersung career . . . Vibing on the eclectic energies of the day, Vandroogenbroeck formed Brainticket, whose approach to composition fused jazz, rock, and a mélange of global musical traditions, combining a western rhythm section and analog synthesizers with an astonishing array of acoustic instruments; ethnic flutes, sitar, harp, kalimba and all manner of percussion. Steeped in diverse approaches of playing and listening, Brainticket drew from prog rock and psych, traditional sounds and minimalist music, all of which passed through their hands like the tributaries that formed the basis of what would soon be known as New Age music. In the late 1970s, Vandroogenbroeck began composing for sound libraries, with recordings to be used as underlay music in films, radio and television. Gunter Greffenius' Coloursound Library was formed in 1979 with an inclusive vision of music, including experimental, progressive rock, and some of the earliest examples of ambient music -- styles not well represented in other libraries. Coloursound gave Joel the freedom to create music in any style or genre, and over the next decade-plus, he embarked on a musical journey that is unmatched anywhere in the world of library music. Working under the pseudonyms VDBVDB, Joel, and Eric Vann, his output on Coloursound is some of his most sublime and otherworldly -- ranging from dark electronics to imagined music of the ancient past to ethereal ambient sounds of the future, which makes sense, as Joel's records were always ahead and in and out of their time . . . Curated by David Hollander, whose Unusual Sounds album and book of the same name delightfully explore the library music world, Far View draws from ten of Joel's Coloursound albums with lovely cohesion. Featuring brilliantly remastered sound, liner notes from David Hollander, album art designed by Robert Beatty and reproductions of the Coloursound album jackets, Far View is an entry point to Joel Vandroogenbroek's mind-bending body of work --sonic soma to expand your consciousness and vibrate with the cosmos."
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CAT #: DC 785CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WAND Spiders In the Rain CD
"Since 2014, Wand have made five albums (and an EP) in the studio and a living playing on the road. Business/pleasure: the two sides of their (multiverticed, decagon) coin, flipping in the strobe light of ongoing self-actualization. And yet, by doing both at the same time -- making a record of them playing live -- they've now made their best one yet. How do you get Spiders In the Rain? Start by going all the way back to January 2020. Do you remember? Wand do. They'd been touring Laughing Matter for ten months. They'd done the coast, spanned the country, crossed the water twice, came back home and kept on going . . . driving, flying, occasionally floating (or maybe just thinking they were?), always on to the next town. They did all kinds of shows -- clubs, ballrooms, festival gigs with no roof overhead -- the songs expanding and contracting according to the dimensions of each day. Seventy-nine shows, and everything that was involved -- the miles that ran beneath them, the different places and people everywhere, the music as it breathed, making everyone change every night -- alchemized the band, and they drove deeper into their far horizon than they'd ever previously gone. The essential truth of the live vibe -- that it's always better when everybody's here -- was clear, so they booked a few shows more in Cali, from L.A. up to Marin. They brought along light and projections from The Mad Alchemist Liquid Light Show and Mike Kreibel and Zac Hernandez too, to tape everything -- to get the big-deck energy out of performances in S.F. and L.A., but also to draw it out of the margins in Sacramento, Novato and Big Sur. It all happened, too. Everyone brought their experience -- the kids in the audience and the folks behind the boards, all along with Wand, where it meant something different for everybody in the van. Packaged sumptuously with artwork from Sam Klickner, Spiders In the Rain is an arc of natural beauty and man-made abstraction inside and out, on an epic scale. Wand are orchestra and machine on Spiders In the Rain, one with the audience, able to get inside any dimension of their sound, whether its songs from their second album or their last one. It almost felt okay that they couldn't play any more shows immediately after, until it didn't again. But the change was made: when they started up again doing shows in December of 2021, the energy moved just as fluidly through the room and the band."
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CAT #: DC 785LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WAND Spiders In the Rain 2LP
Double LP version. "Since 2014, Wand have made five albums (and an EP) in the studio and a living playing on the road. Business/pleasure: the two sides of their (multiverticed, decagon) coin, flipping in the strobe light of ongoing self-actualization. And yet, by doing both at the same time -- making a record of them playing live -- they've now made their best one yet. How do you get Spiders In the Rain? Start by going all the way back to January 2020. Do you remember? Wand do. They'd been touring Laughing Matter for ten months. They'd done the coast, spanned the country, crossed the water twice, came back home and kept on going . . . driving, flying, occasionally floating (or maybe just thinking they were?), always on to the next town. They did all kinds of shows -- clubs, ballrooms, festival gigs with no roof overhead -- the songs expanding and contracting according to the dimensions of each day. Seventy-nine shows, and everything that was involved -- the miles that ran beneath them, the different places and people everywhere, the music as it breathed, making everyone change every night -- alchemized the band, and they drove deeper into their far horizon than they'd ever previously gone. The essential truth of the live vibe -- that it's always better when everybody's here -- was clear, so they booked a few shows more in Cali, from L.A. up to Marin. They brought along light and projections from The Mad Alchemist Liquid Light Show and Mike Kreibel and Zac Hernandez too, to tape everything -- to get the big-deck energy out of performances in S.F. and L.A., but also to draw it out of the margins in Sacramento, Novato and Big Sur. It all happened, too. Everyone brought their experience -- the kids in the audience and the folks behind the boards, all along with Wand, where it meant something different for everybody in the van. Packaged sumptuously with artwork from Sam Klickner, Spiders In the Rain is an arc of natural beauty and man-made abstraction inside and out, on an epic scale. Wand are orchestra and machine on Spiders In the Rain, one with the audience, able to get inside any dimension of their sound, whether its songs from their second album or their last one. It almost felt okay that they couldn't play any more shows immediately after, until it didn't again. But the change was made: when they started up again doing shows in December of 2021, the energy moved just as fluidly through the room and the band."
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CAT #: DC 789LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
STONE, BILL Stone LP
2021 reissue. Originally released in 1970. "Just when you thought every loner folk genius had been outed/discovered, hyped, and pontificated about, a new/old challenger lurks in the murky depths of time . . . and Maine. Sure, you have your Skip Spences, Dave Bixbys, Stone Harbours, and Perry Leopolds already, but have you heard the lonesome sound of Bill Stone? Well, don't feel bad or 'unkool', hardly anyone has -- unless you lived in rural Maine in the early '70s and grabbed his barely-ever seen LP in the day. Titled simply Stone, Bill's mysterious album was pressed in the micro-est of quantities, covering wistful, airy psychedelia on par with the UK's Mark Fry's classic Dreaming of Alice, while still evoking the earthy, evening-hour melancholy of Leonard Cohen or Tom Rapp. Stone was also especially influenced by one Donny P. Leitch, one Robby Zimmerman, and much trad folk, while growing up in his hometown of Old Town, Maine. Stone started out playing in a few small folk ensembles while also moonlighting with occasional solo gigs, finally recording this lone platter in 1969 in a pottery studio (!?) on a 2-track Panasonic tape recorder in Boothbay, Maine (where he says, they competed with a cat in heat). The LP features Tom Blackwell and Bill Stone on guitars, Arthur Webster on bass, Bob Blackwell and Skip Smith on drums, and Bill Stone and Beth Waterhouse on vocals. It also seems cover artist Doug Bane went on to become an acclaimed cosmic painter -- committing loads of animals, psychedelic scenes, and Native American portraits to canvas, who knew? But we digress -- anyhow, seems Stone's solo career slowed down after marriage hit, and he transitioned to playing covers in bars for cash, but after acquiring a masters and doctorate in education, he moved into the teaching walk of life. Bill published books and articles on subjects as diverse as school counseling and chaos theory -- but now retired, he's returned to music, even recording a new album of originals and traditional numbers, based on his experiences as a cab driver (another wrinkle in the Stone Saga we must hear more of someday). So, with Bill back in action and the world slowly crawling out of a disillusioning haze, now seems like the perfect time for a first-time-ever reissue of this incredibly rare, happy-sad, gently delicate, Stone(d) classic of a downer song-cycle."
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CAT #: DC 792LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MOORE, ANTHONY OUT LP
2020 reissue. Originally released in 1976. "'Rock and roll was a relief after the rigor of Henry Cow.' That was one of the thoughts in Anthony Moore's brain in the late summer of 1975. Of course, leaving Henry Cow had meant the dissolution of the band he'd founded, Slapp Happy, as the two groups had essentially merged over the previous year. Still, there was plenty yet to do with music, and based on Anthony's propensity for odd left turns, a solo career in the pop world seemed like a fine way to follow up his prior excursions in tape-based modern composition, writing soundtracks for experimental films, avant-pop and experimental rock. Managed and published by Blackhill Enterprises, Anthony signed a solo deal with Virgin -- and while the music he recorded for OUT didn't see release upon completion in 1976 (and wasn't released at all until a CD issue of the late 1990s), we're finally getting those historic recordings for OUT on vinyl after all these years, with the long-lost original artwork restored. It is worth the wait -- an absolute lost chapter from mid-70s, proto-new wave Britain, bringing to mind the bright and subversive sounds of Eno, Wyatt, Ayers, Cale and so many other trail-blazers from that time. A fantastic joy to the ears! The original quality of OUT according to Anthony: folk-rock with weird time signatures. It made sense -- odd bar numbers drifting in and out of sync were a driving aspect of the minimalist records he made for Polydor in '71 and '72, and now, played on piano, they sounded like the beginning of potentially radio-worthy songs. Music was still growing within him -- it had first exploded in a weird, psychic shock that hit around the age of 18, comprised of equal parts youthful heartbreak, drugs and a recognition of the late 60s' decaying zeitgeist. This was the start of a career-long pendulum-swing between opposite poles: experimental and popular music. Never happier than when working with machines and processes, Anthony hadn't really allowed his pure musician self free reign until OUT. For 'the troubadour with Revoxes,' this venture into playing guitar and singing in a professional context was a new thing. But it developed quickly and with the help of a bunch of like-minded studio folk and a hive of artists, writers and friends who revolved around an apartment in West London, the work progressed steadily. From the summer of '75 to spring '76, Anthony was in and out of the studios, along with producer Peter Jenner from Blackhill, working with a cross-section of Britain's finest musicians and engineers at legendary facilities like Abbey Road, Air, and Richard Branson's Oxfordshire getaway, The Manor, to produce the eleven tracks that make up OUT..."
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CAT #: DC 849LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SPUNT/JOHN WIESE, DEAN The Echoing Shell LP
"With their duo debut, Dean Spunt and John Wiese invite you to experience the frenzy of percussive space and discreet sound found inside The Echoing Shell. This is the first official collaboration between the two veteran music-makers, though their connection goes back to 1999. As John recalls, "'[Dean] was in a high school arts program at CalArts. A friend and I were recording the first Sissy Spacek demo in the design studios there, and taking a tape to my car over and over again to check the mix. Dean was walking through the parking lot with a Locust shirt on, we said hello, and he immediately got into a car with two strangers to 'listen to a tape'.' The tape-listening ended well, apparently. Dean and John became friends and fellow travelers in L.A. circles and beyond: in 2005, John did a remix for Dean's first band, Wives; in 2007, Dean played percussion with Sissy Spacek's 13-Tet Los Angeles; John toured with No Age several times and collaborated live with them in 2010. Under the Sissy Spacek name as well as his own, John's recordings for his own Helicopter label and many others kicked things off for him around the end of the century; since then, he's been constantly engaged in solos and collaborations on record, performances, and installations around the world. In addition to Dean's ever-growing discography with No Age, he curates his own label, Post Present Medium. In 2018, Radical Documents released Dean's solo debut EE Head, which explored concrète and experimental techniques in a four-part, album length piece. The Echoing Shell is born of Dean and John's shared understanding, using John's process common to Sissy Spacek: elaborate sound-collage works using source material originating from punk, hardcore and improvised music. A series of impositions, tape manipulation and edits recompose the material, cracking open the crust of the source, freeing its implied guts to steam forth in gushes of extreme noise. On The Echoing Shell, this is as often noise as it is extreme intimacy, seeming at times to be sourced from within Dean's drumkit, at other times appearing to emanate from the capsules of microphones and the circuits of the signal path itself. One may read these collaged sounds as abstraction, but there is a unique language conveyed in their assembly, forming something like word-shapes and meaning. And intention: the two side-long pieces, comprised of many short sections, form a linear whole, creating alternately ripping and discriminating music -- and meaning -- in the process. The Echoing Shell is a fantastic conception in contemporary musique concrète, combining incendiary post-rock power, dry humor and astonishing depth of field..."
ECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY (UK)
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CAT #: 9780997285062
FILE UNDER: Misc
JULIA, IGNACIO Linger On: The Velvet Underground Book
Ecstatic Peace Library announce Linger On by Velvets-obsessed music journalist Ignacio Julià. This sumptuous new volume features interviews with Lou Reed, John Cale, Moe Tucker, Doug Yule, Nico, and the most in-depth interviews ever granted by Sterling Morrison, as well as never-before-published photographs by James Hamilton. The author of Linger On is an internationally respected and trusted Velvet Underground chronicler; he is the Barcelona-based rock n' roll editor Ignacio Julià, who also published books in Spanish and English on American post-punk band Sonic Youth. When members of The Velvet Underground toured in Spain Ruta 66 journalist Ignacio Julià was usually among their entourage, front row center at curtain call, backstage after the gig, in attendance of afterparties and sometimes discovered in the band's hotel rooms until lobby call. Since 1985, Ignacio Julià has obsessively followed the band's career, interviewing and wining and dining the members over the years, and publishing countless articles, intimate profiles and books in Spanish and English on The Velvet Underground. He is known among international Velvets fan clubs as one of the most dedicated chroniclers and archivists of studio bootlegs, live concert recordings, writings, and poetry to the extent that even the band's own members refer to his knowledge for fact-checking purposes. 11.7 x 8.27 inches; Portrait; 244 pages + PPC.
ESP-DISK
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CAT #: ESPDISK 5070CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
PERELMAN & MATTHEW SHIPP, IVO Fruition CD
The eighteenth duo album by Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp. "We believe it's our best effort so far," says Perelman. "Every rhythmic and melodic gesture [in 'Nine'] that tenor saxist and pianist feed each other in this remarkable duet is met with a musically and emotionally appropriate response from the other. And somehow or other, this entirely free jazz somehow coalesces and takes shape in a way that is absolutely perfect." And, "each track in this remarkable album is a highlight in itself and different from every other track. These two artists have played and recorded together so often that they do indeed almost seem to read each other's mind, and at this stage the psychic communication is so complete that it almost sounds as if we, the listeners, are eavesdropping in on a very personal and intimate conversation." --Lynn René Bayley "The music flows naturally from their fruitful exchanges, informed by mutual listening, skill and imagination. In the span of four minutes, ideas and images follow one after the other, become distinct then disappear, the players' energies converging into a single stream which one flees from as the other diverts it in a new and unforeseen direction; the passage from the known, what they have played in the past, to the unknown, instant creation. They propose forms, cadences, timbres, harmonic clusters, spirals of breath stretched to screaming heights, heartening melodies, curious ostinatos, elliptical flights, chords constantly shifting as new elements appear, by accident or by enchantment, compelled by the pair's instincts as improvisers. [...] Neither player is a soloist or accompanist; in their weightless, whirling ballads, both share the arduous, integral role of dialogist. The ego fades into the collective dimension, as the music demands." J-M Van Schouwburg (translated from French) Personnel: Ivo Perelman - tenor saxophone; Matthew Shipp - piano. Recorded by Jim Clouse on June 25, 2021 at Park West Studios. Produced by Steve Holtje. Cover art by Yuko Otomo.
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CAT #: ESPDISK 5074CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
MARCUS, MICHAEL Abstractions in Lime Caverns CD
After paying his dues with bluesmen Albert King and Bobby "Blue" Bland and jazzman Jaki Byard, Michael Marcus had his first album released in 1991, when he was 39. He's been much more prolific since then, co-leading Cosmosamatics with Sonny Simmons, SaxEmble with Frank Lowe and James Carter, Blue Reality Quartet with Joe McPhee, Warren Smith, and Jay Rosen, and Duology with Ted Daniel as well as Marcus's many albums as sole leader. Frank Lacy moved to New York in 1981 and soon established himself (primarily as a trombonist) as Art Blakey's music director, a member of the Mingus Big Band, sideman with Lester Bowie, David Murray Big Band, McCoy Tyner, and Roy Hargrove among others, and a leader in his own right. Tarus Mateen has worked with artists ranging from Christina Aguilera and OutKast to Betty Carter, Jason Moran, Hargrove, Greg Osby, and Terence Blanchard, to name a few. Jay Rosen of Cosmosamatics is also a member of Trio X with McPhee and Dominic Duval and Resonance Impeders with Chris Dahlgren and Briggan Krauss and has played with Mark Whitecage, Ivo Perelman, Gebhard Ullmann, etc.Personnel: Michael Marcus - soprano sax, tenor sax, alto tarogato, G clarinet, bass flute, gong; Frank Lacy - French horn; Tarus Mateen - Marcoustico acoustic bass; Jay Rosen - drums and percussion. Recorded, mixed, and mastered on November 26-27, 2021 by Jim Clouse at Parkwest Studios, Brooklyn.
FAVELA DISCOS (PORTUGAL)
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CAT #: FD 063LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
BEZBOG Dazhbog LP
Bezbog is a duo formed in 2013 by David Machado and Dora Vieira. Since their first release in 2014, the self-titled Bezbog EP, they have been exploring both acoustic and electronic instruments to create music that lives somewhere in between genres, styles, doctrines, and musical cultures. Alongside many underground venues throughout Portugal and Spain, they have shown their work in festivals such as No Noise, Milhões de Festa, Out.Fest, and TESLA at the Castile, and León Museum of Contemporary Art, and other places such as the Serralves Museum in Porto and MK Gallery in the UK. Their latest long player takes its name from the solar deity of the Slavic pantheon, Dazhbog -- the god that gives, and its idea flows into the concept of this record, through the themes of life, light and darkness, birth and rebirth, and the idea of the omnipresent cycle. You can find cycles in nature, music, and life itself can be thought of as a cycle, from the micro to the macro scale. As they seek to embed their music with these ideas, in a way, their music becomes new sacred music, the music of modern pagan rituals. While Bezbog's music seeks to replicate the meaning of what that music was, an escape from the profane and a connection to the sacred plane, in form it reconstructs it in light of the duo's influences, from the obvious Portuguese and pagan folklore, chamber and sacred music, to the darkness of doom and heavy metal, the structured improvisations of North American jazz, and psycho-acoustic hallucinations and the hash transients of electronic music. Dazhbog, while a passenger of the same train of thought as their previous studio work, comes in a different direction from it. Chernobog consists of two short and heavy tracks, painstakingly crafted during several months, while their latest studio effort is a long suite of eight tracks, composed and recorded live throughout 2020, that form a light and bright record where the duo embedded most of their influences.
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
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CAT #: FTR 641LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CHADBOURNE, EUGENE Mourning of the Praying Mantis / Worms With Strings LP
"This is the first in a series of Feeding Tube vinyl releases devoted to the Insect and Western catalog of recordings, newly mastered and often with added material. 'Mourning of the Praying Mantis' was created in the earliest series of Insect and Western scores, first performed by the Bull Fiddle contrabass quartet of Oakland in 1996. Following what I felt was a classic interpretation by the Insect and Western Party trios and quartets, the piece circulated through the evenings devoted to my Insect and Western music at concerts taking place around the United States. By 1997 I had an interesting and diverse set of recordings in a variety of media and assembled a long version of the piece blending many of the soloists featured in the different performances. This was the centerpiece of the first commercially released collections of my Insect and Western pieces, a CD entitled Insect Attracter on the British Leo label. 'Mourning of the Praying Mantis' was one of the scores I brought to a duet session with master percussionist Warren Smith in 2012. In creating a new special archive of Insect and Western for the Feeding Tube label, my priority regarding 'Mourning of the Praying Mantis' was to bring in the Warren Smith recording, to my great personal enjoyment which I now hope to share with the listener. Now also including the 2012 New York City sessions with Warren Smith, the 20 plus minutes of is fabricated from, in roughly the order the location appears, all from 1997: 1. Studio session, Wyandotte, Michigan/Frank Pahl, engineer; 2. Concert at Barking Legs Theatre, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Dec. 5-6; 3. Concert at Venue 9, San Francisco, California, Oct. 16; 4. Concert at Knitting Factory, New York City, NY, July 29; 5. Concert at Lunar Cabaret, Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 10-11; 6. Concert at art gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 14; 7. Concert at Alligator Lounge, Los Angeles, California, October."Musicians in order or appearance: Eugene Chadbourne - five-string banjo, Deering electric "Crossfire" banjo; Carrie Shull - oboe; Brian Ritchie - bass guitar, shakuhachil; Warren Smith - bass marimba, vibraphone, percussion; Mischa Feigin - balilika; Carrie Biolo - vibraphone; Steve Good - bass clarinet; Joee Conroy - violin; Dan Plonsey - soprano saxophone; Gino Robair - mandolin; Ashley Adams - contrabass; Brent Dunn - contrabass; Tom Heasley - tuba; Bruce Wagner - mandolin; Bob Stagner - drums; Charles Waters - soprano saxophone; Barry Mitterhof - mandolin; Ted Reichman - accordion; Bunk Gardner - flute.
GEOGRAPHIC NORTH
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CAT #: GN 064LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SMOKE POINT Smoke Point LP
"Smoke Point is a duo composed of Brian Foote (Peak Oil, Leech, Kranky) and Sage Caswell (Spring Theory). With their self-titled debut LP on Geographic North, the Los Angeles-based duo takes a captivating cruise through heady ambient drifts and ruthlessly rhythmic loop dreams. Foote and Caswell first teamed up to create a series of improvisational atmospherics throughout a multi-room art gallery. The pair conceived of a sprawling, dynamic experience with tones, rhythms, and textures that varied from room to room, yet were inextricably tuned and melded together. Visitors could serve as a sort of human crossfader, moving through the gallery and dialing up or down aural aspects as they pleased. And although the collaboration came together to create music for a specific physical space, the concept was never fully realized until what is now the duo's first record. Smoke Point brings five extended, cruise-controlled exercises that calmly violate the Venn diagram's overlap between boundless dance music and unfathomable ambiance. But beyond the boundaries of an album as a set of songs, Foote and Caswell cracked things wide open and recontextualized the album as an actual DJ tool that is ambient leaning and melodically focused. To achieve this, Smoke Point offers a bounty of loops in the form of endless locked grooves on the vinyl edition and brief but equally utilitarian snippets on the digital edition of the LP."
GOODFELLAS (ITALY)
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CAT #: GFPDP 001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
PICCHIO DAL POZZO Picchio Dal Pozzo LP
2022 repress. 2011 release. Goodfellas present a reissue of Picchio Dal Pozzo's self-titled album, originally released in 1976. Picchio Dal Pozzo can be considered as the definitive "Canterbury"-inspired band coming from Italy's 1970 progressive rock scene. Their 1976 debut album shows an incredibly rich sound tapestry, made out of some peculiar ingredients. Oblique tunes and liquid harmonies, airy flutes, crispy horns, loads of electric piano and fuzz bass, drops of jazz, pop romanticism, waves of minimalism and deep pataphysical vocals and lyrics. The whole album develops through a sequence of highly composed material and wide open sound forms. A deep journey through a multi-layered soundscape with echoes of Hatfield & The North, Soft Machine, Robert Wyatt and Zappa. Picchio Dal Pozzo's first work was out on Grog Records and subsequently reissued only in Japan (Grog Records was an independent label known for releasing the work of Italian underground pop groups of the seventies such as Corte Dei Miracoli, Latte e Miele and Celeste). 180 gram vinyl. "One of the most original, impressive and highly respected of all the experimental groups to have come out of Italy in the 1970s" --Chris Cutler.
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: HPS 005LP
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TONS Musinee Doom Session, Volume 1 (2022 Remastered) LP
LP version. Reissue, originally released in 2012. Tons is an Italian band formed in Turin in October 2009 from the ashes of three popular hardcore bands of the city. The aim of the band is to remain close to the hardcore influence of the city where they were born but they decided to move on to sludge and doom. Musineè Doom Session, Volume 1 was their debut album out in June 2012 on Heavy Psych Sounds. Now the label and the band decided to release a very special 10th anniversary reissue with new cover and remastered tracks.
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CAT #: HPS 005LTD-LP
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TONS Musinee Doom Session, Volume 1 (2022 Remastered) (Gold Vinyl) LP
LP version. Gold vinyl. Reissue, originally released in 2012. Tons is an Italian band formed in Turin in October 2009 from the ashes of three popular hardcore bands of the city. The aim of the band is to remain close to the hardcore influence of the city where they were born but they decided to move on to sludge and doom. Musineè Doom Session, Volume 1 was their debut album out in June 2012 on Heavy Psych Sounds. Now the label and the band decided to release a very special 10th anniversary reissue with new cover and remastered tracks.
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CAT #: HPS 005ULTRA-LP
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TONS Musinee Doom Session, Volume 1 (2022 Remastered) (Black/White Vinyl) LP
LP version. Black/white vinyl. Reissue, originally released in 2012. Tons is an Italian band formed in Turin in October 2009 from the ashes of three popular hardcore bands of the city. The aim of the band is to remain close to the hardcore influence of the city where they were born but they decided to move on to sludge and doom. Musineè Doom Session, Volume 1 was their debut album out in June 2012 on Heavy Psych Sounds. Now the label and the band decided to release a very special 10th anniversary reissue with new cover and remastered tracks.
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CAT #: HPS 201CD
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YAWNING MAN The Birth Of Sol CD
Originally released in 2009. Heavy Psych Sounds is reissuing the Yawning Man old demo recordings record, The Birth Of Sol, with a new cover. Dating back to 1986, these demo recordings by Yawning Man were originally only spread amongst close friends of the band. They were released on iTunes in 2009.
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CAT #: HPS 201LP
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YAWNING MAN The Birth Of Sol 2LP
Double LP version. Gatefold sleeve. Originally released in 2009. Heavy Psych Sounds is reissuing the Yawning Man old demo recordings record, The Birth Of Sol, with a new cover. Dating back to 1986, these demo recordings by Yawning Man were originally only spread amongst close friends of the band. They were released on iTunes in 2009.
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CAT #: HPS 201LTD-LP
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YAWNING MAN The Birth Of Sol (Red Vinyl) 2LP
Double LP version. Red vinyl. Gatefold sleeve. Originally released in 2009. Heavy Psych Sounds is reissuing the Yawning Man old demo recordings record, The Birth Of Sol, with a new cover. Dating back to 1986, these demo recordings by Yawning Man were originally only spread amongst close friends of the band. They were released on iTunes in 2009.
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CAT #: HPS 201ULTRA-LP
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YAWNING MAN The Birth Of Sol (Splatter Black And Red Vinyl) 2LP
Double LP version. Splatter black and red vinyl. Gatefold sleeve. Originally released in 2009. Heavy Psych Sounds is reissuing the Yawning Man old demo recordings record, The Birth Of Sol, with a new cover. Dating back to 1986, these demo recordings by Yawning Man were originally only spread amongst close friends of the band. They were released on iTunes in 2009.
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CAT #: HPS 202CD
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YAWNING MAN Historical Graffiti CD
Reissue, originally released in 2016. Historical Graffiti is the band's fourth full-length. Gary Arce, the guitarist, seems comfortable sitting on a single vamp throughout the opener "The Wind Cries Edalyn", allowing the additions of violin and bandoleon accordion (played by the tango musicians Sara Ryan and Adolfo Trepiana, respectively) to weave melodies in between. Despite the titular connection to the Jimi Hendrix song, it bears no discernible resemblance to "The Wind Cries Mary" and it is a deceptive number; what seems such a simple, almost easy-listening song reveals more color with every listen. "Her Phantom Finger of Copenhagen" is slightly darker and almost sounds, with the slight distortion on Arce's guitar, as if it could have come from Pot Head, the EP the band released in 2005. Mario Lalli, the bass player, begins the third song, "Naomi Crayola" with a throbbing single note, aided by Bill Stimson's metronomic drumming. Ryan's violin returns in "The Secret Language of Elephants", this time playing the role of keeping the main vamp alive while Arce's guitar generates an evocative soundscape that opens in your mind a wide, violet sky like that above a desert the moment after the sun disappears for the night. The closing song and title track is the most free of the five on the album, with Stimson's beat conjuring memories of Kyuss's more mellow moments.
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CAT #: HPS 202LP
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YAWNING MAN Historical Graffiti LP
LP version. Reissue, originally released in 2016. Historical Graffiti is the band's fourth full-length. Gary Arce, the guitarist, seems comfortable sitting on a single vamp throughout the opener "The Wind Cries Edalyn", allowing the additions of violin and bandoleon accordion (played by the tango musicians Sara Ryan and Adolfo Trepiana, respectively) to weave melodies in between. Despite the titular connection to the Jimi Hendrix song, it bears no discernible resemblance to "The Wind Cries Mary" and it is a deceptive number; what seems such a simple, almost easy-listening song reveals more color with every listen. "Her Phantom Finger of Copenhagen" is slightly darker and almost sounds, with the slight distortion on Arce's guitar, as if it could have come from Pot Head, the EP the band released in 2005. Mario Lalli, the bass player, begins the third song, "Naomi Crayola" with a throbbing single note, aided by Bill Stimson's metronomic drumming. Ryan's violin returns in "The Secret Language of Elephants", this time playing the role of keeping the main vamp alive while Arce's guitar generates an evocative soundscape that opens in your mind a wide, violet sky like that above a desert the moment after the sun disappears for the night. The closing song and title track is the most free of the five on the album, with Stimson's beat conjuring memories of Kyuss's more mellow moments.
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CAT #: HPS 202LTD-LP
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YAWNING MAN Historical Graffiti (Pink Vinyl) LP
LP version. Reissue, originally released in 2016. Historical Graffiti is the band's fourth full-length. Gary Arce, the guitarist, seems comfortable sitting on a single vamp throughout the opener "The Wind Cries Edalyn", allowing the additions of violin and bandoleon accordion (played by the tango musicians Sara Ryan and Adolfo Trepiana, respectively) to weave melodies in between. Despite the titular connection to the Jimi Hendrix song, it bears no discernible resemblance to "The Wind Cries Mary" and it is a deceptive number; what seems such a simple, almost easy-listening song reveals more color with every listen. "Her Phantom Finger of Copenhagen" is slightly darker and almost sounds, with the slight distortion on Arce's guitar, as if it could have come from Pot Head, the EP the band released in 2005. Mario Lalli, the bass player, begins the third song, "Naomi Crayola" with a throbbing single note, aided by Bill Stimson's metronomic drumming. Ryan's violin returns in "The Secret Language of Elephants", this time playing the role of keeping the main vamp alive while Arce's guitar generates an evocative soundscape that opens in your mind a wide, violet sky like that above a desert the moment after the sun disappears for the night. The closing song and title track is the most free of the five on the album, with Stimson's beat conjuring memories of Kyuss's more mellow moments.
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CAT #: HPS 202ULTRA-LP
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YAWNING MAN Historical Graffiti (Striped Vinyl) LP
LP version. Striped vinyl. Reissue, originally released in 2016. Historical Graffiti is the band's fourth full-length. Gary Arce, the guitarist, seems comfortable sitting on a single vamp throughout the opener "The Wind Cries Edalyn", allowing the additions of violin and bandoleon accordion (played by the tango musicians Sara Ryan and Adolfo Trepiana, respectively) to weave melodies in between. Despite the titular connection to the Jimi Hendrix song, it bears no discernible resemblance to "The Wind Cries Mary" and it is a deceptive number; what seems such a simple, almost easy-listening song reveals more color with every listen. "Her Phantom Finger of Copenhagen" is slightly darker and almost sounds, with the slight distortion on Arce's guitar, as if it could have come from Pot Head, the EP the band released in 2005. Mario Lalli, the bass player, begins the third song, "Naomi Crayola" with a throbbing single note, aided by Bill Stimson's metronomic drumming. Ryan's violin returns in "The Secret Language of Elephants", this time playing the role of keeping the main vamp alive while Arce's guitar generates an evocative soundscape that opens in your mind a wide, violet sky like that above a desert the moment after the sun disappears for the night. The closing song and title track is the most free of the five on the album, with Stimson's beat conjuring memories of Kyuss's more mellow moments.
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CAT #: HPS 203CD
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YAWNING MAN Nomadic Pursuits CD
Reissue. Nomadic Pursuits is the second Yawning Man studio album, released in 2010. With a five-year gap between the first album and this one, the band had time to further expand on their freeform desert sound. Heavy Psych Sounds give this psychedelic gem new life with a new special edition.
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CAT #: HPS 203LP
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YAWNING MAN Nomadic Pursuits LP
LP version. Reissue. Nomadic Pursuits is the second Yawning Man studio album, released in 2010. With a five-year gap between the first album and this one, the band had time to further expand on their freeform desert sound. Heavy Psych Sounds give this psychedelic gem new life with a new special edition.
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CAT #: HPS 203LTD-LP
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YAWNING MAN Nomadic Pursuits (Green Vinyl) LP
LP version. Green vinyl. Reissue. Nomadic Pursuits is the second Yawning Man studio album, released in 2010. With a five-year gap between the first album and this one, the band had time to further expand on their freeform desert sound. Heavy Psych Sounds give this psychedelic gem new life with a new special edition.
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CAT #: HPS 203ULTRA-LP
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YAWNING MAN Nomadic Pursuits (Splatter Blue/Orange Vinyl) LP
LP version. Splatter blue/orange vinyl. Reissue. Nomadic Pursuits is the second Yawning Man studio album, released in 2010. With a five-year gap between the first album and this one, the band had time to further expand on their freeform desert sound. Heavy Psych Sounds give this psychedelic gem new life with a new special edition.
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CAT #: HPS 246CD
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TONS Hashension CD
After the infamous split album with the almighty Bongzilla, Tons are back with their third full-length studio album. Hashension is composed by six heavy reefer songs which express the band's devotion to the "Green God". The recipe is the same, but always evolving: an infusion of slow and swampy doom/sludge metal with hints of psychedelia, and the band members' hardcore-punk background gives the record a groovy and personal feel throughout.
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CAT #: HPS 246LP
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TONS Hashension LP
LP version. After the infamous split album with the almighty Bongzilla, Tons are back with their third full-length studio album. Hashension is composed by six heavy reefer songs which express the band's devotion to the "Green God". The recipe is the same, but always evolving: an infusion of slow and swampy doom/sludge metal with hints of psychedelia, and the band members' hardcore-punk background gives the record a groovy and personal feel throughout.
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CAT #: HPS 246LTD-LP
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TONS Hashension (Neon Green Vinyl) LP
LP version. Neon green vinyl. After the infamous split album with the almighty Bongzilla, Tons are back with their third full-length studio album. Hashension is composed by six heavy reefer songs which express the band's devotion to the "Green God". The recipe is the same, but always evolving: an infusion of slow and swampy doom/sludge metal with hints of psychedelia, and the band members' hardcore-punk background gives the record a groovy and personal feel throughout.
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CAT #: HPS 246ULTRA-LP
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TONS Hashension (Blue/Yellow/Pink Striped Vinyl) LP
LP version. Blue/yellow/pink striped vinyl. After the infamous split album with the almighty Bongzilla, Tons are back with their third full-length studio album. Hashension is composed by six heavy reefer songs which express the band's devotion to the "Green God". The recipe is the same, but always evolving: an infusion of slow and swampy doom/sludge metal with hints of psychedelia, and the band members' hardcore-punk background gives the record a groovy and personal feel throughout.
HIDDEN HARMONY RECORDINGS (ESTONIA)
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CAT #: HHLT 001LP
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GONCHAROVA, VALENTINA Ocean: Symphony for Electric Violin and Other Instruments in 10+ Parts 2LP
Restocked. Valentina Goncharova's double-LP fundamental conceptual musical work released in full uncut form as part of Hidden Harmony Lost Tapes series. Restored and mastered from the original 6.3mm analog tapes. A large-scale work comprising eleven parts of varied, brooding, mystical reflection in which the author alters the instrumentation to fit both programmatic and musical character of each section.Ultra deluxe archival release from Hidden Harmony Recordings, based in Tallinn, Estonia. 2x12" 200-gram vinyl records in poly lined inner sleeves, 33RPM, black vinyl. Thick old style tip-on gatefold outer sleeve. Includes a 12-page booklet, which detailly explain the album conceptual basis, background and creation context, and provides insights into unique sound recording and technical solutions adapted during album recording in 1988. Created and written with direct involvement of V. Goncharova and I. Zubkov.Liner notes: "My task is to allow the listener to penetrate deeper into the music. The music is wholly improvisational. It has no concept in the rational sense of the word. Its concept is purely intuitive. It presumes The Law of Analogies: 'As above so below. Man is the same as the Universe. The Universe is the same as Man.' ('Emerald Tablet' by Hermes Trismegistus). This intuition is a kind of rephrased logic which uses many more symbols which contain not only philosophical but also imaginative meanings/visionary interpretations. This music is a stream of consciousness in its purest form: not an imitation of a stream, as in the 'suggestive poetry' of the 20th century, but a stream where one flow is superimposed on another (a multilateral passage of recording). And, if we think this flow of music will be better understood under the influence of a verbal flow, then the verbal flow should also be more intuitive and associative, as objective for this short write-up you are currently reading. Ocean did not appear within the coordinate system of logical scientific thinking of the last four centuries. It can be said that it is based on an intuitive concept of representations of the world which are captured in music figuratively. Similar to how myths were created in time immemorial with only partial support from verbal associations. Ocean is an experience of passing the human, soul, and mind through the different states of the material world: birth, development, and achievement of perfection, transformation at the points of 'The Way' and 'Silence', the manifestation of the harmony of the world (Om), which until then had remained in a latent state. It is averse to both mainstream contemporary physics and fringe scientific research. It exists outside their explanatory power. Ocean is the source of all forms that can receive their life within time and space. Here it is. It has everything: beautiful and terrible, good and evil, self-sacrifice, and betrayal. Boundless love and inspired creativity. But contact does not happen immediately. The memory of a bygone civilization is still fresh, and of the dearest things left with it."
HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS
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CAT #: HOS 711EP
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HUMAN TOILET Leap Year 7"
"Human Toilet, who gave up the ghost in 2013, have a new 7" of old songs about what they excelled at; failure and self-sabotage . . . Human Toilet was singer Suarez, guitarist Diamond, bassist Young, and drummer Cran. The band, gleefully too dumb for one kind of bad hardcore and too smart for another kind of bad hardcore, set out to be a Jesus Lizard rip-off band and succeeded beyond their wildest expectations at sounding like The Cows covering Lazy Cowgirls . . . Lesser souls and minds might see Human Toilet as a noise-ROCK outlier amongst the label's catalog of oceanic drones and scabrous techno, but Hospital Productions is first and foremost, a freak scene." --Zachary Lipez Splatter vinyl; edition of 250.
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CAT #: HOS 768LP
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RAMIREZ, RICHARD Memorial 2LP
First time vinyl reissue. As part of the 25th anniversary of Hospital Productions, the second CD from Richard Ramirez appeared in the sacred year of 1997 on the monolithic Praxis Dr. Bearmann imprint from Germany producing classics in a near perfect label discography from Merzbow, Macronympha, Militia, Aube, Taint, and more. In tribute to the late Kevin Ogg who was an early and influential member of Black Leather Jesus, Memorial stands as one of "the ones" that put Mr. Ramirez on the map with his more structured and long atmospheric industrial noise compositions. Featured in part on Berghain 09 mix, if you're looking for a place to start in the vast catalog of Richard Ramirez, this is your answer. Faithfully replicated layout from the original CD on high gloss gatefold format.
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CAT #: HOS 778LP
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JUMPING TIGER The Temple of Sadism 10"
Clear vinyl. Ancient SM noise. Jumping Tiger consists of: Richard Ramirez (vocals, feedback) and Dominick Fernow (electronics, metals). Studio versions of two tracks from the now infamous Demo and one unreleased track. "As both old and young entered the temple they were forced to undress and photographed in front the of swordsmiths."
IDEA
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CAT #: IDEA 060LP
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ZIMMERMAN/JOSHUA BURKETT, TUCKER Tunnel Visions LP
"In the 1970s, Tucker Zimmerman made some low-key acoustic guitar records in England. He was raised in California, and sang like it. And between those two circumstances, Zimmerman happens to have sat in with a whole lotta famous people; The Spiders From Mars, guys from Yes and Traffic and T Rex, Mary Hopkin, Paul Butterfield, Aynsley Dunbar, Ricky Fataar, and plenty more. The seriously famous are always moving along to whatever's new. But Zimmerman has kept his hand in. There were a couple records in the '80s, an interest in novels and words, one in the '90s, an '00s collaboration with another American expat who works on the Belgian version of The Voice, etc. Now he has a new record for the teens. Of himself reading poetry no less. And that is exactly the sort of project that could easily degenerate into the underground dude's answer to a Stan Lee cameo. The reason it doesn't is less about the words chosen (though they're fine) and more about the obvious lived grit in the Mucinex-wracked glottis that is Zimmerman's voice these days. The sensitive folk rocker has given way to a grizzled gentleman. Zimmerman is more confident as his 77 years and sounds like a paisley Sam Elliott who spends days wandering outside dispensing advice to clouds and dogs. Zimmerman has also found a precise complement in accompanist Josh Burkett, whose life reads like an indie update to the performer Zimmerman was in the '70s. Burkett runs a record store in Western Mass., and has been a heavy in interesting underground projects of one sort or another for roughly 30 years (Vermonster, Bimbo Shrineheads, Tarp, playing with Ed Askew, and solo records). The seams are allowed to show on these recordings. You can hear Zimmerman stop and go back to correct himself, and the sound levels vary. That puts things firmly in the contemporary camp, ensuring that this ain't no greatest hits that never were. In fact, Josh nips in with his acoustic guitar so subtly, and gets the rhythm of each talking point so just right so that the two performers dovetail again and again. And so, the record can exist between them both, a new thing all it's own." --Angela Sawyer15 sections span the course of two sides, creating a total run time of 41 minutes and 52 seconds that is reminiscent of the Groupe de resherches musicales (GRM). Old Style Tip-On jacket at Stoughton Pressed at QRP in Salina, Kansas 2022.
IMPORT LABEL (GERMANY)
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CAT #: BEC 5543356
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VA Shaolin Soul Episode 1 2LP+CD
2022 restock. Reissue of Shaolin Soul Episode 1, originally released in 1998. One of three LP reissues celebrating the 20th anniversary of Shaolin Soul Episode 1. Legendary deep soul French compilations featuring many soul classics, sometimes forgotten, which have been sampled countless times by some of the biggest hip-hop acts. Available for the first time on vinyl + CD. Original packaging strictly reproduced. Cut from original masters. Double-LP comes in a gatefold sleeve; Includes CD.Episode 1 features Ann Peebles, O.V. Wright, The Charmels, David Porter, Willie Mitchell, Al Green, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, The Emotions, Bob James, Syl Johnson, Donny Hathaway, Wendy Rene, Lyn Collins, The Dramatics, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Booker T. And The MGs, and Barry White.
JAZZMAN RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: JMAN 132LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
WHITING, AMANDA Lost in Abstraction LP
LP version. Includes download card. Welsh harpist Amanda Whiting returns on Jazzman Records following on from her successful debut album After Dark (JMAN 125CD/LP, 2021). New explorations and global changing events have led Whiting to Lost in Abstraction. The Reynolds/Thorne/Whiting trio is joined again by the mesmerizing lines of flautist Chip Wickham, resuming their conversation reminiscent of Dorothy Ashby and Frank Wess. Lost in Abstraction was written during a period of the unknown when Whiting, like most, explored her own sense of self. The world paused, with no timeframe, and the fragility of life was laid bare. A time when humanity was left searching for purpose. Freedom and the dependable structures of familiarity were dissolved in most aspects of life. But music stayed constant. Creativity kept weaving its thread, connecting music and its makers in an indissoluble bond. The album explores the questions and realizations whilst confined. The spiritual findings, the playful curiousness and the reflective moments of loss. Whiting's writing indulges the listener with the spiritual ethereal washes of sound demanded of the harp, whilst also embracing her influences across many genres. Classically trained, her roots are evident. But with an emotionally charged energy and spiritual questioning, a new soundscape of modernity has emerged. So often associated with Ashby and Coltrane, the harp finds itself in the hands of a new voice which tells the story of a period of time where the world was unified in reflection. So, what is that feeling when you resonate? When your breath steadies and you let go. Lines no longer restrict or choke. Energies envelop, yet set you free. Are you lost or found? Personnel: Amanda Whiting - harp; Chip Wickham - flute; Aidan Thorne - bass; Jon Reynolds - drums; Baldo Verdú - percussion.
JIAOLONG (UK)
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CAT #: JIAOLONG 024CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DAPHNI Cherry CD
Daphni aka Caribou aka Dan Snaith announces a new album, Cherry, his first album since 2017. Cherry will be released via Snaith's own Jiaolong label. Whether in the studio or the club, Daphni has always been a pursuit where Dan Snaith lets the music find its own path. With Cherry this is more evident than ever, this sense of the tracks as objects with life and desires outside of Snaith's control has now become a driving force in their creation. "There isn't anything obvious that unifies it or makes it hang together," Snaith says. "I think it was good that it was made without worrying about any of that. I just made it." Recorded over a prolonged period, Snaith let the music go where it wanted to go. It wasn't until he put everything he'd been tinkering with together that he realized what he had. "It's weird that when the tracks were put in what felt like the right order it took on a new coherence," he says, "where it pings quickly from one idea to the next and, at least for me, hangs together in way that feels unified. Maybe because it's hard to avoid the musical fingerprints I leave on the music I make, whether I want to or not." The component parts have this same sense of independence, the essence of Daphni always present over music that is more free-wheeling than it's ever been, almost escaping Snaith's grasp as it tumbles and spirals. "As is often the case when you're working quickly and intuitively, new pieces of equipment played a part" he says. New gear and ways of working meant Snaith was able to sit at the center of the music but let things get away from him a bit more as equipment began to make its own decisions before reeling it back in to suit his purposes, or as he puts it "getting the snake to eat its own tail".
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CAT #: JIAOLONG 024LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DAPHNI Cherry 2LP
Double LP version. Daphni aka Caribou aka Dan Snaith announces a new album, Cherry, his first album since 2017. Cherry will be released via Snaith's own Jiaolong label. Whether in the studio or the club, Daphni has always been a pursuit where Dan Snaith lets the music find its own path. With Cherry this is more evident than ever, this sense of the tracks as objects with life and desires outside of Snaith's control has now become a driving force in their creation. "There isn't anything obvious that unifies it or makes it hang together," Snaith says. "I think it was good that it was made without worrying about any of that. I just made it." Recorded over a prolonged period, Snaith let the music go where it wanted to go. It wasn't until he put everything he'd been tinkering with together that he realized what he had. "It's weird that when the tracks were put in what felt like the right order it took on a new coherence," he says, "where it pings quickly from one idea to the next and, at least for me, hangs together in way that feels unified. Maybe because it's hard to avoid the musical fingerprints I leave on the music I make, whether I want to or not." The component parts have this same sense of independence, the essence of Daphni always present over music that is more free-wheeling than it's ever been, almost escaping Snaith's grasp as it tumbles and spirals. "As is often the case when you're working quickly and intuitively, new pieces of equipment played a part" he says. New gear and ways of working meant Snaith was able to sit at the center of the music but let things get away from him a bit more as equipment began to make its own decisions before reeling it back in to suit his purposes, or as he puts it "getting the snake to eat its own tail".
KAKAKIDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: KKMV 001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VIOLENZA, MARIA Capelli di Catene LP
French label Kakakids presents the second album by Rome, Italy electro/synth-punk starlette, Maria Violenza. Capelli di Caténe evokes the heavy, beautiful but cumbersome things that you might like to get rid of. Like its title, this new LP intertwines the animosity of one track, with the melancholy or the threats of another track. An attachment that hurts tenderly. The atmosphere of the album smacks of the Sabbath, of a heart torn violently and offered with generosity on the altar of galley, which reminds everyone that fate has a melody. Haunting and familiar, like Cristina's music. Three years have passed since her debut album Scirocco, during which Maria Violenza did a split with Usé, another with Noir Boy George, as well as several projects as varied as his influences.
KARLRECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KR 070LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
ABRAMS, MUHAL RICHARD Celestial Birds LP
2022 repress. The compilation Celestial Birds reveals and focuses on the widely unknown electronic compositions of the Association for the Advancement Of Creative Musicians (AACM) founder and jazz pianist, Muhal Richard Abrams. The fifth release in KarlRecords' Perihel Series, curated by zeitkratzer director, Reinhold Friedl. Anybody interested in jazz knows that Chicago has always been an impressive hot spot for new talents -- and still is. One essential landmark in the history and development of jazz was the founding of the AACM in May 1965. This non-profit organization was a melting pot (and starting point) for artists like Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, George Lewis, or Lester Bowie and his Art Ensemble of Chicago but one of its actual founding members is known only to the deep connoisseurs: Muhal Richard Abrams (1930-2017). The autodidact pianist and composer left music school and university, deciding to learn music by himself. From 1961 on, the Experimental Band was his first ensemble, but it soon turned out that Abrams's interests went beyond jazz and that he was open to the avant-garde and new music and most of all: electronic music. Which led to a double problem: On the one hand, black musicians had almost no access to the rare electronic music studios located in and funded by universities or broadcasting corporations. On the other hand, there were strong reservations regarding electronic music in the black music community. In his important book A Power Stranger Than Itself: The A.A.C.M. and American Experimental Music, (2007) George Lewis wrote that "the use of electronics . . . proved controversial and widely misunderstood in a world of jazz in which acoustic instruments became conflated with musical, and eventually, cultural and even racial authenticity." Abrams's response was to actually "hide" his electronic pieces on the B-sides of his albums, and this compilation focuses on some of his best electronic experiments: the 22-minute long epic "The Bird Song" from 1968 in its original version incl. the reverb that was removed on the later CD reissue on Delmark, the synthesizer compositions "Conversations With The Three Of Me" (1989) and "Think All, Focus One" (1995) plus "Spihumonesty" (1980) with a second synthesizer played by George Lewis and Yousef Yancey on theremin. Celestial Birds casts a new light on the underrated experimenter Muhal Richard Abrams, his innovative approach to composition and pieces that lay dormant for way too long. 180 gram vinyl; includes download code.
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CAT #: KR 073LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BAKER & GARETH DAVIS, AIDAN Invisible Cities II LP
2022 repress. Aidan Baker (Nadja, B/B/S) and bass clarinetist Gareth Davis continue their fruitful collaboration with Invisible Cities II, five new tracks of finest ambient/chamber jazz/subtle drones of a highly meditative quality. In 2018, the Canadian guitar player Aidan Baker and clarinetist Gareth Davis from Belgium released their duo debut Invisible Cities (KR 045LP) that surprised many by its quiet, even meditative quality. Davis had made himself a name in a wide range of fields, from the post rock of A-Sun Amissa or Oiseaux-Tempête, new music (Peter Ablinger, Bernhard Lang), or experimentation with the likes of Elliott Sharp, Merzbow, or Scanner, while Baker is mostly known for his drone/post-metal duo Nadja, but that's just one out of several steady projects (e.g. B/B/S with Andrea Belfi and Erik Skodvin aka Svarte Greiner) and a multitude of solo albums. On Invisible Cities, the duo explored the calmer side of things -- from chamber jazz to ambient/drone and back, giving much space and air to breathe to their respective instrument. Subtle guitar drones, sonore clarinet sounds, a sonic scenery of peacefulness, and meditative introspection --all this you'll also find on the new album Invisible Cities II which is an accomplished continuation and refinement of the duo's first collaborative effort from 2018. Recorded between 2018 and 2019 in Berlin and Amsterdam. Mastered and cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin by Kassian Troyer. 180 gram vinyl.
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CAT #: KR 078LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
MAXIMIN, BERANGERE Land of Waves 2LP
2022 repress. On her sixth album, the French electroacoustic composer Bérangère Maximin explores the idea of a kaleidoscopic world -- a sonic aggregation of living creatures, plants, minerals, nature, and buildings, using various sound objects, small percussions, synths, electric guitar, voice, and electronics. Working out of her private studio since 2008, Bérangère Maximin has developed her own approach to sound art and electronic music, composing dense, immersive pieces with immediate impact. On five albums -- released to critical acclaim on Tzadik, Sub Rosa, Crammed Discs, and Craig Leon's Atlas Realisations label -- she has revealed a taste for mixing disparate sounds together with a sense of detail, effusive, lyrical playings with the digital material and tight nuanced writing. Bérangère Maximin's music engages the listener in consideration of space and textures, the sound ambivalence and its independence from its original source being at the center of her work. During her career, the French composer has obtained commissions and residencies in National Music Research Centres such as Paris's Ina-GRM, Stockholm's EMS and received a grant from the "Villa Medicis Hors Les Murs" program in New York City (Cultures France). She has performed in notable festivals, venues and concert halls from Paris's Présences Electronique festival, London's Hayward gallery, NYC's Roulette, Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie's e-Phil series to major international festivals in Eastern Europe. Beside her solo performances, she also regularly shares the stage in duo with Fred Frith. Land of Waves: three words evoking territories of plains and curves connected with each other by canals, footpaths, tunnels. The four parts of the album lead the listener into a hybrid land where the jungle meets the city -- a succession of reliefs, surfaces, textures, layers create a large mosaic as if on a concrete wall which seems solid and definitive but is in fact penetrable, alterable. For Land of Waves, Bérangère Maximin took inspiration from recordings she did in various city parks, abandoned properties and limits with the suburbs during her travels in Europe, the diversity of sources, the variations of events and the contrasts between day and night they offered, and reinterpreted them in the studio. 180 gram vinyl, double LP; includes download code.
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CAT #: KR 092CD
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XENAKIS, IANNIS Electroacoustic Works 5CD BOX
Electroacoustic Works celebrates the 100th anniversary of Iannis Xenakis (on May 29th, 2022). Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) is one of the most important composers of the 20th century avantgarde whose influence on music can be traced to the present day -- not only in the world of conservatory-trained composers but also in various streams of current non-academic underground aesthetics such as experimental electronic music, noise and industrial. After he arrived in Paris in 1947, Xenakis not only studied composition with Messiaen and later became a member of the famous GRM (Groupe de recherches musicales), he also worked as assistant to the famous architect Le Corbusier and realized, amongst others, the Philips Pavilion for the World Exhibition in Brussels 1958. His compositions often are based on mathematical principles which give his music an unprecedented aesthetic and "shocking otherness" (The Guardian). Although Xenakis also composed for orchestra (his most famous works are "Metastasis", "Pithoprakta", and "Terretektorh"), electronic music became his way for exploring new ideas and concepts and to develop new techniques like a graphic interface for sound synthesis or later, when computers were easier accessible, his so-called "stochastic synthesis" (Gendy 3, S.709 > Disc V, Late Works). Xenakis's first electroacoustic pieces, like "Diamorphoses" or "Bohor", turned out groundbreaking works while the latter even caused, as Michel Chion put it, the "greatest scandal of electroacoustic music" on the occasion of its performance 1968 at the GRM in Paris. His so-called "Polytopes" were overwhelming multimedia performances with especially designed architectures, laser and light shows etc. where sometimes up to several hundred loudspeakers were used to move the sounds in space. For example, his most famous composition "Persepolis", commissioned by the Persian Shah, premiered in 1971 in Shiraz-Persepolis (Iran) as a performance including light-tracks, laser beams, groups of children walking around with torches and 59 loudspeakers to project the music in an open-air situation. The most radical aspects of sound can be found in Xenakis's late work and its merciless reduction to harsh, almost ruthless sound synthesis. In the early nineties, he devoted himself to the concept of a composing machine: a machine that designs everything independently and calculates the finished piece, the algorithm is the work. Years of source studies and comparative research by zeitkratzer director Reinhold Friedl, in collaboration with sound engineer Martin Wurmnest, made these critically reflected stereo mixes possible, which were appropriately mastered by Rashad Becker and which, in addition to the aspect of fidelity to the source, put the listener in the center. 5CD box set includes booklet with English/German liner notes by Reinhold Friedl (zeitkratzer) and rare photos from the Xenakis archive.
KINGSTON SOUNDS (UK)
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CAT #: KSLP 089LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
ZUKIE, TAPPER Bunker Buster LP
LP version. Tapper Zukie after taking a little time out of the musical arena has come back with an album full of great material and has called in an A list of fellow Jamaican artists to add flavor to this great set. As Tapper named the album himself Bunker Buster, it shows Mr Zukie busting back out of the studio and back in the arena in fine style. The opening track finds his long-standing working partner Horace Andy adding his distinctive vocal style to "Aquarius". "Nuh Fraid A Dem" features the great Luciano, "The Blessings" the mighty Michael Rose, and Little Roy adds some magical rhymes to "Wicked". The soulful voice of Beres Hammond sweetens the effects of "Stress". The killer title track "Buster Bunker" is backed up by the Musical Intimidators and Tapper has reworked his "Good Luck My Friend" track to "Lucky Friend" which features the timeless backing vocals by the legendary Jamaican vocal group The Tamlins. Digging even deeper into his back catalog he has also pulled up some classic rhythms and more existing vocals to rework over. For example, "The Light In Me" features the greatly missed Ronnie Davis. Junior Rass adds his mighty roar to "Humble Lion" and Junior Reid leads the charge on "Warrior". Half Pint adds a musical layer to "Flesh and Blood". All in all, a great selection of musical ideas that also features the cream of Jamaica's musicians, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, Flabba Holt, Chinna Smith to name but a few. Tapper's son Noel Barnes (AKA Brand New) alongside Pam Hall adds some gloss. Such is his standing in the reggae community that a call out to Jamaica's finest set of singers and their eager reply to add their talents has made this an album not to be missed and can sit proudly alongside and find a place in his already prodigious catalog.
LIVITY SOUND RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: LIVITY 055EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
EUSEBEIA Cosmos EP 12"
The latest release on Livity Sound features an extensive insight into the work of Seb Uncles, aka Eusebeia. Uncles has been releasing his work prolifically over the past six years, from self-released tapes on Rebellion Electronics through to reams of 12"s and LPs for labels like Earthtrax, Western Lore, Rupture London, and re:st. While his sound has often tilted towards drum & bass and jungle, he places atmosphere and composition ahead of genre boundaries and tempo restrictions. Cosmos EP finds Uncles stretching out over eight varied tracks for a broader experience compared to the usual Livity EP. Glacial ambience and richly layered synthesis guides the record overall, at times leaving drums behind altogether, but even at its mellowest you can sense the overbearing bias towards soundsystem music. The melancholic electronica of "Becoming" gets underpinned by dread bass, and "Solace" places a haunting steppas-esque refrain in the midst of heavily dubbed downtempo. When he does turn to full-tilt drumfunk edits on the likes of "Hopes + Dreams" and "Love + Light", he approaches them with subtlety and finesse, matching rhythmic flair with melodic progressions which lend themselves to introspective listening as much as full dancefloor immersion.
LONDON RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: LMS 5521755
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COMMUNARDS Red (35th Anniversary Edition) 2CD
The Communards' sophomore album Red consolidated the genius of the musical partnership between Bronski Beat singer Jimmy Somerville and pianist Richard Coles. Fusing synths and hi-NRG production with lush string and horn arrangements, the Communards straddled pop and the political, the album's themes set against the political unrest and moral panic of late '80s Britain. A global smash upon its release in 1987, this is the remastered and expanded 35th Anniversary Edition with new sleeve notes. Double-CD (LMS 5521755) and deluxe double-LP (LMS 5521756) versions features an extensive array of B-sides, live tracks, demo versions and remixes, including classic mixes by legendary '80s club doyens Shep Pettibone, Clivilles & Cole (better known as C&C Music Factory) and a euphoric new 2022 remix of "Never Can Say Goodbye" by UK outfit The 2 Bears (Hot Chip's Joe Goddard and DJ Raf Rundell).
LOVELY MUSIC
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CAT #: LCD 1041CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BEHRMAN, DAVID On The Other Ocean CD
2022 restock of the original CD version; recently awarded: 9.0 Best New Reissue on Pitchfork, Originally released on Lovely Music in 1978. David Behrman's On The Other Ocean is an improvisation by Maggi Payne and Arthur Stidfole centered around six pitches which, when they are played, activate electronic pitch-sensing circuits connected to the "interrupt" line and input ports of a microcomputer, Kim-1. The microcomputer can sense the order and timing in which the six pitches are played and can react by sending harmony-changing messages to two handmade music synthesizers. The relationship between the two musicians and the computer is an interactive one, with the computer changing the electronically-produced harmonies in response to what the musicians play, and the musicians influenced in their improvising by what the computer does. Figure In A Clearing, made a few months before On The Other Ocean, was the first piece of Behrman's to use a computer for music. For Figure, the Kim-1 ran a program which varied the time intervals between chord changes. The time intervals were modelled on the motion of a satellite in falling elliptical orbit about a planet. David Gibson's only "score" was a list of six pitches to be used in performance, and a request that he not speed up when the computer-controlled rhythm did. The timbral richness and concentrated eloquence of his playing sprang from his own sources. Personnel: David Behrman - electronics, Kim-1 microcomputer; Maggi Payne - flute; Arthur Stidfole - bassoon; David Gibson - cello. Recording engineers: "Blue" Gene Tyranny and Richard Lainhart. Charming booklet notes by David Behrman.
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CAT #: LCD 1042CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BEHRMAN, DAVID Leapday Night CD
2022 restock;; originally release on Lovely Music in 1987. A series of three pieces/suites; "Leapday Night", "A Traveler's Dream Journal", and "Interspecies Smalltalk" involving Rhys Chatham/Ben Neill (on trumpet/mutantrumpet), Fluxus mainstay Takehisa Kosugi (violin), and David Behrman himself on electronics. Behrman creates thickly layered liquid sounds utilizing this complex computer music system which absorbs, actually hears, the sounds of instrumentalists, and then plays off their improvisations with its own synthesized reactions. The system consists of pitch sensors ("ears" with which it listens to the performing musicians), various music synthesizers (some homemade), a computer graphics color video display and a personal computer. "Heavy period-synth float with bare accompaniment, thankfully just-pre DX-7."
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CAT #: LCD 3001CD
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
LA BARBARA, JOAN Sound Paintings CD
2022 restock. Joan La Barbara begins Sound Paintings with a scream that pushes you into an unusual world of vocal sound. Her virtuoso singing style, developed over a 20-year period, can be heard on this disc, which combines some of her earlier works with more recent compositions. She takes her extended techniques, which include multi-phonics, overtone singing, and glottal clicks, and orchestrates them in layered soundscape compositions using from eight to sixteen tracks of material.
MALEDETTA DISCOTECA (ITALY)
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CAT #: MD45 001EP
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
UMILIANI, PIERO Fried Bananas (Re-edit) 7"
2022 marks the release of a new single by maestro Piero Umiliani. The music of Umiliani, composer of over one hundred and fifty soundtracks as well as of the immortal "Mah Nà Mah Nà", is one of the absolute heritages of Italian musical history and, thanks to the commitment of DJs from all over the world and specialized labels, continues to surprise and to always be rediscovered. The latest extraordinary novelty that sees him as the protagonist is a new 45rpm, entitled "Fried Bananas". The song written in 1975 for a sounding album released in very few copies and never reissued, has a very current disco rhythm with lounge and funk veins and is destined to become an immediate cult among fans and collectors. The release, co-produced by DJ Frankie Fortyfive and the crew of Maledetta Discoteca, presents the original song and a re-edited version on the B-side by DJs Keedoman, Enzo Pietanza, and DJ Arnold Maddaloni. The piece sounds very current, the re-edit by Keedoman, Enzo Pietanza and DJ Arnold Maddaloni renews it respecting its essence and original musicality and, twenty years after his death, maestro Piero Umiliani is more alive than ever.
MG.ART (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MGART 401CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GOTTSCHING, MANUEL Inventions for Electric Guitar CD
2022 restock of MG.ART's 2011 reissue; originally released in 1975. Remastered by Manuel Göttsching. Recorded July-August 1974, Inventions for Electric Guitar is Manuel Göttsching's first solo album. Written and performed entirely by Göttsching on electric guitar, with a four-track TEAC A3340, Revox A77 for echoes, wah-wah pedal, volume pedal, Schaller Rotosound, and Hawaiian steel bar.
MUSIC ON VINYL (NETHERLANDS)
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CAT #: MOV 2949LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
SANDERS, PHAROAH Moon Child LP
Restocked. "To celebrate the 45th anniversary of iconic Dutch jazz label Timeless Records, Music On Vinyl is releasing a series that features albums that are part of the Timeless Records legacy and will be released mainly throughout 2022. Part of this series is Pharoah Sanders' Moon Child from 1990, which bookended a decade of musical soul searching for Sanders. The acclaimed free jazz player is known to have a raw and abrasive sound, but reinvented himself on this album as a more traditional improviser capable of thoughtful deliberations. Moon Child is a grand old time throughout, and Sanders has never been more eminently sing-along-able as he is on its title track. The record was co-written with Horace Silver, George Gershwin and Abdullah Ibrahim and recorded with William Henderson, Stafford James, Eddie Moore and Cheikh Tidiane Fall. Moon Child is available on black vinyl."
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CAT #: MOV 3130COL-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MOTIONS Their Own Way (Translucent Green Vinyl) LP
"The Motions was a Dutch beat explosion group that was founded in The Hague back in 1964. The group consisted of Henk Smitskamp, Rudy Bennett, Sieb Warner and Robbie van Leeuwen. Van Leeuwen is also known as the guitarist and main songwriter for Shocking Blue. The Motions were only active for six years, but booked some great successes. Some of their biggest hits include 'Why Don't You Take It' and 'There Is No Place To Hide', which are captured on their second studio album Their Own Way. Their Own Way is available as a limited edition of 500 individually numbered copies on translucent green color vinyl."
NOTON (GERMANY)
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CAT #: NOTON 055CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Summvs (Remaster) CD
Released for the first time in 2011, Summvs is the fifth and final installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's V.I.R.U.S. series. The title Summvs refers to the Latin word "summa" (sum) and "versus" (towards); it serves as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collaborative result. The album features "Microon" compositions containing recordings of a 16th tone interval tuning piano -- Piano Metamorfoseador Carrillo en Dieciseisavos de Tono. The album also features two covers of the track "By This River," composed by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius in 1977. In the album's twelve compositions, Sakamoto's haunting piano arrangements coalesce with Carsten Nicolai's digital rhythms, creating a sonic aura as magnetic as it is meditative. Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album's recordings are accompanied by two new compositions titled "Monomom" (released digitally in December 2021) and "Kizuna." Like "Monomom," "Kizuna" is the studio version of the homonymous composition recorded during Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's 2019 Australian tour and included in the album' TWO Live at Sydney Opera House (2019). The work "Kizuna" means "human bond" in Japanese and refers to the title of an animation piece by the Italian contemporary artist Valerio Berruti released in Japan in January 2011. Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai. Mastering by Bo at Calyx.
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CAT #: NOTON 055LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Summvs (Remaster) 2LP
Double LP version. Released for the first time in 2011, Summvs is the fifth and final installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's V.I.R.U.S. series. The title Summvs refers to the Latin word "summa" (sum) and "versus" (towards); it serves as a metaphor for the work being oriented towards a collaborative result. The album features "Microon" compositions containing recordings of a 16th tone interval tuning piano -- Piano Metamorfoseador Carrillo en Dieciseisavos de Tono. The album also features two covers of the track "By This River," composed by Brian Eno, Dieter Moebius, and Hans-Joachim Roedelius in 1977. In the album's twelve compositions, Sakamoto's haunting piano arrangements coalesce with Carsten Nicolai's digital rhythms, creating a sonic aura as magnetic as it is meditative. Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album's recordings are accompanied by two new compositions titled "Monomom" (released digitally in December 2021) and "Kizuna." Like "Monomom," "Kizuna" is the studio version of the homonymous composition recorded during Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's 2019 Australian tour and included in the album' TWO Live at Sydney Opera House (2019). The work "Kizuna" means "human bond" in Japanese and refers to the title of an animation piece by the Italian contemporary artist Valerio Berruti released in Japan in January 2011. Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai. Mastering by Bo at Calyx.
ODIN RECORDS (NORWAY)
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CAT #: ODIN 9578LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
TRONDHEIM JAZZ ORCHESTRA & OLE MORTEN VAGAN Plastic Wave LP
LP version. Plastic Wave comes as the sequel to 2018's celebrated Happy Endlings, where Ole Morten Vågan, one of the most sought-after bass players in Norway, collaborated with the unpredictable and creative Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, comprised of a sort of "who's who" in Norwegian jazz. Where Happy Endlings took the listener on a 72-minute-long ride on the edge of their seat through a myriad of innovation, chock, and surprises, Plastic Wave sees TJO and Vågan take their mischievous end time antics from the previous album to the next phase, in some sorts a musical excavation of the next evolutionary step -- and the sequel is no less than 12 minutes longer. Titles such as "Food Chain Reaction" and "Critical Mass Distraction" are given extra momentum by Flu Hartberg's cover art, again a trusty companion for the music. Having been recorded halfway through 2020, the music on Plastic Wave plays well against this unprecedented backdrop, the music on Plastic Wave plays well against this unprecedented backdrop, and elements like a sudden cameo by poet Frode Grytten places the music even further into the context of our time.
ONLY ROOTS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: ORLP 019LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
PABLO, AUGUSTUS Earth Rightful Ruler LP
2022 repress. "Recorded at Harry J and Channel One in 1982 with iconic musicians as China Smith, Flabba Holt, Robbie Shakespear, along with Norris Reid and Delroy Williams on backing vocals.The album includes a recut of the classic 'Java' and the singing of Hugh Mundell on 'Ratafari Tradition'. Reissued with the artwork of the original Jamaican press."
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CAT #: ORLP 021LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
ISAACS, GREGORY The Best Of Gregory Isaacs Vol. 2 LP
2022 repress "... Isaacs kicks off the set with his declaration of independence, 'No Footstool,' but a quartet of militant cultural numbers -- a fierce 'A Riot,' a simmering 'Jailer,' a heartfelt 'Village of the Under Privileged' and the powerful return-to-Africa-themed 'Border' -- fuels this set. All are classic Isaacs, with the latter featuring the sublime harmonies of the Tamlins, who backed the singer on both these sets. Intercut between these cultural masterpieces are equally superb romantic offerings, notably the evocative 'Once Again' and the gorgeous 'Tumbling Tears,' the latter another massive hit. Like its predecessor, this is no career-spanning best-of set, but a superb album that does indeed include much of Isaacs' best work with Ranglin during the mid-'70s." --JoAnn Greene (All Music Guide)
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CAT #: ORLP 023LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
REVOLUTIONARIES Roots Man Dub LP
2022 repress. "In 1979, Alvin 'GG' Ranglin released the Roots Man Dub album on his GG's label, comprised of ten titled and two untitled tracks drawn from a variety of sources -- singles from GG's, Swaby's Ja-Man and Manzie labels, and the Hookim brothers' Hit Bound label among them. The common denominator is the Revolutionaries, who provided all the riddims. The final three tracks (plus all of disc two of the reissue) are comprised of previously unreleased dubs, again drawn from a variety of labels' releases and featuring both Ranglin and Swaby productions. The set doesn't identify which are which, and only a few dates are provided, but it's obvious which numbers were recorded in the roots era, with the superb riddims supplied by the Revolutionaries, the Roots Radics, and GG's All-Stars. The first disc is by far the most sumptuous in sound, awash in rich, organic dubs that are laced with melodies and virtually vocal-free. In contrast, the second disc features 'dubbier' dubs, all more rhythm-driven, reverb- and echo-laden, and with snippets of vocals (mostly from George Faith and Tony Tuff) feeding throughout. Played back to back it's difficult to believe they're from the same producers, and one is tempted to credit Ranglin with the first disc and Swaby with the second, but one would be wrong. Instead, the shift in sound presumably reflects the shift in styles between the mid-'70s and early '80s. A fabulous set and a boon for reggae fans, but like so many dub albums, Roots Man Dub leaves one desperate for more background information." -- Jo-Ann Greene (All Music Guide)
OPTIC NERVE (UK)
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CAT #: OPT4 046LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
PROLAPSE Pointless Walks To Dismal Places 2LP
Deluxe reissue of their Prolapse's debut album, Pointless Walks To Dismal Places, originally released in 1994. Completely remastered under band supervision. Combining a metronomic krautrock beat played by a monster drummer, looping guitars, and a boy/girl vocal that sounded like a bickering bed-sit argument turned into song, Prolapse had all the manic intensity of a nervous breakdown set against a backdrop of inventive guitar work and a really tough rhythm section. There were hints of the Fall, krautrock, PiL, and a touch of the pure golden pop of Blondie along with the sense of restless dislocation shared by many of the post-punk bands. Prolapse arrived in the middle of the Britpop era and their tense, almost neurotic music clashed with the stadium-filling, jolly knees-up pop that dominated the indie mainstream of the time. By 1996, indie had become the mainstream in terms of record sales and sound and was strutting around at the opposite end of the cultural spectrum to the indie bands of the '80s and their war against popular culture. Late arrivals Prolapse were the last gasp of this genuine independence. Features the original LP plus a bonus disc with the Cherry Red EP tracks, plus a 16-page booklet containing photos, reviews, and sleeve notes from Mick Derrick, Steve Mack, and John Robb. Burgundy vinyl; gatefold matte laminated sleeve with spot UV varnish.
OTOROKU (UK)
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CAT #: ROKU 026LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
XT Deorlaf X LP
New music from XT (saxophone player Seymour Wright and percussionist Paul Abbott) in the form of an exhilarating, super compressed, reflective re-assembling of a dozen years working together. Re-animating free improvisation with a Chicago house palette, Deorlaf X is made up of frenetic slabs of mutated multiphonics and triggered percussion, suspended in bouts of possessed reflexive quiet. Where the duo's 2019 release Palina'tufa (EE 004LP) on Empty Editions focused primarily on a response to the real (and imagined) landscapes of Hong Kong, Deorlaf X is located in Dalston, and specifically at OTO. Wrung through Shuan Crook's studio over three nights, the recordings dug from XT's archive aren't simply "duo" -- instead they actively draw on their public and social contexts, involving the influence of audience, engineers and other visiting musicians -- Ghédalia Tazartès, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Senyawa, RP Boo, and others. "A changing cast of OTO guests, audience and emotions hosted each time in a new London. XT structures sound an ongoing attempt to listen and learn about the rich and transformative affordances of the situations we occupy." The resulting record puts a pin through a dialogue between Abbott and Wright, between histories, potentials, fact, fiction, ideas, friends, audiences, and spaces. The heavy use of referencing recalls the footwork or house traditions of sampling across all manner of influences; what's recalled is primarily the structures of jazz -- Ornette Coleman, Charlie Parker, Anthony Braxton -- but also Ann Quin, Clarice Lispector, Anna Halprin. What's created in recall is a kind of diary, a hyper remembering -- a blisteringly warped kind of future music. Recorded by James Dunn, Shaun Crook and Paul Skinner. Assembled, mixed and re-recorded January 19, 20, and 21, 2020 by XT at Lockdown Studio, Cable Street. Engineer Shaun Crook. Sounds/design by XT. Cover painting Leon Kossoff, Dalston Junction No.3, June 1973 oil on board, 20.5 x 25 cm.
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CAT #: ROKU 027LP
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LEE/JEROME NOETINGER/NADIA RATSIMANDRESY, OKKYUNG Two Duos LP
Two Duos is pressed from cellist Okkyung Lee's most recent OTO Residency; the first side a duo with Jérôme Noetinger on Revox B77 and the second with Nadia Ratsimandresy on Ondes Martenot. Cut together, the two meetings seem to raise three cellos in the search for expressive voice: the cello, it's magnetic reproduction, and the dual controls of the machine invented to expand on its musical qualities. On the A side Noetinger's opening tape hiss establishes a current; an electrical partner who gives Lee room to slide across and stretch out. Progressively the cello is returned, duplicated and manipulated with increased velocity and distortion. Noetinger draws out the full extent of Lee's extended technique; rewinding strands of Lee's horse hair and transmuting her percussive attacks into shuddering echoes, before letting his own concrete interjections spin the duo's sonic tussle into an almost romantic daydream. On side B the ondes (invented by French cellist and wartime radio operator Maurice Eugene Louis Martenot and so loved by Bernard Parmegiani, Varese, and Messiaen) seems shaken from classical tradition and those long, drawn out horrorscapes it has come to be associated with. In a duel with Lee, Ratsimandresy grasps the ondes's extraordinary capacity for dexterity, nuance, and speed, hounding Lee's cello in a bid to drive her instrument out of the past and into the future. Two fantastic pairings and a testament to the freshness with which Lee and her collaborators continue to work with their instruments. Personnel: Okkyung Lee - cello; Jérôme Noetinger - Revox B77; Nadia Ratsimandresy - Ondes Martenot. Recorded live at Cafe OTO. Mixed and mastered by Lasse Marhaug. Design by Maja Larrson.
OWN IT (UK)
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CAT #: OWNIT 001COL-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS The Rest Is Distraction (Grey Vinyl) LP
LP version. Grey vinyl. Experimental post-punk outfit Girls In Synthesis are set to release the eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2020's incendiary debut, Now Here's An Echo From Your Future (HARB 206CD/LP/S-LP). Entitled The Rest Is Distraction and available via the band's own label Own It, its mix of fractured guitar, crushing drums and bass, intense vocals and lyrical content create as challenging a record as you will hear this year. Formed in 2016, Girls In Synthesis are John Linger (bass, vocals), Jim Cubitt (guitar, keys), and Nicole Pinto (drums). The trio's double A-sided debut single The Mound/Disappear came out in the early part of 2017, and since then they have established themselves as the most forward thinking, viscerally challenging band around with unmissable live shows that continue to excite and astound in equal measure. Recorded last year amidst the uncertainty of continuous lockdowns as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic, The Rest Is Distraction is far darker in content than its predecessor. Mainly exploring internal and mental struggles as opposed to external current affairs, it focuses on the claustrophobia of emotional anguish and continues to bravely delve into previously un-ventured topics. Featuring frequent collaborators funkcutter and Stanley Bad on horns and violin, respectively, two songs also see Eleni Poulou, ex-The Fall, on keyboards. The album was mixed by long-term collaborator Max Walker and features stunning landscape photography by Bea Dewhurst. The album was mastered in France by Ayumu Matsuo. Sonically atramentous and less one dimensional than the band's debut, The Rest Is Distraction takes its cues from Join Hands-era Siouxsie & The Banshees, Brainiac and Crass's Christ The Album, among others. From the first crackle of electricity on the opening track, to the heart wrenching taped voice-recording on the final outro, this album triumphantly retains every ounce of intensity and vitality that makes Girls In Synthesis the most captivating band to emerge from the UK DIY underground in recent years. Listeners will find The Rest Is Distraction a challenging, yet ultimately cathartic listen. Prepare yourselves for a sonic cleansing, Girls In Synthesis style. LP versions available on black vinyl (OWNIT 001LP) and grey vinyl (OWNIT 001COL-LP).
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CAT #: OWNIT 001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS The Rest Is Distraction LP
LP version. Experimental post-punk outfit Girls In Synthesis are set to release the eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2020's incendiary debut, Now Here's An Echo From Your Future (HARB 206CD/LP/S-LP). Entitled The Rest Is Distraction and available via the band's own label Own It, its mix of fractured guitar, crushing drums and bass, intense vocals and lyrical content create as challenging a record as you will hear this year. Formed in 2016, Girls In Synthesis are John Linger (bass, vocals), Jim Cubitt (guitar, keys), and Nicole Pinto (drums). The trio's double A-sided debut single The Mound/Disappear came out in the early part of 2017, and since then they have established themselves as the most forward thinking, viscerally challenging band around with unmissable live shows that continue to excite and astound in equal measure. Recorded last year amidst the uncertainty of continuous lockdowns as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic, The Rest Is Distraction is far darker in content than its predecessor. Mainly exploring internal and mental struggles as opposed to external current affairs, it focuses on the claustrophobia of emotional anguish and continues to bravely delve into previously un-ventured topics. Featuring frequent collaborators funkcutter and Stanley Bad on horns and violin, respectively, two songs also see Eleni Poulou, ex-The Fall, on keyboards. The album was mixed by long-term collaborator Max Walker and features stunning landscape photography by Bea Dewhurst. The album was mastered in France by Ayumu Matsuo. Sonically atramentous and less one dimensional than the band's debut, The Rest Is Distraction takes its cues from Join Hands-era Siouxsie & The Banshees, Brainiac and Crass's Christ The Album, among others. From the first crackle of electricity on the opening track, to the heart wrenching taped voice-recording on the final outro, this album triumphantly retains every ounce of intensity and vitality that makes Girls In Synthesis the most captivating band to emerge from the UK DIY underground in recent years. Listeners will find The Rest Is Distraction a challenging, yet ultimately cathartic listen. Prepare yourselves for a sonic cleansing, Girls In Synthesis style. LP versions available on black vinyl (OWNIT 001LP) and grey vinyl (OWNIT 001COL-LP).
PARTIAL RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: PRTL 017LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
ZULU WARRIORS Warrior Dub LP
A classic set from 1989, regarded as one of the dub albums that helped kick-start the UK dub revival along the likes of Sound Iration/Manasseh, Mad Professor, Jah Shaka, and Alpha and Omega. Produced by Steve M, who would later be known as Jah Warrior. Originally released on Youth and Alex Paterson's WAU! Mr Modo label. Recorded at an array of London studios, featuring a crop of players who were all prevalent in the dub scene at the time. Edition of 500.
RAJATON (FINLAND)
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CAT #: RAJATON 001LP
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RIPATTI DELUXE Speed Demon LP
Sasu Ripatti, aka Vladislav Delay,now sporting the new Ripatti Deluxe moniker, presents his very own abstract take on early rave and happy hardcore. Speed Demon marks the first release on Vladislav Delay's newly launched label, Rajaton. The Finnish word "raja" has multiple meanings. It could refer to a "border", "limit", "boundary", or even "capacity" if understood broadly. It feels that "border" is the first interpretation that comes to mind when the word is met in isolation of additional context. It often includes political energy of some sort. Or perhaps it's just this particular point in time that leads the mind into such field of thought. As the Dutch author Rutger Bregman notes in his book Humankind: A Hopeful History, the real trouble with people began when the first person had the idea of drawing a line on sand and claiming ownership of the area on their side. The concept of physical borders was born. Naturally, there are mental borders, as well. Think about all the things you shut out because they're "not for you". They are numerous and we do it all the time. The issue is not to stop that, but to recognize when to let new things in, even if they're not commonplace. Mental borders might often be easier to rewrite than physical ones, but the challenge remains a real one. That's where the derivative form "rajaton" comes to play. By simply adding the "-ton", all borders, limits, boundaries and capacities are lifted in an instant. We have something "borderless" instead, and are thus free to expand our thinking. One could argue that the word "rajaton" implies not the removal of borders but instead their very non-existence at large. How will our mind work when the concept of borders doesn't even enter the conscious thought? Mental borderless-ness is a truly fascinating concept. A maximalist array of opportunities and potential ideas enters the picture -- one which is also limitless, unlimited, sans boundaries, and also without a danger of being depleted. It's an all-existence of multitudes where hierarchy also starts to deteriorate, giving way to a new form of full understanding without judgement. Music is one fine place for such thinking, especially when thinking about the role of the listener. Occupying a much more active position than is generally recognized, the listener can greatly benefit from borderless thinking, and thus help to enhance the collective perceived significance of any given body of work. As the late revolutionary jazz pianist Burton Greene: "Borders are boring!"
RHYTHM AND BLUES (UK)
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CAT #: RANDB 097LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
FLEETWOOD MAC BBC2 Sessions 1968-69 LP
Fleetwood Mac display their versatility on 14 live tracks, crossing R&B, electric blues, acoustic blues, psych, and '50s US pop. Originally recorded for a variety of TV and radio programs, many of these songs were never issued on a studio LP: this selection complements both the official Live At The BBC and Rhythm and Blues' previous releases. Two tracks feature guest Christine Perfect, who as Christine McVie would feature heavily in Fleetwood Mac's future. Comes with complete recording details and full sleeve notes.
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CAT #: RANDB 102LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
JOPLIN, JANIS Live in Amsterdam, London & Stateside LP
This twelve-track LP captures Janis Joplin as she moves from the San Francisco rock of Big Brother to the more r&b/soul-oriented direction of The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. Each recording is taken from either an FM radio broadcast or a television appearance so sound quality is very good throughout. Songs such as "I Can't Turn You Loose" and "Raise Your Hand" were never released on a studio LP. Comes with full recording credits and sleeve notes.
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CAT #: RANDB 104LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TRAFFIC Port Chester 1970 LP
In 1970, Traffic toured the US as a trio: Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Chris Wood. The performances on this tour were unlike any other, featuring material from the then-unreleased John Barleycorn Must Die LP. Luckily, WNEW-FM recorded the June 26th performance at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, the source of this seven track LP which includes the rare encore of "Feelin' Good" (Nina Simone). Extensive liner notes are included together with complete recording details.
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CAT #: RANDB 105LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
DAVIS, MILES Live At Ronnie Scott's 1969 LP
The fiery five-piece band that toured Europe in late 1969 unaccountably never made a studio LP, so high quality live recordings such as this are to be treasured. This set comprises seven tracks recorded in London for BBC TV's Jazz Night plus a complementary recording of "'Round Midnight" made for Italian television. The stellar line-up comprises Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJonette. Comes with full recording details and sleeve notes.
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CAT #: RANDB 108LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SPENCER DAVIS GROUP, THE At The BBC 1965 LP
This record compiles the 17 tracks recorded by the Spencer Davis Group for BBC radio in 1965. These high-quality recordings emphasize the versatility of the group across a variety of genres including UK blues boom, Tamla Motown, folk blues, and pop hits such as "Keep On Running". The collection showcases the extraordinary talents of teenager Stevie Winwood, prior to his global success with Traffic and Blind Faith. Includes complete recording details and full liner notes.
ROOM40 (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: RM 4196CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SENYAWA + LAWRENCE ENGLISH/AVIVA ENDEAN/PETER KNIGHT/HELEN SVOBODA/JOE TALIA The Prey and The Ruler CD
From Lawrence English: "The first time I witnessed Senyawa was in the early 2010s. We shared a bill at the MonaFoma festival in Hobart. Some memories hold strongly in your mind and Senyawa's performance that day did just that . . . This project, The Prey and the Ruler, finds its root in the unsteady months of mid-2021. As the pandemic plodded onward, and lockdowns were a thing of the everyday here in Australia, Peter Knight and I were talking about the situations unfolding in our respective states. We also got to talking about friends in the region and found ourselves pondering the situation just north of us, in Indonesia. It was around this time we thought to reach out to Rully and Wukir from Senyawa and to hear how things were first hand for them, and their communities. Following that initial conversation, we collectively decided that it was a good moment to commence a project that could cut through the geographic isolation of those long months, and also seek to create some opportunities for a community of instrument builders, friends of Senyawa, who had been significantly hit by the force of the pandemic. A few weeks after this exchange, Wukir sent a series of videos; grabs from his cellphone. The videos were of plastic molds, smoke, spray paint, and sound. In each short clip, instruments were being conceived, tested and forged. These were new instruments coming to life before our eyes, and ears. It was these instruments, and the audio possibilities they suggested, that are at the very heart of this edition. Following several more exchanges we started passing recordings to one another. The process of sharing materials back and forth quickly took on the shape of the works you hear on this album. Once all the contributions were in place, I set about forging them. On the first listen there was a deep sense of intensity to all the performances, like an outpouring or eruption. This was no doubt the result of people being largely locked away, a chance to break the looping around of their own daily routines. These sonic offerings from Senyawa, these instruments with their sounds so unfamiliar and at times unexpected, seemingly unlocked approaches from everyone in surprising ways. It was as if everyone was leaning into the sounds, applying themselves to the particular qualities of these new instruments. What you hear on this edition then is a collective effort at expanded listening..."
SCI + TEC DIGITAL AUDIO
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CAT #: TEC8BOX
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DUBFIRE EVOLV 5LP BOX
Dubfire announces his debut solo album on his SCI+TEC imprint. With a career spanning over three decades, Dubfire has achieved global success as an artist with relentless drive, talent, and intuition. Pioneering commercial notoriety came initially as one half of the Grammy award (2001) winning duo Deep Dish, before embarking on a truly groundbreaking solo career in 2007. A career filled with timeless tracks include his early works "Ribcage" (2007), "Emissions" (2007), "Roadkill" (2007) and the highly acclaimed "Exit" (2014) a debut collaboration with Miss Kitten. EVOLV is a visionary trip into the mind of Dubfire to be released on his long-standing label SCI+TEC. It's concept? The journey of the "hybrid" being and its evolution, which kicks off with "Dark Matter" and "Dust & Gas" set a brooding atmosphere. The rougher percussion, and eerie lead in "Dark Matter" is accompanied by a stripped-back sound and glitchy vocals sitting in a spaced-out atmosphere in "Dust & Gas". Its deep and minimal drum work is exceptional. "Escape", a deep, dark and pulsating track that sets the tone for the body of work on the album. Coupled with "Elevation" and it's understated arp and crisp percussion for the second single. "Bottom Dweller" give you two different versions, the original is straight forward, yet effective for a late-night head down cut, where the "Meltdown Mix" takes a minimal path, and faster pace. "Swerve" sees Dubfire return to that stripped-back sound with heavy swinging percussion, a landmark and much-loved element in his music. Sonically, the journey so far has been like a dystopian landscape, but "Decent" brings a kaleidoscope of color and sound before dropping into the "CHALLNGR" duo. "CHALLNGR 1.1" is perhaps the most contemporary track on the album. Dubfire picks up the rhythm for a full-on dancefloor focused track. It's no-nonsense techno at its best, with heaps of pure energy. Two versions appear on the album, "CHALLNGR 1.2" retains the BPM but reigns in the percussion with a snappier approach and a more euphoric warped effect. As music evolves, so does Dubfire. EVOLV is a special project from this pioneering producer showing his interpretation of techno in his own unique vision. Five-LP boxset; matte with front UV spot varnish.
SONG CYCLE RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: CY 994LP
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VA Poesia Sonora LP
2022 restock; last copies/reduced price. Song Cycle Records present a reissue of Poesia Sonora, originally released in 1975. Sound poetry emerged in the early years of the post-war avant-garde and pioneered phonetic art forms that explored the relationship between human speech and sound, experimental music and structures of language. Affiliated to concrete poetry, fluxus, minimalism, conceptual and performance art, the first generation of sound poets questioned the meanings of "music" and "poetry" using interferences as source of new phonetic art patterns/compositions. Poesia Sonora represents one of the first international sound poetry compilations. The record came out in 1975 for CBS under the label "Recorthings & Zona Archives", curated and edited by Maurizio Nannucci. The anthology collects pieces by some of the most important pioneers of the sound poetry movement: Bob Cobbing, François Dufrêne, Henri Chopin, Ernst Jandl, Franz Mon, Arthur Pétronio, Arrigo Lora-Totino, Brion Gysin, Bernard Heidsieck, Sten Hanson, Maurizio Nannucci, Paul De Vree. Poesia Sonora is an indispensable reference anthology that sensitizes the ear for extraordinary pieces/compositions of sound and literary experiments. Released in collaboration with Maurizio Nannucci. Fluorescent artwork; Limited edition clear vinyl (hand-numbered).
SPITTLE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: SPITTLE 141LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LIMBO In Limbo LP
Reissue, originally released in 1986 by Spittle Records. Formed in 1984, Limbo stands as one of the true Italian electro-dark-wave cult bands. In Limbo was the band's first effort. A powerful sound object based on gothic-post-industrial elements.
TINY GLOBAL PRODUCTIONS (HUNGARY)
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CAT #: PICI 038LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WESTLAKE, DAVID My Beautiful England LP
LP version. The release of NME's C86 cassette heralded a new generation of artists who'd emerged since the preceding C81 assembled a set of acts who'd coaxed new dialects out of punk, rhythms, reggae and the avant-garde. What of another of the best from C86 -- the Servants, David Westlake's band Ambivalent about the invitation to be on C86, Westlake gave the NME a wrong-footing B-side, before keeping a distance from the noise around the compilation. Subsequent releases from Westlake and The Servants and Westlake attracted fine reviews but settled quietly into relative obscurity, despite musical involvement from various Housemartins, Go-Betweens, and Triffids, a quest by Stuart from Belle & Sebastian to find Westlake and form a band; not to mention Luke Haines's own five-year presence in the Servants before forming The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof, and Black Box Recorder. Westlake went first into the law, then spent years in literary academia. Now the surprise arrival of My Beautiful England. The album is a masterpiece of concept, composition and performance, a conceptual work of truths and reflections of difficult but deft and unflinching expression. "It is not only fashionable now to denigrate England and its past; it is heresy to recognize good in it. The place that made me is disappearing. Its values and traditions. Among them: good manners, humility and clemency, resilience and perseverance, good humor. History is being refashioned -- in spirit and material fact -- by ideologues unshakably certain they are in the right, and people are being distanced from their pasts. Some find themselves forced into passive acceptance of new distortions of the past, out of imitativeness or cowardice. I resist. This album is a memorial. Intentionally, a museum piece. It is a personal tribute to the England I knew."
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CAT #: PICI 045LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NIGHTINGALES The Last Laugh LP
LP version. Revisiting a press release for the Nightingales' last album, Four Against Fate, Tiny Global Productions recalled hesitant anticipation for the forthcoming King Rocker, a film documentary of Robert Lloyd and Nightingales, made by Michael Cumming and Stewart Lee. After forty years of activity, Robert and the band had seen hyped recordings go lost, scant commercial success. Royalties? Ha. Yet response to King Rocker was immediately positive. Fab reviews galore, a long process regaining master rights which led to a series of expanded reissues with Fire. A tour postponed three times finally took place, to fully-packed houses. It was a very good year. The band felt a degree of anxiety prior to the sessions, which took place at Valencia's Elefante Studios. With bassist Andi Schmid isolated during Covid, the band had yet begun working out individual rough sketches, typically battered into songs over a period of months. They went into a new studio blind, with a new producer, Jorge Bernabe, without rehearsals . . . and produced a top-to-bottom masterpiece. Thirty seconds in, "Sunlit Uplands", is already a classic showcasing Fliss Kitson's increased songwriting power and the core dichotomy of the group's best songs: perverse as fuck, catchy as fuck. "I 3 CCTV" is highlighted by a fab Jim Smith astral-garage guitar riff . . . and that's a one-two punch few albums ever equal, let alone carry over to the affectionate "Frances Sokolov", Robert's ode to mentor Vi Subversa, the playground riff that underlines "Spread Yourself Out" and then "Bloody Breath", the best encapsulation of all the band's genius in developing a kind of "pop" that no other combo has ever cracked. Other highlights include the lopsided mysterious beauty of "Magical Left Foot", the courtly raver of "I Need The Money At The Time" with a wonderful motorik groove driven by bassist Andi Schmid, and the album closer, "My Sweet Friend", a rockabilly lullaby which sounds like a magical outtake from Robert's one and only solo album It's a corker, it's a marvel, it's the best Nightingales record to date. Try and deny it.
TRESOR (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TRESOR 341EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MAEDON-X (MAEDON & ADAM X) The Lion & The Ram 2x12"
Tresor Records reveal the outcome of a new collaboration between two of techno music's most remarkable artists, Maedon and Adam X. The Lion & The Ram is a unique and exciting hybrid of industrial, rave, and hypnotic techno sounds. This release marks the full debut for both artists on Tresor Records, with Adam X having appeared for a remix of Neil Landstrumm in 1997. Both Berlin-based, Maedon and Adam X have worked tirelessly over the forced lockdowns, finding a kindred spirit in locating and sculpting the most badass kick. This album is undoubtedly an impressive representation of the range of kick drum synthesis, from thunderous impacts to carefully tuned pulses. The duo's competitiveness over kick drums has led to a masterpiece of mesmerizing techno. Across the thumping drums and sparse, mechanical soundscapes, every track on the album follows a journey into the dark and unknown. Tracks grow with increasing power sourced from dystopian samples, such as "Human Replacements", "people are being duplicated, there is something missing". It reflects the stifled time we all spent, haunted by uncertainty, cooped up and seeking expression. "Corrupt Pigs" emphasizes this with the refrain, "welcome to the land of fuck". Crunching bass and rusty percussions gather as a herd, like a rallying call to signify that, at last, we may let loose. With its unrepentant rhythms and ruthlessly brutal sound design, The Lion & The Ram discharges Maedon and Adam X into daring new terrain. 180 gram vinyl; full printed sleeve.
VAMPISOUL (SPAIN)
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CAT #: VAMPI 215LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VALLE, MARCOS Marcos Valle LP
2022 repress. Vampisoul present a reissue of Marcos Valle's 1983 self-titled album. Valle is one of the few artists one cannot miss if one has the slightest interest in Brazilian music. Whether one's taste is focused on bossa jazz, samba, psych folk or soul, Valle has surely recorded an album to match. By the late '60s he had already put out enough quality records to secure a place within the top Brazilian songwriters of all time, but his career did not stop there and he continued releasing amazing music over the following decades. He settled in Los Angeles in the mid-70s, tired of living under Brazil's military dictatorship, and started to collaborate with such talented artists as Leon Ware and Chicago. This LP from 1983 is the follow-up to the great Vontade De Rever Você (1981), his second album after moving back to Brazil. It shows all the music influences from his US years, especially boogie, soul and funk, and features stellar collaborators in Lincoln Olivetti, Robson Jorge, and Leon Ware. The opening track, the Brazilian boogie anthem "Estrelar," is Valle's biggest hit from the '80s and one of the most celebrated songs, making clear that what he accomplished while in LA would now make its way into Brazil. Valle pictures a beach lifestyle and summertime vibe across the entire album that describes his surfing days in Southern California. A couple of early Valle's classic songs are updated here to sit nicely next to soaring disco, killer vocal boogie numbers, and blissing instrumentals, making a well-balanced track list that satisfies both listening pleasure and dancefloor needs. This is an essential album for lovers of the work of Ware, who is the co-writer of three songs in the LP, including "Estrelar," first drafted when both artists were working together in the States and then recorded again when Valle returned to Brazil. Presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180g vinyl.
WHP (ITALY)
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CAT #: WHP 1448LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MAYFIELD, CURTIS Beat Club, Bremen, Germany - January 19, 1972 2LP
Historical and exclusive live performance from the almighty Chicago soul singer, Curtis Mayfield. By 1972 the German TV show Beat Club would let famous artists stretch out and play more than just the usual one or two hits. In this case, Mayfield recorded an hour of music in a TV studio for the producers to select from. Most of this performance was lost in someone's vault for many years. The concert is from early 1972 and predates his masterpiece Superfly. You'll find several tracks from his two earlier acclaimed solo albums as well: Curtis and Roots. An astonishing performance you don't want to miss. Personnel: Curtis Mayfield - guitar, vocals; Craig McCullen - guitar; Joseph "Lucky" Scott - bass; Tyrone McCullen - drums; "Master" Henry Gibson - percussion, congas, bongos.
WORRIED SONGS
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CAT #: WS 008LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SMALL SUR Attic Room LP
Attic Room is Bob Keal's fifth full-length album as Small Sur. In this collection of songs, Keal meditates on the rhythms of domestic life and fatherhood while discovering newfound depths and maturity in his songwriting. Attic Room emerged from hundreds of song fragments that Keal scratched into the margins of life since the release of 2013's Labor. The result is a "bedroom country" record, one that is inescapably intimate while also evoking the wide-open Midwestern landscapes of Keal's childhood. The bulk of Keal's delicate vocals and classical guitar work was recorded in the basement choir room of a chapel on his school's campus, with Matthew O'Connell (Chorusing) engineering and accompanying on grand piano and Telecaster. As a player, engineer, and co-producer, O'Connell helped to craft a cohesive avant-folk album aesthetic, creating tape dub of instrumental tracks and running saxophone takes through a half-broken Echoplex tape delay, all the while creating sounds that Keal would not have encountered otherwise. Small Sur's music has always been spare, intimate, and deeply felt. But with the stripping of the conventional full-band structure, Keal was able to invite in even more community, while still creating a minimalist and personal sound. Attic Room includes Small Sur's Andy Abelow (saxophone) and Will Ryerson (bass), as well as guests like North Carolina fiddler Joseph DeCosimo, pedal steel guitarist Dave Hadley, and singer Cara Beth Satalino of Outer Spaces. Keal trusted Wye Oak and Joyero's Andy Stack, a long-time collaborator, to process his numerous instrumental contributions however he liked.
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A CLEAN CUT (GERMANY)
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CAT #: ACC 007EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
FREDERIK, JASPER Universe 12"
As the always-man-behind and mainly jack-of-all-trades he influenced a lot of art and style. For many, he is like one of the greatest hidden icons on the spot. Scandinavian man of mystery, Jasper Frederik, is now doing it again musically. After his acclaimed debut Beautiful on A Clean Cut, he shows his prowess on his next song outing Universe, a kind of eclectic hypnosis as a never-ending track. Years ago, by leaving the causal circuit of Scandinavia after uncountable art and acting projects, collaborations, affections and residencies, he started to reach his real destiny via stops in Germany, United Kingdom, and the Bahamas: New York City. The universe could be a better place, but, hey, there are a lot of things to do here on this planet, our world. Universe is here. Art is here. Love is here. "Universe" is spotlighted with stunning and killer remixes by two highly influential artists and producers: man-of-the-moment Captain Mustache (Bedrock, Permanent Vacation, Kompakt, Return To Disorder) and living legend DMX Krew (Rephlex, Breakin' Records). What a blast.
ATAVISME (FRANCE)
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CAT #: ATA 025EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BRADOCK, PEPE Dactylonomy V 12"
Re-Belote: 5 is the sexy prime and final chapter of the this ridiculously digital collection. A moving tribute to the pink(y) automated arpeggiator, and a synthetic soundtrack to broadcast your own good dancing news. Not reluctant but cheerful, "The Offering", opening track, is a nervous gift for repentant drunk divers planning to ball and wiggle with hurried eared seals -- But not only -- Planning ways to a temporary sanctuary, "Tabernacle" is a sonic underwater transcription of a televised fishy ballet. On the other side, "Firmament", our optimistic roof is escalating the heat with an exhilarating crew of humming step sequenced anointed bleeps, bubbly pianos and tipsy sine waves. "Paroles" slows down the pace while staying in the digital submarine realm with unseen ties that you will feel deeply. Drawing a face of happiness, the mesmerizing "Family" reminds us the thicker than mud climate needed to sways out of this aquadelic escapade.
AVANTROOTS RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: AR 054LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
PULSHAR Umbra/Lux 2LP
A double vinyl compilation that perfectly captures Pulshar's sound: an elegant mixture of dub, techno, R&B, and ambient. Contains 12 tracks previously unreleased on vinyl. This release was certainly not meant to be a "Best of" compilation but it is a collection of special moments that Sergio and Pablo wanted to capture and share on one definitive release. This is an opportunity to look back on Pulshar's career in a retrospective and reflect about how their background and influences have led to the complete sound of the act. Umbra/Lux (title based on their production technique that naturally blends dark and light aesthetics) contains 17 tracks that traverse the gamut of their sound with an impeccable level of quality. "A crossover sound that the deepest electronic heads and mainstream music fans can equally enjoy. The energy in their music is universal, and moves all who are exposed to it. One of my all-time favorites" --Rod Modell (Deepchord/Echospace). "Music that came from some intimate and deeply ethereal place that effortlessly bridged the gap between the dance floor and the home-listening environment. Pulshar is a unique dub-heavy, soulful, psychedelic journey." --Vladimir Ivkovic
AVENUE 66
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CAT #: AVE66 013LP
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MOIRE Circuits LP
Over the past decade, the mysterious, London-based artist Moiré has perfected a syrupy, addictive brand of dance music via labels like Actress's Werk Discs and illustrious imprints like Ghostly and Rush Hour. For most of this period, Moiré seemed primarily concerned in creating alternative universe club tracks. The beats were hypnotic, if wonky. The pads were deep before they were refracted through an oblique filter. In a discography bearing a surfeit of leftfield high points, Circuits, Moiré's latest album for the Berlin-based Avenue 66 (Lowtec, John Frusciante, Joey Anderson) is a massive creative leap that fully breaks with the strictures of a "conventional" dance music. While there are still nods to the low-slung, slow house style Moiré's perfected in the past ("Circuit 1"), as well as the looming shadow of hardcore ("Circuit 8"), Moiré's style now billows into a liminal, cinematic zone that recalls the canonical SAW albums, BOC, or even Seefeel's enduring, genre-free experiments. Rhythms come and go at all tempos, from Hauntological four-on-the-floor to flickering downtempo and ambient house approximations. But the emphasis lies with the melodies. From the queasy orchestral style of "Circuits 1" to the glacial, "end credits"-style synths that close out the album, these motifs bear an uncanny familiarity, as though they always existed. You recognize them, not from a previous listen, but rather, some half-remembered dream, or, perhaps, a previous lifetime.
B-VIS (POLAND)
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CAT #: BV 278174LP
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CAVE, NICK Sings More Modern Classics (and Songs from the Silver Screen) LP
The king of alternative pop sings: "Disco 2000", "Let It Be", "Mojo", "The Kiss Of Love", "I Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)", "I'm Your Man", "Cosmic Dancer", "Money & Run", "Farewell Song", "Ramblin' Mind", "The Breaking Hands", and "Shine On Me".
BANG! RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: BANG 160LP
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MASON, IAN Ordalias 2LP
Ordalias marks the first solo album by Ian Mason, lead singer of the well-known Basque Country heavy doom rock act, The Wizards. Within this precious edition shaped in a double-LP work, you can find 13 selections of dark and psychedelic folk in the way of bands like Wovenhand, Swans, or Death In June with lyrics involving matters such as spirituality, Christian mysticism, and the symbolist poetry of authors like Yeats, Blake, Goethe, or Novalis. Ordalias regards as a magical vessel to connect with Ian Mason's unique cosmovision, this collection of songs, had been conjured from the depths of the subconscious world by a sort of meditation sessions and magical operations along the period of five years, in which as a result, the musician has found the visions and ecstatic images that became the songs which conforms Ordalias in its entirely (sic). All of this has been fulfilled with a delicate handcrafted work in the visual outfit of the album. Seven depicted drawings from the Illustrator Nerea Kndina and the final graphic outcome, done by Babylon Fell designs studio, takes Ordalias a step further from other similar works and releases. A work which stands to look beyond the music, a true appeal to the strength of the vision and the inner voice. Edition of 300.
BATOV RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: BTR 066LP
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SHOTNEZ Dose A Nova LP
Two decades since they formed in New York City and over ten years since their last album, Tel Aviv based quartet Shotnez are back with Dose A Nova, an album of ten exhilarating jazz filtered jams, with vibrations indebted to Tuareg desert blues, Ethiopian-jazz, 1950s Afro Cuban recordings, surf rock and folk from across the East Mediterranean basin. Featuring the original Balkan Beat Box, producers Ori Kaplan and Tamir Muskat alongside Uri Kinrot from Boom Pam and Itamar Ziegler from The Backyard, four musicians who are all producers and share love and deep connection to hip hop and jazz, Shotnez reunited in 2020 meeting up for improvised sessions and jams, once a week over a period of about four months at a carpentry turned music studio in suburban Tel Aviv. Downing MIDI cards, triggers and synths, the day-to-day tools for these four producers and picking up and playing their respective traditional instruments -- saxophone, clarinet, guitar, bass, percussion and drums -- the group was immediately liberated by the moment. In the middle of a strict lockdown, they had no preconceptions, no deadlines, no labels or managers knocking on the door. This was an opportunity to rebuild the camaraderie that developed on the other side of the world two decades back, to reconnect as brothers and seek a higher spiritual plane, all the whilst fully encouraging each other to express their diverse musical backgrounds channeled within, during their time apart. Dose A Nova is a smoky affair with jazz the common denominator through its ebb-and-flow. Oozing in globally recognizable grooves from Afrobeat ("Contagious") to Afro Cuban ("Shemesh"), its chord structures and scales from east and west insistently interweave rewarding the record with dynamic mood swings. There is a punked out, baritone sax inspired workout in "Gina", Middle Eastern traditions, claps and vocals combine on "Marhaba" and guitar and a heavy sax lick drives the surf sound of "Last Straw". Tamir and Ori, the drummer and saxophone/clarinet players have shared a massive part of their musical careers together. They have both been members of Gogol Bordello, lived in New York together for many years and in recent times have become, slightly unexpectedly, uber-hot property as their Middle Eastern bass heavy beats and saxophone riffs have been sampled for hugely popular songs such as Fifth Harmony's "Worth It". But with feet on the ground, back to the humble and cozy carpentry studio and creative nest of Shotnez, it's Kendrick Lamar they collectively turn to for inspiration, specifically to To Pimp a Butterfly. For fans of: Altin Gün, Satellites, Sababa 5, Balkan Beat Box, Gogol Bordello.
BE WITH RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: BEWITH 110LP
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MASTON Panorama LP
With Panorama, Frank Maston pays homage to the classic era of library records and Italian soundtracks of the '70s. A blissed-out, grooving collection of filmic cues, it continues the unique brilliance of Tulips (BEWITH 087LP, 2020) and Darkland (BEWITH 096LP, 2021). Elegant and easy, subtle and stylish, breezy and beautiful; this is his Maston-piece. Commissioned by legendary label KPM, Panorama cements Maston as a master of modern classics and the most mesmeric of contemporary composers. In early 2020, Be With suggested to Frank that he should make a KPM record. He wasn't aware that they were still putting out new library records -- but he was super keen. Frank was visiting family in his hometown of LA in March 2020 when the world ground to a halt so the KPM project arrived at a fortuitous moment. Having fantasized about committing to a record with no distractions, with a proper budget, access to his gear and space to work in -- to really dig in and try to write and arrange the best work he could possibly make -- it was a real "be careful what you wish for" moment. He spent seven months on it, working almost every day. Maston had already been making library-influenced music so when KPM outlined the criteria for the tracks it was exactly what he had been doing all along. He thought the best approach would be to make a follow-up to Tulips that had a parallel life as a KPM record. Maston's sleek retro-groove instrumentals emulate the classic KPM "Greensleeve" reel-to-reel recordings that provided mood-setting music for mid-century cinema, television, and radio programs. Apparently in close conversation with the John Cameron-Keith Mansfield KPM pastoral masterclass Voices In Harmony (BEWITH 041LP), Maston's Panorama could be heard as that record's funky follow-up. Another reference point from the hallowed library would be Francis Coppieter's wonderful Piano Viberations. Features vocals by Molly Lewis, Eli Ghersinu of L'éclair, Pedrum of Allah Las/Paint, and more. Mastered by Simon Francis, cut by Pete Norman, and pressed at Record Industry.
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CAT #: BEWITH 114LP
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WEISS, KLAUS Open Space Motion (Underscores) LP
They say: "Contemporary synthesizer sounds illustrating wide open space activities, environment and research." Be With Records say: Panoramic proto-techno underwater-electro library dynamite. One of the hardest pulls on the seminal Coloursound, Open Space Motion (Underscores) isn't just regarded as one of the best releases from library-funk overlord Klaus Weiss. It's one of the very best library records ever. As cult as it gets when it comes to library music, the Klaus Weiss sound was built on top of sometimes funky, sometimes frenetic, but always hard-hitting drums. And yet! Open Space Motion departs from his drum-heavy approach by being completely... beatless! That's right, the virtuoso beat smith, Mr "drumcrazy of Deutschland", a man known for snapping necks at will, crafted one of the most horizontally sumptuous, elegantly sweeping electronic masterpieces, sans-drums, a good decade before chill-out rooms became a thing. It features organic instruments married to pulsing synth bass atop brilliantly subdued yet irresistibly funky percussion. Possessing a very special vibe, that's at once futuristic yet cinematic, it overflows with atmosphere. The highlights -- unsurprisingly -- are many. The very first track -- the unstoppable "Wide Open Space Motion" -- is a sinister, string-fried electro bomb that rides an unrelenting bass loop. "Incessant Efforts" is more reflective, with pastoral yet probing flutes atop strutting synth chords and head-nod percussion that really swings. The heavenly, uber-kosmiche "Pink Sails" hovers over swirling neon-synthy-strings and yet more unobtrusive percussion. The beautiful "Transiency" is a dramatic piano-led underscore, its creeping unease created by patient strings, unhurried percussion and some wonderfully strident keys. "Driving Sequences" is perhaps the key tune here, and if the Detroit crew weren't listening to this staggering piece then, well, imagine if they *were*. The bubbling rhythms of "Southern Mentality", at first ominous, give way to a more optimistic vibe as the movement progresses. The lush, gorgeous "Bows" is deep-sea slow-motion magic whilst the bright-eyed "Outset" feels as fresh as the dawn, and no less beautiful. How these tracks haven't been gobbled up by sample-driven producers is beyond us. Equally calming is the sweeping majesty of "Constellation", again conjuring images of being at one with and fully beguiled by the wonders of nature, of space, of underwater worlds. "Changing Directions" is another fidgety, propulsive non-Detroit beatless bomb. As with all our library music re-issues, the audio for Open Space Motion comes from the original analog tapes. Remastered for vinyl by Simon Francis. Richard Robinson has brought the original Coloursound sleeve back to life in all its metallic silver glory.
BEACON SOUND
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CAT #: BNSD 068LP
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VOZ, DOMINIC Right To The City LP
Chicago by way of Portland musician Dominic Voz fuses ambient, classical, spoken word, and deconstructed dance music into an album of visceral beauty and heady ideas. Grappling with themes of urban contestation and dispossession, Right To The City celebrates our communal fabric in the face of contemporary capitalism's social stratification and endemic violence. The album is the first co-release between Accidental Records, renowned electronic musician Matthew Herbert's hub of experimental releases, and Portland's Beacon Sound, a stalwart of gorgeous and innovative music from the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The album features several collaborators, including Patricia Wolf (Balmat) and Jonathan Sielaff of Golden Retriever (Thrill Jockey). "As far back as I can remember, I have been obsessed with cities. As a child, I was fascinated by their richness and mythology -- the romance of cities, which is so ubiquitous across the American psyche. No doubt aided by the lore of countless films and photographs, I grew up yearning for an identity filled with grit and relevance that a city life seemed to provide. As an adult social worker and city dweller, my fascination morphed into a focus on the social arrangements and contestation produced in urban settings. Right to the City is my own way of unraveling these ideas through a process of fractured storytelling; some of the songs are meant as imagined ethnographies of the people dispossessed and marginalized in cities while others are vignettes meant to soundtrack a besieged urban existence -- a visceral immersion into the warring sounds of the city. They are decidedly not 'protest songs'; they are my love letters to, and nightmares of, Portland and Chicago over two fraught years, told through characters from every corner of my life. I ripped samples of riot munitions and street chants from television news and YouTube, recorded police sirens in the street, enlisted friends to play cello and clarinet and to recite fragments of poems, and experimented with a half dozen forms of synthesis. In the end, I tried to make something that molded all the inputs into a coherent story that was by turns hushed and wailing." --Dominic Voz RIYL: Holly Herndon, SND, Autechre, SOPHIE, James Ferraro, Ikue Mori, Nobakazu Takemura, Mouse of Mars, Matmos, Foodman, Laurel Halo, Jim O'Rourke. Edition of 300.
BEAT GENERATION (SPAIN)
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CAT #: BEAT 088LP
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VA Chaos In CH: A Collection of Underground Swiss Punk 1979-1984 LP
A comprehensive guide to the best Swiss punk has to offer. Includes full classic 7"s such as TNT's "Züri Brännt" (1978) and Negativ's "Glitter Hair Cream" (1982) along other Swiss punk anthems and unreleased material. Comes with an extensive insert featuring photos and texts telling the story of the bands and putting the Swiss punk scene into context. 17 tracks of pure punk mayhem by the likes of luminaries TNT, Bellevue, Abgas, Crash Course, Negativ, Kie 13, Vorwärts, and SIDA. An incendiary selection of Swiss underground punk gems from 1979 to 1984. A throwback to the time when the Helvetic confederation was on fire. Most tracks have been reissued for the first.
BECAUSE MUSIC (FRANCE)
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CAT #: BEC 5161627
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AVERY, DANIEL Drone Logic 2LP
2022 restock; Double LP version. Comes in a gatefold sleeve and includes download card. This 12-track album by Daniel Avery was written and produced since the turn of 2013 and mixed with Erol Alkan at The Phantasy Sound studio in London. Like Carl Craig's More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art, Plastikman's Consumed or more recently, the work of Four Tet, this album works as a cohesive whole rather than a disparate collection of tracks. Innovative and forward-thinking, Drone Logic manages to draw influences from beyond the dancefloor via My Bloody Valentine, NEU!, and Chris Carter, while still having the techno pulse to scale the walls of any club. The wide array of plaudits and early adopters of Avery's music is proof of this, ranging from acid house legends like The Chemical Brothers, Andrew Weatherall and Richie Hawtin to the best of the new breed in Maya Jane Coles, James Holden, and Factory Floor. Firmly established as one of the UK's most exciting new DJ/producers, having cut his teeth in Weatherall's Shoreditch studio bunker, Drone Logic follows up Avery's universally-acclaimed mix CD for London clubbing institution Fabric where he remains a resident, recent remixes for Primal Scream, The Horrors, and Django Django and 2012's Need Electric and Water Jump EPs on Alkan's Phantasy label.
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CAT #: BEC 5610722
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COMELADE, PASCAL Le Non-Sens Du Rythme LP
LP version. Following Le Cut-Up Populaire (BEC 5676465/5676466, 2020), Pascal Comelade announces the release of his new album Le Non-Sens Du Rythme. Since his first record published in 1975, Pascal Comelade, a child of the frenzy rock of the '60s and '70s, has developed a profuse body of work including many musical collaborations (PJ Harvey, Robert Wyatt, Jaki Liebezeit (Can), Lee Ranaldo, The Liminanas...) and non-musical collaborations (Jeanne Moreau, Sergi Lopez, Jean François Stévenin, Bob Wilson...) His compositions are reminiscent of MC5, Erik Satie, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Suicide: a language that dances on a musical skeleton in perpetual movement by successive fusions, mixing folklore and underground, repetitive music and French chanson, pataphysical riffs and toy instruments. As a multiple artist, he has developed an aesthetic approach via a particular link to visual arts. He draws, paints and occasionally performs with painters Miquel Barcelo and Hervé Di Rosa. On his new album, Le Non-Sens Du Rythme (to be translated "the nonsense of rhythm", the title says it all), Pascal Comelade almost plays all the instruments, not only multiple pianos but also the Rickenbaker e.bass, the Indian Harmonium, various keyboards, and even the tin can. He remains the undisputed master of the instrumental ritornello inspired by popular music as well as krautrock.
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CAT #: BEC 5610770
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SANTOS, CHARLOTTE DOS MORFO LP
Charlotte Dos Santos announces debut album MORFO with lead single "Hello Hello". Described as "assured as Solange" by The Guardian, Charlotte Dos Santos is a formidable multi-faceted producer and composer who has worked with the likes of Blood Orange and Gotts St Park, making music free of any confines."MORFO is a sonic tale about transformation, about love and pain. It's a playful journey through my deepest inner thoughts combined with elements of music I admire, such as soul, R&B, funk, MBP/samba, and classical. I am a child of the world, born in two cultures and on this album I am digging deeper into my ancestral roots and into my consciousness, and MORFO is the result." --Charlotte Dos Santos
BONDAGE MUSIC (GERMANY)
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CAT #: BOND 12066EP
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RANERRO, ALEX Fragments 12"
After his phenomenal debut in 2020, Slovenian House wizard Alex Ranerro returns to the ever-delivering Bondage Music label with a new relishable five-piece EP, including remix from Lola Palmer. Title track "Fragments" welcomes you with dabbling and shimmering percussions, accompanied by a cozy warm sub bass and a crispy drum framework. While the buttery tops and flashy FX effects subtly work their way through our hearing, we already sense the first vibrations of the peerless stellar synths unfolding continuously throughout the track. Next up, Lola Palmer pleases with her very own version of the original. She adds a muffled kick and a drone bassline, turning the track into a matter of deep groove. Smooth piano chords nestle perfectly into this housy roller which is relying on a tasteful selection of lucent hats and twinkling shakers. Following up is a true Alex Ranerro classic, going by the name of "Jungfraujoch". The Slovenian certainly aims for the good vibes with this harmonious piece of joy. Rattling percussions say "hello" to the rolling bass and dubby melodies, promising a dazzling act of pleasure on the dancefloors of this world. Breakbeat connoisseurs are going to love the next delicacy on the menu: "Radiation" turns out to be a true cosmic affair, embracing us with clanking snares and a hypnotic pad straight from the orbit. Divine and perfectly placed synthesizer chords do the rest and let you ultimately float towards the ether Alex Ranerro has created for his audience.
CELLULE 75 (GERMANY)
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CAT #: CELL 006LP
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RICHTER, MARC Diode, Triode LP
First release under Black To Comm's real name: Marc Richter. This album presents two multichannel works recorded at the seminal INA GRM Studio in Paris and ZKM Institute in Karlsruhe respectively, mixed to stereo at the composer's Cellule 75 Studio in Hamburg with excellent mastering by Rashad Becker. While his releases under the Black To Comm moniker often touched the fringes of acousmatic techniques and musique concrete this is Richter's first foray into a more abstract spatial music. Recorded in the week leading up to the Paris terror attacks at the GRM studio, "Diode, Triode" is loosely based on a reading of (and, in parts, a failure to understand) "Le Parasite" (1980) by Michel Serres, a philosophic metaphor about human interaction and communication (which can also be interpreted as a lyrical essay on capitalism; part confusion, part enlightenment). As core elements Richter is using speech synthesis and the transformation and distortion of concrete sounds, instruments, voices, and breathing. Abstract incognizable sounds are combined with strings, reeds, and percussion while dismembered musical fragments emerge and vanish rapidly. Chunks of interfering noise are followed by long periods of silence; chaos and order are alternating. Choirs of synthetic and processed human voices are recounting stock market values, seemingly random sequences of numbers and inscrutable lyrics while parasitic sounds are trying to crack, collapse and fractionize the compositional stream and sonic interactions. Finally, a haunting piano chord is wrestling with a broken Publison machine. Like the book, it's part confusing, part enlightening -- and a radical piece of sonic art. "Diode, Triode" was premiered on the Acousmonium at INA GRM's Akousma Festival in Paris, January 22, 2016 alongside new works by François Bayle, Robert Hampson, Leo Kupper, and Ragnar Grippe. The second piece "Spiral Organ of Corti" has been composed in 2014 for the 47-speaker Klangdom concert hall at ZKM Karlsruhe at the foot of the Black Forest (where Richter was born and raised). How does one listen with closed ears? Sine tones, alienated human voices and breathing noises build a labyrinthine puzzle alternating between the natural and the artificial. Human sounds merge with winds and strings, sine tones morph into metal sounds. Acoustic illusions confuse the listener, and dense noise-clouds slowly emerge from deceptive silence. "Spiral Organ of Corti" is yet another extended composition that proves Richter is on a path of his very own. "Spiral Organ of Corti" is dedicated to the late Gary Todd. Edition of 300.
CHUSH (ITALY)
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CAT #: CH 43333LP
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SILL, JUDEE BBC Paris Theatre London March 23, 1972 LP
A singer-songwriter who wrote for the Turtles, Judee Sill -- in her early 1970s heyday -- was compared to Asylum label contemporaries like Joni Mitchell, though her music had stronger spiritual overtones. This nearly forgotten performance reveals a true talent that deserved so much more during her short lifetime. Judee Sill grew up in a very troubled home and came through it with some truly great music to tell so many stories that many of the more sentient listeners will appreciate.
CIRCUS COMPANY (FRANCE)
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CAT #: CC 022CD
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PAILHES, EZECHIEL Melopee CD
On his fourth solo album, much as in Oh! (CC 020CD/CCS 111LP, 2020), the French composer, pianist, and vocalist follows his ongoing exploration of the crossroads between poetry and songs, piano and synth, old-time verses and contemporary sounds. Inspired by the rhythms, effects, and speech patterns of urban music, he also delivers, with a warm and moving voice, the texts of three poetesses from the past. Since 2013, Ezéchiel Pailhès has been crafting a unique French synth pop. On his first three albums, he switched between songs inspired by poetry, instrumental ballads and electronica with hummed choruses. This latest record is a collection of eleven new songs, two of which he wrote: "Opaline" and "Ni toi, ni moi" (neither you nor me). The others are adaptations of poems written in the 16th, 18th, and 19th centuries by French poetesses Louise Labé (1524-1566), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786- 1859), and Renée Vivien (1877-1909). He actually started this project in 2017 with poems and sonnets by William Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda, Victor Hugo, and above all Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, who can be heard again on songs such as "Dors-tu?" (Are you sleeping?), "Élégie", or "L'attente" (The wait). A figure of romanticism, the author left her mark on the early 19th century through the quality of her texts and her formal inventions, particularly praised by Balzac, and apparently a decisive influence on Verlaine and Baudelaire. Besides Marceline's very musical poetry, you find the more famous, and rebellious, Renée Vivien, whose texts inspired three songs, "Regard en arrière" (Looking backwards), "Mélopée" (Melopoeia), and "La fille de la nuit" (The night girl). Sometimes nicknamed "Sapho 1900", this figure of lesbian culture and, more broadly, of female genius, combined in her work the themes of desire, dreams, melancholy and the relationship with nature. Lastly, with "Tant que mes yeux" (As long as my eyes), Ezéchiel was inspired by a 1555 poem by Renaissance poet Louise Labé, whose main topic explored female love, physical and spiritual desire, and the torments and pains they generate. Ezéchiel Pailhès combines texts from French literature with electronic music, its effects and rhythms, as well as a form of scansion that echoes rap, R&B or the current fusion between hip-hop and pop, which is part of the musical background and that of younger generations. The album is thus marked by contemporary electronic orchestrations, in which he drops his favorite instrument, the piano, and his digital collage technique to use more extensive synth melodies, enhanced by drum machines, bringing a gentle and bright vibe to the romantic texts. Lastly, you can hear slight digital tones of auto-tune, which Ezéchiel uses sparingly and inventively. Beyond its sophistication, the term "melopoeia" means a "sung declamation", a "recitative song", sometimes interpreted in a monotonous way. On this album, it could also refer to a sense of phrasing, which does not come from rap, but rather from jazz, Ezéchiel's first love. LP version includes printed inner sleeve.
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CAT #: CCS 122EP
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PORTABLE My Light of Yesterday 12"
In the wake of Portable's acclaimed album My Sentient Shadow (CCS 120LP, 2022) comes a trio of remixes which expand on his unique slant on techno and synth-pop. Finding three artists who reflect his own experimental tendencies within dance music, Alan Abraham's original productions head into unexpected new places while retaining the physical, club-ready energy he manages to instill in his own creations. A true auteur within techno, DJ Qu brings a sense of poise and drama to "The Spacetime Curvature" as he patiently builds the track into a fierce peak time monster driven by snarling bass and his signature sizzling, shuffled percussion. Patrice Scott has a reliably smooth, immersive approach to deep Detroit house, and it lends itself beautifully to Abraham's melancholic vocal on "I Feel Stronger Now". Leaning in on the jazz dimension of his wide-ranging electronica, Call Super revels in the sweetness of "Ripple Effect" and places delicate piano playing upfront before slipping into a relaxed, sentimental kind of garage and eventually edging towards an uplifting, off-center strain of house music. Individual in their own right and yet naturally entwined with the emotional intention of the original versions, this is a set of remixes which pay full credit to the source material while offering something you won't expect, like a great remix should do. Color eco vinyl.
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CAT #: CCS 123LP
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PAILHES, EZECHIEL Melopee LP
LP version. Includes printed inner sleeve. On his fourth solo album, much as in Oh! (CC 020CD/CCS 111LP, 2020), the French composer, pianist, and vocalist follows his ongoing exploration of the crossroads between poetry and songs, piano and synth, old-time verses and contemporary sounds. Inspired by the rhythms, effects, and speech patterns of urban music, he also delivers, with a warm and moving voice, the texts of three poetesses from the past. Since 2013, Ezéchiel Pailhès has been crafting a unique French synth pop. On his first three albums, he switched between songs inspired by poetry, instrumental ballads and electronica with hummed choruses. This latest record is a collection of eleven new songs, two of which he wrote: "Opaline" and "Ni toi, ni moi" (neither you nor me). The others are adaptations of poems written in the 16th, 18th, and 19th centuries by French poetesses Louise Labé (1524-1566), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786- 1859), and Renée Vivien (1877-1909). He actually started this project in 2017 with poems and sonnets by William Shakespeare, Pablo Neruda, Victor Hugo, and above all Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, who can be heard again on songs such as "Dors-tu?" (Are you sleeping?), "Élégie", or "L'attente" (The wait). A figure of romanticism, the author left her mark on the early 19th century through the quality of her texts and her formal inventions, particularly praised by Balzac, and apparently a decisive influence on Verlaine and Baudelaire. Besides Marceline's very musical poetry, you find the more famous, and rebellious, Renée Vivien, whose texts inspired three songs, "Regard en arrière" (Looking backwards), "Mélopée" (Melopoeia), and "La fille de la nuit" (The night girl). Sometimes nicknamed "Sapho 1900", this figure of lesbian culture and, more broadly, of female genius, combined in her work the themes of desire, dreams, melancholy and the relationship with nature. Lastly, with "Tant que mes yeux" (As long as my eyes), Ezéchiel was inspired by a 1555 poem by Renaissance poet Louise Labé, whose main topic explored female love, physical and spiritual desire, and the torments and pains they generate. Ezéchiel Pailhès combines texts from French literature with electronic music, its effects and rhythms, as well as a form of scansion that echoes rap, R&B or the current fusion between hip-hop and pop, which is part of the musical background and that of younger generations. The album is thus marked by contemporary electronic orchestrations, in which he drops his favorite instrument, the piano, and his digital collage technique to use more extensive synth melodies, enhanced by drum machines, bringing a gentle and bright vibe to the romantic texts. Lastly, you can hear slight digital tones of auto-tune, which Ezéchiel uses sparingly and inventively. Beyond its sophistication, the term "melopoeia" means a "sung declamation", a "recitative song", sometimes interpreted in a monotonous way. On this album, it could also refer to a sense of phrasing, which does not come from rap, but rather from jazz, Ezéchiel's first love.
CORPS DOUBLE (FRANCE)
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CAT #: CORPS 002CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GASC, JULIEN Re Eff CD
Originally Re Eff (pronounced "Ri Èf") was a bunch of texts. One hundred and fifty pages that Julien Gasc wrote by trying his hand at the art of cut-up: a literary and political act of counter-fiction based on William Burroughs's method. It was also Julien Gasc's response to the isolation of 2020, while he was seeking refuge in the Southwest of France, with time and a piano. For a long while, it hadn't been about songs, but about expressing the indescribable by cutting randomly from books and his own notes, attempting to fleetingly strike a balance, find a beauty, a happy accident. Incidentally, it was almost by accident, while recycling a piece that he'd composed for steel guitar pedal, that Julien Gasc sketched the first draft of "Ce soir les bouteilles dansant" (Tonight the Bottles Are Dancing). This was combined with a version of "Rosario Bléfari", recorded on an inexpensive Casio synthesizer. These were Re Eff's baby steps. While everything was at a standstill, Julien Gasc wanted to send a group message to some friends, to his family, a message from a confinee to those who weren't answering, friend or foe, imaginary or otherwise. It was this collective recipient that he nicknamed "Re Eff". The name comes from "re" (re-) and "effacer" (erase), words found during a cut-up and transformed into ri èf for added euphony, like a facetious grief (grievance, reproach in French) without the "g". Like its title, a kind of serious joke, the album is one long interplay between humor and gravitas, sense and nonsense, shadow and light, aiming to fully describe feelings in terms of their ambiguous and contradictory elements. Through a return to regular piano practice, calm recovered at a holiday resort town, and literary experimentations, to which he added transcribed dreams, as in "La scie de la vision modern" (The Saw of Modern Vision), Julien Gasc composed ten demos on his computer. These demos were then rerecorded at Syd Kemp's Haha Sound studio in London, in December 2021. The mix was completed there again, in February 2022, by Syd and Julian. Play to play and write to write, those are the keywords of Re Eff, in which memories are freely combined ("À travers le regard de l'indienne" / "Through the Amazon's Eyes"), the theme of enclosure and passion ("Amour velours" / "Velvet Love"), melodrama ("Délivranc"), and romantic novella ("Tout ne peut pas nécessairement donner quelque chose" / "Not Everything Leads to Something"). Music resolutely oriented towards the piano, towards bold and filmic harmonic movements that make a successful form of lyrical poetry possible. Because all in all, by singing about current events -- his own and those of the world -- in an elegiac tone, like bards, Julien Gasc was gradually transformed from pop singer into poet.
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CAT #: CORPS 002LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GASC, JULIEN Re Eff LP
LP version. Originally Re Eff (pronounced "Ri Èf") was a bunch of texts. One hundred and fifty pages that Julien Gasc wrote by trying his hand at the art of cut-up: a literary and political act of counter-fiction based on William Burroughs's method. It was also Julien Gasc's response to the isolation of 2020, while he was seeking refuge in the Southwest of France, with time and a piano. For a long while, it hadn't been about songs, but about expressing the indescribable by cutting randomly from books and his own notes, attempting to fleetingly strike a balance, find a beauty, a happy accident. Incidentally, it was almost by accident, while recycling a piece that he'd composed for steel guitar pedal, that Julien Gasc sketched the first draft of "Ce soir les bouteilles dansant" (Tonight the Bottles Are Dancing). This was combined with a version of "Rosario Bléfari", recorded on an inexpensive Casio synthesizer. These were Re Eff's baby steps. While everything was at a standstill, Julien Gasc wanted to send a group message to some friends, to his family, a message from a confinee to those who weren't answering, friend or foe, imaginary or otherwise. It was this collective recipient that he nicknamed "Re Eff". The name comes from "re" (re-) and "effacer" (erase), words found during a cut-up and transformed into ri èf for added euphony, like a facetious grief (grievance, reproach in French) without the "g". Like its title, a kind of serious joke, the album is one long interplay between humor and gravitas, sense and nonsense, shadow and light, aiming to fully describe feelings in terms of their ambiguous and contradictory elements. Through a return to regular piano practice, calm recovered at a holiday resort town, and literary experimentations, to which he added transcribed dreams, as in "La scie de la vision modern" (The Saw of Modern Vision), Julien Gasc composed ten demos on his computer. These demos were then rerecorded at Syd Kemp's Haha Sound studio in London, in December 2021. The mix was completed there again, in February 2022, by Syd and Julian. Play to play and write to write, those are the keywords of Re Eff, in which memories are freely combined ("À travers le regard de l'indienne" / "Through the Amazon's Eyes"), the theme of enclosure and passion ("Amour velours" / "Velvet Love"), melodrama ("Délivranc"), and romantic novella ("Tout ne peut pas nécessairement donner quelque chose" / "Not Everything Leads to Something"). Music resolutely oriented towards the piano, towards bold and filmic harmonic movements that make a successful form of lyrical poetry possible. Because all in all, by singing about current events -- his own and those of the world -- in an elegiac tone, like bards, Julien Gasc was gradually transformed from pop singer into poet.
COSMIC ROCK (ITALY)
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CAT #: COSMR 010LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MER-DA Long Burn The Fire LP
Reissue, originally released in 1972. Once there was Black Merda, such a funny a name if you happen to have any Italian heritage. To be true, that was meant as "Black Murder", but something went wrong along the way. For their second album the proto black rock band changed their name, turning simply into Mer-da. Long Burn The Fire was their last effort ever, soon came darkness and all of a sudden the group disbanded, before being praised in the early 2000s as forerunner of a young black generation. Officially a funk combo the band shared more than a moment with The Jimi Hendrix Experience and George Clinton/Funkadelic. Their acid-fuzz numbers brought similarities with early '70s psychedelic nomads, while some vocal harmonies had a more contemporary late-60s soul vibe. Coming from Detroit rock city, they became sort of a local legend.
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CAT #: COSMR 011LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RICHARD TWICE Richard Twice LP
Reissue, originally released in 1970. Fuzz guitars, organ, celestial vocal harmonies, a single effort and then -- eternity (or obscurity if you look at the other side of the coin). In 1968, leader Richard Atkins -- Richard Manning his artistic partner and co-writer, hence the name -- was building toward success, his musical adventures and philosophy not that far from the likes of The Byrds or the more eccentric Simon & Garfunkel. He'd won a contract with Mercury Records, and recorded with the Wrecking Crew members, a group of Los Angeles session musicians famous for their work with the Beach Boys, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, and hundreds more. But stage fright triggered a disastrous make-or-break performance in a small Hollywood nightclub, and everything abruptly fell apart. Atkins gave up music in the prime, and for 50 years he refused even to listen to a radio, so painful were his memories of a career he was convinced could have been. Featuring top-notch backing from musicians such as Drake Levin (Paul Revere & the Raiders), Larry Knechtel (Bread), Mark Tulin (the Electric Prunes), and Rusty Young (Poco), the album -- nonetheless -- it's bound to appeal to all fans of high-quality early '70s US pop-rock. In 2017, the short history of this unlucky but brilliant combo was featured in a short, animated movie of ten minutes.
COULDN'T CARE MORE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: NT 014EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SUPERPITCHER/REPEAT ORCHESTRA Superpitcher Meets Repeat Orchestra 12"
"Monks In A Club" from the Repeat Orchestra's album Infamous Lost Tracks (NT 002LP) is a perfect example of elegant dancefloor understatement, smooth, minimalistic, and groovy as hell; no wonder that Superpitcher got thrilled and created not a remix but his own track inspired by Repeat Orchestra, reworking the essence of "Monks In A Club". And Superpitcher did what only Superpitcher can: "Monks In The Sky" is an epic ride, expanding, stretching, ebbing and flowing, ten minutes of levitating groove hypnosis that goes in depth. Fascinating.
COUNTERCHANGE (UK)
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CAT #: COUNT 027EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
INLAND Namsan 12"
Four new undeniable club burners from Counterchange label head Inland. Inland's seventh solo release on his home label is the latest in a decadelong legacy of enduring productions under the Inland alias. All tracks operate at 138 bpm, exploring biting synth lines, psychedelic overtones, tribal techno attitude, and mechanical rhythm programming.
DEDICATE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: DDCT 005LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
DEMIAN SKY A Kraut Tale LP
Demian Sky is a meticulous beatmaker, experienced musician, committed record store manager, passionate DJ as well as excessive record collector and music enthusiast. His instrumental hip-hop debut A Kraut Tale is a narrative sound journey on 18 tracks. The song structures, the musical concept and the overall atmosphere of the record show very clearly that his influences are not only in hip-hop, but also in psychedelic and prog rock of the '60s and '70s. There are also some references to works of DJ Shadow, Dan The Automator, Cut Chemist, Gaslamp Killer, and such. It is all the more astonishing that, contrary to possible expectations, all samples come from old German Schlager and folk music records. The result is not a loose collection of individual pieces of music, but rather a coherent album with its own dramaturgy in two chapters.
DIGIKILLER
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CAT #: DKR 213LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA Roots from the Record Smith LP
"Ivan 'Lloydie Slim' Smith is one of the unsung movers and shakers of 1970s reggae. Slim worked for a time as both in-studio producer & record promoter for Bunny Lee and Channel 1, the two biggest and most significant producers of the 1970s. At the same time, he quietly built his own catalog and released a relatively small but very high quality-barrage of his own productions. These were released across many different labels, both his own and some belonging to his friends and collaborators. Slim moved to New York at the end of the '70s, and continued producing into the 1990s. We have issued some of his work before, but now we present the first ever compilation of Slim's work, featuring his most classic tunes, all taken from master tapes for proper sound, and in a lovely two-sided hand silkscreened jacket. Watch this site, because there's much more to come, released & unreleased, from the Record Smith himself!"
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CAT #: DKR 258EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
YABBY YOU King of Kings/Oh City of Zion 12"
"Back in 2014, we had the privilege of helping pioneering US reggae label Shanachie Records compile the rarities portion of their terrific Dread Prophecy three-CD collection of Yabby You music. From the start, we knew one track that had to be included was the killer 'Oh City of Zion', an alternate vocal on the 'King Pharoah Plague' rhythm which we had heard on a dubplate years before. Luckily we were able to get this included but even better was that Shanachie was able to locate another unreleased mix of this tune on tape, called 'King of Kings.' Both tunes ended up on the CD set, and we had always intended to issue them on vinyl after the release of the CD. Time flies and eight years went by, but here they are! Not much needs to be said about the music of Yabby You and the myriad of brilliant mixes it received at King Tubby's studio... if you're on this page you should know. But here's two more killer pieces to enjoy. Special thanks to Shanachie, long time soldiers in the business, for helping bring these tunes to light."
DIRT CREW (GERMANY)
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CAT #: DIRT 138EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
CLIVE FROM ACCOUNTS Pearls EP 12"
Exactly one year after his first release on Dirt Crew and two very successful records on his own new imprint Income Trax and the New York based Razor-N-Tape label. Clive has been consistently growing his following this past year and refining his sound and production. So now the label is truly excited to welcome him back, especially as this release will also be on a limited 12" vinyl. The opener "Pearls" features the amazingly talented London based musician/composer Jessica Roch on violin and vocals. It's an uplifting electronica meets deep house track that shines with positivity and beautiful melodies based on an analogue synth foundation by Clive himself. Truly a new addition to Clive's musical language. The A2 track "4 Time" is a swinging groover featuring a lush deep beat topped with piano and strings stabs and consisting of great funk all over. Followed be the super fun "Rough and Tough" as first track on then B side. Clive really delivers a new summer anthem here. Dancefloor happiness guaranteed. As a treat for all fans, the label decided to give "Gravitate" the well-deserved vinyl spot as the closing track to this great new record. This jam got massive support over the last months and is Clive's best performing track on the digital platforms. Here the track is remastered for vinyl. All tracks have been mastered by Salz Mastering in Cologne. Art and Photography by Break 3000.
DISCHORD
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CAT #: DIS 106LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LUNGFISH Indivisible LP
"Lungfish's fifth full-length LP, released in 1997. This LP was re-issued in September 2012. The current pressing is on blue vinyl. Personnel: Daniel Higgs - vocals; Asa Osborne - guitar; Sean Meadows - bass; Mitchell Feldstein - drums."
DRAG CITY
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CAT #: DC 618LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BISHOP, SIR RICHARD Tangier Sessions LP
2022 restock; LP version. "The tone of the guitar and Sir Richard's gentle, loving touch with it hold forth from the first moment of Tangier Sessions, sitting clear and true in the home-recorded night air above the city. The album sequence is the precise order of the songs as they were conceived and recorded. Rick's all over the neck in the early going while sorting through the dynamics of the instrument -- in fact, guitarophiles, the first couple of songs feature Sir Richard Bishop playing without a plectrum for the first time ever! Towards the end of the first side of Tangier Sessions, Sir Richard and guitar begin to chill out and cut loose in a different way -- arriving in the moment that was imagined for them, they stretch out, finding themselves in open space with fewer changes. This is a place where a player like Sir Richard Bishop can relax while remaining totally focused and present, hearing what the guitar and he are capable of in real time. The discoveries of side one give way to the trilogy of songs that comprise the second side, and the issues presented by 'Mirage' are revisited from another angle, another spot on the map in 'International Zone,' leaving finally a sense of journey completed in the serene moments of 'Let It Come Down.' The narrative that builds as a function of this (noble)man-guitar dialogue gives Tangier Sessions a visceral punch that makes for a singular listening experience, even in the crowded realm of solo acoustic guitar albums. Nobody plays the guitar like Sir Richard Bishop -- and on Tangier Sessions, he's found a guitar that nobody but him plays either."
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CAT #: DC 629LP
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
DREYBLATT, ARNOLD Nodal Excitation LP
2022 restock. "By the late '80s most of the burgeoning minimal underground had been forgotten, especially one amazing character, Arnold Dreyblatt. Dreyblatt only had one record, Nodal Excitation (on the mostly post-AACM jazz label India Navigation), before he packed and moved to Berlin, where he concentrated on his other activities, making only two more records over the next 10 years. But for those who caught the action, Arnold was the man. He was more rock that any of the others combined, and he was also the only one to really tap into that massive proto-minimal sound that Conrad had squelched out of his tin-contact mic violin in the early '60s. Indeed, in the early '70s after being in school in Buffalo, where Conrad taught, Dreyblatt moved into Manhattan to work for Young, where he witnessed first-hand, and listened first-ear to those legendary recordings of the Theatre of Eternal Music. He got interested in long string sounds, and bought a bass that he wired with piano wire. By hitting the strings instead of bowing them, Dreyblatt was able to get those ringing overtones, but he also had added something new: pure rhythm. Dreyblatt couldn't get the rock singles he'd grown up with out of him, and couldn't become the full-on new-music man that seemed to be a requirement in the '70s, and it wasn't until the '80s that the fence could be straddled, if not knocked over. It was time to start a band. In 1998, dexter's cigar were on the scene, excavating the valuable stuff from that semi-recent past for Nodal Excitation's first-ever appearance on CD. It brought it into a lot of new ears -- but times have changed and so have the ears. So what you have here is the first ever LP reissue of Arnold Dreyblatt's freshman record, a slice of minimal history that is STILL as potent now, if not more, as it was in '98 and '81 before it. It was a lighthouse that was aiming the wrong way when the tugboat came by, but now it's shining right in your face."
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CAT #: DC 859CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CALLAHAN, BILL YTI?A?? CD
"'And we're coming out of dreams / And we're coming back to dreams" is the first thing you hear Bill say as you remake your acquaintance on YTI?A??. Right out the gate, he's standing in two places at once: meeting up with old friends behind the scenes and encountering them on the record, finding himself coming round the bend and then again as someone else on down the line. Like the character actor he played on Gold Record, writing stories about other people, telling jokes about everyone, and in singing them, becoming the songs. Bill's got a full band sound going on this one, with him and Matt Kinsey on guitars, Emmett Kelly on bass and backing vocals, Sarah Ann Phillips on B3, piano and backing vocals and Jim White on drums. Jim and Matt sing on one song, too, and some other singers come in, too. Bill plays some synth here and there, and Carl Smith drifts in and out of the picture with his contra alto clarinet, as do Mike St. Clair and Derek Phelps on brass. Somehow in between them all, you might think you hear the distant sound of a steel guitar. And you might -- but you might not, too. In this company, Bill continues his journey, tunneling underneath the weathered exterior of what seems to be and into the more nuanced life everything takes on in the dark. With Bill's voice making the extraordinary leaps and bounds that measure the lives of the songs, the band follow him through passages that seem to invent themselves; other times playing with deeply soulful grooves and/or desperate intensity, as these moments come and go. Time passes, triangulating the encounters that went into any one record with two out of any three others, all of it made flesh, new constitution, in our stereo speakers. If every album is its own life, it stands to reason that they're invariably passing in the night. Cascading images flowing from the stream of consciousness. Turning like pages from the journal, unspeakably personal, then suddenly become tall tales, like a book pulled off the shelf, completely unbound. Bill's lyrics strain at the lines on the page, not content to separate the printing of the fact from the myth or be confined to ink on paper. On YTI?A??'s inner sleeve, alongside his lyrics, Bill celebrates the 'exhilaration and dread' of cover artist Paul Ryan's paintings."
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CAT #: DC 859CS
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CALLAHAN, BILL YTI?A?? Cassette
Cassette version. "'And we're coming out of dreams / And we're coming back to dreams" is the first thing you hear Bill say as you remake your acquaintance on YTI?A??. Right out the gate, he's standing in two places at once: meeting up with old friends behind the scenes and encountering them on the record, finding himself coming round the bend and then again as someone else on down the line. Like the character actor he played on Gold Record, writing stories about other people, telling jokes about everyone, and in singing them, becoming the songs. Bill's got a full band sound going on this one, with him and Matt Kinsey on guitars, Emmett Kelly on bass and backing vocals, Sarah Ann Phillips on B3, piano and backing vocals and Jim White on drums. Jim and Matt sing on one song, too, and some other singers come in, too. Bill plays some synth here and there, and Carl Smith drifts in and out of the picture with his contra alto clarinet, as do Mike St. Clair and Derek Phelps on brass. Somehow in between them all, you might think you hear the distant sound of a steel guitar. And you might -- but you might not, too. In this company, Bill continues his journey, tunneling underneath the weathered exterior of what seems to be and into the more nuanced life everything takes on in the dark. With Bill's voice making the extraordinary leaps and bounds that measure the lives of the songs, the band follow him through passages that seem to invent themselves; other times playing with deeply soulful grooves and/or desperate intensity, as these moments come and go. Time passes, triangulating the encounters that went into any one record with two out of any three others, all of it made flesh, new constitution, in our stereo speakers. If every album is its own life, it stands to reason that they're invariably passing in the night. Cascading images flowing from the stream of consciousness. Turning like pages from the journal, unspeakably personal, then suddenly become tall tales, like a book pulled off the shelf, completely unbound. Bill's lyrics strain at the lines on the page, not content to separate the printing of the fact from the myth or be confined to ink on paper. On YTI?A??'s inner sleeve, alongside his lyrics, Bill celebrates the 'exhilaration and dread' of cover artist Paul Ryan's paintings."
DREAMLANDRECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: DR 10821-2LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
GROSSMANN, MURIEL Natural Time 2LP
Muriel Grossmann's album from 2016 Natural Time released for the first time on a black, double vinyl in a thick old style tip-on gatefold outer sleeve on her own imprint Dreamlandrecords. This record marked a beginning for Grossmann in terms of direction and it includes a bonus composition "Inner Fire," recorded especially for the vinyl release. "As we began this task, we realized that we would need another song to fit in with the vinyl format. This compelled me to imagine how I could add something worthy to a record that is a complete journey in itself from beginning to end. As it turned out, composing and recording the extra track went as smooth as honey and I hope that you all enjoy this additional piece of music. I believe it adds an interesting twist and perhaps suggests what is yet to come. I am very thankful for this opportunity. I also want to give thanks to all you wonderful listeners and supporters for staying with us all this time. You are the reason we pour our hearts into this music." -- Muriel Grossmann, September 2021, Ibiza Manufactured/distributed by RR Gems.
FAR OUT RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: FARO 194X-LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
AZYMUTH Fenix (Flame Splattered Vinyl) LP
Flame splattered vinyl. Originally released in 2016. Continually pushing the boundaries of jazz, funk, electronic music and disco, as expressed through their signature samba swing, the Brazilian mavericks Azymuth, have recreated the energy of those spellbinding seventies sessions which would launch them into international recognition and confirm their status as one of Brazil's most successful bands. Since the passing of keyboard maestro Jose Roberto Bertrami in 2012, remaining members Ivan Conti and Alex Malheiros have worked tirelessly to keep the spirit of Azymuth alive, and to continue the legacy of Bertrami's genius. But Fênix also marks a new era as the Azymuth trio is complete once again, by special guest keyboardist Kiko Continentino. A hugely talented pianist, composer and arranger, Kiko has worked with the likes of Milton Nascimento, Gilberto Gil and Djavan, and the fresh energy and inspiration he has brought to the group is undeniable. The album also features Brazilian percussion legend Robertinho Silva, one of Brazil's most important and influential players. From the disco-carnival title track to sunny jazz-funk head-nodder "Orange Clouds", through to the deep-space samba "Corumbá", Azymuth have drawn upon five decades of consummate craftsmanship which, coupled with their endless desire for experimentation and improvisation, has resulted in a ten-track journey encapsulating the full spectrum of Azymuth's brilliantly colored expressionist fusion. With all the cosmic energy and masterful musicianship you'd expect from the three-man orchestra, Azymuth rise from the ashes!"The first album in five years for the Brazilian jazz-funk heroes, and it's as catchy, cosmic and sun-soaked as the seventies studio sessions that made their name." --Evening Standard"This record is testament to a sound which Azymuth helped build from the ground up. The musical ideas at the band's core have stood the test of time remarkably well and remain as enjoyable and relevant as they ever were." --Clash
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CAT #: FARO 233CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
BERLE, BRUNO No Reino Dos Afetos CD
Maceió, the capital of Brazil's Alagoas state on its sprawling east-coast, is home to pastel colored colonial houses, white sand beaches and a brilliant young composer, poet and multi-instrumentalist named Bruno Berle. With a voice of pure gold and a startling sensitivity for heartfelt pop songwriting, on No Reino Dos Afetos (In the Realm of Affections), Berle firmly embraces earnestness, through starry-eyed Brazilian love songs, ambient vignettes, warm, home-cooked beats and gentle strokes of MPB genius. "It's an album that was built from my desire to find beauty", Berle explains -- his simple, graceful words mirroring the graceful simplicity in his music. But amongst the simplicity, the compositions, arrangements and productions on No Reino Dos Afetos tingle with nuance and detail. On the contemporary R&B inspired lead single "Quero Dizer" -- produced by Berle and longtime friend and collaborator Batata Boy -- the swirling, lo-fi, kalimba, and guitar-fronted beat is turned into a feel-good hit by the ingenuity of Berle's honey-soaked vocal melody. Powerfully intimate, "O Nome Do Meu Amor" (My Love's Name) is a guaranteed tearjerker, with Berle's stunning voice soaring over gently plucked acoustic guitar and the textural flutter of soft movement, as if we hear him writing the song in the moment. Drawing upon a close-knit, collaborative scene of Maceió artists and musicians, (of which Berle and Batata Boy are vital members), Berle also recorded some of his friends' songs on the album, including João Menezes's "Até Meu Violao", the album's beautifully laidback sunshine soul opener, which has all the charm of early-70s João Donato. Having cut his teeth in soft-rock group Troco em Bala, and more recently finding himself embedded in both Rio and Sao Paulo's contemporary music scenes -- collaborating with the likes of Ana Frango Eletrico, who took the photo for the album cover -- No Reino Dos Afetos is as musically diverse as Bruno himself. It's hazy indie rock ("É Preciso Ter Amor"), calming ambient and field recording ("Virginia Talk") as well as Berle's own take on West African high life ("Som Nyame"). Instantly recognizable as a truly special artist, Berle's character fills every corner of the sound, which is unsurprising considering he played most of the instruments.
FIGURE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: FIGURE X033EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
KRISTIAN Introspection 12"
Kristian is a new anonymous project on Figure Music, exploring a different kind of sound that is based on subtly nuanced live jams and oriented towards a slightly rawer house and dubby-related style. Opener "Doubtful" makes a strong first impression as Kristian weaves together lush, cheerful chords with a tight yet rolling bass momentum, carrying the track forward effortlessly. In stark contrast, "Dry Dub" is groove reduced to its bare essence. A straight-up drum track made of sparse elements that confidently unfold their subliminal power over time. The flip holds cuts that really want to spring to life. Swirly, dubbed-out sounds create a colorful and dynamic palette, rapidly changing in movement and direction. "Insider" riffs on heavily animated, filtered synth action, while closing track "Worthiness" goes deep and spacey, oozing with warm machine charm, squelching acid, and bubbly bass.
FILM (GERMANY)
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CAT #: FILM 002LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
REICH/TERRY RILEY, STEVE Six Pianos / Keyboard Study #1 LP
2022 repress; LP version. Includes download code. After the widely noticed performance at the "Acht Brücken Festival 2016" at Cologne's Philharmonic Hall, Gregor Schwellenbach, Hauschka, Erol Sarp (of Grandbrothers), Daniel Brandt and Paul Frick (both of Brandt Brauer Frick) and John Kameel Farah release their interpretation of Steve Reich's "Six Pianos" as a studio recording via FILM. The re-recording of this piece is an interpretation of Reich's composition but still far more than just that - it is a modern approach to his idea behind it. The basic idea came up at the beginning of the '70s at the Baldwin Piano & Organ Company in New York. During a rehearsal phase, which Steve Reich spent in this very piano store, the idea emerged of writing a composition for all the grand pianos available to him at the company. By the time of the finished piece, the actual number of pianos had settled down to six, where "Six Pianos" developed in 1973. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, the six pianists declare their love to Steve Reich with this release. Shaped by electronic club music as well as their classical education, they form "Six Pianos" in dignified modernity and top it off with today's sound aesthetics and technical recording possibilities. Presented here is not the recording from the Kölner Philharmonie (Cologne Philharmonics), but the ensemble playing six different grand pianos in six different locations throughout Germany. Each pianist performed his part on his piano using his typical studio equipment and passed the recording over to the next one. Thus the six characteristic and individual timbres of the performers overlay to create the overall picture - "Six Pianos" the way it should be looked at in 2016. Jan Brauer mixed "Six Pianos" in the studio while Lukas Vogel provided delays for the "Keyboard Study #1". "Keyboard Study #1" by Terry Riley is a worthy companion for Reich's composition. The piece is kind of a building set of ever lengthening, repetitive patterns played against each other with the right and left hand displaced. The composition proposes various possible combinations for the performer to choose from and repeat at will. And what the performers have chosen proves Gregor Schwellenbach's assumption: "Terry Riley's and Steve Reich's music are open doors for pianists socialized by pop music and their audience."
FREUDE AM TANZEN (GERMANY)
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CAT #: FATXXIV 001EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VA XXIV - Chapter One 12"
Freude am Tanzen is back for a very special occasion. In 2022, three Various Artists EPs will be released, celebrating the 24th anniversary of the label from Thuringia. Whilst occasions like this would normally be celebrated on the quarter century, this release makes sense not only on the mathematical level. Three compilations with four tracks provide the half of 24. The release however also makes sense in terms of history. Freude am Tanzen is showcasing a broad range of electronic music, never neglecting their history but also looking into the future. Chapter One, as the first of three, comes with four deep house tracks. The A-side comes with a focus on broken beats and versatile arrangements. Module One delivers a dreamy ride containing a stunning vocal sample. Rising Sun has provided a superb collection of samples that have emerged into a track, that'll light up moods everywhere its played. On the flip side in contrast, Chuck Boris has contributed the catchy house roller "Put A Mask On Your Face". Soela rounds of the first edition off with a very emotional yet forward thinking production, making it a gem your record bag should not miss.
FUTURE SHOCK (ITALY)
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CAT #: FS 4476LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Psychedelic Picnic: A Breath Of Fresh Air LP
Reissue. Psychedelic Picnic: A Breath Of Fresh Air is a sampler issued originally by the Harvest Records label, originally released in 1970. The release is remarkable for including the full-length version of the unreleased Pink Floyd song, "Embryo". Features The Pretty Things, Syd Barrett, Michael Chapman, Roger Waters, Third Ear Band, and Pink Floyd. Silver vinyl.
GOODFELLAS EDIZIONI (ITALY)
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CAT #: 9788899770266
FILE UNDER: Misc
TORCINOVICH, MATTEO 1977 - Don't Call It Punk Book
1977 is the year of the punk movement's enormous productivity, the moment was characterized by a huge musical and aesthetic impact with its epicenter in London. '77 is recounted through a detailed chronicle that day by day reminds you of the sensational news events -- often out of proportion -- by the British scandal press, the countless record releases, shows, books, fanzines, and reviews in the leading Anglo-Saxon music magazines. The publication is a very rich almanac enriched by a collection of anecdotes generously told to the author, Matteo Torcinovich, by those who lived through that era firsthand. Musicians, writers, photographers such as Gaye Black of the Adverts, legendary Roxy Club founder Andrew Czezowski, Ana da Silva of the Raincoats, photographer Peter Gravelle, Lora Logic of X-Ray Spex, journalist Kris Needs, and many more... 1977 - Don't Call It Punk provides research and insight that will guide you through an explosive artistic/musical mix generated in this period. 20x25; 496 pages with pictures and illustrations; text: English/Italian.
GOOFIN'
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CAT #: GOO 008LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SONIC YOUTH Sonic Youth 2LP
2022 repress. "Sonic Youth's eponymous debut EP, reissued in a deluxe double-LP edition on the band's own Goofin' imprint, was recorded in late 1981 at Radio City Music Hall in NYC and originally released on composer Glenn Branca's Neutral label. The album is loosely based on compositions the newly formed group had performed at that year's week-long Noisefest event (and remains the only recorded document of an early line-up featuring actor Richard Edson on drums). The newly remastered vinyl also features extra live material from a 1981 gig, and a track from a previously unheard studio session."
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CAT #: GOO 012LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SONIC YOUTH The Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities 2LP
2022 repress. "New York's most influential avant-garde rock band, Sonic Youth, follow up their critically acclaimed 2006 release, Rather Ripped, with a special set sure to please fans and completists. The Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities, a collection of near-hidden Sonic Youth gems hand-picked by the band, brings together songs from throughout the band's tenure at Geffen Records. Focusing on tracks previously available only on limited-edition compilations, vinyl-only releases, or as B-sides or international singles, The Destroyed Room also features material that has never before been released. This deluxe, double-vinyl LP edition is being released on the band's own Goofin' Records imprint with a CD version available via Geffen."
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: HPS 238CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SONIC FLOWER Me And My Bellbottom Blues CD
Sonic Flower's new album Me And My Bellbottom Blues is full of '70s feelings. It's heavy but more bluesy taste than ever. New guitarist Fumiya Hattori is a young bluesman. He uses slide bar and acoustic guitar too. His guitar style's width is huge. Regarding songwriting, of course Tatsu Mikami wrote the songs, as always. A not only heavy but also "down to earth" feeling. You can also enjoy tons of riffs by this riff master. New drummer Toshiaki Umemura made a heavy and groovy sound. The biggest difference from the previous album the singer on this album. Kazuhiro Asaeda, the original Church Of Misery singer, sang in their early release Vol.1. Mixed by Japanese doom guru Yukito Okazaki (Eternal Elysium).
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CAT #: HPS 238LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SONIC FLOWER Me And My Bellbottom Blues LP
LP version. Sonic Flower's new album Me And My Bellbottom Blues is full of '70s feelings. It's heavy but more bluesy taste than ever. New guitarist Fumiya Hattori is a young bluesman. He uses slide bar and acoustic guitar too. His guitar style's width is huge. Regarding songwriting, of course Tatsu Mikami wrote the songs, as always. A not only heavy but also "down to earth" feeling. You can also enjoy tons of riffs by this riff master. New drummer Toshiaki Umemura made a heavy and groovy sound. The biggest difference from the previous album the singer on this album. Kazuhiro Asaeda, the original Church Of Misery singer, sang in their early release Vol.1. Mixed by Japanese doom guru Yukito Okazaki (Eternal Elysium).
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CAT #: HPS 238LTD-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SONIC FLOWER Me And My Bellbottom Blues (Yellow Vinyl) LP
LP version. Yellow vinyl. Sonic Flower's new album Me And My Bellbottom Blues is full of '70s feelings. It's heavy but more bluesy taste than ever. New guitarist Fumiya Hattori is a young bluesman. He uses slide bar and acoustic guitar too. His guitar style's width is huge. Regarding songwriting, of course Tatsu Mikami wrote the songs, as always. A not only heavy but also "down to earth" feeling. You can also enjoy tons of riffs by this riff master. New drummer Toshiaki Umemura made a heavy and groovy sound. The biggest difference from the previous album the singer on this album. Kazuhiro Asaeda, the original Church Of Misery singer, sang in their early release Vol.1. Mixed by Japanese doom guru Yukito Okazaki (Eternal Elysium).
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CAT #: HPS 238ULTRA-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SONIC FLOWER Me And My Bellbottom Blues (White/Red/Blue Vinyl) LP
LP version. White/red/blue vinyl. Sonic Flower's new album Me And My Bellbottom Blues is full of '70s feelings. It's heavy but more bluesy taste than ever. New guitarist Fumiya Hattori is a young bluesman. He uses slide bar and acoustic guitar too. His guitar style's width is huge. Regarding songwriting, of course Tatsu Mikami wrote the songs, as always. A not only heavy but also "down to earth" feeling. You can also enjoy tons of riffs by this riff master. New drummer Toshiaki Umemura made a heavy and groovy sound. The biggest difference from the previous album the singer on this album. Kazuhiro Asaeda, the original Church Of Misery singer, sang in their early release Vol.1. Mixed by Japanese doom guru Yukito Okazaki (Eternal Elysium).
HEY SUBURBIA (ITALY)
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CAT #: SUBURBIA 031LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RAMONE, BOBBY Rocket To Kingston LP
Originally released in 2020 and widely acclaimed as "The Record Of The Year" in the punk rock community worldwide, Bobby Ramone's legendary self-titled debut gets the Hey Suburbia reissue treatment. Includes 2 bonus tracks. Color vinyl; printed inner sleeve; edition of 500. "Best release of the last decade." --CJ Ramone
HIVE MIND RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: HMR 020CS
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
ASMAR, YARA Home Recordings 2018-2021 Cassette
Yara Asmar is a 25-year-old multi-instrumentalist, video artist, and puppeteer currently living in Beirut with her cat, Mushroom. Hive Mind Records bring you this wonderful debut album of music she recorded at home on cassettes and a mobile phone over the past few years. On it you'll hear her play a range of instruments including the piano, her grandmother's old accordion which she found in the attic of her grandparent's home in Lebanon, the metallophone, synth, and various deconstructed and disassembled toy pianos and music boxes. You'll also hear her field-recordings of hymns sung in churches around Lebanon which Yara has turned into waltzes. These beautifully melodic works contain recognizable elements of classical music wrapped in layers of tape hiss, synth wash, reverb, and delay, and disturbed by the metallic percussive sounds of the dissembled music boxes. The atmosphere of melancholy that pervades the album should be familiar to anyone living in the 21st century. All music composed, performed, recorded and, produced by Yara Asmar at her home in Beirut. Mastered by Marc Teare. Photography by Yara Asmar. Design by Marc Teare.
HONEY PIE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: HONEY 060LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
VA We've Got Jazz: Sampling Jazz In A Hip Hop World LP
A deep dive into the art of sampling old jazz records to produce up to date beats. Here you'll find all jazz originals which inspired and provided the basis for hip-hop classics of: KRS-One, Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Madlib, Wu-Tang Clan, Anderson .Paak, Action Bronson, Blu, and Mac Miller. An outstanding selection, ten tracks from the golden age of jazz including artists such as Donald Byrd, Clifford Brown, Ahmad Jamal, Miles Davis & Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa, Howard Roberts, Cal Tjader, Six Boys in Trouble, and Duke Ellington & John Coltrane. If you want to get to the jazz roots of rap music and hip-hop culture, this is the place to start.
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CAT #: HONEY 064LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SCOTT, RAYMOND Powerhouse LP
Visionary composer Raymond Scott was a pure genius largely known thanks to the massive recycling and adaptation of his music for cartoons. "Powerhouse" the title track of this beautiful collection is one of his best-known compositions for Warner Brothers animated cartoons. Scott's Quintette recorded "Powerhouse" in New York on February 20, 1937. The first use in a cartoon occurred in the 1943 Looney Tunes short "Porky Pig's Feat" and since then, you can count hundreds of apparitions, versions, and quotes, from Bugs Bunny to The Simpsons via Kronos Quartet and Don Byron's versions. In other words: a true classic piece of music beyond time and genres. The Raymond Scott Quintet: Raymond Scott - piano, celeste; Dave Wade, Russ Case - trumpet; Pete Pumiglio - clarinet; Dave Harris - tenor saxophone; Lou Shoobe, Fred Whiting - bass; Johnny Williams - drums.
HORISONTAL MAMBO (NORWAY)
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CAT #: MAMBO 008LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MOOGY COAST Koherencja LP
Fresh from his last release on Internasjonal, Das Komplex aka Marcin Lukaszewicz offers up a snapshot of his musical stylings under his Moogy Coast disguise all landing somewhere between a sun-soaked beach and a sweaty dancefloor. PS: Contains the (until now) Prins Thomas floorburner/secret weapon, "Czasami Jestem Ciekaw".
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CAT #: MAMBO 009LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
LOPEZ, GIORGIO Chalet Miseno LP
The Neapolitan producer makes a comeback on Horisontal Mambo with an ideal follow-up to his previous LP Palinuro Phonebox (MAMBO 006LP, 2020) and once again teams up with label boss Prins Thomas for some mixdown touches. Halfway between Italo boogie and Balearic beats, Chalet Miseno is a nostalgic ode to some '90s "estate Italiana" holidays seen through the eyes of a kid. From the catchy beats of the title track (with its roaring motorbike intermezzo) and "Dragonara Punch", to the dreamy soundscapes of "Luna Mirabilis" this album is guaranteed to be the perfect soundtrack to a hot summer (and a refresher for the long winter).
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CAT #: MAMBO 010LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
INNER SLEEVES, THE Reverie LP
After a long hiatus Marius Våreid returns home debuting his new The Inner Sleeves moniker. Already a mainstay on Full Pupp under his own name and in tandem with Jarle Bråthen as Ytre Rymden Dansskola (and not to mention his pioneering work in the Norwegian electronic music scene with the "Norwegian Grammy"-winning Päronsoda), Rêverie represents a new chapter in Marius's long and varied musical story. Free-floating ideas and sketches written over time, then stretched out and given a final massage by Prins Thomas.
HOSPITAL PRODUCTIONS
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CAT #: HOS 412LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
CORTINI, ALESSANDRO Sonno 2LP
Limited restock; 2020 repress; gatefold double LP version. Alessandro Cortini is best known as the lead electronics performer in Nine Inch Nails' live unit. His recordings under his own name have gained prominence in recent years and he has become known as one of the pre-eminent Buchla masters in North America. Cortini makes a surprising departure into the 202 on his debut album for Hospital Productions -- Sonno. Sonno was recorded in hotel rooms, using a Roland MC 202 through a delay pedal, recorded direct, sometimes into a small portable speaker system. "I liked to walk around the room with a handheld recorder to hear where the sequence would sound better, turn on faucets, open doors or windows to see how the ambient sounds would interact with the MC 202/delay/speaker sound. It was very relaxing and liberating to make music this way." The result is a beautifully restrained yet oddly emotive album that's quite distinct from the overly academic approach so often undertaken by hardware-driven devotees. Mastered by Matt Colton.
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CAT #: HOS 426LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
CORTINI, ALESSANDRO Risveglio 2LP
Limited 2022 restock; gatefold double-LP version. Though known as a touring and recording musician associated with Nine Inch Nails, Alessandro Cortini has really come into his own via his Forse trilogy, and his 2014 Hospital Productions debut, Sonno (HOS 412CD). For his Hospital follow-up, he maintains the grittiness and intimacy introduced on his debut, but expands on it, offering a wider spectrum of emotion and depth. Like Sonno, Risveglio was written and recorded while on tour. The drive to create intimate works during late-night downtime reveals Cortini to be committed to a personal vision beyond the call of duty. While Sonno was created using only a 202 and delay, Risveglio adds a TB303, synced to the 202. In Cortini's words, "The 303 can be such a haunting instrument used in a certain way, and I felt it completely fit the mood of the previous work I have done on the 202, especially when given a specific location in space... it's such a living instrument." The addition of TR606 gives one of the pieces a rhythmic pulse that separates it from the preceding synthscapes and renders Risveglio an altogether more dynamic affair than Sonno. With Risveglio, Cortini emphasizes the imperfections and visceral textures of electronics absent from so much contemporary solo synthesizer music. He carves out a similar space to that formed by Kevin Drumm's releases for Hospital in the worlds of drone and noise by finding the emotional and, ultimately, human voice within synthesis.
IMPORT LABEL (GERMANY)
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CAT #: BEC 5907113
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Shaolin Soul Episode 4 (Standard Edition) 2LP+CD
2022 repress; double LP version in standard sleeve; includes CD. Duke Ellington once said that there are two kinds of music: the good one and the bad one. With the compilation series Shaolin Soul one is always certain to be on the right side of the line since its first volume (BEC 5543356, 2018) which compiled two dozen tracks sampled by RZA and the Wu-Tang Clan. Following a second episode (BEC 5543357, 2018) and a third (BEC 5543358, 2018), the famous curator Uncle O is back to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Shaolin Soul series with a fourth episode compiling 22 tracks among the rarest and finest treats of soul music. Features: Esther Phillips, Al Green, Eddie Kendricks, Sylvia, Betty Wright, The Ambassadors, The Dynamics, Carolyn Sullivan, Brenton Wood, The Floaters, Faze-O, Ernie Hines, Jerry Butler, J.J. Johnson, Monk Higgins and Alex Brown, The East St. Louis Gospelettes, Jean Plum, The Staples Singers, The Sylvers, Della Humphrey, Freda Payne, and Carla Thomas.
INFINE (FRANCE)
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CAT #: IF 1075CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MARTEL, SEB Saturn 63 CD
If the name Seb Martel is still unknown to you, the guitarist appears on the credits of classic albums from Tony Allen, Femi Kuti, Morcheeba, or Blackalicious. Saturn 63, his new album on InFiné is dedicated to the exploration of the electric guitar in all its nuances. This new opus made from a selection of nine guitars from the Musée de la Musique (a branch of the Philharmonie de Paris), and only enriched with the voices of his close collaborators (Camille, Sabrina Bellaouel...), unfolds on fourteen tracks a musical fresco faithful to the historical and geographical heritage of his instrument. The album includes fascinating reworks of Carl Perkins, Benjamin Britten, Chavela Vargas, or Vincent Ségal in addition to his own compositions. However, adopting a dogmatic approach, and dressing his compositions with sounds and effects collected during the recordings, Martel offers an abstract and experimental edge to Saturm 63, which transports the listener into an out of time experience. Two famous names of the French chanson, M (Matthieu Chedid) and Mathieu Boogaerts joined Martel to close the album with the snapshot of a speechless improvised session. Also features Cindy Pooch, Martin Gamet, Vincent Ségal, Nicolas Martel, Vic Moan, and Marc Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius). CD version includes one additional track.
INTERNATIONAL FEEL (URUGUAY)
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CAT #: IFEEL 077EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
RUF DUG Manctalo Beach 7"
Manchester producer, DJ, and dancefloor spirit guide Ruf Dug gets fruity on his Korg DW8000, for this homage to Manctalo pioneers Red Laser Disco who have revitalized the Italo sound over the last decade. Given that Ruffy lives on the same street as Red Laser head honcho "Il Bosco" it's unsurprising that his latest release is heavily influenced by his noisy neighbor's antics. Manctalo Beach has gone through several versions over the years to arrive, like a chilled Bianco, at the crisp beauty you hear today. Packed with chunky bass arpeggios, pixelated pitch-bent melodies and freeze-frame drum fills, the A-side conjures images of coastline sunsets and waterski waves. Meanwhile on the flip, the bonus beats proceed in a more dubbed disco direction, with acres more space, cascading delays and tripped-out breakdowns. One for your speedboat.
JAH LIFE
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CAT #: JL 047EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
LEVY, MICHAEL Idle on a Corner 7"
"Previously unreleased on vinyl. Raw, loud and dubplate style, here's some more '87 digital madness, another killer rhythm from Jah Life's prolific late '80s production period seeing release for the first time. Three tuff vocal cuts from Michael Levy, King Kong and Conroy Smith, all backed with the same stripped-down version. As good a release for '80s digital diehards as we've ever had, turn it up."
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CAT #: JL 048EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
KING KONG Hold Your Prestige 7"
"Previously unreleased on vinyl. Raw, loud and dubplate style, here's some more '87 digital madness, another killer rhythm from Jah Life's prolific late '80s production period seeing release for the first time. Three tuff vocal cuts from Michael Levy, King Kong and Conroy Smith, all backed with the same stripped-down version. As good a release for '80s digital diehards as we've ever had, turn it up."
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CAT #: JL 049EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
SMITH, CONROY Don't Touch the Rock 7"
"Previously unreleased on vinyl. Raw, loud and dubplate style, here's some more '87 digital madness, another killer rhythm from Jah Life's prolific late '80s production period seeing release for the first time. Three tuff vocal cuts from Michael Levy, King Kong and Conroy Smith, all backed with the same stripped-down version. As good a release for '80s digital diehards as we've ever had, turn it up."
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CAT #: JL 050EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
MCKAY, FREDDIE Pretty Looks 7"
"First time on 7". First time on 45 for this lesser-known tune, Freddie's classic 'Pretty Looks' sung on the same heavy Roots Radics rhythm used for Barrington Levy's classic 'Englishman.' Another one from the fruitful Wright/Lawes partnership that never saw its intended NYC release until now."
KALITA RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: KALITA 12021EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SWEET CLOVER You're What I Need 12"
Kalita Records presents the first ever official reissue of Sweet Clover's highly sought-after 1979 disco single "You're What I Need", backed by an unreleased extended mix and the equally impressive "Sweet Talk", sourced from the original master tapes. With original copies released in a run of just 300 copies and now hitting top three-figure sums on the rare occasion that they come up for sale, Kalita finally serves up a chance to obtain this lo-fi disco masterpiece once again. Accompanied by a never-before-seen photo of the band and liner notes based on interviews with writer and producer Willie McClain, this is another no-brainer from the Kalita camp.
KARLRECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KR 024LP
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
XENAKIS, IANNIS La Legende d'Eer LP
Individual LP from the Electroacoustic Works boxset. The second release in the Perihel series is one of the most famous electroacoustic compositions by Iannis Xenakis. When Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), who had fought against the occupation as part of the communist resistance, moved to Paris in 1947 it was the start of a highly creative and impressive career. Xenakis not only studied composition with Olivier Messiaen and became one of the most innovative composers of the 20th century, he also worked as assistant to Le Corbusier and realized a.o. the Philips Pavilion for the World Exhibition in Brussels, 1958. His compositions often are based on mathematical principles (in 1966 he founded the CEMAMu - Centre d'Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales), which give his music an unprecedented aesthetic and as The Guardian would say, a "shocking otherness". The most famous works of Xenakis, who won the Polar Music Prize (considered the unofficial Nobel Prize for music) in 1999, are his compositions for orchestra Metastasis, Pithoprakta and Terretektorh (where the 88 musicians are spread within the audience) and the electroacoustic compositions Persepolis, Concret PH, Bohor and La Légende d'Eer where Xenakis integrated his stochastic synthesis sounds for the first time. As legendary as this piece is, there is an impenetrable thicket of versions and stories around La Légende d'Eer, it exists in different releases, with wrong sample rates or digitized backwards. This version uses the 8-track-version that Xenakis himself presented at Darmstädter Ferienkurse in August of 1978. As the automatic spatialization is lost, this became the only original version of this composition and is presented here (mixed down to stereo by Martin Wurmnest who tried to preserve the spatial movements as perceptible as possible. La Légende d'Eer not only became a milestone of electroacoustic music but is also an important reference for noise and industrial musicians up to the present day. Mixed by Martin Wurmnest, mastered & cut by Rashad Becker. Includes insert with liner notes by Reinhold Friedl.
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CAT #: KR 044LP
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
XENAKIS, IANNIS Persepolis LP
Individual LP from the Electroacoustic Works boxset. After La Légende d'Eer in 2016 (KR 024LP), the Perihel series presents one of the milestones of electroacoustic music: Iannis Xenakis's mind-blowing, 54-minutes oeuvre Persepolis. Persepolis is the longest electroacoustic composition by Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) who ranks among the most influential 20th century avant-garde composers. Commissioned by the Persian Shah, the piece was part of a multimedia performance -- Xenakis's so-called "polytopes" -- which premiered in 1971 in Shiraz-Persepolis (Iran) as a performance including light-tracks, laser beams, groups of children walking around with torches, and 59 loudspeakers to project the music in an open-air situation. Xenakis had realized Persepolis on 8-track analog tape in the Studio Acusti in Paris and released a stereo reduction on vinyl in the famous Philips series "Prospective 21e Siècle" in 1972, adding the new subtitle "We bear the light of the earth", his most hymnal title ever. Out of print for decades now, the LP became -- especially the Japanese edition from 1974 -- one of the most expensive collector's item of electroacoustic music. There were some later CD versions with different durations -- too long due to a wrong sample rate, others shortened by three minutes due to other reasons. The Perihel series now presents a new version: mixed from the original master 8-track tapes by longtime zeitkratzer sound engineer Martin Wurmnest and mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin -- the same experts who had already taken care of the 2016 Karlrecords release of La Légende d'Eer, another milestone composition among the works of the Greek-French avant-garde composer. Previous releases in the Perihel series, curated by Reinhold Friedl: Guy Reibel's Douze Inventions en Six Modes de Jeu (KR 028LP, 2015); Iannis Xenakis's La Légende d'Eer (KR 024LP, 2016), John Cage's Complete Song Books (KR 029LP, 2016). 180 gram vinyl; Includes insert and download code.
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CAT #: KR 089LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
XENAKIS, IANNIS Early Works: Diamorphoses / Concret PH / Orient Occident / Bohor LP
Iannis Xenakis's early electroacoustic works define already the compositional space he is using later in his mature, almost one-hour long works like Persepolis or La Légende d'Er. After arriving in Paris as a Greek refuge in 1947, Xenakis quickly found a work as construction engineer with the architect Le Corbusier. He tried in vain for several years to become a member of the Groupe De Musique Concrète (GRM) and thus to gain access to the electroacoustic studios at the French radio. Pierre Schaeffer accepted him only when not only Messiaen pushed for it, but also the conductor Hermann Scherchen lobbied for him. Diamorphoses was his first attempt at composing musique concrète and was to remain his only one. He carefully recorded small sounds and worked on them systematically in weeks of tape-snapping. But he also combined sound material that presumably came from the GRM's Sonothèque, and here his fable for powerful sound masses was already apparent. Concret Ph originally was a sound installation: as Le Corbusier's assistant, he had been allowed to completely design the architecture of the pavilion for the Brussels World's Fair 1958, but his music was only to serve as a break filler between the repetitions of the main attraction: the Poème électronique by Edgar Varèse with projections by Le Corbusier. Under the title Interlude Sonore, Xenakis created a tape consisting of the most minimal tape snippets sticked together and got something that sounded almost like the tickling of glowing coal. Xenakis anticipated granular synthesis in analog tape form: the combination of little sound grains giving birth to a new sound. Orient Occident is an extract from music for a documentary film about the encounter of Eastern and Western cultures, shortened by about half. Xenakis had also used non-Western music for it, most of which is absent from the electroacoustic piece -- and yet even here one finds a reference to his many adaptations of ethnological music. Bohor caused -- as Michel Chion put it -- the "greatest scandal of electroacoustic music" -- on the occasion of its performance 1968 at the GRM in Paris. Curiously, hardly anyone noticed the piece when it was premiered in 1962. Xenakis simultaneously played four stereo tapes at extreme volume on eight speakers positioned around the audience, creating an ecstatic sound experience: close-ups of Persian jewelry are used, and large thunderbolts and stringed instruments like those built at the GRM by the Baschet brothers at the time the piece was written.
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CAT #: KR 090LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
XENAKIS, IANNIS Les Polytopes I: Hibiki Hana-Ma / Mycenae Alpha / Polytope De Cluny LP
"Hibiki Hana-Ma" was created in 1969 for the Steel Pavilion of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation at the Expo 1970 in Osaka as musical part of a multimedia show. Even though the work does not bear the designation in its title, it can be already regarded as a Polytope: it was created for a specific architectural location, lasers and mirrors have been installed: a light choreography by the Japanese artist Keiji Usami accompanied the spectacle. This concept of synchronized laser and light choreographies -- now directed by Xenakis himself -- can soon be found in Polytope de Cluny 1972 and 1978 again in the Diatope (La Légende d'Eer). But Hibiki Hana-Ma is also a hermaphrodite in another sense: on the Japanese record release from 1970 Seiji Ozawa is credited as conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and Kinshi Tsuruta as Biwa-soloist (a traditional Japanese string instrument). By listening one quickly realizes that the music is not orchestral or Biwa music, but only uses electronically processed recordings as source material for an electroacoustic music. Xenakis's first explicit Polytope (Polytope de Montreal 1967) was originally conceived for four orchestras, and then transferred to tape for practical and financial reasons. The first concept of a Polytope was an installation with live-orchestra-music -- as the tape version is a recording without further electroacoustic treatment, it is not included in this release. Like Hibiki Hana-Ma, Mycenae Alpha is also a special case but for another reason: it was composed for his last Polytope (Polytope de Mycènes 1978) and consists exclusively of synthetic sounds, realized with his graphic system UPIC. The result is rough and sober and marks the beginning of his last electroacoustic compositions, shifting back to purely electronic music. With Hibiki Hana-Ma and Mycenae Alpha, the first side of the record vividly demonstrates the vast musical range of the Polytopes, from recorded orchestral sounds to purely electronic parts. The synthesis of the most diverse musical materials had taken place in between, especially in compositions like Persepolis (1972) and the joyful-noisy Polytope de Cluny (1972) that is presented here on Side B. Polytope de Cluny was performed several times a day for six months in Paris and was a real multimedia event: the audience could relax on pillows on the floor of an old Roman bath in the middle of Paris and listen to Xenakis's architecture of sound and light.
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CAT #: KR 091LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
XENAKIS, IANNIS Late Works: Taurhiphanie / Voyage Absolu Des Unari Vers Andromede / Gendy 3 / S.709 LP
Iannis Xenakis's late electroacoustic music became electronic: all sounds are synthetic "explicit computer music" as Peter Hoffmann called it. The music presented here shows Xenakis's way back from spatialized immersive music and multimedia spectacle to simple loudspeaker music. The sound does not move anymore, there are no synchronized visuals: nothing remains but structured noise. Xenakis used two inventions he had already presented in the context of the Polytopes: sounds created by stochastic synthesis in La Légende d'Eer and sound from his graphic interface transferring music into sound, the UPIC machine, in Mycenae Alpha for the Polytope de Mycènes. For Taurhiphanie and Voyage Absolu Des Unari Vers Andromède he so-to-say "painted" the music, using his UPIC machine: drawings are transferred directly into sound. Better to say: into noise! Xenakis's predilection for noise, found especially in his electronic music, became more and more obvious and even more pure and raw. Again, Xenakis was ahead of his time: what began as industrial music in England and started its triumphal procession as noise music and power electronics at the end of the eighties is found in his later electronic music in an even more radical form. At the premiere of Taurhiphanie in his last Polytope-like multimedia production with bulls and horses in a bullring in Arles, France, even the animals reacted so disturbed that the performance became a great failure. Remaining is only the digital music composition Taurhiphanie, music to intimidate bulls. Towards the end of his life -- his last composition was realized in 1997 and he died in 2001 -- Xenakis concentrated on one of his most contradictory dreams: a composer who invented such powerful overwhelming and emotional music as Xenakis thought he could teach a machine to do the same. He believed in the possibility to invent a composing machine and he worked hard on it. The computer, with the help of which he realized his last two electronic works, Gendy 3 and S.709, created random-based digital sample values and then transferred them directly into sound. Multidimensional computation of random values or changes in parameters produced similar but different pieces. Xenakis was never ideological, he simply chose the most beautiful results (the numbers in the titles probably refer to the versions).
LANTERN REC. (ITALY)
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CAT #: LANR 015LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RESTRICTION Action LP
Reissue, originally released in 1984. Cult reissue from this short-lived Bristol project. Their debut four-track EP was self-released on Restriction Records in 1984 giving birth to a collective experience fueled by several members: Andrew Clarke (AMJ Almighty Groove, AMJ Dub Collective) Clive Smith, Rob Smith (co- founder of the influential trip-hop band Smith & Mighty), plus members of Zion Band. Produced by Mad Professor at London Ariwa Studios and featuring extraordinaire trombone player Vin Gordon aka Don Drummond Jr. (The Skatalites, The Upsetters) this quintessential mini-album merged the original Jamaican reggae-dub feel with a more contemporary approach, focusing on the experience of established British bands like Aswad and Black Uhuru. Fully remastered and licensed; edition of 500.
LIFE GOES ON RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: LIFE 028LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MARKLEY Markley, A Group LP
Reissue, originally released in 1970 on Forward Records, owned by Mike Curb. Markley, A Group is the sixth and final album by the American psychedelic rock group, the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. The album was released under another group name, Markley A Group, as decided by the group owner, Bob Markley. It features compositions by Danny Harris, Michael Lloyd, and Shaun Harris with lyrics by Bob himself. The content is simple and soft, reminiscent of the band's earlier work. A gently pop-psych stroke of genius.
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CAT #: LIFE 029LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MUSIC BOX Songs Of Sunshine LP
Reissue, originally released in 1972 on the small imprint Westwood Recordings. Here is another magical achievement of the early '70s counterculture. Songs Of Sunshine has an intimate, predominantly acoustic flavor. Flutes, chimes, and gentle organ sounds all over the place. Tales of faraway lands, sand, sea, castles, kings, queens, and even Peter Pan dominate the scene, imposing a sort of ancestral feel. Rob Armstrong, the leader of Music Box, became a renowned luthier and you can hear the care and love of the acoustic guitar in his music. The short-lived British folk trio released just this single before vanishing. The album consists of nine acoustic folk tracks of their own material and the Bob Dylan's classic "Tom Thumb Blues".
LITTLE BUTTERFLY RECORDS (URUGUAY)
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CAT #: LBR 029LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
RADA & EDUARDO MATEO, RUBEN Botija de mi Pais LP
Reissue, originally released in 1987. Recorded between 1985 and 1987, this album brings together the two founders and leading performers of candombe-beat, Ruben Rada and Eduardo Mateo. They hadn't collaborated in a project since 1969. Both artists had reached their creative prime, with Mateo having released Cuerpo Y Alma (1984) and Rada, La Yapla Mata (1985), which included the classic song "Tengo un candombe para Gardel". The initiative of making this album sprang from the artists themselves. But when it was time to create, they rarely got together in the studio, preferring to work on their own. Once finished, the album failed to make an impact, since neither of them promoted it. This revival brings the semi-hidden treasure to light. It includes two tracks of the artists strictly performing a duet, the only recordings of Mateo and Rada working alongside each other and no one else. It also contains two additional tracks where you can relish Rada accompanied by Mateo's guitar and Mateo backed by Rada's percussion. It includes a track where Mateo commands the instruments (as in "Mateo Solo Bien Se Lame") and another with Rada's solo on vocals and percussion. There are instances when Rada's band of that moment and "super-group" (with Osvaldo Nolé on keyboards, Ricardo Lew on electric guitar, Urbano on the bass, and Osvaldo Fattoruso on drums), makes an appearance. Sometimes, Urbano comes forth as lead singer, completing the triad of singers of El Kinto. All excellent songs. Botija de mi País is an exceptional and one-of-a-kind album, an overflow of talent, musicality, swing, imagination, rhythm, spark, and transcendence.
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CAT #: LBR 032LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
JULEN Y LA GENTE SOLA Julen y la Gente Sola LP
Julen Y La Gente Sola's self-titled debut album has the great virtue of not hindering or clouding the songs that for years had been becoming hits in the Uruguayan underground. It doesn't have the rawness of a live record, but it does have its immediacy and freshness. Stripped of baroque or superfluous arrangements, the ten songs that make it up sound exactly like what their audience expected, but more clearly compared to the precarious sound where Julen used to play. The album also has another enormous virtue, and it's the unconsciousness of youth, the search for an identity, without shame, modesty, or calculation. Lyrically, it's an album that hints it was written by people barely in their twenties. At times cheesy, at times rough, but always seemingly honest. Led by Federico Morosini, a prolific songwriter full of primal enthusiasm composing songs back-to-back with his cheap Creole guitar in his mother's house; supported at first by Juan Pablo Campagna on electric guitar and Marcelo Duarte on drums, eventually with Agustina Santomauro as bassist. They stood out for songs that forged subtle links that had never been crystallized in such a solid way between the Montevideo song, the Donosti sound, the twee pop bands released by Sarah Records, the noisy nineties indie bands of Matador Records, and the independent scene on both sides of the Río de la Plata, the Uruguayan collective Esquizodelia, and the Argentine label Laptra. Julen had an ace up their sleeve and it was the arrangement of their songs. While it may be easy to identify their influences, the trait of creating anthem-like songs was relatively novel. Their first compositions hold a sense of spiritual discernment, a sensibility that could only be described without belittling them, as "popular." This debut album, perfect in its imperfection, is a document, a time capsule of a period that in the face of constant technological, social, and economic changes, seems to be further and further away even though not even a decade has passed since its release. Resembling the memory of teenage years, perceived close yet unattainable from the rearview mirror that gives back a slightly idealized reflection. Red vinyl.
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CAT #: LBR 077LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
IBARRA, JUAN Arco LP
Juan Ibarra's jazz quintet blends hypnotic grooves, sonic landscapes, and experimentalism with a cinematic touch. Jazz fusion and avant-garde united with an unmistakable South American feel. Arco is inspired by an imaginary talk between Uruguayan musician Eduardo Mateo and Thom Yorke (Radiohead) in a bar from deep Uruguay, while drinking cane and playing chess. The talk has its focus on the search for what is our "bow" to be able to launch our "arrow". At the same time, they discuss calmly, while they think with their movements, the different transformations they go through in life, what are the natural and which ones are necessary. The album seeks a sound between the electric guitar of Martín Ibarra and the acoustic guitar of Jeremías Di Pólito, imitating the voice with the trumpet of Juan Olivera supported by the improvised bases of Andrés Pigatto on double bass and Juan Ibarra on drums, thus opening a limbo to discover between the world Uruguayan folk and jazz.
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CAT #: LBR 081LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
HIGGS, PAUL Tridimensional 10"
Paul Higgs is a young and very talent artist of the new generation of Uruguayan music of the 2021 century. Through Tridimensional, he builds a sophisticated work where it shows different sounds such as folk, funk, pop, and other contemporary sounds are mixed. This silver sounding piece of South American modern music is the result of experiences had by the Uruguayan musician Paul Higgs throughout his adventures in Buenos Aires, São Paulo, and naturally his native Montevideo. In Tridimensional you'll find a myriad of reflections, sonic images and references to whatever this anomalous histrionic and enthusiastic spirit has to share. It is produced by the wise, well-seasoned and also Uruguay born musician Martín Buscaglia, thus adding a graceful and firm step to the intergenerational staircase of art in Río de La Plata's ever-growing culture.
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CAT #: LBR 085LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
MATEO, EDUARDO La Maquina Del Tiempo, La Mosca LP
Originally released in 1989, La Mosca was the last album of the mythical Eduardo Mateo (1940-1990), one of the most influential artists in Uruguayan music. Reissued for the first time. Produced for the multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer Hugo Jasa. Released towards the end of 1989, La Mosca was the last job by the mythical Eduardo Mateo (1940-1990), one of the most influential artists in Uruguayan music. Although Mateo was a remarkable percussionist and was very well known for his short songs, with simple lyrics, where Uruguayan roots are mixed with Brazilian, African, Indian, and Arabic influences, on his last album, his work took a turn on a brand-new direction. Alongside the multi-instrumentalist and sound engineer Hugo Jasa, weaved together a futuristic sound, based on drum machine beats, keyboards, electronically processed both guitars and vocals to create an atmosphere through sturdy texts with references to machines, to the future, to time and the cosmos. At first received with confusion, today La Mosca continues to cause a mysterious fascination that persists and deepens through the passing of time. Includes obi and liner notes of specialist Guilherme de Alencar Pinto.
LONDON RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: LMS 5521698
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ORBITAL 30 Something 4LP BOX
2022 restock; four LP box version. 180 gram vinyl. Includes 12x12" foldout booklet. Includes slip mat. Orbital missed their actual thirtieth anniversary due to lockdown, but it gave Paul and Phil pause to think and find a way to celebrate their past that was actually about the future. Unlike other "Best Of"s, the 30 Something album contains reworks, remakes, remixes and re-imaginings of landmark Orbital tracks based on the duo's unrivalled live show. "Satan", "The Box", "Impact", "Belfast", and more appear in new 30 Something guises, familiar yet new, time reversing, yesterday becoming tomorrow. Plus, new track "Smiley". Also including remixes from Yotto, ANNA, Jon Hopkins, Dusky, Joris Voorn, Logo 1000, Eli Brown, Shanti Celeste, and more. Also features remixes by Floex, John Tejada, Octave One, Lone, Rich NxT, and David Holmes. Includes sleeve notes by Andrew Harrison.
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CAT #: LMS 5521737
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BLANCMANGE Private View LP
LP version. Private View is distinctly Blancmange while also expanding into new sonic terrain. There's a deft marriage of futuristic electronic sounds, Neil Arthur's unmistakable vocal hooks, and songs veer from buoyant and joyful to dark and brooding. Private View will be released on London Records almost exactly 40 years to the day since the label released Blancmange's debut album Happy Families (1982). This neat full circle of Blancmange re-signing to the same label that ignited things all those years ago is also reflected in the album itself, being the perfect crystallization of four decades of creativity. On Private View, Neil returns with key collaborator Benge (Wrangler, John Foxx, John Grant) and David Rhodes (Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Scott Walker) also returns as the guitarist, having previously performed with the band as early as 1982's Happy Families (as well as several other Blancmange albums). Private View is a record that manages to capture an artist who is potently in the moment when it comes to creating new work, while also being able to draw on 40 years' worth of knowledge, experience, and built-in intuition. "I'm really lucky to be able make the music completely on my own terms," Arthur says. "Being able to just continue being creative... that's when I'm happiest." As he said before: "within myself there are no limits." Blancmange is also reflected in the ongoing influence the music has on younger generations of artists and fans over the years. Contemporary electronic producers like Honey Dijon and Roman Flügel have paid tribute with remixes, Moby once called Blancmange "probably the most underrated electronic act of all time"; while John Grant continues to profess his love for Arthur's music, old and new, and has invited Blancmange to perform as part of Grace Jones's Meltdown festival.
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CAT #: LMS 5521738
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BLANCMANGE Private View CD
Private View is distinctly Blancmange while also expanding into new sonic terrain. There's a deft marriage of futuristic electronic sounds, Neil Arthur's unmistakable vocal hooks, and songs veer from buoyant and joyful to dark and brooding. Private View will be released on London Records almost exactly 40 years to the day since the label released Blancmange's debut album Happy Families (1982). This neat full circle of Blancmange re-signing to the same label that ignited things all those years ago is also reflected in the album itself, being the perfect crystallization of four decades of creativity. On Private View, Neil returns with key collaborator Benge (Wrangler, John Foxx, John Grant) and David Rhodes (Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Scott Walker) also returns as the guitarist, having previously performed with the band as early as 1982's Happy Families (as well as several other Blancmange albums). Private View is a record that manages to capture an artist who is potently in the moment when it comes to creating new work, while also being able to draw on 40 years' worth of knowledge, experience, and built-in intuition. "I'm really lucky to be able make the music completely on my own terms," Arthur says. "Being able to just continue being creative... that's when I'm happiest." As he said before: "within myself there are no limits." Blancmange is also reflected in the ongoing influence the music has on younger generations of artists and fans over the years. Contemporary electronic producers like Honey Dijon and Roman Flügel have paid tribute with remixes, Moby once called Blancmange "probably the most underrated electronic act of all time"; while John Grant continues to profess his love for Arthur's music, old and new, and has invited Blancmange to perform as part of Grace Jones's Meltdown festival.
LOVELY MUSIC
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CAT #: LCD 1006CD
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
ASHLEY, ROBERT Dust 2CD
2022 restock. Dust is an opera by Robert Ashley and Yukihiro Yoshihara (video direction) whose imaginary setting is a street corner anywhere in the world, where those who live on the fringes of society gather to talk, to each other and to themselves, about life-changing events, missed opportunities, memory, loss, and regret. Five "street people" recount the memories and experiences of one of their group, a man who has lost his legs in some unnamed war. As part of the experience of losing his legs, he began a conversation with God, under the influence of the morphine he was given to ease his pain. Now he wishes that the conversation, which was interrupted when the morphine wore off, could be continued so that he could get the "secret word" that would stop all wars and suffering. Personnel: Robert Ashley, Sam Ashley, Thomas Buckner, Jacqueline Humbert, Joan La Barbara - Voices; "Blue" Gene Tyranny - synthesizer; Tom Hamilton - live mixing and sound processing; electronic orchestration by Robert Ashley, Tom Hamilton and "Blue" Gene Tyranny; sound effects for "Friends" composed by Tom Hamilton. Double CD comes in a jewel box and includes the 160-page libretto in a slipcase.
MIASMAH (UK)
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CAT #: MIA 020RE-LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
KRENG Works for Abattoir Ferme 2007-2011 4LP
Ten-year anniversary edition of Kreng's massive Works for Abattoir Fe?rme 2007-2011 four LPs worth of slow, skin-crawling cinematic ambience made for the Belgian theater group Abattoir Ferme?. It could hardly be a better time to again dive deep into Kreng and Abattoir Ferme?'s disturbingly beautiful underground worlds. Through eighth full-length vinyl sides you are transported through the most terrifying, shadow-filled, downright bizarre moments of the subconscious. What could be the sound of your darkest dreams or most surreal fantasies gradually unfolds throughout the three-and-a-half-hour duration. Exactly this is what Abattoir Ferme? specializes in, and Pepijn Caudron's scores perfectly reflect and accompanies both this theatricality as well as your own fears and desires in a masterful way. Each extended side is crafted from an arsenal of samples, disintegrating vinyl and corroded tape, and Pepijn Caudron manipulates these sounds in a way that belies the sources. Rather than allow the sounds to emerge, they stay trapped beneath swathes of noise, tape delay, and oppressive bass giving you a composition that emerges like a cross between William Basinski, Jerry Goldsmith (circa Alien), and Henryk Go?recki. Works for Abattoir Ferme? is not for the faint of heart, but for the rest, it might be just what the doctor ordered... 2022 repress; four LPs with original artwork inside 350g slipcase with silver tone print; includes download code; edition of 300.
MILLE PLATEAUX (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MP 041LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
LEAF LIBRARY + TERUYUKI KURIHARA, THE Melody Tomb LP
Melody Tomb is the first album in a new collaboration between Tokyo artist Teruyuki Kurihara and London drone pop band The Leaf Library. The nine tracks here have in common a metallic hum and a minimal, austere kind of beauty that recalls Teru's work on his 2020 Frozen Dust album (MP 004LP). Machine tones mix with static, noise, and warm drones, whilst in other places the lineage of classic mangled Warp hardware is visible. In March 2020, The Leaf Library sent their friend Teru a batch of synth drones to play with in the hope a new collaboration would be born. "From the first time we heard Teru's music we knew we wanted to make something with him," say the band. "It has been such a pleasure seeing him take our minimal synth parts and turn them into something really strange and beautiful." The track "Kite Beach" was the first to arrive, featuring on The Leaf Library-curated Object Ten compilation on Objects Forever in 2021, with the rest of the album slowly appearing over the last year. The artists hope to continue the collaboration with another album in the near future. For fans of: Autechre, Biosphere, Ben Frost.
MONO-TONE RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: MT 056LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DUM DUM BOYS Up & Down With The Dum Dum Boys LP
The best Dum Dum Boys album yet?! Yes! All their different styles on one record, from fuzzy and thrashy songs to heart-breaking ballads, from noisy to electronic, from exciting rock n' roll to hypnotic pop, from ultra-short and fast tracks to long and moody ones. An "Up Side" with fast, short, and noisy songs, full of fuzzes and screams and electrifying rhythms. And a "Down Side" with mid-tempo, moody, dark songs, dirty synthesizers, rhythm machine, and languid guitars. (But both sides are equally ultra-intense, edgy, noisy and primitive sounding.) Recorded in an abandoned slaughterhouse(!), mixed in a hot and damp basement, in a raw and primitive way with everything put in the red, like a mockery to modern technology. It's not just a return to the garage, it's back to the cave! And if it wasn't such an old worn-down cliché, there should have been written "play it loud" in huge letters on the cover because that's the way you should listen to this record, the way to really go Up & Down With The Dum Dum Boys.
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CAT #: MT 058LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ARSENE OBSCENE & THE LOOZERS Don't Pay The Price! LP
Second killer album for this new band featuring previous members of legendary French garage and punk bands such as the Electric Mormons, Flaschen, Motarlozer, and Veines. Fast as the Ramones, raw as the early Saints, poppy as the Nerves, brief as The Briefs, and with that inimitable "French punk" touch. Fourteen songs, all except one under the two minutes tag, fourteen instant hits! Melodic and crude at the same time, ultra-energic and full of catchy hooks, Arsene Obscene's songs are the kind you sing under the shower and on the terraces.
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CAT #: MT 059LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
XYZ 5 Stars EP 12"
Third record for the transatlantic duo XYZ (Ian Svenonius from Escape-ism, Chain & the Gang, The Make-Up) and Memphis Electronic (from the Dum Dum Boys/NON!). Fuzz guitars! Drum machines! Analog synths! Groovy glam! Sexy soul! Dancefloor rockers! Five hit singles of electronic glam rock/space soul on one 12".
MUNSTER RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: MR 7353EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BUDDHAS, THE Lost Innocence/My Dream 7"
One single was all it took for the Buddhas to attain garage-psych nirvana. "Lost Innocence" and "My Dream" were produced by Gary S Paxton and released on the Shel-Dee label in September 1967. The Buddhas were from Bakersfield, a hundred miles north of Los Angeles in California's San Joaquin Valley. They were active in 1966-67, playing many events sponsored by the dominant "boss" radio station in the area, KAFY, including opening for big name acts at the Bakersfield Civic Auditorium such as the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, Jefferson Airplane, and Sonny & Cher. A KAFY show at the Civic on June 2, 1967 was promoted with the slogan Flower Power is Coming, and saw the Buddhas playing alongside the Avengers (of "Be A Caveman" fame), the Words, the Donnybrooks, the Reptyles, and the Black Glass to raise money for the March of Dimes. While some of that Flower Power pollen had evidently permeated the Buddhas' sound, they remained essentially a hard-driving, dance-inducing rock n' roll band, short-haired and smartly-dressed in matching double-breasted suits. The members were Dennis Roark, Dane Nelson, Rick Starr, Larry Meadors (or Meadrows, according to the band's business card), Gary Lettiere and Larry Kirby. The single was recorded at Paxton's studio in the Bakersfield suburb of Oildale, and mixed in Hollywood, where the producer made good use of Capitol's fabled echo chambers. "Lost Innocence" has a tight, compact arrangement, its thumping rhythm track supported by handclaps along with some heavily-reverbed backing vocals. The stinging, reverb-cloaked guitar break hits a sonic sweet spot somewhere between Drake Levin and Jorma Kaukonen. The flowery poetry of the lyrics relates a cautionary tale of teenage lust and its consequences. The outcome of this "story of short-lived glory" appears to be a shotgun wedding: "Cause her daddy and the sheriff did both agree 'twas I for the blame." On the flipside, the eerie, languorous "My Dream" boasts a clear, melodic lead vocal, reverb-swathed backups and plenty of tingling fuzz guitar floating through the veils of mist. The Buddhas disappeared into the mist soon afterwards, and their single slipped into obscurity, until Greg Shaw exhumed "Lost Innocence" for inclusion on Volume 2 of Pebbles, disclosing its immense wonders to a new generation of sixties rock n' roll enthusiasts. Now both sides can be enjoyed on seven-inch vinyl for the first time this century.
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CAT #: MR 7354EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HAMILTON STREETCAR Invisible People EP 7"
Regulars on the '60s Sunset Strip scene, Hamilton Streetcar played with The Doors, Buffalo Springfield, and Love. At the height of their popularity, seemingly on the cusp of stardom, the group also shared the stage with acts like Jefferson Airplane, Captain Beefheart, The Kitchen Cinq, The Sunshine Company, Strawberry Alarm Clock, and Steppenwolf. They released two singles in 1967 and 1968 on Lee Hazlewood's LHI Records that have become highly sought-after among garage and psych aficionados. Fuzzy psych rock and trippy, layered grooves combined to form Hamilton Streetcar's signature sound, a vibe that Hazlewood masterfully produced on their first single Invisible People/Flash. The tracks were recorded at United Recorders in Hollywood where Lee cut songs like "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and "Some Velvet Morning" with Nancy Sinatra. Hazlewood's psychedelic production is filled with backwards guitars, haunting reverb and a trippy dose of echo, complementing the buzzing organ, fuzz guitar and lysergic pulse of the band. Following the recording of their first single in June of 1967, guitarist Tom Fannon was replaced by Michael Georgiades, who would play on their second and final LHI single, Your Own Comedown/Confusion, which was recorded in December of 1967. After the two singles were released, the band and LHI parted ways in 1968.
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CAT #: MRB 350LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ESKORBUTO Los Demenciales Chicos Acelerados (Black Vinyl) 2LP
Los Demenciales Chicos Acelerados is Eskorbuto's fourth studio album, originally released by Discos Suicidas in 1987. It was their most ambitious project, a double LP rock opera in the vein of Quadrophenia by their beloved The Who. It tells the story of an unscrupulous young man who wishes to achieve power at all costs, stepping over everyone and everything in order to do whatever he wants politically. In the end, he falls due to his ego and is betrayed by those around him. Hence lines such as "crowds are a nuisance", "I'll come unscathed out of the attacks planned by my image consultant", or "shouting in front of the scum". In 1988 band members Iosu and Juanma narrated the album's concept and story on a Radio Euskadi show, the Basque Country's public broadcaster. This satirical political plot also explains the controversial Nazi pictures on the front and back covers. Eskorbuto were equalling the unprincipled politician of their rock opera with the Nazis and Franco's dictatorship. It's a conceptual record that attacks any kind of dictatorial political regime. Although Los Demenciales... came out on Discos Suicidas, in typical Eskorbuto fashion the band stole a copy of the master and sold it to the Twins label, which also released it a few months later with a different cover. The original sleeve caused some trouble, to say the least, with its combination of Nazi photos and the Spanish flag on the back accompanied by the words "Of national interest". The album contains new versions of a few previous tracks such as "Ratas Rabiosas" and "Enterrado Vivo" plus the studio version of "Más Allá Del Cementerio". For the recording the band enrolled keyboardist Aitor Amezaga, who would also collaborate on their next album. This is the first facsimile vinyl reissue of one of the most piercing albums in Spain's rock history, by a band whose significance has crossed all kinds of borders. Gatefold sleeve.
MUTTER-EY-PRESS(E) (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MEP 002LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
NAUJOKS, CHRISTIAN Soft Mouth Data Service LP
Christian Naujoks's work has been heard and seen in a wide range of contexts, from nightclubs to concert halls, art venues, and the theater. He released three solo albums on Berlin-based label Dial Records. After his critically-acclaimed album Wave (DIAL 036CD/LP, 2016), which has been praised as a contemporary masterpiece of ambient romance, followed by numerous collaborative projects with performance artist Ei Arakawa, filmmaker Loretta Fahrenholz, and composer Ari Benjamin Meyers, among others, Christian Naujoks is back with a new record produced during his exhibition Soft Mouth Data Service at Galerie Max Mayer in Düsseldorf. Recorded live on site the eleven tracks featured on this album range from electronic ambient music, microtonal guitar excursions and abstract beats to a unique cover version of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" --all characterized by Naujoks's evocative, humorously wistful approach to music-making and his self-aware yet unabashed search for fragile, intimate beauty. Showing once more that he can feign both naivete and virtuosity, camouflaging one as the other as he effortlessly dresses up art as pop and vice versa. Naujoks engages in a referential world-building that stays geared toward the here and now. In "Aberrant Joan" he combines glitched string orchestration with melodic synth-flutes that call to mind the online activism of K-pop stans. The bass line of the song diptych "No Rave" and "Ambient Rave" takes the music to a deeper dimension, echoing early '90s rave which is contrasted by Naujoks's crystal clear voice. The album closes with "Tearz", a duet for piano and drum sampler, which captures both the emotional gravity and the surprising lightness of the entire album in one track. Lacquer cut by Mike Grinser; includes inlay with liner notes by Colin Lang. Transparent vinyl; edition of 300.
NEW WORLD RECORDS
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CAT #: NW 80832CD
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
SINGLETON, ALVIN Four String Quartets CD
"Alvin Singleton's (b. 1940) approach to music-making has all along been involved in an interplay with listeners and their psychology. While this does not mean he has been centered on simply pleasing his audiences, his work seems to constantly draw his audience into confronting challenges of listening, and they tend to end up pleased. Therefore, with so many of his pieces, they might be extremely complex and masterfully crafted, but seldom do you feel he presents the listener with something they cannot understand on at least a basic level. When asked recently about why ordinary listeners seem to 'get' his music, he answered: 'Perhaps because it's structurally filled with surprises, a lot of silences, and spaces in my compositions...' Contrasts both big and small, long and short, vigorous and subdued, loud and quiet, are important to his music. Maybe a passage is presented that happens loudly over and over again followed by sudden silence. Suddenly the listener notices how loud that silence seems. In a way, it is the relationship with the listener that he regards as making serious music a serious matter. And his pieces are more than what is normally thought of as just pieces of music. One finds them that, yes, but as much as anything, they are experiences -- almost 'theatrical' experiences you can hear. Singleton's string quartets span the arc of his career -- the first (untitled) written in 1967, the fourth in 2019 -- and trace his stylistic evolution as a composer. Suggestively and somewhat enigmatically titled -- No. 2 (1988) is Secret Desire to Be Black; No. 3 (1994) is Somehow We Can; No. 4 is Hallelujah Anyhow -- they serve as an excellent introduction to his work and constitute a substantial contribution to the string quartet repertoire by one of this country's most distinguished African-American composers. Three of the four quartets are world-premiere recordings."
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CAT #: NW 80837CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ROMIG, JAMES The Complexity of Distance CD
"At the onset, we hear a single, heavily distorted power chord. The chord fades, and then we hear three more iterations of the chord in regular, pulsed attacks. To some, especially fans of metal and its many subgenres, this sound is welcoming and familiar. To others, this sound is surprising, perhaps arresting -- an unexpected opening from a composer known for music of quiet, prolonged stillness. This chord and its four attacks signal the opening of The Complexity of Distance, a 58-minute collaboration between composer James Romig (b. 1971, 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist) and guitarist Mike Scheidt (founder/guitarist/vocalist of the doom metal band YOB). For Romig, the chord came to symbolize his 'self' and his ' place' in the process; as the composition of the piece evolved and developed, it became the chord to which he could relate. For Scheidt, the chord takes on several meanings: the physical (a moment of rest); the spiritual (like the OM syllable in a Buddhist mantra); the psychological (its cyclic recurrence becoming hypnotic); a defiant 'assertion of intention.' These four attacks also set the piece's formal and harmonic structure into motion. The Complexity of Distance is completely built upon a 13:14:15 ratio, which Romig describes in the program notes: 'The work's formal structure comprises three simultaneously unfolding strands of evenly spaced rhythmic pulses, each articulating a unique pair of foundational chords that mutate and combine only when heard coincidentally with, or in close proximity to, others. The first rhythmic strand alternates, at a time-interval of 13 beats, between chords with roots written E and G (sounding A and C in A-standard tuning). The second strand alternates every 14 beats between chords with roots written C and D (F/G). The third strand alternates every 15 beats between chords of B and A (E/D). Beginning and ending with a unison pulse in all three strands, the 13:14:15 ratio takes 2,730 beats to resolve. At a metronome tempo of 48, the cyclic process lasts nearly an hour.' Similar to how a percussionist will choose specific instruments and mallets in order to achieve the particular timbral quality of a particular piece, Scheidt took great care and precision in choosing the materials to express Romig's score. In collaboration with engineer Billy Barnett of Gung Ho Studio and the Hult Performing Arts Center in Eugene, Oregon, Scheidt assembled a wide-ranging arsenal of equipment to craft the sound of this recording."
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CAT #: NW 80838CD
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
DE PRATO, OLIVIA I, A.M. - Artist Mother Project CD
"The inspiration and theme for these six new compositions is 'Artistry and Motherhood.' The perennial question of whether a woman can be both an artist and a mother has been on my mind for a few years, having started a family myself in 2016. Important as it is, this topic is not often discussed in modern society, especially not in the frenetic environment of New York City. How did this life-changing experience influence our artistic vision and creativity? How do we fit into a society that still believes women must choose between family and art? The women collaborating with me on this project have committed to be dedicated mothers while still pursuing their goals and dreams in music and art. The music stands alone on its own merits but invites listeners to examine the practical realities and societal position of the artist-mother. This project highlights the rich and diverse talent of each artist while giving us a platform to discuss how the challenges and benefits of motherhood shape our artistic endeavors." --Olivia De Prato
NOLAND (GERMANY)
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CAT #: NOLAND 009LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SCHULKOWSKY & GEBRUDER TEICHMANN, ROBYN Time Bends 2x12"
Turn up the volume and look how time bends before your eyes because that is what Robyn Schulkowsky and Andi and Hannes Teichmann do with their music. They bend time. They make a ring out of it or some sort of ellipse, and then they pull it straight again, they transform it into a rope, and then, of course, they balance on it, forwards, backwards, half speed, double speed, 33 rounds per minute, or was it 45? Just try both. World percussion meets techno and Berlin club culture, one might be tempted to say. One would be wrong to do so. This is not just crossover, this is just not an "encounter" between different generations, different experiences, different cultures, traditions and attitudes and form associations of expressions, or, to put it in a more simple way, an "encounter" between drums and gongs and bells and stones and on the other side hardware-electronic and sequencing, delay and reverb. This is far more complex. No need to put a label on it." --Roland Schimmelpfennig (excerpt).
OBSCURA (ITALY)
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CAT #: OBSM 009EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
FEDELE The Awake, Pt. 1 12"
Obscura label head Fedele makes his long-awaited return to the imprint for new EP The Awake, Pt. 1, backed by remixes from Extrawelt and Midnight Operator aka Mathew Jonson and Nathan Jonson. Fedele's penchant for synthesizer techniques and drum machines has caught the ear of global tastemakers, with projects released on the likes of Turbo, Afterlife, and Ellum receiving support from the likes of Maceo Plex, Tiga, Tale of Us, Dixon, John Digweed, Miss Kittin, and DJ Stingray. With sights set towards summer peak, the Italian returns to his Obscura Music imprint with his latest work, The Awake, Pt. 1. "Riot Dance" leads the line with crisp kicks on a heady rise to set the groove before an analog-tinged synth line claims the hook. Acidic tones and ethereal stabs offer a generous dose of psychedelia, while the gritty groove ensures the cut's ability to ignite dance floors. "Modular Madness" harnesses ominous flavors and a driving bassline that ebbs and flows to keep minds melting. The melodies open into swirling synthetics, with revolving reverberations and rich soundscapes capturing the ear from start to finish. Storied German duo Extrawelt arrive on remix duty, taking the reins on "Riot Dance" to twist a low- slung groover. They bring the bassline into the foreground, keeping a delightful vibe alive and welcoming a touch of light to the dark underbelly of the original, before diving back into the deep as the track unfolds. Obscura regular Mathew Jonson connects with a producer he knows well -- his brother Nathan. Together, they remix "Modular Madness" under their alias Midnight Operator. Picking up the pace, they maintain the acid-laced grit from the original arrangement, while adding serene melodies to the high-end. A balanced rework from two seasoned veterans.
ODD FUNK RECORDS (FINLAND)
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CAT #: ODDFUNK 012LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
VA Odd Jazz Vol 2 LP
The second volume of the well-received collection of analogically recorded sessions held at the Odd Funk Studio in the tradition of spiritual jazz, post-bop, and free improvisation. Recorded, mixed, and produced at Odd Funk Studio by TT and JS. Distributed by RR Gems Records. Features Oaagaada, Kemppainen Tammi Tolvi, Tauna Niingungo with Tatasomba, Mush Tone Ensemble, Sarkkola & Tammi, Fågelbörs, Joronen & Sarkkola, Sarkkola & Tammi, Jooklo Sextet, and Pascal & Baya Rays.
ONLY ROOTS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: DOLP 001LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
PABLO AND ROCKERS ALL STARS, AUGUSTUS Lightning And Thunder: Previously Unreleased Recordings and Dubplates LP
"Previously unreleased recordings and dubplate from the '70s."
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CAT #: ORLP 020LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
ISAACS, GREGORY The Best Of Gregory Isaacs Vol. 1 LP
2022 repress. All songs copyright by Hazel Music 1977. Recorded at Channel One Studio. Includes tracks "Special Guest", "Cool You", "No Speech", more.
OTHER PEOPLE
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CAT #: OP 068LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SAINT ABDULLAH & EOMAC Patience of a Traitor LP
Tehran-born, NY based brothers Mohammad and Mehdi collaborate with Ian McDonnell, aka Eomac on a new record entitled Patience of a Traitor. Inspired by the traditional bath houses in their native Tehran, the brothers say: "This record speaks to preserving the things that are timeless, through revisiting the past. The traditional Persian bath house -- its architecture, the role it played in keeping, building community, the bathing rituals -- served as our ultimate symbol. Now we drink from one cup, and fill the jar with the other." Saint Abdullah is the moniker of Mohammad and Mehdi, New York based Iranian-Canadian brothers working across sound. Inspired by Iran's religious, political and cultural history, the project was formed out of "a deep frustration with the way the West perceives -- and treats -- Muslims and the Islamic faith." They aim to "challenge stereotypes and act as a conduit between unnecessary enemies." They have released on labels such as Purple Tape Pedigree, Cassauna, Psychic Liberation, Important Records, and Room40. Ian McDonnell, aka Eomac, is a composer, producer, DJ and label owner. He has released genre-spanning music via The Trilogy Tapes, Stroboscopic Artefacts, Bedouin Records, Killekill, his own Eotrax imprint and the iconic label Planet Mu with his 2021 album, Cracks. His music draws from obscure samples and raw sound design in an ongoing search for musical and collective unity through intense, visceral music for body and soul.
OTOROKU (UK)
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CAT #: ROKU 026LP
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XT Deorlaf X LP
New music from XT (saxophone player Seymour Wright and percussionist Paul Abbott) in the form of an exhilarating, super compressed, reflective re-assembling of a dozen years working together. Re-animating free improvisation with a Chicago house palette, Deorlaf X is made up of frenetic slabs of mutated multiphonics and triggered percussion, suspended in bouts of possessed reflexive quiet. Where the duo's 2019 release Palina'tufa (EE 004LP) on Empty Editions focused primarily on a response to the real (and imagined) landscapes of Hong Kong, Deorlaf X is located in Dalston, and specifically at OTO. Wrung through Shuan Crook's studio over three nights, the recordings dug from XT's archive aren't simply "duo" -- instead they actively draw on their public and social contexts, involving the influence of audience, engineers and other visiting musicians -- Ghédalia Tazartès, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Senyawa, RP Boo, and others. "A changing cast of OTO guests, audience and emotions hosted each time in a new London. XT structures sound an ongoing attempt to listen and learn about the rich and transformative affordances of the situations we occupy." The resulting record puts a pin through a dialogue between Abbott and Wright, between histories, potentials, fact, fiction, ideas, friends, audiences, and spaces. The heavy use of referencing recalls the footwork or house traditions of sampling across all manner of influences; what's recalled is primarily the structures of jazz -- Ornette Coleman, Charlie Parker, Anthony Braxton -- but also Ann Quin, Clarice Lispector, Anna Halprin. What's created in recall is a kind of diary, a hyper remembering -- a blisteringly warped kind of future music. Recorded by James Dunn, Shaun Crook and Paul Skinner. Assembled, mixed and re-recorded January 19, 20, and 21, 2020 by XT at Lockdown Studio, Cable Street. Engineer Shaun Crook. Sounds/design by XT. Cover painting Leon Kossoff, Dalston Junction No.3, June 1973 oil on board, 20.5 x 25 cm.
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CAT #: ROKU 027LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
LEE/JEROME NOETINGER/NADIA RATSIMANDRESY, OKKYUNG Two Duos LP
Two Duos is pressed from cellist Okkyung Lee's most recent OTO Residency; the first side a duo with Jérôme Noetinger on Revox B77 and the second with Nadia Ratsimandresy on Ondes Martenot. Cut together, the two meetings seem to raise three cellos in the search for expressive voice: the cello, it's magnetic reproduction, and the dual controls of the machine invented to expand on its musical qualities. On the A side Noetinger's opening tape hiss establishes a current; an electrical partner who gives Lee room to slide across and stretch out. Progressively the cello is returned, duplicated and manipulated with increased velocity and distortion. Noetinger draws out the full extent of Lee's extended technique; rewinding strands of Lee's horse hair and transmuting her percussive attacks into shuddering echoes, before letting his own concrete interjections spin the duo's sonic tussle into an almost romantic daydream. On side B the ondes (invented by French cellist and wartime radio operator Maurice Eugene Louis Martenot and so loved by Bernard Parmegiani, Varese, and Messiaen) seems shaken from classical tradition and those long, drawn out horrorscapes it has come to be associated with. In a duel with Lee, Ratsimandresy grasps the ondes's extraordinary capacity for dexterity, nuance, and speed, hounding Lee's cello in a bid to drive her instrument out of the past and into the future. Two fantastic pairings and a testament to the freshness with which Lee and her collaborators continue to work with their instruments. Personnel: Okkyung Lee - cello; Jérôme Noetinger - Revox B77; Nadia Ratsimandresy - Ondes Martenot. Recorded live at Cafe OTO. Mixed and mastered by Lasse Marhaug. Design by Maja Larrson.
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CAT #: ROKU 029LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
JIHA AND ROY CLAIRE POTTER, PARK To Call Out Into The Night LP
LP version. Full recording of one of the most engaging and beguiling Late Junction live sessions -- the one-off first meeting between Korean multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha and writer and performer Roy Claire Potter. It's an unlikely pairing which works from the first breath. Park Jiha plays the saenghwang, a Korean mouth organ which she blows in long multiphonics to set pace for Potter's words. They unfurl a scene slowly in front of you, rich and focused, shifting your field of vision and drawing you in, elsewhere. It's impossible not to follow, not to look for where they point. When the piri sounds for a flooded town on the B side, the water flows between your own feet; Potter's words a sometimes frightening hörspiel in scouse. Though the details are fine, the space each artist gives one another and their instruments, their language, is given to the listener in turn. A careful melody picks out a route for words with no fixed meaning, a body with no fixed direction, and you are invited to listen and see a kind of music made visible in its inference.Influenced by linguistics and performance theory, Roy Claire Potter makes performance, text, drawing, installation and film, and often collaborates with musicians and sound artists to make audio for music festivals and radio. Across the wide range of their practice, Roy tells stories built from fragmented, intense images that depict moving bodies or domestic scenes and architectural settings. Roy's interest in subtext and narrative sequencing is felt in the way they use fast-paced talking or reading speeds, and restricted or partial views of space. Complicated social or group dynamics, and the aftermath of violent events are common themes in Roy's work and are usually treated with a dark, sometimes willful humor.Park Jiha creates exploratory music rooted in traditional Korean instrumental performance. To this session she brings three instruments: a Korean hammered dulcimer called a yanggeum, a saenghwang which is an instrument made of 24 slender bamboo pipes attached to a bowl and played like a harmonica and a double-reed bamboo flute called a piri, which sounds similar to an oboe.Recorded and mixed on January 30, 2020 by Rob Winter, Pete Smith and Andy Rushton at Maida Vale Studios, London.
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CAT #: ROKU 030LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
STEIGER, BILLY Loud Object LP
Loud Object is the first solo LP from artist Billy Steiger. Both a visual artist and a musician, Steiger's debut plays as a two-sided experiment in markmarking and sound, as a kind of writing by ear -- metallic, brushed, wooden -- lines imprinted and pressed circular. The record takes its name from the discarded title of the several-hundred-page draft of Clarice Lispector's eventual 96-page novel Água Viva (1973). Devoid of characters or plot, Água Viva appears always in suspension between the interior and exterior and impression and expression. Weird and formless (like the jellyfish "agua viva" translates to in Portuguese) Lispector's text deals less in the cerebral or the knowable realms of words, but more in the unknowable moment of experience. Its joy is found in its looseness, its meaning found in its lack of definition. Loud Object began as six sides of violin improvisations, four of them abandoned and the last of them added to or processed usings samplers in moments Steiger calls "wells" -- gaps or dips in the recording which could be filled or poured into. The process of filling up and taking away, of repeating and multiplying, of building tension between the finite and the lost -- all wrestle with actualization. Which line will be drawn? In the liner notes for the LP, Evie Scarlett Ward writes, "The record holds loss." Though the lines are fixed, its contents are fluid - forty minutes filled in and manipulated, before time moves on. Steiger's relentless rearranging of convention means no two of his live shows are the same, and his decade-plus involvement in London's free improvisation scene constantly surprises. Loud Object is no exception. Recorded on February 12-14 2021 by Daniel Blumberg. Produced by Billy Steiger. Mixed by Billy Steiger and Shaun Crook. Mastered by Guiseppe Ielesi. Artwork by Billy Steiger. Layout by Oli Barrett. Liner notes by Evie Scarlett Ward.
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CAT #: ROKU 031LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
MORDECAI, ECKA Promise & Illusion LP
Promise & Illusion is the first LP from Ecka Mordecai, following the release of her solo Critique + Prosper on Takuroku in 2020. Cello, violin, voice, horsehair harp, and field recordings combine to spin narrative melodies, rich intimacy, and melancholic landscapes. Promise & Illusion begins with the door to Mordecai's recording space opening and closing repeatedly, unsure whether to let performer or listener in. "woe are we" is sharp, uncomfortable but unafraid, as violin and voice twist together with a sort of tension and high drama that is reminiscent of The Executioner, Henning Christiansen's soundtracks made for the films of his partner Ursula Reuter Christiansen in the 1970s. Then things begin to soften, almost despite themselves. Distortion on "a unit has no unity" can't quite smother a rising tune on warped harp. The cello on "indigos" -- its voice pizzicato with a velvety sustain -- brings comfort and clarity. Mordecai hums a line, feeling out the edges of a song in an intimate release of tension. Mordecai's inclination towards a romantic, nocturnal gloom feels somewhat out of place in London's improvised experimental music. Trained in renaissance viola da gamba in Stafford as part of a youth group, Mordecai went on to study performance art in Brighton. Quickly distracted by the offerings of the sound art course instead, she dialed into the work of improvisers David Toop, Rie Nakajima, and Clive Bell, performing in art galleries and re-purposed off-site locations. A move north put her in touch with Miles Whittaker of Demdike Stare, and Andrew Chalk, and Tom James Scott, with whom she has collaborated as part of CIRCÆA. Slowly her work has taken shape amongst this myriad of influences. A recent recording with Valerio Tricoli made at a similar time to Promise & Illusion found its final form as a cassette -- a collage of sustained tones, ominous atmospheres and brief fourth wall dissolving vocal interactions. With CIRCÆA and Tricoli, Mordecai's previous work has dealt with landscapes, playing with the imaginary over the real, though improvisation is a useful way to dream. Solo on Promise & Illusion, she studies small details instead, the thoughts given space in the imaginary, both comforting and strange.
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CAT #: ROKU 032LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
NICOLS, MAGGIE Are You Ready? LP
LP version. First physical solo release from legendary vocal improvisor, dancer, and performer Maggie Nicols, and the follow-up to her brilliant Creative Contradiction (Takuroku, 2020). While she might be best known as an improviser (Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Feminist Improvising Group, Les Diaboliques), Maggie Nicols's talents stretch into song, dance, poetry, performance, and composition. When Cafe OTO was shut over lockdown, they invited her to follow-up the brilliant solo Creative Contradiction. "Songs" -- seemingly contradictory to the practices of free improvisation -- have been a vital part in Nicols's relationship to music. It was singing bebop with pianist Dennis Rose which nurtured and challenged Nicols, allowing her to develop her own skills and sound amongst a repertoire of standards swung in clubs and pubs. Singing alongside Julie Tippetts in Centipede showed her how heady experimentation could be woven into composition, and a more recent recording with pianist Steve Lodder is simply titled The Maggie Nicols Songbook. Are You Ready? recalls Nicols's own compositions from memory, working out tunes and turning them over. New routes down old paths form in moments of improvisation and all wrong turns are played out with joyous discovery. What John Stevens dubbed Maggie's "ability to find the 'rhythmelodic'" meets a willingness to be understood and to understand. Solo at the piano, Nicols is still firmly rooted in the collective however -- "Are You Ready / Sans Papiers" sets the words of poet Vicky Scrivener to tune; a tale of migration and struggle which is as important to Nicols as the songs her mother wrote. "Whatever Arises" - a companion disk to the 'Songs', is a meditation of sorts, a process of 'following the energy' which has its roots in John Stevens' work. "Improvisation gives the confidence to compose," Nicols told us in an interview about some of her archival tapes, and here the two are as important as each other. Beginning with breath and repetition, "Whatever Arises" allows Nicols to find new voices, accompanied by the piano and over dubbings of her tap shoes on the concrete floor. Brilliantly she is able to share her moments of discovery with the listener, finding comfort in vulnerability. Whilst rooted in Stevens' work, Nicols' improvisational techniques is also reminiscent of Pauline Oliveros's Sonic Meditations. Recorded at Cafe OTO July 15-17 2021 by Shaun Crook. Mixed by Shaun Crook. Mastered by Sean McCann. Artwork by Annalisa Colombara. Lettering by Rosella Garavaglia. Layout by Maja Larrson.
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CAT #: ROKURE 005LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
BLUE NOTES Blue Notes For Mongezi 2LP
OTOROKU present the first vinyl reissue of Blue Notes for Mongezi, one of the most passionate celebrations of a life in music ever laid to tape. Recorded in late 1975 by Blue Notes, then reduced to a quartet -- Dudu Pukwana on alto sax, whistle, percussion, and vocals, Johnny Dyani on bass, bells, and vocals, Louis Moholo-Moholo on drums, percussion, and vocals, and Chris McGregor on piano and percussion -- and issued the following year by Ogun, the album is a kairos; the first commercial release by one of free jazz's seminal ensembles, captured them 13 years after their founding -- at the height of their powers -- delivering an explosive dirge dedicated to Mongezi Feza, their former bandmate and friend. Blue Notes were founded in Cape Town in 1962 and stand among the most important ensembles in the history of jazz. Artistically brilliant and groundbreaking, they were also the first widely visible multiracial band in South Africa. As a mixed-race band under South African apartheid; this group of friends and like-minded artists -- Chris McGregor, Mongezi Feza, Dudu Pukwana, Nikele Moyake, Johnny Dyani, and Louis Moholo-Moholo -- existed within a context that viewed their mere existence as a dangerous and subversive act. In 1964, as the pressure mounted, they joined an exodus of musicians leaving for Europe, eventually settling in London during the following year. Not long after arriving, and facing continued economic peril, the group buckled. Johnny Dyani left to join Don Cherry's band. Moholo-Moholo and Dyani followed suit and joined Steve Lacy on tour, and the remaining members morphed into a number of ensembles that eventually grew to become Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath. In late 1975, Mongezi Feza suddenly passed away at the age of thirty from pneumonia. Nine days later, on the December 23rd, following the memorial service to their friend, Pukwana, Dyani, McGregor, and Moholo-Moholo gathered in a rehearsal room in London and set out to play. The resulting double-LP coalesced into four long-form movements that occupy a side each, collectively unleashing an onslaught of free jazz fire, fluidly covering a remarkable range of moods and tactical approaches across its length. A frenzied funeral dirge, a cry, and catharsis, the record rises and falls between playful and joyous movements of deconstructed song, rhythmic and vocal tribalism, and churning, instrumental free expression. A decidedly African vision of free jazz, coalescing as a collective expression of celebration and loss on a cold London day. Transferred from the original masters and featuring an exact reproduction of the original artwork. Remastered by Giuseppe Ilelasi.
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CAT #: ROKURE 006LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
BLUE NOTES Blue Notes for Johnny LP
OTOROKU present the first vinyl reissue of Blue Notes for Johnny, a defining statement by one of the greatest ensembles in the history of jazz. Recorded in mid-1987 by Blue Notes -- then reduced to the trio of Dudu Pukwana on alto sax, Louis Moholo-Moholo on drums, and Chris McGregor on piano -- it encounters the band 25 years after their founding embarking on an inward meditation through collective music making dedicated to Johnny Dyani, their former bandmate and friend. Blue Notes were founded in Cape Town in 1962, and stand among the most important ensembles in the history of jazz. Artistically brilliant and groundbreaking, they were also the first widely visible multiracial band in South Africa. As a mixed-race band under apartheid, this group of friends and like-minded artists -- Chris McGregor, Mongezi Feza, Dudu Pukwana, Nikele Moyake, Johnny Dyani, and Louis Moholo-Moholo -- existed within a context that viewed their mere existence as a dangerous and subversive act. Following the untimely passing of Johnny Dyani in late 1986, the last three members of the original line-up -- McGregor, Pukwana and Moholo-Moholo -- reformed to pay tribute to yet another of their fallen brothers. Blue Notes for Johnny, the group's second musical memorial to a band member, incorporates a considerably broader range of touchstone and practices than its predecessor, nodding toward the band's foundations in be-bop and post-bop without abandoning where they had journeyed along the way. Internalizing equal elements of hard-bop, modalism, and free improvisation, it is a startling creative statement, imbued with a tension that renders an equally radical and sophisticated challenge; a furious tide -- slow in pace and it slow to reveal itself -- masquerading in gentler forms. Both Dudu Pukwana and Chris McGregor would pass away three years later in 1990, leaving Moholo-Moholo -- who continues to carve a groundbreaking trajectory across the world of jazz -- as the last surviving member. Transferred from the original masters and featuring an exact reproduction of the original artwork. Remastered by Giuseppe Ilelasi.
OUTERNATIONAL SOUNDS (UK)
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CAT #: OTR 018LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
MAKHALEMELE, MIKE Kabuzela LP
Reissue, originally released in 1979. The great South African tenorist Mike Makhamalele was a graduate of the key early-seventies group The Drive (alongside Bheki Mseleku and Kaya Mahlangu); and a mainstay of the scene centered on the Pelican nightclub in Soweto. From 1975, he began to record under his own name, developing a sophisticated fusion sound in a musical lane which few of his contemporaries were travelling. Always attuned to other global fashions in Black dance and pop music, under numerous studio aliases he cut 45rpm covers of Fela's "Shakara" and the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight"; and in 1979 he entered the Gallo studios with producer Peter Ceronio to respond to the ascendant sound of disco. Named after a township dance craze, Kabuzela was the result: four extended tracks of bouncing, upful disco jazz. Perfectly calibrated for dancing, heavy on the bass and drums, the album is set off by a gleaming centerpiece, "Disco Freaks" -- a joyous paean to the weekend and true lost gem of global disco, perfect for the most discerning dancefloors. Ultra-rare South African disco-jazz classic. Fully licensed. 180 gram, vinyl-only reissue.
OVUM
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CAT #: OVM 319EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
WINK, JOSH Balls Back (Feat. Marco Faraone Remix) 12"
Global techno titan Josh Wink returns to his own Ovum Recordings for big new single "Balls Back", which comes with a remix from Marco Faraone. Philly-born DJ, legendary producer, and the man behind many of techno's most iconic cuts, Josh Wink remains as prominent now as he did a quarter of a century ago. That is because of the constant sense of innovation in all he does, as well as his rare understanding of dance floor dynamics and mastery of his studio. Says Josh of his latest track, "Every time I play this people rush over asking 'what is this track that says 'get your balls back'?' Its reaction after playing has been amazing and reassuring that it hits hard, works on the floor, and sticks in people's heads." He's not wrong: the powerful "Balls Back" is a spatial, acid-tinged techno stormer that builds and builds until it ultimately explodes in signature Josh Wink fashion. The 303s are saturated in deep processing along with heavy 909 percussion and a "slap-you-in-your-face" vocal sample that will lead to dance floor devastation. The dub version is a raw, stripped-down and faster-paced bass jacker that turns up the heat, and a Balls Tool is also included for dexterous DJ deployment. Italian Marco Faraone is a fellow techno heavyweight and one of the scene's most versatile producers. He has brought his always impactful sounds to labels like Drumcode, Rekids, and Etruria Beat. His remix is typically robust: vast, rolling drums power it along while glitchy percussion peels off the groove and the percussion gets ever more wild and heavy. It's a real main room monster. This is no-nonsense techno that perfectly marries form and function into a dynamite package.
PERLON (GERMANY)
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CAT #: PERL 131EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
CARUAN Diaframma EP 12"
Perlon welcomes Gaetano Caruana.
PLEASURE FOR MUSIC (ITALY)
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CAT #: PFM 113LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WALKER, SCOTT The Moviegoer LP
2022 repress. Pleasure For Music reissues Scott Walker's The Moviegoer, originally released in 1972. Produced in summer 1972 and released in autumn of the same year by Phillips Records, this is one of the most obscure and controversial albums in Scott Walker's discography. The album was poorly received by critics and if we exclude a 1975 reissue on Contour Label, it has since been deleted till this very welcomed re-release. The Moviegoer is a declared journey through pop arrangements of iconic film music themes. The album includes mainstream oriented versions of classic themes like Nino Rota's love theme from the Godfather, Lalo Schifrin's theme from The Fox, Michel Legrand's theme from "Summer of 42", and Baez / Morricone's anthemic song from Sacco and Vanzetti.
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CAT #: PFM 114LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GENTRY, BOBBIE Fancy LP
2022 repress. Pleasure For Music present a reissue of Bobbie Gentry's Fancy, originally released in 1970. Fancy is American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry's sixth studio album. A dense and inspired selection of songs, mostly covers, as vivid portraits of different female characters in American culture. The album includes highly personal renditions of songs such as Bacharach's "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", Leon Russel's "Delta Man", James Taylor's "Something In The Way He Moves", and Laura Nyro's "Wedding Bell Blues". A major statement from a great artist and a true American classic.
POLIFONIC (ITALY)
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CAT #: PF 004EP
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VA Itria Vol. 2 12"
Polifonic Records is the melodic balance between antagonistic vibrations, spirits and energies that inhabit the land of Puglia since the dawn of time. A harmonic exploration into colorful, vibrant sunrise atmospheres and emotional, introspective sunset sensations. One Body. Many Souls. PF004 // The fourth vinyl of Polifonic Records label brings together artists from different cultures and ethnicities to create a seamless blend of sounds with diverse influences. Encompassing genres like house, Balearic beat, and acid, harmonized through ambient arrangements and four-to-the-floor rhythm patterns to chill and groove to, this record is a material embodiment of the multicultural and polyhedric approach that Polifonic adopts throughout the multiple extensions of our projects. The first track "Generations of Sunsets" by Lipelis joining with Andy Butler from Hercules & Love Affairs, vividly illustrates the extent of their sonic palette: a journey that runs through a Balearic groove -- also with the use of guitar -- and expands the mind to exotic places keeping the body moving with its acid touch. Italian '90s riviera house meets percussions and ethnic grooves in the born new track from the Milano duo Eternal Love. "Kuasi Riviera" reflects perfectly the nature of Polifonic between clubby atmospheres and connection with the wild world. Then comes the darker side with Yu Su, who switches it up with new diversions in tempo and rhythm throughout "Oil" with a blend of deep basslines and obscure soundscapes contributing to this journey through space and time. Benedek's "Desperado" doesn't shy away from deep diving right back to the '90s Italian house overlapping bold soundscapes through the lens of a contemporary producer. Distinctive, immersive, and dauntless.
PSICO BR DISCOS & POSTERS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: PSYCHED 076LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
ARAUJO & SILVINHA, EDUARDO Sou Filho Desse Chao LP
Reissue, originally released in 1976. Eduardo Araújo is a Brazilian singer owner of a bold but also incredible high note voice; and his duo singer Silvinha, owner of a great soulful voice, having both been very known to main public and successful in their careers across various music styles from the '60s, '70s, and '80s in Brazil. Araújo reached fame when still young in the early sixties with the massive hit "O Bom" in the Brazilian movement of "Jovem Guarda", along with his fellow companions Erasmo Carlos and Tim Maia, who were also young with success to come. Eduardo Araújo and Silvinha married in the late sixties and partnered in life and music, sometime having recorded both in solo and duo albums, always in the music spotlight for their talent and also surrounded by great musicians. After his successful debut, Eduardo Araújo introduced soul music in Brazil with the album A Onda é Boogaloo in 1968, produced by Tim Maia. In the 1972, Eduardo Araújo released the first Brazilian record recorded in 24 tracks, Kizumbau, which brought many innovations and is very known for his particular style of combining funk rock with Brazilian regional rhythms. In 1975, Eduardo Araújo made a conceptual album into the roots of rock and roll called Pelos Caminhos do Rock, which opened a door to reach more hard rock bands from the decade, influenced by Steppenwolf and Creedence Clearwater Revival. For 1976 album, Eduardo Araújo wanted to dive into Brazilian culture, so he travelled to Salvador, Bahia and was presented to capoeira and candomblé, two Brazilian cultures originated from the African Brazilian community since the colony period, to develop his new album Sou Filho Desse Chão, now in his brand new owned eight-channel studio facility. Eduardo Araujo brought a dream team of musicians, naming Dirceu, drummer from tropicalia and first drummer from the Os Mutantes album; Luciano Souza "Luguita", guitarist legend who mentored famous guitarists such as Pepeu Gomes from Novos Baianos and played with Arnaud Rodrigues and Som Nosso; Valdecir on bass, from Black Rio, the influential band leading movement of black music from Rio de Janeiro; and sanfonista Dominguinhos, the most famous disciple of Luiz Gonzaga. The album cover was also not conventional for the market by Eduardo's choice: he wanted to show the real picture of the hot, dry and arid Brazilian "sertão", dramatically portraited in the drawing with the brutal skeleton riding it's chivalry from fire. As Eduardo Araújo explained in 1976: "Our musical philosophy remains the same: mixing rock and northeastern music to make a universal sound."
PUBLIC POSSESSION (GERMANY)
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CAT #: PP 076EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
AKSEL & AINO Dreamweaver 12"
Aksel & Aino are back with their unmistakable mix off deep analog instrumentation and poetic vocals. Dreamy pop from Scandinavia that follows up their 2020 released album Lullabies For Submarines (PUBLIC 047LP). As always this caters to moments on and off the dancefloor.
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CAT #: PPDISC 005CD
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VA Chill Pill Volume IV CD
Chill Pill will help you get in line with nature, enhancing positive feelings through better awareness of one's surroundings. Listening to this music will improve your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. While consuming Chill Pill a healthy mix of relaxation and hedonism is recommended. Features DJ City, Movulango, Nalan, Walter p99 arkestra, Simone De Kunovich, Nice Girl, Eden Burns, Sofie & Speckman, DJ Chrysalis & Babyxxan, Salamanda, Bella Boo, DJ Gigola, Ciutat, La Copine De Flipper, Sh? Mò, Stiltz/Rowley, RIP Swirl, Kean Farrar, Aroma Pitch, and Popp.
QUINTESSENTIALS (UK)
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CAT #: QUINTESSE 084LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ANDY ASH All The Colours 2x12"
All The Colours was a concept that came about from Andy Ash bringing together his music and visual art in an attempt to try and identify the common ground between the two. In both mediums, Andy attempts to convey the full range of human identity -- at first you see and hear euphoria and playfulness, but look a little closer and you will also notice anger, sadness and tension. On this album, Andy approaches house music as the vehicle to convey many different feelings. These tracks are designed to be played on the dancefloor and bring people together -- this is what house music has always been about! The whole album was made over a two-year period in Andy's home studio using a mixture of analog hardware and samples. During this period, Andy was suffering with some significant mental health problems and this album represents his attempts to channel this energy into something productive. This is also the first time Andy has worked with vocalists, bringing a new dimension to his music. Whether it is the old school inspired "The Sound" which features vocalist Erik Rico, or the deep and moody "I'm Here" featuring Liverpool vocalist Amber Kuti, this album brings many different shades of house music to the table. Also features Faber and Nexus Techne.
RADIATION REISSUES (ITALY)
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CAT #: RRS 100LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SOCIAL DISTORTION Poshboy's Little Monsters LP
2022 repress; Black vinyl version on Radiation Reissues. Formed in Fullerton, CA in 1978, Social Distortion were one of the original LA punk groups and their first single was released on legendary LA punk label Posh Boy. But far more rare than that first single ("Mainliner" b/w "Playpen") is the unreleased EP Poshboy's Little Monsters. This EP only made it to the test pressing stage back in 1981, and featured those two tracks from the first single along with "All The Answers" and "Justice For All". This is the absolute holy grail for Social Distortion fans and it's finally available in commercial form. Includes two bonus tracks."Of the three teenagers who recorded for me, one has died, another was believed to be dead and one became immensely wealthy from playing music. The one who did hard time in prison was not Mike Ness. It was the drummer Carrot, better known as John Stevenson, now living a very ordinary life in rural Florida. I now count John as a dear friend. Apparently, he was only 16 years old when he rolled into the studio that day in April 1981, armed with a taped-up pair of drumsticks. He played great as did both Mike and Dennis (RIP). This time there was no fighting in the studio over production values. I had promised Ness that we would not fight so once there was a minor disagreement over the artwork for the proposed 12", I dropped the project in favor of the Playpen/Mainliner 7" which sported iconic artwork from the band." --Robbie Fields, New Year's Day, 2019
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CAT #: RRS 164LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SLAPSHOT Greatest Hits, Slashes And Crosschecks LP
Reissue, compilation originally released in 2001. A great batch of songs to release your feelings of anger and frustrations, while tearing up any pit in the vicinity. This album shows the staying power of a band that can keep playing music harder, faster, and angrier than many groups that are half their age and will continue to do so. Double sided poster insert included with liner notes by Jonas Kimvall. Grey marble vinyl LP in embossed sleeve.
RADIATION TAPES (ITALY)
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CAT #: RADK 7005CS
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DINOSAUR JR. Where You Been Cassette
2022 reprint. Radiation Tapes present a cassette reissue of Dinosaur Jr.'s Where You Been, originally released in 1992. Formed in 1984, Dinosaur Jr. carved a singular path through the latter half of the 1980s and early 1990s, issuing a number of highly influential albums in the process before finding a home with Sire Records. Where You Been, their fifth record, emerged in 1993, at the height of enthusiasm for grunge and the alternative American rock scene the band had long been part of. Produced by a new line-up of the group (longtime drummer Murph and new bassist Mike Johnson completing the three-piece), the album became the band's most successful up to that point, reaching #50 in the US (where it sold over a quarter of a million copies) and #10 in the UK album charts, and spawning the hit single, "Start Choppin". Released to unanimously positive reviews, and containing many tracks that would become staples and fan favorites, "Where You Been" continued Dinosaur Jr.'s global ascent, being issued simultaneously across the US, Europe, Australasia, Asia, and South America. Limited edition of 350 on cassette.
RADIO LOOP LOOP (ITALY)
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CAT #: RLL 071LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
PINK FLOYD Live May 9, 1969: Old Refectory, Southampton University - Southampton LP
Pink Floyd, live at Old Refectory Southampton University on May 9, 1969.
RAVE UP RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: RUR 089LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TRACKS Brakes On You LP
Mid-seventies Boston and a new local music scene was being forged in defiant opposition to tired arena acts and disco. Jeff (Mono Man) Connolly and JJ Rassler powered DMZ, while John Felice led the Real Kids on stripped-down rockers inspired by '60s garage bands. On the darker side, Tracks' Lorry Doll growled and spit out the lyrics to "Gang War Rumble," "I Don't Need You", and "Love Is (Bondage and Leather)". Co-founded with fellow art student/guitarist Jeff Rey, Lorry and Tracks joined a handful of other bands at the infamous Rat igniting Boston's new music scene; just as Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, and others were doing the same in New York. Some called it punk or new wave, but it really was the birth of an alternative form of original expression that not only influenced and inspired subsequent bands coming out of these two cities, but also impacted all music that was to follow. In 1976, Tracks recorded a live set at the Club in Cambridge and released "Brakes on You" as a single on Blue Door Records. Picked up by Bomp for international distribution, it garnered Tracks worldwide notoriety. By the end of 1978, bolstered by airplay for the single, Tracks were playing most of their gigs in New York at legendary punk venues like CBGB's and Max's Kansas City. Sharing the bill with renown acts like the Police and the Jam and every other "hot new act" that was coming through the east coast, Doll and Rey knew they would have to make the move to NYC sooner or later. It came on Christmas day in December of that year. They returned to Boston for one final raucous gig with bassist John Shriver and drummer Bryan Brat on January 20th of 1979 and then Tracks (but not Doll and Rey) faded into history.
RIDINGEASY RECORDS
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CAT #: EZRDR 049LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Brown Acid - The First Trip LP
2022 repress. "Back in stock on purple vinyl. Expertly archived compilation (assembled by LA's Permanent Records along with Riding Easy) explores the wealth of proto-metal, pre-stoner lost rock tracks from the past 30 years. Features blowouts from Snow, Tour, Zebra, Bob Goodsite, Raw Meat, Punch, Bacchus, Lenny Drake, The Todd, and Josefus."
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CAT #: EZRDR 077LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Brown Acid - The Fourth Trip LP
2022 repress. LP version. "If you thought we were getting close to the end of the Brown Acid series with our last Trip, you were dead wrong... we're only just getting rolling. The well of privately released hard rock, heavy psych, and proto-metal 45s is deep and we are nowhere near tapped out. Most of these records were barely released and never properly distributed so they ain't easy to find, but they're out there if you're willing to dig... and we aren't afraid to get our hands dirty. Hard calluses have formed from handling the shovel and we've sifted through a lot of dirt, but we've dug up another ten tremendous records to share with all the heavy heads out there. This volume brings together eight insanely rare and skull-crushingly heavy 45s as well as two previously unreleased bangers. You may remember the Zekes' jaw dropper 'Box' from the First Trip. If you don't, you better go back and refresh your memory, you stoner. That song rips! And so does this previously unheard recording we legally obtained from the Beverly Hills records vaults. 'Comin Back' is the longest tune we've yet to include on this series and it's a full-on rager! The only surviving copy of this recording came to us on the original 1/4" master tape from Hollywood's long-defunct Demars & Duffy Music. We did our best to preserve the recording and we think you'll appreciate the rawness. There have been numerous groups named Bad Axe over the years, but the one you hear here is the baddest. This five-piece fresh outta high school kicked out this jam (and a few others) in a Chicago studio in 1973 just for the hell of it. As a garage band, they were previously named The Burlington Express and they went on to be known as Bitch, but these dudes hit their stride as Bad Axe and 'Coachman' is their crowning achievement. It went completely unreleased until 2014 when Permanent Records issued it and 'Poor Man, Run' as a limited edition 45 with a killer picture sleeve. It's long out-of-print and only obtainable now on Brown Acid. The rest of the records included on this volume vary in rarity, but at least two of them were virtually unknown until we discovered them. You'll win the lottery before you find copies of all of the original 45s in even the best record stores. Many of the records included in this volume are owned only by the members of the bands and some of the band members don't even have personal copies. That's just how hard these guys hit it back in the day! We're lucky some of these guys are still alive and well enough to give us permission to use their masters. And for that, we thank them. And you, for all your support. Brown Acid is here to stay... as long as you'll have us. Plug in, turn up, and freak out... this is what Rock n' Roll is all about."
RR GEMS (ESTONIA)
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CAT #: RRGEMS 010LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
RESILIENT VESSELS Live at the Cell LP
New York City based bassist and visual artist Josh Werner was awarded an artist in residence from The Cell Gallery located in New York, NY. As a part of this residency which occurred in the month of July 2020, Josh presented various works in different mediums from visual art to music. In lieu of the 2020 pandemic, Josh was unable to present music to a live audience and instead offered a pre-recorded live performance to be aired at a later date. Werner was able to put together an ensemble of some of the leading improvisors on the New York City scene in that of James Brandon Lewis, Ches Smith, and Patrick Holmes. One of the leading jazz pioneers Ornette Coleman once expressed himself by saying "you know more, but I feel more ." During these turbulent times this statement resonates with this ensemble; it's one that embodies the acknowledgement of feelings within your being to then pour into the music being presented. This ensemble draws from proceeding generations of musicians such as Don Cherry, Roy Ayers, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, A Tribe Called Quest, and the energy of the downtown art rock movement. Personnel: James Brandon Lewis - saxophone; Patrick Holmes - clarinet; Ches Smith - drums; Josh Werner - bass.
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CAT #: RRGEMS 011LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
GROSSMANN, MURIEL Union LP
Muriel Grossmann's Union is a great opportunity to experience the energy of a live performance. Union was recorded in early autumn of 2019 during a two-day recording session in Mallorca studio, Caja Del Ruido. In the context of this record and the previous ones, you can clearly talk about Muriel Grossmann's music as a style of music that is distinctive and recognizable from the very first note. This is music performed with a great artistic concentration, integrity, and energy. Heavyweight vinyl; old-style sleeve with spot matte varnish on top of glossy laminate; includes insert with liner notes and band photos. Personnel: Muriel Grossmann - saxophones; Radomir Milojkovic - guitar; Llorenç Barceló - Hammond; Uros Stamenkovic - drums.
RUNNING BACK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: RB 017LP
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LAUER Cyclone Days LP
Often duplicated, never imitated: the power of Lauer! Albeit being no stranger himself to musical influences from the outside, the producer from Frankfurt managed to carve out a sound that is very much his own. Indie-dance, Italo, power pop, and house music in its traditional sense get mixed up in a blender of happiness, Lauer's latest achievement for Running Back and welcome return is a mini-LP called Cyclone Days. Aptly titled and ably executed, it's everything you would expect or want from him. A world of merry music, where melody is king. On top of that, you get value for your money: Vocal blockbusters like the upbeat "Somebody" (instrumental included) and the more restrained "Friends" (both with frequent collaborator Dena), sit comfortably between instrumental hits. "Resonator" and "Neway" take the role of the proverbial keys to happiness, while the title track or "Exterminate" balance it out with joyful melancholy. Just imagine Righeira signing to Factory Records or Durutti Column on holidays in Rimini and you are halfway there. The days might be like a cyclone, but as long as there are records like this, the shelter isn't blown.
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CAT #: RBSHAN 005EP
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SHAN Warehouse Vol. 1 12"
Enshanté! The long overdue comeback of Shan on Running Back won't disappoint fans new and old. Correctly captioned Warehouse Vol. 1, the EP with six tracks isn't a tribute to the Chicago's legendary club of the same name (with all respect due and even if that's almost impossible). Shan's sixth release for his home town label is rather a nod to all the nameless industrial spaces and places that played and still play a role as shelters and fertile soil for raw and ruff dance music. More a feeling and a sound aesthetic than a concrete set of rules, you will find ingredients as diverse as breakbeats, rave signals, Italo bass lines, Virgoesque piano notes ("Shifter") and up-tempo grooves that all seem to be lifted from an overdriven early '90s mixtape by an unknown DJ: before, during and after the rave. Especially "Abfahrt" (German slang for "rave") deserves special attention for connoisseurs of proto-jungle rage house with big stabs and a Reese bass to die for. Works like a charm at any tempo and almost any peak time. Excuse the pun, but please: Join in the Shant!
SATURATE! (GERMANY)
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CAT #: STRTEP 082EP
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PIXELORD Demonslayer LP
Insane and heavy beats by the OG don Pixelord featuring great remixes by an all-star line-up comprising DJ Ride, DJ Pound, Starkey, and DRANQ! Like a lightning bolt in the middle of a dark sea, Pixelord has returned once again from the frozen lands to shock and disquiet the tides of futuristic bass music. Perhaps the best thing about Russian electronic music godfather Alexey Devyanin's Pixelord project returning to Saturate! for this Demonslayer release is not simply the exciting and hard-hitting beats contained within, but the simple fact that it shall be offered on delicious, glorious vinyl. "Doomguy" comes tearing straight in with menacing, distorted synth weaponry, assaulting with ballistic beats (even some nods to junglism) until finally bestowing some glittering melody atop the fray, showing that not only is Alexey an elder-statesman of the genre, he's still the eager bass monster that explores his own depths. The depths are again evident in "Pain Elemental" where the vibe is established immediately, and only delves deeper into the slightly-detuned bass signals and ominous creeping atmosphere. The melodic elements are no longer here to sooth, they are newly charged laser beams that sear the flesh, scorching the eardrums. This foreboding, demon-dispatching vibe is indeed present throughout this entire release, as you enter the "Bonus Stage" of this deadly game, where the aggression does not abate, and the bass plays backseat to the synth bell sonic geometry on display. The drums especially feel the wrath of Pixelord on this track, where some impossibly tortured tambourines take a beating, and the chopping and relentless reorganization of the rhythm keeps you churning with intensity. The title track brings the "wild style", even though the drums are less frantic, the bass frequencies and laser blasts from our protagonist, the ever-ready "Demonslayer", are sure to dismantle any submissive subwoofer in range. "BFG" rounds out this collection in a disheveled fashion, dishing out low frequency divebombs and squelches, whilst otherworldly transmissions from synth realms afar come leaping in trying to assert their dominance, only to be eaten alive by daemonic bass and telluric currents of seismic drum activity. The remixes are equal in intensity and aggression, but the textures by which this is conveyed are wholly transformed and re-imagined skillfully. No demon shall stand a chance against Pixelord's battalion of beats and bass.
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CAT #: STRTLP 011LP
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VA Saturated Warriors! LP
Saturate!, a bass music label based in Hamburg, Germany that started in 2010, has come together with Stylust's (formerly Stylust Beats) Sleeveless Records to bring the world Saturated Warriors!, a sweltering new compilation album featuring heavy-hitters from all around. Both labels pride themselves on only putting out the freshest music, always catering to the counterculture crowds and only accelerating with the times. Over the years, Saturate! and Sleeveless have had releases from some of the current biggest names in the bass-music scene, including Herobust, G Jones, Zeke Beats, Conrank, Shlump, and more. Finding their niche in giving young talent a platform, these labels have become a home for young producers that aren't afraid to experiment. Features Esseks, THRPY & DJ Ride, Stylust, dope, Pigeon Hole, DRANQ, JLEON & KOWTA, Donkong, CRIMES!, ColtCuts, Jimmy Pé, FLY & Toadface, SKEW, and Tobacco Rat.
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CAT #: STRTLP 012LP
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VA Saturated! Vol. 7 LP
Saturated!, the various artist series on vinyl, has proven to be the epitome of curation in bass music since its inception. The whole package is curated such that each track perfectly flows into the next. Each volume is carefully hand-picked and serves as a snapshot of bass music at that moment, Saturate! has earned its spot as the first choice for those seeking fresh sounds from established and emerging artists. and has been leading the way in all thing's bass heavy, breakbeat, experimental, glitch, hip-hop, psychedelic, and trap for years now. They have a track record of propelling artists to the next level. Their roster includes some of the scene's biggest names. These compilations present a weird, wonky and wonderful journey through the raw attitude of the blistering beat driven electronic music scene. Vol. 7 features Esseks, THRPY & DJ Ride, Stylust, dope, Pigeon Hole, DRANQ, JLEON & KOWTA, Donkong, CRIMES!, ColtCuts, Jimmy Pé, FLY & Toadface, SKEW, and Tobacco Rat.
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CAT #: STRTLP 013LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VA Saturated! Vol. 8 LP
Saturated!, the various artist series on vinyl, has proven to be the epitome of curation in bass music since its inception. The whole package is curated such that each track perfectly flows into the next. Each volume is carefully hand-picked and serves as a snapshot of bass music at that moment, Saturate! has earned its spot as the first choice for those seeking fresh sounds from established and emerging artists. and has been leading the way in all thing's bass heavy, breakbeat, experimental, glitch, hip-hop, psychedelic, and trap for years now. They have a track record of propelling artists to the next level. Their roster includes some of the scene's biggest names. These compilations present a weird, wonky and wonderful journey through the raw attitude of the blistering beat driven electronic music scene. Vol. 8 features Subp Yao, Obese, Dayzero, Don Piper, one2six, Dead End, Theoretical, DJ RIDE, dope, DRANQ, Muadeep, and SIGKILL.
SCI + TEC DIGITAL AUDIO
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CAT #: TEC8S1
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DUBFIRE Escape/Elevation 12"
With a career spanning over three decades, Dubfire has achieved global success as an artist with relentless drive, talent, and intuition. Pioneering commercial notoriety came initially as one half of the Grammy award (2001) winning duo Deep Dish, before embarking on a truly groundbreaking solo career in 2007. A career filled with timeless tracks include his early works "Ribcage", "Emissions", "Roadkill", and the highly acclaimed "Exit" with Kiss Kitten. Collaborative work highlights include Luke Slater, Moscoman, Oliver Huntemann, Chris Liebing, Tiga, and co-producing two tracks on the legendary Underworld's Barking album. In 2022, he finally releases his debut album EVOLV (TEC8BOX). An 11-track visionary into the mind of Dubfire to be released on his long-standing label SCI+TEC. EVOLV's concept? The journey of the "hybrid" being and its evolution since its first appearance in 2015, as part of his two-year world tour following the release of his retrospective release A Decade Of Dubfire. This is the second of the four singles. "Escape", a deep, dark and pulsating track that sets the tone for the body of work on the album. Coupled with "Elevation" and it's understated arp and crisp percussion for the second single.
SCISSOR & THREAD
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CAT #: SAT 052EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
FRANK & TONY Eastern Meantimes 12"
The next release from the re-activated Frank & Tony drops on Scissor and Thread. Following on from Dream Vibration (SAT 050EP) -- which broke a five-year hiatus from the much-lauded production pair of Francis Harris and Anthony Collins -- Eastern Meantimes offers a sublime set of tracks and remixes. The original features New York artist Eliana Glass, whose sultry vocals ride above a deep, atmospheric groove and lush pads and washes. The track is also presented here with two stellar remixes from Timmy Regsiford, the New York legend who has been defining the sound of house in the city for nearly 40 years. Here his vocal and instrumental remixes are smooth, deep and infectious, sure to light up discerning dancefloors the world over. Frank & Tony's "Absence" is the other original track here, a thick, pulsing bass-driven roller punctuated with sharp snares and the pair's trademark ethereal pads.
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CAT #: SATLTD 005EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
FRANK & TONY The Early Years (feat. Bob Moses) 12"
Finally getting a vinyl re-release is Frank & Tony's seminal work with breakout duo Bob Moses. Back in 2012 Francis Harris and Anthony Collins (Frank & Tony) worked with their fellow New Yorkers before they went on to sign to Domino and blow up globally. The four track EP kicks off with "Elea" -- a deep and thoughtful collaboration utilizing Frank & Tony's slick production with understated vocals. Next up on the A side is "Holding On", featuring Bob Moses vocals atop of a low-key bumping groove. There's also washes of brass that add a new dimension to the track. Flipping over to the B side, "Holy For Her" (which also appeared back in 2012), is a densely wound, hypnotic rhythm, providing the basis for Tom Howie and Jim Vallance to do their special thing. Winding things up, "Marigold" is another early classic from the same period -- a dubbed-out groove with sharp percussion and a killer, signature vocal. An essential release capturing a vital period in both outfits' development.
SEVEN VILLAS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: 7VA 007LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BOLIVAR & SENSUAL PHYSICS, PABLO Details Am Rande 2LP
With their second album, Pablo Bolivar and Jörg manage to touch body and mind without hesitation and make direct contact with the neural pathways. On the one hand, it is a soulful, danceable ride through vibrant pulsars and undiscovered galaxies. On the other hand, the two artists create a self-contained, profound concept full of details to be discovered. An exhilarating fight into infinity full of beautiful synthesizers and smooth drum patterns. Organic warmth of instrumentation serves as a catalyst in these ten tracks, and combines with elements of dub techno, minimal, ambient and other electronic genre variations -- always with a warm and embracing crackle between the lines.
SKYDOG RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: SK 2021LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
IGGY AND THE STOOGES Live at Richards, Atlanta, GA, October 1973 LP
2022 restock, last copies. Live at Richards, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1973. Mick Rock: photography. Marc Z: executive producer. "The restored live recordings of the band's 1973 Atlanta performance which, aside from showcasing Iggy´s bellicose stage presence and his desire to stick things into other people's asses, boasts superb piano and bass presence. It also demonstrates the band's great contradiction?how it sounded great even at the height of dysfunction. This is the real thing. On Skydog Records, Marc Zermati´s very last wish."
SOULGRAMMA (ITALY)
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CAT #: SOULG 001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RIPERTON, MINNIE Come To My Garden LP
2022 repress. A proper reissue of Minnie Riperton's debut album Come To My Garden on GRT, originally published in 1970. Her name came to prominence with the highly influential Chicago band Rotary Connection, forerunners of the rock n' soul crossover. In addition to their own recordings, including their 1967 debut album Rotary Connection, the band is notable as the backing band for Muddy Waters on his 1968 psychedelic blues album Electric Mud. Standing on her own, Minnie cut a series of sublime albums moving in a more soulful way. Opening track "Les Fleur" is a shiny cover of a Ramsey Lewis -- who is musical assistant and contributor here -- classic number penned in 1968, literally a cornerstone for contemporary hip-hop and R&B being sampled by the likes of Jurassic 5 feat. Nelly Furtado, Damu the Fudgemunk, Dr. Octagon, and Cut Chemist, among others. Produced by Charles Stepney (already in with Rotary Connection and subsequently behind the desk with Earth Wind & Fire), the album benefits from its lushy orchestral arrangements, pushing the vocal duties of Minnie even forward (her five-octave vocal range, enabled her to sing in "whistle register" nevertheless). The jazzy soft-pop feel overall will mark comparison with Stevie Wonder, Riperton's future employer/mentor. Fully licensed. 180 gram, clear vinyl.
SOWING RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: SOW 019LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
FULLER, CURTIS Soul Trombone And The Jazz Clan LP
Reissue, originally released on Impulse! in 1962. Soul Trombone And The Jazz Clan was a major statement from one of the great trombone players in American jazz. Here, Curtis Fuller displays an outstanding hard-bop ensemble based on a bunch of great individuals all at the top of their game. Fuller himself is part of a super strong horn section with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath, while the groove is assured by a hard swinging rhythm section with pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Jimmie Merritt, and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Fuller gives lots of space to his musicians who naturally respond and empathize with great solos. In one word: outstanding! Clear vinyl.
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CAT #: SOW 034LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
COLTRANE, JOHN Coltrane Time LP
Reissue. Recorded in NYC in 1958 and originally released in 1959 as The Cecil Taylor Quintet - Hard Driving Jazz this is in fact the only existing document of the meeting between John Coltrane and Cecil Taylor. Even if caught at an early stage in their career the two masters show great personality and deep respect for each other while trumpeter Kenny Dorham sticks more to his familiar bop idiom. Cordially backed up by Chuck Israel on bass and Louis Hayes, Coltrane swings madly on Taylor's dissonant comping producing a rare, fascinating friction between two worlds. A must for every Coltrane maniac out there. Clear vinyl.
STUDENTS OF DECAY
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CAT #: SOD 120LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BLUE CHEMISE Daughters Of Time LP
2022 restock. Blue Chemise documents the hermetic sound world of Australia's Mark Gomes. Daughters Of Time follows 2017's brilliant full-length Influence On Dusk, released in micro-edition on Gomes's own Greedy Ventilator imprint. It is an elegiac set of vignettes recorded straight to dictaphone with minimal post-production. These pieces function in a manner akin to Loren Connor's evocative "airs", conjuring poignant, intangible senses of longing and nostalgia then disappearing well before overstaying their welcome. Regarding their genesis, Gomes points to a quote from Australian artist Robert Hunter: "It's like I'm external to them. They develop their own assertion and character; their becoming finished is a thing they decide themselves. It's unexplainable."
STUDIO BARNHUS (SWEDEN)
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CAT #: BARN 080LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BOMAN, AXEL LUZ / Quest for Fire 3x12"
Repressed. Pitchfork: Best New Music. Nearly a decade after the release of his breakthrough debut album Family Vacation (2013), Axel Boman returns with astonishing force: two albums, titled LUZ and Quest for fire, will drop simultaneously and in one package. Containing nine songs each and featuring guests like Off The Meds frontman Kamohelo, Baba Stiltz, Bella Boo, Man Tear, Miljon, and saxophonist Kristian Harborg, the two albums are separate but corresponding works, communicating through music, design and words. Together with long time collaborators Robin Ekemark (design) and Erik Lavesson (words and art direction), Axel has spearheaded a project with plenty of layers available to those that dig deep. Erik writes: "For Axel's two albums, we wanted to build on the music to create a kind of expanded universe. If you just want to listen to the music, it's all there and you don't have to look any further. If you want to go deeper, you have these extra layers to delve into: album art, text, archive material. They feed back into the music and open up new perspectives, while the music opens up ways to enter the other material as well." Erik's text "Brandenburger Ulam" will accompany the album project's physical release, with both records arriving together in a limited triple vinyl package, allowing for the full experience of Robin's design. Includes download.
SUNDANCE (JAPAN)
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CAT #: SND 016EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
KAMINAKAMURA, MIKIO SND 16 12"
Mikio Kaminakamura presents five fresh tracks on Sundance. His past release is Oneself Than Skill EP from Sundance (SND 010EP, 2018).
SURVIVAL RESEARCH (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: SVVRCH 030LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CHICO MAGNETIC BAND Chico Magnetic Band LP
2022 repress. Survival Research present a reissue of Chico Magnetic Band's self-titled album, originally released in 1971. Lyon-based freakers Chico Magnetic Band began as Chico & the Slow Death, its front man a wild Tunisian-born singer otherwise known as Mahmoud Ayari, with drummer Patrick Garel, bassist Alain Mazet, and guitarist Bernard Lloret, later replaced by Bernard Monneri. Conjuring a dark, excessive sound with unfettered guitar, pummeling drum rolls and Ayari growling and grumbling over the top, this sole LP is culled from different permutating sessions, with plenty of audio freakery and extreme effects from Jean-Pierre Massiera; Hendrix cover "Cross Town Traffic" is rendered with love, despite Ayari's hefty accent.
TAO FORMS
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CAT #: TAO 012CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
DICKEY QUARTET, WHIT Root Perspectives CD
"Drummer Whit Dickey guides a formidable new quartet through deep waters on Root Perspectives. As he states, 'I get into music not just by playing but by accessing a vibration.' This work gets to the heart of what he means by that elliptical phrase. It is the latest recording from his TAO Forms label, which since its 2020 founding has released some of the freshest material in recent memory, including James Brandon Lewis' poll-winning Jesup Wagon, and Dickey's own highly inspired works, Expanding Light and Astral Long Form: Staircase in Space. On Root Perspectives -- recorded the day after releasing Astral Long Form in May 2022: 'I conceived this album off of a vibration that I felt while obsessively listening to the title composition of Coltrane's Crescent,' he recalls. 'I tried to rhythmically anticipate each instrument of the classic quartet while keying into the central mantra/vibration. I began to hear how each instrument embodied the mantra in subtly different ways. On this album, my plan was to tap into the drum part of that mantra, and let the quartet rise from there.' The sound and energy of a tenor-based quartet was a logical choice, and this presents the first encounter between Dickey and saxophonist Tony Malaby -- who brought determined grit and fire to the session, along with Matthew Shipp -- one of Dickey's closest associates, and the youngest of the group -- agile and inventive bassist Brandon Lopez. By deeply tuning in to cosmic vibrations, the Tao, and the players assembled around him, Dickey has found a musical center that grows more profound with each passing year."
THE WIRE (UK)
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CAT #: WIRE 465
FILE UNDER: Misc
WIRE, THE #465 November 2022 MAG/CD
"The Wire Tapper 60 CD: Every copy of the November issue will come with a free CD of the latest album in our series of underground music anthologies attached to the cover. This edition of The Wire Tapper features a cover designed by Patrick Savile and contains 16 new tracks by Lucrecia Dalt, Lady Aicha & Pisco Crane, Reiko and Tori Kudo, Balka Sound, Oiseaux-Tempête, Dave Clarkson and more; Tyshawn Sorey: The US composer, multi-instrumentalist and educator has redrawn the boundaries of radical music through his ambitious experiments in sound composition across longform albums and adventurous new ensemble commissions. He talks to Stewart Smith about his new trio album Mesmerism and collaborations with Afrofuturist producer. Inside the issue... Joyce: The Brazilian musical prodigy, a favorite of Antonio Carlos Jobim, enjoyed a stellar 1970s before her career was diverted by domestic political struggles and the disco era. As her 1977 New York album Natureza finally sees the light of day, she talks to Joshua Minsoo Kim; Horse Lords: Baltimore's rock trio put the 'tune' into 'tuning' through their mantric rock minimalism which collides Just Intonation harmonic systems and the energy of West African guitars. By Dan Wilson; Devin Townsend: The rogue operator of avant rock has forged a unique career as both first choice collaborator for metal groups and lone psychonaut exploring the outer corners of the guitar. He talks to Joseph Stannard about his new twin release Lightwork/Nightwork. Invisible Jukebox: Radical punx and founders of London's Decolonize festival. Big Joanie take The Wire's mystery record test; Global Ear: Memories of a coastal town destroyed in 2011 by the Japanese tsunami live on through field recordings and songs in the hands of one of its former residents; One-page interviews with Backxwash, Andrew Poppy, Xhosa Cole and Camille Emaille. Unlimited Editions, Unofficial Channels, The Inner Sleeve, and Epiphanies."
TOY TONICS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TOYT 130EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
GOME Home Skooling EP 12"
Germany is not known for soul music but some of the hottest disco artists of the 1970s and '80s were based in Germany. To be more precise in Munich. Donna Summer, Moroder, Faltermeyer, Boney M or Silver Convention who created the "string disco sound" came from Munich's wild disco scene in the 1970s. And that's the vibe you get with the new GOME guys. The 25 years old guys originally come from Munich. The have the Munich disco DNA. Which means: They feel the funk, they know about Soul music and good basslines, they know how to groove (not to bang) and they have that slight sense of irony and easiness you need to make good disco music. (Some say the dark days of Berlin techno are over after Covid, Munich disco is the opposite.) GOME are a live act. Their disco is played on several drum machines, keyboards, sequencers and microphone. Their first EP got massive props from the likes of Laurent Garnier ("Love love love for this EP") and other more funk-oriented house DJs. The new one goes further. It's '80s disco. The first track "Teach You" was produced in the raw style of early Prince or the legendary Sexual Harrassment. A pumping bassline, driving 808 beats and funky rap vocals is the only thing you need. Erobique, King of German disco and member of the band International Pony (DJ Koze and Cosmic DJ) did a stripped-down remix showing that less is more.
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CAT #: TOYT 138EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
KOSMO KINT Remix EP 12"
This is a fat package of remixes. David Morales, Kai Alce, Atjazz, The Checkup. All reworked songs from the upcoming debut album of Kosmo Kint. Toy Tonics discovered Kosmo Kint in 2019 when looking for a singer to work with. Kosmo is a soul vocalist raised in New York. He lives in Berlin since a few years, after studying opera singing in Vienna and was looking for the right crew to hook up in Berlin. Toy Tonics was perfect. Now, after four collaborations on songs of different Toy Tonics artists (Kapote, Rhode & Brown, Mangabey, Sam Ruffilo) Kosmo is ready for a solo album. The album will eventually come out, the music has a fresh up-tempo neo soul vibe. But these four remixes are made to introduce the voice of Kosmo. Four fat remixes.
TOYS BERLIN (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TOYS 010LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ASA 808 Boy, crush LP
ASA 808's new album Boy, crush is a very personal inner journey as well as a call to fight and free ourselves from toxic masculinity. In eight tracks that subtly merge electronica, ambient, breakbeat, and house, the Berlin-based artist process their own quest for gender identity. Out on the TOYS Berlin imprint, the album proposes new, softer and more diverse forms of gender fluidity. ASA 808 invites listeners to expand their views of the gender spectrum. The title Boy, crush plays with the term "boy crush" and is meant as an encouragement for all men to "collectively crush manhood" with all its toxic traits and consequences: "Toxic masculinity has kept our grandmothers and mothers small and brought deviant boys into line. It took me a long time to unlearn so much sexism and queerphobia and find my inner queer child again to let it grow, bloom and shine. I dream of a world in which men emasculate themselves. In which masculinity (if we feel it's still needed) will embrace softness, weakness, vulnerability, solidarity, consideration, mindfulness, self-reflectiveness and nonviolence," explains the non-binary producer and DJ who discovered their gender-nonconforming side already at an early age.
TRADING PLACES (UK)
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CAT #: TDP 54062LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CLINTON, GEORGE Live in Chicago 1989 with The P-Funk Allstars LP
After an early start in doo-wop fronting the Parliaments, George Clinton helmed Funkadelic and Parliament, related hard funk projects at the border of the form's acceptability, employing crazed concepts, outrageous costumes, and drug-addled references to outer space. During the '80s and '90s, Clinton kept the fires burning with his P-Funk Allstars, a cosmic sloppy affair whose live shows continued to push the boundaries, as heard on this riotous live set delivered in Chicago, with extended jams on favorites such as "Mothership Connection (Star Child)," "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)," and "Make My Funk The P-Funk," as well as the bluesy lament of "Pepe The Pill Popper." Dynamite! Licensed by Prestige. Splatter vinyl.
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CAT #: TDP 54074LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CLINTON, GEORGE The P-Funk Power LP
Abandoning doo-wop for hard funk through Funkadelic and related act Parliament, George Clinton became the cosmic funk warrior extolling sex, drugs, and funk n' roll, using bubbling bass, rock-star guitars, full horn sections, and powerful choruses to venture into funk's deep space. The P-Funk Power cherry-pics some fine live concert moments from Clinton and his P-Funk All Stars, the highlights including a riveting rendition of "Let's Take It To The Stage," and super-extended takes of crowd-pleasers "Cosmic Slop" and "Atomic Dog," culminating in the excessive funk space trip of "Funkentelechy (Where'd You Get That Funk From)," the man and his band on peak form from start to finish. All killer, no filler! Licensed by Prestige. Splatter vinyl.
TRESOR (GERMANY)
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CAT #: 9783982466712
FILE UNDER: Misc
HEGEMANN/PAUL HOCKENOS/REGINA BAER, DIMITRI Tresor: True Stories - The Early Years Book
Tresor: True Stories is the first printed excavation of Tresor's legendary history. Digging deeply into its rich archives, the venerable institution has unearthed countless treasures from its over three-decade old history. Over 400 never before seen photographs, flyers, faxes, and other artifacts illustrate a story that intersects with the most important social and musical trend in the modern history of Berlin. The story is told with the voices of those that were there -- over 40 protagonists share their first-hand reminiscences of the "big bang" that launched techno into the world. Through the story of Tresor, the book charts the heady days of '80s West Berlin through to the explosion of new energy that midwifed in the new social reality of reunified Germany. This is a unique and essential printed monument to the institution that changed electronic music forever, and the city that allowed it to exist. Softcover; 300g/m² raw cardboard, granular lamination, open spine binding; 352 pages, Neon CMYK print on Lessebo Smooth Natural 90g/m² and Galaxi ArtSamt 115g/m²; Dimensions: 22,0 x 30 x 2.2cm (1.4kg).
VAMPISOUL (SPAIN)
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CAT #: VAMPI 183LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol. 3 2LP
It's been a few years, but Vampisoul is back with the next installment of Colombian tropical bangers from the deep vaults of Discos Fuentes. The term Afrosound denotes an always exciting, sometimes surprising soundtrack chronicling the embrace, development, dissemination, and commercialization of the country's rich Afro-Coastal musical heritage over more than four decades. It is the proud sound of African-rooted culture translated, transformed, and transmitted through the commercial enterprise of Discos Fuentes, and this third collection offers an even more diverse and chronologically wide-ranging array of tracks than the previous two volumes, with an even stronger focus on the music's folkloric origins. The unifying factor this time is the same: African roots or influences and the period of experimentation, self-expression, upheaval, rebellion, and rebirth in the industry, nurtured by the label and its stable of musicians, song-writers, producers, and engineers. Although this volume does not list Fruko Y Sus Tesos in the track-by-track credits, the presence of Julio Ernesto Estrada Rincón can be felt throughout, with the first half setting the stage for his artistic birth, schooling and eventual emergence at the label, and the second half featuring bands that he was an integral part of or had a hand in creating, producing, and composing for. And with that said, Vampisoul dedicate this collection to Fruko: long may he reign as "The King of Afrosound". This incredible stream of black gold adorned and enriched the public airways of Cali, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Baranquilla, to become a symbol of pride and part of Colombia's collective identity. Afrosound Vol. 3 comprises an outstanding selection of 26 hard-to find-tracks, many reissued for the first time, covering a wide array of Afro-rooted genres, with a stronger focus on the music's folkloric origins than in previous volumes, featuring recordings by the likes of Michi Sarmiento, Wganda Kenya, The Latin Brothers, Los Corraleros De Majagual, Peregoyo... Includes an extended booklet with notes by compiler Pablo Yglesias aka DJ Bongohead. Also features Pepe Velásquez y Su Arpa Paraguaya, Pedro Salcedo Y Su Orquesta, Pedro Laza Y Sus Pelayeros, Los Alegres Diablos, Juan Piña Y Sus Muchachos, Pello Torres Y Sus Diablos Del Ritmo, Los Satélites, Julio Erazo Y Su Conjunto, Ariza y Su Combo, Pedro Jairo Garcés Y Su Guitarra Estereofonica, Los Claves, Los Super Star De Colombia, Peregoyo Y Su Combo Vacaná, La Carnaval Swing, El Sexteto Miramar, Toño Y Su Combo, Juancho Vargas Al Órgano, El Super Combo Los Diamantes, César Pompeyo Y Su Sonora, La Integración, Dimensión Caribe De Pedro Conde, Michi Y Sus Bravos, and Afrosound.
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CAT #: VAMPI 248LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
LINARES, ALFREDO El Pito LP
The first LP released by Lima pianist Alfredo Linares under his own name is brimming with tropical hits from the mid-sixties (including a Frank Sinatra classic.) By the time he recorded his version of El Pito in 1966, Alfredo was already an accomplished musician. He studied music in parallel to his schooling, attending the Conservatoire in the afternoons and soon went on to lead Alfredito Linares y su Salsa All Stars, a continuation of the orchestra founded by his father. In 1966 the song El Pito became a hit in the United States, which is why Distribuidora Peruana Sudamericana, associated with MAG, released the single as well as Joe de Cuba's sextet LP. MAG's next step was to suggest Alfredo Linares record the song, which he did in August 1966, with lead vocals by Raul Ducós Domínguez from Chalaco and backing vocals by Tony de Cuba, Benny del Solar and Rolo Bernal. The lyrics include references to the effects of marijuana that Ducós improvised during the recording in just one take. Charlie Palomares plays the vibraphone, accompanied by "Negro" Santos on bass and "Cheverin" Miguel Villanueva on the bongos. It is one of the few songs on the album where there are no trumpets. "Strangers in the Night" topped the Billboard charts in 1966, which was a powerful reason for Manuel Guerrero to suggest including the song. This cover version features brass instruments and the participation of Peruvian crooner Lalo Bisbal. The first of the two guarachas on the album, "Qué Mala Fue Esa Mujer" is a composition by Chivirico Dávila, a globetrotting tropical singer who lived in Lima at different times. While the Peruvian singer Benny del Solar is the lead vocalist on the second, "Sin Tu Querer". The album closes with the boogaloo "Maggie". The record also includes two extraordinary compositions by Linares: "Descarga" and the son montuno "Cadenciosa", where the flute solo was played by Cuban Alberto Castillo, who also performs on the guaguancós "María La O" and "Mi Guaguancó", both recorded a year earlier by the Harlow Orchestra. The album was finally released in the summer of 1967, and "El Pito" and "Strangers in the Night" made it into most of the charts. Critics were quick to praise the new sounds on El Pito, which brought listeners up to date with the tropical sound developments in the United States, to which Linares added touches of jazz. Linares released another LP, on MAG, the following year, in which he continued to explore the sounds of Latin jazz, boogaloo and descarga.
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CAT #: VAMPI 260LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA 14 MAGníficos Bailables LP
MAG has been, since its foundation in 1953, an essential label in the music scene of Peru, allowing the development of the careers of both tropical artists and musicians of other genres. At the head was Don Manuel Antonio Guerrero, its founder, whose name comes from the acronym of the label itself (M.A.G.). In 2021 MAG was acquired by the Spanish company Distrolux SL, owner of the Munster and Vampisoul record labels, after years of previous collaborations in which some of the most emblematic titles in the catalog were already reissued for the international market: Nils Jazz Ensemble, Sonora Casino, Traffic Sound, Al Valdez, Pax... 14 MAGníficos Bailables is a 14-track compilation that celebrates a new era in the history of the label, now under the Vampisoul umbrella, with a selection of astonishing dance floor-oriented gems. This is also a perfect introduction to MAG, showcasing the amazing musical variety sported by the Peruvian label throughout the years. The comp includes juicy Cuban songs like "Mi Son Combinado", an outstanding original taken from the extremely scarce LP recorded by Cuba's finest Orquesta Revé for MAG in Lima, and the explosive guaracha "Tin Marin" by Los Kintos, a group led by guitarist Pancho Acosta. Also, classic songs such as "Arroz Con Coco" or "Aprieta (Oye Como Va)," and obscure recordings like the stunning "Ritmo Veregua" by Tito Chicoma. MAG will turn 70 in 2023 and is a pivotal label in Peruvian music, mainly focused on tropical rhythms although its extensive catalogue also includes rock, pop and jazz recordings. Also features Los Avileños, Freddy Roland Y Su Orquesta, Silvestre Montez, Mita Y Su Monte Adentro, Poppy Y Sus Pirañas, Al Valdez, Sonora Casino, Germán Neciosup Y Su Orquesta, La Sonora MAG, Ñico Estrada y Su Sonora, Melcochita y Karamanduka.
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CAT #: VAMPI 267LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
WGANDA KENYA Africa 5000 LP
First time reissue of Wganda Kenya's Africa 5.000, originally released in 1975. Africa 5.000 (1975) has a legendary reputation as one of Colombia's best hard-to-find Afro-funk records and is a highly prized collector's piece today. The epic "La Torta" (The Cake) kicks things off with a lively Colombian interpretation of Haitian compas. The tune is still remembered as a big picó (amplified sound system) hit at the verbenas (outdoor dance parties). "Fiebre De Lepra" (Leprosy Fever) was also released as a 45 single and is certainly one of Wganda Kenya's wilder tracks. Funky wah-wah guitar, makossa style bass, manic organ, and feverishly insane vocals (from Wilson "Saoko" Manyoma and Joe Arroyo) indicate that Fruko and his pals were having a ball goofing around in the studio. If for no other reason, Africa 5.000 is sought-after for being the album containing Fruko and Javier García's outrageously funky and off-kilter "Tifit Hayed", which has become a tropical dancefloor favorite in recent years. Again the "kitchen sink" approach is employed, including massive Latin bass lines, tasty Farfisa organ stabs, a bluesy, jazzy piano solo, and plenty of humorous vocal sound effects (including animal noises and lip burbling). However, it's the stomping break beats and cowbell counterpoint that has kept dance floors busy. Side B leaps out of the speakers with the heavy, strutting "El Caterete", which was the flipside to the "Fiebre De Lepra" single and is based on the 1970 song "Cateretê" by Brazilian singer/songwriter Marku Ribas. Like its sibling Fuentes studio band Afrosound, Wganda Kenya was ahead of its time, anticipating current contemporary Afro-Latin-funk trends in a prescient way that has inspired a legion of fans across the globe, and this reissue of Africa 5.000 will only serve to further cement the band's growing reputation amongst today's diggers of tropical psychedelia. Includes a non-album bonus cut, plus informative notes.
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CAT #: VAMPI 269LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
LOS DEMENTES Manicomio A Locha LP
Salsa pianist, vocalist, composer and arranger Ray Pérez, acquired his nickname "Loco" by being a free, independent spirit, an innovator and iconoclast who was initially branded as "crazy" for the freshness and audacity of his sound. Amazingly, he is not that well known in the US, where he spent some time in the late 1960s and salsa was king during the 1970s. Yet he was quite popular in his home country from the beginning, especially amongst the working class of Caracas and Maracaibo, who adopted Cuban music played by New York Puerto Ricans as their own and called it "salsa" years before the term was employed by US labels like Fania as a marketing tool. Pérez is revered in Venezuela, as well as in Mexico and Colombia, and his storied career, which spans seven decades and thousands of concerts, has yielded more than 35 albums recorded by his various bands, including Los Dementes, Los Kenya, and Los Calvos. At the start of 1967 Pérez debuted Los Dementes, with vocalists Claudio Zerpa and Perucho Torcat backed by an ace band featuring only trombones in the brass section. Titled ¡Alerta mundo! Llegaron los 'The Crazy Men' the record was released on the small Venezuelan label Prodansa. Soon after, Prodansa folded and Los Dementes were left without representation or much compensation for their efforts, being paid only in records. In the end of February of that year, Pérez returned to Caracas from a stint in Maracaibo in order to finish his first LP with the well-established and larger Velvet label, entitled Manicomio A Locha. The LP begins appropriately with the boisterous title track, written by the band's conguero Carlos "Nené" Quintero. Torcat describes a jam session in mental institution and introduces the band, with tasty solos by trombonist Rufo García followed by Ray on piano. Already you can hear something was different about Ray and his "Crazy Men" -- a sound as wild and innovative as what was happening in New York with Eddie Palmieri, but with a more unhinged, raw feeling in line with Willie Colón and other younger Nuyorican bands. "Puerto Libre", sung by Torcat, is dedicated to the Venezuelan island of Margarita in the Oriente region, and the independent spirit of its working people. The rhythm changes from guaguancó to guajira and back again but remains danceable all the way through. "3 in 1" is a medley inspired by the popular formula of the mosaicos of Billo's Caracas Boys, seamlessly knitting together several different tempos, rhythms, moods and compositions. The funky "Guajira Con Boogaloo" echoes the sound of young Latin New York, pointing out the connection between Cuban and African American soul music.
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CAT #: VAMPI 45091EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
PALOMARES Y SU YUBONEY/MITA Y SU MONTE ADENTRO, CHARLIE Vives Bugaloo/El Yoyo 7"
First time reissue. Two stunning party tunes recorded in the late '60s in Peru by the legendary pianist Charlie Palomares and Oswaldo "Mita" Barreto. Much sought-after boogaloo and guaracha tunes from the vaults of MAG records. A perfect addition to the acclaimed previous singles in Vampisoul's "Tropical 45s series" that so far has included recordings by the likes of Jimmy Salcedo, Mario Allison, Cumbia Moderna de Soledad, Lito Barrientos...
WATERGATE RECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: WG 028CD
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BIESMANS Watergate 28 CD
Biesmans will mix the next volume of Watergate's prestigious mix series, following in the footsteps of Ellen Allien, Solomun, Jimi Jules, and WhoMadeWho. Going above and beyond the standard mix compilation brief, the Belgian artist has produced a work consisting entirely of his own original productions. The project also features collaborations with a diverse range of artists including Dusky, Mathew Jonson, Adana Twins, and Kasper Bjørke, alongside rising talent such as Shubostar and Mala Ika. Following Trains, Planes & Automobiles (WGA 003LP, 2021), his next impressive career stride is Watergate 28, a joyful neon dancefloor trip that takes in synthwave, indie dance, nu disco, and all manner of celestial tracks in the house spectrum. It's also the first Watergate compilation since dOP's in 2012 (WG 006CD) to take on the mammoth challenge of producing all original and exclusive material for the project. When he arrived back in Berlin in mid-February ready to begin studio time, he started completing a sketch on "Smooth Monday", the track that would go onto to be his luminescent collaboration with the Permanent Vacation-backed Zombies In Miami. Two weeks into his studio time, it was clear there was more than enough quality material to not only fulfill, but smash Watergate's original brief. What followed was no less than 17 original tracks and 13 collaborations -- arguably the most ambitious in Watergate's compilation history. Already in touch after releasing on their imprint 17 Steps in 2019, he sent three sketches to Dusky and the nostalgia-soaked "Back in the Daze" was the shimmering result. The vibes flowed like a dream when he linked with Kid Simius for the funky nu disco gem "Me Gusta Acid", even recording Kid's vocals in one take. A visit to his hero Mathew Jonson's studio for the day saw the birth of the pumping piano-laden houser "Quantum Computing", a project highlight. After bonding over their shared love of cosmic synths in Tulum this year, Biesmans invited South Korean artist Shubostar into his studio to create the wavy '80s inspired creation "Across the Universe". Biesmans likewise mined inspiration wherever he went, his track "March for Peace" was created off the back of attending a rally to support Ukraine. Biesmans pieced together each track like a jigsaw puzzle, building up sonic moods throughout. The resulting mix is an exhilarating technicolor journey. From the immense opener "Away" with one half of dOP's Vandesande, to the woozy arpeggiated bliss of "Holiday" with Kasper Bjørke and the synth-drenched breakbeat euphoria of the Biesmans solo cut "All Day Every Day", it's a highlight-heavy 78-minute ride. Also features Jacob Bellens, Alex Medina, Johannes Albert, TomTheBomb, and Joy Adegoke.
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CAT #: WG 090EP
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BERGMANN, HENRI Mind Control EP 12"
Blazing newcomer Henri Bergmann makes her full EP debut on Watergate Records with the captivating Mind Control EP. Building a buzz via impressive releases on her label Automatik, the Londoner has picked up support from everyone from Dixon, Solomun, and Maceo Plex. Indeed, mention the Dodi Palese remix of her track "Protection" to any clued-up melodic house fan and you're likely to be met with a blissed-out response, so beloved was the cut, which also ended up in Tale of Clubs' top 10 for 2021. Her maiden voyage on the Oberbaumbrücke home label is a tour de force of chugging house that encompasses new wave, electro, and progressive elements, with a strong cast of collaborators and remixes along the way. Pushing herself creatively during the lockdown, this EP is the first time we've heard Henri utilize her voice on her own productions, and the resulting work is a treat. The title track is a team-up with Biesmans who brings his distinct retro sound signature to the track, while Henri's vox elevates it to another level. "Our Time Has Come" is a punchy dancefloor gem propelled by her own vocals and a classy psychedelic synth line. "We Just Keep On Going" brings bags of robotic soul to the table, as Henri's husband Wennink takes to the vocoder, alongside a mystical lead melody. Stephan Jolk returns to the label re-working "Mind Control" into a muscular weapon. Meanwhile Echonomist, who is notable for his appearance on WhoMadeWho's Watergate 26 compilation (WG 026CD, 2019), also takes his hand to the title track, re-fashioning it into a tough bass-driven electro cut that's beautiful and brain-scrambling in equal doses.
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CAT #: WG 091EP
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JOPLYN Can't Get Enough/Fact & Fiction (Adana Twins/JAMIIE Remixes) 12"
First time available on vinyl. A pair of Watergate favorites add their touch to Joplyn standout label debut from last year, as "Fact & Fiction" and "Can't Get Enough" get impressive remixes from Adana Twins and Jamiie. A prodigiously talented producer, DJ, and live act on the rise, Joplyn's Watergate Records debut last December was an exhilarating eleventh hour highlight of 2022. Championed by Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1, the release now gets a second life. Adana Twins re-fashion "Can't Get Enough" into a beast of a tune that cleverly retains the emotion of the original, while propelling it into peak-time festival territory, with a blissful build up and a bass-face inducing bottom end. A straight up fire tune. "Fact & Fiction" get Jamiie's vibe-heavy touch, taking the dreamy tones of the original and re-working them into an impact-heavy end-of-night opus.
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CAT #: WG 092EP
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MIA MENDI Robosynapse EP 12"
Rising UK duo Mia Mendi returns for their second outing on Watergate Records with the retro-tinged Robosynapse EP. The label debut of Mia Mendi was a notable 2021 highlight for the Oberbaumbrücke imprint. Titled Ubi, the EP was a collaboration with Thomas Gandey and demonstrated their full-bodied dancefloor approach, injecting their unique sound signature into a modern progressive house palette. "Robosynapse" is no less exciting (or fun). The title track is a plump nu wave houser, driven by soaring retro synths, a gutsy electro bassline and an '80s guitar solo. "Simulated Reality" buzzes and hums, seven minutes of emotional electro and crispy drumlines, before handing the baton to "Cyborg String", which continues the dreamy throwdown. Alan Dixon makes his first contribution to Watergate Records and re-fashions "Robosynapse" into a glistening cosmic-tinged beast, amplifying the focus on the guitar lead. Fresh off her label debut with the excellent Mind Control EP, Henri Bergmann makes a welcome return to re-work "Simulated Reality" into a powerful melodic gem, heightening the focus on the synths. An added bonus to the pack, Musumeci delivers a supreme chugging re-work of "Ubi".
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CAT #: WG 093EP
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VA Watergate 28 EP #1 12"
A generous DJ/party-friendly six-pack from Biesmans's brilliant, intense contribution to Watergate's revered mix album series, selecting from the 17-track album collaborations with Adana Twins, Shubostar, Dusky, Kasper Bjørke & Jacob Bellens, and Zombies in Miami, plus a solo from the Belgian Indie dance maestro. Includes download.
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CAT #: WG 094EP
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VA Watergate 28 EP #2 12"
The final sixer from Watergate 28 album mixed by Biesmans inside three months, a testament to his talent and intense focus. Featuring collabs with Mathew Jonson, Mala Ika, TomTheBomb, Johannes Albert, Kid Simius, and another solo cut from the Belgian producer's 17 original tracks for Watergate 28, arguably the label's most ambitious to date. And this EP is a banger. Includes download.
WHP (ITALY)
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CAT #: WHP 1452LP
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GREEN, AL Soul! (Live 1973) LP
Exclusive live set for the reverend, right across the release of two influential albums on Hi Records: Livin' For You (1973) and Call Me (1973). Recorded January 1973: NYC, NY - WNET Studios. Personnel: Al Green - vocals; Michael Baker, Buddy Jarrett, Darrell Nealy - horns; James Bass, Larry Lee - electric guitar; Linda Harper - organ; Aaron Purdie - drums; William McBroom - bass.
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CAT #: WHP 1453LP
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BROWN, JAMES The Soul Train Sessions 1973-74 LP
The king of soul alive and kicking with the stunning JB's in these historical TV set. More energizing than ever with an impressive set of killer tunes. Side A was recorded on February 10, 1973. Side B was recorded on September 14, 1974. The JB's: Fred Wesley - trombone; Musical director St. Clair Pinckney - saxophone; Jimmy Parker - saxophone; Isaiah "Ike" Oakley - trumpet; Fred Thomas - bass; John "Jabo" Starks - drums; Clyde Stubblefield - drums; Johnny Griggs - percussion; Hearlon Cheese Martin - guitar; Jimmy Nolen - guitar; Lyn Collins - vocals; Danny Ray - MC.
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CAT #: WHP 1454LP
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DAVIS QUINTET FEATURING JOHN COLTRANE, MILES 1960-04-09 Kurhaus Scheveningen, The Netherlands LP
Stunning European live performance from Miles Davis with his early quintet featuring the magic of a young and talented John Coltrane. Personnel: Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Wynton Kelly (piano), Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums).
WRWTFWW RECORDS (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: WRWTFWW 058LP
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NOHARA, TARO Poly-Time Soundscapes / Forest Of The Shrine LP
WRWTFWW Records announce Poly-Time Soundscapes / Forest Of The Shrine, a brand new release by Japanese producer Taro Nohara (Yakenohara). Eight tracks of pure environmental ambient bliss. Based in Tokyo, Taro Nohara is a producer, beatmaker, DJ, and music activist who made a mark with his electronic/ambient unit Unknown Me (of Not Not Fun Records fame). His new solo project, Poly-Time Soundscapes / Forest Of The Shrine, is a unique and modern take on Japanese environmental music, a free-floating re-interpretation of the sub-genre made famous by Midori Takada, Hiroshi Yoshimura, or Satoshi Ashikawa (and more) fused with subtle nuances of various origins: downtempo, hip-hop, sound design, chill-out, experimental. Conceived as a two-part adventure of contemplative peace, Taro Nohara's organic soundscape takes you on a mind-soothing walk-through time (or memories) and the beautiful mysteries of luscious forests -- don't resist, let yourself go, explore. Heavy 350gsm sleeve.
XXX (GERMANY)
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CAT #: XXX 014EP
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ISAIE XXX014 12"
New mini album from Isaie, new live alias from Simon Weiss, well known from releases on Rush Hour and Voyage Direct with his hit "Television". XXX the label presents its new release XXX014. XXX014 will be a mini-album with eight tracks on vinyl. Each side contains various genre crossing tracks that could be used on different occasions, whether you are in a sweaty basement, a big festival, or on an obscure radio show, these tracks will do the trick. High energy guaranteed.
YORE RECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: YORE 041EP
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L.D.F. & JAVONNTTE How We Groove EP 12"
With How We Groove EP, Lello Di Franco (L.D.F.) and Brian Garrett (Javonntte) pair up for a prototypical Yore release, a high-quality affair that's natural clubby yet also artful. Di Franco's an Italian DJ and producer who's based in Naples and whose career began in the early '90s; Garrett, on the other hand, hails from Detroit and has been creating material for almost as long. Their respective output locates itself solidly in house and techno but extends into soul, funk, and jazz areas too. Said gravitations aren't mere flirtations either; Garrett's interest in jazz began in high school, and when he was fifteen or so the aspiring musician even had a month's worth of lessons in the mid-80s with -- wait for it -- Miles Davis (Garrett's mom apparently had connections). Associations with Aretha Franklin, Blake Baxter, and others surface in his history -- but that's for another time. All three tracks qualify as dance productions but satisfy equally well on pure listening grounds. While a strong '80s vibe initially oozes from "Believe" in the electronic drum fills that get it moving, the cut quickly settles into a light-speed groove that percolates with single-minded determination. The richly detailed arrangement shape-shifts rapidly: at one moment, syncopated piano chords give the track a classic house feel; at another synthesizer flourishes and bass pulses lend it a sleek, sci-fi quality as the material thrusts breathlessly forward. The less frenetic "From Day to Night" is earthier and funkier though no less artful. As a punchy bottom end establishes an infectious house vibe (with a bit of jazz swing also in the mix), see-sawing vocal elements and bubbly synthesizer touches elevate the track to a headier "listening" realm. At first it seems as if the title track might venture into gospel territory, what with organ and piano dominating the intro, but soon enough the tune brands itself as a swaggering house cut, albeit one replete with funky drop-outs and trippy vocal effects. No matter how adventurous and experimental the material gets, pumping bass drums and swishing pulses ensure the tracks never lose their identity as floor-fillers.
ZEHRA (GERMANY)
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CAT #: ZEHRA 008LP
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SHAHEEN, SIMON The Music Of Mohamed Abdel Wahab LP
Reissue of the oud/viola virtuoso Simon Shaheen's interpretations of pieces by one of the Middle East's most important 20th century composers, Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Originally released in 1990. 180 gram vinyl; includes download card.Singer, actor, and composer Mohamed Abdel Wahab (1902-1991) is commonly considered "the father of modern Egyptian song." After a visit to Paris, he revolutionized the film industry by introducing the genre "musical film" to the Arabic world, the movie The White Rose in which he starred broke all records and to this day is frequently presented in Cairo's cinemas. But in 1950, Wahab left the film industry to focus on singing and composing -- he wrote over 1800 songs (among others for Umm Kalthoum, an iconic artist in the Arabic music in her own right) that were deeply rooted in classical Arabic music but also laid the foundation for a new era of Egyptian music as Wahab was open to Western elements such as waltz rhythms or even rock n' roll in Abdel Halim Hafez's song "Ya Albi Ya Khali". He also composed several national anthems (Tunisia, Oman, Libya, United Arabic Emirates) and re-composed the Egyptian national anthem "Belady Belady Belady", based on the original by Sayed Darwish. Wahab received several decorations of Arabic states, and at his death in 1991, Egypt honored its famous son with a huge military funeral at the Rabia al-Adawiya Mosque in Cairo, the six-horse carriage procession carrying his coffin was actually led by the prime and foreign ministers, followed by the ministers of defense, interior and culture.Simon Shaheen (born 1955) is the perfect choice for Wahab's compositions. Born into a family of gifted musicians, he learned playing the oud at the age of five and the violin shortly thereafter. He earned degrees in Arabic literature and music performance at the Tel Aviv University, and later pursued further studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem and after his emigration to the USA (in 1980) at the Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University. Shaheen lives in New York where he founded the Near Eastern Music Ensemble and Qantara. He also has been organizing the Annual Arab Festival of Arts called Mahrajan al-Fan since 1994. His work incorporates and reflects a legacy of Arabic music, while it forges ahead to new frontiers, embracing many different styles in the process. Shaheen's biggest success was the Qantara album Blue Flame (2001) which has been nominated for eleven Grammy Awards. Produced by Bill Laswell, remastered for vinyl at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.
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ALTIN VILLAGE & MINE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: AVM 071LP
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GAO & SVEN KACIREK, FHUNYUE Hoya LP
The duo met on a rainy day in Tilburg (NL) while working for a dance project -- they came down from very different roads. Gao Fhunyue, a stage director-performer-musician chameleon, works alone or collaborate with Annalena Fröhlich (Robinrobin, Just Another Woman In Space), Thom Luz, Unplush, Peeping Tom, Dorit Chrysler, Ko Murobushi, Damien Jalet, The Scottish Dance Theatre, Bern Ballett, for a most colorful variety of venues in Europe. She is a member of the music association Bongo Joe (Switzerland). Sven Kacirek, an established musician living between Hamburg and Nairobi, who released several records on Honest Jon's and Bureau B and collaborated with several artists like Shabaka Hutchings, Ogoya Nengo, Marc Ribot, John McEntire, Sofia Jernberg, Nils Frahm, Hauschka, F.S. Blumm, and Stefan Schneider. Their encounter quickly revealed that both their musical sensitivity and their instruments (marimbas, drums, percussions, electronics, theremin, Buchla synthesizer, piano) matched stunningly, and that they had to play together. After a short while of rocky life adventures and theater projects in which they collaborated, their off rehearsal sessions would become a lively necessity. The wish to give birth to a project entirely their own, grew so strong that they locked themselves in Sven's studio at Jaffestrasse in Hamburg, and started working on the debut of their duet. They present and share with you their labor of love, in hope that it will be good to your heart. Includes printed inner sleeve and download code.
ANYWAY RECORDS
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CAT #: AW 122LP
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MAE, JENNY What's Wrong With Me: Singles and Unreleased Tracks 1989-2017 LP
"Jenny Mae made only two full length records, both released just two years apart in the hey-day of '90s indie-rock where small labels rose up like mushrooms in a tropical forest and like so much of the music from that time was easily overlooked and disappeared. Jenny's music found a small, devoted audience and her music was covered not only by many fanzines but also by Rolling Stone, Spin, Interview, even Entertainment Weekly. She played shows and some tours with Guided by Voices, Magnetic Fields, Neko Case, Chris Knox and more but to see her live one never knew what one would see, perhaps on a good night, a deeply moving set sung in her sweet midwestern voice or maybe a woman who could barely stand, her keyboard falling off a bar table she set up on stage as she usually didn't have a keyboard stand. Jenny lived life how an engine swallows gasoline, hot and quickly except her gasoline was alcohol which she used to quiet her undiagnosed schizoaffective disorder and by the early 2000s she went from living in Coral Gables to living on the streets of Columbus, Ohio in a matter of weeks. She remained homeless for nearly three years in Columbus and Miami with various stints in jail or the many hospitals she would visit until her predictable death in 2017, which of course, was in a hospital surrounded by her family and friends. Her music was sweet, catchy and at times bawdy -- some songs as short as Bob Pollard's who championed her and others lush electronic that was closer to My Bloody Valentine or OMD. She was a fan of the Beach Boys and Beatles growing up in rural Ohio and started writing songs in high school. Eventually she started recording on a borrowed Tascam 4-track in the late '80s, songs as innocent as Daniel Johnston's or the Marine Girls. Some of these earliest recordings are gathered here on this compilation that stretches from 1988 through 2016, where her last recording, the devastating 'Not Another Bad Year' was recorded months before her death. It includes many of the songs she made in the years before she died, including the ode to her good friend, Jim Shepard as well as songs she created as she pined for Ohio while going off the rails in Miami. Side two contains some of the singles she recorded for various indie-labels that have not been available since the mid-nineties and several unreleased songs from a never materialized third record. She was a force for everybody who knew her, and she was one who lacked ambition, or maybe the organization to do what folks around her thought was 'normal', she wasn't made for a traditional life." --Bela Koe-Krompecher, 2022
ASTRAL INDUSTRIES (UK)
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CAT #: AI 027LP
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LF58 Live at Brancaleone 3LP
2022 repress. Following the arrival of their debut album Alterazione (AI 019LP, 2020), LF58 (F. Scorcucchi and G. Tillieci) are back on Astral Industries with a special trove of outer-space explorations. Recorded one evening back in April 2019 as a live performance at Rome's Brancaleone, the eponymously titled album offers a sprawling journey across the pan-dimensional ether. Spread across six sides of vinyl, the performance includes fully improvised material as well as choice selections from Simone Giudice, Jonas Kopp, Nuel, Birds of Prey, Rapoon, Steve Roach and Adham Shaikh. There is no doubt that the unique energy and circumstances of the evening contribute to a certain atmosphere present in the music. With seemingly no beginning nor end, the session emerges in suspension; an electric ocean of infinite deepness. Gleaming across the patter of galaxies on a wide black backdrop, its myriad vistas are projected like transitioning scenes of an unending story. The gentle tide brings with it specks of cosmic debris and mysterious signals. Soon, quiet drones are overtaken by ripples of solar flare and percussive clamors. Forms melt like liquid, a ball of amorphous plasma pulsating with ecstatic radiance. Prying open universe within universe, Live at Brancaleone has a vastness that cannot really be contained. 180 gram black vinyl; includes flyer and LF58 sticker.
BLANK RECORDS (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: BRC 004LP
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MYRIAD, CARRL AND JANIE Of All The Wounded People... LP
2014 reissue. Originally released in 1972. "Melbourne folk duo Carrl and Janie Myriad. If the likes of Fairport Convention, Trees, Mellow Candle, Shirley Collins, Sandy Denny (to name a few) mean anything to you, check this! Originally released in 1972, original pressings are now highly sought after and extremely rare. This reissue, made in an edition of only 500 copies and direct from the original master tapes. Complete with original artwork and insert featuring liner notes from Janie Myriad."
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CAT #: BRC 025LP
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HARRIS, JOHNNY Movements LP
2017 reissue. Originally released in 1970. "The story of Movements began in 1969 with Johnny Harris being hired as musical director for Lulu's BBC television show, A Happening For Lulu which would feature a different artist each week along with a featured instrumental section of Johnny Harris and his band playing popular hits of the day that were requested by viewers. Lulu with Johnny Harris would go onto winning Eurovision in 1969 with Boom Bang A Bang and Johnny was signed to a three-album deal with the newly formed UK arm of Warner Bros. The first album in this deal was Movements in 1970. The second release for Warner Bros in the UK. Movements was recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall in London."
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CAT #: BRC 029LP
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TINGLEY, MIKE The Abstract Prince LP
2020 reissue. Originally released in 1968. "A great late '60s orchestral baroque pop album with psychedelic sounds all over it." "Guy from Southern California packs up his life and guitar to follow a Swedish exchange student back to her home land in 1967. It doesn't work out. He goes as far as he can with whatever funds he has left, guitar in hand. It's Holland. Having never performed outside his bedroom, he plays coffee shops for tips. Spotted by a member of prominent Dutch band, Blues Dimension who brings his label's A&R guy, he's asked if he wants to record an LP. He records a lush, baroque, orchestral pop sike album. It's released on a Decca in Holland. He appears on national TV and radio, along with supporting on a few tours. With royalties earned on the album he returns to Southern California and heads to Hollywood with the imminent release scheduled on Decca Records in the USA. It doesn't happen. Not the plot of a new movie. This is the abridged story of the lost, barely known treasure that is Mike Tingley, 'The Abstract Prince'."
BLUE ARROW
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CAT #: BAR 022LP
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DAVIDSON, ETHAN DANIEL Stranger LP
"The black, streamlined Commodore Vanderbilt Hudson locomotive emerges from the long tunnel of memory and circles endlessly on the three-rail track of nostalgia. The rails glisten in the rain, the throbbing engine brushes gobbets of water from overhanging branches and hunkers down with a low-pitched whining groan. Sparks sputter from under the wheels in a blue-and-white arc of recall. The long, majestic iron horse rushes down the straightaway against the wall of the house we lived in when we were 10, whistling and chugging bravely. 'I've ridden on a lot of trains,' says Ethan Daniel Davidson, a native Michigander. 'To jump on one, you try to be sure you can see each bolt. Once they all start to blend together, the train is going too fast to jump on. I'm too old to jump on trains now, but I can still write about them.' On Stranger, his most poignant ballad is the quivering, shuddering 'My Train Got Lost'. The title comes from an anthem by a Minnesota troubadour who has written dozens of songs about the coming and going of coachmen, station masters, tramps walking along the rails, conductors, steam whistles, railroad men, railroad gin and railroad tracks. Other tracks of recorded sound on Stranger owe debts to Public Image Ltd. (the post-punk 'Even Bad Seeds'), The Band (the prophetic 'There was a Famine in the House of Bread') and Echo & The Bunnymen (the existential 'My Jail'). Of the folk music staple 'Dink's Song', Davidson says, 'It's pretty self-explanatory: woman deserted by her lover when she needs him the most. She lost her child, so she's going home on the #9 train. At some point we're all going home on the #9.'"
BONFIRE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: BONF 013LP
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CHALOT, VERONIQUE J'ai Vu Le Loup LP
Reissue, originally released in 1979. "This is an album that takes you on a supernatural journey to the discovery of ancient sounds that move our souls in the deepest of manners." Veronique Chalot was born in Normandy in the north of France, but it was in Paris that she first became interested in traditional French folk music. In 1974 she landed in Rome where she soon earned a small, but dedicated following. In 1979 she recorded her first studio effort, J'ai Vu Le Loup, for the Italian Materiali Sonori label. Over the past 30+ years she has given hundreds of concerts, presenting her repertoire of traditional French/Italian folk songs and building awareness of that fascinating patrimony of antique melodies and dance rhythms. She passed away unfortunately on the 3rd of July 2021. Fully licensed. LP includes inlay card featuring an exclusive essay by Emma Tricca; 180 gram vinyl; edition of 500."First glance into Veronique's voice and you're under a spell she's unaware of casting. Like hearing the magical sound of Ulysses' sirens, you want to throw yourself into the deep blue waters of this record, its saucerful of secrets. Like finding the hidden doors into an ancient world of court jesters, magic flutes, troubadours, and love potions, her delivery, both on the instrument and the singing, is of a beauty impossible to comprehend. Pointless for me to dissect every song or try to draw the history of each and every poem or musical piece. This is an album that takes you on a supernatural journey to the discovery of ancient sounds that move our souls in the deepest of manners. All of this and more was how I felt back in the mid-90s, as a kid, when I first saw Veronique playing in a small club in Rome called Folkstudio. This record captures all the wondrous sensations I had seeing her perform; a life-changing experience. Bon voyage; she'll take you places." --Emma Tricca
BORN BAD RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: BORNBAD 039LP
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BEBEY, FRANCIS African Electronic Music 1975-1982 2LP
2022 repress; Double LP version. Cameroonian musician Francis Bebey is truly one of a kind. He entered the music scene with his African compositions for classical guitar. He gave recitals while pursuing a career in journalism and then as an international civil servant. The same creative impulse also led him to write pop songs, some of which (based on novels he had written) became big hits in Africa and in the French-speaking world. But few people know that in the '70s, Francis Bebey delved into electronic music. The first electronic keyboards, organs and drum machines offered him new possibilities of totally controlling his compositions. He embraced the technique of "sound on sound" recording (recording several tracks, sequentially juxtaposed on the same tape). This new stage in his musical career included the production of several records (Savannah Georgia, New Track, Haiti), rarities both for their creative explorations as well as their manifestations on vinyl. This was a particularly rich period for him, as he tested the limitless possibilities of the medium, and made use of surprising and novel instruments. Incredible sounds -- in the literal sense of the word -- would soon appear on the planet Bebey. Full-color printed innersleeves with notes in English and French.
BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
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CAT #: BPX 026CD
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DILLON 6abotage CD
Dillon's fourth LP, 6abotage, captures today's zeitgeist like few others. A work of sore desperation but also reassuring devotion. Her fourth, and perhaps boldest, album project, 6abotage, marks Dillon's first full-length since 2017's Kind. Described by Dillon herself as "a love letter, a cry for help and a consequence, all in one," 6abotage is the unapologetic manifestation of Dillon's latest artistic excursion with artist and producer Alexis Troy. Together Dillon and Troy have created a lyrically and sonically captivating and genre-bending body of work. The unmistakable soreness of Dillon's voice surrounded by and embedded within Troy's decisive and, at times, almost cinematic production defeats all genre stereotypes. Written, produced, and recorded in complete isolation, 6abotage reflects today's zeitgeist. It is sore and desperate but also reassuring and devoted. 6abotage is a successful protest. A successful protest against stereotypes and preconceptions. A protest against excessive suffering. A protest for selflove. A protest for patience and vulnerability. A protest for forgiveness and growth.
CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY
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CAT #: CVSDLP 004LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
VON SCHLIPPENBACH, ALEXANDER Globe Unity LP
LP version. Reissue, originally released in 1967. In 1966, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach assembled his first large ensemble to play his compositions "Globe Unity" and "Sun." This 14-piece band, which brought together some of the leading figures in European improvised music, would eventually expand -- incorporating not only Europeans but also American and Asian musicians -- and assume its rightful name: Globe Unity Orchestra. In its nascent outing, beautifully recorded at Ariola Studio in Cologne, Schlippenbach's band was already sensational, performing at various festivals and solidifying the reputations of some of its star players. Most notably among these was a 25-year-old saxophonist named Peter Brötzmann, whose whole band -- saxophonist Kris Wanders, drummer Mani Neumeier, and bassist Peter Kowald, the latter of whom would for a period assume nominal leadership of Globe Unity -- was incorporated into the large Schlippenbach group. Globe Unity was Brötzmann's first outing on LP. Kowald's too. And future drum heroes of the krautrock genre, Neumeier (with Guru Guru) and Jaki Liebezeit (with Can) constitute the incredible rhythm section. If you factor in German early-free-music mainstays Gunter Hampel (here on flute and bass clarinet, no vibes), trumpeter Manfred Schoof, bassist Buschi Niebergall, and tenor saxophonist Gerd Dudek, Dutch saxophonist and clarinetist Willem Breuker, French trumpeter Claude Deron, the enormity of the band's potential becomes apparent. Add Schlippenbach himself, an absolute cyclone on the piano as well as prominent tubular bells and gong, and the global scene is set. Schlippenbach's unique position at the time, as one of the foremost players in German free music, but also as a rising young composer who'd studied with Bernd Alois Zimmermann, allowed him to serve as exactly the right conduit for several approaches to creative music, from introducing his graphically notated scores to making a perfect context for the debuts of future star improvisors Brötzmann and Kowald. Schlippenbach's Globe Unity was first issued on SABA in 1967, then MPS a couple of years after that. It has long been out-of-print and has only ever appeared on CD in a tiny Japanese version published in 1999. Corbett vs. Dempsey's reissue comes with facsimile cover. The music was remastered from the original tapes and is licensed directly from MPS. Anyone interested in the history of improvised music needs to hear Globe Unity, which retains a sense of urgency 56 years after it was waxed.
DAILY RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: DAY 018VS-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RED ALERT We've Got The Power LP
Reissue of the debut album by Red Alert, a true UK street punk classic originally released by No Future Records in 1983. The cover is slightly different from the first edition and the insert contains other previously unpublished photos, all taken in the same photoshoot that were used for the original design.
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CAT #: DAY 020VS-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Carry On Oi! LP
Vinyl reissue of this classic Oi! compilation originally released on Secret Records in 1981. It features tracks by the biggest bands of the genre like: 4 Skins, Blitz, Red Alert, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, Infa Riot, or The Business. Also features Garry Johnson, JJ All Stars, The Partisans, The Ejected, The Last Resort, The Gonads, Oi The Comrade, and Oi The Choir. This album went straight to number four of the independent charts and is possibly the best Oi! compilation ever issued. Includes original artwork inner bag.
DE LA CATESSEN RECORDS (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: DLC 008CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SCHULTZ, CHESTER Within Our Reach CD
The first widely available edition of this singular, long-form composition, Within Our Reach: A Symphony Of The Port River: Soundscapes, by Port Adelaide, Australia-based pianist, composer, writer and researcher Chester Schultz. Originally self-released by Schultz in 1996, on his own Waterhole imprint, Within Our Reach was initially distributed free as a community resource, and not available for sale. De La Catessen's reissue is an invaluable contribution to developing histories of music and composition from Adelaide. It also offers the chance for germane reflection on the implications of late capitalism, gentrification, and "development" for both landscape and inhabitants. For Within Our Reach, Schultz has mapped out, via field recordings, an intricate, generous composition that documents the sounds of the Port River tidal inlet area of the greater Adelaide city. The recordings cover the period between 1989 to 1995, during which time the last of the industries based on the banks of the Port's higher land closed; there's something of a ghosted psychogeography of industry past during parts of Within Our Reach, with Schultz's evocative use of field recordings offering the listener clues as to the ongoing spatial rearrangement of the Port River area. Throughout Within Our Reach, you hear the interaction of multiple phenomena. The cawing and singing of birds, individual and en masse, broadcasts out over the submerged drone that modern transport "gifts" to the urban soundscape; for example, a rambling human voice, singing the traditional song "Down By The Riverside", is tangled up in the hum and purr of traffic, and the call of the seagull. Water and wind interact; the wind plays the guitar strings like an Aeolian harp; on "Hulks", Schultz and friends 'play' the debris of the mudflats, tapping on rusty bolts and rotting wood; a scherzo of people, wandering through the everyday, leads into a documentation of families gathered on the mudflats, playing guitar, recorder and clarinets, humming along idly; story fragments drift by, from Schultz and others. The delicate balancing act undertaken here, between the sounds of the natural world, the intrusions of the industrial world, and the constant negotiations of the people and animals that live within, and around, these spaces, is testament to Schultz's sensitive ear and careful, considered composition. Dedicated to theologian social critic Jacques Ellul, composer and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen, soundscape composer R. Murray Schafer, and the residents of Port Adelaide, Within Our Reach is a deeply moving document of the transformation of public space, and a profound, genuinely critical "music of place".
DESTINATION MOON (ITALY)
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CAT #: DMOO 003LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
DAVIS, MILES Kind of Blue LP
Reissue. A modal masterpiece from 1959, Kind of Blue is a true classic that never gets old, no matter how many times you listen to it. Bill Evans's understated piano is the perfect foil for Miles's melodies, contrasted by the soaring alto sax of Cannonball Adderley; Jimmy Cobb and Paul Chambers keep the rhythm section steady but unobtrusive, allowing Miles and Cannonball to shine. "So What" and "Freddie Freeloader" are seductive, deceptive gems, imparting all the frustration, begrudging and joy as only a great jazz record can; "Blue In Green" and "All Blue" have melancholy hues and "Flamenco Sketches" a precursor to Sketches Of Spain (1960). Every household should have at least one copy of Kind of Blue, one of the greatest records ever made. Also features John Coltrane and Wynton Kelly. Black vinyl.
DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS
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CAT #: 9780983881346
FILE UNDER: Misc
KNOWLES, ALISON By Alison Knowles: A Retrospective (1960-2022) Book
"The first survey of the Fluxus cofounder's prolific avant-garde output, from eight-foot-tall books to make-a-salad performances. The American artist Alison Knowles' (born 1933) groundbreaking experiments -- from painting and printmaking to sculpture and installation, sound works, poetry and artist's books -- have influenced art and artists for more than 50 years but remain relatively unknown among mainstream audiences. The first comprehensive volume on the artist, By Alison Knowles: A Retrospective presents more than 200 objects that span the entire breadth of her career, from her intermedia works of the 1960s to forms of participatory and relational art in the 2000s. The accompanying catalog features contributions by international Fluxus curators, historians and scholars, including lead essays by organizer Karen Moss, Hannah B. Higgins and Nicole Woods, and short contributions by Lucia Fabio, Lauren Fulton, Maud Jacquin and Sébastien Pluot. It also includes reprints of key articles by Benjamin Buchloh, Julia Robinson and Kristine Stiles, as well as a conversation between Alison Knowles and poet George Quasha. Richly illustrated with more than 250 images, the full-color catalog, designed by Kimberly Varella, includes a softcover lay-flat binding, special colored papers for each section, die-cut section dividers and a chronology. The cover of the book is a makeready (press sheets gathered from printing the interior of the book) produced during the printing of the interior pages. Each cover in the edition is unique." 300 pages. 1.2" H x 12.0" L x 8.6" W. Paperback
DOCTOR JAZZ
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CAT #: FW 40952LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
SANDERS, PHAROAH Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong LP
Limited 2022 restock; originally released in 1987. 180 gram vinyl. "Although Pharoah Sanders was originally considered a firebrand, thanks to his wild early free jazz work in the '60s, his later records are actually more in the tradition of players like his one-time leader John Coltrane and, especially, Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The title track from this 1987 session could have been on any of Kirk's Atlantic albums, a mixture of gospel sway and free jazz honk that builds into a hypnotic swoon under Leon Thomas' rich baritone vocals. (Thomas also appears on his own composition, the blues 'If It Wasn't for a Woman,' and the closing 'Next Time You See Me.') On the extended, relaxed take of Coltrane's 'Equinox,' Sanders doesn't try to copy his former boss' phrasing, but there's certainly a Coltrane-like elegance to Sanders' lyrical solo. In fact, Sanders' playing on the standard 'Polka Dots and Moonbeams,' which also features a lovely Vince Guaraldi-like piano solo by William S. Henderson III, is downright pretty. Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong is a mellow and peaceful set by a player who no longer needs to make noise; whether old-school fans will appreciate this is debatable." --Stewart Mason, All Music
DRAG CITY
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CAT #: DC 580LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
YONKERS, MICHAEL Michael Lee Yonkers LP
2022 restock. "There's yet another musical color revealed on the uber-rare private press, Michael Lee Yonkers, which was home-recorded in 1971 and '72, while Michael was working in an unheated, hundred year-old warehouse. He ran the forklift and drove the truck for the company, hauling extremely heavy loads of industrial surplus and scrap metal. His co-workers almost exclusively listened to country and western music, which inspired him to create and perform an oddly countrified set on weekends, when he would play in coffeehouses and at house parties. Yonkers would do an acoustic set of original 'country' and 'rock' music for the first part, then he would get out an 'electronic music machine' that he had built himself and play 'electronic music' (quotes all added by Michael himself). Michael Lee Yonkers is a recording of some of the 'country' songs he was doing at the time, as well as a few songs he wrote for the children at the house parties (like 'Mrs. Jennings Fruit Fly Farm,' recorded live, where you can hear the kids going nuts). The tracks were recorded on a variety of tube-type, reel-to-reel tape machines, which give them a unique analogue sound that begs comparisons to outsider hillbillies like Peter Grudzien, Holy Modal Rounders, and The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, as well as beloved longhair outlaws like Townes Van Zandt and Kris Kristofferson (ok, even one St. Johnny Cash too). The original art and labels have been faithfully reproduced and, with a discreet remastering touch, the tracks sound better than ever."
ECHO BEACH (GERMANY)
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CAT #: EB 175CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
DUB SPENCER & TRANCE HILL Imago Cells CD
Dub Spencer & Trance Hill have been in the music business for about 20 years and are still as hungry as a caterpillar in the leaf forest. Supposedly, the dub component always dominated, no matter if it was humorously-intelligently mixed with Christmas songs, spoken words or Italo Western. But the electronic, the psychedelic, the "trance" always played an important role in the work of the Europe-wide known Swiss band. Now, finally, this facet gets its due place on the new, 12th long-player of the quartet: Imago Cells is the name of the album and marks a metamorphosis. So out of the old arises the new, and so the dub merges with electronic dance music or better: "trance music". The tracks are clearly in the sign of the up-tempo and invite a rave. Furthermore, the sound has become even more bassy and psychedelic, but without losing the organic touch. So bubbling, echoing and grooving then the eight songs beastly good, sound unmistakably like Dub Spencer & Trance Hill and at the same time you understand that the only way is the new. A truly magical moment, like the birth of the butterfly.
EFFICIENT SPACE (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: EFFICIENT 022CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Ghost Riders CD
A North American road trip of coming-of-age garage soul mapped by Ivan Liechti, Ghost Riders is Efficient Space's latest narrative compilation, hovering in a liminal emotional ravine between moonlight melancholy, teenage heartache, and unchecked, unrealized ambition. Across seventeen open hearted ballads recorded 1965-1974, the album collects and connects dots between British Invasion fanatics, child prodigies, the loners and the luckless, in a kind of trans-continental survey of those swept up in rock n' roll mania and buoyed by local newspaper ads promising fame and gold records. From the tangerine dreams of eight grade all-girl combo The Mod 4 to the tri-state jukebox aspiring echoes of The Tempters, The Yardleys' poetic Farfisa vamp and lilting folk pop, and The Landlords' weepy break up B-side blues, these are mostly one shots by dreamers whose experience was brief before being checked back to the reality of suburban normality and realistic career options. Hailing from the regional backwaters of Illinois, Arkansas, Nevada, Massachusetts, Ohio, Idaho, Texas, and beyond, the licensed artists were scouted by way of local fire departments, spiritualist fellowships and animal welfare centers, often barely a stone's throw from where their contributions were originally laid. A barely teenage Dennis Harte's "Summer's Over" perhaps best taps the collection's essence. A gut-wrenching lament of the passing of the season as if it was the last on earth. Flanked by players from The Left Banke, Harte, a now-piano tuner to the stars, is from the minor segment that found longevity in showbiz. Likewise with Michigan icon Lyn Nowicki who cast her ghostly voice over Beatles cover song chameleons The Common People and Jerry McGee, The Ventures member and conduit of Dr. John's "Twilight Zone". Ghost Riders simmers with the scent of youthful summers, the pang of schoolyard romance, and the excitement (and disenchantment) of teenage naïveté, delivered via a deceptively simple and frequently wonky garage band set-up. The vision of record collector and graphic designer Ivan Liechti, these eternal psych-folk howlers are further crystallized by Colin Young's fastidious audio restoration, the original artwork of Elise Ganebin-de Bons and an aptly penned forward from Sonic Boom. Also features Decompressed Impossibility, The Living End, The Newports, The Landlords, The Prisners Dream, The Fortels, The Bohemians, Tresa Leigh, WM. Penn & The Quakers, Carroll, and Toe Head. CD version comes as digipak and includes booklet.
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CAT #: EFFICIENT 022LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Ghost Riders 2LP
Double LP version. Includes printed inner sleeves. A North American road trip of coming-of-age garage soul mapped by Ivan Liechti, Ghost Riders is Efficient Space's latest narrative compilation, hovering in a liminal emotional ravine between moonlight melancholy, teenage heartache, and unchecked, unrealized ambition. Across seventeen open hearted ballads recorded 1965-1974, the album collects and connects dots between British Invasion fanatics, child prodigies, the loners and the luckless, in a kind of trans-continental survey of those swept up in rock n' roll mania and buoyed by local newspaper ads promising fame and gold records. From the tangerine dreams of eight grade all-girl combo The Mod 4 to the tri-state jukebox aspiring echoes of The Tempters, The Yardleys' poetic Farfisa vamp and lilting folk pop, and The Landlords' weepy break up B-side blues, these are mostly one shots by dreamers whose experience was brief before being checked back to the reality of suburban normality and realistic career options. Hailing from the regional backwaters of Illinois, Arkansas, Nevada, Massachusetts, Ohio, Idaho, Texas, and beyond, the licensed artists were scouted by way of local fire departments, spiritualist fellowships and animal welfare centers, often barely a stone's throw from where their contributions were originally laid. A barely teenage Dennis Harte's "Summer's Over" perhaps best taps the collection's essence. A gut-wrenching lament of the passing of the season as if it was the last on earth. Flanked by players from The Left Banke, Harte, a now-piano tuner to the stars, is from the minor segment that found longevity in showbiz. Likewise with Michigan icon Lyn Nowicki who cast her ghostly voice over Beatles cover song chameleons The Common People and Jerry McGee, The Ventures member and conduit of Dr. John's "Twilight Zone". Ghost Riders simmers with the scent of youthful summers, the pang of schoolyard romance, and the excitement (and disenchantment) of teenage naïveté, delivered via a deceptively simple and frequently wonky garage band set-up. The vision of record collector and graphic designer Ivan Liechti, these eternal psych-folk howlers are further crystallized by Colin Young's fastidious audio restoration, the original artwork of Elise Ganebin-de Bons and an aptly penned forward from Sonic Boom. Also features Decompressed Impossibility, The Living End, The Newports, The Landlords, The Prisners Dream, The Fortels, The Bohemians, Tresa Leigh, WM. Penn & The Quakers, Carroll, and Toe Head.
F.O.A.D. RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: FOAD 275LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RATOS DE PORAO Necropolitica LP
Brazil's undisputed thrash-punk masters return with a brand-new studio album. Eight years after the acclaimed Século Sinistro (2014), Ratos De Porão are back with another slab of relentless, intense and socially engaged crossover thrash in their unmistakable style, this time with a stronger-than-ever political message reflecting their absolute contempt against the authoritarian government that has plagued Brazil in recent years. Musically, with a career spanning through five decades, Ratos De Porão show no sign of weakening and reconfirm themselves as the absolute champions of South American hardcore. Ten songs full of metal and punk mayhem keeping it fresh and dynamic at the same time, led by Jao's manic riffing and Gordo's massive, vitriolic shouts of rage. With no doubts the world's most famous basement rats have nailed it another time with a devastating album, still sounding exciting and relevant, which is an amazing achievement in punk that most other bands of that age can't claim! Glossy gatefold jacket with 12?x12? booklet.
FINDERS KEEPERS (UK)
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CAT #: FKR 113LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MIQUELA E LEI CHAPACANS Miquela e Lei Chapacans LP
The first progressive girl group of the French Occitan language pop scene bring you folk funk, sun-baked bossa, Coltrane jazz and their own brand of punky "Dizco Rural" against an untouched French Balearic backdrop spanning the late '70s and '80s. If even the most assiduous of European record collectors consider the Occitan language music scene to be France's best-kept secret then it's as fair to say that the incredible multifaceted recordings of langue d'oc prog girl group Lei Chapacans has spent the last four decades hiding in plain sight. In all fairness this overlooked treasure chest of minority language excursions into folk funk, Balearic, bossa, John Coltrane-penned jazz, baroque psych, Palestinian poetry, comedic synth skits (and even the rawest form of femme-fronted multi-lingual punky disco) has been stowed away in inconspicuous photographic record sleeves, falsely evoking something closer to contemporary C&W while oft-misplaced in record shop cassette racks alongside "traditional" spoken-word and scholastic albums. So, for the uninitiated, don't be too hard on yourself. The fun starts here. For those who are familiar with the rare and sought-after one-off solo album by Occitan singer Miquela (FKR 103LP) and have craved for more, then you've come to exactly the right place. Lei Chapacans (a name that roughly translates to "The Vagabonds") is the all-girl vocal group assembled by Miquela herself just two years after her debut release, having toured the world and snubbed major label record deal offers with a steadfast allegiance to the protection of the Occitan language in which this album is primarily penned and performed (minus a small amount of German and sarcastic English in one rebellious instance). For European collectors with a penchant for French savoir faire, but have further yearnings for folkloric femme funk, then it's time to look towards the Occitan sunset where you will meet Lolo, Miquela, Sophie, Irena, and Denise. These amazing, and undeniably culturally important recordings might have taken some time to find a wider audience, but for music lovers, crate diggers and vinyl vultures alike there are still a lot of tasty morsels out there to be scavenged and devoured, ask any self-respecting Chapacan and they'll concur wholeheartedly.
FRONTIER
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CAT #: FRO 31007LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CHRISTIAN DEATH Only Theatre of Pain LP
2011 reissue. Originally released in 1982. "Only Theatre of Pain is the first studio album by the American rock band Christian Death, released on March 24, 1982, by the Frontier record label. It is considered by most critics to be the harbinger of the deathrock style of music, as well as being highly influential on the American gothic music scene."
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CAT #: FRO 31075LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WEIRDOS, THE Weird World Vol. 2 1977-1989: We Got The Neutron Bomb LP
2003 release. "Weirdo rock. Includes an anthemic live version of 'We Got The Neutron Bomb' from 1977."
GLITTERBEAT (GERMANY)
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CAT #: GB 128LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
LIRAZ Roya LP
LP version. The new third album from award-winning Israeli-Persian singer Liraz is an invitation to dream. Anthems, love ballads, glittery Middle Eastern dance tunes -- a collection of 11 tracks that enrich that signature blend of tradi-modern rhythms and retro-Persian sonics. Liraz and her Israeli sextet (three women, three men) recorded Roya over ten days in Istanbul, in a basement studio hidden from public view and crackling with creativity. With them, on violin, viola and the tar, the wasp-waisted wooden Iranian lute, were composers and musicians from the Iranian capital, Tehran. The same clutch of anonymous players who previously collaborated with Liraz online, under the radar of Tehran's secret police, for her feted 2020 album, Zan (GB 101CD/LP, 2020). Players who'd travelled undercover from Tehran to Istanbul to work with Liraz and producer/multi-instrumentalist Uri Brauner Kinrot in the flesh. Featuring music written by bassist Amir Sadot, "Doone Doone" is a rollicking ode to the Tehrani musicians Liraz befriended through computer screens. "Mimiram" delivers dramatic protestations of love with knowing irreverence; while "Omid" -- with lyrics by an anonymous Iranian female musician and music by Zan co-writer Ilan Smilan -- tells of a man named Hope and of hope, who is also a man. A slow, lonely song about Iran, the string-and-synth-driven "Tanha" was recorded on the day the Iranians may or may not have arrived in Istanbul. Her Hebrew accent intact, her confidence boosted by prestigious awards (Songlines Artist of the Year 2021) and widespread international acclaim, Liraz has never sounded so passionate, so strong and defiant. Roya, then, is the next phase of a high-profile career further distinguished by a drive to fight oppression, to champion the right of women everywhere to sing, perform and be heard. Liraz grew up dancing to the music of divas such as Ramesh and Googoosh celebrated in Tehran in the '60s and '70s, the golden age of Persian pop. She also loved female singer-songwriters: Kate Bush, Tori Amos. Lessons in singing, music and acting -- and a stint spent clubbing - were followed by three years working in the US as an actress, appearing in the big budget films such as Fair Game and A Late Quartet. Liraz also appeared as a Farsi-speaking Mossad operative in the 2020 Apple TV espionage series Tehran. In Tehrangeles -- the Little Tehran of Los Angeles -- she found her people, embraced her inner Persian. With each album, Liraz has grown bolder, more outspoken (ask her about Palestine and she'll extol Palestinian rights, too). Recorded in secrecy in Istanbul with her band from Tel Aviv and risk-defying Iranian musicians from Tehran. A musical portal to a place of peace, joy and unfettered freedom.
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CAT #: GB 130LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
AL-QASAR Who Are We? LP
LP version. Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar's debut album is an explosive mix of heavy Arabian grooves, global psychedelia, and North African trance music. The band calls it "Arabian fuzz." Brazenly electric and deeply connected. When continents collide, they make a thunderous sound. Al-Qasar create the soundtrack to that fission on their full-length debut, Who Are We? The musicians came together, from France, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, and the United States. Shows followed, first in France, then in Europe and the Middle East. They put out an EP, the widely-lauded Miraj, recorded in Cairo. Work on Who Are We? began in December 2020, with Attar Bellier composing eight tracks that writhe and roar in skillfully controlled chaos. Bass, drums and traditional percussion create a deep, irresistible groove for the foundation, while electric saz and guitars build a wailing wall above, with Moroccan vocalist Jaouad El Garouge's ecstatic voice, steeped in his Gnawa upbringing, pulling inspiration from history as it strides into the future. Drawing on years of experience working in Los Angeles studios, Attar Bellier produced the album. Who Are We? translates the sound that inhabited his head into something physical that stirs spirit, heart and feet. The Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra was a natural addition to "Ya Malak," his inimitable voice reciting a translation of Egyptian revolutionary poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, elevating the record's social critique while showcasing the first-ever English recording of Negm's work. Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth layers textured, brooding guitar over the first two cuts, "Awtar Al Sharq" and "Awal." The sweeping drones embrace the Moroccan bendir groove to magical results. Hend Elrawy, the acclaimed Egyptian singer whom the band met in Cairo, brings her powerful voice to "Mal Wa Jamal", whose Arabic lyrics promote a female-centric and humbling outlook on prostitution and its consequences. Like the other songs on the album, its social consciousness is carefully veiled in images. "Hobek Tawrat," for instance, can be taken as a love song, with its seductive, ringing opening on the electric saz that leads up to the aching voice of New York-based Sudanese innovator Alsarah (Alsarah & The Nubatones). One of the band's great coups is the track "Barbès Barbès," an ode and homage to the neighborhood in Paris where Al-Qasar first came together. The iconic Mehdi Haddab (Speed Caravan) added his oud virtuosity to the track. Who Are We? is a deep, exhilarating album. Its intensity never wavers, music that pulls from the hypnotic roots of North African trance and threads it into a fabric with the elaborate beauty of Arabic scales and the shock and thrill of rock'n'roll. Mixed by Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, PJ Harvey). Mastered by Grammy-winner Dave Collins.
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CAT #: GB 136EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
GRAINDORGE FEATURING IGGY POP, CATHERINE The Dictator 12"
A thrilling collaboration between the acclaimed Belgian composer/instrumentalist Catherine Graindorge and the ever-iconic Iggy Pop. Haunting string and electronic textures melding with Iggy's baritone, cautionary tales. A deep dive into the heart of these unsettled times. It all began with the radio. Together, they've forged a meeting of minds and spirits that's resulted in the The Dictator, an EP that combines their talents: her music, his voice. "He played two tracks of mine on his BBC 6 Music show,"Graindorge explains, "so I sent an email addressed to Iggy to the producer of the show, saying that I was very honored and that I'd be delighted to work on a track with him. It was completely spontaneous; I never thought anything would really happen." But it did. To her disbelief and absolute delight, a reply came two days later: Catherine, I would love to make a track, Iggy. In addition to solo work and being part of the band Nile on WaX, she's worked with artists like Nick Cave, Hugo Race and esteemed producer/musician John Parish. Still, she expected nothing more than to add her violin to a song of his. Instead, she recalls, "Iggy said to send him a track. I began to improvise, and came up with three pieces at home. We communicated and began to exchange ideas." Her wish turned into a fever dream of creativity. "Over Christmas I recorded another track that was more rock. That grabbed him. Then he wrote the lyrics for 'The Dictator' two months before Russia invaded Ukraine." His inspiration came from her sounds and musical structures, and the world he sees around us. "There is a gothic masonry at work here, with a very old force abetted by very cunning structures," Iggy observes about Catherine's music. "My contribution is to report, through words, the current threat, and the longing for happiness and peace."
GLITTERHOUSE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: GRCD 1060CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HALE, TERRY LEE The Gristle & Bone Affair CD
The Gristle & Bone Affair, Terry Lee Hale's 14th record, the second he's made in his home of 20 years in France, and first in his recently adopted city of Marseille. This finds him considering the life he left behind in the US, his time in Europe, and at some of the things the future might hold. Instead of the fingerpicked guitar front-and-center, often his hallmark sound, now the instrument -- and his voice -- stand as the bedrock of all the music here; he's become part of the ensemble. He's covered a lot of distance in his time, but one of the most important stops was in Seattle, a place he says was "foundational." He was the only singer-songwriter on Sub Pop 200 (1988), the compilation that announced grunge and brought the city to the music world's attention. It was in Seattle that he released his first LP, and came to know many of the musicians, like Jon Hyde who adds steel guitar here. He also formed a close, lasting friendship was Chris Eckman of the Walkabouts, who's produced The Gristle & Bone Affair, as well as several of Hale's earlier albums. On "Oh Life," where Ziga Golob's (Chris Eckman, Steve Wynn) warm, plucked notes on the contrabass makes an introduction for Hale's crisp yearning falsetto calls, an evocation of an American West that's all but vanished. This time around, there's only one track where Hale's guitar stands out alone, the sole instrumental on the album, "Doesn't Matter Anymore." As producer, Eckman suggested some artists Hale had never worked with, like Catherine Graindorge (Iggy Pop, Nick Cave), whose violin work haunts "Oh Life" and adds a deep resonance. The Seattle that's developed since Hale left is there in the sympathetic, clear backing vocals of Claire Tucker, bringing everything full circle. The sound and claustrophobic feel of "Alive Inside," a loving, sympathetic song about the interior world of a man with Alzheimer's is mostly due to the work and imagination of Matt Emerson Brown, the mixing engineer, who had as much of a free hand as the instrumentalists. It's heartfelt poetry, tender and aching and caught in a small space, so different to the sweep of road and distant horizons that echo through "Curve Away" which features Chris Cacavas (Dream Syndicate, Green on Red) on keyboards.
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CAT #: GRLP 1060LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HALE, TERRY LEE The Gristle & Bone Affair LP
LP version. The Gristle & Bone Affair, Terry Lee Hale's 14th record, the second he's made in his home of 20 years in France, and first in his recently adopted city of Marseille. This finds him considering the life he left behind in the US, his time in Europe, and at some of the things the future might hold. Instead of the fingerpicked guitar front-and-center, often his hallmark sound, now the instrument -- and his voice -- stand as the bedrock of all the music here; he's become part of the ensemble. He's covered a lot of distance in his time, but one of the most important stops was in Seattle, a place he says was "foundational." He was the only singer-songwriter on Sub Pop 200 (1988), the compilation that announced grunge and brought the city to the music world's attention. It was in Seattle that he released his first LP, and came to know many of the musicians, like Jon Hyde who adds steel guitar here. He also formed a close, lasting friendship was Chris Eckman of the Walkabouts, who's produced The Gristle & Bone Affair, as well as several of Hale's earlier albums. On "Oh Life," where Ziga Golob's (Chris Eckman, Steve Wynn) warm, plucked notes on the contrabass makes an introduction for Hale's crisp yearning falsetto calls, an evocation of an American West that's all but vanished. This time around, there's only one track where Hale's guitar stands out alone, the sole instrumental on the album, "Doesn't Matter Anymore." As producer, Eckman suggested some artists Hale had never worked with, like Catherine Graindorge (Iggy Pop, Nick Cave), whose violin work haunts "Oh Life" and adds a deep resonance. The Seattle that's developed since Hale left is there in the sympathetic, clear backing vocals of Claire Tucker, bringing everything full circle. The sound and claustrophobic feel of "Alive Inside," a loving, sympathetic song about the interior world of a man with Alzheimer's is mostly due to the work and imagination of Matt Emerson Brown, the mixing engineer, who had as much of a free hand as the instrumentalists. It's heartfelt poetry, tender and aching and caught in a small space, so different to the sweep of road and distant horizons that echo through "Curve Away" which features Chris Cacavas (Dream Syndicate, Green on Red) on keyboards.
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CAT #: GRLP 1060LTD-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HALE, TERRY LEE The Gristle & Bone Affair (Color Vinyl) LP
LP version. Color vinyl. The Gristle & Bone Affair, Terry Lee Hale's 14th record, the second he's made in his home of 20 years in France, and first in his recently adopted city of Marseille. This finds him considering the life he left behind in the US, his time in Europe, and at some of the things the future might hold. Instead of the fingerpicked guitar front-and-center, often his hallmark sound, now the instrument -- and his voice -- stand as the bedrock of all the music here; he's become part of the ensemble. He's covered a lot of distance in his time, but one of the most important stops was in Seattle, a place he says was "foundational." He was the only singer-songwriter on Sub Pop 200 (1988), the compilation that announced grunge and brought the city to the music world's attention. It was in Seattle that he released his first LP, and came to know many of the musicians, like Jon Hyde who adds steel guitar here. He also formed a close, lasting friendship was Chris Eckman of the Walkabouts, who's produced The Gristle & Bone Affair, as well as several of Hale's earlier albums. On "Oh Life," where Ziga Golob's (Chris Eckman, Steve Wynn) warm, plucked notes on the contrabass makes an introduction for Hale's crisp yearning falsetto calls, an evocation of an American West that's all but vanished. This time around, there's only one track where Hale's guitar stands out alone, the sole instrumental on the album, "Doesn't Matter Anymore." As producer, Eckman suggested some artists Hale had never worked with, like Catherine Graindorge (Iggy Pop, Nick Cave), whose violin work haunts "Oh Life" and adds a deep resonance. The Seattle that's developed since Hale left is there in the sympathetic, clear backing vocals of Claire Tucker, bringing everything full circle. The sound and claustrophobic feel of "Alive Inside," a loving, sympathetic song about the interior world of a man with Alzheimer's is mostly due to the work and imagination of Matt Emerson Brown, the mixing engineer, who had as much of a free hand as the instrumentalists. It's heartfelt poetry, tender and aching and caught in a small space, so different to the sweep of road and distant horizons that echo through "Curve Away" which features Chris Cacavas (Dream Syndicate, Green on Red) on keyboards.
GRAPEFRUIT
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CAT #: GY12 003LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MORTENSEN, ASTRID OSTER Gro Mig En Blomst LP
"One first heard the Danish artist Astrid Øster Mortensen as a surprise guest vocalist on Gustaf Dicksson's Blod album, Missväxt, which Grapefruit released in 2021. New in Gothenburg, the Denmark-born Mortensen had been frequenting the Discreet Music shop where various musicians of the underground scene communed and shared their latest projects. Learning that she was a musician too, Dicksson asked Mortensen to contribute vocals to Missväxt and it wasn't long before she handed over a master of her own music which completely floored everyone in the scene who heard it. The recordings eventually materialized as Gro Mig En Blomst. An LP which was released in a very small edition on Dicksson's Förlag För Fri Musik label in March of 2021, causing a sensation of wonder and well-earned praise and some panic due to its scarcity. Gro Mig En Blomst is at once wholly immersive and something quite rare -- an infectious collection of essentially experimental music derived from familiar organic sounds stitched together with delicate, sometimes improvised music, poetry, and haunting folk melodies. Akin to the pastiches composed by the equally enchanting Gothenburg collective, Enhet For Fri Musik, Mortensen's album is mysteriously irresistible despite offering what most would consider a challenging listen. It immediately became an essential release and sold through its 300 copies quickly before the ink was even dry on the superlative reviews. So, it was with great pride and pleasure that Grapefruit worked closely with her to offer this new reissue. Herein one will find songs which often begin with chatter and ambient sound, with Mortensen seemingly extracting beauty from the random and chaotic, splicing in snippets of birdsong and rainfall as well as electronic noises. It might be tempting to assume these songs are accidental, wholly improvised, or captured moments due to the ephemeral qualities of the music and the ease of execution which lure us into the world Mortensen has created. But, it is actually evidence of the skill and finesse of a confident artist in full command of her medium."
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CAT #: GY12 004LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NEUTRAL Neutral LP
"Neutral's 2014 first LP, Grå Våg Gamlestaden, is widely considered ground zero for the explosion of creativity that has transpired in the Swedish Underground ever since. It is the noisy experimental rock album that opened the door and welcomed in so many artists working behind the scenes. Gothenburgers Dan Johansson (Sewer Election) and Sofie Herner had previously made music together in the band Källarbarnen when they started discussing a new methodology and a fresh sound for recordings under a new name as a duo. Grapefruit was proud to reissue that first LP in 2021 and they are equally excited to follow up that sold-out release with two more important Neutral releases, the self-titled sophomore LP from 2016 in a gatefold sleeve and the När mini album EP from 2017 which was originally limited to 300 copies. Grapefruit's reissue of the När mini album and the second LP is the first time these have been reissued. Both are limited to 400 copies."
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CAT #: GY12 005LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NEUTRAL Nar 12"
"Neutral's 2014 first LP, Grå Våg Gamlestaden, is widely considered ground zero for the explosion of creativity that has transpired in the Swedish Underground ever since. It is the noisy experimental rock album that opened the door and welcomed in so many artists working behind the scenes. Gothenburgers Dan Johansson (Sewer Election) and Sofie Herner had previously made music together in the band Källarbarnen when they started discussing a new methodology and a fresh sound for recordings under a new name as a duo. Grapefruit was proud to reissue that first LP in 2021 and they are equally excited to follow up that sold-out release with two more important Neutral releases, the self-titled sophomore LP from 2016 in a gatefold sleeve and the När mini album EP from 2017 which was originally limited to 300 copies. Grapefruit's reissue of the När mini album and the second LP is the first time these have been reissued. Both are limited to 400 copies."
HEADS ON FIRE INDUSTRIES (UK)
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CAT #: HOF 001CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WHITE HILLS The Revenge of Heads on Fire CD
"Pure psychotropic madness. A screaming head on fire penetrated my chest, jolting me from the universal plane back to earth." Guitarist/singer/sonic alchemist Dave W's vivid fever dream ignited The Revenge of Heads on Fire, White Hills' latest release, which harnesses the energy of ferocious, hedonistic rock with blissful passages of dark ambience. Exploring themes of mortality, transformation and rebirth, the band reveals a spiritual depth unparalleled in previous works. The roar of fire, swirling of oceans and hallucinogenic visions can be heard throughout the 75-minute journey. From the intrepid prelude "The Instrumental Head" to the closing punk blaze of "Eternity", the album ebbs-and-flows, smoldering and seething in the middle with the 21-minute mammoth opus "Don't Be Afraid". The Revenge of Heads on Fire consummates Dave W's prototype for the 2007 release on Rocket Recordings, Heads on Fire, later picked up by Thrill Jockey. Six rediscovered songs accompany re-mixed versions of the original material, fulfilling the master arch of the pyre lit long ago. Recorded during the band's tumultuous early years, the music vibrates with the energy and volatility of a sonic boom. The album will be released on Heads on Fire Industries. "'Don't Be Afraid' alone makes this an essential listen for fans of contemporary psychedelia." --AllMusic
HONEY PIE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: HONEY 041LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
CUBA SEXTETTE, JOE Steppin' Out LP
Honey Pie Records present a reissue of Joe Cuba Sextette's Steppin' Out, originally released in 1963. Joe Cuba, New York's Latin music icon, "the King of Latin Boogaloo" is considered a pioneer in the so-called Nuyorican culture. Originally released in 1963, this is a highly infectious mix of dance numbers and love songs based on a wide range of percussive instruments, timbales, congas, bass, piano, vibes, and lots of hand percussion. If you feel ready to move your feet in various exotic energizing styles like mambo, pachanga, and cha cha cha, this is the right album for you.
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CAT #: HONEY 043LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
OLATUNJI AND HIS PERCUSSION, BABATUNDE Zungo! LP
Honey Pie Records present a reissue on Babatunde Olatunji And His Percussion's Zungo!, originally released in 1961. A much-needed reissue of another obscure Afro-jazz piece of vinyl. This is legendary percussionist and activist Olatunji's classic album originally released in 1961 and featuring jazz heavyweights such as Yusef Lateef, Clark Terry, George Duvivier, and master percussionists like Ray Barreto and Montego Joe, among others. Zungo! sounds as some sort of an ongoing orgy in Afro percussion grooves with Olatunji at the head of a large and varied group including horns, guitar, bass, multiple percussion and drums, plus a 13-piece choir.
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CAT #: HONEY 045LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BROWN, JAMES Singles Vol. 3 (1960-61) LP
Third installment in James Brown's early singles collections series. Another essential release covering the crucial 1960-1961 time frame, when Brown and his Famous Flames began to define their innovative R&B style especially through the release of the hit album Think! Needless to add that the album includes immortal tracks such as "You've Got The Power", "I'll Go Crazy", "Baby You're Right" and "Think!"
HUBRO (NORWAY)
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CAT #: HUBRO 2653CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SUNDSTOL, GEIR The Studio Intim Sessions Vol. 1 CD
Geir Sundstøl has made a name for himself as an innovative session musician on hundreds of Norwegian and international albums. 2015 saw the release of Furulund (HUBRO 2533CD/3533LP), the first self-composed long player from this master of strings. Langen Ro, Norwegian Grammy winner Brødløs and St.Hanshaugen Steel (HUBRO 2642CD/3642LP), followed soon after. Now, the stage is set for something quite different. The Studio Intim Sessions Vol. 1, Sundstøl's fifth solo album, has taken a trip on its own, away from the cinematic Nordic noir and genre-crossing soundscapes we know, and ended up somewhere south of the Kattegat. Personnel: Geir Sundstøl - strings, with: Maria Due, Daniel Sandén Warg, Audun Erlien, Nikolai Hængsle, Håkon Brunborg, Lars Horntveth, Hans Hulbækmo, Gulzar Butt, Kjell Pop, Jarle Bernhoft, Chimta Raja Abdul, Sofi Jonas, Bashir Rydhem, Erland Dahlen.
IMPORTANT RECORDS
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CAT #: IMPREC 439LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. Wake To A New Dawn Of Another Astro Era 2LP
Limited 2022 restock; double LP version. Acid Mothers Temple - the next generation begins! With the departure of long time bass/drum duo Shimura Koji and Tsuyama Atsushi, AMT now have a new rhythm section featuring two young Japanese musicians, Satoshima Nani on drums and S/T on bass. Thus, Wake To A New Dawn of Another Astro Era is the first record in the second chapter of this legendary Japanese psychedelic rock group. Wake To A New Dawn Of Another Astro Era finds a rejuvenated Makoto Kawabata encompassing the best of what AMT has come to mean in the last twenty-one years. Deep ambient synth passages fade into deftly composed anthemic jams worthy of crowd favorite status like "La Novia" and "Pink Lady Lemonade". Makoto's guitar prowess reaches unfathomed apexes in epic crescendos while the new rhythm section holds down heavy Kraut-influenced repetition. Straddling the line between composition and improvisation, this is a legendary AMT record for sure. Features light show artwork by LiquidbiupiL. Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. at the time of this recording were: Kawabata Makoto : electric guitar, acoustic guitar, fretless bass, bouzouki, electric saz, sitar, synthesizer, electronics, tape, short wave, voice, speed guru; Higashi Hiroshi : synthesizer, noodle king; Tabata Mitsuru: electric guitar, guitar-synthesizer, acoustic 12 strings guitar, tape, voice, maratab; Satoshima Nani : drums, another dimension; S/T : bass (on "Meridian Dimension ~ Lost Milky Way"), space & time. Produced and mixed by Makoto Kawabata.
IN THE RED
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CAT #: ITR 370LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ZABRECKY Seance! With Zabrecky LP
"The title of the green glow-in-the-dark vinyl record is not merely a title: it is the first step on a journey to exploring the spirit realm with Zabrecky as your tour guide -- just in time for Halloween. On the off chance that you are unfamiliar with the work of Mr. Zabrecky, it will behoove you to know that that he's had one of the most illustrious, interesting and eclectic careers imaginable. He first came into the public eye in the 1990's while fronting the popular angst-ridden pop punk combo Possum Dixon. Unlike other artists, his quick, quirky intelligence and onstage intensity didn't result in a solo rock'n'roll career, but directed him to explore far more esoteric avenues. His later incarnations -- all fueled by the same fascinating power -- lead him to become an actor, a world famous award-winning magician, mentalist, author and professional auctioneer. Equal parts persuasive snake oil salesman and unctuous supernatural aficionado, he is possessed -- pun intended -- of an odd, slightly eerie sense of humor... or perhaps it is that Zabecky is dead serious -- and his convictions are merely perceived as humor? For well over a decade, within the mysterious, chain and shackle- bedecked walls of The Houdini Room at The Magic Castle, Zabrecky has conducted literally hundreds of seances. One day in the not-so-distant past, Zabrecky had a revelation... or was it advice whispered from The Beyond? 'It occurred to me that people could conduct their own séances in the comfort of their living spaces or in nearly any space,' Zabrecky said. Harking back to his time in the post punk milieu, in which the DIY ethic came to a head, he continues, 'They don't need me, they just need this record. Who wouldn't want their own do-it-yourself séance record? Hard to imagine that it hasn't been done before.' Produced by the illustrious Emmett Kelly, Séance employs several 1970s analog synths as well as harp and other instruments that wouldn't 'normally' be associated with a séance; the addition of Zabrecky's hypnotic spoken vocals lead the listener to explore new realms. The end result is a record that could be considered a spooky-cool novelty... or lead the listener directly into the vast realm of The World Beyond The Veil. Ultimately, the listener will decide on the direction this record leads them... perhaps with a bit of help from a long lost loved one... or a disincarnate entity from the shadows. Either way, as Zabrecky opines, 'The main rule of the séance is: if you believe, you will receive." --Pleasant Gehman
KOO EDITIONS (ITALY)
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CAT #: KOO 004CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DE DONA, GIOVANNI Grillen CD
An octophonic performance realized on September 7, 2011 for Dolomiti Contemporanee, an improvised concert for technological apparatuses and insects: through the use of Diachronic, an innovative software conceived and produced by the artist. A dialogue opens with the crickets selected and microphone-controlled in their boxes placed inside a deserted industrial area of the Dolomites, staging a vision of continuity between man and nature, mediated by technology. The crickets were observed and fed for days, separated into four different groups according to aptitude and species, corresponding to four separate channels, as if they were four teeming autonomous, living and responsive instruments. Diachronic is a patented instrument inspired by the plastic dynamism of the Futurist Umberto Boccioni, free jazz, and the elliptical regularity of Kepler's laws. It allows you to draw speed variations in real time while maintaining the same duration of the measure, to improvise as the sound paste unfolds over time. This digital instrument is used during the session to dialogue with the crickets, which reacted particularly to sharp peaks, while in the second part it becomes the exclusive and artificial protagonist, and is used to rework the recorded material.
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CAT #: KOO 005CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
COH Live at GES-2 CD
Recording of the entire session performed at "Geometry of Now", the audiovisual festival organized by the V-A-C Foundation and curated by Mark Fell that took place at the former power station GES-2 in the hearth of Moscow (2017). CoH, the alias of Ivan Pavlov, is a Russian word for both sleep and dream, spelled in Cyrillic and pronounced as "son". Having left Russia for Sweden in 1995, CoH produced an extensive catalog of releases, including several notable collaborations with leading figures in industrial music, such as Cosey Fanni Tutti and Peter Christopherson of Coil/Throbbing Gristle. His dreamlike progression resonates here within GES-2, an exceptional monument of industrial archeology from the early 20th century, which Renzo Piano transformed into a multifunctional exhibition space whose renovation was completed later in 2021.
LANTERN HEIGHTS (ITALY)
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CAT #: LANDRH 003LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ARDLEY, NEIL Kaleidoscope of Rainbows LP
Reissue, originally released in 1976. Kaleidoscope of Rainbows in unmistakably a trait d'union between the British (orchestral) jazz-rock heritage and a more confident way of writing. Heading clearly to different directions, the album showcases the talent of the main composer with the singular talent of trumpet player Ian Carr (Nucleus), cello player Paul Buckmaster (otherwise known for his collaboration with David Bowie and Miles Davis) and master clarinet player Tony Coe. This is the final part of an Ardley trilogy, preceded by Greek Variations (1969) and A Symphony of Amaranths (1971). Here, Neil Ardley uses Balinese scales -- the pelog, a Gamelan scale comprising seven notes, and the slendro, an older, more commonly used Gamelan scale. They are used in a variety of note patterns, each unique combination the basis of a series of "Rainbow" compositions, from "Rainbow 1" to "7". This brand new concept is fitting, showing different strategies and a more exotic feel with a certain minimalist counterpoint. A new beginning to a certain degree, with the spacey 1979 masterpiece Harmony of the Spheres soon to come. Fully licensed. 180 gram vinyl.
LIFE GOES ON RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: LIFE 002LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
PEOPLE Ceremony-Buddha Meet Rock LP
Reissue, originally released in 1971. A monster on its own Ceremony-Buddha Meet Rock still is one of the most enigmatic records to have come out of the early seventies Japanese underground. Composers Yusuke Hoguchi and Naoki Tachikawa are the main conspirators here. The album is clearly informed by the flower power counterculture, is full-on mysticism -- with Buddha chants all over the place -- and trippy guitar playing make room for an otherworldly experience. The album opens with a rendition of "Holy Thursday" lifted from David Axelrod's masterpiece Song of Innocence (1968) and sets the mood for a series of ancestral musical performance. Released on Teichiku Records in 1971, this album still stands as one of the most original pieces of art coming from the eastern side.
LOCO MOTION (ITALY)
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CAT #: EVA 009CV-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RAMONES, THE Rocket To Ann Arbor: Live at Second Chance Saloon, Michigan, February 26, 1979 - WCBN FM Broadcast (Red Vinyl) LP
The Ramones, live at Second Chance Saloon in Ann Arbor Michigan on February 25, 1979. WBCM FM broadcast. First copies on red vinyl.
LOVELY MUSIC
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CAT #: LCD 1003CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ASHLEY, ROBERT Yellow Man With Heart With Wings CD
2022 restock; Robert Ashley's 1978 piece for voice and electronics. A two-part composition with narration (part one in Spanish and part two in heavily altered English) commissioned by public radio station KUNM in Albuquerque, this music has a plain, serene beauty. Part one is a narration by Guillermo Grenier in dreamy, flatly inflected Spanish, backed by a four-note synthesizer track, and punctuated by mysterious, heavily processed vocalizations. Ashley throws in extensive sound washes and other electronic figures which flutter in and out of the mix. The text, "Ideas from The Church," will later shows up in the 1994 opera, Foreign Experiences. It is included in the liner notes. In part two, the four-note synthesizer line returns, this time backing an ethereal, sustained chord, and the vocals sound "like a distant rendering of the earth's electromagnetic halo." Personnel: Robert Ashley - English voice and all instruments; "Blue" Gene Tyranny - clavinet; Guillermo Grenier - Spanish voice.
MAGGOT BRAIN
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CAT #: MAGGOT 010
FILE UNDER: Misc
MAGGOT BRAIN Maggot Brain #10 (Sep/Oct/Nov 2022) MAG
"Cover art by Detroit-based graphic artist Lucy Cahill depicts Wanda Jackson as an alien because why not; with additional recent works by her inside the issue. Glasgow's justly beloved Belle & Sebastian, hot on the heels of a US tour and their best record in ages, deliver unto us decades' worth of posters and ephemera, with an interview with Stuart Murdoch on the history of the group's aesthetics. Novelist and longtime friend David Gordon lets us run the full text of his archival talk with celebrated painter and author Duncan Hannah (RIP -- and yes he goes into detail about the Lou Reed incident described in Please Kill Me). Kevin Esquire spent hours with Motown's almost-star from the 1960s and '70s, Christina Carter, and we have unpublished archival images and many amazing anecdotes. Speaking of Motown, did you know that the son of the great Marxist/Black liberation activist CLR James was in 'mixed race' band Odyssey, who had a record on Motown? We have a great feature on that. Fascinating discussion between guitarist-singer-songriter-
MIASMAH (UK)
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CAT #: MIA 052LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DEAF CENTER Neon City LP
2022 restock. Neon City is the debut release by Erik K Skodvin and Otto A Totland's Deaf Center project, finally reissued 18 years since its first appearance in 2004. Listening to Neon City in 2022 is like taking a melancholy journey down rainy city streets of the early naughts, made by the then two young Norwegians in their mid-20s after spending time together in a basement full of vintage items. Armed with young optimism and a sense of musical experimentation, they started sampling everything around them, be it an old television broadcaster, tape recorders, a game of table tennis or conversations on film and merging it with pianos, plucked guitar, strings and anything in-between. The record turned out as something unique in the fields bordering post classical and ambient music, though without landing on any set genre. The record was filling a place in music that was barely touched upon and made them further experiment with samples and classical music which landed them on the 2005's classic Pale Ravine. Although Erik and Otto both had been making music solo before, Neon City was the start of their more focused future paths as purveyors of both light and darkness in music that seeps through your soul to battle the anxieties of the world. The record comes with a remix of the opener track "Dial" by Helios aka Keith Keniff, taken from the same original. Remastered featuring new artwork; includes download code; edition of 500.
MIND CONTROL (ITALY)
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CAT #: MIND 749LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
MARLEY & THE WAILERS, BOB Conquering Lion: National Stadium, Kingston, April 1978 - FM Broadcast LP
Bob Marley & The Wailers, live at National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica in April 1978.
MORR MUSIC (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MORR 114LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DUMP I Can Hear Music 3LP
2022 restock; gatefold triple LP version with full-color innersleeves. Reissue of the legendary second album by the solo project of James McNew (Yo La Tengo) from 1994. Re-mastered by Bob Weston (Shellac, Mission Of Burma). This album has not been available for ages and is now released on vinyl for the first time. Contains bonus material. "Some people complain that friends today are made with mouse clicks -- as if it was more personal in the '90s. James McNew, for example, became a good friend of mine in 1994. Never mind I hadn't even talked to the guy -- hell, he covered Jandek AND the Silver Apples. We had so much in common. James McNew is a fan boy. If the name-drop-list ranging from Albert Ayler to Young Marble Giants included with his first 45 didn't tell you that, the blazing in his eyes when a name like The Shaggs was uttered, certainly did. Yet McNew is not obsessed with obscurity but with music. When his debut album Superpowerless (MORR 115CD/LP) appeared in 1993, the choice of covers ranged from Sun Ra to that tune Audrey Hepburn serenaded to millions of movie-watchers, 'Moon River.' While McNew's high, sexy voice might be 'superpowerless,' his ears certainly are not. It's been the intimate sound of a four-track recorder that tied these different angles of his eclectic taste together. Yes, Dump was part of the lo-fi-generation. Nothing makes that clearer than the bonus tracks to his follow-up album I Can Hear Music. Recorded during the infamous Dutch Fast Forward Festival in 1994 in -- naturally -- a living room, it contains all that was great about the few short moons of tape-hiss: collaborations triggered not even remotely by virtuosity (had Chris Knox ever played trumpet before that afternoon?); cardboard boxes as bass-drums; the victory of enthusiasm over perfection (have Half Japanese been covered with more empathy?); Barbara Manning. The only thing that wasn't quite right about these first two Dump albums was the format. But as justice doesn't know age, it's good to see these CDs finally being pressed on vinyl. They deserve it. --Gregor Kessler, Hamburg, December 2012
MUSIC ON VINYL (NETHERLANDS)
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CAT #: MOV 3247LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MAGMA Kartehl 2LP
"Due to COVID-19, the French avant-garde band Magma was unable to perform live, so they decided to dive into the studio to create new material. This resulted in a brand-new album titled Kãrtëhl, a collective album such as they have not made in a long time. The band reformed in 2020 and added new musicians to the lineup, which created opportunities for new innovative compositions. After the rather dark 2019 Zëss, this new work Kãrtëhl features bright and resolutely optimistic collective new work, the result of an 'Operation Kãrtëhl'. The double-LP Kãrtëhl includes six new tracks and an additional two bonus tracks, which are demos from Christian Vander's personal collection, recorded at home in 1978. Housed in a gatefold sleeve, this 2LP-set features an etch on Side D."
NOTON (GERMANY)
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CAT #: NOTON 054CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Utp_ (Remaster) CD
Released for the first time in 2009, utp_ is the third installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's V.I.R.U.S.'s series. It was commissioned for the 400th anniversary of Mannheim, Germany. The flowing ten-section multimedia work derives its shape from a rasterized structure of the southwestern city, founded in 1608. The recording documents the work's debut performed by Ensemble Modern at the National Theatre in Mannheim. The music embraces the electronic, piano-based palettes, an expanded array of avant-garde chamber instrumentation and natural timbres. It combined the digital visual score created by Carsten Nicolai and Simon Mayer, and lighting design by Nigel Edwards. Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai. Mastering by Bo at Calyx.
OPTIC NERVE (UK)
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CAT #: OPT4 028LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MCCARTHY The Enraged Will Inherit The Earth 2LP +7"
2022 repress; originally released in 1989. McCarthy's The Enraged Will Inherit The Earth is a musical molotov cocktail that's a mixture of power chords and virile, virtuous lyrics. The songwriting is tightly forged and their knack for producing raw pop is at its finest here. The Enraged Will Inherit The Earth is a powerful weapon that didn't get enough of a user base to make its intended impact. If the question was ever proposed, "can art be a weapon?" this album answers with a bold and resounding "yes." Includes the singles "Boy Meets Girl, So What," "Should The Bible Be Banned," "Keep An Open Mind Or Else," and "This Nelson Rockerfeller". Limited-edition set contains the original LP plus a ten-track bonus LP and a bonus 7" with two previously unreleased tracks. Remastered and pressed on color vinyl with a reworked sleeve by original designer Andy Royston.
OUR SWIMMER (GERMANY)
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CAT #: WELLE 113LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ST. JOHN, BRIDGET Jumble Queen LP
Reissue, originally released in 1974. Our Swimmer present this first-ever vinyl reissue from a UK songwriting hero. English singer-songwriter Bridget St. John grew up in a musical family in Surrey, beginning on piano, viola, and trumpet before picking up the guitar in high school. In the late 1960s she met the brilliant John Martyn who quickly became a fan and brought her music to a larger audience, which included the legendary DJ John Peel, for whose label Dandelion St. John recorded her first three albums. Jumble Queen, St. John's fourth album, was originally released in 1974 on Chrysalis, following the dissolution of Peel's label. Featuring help from members of Jethro Tull, King Crimson alum Michael Giles, American guitarist Stefan Grossman, and, most surprisingly, founding Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden, the album is heady, dreamy folk-rock that stands up alongside the singer's more well-known Dandelion albums. St. John's voice -- best described as a more refined Nico -- is the focal point here. Her breathy, earthen tones perfectly complement the lovelorn lyrical content. With a more subdued sound than the rock-heavy backing group might suggest, Jumble Queen is an essential bit of UK folk-rock and singer-songwriter brilliance. After this album, St. John moved to the States and all but left the music business, not releasing another album for more than twenty years.
PALACE OF LIGHTS
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CAT #: POL 005-2022CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BARRECA, MARC Recordings Of Falling Light CD
"Marc Barreca's Recordings Of Failing Light explores the subatomic matter of ordinary instrument sounds. Pianos, glass percussion, guitars, and feedback are atomized through sampling and granular processing in search of the audio equivalent of a negative image. In the end, these granular elements became the beds and pads for elaborate extrapolations of deconstructed melodic, rhythmic, patterned, and forward-looking sound -- and with the addition of analog sequencer and arpeggiator based textures, some tracks reach back to Barreca's days with Young Scientist. Perhaps as an acknowledgment of the aesthetic guiding Jon Hassell's Seeing Through Sound, Barreca's work here finds its origin in images. The gradations and modulation of light and dark in radiographs, rayograms, negatives, old black and white and sepia-tone photos all impart and inform a shaping influence to the waveforms and amplitudes of sound found in these twenty pieces. Heavily layered, simultaneously dense and expansive, Recordings Of Failing Light is the result of experiments conducted in a sonic version of the Hadron Collider. Marc Barreca has been creating and performing electronic music since the mid-1970s. Recordings Of Failing Light is his eleventh solo album for PoL. His 1980 album, Twilight, reissued on vinyl in 2018, was one of the earliest releases on PoL. The Empty Bridge is his tenth solo album for the label. Recent releases include From The Gray And The Green (2019), Shadow Aesthetics (2018), and four collaborations with K. Leimer and two with Three Point Circle. Reissues include work on the acclaimed VOD box set American Cassette Culture, the Cherry Red compilation of seminal U.S. electronic music and the 1983 cassette, Music Works For Industry, now on vinyl. His work is also included in the Collection of The British Library."
PENNY RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: PNY 010LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TROPICANTESIMO Session 3 LP
Tropicantesimo is an extended musical ritual which takes shape through the celebration of sound and dance. Originally born as a regular party at the Fanfulla club in Rome, Tropicantesimo gradually transformed into a collective listening experience which eventually found place at Pescheria, the group's official home and studio. Slowly the collective animated by DJs Hugo Sanchez, Lola Kola, Rocco Mago, Gabor, and Egeeno, began to open up to impromptu jams and collaborations with musicians and DJs of various backgrounds. The rhythms are incessant, the BPM is slow and hypnotic. Voices flow between songs, messages, and pure sound. The music is kneaded organically to release energy. All this can be found through the extensive production work based on tons of recordings collected over the years. Tropicantesimo's Session 3 is the third in a series of three EPs that anticipate the release of the album Gitania. Like in the previous two chapters here you have three songs recorded and mixed at Pescheria.
PILZ (GERMANY)
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CAT #: PILZ 2021106LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BROSELMASCHINE Broselmaschine LP
Pilz present a reissue of Bröselmaschine's self-titled debut release, originally released in 1971. What an amazing improvement in the sound of this 50-year-old recording. With the help of the original analog master tapes and state-of-the-art technical equipment, the sensitive melodies of the original cast appear in a wonderful light of romance and empathy. Remastered at Dierks Studios, where the recordings were also made. Produced with the assistance of Dieter Dierks."Languorous atmospheres, lovely vocals, iridescent melodies, and shimmering solos combine on Bröselmaschine's self-titled 1971 debut album, the apotheosis of the German folk-prog scene. The quintet took their cue from England's Canterbury scene and even a traditional folk song, 'Lassie,' from that green and pleasant land. The band's signature sound was derived from Jenni Schucker's delicate and at times ethereal vocals in harmony with Willi Kissmer's stronger tenor, and that sound took on a Teutonic tinge when the pair switched from English to German lyrics. But it was the group's extraordinary use of acoustic and electric guitars that cemented its reputation . . . So self-confident were the bandmembers that they had no need for flashy musicianship, preferring instead to impress by the very understatement of their solos. The ambience is exquisite, casting a spell that isn't broken until the final note fades. A masterful album from start to finish." --Jo-Ann Greene (AllMusic)
PLAYGROUND MUSIC (SWEDEN)
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CAT #: PGM 114BOX
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RASMUS, THE Rise (Limited Box Set) LP+2CD BOX
LP version. Box set with three LPs and CD; includes signed card, logo pin, and art book. The Rasmus's tenth studio album. Produced by Desmond Child and Joshua. Fresh from their show-stopping performance representing Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest grand final, The Rasmus return with new single "Rise". Co-written and produced by Desmond Child, "Rise" is an energetic rock track with orchestral flourishes and one of the most aggressive songs from the band in a long time. Singer Lauri explains: "'Rise' is about the struggle of fighting a battle against depression. Covid was the last straw for many people having mental health issues, including myself. In the music video the dancers playing 'the roots' represent the evil force and they are trying to pull us down underground. Still, the song has a positive message, which is not to give up no matter how hard life treats you." The Rasmus's new album, also titled Rise, is released on Playground Music. The album will feature tracks with former guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, as well as recordings with new guitarist Emilia "Emppu" Suhonen.
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CAT #: PGM 114CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RASMUS, THE Rise CD
The Rasmus's tenth studio album. Produced by Desmond Child and Joshua. Fresh from their show-stopping performance representing Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest grand final, The Rasmus return with new single "Rise". Co-written and produced by Desmond Child, "Rise" is an energetic rock track with orchestral flourishes and one of the most aggressive songs from the band in a long time. Singer Lauri explains: "'Rise' is about the struggle of fighting a battle against depression. Covid was the last straw for many people having mental health issues, including myself. In the music video the dancers playing 'the roots' represent the evil force and they are trying to pull us down underground. Still, the song has a positive message, which is not to give up no matter how hard life treats you." The Rasmus's new album, also titled Rise, is released on Playground Music. The album will feature tracks with former guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, as well as recordings with new guitarist Emilia "Emppu" Suhonen.
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CAT #: PGM 114LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RASMUS, THE Rise LP
LP version. The Rasmus's tenth studio album. Produced by Desmond Child and Joshua. Fresh from their show-stopping performance representing Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest grand final, The Rasmus return with new single "Rise". Co-written and produced by Desmond Child, "Rise" is an energetic rock track with orchestral flourishes and one of the most aggressive songs from the band in a long time. Singer Lauri explains: "'Rise' is about the struggle of fighting a battle against depression. Covid was the last straw for many people having mental health issues, including myself. In the music video the dancers playing 'the roots' represent the evil force and they are trying to pull us down underground. Still, the song has a positive message, which is not to give up no matter how hard life treats you." The Rasmus's new album, also titled Rise, is released on Playground Music. The album will feature tracks with former guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, as well as recordings with new guitarist Emilia "Emppu" Suhonen.
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CAT #: PGM 159LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MANDO DIAO Stop The Train LP
If there's one thing Mando Diao have always avoided, it's predictability. Almost all their work has been an unexpected reaction to their most recent venture. They are musically periodical and cannot resist creating new challenges, ways of thinking and concepts to stay stimulated. It's easy for touring bands to feel like you're being deprived of your identity, job, and money when all tours are canceled. Like most, Mando Diao were caught off guard when everything came to a halt. The first months were a bit shaky; they admit. However, they quickly picked themselves back up and decided to use the pandemic in the best way possible: by being creative. By the time the first recording session with Charlie Storm was over, the band already had half a dozen finished songs. After a total of 15 recording days, they ended up with work that amounted to an album and a half. This work will be divided into three volumes to be released in portions. The first volume is called Stop The Train and contains the songs "Stop The Train", "Animal", "Frustration", and "Loner". A mix of modern and old school, just like Mando Diao themselves.
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CAT #: PGM 160EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MANDO DIAO Primal Call Vol. 2 12"
12" vinyl EP with three brand new songs. Mando Diao is back on full effect having played all the major rock-festivals across Europe in summer 2022 including Southside and Novarock. Just before the summer-season they rolled out the first in a series of volumes with sizzling hot and high-octane rock fresh of the studio. Vol. 1 (PGM 159LP) produced the radio-success "Frustration" that managed to climb all the way to No. 2 at rock-radio in Germany. Now Playground Music announce Vol. 2. The lead-track "Primal Call" is a hippie-like sounding one that draws inspiration from Led Zeppelin and King Crimson, a much punkier version. No logic whatsoever in the changes throughout the track but hey, that's how the band likes it. Full of surprises. As if the producer was a total lunatic out of control. "Fire In The Hall" is a short, intense song written by Björn and Jens. Once again, a blend of primitive rock n' roll feel and electronics. For example, the drums are based on samples of Patso's drumming. The lyrics are simple and almost trivial, with a "La Vida Loca" vibe: start a great fire, for yourself and others. Most things can be solved with a cleansing dance -- both in reality and in lyrics. "If you write the lyrics together with someone, it's easier to avoid becoming pretentious and over-analytical," they summarize. Finally, "Charlie", about their current producer (Charlie Storm). One of the greatest is having worked with so many big releases (Roxette, In Flames, Hurl, etc.) At least partly. They were excited about him and felt that he deserved a song. Or maybe they didn't have anything else to write about. Everyone had different inputs, but it ended up being a pure rock n' roll song. And a real banger.
POTOMAK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: POTOMAK 826141
FILE UNDER: ROCK
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN 1/2 Mensch LP
2022 repress; LP version. This is the third album by Einstürzende Neubauten, also known as Halber Mensch, originally released in 1985. The album opens with the startlingly oppressive, almost fully a cappella title track, with contrapuntal, atonal, en masse chanting. The album progresses to include quite a repertoire of electronically-generated sounds, finding the band developing their mishmash of industrial experimentation matched by terrifying clangs, stomps, and of course, the theatrical, poetic vocal delivery of Blixa Bargeld. An incredibly aggressive album, with insistent, pounding rhythms and razors on metal, and Bargeld's voice dominating your dreams for a month after listening.
RADIATION REISSUES (ITALY)
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CAT #: RRS 004CV-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SAD LOVERS AND GIANTS Epic Garden Music (White Vinyl) LP
Reissue, originally release in 1982. Formed in the anonymous town of Watford, northwest of London, in 1980, atmospheric quintet Sad Lovers and Giants was part of the bourgeoning post-punk scene. With a barely perceptible undercurrent of paisley psychedelia, the group's jangling guitars, eerie keyboards, subdued beats, and brooding vocals put them somewhere between the Chameleons, Echo and the Bunnymen, and early Cure. Epic Garden Music was the debut release on Nick Ralph's Midnight Music label and this expanded edition comes with five bonus tracks taken from their first three singles -- a must for all SLG fans and post-punk devotees. White vinyl.
RADIATION ROOTS (ITALY)
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CAT #: RR 349LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
WILSON, DELROY Captivity LP
Radiation Roots present a reissue of Delroy Wilson's Captivity, originally released in 1973. Delroy Wilson was one of Jamaica's most soulful vocalists, and over a 40-year career the singer unleashed a flood of hits and a multitude of masterpieces. Born on October 5, 1948, in the Kingston neighborhood of Trenchtown, Wilson's phenomenal talent would be his ticket out of the ghetto, and his discovery by producer Coxsone Dodd in 1962 would change the path of Jamaican music. Released on Big Shot in 1973 and produced by Bunny Lee, Captivity is one of the true classics from Delroy's discography, back on vinyl for the first time since its original release.
RADIATION TAPES (ITALY)
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CAT #: RADK 7008CS
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DEMON FUZZ Afreaka! Cassette
Reissue, originally released in 1970. In a just world, Demon Fuzz would have been very successful. Sadly, however, the only real success they enjoyed is the fact that many club DJs now use their samples frequently. Although the band played most of the British underground festivals in the early seventies, Demon Fuzz were simply too way-out to make a significant impact on the college crowd and as a result they broke up after 18 months on the scene. Released in 1970, the band's only album, the extraordinary Afreaka!, demonstrates their excellence in playing psychedelic soul, dub-heavy funk, progressive rock, Afro-jazz, and Black acid rock. Limited tape version of this all-time classic.
ROOSTER (UK)
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CAT #: ROOSTER 015SJLP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HEADS, THE Relaxing With The Heads (Silver Jubilee Edition) 2LP
"A special 25th anniversary edition of The Heads' debut album, first released in 1996 and housed in new gatefold jackets with updated art and bonus material. Amidst a world suffocating in Britpop smarm, The Heads' debut cut a timely swath of unkempt psychedelic rock into the face of the English underground. Featuring ten tracks of guitar-driven, amp-destroying jams, Relaxing With... takes its cues from the US--Stooges, MC5, Mudhoney, Pussy Galore, early Monster Magnet -- but adds a distinctly British stamp with the drone and fuzz of Loop/Spacemen 3, the attitude of The Fall, Pink Fairies and Walking Seeds and the spaced rock of early Hawkwind. It is obvious that the four members of The Heads are music obsessives. Originally recorded at Foel Studios (owned by Dave Anderson from Hawkwind), engineered by Corin Dingley and mastered by John Dent at LOUD. Bonus LP includes the remastered tracks from the band's Radio 1 sessions from November '95, March and May 1996, along with 'Jellystoned Park' (the B-side of their 'Television' 7-inch). Jacket art has been embellished with new silver foiling and bordering. Pressed on black vinyl." "... well if that's not a freakout, then I am a Dutchman." -- John Peel, after airing the first session
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CAT #: ROOSTER 027BLLP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HEADS, THE Undersided 2LP
Double LP version. "Presenting a remastered, 20-year anniversary edition of The Heads' third album proper, the under-rated gem in their canon that is Undersided! Originally released in 2002 on the Sweet Nothing label, Undersided was recorded in 2001 at WhiteHouse Studios in Weston Super Mare, with Martin Nichols engineering. For this reissue, the original recordings were remastered for vinyl and CD by long time Heads Masterer (!) Shawn Joseph. The resultant eight tracks are some of the best music the band have ever recorded, occurring after a bit of a hiatus following their 2000 US tour/Peel session (included in the boxset/on the 2xCD version here). The band then regrouped and worked out the tracks for Undersided, relentless rehearsing for the recording. This is a pounding sike-nightmare that shows The Heads at the peak of their powers. There's a flow throughout the album of melding psychedelic noise rock to battering rhythms and creating a bad trip for all listening -- even the gentle soothe of 'Energy' is enveloped by a white noise fury, and the intensity of some of the other tracks, like the terror inducing 'Bedminster' or 'False Heavy' (a tour worn riffmonger from 2000) and the Magnet-esque 'Heavy Sea,' showed the band as ferocious as any of the insurgent 'stoner' genre bands of that time."
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CAT #: ROOSTER 027BXLP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HEADS, THE Undersided (Deluxe Version) 4LP BOX/2CD
Deluxe vinyl version. Four LPs, two CDs in a box set. "Presenting a remastered, 20-year anniversary edition of The Heads' third album proper, the under-rated gem in their canon that is Undersided! Originally released in 2002 on the Sweet Nothing label, Undersided was recorded in 2001 at WhiteHouse Studios in Weston Super Mare, with Martin Nichols engineering. For this reissue, the original recordings were remastered for vinyl and CD by long time Heads Masterer (!) Shawn Joseph. The resultant eight tracks are some of the best music the band have ever recorded, occurring after a bit of a hiatus following their 2000 US tour/Peel session (included in the boxset/on the 2xCD version here). The band then regrouped and worked out the tracks for Undersided, relentless rehearsing for the recording. This is a pounding sike-nightmare that shows The Heads at the peak of their powers. There's a flow throughout the album of melding psychedelic noise rock to battering rhythms and creating a bad trip for all listening -- even the gentle soothe of 'Energy' is enveloped by a white noise fury, and the intensity of some of the other tracks, like the terror inducing 'Bedminster' or 'False Heavy' (a tour worn riffmonger from 2000) and the Magnet-esque 'Heavy Sea,' showed the band as ferocious as any of the insurgent 'stoner' genre bands of that time."
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CAT #: ROOSTER 027CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HEADS, THE Undersided 2CD
"Presenting a remastered, 20-year anniversary edition of The Heads' third album proper, the under-rated gem in their canon that is Undersided! Originally released in 2002 on the Sweet Nothing label, Undersided was recorded in 2001 at WhiteHouse Studios in Weston Super Mare, with Martin Nichols engineering. For this reissue, the original recordings were remastered for vinyl and CD by long time Heads Masterer (!) Shawn Joseph. The resultant eight tracks are some of the best music the band have ever recorded, occurring after a bit of a hiatus following their 2000 US tour/Peel session (included in the boxset/on the 2xCD version here). The band then regrouped and worked out the tracks for Undersided, relentless rehearsing for the recording. This is a pounding sike-nightmare that shows The Heads at the peak of their powers. There's a flow throughout the album of melding psychedelic noise rock to battering rhythms and creating a bad trip for all listening -- even the gentle soothe of 'Energy' is enveloped by a white noise fury, and the intensity of some of the other tracks, like the terror inducing 'Bedminster' or 'False Heavy' (a tour worn riffmonger from 2000) and the Magnet-esque 'Heavy Sea,' showed the band as ferocious as any of the insurgent 'stoner' genre bands of that time."
RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
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CAT #: MPLP 304LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MOTORPSYCHO The All Is One 2LP
2022 repress; double LP version. If Motorpsycho's The Crucible (MPCD 103CD/MPLP 303LP, 2019) -- both visually and musically -- started where The Tower (2017) ended, one can argue that The All Is One starts where The Crucible ended and thus finishes the so-called "Gullvåg trilogy". That said, The All Is One is so much more than a sequel, and very much a standalone album in its own right. While The Crucible took the band a step further out than The Tower, the new one explores new frontiers, especially with the dark, brooding landscape of the 42-minute epic centerpiece that is "N.O.X.", possibly the most ambitious piece of music they have recorded. Eight shorter tracks, clocking in between two and ten minutes, make up the rest of the album and bring some balance to the proceedings. Lyrically, The All Is One takes up the threads from the previous albums. While there is no thematic red line as such -- and not being overtly political -- it is difficult for a socially conscious writer like Bent Sæther not to observe and reflect on what goes on in an increasingly unstable world. They have also found strong inspiration and common ground in the paintings of Håkon Gullvåg, the artist responsible for the cover art. The album was recorded in two major sessions, the first took place in Studio Black Box in France with long-time collaborator and guitarist Reine Fiske. Here they mainly focused on material with more or less traditional song structures. The second session was at Ocean Sound Recording in Norway and basically dealt with the long "N.O.X." suite, developed from the commissioned music they wrote for, and performed at, the St. Olav Festival in Trondheim last summer with two of their favorite Norwegian musicians, Lars Horntveth (Jaga Jazzist) and Ola Kvernberg (Steamdome). The whole album was mixed by Andrew Scheps at his Punkerpad studio in the UK. Artistically searching as ever, and in their own way joyously stretching the rock format as out of whack as they can, Motorpsycho neither can nor will align themselves fully to any scene or genre. Traveling their own path in their own tempo, it might take longer to get anywhere, but that is just fine when the journey itself is the whole point. And what a journey it has been; this band is still peaking after more than 30 years in the business.
SOWING RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: SOW 032LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
BLEY WITH CHARLIE MINGUS, ART BLAKEY, PAUL Introducing Paul Bley LP
Reissue, originally released in 1953 on Charles Mingus's own Debut label. Paul Bley's historical debut album. Here the young talented and technically strong pianist appears as leader of a super-trio with nothing but Mingus himself on bass and Art Blakey on drums. This is a beautifully varied set including both renditions of classic standards such as "Can't Get Started", and Bley's early originals like "Opus 1" and "Spontaneous Combustion". This is where you can hear the very beginning of a truly unique musical voice in jazz history. Clear vinyl.
SPITTLE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: SPITTLE 031LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VA Italia New Wave: Minimal Synth, No Wave, & Post Punk Sounds From The '80s Italian Underground LP
2022 repress on yellow vinyl. What exactly happened in the Italian underground/post punk scene of the '80s, is not entirely clear. Therefore, this collection of 13 incredible tunes helps track down the feeling and focuses on the blurry images of a period that was mixing influences from the UK/USA scenes with a more "national" approach to new music developments. The damage began in 1977 when a series of urban/suburban musical agitators, whether skilled or complete amateurs, decided to embrace instruments as weapons for a war against sonic stereotypes. Here's the result: a multiform sonic attack that marks the history of a movement that may have remained local in most cases but whose echo reflected the amazing creativity of a generation. Features Neon, ?????? (Pankow), Le Masque, N.O.I.A., State Of Art, Jeunesse D'ivoire, Monuments, Rats, Fockewulf 190, Luc Orient, Illogico, 2+2=5, and La Maison.
STAG-O-LEE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: STAGO 195LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Dusty Ballroom Vol. 3: Something Is Going On In My Room LP
Here's Dusty Ballroom's third set of sides -- a rather eclectic, swingin' blend of some 1940s jump blues, '50s exotic mambo, kinky doo-wop, wild eastern surf, and Hawaiian Rock n' Roll, a coupla burlesque instrumentals and even a bit of groovy twist and soul. This record is part of an ongoing series dedicated to some often overlooked golden age dancefloor thrillers. Stag-O-Lee hope you dig this as much as they do and perhaps you will tune in on the next volume as well. Elmo Lewis is part of the Dusty Ballroom collective, shakin' the Berlin analog music scene since 2008. As mentioned on Vol. 1 (have you got it yet?) (STAGO 120LP, 21018), over time the group need to give nods and winks to the staff of several venues, lots of live artists wonderfully dedicated to old music, a few select DJs and of course those jumpin' and jivin' cats and kittens oddly enough returning to our all-nighters -- you all rock and roll! Features Armando Orefiche & His Havana Cuban Boys, Titus Turner, Daddy Cleanhead & The Chuck Higgins Band, Roy Brown & His Mighty-Mighty Men, Mayada, The Tammys, The Ventures, The Shadows, Robert Mitchum, Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, Margarita Sierra, Chuck Miller, Comparsa Universitaria De La Laguna, Henry Mancini, Dinah Washington, and Tommy Steele And His Steelmen.
STARTRACKS (SWEDEN)
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CAT #: STAR 3618EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
REFUSED Pump The Brakes 12"
This is how it all started. Refused debut studio recording from January '94. They released it as CD-single as the first ever release on Startracks. A classic single who is now released on vinyl for the first time. A-side with music and B-side with etched art.
SUDDEN DEATH (CANADA)
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CAT #: SDR 131LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
POINTED STICKS Waiting For The Real (Orange Vinyl) LP
LP version. Orange vinyl. "The Pointed Sticks were formed in early 1978 and quickly became a big part of the underground punk/new wave scene in Vancouver, Canada, gigging with bands like D.O.A., the Subhumans and the Dishrags -- they had a fun, quirky style that they combined with pure pop genius. Their first single, 'What Do You Want Me To Do / Somebody's Mom,' was released in 1978 by the newly formed Quintessence Records. It quickly took off and led to the follow up 'Real Thing / Out of Luck' single on Quintessence as well. On the momentum of these instant pop classics, the band started touring up and down the west coast of North America, the crowds grew, and so did the press coverage. In 1980 the Pointed Sticks signed to Stiff Records and flew to England to record an album. Through bad luck and bad production, the album was never released (the Bob Rock production of the Perfect Youth album came out on Sudden Death in 1981). Throughout their short career, 1978-1981, the band produced three singles and a multitude of demos and TV and radio recordings. The best of these have been melded together by Davie Wiese and Chris Cutress (producer of the fabulous Vancouver Complication album) into Waiting For The Real Thing. On this compilation one gets to hear one of the very best bands of that great musical era at their most inspirational stage."
SURVIVAL RESEARCH (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: SVVRCH 024LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD Polygondwanaland LP
Reissue, originally released in 2017. Twelfth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, fourth of five albums released by the band in 2017. Amongst the 20 best rock albums of the same year. Polygondwanaland, is another stellar entry in King Gizzard near-flawless discography. Yellow/black splatter vinyl.
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CAT #: SVVRCH 043LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
ALTHEA & DONNA Uptown Top Ranking LP
Limited repress. Reissue, originally released in 1978. The only album by Althea & Donna, a Jamaican reggae duo active between 1977 and 1979, mostly known for the number one hit "Uptown Top Ranking". "Uptown Top Ranking" was a song by Jamaican teenage singers Althea Forrest and Donna Reid, recorded when they were 17 and 18 years old respectively. Released in 1977, the song comprises the girls ad-libbing to deejay track "Three Piece Suit" by Trinity.
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CAT #: SVVRCH 059LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ALKANA Welcome To My Paradise LP
Reissue, originally released in 1978. Formed in the biker hotspot of San Bernadino, east of Los Angeles, Alkana centered on the voice and lyrics of future Warlord front man, Jack Rucker, and the guitar pyrotechnics of Danny Alkana, who drew heavily from the style of Boston's Tom Scholz and Deep Purple's Richie Blackmore, bassist Craig Williams and drummer Donny McLaughlin keeping the rhythms fast and furious. "California Rock n Roll Queen" and psych epic "The Tower" have the kind of Golden State rock majesty of Van Halen or Journey, and there are shades of Granmax, Asia, and Judas Priest too. Another lost hard rock gem, ripe for rediscovery.
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CAT #: SVVRCH 061LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
EL RELOJ El Reloj (1976) LP
Reissue, originally released in 1976. Formed in the town of Rosario, northeast of Buenos Aires, in 1971, Argentinian group El Reloj are considered South American pioneers of progressive rock and heavy metal, their forward-thinking experimentalism scoring a contract with RCA Victor. Following the massive success of singles "Alguien en Quien Confiar" and "Blues del Atardecer", their legendary self-titled LP found the group between Deep Purple and Uriah Heep, with a harder edge than subsequent symphonic releases. A must for all fans of early metal, South America rock, and obscure prog, El Reloj is an essential classic. Gatefold sleeve.
TAK:TIL/GLITTERBEAT (GERMANY)
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CAT #: GB 087LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HASSELL/FARAFINA, JON Flash of the Spirit 2LP+CD
2022 restock; double LP version. 180 gram vinyl; includes CD. Tak:Til/Glitterbeat present the first ever reissue and remastering of Jon Hassell and Farafina's prescient, "Fourth World" masterwork, Flash of the Spirit, originally released in 1988. Propulsive Burkinese rhythms meet revelatory, ambient soundscapes. Co-produced with the legendary studio team of Brian Eno and Dainel Lanois. Composer and trumpeter Jon Hassell has been an elusive, iconic musical figure for more than half a century. He's best known as the pioneer and propagandist of "Fourth World" music, mixing technology with the tradition and spirituality of non-western cultures. In 1987 he joined with Farafina, the acclaimed percussion, voice, and dance troupe from Burkina Faso, to record Flash of the Spirit. While the album is a natural extension of those "Fourth World" ideas, and a new strand of Possible Musics, it also a distinctive outlier in the careers of both artists; an unrepeated merging of sounds whose influence still reverberates today. The eight members of the band -- who had also collaborated with the Rolling Stones and Ryuichi Sakamoto -- brought their long apprenticed, virtuosic drumming, and melodic textures (balafon, flute, voices) to the sessions. They built up layers and patterns of rhythm, while producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois (fresh off the success of U2's Joshua Tree) created a sonic atmosphere in which they could creatively intertwine with Hassell's digitally processed trumpet and keyboards. Despite their initial skepticism, the musicians from Farafina ended up relishing their interaction with the studio team and the trumpeter/conceptualist Hassell. The music that emerged was rich and groundbreaking, a move to transcend the boundaries between jazz, avant-garde classical, ambient and the deep rhythmic tradition embodied by Farafina. On "Out Pours", the groove simmers softly, led by shifting patterns on the balafon, while Hassell's heavily treated trumpet creates breathy swirls of sound that play and dance around them. Percussion leads on "A Vampire Dances," pushing and probing and seeming to force electronic shrieks as a response from Hassell's trumpet, while the keyboard creates a bed of sound that refuses to hold still. "(Like) Warriors Everywhere" takes that idea even further. Over Farafina's surging rhythms, Hassell's electric piano and trumpet dig deep into abstract, melodic ideas hinted at by the Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis band. Farafina create the rhythms and counter-rhythms that spring and move. A new, natural trans-cultural harmony is apparent on the final track, "Masque", where percussion and treated trumpet draw the listener along on a journey through shifting landscapes.
TAKE IT ACID IS (ITALY)
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CAT #: LSD 69006LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
VA Sweet Lotus Blossom: A Collection of Vintage Drug Songs from the 20s-40s LP
Hand-picked by Take It Acid Is, a beautiful collection of drug-themed tracks from the early era of jazz and blues. Featuring the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Cab Calloway, and more of the usual suspects. When it gets low, it gets high! Also features Victoria Spivey, Barney Bigard, Chick Webb, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Julia Lee, Don Redman, Lil Green, Jerry Kruger with Cootie Williams, Helen Ward with Gene Krupa, and Trixie Smith.
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CAT #: LSD 69011LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ASMAHAN Layali Elouns LP
Amal al-Atrash (1912-1944), better known by her stage name Asmahan, was an Egyptian singer and actress of Syrian origins who lived in Egypt. Having immigrated to Egypt at the age of three years old, her family knew the composer Dawood Hosni, and she sang the compositions of Mohamed El Qasabgi and Zakariyya Ahmad. She also sang the compositions of Mohammed Abdel Wahab and her brother Farid al-Atrash, a then rising star musician in his own right. Her voice was one of the few female voices in Arab music world to pose serious competition to that of Umm Kulthum, who is considered to be one of the Arab world's most distinguished singers of the 20th century. Her mysterious death in 1944, in an automobile accident, shocked the public. Journalists spread gossip about her turbulent personal life and an alleged espionage role in World War II.
THERESA RECORDS
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CAT #: TR 116LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
SANDERS, PHAROAH Live... LP
Limited 2022 restock. Exact repro, originally released in 1982. Featuring John Hicks (piano), Walter Booker (bass) and Idris Muhammad (drums). "Sanders performs 'It's Easy to Remember' (in a style very reminiscent of early-'60s John Coltrane), an original blues, and two of his compositions, including the passionate 'You've Got to Have Freedom.' The musicianship is at a high level and, although Sanders does not shriek as much as one might hope (the Trane-ish influence was particularly strong during this relatively mellow period), he is in fine form." --All Music Guide
TRESOR (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TRESOR 025LP
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MILLS, JEFF Waveform Transmission Vol. 3 2LP
2022 repress. Jeff Mills's Waveform Transmission Vol. 3 initially came out in 1994 on Tresor Records. The eight titles on this album marked a turning point for Mills. It indicates a transition from the straightforward sound he had created through the early 1990s, into the different facets and sound palette he would develop through the remainder of the decade. It is a significant piece within Mills's oeuvre. This repress is a stamped and hand-numbered edition, limited to 1500.
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CAT #: TRESOR 301EP
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SECOND WOMAN Instant/Apart 12"
2022 repress. Second Woman is the collaborative project featuring Turk Dietrich of Belong and Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv. The concept of Second Woman began with the idea of taking tropes from footwork, dub, house, and techno, and twisting these ideas into something kaleidoscopically liberated from the grid. Second Woman tweak the perception of time and space within the audio field into something ASMR-inducing and ultimately satisfying to listen to. With Apart/Instant, Second Woman present their signature sound as well as a new, more measured dimension to their work.
VINYL LOVERS (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
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CAT #: VL 900235LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CURE, THE Pornography 2LP
2022 repress. 1982's Pornography, still considered by many to be their best, was the band's darkest album to date, cementing their role as beacons of the emergent gothic rock genre, with the band sporting their signature red lipstick and big hair look for the first time during this tour. Featuring 8 bonus tracks in a deluxe laminated gatefold 180 gram 2LP with poly-lined inner sleeves.
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CAT #: VL 990229LP
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CURE, THE Faith LP
2022 repress. 140 gram LP on grey vinyl. Recorded in 1981, this classic album took the band further down the road of despair, initiated with Seventeen Seconds, with an album full of mournful atmospheric tracks, including their hit single, "Primary". "Robert Smith has expressed his appreciation for the music of Joy Division and I would say that this album, Faith, is The Cure's Closer -- dark, monotone, toy drumming with layers of anguish and compelling lyrics. 'The Funeral Party' is like Joy Division's 'Eternal' -- dealing with loss in an effective, but original way. I compare The Cure's Faith album to Joy Division's Closer only to express how well I feel Robert Smith managed to make an effective album -- this is original, unique and beautiful music."
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A SUNKEN MALL (GERMANY)
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CAT #: ASM 004LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
CARTER, J. Speak, You Also LP
When we can no longer move forward or look outward, some reflect and seek truth in themselves -- some sharing, through the language of music, what might be impossible to say through words. Amidst the budding tempest of 2020, Jeremiah Carter, hailing originally from Tennessee, found himself embroiled in a near suffocating air of uncertainty and anxious tension, mainly brought upon by the first spikes in a soon-to-be worldwide pandemic. Only having recently relocated to the bustling city of New York, an unprecedented series of events took shape over the following months, isolating and dismaying the citizens around the globe in the process. It was during this time that Jeremiah turned his attention to music, discharging the emotional turmoil surrounding him, into a substantial wealth of newly composed work. Beginning with the album Rejoice, which was completed in the wake of 2020 and released on A Sunken Mall that same year, two more albums took shape in a quasi-self-induced creative tremor, one that soon materialized a wealth of work, forming a triptych of three unique albums, produced within the span of only six months. Finally, presented here is the second stage of the final triptych; Speak, You Also, dedicated to Paul Celan and giving us further insight into the heart of a beloved southerner, who amidst being tangled in the mesh of crisis, passion and communication, gave rise to a momentous yet equally timeless neoclassical body of work. Embossed 350g reversed cardboard sleeve; includes insert.
AFFIN LTD (UK)
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CAT #: AFFIN 055LTD-EP
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FUKO, TOKI Narration 12"
With Narration, Toki Fuko returns to Affin after a long break. The EP contains four stylistically diverse tracks (some of them overlong), which are captivating in their perfection and document the musical versatility of the musician, who skillfully moves between dubby, hypnotic, in-depth techno here. An extremely worthy successor and a grandiose further development of the Astatine EP from 2020.
AGOGO RECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: AR 139CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
AMBOLLEY, GYEDU-BLAY Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and High Life Jazz CD
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is revered as the Simigwahene in Ghana, the king of Simigwa-highlife. Because of his deep, soulful, and funky highlife sound, he is also sometimes referred to as the "James Brown of Ghana". And not without reason. His blend of highlife, funk, jazz, soul, and proto-rap was and is still exhilarating. He learned music from outstanding artists like Sammy Larteh and Ebo Taylor, with whom he played in the Uhuru Dance Band. Together they founded the Apagya Show Band in 1974. Now, after more than 40 years active in music and his numerous albums, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is a living legend, too. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley exploded on the music scene in 1973 with a jazzy, funky, and soulful highlife sound he called "Simigwa-Do". Building his own Simigwa style and leaving traces around the world, today the versatile, irrepressible and highly revered singer, composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and "musical-life-force" has more than 30 music albums to his credit. On his new album Gyedu-Blay Ambolley And Hi-Life Jazz you can hear his versions of some classic jazz tunes like "Round Midnite", "Love Supreme", "Footprints", and "All Blues" as well as some new compositions by the Simigwa-man himself. For fans of: Ebo Taylor, Orlando Julius, Dele Sosimi, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock.
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CAT #: AR 139LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
AMBOLLEY, GYEDU-BLAY Gyedu-Blay Ambolley and High Life Jazz 2LP
Double LP version. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is revered as the Simigwahene in Ghana, the king of Simigwa-highlife. Because of his deep, soulful, and funky highlife sound, he is also sometimes referred to as the "James Brown of Ghana". And not without reason. His blend of highlife, funk, jazz, soul, and proto-rap was and is still exhilarating. He learned music from outstanding artists like Sammy Larteh and Ebo Taylor, with whom he played in the Uhuru Dance Band. Together they founded the Apagya Show Band in 1974. Now, after more than 40 years active in music and his numerous albums, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is a living legend, too. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley exploded on the music scene in 1973 with a jazzy, funky, and soulful highlife sound he called "Simigwa-Do". Building his own Simigwa style and leaving traces around the world, today the versatile, irrepressible and highly revered singer, composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and "musical-life-force" has more than 30 music albums to his credit. On his new album Gyedu-Blay Ambolley And Hi-Life Jazz you can hear his versions of some classic jazz tunes like "Round Midnite", "Love Supreme", "Footprints", and "All Blues" as well as some new compositions by the Simigwa-man himself. For fans of: Ebo Taylor, Orlando Julius, Dele Sosimi, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock.
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CAT #: AR 149CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE Good Evening Black Buddha CD
Good Evening Black Buddha is Black Jesus eXperience's seventh studio album. Inspired by the land we live on and the connection to all that have gone before and will follow, inspired by the multicultural power of our community, inspired by the paradox of the story of the Black Buddha. From the perversity of the pandemic and its imposition of separation comes Good Evening Black Buddha, celebrating togetherness. Darkness is light. At the heart of Black Jesus eXperience's inspiration is Ethiopian/Australian singer Enushu Taye. Enushu's openness and poetic insight, delivered with unique beauty in her own Amharic tongue, lie at the core of Good Evening Black Buddha and all that Black Jesus eXperience (BJX) do. MC Mista Monk (Liam Monkhouse) complements and contrasts with rhymes and flow born of Africa and outback Australia. BJX are joined by their great friends, powerhouse singer Vida-Sunshyne, and crystalline new voice Gracie Sinclair. The songs on Good Evening Black Buddha rove from the lightness of touch of a trio to BJX's full fourteen piece polyrhythmic, polymetric, polytonal Ethiofunk juggernaut with six-piece horn arrangements. Soloists include living national treasure Bob Sedergreen on keyboards, Peter Harper on saxophone, Ian Dixon on trumpet, Zac Lister on guitar, Larry Crestani on guitar and his own invention "kraartar", over the deep grooves of Richard Rose on bass, James Davies on kit, and Kahan Harper on percussion. Black Jesus eXperience is also proud to be joined by conga player Louis Poblete, kraar and masinko virtuoso Endalkachew Yenehun, proud Kuku Nyunkal man and master yiki yiki (dijeridu) player Sean Ryan.
ARBITRARY (DENMARK)
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CAT #: ARBITRARY 013LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SCOTT, RICHARD Delirious Cartographies LP
LP version. White vinyl. Red cardboard folder, foil embossed; includes six prints and download code with a 17-minute digital bonus track; edition of 300. Arbitrary presents Delirious Cartographies by composer, improviser, and synthesist Richard Scott. "These compositions capture aspects of my personal sonic experience of specific times and places. Extending beyond my usual work with analog synthesizer, these pieces open the doors and windows to the outside world, incorporating field and live recordings made in various locations and situations. Rather than intending any clear sense of narrative, these are molecular dialogues between elements and geographies which do not necessarily share organic points of connection, other than my own incomplete experience and memory of them." The final piece "6 Graphic Etudes" (included as digital prints) is intended as a set of visual/sonic sketches, each of which describes a discrete kind of movement or texture. These may have a variety of uses; as musical exercises, as scores, combined as parts of scores, or simply as stand-alone visual propositions/artworks. The pieces were composed between 2017 and 2021 at Sound Anatomy, Berlin, Spektrum Berlin, EMS Stockholm, NOVARS, University of Manchester University, Boliqueime, Portugal and the Electronic Music Studios University of Huddersfield. As well as various microphones, hydrophones and recorders, the instruments used on this recording are mostly analog and modular synthesizers: Hordijk Modular, Serge Modular, EMS Synthi A, various Eurorack modules, Buchla Thunder midi controller, Oberheim Xpander, Clavia Nord Micro Modular, CataRT and maxMSP, Rob Hordijk Blippoo box. On "Thunder, actually bicycles..." Axel Do?rner plays a Holton Firebird trumpet with additional live-sampling via maxMSP and a controller interface developed by Sukandar Kartadinata. Written and produced by Richard Scott. Drawings by Richard Scott. Graphic design by Mads Emil Nielsen. Mastered and cut by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Part of the Danish imprint's Framework editions. Includes six printed drawings as well as a text by Scott.
ASTRAL INDUSTRIES (UK)
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CAT #: AI 029LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SON OF CHI & CLARA BREA The Wetland Remixes 2LP
Son of Chi returns to Astral Industries, alongside Spanish artist Clara Brea, for the collaborative release of AI-29. A product of fate, chance experiments, but most of all, sensitive artistry -- The Wetland Remixes exists as a confluence of two kindred musical spirits, a wayfaring epic that draws together a rich archive of ecological field recordings, live instrumentation, and higher inspirations. Ahead of Hanyo's concert at Calma (Madrid) at the end of 2019, the curators organized a special dinner and arranged the meeting of Clara and Hanyo. As Hanyo recalls, "It was like stereochemistry. There was an instant match and understanding, and basically we decided in a split second to exchange recordings and to collaborate on future live and studio experiments." The auspicious meeting of the two ignited a remote exchange of materials and ideas, as the world descended into a series of pandemic-related lockdowns. The first of said recordings included the stems of Clara's Wetland Project -- a site-specific audiovisual project originally produced for Eufonic Festival (Spain), using field recordings from the Ebro Delta nature reserve (one of the most threatened regions of climate change on the Iberian Peninsula). From this initial impetus, Hanyo began working on the first sketches of the album back in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Just like their meeting in Madrid, the project developed naturally and spontaneously with extraordinary ease. Later, Hanyo started adding field recordings from the Magic Cave and Wetlands of the "Kallikatsou" (Patmos, Greece) as well as organic and acoustic overdubs, featuring bass, drums, percussion, guitars, oud, piano, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, flutes, bells, and mouth harp. In the distance, the sound of birds peek through the effervescent wash of the wetland soundscapes. The pass of running water flows deeper into a land full of secrets never told. On the strike of dusk, the silhouettes of shapely trunks and foliage melt slowly into the impenetrable darkness. As darkness passes, light emerges, with exquisite moments of tranquility that seemingly emerge from nothingness. Beneath the shimmering veneer of textures, wildlife, and melodies, one may hear the deeper references of The Wetland Remixes. With credit to Clara's input, for Hanyo the album process became a kind of refuge, and ultimately inspired the return to the core of abstract sound -- what the Sufis call "Saut-i Sarmad." Such references allude to the spiritual quality embedded in the music -- the autonomous process of self-expression, the great mystery. Deep, luscious mind trips as per the classic Chi sound, The Wetland Remixes beautifully correlates the interconnecting dots of geography, ecology, and mythology's forgotten lore.
BASIN ROCK (UK)
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CAT #: BR 014CD
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TUTTLE, ANDREW Fleeting Adventure CD
Andrew Tuttle's Fleeting Adventure is a musical adventure through a reimagined journey from the Australian ambient producer and banjo player. Golden plucks of banjo, gauzy electronics and cosmic guitar shimmer into gloriously expansive melodies that conjure peace and space, comfort and wonder. A deepening sense of life, love, health, loss, and luck shaped the outlines of Tuttle's fifth, and most collaborative album to date. Following a surprising exhilaration and exhaustion from the hitherto most innocuous of moments in mid-2020 -- a half-hour drive to collect an online order, the furthest distance he'd traveled in months; Tuttle commenced working on new musical ideas loosely based around navigating the aftermaths and interregnums of a restless era. Thinking of musician friends and peers around the world -- each confined to their own immediate surroundings -- Tuttle's generative and collaborative musical practice became a silvery through-line, connecting American innovators Steve Gunn, Chuck Johnson, Luke Schneider, and Michael A. Muller (Balmorhea), to French/Swedish violinist Aurelie Ferriere and Spanish guitarist Conrado Isasa, back to Australian friends such as Voltfruit (aka Flora Wong and Luke Cuerel) and Darren Cross (Gerling) -- among many others -- each fitting seamlessly into Tuttle's vibrant musical world. Whilst previously a feature of Tuttle's music, the exploration of space and texture found within Fleeting Adventure feels particularly vast and generous. The involvement of Chuck Johnson and Lawrence English mixing and mastering the album respectively, as with their work on Tuttle's previous and breakthrough album Alexandra (RMSG 022CD, 2020), inspired Andrew to develop songs that are as serene and patient as he's ever sounded. Stripping elements back, the idea of pulling the songs apart somewhat, was just as important as adding the work of Andrew's collaborators. The road to Fleeting Adventure has been both long and short, but it sits as a tender and perhaps even vital reflection of an era in progress, in retrospect and in anticipation. A poignant contemplation on the many bonds that make up our lives from friends and family to the myriad places we inhabit and pass through along the way. The idea that an adventure doesn't necessarily have to be a grand statement Andrew Tuttle has gathered up a number of his contemporaries and crafted something quietly spectacular, a new beginning to familiar habits.
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CAT #: BR 014LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TUTTLE, ANDREW Fleeting Adventure LP
LP version. Andrew Tuttle's Fleeting Adventure is a musical adventure through a reimagined journey from the Australian ambient producer and banjo player. Golden plucks of banjo, gauzy electronics and cosmic guitar shimmer into gloriously expansive melodies that conjure peace and space, comfort and wonder. A deepening sense of life, love, health, loss, and luck shaped the outlines of Tuttle's fifth, and most collaborative album to date. Following a surprising exhilaration and exhaustion from the hitherto most innocuous of moments in mid-2020 -- a half-hour drive to collect an online order, the furthest distance he'd traveled in months; Tuttle commenced working on new musical ideas loosely based around navigating the aftermaths and interregnums of a restless era. Thinking of musician friends and peers around the world -- each confined to their own immediate surroundings -- Tuttle's generative and collaborative musical practice became a silvery through-line, connecting American innovators Steve Gunn, Chuck Johnson, Luke Schneider, and Michael A. Muller (Balmorhea), to French/Swedish violinist Aurelie Ferriere and Spanish guitarist Conrado Isasa, back to Australian friends such as Voltfruit (aka Flora Wong and Luke Cuerel) and Darren Cross (Gerling) -- among many others -- each fitting seamlessly into Tuttle's vibrant musical world. Whilst previously a feature of Tuttle's music, the exploration of space and texture found within Fleeting Adventure feels particularly vast and generous. The involvement of Chuck Johnson and Lawrence English mixing and mastering the album respectively, as with their work on Tuttle's previous and breakthrough album Alexandra (RMSG 022CD, 2020), inspired Andrew to develop songs that are as serene and patient as he's ever sounded. Stripping elements back, the idea of pulling the songs apart somewhat, was just as important as adding the work of Andrew's collaborators. The road to Fleeting Adventure has been both long and short, but it sits as a tender and perhaps even vital reflection of an era in progress, in retrospect and in anticipation. A poignant contemplation on the many bonds that make up our lives from friends and family to the myriad places we inhabit and pass through along the way. The idea that an adventure doesn't necessarily have to be a grand statement Andrew Tuttle has gathered up a number of his contemporaries and crafted something quietly spectacular, a new beginning to familiar habits.
BATOV RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: BTR 065LP
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SABABA 5 Sababa 5 LP
Sababa 5 finally delivers their long-promised, and self-titled album of original instrumentals, built around the band's distinct mix of Middle Eastern psych, funk, and disco groove. Sababa 5's knack for intricate grooves and catchy melodies have led to a series of acclaimed singles, from fresh takes on classic melodies to vocal collaborations, championed by the BBC's Gilles Peterson, Cerys Mathews, and Gideon Coe in the UK, and Radio Nova and FIP, in France, whilst they gradually found their own contemporary sound, creating original music together that could stand up on its own across a whole album. Across these eight songs, the group blends the Afro disco, reggae, jazz, funk, and a plethora of Middle Eastern traditions, whilst traveling time and space, drawing a musical, cultural and geographical line from Somalia to Iran, via Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt and Turkey, from the late '70s and early '80s to today. Thus, Sababa 5 creates a unique psychedelic groove that builds on the approach that the likes of the Daptones have taken to working independently, writing, producing, and recording original music, with their own modern take on '70s soul and funk. Standouts include "Malca" (a girl's name that means "queen"). Built around broken synth lines, a languid East Africa meets Anadolu psych groove and vintage organ licks, the instrumental peaks a transformative chord change, shooting it into the stratosphere. The carnivalesque "Lizarb" ("Brazil" backwards), raises the tempo and temperature. The piece kicks off with a guitar-led call-and-response before a synth-led melody lifts everything to another level. Topped off before the end by a beautiful wah-wah meets psychedelic Mizrahi style guitar solo over a pulsating drum and groove line, demanding a physical response. "Habedil" ("the idiot" in Hebrew), is named for the innocent, child-like synths that lead off towards the start, whilst the bass and guitar riff repetitively, crafting an irresistible groove before dovetailing into an epic disco synth vamp. With this, their debut, self-titled album, Sababa 5 is ready to take a seat among the most exciting and original instrumental-based groups across the globe, with an exciting and distinct approach to groove, sound, and melody. For fans of: Surprise Chef, Sven Wunder, Yin Yin, The Soul Surfers, ATA Records.
BONFIRE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: BONF 015LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
JULIAN'S TREATMENT A Time Before This LP
Reissue, originally released in 1970. 1970, the year prog rock broke! A Time Before This was the sole album of British cultish band Julian's Treatment. Fronted by sci-fi author/keyboards player Julian Jay Savarin the band became an extra-cult because of their lyrics and arrangements extravaganza. Savarin -- who later embraced a solo career -- was born in Dominica and moved to Britain in the early sixties. He started rehearsing with John Dover (bass), Del Watkins (guitar), Jack Drummond (drums), and Australian born Cathy Pruden (vocals). In June '70, the label Youngblood released their first album A Time Before This. Based after a survivalist concept the album still stands as an original artefact of the time, still maintaining a sort of baroque feel. Leader Savarin keyboards maybe all over the place (with that sort of proto-hard church organ feel), but a virtuoso rhythm section and the vocal performance of Cathy Pruden (imagine a crossing line between Julie Driscoll and Grace Slick) makes the record feel embraceable overall. Fully licensed. 180 gram vinyl; edition of 500.
BORN BAD RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: BORNBAD 152LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RUTH Polaroid/Roman/Photo LP
2022 repress; LP version. Includes 12-page booklet and download code. Born Bad Records present a reissue of Ruth's Polaroïd/Roman/Photo, originally released in 1985. Thierry Müller, who initiated the Ruth project, is not at his first try when the album Polaroïd/Roman/Photo, including the eponymous track, is released in 1985. His older brother Patrick along with one of their cousins make his musical education and he quickly becomes familiar with contemporary and experimental music. He starts quite early to tinker sounds on old tape recorders by himself but it is in 1977 that Thierry launches with some friends his first group, Arcane, while studying at the School of Applied Arts. Alongside Arcane, Thierry is already working solo on his Ilitch project/concept, an experimental and innovative work, whose first album Periodik Mindtrouble was released in 1978. The album brings Thierry recognition and success in the very elitist circles of experimental and underground music. Ilitch's musical bias was too narrow for Thierry's ceaseless experimental curiosity, parallel to these activities, he therefore develops a punk project called Ruth Ellyeri with the author, actress and photographer Murielle Huster. The title is an anagram of Thierry Müller (the complete name is Ruth M. Ellyeri). At the end of 1978, he meets Philippe Doray at the Oxigene office. Doray is another big name of French experimental music. Thierry moves to his home near Rouen, a remote farmhouse with a music studio made of odds and ends. They work on their respective creations but meet from time to time on experimentations in common, including Crash (a tribute to JG Ballard). As early as 1982, a first version of the track "Polaroïd/Roman/Photo" is out under the name of the project Ruth. Philippe is quite amused by the idea of working on a more pop project and offers to write the text. Thierry works on other tracks for the future LP and asks some friends to write other texts: Edouard Nono, visual artist, writes the lyrics of "Mots", Frédérique Lapierre those of "Misty Mouse" and "Tu M'ennuies". It is her voice you hear on these two tracks and on the first version of Polaroïd/Roman/Photo. Later, Thierry settles down in the Anagramme recording studio to carry out acoustic sound recordings. But when the sessions are over, the two musicians are not too happy with the results of Polaroïd/Roman/Photo: according to them, they lack "flamboyance". They decide then to record a new female voice with a professional singer and the sound engineer Patrick Chevalot offers to mix the track in the Synthesis studio "so that it blows out".
BUREAU B (GERMANY)
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CAT #: BB 030LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ENO/MOEBIUS/ROEDELIUS After The Heat LP
2022 repress of Bureau B's 2009 reissue. LP version. Originally released in 1978 on Sky Records, After The Heat was the second collaborative release by Brian Eno with Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Cluster). Produced once again by Conny Plank, After The Heat is a suite of micro-managed organic and electronic instrumentation that features recited and sung vocals by Eno on 3 tracks. As Asmus Tietchens writes in the liner notes: "Cluster & Eno can, with the benefit of hindsight and without overstating its case, be seen as the first ambient album to have been produced in Germany. The second LP, After The Heat, is, however, a completely different story. Whilst Cluster & Eno bears the hallmark of a Cluster composition guided by Eno's ambient concept, After The Heat is more of an Eno album bearing stylistic characteristics of Cluster music." Sweet, slow-moving and airy, with a modern classical/prog appeal.
CENTERING RECORDS
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CAT #: CENT 1030CD
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PARKER, WILLIAM Universal Tonality 2CD
"William Parker's Universal Tonality is an epic archival recording which brings the titular concept to full, vibrant life. An exquisite example of this system in practice, it features a truly once-in-a-lifetime assembly of creative music luminaries and legends, including Billy Bang, Grachan Moncur III, Jerome Cooper, Dave Burrell, Jin Hi Kim, Joe Morris, Miya Masaoka, Daniel Carter, Rob Brown, Jason Kao Hwang, Gerald Cleaver. Clocking in at nearly two hours and featuring six extended pieces flowing across two discs, Universal Tonality documents a performance that took place at Roulette, NYC in December 2002. Parker invited 16 musicians of various ages, cultures and musical backgrounds to join him in an experiment of 'breathing together.' While he provided a score (wonderfully illustrated pages from same are included in the package), all were advised that there need not be adherence to it. Parker's hope with this approach is that each musician will trust their own instincts -- and those of the musicians around them -- enough to let the sound find its shape in real time. That constant current of inspiration, and open, receptive communication, was present at Roulette that night, and it's on full display on this magical recording. Whether embodying a roof-raising big band, or an intimate cross-cultural chamber ensemble, the collective heard here always displays an impressive coherence and sensitivity. When discussing or writing on his Universal Tonality concept as a whole (as on the enclosed, extensive liner notes), Parker can sound like he's outlining a life philosophy. It is both telling and fitting that author Cisco Bradley chose to title his 2021 biography of William Parker after this concept. The results of this one-night-only communion can now take their place among Parker's many landmark works spanning the past three decades, including previously released Universal Tonality-driven pieces like Double Sunrise Over Neptune, and Red Giraffe with Dreadlocks (released on the box set For Those Who Are, Still)."
CLUE RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: CLUE 109EP
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WEDDING PRESENT, THE We All Came From The Sea/Summer 7"
A new project from The Wedding Present. A new 7" single every month throughout 2022. 24 songs sees David Gedge writing with legendary Sleeper guitarist Jon Stewart for the first time, and a more perfect union could not have been predicted. The ninth 7" features "We All Came From The Sea" and "Summer".
CONCENTRIC CIRCLES
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CAT #: CNTRC 005EP
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YHDESSA Along The Simple Line 12"
Concentric Records present this special edition EP by the Berlin-based duo Yhdessa -- composed of Dutch-Italian composer and poly-instrumentalist Grand River and Sardinian electronic music experimentalist, Enrica Falqui. Entitled Along The Simple Line, the five-track EP is a unique sonic journey that merges in pure form the distinct worlds of the two composers, exposing a warm and delicate essence. Perfectly punctuated, and in a pace of its own, the album gently and precisely unfolds through touching musical spaces, dramatic textures, entrancing rhythms and unexpected vocal lines, revealing a wonderful depth. The collaborative project was conceptualized in 2017 while the duo shared a music studio and were living as a couple in Berlin. Their first piece, released in 2018 on the label One Instrument Records, was named after the Vermona E-Piano and is composed entirely using the analog synthesizer that was built in 1978. Following this came their lingering soundscape "Waldorf Micro Q" featured on the record One Instrument Volume 01 as well as an impelling remix of "Dunes" by Jiska Huizing and Rudi Valdersnes. Aime?e Portioli is a Berlin-based Dutch-Italian composer and sound designer who records and performs as Grand River. Enrica Falqui is a Sardinian music producer and DJ currently based in Berlin. Aime?e and Enrica's musical union through Yhdessa, is one of color and warmth. It expresses an experimental electro-ambient side of the two composers, to form a style that is meditative, other-worldly and at times introspective. Although, the two are now, no longer romantically engaged, they maintain a passionate friendship to match this profound musical partnership. Transparent purple vinyl; includes printed inner; 45rpm.
CONSPIRACY INTERNATIONAL (UK)
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CAT #: CTIDELIA 2022CD
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
TUTTI, COSEY FANNI Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes CD
Cosey Fanni Tutti has announced details of a new album, Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes, her original soundtrack recordings for Caroline Catz's acclaimed film about Derbyshire. In 2018, Cosey Fanni Tutti was commissioned to write the soundtrack to director and actor Caroline Catz's acclaimed, intimate portrayal of the composer, musician, and sonic experimentalist, Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001). Best known for her groundbreaking work on the 1963 Doctor Who theme tune, Derbyshire was instrumental in giving easy access to and rewiring a nation's attitudes towards electronic music. Working within the often-stifling confines of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, her experimentalism -- which saw her manipulating magnetic tape, found sounds and electronics -- is only now being given full credit for the immeasurable impact it has had on the way we hear the world. The new album includes the audio explorations and experiments that lead Cosey Fanni Tutti to the final soundtrack for Catz's film. From the four-minute long "Cornet Lament" to the humorous "Snuff Chorus" (which references an addiction that Derbyshire had for snuff), the album is a journey through both Delia and Cosey's practise -- Fanni Tutti spent time researching Derbyshire's archives (both musical and the more personal ephemera of her life) to create an audio world for Catz's depiction of the artist to inhabit. Fanni Tutti explains, "The compositions are inspired by my research of the Delia Derbyshire audio archive, Delia's original compositional notes and techniques which in combination with my admiration and love of Delia's work provided a way to integrate her style and approach to music with my own. An alliance of our sensibilities." The new album follows the release of Cosey Fanni Tutti's new book, RE-SISTERS: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti. The music was composed, performed and produced by Cosey Fanni Tutti in Twickenham Studio 3, London and Studio 47 in Norfork, with vocals by Cosey Fanni Tutti and Caroline Catz, alongside the voice of Delia Derbyshire.Musician, artist, and author Cosey Fanni Tutti has continually challenged boundaries and conventions for four decades. As a founding member of the hugely influential avant-garde band Throbbing Gristle, as one half of electronic pioneers Chris and Cosey, and as an artist channeling her experience in pornographic modelling and striptease, her work on the margins has come to reshape the mainstream. Her first solo album, Time To Tell (1983) was followed by 2019's Tutti and her debut book, Art Sex Music, was published in 2017.
COSMIC ROCK (ITALY)
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CAT #: COSMR 009LP
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COLONEL BAGSHOT Oh! What a Lovely War LP
Reissue, originally released in 1971. What a striking title, now more than ever! Originally released on Chess subsidiary Cadet Concept, Oh! What A Lovely War is the sole album of the psych rock band from Liverpool. The five-piece produced an intense series of 7-inches between 1969 and 1973, creating more than a cult following. Their album became literally a case when DJ Shadow covered their supreme hit "Six Day War" (now renamed "Six Days on the Californian" on the producer's second album, The Private Press), causing a prompt resurgence. Now it's your time to dig deeper into this unsophisticated gem.
DAILY RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: DAILY 021VS-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MENACE G.L.C (R.I.P.) LP
Vinyl LP reissue of this great compilation featuring 11 singalong street punk anthems by the legendary UK first wave punk band, Menace. It features all the tracks issued in their first five 7-inches, all of them recorded between 1977 and 1980. Lyric insert also features previously unpublished gig and studio photos from the era. A must for collectors.
DELL'ORSO RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: EDDA 052LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
REE-VO All Welcome On Planet Ree-Vo LP/7"
LP version. Black vinyl LP with 7" of remixes of "Spacebox" by NØISE and Batbirds, gatefold sleeve. All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo could only really have been made in one city steeped as it is in Bristol's decades of less conventional hip-hop and bass music. Tweaked and fine-tuned during the summer of 2020 the record punches with a mix of red eyed paranoia to a playful future funk. The album was all recorded, produced and mixed by Andy Spaceland at Christchurch Studios, Bristol (home of Mezzanine era Massive Attack) with all vocals written and performed by T. Relly. During 2021 the first two singles from the LP were released. The first was the juggernaut that is "Groove With It". T. Relly growling out polemic against the relentless cacophony spun by Andy, the brutality of the bass and horns is temporarily smoothed with Relly's soulful, swaggering placation of "Turn your speakers on/ Till ya speakers blown baby/ If you're feeling strong baby/ We can keep it going baby". This was followed in April by the 12" release of "Combat" featuring a thumping remix by Surgeon and an extended electro remix by Ree-Vo themselves. "Spacebox" which will be the last single to be released in time with the album is their hookiest, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, dance off! Naked in the dancehall SPACE BOX!" is the beamed mantra, Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years."
DRAG CITY
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CAT #: DC 566LP
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ISHIBASHI, EIKO Imitation of Life LP
2022 restock. "Drag City presents the first domestic release of any kind from the Japanese singer-songwriter Eiko Ishibashi -- and the first vinyl release of any kind on this already accomplished performer. And what a release! Imitation of Life isn't just another pop record from another part of the world -- it's got a sci-fi theme and is produced by none other than Drag City's old friend, Jim O'Rourke. With an understanding of band dynamics developed through her many live shows and recordings, Eiko's delicate, precise compositions are arranged with a dramatic-yet-humorous prog-pop sound. Eiko plays piano, vibraphone, and flute as well as nylon-string guitar, a first for her, on Imitation of Life. The flowing backgrounds she has conceived for her light, sweet melodies are captured by O'Rourke with a lively sense of play, which matches Eiko's lyric concept. The lyrics in this album embody a science fiction story which brings the album to a challenging new level. The variety of sounds, the impact of lyrics and her imagination keeps expanding, and in the latter stages of the album, the songs achieve a shattering impact."
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CAT #: DC 853LP
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AMBARCHI, OREN Shebang LP
LP version. "Extended guitar hero Oren Ambarchi returns with Shebang, the latest in the series of intricately detailed long-form rhythmic workouts that includes Quixotism (2014) and Hubris (2016). Like those records, Shebang features an international all-star cast of musical luminaries, their contributions recorded individually in locations from Sweden to Japan yet threaded together so convincingly (by Ambarchi in collaboration with Konrad Sprenger) that it's hard to believe they weren't breathing the same studio air. Expanding on the techniques used on Simian Angel (2019), we can never be entirely sure who is responsible for what we hear, as Ambarchi's guitar is used to trigger everything from bass lines to driving piano riffs. Picking up from the staccato guitar patterns that ran through Hubris, Shebang's single 35-minute track begins with a precisely interwoven lattice of chiming guitar figures, expanding Hubris' monolithic pulse into a joyous, hyper-rhythmic melodicism that calls up points of reference as disparate as Albert Marcoeur, early Pat Metheny Group, and Henry Kaiser's It's A Wonderful Life. Building from isolated single notes into densely layered poly-rhythms, the muted guitar tones are joined by subtle touches of shimmering Leslie cabinet tones and guitar synth. Simmering down and funneling into a single note, the guitar stew is soon thickened by Joe Talia's propulsive ride cymbal, which blossoms into a beautifully flowing yet rigorously snapped-to fusion funk, whose ever-shifting details skitter across the kit -- think '70s heavyweights like Jack DeJohnette or Jon Christensen. An unexpected entry of guttural bass clarinet licks from Sam Dunscombe begins the series of instrumental features that pepper the remainder of the piece. Soon we hear from the legendary British pedal steel player B.J. Cole (hopefully known to some listeners from his outer-limits singer-songwriter masterpiece The New Hovering Dog or, failing that, 'Tiny Dancer'), whose languorous yet uneasy lines float in and out of a shifting rhythmic foundation supported by a single note bass groove, cut through with aleatoric synth articulations. Though single-mindedly occupying its rhythmic space throughout, Shebang's dense ensemble sound is carefully composed while drawing on the free flow of improvisation, with individual voices momentarily coming to the fore and subtle changes in harmony and texture. Perhaps the most surprising of these shifts occurs around half-way through when the smoke of a buzzing synth crescendo from Jim O'Rourke clears to reveal something like a piano trio, with Ambarchi's guitar-triggered piano patterns providing restless accompaniment to flowing melodic lines from Chris Abrahams of The Necks, while Johan Berthling's double bass and Talia's drums fill out the bottom end. Before long, things take another left turn as Julia Reidy's rapidly picked 12-string guitar lines take center stage, with O'Rourke's monumental synth clouds hovering in the distance. The ensemble surges through a slow series of harmonic changes before the whole shebang dissolves into a delirious synthetic mirage. Bridging minimalism, contemporary electronics, and classic ECM stylings, and bringing together a cast of preternaturally talented contributors, Shebang is unmistakably the work of Oren Ambarchi: obsessively detailed, relentlessly rhythmic, unabashedly celebratory."
ELEVE (UK)
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CAT #: ELEVE 008EP
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ETRIGRAMM Maelstromz03221 12"
After five years of silence and profound changes in the label, the eight release sees the light these days. The uncanny producer Etrigramm gives examples of his underrated talent on this four-track vinyl. Slow dubby techno gems where he explores the darkness and his taste for '90s projects like Download, Richard H. Kirk's Trafficante, Lassigue Benthaus, and other experiments with an industrial aftertaste. If there were clubs in Mordor, this is what they would sound like.
ESP-DISK
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CAT #: ESPDISK 4069CD
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SANDERS, PHAROAH In the Beginning 1963-64 4CD
The only available Pharoah Sanders on ESP-Disk currently. R.I.P. This four-CD set documents the first recordings of the iconic tenor saxophonist, prior to his well-known association with John Coltrane. Beginning with two previously unreleased sessions with Ornette Coleman alumni Don Cherry and Paul Bley, followed by Pharoah's debut date as a leader for ESP-Disk', and concluding with the first issue ever of the complete December 30 and 31, 1964, concerts with Sun Ra at Judson Hall, Sanders's only known recordings with the Arkestra. The set also includes rare recorded interviews with Sanders, Cherry, Bley, and Ra by project producer Michael D. Anderson. Personnel: Don Cherry, Paul Bley, Sun Ra, David Izenzon, Paul Motian, Jane Getz, Marshall Allen, Alan Silva, Ronnie Boykins, and many more!
FAITICHE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: FAITICHE 028LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
POIRIER, ROMEO Living Room LP
Living Room is the third solo album by Roméo Poirier and, following his much-praised Hotel Nota (2020), his debut for Faitiche. The French musician and producer transforms the layering of different times into a free-flowing pulse that sounds both nostalgic and mysteriously ahistorical. Poirier takes music seriously as a time-based art -- not just in the sense of duration, but also in the way time is refracted into autobiographical experience, historical dimensions, and stages of evolution. By immersing and reflecting himself in these different layers, he creates a succession of new balances between various tempos, iterations and developments. Poirier's music emerges from a continual questioning and reformulation of his own oeuvre and thus of his own past, drawing on an ever-expanding archive of self-recorded loops. "I always resample myself, using fragments of a track to make a new one, as an ongoing process," he explains: "The sound is evolving with me in parallel and the loops carry in their DNA all transformational stages, filled with previous tracks, sedimented." Originally a drummer, Poirier connects his various sources almost without a clearly identifiable beat. He prefers an organic pulse, mutable like the human sense of time and its fluidity. The aquatic feel of certain tracks on Living Room is no coincidence: among other devices, he uses a waterproof loudspeaker and a hydrophone to play back and rerecord tracks in the bathtub. Drawing on a sample collection assembled by his father, also a musician, the human voice enters Poirier's music for the first time. But it remains free of overly unambiguous signifiers. Besides its link to time, the fascinating thing about music is that it has meaning without needing to be decoded. Living Room goes back to the private but universal origin of human experience: "I liked the idea that a possible quest for a musician could be echoing the first encounter we had with language, in a prenatal state: its prosody, melody and tones, without being cluttered with meaning." Includes download code.
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
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CAT #: FTR 624LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
COLLIN, JON Water & Rock Music Volumes 5-6 LP
"Another wonderful album by this Swedish-based guitarist/carpenter. This is the fourth (and I believe final, at least for now) addition to Collin's series of site-based outdoor recordings. The first three (FTR 399LP, FTR 418LP, and FTR 534LP) were stellar examples of Jon's finger-thinking, and this one is as well. He seems to have embraced a romantic form of melodicism over the course of these albums, contrasting with some of the harsher blues evocations he's explored recently. And as much as I enjoy everything Jon plays, there is something very special and satisfying about his more overt beauty-motion. There are four compact pieces on the first side. These have a certain hint of John Renbourn's attack, but with a more harmonically scrambled bent and a soupçon of the quiet, wordless vocalizing Collin has added to other tunes in the Water & Rock sequence. As has been noted, these share a bit of conceptual similarity to Loren Connors's earliest solo works, but Jon manages to remove the violence that seemed to animate Loren for a while. Perhaps one distinction is the setting for the recordings themselves -- near the water, outdoors in the sunlight of Stockholm, rather than in a freezing, abandoned warehouse in New Haven -- but I do not want to infer that either of these artists is unable to transcend physical realities in quest of sonic truth. Still, it's a question I might ask them both. There's some slide work in evidence here, but it's balanced by plenty of finger picking. And each of the four pieces on side one (all entitled "Nothing") has a distinct approach to sustained tones, some of which evoke memories of Fahey for me. The long piece on the flip is called "The Stream of the Consciousness (Prelude)," and it's lovely through-and-through. Melodies are slowly unbound and savored before they gradually mutate into new aural visions or gentle, exploratory splendor. The only thing missing is your own big fat head! Hop to!" --Byron Coley, 2022
HEADS ON FIRE INDUSTRIES (UK)
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CAT #: HOF 1201MB-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WHITE HILLS The Revenge of Heads on Fire (Midnight Black Vinyl) 2LP
Double LP version. Midnight black vinyl. "Pure psychotropic madness. A screaming head on fire penetrated my chest, jolting me from the universal plane back to earth." Guitarist/singer/sonic alchemist Dave W's vivid fever dream ignited The Revenge of Heads on Fire, White Hills' latest release, which harnesses the energy of ferocious, hedonistic rock with blissful passages of dark ambience. Exploring themes of mortality, transformation and rebirth, the band reveals a spiritual depth unparalleled in previous works. The roar of fire, swirling of oceans and hallucinogenic visions can be heard throughout the 75-minute journey. From the intrepid prelude "The Instrumental Head" to the closing punk blaze of "Eternity", the album ebbs-and-flows, smoldering and seething in the middle with the 21-minute mammoth opus "Don't Be Afraid". The Revenge of Heads on Fire consummates Dave W's prototype for the 2007 release on Rocket Recordings, Heads on Fire, later picked up by Thrill Jockey. Six rediscovered songs accompany re-mixed versions of the original material, fulfilling the master arch of the pyre lit long ago. Recorded during the band's tumultuous early years, the music vibrates with the energy and volatility of a sonic boom. The album will be released on Heads on Fire Industries. "'Don't Be Afraid' alone makes this an essential listen for fans of contemporary psychedelia." --AllMusic
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CAT #: HOF 1201SASB-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WHITE HILLS The Revenge of Heads on Fire (Psyche Swirl Vinyl) 2LP
Double LP version. Psyche swirl vinyl. "Pure psychotropic madness. A screaming head on fire penetrated my chest, jolting me from the universal plane back to earth." Guitarist/singer/sonic alchemist Dave W's vivid fever dream ignited The Revenge of Heads on Fire, White Hills' latest release, which harnesses the energy of ferocious, hedonistic rock with blissful passages of dark ambience. Exploring themes of mortality, transformation and rebirth, the band reveals a spiritual depth unparalleled in previous works. The roar of fire, swirling of oceans and hallucinogenic visions can be heard throughout the 75-minute journey. From the intrepid prelude "The Instrumental Head" to the closing punk blaze of "Eternity", the album ebbs-and-flows, smoldering and seething in the middle with the 21-minute mammoth opus "Don't Be Afraid". The Revenge of Heads on Fire consummates Dave W's prototype for the 2007 release on Rocket Recordings, Heads on Fire, later picked up by Thrill Jockey. Six rediscovered songs accompany re-mixed versions of the original material, fulfilling the master arch of the pyre lit long ago. Recorded during the band's tumultuous early years, the music vibrates with the energy and volatility of a sonic boom. The album will be released on Heads on Fire Industries. "'Don't Be Afraid' alone makes this an essential listen for fans of contemporary psychedelia." --AllMusic
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: HPS 242ULTRA-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NEBULA Heavy Psych (Blue/White/Black Vinyl) LP
LP version. Blue/white/black vinyl. Heavy Psych is Nebula's fifth album, originally released in 2009."Album opener 'Pulse' is the quick, necessary burn of waste paper at the very tip of the joint; in itself, wholly unremarkable, but nonetheless enthralling purely on the basis that it leads the way to much, much better things. Phased guitarscapes, and hollow, echoing vocals, swirling in misshapen musical clouds that breeze through 'The Dagger' and just as that first real hit of Morocco's finest clamps onto your grey matter, 'Aphrodite' kicks in. Dirty, sleazy and sexual, Eddie Glass' whiskey soaked and strained voice oozes between caterwauling guitars and incessant, bludgeoning kick drums -- the part of the joint you savour the most; the reward and further promise combining in a moment of sheer perfection." --The Quietus
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CAT #: HPS 243ULTRA-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NEBULA Transmission From Mothership Earth (Blue/Red/Black Vinyl) LP
LP version. Blue/red/black striped vinyl. Desert psychedelic fuzzsters Nebula are back with Transmissions From Mothership Earth. Eight tracks of pure fuzzness recorded by bass player Tom Davies and produced together with the mastermind Eddie Glass in the Mojave Desert. It's the classic Nebula sound: walls of guitars, riffs that come from outer space, melodic vocals matched with desert grooves... you couldn't ask for more. The band spent the last six months in the studio alone recording and mixing this new psychedelic stoner rock gem! Artwork by Robin Gnista.
HEY SUBURBIA (ITALY)
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CAT #: SUBURBIA 030LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SEMPREFRESKI Ci Vediamo All'Inferno LP
Reissue, originally released in 2001. Long overdue first reissue for one of the cult records of the second wave of Italian '90s punk rock, Ci Vediamo All'Inferno is the second full-length by Semprefreski, Palermo, Sicily pioneers. Originally out on the Gonna Puke label in the year 2001 and now available on vinyl for the first time in 21 years. Frantic, out-of-control, hyper-fast punk rock in mother tongue Italian revealing a piece of local punk rock history. Pink vinyl.
HONEST JON'S RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: HJP 014EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
STATON, CANDI Pepe Bradock Mixes 12"
2022 restock, now in generic stamped sleeve. Pepe Bradock mixes Candi Station. Featuring a house remix of "Do Your Duty," a hard funk version of "Evidence" as well as a house edit.
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CAT #: HJP 053EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SHACKLETON Fireworks/Undeadman 2x12"
2022 restock. Two brilliant Shackleton tracks with remixes by T++ and Baron Mordant. On "Fireworks," the mood is malevolent with synth shrapnel crisscrossing a stately, choral progression. T++'s remix enacts a rhythmic necromancy, its brittle, emaciated breakbeats shunting forward ravenously. "Undeadman" raises "Deadman." Midi signals from the original were sent to synths; sounds and effects were recorded separately and rearranged. Mordant Music re-fashions it into an epic of bad-trip kosmische. Designed by Will Bankhead, the sleeve layers different Zeke Clough artworks, in spot UV varnish.
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CAT #: HJP 085EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DJ SOTOFETT & MAIMOUNA HAUGEN C'est L'aventure 10"
2022 restock. Precious, timely, moody reflections on migrating from Côte d'Ivoire to Moss, in Norway, over ruff breakbeat funk supplied by the nimble bass-playing of Maimouna's old man (from Kambo Super Sound), and the expert conga and kit-drumming of Stliletti-Ana (from Jesse, in Helsinki). Even in their delirium, b-boys and girls will savor traces of the Incredible Bongo Band, in the chorus. Over the eight minutes, and going deeper on the flip, the mix lifts off into a cosmic steppers dub, featuring Gilb-r alongside Sotofett on keyboards, with no let up for the dancefloor in energy and vibes.
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CAT #: HJR 206LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
BAILEY & JAMIE MUIR, DEREK Dart Drug LP
2022 restock. Honest Jon's Records present a reissue of Jamie Muir and Derek Bailey's 1981 duo album, Dart Drug, originally released on Bailey's Incus label. Percussionist Jamie Muir was a member of King Crimson during the recording of Larks' Tongues In Aspic, in 1973. Staying less than a year with Robert Fripp, the Scot had already cut his teeth with another master guitarist, Derek Bailey, as part of the Music Improvisation Company, along with Evan Parker, Hugh Davies and Christine Jeffrey. There's no shortage of great percussionists in the brief history of free improvised music but on the strength of Dart Drug alone Jamie Muir deserves among them. Unlike for example Han Bennink and John Stevens, though, you can't hear echoes of any particular jazz drummer in Muir's playing, even if he has expressed appreciation for Milford Graves. What on earth did Muir's kit consist of? Some instruments are clearly identifiable (bells, gongs, chimes, woodblocks), while others could be anything. Old suitcases thwacked with rolled up newspapers? Tin cans and hubcaps inside a washing machine? Who cares? It sounds terrific, but if you're the kind of person who faints at the sound of nails scraping a blackboard, you might want to nip out and put the kettle on towards the end of the title track. Dart Drug is consistently thrilling, and often amusing, but it's certainly not easy listening. In music we talk about playing with other musicians, whereas in sport you play against another opponent (or with your team against another team). Why not play against in music, too? That's often precisely what happens in improvised music, and Bailey was particularly good at it. How can a humble acoustic guitar hope to compete with Muir in full flight? Sometimes Bailey's content to sit on those open strings, teasing out yet another exquisite Webernian constellation of ringing harmonics and wait for the dust to settle in Muir's junkyard, but elsewhere he sets off into uncharted territory himself. "The way to discover the undiscovered in performing terms is to immediately reject all situations as you identify them (the cloud of unknowing) which is to give music a future," Bailey evidently concurred with this spoken statement by Muir, including it in his book Improvisation (1980). Derek Bailey is no longer with us, of course, and Muir gave up performing music back in 1989; all the more reason for seeking out this magnificent, wild album.
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CAT #: HJR 207LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
BAILEY & CYRO BAPTISTA, DEREK Cyro 2LP
2022 restock; Honest Jon's Records present a reissue of Derek Bailey and Cyro Baptista's Cyro, originally released on Incus in 1988. When Cyro Baptista moved to New York in 1980 from his home city of São Paulo, he brought with him an arsenal of percussion instruments, including the cuica (friction drum), surdo (the booming bass drum associated with samba), berimbau (single-string bow with resonating gourd), and cabasas galore, in the next few years deploying them most notably in numerous ensembles curated by John Zorn, who helped set up this studio session in 1982. As you might expect from someone whose infectious grooves have graced the work of Herbie Hancock, Astrud Gilberto, and Cassandra Wilson, Baptista expertly fires off cunning polyrhythms, even traces of thumping samba, with restless fluency. Bailey, the wily old fox, skirts and eschews the bait, which is quickly conjured away and newly fashioned. The guitarist homes in on the delicious squeaks of the cuica and the twanging drones of the berimbau with truly awesome tonal precision. You could sing along if you wanted, after a caipirinha or two. And he gets almost as many different sounds from his instrument as Baptista can from his kit -- check out the stratospheric plings and string-length fret-sweeps of "Tonto", which sound more like a prepared piano than an acoustic guitar. Wonders abound, from the berimbau/bent-string exchanges that open "Quanto Tempo" to the delightful collision of howling cuica and spiky bebop on "Polvo", and the spare, preposterous Webernian samba of "Improvisation 3". These days, "improvisation" often appears without its customary qualifier "free". If there were ever a case to be made for its reinstatement, this album is the best supporting evidence. Freedom means you're free to get into the groove, free not to, free to play with each other, free to play against each other. Sometimes frustrating, even scary, but more often than not in the hands of these two great masters it's hilarious, exhilarating and utterly irresistible.
HONEY PIE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: HONEY 061LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
ALEGRE ALL-STARS, THE The Alegre All Stars LP
Reissue, originally released in 1961. Born from a studio jam organized by Al Santiago in 1961, The Alegre All Stars was inspired by the famous late '50s Cuban jam sessions. Originally published by Alegre Records, a New York City based label specialized in Latin music, this album stands as a legendary release in the field. This is like an open door on a wild Nuyorican party including food, drinks, and an ongoing selection of highly infectious Latin grooves to dance to.
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CAT #: HONEY 062LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
TJADER FEATURING MONGO SANTAMARIA, CAL Latino Con Cal Tjader LP
Reissue, originally released in 1962. Here we have the esteemed vibraphonist Cal Tjader leading five different all-star combos featuring among others Latin-groove masters Willie Bobo on drums and conga player Mongo Santamaria. A feast of rhythm based on torrid versions of classic tunes like "Night in Tunisia" and a definitive version of Santamaria's "Afro Blue", This is Latin jazz at its best.
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CAT #: HONEY 063LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
MCDUFF, JACK Goodnight, It's Time To Go LP
Reissue, recorded in 1961 and released on Prestige Records in the same year. Brother Jack McDuff's fourth studio effort and the first featuring his regular partners Harold Vick on tenor saxophone, Grant Green on guitar, and Joe Dukes on drums. Vick and Green would soon become two prominent figures in soul jazz while McDuff stands as one of the key organ players in the genre. An absolute soul-jazz gem.
HUBRO (NORWAY)
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CAT #: HUBRO 2558CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
1982 Chromola CD
2017 release. Trio of Nils Økland, Sigbjørn Apeland, and Øyvind Skarbø -- apart from the unusual instrumentation of violin or Hardanger fiddle, harmonium and drums, is the empathy displayed by the group as a whole; the hyper-sensitivity with which each individual member appears to respond to the contributions of the others in the pursuit of a collective goal, however obscure or unknowable that goal might be. Such extreme alertness to subtle changes of mood and nuance, and to the evolving sound-world of each, totally improvised, performance is rare in music of any type. 1982 have made it their signature. And because 1982 have so singularly created their own identity and sound, they can do anything they like. Normal conventions of style and genre, format, and duration cease to matter: it is all 1982 music, anchored in the strong personalities of the three players and their respect for the primacy of the group as an entity in itself. Thus, they can record as a trio -- as on the group's first two albums, 1982 (2009) and Pintura (HUBRO 2510CD/3510LP, 2011) -- or with guests, as in the acclaimed 1982 + BJ Cole (HUBRO 2522CD/3522LP, 2012), and the collaboration with composer Stian Omenås and a quintet of wind players for A/B (HUBRO 2532CD/3532LP, 2014). There was also the unique "message in a bottle" intervention of "The Bottlemail Project", begun in 2011, whereby 15 copies of a new recording were "distributed" via USB sticks enclosed in bottles and released into the open sea from Bergen and various worldwide locations. The new album, Chromola, as well as marking the group's tenth anniversary, represents a return to the essential identity of the trio playing alone, without guests. Recorded at Sandviken church in Bergen on the day following an evening concert, the album uses material from both occasions, engineered once again by Davide Bertolini, who worked on the band's four previous recordings. As an album it is remarkable for many things, but perhaps most notably for the role of Sigbjorn Apeland, who plays pipe organ on all but one of the seven tracks rather than harmonium, which features only in the closing, seventh, piece.
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CAT #: HUBRO 2596CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
SKYDIVE TRIO Sun Sparkle CD
2018 release. SkyDive Trio: Thomas T Dahl (guitar), Mats Eilertsen (bass), Olavi Louhivuori (drums). SkyDive Trio's second album Sun Sparkle -- which arrives three years after its acclaimed predecessor, Sun Moee (HUBRO 2537CD/3537LP, 2015) -- presents the listener with an intriguing set of paradoxes. A power trio who uses full throttle only very sparingly, the band can appear to play loud music quietly, and quiet music, loud, countering jazz subtlety with rock attack. They also partner the relatively clean and melodic sound of Thomas T. Dahl's guitar with the mountainous riffs and deep, seismic explosions of Mats Eilertsen's bass, rather as if Pat Metheny was being accompanied by Peter Hook of Joy Division and New Order. The great Finnish drummer Olavi Louhivuori somehow bridges the aesthetic gap, alternating crunching four-square rhythms with delicately shimmering percussive strokes.
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CAT #: HUBRO 2607CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
LUMEN DRONES Umbra CD
The appearance of the second album by Lumen Drones, Umbra, carries the status of a major event. Coming fully five years after the group's startling, self-titled debut recording -- released, in late 2015, on ECM Records -- the long-awaited follow-up marks a significant leap forward. No less experimental than its predecessor, and certainly no less "electric", yet in many ways a deeper and more profound expression of the trio's interests, Umbra is probably some sort of masterpiece. Over nine tracks varying from two to six minutes in length, Nils Økland (fiddles), Per Steinar Lie (guitars) and Ørjan Haaland (drums) create a completely convincing musical world where the conventional boundaries separating different styles seem to disappear. Exactly what type of music this might be, and where it might come from, ceases to matter once one is engaged in the act of listening. Each tune has a distinct identity of its own, and imprints itself on the mind very easily, as does the aesthetic unity of the album as a whole. Indeed, Umbra proves compulsively listenable at whatever level you choose, and repays close attention and repeated exposure. It also takes us far beyond the initial, shock-effect response to the first album, and the perceived incongruity of a musician schooled in folk and classical music collaborating with members of an experimental rock band, the guitarist and drummer from the influential post-rock band The Low Frequency in Stereo. On Umbra, everything fits perfectly. While a convenient image for Lumen Drones could be that of a lone voice (Økland's Hardanger fiddle) crying out in the forest, where it's menaced by the jagged shapes of malevolent trees (Per Steinar Lie's buzzsaw guitar and Ørjan Haaland's rumbling drums), the truth is much less clear-cut. Økland's "voice" can be as wild and as frenzied as either of his bandmates, while they are as capable as Økland of great delicacy and restraint.
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CAT #: HUBRO 2616CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
STORLOKKEN, STALE The Haze of Sleeplessness CD
2019 release. Retro-futurist cinematic synth-fest from Supersilent keyboardist and composer, Ståle Storløkken. Just as radio drama is said to provide the best pictures, so some music can make for a perfect film soundtrack without the need for a film to exist at all. The Haze of Sleeplessness is a case in point: as the album starts to play, the listener's imagination kicks in and does the rest, supplying the necessary plot, character and setting until a full-scale narrative unspools behind one's eyes. A suite of seven movements whose common musical material is continuously recycled into new shapes and sounds, while recurring leitmotifs create a connecting thread of continuity, The Haze of Sleeplessness operates on several levels simultaneously. Most obviously, perhaps, it's an unapologetic synth-fest; a love poem to old-school electronica and analog sound whose squelches, bleeps and blurts can't help but recall the heroic era of Wendy Carlos, Vangelis, and Tangerine Dream. It's also a remarkably original and successful attempt at using by now antique instruments to form a true orchestral palette, building a symphony of sound through combining monophonic sources and their new digital variants into a densely populated audio landscape that is captured with astonishing sonic fidelity. The super-saturated surface of the music fairly crackles with raw electricity, as if the over-amped distortion was about to short-circuit itself, with a wobbly jack plug connection flickering dangerously before finally cutting out. That many of these sounds and their treatment can't help but suggest the retro-futurist setting of a dystopian sci-fi thriller might make the cinematic analogy inevitable, but it doesn't lessen the music's power or cheapen its effect.
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CAT #: HUBRO 3558LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
1982 Chromola LP
LP version. 2017 release. Trio of Nils Økland, Sigbjørn Apeland, and Øyvind Skarbø -- apart from the unusual instrumentation of violin or Hardanger fiddle, harmonium and drums, is the empathy displayed by the group as a whole; the hyper-sensitivity with which each individual member appears to respond to the contributions of the others in the pursuit of a collective goal, however obscure or unknowable that goal might be. Such extreme alertness to subtle changes of mood and nuance, and to the evolving sound-world of each, totally improvised, performance is rare in music of any type. 1982 have made it their signature. And because 1982 have so singularly created their own identity and sound, they can do anything they like. Normal conventions of style and genre, format, and duration cease to matter: it is all 1982 music, anchored in the strong personalities of the three players and their respect for the primacy of the group as an entity in itself. Thus, they can record as a trio -- as on the group's first two albums, 1982 (2009) and Pintura (HUBRO 2510CD/3510LP, 2011) -- or with guests, as in the acclaimed 1982 + BJ Cole (HUBRO 2522CD/3522LP, 2012), and the collaboration with composer Stian Omenås and a quintet of wind players for A/B (HUBRO 2532CD/3532LP, 2014). There was also the unique "message in a bottle" intervention of "The Bottlemail Project", begun in 2011, whereby 15 copies of a new recording were "distributed" via USB sticks enclosed in bottles and released into the open sea from Bergen and various worldwide locations. The new album, Chromola, as well as marking the group's tenth anniversary, represents a return to the essential identity of the trio playing alone, without guests. Recorded at Sandviken church in Bergen on the day following an evening concert, the album uses material from both occasions, engineered once again by Davide Bertolini, who worked on the band's four previous recordings. As an album it is remarkable for many things, but perhaps most notably for the role of Sigbjorn Apeland, who plays pipe organ on all but one of the seven tracks rather than harmonium, which features only in the closing, seventh, piece.
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CAT #: HUBRO 3616LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
STORLOKKEN, STALE The Haze of Sleeplessness LP
LP version. 2019 release. Retro-futurist cinematic synth-fest from Supersilent keyboardist and composer, Ståle Storløkken. Just as radio drama is said to provide the best pictures, so some music can make for a perfect film soundtrack without the need for a film to exist at all. The Haze of Sleeplessness is a case in point: as the album starts to play, the listener's imagination kicks in and does the rest, supplying the necessary plot, character and setting until a full-scale narrative unspools behind one's eyes. A suite of seven movements whose common musical material is continuously recycled into new shapes and sounds, while recurring leitmotifs create a connecting thread of continuity, The Haze of Sleeplessness operates on several levels simultaneously. Most obviously, perhaps, it's an unapologetic synth-fest; a love poem to old-school electronica and analog sound whose squelches, bleeps and blurts can't help but recall the heroic era of Wendy Carlos, Vangelis, and Tangerine Dream. It's also a remarkably original and successful attempt at using by now antique instruments to form a true orchestral palette, building a symphony of sound through combining monophonic sources and their new digital variants into a densely populated audio landscape that is captured with astonishing sonic fidelity. The super-saturated surface of the music fairly crackles with raw electricity, as if the over-amped distortion was about to short-circuit itself, with a wobbly jack plug connection flickering dangerously before finally cutting out. That many of these sounds and their treatment can't help but suggest the retro-futurist setting of a dystopian sci-fi thriller might make the cinematic analogy inevitable, but it doesn't lessen the music's power or cheapen its effect.
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CAT #: HUBRO 3646LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
URHEIM AND JORGEN TRAEEN, STEIN Krympende Klode LP
Krympende Klode is a new collaboration between two internationally recognized musicians from Bergen, Norway: music producer Jørgen Træen, who has worked with talents such as Susanne Sundfør, Thea Hjelmeland and Jazkamer, and the unique and eternally inventive guitarist Stein Urheim, whose releases include six albums on the Hubro label. On this album they present their personal collections of synthesizers and string instruments from all over the world, and let the space between the electronic and the analog shrink to fit between the grooves of an LP. Krympende Klode invites you into an imaginative and playful electro acoustic universe. This is music that is overwhelming, moving and consistent, all at the same time. In a rich tapestry of sound you can hear influences ranging from Raymond Scott and Delia Derbyshire to Harry Partch and the Norwegian Bjørn Fongaard, among others Krympende Klode is a kaleidoscope of sound, reflecting many of the two musicians' interests. "As a starting point we wanted to pay tribute to the pioneers of electronic music," says Urheim, "but also to combine the sounds of the modular synths with a variety of string instruments from near and far." Urheim has released six extremely personal and highly treasured albums whose musical basis is formed of guitars and string instruments from all over the world, blues, folk music, world music and a stylistically confident approach to original soundscapes. He also provided vital musical contributions to Erlend Apneseth's critically acclaimed album Fragmentarium (2020). Træen contributed as a musician on Øyvind Torvund's The Exotica Album (2019), which won a Norwegian Grammy, and has also played a decisive role as a producer, mixer and studio technician for a long list of releases in the label's catalogue. Hubro founder Andreas Meland describes him as follows: "Jørgen is simply a superb artist, who has a unique way of raising all the productions he is involved in to a higher level."
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CAT #: HUBRO 3650LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
WALLUMROD, CHRISTIAN Speaksome LP
LP version. Pianist and composer Christian Wallumrød releases a sequel to the album Pianokammer from 2015 (HUBRO 2542CD/3542LP). The album is a deep dive into Wallumrød's interpretation of solo piano, sometimes with a sophisticated and distinct electronic environment. Text by Ivar Grydeland: "For as long as I can remember, Christian Wallumrød's piano touch has done something to me. We met early. The peculiar and surprising, but still somewhat self-evident, melodic twists. Not to mention the far above average well -- weighted ornaments. He manages to create completely unique universes, either with his own ensemble or alone. In recent years, he has also returned to electronics and he treats them with a gentle rawness. There has always been something historical to the music of Christian Wallumrød. And something futuristic. I listen to Speaksome and I feel carried both to the past and the future. I have no idea where I am or when I am. I am flung forwards and backwards. Speaksome is subtle and playful, and the measures are full of power. Maybe because they are few, but rich in nuances... The music is so unmistakable. Nevertheless, Christian Wallumrød manages to invent new mutations and new music just before we think we have heard it all before. The album has an intimate soundscape that suits the music. We stay close, although both 'Treeline' and 'Zitternpappel' take us beyond. He's right over here. And what he shows us is episodic and liberatingly unresolved. Part of me travels to Berlin, Laurel Canyon, Mississippi, Hallingdal, Leipzig and Vienna. But first and foremost I am here, by his piano stool at Hovseter in Oslo. Or else he's here. In my living room. Anyway, I can hear the strings breathing, the electronics breezing."
IMPORTANT RECORDS
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CAT #: IMPREC 474LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part Two LP
Limited 2022 restock. Hallelujah Mystic Garden Part Two contains a new deep-pocket groove disco version of fan favorite "Pink Lady Lemonade". Side two is a slick kosmiche-electro-disco number that unfurls over a period of 20 minutes and is periodically punctuated by Makoto Kawabata's unruly soloing. Recorded at Acid Mothers Temple, June 2016-March 2017; produced and mixed by Kawabata Makoto. Personnel: Cotton Casino - voice, astral mama; Kawabata Makoto - guitar, fretless bass, bouzouki, organ, rhythm machine, electronics, tapes, speed guru; Higashi Hiroshi - synthesizer, noodle king;?Mitsuko?Tabata - guitar, guitar-synthesizer, voice, kisses and hugs; Satoshima Nani -drums, another dimension; S/T "Wolf" - bass, tapes, space and time.
INSTITUTE FOR DANISH SOUND ARCHAEOLOGY (DENMARK)
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CAT #: IDL 001LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VIKTOR, KNUD Ambiances / Images 2LP
2017 release. Institute For Danish Sound Archaeology present a reissue that documents Knud Viktor's only two releases on record -- Images and Ambiances -- both released in 1972 on the French label L'Oiseau Musicien. These records have long been out of print and are hereby made available again, gathering the two separate albums on this double-release. The utmost care has gone into creating a reproduction that is as faithful as possible to the original works. These have been transferred from the original analog master tapes and have not been remastered to any other extent than to prepare them for the vinyl reproduction. Thus, Knud Viktor's pieces appear with the same degree of tape hiss, hum, and other "artifacts" related to his aesthetics, compositional process, and tools. Knud Viktor (1924-2013, born in Copenhagen) was a Danish recordist and sound artist. Viktor was a pioneer of phonography and sound ecology. Formerly a painter but also a photographer and a film maker, Viktor wanted to picture the landscape by capturing the impact of the intense light and sounds upon animals. He spent most of his life trying to capture the tiny sound of animals and the sound of erosion on the rocks of Régalon (Lubéron, France) where he lived for almost 40 years. Viktor considered the rural landscape of Lubéron as an open territory with its own idiosyncratic acoustic signature. Viktor's methodology of work involved long periods of deep listening before placing his microphones at the right point of ear. Knud on his process: "I don't pretend to make music, even if what I hear in nature is produced by forces that seek harmony. I see what I do as a continuation of the painting, surveying sounds that organizes sonic intensities most unattendedly, contrastingly, modulated, and dissonant. I try to create an enhanced sensation via the sounds, the air, the light, the wind, the rain, the rocks, the vegetation, the smells of Lubéron." Transfer from analog master tapes by Jean C. Roché.
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CAT #: IDL 005LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
VA Danish Tape Amateurs 1959-1976 LP
2018 release. This release presents a selection of sound experiments made by Danish tape amateurs during the period of 1959-1976. The pieces included on the record are all contributions, which have been submitted to Danish tape amateur contests, but none of the works have been released before. The compilation represents a fragment of a previously overlooked and forgotten piece of Danish sound and music history, where people experimented with the tape recorder in their spare time, creating sound collages and electronic music. Features Jesper Hendze, Mads-Erik Michaelsen, Ole Steen Petersen, Benny Jensen, Kaj Ellermann Christensen, Carsten Elbro, Arne Juul Jacobsen, Peter Henriksen & Carsten Elbro, Anders Møller, Poul Otto Udsen, Holger Sindbæk, and Arne Juul Jacobsen. Includes extensive essay by composer Jonas Olesen.
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CAT #: IDL 008LP
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NORGARD, PER Expanding Space 2LP
2018 release. Reissue, originally released in 1987. This release presents a major electronic work by the Danish composer Per Nørgård (b. 1932). The music was originally issued in 1987 on a double cassette tape by Fønix Musik. Instruments: Jupiter 8 Synthesizer, BX-800 8 channel stereo mixer, Roland MC-500, Hindsberg grand piano.Here follows Per Nørgård's own notes about the work (1985): "Expanding Space (1985): Electronic music in three parts, for synthesizer (Roland Jupiter 8), piano and field recordings. These electronic pieces touches the meditative element of music, but more in a non-rhythmic (or free rhythmic) than a pulsating, minimalistic way. The music is often 'streaming' and the association to water is obvious, especially in Najads. Sometimes a sound recording of water (from Santa Cruz by the Pacific Ocean) is integrated, but most of the time different kinds of 'water music' and 'water sounds' are composed and recorded by me, via different electronic and acoustic instruments in my own studio. The idea is a music that could give a meditative experience, but also a music that could be used as 'ambient' or 'background music', without the disturbing elements -- like in muzak and elevator music -- of small discreet themes calling for your attention, but doing nothing with it..."
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CAT #: IDL 011LP
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VIKTOR, KNUD Les Ephemeres LP
2019 release. The lost masterpiece Les Éphémères by the self-labeled "sound painter" Knud Viktor (1924-2013). First ever release, 40 years after it was conceived. Viktor's pioneering work -- his "Images Sonores" -- are composed of field recordings of insects, animals, and his surroundings. A finished master tape and even a complete cover layout for Les Éphémères was found in Viktor's archives after he passed away in 2013. The phenomenal piece was originally commissioned by the French radio station France Musique in 1977. The twenty short "sound images" of Les Éphémères were originally broadcast as vignettes in-between other radio programs. From the middle of the 1970s Viktor began composing almost exclusively for four channels. He invented his own intuitive quadraphonic mixer -- the Tetramix -- to realize his spatial visions for his Image VI -- The Lubéron Symphony, and from then on worked with quadraphonic sound, thus making the release of his works difficult. Les Éphémères is close in time and also holds close ties to The Lubéron Symphony, which Viktor considered his magnum opus. Perhaps most strikingly is the shift in the way he uses the recordings of insects, birds and animals in both The Lubéron Symphony and Les Éphémères: Often untreated and clearly recognizable, the field recordings leave the inherent melody and rhythm of the animal sounds to sing for themselves, layering recordings to create simple and elegant sound images. In two of the twenty pieces Viktor's own voice blends with the animals, as he recites two poems. One about the singing vineyard populated by musical crickets, the other painting an autumn picture with wine bubbling in the barrels as we hear the wine flies humming. Viktor's work emanates with a tremendous love and fascination with his companion species and the landscape and geology that surrounded him. His works are devoted to depicting the life on the mountain where he lived for fifty years. Hearing how the ecology of the landscape changed as commercial farming and pesticides took effect, a larger perspective in his work became clear to him: "As it turns out, my work has actually set many things in motion; it touches upon something universal that I feel I have a duty to convey to others. A duty that I feel as a citizen of the earth. Not as a human citizen, but as a citizen of the earth. It may sound pretentious, but this is a question of generations to come."
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CAT #: IDL 012EP
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VIKTOR, KNUD Le Petit Duc 7"
"Le Petit Duc" (The Little Scops Owl) is a sound work by Danish artist Knud Viktor, made between 1978 and 1983. Viktor was classically trained as a painter at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in the 1950s. In 1961 he moved to France to live and work, but was overwhelmed by the sounds of the wildlife in Provence, and instead of painting began listening to and recording his surroundings. With these recordings, he composed what he called sound images -- images sonores -- and throughout the rest of his career, sound was his main medium. "Le Petit Duc" is primarily composed of recordings Viktor made of an owl's nest in the spring and summer of 1978. Narrated by Viktor himself and put together from recordings throughout a whole nesting season, "Le Petit Duc" tells the story of an owl family. The piece speaks to children and adults alike. Knud Viktor originally made the piece to fit on a 7" record, but it has not been released before. The booklet includes Danish and English translations of Knud Viktor's original spoken text in French, and it is illustrated with a series of Viktor's own photographs of the owls. The download includes a dubbed version in Danish by Mei Bao.
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CAT #: IDL 015LP
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LORENTZEN, BENT Electronic Music LP
2019 release. Reissue, originally released in 1987. Bent Lorentzen is widely considered one of the key figures and pioneers of early Danish electronic music and he was one of a few classically trained composers seeking out the possibilities of the new technology in the 1960s. Lorentzen composed a fairly large number of electronic works, -- mainly in the '60s and '70s. Furthermore, he developed a significant educational practice in and around electronic music, conducted workshops, taught at courses, and published articles in both national and international journals, while also producing several educational records on electronic music. Electronic Music was originally released in 1987 as a retrospective album, collecting three of Bent Lorentzen's electronic works from the '70s. The three works clearly demonstrate Lorentzen's close familiarity with his equipment and his great technical proficiency regarding the creation and manipulation of all sorts of electronic and recorded acoustic sounds -- typically in the form of speed changes, reversed sounds, and reverb and filter effects. The music is often quite dramatic with distinct narratives and multiple dynamic layers of sound, but still with a clear sense of disposition and restraint, possibly stemming from Lorentzen's experience with classical instrumentation, and orchestration. "The Bottomless Pit" (originally Afgrundens brønd) on side A was composed as the musical score for a ballet by the Norwegian dance company Høvik Ballett, commissioned by NOMUS (Nordic Music Commitee) and staged at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo during the Nordic Music Days festival in 1972. The piece was originally composed for four channels, but mixed down to stereo for the 1987 release. Side B's "Visions" (originally Visione) and "Cloud-Drift" (originally NUBES) were also both composed as four-channel works. The back of the original LP-sleeve contains small prints of graphic notations accompanying the two compositions, here reproduced in enlarged versions for better readability. The music on the record has been carefully remastered for this reissue. "The Bottomless Pit" and "Visions" are new stereo mixes made from four-channel versions obtained from Gunner Møller Pedersen's private archive. These versions had much more clarity, detail, and depth than other masters we were able to find. The mix from four channels to stereo has been done with careful regard to how the stereo versions appear on the original record. "Cloud-Drift" was not to be found in its four-channel version, but comes from the master tape for the 1987 release from OH Musik / Point Records. This piece appears a bit rougher and with less detail in the higher frequencies, but it is the exact same version, as the one on the original release from 1987.
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CAT #: IDL 017LP
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CHRISTIANSEN, HENNING Peter der Grosse / Gudbrandsdal 2LP
2020 release. Two of Henning Christiansen's tape works from the 1980s, Peter der Große op. 174 (1986) and Gudbrandsdal op. 178 (1987), are now released for the first time by the Institute for Danish Sound Archaeology. Originally composed for different contexts -- "Peter der Große" as the score for a German radio feature and "Gudbrandsdal" for a performance in collaboration with Joseph Beuys and later Bjørn Nørgaard -- the two works stand out in Christansen's extensive and many-faceted oeuvre by employing almost entirely electronic sounds. "Peter der Große" involves electronic instruments like synthesizer and a crackle box, while "Gudbrandsdal" employs a more minimal approach and aesthetics through the heavy use of echo effects and manipulation of the tape speed. Both of the tape works carry a heavy atmospheric tone and are set in a largely electronic sound world. Two absolutely enthralling and immersive pieces of tape music, now available for the first time.
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CAT #: IDL 019LP
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LINIEN II Linien II 1948-49 LP
Linien II 1948-49 presents the earliest known Danish works of sound art. Five works from 1948-49 created by the visual artists Richard Winther (1926-2007), Hans "Bamse" Kragh-Jacobsen (1913-92), Niels Macholm (1915-1997), Ib Geertsen (1919-2009) and Gunnar Aagaard Andersen (1919-1982), all of whom were part of the artist group Linien II. The story of Linien II's sound experiments is a story about how a handful of young, idealistic, self-aggrandizing and silly Danish artist dandies in 1948 by a detour invented their own concrete sound art, almost exactly at the same time as radio technician and composer Pierre Schaeffer worked on developing his musique concréte in Paris -- and even presented their concrete sound works to the public at an exhibition in Copenhagen before Schaeffer's first and landmark musique concréte work "Cinq études de bruits" was premiered on French radio. The release presents five experimental sound works that in different ways represent the artists' attempts at finding new solutions to a set of formal aesthetic concerns in relation to concrete art by transposing them into the medium of sound. It is a story that hasn't been told before, as the works until now have only existed in two sets of copies on the original fragile lacquer records, both of which have been locked deep inside museum archives. Now the historical sound works can finally be heard when the Institute for Danish Sound Archeology are releasing them on LP almost 75 years after their recording. Accompanying the release, a comprehensive art historical text knits together the story about the creation and context of the experimental sound works. The release is made in collaboration with SMK National Gallery of Denmark, Museum Jorn, and with the support and invaluable help of the heirs of the artists. "This isn't music; it is painters making noise paintings" --Richard Winther "One ought to be able to make a line that is free of the canvas, standing straight in the air . . . one ought to be able to do that with sounds" --Gunnar Aagaard Andersen
IXOR STIX
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CAT #: IX 007LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CASUAL DOTS, THE Sanguine Truth LP
"The Casual Dots are a trio formed in Washington, DC in 2002, featuring Christina Billotte (Slant 6, Quixotic, Autoclave) on vocals and guitar, Kathi Wilcox (Bikini Kill, Frumpies) on guitar and backing vocals, and Steve Dore (Snoozers, Deep Lust) on drums. The band's minimalist off-kilter pop sound is shaped by Billotte and Wilcox's slashing and interweaving guitar parts, Billotte's iconic tough-but-sweet vocals, and driven by Dore's propulsive 60s-style beats. The band is excited to announce the release of Sanguine Truth, their second ten-song full-length album, on Christina Billotte's Ixorstix Records and produced by Fugazi's Guy Picciotto. These songs were composed and recorded between 2004 and 2019, at Inner Ear Studios with Don Zientara and at Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn with Eli Crews. Spread out between three of the western world's largest cities, the band members would regroup periodically to add a song here and there. Although the songs were written over a long span of time about various events and themes over the years, many of the album's songs appear particularly relevant to recent times. For example, the lyrics for 'Frequency of Fear' were written and recorded in January of 2016, when there was not more than an inkling of the political insanity that would be realized over the next several years. The instrumental '17 Year-Old Locust' was written in 2004, the year of the same locusts that spawned 2021's Brood X. Then, 'Palindrome' is a reminiscence of a friend who decided to depart this world too soon, a situation that seems to be more prevalent than ever in this day and age. This is on clear vinyl."
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CAT #: X 006LP
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CASUAL DOTS, THE The Casual Dots LP
"The Casual Dots are a trio formed in Washington, DC in 2002, featuring Christina Billotte (Slant 6, Quixotic, Autoclave) on vocals and guitar, Kathi Wilcox (Bikini Kill, Frumpies) on guitar and backing vocals, and Steve Dore (Snoozers, Deep Lust) on drums. The band's minimalist off-kilter pop sound is shaped by Billotte and Wilcox's slashing and interweaving guitar parts, Billotte's iconic tough-but-sweet vocals, and driven by Dore's propulsive 60s-style beats. The Casual Dots announce the reissue of their self-titled ten-song debut album. Recorded in 2003 at Inner Ear Studios with Don Zientara and Guy Picciotto, the album is at once of its time and timeless. It features standout tracks 'Clocks,' 'Hooded,' and 'She's The Real Thing,' as well as covers of songs by Etta James and LaVern Baker. Originally a CD-only release on Kill Rock Stars and long out-of-print, the album is now being reissued here for the first time on vinyl (white vinyl that is!) on Ixor Stix Records."
KOO EDITIONS (ITALY)
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CAT #: KOO 006LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
PHI, ALI Elemaun LP
The electronic audiovisual project, inspired by ritual and regional music from the Iranian plateau The term "elemaun" (loanword from French) is equivalent to the English word element, commonly used in mathematical terms of the surface integral in Persian. The components and smaller surfaces that are selected to study the whole surface are called "elemaun." Such elements can contract in size to a considerable degree to estimate the limit value of the intended surface. The set consists of six compositions of digital and analog synthesizers, field recorded samples, ambient soundscapes, and synthesized drum machines referencing different cultures, music, and narratives and the same approach has been taken for computer-generated motion pictures and real-time edited video footage. The tunes are sampled as abstract, minimal, and repetitive motifs from different cultures of Baluch, Azeri, Southern Iranian Arabs, Khorasan, etc. After the Linz Ars Electronica premiere in 2016 it was presented in Poland, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Germany and finally in Canada in 2019, where the artist is based.
LES DISQUES BONGO JOE (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: BJR 081LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
BKO Djine Bora LP
LP version. In response to the current political and ecological turmoil, the famous Malian quintet BKO appeals to the magical spirit of the djinn with Djine Bora (the appearance of the genie). An explosive and mystical third album, embodied by a music of resistance, the fruit of their unique experimentation with Mandingo music and their extraordinary history. The three letters B.K.O. are the code for Bamako airport. It is in the Malian capital that the group has been rehearsing since 2012. In the same year that Mali declared a state of emergency, no one could have imagined that these musicians would be responsible for three albums and over 450 concerts in 25 different countries. BKO fights, does not fail, unifies and looks like no one else. In this album, the band delivers an abrasive music where tradition is tinged with rock, polyphonies, distortions and shrill breaks. They invoke ancestral spiritualities by marrying for the first time in Mali two diametrically opposed traditions. In the course of the ten tracks of Djine Bora, BKO propels the traditions within a powerful and hybrid universe, just like Bamako. In this bewitching atmosphere, crackling concrete and ritual ceremonies meet. The group has released one of its most accomplished albums, tinged with trance, enigmatic melodies (the Peulh prayer of "Ntiaro") and unifying messages ("Maya", "Bamako", "Toumaro").
LIFE GOES ON RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: LIFE 026LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
EAST East LP
Reissue, originally released in 1972. Possibly one of the most fascinating psychedelic albums that came out of Japan in the early seventies. Published in 1972 on Capitol Records' eastern brand, the album was then fully licensed to both the UK and American market due to his fascinating and lysergic moments. The opener "Beautiful Morning" soon became a classic on its own, showing the western influences of the band all along the spirit of the rising sun counterculture. A revolutionary effort in the end, coming from a different perspective and giving birth to a faint psych/folk/blues scenario.
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CAT #: LIFE 027LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
SHANKAR, ANANDA Ananda Shankar and his Music LP
Reissue, originally released in 1975. A rare groove classic finally back in print. Opener "Streets Of Calcutta" has been covered several times (most recently by Japanese wizards Kikagaku Moyo) and is still regarded as an east/west hybrid manifesto. Ananda Shankar (December 11, 1942 - March 26, 1999) was an Indian musician, singer, and composer best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to dancer and choreographer Tanusree Shankar. In the late 1960s, Shankar travelled to Los Angeles, where he played with many contemporary musicians including Jimi Hendrix. There he was signed to Reprise Records and released his first album, Ananda Shankar, in 1970, with original Indian classical material alongside sitar-based cover versions of popular hits, The Rolling Stones' "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and The Doors' "Light My Fire". Returning to India in the early 1970s, Shankar continued to experiment musically and in 1975 released his most critically acclaimed album, Ananda Shankar And his Music, a jazz-funk mix of Eastern sitar, Western rock guitar, tabla, mridangam, drums, and Moog synthesizers.
LONDON RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: LMS 5521727
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SHAKESPEARS SISTER Hormonally Yours (30th Anniversary) (White Vinyl) LP
LP version. White vinyl. Gatefold with printed inner sleeve and new sleeve notes; includes download code. London Records celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Shakespears Sister's seminal album Hormonally Yours, originally released in 1992. A double platinum and top 3 UK album, Hormonally Yours secured Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit a place in British pop history, spawning the single "Stay" -- which spent a staggering eight consecutive weeks at the top of the UK charts -- and winning the duo an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection. Hormonally Yours also features singles "Goodbye Cruel World" and "I Don't Care", tackles friendships gone wrong on "My Sixteenth Apology", powerful, dangerous attraction on "Emotional Thing" and documents a friend's coming out on "Are We In Love Yet?" Fan favorite "The Trouble With Andre", the full-throttle glam-blues of "Catwoman", and "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)", the album's glorious finale: an exhalation; a glorious, earth-shuddering moment that recalls the epic melancholy of David Bowie's "Five Years" and The Beatles' "A Day In The Life". Shakespears Sisters second album, Hormonally Yours, provided the perfect encapsulation of Shakespears Sisters' musical ying and yang; a deftly delivered balance of pop melody with a spikey alternative darkness. Remastered. New sleeve notes.
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CAT #: LMS 5521728
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SHAKESPEARS SISTER Hormonally Yours (30th Anniversary) (Splatter Vinyl) LP
LP version. Black and white splatter vinyl. Gatefold with printed inner sleeve and new sleeve notes; includes download code. London Records celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Shakespears Sister's seminal album Hormonally Yours, originally released in 1992. A double platinum and top 3 UK album, Hormonally Yours secured Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit a place in British pop history, spawning the single "Stay" -- which spent a staggering eight consecutive weeks at the top of the UK charts -- and winning the duo an Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection. Hormonally Yours also features singles "Goodbye Cruel World" and "I Don't Care", tackles friendships gone wrong on "My Sixteenth Apology", powerful, dangerous attraction on "Emotional Thing" and documents a friend's coming out on "Are We In Love Yet?" Fan favorite "The Trouble With Andre", the full-throttle glam-blues of "Catwoman", and "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)", the album's glorious finale: an exhalation; a glorious, earth-shuddering moment that recalls the epic melancholy of David Bowie's "Five Years" and The Beatles' "A Day In The Life". Shakespears Sisters second album, Hormonally Yours, provided the perfect encapsulation of Shakespears Sisters' musical ying and yang; a deftly delivered balance of pop melody with a spikey alternative darkness. Remastered. New sleeve notes.
M-PLANT
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CAT #: MPM 041EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
HOOD, ROBERT Toxin 12 12"
Originally released in 1992 on M-Plant subsidiary label Hardwax as one of Robert Hood's Underground Resistance alias: The Vision. Now 25 years later is resurfaces remastered by Thomas Heckman on transparent smokey vinyl. The vinyl is cut the same way as the original release with the A side running inside out.
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CAT #: MPM 042EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
FLOORPLAN Shop/Learn 12"
Originally released on M-Plant subsidiary label, Duet in 2002. 20 years later sees these hypnotic grooves remastered by Thomas Heckman for a highly demanded re-release.
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CAT #: MPM 043EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
HOOD, ROBERT Technatural EP 12"
Next up on M-Plant's Perpetual Masters series of remastered classics from the label's vaults, is Robert Hood's Technatural EP. Originally released in 2000 it showcases the unique sound that is synonymous with Hood: simple but effective minimalism for the dancefloor. From the haunting melodies of "Outlast", or hypnotic sounds of "Pattern St." to the pace and energy of "Teflon" (which was included on Nighttime World Vol 2) this four-tracker is essential for anyone considering themselves a techno fan. Remastered by Thomas Heckmann.
MONKEYTOWN (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MONKEY 122DLXLP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MODERAT MORE D4TA (180 Gram Vinyl Deluxe Edition) LP
On tour in the US now! LP version. 180 gram vinyl deluxe edition. For bands, a "hiatus" is usually just a polite way of announcing a break-up, but sometimes, a hiatus is just that -- a hiatus. Back in 2017, when Moderat announced that they'd be taking an extended break following a final concert in their hometown of Berlin, many assumed that the group was basically calling it quits. After all, they'd already completed a celebrated trilogy of albums, repeatedly broken into the pop charts and performed all around the globe (including Mainstage sets at some of the world's biggest festivals including Coachella, Roskilde, Rock Werchter, Glastonbury, Primavera, Sónar. and many many more) -- what else was left for the German trio to accomplish? Moderat, however, always knew that they'd find their way back to one another. MORE D4TA, the group's fourth album, arrives more than six years after its predecessor (2016's III), yet its contents are quintessentially Moderat. Although the trio's hiatus was absolutely real -- exhausted after years of touring, Apparat (aka Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor (aka Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary) spent two years away from one another, focusing instead on their own respective projects -- once they decided to resume working together, the music (eventually) started flowing again. MORE D4TA is an album that wrestles with feelings of isolation and information overload -- issues that have become particularly pronounced. Many of its lyrics are rooted in Ring's frequent trips to Berlin's Gemäldegalerie museum (often with his infant daughter in tow), where he'd seek refuge in the great paintings of the past while worrying about the future.
MORR MUSIC (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MORR 186CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TENNISCOATS Tan-Tan Therapy CD
Japanese indie-pop duo Tenniscoats recorded Papa's Ear in 2012 (MORR 184CD/LP) and Tan-Tan Therapy in 2007, two albums made with musical and production help from Swedish post-rock/folk trio Tape. Originally released on Häpna, they are beautiful documents of the exploratory music made by a close-knit collective of musicians. Released during a prolific phase of collaboration for Tenniscoats -- during the late '00s and early '10s, they would also collaborate with Jad Fair, The Pastels, Secai, and Pastacas -- they have, however, never been available on vinyl. In collaboration with Alien Transistor, Morr Music is now reissuing these albums with bonus material. Filled with graceful pop songs, autumnal folk tunes, and gentle yet risk-taking improvisations, Tan-Tan Therapy was the first Tenniscoats album to be released in Europe, after a run of albums on Japanese labels, and Live Wanderus (2005) on Australian imprint Chapter Music. It was also the first recorded evidence of their collaboration with the three members of Tape and that group's extended musical family. It opens with one of Tenniscoats' signature songs, the pop fantasia of "Baibaba Bimba", with Tenniscoats singer Saya repeating a light-headed incantation over joyous brass. The essence of Tenniscoats is contained in "Baibaba Bimba": uplifting melody and playful musicianship, tinged with distant echoes of winsome melancholy. From there, Tan-Tan Therapy explores many hues of lustrous blue. "Oetu to kanki no Namoriuta (Given Song of Sob and Joy)" is an aquatic arbor, the musicians' gentle performances growing together like vines and seaweed as Saya's voice swims through the waterway. "Umbarepa!" is full of play and pleasure, sparkling with glockenspiel as snare drum tattoos push the song ever-forward. "Abi and Travel" floats past, a lovely instrumental built from shifting layers of synthesizer and pianet; "Good B.", an extra track originally only available on the Japanese edition of Tan-Tan Therapy, is added to this reissue, and follows a similar thread, its humming pump and Hammond organs swirling under beautiful vocals from Saya and guest performer Kazumi Nikaido. It's a conversational, tender and, at times, fragile music that can only be created out of mutual trust and kindness. There's an element here, too, of feeling out the possibilities of what this creative meeting can achieve, something reflected in the loose-limbs sprawl of "Marui Hifo (Everyone)", which echoes the seaside drift of Bristol post-rock group Crescent, and the following "One Swan Swim", a dreamsong redolent of Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom (1974). LP version marks the first time this release has appeared on vinyl; includes printed inner sleeves, obi, and download code.
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CAT #: MORR 186LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TENNISCOATS Tan-Tan Therapy LP
LP version. Includes printed inner sleeve, obi, and download code. Japanese indie-pop duo Tenniscoats recorded Papa's Ear in 2012 (MORR 184CD/LP) and Tan-Tan Therapy in 2007, two albums made with musical and production help from Swedish post-rock/folk trio Tape. Originally released on Häpna, they are beautiful documents of the exploratory music made by a close-knit collective of musicians. Released during a prolific phase of collaboration for Tenniscoats -- during the late '00s and early '10s, they would also collaborate with Jad Fair, The Pastels, Secai, and Pastacas -- they have, however, never been available on vinyl. In collaboration with Alien Transistor, Morr Music is now reissuing these albums with bonus material. Filled with graceful pop songs, autumnal folk tunes, and gentle yet risk-taking improvisations, Tan-Tan Therapy was the first Tenniscoats album to be released in Europe, after a run of albums on Japanese labels, and Live Wanderus (2005) on Australian imprint Chapter Music. It was also the first recorded evidence of their collaboration with the three members of Tape and that group's extended musical family. It opens with one of Tenniscoats' signature songs, the pop fantasia of "Baibaba Bimba", with Tenniscoats singer Saya repeating a light-headed incantation over joyous brass. The essence of Tenniscoats is contained in "Baibaba Bimba": uplifting melody and playful musicianship, tinged with distant echoes of winsome melancholy. From there, Tan-Tan Therapy explores many hues of lustrous blue. "Oetu to kanki no Namoriuta (Given Song of Sob and Joy)" is an aquatic arbor, the musicians' gentle performances growing together like vines and seaweed as Saya's voice swims through the waterway. "Umbarepa!" is full of play and pleasure, sparkling with glockenspiel as snare drum tattoos push the song ever-forward. "Abi and Travel" floats past, a lovely instrumental built from shifting layers of synthesizer and pianet; "Good B.", an extra track originally only available on the Japanese edition of Tan-Tan Therapy, is added to this reissue, and follows a similar thread, its humming pump and Hammond organs swirling under beautiful vocals from Saya and guest performer Kazumi Nikaido. It's a conversational, tender and, at times, fragile music that can only be created out of mutual trust and kindness. There's an element here, too, of feeling out the possibilities of what this creative meeting can achieve, something reflected in the loose-limbs sprawl of "Marui Hifo (Everyone)", which echoes the seaside drift of Bristol post-rock group Crescent, and the following "One Swan Swim", a dreamsong redolent of Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom (1974).
MUNSTER RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: MR 364LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LEGENDARY STARDUST COWBOY, THE Launch Pad Favorites 2LP
2022 restock. Munster Records present Launch Pad Favorites, an anthology of the brilliant and unique five-decade career of The Legendary Stardust Cowboy. Unhinged whooping, hooting and hollering rock'n'roll genius of the kind that helps you get through life. Featuring his best known songs plus rarities, this is the first ever vinyl compilation of The Ledge's work from 1968 to the present day. "When it comes to pop music, artistic originality always seems to be in chronically short supply, but for avant-sick noise phenomena the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, it's an endlessly available resource. Since his unforgettable 1968 introduction with 'Paralyzed', the Cowboy's unhinged whoop and screech, hit & run brand of bugle limned cacophony has not only astonished, it has also reached into the pop mainstream, from his early appearance on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) to David Bowies's 2002 cover of 'I Took A Trip (On A Gemini Spaceship)'. Working with a longtime band of accompanists that include Dead Kennedy's bassist Klaus Flouride, trio'd with Joey Myers on drums and Jay Rosen on guitar, The Ledge continues to rocket through his own musical galaxy." -- Jonny Whiteside. "One day I turned on the radio, and heard this wild and unhinged voice blasting through the airwaves. It stopped me in my tracks. The singer was telling me that he was standing in a trashcan thinking about me, and from that moment on my life would never be the same. I found that every song Ledge sang delivered the same amount of happiness I felt upon that first discovery, and it is my belief that a person cannot fight a smile if they will just let him into their heart." -- DJ "Shyboy" Tim Lind, KMSU Radio, 89.7 FM, Mankato, Minnesota. "First hearing, then seeing in performance, then meeting, then playing with and over the years getting to know and be friends with 'The Ledge' has been one of the most rewarding parts of my life. His sense of humor is funnier than I think even he knows. His abandon on stage is equaled by none. He can be ornery, but in his heart is one of the most open people I've ever met once he lets you in. This collection of his best known songs as well as some rarities is a must have for any collector of strange and funny, and in its way profoundly immediate music." -- Klaus Flouride (Dead Kennedys).
MUSIC ON VINYL: AT THE MOVIES
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CAT #: MOVATM 345C-LP
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
DE ROUBAIX, FRANCOIS Du Jazz A L'electro 1965-1975 (Yellow Vinyl) LP
"Composer Francois de Roubaix was born in 1939. He didn't receive any formal musical education, but he became interested in jazz from the age of 15. His professional musical career only spanned ten years, from 1965-1975. During that period he composed for commercials, TV series, shorts, and about 30 feature-length films. The most striking aspect of Francois de Roubaix's music is its versatility: on one hand, it's his ability to create simple, memorable tunes; on another hand, it's his bolder experiments with different timbres and recording techniques. He freely combined folkloric and electronic instruments, embracing the advent of the first synthesizers and rhythm boxes. Being a multi-instrumentalist gave him a high degree of artistic freedom, as he spent long hours at his home studio overdubbing various parts of his scores until he would reach the desired result. Du Jazz a L'Electro 1965-1975 is a brand new compilation album consisting of compositions by Francois de Roubaix. It includes previously unreleased and hard to find compositions from tv-series like Les Survivants and Tarif De Nuit. This compilation also includes compositions for commercials of Cointreau, Muratti and Fiat Coupe. Du Jazz a L'Electro 1965-1975 is available as a limited edition of 1500 individually numbered copies on solid yellow colored vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve with liner notes and background stories about the compositions."
OPTIC NERVE (UK)
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CAT #: OPT4 050LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RELIGIOUS OVERDOSE Strung Out On Heavens High 1980-1982 LP
Compilation of singles recorded for Glass Records. Religious Overdose formed in 1979 and alongside the likes of PIL, Joy Division and Bauhaus helped forge the sound that became to be known as post-punk. In just two years their experimental songs were pushing boundaries. From the hypnotizing drum machine led debut "25 Minutes" and the krautrock influenced "I Said Go" to the synth infused new wave of "Blow The Back Off" and their final single. The sprawling seven-minute "The Girl With The Disappearing Head". This is a celebration of the much underrated and important Religious Overdose. Formed in Barby (near Rugby) in 1979, original vocalist left, Alex Novak joined in 1980, producing three singles for Glass Records. Initially used a rhythm generator then replaced by drummer Pete Brownjohn. Played with Wheres Lisse, Fall, Eyeless In Gaza, Trance, Mystery Guests, Bauhaus, Dance Chapter, Ski Patrol, English Subtitles, Attrition, Theatre Of Hate... the last gig was in Northampton 1982, recorded and released as a tape by Adventures In Reality label and fanzine from Coventry. Yellow vinyl with orange and black splatter; includes printed inner sleeve with posters and postcards.
OXMOSE (FRANCE)
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CAT #: OXE 005LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MEANZA, BOB Quandary LP
Quandary is a work of electronic music that wants to balance between opposites -- nature and technology, human agency and artificial thinking, ritual and machinery. That's how quandaries emerge, as an impossible choice between two extremes. But music isn't binary thinking and allows the exploration of obscure connections. Underground, a growing mycelium intersects and communicates with a fiber optic backbone: on the surface, the curtains open, and the quandary may begin to dissolve. Produced in Berlin between 2019 and 2021, the album originates from open jams, which were then deconstructed through heavy editing -- and finally recomposed, sometimes challenging the original spirit. Bob Meanza's oblique approach to music production encompasses the creative textures of guitarist Alex Baboian, and is enriched by the vocal appearances of Bianca Guitton. A small orchestra of three that already implies roots in Germany, Italy, USA, Armenia, and France -- each musician carrying him/herself the "quandary" of having at least two homes. But again, this unexpected network can bring precious fruits to the surface. 180 gram vinyl.
RAVE UP RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: EPS 019LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DANGEROUS GIRLS Present: Recordings 1978-1982 LP
Recently rediscovered Birmingham art punk recorded in 1978-1982. An all-male combo, despite the name the Dangerous Girls, released their first single in 1979, Dangerous Girls/I Don't Want To Eat (With The Family) and started touring the UK offering use of the PA, lights and equipment to local bands who wish to play. Their second single, the Taaga EP released in the same year on the Happy Face label, reached number one in the last indie charts of the '70s. Reminiscent of early-era Gang Of Four, Minimum Joy, Slits, Wire, and all things post-punk or as John Peel himself defined them, "spasm rock". After a BBC session and a couple more singles, the Demolition Girls unfortunately broke up right while recording an album. This compilation is brought to life by the punk archivists at Rave Up Records and contains their full 1978-1982 production.
RIOT SEASON (UK)
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CAT #: REPOSE 111LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARAISO U.F.O. Myth Of The Love Electrique 2LP
Sun yellow vinyl; gatefold sleeve. Continuing the "first time on vinyl" purge of the Acid Mothers Temple archives. Here's the band's classic 2006 album finally available on double vinyl for the first time. Myth Of The Love Electrique is another scorcher from these ridiculously prolific psych masters. This album is notable for being the debut of their newest band member: Kitagawa Hao. Kitagawa's presence doesn't dominate the recording by any means, but her contributions nicely complement the swirling chaos the group generates. Acid Mothers Temple always manages to find a breath of fresh air at the most opportune times, and this is no exception. While remaining a tight unit, bringing Kitagawa into the fold adds another dimension to their chaotic sprawl without having to sacrifice any of their strengths on this incendiary album.
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CAT #: REPOSE 112LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SHIT AND SHINE Ladybird LP
Reissue, originally released in 2005. First time available on vinyl for 15 years. New sleeve artwork with photos by Steve Gullick and pressed on dirty white vinyl. Ladybird... one perfect heavy as fuck hypnotic riff played over and over and over and over across two sides of an LP. Back when Shit And Shine formed, the idea was basically to sound like their heroes Drunks With Guns and Strangulated Beatoffs, using that same basic formula. A big dumb ass catchy riff played over and over until the joke gets old... then keep going. Recorded live at Southern Studios, London (fun fact: the same room where Bauhaus recorded "Bela Lugosi's Dead") in 2004 with just two basses, a snare drum, a huge cardboard box and a tiny toy Casio SA-1 keyboard (using the "airplane" sound hitting the same key over and over for 41 minutes). Some still say it's the best thing Shit And Shine has ever done. No argument there. Originally released on CD, and super limited vinyl. This was Shit And Shine's second release and it sold out quick. Remastered and beefed the hell up by Craig Clouse at Shit And Shine Ranch, 2022. Don't sleep on it. Edition of 300.
RUFFNATION ENTERTAINMENT
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CAT #: RN 1018LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
RZA Bobby Digital vs. RZA LP
"Back in 1998, RZA had already cemented his status as Wu-Tang Clan's man behind the boards, producing the entirety of the group's respective solo albums. But when it came to his own breakout moment, the producer opted to introduce the world to Bobby Digital, a cartoonishly hedonistic mad-rapping alter-ego and grew so fond of the character that he released another album under the moniker before finally delivering 2003's Birth of a Prince as the RZA. Now it seems Bobby Digital is back in the picture and potentially set square up with his host. On Friday, RZA announced a new album, RZA vs. Bobby Digital, with the release of the hard-hitting new single, 'Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater.' According to a press release, production on the album is handled by DJ Scratch. 'Giving Scratch the reins as a producer and me taking the reins as an MC, that's what frees me up creatively and lets me play more with lyrical gags and lyrical flows because I don't have to be focused on everything,' the producer noted in a statement. The new single marks the second Bobby Digital drop of the year, following 'Pugilism,' which was slated to be featured on the long-rumored project, The Cure, but seems to be a part of another upcoming collection of songs under the moniker titled Digital Potions.
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CAT #: RN 1023LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT For the FKN Love 2LP
"The multi-platinum, double Grammy Award winning group Arrested Development, delivers For the FKN Love a true hip-hop tour de force, once again Executively Produced by charismatic veteran frontman Speech and British production maestro, Configa. Significantly, it marks the first time that AD have worked with equally legendary collaborators, making this their biggest release ever. Big Daddy Kane, The Sugar Hill Gang, Masta Ace, Freddie Foxxx, Monie Love, Kxng Crooked, G. Love, Tony Momrelle (Incognito), Dee-1 plus Fatman Scoop all feature! Legends of this caliber rarely do features and yet have graced this album For the FKN Love! AD has always been dedicated to supporting up-and-coming talent, and this trend continues with the likes of Twan Mack, Dell-P, Lish, Ke'Andra, 4ize, Twisted Royalty, Cleveland P Jones, MRK SX & Jahah all adding weight to proceedings.When it comes to boombap and classic rap, few artists come close to Arrested Development. The two-time Grammy Award-winning hip-hop group was the first hip-hop group to ever receive the Grammy for 'Best New Artist,' while also receiving one for 'Best Rap Single.' Showing the widespread appeal of Arrested Development, its track 'Tennessee' was later named by the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as one of the 'Top 500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll,' while the group was recognized at the Black Music Honors Awards in September 2019. Meanwhile, 1993's Unplugged album was not only Gold-certified by the RIAA, but proved influential as one of the first hip-hop performances from the MTV institution. 'Vibe' is the latest single from Arrested Development, as featuring Big Daddy Kane, Cleveland P Jones and Tasha LaRae. Part of the new studio album For the FKN Love, 'Vibe' was produced by British Production and boombap specialist Configa. Other contributors to For the FKN Love include The Sugar Hill Gang, Masta Ace, Freddie Foxxx, Monie Love, Kxng Crooked, G-Love & Special Sauce's G-Love, Incognito's Tony Momrelle, Dee-1 and Fatman Scoop. Configa had previously worked with Arrested Development on 2020's acclaimed 16-track studio album Don't Fight Your Demons."
SDBAN ULTRA (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: SDBANU 027CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
LUCID LUCIA Ever-Changing Light CD
Following the release of their critically acclaimed self-titled debut EP in 2021, Antwerp's Lucid Lucia release their debut album Ever-Changing Light via the groove-obsessed Belgian tastemaker label, Sdban Ultra. Searching to unwrap the mystery that is a human life, across nine tracks of jazz and space funk-infused grooves, Lucid Lucia look to the sound of Herbie's Head Hunters and Miles's acid funk of the mid-70s for inspiration. Ever-Changing Light is a mind-expanding celebration centered on freedom and rhythm. Free-spirited saxes, futuristic-sounding keys, monstrous bass lines and shifting drum beats unite, resulting in an uplifting and joyous celebration of jazz, funk, and groove. From the loose, laidback stylings of "Mumpsimus" and the jazz-funk odyssey that is "Pigeons" to the sonic wonders of "Reminiscence" and urgent flow of "Quanked", Lucid Lucia is a marvelous journey of luminous sounds and vibrant rhythms. Elsewhere, the warped aesthetics of "Oneironauts" and improv "Pukti part 1" showcase a tight rhythm section, inventive horns, funky keys and guitar while the spiritual magnum opus "Voor Pieter A." is a magical example of the virtuosity of Lucid Lucia. Born from the ashes of fusion outfit BRZZVLL, Lucid Lucia were founded by saxophonist Vincent Brijs, a household name in Antwerp and the Belgian jazz scene. Former winners of the Jong Jazztalent Gent, BRZZVLL released their debut album Days of Thunder, Days of Grace in 2008 and would go on to release five more albums including teaming up with Trinidad-born poet, novelist and musician Anthony Joseph on the 2014 critically acclaimed album Engines and with hip-hop MC, writer, and producer Amir Sulaiman on the 2016 album First Let's Dance. The 2017 album Waiho (SDBANU 005CD/LP), the band's first instrumental album and final album received glowing praise. To the present day and Lucid Lucia marks a brighter, clearer sound for the sextet. Consisting of Vincent Brijs: (saxophones, EWI), Bart Borremans (saxophones), Stijn Cools (drums), Dries Laheye (bass), Dries Verhulst (guitar), Jan Willems (keys), and James Williams (drums, percussion), they have honed their skills performing with numerous artists from home and around the world including Ursula Rucker, Joseph Bowie (Defunkt), Amir Sulaiman, Anthony Joseph, Zena Edwards, Ayanna Witter Johnson, Baloji, Mo & Grazz, Kain the Poet (The Last Poets), Marie Daulne, Dizzy Madjeku, Ida Nielsen, and many others.
SEDIMENTAL
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CAT #: SED 068CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LOVELIGHT SISTERS, THE A Day for Fainting Fairies CD+DVD
From the creative well of upper Franklin County in the Pioneer Valley of Western, MA springs the Lovelights Sisters, a lovingly crafted children's TV program featuring five magical sisters: Chella, Viola, Novella, Elda, and Dot as they prepare for a Ladies Club tea party. Debuted in 2019 the program is a swirling feast of eye candy packed with song, incidental music and everything else in between. Charming, idiosyncratic, and irresistible for all ages. CD is the complete soundtrack of eighteen tracks featuring Big Blood, Jeremy Pisani, Ruth Garbus, Leaf Peepers, Liz Tonne, Feathers, Wendy Eisenberg, and many more. Also features Shannon Ketch, Kevin Smith, Omeed Goodarzi, Beverly Ketch, Dose Lonely Boys, The Highland Circle Old Time Players, Annabell Cole, Gordon Spencer-Blaetz, Jason Martin Animal Power System, Helen Rush, and Sam Gas Can. DVD features the full first episode plus bonus films. DVD is NTSC format, region free.
SODA GONG
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CAT #: SODA 010LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
GOMES, MARK Alphane Moods LP
Australia-based musician Mark Gomes presents the debut full-length under his own name for Soda Gong. Alphane Moods finds Gomes employing strategies that will be familiar to listeners of his work as Blue Chemise -- elegiac, loop-based modes of composition and a predilection for concise etude forms -- that manifest here with a strikingly different scope and intent, shifting from expressive abstraction into more conceptual terrain. Over the course of fourteen widescreen tracks, he navigates the gap between nostalgic and futurist sensibilities, concocting elusive, romantic, and sanguine settings that feel both plucked from the past and beamed in from a time still to come. Gomes describes his approach on the record as a "practice of 'constructed ambience', deploying sounds and track titles with pop-psychological associations of escape." The result is a vivid, cinematic album that splits the difference between the worldbuilding retrofuturism of the best vaporwave music and the shadowy, homespun tape vignettes for which Gomes has become well known. Written and produced by Mark Gomes. Master and cut by Kassian Troyer at Dubplates & Mastering. Artwork by Alex McCullough. Includes download code; edition of 500.
SONIC CATHEDRAL (UK)
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CAT #: SCR 230CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
PETERS, MARK Red Sunset Dreams CD
Mark Peters releases a second solo album Red Sunset Dreams on Sonic Cathedral. The follow-up to his hugely acclaimed debut Innerland (SCR 094CD/LP, 2018), which was one of Rough Trade's albums of the year when it came out in 2018, it features a number of guest musicians, including former One Dove singer and songwriter Dot Allison and pedal steel legend BJ Cole. Like its predecessor, Red Sunset Dreams is an album about an imaginary landscape. Whereas Innerland was an introspective psycho-geographic trip inspired by Mark's move back to his hometown of Wigan and the memories it stirred up, Red Sunset Dreams looks outwards, across the Atlantic to the United States of America, but very much through a UK prism; a representation of the subconscious Americana that's buried deep in our collective psyches. The result is an incredibly evocative trip through the landscapes of old Western movies, exploring their links with the North West of England while touching on wider themes such as isolation, freedom and dementia. Sonically, it builds on the palette of the previous record with instrumentation equally inspired by the ascendant ambient Americana movement and classic country-rock. As a result it ends up somewhere between Acetone's peerless I Guess I Would, Diamond Head-era Phil Manzanera and the dusty instrumentals on the second disc of David Sylvian's 1986 classic Gone To Earth. Mark has spent the four years since Innerland recording and releasing Destiny Waiving, his third collaboration with Ulrich Schnauss, and recently followed up 2020's new Engineers recordings (the ambient perambulations of Pictobug) with a reissue series of the band's much sought -after early albums. He has recently put a brand-new band together and will be playing a series of live shows following the release of Red Sunset Dreams.
SOWING RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: SOW 028LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
ABDUL-MALIK, AHMED The Eastern Moods of Ahmed Abdul-Malik LP
Reissue, originally released in 1963. Besides playing with the likes of Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, and Randy Weston, bassist and oud player Abdul Malik is mostly remembered as one of the first to explore how elements of Middle Eastern and North African music can integrate with jazz idioms. Originally released on Prestige Records, this is his fifth studio effort featuring Bilal Abdurrahman (alto saxophone, clarinet, Korean reed flute, percussion) and William Henry Allen (bass, percussion). A peculiar combination of different instruments and sounds for a step into the Eastern side of jazz. Limited clear vinyl edition.
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CAT #: SOW 030LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
LATEEF, YUSEF Lateef at Cranbrook LP
Reissue, originally released in 1958. Lateef at Cranbrook (also reissued as Yusef Lateef) is a live album by multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef recorded in 1958 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and originally released on the Argo label. Saxophonist, flautist, oboist, and all-round reeds maestro Yusef Lateef was a renowned cross-pollinator of Eastern modes with the more traditional harmonic repertoire of American jazz. During the course of his covetable career, he worked side-by-side with Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, and Miles Davis among others. Limited clear vinyl edition.
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CAT #: SOW 031LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
NELSON WITH ERIC DOLPHY, OLIVER Straight Ahead LP
Reissue, originally released in 1961 by Prestige/New Jazz label. Straight Ahead marks the last Eric Dolphy's appearance within a series of fortunate collaborations with saxophonist Oliver Nelson. This is a great modern jazz album taking shape from a quintet studio session (all first takes) engineered and supervised by master Rudy Van Gelder and featuring Oliver Nelson (alto and tenor saxes, clarinet), Eric Dolphy (alto sax, bass clarinet, flute), Richard Wyands (piano), George Duvivier (double bass), and Roy Haynes on drums. A serious bunch of jazz stylists all caught in fine form and concentration. Needless to add that the Nelson-Dolphy sax tandem shines throughout the whole album while Duvivier and Haynes inject their angular yet hard swinging groove. The track list consists of five Nelson's originals plus Milt Jackson's "Ralph's New Blues". Limited clear vinyl edition.
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CAT #: SOW 033LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
MINGUS, CHARLES East Coasting LP
Reissue, originally recorded and released in 1957. One of Charles Mingus's lesser-known sessions. Here the master was at the head of an awesome band including some of his regular sidemen. Features Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Shafi Hadi (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), and Dannie Richmond (drums), along with nothing but Bill Evans on piano. This is dense, lyrical, and very stimulating music deeply rooted in the bop tradition yet with an open ear to other sound territories. Limited clear vinyl edition.
SPECTRUM SPOOLS
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CAT #: SP 042LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SECOND WOMAN Second Woman 2LP
2022 repress. Second Woman is a collaborative project featuring Turk Dietrich of Belong and Joshua Eustis of the renowned Telefon Tel Aviv. As one would imagine, Second Woman is a nonpareil debut of futuristic electronic music fusing the coveted genetics of the duos' respective previous endeavors into an alluring new enigma of ASMR-inducing kaleidoscopic dub. Second Woman is a fully realized entity, a well-crafted sound world, and a refreshing shared effort that is inspiring in its purity and painstaking in its design. The opening "100407jd7" wastes no time exhibiting mastery in both sound and structure, contorting the frequency spectrum into a psychoactive mirage with its mutating tectonics and vaporous tone clouds. Cuts like "200601je6" and "700358bc5" are bar-raising examples of veteran craftsmanship and vision, refining and reengineering the blueprints of their early works to create an original and dynamic album. The deliberation and control over every particle is obsessive, but the end results of each individual track unfold with an organic temperament unparalleled in a grid-locked world of DAW-shaped musics and rat's-nest modular aleatory. Words fail where essential sonics are concerned, and this vital new creation speaks for itself.
SPITTLE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: SPITTLE 2000LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA 391 Selezione 1 LP
You've been waiting for it, and finally here it is! A natural compendium to the 391 series, with a strong selection straight to vinyl. Spittle CDs series 391 is filling a void screaming out for revenge. Not hard-to-find material, but properly unreleased songs and compositions locked for several decades in some virtual memory lane. A proper distillate from the ongoing series, which showed the hidden roots of the Italian new-wave (with all the possible links to art-rock, goth, post-punk, and industrial). Creativity has never been lacking and sometimes complete with a burst of originality, what lacked was a good promotion and a more accessible way to the underground market. Features The Gam Ones, VCO, Next, Reverie, Shaming Borsalino, Xif, Centro Uh !, Catene Della Cresima, and Celery Price.
STRANGETOWN RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: STR 057LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
JONES, PIXY Bits n Bobs LP
El Goodo guitarist and songwriter Pixy Jones releases his debut album entitled Bits n Bobs via Strangetown Records. After four albums with El Goodo, Welsh psych scene stalwart Pixy Jones has himself compiled a truly remarkable collection of tracks that fluctuate from '60s harmony-rich psych pop, to alt-country with ringing tremelo guitar. The swaggering "I'm Not There" is the first single to be taken from Bits n Bobs. Pixy had this to say about the release: "The album was originally intended as a solo project under the pseudonym of Wallace Russell. I recorded it alongside the recording of Zombie (STR 048CD/LP, 2020) whenever I could get in the studio. There are some really old songs that have always been overlooked for El Goodo albums for one reason or another, a few new ones which I wrote specifically for this, and a couple that would have probably ended up on the intended double album version of Zombie if we'd kept going with the double album idea. I've since ditched the Wallace Russell name and gone back to Pixy Jones as I figured there's no need to have a pseudonym if nobody knows who you are in the first place. Even though I dropped the name I've kept the walrus mask for now as it is more photogenic than my actual face. I had no recording budget so I had to fund it by quitting smoking and saving the money up to pay for studio time. It took, I think, two and a half years to record, which is by far the quickest I've ever recorded an album. Originally, I wanted it to just be a quickly recorded slap dash and get it out sort of thing but I had a year and a half during Covid to think about it a bit more and ended up taking more care to get it done properly. It was just me there so I played most of it myself apart from Stephen Black (Sweet Baboo) who played brass and woodwind on one song and Rhodri Brooks (AhGeeBe) plays some pedal steel on a couple. Elliott and Canny from El Goodo played drums and bass on 'Wind Street' during the Zombie recording sessions. The album was recorded and mixed in Aerial Studios with Tim Lewis (Thighpaulsandra), a couple of songs were finished in the house during the lockdowns."
STUDENTS OF DECAY
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CAT #: SOD 129LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
HARMSWORTH, ANGELO Singe LP
Singe is the new record by Angelo Harmsworth, a musician who hails from the American Southwest and is operating now out of Berlin. Harmsworth's work deals resolutely in extremes, but this music is not concerned with presenting binary or dichotomous relationships so much as it is with reconciling disparate sensibilities and sounds. Layers of meticulously edited and sculpted tones swirl around one another, creating kaleidoscopic patterns and hallucinated choral motifs that seem to thrive on amplitude or the position of the listener's head. There is a visceral physicality to this music that aligns it with some of the core tenets of harsh noise, even while its tonal and timbral choices recall those of ambient music. This record follows excellent releases on enmossed/Psychic Liberation, Angoisse, Opal Tapes, Vaknar, and Harmsworth's own Lime Lodge imprint and may be the high-water mark of his published output thus far. There is drama and implied narrative in these seven compositions that seethes and hums as if reveling in a sort of violent gracefulness. Includes download code; edition of 300.
SURVIVAL RESEARCH (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: SVVRCH 055LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MANSON FAMILY, THE The Manson Family Sings The Songs Of Charles Manson LP
Repressed; recorded at the infamous Spahn Ranch in 1970, while their leader Charles Manson was facing trial for the murder of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, The Manson Family Sings is a highly disconcerting listen. Beneath the harmonic brilliance and folksy innocence of these campfire-styled recordings are the hallmarks of Manson's twisted worldview, rendering a dystopian edge to what is otherwise compelling singalongs. Squeaky Frome, Brenda Gold, Gypsy Share and Sandra Blue all feature, with Clem Grogan fronting the beast, the end result being some of the freakiest and troubling songs you are ever likely to encounter.
TAL (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TAL 027CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
PREKOP, SAM The Sparrow CD
"'Is it too Sam Prekop?', Sam Prekop asked me in an email conversation in which he delivered his wonderful illustrations which would become the front cover artwork. No, it is not too Sam Prekop at all. His drawings as well as the freeform music on this album are subtly different from anything else he has produced in his solo career. Regardless of the style he is working in, Sam Prekop's music is always imbued with a sense of wide-eyed discovery and unpredictable exploration. On The Sparrow, Sam Prekop expands his electronic cosmos with a remarkable expression of timeless simplicity and coherent execution. It's deceptively simple music that feels accessible without abandoning the experimental legacy of the modular hardware system which serves, besides a polyphonic Prophet 5 synthesizer, as the center piece of this production. The side long title track 'The Sparrow' opens this album with unpredictable synth dissonances and broken step sequenced patterns. 'Palm' brings the set to a close with its irregular fragility while 'Fall is Farewell' is built around a yearning brassy fanfare which resembles the noir romance theme of Michael Smalls soundtrack for the 1971 film Klute. The sparkling essence of 'Step and Stair' seems a suitable space for unforgotten summer holidays of our childhood. On his first solo release for Düsseldorf's label TAL, electronic experimentalist Sam Prekop offers his most captivating yet stripped-down modular music. All compositions on The Sparrow were gradually developed piece by piece. Best known for his jazz-leaning tropicalismo with The Sea And Cake, a key part of the Chicago scene with the likes of Tortoise or Chicago Underground Duo, he has in recent years established himself as a modular synthesist, building his instrument meticulously to create a unique system that allows him to create highly individual music through mechanical patterns, repetitions and chance. In this context his widely acclaimed community forming public tutorials on fb should be noted as well. The Sparrow is an exciting new chapter in his development as a constant creative influence." --Stefan Schneider, Düsseldorf August 2022 CD version comes in an edition of 500.
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CAT #: TAL 027LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
PREKOP, SAM The Sparrow LP
LP version. Includes printed inner sleeve; includes download code; edition of 700. "'Is it too Sam Prekop?', Sam Prekop asked me in an email conversation in which he delivered his wonderful illustrations which would become the front cover artwork. No, it is not too Sam Prekop at all. His drawings as well as the freeform music on this album are subtly different from anything else he has produced in his solo career. Regardless of the style he is working in, Sam Prekop's music is always imbued with a sense of wide-eyed discovery and unpredictable exploration. On The Sparrow, Sam Prekop expands his electronic cosmos with a remarkable expression of timeless simplicity and coherent execution. It's deceptively simple music that feels accessible without abandoning the experimental legacy of the modular hardware system which serves, besides a polyphonic Prophet 5 synthesizer, as the center piece of this production. The side long title track 'The Sparrow' opens this album with unpredictable synth dissonances and broken step sequenced patterns. 'Palm' brings the set to a close with its irregular fragility while 'Fall is Farewell' is built around a yearning brassy fanfare which resembles the noir romance theme of Michael Smalls soundtrack for the 1971 film Klute. The sparkling essence of 'Step and Stair' seems a suitable space for unforgotten summer holidays of our childhood. On his first solo release for Düsseldorf's label TAL, electronic experimentalist Sam Prekop offers his most captivating yet stripped-down modular music. All compositions on The Sparrow were gradually developed piece by piece. Best known for his jazz-leaning tropicalismo with The Sea And Cake, a key part of the Chicago scene with the likes of Tortoise or Chicago Underground Duo, he has in recent years established himself as a modular synthesist, building his instrument meticulously to create a unique system that allows him to create highly individual music through mechanical patterns, repetitions and chance. In this context his widely acclaimed community forming public tutorials on fb should be noted as well. The Sparrow is an exciting new chapter in his development as a constant creative influence." --Stefan Schneider, Düsseldorf August 2022
THE JAZZ DIARIES
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CAT #: TJD 021LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SHIMADA, ELLE Home Location LP
For Tokyo-born Melbourne-based artist Elle Shimada, the concept of home is ever changing. In fact, it's the current which flows through her debut album, Home ? Location. Home ? Location, out on seminal label The Jazz Diaries, is the product of several years of tinkering, culminating in a wholly unique project. "Home is multiple, complex, shapeless. [...] Home is in music, a space to share it with you', Shimada sings on the album opener. Lithe and loose, marrying incisive political commentary with deep introspection, Home ? Location certifies that Shimada is Australia's next bright talent. Across eight dizzying tracks which flow from lean, skittish skeletal beats upon which Shimada's climbs to agile blends of house, bass and candied keys, the album nestles in the subconscious long after the first listen. For fans of: Liv.E, Keiyaa, Demaemae, Flying Lotus, Knxwledge, NxWorries, Miguel-Atwood Ferguson, Mndsgn.
TOCHNIT ALEPH (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TA 099CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
ZMIJEWSKI, ARTUR Singing Lesson CD
First published as a vinyl LP in 2011 (Tochnit Aleph) this extraordinary work by Polish conceptual artist Artur ?mijewski is available on CD. Eight-panel digipak; edition of 300.From the liner notes: "In 2001, Artur ?mijewski created the first part of the project 'Singing Lesson' in the Augsburg Evangelical Holy Trinity church in Warsaw. Accompanied by an organ a choir of 'deaf-mute' children sang the 'Kyrie' from the 'Polish Mass' by Jan Maklakiewicz (1899-1954). Among the cacophony of sounds uttered by them you can hear the words of the confession of faith: 'In this holy place, in this holiest place, our voice rises to you and erupts as the sea roars from the deep abyss. O Christ, hear us! O Christ, listen to us!' The second part of the project ('Deaf Bach') was realized in 2002 in St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, in which Johann Sebastian Bach for many years was a cantor and where he was buried. 'Deaf-mute' or severely hearing-impaired children sang Bach's cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' (Heart and Lips and Deed and Life)."Violetta Sajkiewicz: "Along with admiration for the efforts of the deaf we feel an uneasiness caused by our deeply hidden aversion towards that which -- like cripplehood -- was removed from our consciousness: fear of ourselves, which is an inner mold of repulsion projected onto outside phenomena. ?mijewski's works convince us that neither suffering nor different kinds of physical dysfunction or social norms are able to kill the joy of life. The children singing Bach every so often snort with laughter as if they were trying to accustom themselves to the situation in which they found themselves, thus making it 'normal'. They whoop it up, forgetting the fact that the lesson in which they participate is beyond the social role ascribed to them, that it is an anomaly, a freaky idea. It is also a musical hybrid, a mix of the sounds uttered by the deaf children and the voice of a professional singer, a negation of all the rules, a mixture of the evenly-tempered baroque system and elements of modal and atonal music."
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CAT #: TA 169CD
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MUEHL, OTTO Musik 1982-90 CD
76 minutes collection of recordings made at the Friedrichshof commune between 1982 and 1990. Performed by Otto Muehl and members of the commune. Includes actionist group-music, improvised conceptual pieces, and bar pianist songs. Full-color, six-panel digipak; edition of 300.
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CAT #: TA 170CD
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SELTEN GEHORTE MUSIK Sehr Selten Gehorte Tanzmusik 2CD
Previously unpublished performance of the internationally renowned dance band Selten Gehörte Musik (on this occasion: Christian Attersee, Gerhard Rühm, Oswald Wiener) at the closing event of the "Literanover" Festival at the Kunstmuseum, Hannover, on November 16th, 1980. Close to two hours of very rarely heard dance music, indeed. Double CD; six-panel digipak; edition of 350.
TRESOR (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TRESOR 129X-CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DREXCIYA Neptune's Lair (2022 Reissue) CD
Tresor Records announce forthcoming special editions of the entire catalog of Drexciya and related projects. 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of James Stinson and the releases of the Transllusion and Shifted Phases albums. In recognition, the rights holders, their families, and the label have commissioned Detroit-based contemporary artist Matthew Angelo Harrison to re-conceptualize the covers of Tresor's Drexciya-related catalog. The series starts with Neptune's Lair, first released in 1999, with the Hydro Doorways single arriving shortly after. These records, individually and as a catalog, represent some of the most crucial moments in the Tresor label history, with the sound and mythic world of Drexciya undoubtedly inspiring generations. Detroit's Drexciya, with their close ties to Underground Resistance, emerged in 1991. With an encoded agenda and socio-political mission aimed at the world, a new page of Drexciya's grand history was written entitled Neptune's Lair. Drexciya is the sound of originality embodying all the musical styles and history that Detroit the city has seen and been part of. Drexciya is music for change that defies categorization; traditionally armed with freestyle electro, techno, funk, and jazz while covering an entire spectrum of moods. While words won't do Neptune's Lair proper justice, rootsy Kraftwerkian techno, gives way to G-style electro, while jazzy freestyle funk evolves alongside classic 4/4 club sound. Although the roots run deep, Neptune's Lair heralded an important new chapter in the musical connections between Detroit's finest and Tresor. Double LP version comes on 180 gram vinyl; silver pantone, UV spot varnish.
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CAT #: TRESOR 129X-LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DREXCIYA Neptune's Lair (2022 Reissue) 2LP
Double LP version. Silver pantone, UV spot varnish. 180 gram vinyl. Tresor Records announce forthcoming special editions of the entire catalog of Drexciya and related projects. 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of James Stinson and the releases of the Transllusion and Shifted Phases albums. In recognition, the rights holders, their families, and the label have commissioned Detroit-based contemporary artist Matthew Angelo Harrison to re-conceptualize the covers of Tresor's Drexciya-related catalog. The series starts with Neptune's Lair, first released in 1999, with the Hydro Doorways single arriving shortly after. These records, individually and as a catalog, represent some of the most crucial moments in the Tresor label history, with the sound and mythic world of Drexciya undoubtedly inspiring generations. Detroit's Drexciya, with their close ties to Underground Resistance, emerged in 1991. With an encoded agenda and socio-political mission aimed at the world, a new page of Drexciya's grand history was written entitled Neptune's Lair. Drexciya is the sound of originality embodying all the musical styles and history that Detroit the city has seen and been part of. Drexciya is music for change that defies categorization; traditionally armed with freestyle electro, techno, funk, and jazz while covering an entire spectrum of moods. While words won't do Neptune's Lair proper justice, rootsy Kraftwerkian techno, gives way to G-style electro, while jazzy freestyle funk evolves alongside classic 4/4 club sound. Although the roots run deep, Neptune's Lair heralded an important new chapter in the musical connections between Detroit's finest and Tresor.
UMOR REX (MEXICO)
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CAT #: UR 139EP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
BRETSCHNEIDER & GIORGIO LI CALZI, FRANK Zero Mambo 12"
Umor Rex presents a new collaboration between two great exponents of contemporary music who have been part of the electronic and experimental avant-garde for the last three decades. On the one hand, there is Berlin-based musician, composer, and video artist Frank Bretschneider, recognized for precise sound placement, complex, interwoven rhythm structures, and his minimal, flowing approach. On the other hand, Giorgio Li Calzi, the Italian trumpeter, composer, producer, and performing director based in Turin, whose work is known for electronic/effects improvisation combined with the trumpet. The creation process of Zero Mambo started when Giorgio and Frank met in Chamois, the Italian Alps, in 2018. A year later, Bretschneider sent to a few drafts in the form of audio files, loops, and sequences, and Li Calzi used this material quasi as a framework to create new compositions on it. At that time, in the pandemic, with the unprecedented intervention in lives and rituals, the situation led to ideal conditions to reflect and produce music, a snapshot of the weird times. Li Calzi and Bretschneider offer in Zero Mambo a fascinating album between electronic and jazz. It is clear that it is elegant, clean, and minimal, but we have to say, Zero Mambo is also exuberant and cheerful. A fantastic Berlin-Turin music connection. 45rpm; die-cut sleeve; includes download code; edition of 300.
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CAT #: UR 140CS
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
FILIPOVICH, LINA BFHC Cassette
On her second album (first one on Umor Rex), the Minsk born/Paris based artist Lina Filipovich continues her experiments on deconstruction and re-appropriation of classical pieces. BFHC includes seven electronic interpretations of the works of Baroque composers such as Bach, Handel, Frescobaldi, Carleton, and Couperin. Inspired by memories of her experience of interpreting Bach's pieces in early childhood, Filipovich explores the desire to push the limits of performing classical music in the traditional way. Her baroque compositions are manipulated, modified, transformed into loops, cut, slowed down and recycled like any content could be, becoming a raw material for new compositions accompanied by electronic sequences, rhythms and basslines. Through the recycling, sampling and reassembly, Lina creates new listening experiences. And if BFHC can be interpreted as a tribute to baroque music, it can also be understood as a call to action to the work of contemporary artists like Oval, and to all the boom of clicks and cuts at the beginning of this millennium. Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri. Artwork by Daniel Castrejón. Edition of 100.
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CAT #: UR 141CS
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
CONCEPCION HUERTA Harmonies from Betelgeuse Cassette
Mexican sound artist Concepción Huerta is also a skilled photographer and video artist, and all of these aptitudes come together in the kinematic elements of her musical thesis. Her narrative seems to be an uninterrupted communication with movement as an axis: it pauses and falls with cadence at some moments; it agitates in disturbance at some others. But one movement perpetually crosses the other, even if sometimes imperceptibly. Her sound work evokes displacements similar to what we could understand as a force of zero gravity. Taking this criterion as a backbone of her most recent work, the idea behind Harmonies from Betelgeuse focuses on the transmission of electricity between body and machine, between the organic and the inorganic. -- Strong loads of sound pulses move away from Earth's gravity through tape-manipulation. Betelgeuse is a star that belongs to the Orion constellation, but, since it has been expelled from its stellar association, it is considered a fugitive -- An exile. Harmonies from Betelgeuse is composed of eight pieces built as a whole, accompanying and destroying each other like theatrical parts of a cosmic tragedy. A beautiful analogy about impending extinction and exile. Mastered by Rafael Anton Irisarri. Photos by Mateo Barbuzzi. Design by Daniel Castrejón. Edition of 100.
ZEL ZELE (TURKEY)
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CAT #: ZEL 007LP
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VERONIK Anomala LP
Anómala by Peruvian Theremin player and guitarist Veronik is a haunting theremin album where the instrument becomes a melodic voice. It's a gentle experimentation that floats beautifully on femme psychedelic rock waters, captivating with its cinematic and moody soundscapes. Previously self-released in Peru in 2017, Zel Zele present Anómala's deserved re-release featuring four additional tracks and it's first-ever vinyl issue, advancing Anomala to another dimension. For fans of: Lydia Kavina, Clara Rockmore, Vanishing Twin, Laurence Vanay, Carolina Eyck.
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1960'S RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: RANDB 040LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BENNETT, BEN His Band '68 & The Rebel Rousers LP
2019 release. In the early to mid-sixties British youth made two big discoveries: groups and rhythm & blues. Groups weren't actually that new and weren't exotic (unless they were from Liverpool). Rhythm & Blues, or R&B, was exotic and it was new or seemed to be. In no time, the UK was attempting to emulate this exciting "new" music from over the water and the best of the emulators, was Cliff Bennett. His first band, the Rebel Rousers had Brian Epstein as manager, and scored three UK hits between 1964 and 1966: the Beatles' "Got To Get You Into My Life" and the Drifters' "One Way Love" and "I'll Take You Home". This album, consisting of numbers recorded in 1967 and '68 for BBC Radio shows, straddles the switch between the Rebel Rousers backing Cliff and their replacement by the Cliff Bennett Band. To seasoned Bennett fans, you won't miss the Rebel Rousers, their replacements do a superb job. Cliff Bennett may not have achieved the wider success he so richly deserved but he left a marvelous legacy to which this record is a most welcome addition.
AGOGO RECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: AR 157CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
KRAJENSKI. B-3 Vol. 1 CD
An organist, a saxophonist, and a drummer -- the classic organ trio has been arousing special expectations to jazz listeners since the glory days of Jimmy Smith, Groove Holmes, and the McDuffs and McGriffs. The organist can spread out, the saxophonist can follow him and the drummer swings and provides the groove "in the pocket". With their album B-3 Vol. 1 the Hanoverian Lutz "Hammond" Krajenski aka krajenski. on the B-3 organ, Ben Kraef from Berlin on the saxophone, and Peter Gall from southern Germany on the drums break new ground even if the old path of the Hammond-infected Blue Note refinement always remains in view. Kraef-Krajenski-Gall do their thing and that very consistently. They play with the different readings of the format with reflections from Jimmy Smith to Larry Young. They play with expectations and play around clichés with sophisticated twists and tongue-clicking rhythmic and harmonic treasures. It's an album to dig out the phrase "No fillers, all killers" for.
ARJUNAMUSIC (GERMANY)
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CAT #: AMEL 723LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ROHRER, SAMUEL Hungry Ghosts LP
With his Arjunamusic label and a growing catalog of category-defying releases, Samuel Rohrer continues to quietly, yet confidently, make a name for himself as a genuinely unique figure within the European electronic music realm. Over the past decade he has assembled a repertoire of music that fills a sadly neglected gap in the modern musical landscape. That is to say, he has made a number of "electronically"-aided works that never seem to make "electronic-ism" the main selling point or raison d'être. His latest solo album, Hungry Ghosts, again shows the high quality of sonic design that can be achieved by conceptualizing musical passages as living, breathing entities rather than as signposts to some still distant reality. Maybe more so than any of Rohrer's solo records to date, Hungry Ghosts is the one that most unambiguously displays the artist as a kind of inspired sound "cultivator" or landscaper rather than just a straightforward "producer". The emphasis here seems to be biological growth processes rendered in musical form, and in fact some track titles namechecking the biodiversity of the external world ("Slow Fox", "Ctenophora") and neurochemistry ("Serotonin") lend some additional credence to this interpretation. As with previous outings, Rohrer starts with his skills as a genre-resistant percussionist and builds from there, with dense clusters of drum hits and icy cymbal exclamations leading the way into a wide-open atmosphere full of fragmented phrases, marked with strange reversals or compressions of time. The percussive portions and other ambiences merge together in such a way that the latter seems like a kind of shifting, holographic camouflage for the former. Rohrer's already established ambiguity and mystery are the moods that permeate throughout, to be sure, but there are also surprising moments of humorous whimsy (the flourishes of cartoon mischief and teasing silences on the tracks "Human Regression" and "Bodylanguage"), reverence (the optimistic organ swells and steady sequencer guiding "Ceremonism"), and meditative focus (the slow-motion spectral waltz of "Treehouse"). Also notable here are very brief etudes, such as "Window Pain," whose dark, lush ebb and flow actually seem tailored to repeated or looped listening. The material is recorded solo and in a "live/no overdubs" mode, giving it the feel of a well-rehearsed ensemble. And here you come full circle to the idea of "electronic music" mentioned at the beginning here: instead of making you feel that you are in the presence of some fully-realized form brought back from "the future," Rohrer invites you instead to witness fascinating processes of transition and mutation.
AXIS
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CAT #: AX 108LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
PARADOX (JEAN-PHI DARY/JEFF MILLS), THE Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2LP
Recorded live at Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux Switzerland on July 8, 2021. "With the release of The Paradox: Live At Montreux Jazz Festival, techno legend Jeff Mills and keyboard wizard Jean-Phi Dary embark on an exciting, ground-breaking musical trip that takes techno and electronic dance music to a new level . . . The Paradox's direction of travel into unexplored musical territory should come as no surprise since the original techno wizard has never stopped pioneering new ideas . . . Never content to outstay his welcome by staying in the same place for too long, in 2005 he revealed the breadth of his imagination with his conceptual classic Blue Potential, an album with the Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra that saw techno happily co- existing alongside symphonic sounds. And now, Jacquline Caux's Man From Tomorrow -- the title of her film documentary of the techno maestro -- has cast his eyes over the musical horizon and borrowed a couple of ideas which he believes can transform techno and take it to the next level, 'I thought maybe it's not too late to bring or transfer some of the ideas from jazz over to electronic music, and look at the machines differently -- to play the machines and not just 'programme' them. I had the idea of trying to find the common link between free jazz and electronic music, so I reached out to jazz musicians to see if we could create something new that might be a benchmark that we could start from to create another step forward for electronic music.' Turning to keyboard player Jean-Phi Dary, with whom he had collaborated on the late Tony Allen's album Tomorrow Comes the Harvest, he remembered the musical ideas he had exchanged with the pianist while the sound engineer was doing his stuff during sound-checks on tour . . . Musically, they threw ideas out there to twist, turn and develop until they hit a groove and moved forward with that. The result was their first album together as Paradox called Counter Active (AX 096LP, 2021). It was a bold move, leaving the rhythmic certainties of techno to explore alternative, free flowing paths that allowed the breeze of change to blow through its highly compressed rhythms. Next came the challenge of presenting their ideas in live performance. They chose the demanding Montreux audience, and with the addition of Zaf Zapha on bass, the resulting album captures their spontaneous musical invention as it happens in the moment. It's a high risk, high reward strategy that was pulled off with conviction and aplomb . . . electronic sounds of techno are used to spontaneously interact with the piano, producing a deep musical conversation not pre-determined by tape loops, MIDI presets, the 96 rhythmic patterns stored in a TR-909 drum machine or the bass patterns of the Roland TB-303 electronic synthesizer-sequencer and all that technical geekery." --Stuart Nicholson Personnel: Jean-Phi Dary - keyboards, synthesizer; Jeff Mills - drum machine, synthesizer, percussions; Zaf Zapha - bass.
BETINO'S RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: BR 006LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
PLAYIN' 4 THE CITY The Music & The Rhythm 1997-2003 3LP
Limited repress. It's been now 25 years that Olivier Portal has been Playin' 4 the City. Very versatile in the beginning, he has nurtured his productions while doing club residencies in Paris and Chicago, making his music all the more dancing and developing a very original touch drawing near to the sounds of Chi-Town and New Jersey. By the end of the '90s, he collaborated with many DJs and producers such as DJ Deep, Julien Jabre and Franck Roger among others, thus gaining a real credibility and much respect from the underground Parisian house scene and the world at large. The Music & The Rhythm 1997-2003 brings back to the forefront some of the most anthemic tracks reflecting a very creative period in which Olivier Portal hooked up with great vocalists and players to produce his own style of deep house rich in soulful vocals, jazzy harmonies, funky bass lines and his trademark keyboard layers. This triple-LP brings back to light some of the most emblematic tracks reflecting a very creative period during which Olivier Portal teamed up with excellent vocalists and instrumentalists to produce. This compilation offers the best of the Straight Up era with some great classics like the smooth "Music and the Rhythm", the seminal "More Than Ever" and crucial tracks like "The Shore" and "Deep Inside", also entitles us to retrieve very in demand gems like "Atmosfear's Vibe", "Spirits" and "My City Life" that now fetch hefty prices in the 12" market. Features Electra Weston, The Deep, Loic Gayot, DJ Mel Hammond, Mandel Turner, and Kearl The Voice. Edition of 500.
BLACK TRUFFLE (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: BT 091LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
DREYBLATT & PAUL PANHUYSEN, ARNOLD Duo Geloso LP
Black Truffle continue its program of archival releases from Arnold Dreyblatt with a recently unearthed concert recording from Dreyblatt and Paul Panhuysen's Duo Geloso. While isolated examples of Dreyblatt's collaboration with the legendary Dutch multi-media artist appeared on the CD reissue of Propellers in Love and Black Truffle's wide-ranging archival Second Selection, this is the first release to document the variety and playfulness of the concerts that Duo Geloso performed throughout Europe in 1987-88. Both working across sonic and visual forms, fascinated by numerical relationship and the infinite complexity of string harmonics, Dreyblatt and Panhuysen had a natural affinity for each other's work, strengthened through Dreyblatt's many visits to Het Apollohuis, the important experimental art space Panhuysen helped to found in Eindhoven. However, as René van Peer suggests in the liner notes enclosed within this release, Dreyblatt and Panhuysen took very different approaches to these shared interests; the wonderful energy of these Duo Geloso performances results from the meeting of Dreyblatt's more austere, compositional process with Panhuysen's spontaneity. Recorded at a concert at Het Apollohuis in December 1987 (a series of beautiful photographs of which adorn the LP's packaging), each of the six pieces presented here is distinctive in terms of instrumentation and performance approach. Using electric guitar and bass tuned by Dreyblatt and played using E-Bow and Panhuysen's motorized plectrums, the opening "Razorburg" moves slowly through a long series of held notes with a madly insistent tremolo that crosses Dick Dale with a mechanized take on the layered guitars of Günter Schickert. The same pair of instruments returns on "Duo for Guitars", where the mechanized attacks dissolve into a harmonic wash, reminiscent of the machine guitar work of fellow Het Apollohuis alumni Remko Scha. On "Love Call", the guitars and bass are accompanied by Panhuysen's distant warbled vocals, familiar to Maciunas Ensemble listeners. On the remarkable "Synsonic Batterie", Panhuysen begins proceedings with a solo barrage of electronic percussion on the Synsonics Drum Machine (a simple drum synthesizer produced by the toy manufacturer Mattel), joined eventually by Dreyblatt performing his signature percussive natural harmonics on pedal steel guitar. When Panhuysen adds his bird whistle to the mix, the performance becomes the perfect exemplar of the Duo Geloso's unique mix of studious close listening and subtle absurdity.
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CAT #: BT 094LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
CURRAN, ALVIN Drumming Up Trouble LP
Black Truffle announce Drumming Up Trouble, the first release of previously unissued music by Alvin Curran on the label. Collecting works recorded between 2018-2021 and a side-long epic dating back to the early '80s, as the title suggests, Drumming Up Trouble focuses on a hitherto almost unknown aspect of Curran's encyclopedic and omnivorous musical world: his experiments with sampled and synthesized percussion. As Curran's wonderful, wildly sweeping liner notes make clear, his fascination with drumming belongs to the radical investigation of music's fundamental elements that has marked his output since the beginnings of MEV, who aimed (as he says in a recent interview) to return "in some collective way to a non-existent start time in the history of human music". Whatever kind of music our proto-human ancestors played, he writes, "drums were front and center in the mix. Drums rule!" In a paradox typical of Curran's approach, Drumming Up Trouble interrogates this most ancient dimension of music with contemporary technology. On the first side, you hear recent pieces performed using the sampling software and full-size MIDI keyboard setup Curran has refined since the 1980s. Two of them are wild real-time improvisations, primarily utilizing an enormous bank of hip-hop samples. Building from polyrhythmic layers of drum machine fragments to wild cacophonies of clashing vocal samples, scratching, and frantic pitch shifting, these energetic and at times hilarious pieces occupy a space somewhere between John Oswald's Plunderphonics, Pat Thomas and Matt Wand in the Tony Oxley Quartet, and the propulsive Kudoro/Grime fusion of Lisbon's Príncipe label. They are improvisations are accompanied by two austere, minimal compositions realized in collaboration with Angelo Maria Farro: "End Zone" for orchestral bass drum and high oscillator, and "Rollings", where a snare roll is gradually stretched and filtered by digital means into "floating electronic gossamer". The incredible breadth of Curran's output makes it pretty unlikely that a listener familiar with his work would be surprised to find it branching out in a new direction. But no degree of familiarity with his work can really prepare for side B's epic and bizarre "Field it More". It's perhaps best to let the maestro describe this unhinged and infectious offering in his own words: "It features an eight-bar funky minimal riff à la James Brown, played on synth and an-out-of-tune piano, synced to a pre-paid patch on the Roland drum machine. Over this is laid a heavily processed track of the voices of dancer Yoshiko Chuma and movie-maker Jacob Burckhardt discussing an upcoming performance of theirs at the Venice film festival, capped by a track of my playing an increasingly out of control blues over the top of all of the above".. Presented with an inner sleeve with extensive liner notes from Alvin Curran.
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CAT #: BT 095LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
BERGISCH-BRANDENBURGISCHES QUARTETT Live '82 LP
Black Truffle announce a major archival discovery from the wildest outer fringes of the FMP universe, the Bergisch-Brandenburgisches Quartett's Live '82. The Bergisch-Brandenburgisches Quartett (BBQ) was formed in 1980 in Rostock, East Germany, when three of the most radical and riotous members of the West German free music scene -- reedist/accordionist Rüdiger Carl, percussionist Sven-Åke Johansson, and Hans Reichel on violin and his modified "strange guitars" -- first played as a quartet with East German saxophonist Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky. A rare example of a working band with members from both sides of the wall, during its lifetime the BBQ left only one recorded document, a studio LP on Amiga, the pop and jazz sublabel of the GDR state-run Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin. Neither pure fire music nor orthodox free improvisation, the four members of the BBQ shared an all-embracing aesthetic where quotes and jokes sat comfortably alongside radical extended techniques and sonic experiments. Beautifully recorded at the 1982 Moers festival, the music presented here is a kaleidoscopic demonstration of what Johansson has called the BBQ's "free postmodernism". Beginning with a fractured landscape of clarinet flourishes from Petrowsky, Johansson's spacious drums accents, banjo-esque plucks from Reichel's handmade guitar and the groans and squawks of Carl on cuica, the music lurches between flowing melodicism and stunted locked grooves, settling after a few minutes into a lyrical clarinet and bass clarinet duet accompanied by shimmering guitar chords and some inexplicable percussive rotations. When Petrowksy starts to unfurl long, flowing flute lines accompanied by hand percussion, the music suddenly recalls Don Cherry's global fusions, but this turn to the folkish quickly takes on a more European character when Carl and Johansson pick up accordions for the first of several comical but oddly moving duets. The more frantic second half of the set takes in a raucous digression into honking R&B, an Ayler-meets-Schlager romp with almost rockish chordal accompaniment from Reichel and an outrageous free jazz blowout with Carl on accordion, not to mention episodes of Johansson's signature improvised Sprechgesang and antics with his expanded percussion set up, including items such as shoe stretchers and the Berlin yellow pages, which more than once cause the audience to burst into laughter. Arriving in a beautifully designed sleeve with copious archival photographs and flyers from Johansson's collection and extensive new liner notes from Francis Plagne, Live '82 is a major historical document that remains both musically challenging and immensely entertaining forty years on.
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CAT #: BT 097LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
HAINO/JIM O'ROURKE/OREN AMBARCHI, KEIJI "Caught in the dilemma of being made to choose" This makes the modesty which should never been closed off itself Continue to ask itself... 2LP
Full title: "Caught in the dilemma of being made to choose" This makes the modesty which should never been closed off itself Continue to ask itself: "Ready or not?"The renowned trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi return to Black Truffle with their 11th release. Demonstrating once again their commitment to continual experimentation in instrumentation and approach, the record begins with a long-distance collaboration made in response to a commission from New York's Issue Project Room in 2021 during widespread lockdowns and travel limitations. A unique piece in the trio's extensive body of work, this side-long epic finds Haino performing on metal percussion, O'Rourke on electronics, and Ambarchi on gongs and bells. Initially dominated by rapid patterns on resonant, high-pitched tuned percussion, the piece sets Haino's dynamic and dramatic performance against a calm backdrop of cycling electronics, thrumming gong strikes and hanging bell tones. The performance develops a heightened, intensely concentrated atmosphere reminiscent of Haino's classic Tenshi No Ginjinka or his Nijiumu project. The remainder of the double-LP documents the trio live at Tokyo's SuperDeluxe (the location of all but their very first recording) in a wide-ranging set recorded in December 2017. The concert opens, in another first for the trio, with Haino on drums, O'Rourke on Hammond organ, and Ambarchi on his signature Leslie cabinet guitar tones. Haino's explosively untutored approach to the drumkit will be familiar to some listeners from the radical duo iteration of Fushitsusha heard on Origin's Hesitation. Accompanied by O'Rourke's organ and Ambarchi's guitar, which in their shared use of long tones and shifting modulation speeds almost blend into a single voice, the opening sections of this performance are some of the most magical music the trio has committed to tape thus far. After an interlude of spoken vocals in both Japanese and English, Haino makes a dramatic entrance on guitar. By the time you reach the third side, the guitar/bass/drums power trio is established and lurches into a passage of massive, lumbering rock that threatens to fall apart at every beat, O'Rourke's strummed chordal work on six string bass creating a harmonic density equivalent to a second guitar. An abrupt edit throws the listener in media res into a frantic locked groove grounded by fuzzed-out bass patterns and caveman drums. As Haino moves through a variety of approaches, from massive edifices of stuttering fuzz to ominous swarms of feedback, the trio eventually stumble into a kind of Harmolodic military tattoo, Haino's guitar weaving and slashing across the rhythm section's irregular accents. Moving through an epic opening duet for O'Rourke on Hammond and Haino's wailing guitar, the fourth side eventually ramps up into a frenetic finale of mad bass riffing, crackling snare hits, and guitar squall. Gatefold sleeve on heavy stock; inner sleeves containing live pics by Tsuyoshi Kamaike. Photography by Jim O'Rourke, design by Lasse Marhaug, and translation by Alan Cummings.
BLOODSTAINS
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CAT #: BLOOD 005LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Bloodstains Across Jugoslavia: 22 Essential Punk Rock Blasts LP
Bloodstains Across Jugoslavia collects 22 essential punk rock blasts featuring Pekinska Patka, Pankrti, Paraf, Prljavo Kazaliste, Problemi, Termiti, Kuzle, Buldogi, Indust Bag, and Lublanska Psi*.
BORN BAD RECORDS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: BORNBAD 157CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
STAR FEMININE BAND In Paris CD
To produce a record can be quite an adventure -- to do so with young girls from Northwest Benin is one tall order. Though not exactly a world music label, Born Bad Records took up the challenge and released Star Féminine Band's first album in late 2020 (BORNBAD 128CD/LP). Heaps of acclaims and praise and the whole shebang, then boom: the tour that was to materialize, live, all of the band and its entourage's hopes got cancelled due to Covid. The pandemic didn't get the better of them, though; with their desire to go up on European stages still very much alive, the combo reappeared on the Transmusicales festival's line-up just one year later -- a highlight of their first tour, regardless of all the hurdles and hiccups. "The procedure wasn't as simple as the first time around." That's how self-appointed "band dad" (two of his daughters are part of the formation, which he initiated in 2016) and songwriter André Balaguemon euphemistically describes the obstacles he had to go through in order to go to France. Inviting over minor African girls is a long shot, not to mention in full Covid season. A first in this tour of all of the first times: leaving Benin, taking the plane, discovering Paris... "Everything intrigued them!", JB adds, never out of flowery anecdotes. National newspapers, specialized magazines, radios and TV stations, Arte and TV5, then the BBC had interest. They left convinced, just like the audience, enthralled by the direct, live formula. All the same when they had to record in the studio -- a whole new thing too, like a final challenge they rose to with youth's talent, thanks to the listening skills of Laurent Boisgisson from One Two Pass It studio. A feverish and energetic soundtrack in which nabo, peulh and waama are enlivened with drum lines and spiced up with more "modern" sounds, spreading words of tolerance and kindness. Simple and direct, they speak of their reality, of the ills of young women who don't always have a choice. JB welcomed them in a record studio, and allowed for the formula to be sharpened into a sort of garage band with an Afro twist. Thanks to the English lessons that their manager Jérémie Verdier has been providing every Sunday night for two years over video conference, the girls even experimented with English lyrics in "We Are Star Feminine Band" and "Woman Stand Up". In Paris is the happy outcome of that challenge. Liner notes in English and French. CD version includes 12-page booklet.
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CAT #: BORNBAD 157LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
STAR FEMININE BAND In Paris LP
LP version. Includes printed under sleeve; includes download code. To produce a record can be quite an adventure -- to do so with young girls from Northwest Benin is one tall order. Though not exactly a world music label, Born Bad Records took up the challenge and released Star Féminine Band's first album in late 2020 (BORNBAD 128CD/LP). Heaps of acclaims and praise and the whole shebang, then boom: the tour that was to materialize, live, all of the band and its entourage's hopes got cancelled due to Covid. The pandemic didn't get the better of them, though; with their desire to go up on European stages still very much alive, the combo reappeared on the Transmusicales festival's line-up just one year later -- a highlight of their first tour, regardless of all the hurdles and hiccups. "The procedure wasn't as simple as the first time around." That's how self-appointed "band dad" (two of his daughters are part of the formation, which he initiated in 2016) and songwriter André Balaguemon euphemistically describes the obstacles he had to go through in order to go to France. Inviting over minor African girls is a long shot, not to mention in full Covid season. A first in this tour of all of the first times: leaving Benin, taking the plane, discovering Paris... "Everything intrigued them!", JB adds, never out of flowery anecdotes. National newspapers, specialized magazines, radios and TV stations, Arte and TV5, then the BBC had interest. They left convinced, just like the audience, enthralled by the direct, live formula. All the same when they had to record in the studio -- a whole new thing too, like a final challenge they rose to with youth's talent, thanks to the listening skills of Laurent Boisgisson from One Two Pass It studio. A feverish and energetic soundtrack in which nabo, peulh and waama are enlivened with drum lines and spiced up with more "modern" sounds, spreading words of tolerance and kindness. Simple and direct, they speak of their reality, of the ills of young women who don't always have a choice. JB welcomed them in a record studio, and allowed for the formula to be sharpened into a sort of garage band with an Afro twist. Thanks to the English lessons that their manager Jérémie Verdier has been providing every Sunday night for two years over video conference, the girls even experimented with English lyrics in "We Are Star Feminine Band" and "Woman Stand Up". In Paris is the happy outcome of that challenge. Liner notes in English and French.
BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
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CAT #: BPX 020CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ANSCHUTZ, ROSA Goldener Strom CD
"I follow the golden stream..." sings Rosa Anschütz in the title track of her new album, in a cold, clear, determined voice. Underneath, golden interference buzzes and splashes at first, while cold light lies over the "thick water." Followed by powerful beats setting in as the trumpet fanfares of the chorus herald victory over the elements. Golden Stream is second album of the 24-year-old artist, who lives in Vienna and Berlin -- an amazing work. It can be danced to, but one can also listen to it as a conceptual album; it is as full of beats as it is full of thoughts. Rosa Anschütz plays piano, flute, and trumpet, she worked a lot with modular synthesizers in the beginning of her career. Her musical awakening experience was the Atonal Festival in Berlin, later she also danced a lot at Berghain, and Berghain DJ Max Kobosil remixed her song "Rigid". Rosa Anschütz reinforces her enormously versatile vocals -- ranging from a pleading breath to a cold new wave speaking voice -- with a relentlessly marching four-to-the-floor techno; but underneath it all, lay polyrhythmic deviations again and again. Clattering and trembling, deep basses digging into the ground, while shimmering veils of sound blow from above. Rosa Anschütz follows the traditions of dark wave and post-punk, but carves deep notches of sound sculpture and romantic smoothness. Goldener Strom is a great pop album, full of melodies, aphorisms and beats that immediately catch your ear. At the same time, it is a manifesto of artistic sovereignty -- precious and wise in times of streamlined art.
COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: CSR 316CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
VA Visions Of Darkness (In Iranian Contemporary Music): Volume II 2CD
When the anthology Visions Of Darkness (In Iranian Contemporary Music) was released in 2017 (co-published in collaboration between Cold Spring and Unexplained Sounds Group), it was immediately clear that the Iranian music scene was not just promising, but already a rich chest of treasures. Years later, there is further confirmation of the creative excellence and variety of musical languages that flourished in the Persian land. In spite of the title, this second volume of the legendary anthology also gives you a broad picture of the musical experience of the Iranian underground that is not limited to the dark ambient, but explores sonic territories that reach concrete music, electro-acoustic experimentation and sonic abstractionism. Persia, the cradle of a millenary culture, is teeming with young talents who continue their musical research with enthusiasm, pride, and self-denial in the territories of drone music, as in electronic experimentalism and in the contamination of genres. To some familiar names already present in volume I (Xerxes The Dark, IDFT, Reza Solatipour, etc.), new discoveries are added that contribute to making the journey through the new Persian music exciting to the point that we can no longer speak of an emerging scene, but of a consolidated musical reality akin to others in the West. Curated and mastered by Raffaele Pezzella. Also features Babak Sepanta, Alireza Amirhajebi, Shahin Souri, Dodenskald, S.S.M.P., Amin Shirazi, PooYar, Dariush Salehpour & Zhoobin Askarieh, Vesal Javaheri, Saturn Cube, Melkor, Sam Eyvaz, Soheil Shirangi, Farzan Salsabili, and Arshan Najafi. Presented in a double digipak with graphic design by Abby Helasdottir.
CORTIZONA (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: CORTIZONA 015LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
WATERS, PATTY You Loved Me LP
First time release on vinyl of the breathtaking songs Patty Waters recorded with engineer Steve Atkins in 1970 at the Coast Recordings studio, together with the unreleased single "My One And Only Love" and a recorded live session at Lone Mountain College in 1974. The album You Loved Me is the missing link between her two groundbreaking pioneering and highly acclaimed ESP-Disk' records from the end of the '60s and her post '90s releases. The missing link between the radical ingenue of the 1960s and her late '90s songs wherein she expressed the resolution of all of her life's moments through mature readings of traditional songs and jazz standards. This collection aims to provide that missing link and to finally complete the picture of her storied recording career. In what would have been her third LP, the You Loved Me album serves as the inverse of Patty's debut. While her 1965 debut Sings (ESPDISK 1025CD) concerned itself with themes of heartbreak, loneliness, and yearning, there's an abundance of love, joy, and togetherness on You Loved Me. LP includes insert.
DE LA CATESSEN RECORDS (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: DLC 007LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
MUSIC OF TRANSPARENT MEANS Selected Live Recordings LP
Selected Live Recordings is the third release De La Catessen Records has divined from the archives of New-York-via-Adelaide minimalist composer Alex Carpenter, and the second in this series for his shape-shifting collective, Music Of Transparent Means. It follows the two side-long fantasias of 2021's self-titled album; this time, we pan out slightly, to grant the listener a varied and yet more complex understanding of the material Carpenter was writing and performing when this music was happening, during the noughties. On this album, you can hear the results of some intensive explorations of the possibilities of minimalism both at its most delicate, and at its most feverish. The heavenly stasis of "Disappearance #1", for massed wine glasses and bowed guitars, feels like being jettisoned in a water tower filled with ether; the wooziness of "Burial Music" captures something of the spirit of Fripp & Eno's (No Pussyfooting), but as though the tape is slowly disintegrating; the music is blurred at the edges, warped and sidereal. Perhaps the centerpiece of Selected Live Recordings, though, is the simple, yet ravishing, "Rose Street Womb". With its performers given a simple set of instructions -- to continually repeat and elongate a series of phrases, while listening and responding to the overall sound of the ensemble -- its pastoral psychedelia recalls the gentle slippages of Arthur Russell's landmark composition, Tower Of Meaning. Elsewhere, "Mountain Piece #2" is a thunderstorm for massed drums, while "Second Presencing" uses delays as a structuring device to paint an "audio canvas" from a clutch of damaged tones. Throughout, you can hear Carpenter's knowledge and deep study of the history of minimalist composition -- he has written extensively on the work of La Monte Young, and there is certainly some aesthetic and ideological crossover with the likes of Phill Niblock, Terry Riley, and Arnold Dreyblatt. But it is also very much his own thing, the result of an intensive period of study and exploration of the possibilities, not just of minimalist composition, but also of Just Intonation. With the material long whispered about in reverent tones, and circulating on CD-R only amongst a small group of like-minded souls, De La Catessen's ongoing series of releases of Carpenter's music is a major development, bringing to light one of minimalism's hidden histories.
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CAT #: DLC 009CD
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LEITMOTIV LIMBO Spiritual Disturbance CD
De la Catessen Records presents Spiritual Disturbance from Elijah Värttö's project Leitmotiv Limbo. Currently based in Port Adelaide, Australia, Leitmotiv Limbo has developed, slowly but surely, over the past few decades, through international travel and relocation, including five years in Estonia (2008-2012), where Värttö set up the Servataguse Muusika concert series. Spiritual Disturbance was recorded in 2020 and released privately as a small run of recycled cassettes -- this CD version is the first widely available Leitmotiv Limbo release since their 2018 split cassette with RNPno2 on Finnish label Hyster Tapes. Central to the Leitmotiv Limbo ethos are Värttö's self-made instruments, built from discarded, repurposed, and found objects, such as loose springs and other metallic implements. Affixed to wood sourced from a disused and dismantled piano frame, their deep resonance, both percussive and timbral, positions Värttö's approach within a trajectory of instrument builders/creators -- you can hear echoes of the music of artists like Z'ev, Hal Rammel, and Rod Cooper in the shattered textures and industrial drones of tracks like "Submersive", for example. There's also a tactility to the performances here, a haptic resonance, and a strange, viscous sensuality to the material. Värttö recorded Spiritual Disturbance in a church hall in Adelaide, on a four-track, using room mics and direct line input, and it's made up largely of one-take performances on Värttö's self-made instruments, with minimal intervention, at times, from analog filters and a drum synth. The combination of the evacuated tonalities of the instruments, plus the cavernous reverb of the recording space, gives Spiritual Disturbance a distinctly ritualistic sensibility; poetic and primitive, but eloquent in its exploration. It also brings to mind mysterious projects like Organum, Morphogenesis, Metgumbnerbone, perhaps even an acoustic Voice Crack, where conceptual rigor meets unpredictability via real-time improvisation. Spectral and haunted, Leitmotiv Limbo's Spiritual Disturbance is a compelling collection of oneiric expression, and an eloquent articulation of a unique, invented universe. Includes four-page booklet; edition of 300.
DRAG CITY
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CAT #: DC 781CS
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BITCHIN BAJAS Bajascillators Cassette
Cassette version. "And suddenly! With a tactile clunk, Bajascillators bubbles to the surface. 'Amorpha', a side-long shower of synthetic bells and bass, as patterns interlock and repeat and the beat within the barlines shifts constantly, forms a new, latest miniature of infinity. You flip it, and 'Geomancy' resets you, starting anew, with heavy drift and drone leading into a space of shorter broken lines and middle-eastern tonalities, that roll back into ether again -- new spaces, but mysteriously consonant with the vibe. And that's how it goes -- side by side, Bajascillators rolls four unique numbers that act on their own AND as extensions of each other, phases in perfect flow. Each time, as the needle cradles into the playout groove, you the listener are becalmed, in stasis, forever changed. Until you flip the side -- and forever changes again... The Bajas is back. Bajascillators arrives almost five years since their last official full-length, 2017's Bajas Fresh. In the eight years prior, from 2010 to Fresh, Bitchin Bajas issued seven albums, plus cassettes, EPs, singles . . . wave after wave of analogue synth tones and zones extending into a stratospheric arc. Each release its own headspace, shape and timbre, each one sliding naturally into their implacable, eternal gene pool. Following the flow, always, the Bajas went ever-deeper-and-higher on these records, whether making soundtracks or collaborating with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, using only fortune cookie fortunes as a libretto. Plus engagement, with a steady stream of shows and tours around the world; live re-airings and expansions of the space captured in their records as they continued to grow and flow -- all the way through, really, to the present moment. Plus, there have been releases since 2017 -- a split 12", a 7" single, digital track release and two 'Cuts' cassettes, plus the all-covers cassette release Switched On Ra. But the overall number of releases, plus the five years between long players, implies a potential distance between phases, a new line in the sand. The sound of Bajascillators bear this out. How couldn't it? Compared to 2017, this is a different world -- and, as has everlutionary been true, in case of new world, new Bajas! Bajascillators, then, necessarily reflects the experiences -- the changed and the changing -- in the life and times of Bitchin Bajas these last five years. Like all the new gear, for instance! Everything from keys to mic pres, and many other machines to make their home setup an increasingly real thing. These bits and pieces came in and needed time to grow into the setup organically. That was time. Then add in the changing circumstances as they jammed from week to week, hearing things differently all the time. Different energies manifested from the variety of new possibilities to explore -- all of that led to a massive buildup of material. That was time. Then reviewing everything they had, to find paths into the new record. More time! And yet, after all that, the unprecedented lightness of the space in Bajascillators belies the long gestation period, drawing and juxtaposing from all the moments that needed to be, and mixing them as one with immaculate balance. Mastered directly from half-inch analog tape, Bajascillators floats transparently from the speakers, its expansive grooves gathering resonance and building momentum over the four sides, from genesis to re-conclusion, cascading ecstatically. The elastic magic of time at its brightest! As the world keeps turning, so too do Bitchin Bajas, in the same unknowable way. You can't explain it -- just keep turning."
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CAT #: DC 781LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BITCHIN BAJAS Bajascillators 2LP
"And suddenly! With a tactile clunk, Bajascillators bubbles to the surface. 'Amorpha', a side-long shower of synthetic bells and bass, as patterns interlock and repeat and the beat within the barlines shifts constantly, forms a new, latest miniature of infinity. You flip it, and 'Geomancy' resets you, starting anew, with heavy drift and drone leading into a space of shorter broken lines and middle-eastern tonalities, that roll back into ether again -- new spaces, but mysteriously consonant with the vibe. And that's how it goes -- side by side, Bajascillators rolls four unique numbers that act on their own AND as extensions of each other, phases in perfect flow. Each time, as the needle cradles into the playout groove, you the listener are becalmed, in stasis, forever changed. Until you flip the side -- and forever changes again... The Bajas is back. Bajascillators arrives almost five years since their last official full-length, 2017's Bajas Fresh. In the eight years prior, from 2010 to Fresh, Bitchin Bajas issued seven albums, plus cassettes, EPs, singles . . . wave after wave of analogue synth tones and zones extending into a stratospheric arc. Each release its own headspace, shape and timbre, each one sliding naturally into their implacable, eternal gene pool. Following the flow, always, the Bajas went ever-deeper-and-higher on these records, whether making soundtracks or collaborating with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, using only fortune cookie fortunes as a libretto. Plus engagement, with a steady stream of shows and tours around the world; live re-airings and expansions of the space captured in their records as they continued to grow and flow -- all the way through, really, to the present moment. Plus, there have been releases since 2017 -- a split 12", a 7" single, digital track release and two 'Cuts' cassettes, plus the all-covers cassette release Switched On Ra. But the overall number of releases, plus the five years between long players, implies a potential distance between phases, a new line in the sand. The sound of Bajascillators bear this out. How couldn't it? Compared to 2017, this is a different world -- and, as has everlutionary been true, in case of new world, new Bajas! Bajascillators, then, necessarily reflects the experiences -- the changed and the changing -- in the life and times of Bitchin Bajas these last five years. Like all the new gear, for instance! Everything from keys to mic pres, and many other machines to make their home setup an increasingly real thing. These bits and pieces came in and needed time to grow into the setup organically. That was time. Then add in the changing circumstances as they jammed from week to week, hearing things differently all the time. Different energies manifested from the variety of new possibilities to explore -- all of that led to a massive buildup of material. That was time. Then reviewing everything they had, to find paths into the new record. More time! And yet, after all that, the unprecedented lightness of the space in Bajascillators belies the long gestation period, drawing and juxtaposing from all the moments that needed to be, and mixing them as one with immaculate balance. Mastered directly from half-inch analog tape, Bajascillators floats transparently from the speakers, its expansive grooves gathering resonance and building momentum over the four sides, from genesis to re-conclusion, cascading ecstatically. The elastic magic of time at its brightest! As the world keeps turning, so too do Bitchin Bajas, in the same unknowable way. You can't explain it -- just keep turning."
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CAT #: DC 853CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
AMBARCHI, OREN Shebang CD
"Extended guitar hero Oren Ambarchi returns with Shebang, the latest in the series of intricately detailed long-form rhythmic workouts that includes Quixotism (2014) and Hubris (2016). Like those records, Shebang features an international all-star cast of musical luminaries, their contributions recorded individually in locations from Sweden to Japan yet threaded together so convincingly (by Ambarchi in collaboration with Konrad Sprenger) that it's hard to believe they weren't breathing the same studio air. Expanding on the techniques used on Simian Angel (2019), we can never be entirely sure who is responsible for what we hear, as Ambarchi's guitar is used to trigger everything from bass lines to driving piano riffs. Picking up from the staccato guitar patterns that ran through Hubris, Shebang's single 35-minute track begins with a precisely interwoven lattice of chiming guitar figures, expanding Hubris' monolithic pulse into a joyous, hyper-rhythmic melodicism that calls up points of reference as disparate as Albert Marcoeur, early Pat Metheny Group, and Henry Kaiser's It's A Wonderful Life. Building from isolated single notes into densely layered poly-rhythms, the muted guitar tones are joined by subtle touches of shimmering Leslie cabinet tones and guitar synth. Simmering down and funneling into a single note, the guitar stew is soon thickened by Joe Talia's propulsive ride cymbal, which blossoms into a beautifully flowing yet rigorously snapped-to fusion funk, whose ever-shifting details skitter across the kit -- think '70s heavyweights like Jack DeJohnette or Jon Christensen. An unexpected entry of guttural bass clarinet licks from Sam Dunscombe begins the series of instrumental features that pepper the remainder of the piece. Soon we hear from the legendary British pedal steel player B.J. Cole (hopefully known to some listeners from his outer-limits singer-songwriter masterpiece The New Hovering Dog or, failing that, 'Tiny Dancer'), whose languorous yet uneasy lines float in and out of a shifting rhythmic foundation supported by a single note bass groove, cut through with aleatoric synth articulations. Though single-mindedly occupying its rhythmic space throughout, Shebang's dense ensemble sound is carefully composed while drawing on the free flow of improvisation, with individual voices momentarily coming to the fore and subtle changes in harmony and texture. Perhaps the most surprising of these shifts occurs around half-way through when the smoke of a buzzing synth crescendo from Jim O'Rourke clears to reveal something like a piano trio, with Ambarchi's guitar-triggered piano patterns providing restless accompaniment to flowing melodic lines from Chris Abrahams of The Necks, while Johan Berthling's double bass and Talia's drums fill out the bottom end. Before long, things take another left turn as Julia Reidy's rapidly picked 12-string guitar lines take center stage, with O'Rourke's monumental synth clouds hovering in the distance. The ensemble surges through a slow series of harmonic changes before the whole shebang dissolves into a delirious synthetic mirage. Bridging minimalism, contemporary electronics, and classic ECM stylings, and bringing together a cast of preternaturally talented contributors, Shebang is unmistakably the work of Oren Ambarchi: obsessively detailed, relentlessly rhythmic, unabashedly celebratory."
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CAT #: DC 853CS
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
AMBARCHI, OREN Shebang Cassette
Cassette version. "Extended guitar hero Oren Ambarchi returns with Shebang, the latest in the series of intricately detailed long-form rhythmic workouts that includes Quixotism (2014) and Hubris (2016). Like those records, Shebang features an international all-star cast of musical luminaries, their contributions recorded individually in locations from Sweden to Japan yet threaded together so convincingly (by Ambarchi in collaboration with Konrad Sprenger) that it's hard to believe they weren't breathing the same studio air. Expanding on the techniques used on Simian Angel (2019), we can never be entirely sure who is responsible for what we hear, as Ambarchi's guitar is used to trigger everything from bass lines to driving piano riffs. Picking up from the staccato guitar patterns that ran through Hubris, Shebang's single 35-minute track begins with a precisely interwoven lattice of chiming guitar figures, expanding Hubris' monolithic pulse into a joyous, hyper-rhythmic melodicism that calls up points of reference as disparate as Albert Marcoeur, early Pat Metheny Group, and Henry Kaiser's It's A Wonderful Life. Building from isolated single notes into densely layered poly-rhythms, the muted guitar tones are joined by subtle touches of shimmering Leslie cabinet tones and guitar synth. Simmering down and funneling into a single note, the guitar stew is soon thickened by Joe Talia's propulsive ride cymbal, which blossoms into a beautifully flowing yet rigorously snapped-to fusion funk, whose ever-shifting details skitter across the kit -- think '70s heavyweights like Jack DeJohnette or Jon Christensen. An unexpected entry of guttural bass clarinet licks from Sam Dunscombe begins the series of instrumental features that pepper the remainder of the piece. Soon we hear from the legendary British pedal steel player B.J. Cole (hopefully known to some listeners from his outer-limits singer-songwriter masterpiece The New Hovering Dog or, failing that, 'Tiny Dancer'), whose languorous yet uneasy lines float in and out of a shifting rhythmic foundation supported by a single note bass groove, cut through with aleatoric synth articulations. Though single-mindedly occupying its rhythmic space throughout, Shebang's dense ensemble sound is carefully composed while drawing on the free flow of improvisation, with individual voices momentarily coming to the fore and subtle changes in harmony and texture. Perhaps the most surprising of these shifts occurs around half-way through when the smoke of a buzzing synth crescendo from Jim O'Rourke clears to reveal something like a piano trio, with Ambarchi's guitar-triggered piano patterns providing restless accompaniment to flowing melodic lines from Chris Abrahams of The Necks, while Johan Berthling's double bass and Talia's drums fill out the bottom end. Before long, things take another left turn as Julia Reidy's rapidly picked 12-string guitar lines take center stage, with O'Rourke's monumental synth clouds hovering in the distance. The ensemble surges through a slow series of harmonic changes before the whole shebang dissolves into a delirious synthetic mirage. Bridging minimalism, contemporary electronics, and classic ECM stylings, and bringing together a cast of preternaturally talented contributors, Shebang is unmistakably the work of Oren Ambarchi: obsessively detailed, relentlessly rhythmic, unabashedly celebratory."
ECHOCORD (DENMARK)
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CAT #: ECHO 090-2LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VA Echocord - 20 Years (Black Vinyl) 3LP
Echocord marks a momentous twenty years with an exclusive release for dub-techno lovers and collectors. The limited re-press comes in black vinyl. This vinyl series celebrates artists who continue to inspire the Echocord journey, from 2001 to 2021 and beyond. Over the past two decades, the Kenneth Christiansen helmed Echocord imprint has been at the forefront of the dub-techno scene, discovering and developing sophisticated artists globally. The twelve-track release is an exploration, from energetic dub techno, with cuts like Luke & Jeff Hess's "M1 Dub", grad_u's "Pacific Lair", and Idealist's "Ride" to more esoteric passages with Forest Drive West's "Signals", Mikkel Metal's "Lakam Dub", and Brendon Moeller's "Slow Return". Heavy dub vibrations resound in Babe Roots featuring Another Channel's "Gunman" and Deadbeat's sub-driven "The Old Doom and Gloom" while Fluxion turns it to a jazzy, dub house wave with "Slide". Also features Mathimidori, Quantec, and Resoe. "To me music is life, thank you for your support keeping the sound of echocord resonating" --Kenneth Christiansen
EREMITE
![]() PRICE: $35.00
CAT #: MTE 073LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BLUE, DAVID Stories LP
"David Blue was the peer of any singer in this country, & he knew it, & he coveted their audiences & their power, he claimed them as his rightful due. & when he could not have them, his disappointment became so dazzling, his greed assumed such purity, his appetite such honesty, & he stretched his arms so wide, that we were all able to recognize ourselves, & we fell in love with him." (Leonard Cohen). David Blue is the 'Blue' in Bob Dylan's "Baby Blue", the voluble chain-smoking pinball loner in Renaldo & Clara, a companion of Joni Mitchell's during the time she made Blue, the "blue's not right" art collector in Wim Wender's The American Friend. The second artist signed to David Geffen's fledgling Asylum records (after Judee Sill), Blue's 1971 Asylum debut Stories sold a woeful 2000 copies. Perhaps a factor in the album's spectacular failure to achieve traction is the almost harrowing emotional vulnerability of Blue's songs & performances. About Stories Blue himself said "if you listen to the record & say, 'god, what a downer,' then i've succeeded in doing exactly what i wanted to do." Recorded with Blue's foil, guitarist Bob Rafkin, & an A-list ensemble of LA session musicians that includes among others Ry Cooder, Rita Coolidge, Chris Ethridge, & Russ Kunkel, engineered by Henry Lewy (Blue, Gilded Palace of Sin) with string arrangements by Jack Nitzsche, Stories is the one true masterpiece of David Blue's short life (Blue died age 42 from a heart-attack while jogging in Washington Square Park).Aficionados of the "stoners&loners" genre have slept on Stories. In the estimation of those long involved in the activities of eremite records, Stories finest moments (& there are many) foreshadow dark classics from later in the decade such as Gene Clark's No Other, Neil Young's 'Ditch Trilogy' & Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, spirit albums in which the artists' torments are transfigured into high art through bummer song. As an expression of appreciation & love to David Blue, eremite's edition of Stories surpasses all previously available versions in both audio reproduction & presentation. Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio gently remastered the music from the original tapes & cut the lacquers. Pressed on premium audiophile 120 gram vinyl at RTI, Stories is presented in a retro flipback jacket with a 12x12 hand screenprinted (in peacock blue ink) insert by Alan Sherry / Siwa that reproduces in-full Leonard Cohen's 1982 eulogy for David Blue. Stories is the only release on eremite records' subsidiary label Sister Rose (titled after the second song on side 1 of Stories). Edition 999 copies. In the words of Gil Scott Heron, "all the dreams you show up in are not your own."
ESKIMO (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: ESK 513331
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SATIN JACKETS Hidden Treasures EP 12"
Having established himself as one of the biggest names on the nu-disco scene with his debut album ESK 507583/507585, 2016), Tim Bernhardt AKA Satin Jackets, cemented that success with his follow-up, Solar Nights (ESK 510719/510720), that saw the German producer broaden his sound, collaborating with songwriters and vocalists from around the world to stunning effect. Returning to the studio Bernhardt has been inspired to return to his instrumental roots, the lessons learnt from the past few years applied to the dreamy, laidback electronic music that he first made his name with and which can now be heard on the four track Hidden Treasures EP. "I felt the need to again turn my hand to producing instrumental tracks. That resulted in the Golden Cage EP, which made me realize just how important it was to focus on crafting music that was completely my own and can shine without the need of vocals." That realization led to the Hidden Treasures EP, four tracks that are 100% undiluted and unfiltered Satin Jackets, imbued from start to finish with the chilled vibes and charm of his debut, the technical skill and musicality of its follow up, and crucially the confidence of a producer who is at the top of his game. "Instrumental tracks have this magic, this power that unfolds in their own unique way. Unbound by any kind of song structure or decisive meaning I can design them in my own way and focus more on the mood and the feeling. The result is four tracks that tell a story about a particular chapter of my life. At the same time they're open enough for the listener to insert their own story into it."
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CAT #: ESK 513427
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SATIN JACKETS Reunion CD
Reunion is the third album from nu-disco star Tim Bernhardt, aka Satin Jackets. Released on Eskimo Recordings, Reunion is a stunning follow-up to the German producer's first two critically acclaimed albums and features 14 stunning tracks of sun-kissed disco, Balearic house, leftfield pop, and guest vocals from the likes of Australian star Panama, Belgian singer Ivy Falls, US based vocalist Metaxas, and up-and-coming British singer Tailor. With Bernhardt's second album, Solar Nights (ESK 510719/510720, 2019), one of the most successful nu-disco records of recent times the following years should have made the Satin Jackets name a regular fixture on club and festival bills worldwide. The pandemic saw the producer's horizons limited to the four walls of his new Munich studio. Still with the world out of reach Bernhardt turned to the internet to keep in touch with his fans and sow the seeds for what would become Reunion. "Throughout 2020 we recorded a number of what we called Lockdown Streams," explains Bernhardt. With almost no promotion those sessions ended up being streamed over a million-and-a-half times, but for Bernhardt the real reward was the response from fans. Thankfully just as Bernhardt was able to connect with his fans online, he was able to reach out to his friends and accomplices around the world reuniting with many of the singers and songwriters that had graced both Panorama Pacifico (ESK 507583/507585) and Solar Nights and song by song, as files sped back and forth across the globe a new album, Reunion, took shape. Where the first two Satin Jackets albums saw Bernhardt work to first develop his own sound and then elevate his productions to another level, Reunion reveals an artist now completely at ease in the studio, a musician and producer now confident in both his abilities and artistic vision. From start-to-finish Reunion is an album that adds new depths and dimensions to the Satin Jackets sound whilst sounding utterly unforced. From the warm and welcoming opening tones of "For What We Have" right through to the last bittersweet chords of "Don't Worry", wistful pop songs like "Spell" and "Move On" grounded in the messiness of human emotions to tracks like the aptly named "Little Airplanes" that seem to float effortlessly about the clouds, Reunion is an album that you'll want to immerse yourself in and return to, time and time again.
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CAT #: ESK 513428
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SATIN JACKETS Reunion 2LP
Double LP version. Reunion is the third album from nu-disco star Tim Bernhardt, aka Satin Jackets. Released on Eskimo Recordings, Reunion is a stunning follow-up to the German producer's first two critically acclaimed albums and features 14 stunning tracks of sun-kissed disco, Balearic house, leftfield pop, and guest vocals from the likes of Australian star Panama, Belgian singer Ivy Falls, US based vocalist Metaxas, and up-and-coming British singer Tailor. With Bernhardt's second album, Solar Nights (ESK 510719/510720, 2019), one of the most successful nu-disco records of recent times the following years should have made the Satin Jackets name a regular fixture on club and festival bills worldwide. The pandemic saw the producer's horizons limited to the four walls of his new Munich studio. Still with the world out of reach Bernhardt turned to the internet to keep in touch with his fans and sow the seeds for what would become Reunion. "Throughout 2020 we recorded a number of what we called Lockdown Streams," explains Bernhardt. With almost no promotion those sessions ended up being streamed over a million-and-a-half times, but for Bernhardt the real reward was the response from fans. Thankfully just as Bernhardt was able to connect with his fans online, he was able to reach out to his friends and accomplices around the world reuniting with many of the singers and songwriters that had graced both Panorama Pacifico (ESK 507583/507585) and Solar Nights and song by song, as files sped back and forth across the globe a new album, Reunion, took shape. Where the first two Satin Jackets albums saw Bernhardt work to first develop his own sound and then elevate his productions to another level, Reunion reveals an artist now completely at ease in the studio, a musician and producer now confident in both his abilities and artistic vision. From start-to-finish Reunion is an album that adds new depths and dimensions to the Satin Jackets sound whilst sounding utterly unforced. From the warm and welcoming opening tones of "For What We Have" right through to the last bittersweet chords of "Don't Worry", wistful pop songs like "Spell" and "Move On" grounded in the messiness of human emotions to tracks like the aptly named "Little Airplanes" that seem to float effortlessly about the clouds, Reunion is an album that you'll want to immerse yourself in and return to, time and time again.
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
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CAT #: FTR 703CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
FAVORY, JEAN-BAPTISTE Ciels CD
"It is our honor to present the seventh album by French composer Jean-Baptiste Favory, whose work we first encountered while reissuing a record with the Mexican art collective, Los Lichis. J-B made an annual trip to Mexico to participate in Los Lichis' musical and visual anarchy -- Dog (FTR 229LP, 2016), and Savage Lichis Religion: El Ultimo Grito with Pakito Bolino (FTR 354LP, 2018) -- and was considered a full member of this estimable outfit. We soon discovered he was also the France's long-running experimental radio show Epsilonia, as well as an exciting solo musician. This led to us releasing his wonderful 2017 LP, Things Under: Compositions for Guitars and Electronics (FTR 333LP). Favory's main interest remains in electronics composition, so the next project he offered us was Ciels -- six gorgeous synthesizer pieces, written and played on a variety of instruments. The title track was created on a 1981 PPG Wave 2, which is one of the earliest digital synths, and has a 'metallic and shiny' sound, that was used to make a lot of '80s synth-wave music. Under Favory's touch, it assumes a spacy, pulsating attitude more akin to mid-period Heldon than A-ha. 'The Naked Now' was done on a UNISONO synth with Max-MSP software. Its many layers of action run at a variety of speeds and display multifarious textures. There is a kind of slickness underlying the basic sounds, but they're all handled in weird ways, with the output recorded via microphone off a guitar amp, so the smooth individual threads are woven into rough aural burlap. There's a slinky Eastern feel to the music at times, but the small sections into which the piece is divided are highly variant. 'Time on Time' was written and played on Eliane Radigue's 1971 ARP 2500 during a two-week residency at Paris's Groupe Recherches Musicale. This piece revolves around chiming tone sequences and the moist sorts of edits one associates with word-based assemblages and gently slurped pulses. It moves through the air like a spice worm looking for an angry fix. 'Love Structure' uses a 1972 AKS synth from EMS, which was popular with rock dudes for its rough, straight sounds. Typically Favory bends the poor machine to his will, conjuring up a weightless episode of heavy kosmiche space rotation. There are a couple other tracks, which I will leave you to discover yourselves. J-B even pulls his guitar out for a bit, but you'll have to figure out where that happens. I don't wanna spoil the surprise." --Byron Coley, 2022
FEINES TIER (GERMANY)
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CAT #: FEINES 046EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MEGAPHONIM Namal Ashdod EP 12"
Tel Aviv super group Megaphonim are bringing their off-kilter energy to Feines Tier in form of their new Namal Ashdod EP with four original tracks and hell of a Simple Symmetry remix. Even though they're all quite unique on their own, what unites the tracks is the combination of raw beats and vocals with an oddly catchy pop approach to the writing of the music. Be it in the aptly titled "After of Disaster" with its let-loose energy, the slow-rolling "Lo Titfos Oti", which could have been picked from an Andrew Weatherall (RIP) DJ-set, or the title track with its break-beats and its unforeseeable left-turns, there's always this playful and off-the-wall energy keeping the ball going and bouncing. And let's not forget about the remix! Endlessly rising duo Simple Symmetry do what they have become known for very well here: Deliver an insanely groovy and relentless weapon of a track, guaranteed to blow the roof of every club, festival floor or after, however disastrous it might be.
GET ON DOWN
![]() PRICE: $11.00
CAT #: GET 912EP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
CYPRESS HILL Psychobetabuckdown/Something For The Blunted/Latin Lingo 7"
"To commemorate the 30 year anniversary of Cypress Hill, Get On Down presents a series of 7 inch singles of every cut from one of the most legendary debuts of all time. When Cypress Hill came with their debut self-titled album 30 years ago, they made an immediate spark that captivated the hip-hop audience, critics, and then the world. Led by B-Real with his nasal, singsong delivery, and Sen Dog to play the perfect hype man, Cypress' debut fueled tales of revenge, revolution, recreational drug use, gangbanging, and cultural pride. Like Public Enemy before them, the production was also a key factor in what made this debut so groundbreaking. DJ Muggs was able to craft a blueprint that would change hip hop production with his innovative stoned-out beats. Cuts like 'How I Could Just Kill a Man', 'Pigs', 'Stoned is the Way of the Walk' and 'Hand on the Pump' made Cypress Hill an instant classic. Since its release, the album has won acclaim as one of Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90s and Top 100 Best Rap Albums by The Source Magazine."
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CAT #: GET 913EP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
CYPRESS HILL The Funky Cypress Hill Shit/Tres Equis/Born To Get Busy 7"
"To commemorate the 30 year anniversary of Cypress Hill, Get On Down presents a series of 7 inch singles of every cut from one of the most legendary debuts of all time. When Cypress Hill came with their debut self-titled album 30 years ago, they made an immediate spark that captivated the hip-hop audience, critics, and then the world. Led by B-Real with his nasal, singsong delivery, and Sen Dog to play the perfect hype man, Cypress' debut fueled tales of revenge, revolution, recreational drug use, gangbanging, and cultural pride. Like Public Enemy before them, the production was also a key factor in what made this debut so groundbreaking. DJ Muggs was able to craft a blueprint that would change hip hop production with his innovative stoned-out beats. Cuts like 'How I Could Just Kill a Man', 'Pigs', 'Stoned is the Way of the Walk' and 'Hand on the Pump' made Cypress Hill an instant classic. Since its release, the album has won acclaim as one of Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90s and Top 100 Best Rap Albums by The Source Magazine."
GLOSSY MISTAKES (SPAIN)
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CAT #: GLOSSYFL 003EP
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
SEXO Y FANTASIA Sexo y Fantasia 12"
In the midst of the summer of 1988, a duo of artists from Belgium and Italy got together in the surroundings of the infamous X-rated film Rocket 23 Studios Molenbeek to build a seductive sound. Originally involved in the cinematography and art direction of adult movies, the two mavericks decided to compose the soundtrack of what was going to become a cult movie of the late '80s erotique era: Sexo y Fantasia. The Belgian and Italian directors discovered back then the new beat, proto house and Italo sound at the underground Ghent disco club "La Pircardía" and at "Club Spaziale" in Rimini, after their wet shooting days. Inspired by this bubbling European hype, they added features and distorted vocals from the X-rated movies they were filming at that time to the melody and beat of the soundtrack. The result is a powerful, unexpected and deep collection of tunes that sound fresh and vibrant today. These unique tracks get to see the light of the day again thanks to the finding of the filthy master tapes together with a provocative fanzine somewhere in Brussels. Its images served as raw material for the adult artwork. Sexo y Fantasia gets now revisited by current producers on the left side of the beat: t-woc uses his masterful expertise to build an atmosphere of Balearic layouts, while Alexander Arpeggio works his way around a hypnotic and punchy remix of the original theme. Recommended listening experience while eating.
HONEST JON'S RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: HJP 045EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
STEEL AN' SKIN Afro Punk Reggae Dub 12"
2022 repress. From the Honest Jon's 'hood -- Ladbroke Grove, late 1970s -- stomping disco, dubwise reggae and regal steel-band. Three-track EP, released in conjunction with EM Records from Japan.
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CAT #: HJP 076EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
INSANLAR/RICARDO VILLALOBOS Kime Ne 2x12"
2022 repress. Stunning new music from Istanbul! Wild baglama improvisation and mystical male-unison singing, atop the propulsive mass of a Berlin half-stepper, with turbulent detours into dub, radiophonics, and psychedelia. "Kime Ne" means "so what," "what's it got to do with you." The song adapts verses from the seventeenth-century poet Kul Nesîmî, wistfully invoking the Melami strain of Sufism as a touchstone of humility and tolerance in dark times. "Insanlar" means "humankind"... "The Human Beings." RV's mixes are expert, taut and hard-grooving. "2" is the more agitated and dubwise. Side D is etched with Katharina Immekus's lovely artwork.
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CAT #: HJR 079LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA A Stranger I May Be: Savoy Gospel 1954-1966 2LP
2022 restock. The first of three volumes surveying surely the mightiest Gospel label of them all. Stomping, rollicking gospel music, intermingling with raw soul, searing blues, hard-rocking doo-wop and jazz, and storming R&B. Infused and incandescent with the hurting, surging indignation of the Civil Rights movement, here are twenty-four precious scorchers by giants like the Staple Singers and Jimmy Scott, alongside devastating sides by less celebrated names like the Harmonizing Five of Burlington, North Carolina, and teen-group the North Philadelphia Juniors, culminating triumphantly with slamming, sanctified versions of "Hit The Road Jack" and "Wade In The Water". Drawn from nigh-impossible-to-find 78s, sevens and LPs, hardly any of these recordings have been reissued since their first release. Presented in a gatefold sleeve, with full-size booklet; beautifully designed, with stunning, rare photographs and original Savoy artwork. Sound restoration and mastering at Abbey Road; pressed at Pallas. Co-curated by Greg Belson, compiler of Divine Disco; with deep, extensive notes by Robert Marovich, author of A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music (University of Illinois), and host of the award-winning radio show Gospel Memories.Features Famous Ward Singers, The Harmonizing Five, The Sensational Six, The Gospel Harmonettes Specials, The Christones, The Staple Singers, Swindell Brothers, The Roberta Martin Singers, Jimmy Scott, Shirley Caesar and The Caravans, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Hightower Brothers, North Philadelphia Juniors, The Selah Singers, The Ward Singers, The Stars of Faith, Marion Williams, The Gospel Cavaliers, The Caravans, Eddie Williams and the Crusaders, The Davis Sisters, The Gospel Chimes, The Angelic Gospel Choir, and The Angelic Choir.
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CAT #: HJR 080LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Turn It Loose, Ain't No Good: Savoy Gospel 1970-1979 2LP
2022 restock. The second of three volumes surveying surely the mightiest Gospel label of them all. Sublime crossings of gospel with the soul, funk and jazz of the Black Power era. Twenty rapturous cuts dot dazzlingly between Muscle Shoals soul, screwed breakbeat, Mizells-style fusion, disco and proto-house. Triumphant re-workings of Sly Stone, Donny Hathaway, and Herbie Hancock's "Head Hunters" will have listeners throwing their pew cushions into the air. Drawn from hard-to-find 45s and LPs, hardly any of these recordings have been reissued since their first release. Presented in a gatefold sleeve, with full-size booklet; beautifully designed, with stunning, rare photographs and original Savoy artwork. Sound restoration and mastering at Abbey Road; pressed at Pallas. Co-curated by Greg Belson, compiler of Divine Disco; with deep, extensive notes by Robert Marovich, author of A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music (University of Illinois), and host of the award-winning radio show Gospel Memories.Features The Artistic Sounds, The Holy Lights of Baltimore, MD, The Swan Silvertones, Gene Martin, Myrna Summers, James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir, Betty Hollins, The Metro Tones, The World Wonders, The Brooklyn Skyways, Ida Maxey, The Thornes Trio, Mildred Clark And The Melody-Aires, The Highway Q.C.s, The Gospelaires Of Dayton, Ohio, The Exciting Supreme Highlights, James Moore, Prof. Charles Taylor and The Charles Taylor Singers, and The Brockington Ensemble.
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CAT #: HJR 081LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA You Better Get Ready: Savoy Gospel 1978-1986 2LP
2022 restock. The third of three volumes surveying surely the mightiest Gospel label of them all. Seventeen gems of fierce funk, rapturous soul and transcendent disco and boogie, super-charged with celebration and affirmativeness, loaded with roaring choirs, rocking horns and popping bass guitars, from the years leading up to Savoy's acquisition by Malaco. Hardly any of these recordings have been reissued since their first release. The stupendous opener by Edith Moreno only appeared as a blank-label promo, in a tiny run. Presented in a spot-glossed sleeve, with full-size booklet; beautifully designed, with stunning, rare photographs and original Savoy artwork. Sound restoration and mastering at Abbey Road; pressed at Pallas. Co-curated by Greg Belson, compiler of Divine Disco; with deep, extensive notes by Robert Marovich, author of A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music (University of Illinois), and host of the award-winning radio show Gospel Memories.Features Edith Moreno, The World Wonders, The Helen Hollins Singers, Solomon Burke, Genobia Jeter, The Lady Lois Snead with the Interdemoninational Mass Choir of Atlanta, GA, Charisma, The Stan Lee Revue, The Sensational Williams Brothers, The 4th Of May, James Cleveland And The Cleveland Singers, The Hollywood Stars, The Steele Family, and Glenn Jones And The Modulations.
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CAT #: HJR 111CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ASAKAWA, MAKI Maki Asakawa CD
2022 restock. A stunning survey of the 1970s heyday of great Japanese singer and countercultural icon Maki Asakawa (1942-2010). Deep-indigo, dead-of-night enka, folk, and blues, inhaling Billie Holiday and Nina Simone down to the bone. A traditional waltz abuts Nico-style incantation; defamiliarized versions of Oscar Brown Jr. and Bessie Smith collide with big-band experiments alongside poet Sh?ji Terayama; a sitar-led psychedelic wig-out runs into a killer excursion in modal, spiritual jazz. Existentialism and noir, mystery and allure, hurt and hauteur. With excellent notes by Alan Cummings and the fabulous photographs of Hitoshi Jin Tamura. "Japan's answer to Scott Walker, with a visual aesthetic and a death-decadent appeal that is straight out of the Keiji Haino songbook." --Volcanic Tongue
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CAT #: HJR 201LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
BAILEY/ANTHONY BRAXTON, DEREK Royal 2LP
2022 restock. Honest Jon's Records present a reissue of Derek Bailey and Anthony Braxton's Royal, expanded to include both intended volumes. Volume 1 was originally released in 1984; the second volume was never issued. The second release in a series of collaborations between Honest Jon's Records and Incus: three double-LPs of the legendary free-improvising guitarist Derek Bailey, solo (HJR 200LP) and in duos with Anthony Braxton and Han Bennink (HJR 202LP), augmenting the original releases with marvelous, previously unissued music. Recorded in 1974, at the Royal Hotel in Luton, with Braxton playing soprano and alto saxophones, and Bb and contrabass clarinets. Two volumes were planned; only one was issued, till now. This was an early transatlantic meeting between the leading free improvisers. Many of Braxton's signature techniques and ideas were gestated in such sessions. It still brims with inquisitive musical creativity and knockabout jazzbo allusiveness. Newly transferred from tape at Abbey Road, and remastered by Rashad Becker. The records are manufactured by Pallas.
I SHALL SING UNTIL MY LAND IS FREE (UKRAINE)
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CAT #: SONG 001CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MUSLIMGAUZE Chechnya Over Dub CD
Chechnya Over Dub was originally released by Staalplaat as a part of Fatah Guerrilla in 1996. Written, played, and recorded by Muslimgauze. Release produced by Dmytro Fedorenko. Design by Zavoloka. "There is not a single misanthropic ideology in the World, even in theory, acting more cruelly and cynically than russism ... No moral principles -- they are all like animals. I don't want this war to stop. I need this war, its continuation. This war will go to the territory of Russia -- whether Russia wants it or not ... And the Western countries, the world community will not let it be stopped in order to completely isolate Russia and destroy it as a state, so that this predatory beast on Earth no longer exists." --Dzhokhar Dudayev, the president of free Chechnya. April 1995. On the front cover, there is a "Coat of Arms" of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria during the First Chechen War for Independence.
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CAT #: SONG 002CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MUSLIMGAUZE Shekel Of Israeli Occupation CD
Originally released in 2019 on Ultra-Mail Prod. Written, played and recorded by Muslimgauze. Release produced by Dmytro Fedorenko. Artworks by Dmytro Fedorenko. Design by Zavoloka Mastering by Yuriy Bulychev. "You cannot blame Palestinians for actions taken against an occupation force. You have to use force to free your land, full stop." --Bryn Jones
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CAT #: SONG 003CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MERZBOW Peace For Animals CD
Originally released by Quasi Pop Records in 2007. Music by Masami Akita. Recorded and mixed at Bedroom in Tokyo, August 2007. Artwork and design by Zavoloka. Release produced by Dmytro Fedorenko.
INFINE (FRANCE)
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CAT #: IF 1075LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MARTEL, SEB Saturn 63 LP
LP version. If the name Seb Martel is still unknown to you, the guitarist appears on the credits of classic albums from Tony Allen, Femi Kuti, Morcheeba, or Blackalicious. Saturn 63, his new album on InFiné is dedicated to the exploration of the electric guitar in all its nuances. This new opus made from a selection of nine guitars from the Musée de la Musique (a branch of the Philharmonie de Paris), and only enriched with the voices of his close collaborators (Camille, Sabrina Bellaouel...), unfolds on fourteen tracks a musical fresco faithful to the historical and geographical heritage of his instrument. The album includes fascinating reworks of Carl Perkins, Benjamin Britten, Chavela Vargas, or Vincent Ségal in addition to his own compositions. However, adopting a dogmatic approach, and dressing his compositions with sounds and effects collected during the recordings, Martel offers an abstract and experimental edge to Saturm 63, which transports the listener into an out of time experience. Two famous names of the French chanson, M (Matthieu Chedid) and Mathieu Boogaerts joined Martel to close the album with the snapshot of a speechless improvised session. Also features Cindy Pooch, Martin Gamet, Vincent Ségal, Nicolas Martel, Vic Moan, and Marc Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius).
IRON FIST (ITALY)
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CAT #: LMM 001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MOTORHEAD No Sleep In Switzerland: Live In Zurich 12 Nov 1982 FM Broadcast LP
Motorhead, live in Zürich, Switzerland on November 12th 1982. FM broadcast. Features covers of Chuck Berry's "Nadine" and Willie Dixon's "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man".
JACKPOT RECORDS
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CAT #: JPR 093LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LOVE BATTERY Dayglo LP
"In the middle of the wonderful sludge that was coming out of Seattle in the late '80s/early '90s, Love Battery pierced through with something different to offer. They were more psychedelic, more tuneful, and even more... dare we say... British sounding than what Sub Pop was releasing at the time. We were listening. The results are crystal clear on the record Jackpot Records is reissuing, Dayglo. And like many of the Sub Pop records of the day, this has not been available on vinyl in the U.S. Until now. On Dayglo, inventive and underrated guitar wizard Kevin Whitworth and vocalist/guitarist Ron Nine slash and burn through ten songs that would give bands like Blur, Swervedriver, and yes, Nirvana, a run for their money. It doesn't hurt that the focused driven energy of drummer Jason Finn (soon to be of The Presidents Of The United States) and ex-U-Men bass monster Jim Tillman add more than their weight to the sonic mystery of these songs. From the melodic battle cry of opener 'Out Of Focus' with its slippery, infectious chorus, it's obvious that Love Battery had an incredible knack for hypnotic hooks, cryptic lyrics, and propulsive grooves--ones that record obsessives still drool over when the needle hits the turntable. The record is as mysterious as early R.E.M., with equal hints of 13th Floor Elevators and Screaming Trees sprinkled throughout. First reissue of Love Battery's 1992 debut Sub Pop album. Remastered by Jack Endino from the original masters. Includes liner notes with photos, lyrics and more. Pressed on blue sky opaque vinyl."
KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KOM 417EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
AGENTS OF TIME Music Made Paradise 12"
Italy's Agents Of Time have long been on the Kompakt radar. It started thanks to their exemplary releases on Correspondant and other labels such as Stem, Ellum plus 2019's collaboration with Mathew Jonson (from whom their name is inspired by). Michael Mayer had chance to play with them last summer at one of their Obscura parties and their friendship was cemented. Which leads now to their four track Kompakt debut, entitled Music Made Paradise. From Kompakt's early days of releasing landmark tracks from Justus Köhncke, the label has never been shy of exploring the enigmatic fringes of disco in their own way. Agents Of Time follow these footsteps but head into galactic territory with Music Made Paradise. They continue their knack for bridging synth-wave with modern bass rhythms in a means which are purely designed for today's dancefloors. This label debut is an incredible selection of music from this talented trio. French touch meets Italo chic on "Drive Me Crazy". At first, "My Heart Is A Microchip" comes across as a segue track, but opens into cascading synths and a predatory breakbeat to lead its own charge. "Under Control" is classy Moroder disco brought to the modern age. Aptly titled "Interstate 10" is an EP highlight -- the percussion lead is infectious and ready for prime-time exploration.
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CAT #: KOM 449EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
FUNKE, SASCHA Treets 12"
The long-running Kompakt imprint will release an EP by German DJ and producer Sascha Funke in September. Sharing five tracks that traverse quirky house and techno, Treets marks Funke's monumental return to Kompakt since his Zug um Zug two-tracker in 2014. Speaking about Treets, Funke says he is "very happy to be back on the mothership Kompakt" after an eight-year break. As one would expect with Funke, the EP fits the cosmic world of Kompakt to a tee. The title track conveys a weird, tripped-out atmosphere as an alien-like vocal burbles between an acid bassline and squeaky percussion. It's a tantalizing glimpse of Funke's freaky underworld. "E_Plus" follows a similar wonked-out vein, only this time, the vibe is ominous. Funke pairs an orchestral vocal with bleepy pads and signature acid-drenched melody 00 a solid offering oddball of energy. On "Alles Paletti", a 2-step drum pattern and string of bright claps create a sunny soundscape, complemented by a robust bassline and ethereal synth notes. It's fairytale house music, the kind only Funke can produce. The penultimate track "Haus More" is subdued, as chugging drums slither between a wobbly melody.
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CAT #: KOM 450LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VA Kompakt Total 22 2LP
It's common knowledge that Kompakt's Total series serves as our yearbook, a musical wrap up of the past 12 months. Therefore, it doesn't come as a surprise that 2022's edition is informed by another pandemic year, where dancefloors were still mostly deserted and the devastating developments in Eastern Europe. Kompakt's A&R team still kept on foot on the imaginary dancefloor, while scouting different realms apart from the big room euphoria. Anyway, brain dance has always been a key ingredient to our catalogue. Kompakt founding member Jörg Burger adequately opens Total 22 with a groovy midtempo chugger that reminisces "Blue Lines" era Massive Attack as much as the late Andy Weatherall's low slung psychedelia. Jürgen Paape is calling a spade a spade with "Le Monde À Changé" -- the world has changed. Matias Aguayo returns to the mothership with "The Tiger", a lascivious beast of a track, perfect for getting lost in reveries. Perel is spreading love with her ravishing piano house tune "Matrix", taken from her recent album Jesus Was An Alien (KOMP 171CD/KOM 451LP). Jonathan Kaspar ultimately pushes the energy to (almost) post-pandemic levels. Mexican musician Rebolledo delivers a first solo appearance on Total with his trademark hypnotic desert sound. Michael gives the overly talented Danish singer songwriter eee gee a proper Michael Mayer treatment. Double-LP version features Voigt & Voigt, Perel, Rebolledo, Jürgen Paape, Bruno, Matias Aguayo, Jonathan Kaspar, eee gee, Michael Mayer, and Jörg Burger.
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CAT #: KOM 454EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
AGUAYO, MATIAS The Tiger EP 12"
With The Tiger, Matias Aguayo returns to Kompakt with his first EP for the label since 2014's Legende. Since then, he's been busy with all manner of experiments and explorations -- a monthly radio show on Worldwide FM, 2019's Support Alien Invasion; the essential El Rudo Del House series; an album on Crammed Discs with his group The Desdemonas. But something special happens when Aguayo returns to the mothership, as though he's reconnecting with something essential: "pop melancholy is just right there," he says. On The Tiger, Aguayo is in touch with the core of the flame, the music that's at the center of his being. While most of the music may have originated "in the foggy Mexican forest," he's sure that the EP is "still a Cologne record," something you can hear as soon as the prowling bass, shuffling rhythms and ghostly voices of the title track lope stealthily into earshot. The titular character is caught up in the sensuous tangle of the night, that space between dusk's delirium and dawn's dreaming. Aguayo sings, "Do you see the same I see? Are we having the same dream?" -- here, he's picturing an after-hours revelation, "on a warm muggy night with all sorts of background noise from various nightwalking animals -- but at the same time, I was a city dweller stranded in the jungle, who still dressed like he was about to go to the disco." The ascending, ever-circling bass of "Nightshift, The Red" tells another story, a spiraling mantra that's hypnotically psychedelic, yet elegant, refined, filled with sonic textures you can almost reach out and touch, like knotted twists of exotic fabric. "Show Me What You're Feeling" takes you back to the 1990s, with Aguayo re-working some vocal and lyrical fragments from three decades ago, its beautiful uncertainty remarkable in what Aguayo calls its "extremely emotional openness". Dappled with melancholy, it's a lover's hymn to intimacy and vulnerability. Aguayo signs off The Tiger with "El Propio Propio (Jubliant Mix)", a celebratory ending to an EP that's rich and complex, full of lovely musical moments -- the tender melodies woven through "Show Me What You're Feeling"; the warping, pliable, plastic textures that Aguayo crumples and crinkles through "El Propio Propio".
LEISURE SYSTEM (GERMANY)
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CAT #: LSR 020CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DOPPLEREFFEKT Cellular Automata CD
Dopplereffekt's album Cellular Automata from 2017 is finally available on CD for the first time. Cellular Automata approaches mathematical growth and decay as an iterative process, with each data input considered individually relative to the overall model. The result represents one of the group's boldest creative endeavors, defying expectations while remaining unmistakably Dopplereffekt. Cellular Automata is the third Dopplereffekt release to come via Berlin's Leisure System label, following 2013's Tetrahymena and 2014's Hypnagogia.
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CAT #: LSR 026CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DOPPLEREFFEKT Neurotelepathy CD
Dopplereffekt strikes back with another album masterpiece. Who controls the mind controls the body. After three years of experimentation in isolation, Dopplereffekt have emerged with Neurotelepathy, an oracular narrative of cerebral entanglement and advancement. The sleek mathematical models of 2017's Cellular Automata have evolved into these synaptic interpretations, transferences, and modifications, rejecting binary expectations to meditate on the possibilities and pitfalls of what's to come. With their second LP and fifth release in total on Leisure System, the duo of Rudolf Klorzeiger and To-Nhan have themselves achieved a near-telepathic capacity for collaborative thought and mechanical construction. They continue to use live appearances to present experimental trials of theoretical models, and that effort is heard in the sizzle and swing of the percussive highlights here, programmed with a serious depth and wriggle that reflect both an extension of and return to form. Considerations of the machine-human interface, neurological realities and physical probabilities dominate. But these tracks are economical and precise, glittering with emotional depth and cinematic effects. The album's core, a three-act movement of symphonic uncertainty and revelation, marks one of the pair's most evocative compositions in a career full of them. Territory is monitored, traced and scanned, resulting in unexpected modulations. Underlying systems are questioned, competing mindsets animated and mutated: brain-to-brain, brain-to-machine and beyond. Neurotelepathy processes these transformative mental, psychological and transgenerational states both traumatic and triumphant. "Epigenetic Modulation" features Christina Vantzou.
LIVE AT ROBERT JOHNSON (GERMANY)
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CAT #: PLAYRJC 080EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
Y2C/CURSES/YOUNGER THAN ME Still There 12"
Are you still here? Or are you still there? Berlin-based/Italian warehouse-rave warrior, Younger Than Me, and Italo-American romantic goth-wave prince, Curses are there. They're there where it's at! It was the bond of bold friendship that brought these guys together -- and of course a shared history of subgenre juxtaposition and meshing. Both grew up on punk, rap, and of course the early days of techno. Still There is their first EP together and thus of course their first for Live At Robert Johnson. It's a venture into the euphoric, psychedelic power of early trance and breaks mixed with the attitude and energy of EBM and electro. Starting with the moody slow beats of the title tune "Still There", Y2C takes you on a journey to a faraway chill-out room in some dark yet warm and cozy cellar. Or is this place to be found in synth heaven? It could well be if you listen to those dreamy melodies. Melodies as beguiling as the song of the sirens that seduced good old Ulysses. Y2C pick up on that dreamy vibe but throw in that slight and subtle trance-factor, taking up speed with "Romantic Squat", dragging you into their very own romantic squat. Next up is "Love Your Enemy" -- oh yes, shouldn't we all? Icey claps with lots of reverb and a bass line draw you onto the dry ice flooded aluminum floor and there's no way back -- especially when that strange break with that crazy sound makes you stop for a second and think, why did I stop dancing? Get back on the floor y'all! The last track "Mairei" is indeed some kind of a lollapalooza ride, a very special ride. And no, it does not lull you to sleep because the beat created by Y2C here is a demanding one, a special which gets you going all over its eight and a half minutes. It's sheer bliss, you gotta believe it. This is not a one-off novelty EP, it's a kinetic collaboration. Y2C is a force of nature, a force of rave/wave energy, with many more to come, a force to reckon with.
LIVE FROM EARTH KLUB (GERMANY)
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CAT #: LFEK 013EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
KEV KOKO/DJ GIGOLA/PERRA INMUNDA No Es Amor 12"
After the intriguing collaborative efforts on their debut EP Tender Trance and the follow-up EP Sueño, DJ Gigola and Kev Koko are back with a three-track record. Continuing their hybrid production style, this time, they are joined by rapper Perra Inmunda. Perra's fast paced flow and staccato rhymes blend seamlessly with Kev Koko's signature groove. Together with DJ Gigola's airy, ethereal chorus vocals, the result is a playful exploration of modern music that picks up right where the previous EPs left off: blurring lines between techno, pop, and now also, rap. Lyrically, the EP examines three different aspects of love. Sweaty dances on the floor, kisses lost on the way home and the solitude of being left unanswered; it seems only fitting they chose the title No Es Amor. The EP will be released on Live From Earth Klub.
MAIS UM (UK)
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CAT #: MAIS 044LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
OKI Tonkori In The Moonlight (1996-2006) LP
2022 repress; LP version. Tender tonkori melodies, meditative dub excursions and hallowed folk vocals combine on Tonkori In The Moonlight, an 11-track collection of mostly traditional songs performed by indigenous Ainu musician OKI. Born on the Japanese island of Hokkaido in 1957, OKI's released his debut album in 1996 and since then he has recorded 11 studio albums both solo and with his Dub Ainu Band and toured internationally -- from WOMAD in the UK to the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC via festival appearances in Singapore, Australia and across Europe. OKI is one of only a handful of musicians who play the tonkori, a five-stringed Ainu harp, which is both the pulse of this record and the force that unifies the disparate sounds he introduces such as reggae, dub, Irish folk, throat singing, African drumming and music from Central Asia. Tonkori In The Moonlight features Umeko Ando and Kila. For fans of: Midori Takada, Siti Muharam, Minyo Crusaders, Les Filles De Illighadad, African Head Charge, Mamman Sani."Supercool Japanese minimalism" --The Observer."Like nothing you've ever heard before" --The Wire."The edgy cool of Jamaica meets the kitsch cool of Japan... charming and compelling" --The Independent.
MANIACS REC (ITALY)
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CAT #: MANIA 094LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RAMONE I.C.L.C., DEE DEE I Hate Freaks Like You LP
Reissue, originally released in 1994. This was Dee Dee Ramone's band after the Chinese Dragons. Dee Dee played guitar and sang. Johnny Carco played bass and did backing vocals. Nina Hagen guest vocals. Released on Rough Trade in 1994. I.C.L.C. stands for "Inter-Celestial Light Commune". Dee Dee Ramone, the king.
MINIMOOD (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MINIMOOD 023EP
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DIVE, SASCHA Stressed Out 12"
Sascha Dive is back on Minimood with a simultaneously implosive as well as explosive record. His minimal/tech-ish smashing original is complemented on the flipside by a super stripped-back Black Merlin remix and an uplifting dark-disco Zombies In Miami banger. Vinyl only, one love.
MONSIEUR RECORDS (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: MNSR 1001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Wildsville! LP
There is already Weirdsville! (MNSR 1003LP) and Wowsville! (MNSR 1002LP) and now the collection is complete with Wildsville!... Oh yeah, including the Gamma Goochee Himself, The Creep, The Lifeguards, and so much more. If you don't already have the other couple of volumes in this series, you really should. These were compiled by the same folk that originally did the Born Bad series. Good enough pedigree for you? Also features Travis Wammack, Hollywood Hurricanes, The Big Beats, Ron & Joe And The Crew, The Knockouts, The Opposite Six, Johnny Amelio, Drits & Dravy, Bobby Lee Trammell, Big John Taylor, The Triads, The Toads, and Kai Ray.
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CAT #: MNSR 1002LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Wowsville! LP
The first volume of a series of three volumes -- Wowsville!, Weirdsville! (MNSR 1003LP) and Wildsville! (MNSR 1001LP) -- originally released in the '90s by the same folk that did the Born Bad series so beloved by The Cramps fraternity... And these are just as good, in fact a natural progression if you like (although, unlike a certain UK company who put a Cramps reference on any old compilation, these never did). A fine mix of oddball '50s and '60s tunes to get any party swingin' -- '60s trash, '50s rockin and exotica from god only knows... Features Trig Williams with The Jokers, Paul Ott, Dave S. Trio, Johnny Donn with The Jazzrockers, The Spinners, Duke Mitchell, The Viscounts, Tommy Blake, The Visions, Jan Davis, Jeff Barry, The Zulus, Bobby Dean, The Shades, Bobby Warren & The Rebelettes, Bobby Bare.
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CAT #: MNSR 1003LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Weirdsville! LP
The third volume in a series of three -- Wowsville! (MNSR 1002LP), Weirdsville! and Wildsville! (MNSR 1001LP) -- originally released in the '90s by the same folk that did the Born Bad series so beloved by The Cramps fraternity... And these are just as good, in fact a natural progression if you like (although, unlike a certain UK company who put a Cramps reference on any old compilation, these never did). A fine mix of oddball '50s and '60s tunes to get any party swingin' -- '60s trash, '50s rockin and exotica from god only knows... Features Bob Vidone & The Rhythm Rockers, The Decades, The Zanies, Randy Luck, Jim Backus, The Social Outcasts, Fritz & Jerry, The Rockbusters, Little Eddie Woods, D.D.T. & The Repellents, Johnny Royal, Jimmie Heap & His Orchestra, Jim Doval & The Gauchos, The Exports, S&H Scamps, and The Rockin' Rebels.
MULE MUSIQ (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MUSIQ 277LP
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SUPERPITCHER Hollywood LP
In the gutter lie sun dried leaves, scraps of paper, burnt matches and cigarette butts. It is early morning; the sun rises with warm grace. you've come to the right party... you see, the body of a young man sitting by a pool, nobody important, really. Just a movie writer with a couple of "b" pictures to his credit. He always wanted a pool. Well, in the end he got himself a pool, but let's go back some time and find the day when it all started in "Hollywood," the place where they pay a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. Three years after he celebrated Sketch of Japan EP (2019), Superpitcher returns to Mule Musiq, bringing an epic super-pitched 40 minutes trip named Hollywood, that perfectly works as the score for the above remixed opening scene of a famous movie on the trances of Hollywood, the cage, that catch our dreams. It's a slow grower, incorporating some of core elements of the city of celluloid dreams: action, drama, romance -- all epic noir and yet so flooded by light. As ever the producer and DJ from Paris garnished his long building up and going down voyage with seducing melodies, glamorous pop, and psychic rhythms, creating the hippy dance ambiences he is famed for. Even though the twelve inch comes in accustomed a/b chapters, Hollywood should be perceived in one go to feel the depth of Superpitcher's tropical leaning story arc, that stretches the idea of a track into a dream of satin teardrops on flickering velvet lights. It paints sonic celluloid pictures of ghostly creatures, while a female/male voice is the music's constant melodic companion, injection Janus-faced longing dream pop spheres on the overall tripping house melancholy. A heroic electronic drama, elegant as Tamara de Lempicka's painting. It asks for endless rides on the Hollywood freeways. in the back the sun -- a big orange ball -- sinking slowly below the horizon. You've come to the right party... you see, the body of a young man sitting by a pool, in the back a long, graceful bar, bathed in soft light, filled with elegant customers. There's nothing else, just us and the music and those wonderful people out there in the dark, ready for a divine dance in closeup.
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CAT #: MUSIQ 283LP
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FLUGEL, ROMAN Balmy Evening LP
Beautifully drunken it hums, the piano in "Pianopiano", the last tune of How To Spread Lies, the first EP by Roman Flügel for the Hamburg based label dial from the year 2010. Or take "Strich", a peculiar electrical slow-motion grinder, out on his Mutter EP for Klang Electronic in 2006. For a long time, the renowned DJ and producer from Frankfurt is investigating in spheres beyond the dance, the groove, the ecstasy. Zones, where the molecules harmonize, the senses relieve, and the soul quietens. All of his previous few albums, All The Right Noises (DIAL 038CD/LP, 2016), Themes I-XIII (2018), Eating Darkness (RB 015CD/LP, 2021) have moments of tension and relaxation in a deep harmonious connection. Now Balmy Evenings, a sundown record for sunups. Eleven notions in journey music, embracing the freedom of structure, blurring the musical pulse into harmonic meditation and mysteriously grooving zones, leaving all unnecessary accessories behind. A quality, that many of Roman Flügel's solo and project productions in his more than 30-year lasting career comprise. Still, most of them squint on the dancefloor, where jack is king not so Balmy Evenings, where real dancefloor bangers are omitted. There are moving tunes like the slow Kraftwerk-melody-leaning funkateer "Duftschulter", or the artificially jacking "Greenhouse", where nervous synth patterns ball along soft breaks and decreet kicks. likewise, "Super Sonne", an odd, seemingly improvised synth conversation might ask some souls out for a dance. But all others, like "Atmosphere", "Frei", "Dolphins", "Goth", or "Ambienteuse", rather seek for the tranquil in each one's spirit. Listeners must be ready for surprises. Ready for impulsive ideas, linked to a harmonious flow, always ready to grow in an analog vs. digital sound scope. An album full of silence, utterly loud, displaying a playful, adventurous artistic facet of a celebrated club music producer, to whom atoms dance in manifold ways.
MUSCUT (UKRAINE)
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CAT #: MUSCUT 016LP
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NIKOLAIENKO Nostalgia Por Mesozoica LP
Nostalgia Por Mesozo?ica is an exploration of "experimental exotica" consisted of synthesized tropical attributes -- an artificial landscape isolated behind the glass frame. Reminiscent of recording techniques and sonorities ubiquitous in the '60s and '70s, it could conceivably have been intended as a soundtrack for the Mesozoic Era exhibition at your favorite natural history museum. Mastering by Flaty. Cover artwork/photos by Dmytro Nikolaienko. Features Arthur Mine and Amphibian Man II.
NEOLITHIC RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: NEOLITHIC 010CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ELSWYTH, JACKEN Six Static Scenes CD
With the start of the first lockdown, Jacken Elswyth inevitably had a sense of place-boundness on her mind. For a while she had wanted to play around with some pieces that didn't go anywhere or develop too much and thought that the lockdown context justified it. She had also been listening to a lot of old folk recordings; going through the Topic Records Voice of the People albums to find songs and tunes to learn. During this period of study, she started to focus on the odd and irregular moments in the recordings -- maybe slips and mistakes, maybe just idiosyncratic ways that people played and transmitted those old tunes. For Six Static Scenes, each piece would explore a fixed idea, taking these slips, flourishes, and idiosyncratic artifacts of folk technique as prompts. The record was originally recorded for Cafe OTO's digital-only Takuroku label and is now being given a full physical and digital release by Neolithic Recordings. Linocut cover artwork is by Alex Mackenzie. "I could listen to this quicksilver picking all day" --The Quietus.
NOTON (GERMANY)
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CAT #: NOTON 054LP
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ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Utp_ (Remaster) 2LP
Double LP version. Released for the first time in 2009, utp_ is the third installment of Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto's V.I.R.U.S.'s series. It was commissioned for the 400th anniversary of Mannheim, Germany. The flowing ten-section multimedia work derives its shape from a rasterized structure of the southwestern city, founded in 1608. The recording documents the work's debut performed by Ensemble Modern at the National Theatre in Mannheim. The music embraces the electronic, piano-based palettes, an expanded array of avant-garde chamber instrumentation and natural timbres. It combined the digital visual score created by Carsten Nicolai and Simon Mayer, and lighting design by Nigel Edwards. Album art designed by Carsten Nicolai. Mastering by Bo at Calyx.
NOW-AGAIN
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CAT #: NA 5239LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
GARDINER, BORIS Ultra Super Dub Vol. 1 LP
"The lost albums in jamaican bass player, bandleader, songwriter, singer and producer Boris Gardiner's discography -- First official issue of these impossibly rare albums. Contains extensive booklet, with Jeff Mao detailing Gardiner's career and the '70s Jamaican music industry. Unpublished photos and ephemera 1970s. Jamaica suffered an unprecedented stretch of political turmoil and violence, and as the country's economy and morale collapsed, reggae and its offshoots exploded worldwide. Boris Gardiner enjoyed great success leading bands, issuing albums that mixed reggae, ska, soul and funk, and collaborating with the likes of Lee (Scratch) Perry and Herman Chin-Loy in their legendary studios and playing on hundreds of records. So many that he lost count. Sometime around the issue of his Boris Gardiner Happening Is What's Happening album -- a loft classic, with David Mancuso favoring Gardiner's take of Booker T. and the MG's 'Melting Pot' at his legendary gathering -- and his soundtrack to Every N----r Is A Star, famously sampled by Kendrick Lamar and used as the introduction to the film Moonlight, two albums -- Ultra Super Dub Vols. 1 and 2 -- credited to The Boris Gardiner Happening -- two albums so obscure that for the longest time Boris wasn't even aware that they existed. Following classics such as King Tubby's Dub From the Roots and Augustus Pablo's King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown, Miami-based Alty East's Ultra Records took instrumentals Gardiner created for a run of 45s, and created and issued these compilations of dubbed out originals and JA renditions of songs by Otis Redding, Clarence Carter, Betty Wright, Jimmy 'Bo' Horne and Ultra label-mate Frankie Zhivago Young. Released in tiny runs in handmade, silkscreened, paste-on covers, they have become some of the most sought-after Jamaican albums. Now, issued under Boris' guidance, and with a detailed booklet by Jeff Mao, which delves into the deep scene which birthed these remarkable records, we can finally consider the last, unheard portion of this landmark musician's career."
PINGIPUNG (GERMANY)
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CAT #: PING 052-2EP
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OTTO, ANDI Bangalore Whispers 7"
Andi Otto's "Bangalore Whispers" gets finally repressed. The psychedelic track which he recorded together with the Indian singer MD Pallavi in 2016 has become a hit in the downtempo scene around the globe ("Saaaa - resa nisa"). Pingipung press a new edition of the much sought-after single on the occasion of their 20th label anniversary. In this 2022 edition the original track is paired with the Peter Power remix which has not seen the light of day on vinyl before. The Brazil-based producer slows the track down a notch and adds even more space. A perfect tune both for the dancefloor or meditation.
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CAT #: PING 075LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VA XX, Pingipung: A Record Label Turns 20 2x10"
Happy birthday dear Pingipung! 20 years! Wow! 2002-2022, that's 20 years of Pingipung! The German record label celebrates its anniversary with exclusive tracks by a fine selection of artists from the label roster as well as new names. Instead of looking back at the classics, Pingipung chose to compile a kaleidoscopic preview of possible future directions for the label. The line-up features playfully melancholic songs by Museum of No Art, Peter Power, or The Notwist, an excursion to the desert by RVDS or a psychedelic take on dub in Tolouse Low Trax' remix for the Ainu singer Umeko Ando. Artists such as Anadol, Y Bülbül, Andi Otto & MD Pallavi, M.RUX, Sven Kacirek, Schlammpeitziger, Peter Presto, and F.S.Blumm are already well known to the Pingipung audience. They contribute exclusive new tracks, adding to their existing output on the label. It's impossible to file this compilation under a genre, which is exactly the case with Pingipung in general -- bull's eye. The collection of tracks is pressed in the perfect format to match the Pingipung jubilee: a 2x10" vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.
POTOMAK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: POTOMAK 819901
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EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T./Drawings Of O.T. LP
2022 repress; 2002 release. LP version. Originally released in 1983, Einstürzende Neubauten's second album marks a radical progression in the band's sound as well as a revolutionary step forward in the realms of industrial and experimental music. Bassist Marc Chung (ex-Abwärts) and electronics engineer Alexander Hacke (later a member of Crime And The City Solution) joined the band during this time, and singer Blixa Bargeld also became a full-time member of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. Despite each members' background, Einstürzende Neubauten's ethos -- "Destruction is not negative, you must destroy to build" -- treaded on ground that was explicitly anti-music. Through their intuitive compositional approach and application of found, industrial objects into song forms, the band's sonic trajectory was intent on generating entirely alternate modes of music-making. In contrast to the all-out destructive barrage of their debut, however, Zeichnungen Des Patienten O.T. reveals an astonishing maturity in its varied and dynamic range of textures while still being no less uncompromising.
RADIATION REISSUES (ITALY)
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CAT #: RRS 126LP
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SIB The Third World War LP
First ever vinyl reissue, originally released in 1981. Founded in the northern Italian port city of Ravenna in the summer of 1980, S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) was comprised of former members of new wave covers band R.N.A. Transfert, singer Tracy Crazy was a huge UK Subs fan. The band's scorching live performances drew a loyal following, leading to an approach by L.M. Records, Ravenna's foremost punk and new wave imprint, to cut Third World War, their sole LP. The band's sound was a very personal one, with reggae, punk, hardcore, and new wave all part of the mix -- too varied for an audience strictly loyal to genre boundaries. Unjustly overlooked following the group's demise, we are pleased to give Third World War the reissue it deserves some 40 years later. Gatefold; includes double-sided insert and liner notes by Stefano Gilardino; edition of 500.
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CAT #: RRS 168LP
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CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER Speak Your Peace LP
Reissue, originally released in 1990. Following the differences that saw the original group implode on the road in 1989, Cryptic Slaughter's guitarist Les Evans moved to Portland, Oregon, where he formed a new band with former Wehrmarkt and Sweaty Nipples drummer Brian Lehfeldt, plus bassist Bret Davis and vocalist Dave Hollingsworth, both formerly in local hardcore band Crud. Now metal was much more prominent and hardcore on the wane, but there are still signature tempo changes, here within longer, more complex song structures, prefacing the industrial and post-thrash crossover acts to follow. An enduring swansong for all lovers of these metalcore innovators. Black vinyl. Double-sided insert included with an exclusive interview and liner notes by Alexandros Anesiadis.
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CAT #: RRS 177LP
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CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER Stream Of Consciousness LP
Reissue, originally released in 1988. Formed in Santa Monica in 1984 by guitarist Les Evans, drummer Scott Peterson, and bassist Adam Scott -- soon replaced by Rob Nicholson, who joined after singer Bill Crooks arrived, metalcore pioneers Cryptic Slaughter gained an early reputation as one of the fastest of all west coast hardcore bands. Following the success of Convicted (1986) and Money Talks (1987), Stream Of Consciousness is the last album to feature the original line-up, the band having broken up prior to its release; with multiple tempo changes on each song, this is the group at their inventive peak, prior to the regrouping that brought a more concerted metal direction. A milestone in the history of crossover thrash. Black vinyl. Includes double-sided lyrics insert.
RASTER (GERMANY)
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CAT #: R-M 147LP
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ATOM TM HD LP
Atom TM's electronic quintessence: a blend of pop, electronic abstraction and powerful grooves. HD can be described Atom TM's electronic quintessence: a blend of pop, electronic abstraction and powerful grooves -- an invention Atom TM Stands for and which was popularized through previous releases, classics in the electronica genre, such as Pop Artificielle and others. Here is what the artist says: "As so often I was asked to say and write something about the recording you are currently having in front of you: HD. To any musician this is no doubt a complicated moment, since the choice of medium had already been taken in the first place: music. However, it seems that the written word needs to accompany the music, if not just to make sure the composer knows how to defend himself. Let me be frank, in the past this has been a rather ungrateful job, due to the fact that words either seem to appear like a method of justification or explanation of something that in my modest opinion doesn't need either one of the two. In the same sense in which "Liedgut" wasn't about romaticism and "Winterreise" had nothing to do with Schubert, HD isn't about anything I'd wish to express in a lengthy text or would like to see you being able to pinpoint or sell with a flashy headline. In order to get done with the headline, apart from the rather descriptive details I will dedicate my time to in an instant: HD is a spiritual work, HD is a musical work, HD is a scientific work. The first recordings for HD were made in 2005. Back then the album still carried another title which was Hard Disc Rock. The initial selection of songs for Hard Disc Rock was of course a very different one, and while the years passed by most of those songs which did not continue to please, were one by one replaced by newer compositions . . . All of the "early" tracks for the later re-entitled HD album necessarily were subject to profound changes in music and words, and i can say that by the time around 2012 Hard Disc Rock had completely transformed into something else, which is pretty much what you got laying in front of you right now. HD contains a couple of contributions by friends and colleagues such as Jamie Lidell (main vocals on "I Love U"), Alva Noto (additional programmings on "Ich Bin Meine Maschine"), Marc Behrens (additional programmings on "Strom" and "My Generation"), Jean-Charles Vandermynsbrugge (main vocals on "Pop HD"), Dominique Depret (guitars), and Chilean pop star Jorge Gonzalez (backing vocals, guitar, bass).
RAVE UP RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: RUR 090LP
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FRONT, THE Wet Things LP
Excerpt from Gregory McLaughlin's liner notes: "The Front were formed on Miami Beach in 1980. They were managed by Warren Tepper, son of famous songwriter Sid Tepper ("Red Roses For A Blue Lady", "Blue Hawaii", "G.I. Blues"). Warren was walking his dog along the beach and heard us recording demos from a beach house, so he walked in introducing himself and asking if we had a demo he could play to his father: we did, and the next day he became the band's manager. I started out playing bass and sang lead vocals. Shortly after, guitarist Randy Rush asked me if I would drop the bass and become the frontman, while informing me of two soon to be Front members. The lineup was me on lead vocals and synth, Randy on lead guitar, Steve Myers on bass and vocals, Flynn Picardal on guitars, synth and vocals and Larry K Hill on drums and vocals. Upon meeting the guys, some rules were laid down by Steve: cut off the fat you don't need; no drum solos; no extravagant soloing. We also made a promise: never will this band play a cover tune. We never did. As a result, we developed our own unique sound. To the Miamians we were weird, but also tight and catchy: people soon remembered our songs' hooks. We all wrote and the band was very prolific. In 1981 we did our first 7" EP The Front First Strike at Sync Studios on our DIY label FOAM Records. The B side 'Immigration Report' hit #1 on WVUM and went on to heavy rotation on college radios across the US. The band played everywhere there was a stage, eventually becoming the opening act for bands such as U2, Psychedelic Furs, The Go-Go's, Ultravox, Bow Wow Wow, and many others. In 1982 we released our second single "Aluminum Room", which garnered the band a Billboard Single Pick. Many major labels were courting us... Nevertheless, by that time the band members were fragmenting personally and artistically: on 7/25/1983 we played our last gig at a club called The Blitz in Hialeah, FL with a surprise appearance by Joey Ramone. A few years back, The New Times listed The Front at #5 of the "Greatest 20 Florida Punk Bands Of All Time" list. Not getting signed has its rewards, so put your headphones on and listen to a band that was on the cusp of international fame 40 years ago but just being heard today." Edition of 500.
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CAT #: RUR 091LP
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BADHABIT Detroit 1980-1981 LP
Totally obscure Detroit band from early eighties, a hidden treasure which savagely yelled to be dug out. 12 previously unreleased tracks of dirty rock n' roll from the punk Mecca. A must-have for Motor City sound lovers!
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CAT #: RURI 006LP
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TRANCEFUSION Incredible But True! LP
Full unreleased album from this 1978 band from Rome, Incredible But True! is a perfect title for a long-lost recording finally unleashed by the archival punk label Rave Up Records. Born in Milan and relocated in Rome, Trancefusion has been a true legend in the Killed By Death punk scene for four decades. These tapes have been finally restored and the album sees the light of day after 44 years. Germs-inspired nihilistic punk rock sung in English, another pleasant work of passion from Rave Up Records. Edition of 500.
RECITAL
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CAT #: R 010LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
CONNORS, LOREN Airs LP
Second pressing of Recital's vinyl edition from 2015. Over the 22 years since Loren Connors's Airs was first published, it has drawn a thick circle of fans. Gently recorded to cassette tape in 1999, (with wonderfully subtle multi-tracking). Airs is comprised of a series of brief electronic guitar poems. Intimately composed with the patience and purposeful hesitation that is reverently come to expect from Connors. Lyrical melodies recur in different forms throughout the LP, as shifting figures in a dream. Shadowy and sunken, the tone evokes an overcast landscape. The album feels singular; woven along as one flowing piece. Airs is perhaps the most approachable and beautiful in all of Connors's catalog, seducing strangers and familiars just the same. Forlorn wonderment; a human quality that makes this such an enchanting record. It is the humble simplicity and the directness of the guitar inflection that conveys such truth. The stark grace of Connors' playing resonates here for all to embrace. New transfer of the original four track cassettes. Includes an unreleased "lost" track, discovered during re-transfer. Remastered for vinyl by Taylor Dupree at 12k Mastering. 180 gram vinyl; Includes eight-page booklet of photographs and a not by Loren; second edition of 600.
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CAT #: R 094CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
RUSH, LOREN Omaggio a Giuseppe Ungaretti CD
Omaggio a Giuseppe Ungaretti, the second Recital album of composer Loren Rush (b. 1935), contrasts the orchestral grandeur of 2021's LP Dans le Sable (R 089CD/LP) with plaintive just intonation piano improvisations. Loren Rush has been active in the Bay Area new music scene since the late 1950s alongside composers such as Terry Riley, Robert Erickson, and Pauline Oliveros, and also co-founded Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics in 1975. His music has been performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Though few of Rush's compositions have been published, he has garnered deep respect from his peers and colleagues over the decades. The album is directly inspired by poems from L'allegria (The Joy, 1914-1919), the collection of poetry by Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888, Egypt -1970, Italy) written in the trenches of World War I. During these brutal years Ungaretti struggled to maintain his humanity by creating the most beautiful images he could imagine and by recalling experiences of his earlier life in Alexandria and Paris. By this, he both revolutionized Italian poetry and demonstrated that the creation of beauty is a most effective life preserver and political statement. Veglia (Night Watch): "An entire night cast beside a comrade massacred, his snarling mouth turned to the full moon. In my silence I have written letters full of love. Never have I held so fast to life." Rush's melancholy preludes are treated with "The Enhanced Piano in Just Intonation", developed at Good Sound Foundation by the composer and Alfred Owens. The process electronically enhances and increases perceived resonance, sustaining, coloristic and expressive capabilities. Just intonation describes a system of tuning in which the greatest level of consonance and resonance is achieved by adjusting intervals to the whole-number ratios of the harmonic series, the natural mode of vibration. The suite concludes with the silken chamber piece "Mattina" (Morning), reflecting Ungaretti's stark words, "I illumine me, with immensity." The addition of violin and cello suspends the listener in a prolonged space of dread and beauty. Includes booklet of poems by Ungaretti; glass-mastered CD; Edition of 200.
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CAT #: R 095BK
FILE UNDER: Misc
CORNER, PHILIP The Art of No-Art Book
A new book of scores by artist and composer Philip Corner (b. 1933). The Art of No-Art is a collection of 385 new graphic scores written between 2019 and 2022. Each score is a single-page meditation based around octaves. Though written mostly for piano, the scores could be arranged for other instrumentation (for those with fewer than an eight-octave range). The Art of No-Art explores the endless possibilities of one musical note (and its bounded harmonics). The pieces can be performed by people of any skill level; rudimentary or advanced navigations are possible. A supplemental audio download is included, which features recordings of many scores from the book, played on a variety of instruments by Agnese Toniutti, Rhodri Davies, Sarah Davachi, Derek Baron, Philip Corner, Matt Hannafin, Charlie Morrow, Zachary Paul, and Silvia Tarozzi. Additionally, Philip Corner wrote instructions for Sean McCann to collage all these recordings into a grand piece of No-Art. A numbered art print of the score "Life's A Joke" is included, a piece for voice which invites the reader to sing (or shout), "life's a joke and all things show it, I thought so once and now I know it." First edition of 100; 364 pages, 12x8" perfect bound book; "Life's A Joke" numbered print; audio download code of scores performed and collaged.
RECOMMENDED (UK)
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CAT #: RER HS1
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HOMOSEXUALS, THE The Homosexuals CD CD
2022 restock. "The Homosexuals -- Anton, Jim and Bruno -- were a legendary three-piece art-punk band that existed for only a short time, from 1978-81. Able to record in downtime at Surrey Sound (the studio responsible for 10cc and The Police), they developed a breathless 'do everything in two minutes' production style. Some tracks only exist as distorted rough cassette mixes, but the songs shine through the sound quality. Much of the music is beautifully recorded however, and the full complexity and audacity is like a bucket of cool refreshing water."
RUMPELMUSIG (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: RUMP 008LP
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KALABRESE Let Love Rumpel (Part 2) 2LP
Double LP version. Includes vinyl only track "Alone In The Studio". Kalabrese, the pleasant Rumpelzampano from Zürich, is back with 11 songs that get under your skin and straight into your hips. The follow-up to Part 1 (RUMP 007CD/LP, 2021) is less pop-structures, more trippy and floating, reminiscent of his debut album Rumpelzirkus (STATT 002CD, 2007) at times and leveling perfectly between head nodding moments, Balearic sounds and massive Kalafunk. The story of the album naturally continues and bears the hallmark of Sacha Winkler who's not getting tired exploring and experimenting with his music. "Kevin und Sandra" is a strong, technoid, rocking yet poetic introduction to the album. Hypnotic driving synths howling over a stoner rock alike drum beat and a fluid rollin' synth-bass. "Springbrunne" is a great "rap without rap" hymn featuring the elegant and relaxed voice of Kayyak. Over a heavy beat he's toastin' about reinventing himself through the splatter of a fountain before Deacon Blues, better known as Seth Troxler, suddenly joins in. The title song of the new album, "Let Love Rumpel" is an ode to the joy of raving together but and the perfect soundtrack for sunrise. "Eight Bars" is massive Rumpelfunk, showing that it doesn't need more than a simple bassline and groove to lean back in the spirit of funk. "Get Up And Try" is the nimble answer towards the exhausting polemic about measures within the pandemic and know-all caprices. A children's choir over a mid-tempo housebeat, a beautiful cello by band buddy Dominik Löhrer and the swingin' trumpet, performed by Rumpeljazzer Benjamin Danech. "Explore Yourself" is a collaboration with the vocal contributions of talented newcomer Palma Ada. "Die Kette feat Zoé Miku" is a powerful and hypnotic mid-tempo Balearic house jam with the contemplative vocals of Zoé Miku. "Healthy Again" features Palma Ada backed up by a wonderful brass section. "Middle Of The Night" is a stripped-back, lyrical segment. Carefully sculpted sounds, smooth and low bass tones and a captivating simple rhythm. "Halftime Blues" is quite the opposite; heavy and slow, a dub without echoes with a slightly dystopic texture to it. With "Don't Loose The Center" featuring Kayyak, Kalabrese is celebrating the Rumpelfunk again -- this time pimped up with a lot of piano and boogie while Kayyak is lifting his voice. Rumpelorchester's bass player Marci Dobozi delivers the magnificent piano.
SDBAN (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: SDBANSEL 004LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
RAPHAEL Stop, Look, Listen LP
Sdban Records announce the reissue of this genre-defying jazz album originally released on library label Selection Records in 1972. Delving into the story of the American pianist and composer Phil Raphaël reveals more questions than answers. He was born in New York where he played with Charlie Parker, Jon Eardley, and Howard McGhee, but a 1951 recording with Red Rodney for Prestige Records is the single remaining trace of his bebop days. Raphaël appeared under unknown circumstances in Belgium in the 1960s, playing among others at the 1966 Jazz Bilzen festival, and he eventually settled in Brussels. A multifaceted musician, he did not limit himself to jazz and also worked in pop groups, directed the music for the spectacle Hair, and even had a brief residency at Pol's Jazz Club where he played the music of Johann Sebastian Bach four nights per week. His album Stop, Look, Listen, which was recorded with the rhythm section of Babs Robert's group, consists of four long genre-defying tracks colored by the dreamlike vocals of opera singer Rose Thompson. A surreal blend of genres, hard to pin down. It's highly imaginative jazz, that much is sure. Raphaël shifts from serene late night piano jazz to more free or even spiritual passages, magnificently paired with the otherworldly vocals of Rose Thompson. The LP was put out by Selection Records, a label that primarily issued library music at the time, and thus went largely unnoticed upon release. The recording makes clear that Phil Raphaël was a highly gifted artist whose talent will forever remain undervalued, since it was his only effort as a leader. Raphaël's passage through the Belgian nightlife was just as mysterious as his music, and few people seem to remember him. Drummer Bruno Castellucci describes him as remarkable, both as a musician and as a person: "He was a hippie before there were hippies. He wasn't part of the system but he had a system of his own."
SDBAN ULTRA (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: SDBANU 025CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
VA Lefto Presents Jazz Cats Volume 2 CD
The groove-obsessed Sdban Ultra present an outstanding new collection of musical gems from Belgium's thriving jazz scene, compiled by Belgian DJ and eclectic connoisseur, Lefto. Lefto Presents Jazz Cats Volume 2 features a balance of known and obscure artists. From the thrilling frenetic grooves and innovative soundscapes of Bandler Ching and the electronic influenced Stellar Legions (Andrew Claes from STUFF.), to the jazz fusion collective L?p?GangGang and weaving musical odyssey that is M.CHUZI, Lefto Presents Jazz Cats Volume 2 is a melting pot of the best musical talent coming out one of the smallest countries in Europe. In addition, there's the beautiful unease of One Frame Movement, the laidback "acoustic electronica" of Boombox Experiments, the classic funky jazz stylings of Cargo Mas and the cinematic The Brums. "By collecting all the music for Jazz Cats Volume 2, I come to the conclusion that we are living in an era of very talented individuals and collectives. Even more so than four years ago. I have the impression that the Belgian jazz sound is more diverse, with more influences and more creativity. There was a time that jazz would be the starting sample to create a beat for rappers, today it is electronica, rap, or Afrobeat that influences our youth to create a sound or style that suits their vision of what jazz sounds like in 2022..." 2018's Lefto Presents Jazz Cats (SDBANU 006CD/LP) was given the accolade of "Album of the Week" on Worldwide FM. Also features Stevie Qngo, ECHT!, Mike "Maz" Mahez, KAU trio., schroothoop, Dishwasher_, TUKAN, and Shungu & Mejiwahn.Tastemaker, selector, curator, DJ, and producer Lefto is one of the most important and respected tastemakers around the world with a record collection of over 15,000 records. Cutting his teeth on jazz and new beat, a genre that molded the shape of electronic music in 80s Belgium, Lefto formed his early tastemaker know-how via his dad's record collection. Creating his fine ear for music and the cutting edge at Belgium's legendary Music Mania record store in his hometown Brussels, he has been a resident on Belgium's leading radio station Studio Brussel and currently hosts a show on Kiosk Radio (BE) and The Lot Radio (US). He also curates his own stage at the Dour Festival and hosts his own nights in Gent.
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CAT #: SDBANU 025LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
VA Lefto Presents Jazz Cats Volume 2 2LP
Double LP version. Gatefold sleeve. The groove-obsessed Sdban Ultra present an outstanding new collection of musical gems from Belgium's thriving jazz scene, compiled by Belgian DJ and eclectic connoisseur, Lefto. Lefto Presents Jazz Cats Volume 2 features a balance of known and obscure artists. From the thrilling frenetic grooves and innovative soundscapes of Bandler Ching and the electronic influenced Stellar Legions (Andrew Claes from STUFF.), to the jazz fusion collective L?p?GangGang and weaving musical odyssey that is M.CHUZI, Lefto Presents Jazz Cats Volume 2 is a melting pot of the best musical talent coming out one of the smallest countries in Europe. In addition, there's the beautiful unease of One Frame Movement, the laidback "acoustic electronica" of Boombox Experiments, the classic funky jazz stylings of Cargo Mas and the cinematic The Brums. "By collecting all the music for Jazz Cats Volume 2, I come to the conclusion that we are living in an era of very talented individuals and collectives. Even more so than four years ago. I have the impression that the Belgian jazz sound is more diverse, with more influences and more creativity. There was a time that jazz would be the starting sample to create a beat for rappers, today it is electronica, rap, or Afrobeat that influences our youth to create a sound or style that suits their vision of what jazz sounds like in 2022..." 2018's Lefto Presents Jazz Cats (SDBANU 006CD/LP) was given the accolade of "Album of the Week" on Worldwide FM. Also features Stevie Qngo, ECHT!, Mike "Maz" Mahez, KAU trio., schroothoop, Dishwasher_, TUKAN, and Shungu & Mejiwahn.Tastemaker, selector, curator, DJ, and producer Lefto is one of the most important and respected tastemakers around the world with a record collection of over 15,000 records. Cutting his teeth on jazz and new beat, a genre that molded the shape of electronic music in 80s Belgium, Lefto formed his early tastemaker know-how via his dad's record collection. Creating his fine ear for music and the cutting edge at Belgium's legendary Music Mania record store in his hometown Brussels, he has been a resident on Belgium's leading radio station Studio Brussel and currently hosts a show on Kiosk Radio (BE) and The Lot Radio (US). He also curates his own stage at the Dour Festival and hosts his own nights in Gent.
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CAT #: SDBANU 026CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CONDOR GRUPPE Gulliver CD
Gulliver, the latest Condor Gruppe album, is a nod to yet another spiritual journey in the band's ever-evolving saga. Released via the groove-obsessed Sdban Ultra, the Antwerp-based nine-piece ensemble take you on a hypnotic trip, paying tribute to obscure Italian '70s film soundtracks, krautrock and psychedelic grooves. Fuse the melancholy of Pink Floyd, the heroism of Ennio Morricone and the world grooves of Goat and you get an idea of what Condor Gruppe is. Always looking to push musical boundaries, Condor Gruppe rely on the adventurous use of their instruments and their intriguing musical patter. Melancholic, exotic, surreal, the band's sound is enriched by instruments including the handpan, Jew's harp, darbouka, and tanpura. Diverse sounds, rhythms and melodies build, exciting the listener whilst always remaining familiar. From the thunderous, spacious prog rock sounds of "What Could Have Been", to the loose, laidback grooves of the mystical "Farid" and groovy "Rhymes On Our Mind", Gulliver is a soundtrack for visits to far-flung places and a mesmerizing trip through the band's own record shelves. Condor Gruppe released their debut album Latituds del Cavall in 2014 with nine exotica fueled songs that echo the sound of an intoxicated ride through the desert. This was followed up in 2016 with FROG BOG - A Tribute to Moondog -- an adaptation of the work of the legendary composer and outsider. Containing six Moondog interpretations, trumpet player Dirk Timmermans, saxophonist Matti Willems, and baritone saxophonist Hanne De Backer joined the five original members of Condor Gruppe, with the results a spectacular mix between Moondog's jazzy compositions and Condor Gruppe's dreamy instrumental sound. Second album proper Interplanetary Travels (2018) -- a nostalgic, melancholic soundtrack -- saw the introduction of the Anoushka Shankar-trained Nicolas Mortelmans on sitar. The title hinting at Sun Ra is no coincidence. Condor Gruppe recorded eight songs that give you the creepy feel of a horror scene, the heroism of the best film scores and the hypnotizing grooves of jungle tribes. At this year's Ghent Film Festival, Condor Gruppe performed a live version of the score for the dark, hypnotic, surreal, erotic vampire film Daughters of Darkness (1971), directed by Belgian cult director Harry Kümel. The score was originally recorded by François de Roubaix, famous soundtrack composer. De Roubaix has always been a great source of inspiration for Condor Gruppe.
SHUKAI (UKRAINE)
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CAT #: SHUKAI 003CS
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GONCHAROVA, VALENTINA Recordings Vol. 1 1987-1991 Cassette
Cassette version, C90. Historically informed violin player, prize-winning street musician, new age experimentalist, chamber ensemble performer and conservatoire deviant. The career of Valentina Goncharova (b. Kyiv 1953) shares parallels with those associated with the broader new music movement of the 20th century and the dissemination of home recording technologies. Valentina's was a youth spent immersed in the world of classical music study under soviet rule, first in Kyiv and later in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) from the age of 16. With the supervision of professors M. Vayman and B. Gutnikov she learned concert violin and developed alternate playing styles alongside skilled pianists. The improvisatory nature of free jazz and then-budding experimental rock circles also intrigued Valentina. Departing from the rules of the conservatoire, she briefly performed in underground rock clubs alongside future members of the industrial group Pop-Mechanika (Popular Mechanics). This perpetual state of flux is central to the variety found within Recordings Vol. 1, though as opposed to any degree of uncertainty Valentina's practice is one in flux by way of earnest curiosity. Pushing further into an exploration of solo electro-acoustic sounds, she took to home taping on a modified Olimp reel-to-reel recorder. Intrigued by the manipulability of dubbing and the fresh sounds of DIY effects chains, Goncharova developed pickups alongside her husband Igor Zubkov. Her infatuation with the music of Stockhausen, Xenakis, Ganelin Trio, and Pierre Boulez channels through considerations of space and erratic sound design, the three movements of "Metamorphoses" embodying this textural approach to musique concrete. The compositional skills developed in Leningrad unfold in the romantic gestures of "Higher Frequencies", whilst manipulated cello combines with synthesizer keys across "Passageway To Eternity". The slow, pulsating drone soundscapes recall the likes of Robert Rutman's US Steel Cello Ensemble or even deep listening pioneer Pauline Oliveros. The juxtaposition of written notation and improvisatory flare is central to Goncharova's sound world. This period of home recording documents a confluence of minimalism, free form and flirtations with new age tropes (including bell chimes and cavernous vocal mantras). Experimenting with unusual performance techniques, such as shouting into amplified cello strings, Valentina's home studio functioned as a place to foster full artistic and creative freedom away from any academic strictures. Relocating to Estonia in 1984, in a sense, the recordings on these discs offer only a glimpse into her lifelong body of work. Private experimental home-tapes unheard for thirty years.
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CAT #: SHUKAI 006CS
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GONCHAROVA, VALENTINA Recordings Vol. 2 1987-1991 Cassette
Cassette version, C45. Following the unpublished works of the Ukrainian/Estonian musician Valentina Goncharova, Volume 2 of Shukai's archival project sits in direct contrast to the solo works of Vol. 1. Vol. 2 1987-1991 completes Shukai's dive into the sound world of an important yet overlooked artist working within Soviet era electroacoustics. This long player of duets casts a light on Goncharova's experiences with early free jazz, democratic improvisation and introductions to pure electronic sound. Where Vol. 1 explored her home studio experiments and flirtations with musique concrete and new age, this volume seeks to give audience to similarly DIY recordings developed in collaborative environments away from the conservatoire. Properly documenting sessions revolving around smoky jazz cafes, art galleries, salons and theater venues across Riga and Tallinn, these seven pieces add to the historical narrative of the Soviet-era avant-garde and show the broader spectrum of Valentina's work. It begins in Riga with an adapted score for a delicately unfolding violin drone, voice and saxophone performance produced by Valentina and Alexander Aksenov. Valetina's bond with the multi-instrumentalist and theater director Aksenov led to decades of close friendship and several demo recordings such as "Reincarnation II". Across the rest of the disc are collaborative duets with Sergei Letov and Pekka Airaksinan respectively, the three tapes with Letov an example of recordings as a "rehearsal process". Atypical violin/saxophone techniques and light, difficult to place percussive textures interplay across the three duets with Letov, the sense of spatiality alluding to the very nature of the recordings. They strike ultimately as private, freeform experiments with sound, never intended for the listener but documenting a practice which explores the dichotomy of improv's "non-professionalism" and its potential freedom from trained performance. They are included as a deliberate variance to the tapes with Pekka Airaksinen, an already well-regarded composer, early synthesizer fanatic and Finnish radical. At their time of meeting, Pekka had diverted his attention from punk-indebted noise and free jazz groups to a pursuit of spiritualism via contemporary electronic technologies. Already familiar with the Buddhas of Golden Light LP, Valentina found in his work an attraction to the sacred and, after an encounter at a 1988 Helsinki festival dedicated to futurist art and literature, she prepared to visit his studio. After a failed attempt to record a joint album, fragments of the tapes are presented here, highlighting Goncharova's first real experience of electronic music making in a compositional sense. Fragmented guitar and additional keyboard patterns push and pull through delay units in unison with Valentina's two violins, at times mimicking the howl of the wind or even the human voice.
SLICES OF LIFE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: SOL 005EP
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BAAZ Swimmer 12"
2022 repress. Baaz present three massive and rolling house pieces for Slices Of Life. "Swimmer" comes right in time for 2013's summer season with its strong beats and drifting chords that awake your lust to run through high summer grass. "Can't Get Enough" is a warm bundle of energy with weird vocal samples and light-footed percussion, and "Chummy" starts with a very dry and simple 4/4 bass drum plus snare figure before building up into a dubby disco-piece carried by a nicely filtered loop and hi-hats.
SOMMOR RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: SOMM 075CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DROIN, DOMINIQUE Wave On CD
First ever reissue of this impossible to find private acid-folk album from France, released in 1972, related to Long Orme and originally released as a tiny pressing on cult Kiosque d'Orphée label (the French Deroy). Recorded by French musician Dominique Droin (later a Gipsy Kings backing musician) and some friends/musicians at a basement studio, the album has a charming homemade vibe and melancholic atmosphere with a strong UK folk influence (think Donovan, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, or Nick Drake). Beautiful songs in English with acoustic guitars, flute, cello and even full electric backing on the monster eight-minute psychedelic title track. CD version includes bonus track: "The Capricorn and The Libra (2021 version)".
STUDIO MULE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: STUDIOMUL 038EP
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DIP IN THE POOL What About This Love (Chaos In The CBD Remix) 12"
Japanese legendary experimental pop duo Dip In The Pool comes back with a brand new song. This time they made a cover version of their beloved Larry Heard's house classic "What About This Love". Their original version is oriental synth pop style and UK based deep house new talent Chaos In The CBD made a more electronic house version.
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CAT #: STUDIOMUL 041EP
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ITABASHI/HENRIK SCHWARZ/KUNIYUKI, FUMIO Watarase Joe Claussell Remix 12"
After great rework of the jazz classic Watarase by Fumio Itabashi, Henrik Schwarz, Kuniyuki, Joe Claussell reconstructed Watarase. It's an epic cosmic jazz fusion. Joe Claussell meets Kuniyuki are always best. On B side, it's a rare minyo (Japanese folk song) version of Watarase. It's a live version that Fumio Itabashi played with the local orchestra and minyo singer. A lot of diggers have been wishing to be released on vinyl. This release is one of the most important released in studio mule's catalog. Also features Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra and Yuki Kaneko Symphonic Poem.
SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: SR 526CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
KNIZAK, MILAN Another State of Stagnation / Piano Pieces (1991-2021) CD
"My piano compositions are a mixture of musical reminiscences and a confession of my love for disharmonic chords on the one hand, and lascivious melodies on the other. As in the case of almost all my pieces, I wrote them 'dry', at a desk, without using any musical instruments. I only worked with memory and a little bit of imagination. The compositions often come across as randomly taken out of a pot, which contains a blend of fragments of works of a variety of periods, styles and creators." --Milan Knízák, Mongrelised PianoAnother State of Stagnation contains six unreleased piano pieces by Milan Knízák, written between 1991 and 2021. Played by Czech piano virtuoso Miroslav Beinhauer in August 2020 and recorded in August 2021 at Czech Radio Ostrava under the Petr Bakla's recording direction. The author of the title and cover is Milan Knízák. Produced by re-set production. In the second movement, at least two references to Czech "tramping" (hiking, country) music can be read or heard: Ceka huãí and Táboráku, plápolej. They are among the numerous references to other pieces, while they can concurrently be something else -- for instance, a Beethoven minuet. Beinhauer pointed out: "Milan KníÏák's piano works abound in these 'quotations', some of which are just very similar to well-known melodies, while others are true quotations... I do not even recognize some of them at first listen, but that is not actually the point. If someone does identify these quoted fragments when listening, they can feel good about themselves or can even remember the whole piece better, but I myself do not deem it essential in the case of Milan's compositions. Alternation of styles is more important."
TECHNO PARADE VINYL (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: TPV 003EP
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ARMANI, ROBERT Bass 1990's 12"
Techno Parade Vinyl release this brand-new project by Robert Armani. The successful Hit Hard Remixes with the label's beloved artist has proven that he is still a legend. Straight techno with his very own sound is going to burn the hearts of you all no doubt. Techno Parade for techno lovers.
TRAUM (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TRAUM 274EP
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HALM, CARSTEN Licht Und Schatten 12"
Traum release another vinyl 12" with Carsten Halm adding up to the series the label have released with him so far. This EP marks the end of the series, but not the end of the relationship with Carsten. Carsten has been very successful with his releases on Traum starting with his Taubenflug EP in June 2020 followed by Fuchsbau and Hammerhai. As Traum stated with his first EP: "His music has the unique quality to bring people together and experience something very positive." Carsten showed this quality with all of his EPs and last but not least this also makes him a popular DJ. Carsten plays clubs all over Germany but he still sticks to his roots and organizes parties in his hometown Cologne in his own dedicated space which he has rebuild with his friends after it was destroyed last year. The fourth vinyl release with Carsten Halm Licht Und Schatten highlights another cover design by graphic designer Daniela Thiel and shows collages of the animals in a similar graphic context as his previous releases. The idea was to keep the graphic idea of the series but to use only artifacts of his previous designs to create a new cover. The EP kicks off with "Licht" a track that has the quality to embrace you emotionally as well as musically with a massive warm and widening synth sounds that is a true A-side tune. "Chimäre" instead is more jumpy and good natured, resulting in a nice break to carry the listener throughout the track. "Schatten" kicks off with a rather dry drumming but in the course of the track is joined by a merry melody which is pushed aside by a bad ass rectangle synth sound that inflates the track with a techno spirit that is very welcomed at open airs. The EP closes with the track "Notes" a horse ride though valleys of sparse vegetation with a happy sad Morricone inspired soundtrack that is very easy to like.
UMEBOSHI (GERMANY)
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CAT #: UME 001LP
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DEVANE, JAMES Beauty is Useless LP
Though Beauty is Useless is only his second solo record, James Devane has been producing and performing music for over two decades, both in isolation and collaboratively (most notably as his duo En with Maxwell August Croy). While his first record (self-titled on Bremsstrahlung) explored digital manipulation of guitar-based loops, Beauty finds Devane replacing the computer processing and aural landscape projection for a couple vintage keyboards, modular based effects, and most notably, a drum machine. Evoking elements of German minimal techno, Beauty is a rich, focused discovery of process and restraint where less is refreshingly more.
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CAT #: UME 002LP
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MATHIEU, STEPHAN FrequencyLib / Sad Mac Studies 2LP
Stephan Mathieu's FrequencyLib was originally released in 2001 on Mille Plateaux's Ritornell sub-label. A quintessential document of the late 1990s/early 2000s Pismo PowerBook era of digitally manipulated audio, FrequencyLib is an adept meditation on the entropic possibilities inherent in popular music. Included with this reissue is the complementary Sad Mac Studies EP -- first issued in a run of 100 on Robert Meijer's boutique En/Of label. Exploring similar themes/processes as FrequencyLib, Sad Mac Studies reimagines and deconstructs the sonic world of Sesame Street.
WORRIED SONGS
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CAT #: WS 008LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SMALL SUR Attic Room LP
Attic Room is Bob Keal's fifth full-length album as Small Sur. In this collection of songs, Keal meditates on the rhythms of domestic life and fatherhood while discovering newfound depths and maturity in his songwriting. Attic Room emerged from hundreds of song fragments that Keal scratched into the margins of life since the release of 2013's Labor. The result is a "bedroom country" record, one that is inescapably intimate while also evoking the wide-open Midwestern landscapes of Keal's childhood. The bulk of Keal's delicate vocals and classical guitar work was recorded in the basement choir room of a chapel on his school's campus, with Matthew O'Connell (Chorusing) engineering and accompanying on grand piano and Telecaster. As a player, engineer, and co-producer, O'Connell helped to craft a cohesive avant-folk album aesthetic, creating tape dub of instrumental tracks and running saxophone takes through a half-broken Echoplex tape delay, all the while creating sounds that Keal would not have encountered otherwise. Small Sur's music has always been spare, intimate, and deeply felt. But with the stripping of the conventional full-band structure, Keal was able to invite in even more community, while still creating a minimalist and personal sound. Attic Room includes Small Sur's Andy Abelow (saxophone) and Will Ryerson (bass), as well as guests like North Carolina fiddler Joseph DeCosimo, pedal steel guitarist Dave Hadley, and singer Cara Beth Satalino of Outer Spaces. Keal trusted Wye Oak and Joyero's Andy Stack, a long-time collaborator, to process his numerous instrumental contributions however he liked.
WRWTFWW RECORDS (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: WRWTFWW 053LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BOCQUET, ROLAND Paradia LP
Limited restock; LP version. Housed in heavy 350gsm sleeve with holographic sticker. WRWTFWW Records announce the official reissue of Roland Bocquet's highly sought-after solo album, Paradia. Originally released in 1977 on the legendary Cobra label, Paradia is the first solo album by Roland Bocquet, keyboard player for cult French band Catharsis. The (mostly) instrumental album is a wonderful oddball adventure blending cozy ambient, euro-folk, synth escapades, Latin fusion with a French touch, gentle bossa, a tiny bit of minimalist chanson, and a heavy dose of je-ne sais-quoi. The result is soothing, mysterious in the sweetest ways, and fully atmospheric: a must have for fans of Pascal Comelade, Mort Garson, Dominique Guiot, ZNR, Vladimir Cosma, movie soundtracks, library music, and unclassifiable gems. It's hard to describe, but it's lovely to experience! Paradia, Paradia, Paradiaaaaaaaa... Sourced from the original masters.
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1960'S RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: RANDB 047LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BONZO DOG DOO-DAH BAND, THE Wonderful Radio Bonzo! (At The BBC 1966-1968) LP
2019 release. Like many other bands during the period 1966-68, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band produced some of their best and most innovative work for the BBC. Here are 16 previously-unrelated and high-quality studio tracks which Viv Stanshall accurately described as "insane spewings of our collective genius." Fellow writer Neil Innes contributes tracks never heard elsewhere such as the legendary Brain Opera. On this LP, the Bonzos' journey from warped jazz to rock n' roll that critiques and celebrates contemporary pop culture, through dangerous trousers, an electric shirt collar solo, and a protest song about dry cleaners. Full sleeve notes feature the return of Apollo C. Vermouth. Mmmm, that's nice.
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CAT #: RANDB 049LP
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FAITHFULL, MARIANNE A La Television 1965-67 LP
2019 release. The French have always loved Marianne Faithfull and the feeling is reciprocated: today she has a flat in Paris on the grand Boulevard du Montparnasse. Back in the mid-1960s Marianne was a regular performer on French television: such shows provide the majority of the songs featured here, all presented in excellent sound quality. Nicely packaged compilation of TV appearances.
A RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: AUK 015CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE The Singles Collection 1992-2011 2CD
2022 repress; 2011 release. First time remaster from the vinyl originals is the band's singles compilation. This double CD features 14 tracks that have not been available on CD before. These versions are completely different from any version that found itself on a full-length album. It also features two tracks from the band's alter ego Acid, recorded in 1993, and also the unreleased anywhere apart from this CD and the original 7", the tracks "Convertible" and "Their Majesties 2nd Request (Enrique's Dream)" and also the 2011 vinyl single release Illuminomi/There's a War Going On. The 2CD comes with a 24-page booklet featuring the front & backs of all the picture covers of the original covers.
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CAT #: AUK 048EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE Fudge 10"
Purple 10" vinyl. To coincide with the Brian Jonestown Massacre's start of their 2022 European tour is the release of two new tracks by the band. Recorded in Berlin and remotely between 2020 and 2021 , the opening track "Fudge" is from the forthcoming album The Future is Your Past the second track "The Future is Your Past" is exclusive to this release (It's not a typo the B side is the name of the forthcoming album but the track is not on the album). With Anton Newcombe (vocals/guitars), Hakon Adalsteinsson (guitar), Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson (bass), and Uri Rennert (drums) playing on this offering. The release comes in a heavy weight PVC bag with the artwork being a J card so you can see the vinyl.
A TRIBE CALLED KOTORI (GERMANY)
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CAT #: ATCK 030EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MADMOTORMIQUEL Bombo 12"
Up next on A Tribe Called Kotori, the label welcomes Berlin's very own Madmotormiquel -- all set and ready to storm the house after several transmissions on an array of quality outlets, including Katermukke. His maiden incursion on the label, Bombo>, comes in a hand-designed sleeves, each designed by Chrisse Kunst and Madmotormiquel himself, making these collectible one-off pieces of art to adorn your shelves with. Opening cut and lead-single "Bombo" sets the wheels in motion at a slow and steady rate, progressively fleshing out its initially stripped-back funkiness with a polychromatic webwork of tribal rhythms, spectral synth murk and frizzling machine talk. The quirky "Kohiko" serves up a mischievous buffet of further syncopated moves and chirpy chimes pouring in cascades as a sturdy bass unfalteringly dictates the momentum. Shifting the scope to no-nonsense floor-busting objectives in its first stages, "Timezone Chaser" slowly evolves from sheer DJ functionality to jazzed-up abstraction through perfectly inlaid superimpositions of processed clarinets, dubbed-out drums and an overall hazy sound design to satisfyingly lose yourself in. EP closer "Rodrigues" opts for a more jagged approach, as it fuses skittish snares and hats at the fore with deep and vaporous pad tapestries in the background, resulting in the kind of heavily FX-layered, acid-leaning sleepwalker that'll keep the dancers' legs in motion even though their eyes seem shuttered. Includes download with one additional track.
AGOGO RECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: AR 149LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE Good Evening Black Buddha 2LP
LP version. Good Evening Black Buddha is Black Jesus eXperience's seventh studio album. Inspired by the land we live on and the connection to all that have gone before and will follow, inspired by the multicultural power of our community, inspired by the paradox of the story of the Black Buddha. From the perversity of the pandemic and its imposition of separation comes Good Evening Black Buddha, celebrating togetherness. Darkness is light. At the heart of Black Jesus eXperience's inspiration is Ethiopian/Australian singer Enushu Taye. Enushu's openness and poetic insight, delivered with unique beauty in her own Amharic tongue, lie at the core of Good Evening Black Buddha and all that Black Jesus eXperience (BJX) do. MC Mista Monk (Liam Monkhouse) complements and contrasts with rhymes and flow born of Africa and outback Australia. BJX are joined by their great friends, powerhouse singer Vida-Sunshyne, and crystalline new voice Gracie Sinclair. The songs on Good Evening Black Buddha rove from the lightness of touch of a trio to BJX's full fourteen piece polyrhythmic, polymetric, polytonal Ethiofunk juggernaut with six-piece horn arrangements. Soloists include living national treasure Bob Sedergreen on keyboards, Peter Harper on saxophone, Ian Dixon on trumpet, Zac Lister on guitar, Larry Crestani on guitar and his own invention "kraartar", over the deep grooves of Richard Rose on bass, James Davies on kit, and Kahan Harper on percussion. Black Jesus eXperience is also proud to be joined by conga player Louis Poblete, kraar and masinko virtuoso Endalkachew Yenehun, proud Kuku Nyunkal man and master yiki yiki (dijeridu) player Sean Ryan.
BATOV RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: BTR 067EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
SABABA 5 Popcorn/The Bird Song 7"
Middle Eastern groove masters, Sababa 5 take on the unthinkable for Batov Records. "Popcorn" and the "Birdie Song" are reworked into psychedelic dancefloor smashes laden with synths, surf guitars and Hammond licks. Tel Aviv based four-piece Sababa 5 naturally came together, having collaborated in so many key sessions and concerts, not only for the likes of Hoodna Orchestra, Tigris, and Kutiman Orchestra, but also whilst backing leading vocalists such as Gili Yalo, Ester Rada, and Liraz Charhi. Following a string of sold-out 45s, championed by BBC Radio 6 Music DJs such as Gilles Peterson, Cerys Mathews, and Gideon Coe, the group have crafted a deadly pair of instrumentals that will trick your children into appreciating a killer rhythm and at the same time help you rediscover your inner child. Off the bat, "Popcorn" snakes its charm into your head with an off-beat drum and bassline pattern before "woosh!" The synths enter the fray and proceed to lay down the classic riff with maximum flair. On the flip, birdsong appears to herald "The Bird Song". Beautiful Hammond chords and guitars and another classic Middle Eastern rhythm build anticipation for the familiar melody, which lands with an almost jazz-like aplomb, showcasing some hip shaking percussion, courtesy of guest Matan Caspi on a darbuka drum, that will have you flying around the dancefloor. Far from just novelty cuts, these instrumentals are set to raise the levels of any party. Another essential 45 from Sababa 5 and Batov Records.
BE WITH RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: BEWITH 104LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
NUCLEUS Under The Sun LP
Reissue, originally released on Vertigo in 1974. Under The Sun is the follow-up to the astonishing Roots and contains yet more absolutely essential Nucleus material. Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. Under The Sun opens with the crisp, medium tempo "In Procession". It's a typically inventive Carr track with layers of dramatic, riff-led themes and repeating brass blasts. Bryan Spring's "The Addison Trip" is a moody funk piece, with Kieran White guesting on wordless vocals. Roger Sutton contributes some fine bass guitar on this track, particularly the great solo at around the two-minute mark. The excellently-named cool, jazzy ballad "Pastoral Graffiti" paints bucolic pictures with its mellow sonics, plaintive horns and Bob Bertles's flute. Sutton's superb, bass-driven "New Life" brings a different dynamic. Horns, guitar, and electric piano swirl over the head-nod bass motif and a killer Ken Shaw guitar solo. A false fade out halfway through brings in a new bass riff that's picked up by the whole ensemble as Carr wah-wah noodles over the top. The gorgeous, laidback "A Taste of Sarsaparilla" is exactly that -- closing out the first side with a cute blast of what is to come over on the killer flip. The whole of Under The Sun's second side is a suite of three "Themes" written by Ian Carr. The up-tempo first theme "Sarsaparilla" is comfortably one of Nucleus's best. What would've been a cluttered mess in the hands of most is instead an effortless lesson in clarity and zing. Between Geoff Castle's electric piano solo, the relentless funky drumming and more wild wah-wah trumpet from Carr, Nucleus show you how it's done. The languid groove of second theme "Feast Alfresco" is much more typical of "classic" Nucleus and sounds like something that might've been on Roots. The darker "Rites of Man", the third and final theme, is a slow build to a solid bass and electric piano riff, shored up by some tricky brass. Remastered from the original Vertigo master tapes. Mastered by Simon Francis. Cut by Pete Norman.
BEACON SOUND
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CAT #: BNSD 066LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
LOCATION SERVICES & DEREK HUNTER WILSON Wake LP
Wake is a distillation and reflection of the work of three Portland musicians thrown, like the rest of the world, into forced isolation by the continually-mutating curse of a natural world in disequilibrium. The product of involuntarily inward-looking emotional landscapes, Wake emerged sounding surprisingly expansive and confident. The trio uses a variety of instruments -- including harp, fretless bass, piano, and a variety of synthesizers -- to conjure sparkling panoramas of the imagination that are deep-pooled and impressionistic, bracing yet comforting. Mike Grabarak and Joshua Ward have performed together for years as a duo under the moniker of Location Services, while Derek Hunter Wilson has primarily worked as a solo composer in the classical realm. For the Points Of No Return compilation, Beacon Sound's 50th release and a benefit for the Beirut Musicians Fund, they recorded a collaborative piece entitled "Interdependence In Solitude" that was so promising the label offered to release an album if they continued down the path they had started upon. The resulting eight songs are simply mesmerizing. Made during a period of change and upheaval in the world and society where many people were disconnected from others, the album is the product of a collage-like dialogue built on trust and patience. While the musicians couldn't physically be together for much of this time, they began sending musical ideas to one another in a conversational back-and-forth that acted as an anchor of stability -- something they found they could turn to and depend on when things felt uncertain elsewhere. This comfort zone led to some transcendent moments of experimentation. "Delicate Need", for example, features recordings of exaggerated pizzicato that were sampled and then run back through processing effects, which were then subsequently performed live over the original track. As things became less risky on the Covid front, they would occasionally meet for backyard rehearsals. Indeed, a recording of one of these rehearsals became the basis for the opening track "Photo Aware". Design work by Berlin-based Studio Bernhardt. The cover painting was created by Portland artist Nate Ethington. RIYL: Ryuichi Sakamoto, Daniel Lanois, Loscil, K Leimer, Deaf Center, Tangerine Dream, Arvo Pärt.
BONFIRE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: BONF 010LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
FREE DESIGN, THE Kites Are Fun LP
Reissue, originally released in 1967. 1967, just like it was yesterday, pre-Vietnam War scenario, high hopes, and a new bright horizon, soon to be fall. Meanwhile, the music and -- in this case -- the celestial vocal harmonies of the East Coast unit formally known as Free Design. Their 1967 debut Kites Are Fun is still a case in point and a major influence on today's alternative pop. Often referred as the East Coast answer to Mamas & the Papas, the band had a more ethereal and eclectic approach. From the gentle orchestral accompaniment of "Make the Madness Stop" to the folkish bossa of "When Love Was Young" through the sensational arrangements of "Proper Ornaments" -- a number eventually championed by Madlib in the stunning tribute The Now Sound Redesigned (2005) -- you'll find more than a singular approach. Produced by none other than Enoch Light, the album is still an astonishing piece of heavenly art-pop with such a lysergic counterpoint. 180 gram vinyl; edition of 500.
BRUIT DIRECT DISQUES (FRANCE)
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CAT #: BRD 040LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SUBMISSIVES, THE Wanna Be Your Thing LP
New one by Montreal singer-songwriter Deb Edison, working once again as The Submissives and willfully unchanged from 2016's Do You Really Love Me? cassette (Fixture). Six years into the most tumultuous period in global history since WWII -- a pandemic, right-wing infiltration, attempts at government overthrow, climate catastrophe looming, a near-complete loss of the moral compass, conspiracies lording over facts natural resources running out -- and Deb's still here, staring a hole through the floor/your head. "No one ever changes," she coos on "In A Pinch", and these songs are a textbook example of that sentiment, and her artistic embodiment of psychosexual desire, ready to shatter some lives and walk away looking for the next one. "I'm waiting for your signal/I'm several years older," she drones on "Sick Kinda Love", further reinforcing a long-held stance that the obsession, internalization of feelings, and the human power dynamic of The Submissives are on the menu once again. You'll find whatever it is you want to find in here, just dig in. Deb might even be talking about you, though there's a good chance she's not, and if you don't have the goods you can be sure she's gonna be doing all she can to passively drive you away. "Chirp Like a Bird" reads as Deb's bottom-looking-up retort to Whitehouse's "Wriggle Like a Fucking Eel", and might even be more severe, because she doesn't need microphonic feedback and screaming to intimidate. If you're in for surface thrills, scrape up the Shaggs-esque rock stumble, swooping viola, and behind-the-beat bash tapping out each of these eleven tracks. This is how it is; you get what you get, and you might be upset, but that's all on you. You'll never get to the bottom of this sketch.
CINEDELIC RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: CNLP 066LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
INAGAKI & SOUL MEDIA, JIRO Woodstock Generation LP
Reissue, originally released in 1970. Finally, this ghost gem left by Jiro Inagaki's Soul Media has been reissued on vinyl for the first time thanks to Cinedelic Records. Woodstock Generation is a masterpiece of Japanese jazz/rock funk/soul that for some it even considered better than the acclaimed Head Rock (1970) in terms of perfection; surely there are many points in common between the two albums having been made a few months later, in 1970. Behind the Soul Media name hides saxophonist Jiro Inagaki, an iconic figure of the Japanese jazz rock scene during the late sixties to the early seventies. Jiro is supported by his legendary quintet Soul Media under its first incarnation featuring Ryo Kawasaki (guitar), Yasuo Arakawa (bass), Masaru Imada (organ), Sadakazu Tabata (drums) with Tetsuo Fushimi and Shunzo Ohno on trumpet in addition. Woodstock Generation is a tribute album to the Woodstock Festival including cover of songs performed on the stage by Sly & Family Stone ("I Want To Take You Higher"), The Who ("Summertime Blues"), or Ten Years After ("Spoonful") but also "Woodstock" (written by Joni Mitchell in honor of the festival) and "Mamma Told Me (Not To Come)" written by Randy Newman for Eric Burdon and The Animals. Titles include also variations on the Head Rock theme, "The Ground For Peace", and original composition by Masahiko Sato, "Knick Knack". All tracks arranged by Jiro Inagaki. Artwork by Eric Adrian Lee.
CLUB NIGHT CLUB (UK)
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CAT #: CNC 003EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
CLEYRA Soft Bloom 12"
Club Night Club is excited to present its latest release via Bristol's Cleyra. "Ruk" is a spatial builder. The glitched-out mover presents a delicate exercise in restraint, its skeletal rhythms gradually enveloped within a haze of sound design and dubbed out synth lines. In six short minutes the track builds into a continuous ascension of synthetic tension, resulting in a deceptively lethal club joint. "Uninvited" is a frantic club screamer. A real shake-the-rave bouncer capable of serious floor damage. Pro-tier mixing holds together a speed demon barrage of percussive hits and shrieking resonance. This deadly cut, much like the record as a whole, manages to sustain a flare of intimacy even in its most punishing moments. The B-side counterbalances the deadly with the delicate. "2B" leans into the warm and melodic, perhaps the most direct manifestation of the EP's title. A heart wrenching bloom unfolds, enveloping the listener like a warm hug as the lights come on in the wee hours. The track is an immaculate sketch of raw emotion, deep tenderness mapped out through Cleyra's distinct brand of innovative composition. "Triumph" closes out the record with some wonky no-nonsense chug action. A hypnotic low-slung groover which packs a final sting towards the end. One for the headbangers. From start to finish Soft Bloom is a striking feat of sonic creation, guaranteed to subvert listener's expectations and dancer's footsteps alike.
COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: CSR 306CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
MASCHINENZIMMER 412 (MZ. 412) Macht Durch Stimme CD
Macht Durch Stimme -- the debut release of Maschinenzimmer 412, a.k.a. MZ. 412 -- is the milestone in the history of Swedish black Industrial music. This is the release that initiated a 35+ year long career of relentless industrial rituals; darkness fused with machines, your fears and your power all fused into an expression of the coldest music imaginable. In 1987, Henrik Nordvargr Björkk, Jouni Ulvtharm Ollila, and Leif Holm forged a band that would be an outlet for blasphemous prophecies, yet from a unique sonic spectrum. The unholy triumvirate were already hitting hard as Pouppée Fabrikk, with Maschinenzimmer 412 unleashing their deepest, darkest personas. Jonas Drakhon Aneheim joined in 1995, replacing Holm and thus enacting the change of name to the abridged MZ. 412. Originally released in 1988 by Swedish tape label Mechanik Cassettes (run by Memorandum's Petter Marklund) in a tiny edition of just 50 copies, this definitive edition has been painstakingly remastered from the original 4-track tapes. It also contains a previously unreleased, exclusive track that was rediscovered when listening through the old master tapes. MZ. 412 are an act that continues to cover the earth in a nightmarish black veil. Rare releases and even rarer performances have only added to the cult status of these prime movers. Digipak with elegant new artwork by Abby Helasdottir (Gydja).
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CAT #: CSR 311CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
WE BE ECHO Ceza Evi - Compleat Edition 2CD
Occupying a halfway point between Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire without ever quite sounding like either, We Be Echo is Kevin Thorne. Thorne's first foray into music came after a chance meeting with Throbbing Gristle on Tottenham Court Road in 1979. A few months later he met Raye Calouri at the legendary Throbbing Gristle/Cabaret Voltaire/Rema Rema gig at Central YMCA, London. Soon after, the duo formed the short-lived Third Door From The Left. After the demise of TDFTL, Thorne formed We Be Echo. The debut album Ceza Evi -- featuring Genesis P-Orridge and Iham on Tibetan thigh-bone trumpet -- was released in June 1983, followed by a special edition later the same year, originally available only to readers of Nanavesh. The music was recorded using the built-in microphone on a dual cassette recorder, then the next layer was recorded whilst playing the first tape back. Very lo-fi, no editing, no remixing, all spontaneous and raw. As with TDFTL, who recorded in the same way, it all just seemed to fall into place. Compleat Edition: disc one contains the original tracks for the Ceza Evi special edition release. The remaining tracks on disc two are from the original cassette release of Ceza Evi, plus bonus tracks recorded between 1981-1983. Briefly pushing We Be Echo back into the light, a handful of these tracks appeared on the 2009 compilation Decades (Vinyl On Demand). Now, bringing together all these tracks for the first time ever, this Compleat Edition cements Ceza Evi as one of the most important underground releases of the early '80s. Mastered by Attrition's Martin Bowes.
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CAT #: CSR 315CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
COLOSSLOTH Promethean Meat CD
Rhythmic industrial noise -- grinding and churning, drenched in crushing doom-laden guitars -- drapes the sacrificial bones of the new album from esoteric electronic alchemist Colossloth. Building on this trademark sound, pushing and striving for reinvention and renewal, Colossloth has also utilized live instrumentation and ethereal vocals, and black metal blast beats on certain tracks for the first time to enhance the intent behind the music. Digitally-driven soundtracks for transfigured cities and myths born in the wilderness of Albion. Digipak."An unknown voice deep within the landscape reveals a clandestine location. A place of arcane mechanics, a cathedral of divine engines suspended in primal matter. Turbulence forms amidst amorphous strata, the polarized elements stretch out and then return once more to a singular form, gauging an ecology of discordant time down newly formed vertices. Crystallized dreams spin wild atmospheres into the horizons and fill the localized spaces with the remnants of passive machinations and distant mutterings, the devices allocating into their framework the offerings set forth."
COMPOST (GERMANY)
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CAT #: COMP 519LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
AH! KOSMOS Beautiful Swamp LP
2022 repress; LP version. Ah! Kosmos has created a wonder that she holds you in the middle of. Also known as Basak Günak, a sound designer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist born in Istanbul, her tracks open up a space that draws the listener into a state of flow. In her second album, Beautiful Swamp, she combines crackling percussions with melodic soundscapes. Deep in the fabric of her tracks are also fears, rapture, bliss, and gloom. Günak's music captures what she has processed and overcome in her life between Istanbul and Berlin. The listener not only explores soundscapes but multi-layered emotions each layer drawing them further into the swamp. Even with her first record, Bastards (2015), Günak proved to be a border crossing producer, oscillating blissfully between avant-garde and gloomy post-rock. With Beautiful Swamp, which was created in Berlin and Istanbul in 2017, Ah! Kosmos continues challenging genre boundaries. Günak uses polyrhythms and folktronic instruments to build a mystical world of sound into which one can sink and be carried away. On this album, she has further revealed her own voice, becoming even more tangible as a person. Her music is physical and carries graceful traces of clashes. The aptly named Swamp, perhaps also a primordial soup from which all things emerge and perhaps return to, is neither dark nor light but holds the potential for everything: beginnings, endings, growth, pain. Ah! Kosmos primarily works alone. But when Günak collaborates with others, it is even more intense -- like the one with the jazz singer Elif Çaglar, heard in the song "Beyond Dreams", or with the guitarist Özgür Yilmaz on the track "Wide". Additionally, Selen Ansen, one of the most important Turkish intellectuals of her generation, has written a poem for Günak's new work, entitled "In The Dark Woods". When Günak performs live, the music reacts directly to the mood in the floor. At each of her performances, her soundscapes take on a new form. Performing solo or accompanied by a guitarist, she has already supported acts such as Sigur Rós and Jonny Greenwood's Junun Project and has starred at important festivals. She also composes for contemporary dance and theater productions, short films, and performances. In the spring of 2018, she participated in the project "Sonár Calling GJ273B" and sent her disembodied voice singing "I do not belong here" into space. You probably feel very connected to her sound, out there.
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CAT #: CPT 601LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
INKSWEL & COLONEL RED Holders of the Sun Vol. 1 LP
Cracking album from a fabulous joint venture team. Jaunty hip-hop downbeat soul gems, perfectly balanced between phat beats, soulful melodies, strong lyrics and noisy overtones. Inkswel & Colonel Red started out writing together more than decade ago and over time have developed quite a unique sound when recording together, a chemistry that blends music melody and lyric into every verse chorus and hook. So, when Inkswel approached Colonel Red to create the Holders of the Sun album, Redz response was to move his hectic schedule around and started immediately. Inkswel dropped the beats Colonel Red dropped the vocals and some fine musical tuning and Holders of the Sun Vol. 1 was born. The fantastic artwork comes from Our Machine, Netherlands, who designed a lot of sleeves for Kindred Spirit, Tom Trago, Versatile, Build An Arc, and many others. Colonel Red is a groundbreaking soul singer, musician, producer, and performer, often referred to as one of the most powerful voices in the UK soul music community, a champion in equal parts of the original broken beat scene, as well as the UK soul scene. Working with and writing for the likes of Teddy Pendergrass, Amp Fiddler, Maurice White, Bugz In The Attic, Tony Allen, and countless others. His track "Belive In Me" was awarded the Worldwide award from Gilles Peterson in 2014. Colonel Red's foray into the music industry began when Epic Record company giant Sylvia Rhone signed the then lead singer, Nikki Romillie, of Pride n' Politix, to Atlantic Records. An accompanying publishing deal with Warner Bros. established the artist, now known as Colonel Red, as one of the UK's top cutting-edge singer/songwriters. Inkswel has been heralded as one of the busiest and most prolific beat-based producers from Australia, a true master of his craft he has worked with the likes of Talib Kweli, Lee Scratch Perry, Andrew Ashong, Dwight Trible, Amp Fiddler, and countless others as well as putting out timeless musical projects on labels such as BBE, Sonar Kollekiv, Rush Hour, Warner Music, Boogie Angst, and others. He hovers evenly between hip-hop and club sensibilities, blending new age approaches with nostalgic leans. Holders of The Sun is the audio melting pot of two musical aliens, future directive soul music drenched in the nostalgia of what once was.
CONSPIRACY INTERNATIONAL (UK)
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CAT #: CTIDELIA 2022LP
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
TUTTI, COSEY FANNI Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes LP
LP version. Ultra clear vinyl. Cosey Fanni Tutti has announced details of a new album, Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes, her original soundtrack recordings for Caroline Catz's acclaimed film about Derbyshire. In 2018, Cosey Fanni Tutti was commissioned to write the soundtrack to director and actor Caroline Catz's acclaimed, intimate portrayal of the composer, musician, and sonic experimentalist, Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001). Best known for her groundbreaking work on the 1963 Doctor Who theme tune, Derbyshire was instrumental in giving easy access to and rewiring a nation's attitudes towards electronic music. Working within the often-stifling confines of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, her experimentalism -- which saw her manipulating magnetic tape, found sounds and electronics -- is only now being given full credit for the immeasurable impact it has had on the way we hear the world. The new album includes the audio explorations and experiments that lead Cosey Fanni Tutti to the final soundtrack for Catz's film. From the four-minute long "Cornet Lament" to the humorous "Snuff Chorus" (which references an addiction that Derbyshire had for snuff), the album is a journey through both Delia and Cosey's practise -- Fanni Tutti spent time researching Derbyshire's archives (both musical and the more personal ephemera of her life) to create an audio world for Catz's depiction of the artist to inhabit. Fanni Tutti explains, "The compositions are inspired by my research of the Delia Derbyshire audio archive, Delia's original compositional notes and techniques which in combination with my admiration and love of Delia's work provided a way to integrate her style and approach to music with my own. An alliance of our sensibilities." The new album follows the release of Cosey Fanni Tutti's new book, RE-SISTERS: The Lives and Recordings of Delia Derbyshire, Margery Kempe and Cosey Fanni Tutti. The music was composed, performed and produced by Cosey Fanni Tutti in Twickenham Studio 3, London and Studio 47 in Norfork, with vocals by Cosey Fanni Tutti and Caroline Catz, alongside the voice of Delia Derbyshire.Musician, artist, and author Cosey Fanni Tutti has continually challenged boundaries and conventions for four decades. As a founding member of the hugely influential avant-garde band Throbbing Gristle, as one half of electronic pioneers Chris and Cosey, and as an artist channeling her experience in pornographic modelling and striptease, her work on the margins has come to reshape the mainstream. Her first solo album, Time To Tell (1983) was followed by 2019's Tutti and her debut book, Art Sex Music, was published in 2017.
DARKER THAN WAX (SINGAPORE)
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CAT #: DTW 069LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
CAIN Sarissa LP
Known for crafting infectious rhythms infused with an otherworldly strangeness, UK-based producer Cain makes his debut on Darker Than Wax with Sarissa -- a seven-tracker driven by his signature percussive style. Written in his native highlands of Scotland and heavily influenced by the mountainous landscapes, Sarissa seeks to fuse together organic and synthetic sounds in unusual ways. True to his ethos of joining the dots between folk music from cultures around the world, the melodies and rhythms explored throughout are tied together by their timeless, ethereal quality. Interlocking rhythms lead the way as the skeleton in this music with cinematic harmonies woven in and out, leading the listener through dark valleys and emotional peaks. Each tune tells its own story and has a distinct feel from the next -- from the jilting rhythms and hazy rave feel of "Sarissa", the crawling basslines of "Gecko", and the ethereal lightness of "Marwa" to the harmonic weight of "Kuro". The seven cuts making up Sarissa are equally effective as dancefloor weapons, or as accompaniments on long foggy walks. For fans of: Anunaku, Auntie Flo, Clap! Clap!, DJ Plead.
DAYDREAM LIBRARY SERIES (UK)
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CAT #: DLS 001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BIG JOANIE Sistahs LP
2022 restock on purple vinyl. The first record in the Daydream Library series is London's black feminist punk band Big Joanie's debut album Sistahs. Big Joanie are Stephanie Phillips (singer/guitarist), Estella Adeyeri (bass) and Chardine Taylor-Stone (drums). The band formed in 2013 and released their first EP, Sistah Punk in 2014 and the single Crooked Room in 2016. As part of London's thriving DIY punk scene Big Joanie have played with locals Shopping, toured with US punks Downtown Boys, and Dutch punk band The Ex. Inspired by The Ronettes, Nirvana, Breeders, and Jesus and Mary Chain, Big Joanie have described themselves as being "similar to The Ronettes filtered through '80s DIY and Riot Grrrl with a sprinkling of dashikis." Big Joanie recorded Sistahs at Hermitage Works Studio with producer Margo Broom. The album title derives from the band's belief in sisterhood and female friendship. One of the main reasons for coming together was to create an atmosphere to be "completely ourselves as black women and discover what was possible to realize in those spaces." The album cover features Steph's mum Joan, whom the band is named after, and her aunt on holiday in Wales. The Daydream Library Series of records and tapes is the independent house label of Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and Eva Prinz's publishing imprint Ecstatic Peace Library. The Daydream Series was established in 2018 to provide a label for emerging musicians, both local and international. In this series curated by Prinz, Moore, and Abby Banks, a limited edition number of vinyl or cassette albums will be released in a pristine "collector's edition" package with the highest quality recordings, impeccable design and handmade fanzines with the album's liner notes and interviews with the bands. Sistahs is an optimistic album about friendship, melancholic memories, and the belief in a modern future. Eva and Thurston discovered Big Joanie playing live supporting The Ex in Islington (London) earlier this spring and ran to the merch table to discover the band didn't have a record with all the songs that had just mesmerized the audience.
DELL'ORSO RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: EDDA 052X-LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
REE-VO All Welcome On Planet Ree-Vo (Turquoise Blue Vinyl) LP + 10"
LP version. Turquoise blue vinyl LP with orange 10" featuring remixes and collaborations from The Bug, Object Object, NØISE, and Dälek, gatefold sleeve. All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo could only really have been made in one city steeped as it is in Bristol's decades of less conventional hip-hop and bass music. Tweaked and fine-tuned during the summer of 2020 the record punches with a mix of red eyed paranoia to a playful future funk. The album was all recorded, produced and mixed by Andy Spaceland at Christchurch Studios, Bristol (home of Mezzanine era Massive Attack) with all vocals written and performed by T. Relly. During 2021 the first two singles from the LP were released. The first was the juggernaut that is "Groove With It". T. Relly growling out polemic against the relentless cacophony spun by Andy, the brutality of the bass and horns is temporarily smoothed with Relly's soulful, swaggering placation of "Turn your speakers on/ Till ya speakers blown baby/ If you're feeling strong baby/ We can keep it going baby". This was followed in April by the 12" release of "Combat" featuring a thumping remix by Surgeon and an extended electro remix by Ree-Vo themselves. "Spacebox" which will be the last single to be released in time with the album is their hookiest, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, dance off! Naked in the dancehall SPACE BOX!" is the beamed mantra, Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years."
DESTINATION MOON (ITALY)
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CAT #: DEST 013LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TURNER'S KINGS OF RHYTHM, IKE & TINA Dance LP
In the late 1950s, Tina Turner (née Anna Mae Bullock) caught a performance of Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm at St. Louis nightclub and practically begged Ike to let her sing with the band. Ike refused, as only men were allowed to sing in his group at the time, but she persisted, and once he heard Tina sing, he wouldn't let her stop. Since that fateful meeting, the world of R&B has never been the same. Ike & Tina Turner's Kings of Rhythm Dance is their second long player, originally released in 1961, and it is full of stompers, rippers, and all-around rocking R&B magic. Ike's guitar tone and style are the perfect complement to Tina's unmistakable voice. Now nearly impossible to find an original LP at a reasonable price, Destination Moon once again saves the party by putting another R&B classic back in print. Features the original hit version of "It's Gonna Work Out Fine".
DISCREPANT (UK)
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CAT #: CREP 087LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
ONDNESS Oeste A.D. LP
Somewhere in the middle of the first track, "Torres e Baldios", there's a sudden change of pace with percussion rhythms interfering with the trance-like sound of the first six minutes. It sounds like steps, people running away on a corridor bashing their feet. It dazzles you because of how unexpected it is, how unpredictable those sounds sound like and, most of all, how it makes perfect sense. It is a monstrous piece. And the beginning of a new age for Ondness, in the same year he defied his Serpente moniker to create an absolute classic, Dias da Aranha (SOUK 009LP). What makes Oeste A.D. so remarkable is the intangible idea of nostalgia. "Aqua Matrix Alternative Nation" recreates with a slowed down mentality the theme of one of the main events of the Expo 98 in Lisbon. It's nowhere similar to the original, what it does is to mess around with the global ideas that were such a big part of that event. The Portuguese musicians that were invited to collaborate with Expo 98 were mesmerized by the ideas of union and globalization, creating overpriced music that sounds like shit today. "Aqua Matrix Alternative Nation" messes around with that vibe in a positive way. Think Mark Leckey playing around with his rave memories. Same thing, but in Portugal we had Expo 98. Jokes aside, the B side is more futuristic with "Torres e Baldios II" and "Endless Domingo", a nod to Endless Summer (EMEGO 135CD/LP), by Fennesz, and "Endless Happiness" (from Beaches And Canyons), by Black Dice, mashing up -- freely -- both covers and reminding of how great 2001-2002 was for experimental music. Both tracks are full of sci-fi drama and this sickness of the future that has been traveling with Ondness since its early days. But the approach here is somehow different. Before Oeste A.D. the Ondness sound was fragmented, sparse and intensively reflexive. There was this uncertainty to it that made the previously releases so good. But Oeste A.D. is full of clarity, the phrases are straightforward, and the music moves in one direction, continuously. Before, there were loads of unanswered questions. The only doubt is when will the world start to care and listen to Bruno's brilliant music. Now sounds like a good time. Mastered by Carlos Nascimento. Front cover by Evan Crankshaw. Back cover by Filipe Felizardo.
FABRIQUE RECORDS (AUSTRIA)
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CAT #: FAB 097LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
IRMERT, JANA What Happens At Night LP
Seismic vibrations alter the ever-changing sonic surfaces of Jana Irmert's new release What Happens At Night. Like layers of sediment, sounds are being pushed up from underneath, floating away or sinking back to the bottom. At the core of the album lies a question: What will be left of us? While Earth melts, we go on. But eventually, there will be a point in the future where all that will be left of humanity is a thin layer of rock. While this may seem like a deeply gloomy prospect, it also carries a great deal of comfort: the reminder that we are only a small particle in a vast system so big that we can never fully grasp it. Artist notes: "When playing or improvising, it sometimes happens that time kind of stops in its usual rhythm -- measures of moments and durations become blurry. I smashed and rubbed lava rocks, layered and bent sounds and field recordings until what I heard matched the images of strata in rock I was looking at: millennia of existence and non-existence, on a planet to which we are a very recent addition. I fell out of time, somewhere between the moment and eternity, and that's a feeling I wanted to capture on What Happens At Night."
FINDERS KEEPERS (UK)
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CAT #: FKR 109LP
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
VANNIER, JEAN-CLAUDE La bete noire/Paris n'existe pas LP
Finders Keepers Records present both the hallucinogenic orchestral music to Robert Benayoun's Paris n'existe pas (1969) and the rhythmic onslaught and cyclic waltzes from Patrick Chaput's La bête noire (1983) complete with an extensive booklet of essays, interviews, secrets, and rare images from both of these mythical cinematic obscurities. From deep in the vaults of the Parisian composer, Jean-Claude Vannier finally liberates two previously unreleased and fabled film soundtracks that mark significant milestones in the career of this legendary composer and his close connection to the French free jazz scene. Comprised on this one vinyl disc you will find the only existing original historic recordings to his first ever 1968 collaboration with Serge Gainsbourg as well as the entire lost musical score for Vannier's first major star-studded solo film commission.La bête noire: From the furious pen of controversial author Jean-Pierre Bastid (Let The Corpses Tan/Massacre Of Pleasure) and directed by one-time realisateur Patrick Chaput the gritty street crime thriller precedes the likes of La haine. Revealing itself to be one of Jean-Claude Vannier's most unique scores these previously unreleased studio master tapes capture self-styled batucadas and furious rhythm tracks next to frenzied carousel waltzes free from the stylistic time-stamp of their 1983 recording date. These experimental recordings remain independent from the pop and rock idiom and are both timeless as well as groundbreaking due to the deployment of key players from the French free jazz scene and the reunion of Vannier's long-standing Insolitudes. Showcasing a crack team of Palm/Futura/Actuel/Saravah label regulars such as saxophonist Philippe Maté alongside drummer Bernard Lubat, Arpadys/Voyage rhythm masters Marc Chantereau and Pierre-Alain Dahan, and session legend Michel Zanlonghi, this thunderous group bridges an authentic gap between The Jef Gilson Group and France's signature "cosmic" revolution. Previously unheard compositions, rhythms, and sound design experiments.Paris n'existe pas: Previously the subject of biographical rock history, archival documentaries, and cruel bootlegging opportunity, the official master tapes to Jean-Claude Vannier's first ever studio date with Serge Gainsbourg poetically mirrors the title of the film... They didn't exist, until now. Culled from reference recordings, rehearsals, playback tapes, and work-in-progress TV magazine features, Finders Keepers in close collaboration with Jean-Claude present the genuine hallucinogenic orchestral and experimental sound design recordings that appeared on the 1968 film Paris n'existe pas. The brooding orchestrations and experimental music found on this record comes complete with interjections of modern jazz courtesy of French free jazz mainstays Philippe Maté and Jean-Louis Chautemps. With the help of an esteemed string ensemble Vannier also lays down an early orchestral blueprint for his own "approximately-Orient" signature sound in its earliest naked form just three years before Histoire de Melody Nelson would cause widespread controversy on its release.
FOURTH DIMENSION (UK)
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CAT #: FD 137CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
YOUNGS, RICHARD New Emptiness CD
Similar to 2021's Iker album on Fourth Dimension, this CD album idea sprang into life following our hearing some of Richard Youngs's experiments with loops and tones online and, subsequently, a few discussions via email about such music, its shortcomings, its appeal and, indeed, how it can be pushed into new spaces. Which is exactly what the pieces on New Emptiness do. Each one of the five compositions here may use tones or oscillating loops as something of a starting point, but true to form Richard Youngs teases each one into new shapes where different shading applies as well as an unexpected rhythm or, on final cut "Annulus II", his manipulated voice enter the fray. Anybody familiar with Richard Youngs' work, now spanning a few decades, will be aware that it can go all over the place, from avant-folk, "noise" or hybrid forms of electronica and drone music. Fourth Dimension Records has long championed his work yet generally pushes the more uneasy listening ends of it. New Emptiness might not sit quite so uneasily, but drawing from both the avant-garde of contemporary minimalist music and his own tendency not to settle for half-measures, it is still an album that requires a little sweat oozing from the ears of the listener.
GET ON DOWN
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CAT #: GET 51284LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
SPICE 1 Spice 1 LP
2022 repress. "Spice 1 is an undisputed West Coast legend, who first hit the scene after the N.W.A. and -- closer to home -- Too $hort explosion of the late '80s. As history showed, he continued that bloodline with finesse and authority. His nasal flow is menacing and strong, and fans have been consistently captivated by his 'hood tales since his self-titled debut in 1992. If you want thematic range with your MCs, Spice isn't that dude -- he is all about crime tales and the perils of ghetto life. And he attacks that storytelling sweet spot with each new cut. Spice 1 boasted four singles by the time it was all said and done, and breezed to Gold status on the strength of cuts like the catchy 'East Bay Gangster'; the heartfelt tales and truths of 'Welcome To The Ghetto'; and the thick, grooving 'In My Neighborhood.' He even produced the alcohol-themed '187 Proof,' another of the album's singles, and the hands-down cleverest vocal outing on the LP. Sonically, the backdrops on Spice 1 range from plunky, keyboard-bassline funk to deeper, fuzzy '70s samples -- and he sounds strong on top of both. "Break Yourself" is fueled with an electro-funk drive; '1-800 Spice' brings reggae flavor; and 'Peace To My Nine' gets chunkier, with a well-placed P-Funk 'One Nation Under A Groove' sample. Presented here on official retail vinyl for the first time since its initial release 26 years ago, Spice 1's debut holds the test of time and carries the California gangsta flag with pride. Some colors just don't fade."
GOD UNKNOWN RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: GODUNK 085LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MODERN RITUALS Cracking of the Bulk LP
Modern Rituals have announced their return with the release of upcoming new album, Cracking of the Bulk. For a band who've tended to flesh out songs in the practice room and track live, the writing and recording of Modern Rituals' third album was a disparate and protracted process. In cramped apartments and a secluded annex, sharing files over the internet and working on parts in solitude, the band introduced subtler tones from their last record, This Is The History (2020). Yet still, this new direction is matched by an explosive frustration that gives it a unique balance of darker and lighter shades.
GROWING BIN RECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: GBR 025LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
LIQUID CANOE Liquid Canoe LP
Acid bass, slow funk, and cosmic energy make for a mind-expanding trip in the Liquid Canoe. Load up on edibles, make it a macro-dose and let the music lead the way. Whether you're hard at work on a Hamburg allotment, basking in the heat of a Balinese beach or enjoying the cool waters of the Salish Sea, remember that the same sky stretches over all of us. And if you forget your finger for a minute and soak in the heavenly beauty instead, you might just catch the cosmic vibrations of Liquid Canoe, the latest members of the Growing Bin family. A loose ensemble, Liquid Canoe is the brainchild of Wolfgang Matthes, a lost Angelino who's swapped the rush and push of a mega city for the space of the Pacific Northwest -- and listening to this eight-track offering, you'll realize that space is the place. Armed with an array of vintage synths and programmed rhythms, Wolfgang sketched out a slew of inter dimensional transmissions, inspired by the commune electronics and space rock of '70s Germany and inhabited by the spirit of the boogie. Inviting friends to drop by and lend their own instrumental skill, Wolfgang quickly turned Liquid Canoe into a true collaboration. Finalized in a converted stable on Galiano Island, the LP is a perfect marriage of the electronic and organic, shimmering arps and spheric synth bass intertwined with American primitive guitar, nuanced hand percussion, and glassy chimes. As this mind-expanding collection stretches out towards infinity, you'll hear Floyd-ian funk, cosmic dub, tangerine daydreams, and micro-dosed ambience, all imbued with the memories of New York lofts, Bay Area warehouses, skyscraping pines or the world wide web of fungi. Liquid Canoe taking you on an oarsome trip.
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CAT #: GBR 044LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BECK, MATTHIEU Here Alone LP
Fresh and zesty with subtle tropical flavors, this is a delightfully listenable debut from Matthieu Beck on Growing Bin. Inspired by the lilting rhythms, jazzy instrumentation, and slow listening gems found on his Love In The Afternoon radio show, the Frenchman has crafted a gorgeous collection of laid back sophisti-pop, perfect for long summer days or seasonally affected escapism. Any suggestion of sorrow in the album title is actually a mislead -- this may be a solo LP, but Matthieu's surrounded himself with the musical friends he's made over the years, serving as composer and bandleader to a willing troop of collaborators. Longtime friend and former Metronomy bassist Gabriel Stebbing, Source Ensemble drummer Emmanuel Mario, and of course Laetitia Sadier herself, stepped in to lend their services and bring Matthieu's music to life, before Jérôme Caron (Blackjoy) expertly mixed it all down. Though the tracklist may read like a travelogue, these nine tracks all began at home with Matthieu sat behind a Fender Rhodes with a drum machine by his side. Soon live bass, saxophone, and flute strolled into his unhurried arrangements, retaining the simplicity of his demos while expanding the emotion. Weighty synth drones and bubbling bass balance the airy elements of tracks like "California" or the dream-pop romance of "Rooftop Rome", while the mellow "Malika" and joyful "Retour De Plage" showcase the Frenchman's relationship with jazz. Elsewhere there's hints of digi-dub ("Island" and "Suede"), coastal boogie ("Tokyo Montana"), stripped-back city pop ("California"), and downtown nostalgia ("Dora"), before Beck arrives at the poetic, progressive but peaceful finale "Piano Fin", which recalls Air at their prettiest, without stepping outside Matthieu's well-defined sound.
GUERSSEN RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: GUESS 068CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
FARM Farm CD
Reissue. Originally released as private pressing in 1971, the Farm album is highly sought-after and revered by collectors. Recorded by this Southern Illinois band in 1971 at the legendary Golden Voice studios, it's chock full of jammy, bluesy guitar psych with heavy dual guitars, organ, congas, harp... Recommended if you like Quicksilver, Allman Brothers, Canned Heat, Ten Years After... Remastered sound; original artwork; includes booklet with photos and extensive liner notes by Kevin Rathert (It's Psychedelic Baby) "A vital album for fans of vintage guitar action." --Patrick Lundborg (Acid Archives).
HALLOW GROUND (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: HG 2203LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
AMINI & EUGENE THACKER, SIAVASH Songs for Sad Poets 2LP
Composer and sound artist Siavash Amini collaborates with author Eugene Thacker on Songs for Sad Poets. The collection of eight pieces draws its inspiration from the legacy of the so-called cursed poets ("poètes maudits") as well as the German-language tradition of song cycles and expands the structure of the classic art song through a process of lyric abstraction. Amini is no stranger to interdisciplinary collaboration, as seen in A Mimesis of Nothingness, his 2020 collaboration with photographer Nooshin Shafiee, also released through the Swiss Hallow Ground label. But whereas in Amini's previous collaborations music and other media are set in dialogue, with Songs for Sad Poets, Thacker's poems and Amini's soundscapes are deeply enmeshed with each other. In fact, none of the words printed in the record's booklet are being said out loud on this double-LP, but rather made tangible through the use of sound. Songs for Sad Poets was born out of a mutual admiration of each other's work and it is easy to see how the musician and the writer could relate to one another artistically. The Tehran-based Amini has released over 20 albums in the past decade that probe the physical world but also search for something beyond it. His compositions draw on field recordings as well as acoustic and electronic sounds, blurring the lines between what is conventionally perceived as real or authentic and the abstract or otherworldly. The New York-based Thacker on the other hand is known as a writer whose philosophical works like Infinite Resignation read like poetry while his poetry and other literary writing is inherently philosophically charged. What unites them on this project is an interest in the idea of the fragility of the human being set against the vast horizon of climate, planet, and the cosmos that produces a "sadness without cause." The pieces on Songs for Sad Poets translate this nearly inexpressible ambient melancholy into dense and sometimes claustrophobic pieces that are marked by internal tensions and slowly unfolding dynamics. The eight poems are neither only the starting points nor just the byproduct of the compositions, or vice versa. Instead, the entire record is one single result of a coherent creative process. Clear vinyl; 12-page booklet.
HEIST RECORDINGS (NETHERLANDS)
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CAT #: HEIST 063EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
CRACKAZAT Demucha EP 12"
What do you do when you've just released an amazing album and your last EP on Heist Recordings was one of the label's best-selling records in recent years? This is the "question" Crackazat had to answer when writing his new EP for the label. His solution? Just deliver something even more amazing. Easy. When Crackazat released his Alfa EP early 2021, Heist knew it was going to be a great record. It had everything we've come to expect and love from him; a great balance between creative musicality and downright beef for the club. Fast forward a year and a half and here is Demucha EP. Title track "Demucha" starts with the jazzy energy of a double bass, flanked by brushed percussion and some vocal chops. You feel the speed of the track working through every part of the song, which becomes even more evident when the main key comes in. A typical Crackazat-esque finger-twirling loop brings the track to its top speed, where horn stabs add to the excitement. This is peak-time jazzy house executed to perfection. "Sarge" takes a more mellow approach, where you see Crackazat navigate the idea of timelessness with dreamy keys, strings and a dubby bass. A mid track crackly arpeggio and faraway voices add to the contemplative vibe of the track to great effect. The EP closer "We Know" stays away from Crackazat's renowned skippy beats and instead, make way for a driving staccato stomp. Rough key stabs along with the talented multi-instrumentalist's own faraway vocals make for a mesmerizing track that takes you on a lovely sonic journey that will work as well on the dancefloor as in any other space. The Demucha EP is another great example of Crackazat's talent to write an earworm of a melody and produce a sonically rich record in a manner that feels both effortless and compelling throughout its full-length.
HONEST JON'S RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: HJP 096EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SHACKLETON The Majestic Yes 12"
Killer EP. Next-level Shackleton. Taking off from Beaugars Seck's foundational sabar drum rhythms -- recorded by Sam in Dakar in February 2020 -- Shackleton has constructed a trio of intricately layered, luminous, enchanted, epic excursions. The second is more dazzled and meandering, with jellied bass, insectile detail, and discombobulated jabbering; the third is more liquid, fleet of foot, and psychedelic, with a grooving b-line and funky keyboard stabs, scrambled eastern strings and hypnotic vocalese. The harmonium in "The Overwhelming Yes" sounds like Nico blowing in chillily from up the desert shore. The overall mood is wondrous, twinkling with light, onwards-and-upwards; an uncanny, dubwise mix of the ancient and the futuristic. Mark Ernestus's "Version" is stripped, trepidatious, mystical, and stranger still, with just a snatch of the original melody, extra distortion and delay, and crystal-clear drum sound. Twenty minutes of startlingly original music, with Shackleton the maestro at the top of his game, and a characteristically devilish dub by Mark Ernestus. Mastered by Rashad Becker; handsomely sleeved. Sick to the nth. Love 4 ever.
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CAT #: HJR 062LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA London Is the Place for Me 6: Mento, Calypso, Jazz & Highlife from Young Black London 2LP
2022 restock; double LP version. Comes in a gatefold sleeve with four-page insert. Other calypsos range compellingly from the devaluation of the pound through jiu jitsu, big rubbery instruments, football fans, heavyweight champ Joe Louis and the sexual allure of English women police. The Rolling Stones favorite Ginger Johnson with a percussive Latin scorcher. Jamaican mento makes its first entry in the series, with a brace by Tony Johnson: a drily witty drinking-song, and a love-letter to Marilyn Monroe. Plus a trio of magnificently hybrid, hard-swinging instrumentals led in turn by master-guitarist Fitzroy Coleman, Kitch's innovative arranger Rupert Nurse, and trumpeter Shake Keane -- named after Shakespeare because of his love of poetry -- from St. Vincent.
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CAT #: HJR 071LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Christians Catch Hell: Gospel Roots, 1976-79 2LP
2022 restock; gatefold double LP version. Includes full-size 16-page booklet. In 1977 Henry Stone invited Thomas Spann down to Florida. Spann was founder and leader of The Brooklyn All Stars, one of the most celebrated gospel quartets in the US; Stone headed T.K. Records, the biggest independent record company in the world. The All Stars' contract with Jewel Records just happened to be ending. "He called me and asked me would I meet him in Miami," recalls Spann. "And I flew down to Miami, and I met him and we went to this place that sold all these motor homes. He said, 'Pick out one, pick you out one that you want.' And I did so. I drove it off the lot that same day. I didn't take a plane back. I drove that motor home back to North Carolina."Christians Catch Hell is a scorching, sublimely soulful survey of the Gospel Roots label, subsidiary of the mighty T.K. Records, at the height of the Miami Sound -- 1976-'79. Includes tracks by The Brooklyn All Stars, Pastor T. L. Barrett, Camille Doughty, The Howard Lemon Singers, The Fantastic Family Aires, Jean Austin & Company, The Jordan Singers, The Phillipians, The Fabulous Luckett Brothers, Bright Clouds, The O'Neal Twins, The Original Sunset Travelers, Reverend Edna Isaac and the Greene Sisters, and The Fountain of Life Joy Choir. Mastered at Abbey Road.
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CAT #: HJR 072LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VON OSWALD TRIO, MORITZ Sounding Lines 2LP
2022 repress. Gatefold double LP version. The Moritz Von Oswald Trio opens a new chapter. There's a new configuration to the project, with Tony Allen joining original members Moritz von Oswald and Max Loderbauer. Allen, the legendary drummer who's amassed a formidable catalog both as a solo artist and as part of Fela Kuti's band, has taken over percussion duties from Vladislav Delay. Together, von Oswald, Loderbauer, and Allen form something close to a dream team, two masters of the electronic sphere meeting an afrobeat pioneer. Allen had already established a rapport with the group before they entered the studio to record Sounding Lines -- he's been touring with von Oswald and Loderbauer for more than a year, playing live shows around the world. There has been an evolution on each new Moritz Von Oswald Trio record, and Sounding Lines is no different. The album, which was mixed by Ricardo Villalobos, maintains the project's trajectory -- a fearless exploration of dub techno, classical music, and jazz -- but the prevailing mood feels looser and more organic than ever before. Allen's imperious percussive work sits tantalizingly in the mix. His drums meet the electronics of von Oswald and Loderbauer in a way that renders the project in new, vivid colors. There are 4/4 tracks, beatless interludes, and complex jazz structures, with propulsive recordings ("3") coexisting alongside more languid moments ("1"). Sometimes Allen provides flourishes of drums (notably on "4") while at other times spectral synths come to the fore (as on "5"). Von Oswald, a masterful composer and arranger with a deep understanding of space, paints the crevices of each composition on Sounding Lines with rich detail. Individually, von Oswald, Loderbauer, and Allen are formidable and hugely influential musicians. As a trio, they've conjured something remarkable. Tony Allen, drums; Max Loderbauer, synthesizers; Moritz von Oswald, percussion sequencing, synthesizers, additional electronics. Artwork by Marc Brandenburg.
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CAT #: HJR 087LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
NDIAYE ROSE FAMILY, THE DOUDOU Twenty-One Sabar Rhythms 2LP
Magnificent Wolof drum music, performed by an extended griot family over seven consecutive days, in the mystical setting of Lac Rose, outside Dakar. Doudou Ndiaye Rose -- who died in 2015 -- is a key drummer in the musical history of the world. He developed a system of five hundred original drumming patterns, ancient and new. Amongst the modern rhythms here is Bench Mi -- "under the Baobab tree," a spot where problems get solved. Also, Hibar Yi -- "passing on information" -- the theme-tune of Senegalese TV national news for decades -- and Les Rosettes, the signature rhythm of Senegal's first ever all-female percussion group, convened by Doudou, and named after his grandmother. These original compositions sit alongside important traditional rhythms, familiar to every Sabar player, such as "Farwu Jar" (a courtship game sometimes resulting in a wedding), "Ceebu Jin" (also the name of the national dish of fish and rice), and "Gumbé", often played after a successful harvest. Recorded in joyful single takes, with no overdubs, mastered by Rashad Becker, the music is deep and thrilling, polyrhythmic to the bone, with a complex, pointillistic intensity at times evoking Jeff Mills in full flight.
HORN OF PLENTY (UK)
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CAT #: HOP 007LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
CHAIN, PAUL Is Dead (Volume One) 2LP
2022 restock. 93-minute collection of the electronic, ambient, prog, and kosmische side of the '80s-90s Paul Chain catalog. Paul Chain is widely revered in the doom metal underground, and rightly so, but this collection aims to highlight the many "other" sides to his work. Anyone interested in NWW list or Mutant Sounds should investigate. Officially licensed collection bringing these gems to back to vinyl for the first time in 30 years.
HUBRO (NORWAY)
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CAT #: HUBRO 2651CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
APNESETH, ERLEND Nova CD
Erlend Apneseth is one of Norway's foremost Hardanger fiddle players and folk musicians. After being widely recognized with the award-winning and critically acclaimed Erlend Apneseth Trio, he now returns with an acoustic solo album. This is the first time since his debut album Blikkspor (2013) that he has put the soloistic performance in focus, and this time the unique acoustics in Emmanuel Vigeland's Mausoleum sets the scene for his improvisations and compositions. "The Hardanger fiddle is traditionally a soloistic instrument. For me, one of the most fascinating things about the instrument is its ability to fill a whole room with sound all by itself. Even though I've been working in an electro-acoustic universe the last years, I've never left the acoustic approach to the Hardanger fiddle, and I now felt the time had come to do something all alone again." Even though Apneseth is rooted in traditional music, he has immersed himself in improvisation and alternative sonic-and pizzicato-technics on the Hardanger fiddle, which makes him stand out with his very own musical expression. After incessantly exploring his instrument for many years, this album can be seen as a personal catalogue of the Hardanger fiddle's sonic possibilities. Erlend Apneseth has released eight albums, received numerous awards, among them Grappas Debutantpris and Gammleng-prisen, and no less than five nominations for the Norwegian Grammy's. In 2019 he received the Norwegian Grammy's award in the open category for his album Salika, Molika, with Erlend Apneseth Trio and Frode Haltli. The album also received the NOPA-award and was nominated for the Nordic Music Prize. Apneseth has written commissioned works for Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Førdefestivalen, and Ultima, and toured extensively in Europe the past years. Since 2021 he has collaborated with the composer Ørjan Matre on new works for Hardanger Fiddle and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
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CAT #: HUBRO 3651LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
APNESETH, ERLEND Nova LP
LP version. Erlend Apneseth is one of Norway's foremost Hardanger fiddle players and folk musicians. After being widely recognized with the award-winning and critically acclaimed Erlend Apneseth Trio, he now returns with an acoustic solo album. This is the first time since his debut album Blikkspor (2013) that he has put the soloistic performance in focus, and this time the unique acoustics in Emmanuel Vigeland's Mausoleum sets the scene for his improvisations and compositions. "The Hardanger fiddle is traditionally a soloistic instrument. For me, one of the most fascinating things about the instrument is its ability to fill a whole room with sound all by itself. Even though I've been working in an electro-acoustic universe the last years, I've never left the acoustic approach to the Hardanger fiddle, and I now felt the time had come to do something all alone again." Even though Apneseth is rooted in traditional music, he has immersed himself in improvisation and alternative sonic-and pizzicato-technics on the Hardanger fiddle, which makes him stand out with his very own musical expression. After incessantly exploring his instrument for many years, this album can be seen as a personal catalogue of the Hardanger fiddle's sonic possibilities. Erlend Apneseth has released eight albums, received numerous awards, among them Grappas Debutantpris and Gammleng-prisen, and no less than five nominations for the Norwegian Grammy's. In 2019 he received the Norwegian Grammy's award in the open category for his album Salika, Molika, with Erlend Apneseth Trio and Frode Haltli. The album also received the NOPA-award and was nominated for the Nordic Music Prize. Apneseth has written commissioned works for Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Førdefestivalen, and Ultima, and toured extensively in Europe the past years. Since 2021 he has collaborated with the composer Ørjan Matre on new works for Hardanger Fiddle and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
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CAT #: HUBRO 3653LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SUNDSTOL, GEIR The Studio Intim Sessions Vol. 1 LP
LP version. Geir Sundstøl has made a name for himself as an innovative session musician on hundreds of Norwegian and international albums. 2015 saw the release of Furulund (HUBRO 2533CD/3533LP), the first self-composed long player from this master of strings. Langen Ro, Norwegian Grammy winner Brødløs and St.Hanshaugen Steel (HUBRO 2642CD/3642LP), followed soon after. Now, the stage is set for something quite different. The Studio Intim Sessions Vol. 1, Sundstøl's fifth solo album, has taken a trip on its own, away from the cinematic Nordic noir and genre-crossing soundscapes we know, and ended up somewhere south of the Kattegat. Personnel: Geir Sundstøl - strings, with: Maria Due, Daniel Sandén Warg, Audun Erlien, Nikolai Hængsle, Håkon Brunborg, Lars Horntveth, Hans Hulbækmo, Gulzar Butt, Kjell Pop, Jarle Bernhoft, Chimta Raja Abdul, Sofi Jonas, Bashir Rydhem, Erland Dahlen.
INFINE (FRANCE)
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CAT #: IF 1075CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MARTEL, SEB Saturn 63 CD
If the name Seb Martel is still unknown to you, the guitarist appears on the credits of classic albums from Tony Allen, Femi Kuti, Morcheeba, or Blackalicious. Saturn 63, his new album on InFiné is dedicated to the exploration of the electric guitar in all its nuances. This new opus made from a selection of nine guitars from the Musée de la Musique (a branch of the Philharmonie de Paris), and only enriched with the voices of his close collaborators (Camille, Sabrina Bellaouel...), unfolds on fourteen tracks a musical fresco faithful to the historical and geographical heritage of his instrument. The album includes fascinating reworks of Carl Perkins, Benjamin Britten, Chavela Vargas, or Vincent Ségal in addition to his own compositions. However, adopting a dogmatic approach, and dressing his compositions with sounds and effects collected during the recordings, Martel offers an abstract and experimental edge to Saturm 63, which transports the listener into an out of time experience. Two famous names of the French chanson, M (Matthieu Chedid) and Mathieu Boogaerts joined Martel to close the album with the snapshot of a speechless improvised session. Also features Cindy Pooch, Martin Gamet, Vincent Ségal, Nicolas Martel, Vic Moan, and Marc Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius). CD version includes one additional track.
JAZZMAN RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: JMAN 131CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
REALITY Disco Party CD
Jazzman have already given legitimate release to albums that fell foul of the notorious '70s "tax scam" practice, namely those by Sounds of the City Experience and Ricardo Marrero. It now gives the label great satisfaction to present Reality's Disco Party album, for the very first time in agreement with the surviving members of the band. Possibly the most obscure of all the obscurities in the TSG catalog, Disco Party isn't actually "disco" at all, moreover it's a fully rounded excursion into mid-70s dancefloor funk and proto-disco-jazz, performed by a group of expert musicians at the height of their powers. Recorded in one long session in NYC, until now, bandleader Dr. Otto Gomez and the rest of his crew had never even heard the recordings they'd made almost 50 years ago. Indeed, none of the band even knew that their album had been released. At Jazzman, the label considers it their mission to shine new light on music that went under-appreciated at the time of its original release. There are many varied circumstances which can cause an otherwise great record to not do so well -- for instance, poor budget, marketing, promo and sometimes just plain old bad luck. Perhaps the most unjust circumstance involves the tax loss releases of the mid-70s -- records made purely to cheat a few dollars out of the tax man. Here, along with restoring the music, the label have dug deep into the backstory of the group, interviewing Gomez and others to find out exactly who this unheralded NYC funk orchestra were and what happened to them before and after the monumental session laid out on this record. Jazzman Records' liner notes tell the story of the TSG label and the "tax loss" phenomenon, and they delve into the history of the band from their humble beginnings as the Smokin' Shades of Black to the present day. Jazzman also find out exactly what it means to record some brilliant music -- only to have it taken away -- and discarded. CD version includes eight-page color booklet.
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CAT #: JMAN 131LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
REALITY Disco Party LP
LP version. Tip on sleeve; printed inner with liners and pictures; includes download card. Jazzman have already given legitimate release to albums that fell foul of the notorious '70s "tax scam" practice, namely those by Sounds of the City Experience and Ricardo Marrero. It now gives the label great satisfaction to present Reality's Disco Party album, for the very first time in agreement with the surviving members of the band. Possibly the most obscure of all the obscurities in the TSG catalog, Disco Party isn't actually "disco" at all, moreover it's a fully rounded excursion into mid-70s dancefloor funk and proto-disco-jazz, performed by a group of expert musicians at the height of their powers. Recorded in one long session in NYC, until now, bandleader Dr. Otto Gomez and the rest of his crew had never even heard the recordings they'd made almost 50 years ago. Indeed, none of the band even knew that their album had been released. At Jazzman, the label considers it their mission to shine new light on music that went under-appreciated at the time of its original release. There are many varied circumstances which can cause an otherwise great record to not do so well -- for instance, poor budget, marketing, promo and sometimes just plain old bad luck. Perhaps the most unjust circumstance involves the tax loss releases of the mid-70s -- records made purely to cheat a few dollars out of the tax man. Here, along with restoring the music, the label have dug deep into the backstory of the group, interviewing Gomez and others to find out exactly who this unheralded NYC funk orchestra were and what happened to them before and after the monumental session laid out on this record. Jazzman Records' liner notes tell the story of the TSG label and the "tax loss" phenomenon, and they delve into the history of the band from their humble beginnings as the Smokin' Shades of Black to the present day. Jazzman also find out exactly what it means to record some brilliant music -- only to have it taken away -- and discarded.
K7/BECAUSE MUSIC (FRANCE)
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CAT #: K7 416EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
REAPER & KLOKE, TIM Museum/Flow State 12"
Museum/Flow State is a collaboration between British nouveau junglist Tim Reaper and Antipodean producer Kloke; this union within the thrilling new generation of jungle artists culminates in a set of disparate yet compelling spheres of sound. These productions are a side consequence of back-and-forth sessions between the two for the acclaimed Meeting Of The Minds series housed on Tim Reaper's label, Future Retro London. The artists were spurred on by the myths and legends of 1990s London's most celebrated epicenters from across the DnB continuum. "Flow State" takes inspiration from Speed, Fabio, and LTJ Bukem's seminal club night in London's West End, where the mid-90s jungle blueprint iterated into soulful, jazzy liquid. As its name suggests, "Flow State" is beautifully rolling and detail oriented, layered and warmly spacious, as it generously serves desires that are both cerebral and bodily. "Museum" is pure kinetic energy, from its suspenseful looped intro through its jagged edges. The track takes its cues from the iconoclastic Sunday night Metalheadz residency in London's Hoxton, where the leading edge of drum and bass was carved out under the guidance of Goldie and Grooverider in close, sweaty proximity. "Museum" shapeshifts swiftly through soft-hard dynamics, pairing explosive drum programming and intricate sound design with seductive melodic breaks that hit you in the core, transporting the listener into the pitch of its deep junglist heritage. 45rpm.
KALITA RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: KALITA 12020EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
FIRST, ADELLE Don't Give Up 12"
Kalita Records announce the first ever official reissue of Adelle First's highly sought-after 1986 12" South African boogie single Don't Give Up. Originally privately released on infamous South African label Music Team's imprint Solid Records, the single features both the shorter vocal version and devastating nine-minute long extended "Dub Mix", a true testament to the genius of producer Tom Mkhize. Having recently rocketed in demand, fueled by equal measures of quality and scarcity, and with original copies now selling for over £200 on the second-hand market, Kalita now offers this masterpiece to the world once more, sourced from the original master tapes.
KARLRECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KR 025LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
PAINKILLER Execution Ground 2LP
2022 repress. The seminal 1994 double album Execution Ground, by the original Painkiller with the line-up of Bill Laswell, John Zorn and Mick Harris on vinyl for the first time. When Painkiller started in 1991, their first two albums Guts Of A Virgin (1991) and Buried Secrets (1992) (both released on extreme metal label Earache) were heavy attacks blending grindcore and free jazz that brought together the musical backgrounds of the three protagonists: drummer Mick Harris had just left grindcore legend Napalm Death, John Zorn explored new extremities with his Naked City project while Bill Laswell had as a member of roaring free jazz quartet Last Exit (with Peter Brötzmann, Sonny Sharrock, Ronald Shannon Jackson) proven that he was not only a visionary producer but also an accomplished bassist. But it is their 1994 double album Execution Ground remains the opus magnum of the brilliant trio: Zorn's unmistakable shrieking saxophone, Harris's pounding drums and Laswell's growling sub-bass lines were given heavy mixing desk treatment, resulting in extended tracks that are no less intense than their early works but display the full range of the musicians's skills. Avant-jazz, grindcore, dub and ambient melt into eerie tracks of haunting atmospheres - even more so in the "ambient" versions of the second disc. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M Berlin. Available here as a double 180 gram vinyl. Includes a download code and insert.
KEPLAR (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KEPLARREV 008LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
JULES, MARSEN Herbstlaub LP
Herbstlaub, the third album by Marsen Jules, was both introspective and visionary, modest and ground-breaking. Blending elements of classical music with electronic textures, the German artist created six pieces that draw on the power of repetition, yet are full of internal tensions and sweeping dynamics. Now, Keplar makes it available again on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 2005. This version, remastered by Stephan Mathieu and with a new artwork by Umor Rex's Daniel Castrejón, shines a new light on a record that paved the way not only for the artist's later work, but also further developments in electronic and ambient music more broadly. "The noughties were a special time," says Marsen Jules today. "It felt like there was a new tool made available practically every day that allowed you to create new musical worlds on your computer." Hence, this prolific phase saw the emergence of a plentitude of genres and styles that can be traced back to individual records -- "precious gems that opened up new possibilities and anticipated a lot of what later would be picked up on," as he describes them. Herbstlaub surely falls into this category, having paved the way for a distinct approach to combining elements from classical and electronic music. While Wolfgang Voigt was focusing on the marriage of romanticism and techno with his Gas project at the same time, the six pieces on Herbstlaub follow a very different concept. Through repetition and reduction, Marsen Jules threw any sense of time out of joint while also inserting an emotional component into the music. "What would remain if you abstract musical contents to this degree, how much of your personality would still resonate in it," he sums up the questions that shaped his approach. "When will reduction result in monotony, and how could unique, magical moments created through repetition?" More than one and a half decades later, Herbstlaub seems both melancholic and brimming with excitement. This is the sound of an artist experimenting freely with the sounds and structures of two supposedly irreconcilable musical traditions with new and exciting tools, creating something previously unheard of in the process. All tracks composed and recorded by Martin Juhls. Originally released on CCO in 2005. Vinyl cut by LUPO. Cover art by Daniel Castrejón based on the original by Alphazebra.
KITTO RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: KITT 001LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ASHONG & KAIDI TATHAM, ANDREW Sankofa Season LP
2020 release. South London soul artist Andrew Ashong returns with his first full release since 2014 -- an expansive six-track collaboration with Kaidi Tatham, the unrivaled underground virtuoso described as the UK's Herbie Hancock. Sankofa Season takes both artists to new heights as they seamlessly complement each other's musical language, giving voice to productions that criss-cross genre and time to move into their own distinct lane. Expect deep jazz funk, hazy contemporary soul, jazzy broken beat, breezy Latin soul, organic deep house, and much more. A chance DJ set in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with British Ghanaian soul artist Andrew Ashong on the decks, and UK broken beat legend Kaidi Tatham jamming along on synths and flute, was the crux of their new collaborative EP Sankofa Season. Remembering that night Kaidi says: "Andrew came in with a load of amazing records man, but then he played Manolo Badrena 'The One Thing', and I still remember, that's when I knew, this guy's proper, he's serious. I was like who is this dude, he smashed up the place, an amazing night." "Sankofa" translates to "go back and get it" in the Twi language of Ghana, and is the message throughout the six-track EP. Whether it's looking back at the London club scene on "Low Ceilings", or exploring the diasporic connections of music on "Sankofa Song", while also taking in the events of the year so far, Andrew explains: "Let's not spend too much of our divine energy retraumatizing ourselves and obsessing over grievances. We've got to address it, but we have to move forward, and try and make it better". Sankofa Season takes both artists to new heights as they seamlessly complement each other's musical language, giving voice to productions that criss-cross genre and time to move into their own distinct lane. Speaking on the recording process with Kaidi, Andrew says: "I don't even know how to describe how fluid and fast and how on point and how abundant his musical expression is, it's insane". Kaidi adds, "I just knew exactly what to do with Andrew man, straight away. But this is just the beginning -- this is just the start, people ain't ready". The EP follows Kaidi Tatham's 2018 album It's A World Before You, and is Andrew Ashong's first full release since his 2014 self-titled EP. Sankofa Season is the inaugural release for Kitto Records, a new label based in Belfast and London. RIYL: Sault, Moodymann, Theo Parrish.
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CAT #: KITT 002LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
NYAMAKYE JUNCTION Dasein LP
Born of chance meetings in Accra, the band brings together a Burundian producer and vocalist, Betina Quest; with a Ghanaian singer-songwriter, Eli A Free; and a German percussionist and multi-instrumentalist, Ma.ttic. Nyamekye Junction take their name from a bustling junction in the Ghanaian capital, where a number of major roads merge, embodying the musical approach of the band: a singular sound at the junction of their cultural heritages. In Eli's words, Dasein (from the German for "existence", "being there"), captures "the need to live in this moment here and now with a heart full of gratitude" while exploring a number of interlinked themes, including the importance of one's environment -- cultural and political, as well as physical -- in situating, shaping and explaining each individual's identity. The band adeptly channel a wide range of influences, from the Ghanaian legends Ebo Taylor and Osibisa through to US mainstays such as Nina Simone and Erykah Badu; with equal regard given to UK innovators like Benjamin Clementine and Mala. The resulting debut EP Dasein is a stunning collage which showcases the band's impressive range and evolving sound by traversing a diverse range of moods, rhythms and textures. The lead single "GMT" (short for "Ghana Man Time") is a dancefloor-ready track that carries a deft political message. Driven by a weighty bassline alongside punching drums and percussion, for a rhythm section that would be at home in any broken-beat set, the song explores and emphasizes differing conceptions of time between the West and Africa with a playful irony. Later, the lighter "Eyes Don't See" provides space for the full range of Eli's balladeering vocals, while "Cloud 21" serves up Dean Bluntesque instrumentals and "Aduro" closes the record with a rousing anti-colonial anthem. "Being there", and was a core concept in the existentialist philosophy of Heidigger. For the band, it captures "the need to live in this moment here and now with a heart full of gratitude" (Eli) and the themes it raises, including the importance of one's environment in situating, shaping and explaining each individual's identity, are explored throughout the EP. Against a backdrop of a heavily male dominated music production space, Betina also quietly champions a course for women music producers in Africa and beyond, providing the driving force behind the band's distinct sound with intricate, looping productions and synth lines. For fans of: Obongjayar, Young Fathers, Alewya.
KOOKY TOO (UK)
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CAT #: KOOKY 201EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BLOODY/BATH Idle Hands/Sunder 7"
The debut 7" vinyl from Bloody/Bath "Idle Hands" is also the debut release by Kooky>Too, an offshoot of Kooky Records. This limited 7" is a peach -- a gloomy neu wave banger for our gloomy fin de siècle death-spiraling age. Sonically a bout of sleep paralysis, emotionally a midnight text from your favorite ex, Bloody/Bath are feverish, infectious and bewitching taking a post-punk passage that sounds distinctly their own. Catchy melodies dance throughout the tracks, disguising a heaviness, a desperation, drowning somewhere beneath the surface. Louder Than War describes the Bloody/Bath sound as "Stop-The-Clocks pop. Music to submerge yourself in. Wallow deep, then count your blessings." Summoned initially by Northampton singer-songwriter Kailan Price, but now a fully-fledged, five-piece band, interest has been soaring following their incendiary live sets invited to play for Slow Dance at the Brixton Windmill, and other shows in London, Bristol, and Bedford with Ritual Howls, Do Nothing, and Minor Conflict. Bloody/Bath create sparse expanses, concrete homogeny, and heavy atmospheres. Bruised and beaten down, a whole load of listeners can't get enough of Bloody/Bath.
KRYPTOX (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KRY 027LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
FURBRINGER AND FRIENDS, NOAH Moonwalker LP
The current moment in music is an interesting one: electronic music is more popular than ever, but at the same time there is a growing counterworld of new bands and musicians who are inventing new styles by reinterpreting old styles and combining live music with electronic production. Many of these new musicians are switching between "scenes" and styles -- just like many young listeners do today. Kryptox, the sub-label of Toy Tonics, is a platform for these new hybrid musicians. Noah Fürbringer is one of these new talents. Moving in these intermediate worlds -- a virtuoso drummer, composer, and busy band leader who is at home in many genres and besides writing his own great music which he debuts on this album he also is a side musician for some big names of the German rap and indie pop scene. Since he moved to Berlin in 2019 a lot of things happened: he came with a big hunger for creating something meaningful out of his radical lust to play drums and make music with as much different musicians as possible. This album -- his debut as a bandleader, composer, producer, drummer -- marks a special moment in his very young career. The LP is pure jazz funk in a modern style. Some might even call it jazz rock or fusion. Great compositions which fit perfectly in today's neo jazz scene. His name has appeared as a drummer in a wide variety of projects. In 2020, he founded the band Lord Of The Amazing Panther together with Vincent von Schlippenbach (DJ, electronics), Dirk Berger (guitar), and Beat Halberschmidt (bass). At the same time, he developed the cool jazz project Moses Yoffee Trio with Moses Yoffee on piano and Roman Klobe on bass, with which he was invited to the legendary London jazz club Ronnie Scotts. Moonwalker, for which Noah Fürbringer gathered a handful of friends around him, shows the wide spectrum of his musical abilities and the intense interest in exchange with other musicians. At a certain point the voice of Detroit activist and musician Malik Yakini appears in two pieces and talks about John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, and the revolutionary power of black music. Noah Fürbringer explains: "It's not only a tribute to jazz, but also a political statement. The two pieces are a reference to how many different musical worlds I want to bring together." Features Malik, Roger Rekless, and Mike Nasa.
LA VIDA ES UN MUS (UK)
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CAT #: MUS 208LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SOAKIE Soakie LP
Debut seven-track album from half-Melbourne, half-NYC Soakie. It's total no nonsense blistering, fast, and energetic hardcore with a vocalist that sounds like she has been chewing on glass every day since birth. She has a real rasp and anger that is part Nick Blinko (Rudimentary Peni) and part Vi Subversa (Poison Girls) but the music is totally pummeling and would sit perfectly for those that love pogo punk, Teddy And the Frat Girls, The Feederz, and Good Throb in equal measures. "Boys On Stage" is a real standout with the lyric "There're too many fucking boys on stage" sticking in your head from one listen. Soakie was recorded by James Rumsey and mixed by Ian Teeple who also took care of the artwork. Includes A3 lyric insert.
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CAT #: MUS 254LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MOCK EXECUTION Killed By Mock Execution LP
Chicago's Mock Execution return with nine tracks of unadulterated sonic aggression. Their debut LP Killed By Mock Execution takes cues from the dirtier sides of both Finish and Japanese hardcore while keeping their engineer boots firmly set on the traditional UK crust sound of yesteryear. Executing a magnificent hybrid of Doom and Gloom, Gai, Kaaos, and the entire early 2000's Crust War catalog, Mock Execution tear through flanger solos, huge crash cymbals, burly driven bass and No Security split era intros and that's only part way to the band's sound. Recorded by the band on an 8-track tape recorder at their tiny practice space, during the height of global pandemic and civil unrest in the USA between 2020 and 2021, and graced with artwork by the inimitable Monykaos.
LANTERN REC. (ITALY)
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CAT #: LANR 017LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DI FRANCO, LINDA Rise Of The Heart LP
Reissue, originally released in 1986. Just a single album and a bunch of singles, rising star Linda Di Franco debuted in 1985 and left the scene all of a sudden in 1986. Her first album was a combined effort produced by Don Was (Blue Note's Renaissance music man and previously leader of post disco combo Was Not Was), a gentle selection of soul-pop ballads and lushy synth arrangements. With leading single "My Boss" the album shows an ethereal continuum with an excellent rendition of Burt Bacharach "The Look Of Love". Recorded in London, Detroit, and New York, Rise Of The Heart is definitely a keystone in the rising club culture revolution verging on the more existentialist pop aesthetic. RIYL: Sade, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, Carmel, Antena. Fully remastered and licensed.
LES DISQUES BONGO JOE (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: BJR 081CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
BKO Djine Bora CD
In response to the current political and ecological turmoil, the famous Malian quintet BKO appeals to the magical spirit of the djinn with Djine Bora (the appearance of the genie). An explosive and mystical third album, embodied by a music of resistance, the fruit of their unique experimentation with Mandingo music and their extraordinary history. The three letters B.K.O. are the code for Bamako airport. It is in the Malian capital that the group has been rehearsing since 2012. In the same year that Mali declared a state of emergency, no one could have imagined that these musicians would be responsible for three albums and over 450 concerts in 25 different countries. BKO fights, does not fail, unifies and looks like no one else. In this album, the band delivers an abrasive music where tradition is tinged with rock, polyphonies, distortions and shrill breaks. They invoke ancestral spiritualities by marrying for the first time in Mali two diametrically opposed traditions. In the course of the ten tracks of Djine Bora, BKO propels the traditions within a powerful and hybrid universe, just like Bamako. In this bewitching atmosphere, crackling concrete and ritual ceremonies meet. The group has released one of its most accomplished albums, tinged with trance, enigmatic melodies (the Peulh prayer of "Ntiaro") and unifying messages ("Maya", "Bamako", "Toumaro").
LION PRODUCTIONS
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CAT #: LION 059LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TRUTH & JANEY Topeka Jam: Live 1974 2LP
"Double album of recently unearthed live recordings from 1974 by legendary Midwestern underground hard rock trio Truth & Janey, captured stretching out on extended jam sessions over several nights in Topeka, Kansas. Celebrated Iowa hard rock trio Truth & Janey are captured here doing what they did best, stretching out into raw extended jams featuring heavy guitar action from Billylee Janey, booming fuzz bass from Steve Bock, with Denis Bunce locked in the zone behind his drum kit. 'Midnight Horsemen,' originally released as a three-minute single in 1972, is featured here as a side-long 22-minute jam -- and is a prime example of vintage Truth & Janey. Included are several songs otherwise unreleased in any form (live or studio), as well as early versions of 'Down the Road' and 'My Mind,' from their 1976 underground hard rock classic debut album, No Rest for the Wicked. A new pressing of this double album collection of live recordings excavated from the archives of a long-time roadie, made over several nights in Topeka, Kansas in 1974. Limited edition of 500 copies. All previously unreleased recordings."
MAD ABOUT RECORDS (PORTUGAL)
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CAT #: MARCD 002CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
CHAVES, ERLON Procura-Se Uma Virgem CD
Reissue, originally released in 1971. Erlon Chaves e Orquestra Saint Moritz's Procura-Se Uma Virgem original soundtrack is supposedly one of the most sought-after Erlon Chaves LPs. This OST was recorded to a Brazilian soft porn movie with killer organ funk instrumental tracks and several funky, erotic and modal tracks, arranged and directed by maestro Erlon Chaves."Oh my gosh one of the true holy grails of Brazil I've after this for too long... just the correct side of lounge thank you for re-releasing this gem." --Gilles Peterson
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CAT #: MARCD 016CD
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
SALVANINI, HARETON Xavana, Uma Ilha Do Amor CD
Reissue, originally released in 1981. Rare Brazilian album of the obscure film Xavana, Uma Ilha do Amor with a mixture of jazz, bossa nova, and psych. Hareton Salvanini creates a record full of groovy guitars, refined strings, and delicate orchestral sounds. Polish filmmaker Zygmunt Sulistrowski pioneered the format of shooting low-budget soft porn on exotic locations. Brazilian arranger and writer Hareton Salvanini was commissioned to deliver this soundtrack. No wonder many consider him a lesser-known Arthur Verocai. Salvanini creates a record full of groovy guitars and percussions that could rival with the best of KPM or Chappell library LPs.
MANA (UK)
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CAT #: MANA 015LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
LEDA MAAR Stairway 13 2LP
"Swooping, sub-heavy sci-fi from Riz Maslen. Leda Maar is a new moniker for the established artist who's released a crop of downtempo and electronic music as Neotropic and Small Fish With Spine, as well as collaborated with the likes of Future Sound of London, filmmaker Andrew Kötting, and featured in PSP-era Grand Theft Auto soundtracks. Mana's long-lasting love of Riz's 1996 Laundrophonic EP, released under her Neotropic name, spurred this new release. That 12" was a deep and dark web of rhythm and ghostly urban found sound that one Discogs reviewer aptly named 'coin-slot Dubstep'. With elements mostly sourced from tape recordings made in and of her local laundromat, it still stands out as a remarkably contemporary feeling work; more like a post-Fisher, post-hauntology observation of urban life from the last decade, taking the ambient temperature and undercurrent pressures of the '90s. Asking if she had anything in continuity with this slice of her discography, and describing our interest in her take on 'space and bass', Maslen returned to us with Stairway 13. Heavy-lidded and ethereal in long form, the album's balance of bass weight, mechanical meter, and darkly tinted new age feels like a cinematic re-approach to some of the textures, moods, and themes of Laundrophonic. Originally designed for an installation, Stairway 13 folds in her decades' experience in sound design and theater, along with shards and elements abstracted from her more recent folk-like music, zoning into a deep, retreated, altogether dreamlike and expansive atmosphere. The scale and soundscape are reminiscent of Geinoh Yamashirogumi and their Ecophony album series, resonating to similar frequencies and exploring themes of chaos and re-birth in feature-length form. Stairway 13's four parts spread and swoop as single extended sides across this double LP. Carried by waves of sub bass and heavenly chorus, and later punctuated with autonomic clicks of machinery, whirrs, and pulses -- sometimes reminiscent of FSOL's weirder and more clipped staccato sampling in sections of their cyberpunk ISDN -- the work forms a gothic, otherworldly ambience. A subtle space opera."
MG.ART (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MGART 613LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LEARY & ASH RA TEMPEL, TIMOTHY Seven Up LP
MG.ART reissue Seven Up as part two of the authorized 50th anniversary "A.R.T." re-edition series. Seven Up is the third studio album by Ash Ra Tempel and their only album recorded in collaboration with American Ph.D. in psychology, Dr. Timothy Leary. Cover art by famous Swiss artist Walter Wegmüller. Recorded in August 1972 at Sinus Studio in Berne, Switzerland, remixed September 1972 at Dierks Studios in Stommeln, Germany. First release in spring 1973 by OHR Musik -- the first release on the new sub-label "Kosmische Kuriere". Seven Up in a re-cut carefully overseen by Manuel Göttsching himself. Features the full original text for the "7 Levels of Consciousness" by Timothy Leary in English, i.e. "Instruction Manual for Pleasure Panel" plus a previously unreleased glimpse view of the original scripts including notes and mark ups as well as partly unreleased photos from the recording session. Gatefold; four-page inlay.Julian Cope's review and remarks from Krautrocksampler (1995): "When the Leary Mob met the Kaiser Gang, the sparks flew ever Up-wards... 7up is a stone classic in every way. Yes, it is unlikely to find Timothy Leary singing lead vocal in a cosmic group, but even weirder that he chose to sing a wild yelping freaked out blues! Manuel Göttsching and Hartmut Enke had begun their careers in The Steeple Chase Blues Band back in the mid-60ies, and they quickly felt their way through what Barritt and Leary were aiming for. They reconciled it all as a kind of West Coast chordless psychedelia, where blues riffs sparkle out of nowhere and the sheer weight of synthesizers renders everything with an unreal Pere Ubu/early Roxy Music quality. The greatness of Ash Ra Tempel burned so brightly on 7Up that there is really nothing else like it. Hartmut Enke and Manuel Gottsching here returned to their riffy roots. It can hardly be called a retro act, though, as the context of music is everything. And with Dierks at the controls, even the New Kids on the Block would have sounded psychedelic. 7Up is like a late night radio show glimpsed through a shattered tuner where all but the most truly dangerous sounds have been allowed to stay, to drift and to dance around the performers. The result is an extreme gem, a flash of hysterical white lightning, and a pre-punk technicolour yawn in the grandest of traditions. In typical Ash Ra Tempel style, the record is divided into two pieces, 'Space' and 'Time'. Within this, though, Timothy Leary's ideas are allowed to free-flow and the two sides are therefore divided into mini-songs all segued together . . . Leary and Barritt present the greatest twin-vocal of all time, coming on like Jagger and Morrison but too caught up in their own maelstrom to be anything less than Heralds of the Punkfuture still five years away..."
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CAT #: MGART 614LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ASH RA TEMPEL Join Inn LP
MG.ART announce the reissue of Join Inn as part three of the authorized 50th anniversary "A.R.T." re-edition series. Join Inn is the fourth album by Ash Ra Tempel. It was recorded at Studio Dierks and originally released on LP by Ohr Musik-Produktion Each side of the LP comprises one long track. In 1972, Ash Ra Tempel teamed up again with Klaus Schulze during the recording of Walter Wegmüller's Tarot album, and after one of the recording sessions, Ash Ra Tempel members Enke, Göttsching and Rosi, together with Klaus decided to "play it again" in a late-night session. This recording led to the birth of the Join Inn album, as well as two legendary last concerts in February 1973 in Paris and Cologne. Manuel Göttsching recalls Hartmut Enke on bass and Klaus Schulze on drums being a dream-team rhythm section for him to play his guitar, especially here to hear on "Freak n' Roll", that was ingenious and not to replace ever since. It was the last recording ever where Klaus Schulze (who sadly passed away in 2022) played the drums and also Hartmut (the Hawk) Enke soon after quit the bass and music forever. Join Inn marks the end of the collaboration with Klaus Schulze. However, together with Ash Ra Tempel, their eponymous first album, it is considered a highlight of the Krautrock movement. Re-cut overseen by Manuel Göttsching.Julian Cope's review from his book Krautrocksampler (1995): "'Freak'n'roll' fades in like it never started -- just was always there from the beginning of time, a dry wah-guitar free rock riff-out unlike any of the other Ash Ra Tempel LPs, and not much like any other music. Yes, there are bluesy riff but none of them have a blues context. Manuel Göttsching's guitar is so confident that he sometimes drops down to a simple major chord groove, whilst the Hawk pushes that round woody bass into strange overlapping rumbling melody. And ... it's the return of Klaus Schulze on drums which propels 'Freak'n'roll' to its height. No-one but Klaus has the ability to transcend rock n' roll in such an on-the-beat non-groove-y way and still send sparks of light into the cosmos as he does it. 'Freak'n'roll' is so egoless that it even works at a quiet volume as meditational music. Themes rise from the high tempo pulse beat, then are carried along the muscles of the song into the main area where the riff actually becomes real and expressionist for just long enough before slipping back into the musical fabric of the song. As usual with Ash Ra Tempel, the other side is an enormous drift piece called 'Jenseits (The Next World)', a beautiful Klaus Schultze meditation of haunting synthesizer chords over which Rosi Muller tells the story of the Cosmic Couriers' meeting with Timothy Leary..."
MIRAE ARTS
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CAT #: MA 006LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
VA Spring Snow LP
Spring Snow is a compilation of eight leading experimental artists from different cultures and musical backgrounds who were asked to freely reflect on the word, nostalgia. The word, nostalgia, in particular comes from the Greek "nostos" (homecoming) and "algos" (pain), which are reflected on both sides of the record. Li Yilei's "SHI", meaning "time" in Japanese, sets the stage with its free-form synth notes and traverse rhythms. The listener is then presented with a memory of an orchestra, conducted by Lucy Liyou, leading to euphoric moments from Sawako and Gonima. The latter half explores the melancholic and sometimes painful side of nostalgia and youth. Forest Management opens the journey with a late-night rumination, which seems to loop endlessly. Jiyoung Wi, from South Korea, reflects on her birth and upbringing, and leverages her own voice to narrate the story. Things take a deeper turn with Gaël Segalen's "The Bed of Wewa", which paints a rougher picture with its noisy soundscapes, pounding synth notes, and synthetic voices. The trip concludes with Evicshen's rumbling and noisy track, titled "Inguinal". Artwork design by Steffany Tran. Mastering and lacquer completed by Frédéric Alstadt.
NO LABEL (EUROPE)
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CAT #: AEH 3456LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
MARASMA Vussa LP
"Marasma's Vussa is the Brainchild of Antonio Feola a long-standing figure on the London music scene, Antonio has been running the Fish Factory Studio in Willesden, North London for over two decades now. Throughout the years, he has had a major role in helping many of the current lead players of the London scene have a place to record and define their sound. Antonio's project Masmara has existed for over 30 years and here has found its place on record. Recorded on tape over time with some of the most sought-after players in London and edited during the lockdown period, Vussa is an album of mind-bending deep, cosmic mediative jazz experiments. Boasting catchy melodies and heavy, heavy jazz breaks!"
NOTON (GERMANY)
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CAT #: NOTON 053CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Revep (Remaster) CD
Initially released in 2006, Revep is the third collaboration album between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and the third installment of V.I.R.U.S.'s five album series. Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album's recordings are accompanied by three new compositions titled "City Radieuse", "Veru 1", and "Veru 2". "City Radieuse" was composed for the 2012 short cinematic essay titled "Cité Radieuse" and part of Carsten Nicolai's "future past perfect" series. The video shot at le Corbusier's Unité D'Habitation in Nantes (called "cité radieuse") takes the viewer through the modular system and design applied to the residential buildings. The film's narrative unfolds through a sequence of images tracking the apartments' indoor space and details, and points to the different benchmarks of standardized production as they correlate to their environment and its inhabitants. The album's original recordings resulted from musical exchanges that began with Vrioon (NOTON 051CD/LP) and revolved around a collaborative arrangement of Sakamoto's classic Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, the theme music to the 1983 movie starring David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, and Ryuichi Sakamoto himself. In Revep, the piano takes the lead while the padded bass and pitched electronic frequencies mark sudden change. Deeply evocative and effortlessly colliding worlds of analog beauty and digital mastery, this album is considered another indispensable record from the duo's ongoing collaboration.
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CAT #: NOTON 053LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ALVA NOTO + RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Revep (Remaster) 2LP
Double LP version. Initially released in 2006, Revep is the third collaboration album between Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto and the third installment of V.I.R.U.S.'s five album series. Remastered in 2021 in collaboration with Calyx Studio, the album's recordings are accompanied by three new compositions titled "City Radieuse", "Veru 1", and "Veru 2". "City Radieuse" was composed for the 2012 short cinematic essay titled "Cité Radieuse" and part of Carsten Nicolai's "future past perfect" series. The video shot at le Corbusier's Unité D'Habitation in Nantes (called "cité radieuse") takes the viewer through the modular system and design applied to the residential buildings. The film's narrative unfolds through a sequence of images tracking the apartments' indoor space and details, and points to the different benchmarks of standardized production as they correlate to their environment and its inhabitants. The album's original recordings resulted from musical exchanges that began with Vrioon (NOTON 051CD/LP) and revolved around a collaborative arrangement of Sakamoto's classic Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, the theme music to the 1983 movie starring David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano, and Ryuichi Sakamoto himself. In Revep, the piano takes the lead while the padded bass and pitched electronic frequencies mark sudden change. Deeply evocative and effortlessly colliding worlds of analog beauty and digital mastery, this album is considered another indispensable record from the duo's ongoing collaboration.
OPTIC NERVE (UK)
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CAT #: ON 410EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DOLLY MIXTURE Everything And More 7"
Part of the Optic Sevens 4.0 Reissue series. Dolly Mixture were as instrumental in the founding of indie-pop as Orange Juice and The Pastels. The Cambridge three-piece, comprising bassist/vocalist Debsey Wykes, guitarist Rachel Bor, and drummer Hester Smith released just four singles, an EP and an album in their six-year life span; but they revealed a remarkable gift for songwriting and a keen sense of adventure and set the template for every female indie band since. The third single from Dolly Mixture is a perfect mod-pop affair. Co- produced by Captain Sensible and originally released on Paul Weller's Respond label. Magenta vinyl; includes postcard and poster.
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CAT #: ON 412EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
AVOCADOS, THE I Never Knew 7"
Part of the Optic Sevens 4.0 Reissue series. Written by a 15-year-old Etta Saunders and released in 1981 on Choo Choo Train Records as a one off by members of The 49 Americans and included Oisin Little of The Weather Prophets. There were no gigs, no sessions and there are no other recordings. These two tracks represent the full discography. The original is sought after by collectors. If you can find a copy expect to pay around the £70 mark. Green vinyl; includes postcard and poster.
OTHER PEOPLE
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CAT #: OP 067LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DIENNE Addio LP
Dienne's debut Addio is a 32-minute study on loss and mourning. Following the death of her grandmother due to covid, and unable to say a proper goodbye due to travel restrictions, Dienne set out to give her Addio through musical form. She lets objects fall, leaves windows open, and lets the wind dust off the shelves. This is the sound of everyday mourning, a taste instead of an event. A lingering, broken and patient work of undeniable beauty. Dienne is a Belgian composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. She builds songs and soundscapes portraying images and stories that play behind her eyes. Starting with the oboe as a child, before adding the piano and flute to her repertoire, she later produced soundtracks for theater and dance performances. Artwork by Africanus Okokon and Maziyar Pahlevan. Mastering by Gert Van Hoof.
POTOMAK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: POTOMAK 957051
FILE UNDER: ROCK
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN Silence Is Sexy 2LP
2022 repress; Gatefold vinyl reissue of Einstürzende Neubauten's Silence Is Sexy, originally released in 2000. This vinyl double album contains the track "Pelikanol," first available as a bonus track with the 2000 release of the album and now for the first time available on vinyl. Silence Is Sexy finally receives a long-awaited reissue on the band's own label Potomak. The element of surprise was and continues to be routine for Einstürzende Neubauten. On Silence Is Sexy they masterfully celebrate the unexpected in the exploration of silence. It is a wonderful album in the classical Neubauten sense; lyrical and melancholy. It's a musical coming-of-age from metal-defying scrap iron sound to constructed melodiousness, with a familiar rhythmic undertow -- playful, arrogant, poetic, subversive, dandified and mature. From its first release in 2000 (marking the 20-year existence of the band) to date, it has doubtlessly remained the group's most complex work and the most fascinating in its evolution. It shows the Neubauten universe from both a known, emotionally moving side, as well as one that is deliberately constructive. It clearly breathes the inimitably rough Neubauten handwriting, while Blixa's voice cuts through intellectual and cryptic texts. It is carried by metal sounds, from which individual instruments can almost no longer be extracted -- and by silence. Ultimately, nearly inaudible tones or laughter in the right place can seem more destructive than the most enduring rage. This is an album that won't be ignored; a unique appearance in the history of German rock music. 180 gram audiophile pressing.
QUINDI RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: QUI 006LP
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SWAN, ELLIS 3am LP
Drawing the night in around his private, unnerving vigil, Ellis Swan returns to Quindi Records with an album of cracked beauty and haunted balladry. The Chicago-based singer-songwriter debuted on the label last year with a collaborative project called Dead Bandit, a vividly produced instrumental set in thrall to the badlands and a laconic, languid Americana. Under his own name, Swan records intimate, poetic songs in a stark fashion, so fragile they might disintegrate in between your fingers were you to pick them up. He draws the microphone close to pick up every whisper and drags the music through layer upon layer of tape fuzz, leaving room for atmospheric impressions which loom out of the walls like the ghosts of past misdeeds. These pieces play on the natural distortion and delirium which occurs at the farthest end of the night -- the hour before dawn might hope to break the veil of darkness. Swan's is a hauntological sound, but like the late Israeli rockabilly icon Charlie Megira his process strikes a spooked tone past revivalism and out of time or place. The only anchor which places Swan anywhere is the subtle presence of Katherine Swan providing lyrics to "3am" and lyrics and backing vocals to "It Could Be Worse". The impression cast is of one man and his guitar, but there are other textures tucked into the music -- the muffled murmur of a drum machine or a low frequency organ hum, some desolate piano, other treated percussive impulses which might well have been the work of incidental sprites while the four-track was rolling. There are fuller cuts like "Evening Sun" and the title track "3am" which play with structural dynamics and creep out of the shadows a touch, while passages of plaintive, instrumental unease such as the hypnotic, mantra-like "Chinatown" protract the space between songs. "Swing" lolls between moments of bottomless silence and a discernible, rickety funk, and "Puppeteers Tears" teases out a buried drama. But primarily, it's the light touch of "Horses Bones" and tin can tenderness of "She's My Sweet Summer Storm" which spell out the spellbinding character of 3am; a singular creation fusing the best qualities of folk, blues and Americana with a fearlessly experimental sound palette.
RADIATION REISSUES (ITALY)
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CAT #: RRS 179LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SICK OF IT ALL Wake The Sleeping Dragon! LP
Reissue for the 2018 album by NYHC pioneers Sick Of It All. Wake the Sleeping Dragon! is not sensitive, subtle, nuanced singer-songwriter fare. Aggressive, angry, and in your face, old school, Lower East Side hardcore punk. Sick Of It All have made another career and genre defining album. Don't sleep on Wake the Sleeping Dragon!
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CAT #: RRS 180LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BUSINESS, THE Keep The Faith LP
Reissue, originally released in 1994. Formed in south London in 1979, punk band The Business became associated with the Oi! movement in the early 1980s, making clear that they were against the extremism sometimes associated with it by staging Oi Against Racism events. Keep The Faith was the comeback album from 1994 that followed a long hiatus, songs like the censorious "Maradona" and the title track showing they'd lost none of their propulsive hardcore power, while the controversial "Holiday In Seattle" referenced the demise of Kurt Cobain. Another great Business disc for the hardcore and Oi! fanatics.
ROOM40 (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: RM 4200CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
ENGLISH, LAWRENCE Approach CD
In 1985, Mangaka Yoshihisa Tagami penned Grey. Now, seemingly all but forgotten, it remains historic as it led the vanguard of manga translated and serialized in the west. Approach is Lawrence English's homage to the lasting impression the manga left on him as a 13-year-old. After rediscovering it in 2021, he was struck by how internalized some of the manga's themes had become and was compelled to create a soundtrack as a form of distorted mirror to its pages. What results is an intensely episodic study of Tagami's renderings of the humans, landscapes, and technologies that haunt the speculative world he depicts. Approach is a potent and affective work which acts a distant sonic pyre of a smoldering future that feels acutely more tangible than it did when Tagami first imaged it.From Lawrence English: "... This album, Approach, is an echo that has travelled with me for 33 years, even if I wasn't fully aware of it. It's a record about memory, about how seemingly cursory encounters shape us and how experiences accumulate in time . . . The record draws its root from Yoshihisa Tagami's seminal manga Grey. In many respects this album is a soundtrack to that manga. What makes Grey unique, in the west at least, is that it was amongst one of the first manga to be translated and distributed outside of Japan (yes, even before the touchstone that is Akira). It was one of the first droplets that has since become a torrent pouring outward from Japan. It was also the first manga I bought for myself, when I was 13, and read as a serial. I tend not to think or speak very much about my teenage years. I had some profound experiences that have carried forward, I forged deep emotional partnerships that carry to this day. The majority of that time however was something of a slog, a day-by-day performance of self-preservation . . . All boys' schools, one of which I attended, are a maleficent prison if you are not participating in, or as was my case you are maintaining an antithetical position to, hegemonic masculinity . . . It's difficult for me to quantify how much cultural consumption happened during my teen years, but I recognize now how formative so many of those exposures have become. An example of this came into sharp focus last year when I happened to remember, and then reread Tagami's Grey. As laconic and occasionally unlikable as the main character, Grey, might have been I associated deeply with their sense of determination. Grey's rejection of societal expectation, and his refusal to accept the immobility of systems, and social codes, clearly resonated with me . . . This record then is also a kind of sonic postcard retrospectively drafted for that very unsteady and volatile version of myself..."
RUNNING BACK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: RBCR 078EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
TERJE, TODD Ragysh 12"
2022 repress. Originally released 2011. You've been touched by the hand of Todd. Todd Terje, that is. The first edition of this comes in super-nice recycling sleeves -- the second edition in not-so nice sleeves. Trans-dance from the Norwegian chief inspector with greatysh hypnotism, properysh beats and a lovelysh Terjerine dream to round it all off. Vinyl contains some hidden tracks and extra elements. Cannot stop listening to it.
RUNNING BACK SUPER SOUND SINGLES (GERMANY)
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CAT #: RBSSS 007EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
EQUIP Greg Wilson Presents XXXO + ICA Beats 12"
A central theme in the life and work of the British DJ pioneer Greg Wilson, UK electro is a page turner. With the seminal Street Sounds compilation from 1984 being the beacon, there are still a few overlooked corners. "XXXO" by Equip is one of them. Originally intended to be part of said release and produced by Greg Wilson, Martin Jackson, and Andy Connell (like most of the comp), it was turned down at the time. Sounding like a like a proto-house template with a dash of Klein & MBO, it wasn't considered strong enough at the time, but found its way to the public as a one-sided 12" in 2006, it felt like a brand-new track as it perfectly correlated with the electro influenced underground dance music mainstream at the time (Chicken Lips et al.) Here it is again: remastered, rekindled, and unreduced cut to 45rpm. Pressed and released for the first time on this planet though are the "ICA Beats Pt 1" and "Pt 2". Intended to be backing tracks for a UK electro live appearance in August '84, they haven't seen the light of day until now. Both restored and re-edited with some help of label owner Gerd Janson, they are fierce examples of the sound at the time. Sitting between rhythm tracks and experimental drum machine compositions (and a short greeting from their creators' other project Syncbeat), it makes you wonder how one could have lived for so long without them. The history of the past enables you to dream of the future.
SONIC CATHEDRAL (UK)
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CAT #: SCR 200LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BELL, ANDY Flicker 2LP
Restocked; double LP version. Clear vinyl. Flicker is the second album from Ride guitarist and songwriter Andy Bell. This 18-track double album finds Andy moving towards classic songwriting, notably on the reflective lead single "Something Like Love", the strident harmonies of "World of Echo", the joyous refracted loops of "Jenny Holzer B. Goode" and the fuzz-laden late-60s balladeering of "Love Is The Frequency". Stylistically, the four sides of Flicker take in everything from modern psychedelia to fingerpicked folk, whimsical baroque pop, and Byrdsian 12-string beauty. It's a breathtaking array and makes it even more abundantly clear that Andy has entered a purple patch in his songwriting, hitting a new velocity in contrast to his initial inhibitions about becoming a solo artist. Flicker is also an apt description for the genesis of the album. At the start of 2021, Andy returned to the stems of the recording sessions he made at Beady Eye and Oasis bandmate Gem Archer's North London studio and added fuel to the fire, writing melodies and lyrics and turning them into fully formed songs. The same sessions were also the starting point for The View From Halfway Down (SCR 170CD/LP, 2020) and this album picks up where that one left off, quite literally, with the very first words being "I was halfway down?" This is the first of several playful, possibly intentional, references to albums and song titles that litter the record like a musical breadcrumb trail. As much as this is a modern sounding and forward-looking record, it's also very much about looking back, something that is clear from the first glimpse of the front cover -- a previously unseen outtake from Joe Dilworth's photo sessions for the inner sleeve of Ride's debut album, Nowhere (1990). "When I think about Flicker, I see it as closure," explains Andy. "Most literally, on a half-finished project from over six years ago, but also on a much bigger timescale. Some of these songs date back to the '90s and the cognitive dissonance of writing brand new lyrics over songs that are 20-plus years old makes it feel like it is, almost literally, me exchanging ideas with my younger self." Some of it remains unspoken, taking place sonically rather than verbally: the album has a reflective, meditative feeling throughout.
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CAT #: SCR 210CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
PYE CORNER AUDIO Let's Emerge! CD
Pye Corner Audio releases a new album, Let's Emerge!, for Sonic Cathedral. It's his first studio outing for the label following the acclaimed live recording Social Dissonance, which came out on vinyl earlier in 2022, and it features Ride guitarist Andy Bell playing on five of its ten tracks. From the first glimpse of the artwork to the first note of the music it's a marked deviation from Pye Corner Audio's more traditional shadowy sounds. Whereas his last outing for Ghost Box (2021's Entangled Routes) was inspired by the underground fungal pathways through which plants communicate, this one is very much above ground, bathed in sunlight and acid-bright psychedelia. Designer Marc Jones's bold and ultra-vivid artwork consciously references the likes of LFO, Spacemen 3, and the early output of Stereolab. "I think it mixes together many of my earliest influences," explains Martin. "I've been a long-time fan of Spacemen 3 and Stereolab. Their moments of repetition and drone have always seeped into what I've tried to create. I was living in a small apartment and I'd stripped down my studio set-up when I was recording this album. This enabled me to focus on a few key pieces of equipment and explore them fully." The recordings were fleshed out by Andy Bell. "When I met Andy, we agreed that we needed to work together in some way. After I'd remixed a few tracks from his album The View From Halfway Down, he kindly repaid the favor." The end results -- mastered in New York by acclaimed engineer Heba Kadry -- are incredible, from the first stirrings of opener "De-Hibernate", via the glorious "Haze Loops" and "Saturation Point", the album slowly but surely awakens, blinking and feeling its way into the light. It all culminates in the epic closing track "Warmth Of The Sun" which, with its vocal harmonies and acid breakdown, is seven and a half minutes of pure release. "That one's about life's simple pleasures," concludes Martin. "The Beach Boys, tremolo guitars, infinite drones, Spacemen 3. Let's emerge from this darkened era and feel the 'Warmth Of The Sun'. The last few years have seen huge changes, both personally and in a wider perspective. The album title is a reaction to this, a collective (tentative) sigh of relief. Here's to new beginnings and a sense of hope."
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CAT #: SCR 230LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
PETERS, MARK Red Sunset Dreams LP
LP version. Red vinyl. Mark Peters releases a second solo album Red Sunset Dreams on Sonic Cathedral. The follow-up to his hugely acclaimed debut Innerland (SCR 094CD/LP, 2018), which was one of Rough Trade's albums of the year when it came out in 2018, it features a number of guest musicians, including former One Dove singer and songwriter Dot Allison and pedal steel legend BJ Cole. Like its predecessor, Red Sunset Dreams is an album about an imaginary landscape. Whereas Innerland was an introspective psycho-geographic trip inspired by Mark's move back to his hometown of Wigan and the memories it stirred up, Red Sunset Dreams looks outwards, across the Atlantic to the United States of America, but very much through a UK prism; a representation of the subconscious Americana that's buried deep in our collective psyches. The result is an incredibly evocative trip through the landscapes of old Western movies, exploring their links with the North West of England while touching on wider themes such as isolation, freedom and dementia. Sonically, it builds on the palette of the previous record with instrumentation equally inspired by the ascendant ambient Americana movement and classic country-rock. As a result it ends up somewhere between Acetone's peerless I Guess I Would, Diamond Head-era Phil Manzanera and the dusty instrumentals on the second disc of David Sylvian's 1986 classic Gone To Earth. Mark has spent the four years since Innerland recording and releasing Destiny Waiving, his third collaboration with Ulrich Schnauss, and recently followed up 2020's new Engineers recordings (the ambient perambulations of Pictobug) with a reissue series of the band's much sought -after early albums. He has recently put a brand-new band together and will be playing a series of live shows following the release of Red Sunset Dreams.
SPACE AGE (UK)
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CAT #: ORBIT 055LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SPACEMEN 3 Recurring (Green Vinyl) LP
Solid green, 180 gram vinyl. Due to continued demand, the fourth and final Spacemen 3 studio album Recurring; the much-anticipated follow-up to their seminal Playing with Fire album, is being repressed. By the time the album was recorded, relations between the band had soured to the extent that the record is essentially in two parts; the first five tracks on side A written and performed by Pete Kember aka Sonic Boom, Spectrum, and E.A.R., and the last five tracks on side B written and performed by Jason Pierce (Spiritualized). The lead track "Big City" recently featured on HBO's hugely successful show Succession, as well as being used on an episode of The Simpsons. The track "I Love You" has also enjoyed success on the screen having been used in a recent episode of Reservation Dogs, a successful US TV drama. The artwork looks as good now as it did over 30 years ago, the solid green vinyl only complimenting the overall design. An essential album for any old or new fans of Spacemen 3. Printed card inner sleeve.
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CAT #: ORBIT 077LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH Beyond The Pale LP
This was the first album from Experimental Audio Research (aka E.A.R) an experimental music collective formed around Sonic Boom (Pete Kember), founding member of Spacemen 3 (along with Jason Pierce), who, on this project works closely with Eddie Prevost (AMM), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine), and Kevin Martin (God). Although not released until 1996, Beyond The Pale was originally recorded in Northampton, back in 1992 at Angus Wallace's Far Heath Studios. This is the limited-edition heavy weight, 180 gram transparent vinyl LP that was produced and mixed by Sonic and has been pressed in a limited run for 2022. The original artwork, created by long time E.A.R. collaborator, artist Anthony Ausgang, looks brighter and crisper than ever in this sturdy 300gsm sleeve.
SQUAMA (GERMANY)
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CAT #: SQM 009CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
ENJI Ursgal CD
On her second album, Ursgal, Mongolian singer Enji creates a unique blend of jazz and folk with the thousand-year-old traditions of Mongolian music. Currently based in Munich, her lyrics tell personal stories about unbearable distances, the oddness of being on earth and the simple truths in life. She's accompanied by Paul Brändle on guitar and Munguntovch Tsolmonbayar on double bass. Born in Ulaanbaatar, Enji grew up in a yurt to a working-class family. Having always been drawn to music, dance and literature, she initially wanted to become a music teacher with little ambitions to compose or be on stage. A program by the local Goethe Institute sparked her passion for Jazz and eventually led her to become a performing artist. Inspired by the music of Carmen McRae, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nancy Wilson, Enji started writing songs of her own, cherishing this newfound means of expression. Ursgal is the first record featuring her original compositions.
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CAT #: SQM 014LP
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9MS II LP
II is the second album by drum experimentalists Simon Popp and Florian König aka 9ms. Following up on their debut Pleats (SQM 008LP, 2021), the Munich-based musicians further expanded their toolbox of synthesizers, effects, and tonal percussion to create a dark and dense fusion of trip hop, krautrock, and dub.
STAMFORD AUDIO (UK)
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CAT #: STAM 1003LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DENNY, SANDY She Moves Through The Fair LP
Warehouse find, last available copies. "Stamford Audio, in association with Fledg'ling Records and by special arrangement with the Sandy Denny Estate, is very proud to present the first pressing on beautiful 180 gram vinyl of Sandy Denny's first recordings, unavailable on vinyl until now! The five songs on this LP, recorded at home in London in 1967, capture Sandy proving her vocal and, on two songs, writing mettle at the age of 19, around the same time as her first professional recording sessions with the Saga label, but before her work with The Strawbs, Fairport Convention and Fotheringay. The beauty and purity of Sandy's vocals shine through on these haunting early recordings, setting the template for an all too short career as one of, if not the, finest female singer our shores produced." This is a short release (16 minutes approx), with acetate-quality sound sourcing; previously released on the Fledg'ling A Boxful of Treasures 5CD box.
SUBEXOTIC (UK)
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CAT #: SUBEX 080LP
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PULSELOVERS Circles Within Circles LP
Pulselovers is the recording moniker of Doncaster's electronic music polymath, Mat Handley. In recent times, Mat's restless enthusiasm and boundless talent has seen him excel in a variety of related fields: as a much-loved broadcaster (presenting "You, the Night and the Music"); dispensing his electronic magic as a member of the bands Floodlights and Vert:x; and founding the essential Woodford Halse tape label. While recording as Pulselovers, he has produced a string of impressive releases, including titles on Castles in Space, Sensory Leakage, Polytechnic Youth, Misophonia, Russian Library, Do It Thissen, as well as regular contributions to the iconic A Year In The Country album series. Mat explains how reviewing these AYITC contributions gave rise to the possibility of compiling a retrospective collection as a stand-alone album: "Circles Within Circles contains tracks that have previously appeared on albums released by A Year In The Country between 2017 and 2020. Each collection had a particular theme which gave me an opportunity to experiment and develop the way I work by incorporating field recordings, tape loops and enrichments from additional instrumentation played by friends and kindred souls (guitar, bass, saxophone, flute, violin, vocals etc.) For example, the track 'Brodsworth' is built around a four-track tape loop of different synth tones to create a rudimentary (and very lo-fi) Mellotron, played using the sliders on the Tascam 414 in place of keys. For 'Fuggles', my partner and I broke into an abandoned brewery in Sheffield and made recordings of the empty space and crumbling concrete. For 'Beat Her Down' I assembled a virtual choir lead by Katje Janisch to sing a simple but disturbing folk nursery rhyme. It was my friend (and Floodlights main man) John Alexander who suggested collecting the AYITC tracks into a single volume and after several different permutations (around five pieces were excluded from this compilation), I think we've managed to put together something that feels like a coherent stand-alone album. I've enjoyed revisiting these works, some of which I've not listened to in five years. Thanks to Steve Prince of AYITC for his inspirational concepts and to Dan at Subexotic for giving these pieces a second home." Transparent magenta vinyl.
SURVIVAL RESEARCH (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: SVVRCH 058LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
LATEEF, YUSEF Jazz Mood LP
Reissue, originally released in 1957. A multi-instrumentalist who reconfigured jazz many times during his long career, Yusef Lateef came to prominence in the late 1950s, after having toured with Dizzy Gillespie. Jazz Mood dates from 1957, when his quintet had some of Detroit's finest, including Alice Coltrane's brother Ernest Farrow on bass and future Jazz Messenger Curtis Fuller on trombone. The use of an argol on "Metaphor" and a rabat and finger cymbals on "Morning" point to Lateef's Islamic grounding and his belief that music serves a higher purpose; this edition has bonus track "Passion," from the equally excellent Before Dawn (1957). Rich, deep, and varied, this is required listening for all serious jazz heads.
THE FLENSER
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CAT #: FLENSER 042LP
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HAVE A NICE LIFE Deathconsciousness 2LP/BOOK
Reissue, color vinyl. Originally released in 2008. Includes 75-page book. "Have a Nice Life released their debut double-album Deathconsciousness in 2008 to a whimper and critical non-interest; six years later, the band followed it up with 2014's stunner The Unnatural World. In the meantime, Deathconsciousness has become a cult classic whose seamless blend of shoegaze, post-punk, new wave, industrial and noise influences inspire fanatic obsession. Now, longtime Have a Nice Life collaborator The Flenser reissues Deathconsciousness on colored vinyl with deluxe packaging. The band commented, 'Working with Flenser lets us keep things comfortable on our end, while also pressing enough copies to actually meet the need and not creating an artificially inflated collector's market, as happened with some of our past releases.' Rhythmic, primal and expansive, Deathconsciousness offers a meditation on death, loss and unrequited love, with repeated listens revealing new layers of depth and meaning. The Flenser's reissue is accompanied by a 75-page booklet detailing the dark and forgotten history of the Antiochean cult -- an engrossing narrative that blurs the lines between liner notes, novella and academic text." "A masterpiece of depression" --The Quietus.
THE WIRE (UK)
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CAT #: WIRE 464
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WIRE, THE #464 October 2022 MAG
"On the cover... Lucrecia Dalt: The Colombian experimental musician and now sought after soundtrack composer explores heritage and diaspora through rhythmic rearrangements of South American music on new album ¡Ay!; Inside the issue... Anthony Moore: The former Slapp Happy and Henry Cow player has forged a unique career taking in stadium rock, experimental film, modern composition and his own solo works; Carl Stone: The electronic music and sampling pioneer gets music history dancing to a new tune through his radical reworkings of old school sounds; Epiphanies: Composer Sarah Angliss on trans performer and teacher Linda Grant; One-page interviews with avant clarinettist John McCowen, DIY folklorist Derek Piotr, and one man psych unit Dez Dare; also includes Global Ear, Unlimited Editions and Invisible Jukebox."
TINY GLOBAL PRODUCTIONS (HUNGARY)
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CAT #: LSE 003CD
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ROSSALL Blackpool Rocks CD
The second single from the album The Last Glam In Town by John Rossall (PICI 026CD/LP, 2020). Founding member and songwriter of The Glitter Band. It contains the hit song from Rossall's album The Last Glam In Town as well as six other songs -- Alan "I Love Rock And Roll" Merrill's original NYC demo of "Equalizer", the previously-unreleased version of "You Know You Should Be Glad" from the album sessions, an early instrumental version of "Fear Of A Glam Planet" and three rough mixes of songs from the album by Simon Ding Archer.
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CAT #: PICI 036CD
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BAND OF HOLY JOY Everyone Is Searching For Beautiful Things 2CD
The reimagined and reworked version of Band Of Holy Joy's Dreams Take Flight album, plus a full concert recording from the band's 2021 UK tour on two CDs. Band Of Holy Joy have mutated endlessly since their origin as a kind of trash bin industrial folk collective, through early experiments in an intensely poetic form of ambient post-punk which produced cult faves like "Rosemary Smith", to near chart-contenders on a then-failing Rough Trade with songs as beautiful as anything by The Pogues, free of bitterness but with greater heart... and more recently onward to a series of albums of gently anthemic social culture and political critique. A new album in the making will add another dimension to the work of Johny Brown and his ever-evolving band, but until those sessions see the light of day, the band have created two albums from recent work, a compelling audio verité remix of the last full-length, Neon Primitives (PICI 021CD/LP), and a fine live show from their last tour dates. Both sets are available here alone, on a double compact disc with magnificent art from Inga Tillere. Unreleased material. Edition of 300.
TOUCH (UK)
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CAT #: TO 076V-LP
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FENNESZ Black Sea 2x10"
Black Sea was Fennesz's follow-up album to Venice (Touch, 2004), and was originally released in 2008; Stylus Magazine's Nick Southall wrote: "Fennesz does with sound what Stan Brakhage did with film, altering its very fabric and texture, employing disorder and error as forms of communication and expression. He forces you to learn a different method of perception and interpretation, to look beneath the chaos that seems to govern the movements of life and find the patterns beneath." Fennesz's career has come a long way since Instrument, his debut for Mego in 1995, and his first solo album Hotel Paral.lel which followed in 1998. Endless Summer (2001) brought him to a much wider audience and Venice underlined his mastery of melody and dissonance. His songs usually embody the skillful application and manipulation of dense sonic textures with a genuine feel for the live, and real-time. Black Sea features guitars that rarely sound like guitars; the instrument is transformed into an orchestra. Fennesz lists the elements used to make the compositions: "Acoustic and electric guitars, synthesizers, electronics, computers and live-improvising software lloopp." On "Glide," Fennesz duets with New Zealand's Rosy Parlane, whose work is also released on Touch. Fennesz also teams up with eMego artist Anthony Pateras whose prepared piano features on "The Colour of Three." Fennesz pushes his work into a more classical domain, preferring the slow reveal to Venice's and Endless Summer's more song- based structures. Jon Wozencroft's artwork makes visible this carefully hidden world resting beneath the surface of "the first impression." A series of shots, taken in quick succession as the tide recedes, reveals a world of specific activity only visible at a particular time and place, histories appearing and disappearing.
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CAT #: TO 119CD
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CLEARED Of Endless Light CD
"Cleared is the longstanding project of Steven Hess and Michael Vallera, based in Chicago, Illinois. Of Endless Light was recorded by Jeremy Lemos at Electrical Audio in Chicago and mastered by Denis Blackham. The six tracks complete the longest release to date by the duo, who were resolute in utilizing the maximum time available on the compact disc format. Cleared has produced a series of critically recognized recordings since its self-titled debut in 2011. Working with the Touch label on The Key (recorded in spring 2019, released in October 2020, TO 116CD) was a leap forward, prompting remixed tracks by Philp Jeck, Fennesz, Bethan Kellough, and Olivia Block. Of Endless Light is noctambulant, a walk through formal sonic spaces and colors beginning with the cascading, bell-like tones of the opening track, 'First Sleep.' The husks of a city's industrial past are summoned: warehouses hollowed out for condominiums, dust-covered factory floors, a distant grind of machining, clouds of metallic particles, and the persistent background hum of traffic. These remnants contrast with hints of the sterile present of a city no less cruel than its industrial past. 'Dawn' opens with a grey drone and scattered electronic rhythms as wiring, and extended guitar lines suggest the opening of another cycle of the day into evening. 'Pulse' offers a hypnotic pattern that suggests the movement of people through the city's core, slowly overlain with cymbals evoking the shimmer of sunlight cleaving off the windows of distant buildings. The album appropriately concludes with 'Walking Field,' methodically moving forward via a cloud of meditative clicks and looping melodies. Of Endless Light is a patient listen, distilled into a sonic environment specific to Hess and Vallera's lens. Cleared created its crepuscular moods using the core methodology of their previous records while expanding their music's range, artistry, and subtlety. Deploying careful instrumentation, sampling, and mixing to experiment with tone and atmosphere, Of Endless Light breathes and drifts through layers of sound that veil, reveal, and intrigue. The result gives a listener much to discover, examine, experience, and consider -- as well as the incentive to return again and again." -- Bruce Adams, 2022
TRESOR (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TRESOR 300X-LP
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VA Scopex 1998-2000 (2022 Repress) 4x12"
Originally reissued to mark the 300th release on Tresor Records and the 20th anniversary of the mysterious Scopex imprint, Tresor present the long-awaited repress of the Scopex 1998-2000 release. The three essential Scopex records and the previously unreleased track "Optimal Flow" are now completed by "Pressure Point", a new track on the H-side, available on vinyl for the first time on the 2022 edition. Re-mastered from the original DAT tapes, the four records come together in a beautiful gatefold sleeve featuring the original and idiosyncratic Scopex designs with delicate spot UV print. Includes: Simulant's Simm City (12"), Simulant's Out Of Ether (12"), Pollon's Electratech (12"), Simulant's Optimal Flow/Pressure Point (12").
WISDOM TEETH (UK)
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CAT #: WSDM 023EP
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KUNING, JORG Chosta-del-sol 12"
Enigmatic Welsh producer Jorg Kuning lands on Facta and K-LONE's Wisdom Teeth imprint with a four-track EP of psychedelic, sun-kissed modular house-and-techno. Like so many great artists emanating from the lush Welsh valleys (think Steevio, Leif, Duckett, et al) Jorg creates distinctly pastoral dance music that is in equal parts playful, deep, melodic and eccentric. Through a string of low-key sell-outs on his own Bakk Heia label, the producer has already developed a unique signature sound and a burgeoning cult following to boot, with early adopters including Ben UFO, Call Super, and Shanti Celeste. The record opens with "Chosta-del-sol" -- a noodling polyphony of warm pads, warping plucks and oozing modular noise that stretches and sprawls over a sun-baked house beat. Next up, the two-stepping rhythms of "Ex-tensor" provide a bruk backbone for a constantly-crescendoing symphony of warbling chords, glitching melodies and fluttering pads. On the flip, "Rhos Fiddle" sees the artist hit a more driving, peak-time pace -- whilst "TB-SB" sees him at his most skeletal, recalling Skull Disco-era Shackleton.
WRWTFWW RECORDS (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: WRWTFWW 066CD
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HIROSE, YUTAKA Trace: Sound Design Works 1986-1989 2CD
WRWTFWW Records announce the release of Yutaka Hirose's never-heard before 11-track collection Trace: Sound Design Works 1986-1989, with liner notes from the artist. Trace is a collection of 11 unreleased tracks produced by Yutaka Hirose between 1986 and 1989, during the Sound Process Design sessions, right after the release of his classic Soundscape series album Nova. Sound Process Design was Satoshi Ashikawa's label, home of the Wave Notation trilogy (Hiroshi Yoshimura's Music For Nine Postcards, Satsuki Shibano's Erik Satie 1866-1925, and Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way). Following Wave Notation, Sound Process Design worked with museums, cafes, and bars to create site-specific soundscapes, starting with the sound design of the Kushiro Museum. Yutaka Hirose was called to work on these projects. Rather than simply providing pre-recorded compositions, Hirose sought to create a "sound scenery". To achieve this, he participated in the conception of the space and paid particular attention to the accidental combination of sounds by placing the speakers, using a multi-sound source, and following the concept of "sculpturing time through sound". The composer explains: "sculpturing time through sound means that time, the space itself, the sound played in it, and the audience all become one sculpture. It is close to the idea of a Japanese tea ceremony where you use all of your five (or six) senses to taste the tea." Trace: Sound Design Works 1986-1989 is divided into two parts. The Reflection segment is based on an ambient soundscape. It narrates "a sleep that starts with the sound of water droplets at dawn and slowly disappears into darkness" and feels like a natural and soothing progression of Nova. It was played in entrance halls, at events, in cafes and bars. The "Voice From Past Technology" segment expresses the dream world born out of that sleep and is based on what Yukata Hirose calls hardcore ambient, environmental music with a noise approach. It was played in museums and science centers. All in all, Trace is a crucial addition to every Japanese environmental music fan's collection, alongside Midori Takada's Through The Looking Glass (WRWTFWW 019CD/LP), Hiroshi Yoshimura's Green, Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way (WRWTFWW 030CD/LP), Motohiko Hamase's Notes of Forestry (WRWTFWW 034CD/LP), Inoyamaland's Danzindan-Pojidon (WRWTFWW 040LP), and Yutaka Hirose's very own Nova (WRWTFWW 028CD/LTD).
XCPT (UK)
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CAT #: XM 007EP
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NOTHUS Angulo Angusto 12"
"Written and produced by Nothus (Milan, 2019). Mastered and cut by Marco Pellegrino at Analogcut, Berlin. Design by Linking Bios."
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A RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: AUK 036LP
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BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE Third World Pyramid LP
2022 repress; LP version, black vinyl. Third World Pyramid is the 15th full length release from The Brian Jonestown Massacre recorded in early 2016. It is the first album that was fully recorded & produced at Anton Newcombe's new Cobra Studio in Berlin. Third World Pyramid encapsulates the old and new sounds of the band, with the nine tracks starting from the melancholic "Good Mourning" going through to "Assignment Song" - which is a cover of Nina Simone from her 1971 album Gifted & Black - and the latter tracks show the ever-changing dynamic of the band, acknowledging their past but also looking to their future. Featuring Ricky Maymi, Dan Allaire, Joel Gion, Collin Hegna and Ryan Van Kriedt. Also, Emil Nikolaisen from the Norwegian band Serena-Maneesh joins the band on this album, plus vocal performance Tess Parks and Katy Lane. Anton Newcombe has been a very busy man these past two years, kicking off with the critically acclaimed Brian Jonestown Massacre album Revelation in 2014 (AUK 030CD/LP). After a successful UK and European tour, the BJM followed this up with the +- EP (AUK 031EP, 2014). 2015 saw the release of Musique de film imaginé (AUK 032CD/LP); an imaginary film soundtrack album featuring the track "Bonbon" which has, ironically, been used in Dheepan, the Palme D'or winner at Cannes film festival 2015. In June, Anton and Tess Parks embarked on a well-received tour of the UK and Europe to support the release of I Declare Nothing (AUK 120CD/LP, 2015). Anton finished 2015 with a BJM mini-album release entitled Mini Album Thingy Wingy (AUK 033CD/LP).
AGUIRRE RECORDS (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: ZORN 065LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
YOSHIHIDE'S NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA, OTOMO Out To Lunch 2LP
Reissue, originally released on CD in 2005. Eric Dolphy's final studio album is hailed as one of the finest examples of mid-60s post-bop. Dolphy, having recorded the album in February 1964, was in Europe less than six weeks later and his all-too-brief life ended less than two months after that. It marked his last flurry of original compositions and is considered his apex. It is fascinating to consider whether he would have moved past or away from the album in 1965, had he lived. Though Dolphy should not be considered an avant-garde musician by the term's most common definitions, most interpretations of Out To Lunch have been done by players working squarely in that area. So it is with this album, the most ambitious in its recreation of the five-tune disc (with one original added to the final "Straight Up And Down", extending the piece to almost thirty minutes). All five compositions from the original quintet LP are revisited in the same order, the record sleeve even duplicates the old album jacket, although a photo taken by Daid? Moriyama inside Tokyo's Shinjuku railway station replaces the enigmatic "Will Be Back" sign. Otomo Yoshihide first came to international prominence in the 1990s as the leader of the experimental rock group Ground Zero, and has since worked in a variety of contexts, ranging from free improvisation to noise, jazz, avant-garde, and contemporary classical. Recognizable themes ("Hat and Beard," "Out to Lunch," "Straight Up and Down") appear, and individual players -- including Alfred Harth on bass clarinet -- don't carry forward echoes from the past in the spirit of a sincere and heartfelt homage. However, a good deal of the time all bets are off; in addition to the usual brass, reeds, bass, and drums (and of course a bit of vibraphone, here played by Takara Kumiko) are such sonic paraphernalia as sine waves, contact mike, no-input mixing board, and, of course, "computer." Otomo himself plays electric guitar. From composition to composition and even during episodes within compositions, the band takes radically different approaches. There are blasts of free jazz energy not too far removed from the Peter Brötzmann Tentet, an impression reinforced by the presence of spluttering wild man Mats Gustafsson on baritone sax. Not surprisingly and often in contrast with the Dolphy original, the music is dense and filled to overflowing with sounds -- sometimes due to fundamental reworkings in structure rather than just the larger size of the ensemble. Dolphy is transported into the 21st century and allowed to romp through modern developments in music.
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CAT #: ZORN 082LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
AFTER DINNER Paradise of Replica LP
Reissue, originally released in 1989. After Dinner's Paradise of Replica is a concise nugget of tomfoolery that occupies a whimsical no man's land between art pop, Japanese folk music, and full-assed Art Zoydian avant proggery. Gentle, arcane and covertly sweeping, it typifies that friendly strain of experimentalism that Eastern music seems so predisposed towards and which curious minds find such great delight in. Assembled by the enigmatic chanteuse and composer known simply as Haco, After Dinner was less a band and more of a loose art collective that utilized a plurality of different musical disciplines stapled together through free improvisation sessions. And some of this does come through on Paradise of Replica -- the record is a scrapbook of bells, strings, and koto humming under Haco's ethereal vocals, and the effect, while perfectly tuneful, does come off more as a musical project than a conventional album. But Paradise of Replica is far from an impenetrable scholastic endeavor -- in fact, there's something of an Elephant 6-like quality in its ability to warp conventions while still coming off more or less like pop music. Counter to the ramshackle hostility of much improvised music, After Dinner's choices are melodious and feel deliberately sequenced. Even crescendos don't tend to rise above a murmur, and there are even apparent hooks on tracks like "A Walnut" and "Ironclad Mermaid." Ultimately, there's not much to be said about Paradise of Replica that can elucidate more than actually hearing it will be able to. Proggy, playful, and lush, it's a brief glimpse into something in the vicinity of genius, and just outside the realm of commercial music. It's a quietly bold project that shows a softer side of the avant-garde, and makes a perfect companion to Stereolab and Magma at once.
ARMADA MUSIC (NETHERLANDS)
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CAT #: ARMA 475CD
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VAN BUUREN, ARMIN A State Of Trance 2022 2CD
An outlet. An escape. A way to leave all worries behind and seize the moment. That's the role trance music plays in the lives of so many people. Even when times are at their grimmest and dark thoughts are taking over, it's the uplifting atmosphere and hands-in-the-air euphoria that offer relief and comfort to all who need it. And that sought-after spark of light is shining ever so bright throughout the nineteenth installment of Armin van Buuren's A State Of Trance mix album series: A State Of Trance 2022 (mixed by Armin van Buuren). Comprising forty stellar tracks across its two sides ("On The Beach" and "In The Club"), A State Of Trance 2022 offers one of the most treasured track selections to date. Including three brand-new Armin van Buuren tracks, high-impact productions from the likes of Ben Gold, Ørjan Nilsen, Richard Durand, and Simon Patterson, and lots of album exclusives such as Rank 1's remix of Aly & Fila's "Sunrise", the mix album sends an empowering message of hope, telling all listeners that better days could be just around the corner. And this brand-new A State Of Trance mix album will keep fans in a fighting spirit until those days arrive.Also features Florentin, Jordan Grace, Scorz, Dokho & Moon Kyoo, Yvvan Back & BigNoise, Audien, XIRA, Sound Quelle, Ruben de Ronde & Cubicore, Hel:sløwed, That Girl, Kyau & Albert x Steve Brian, Volaris x Nightlapse x Nathan Nicholson, Bigtopo, Belle Humble, D'Angello & Francis, AVIRA vs Chicane, John Grand & Adam Sobiech, Ahmed Helmy, This Culture, Kryder, LÜRUM, Ferry Corsten & Morgan Page, Cara Melín, Kristian Nairn, Nazzereene, JES, Rub!k, C-Systems, Plumb, Sarah de Warren, Ivan Mateluna, Claudiu Adam & Ava Silver, UDM, Allen Watts, Davey Asprey, Artento Divini x Davey Asprey pres. A.D.D.A., D72, Sneijder & Thomas Bronzwaer, Christopher Corrigan, Gareth Emery, Bogdan Vix, Maarten de Jong, Frank Spector, Alan Morris & Daniel Garrick, and David Forbes.
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CAT #: ARMA 477CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VAN BUUREN, ARMIN A State Of Trance Ibiza 2022 2CD
Upon the release of A State Of Trance Ibiza 2020 at the height of the global pandemic, Armada Music vowed that everyone would party beneath the Ibiza sun again. And that moment has now arrived with the eighth Ibiza-themed installment of Armin van Buuren's globally renowned mix album series: A State Of Trance Ibiza 2022. A seamlessly mixed collection of forty-one records that take listeners from the beach to the club, A State Of Trance, Ibiza 2022 delivers instant euphoria. Featuring Armin van Buuren's festival-banging "Clap", Vintage Culture and Three Drives' magnificent rework of Ibiza classic "Greece 2000" and dozens of other mind-blowing creations from respected artists such as Giorgia Angiuli, Ahmed Helmy, Allen Watts, ReOrder, Rub!k, and more, the two-part album is replete with tantalizing harmonies and melodies, powerful drops and all of the hands-in-the-air action you could possibly want. A State Of Trance Ibiza 2022 will help you seize the moment.Also features Maia Wright, Worakls, This Culture, Shapov, Vintage Culture & Three Drives, Lange pres. Firewall, Tomac, Protoculture & Nicholas Gunn, Alina Renae, Luminn, BetweenUs, Jaren, Cubicore, The Dualz, Jeef B, Eugenio Tokarev & Bruno Oloviani, Frank Spector, STANDERWICK, Heatbeat, ReOrder & Jordan Tobias pres. Crowd+Ctrl, Tempo Giusto, David Forbes, Billen Ted, JC Stewart, Mark Sixma & ANG, Norni, Maarten de Jong, Ben Gold, Corti Organ, Bogdan Vix & Renee Stahl, Bogdan Vix & Claudiu Adam, Ghost Etiquette, Aza Nabuko, Wrabel, Doppenberg, Avao, Chris Schweizer, South Of The Stars, The Space Brothers, Inoblivion, Blasterjaxx, 24h.
BLACK EDITIONS
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CAT #: BE 1005LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
BROTZMANN/KEIJI HAINO DUO, PETER The intellect given birth to here (eternity) is too young 4LP BOX
"It's common for these musicians to be labelled muscular (and other testosterone-laden terms), but it is perhaps more fitting to register them with the female archetype Kali, who enacts destruction in order to make way for new life. As we embark on a new century amidst socio-political upheaval, the Brötzmann/Haino duo feels like an artistic expression of the moment we are living in and experiencing every day." --Philip Greenlief, "Ode to Destruction", ART FORUM, August 2018 on Peter Brötzmann/Keiji Haino Duo at the Chapel, San FranciscoTwo complete performances recorded in Los Angeles and San Francisco in the summer of 2018. The intellect given birth to here (existence) is too young presents the artists traversing a sprawling range of sound and modalities to achieve a stunning alchemy that can't be replicated. Both Brötzmann and Haino have spent their lives creating music that defies easy categorizations -- phrases such as "free jazz/improvisation," "rock," or "avant garde" seem to only scratch at the surface. What can be said is their works have a nearly unmatched intensity and restless spirit -- always uncompromising and only fully understood in their own unique terms. When performing together, the two push each other to entirely new and beautifully alien territories. Keiji Haino's Purple Trap imprint and Black Editions are proud to present the defining work of their decades-long collaboration. Presented in a deluxe four-LP boxed set edition of 800 including full-size, full-color art prints by both artists.
BLANK FORMS
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CAT #: 9781953691101
FILE UNDER: Misc
VA The Cricket: Black Music in Evolution, 1968-69 Book
"A rare document of the 1960s Black Arts Movement featuring Albert Ayler, Amiri Baraka, Milford Graves, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor and many more, The Cricket fostered critical and political dialogue for Black musicians and writers. Edited by poets and writers Amiri Baraka, A.B. Spellman and Larry Neal between 1968 and 1969, and published by Baraka's New Jersey-based JIHAD productions around the time of the Newark Riots, this experimental music magazine ran poetry, position papers and gossip alongside concert and record reviews and essays on music and politics. Over four mimeographed issues, The Cricket laid out an anticommercial ideology and took aim at the conservative jazz press, providing a space for critics, poets and journalists (including Stanley Crouch, Haki Madhubuti, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez and Keorapetse Kgositsile) and musicians (including Cecil Taylor, Milford Graves, Sun Ra, Mtume, Albert Ayler and Black Unity Trio) to devise new styles of music writing. The publication emerged from the heart of a political movement -- 'a proto-ideology, akin to but younger than the Garveyite movement and the separatism of Elijah Mohammed,' as Spellman writes in the book's preface -- and aimed to reunite advanced art with its community, 'to provide Black Music with a powerful historical and critical tool' and to enable avant-garde Black musicians and writers 'to finally make a way for themselves.' This publication gathers all issues of the magazine with an introduction by poet and scholar David Grundy. Contributors include: A.B. Spellman, Imamu Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Larry Neal, Cecil Taylor, Milford Graves, Sun Ra, Ben Caldwell, Clyde Halisi, Don L. Lee (Haki R. Madhubuti), Duncan Barber, Gaston Neal, Hilary Broadus, James Stewart, Norman Jordan, Roger Riggins, Ronnie Gross, Stanley Crouch, Albert Ayler, Askia Muhammed Toure, Donald Stone, E. Hill, Haasan Oqwiendha Fum al Hut, Ibn Pori 'det, Ishmael Reed, Joe Goncalves, Larry A. Miller (Katibu), Sonia Sanchez, Willie Kgositsile, Billy (Fundi) Abernathy, Dan Dawson and Black Unity Trio." 184 pages; 1.35 pounds; 8 x 0.7 x 10.5 inches.
BONFIRE RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: BONF 014LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SAVARIN, JULIAN JAY Waiters on the Dance LP
Reissue, originally released in 1973. Another unsung hero of the long-lost British prog history, Julian Jay Savarin is a keyboard player and composer, poet, and science fiction author, hence the association with the most epic and romantic tendencies of the genre. He was born in Dominica (an island between Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean) and moved to the UK in 1962. He debuted in 1970 with Julian's Treatment, a short-lived progressive rock band which his sole album -- A Time Before This -- soon became a sought0after collector's item. Julian went solo in 1973, before leaving the musical scene all of a sudden. Waiters on the Dance was definitely his own creation, a narrative masterwork with sumptuous arrangements. Produced by Miki Dallon (founder of independent label Young Blood) and brought to life with members of Julian's Treatment and singer Lady JoMeek, the album is a mysterious and transcendental opera. Waiters on the Dance sounds like a science fiction concept album of sort. Some of the songs rely on long form suite (the two-part "Child of the Night" and "Dance of the Golden Flamingoes" both lasting nearly nine minutes), suggesting an ideal trance state. Relying on heavy Hammond organ and hard-blues reminiscence, the album stands on his own offering occasional parallelism with Brian Auger & The Trinity and the more eclectic folk-revival. A true rare gem. Fully licensed. 180 gram vinyl; edition of 500.
BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
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CAT #: BPX 016EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MATASISM Can You Feel My Soul 12"
A warm welcome to Italian-American producer Matasism, who debuts on BPitch with his four-track EP Can You Feel My Soul. Matasism launched his own label Ma¨ta¨sism in 2017, releasing exclusively via the platform until very recently. He lands on BPitch with an EP that channels the essence of freedom and liberty found in the rave. It's a compelling EP that blends trance, techno and acid influences into a memory evoking collection of music. The remake of "Can You Feel My Soul" kicks things off, firing on all cylinders with a hypnotic riff and heavyweight kicks. More layers are added to increase the depth and energy, leading into a mesmerizing breakdown. Meanwhile, the following original mix has a grizzly bassline spliced with hard-hitting beats. On the flip "Age Of Fantasy" opens up with a dramatic intro leading into a powerful, enchanting main riff. Vintage sounds with a contemporary flavor. Next up is "Space Invaders", a high-octane cut that utilizes a trance-esque oscillating low end to captivate the listener. Get ready for an explosion of energy after the breakdown, transcendent.
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CAT #: BPX 017EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
CARNAL, KEITH Ape Shit Crazy EP 12"
Keith Carnal returns to BPitch Control with a rousing three-track excursion into the visceral side of techno. Stocked with deadly drum arrangements, thumping kicks and imposing basslines, Keith's armory is well equipped to cause maximum impact on the dancefloor. The title cut takes us straight into the depths of Carnal's wild mind, with a bombastic cut that utilizes a pitched down spoken word vocal. The storyteller takes us into a world of after party excess and "ape shit craziness" as the beats pump relentlessly. It's debauched, heavy and utterly alluring... Next up is "FreizeitAktivität", firing on all cylinders with a snub-nosed kick and slinky snares, that lead you into the main body of the track where a hypnotic melody plays out. The melody is emotive and evokes a feeling of solemnity, all the while those powerful drums fuel a rapid pace. Lastly, "WiederGutMachung", a brooding cut where Carnal employs a stripped back arrangement to great effect. The main riff has an unsettling feel, cultivating an anxious atmosphere complemented by the pounding beats.
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CAT #: BPX 018EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
UNCRAT Xilo EP 12"
Uncrat has a healthy preoccupation with machines that make music, which fed into the development of the Xilo EP. The title cut blends stirring pad work with a taut kick drum and a menagerie of bleeps and chirps, concluding with a beautifully enchanting melody. "Efien" utilizes the familiar squelch of an acid line, along with unusual percussive elements and haunting progression. "Gemini Leaks" places rugged beats with emotionally-charged strings and an earworm melody that appears after a short breakdown. Finally, "SIT" loosely pays homage to DJ Rolando's "Knights of the Jaguar", with spinetingling strings sparking an overall feeling of euphoria. Bellissimo!
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CAT #: BPX 020LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ANSCHUTZ, ROSA Goldener Strom LP
"I follow the golden stream..." sings Rosa Anschütz in the title track of her new album, in a cold, clear, determined voice. Underneath, golden interference buzzes and splashes at first, while cold light lies over the "thick water". Followed by powerful beats setting in as the trumpet fanfares of the chorus herald victory over the elements. Golden Stream is second album of the 24-year-old artist, who lives in Vienna and Berlin -- an amazing work. It can be danced to, but one can also listen to it as a conceptual album; it is as full of beats as it is full of thoughts. Rosa Anschütz plays piano, flute, and trumpet, she worked a lot with modular synthesizers in the beginning of her career. Her musical awakening experience was the Atonal Festival in Berlin, later she also danced a lot at Berghain, and Berghain DJ Max Kobosil remixed her song "Rigid". Rosa Anschütz reinforces her enormously versatile vocals -- ranging from a pleading breath to a cold new wave speaking voice -- with a relentlessly marching four-to-the-floor techno; but underneath it all, lay polyrhythmic deviations again and again. Clattering and trembling, deep basses digging into the ground, while shimmering veils of sound blow from above. Rosa Anschütz follows the traditions of dark wave and post punk, but carves deep notches of sound sculpture and romantic smoothness. Goldener Strom is a great pop album, full of melodies, aphorisms, and beats that immediately catch your ear. At the same time, it is a manifesto of artistic sovereignty -- precious and wise in our times of streamlined art. Includes lyrics sheet.
CASTLE FACE
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CAT #: CF 146LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BENT ARCANA Live Zebulon 2LP
"Recorded at Zebulon in Los Angeles as a warm-up show for a show I had booked in Holland. What was meant to be a jumping point for the 'first show' ended up being a real burning set. A slightly more stripped-down version on the ten-piece band [Bent Arcana] (for sake of ease) keeps it nice and concise. Nerves sometimes bring out these little lost jewels of which this recording is full of... gotta love improvisation for fleeting moments. Recorded super-hot by none other than our sound person Liza Boldyreva. Selections of songs from Bent Arcana and Moon-Drenched -- cockpit stoned space jazz here you come. Mixed by John Dwyer and mastered by JJ Golden. This hunky double disk sports a zoetropic screen-printed animation of the Death's Head moth circling on its D side that works with a strobe light off yer phone... fucking cool. Fucking hot. Dig in and be well." --John Dwyer
CLOCKTOWER (CANADA)
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CAT #: CT 085LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
PABLO, AUGUSTUS King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown LP
2022 repress; reissue of the 1976 historic collaboration between producer instrumentalist Augustus Pablo and dub engineer King Tubby."If you had to pick one album that best represents the pinnacle of the art of dub, you'd cull the candidates down pretty quickly to ten or 12, and it would get very difficult after that. Few would fault you for ending up with this one, though, which stands as perhaps the finest collaboration between two of instrumental reggae's leading lights: producer and melodica player Augustus Pablo and legendary dub pioneer King Tubby. Among other gems, this album offers its title track -- a dub version of Jacob Miller's 'Baby I Love You So'-- which is widely regarded as the finest example of dub ever recorded. But the rest of the album is hardly less impressive. 'Each One Dub', another cut on a Jacob Miller rhythm, possesses the same dark and mystical ambience, if not quite the same emotional energy, as 'King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown,' and the version of the epochal 'Satta Massaganna' that closes the album is another solid winner. Pablo's trademark 'Far East' sound (characterized by minor keys and prominent melodica lines) is predominant throughout, and is treated with care and grace by King Tubby, who has rarely sounded more inspired in his studio manipulations than he does here. Absolutely essential." --Rick Anderson, All Music
COMPOST (GERMANY)
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CAT #: CPT 582LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
VA Future Sounds Of Jazz Vol. 15 4LP
Four LP version. Cool, calm, collected: chapter 15 of this superlative series, compiled by Compost's head honcho Michael Reinboth. 21 tracks, eight exclusive, previously unreleased tracks. The exclusives by Aera (who has released the brilliant Innervisions), Arnau Obiols & KAYYAK (recently featured by Gilles Peterson in his "watch out for 2021" top five list), Ron Deacon (officially belongs to the Workshop-Crew together with other artists like Move D, Even Tuell and Kassem Mosse), Class Compliance (which are Manuel Tur with his Clavis partner Adrian Hoffmann, also known as Paskal & Urban Absolutes or Amberoom), Mille & Hirsch (operators of the fine Polish Records), All Is Well (Fred Everything), Ben Sturm (watch out talent of Leipzig's viral underground scene), and Oliver Kieser (best known as Kieser & Velten with their releases on G-Stone). This wonderful Esa Williams remix of Bantu Clan Vs Sarabi is also previously unreleased. Several magazines voted the Future Sounds Of Jazz as one of the best compilation series of all time. With this series, starting in 1995, the term Future Jazz became a genre landmark. Also features Typesun, DJ Nature, Brandi Ifgray, Maurice Fulton, Lucas Croon, Johanna Jaeremo, Marni, Kevin Yost, Toshio Matsuura Group, Esa & Nonku Phiri Kaap, Don Carlos, Shina Williams & His African Percussionists, Cotonete, DJ Deep & Romain Poncet, Rudoulpho, Martin Buttrich, and James Holden & The Animal Spirits.
COMPOST DISCO (GERMANY)
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CAT #: CODIS 021EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VELMONDO & PRIORAT (FEAT. JONNY SPENCER) Random Acts Of Mindless EP 12"
Barcelona producers Velmondo (Hivern Discs) and Priorat have teamed up with Chicken Lips singer Jonny Spencer for an EP of deviant, darkly surreal and thoroughly epic house music, including the long-awaited release of Andrew Weatherall favorite "Dragging In The Mud". The EP, which will be released on Munich's Compost Records (Compost Disco), comprises two original tracks from Velmondo -- known for his work on John Talabot's Hivern Discs -- and young producer Priorat, who debuted on the compilation Hivernation from the same label. The release includes "Dragging In The Mud", which Weatherall played on his last NTS radio show before the much-loved DJ and producer's tragic death. Both original tracks feature debauched disco not disco beats, astral effects and production as deep as a Pacific trench, to which Spencer adds quirky spoken word vocals, pushing the music out to newly twisted and spaced-out plains. Absolutely essential for fans of Liquid Liquid, Liaisons Dangereuses or Suicide. The EP is completed with remixes by Barcelona's Marc Piñol and Swiss duo In Flagranti.
COSMIC ROCK (ITALY)
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CAT #: COSMR 006LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
H.P. LOVECRAFT H.P. Lovecraft II LP
Reissue, originally released in 1968. The second chapter, yet a revelation. Released on Philips in 1968, right after their '67 self-titled album (COSMR 005LP) this iconic psych-folk masterpiece still contains a refreshing and revelatory approach. The Chicago band, named after American supernatural fiction writer, is on the verge of some weird songwriting experience, as suggested by some explicit titles as "Mobius Trip" or "At The Mountains Of Madness". Celestial electro-acoustic harmonies and spacey keyboards gave way to mystical show, still entertaining nowadays.
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CAT #: COSMR 007LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
KAWACHI & FLOWER TRAVELLING BAND, KUNI Kirikyogen LP
Reissue, originally released in 1970. The Japanese keyboard player, vocalist, songwriter, and arranger joined forces with members of the Flower Travelling Band on this amazing release. Published for the sole Japanese market on major company London Records, the album is still considered one of the top releases in its own right, publicly praised by Julian Cope as a cornerstone of the (heavy) psych counterculture. Sharing some efforts with British contemporaries, the album is a brilliant example of how a -- basically -- hard rock combo could have gone so far with the help mushrooms and pills!
DEF PRESSE
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CAT #: DFPRROM 013LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
PAN AMSTERDAM EAT LP
"EAT is the brand-new album from your favorite rapper trumpeter, Pan Amsterdam. Made with fans of both food and hip-hop in mind, the LP opens up a new pocket in the Pan Am dimension: the rapper-producer album. The whole thing's a collaboration with underground legend and Def Pressé family Damu The Fudgemunk. EAT lands in the wake of the success of Pan Am's second album, HA Chu. Food, of course, was a vital component in the culture of that work, with GUTS-produced single Carrot Cake receiving plaudits from the likes of BBC 6 Music, and interludes taking place over Chinese food. HA Chu was named his 'hostile industry diss record' by Bandcamp and 'a jazz musician's vision of what hip-hop can be' by The Times. Whereas HA Chu was conceptualized while Pan Am's real life alter ego Leron Thomas was on tour as Iggy Pop's bandleader (Iggy had loved Pan Am's debut LP, The Pocket Watch, leading to him asking him to write and produce his 2019 album Free), and saw guests such as Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson and Doves' Jimmy Goodwin in his El Diablo guise, EAT's genesis was slightly different. About to fly on tour in Europe last year, Pan Am was in need of a DJ. Up steps Damu The Fudgemunk, fresh from creating his KPM library-sampling opus Conversation Peace (on Def Pressé Editions). Tour life led to a mutual musical respect, Damu creating soundscapes in his head as he got to know Pan Am's intricacies whilst performing together. 'We had some good hangs and talks,' recalls Pan Am. 'In those hangs and talks, it seems Damu was taking musical notes because the music he would give me was fitting like a glove. It reminded me that artists be observant and it pays off in the end. Damn fun making this project.' Perceiving the world in terms of taste, EAT is musically wistfully joyous and lyrically playful, a full menu with Pan Am your maître d' and Damu the chef du cuisine. Damu's beats are deep, warm, melodic and progressive, a perfect playground for the duality of Pan Am's beat poetry and Leron's caressing trumpet, which as always is a persona in itself."
DUST-TO-DIGITAL
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CAT #: PT 3002LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris (LP Edition) LP
2022 restock. 2019 Grammy award winner: Best Historical Album and Best Liner Notes! Voices of Mississippi encapsulates the life's work of William Ferris, an audio recordist, filmmaker, folklorist, and teacher with an unwavering commitment to establish and to expand the study of the American South. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the roots of the blues. This LP features blues and gospel field recordings made by Ferris between 1966 and 1974; all tracks are available on vinyl for the very first time. In addition to being a groundbreaking documentarian of the American South, Ferris is Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History and senior associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Ferris co-edited the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (1989) and is the author of multiple books. Printed inner sleeve.
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
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CAT #: FTR 240LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HURLEY, MICHAEL Redbirds At Folk City LP
2022 restock. "Here's an expanded vinylization of a boss live show from Snock and his Vermont roustabouts, recorded at Folk City on July 17, 1976. Most of it was first issued back in '88, as side two of the Land of Lo Fi/Redbirds cassette on Bellemeade Phonics. But some new masters showed up subsequently, so there's an extra song and a half available for your listening pleasure. And pure pleasure is what it is. I always believed I had seen Hurley play somewhere in NYC before this. I thought maybe it was during the Unholy Modal Rounders' stint at Broadway Charly's, but Woodbill has continuously disabused me of this notion over the years. By his count, there were zero Manhattan Hurley shows until after the release of the acclaimed Have Moicy! album in 1976. And he oughta know. Consequently, this was probably the first time Hurley brought his band out of the hills. Guitar, bass, drums, piano and trumpet, all of them beautifully in sync and swinging like the rural hippie boogie band they were -- tested by long nights in halls filled with rowdy snowmobilers and the women who love them. Hurley & the Redbirds were more than ready to bowl over the city slickers who filled Folk City this hot mid-summer evening. Snock's voice is limber and strong, flipping easily into falsetto and yodels, and the music is faultless. Something like the Platonic ideal of what 'bar rock' can be. They only do one tune from Have Moicy!, but nobody could have minded. The music rolls out like the sweetest-ever guzzle of maple syrup laced with Mello Corn Whiskey. So loaded, so powerful, you're likely to shit the bed if you listen lying down. So hop right up, and let the music shuffle your feet around for you. You'll be glad you did. Besides the boss sounds, this issue includes liner notes by Snock recalling the scene around Fairfield Vermont back in the summer of '75. It's a very nice read. Count yourself lucky. Don't delay." --Byron Coley, 2017. Edition of 2000.
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CAT #: FTR 652LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ELKHORN Distances LP
"Brilliant new instrumental fork-bending from the always amazing Elkhorn, presented here in a quartet setting I had not heard before. The basic band remains Drew Gardner on electric guitar and Jesse Sheppard on acoustic, but as often seems to happen with these guys, there are a couple more faces in the studio. This time it's two drummers. One is Ian McColm, a Virginia tub monster who has played in many excellent situations, including a 2012 Feeding Tube duo cassette with Daniel Bachman. The other drummer is DC-based Nate Scheible who does his own records and has also worked with everyone from Mark McGuire to Matt Wascovich. The wide foundational base these two provide allows Drew and Jesse to climb higher than they have ever dared before. By shifting the basic conceptual thrust closer to rock-qua-rock, this formation is capable of psyching-out with pure guitar force. The Ouroboran elements of open-form improvisation-based music really gel when the snakes are encouraged to eat their own tails. The drumming adds shimmer to the acoustic passages, and power distensions to the electric ones. Holding the strings accountable to forces of rhythm forces both the note and chord lines to twist in ways they otherwise mightn't. It's like the percussion challenges the guitars to not get too comfortable with a groove. Be prepared, fellas. Anything could happen. That said, Distances is a beautiful-sounding record. The core of Elkhorn has always known how to get to a real special musical spot, where acid flash meets acoustic burn. I'm just saying, the drums take this sound even deeper. You will get a lot of spins out of this one. Or I'll eat my hat." --Byron Coley, 2022
GET ON DOWN
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CAT #: GET 51473LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
DAVIS, MILES You're Under Arrest LP
"Pressed on crystal clear vinyl housed in a gatefold jacket with japanese stylized insert and deluxe obi strip. Remastered from the original analog tapes. A partner album to the previous Miles release Decoy this album is also produced by Miles and loaded with the synths of Robert Irving. You're Under Arrest has some surprising new looks at pop tunes by Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper and also features the return of John McLaughlin on guitar, and a guest performance from Sting. This is the final installment of the prolific and brilliant collaboration between Miles and Columbia Records. Also featured on this album are Al Foster, Kenny Garret, and Daryl Jones."
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CAT #: GET 910EP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
CYPRESS HILL Ultraviolet Dreams/Light Another/The Phuncky Feel One 7"
"To commemorate the 30 year anniversary of Cypress Hill, Get On Down presents a series of 7 inch singles of every cut from one of the most legendary debuts of all time. When Cypress Hill came with their debut self-titled album 30 years ago, they made an immediate spark that captivated the hip-hop audience, critics, and then the world. Led by B-Real with his nasal, singsong delivery, and Sen Dog to play the perfect hype man, Cypress' debut fueled tales of revenge, revolution, recreational drug use, gangbanging, and cultural pride. Like Public Enemy before them, the production was also a key factor in what made this debut so groundbreaking. DJ Muggs was able to craft a blueprint that would change hip hop production with his innovative stoned-out beats. Cuts like 'How I Could Just Kill a Man', 'Pigs', 'Stoned is the Way of the Walk' and 'Hand on the Pump' made Cypress Hill an instant classic. Since its release, the album has won acclaim as one of Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90s and Top 100 Best Rap Albums by The Source Magazine."
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CAT #: GET 911EP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
CYPRESS HILL Break It Up/Real Estate/Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk 7"
"To commemorate the 30 year anniversary of Cypress Hill, Get On Down presents a series of 7 inch singles of every cut from one of the most legendary debuts of all time. When Cypress Hill came with their debut self-titled album 30 years ago, they made an immediate spark that captivated the hip-hop audience, critics, and then the world. Led by B-Real with his nasal, singsong delivery, and Sen Dog to play the perfect hype man, Cypress' debut fueled tales of revenge, revolution, recreational drug use, gangbanging, and cultural pride. Like Public Enemy before them, the production was also a key factor in what made this debut so groundbreaking. DJ Muggs was able to craft a blueprint that would change hip hop production with his innovative stoned-out beats. Cuts like 'How I Could Just Kill a Man', 'Pigs', 'Stoned is the Way of the Walk' and 'Hand on the Pump' made Cypress Hill an instant classic. Since its release, the album has won acclaim as one of Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90s and Top 100 Best Rap Albums by The Source Magazine."
GLITTERBEAT (GERMANY)
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CAT #: GB 130CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
AL-QASAR Who Are We? CD
Middle Eastern psych-rock collective Al-Qasar's debut album is an explosive mix of heavy Arabian grooves, global psychedelia, and North African trance music. The band calls it "Arabian fuzz." Brazenly electric and deeply connected. When continents collide, they make a thunderous sound. Al-Qasar create the soundtrack to that fission on their full-length debut, Who Are We? The musicians came together, from France, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, and the United States. Shows followed, first in France, then in Europe and the Middle East. They put out an EP, the widely-lauded Miraj, recorded in Cairo. Work on Who Are We? began in December 2020, with Attar Bellier composing eight tracks that writhe and roar in skillfully controlled chaos. Bass, drums and traditional percussion create a deep, irresistible groove for the foundation, while electric saz and guitars build a wailing wall above, with Moroccan vocalist Jaouad El Garouge's ecstatic voice, steeped in his Gnawa upbringing, pulling inspiration from history as it strides into the future. Drawing on years of experience working in Los Angeles studios, Attar Bellier produced the album. Who Are We? translates the sound that inhabited his head into something physical that stirs spirit, heart and feet. The Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra was a natural addition to "Ya Malak," his inimitable voice reciting a translation of Egyptian revolutionary poet Ahmed Fouad Negm, elevating the record's social critique while showcasing the first-ever English recording of Negm's work. Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth layers textured, brooding guitar over the first two cuts, "Awtar Al Sharq" and "Awal." The sweeping drones embrace the Moroccan bendir groove to magical results. Hend Elrawy, the acclaimed Egyptian singer whom the band met in Cairo, brings her powerful voice to "Mal Wa Jamal", whose Arabic lyrics promote a female-centric and humbling outlook on prostitution and its consequences. Like the other songs on the album, its social consciousness is carefully veiled in images. "Hobek Tawrat," for instance, can be taken as a love song, with its seductive, ringing opening on the electric saz that leads up to the aching voice of New York-based Sudanese innovator Alsarah (Alsarah & The Nubatones). One of the band's great coups is the track "Barbès Barbès," an ode and homage to the neighborhood in Paris where Al-Qasar first came together. The iconic Mehdi Haddab (Speed Caravan) added his oud virtuosity to the track. Who Are We? is a deep, exhilarating album. Its intensity never wavers, music that pulls from the hypnotic roots of North African trance and threads it into a fabric with the elaborate beauty of Arabic scales and the shock and thrill of rock'n'roll. Mixed by Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, PJ Harvey). Mastered by Grammy-winner Dave Collins.
GREENSLEEVES
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CAT #: GRED 852EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
HUDSON, KEITH Bloody Eyes 12"
2022 repress. 2012 reissue. Originally released in 1978. Includes dub. 45rpm.
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CAT #: GRED 854EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
MICHAEL PROPHET You Are No Good/Love And Unity 12"
2022 repress. Originally released in 2014. 45rpm.
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CAT #: GREL 016LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
RANKING JOE Saturday Night Jamdown Style LP
2022 repress. 2013 reissue. Originally released in 1980. "Ranking Joe a.k.a. Little Joe (born Joseph Jackson, 1 July 1959, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae deejay who rose to prominence in the 1970s and had continuing success in the 1980s. His big break in international terms came in 1980, when the Ray Symbolic Hi Fi sound system, with which he was then the resident deejay, toured the United Kingdom, raising his profile and helping his Weakheart Fadeaway become a major seller for Greensleeves Records."
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CAT #: GREL 021LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
WAILING SOULS, THE Firehouse Rock LP
2022 repress. Originally released in 1981. "Talk about a triple threat: first you have the (by this point well-established and effortlessly professional) Wailing Souls, one of the greatest of the cultural harmony groups; then you have the Roots Radics, the studio band that almost single-handedly defined the new dancehall reggae sound in the early '80s; and to make everything perfect, you have the unassailable team of producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes (who can claim equal status with the Roots Radics as a dancehall pioneer) and engineer Hopeton 'Scientist' Brown. The result is 1991's Firehouse Rock, one of the finest reggae albums of all time; one which combines the Wailing Souls top-notch songwriting and harmony singing with the absolute best in studio accompaniment -- there may never be another reggae band with a sound as rock-ribbed as that of the Roots Radics. Each track is a highlight in its own way, but pay particular attention to the title track, the gently rolling 'Who Lives It,' and the smoky, apocalyptic 'Kingdom Rise Kingdom Fall.'" --AllMusic
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CAT #: GREL 045LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
CARLOS, DON Day To Day Living LP
2022 repress. 2012 reissue. Originally released in 1982. "Featuring the excellent backing of the Roots Radics band, Don Carlos' Day to Day Living includes ten self-penned, sophisticated roots-reggae cuts. With his slightly hoarse yet sweet vocals, Carlos takes on his usual topical mix of spiritual/Rastafarian themes, ghetto life, and dancehall culture, showing the kind of lovers rock and roots lyric blend also favored by contemporaries like Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown. Musically, Carlos alternates between the dimly lit, minimalist drum'n'bass backdrops on 'Street Life' and 'Hog and Goat,' and sunnier, bubbly organ and horn-driven cuts like 'Hey Mr. Babylon' and 'English Woman,' with the updated rock-steady cut 'I'm Not Crazy' standing out in particular. While producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes (Barrington Levy, Eek-A-Mouse) supplies the album's rugged but slick backdrop, Scientist delivers a spacious, dub-tinged mix. Special mention should also be made of Winston Wright's tasty organ work throughout the set, and 'Flabba' Holt and 'Style' Scott's rock-solid rhythmic support. As is the case with his Harvest Time record, Day to Day Living includes some of the best music Carlos released in the '80s." --AllMusic
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CAT #: GREL 2026LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
GIBBS, JOE Dub Serial LP
2022 repress. Minimalistic/classic early dub LP by Joe Gibbs, first released on Joe Gibbs Record Globe label in Jamaica, 1973. Originally recorded at Randy's (Kingston, JA). Gets compared to "Black Board Jungle" and "Aquarius Dub", etc.
HEIMLICH MUSIK (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: HMLLPV 003LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
OBERST & BUCHNER Marble Arch 2LP
Clear water hits the surface of a grainy ball. The stream slowly dissolves and flows down the spherical structure until it finally drops on a candle. The flame extinguishes; fragile streaks of smoke ascend until they hit the rough surface of the colossal globe again. The cover art to Marble Arch, the second long-player of Vienna- and Berlin-based artists Oberst & Buchner, depicts masterly the dramatic juxtapositions the musicians have always been reflecting in their musical outcome. The massive density of a giant sound wall is contrasted by spacious openness. Fragile sonic details are sparkling out of colossal pitch-black clouds. The songs are filled with gentle warmth and cold roughness, bright digital clarity and deep analog crackle, ranging in style from pulsating dark-disco over classic pop to experimental ambient. The duo's two-week artist residency in a 250-year-old house, located in the mystic landscape of the Bavarian woods set this specific mood for the ten-track album which became a mixture of electronic synthesis, organic instrumentals and field recordings. Heavy-weight basslines in combination with bitter-sweet orchestral instrumentation and the minutiae of precise percussion recordings and drum programming are the characteristics that formed the sound of Marble Arch. Oberst & Buchner's way to deal with tension is in how they compose their song structures as extreme arcs of suspense in a near classical manner. Their intense dynamic arrangements always alternate between rise and explosion or implosion and fall. This way the compositions pick up the motive of creation and destruction throughout the long-player in the same way as the cover art. Taken together, all these fragments form the duo's signature cinematic articulation of dramatic slowed down club music and moments of surprise. Features Acud, Aydo Abay, Kalipo, Mimu, and Faber. 180 gram, marbled vinyl; gatefold sleeve; includes three exclusive art prints and digital download.
HONEST JON'S RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: HJR 020LP
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ALLEN, TONY Lagos No Shaking 2LP
2022 repress. Honest Jon's Records reissues this 2006 classic from Afrobeat co-creator and master drummer Tony Allen. The much-lauded Lagos No Shaking pays tribute to the powerful sounds and rhythms of Allen's homeland of Lagos, Nigeria, marking a return to the classic percussive stylings which harken back to his seminal contribution to Fela Kuti's Africa 70 and Egypt 80. This is the real thing -- raw and uncut, recorded in Lagos over ten nights with a 20-piece band, including the finest musicians in the city, not least deep horn-blasting from Lekan Animashaun (Baba Ani) and Show Boy from the killer Fela line-ups, and the palm-wine veteran Fatai Rolling Dollar, who adds his throaty, commanding tones and throbbing agidigbo thumb piano to four tracks. There are the R&B sensibilities of Yinka Davies and Omololu Ogunleye; and Muritala Adisa adds touches of ewe, a form of spoken praise-singing rooted in ancient Yoruba tradition. But the key element is, of course, Allen's powerful, yet magnificently relaxed drumming, which keeps everything in perpetual rocking motion, tempering the hard funk edges of classic Afrobeat with earthier Lagosian flavors. Indeed, while the album's observations on Lagos life are aptly tough and sardonic, this is a warmer, more down-home, perhaps more humane album than anything Fela ever produced. Afro-funk, stone-classic dance music in six-minute chunks.
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CAT #: HJR 041LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA Africa Boogaloo: The Latinization Of West Africa 2LP
2022 restock. Honest Jon's presents a collection of music from '60s and '70s West Africa that is heavily influenced by Latin sounds from the era, representing a mutual cultural exchange that would have a permanent impact on the evolution of each region's trademark sound. Much of what makes modern Latin music so irresistible came from Africa in the first place. When the first waves of African rhythms, reconstituted in the Caribbean, returned home on radios and records, Africans -- especially in West and Central Africa -- received them with great enthusiasm. Staid dance bands that replicated European music soon began to swing as Caribbean accents settled in their rhythm sections. By the 1950s, Africa had produced its own Calypsonians, and more than one African musician changed his name to give it a Latin flavor. Some even composed songs in Spanish, while others wrote nonsense lyrics that only sounded like the real thing. No band mixed local and Latin styles more successfully than Orchestre Baobab and its leader Balla Sidibe. The mesmerizing "On Verra Ca" finds Baobab leaning in the direction of the stuttering mbalax sound that Youssou N'Dour carried to great popularity. Other Senegalese bands followed the trend, like the Rio Band, Orchestre N'Guewel, and Laba Sosseh from Gambia (like his compatriot Amara Toure) who styled himself as a salsa singer after his hero Johnny Pacheco. From Benin, Gnonnas Pedro sang in every pop style imaginable, but he seems especially at home in an Afro-Cuban embrace, as you will hear on the 1977 recording "Adigbedoto." The closing track also comes from Benin, a 1976 recording by the celebrated Orchestre Poly Rythmo -- though the singer, Pierre Tchana, hails from Cameroun. "Quiero Wapacha" features another Camerounian singer, Charles Lembe, and also from Cameroun is legendary African Jazz saxophonist, Manu Dibango, who is featured here alongside Le Grand Calle and Cuban flutist Don Gonzalo. Orchestre OK Jazz recorded any number of Afro-Cuban inspired sides: "Micorrason" is one of the band's earliest songs, recorded soon after their formation in 1956. There is no better evidence of the push-me-pull-you, back-and-forthing between two cultures than the Afro-Latin compilation we have here. All the flow from an unparalleled period of exuberance and creativity after World War II had ended and before homegrown tyranny had yet to descend on the land. It was Africa's moment, optimistic and free. You can hear it in the music. --Adapted from text by Gary Stewart, author of Rumba On The River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos.
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CAT #: HJR 049LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ACTRESS Splazsh 2LP
2022 repress; 2LP version with embossed printing on cover. This is the eagerly?awaited second album by Werk Discs founder and controller Darren Cunningham. Splazsh is an adventurous, ultra-modern, thoroughly British affair, rummaging about in the inner lives of house and techno, and brilliantly elaborating the accomplishments of his debut, Hazyville (WERK 005CD). Determinedly off?the?map and resistant to pigeonholing, Cunningham is an enigmatic and playful figure, citing Francis Bacon and Monet as inspirations alongside Theo Parrish, Anthony "Shake" Shakir, Daft Punk, "binary codes and numeral systems," and The Avengers. He's a hard man to pin down -- somehow a key player in the post?dubstep diaspora and yet not there at all -- but everything comes across in his shape?shifting, richly-textured music. The South Londoner's acclaimed debut lived up to its name: a series of dream-like sketches and ideas. For Splazsh, the fog has lifted, the sounds are less submerged than before, but still sticky and close -- a signature combination of exuberance and introversion, luminescence and puzzlement. Unconstrained by the formal clichés of the dance music he loves, Actress' melodies and arrangements are enthralled by their own genies. Worlds of disturbance and melancholy revolve giddyingly inside the insidious funk of tracks like "Get Ohn" and "Lost." A range of musical influences is redrawn, from speed-garage to grime, with none crowned king. There is a reflectiveness -- the ambient drift of "Futureproofing," the radiophonic judder of "Supreme Cunnilingus" -- in amongst the industrial, synth?wave flavors of "Casanova," and the stirring, stately "Maze." Actress has quickly and justly become one of the most respected names in the UK's new dance music underground. His own label, Werk Discs, has proven itself one of the most formidable and taste?making UK independents of recent times, bringing the world extraordinary albums from Zomby, Lukid, Lone and Actress himself. In love with the mysteries of groove and repetition, Splazsh is both a culmination and a new beginning for Actress -- a substantial and eccentric work from a brave and coolly individual artist.
IN THE RED
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CAT #: ITR 366LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LAMERE, LIZ Keep It Alive LP
"Liz Lamere has announced her debut album Keep It Alive via In The Red. After collaborating with late partner Alan Vega (Suicide) for over three decades on his solo work, and starting out playing drums in punk bands, she is releasing her own music. All of the music and lyrics were written and performed by Liz Lamere. It was recorded in her lower Manhattan apartment during lockdown, engineered by her and Alan's son Dante Vega Lamere in the same space where the Suicide singer constructed his light sculptures. They emerged with a riveting set of songs that are charged with an irrepressible lust for life and the feel for the contagious hook. The album was then co-produced and mixed by Jared Artaud and Liz Lamere, with Ted Young engineering the mixing sessions and Josh Bonati mastering. 'There's something very magical about creating music in the same environment where Alan created his visual art,' notes Lamere. 'His energy is pervasive and is inevitably infused in the recordings.' She continues: 'We were living through unprecedented times and Keep It Alive took adversity and uncertainty and turned it into a message of resilience and empowerment.' The album courses with the defiant energy that motivated Lamere through her early double life as both Wall Street lawyer and downtown New York musician before meeting and falling in love with Vega led to her becoming his manager, creative foil and keyboard manipulator on solo albums beginning in 1990 (Deuce Avenue, Power On To Zero Hour, New Raceion, Dujang Prang, 2007, Station, IT) and recently released lost album Mutator that launched the Vega Vault she curates with Jared Artaud. After Vega passed away in July 2016, Lamere found it cathartic writing down thoughts and observations in notebooks. Simultaneously, she and Artaud started collaborating, overseeing the mastering of IT and then co-producing and mixing Mutator; and during this time they naturally discussed an alliance on the solo album she knew would be forthcoming. Keep It Alive is an homage to a song on Vega's New Raceion album that has significant meaning for Lamere. It was one of the key lines she would chant on stage, becoming a staple of live performances with Vega. The vision behind the album is about preserving your own inner fire. Lamere commented 'Alan always encouraged me to make my own music, and I've waited until the time was right as I've been dedicated to preserving Alan's vision and building his legacy.'"
IPTAMENOS DISCOS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: IDI 006LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
LOCAL SUICIDE Eros Anikate LP
LP version. White vinyl. Local Suicide present their long-awaited debut album Eros Anikate via their own label, Iptamenos Discos. The title translates to "love invincible" and draws influence from a play written by Sophocles titled Antigone. The album holds true to the duo's "technodisco" sound that the couple has become so well known for and showcases their signature style of blending a retro feeling with a modern twist. In usual Local Suicide fashion, the duo's debut album showcases tongue in cheek modern-day circumstances, mystical adventures, and moody baselines; all tied up with the promises of happy endings. You can instantly hear that this album comes from the duo's hearts. Inspired by the travels and experiences they encountered throughout the pandemic, it's also a love letter to the friends they met during their career -- some of which are also featured on the album: Lee Stevens, Curses, The Hidden Cameras, Sissi Rada, Skelesys, Theus Mago, Hard Ton, Kalipo, and Greek new wave legend Lena Platonos. The producer couple has had a stunning amount of press coverage from leading electronic mags for their 13 EPs, numerous tracks on compilations, and remixes since 2014 on acclaimed labels, while Beatport declared them as one of the key figures in the uprising dark disco scene. They also recently played themselves in Fett & Fett, a series broadcasted on German national TV station ZDF, in which their musical productions were featured extensively as well. Their DJ career has carried them to all four corners of the world, from Europe, Asia and North Africa to South America and the United States, whipping crowds into a frenzy at Lollapalooza, Melt!, ADE, Off Sonar, Festival Forte, Berlin Festival and many more. Their live cuts have been honed to perfection with years of shows alongside the very best in the scene, even being invited by New Order to warm up for their live show in Berlin.
ITALIC (GERMANY)
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CAT #: ITA 120LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
AIRCHINA LP 3 LP
Airchina, aka Nikolai Szymanski (born 1986, Düsseldorf), is a musician and visual artist. He uses a wide variety of media in relation to his work, with a focus on film/video, performance and music. Together with Lucas Croon and Martin Sonnensberger, he is a founding member as well as singer and lyricist of the band Stabil Elite. Listening to the new LP by Nikolai Szymanski, aka Airchina, you can hear threads back to his LP 1 (2018), in which sounds wove themselves silky-thin and -beautiful into a fine fabric of ambient and sound art, and whose powdery narrative continued in LP 2 (ITA 115LP, 2020) as a more plastic structure of electronic with nuances of pop. LP 3 is at once more constructive and more subtle in its compositional substance: a musical and diversely condensing emotional space in which all the (experiential) knowledge from what he had previously composed comes together in a body of work. Here, the momentary flows into a performative choreography in which each musical setting begins to shine prismatically and each individual track becomes an independently acting corpus in the structure of the whole. Includes printed inner sleeve.
JACKPOT RECORDS
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CAT #: JPR 031LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
OZKENT, MUSTAFA Genclik Ile Elele LP
2022 repress, black vinyl. "Originally released in Turkey 1973, Özkent's masterpiece (creation) of an all instrumental Turkish Psychedelic Funk album, filled with classic beats and breaks still inspires long time fans and first time listeners. The funky rhythms, hypnotic percussions, and heavy break beats makes this a holy grail amongst DJ's and music fans alike. Only a handful of copies from the original pressing are known to still exist making this reissue a welcome addition to any record collection. The concept is very complicated, futuristic and free from categorization. Traditional folk songs mixed with rock, jazz, blues, funk and psych. Özkent took traditional turkish folk songs and reconstructed them for the new 'hip' generation. It was recorded live in just one day with some of the best studio musicians in Turkey. The band was made up of 2 drummers, 2 guitarists, 2 percussionists, a bassist and a Hammond B3 organist. Özkent created his own unique guitar sound by adding extra frets and a clutch of effect pedals in order to create quarter notes and emulate turkish traditional scales. Mustafa Özkent has since made arrangements for hundreds of other artists in Turkey. But this unique album documents his most revered work. In the more than 40 years since the Mustafa Özkent Ve Orkestras? recorded Gençlik ?le Elele, it seems that the world is still just discovering this gem."
JIRAFA RECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: JIR 029EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
KID SIMIUS & BONAPARTE Good Things 12"
Kid Simius & Bonaparte team up to create new music that is dedicated to the Balearic Sound of Ibiza of the late '80s and early '90s, which marks the dawn of club music and culture as it is known today and is considered the golden age of the white island. The full Good Things EP is released via Jirafa Records. Packed with mesmerizing original tracks such as the leading single "Good Things", the EP mixes the Balearic electronic world with indie pop and classic song structures. The songs will be accompanied with additional remixes by Maruwa and an edit by Lauer.
KARLRECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KR 096LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ALDINUCCI, GIULIO Real LP
Italian sound artist Giulio Aldinucci returns with his fourth album on Karlrecords: Real is again a truly masterfully composed and sound-designed ambient masterpiece and a more than worthy follow-up to the critically acclaimed Borders And Ruins (2017), Disappearing In A Mirror (KR 055CD, 2018), and Shards Of Distant Times (KR 076CD/LP), which all made it onto several year's best lists. With now his fourth album for Karlrecords, the sound artist from Siena, Italy has proved a steady and prolific artist on the label roster. And each time, Giulio Aldinucci delivers a new ambient masterpiece that clearly carries his signature as composer/producer and yet reveals a slightly different approach to his modus operandi. Aldinucci's massive layers of sound, built from field recordings and an array of electronic gear, blend drone-y ambient with heavenly voices/sacred music that create an atmosphere of a consolatory melancholy -- alien, but with a graspable presence of human souls. And each album deals with a topic that Aldinucci came across in his observations of and reflections about today's society. In the words of Giulio himself: "The digital media we live with shape and define reality by filtering it, letting us run the risk of living without our personal and unique one. My new album expresses a need of something unmediated and authentic. Real is a reflection on the endless possibility of sonic transformation, the ability we have to create new realities transmuting the soundscape around us and the inner soundscape inside us, even only by imagining it. A (deep)real experience permeated by dreamy lyricism." 180 gram vinyl; gatefold sleeve; includes download card.
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CAT #: KR 098LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
ZEITKRATZER Alvin Lucier LP
By zkr director Reinhold Friedl's personal request now available on vinyl for the first time: zeitkratzer's critically acclaimed interpretations of compositions by Alvin Lucier. Alvin Lucier (1931-2021) was one of the most influential American minimalists. Some call him "sound physician" as his compositions are often based on acoustic research settings. His pieces tend to turn inside-out the properties of space and instruments: poems based on acoustic settings. zeitkratzer worked with the composer in Dijon, France in 2008, and presented his music in various places. These recordings have been realized at Philharmonie Luxembourg that turned out to be the ideal space for this music. On this album you can hear how Lucier enables zeitkratzer to create sounds a lot of people have never heard before. Ringing overtones, a singing piano, a thrilling concert triangle, pencils on little objects, and how irritating a violoncello, a viola and a piano can sound together creating shifting sonic interferences. Sound phenomenology, evoking a sensual listening experience. 180 gram vinyl; includes download.
KRANKY
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CAT #: KRANK 072LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DEAD TEXAN, THE The Dead Texan LP
2022 repress on vinyl. "This is the first vinyl issue of the sole The Dead Texan album originally released in May of 2004." "Stars Of The Lid's Adam Wiltzie presents a collection of drone compositions that he considered too aggressive for his parent band -- which means they range somewhere between a whisper and a shout. The sense of cathedral-like reverence is balanced with extreme intimacy." --Pitchfork "This is quite possibly the best music available for slowly drifting into dreamland. Equal parts intrigue and sedative, The Dead Texan is an elegantly hypnotic album that manages to freeze time in addition to passing it." --Tinymixtapes "The Dead Texan remains a remarkably subtle and tranquil work. Disarmingly lovely..." --Textura
LA SCIE DOREE (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: SCIE 912LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
AF URSIN Trois Memoires Discretes LP
2022 reissue, originally released in 2012. Three introspective, instrumental compositions for English horn, flute, percussion, double bass, Hammond organ. Performed, recorded, and mixed by Timo van Luijk during 2010-2012. Remastered at Kulta Saha, 2021. Three introspective instrumental compositions for English horn, flute, percussion, double bass, Hammond organ.
LE POP MUSIK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: LPM 054CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Le Pop 10 CD
Generation '22: Chanson with soul. When others celebrate anniversaries, they reminisce. Le Pop is different: Vol. 10 looks ahead into the future. The new compilation is younger, more feminine female and soulful than its predecessors. All the names are represented on Le Pop for the very first time. A new start, a new generation. New stars like Emma Peters, Iliona, UssaR, P.R2B, Ariane Roy, and Clou are all at the beginning of their careers but they will shape the chanson of the next years. Voyou, KCIDY, Malik Djoudi, and Laura Cahen are past their debut phase and have just released their most beautiful albums so far. They are joined by Edwige, Elisa Erka, and Camélia Jordana -- all singers who are also actresses, their cinematic flair bringing extra elegance to the genre. In addition to the clear majority of female voices, what is striking about Le Pop 10 is to hear how the new generation is influenced by the hip-hop and R'n'B of recent years. With emphasis on influence because despite soul-heavy melodies and experiments with spoken word, the Generation '22 nonetheless remains true to Chanson and French pop at its core. The French tradition is changed, however, by a new confident groove and flow. Le Pop 10 is more than an update of the genre, it is once again an exciting new beginning for Le Pop. Also features Palatine, Carla De Coignac, and Suzanne Lindon.
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CAT #: LPM 054LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Le Pop 10 2LP
Double LP version. Generation '22: Chanson with soul. When others celebrate anniversaries, they reminisce. Le Pop is different: Vol. 10 looks ahead into the future. The new compilation is younger, more feminine female and soulful than its predecessors. All the names are represented on Le Pop for the very first time. A new start, a new generation. New stars like Emma Peters, Iliona, UssaR, P.R2B, Ariane Roy, and Clou are all at the beginning of their careers but they will shape the chanson of the next years. Voyou, KCIDY, Malik Djoudi, and Laura Cahen are past their debut phase and have just released their most beautiful albums so far. They are joined by Edwige, Elisa Erka, and Camélia Jordana -- all singers who are also actresses, their cinematic flair bringing extra elegance to the genre. In addition to the clear majority of female voices, what is striking about Le Pop 10 is to hear how the new generation is influenced by the hip-hop and R'n'B of recent years. With emphasis on influence because despite soul-heavy melodies and experiments with spoken word, the Generation '22 nonetheless remains true to Chanson and French pop at its core. The French tradition is changed, however, by a new confident groove and flow. Le Pop 10 is more than an update of the genre, it is once again an exciting new beginning for Le Pop. Also features Palatine, Carla De Coignac, and Suzanne Lindon.
LIFE GOES ON RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: LIFE 024LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
MARCUS/MIROSLAV VITOUS/SONNY SHARROCK/DANIEL HUMAIR, STEVE Green Line LP
Reissue, originally released in 1970. Terrific session originally licensed on Japanese indie label Nivico in 1970. Recorded at Victor Studio, Aoyama, Tokyo on September 11, the album is the essential work of four wicked minds. Saxophone player Steve Marcus has been cutting his teeth in late sixties with the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, while Miroslav Vitous was the former bass player in jazz-rock pioneers Weather Report. Sonny Sharrock is still considered one of the most original players in creative music, his guitar playing almost as cutting edge as the tenor of his mentor Pharaoh Sanders. The man has been for several years in Herbie Mann band, while collaborating with the likes of Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter. Drummer Daniel Humair is another extraordinary profile, the Swiss musician has been covering the post-bop and avant-garde area collaborating with the likes of John Surman, Henri Texier, and George Gruntz. Hereby a single appointment that made history, navigating the realms of free-funk, hard-bop, and fire music.
MADLIB INVAZION
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CAT #: MMS 024LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
MADLIB Pinata Beats 2LP
2022 repress. Double LP version. "There are few musicians - let alone beat-makers - in the world whose output in its raw form provides his listener with a full on musical experience before anything is added. Madlib is such a talent. Hip hop is his canvas, but he creates the most wondrous things with it. Before a microphone is switched on, before a rhyme is even uttered, a Madlib beat stands alone as a complete thing. Since the issue of the collaborative album with rapper Freddie Gibbs - Piñata, already being hailed as contender for rap album of the year - we've been asked countless times to issue the beats Madlib created for the project as instrumentals. And we've conceded. Piñata put Gibbs in the spotlight, one that a growing audience is finally acknowledging that he deserves. On Piñata Beats, though, it's Madlib, quietly spinning on the center stage. Through seventeen cuts of arcane film snippets, dusted funk and soul, psych and prog rock musical diversions, Madlib proves to live up to what Gibbs once said of him: 'Madlib quite simply, is music.'"
METAPHON (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: METAPHON 010LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
BRUYNDONCKX, JAN Rails and Other Tracks LP
First ever release of concrete and electronic collage works by Belgian underground sound explorer, Jan Bruyndonckx. Rails and Other Tracks contains autonomous compositions, music for film and documentary, all independently recorded in his private studio between 1958 and 1965. A small collection of adventurous and mysterious sound evocations with text/poetry (Paul De Vree) recited by Julien Schoenaerts.
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CAT #: METAPHON 011LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
FRITSCH, JOHANNES Kyo Mu / Hochtoner LP
First LP release of Johannes Fritsch, long-time member of the Stockhausen Ensemble. Composed 1974, recorded 1975 at Feedback Studio Cologne "Kyo Mu" and "Hochtöner" both reveal a mesmerizing symbiosis of innovative sound exploration and visionary interior music, a sublime compound of fine-drawn intricate arrangements skillfully projected in space and time, or perhaps beyond space and time. "Kyo Mu" features: Johannes Fritsch - tape (viola, electronic and concrete sounds); Hitomi Endo- Shakuhachi; Weltmusik-Kongress, Vlotho 11.10.82 - première recording. "Hochtöner" features: Johannes Fritsch - viola, tape; Rolf Gehlhaar - percussion; David Johnson - flute, synthesizer. Gatefold sleeve; edition of 500.
MOB CLASH RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: MCR 009CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NEGATIVE GAIN Back From The Dead CD
CD reissue, originally released in 1986. Negative Gain was founded in Oakville, Ontario Canada by Peter Warner who wrote all of the lyrics and provided rehearsal space in his basement. Filling out the lineup was Grant C. Slavin on guitar, Steve Currie on bass, and Andrew Mosely on drums. All members were in their mid-teens at the time. Their influences included Minor Threat, Millions of Dead Cops, the Misfits, and the Dead Kennedys, as well as fellow Canadian bands Direct Action and Sudden Impact. Killer thrash hardcore, fast and aggressive but with a dark edge at times originally out on Pushead's label Pusmort. Includes their full early demo as bonus.
MONKEYTOWN (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MONKEY 015LTDLP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MODESELEKTOR Monkeytown 2LP
2022 repress, originally released in 2011. Berlin duo Modeselektor returns full-force with a new album whose immense energy and club-boiling beats will inject the global dance community with inspiration that reverberates across the entire musical spectrum. Flowing freely between styles and tempos, Monkeytown experiments with the edges and extremes, exploring fresh sonic territory from a solid base of beats located deep within the groove. With massive drums, minced vocals and a mastery of mounting tension, Modeselektor creates a new animal out of dance music, a mutating chimera with body parts of left-field hip-hop, soulful R&B, punk, rap and playful surprises. Contributing to the album is an exciting palette of guest vocalists and musicians, including Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Busdriver, PVT, Anti-Pop Consortium, Miss Platnum, Sascha Ring (aka Apparat), Pillow Talk, Gordon Boerger, Siriusmo and Otto von Schirach. Monkeytown immediately sets the stage on a higher level with intro track "Blue Clouds," which loosens limbs from the start with a deep and sparkling hook. "Pretentious Friends" is a full-throttle experience whose beats bump like elephants between Busdriver's scratched-up, screwed-down vocals. Thom Yorke collaborates on two tracks, contributing his production finesse and haunting falsetto to the dark tension of "Shipwreck" and to the psychedelic caverns of "This," where pixelated vocals echo from the shadows with ominous overtones. Trashy dancefloor rocker "Evil Twin" is drenched in metal and concrete, and Modeselektor pulls out hidden drawers of bass in the funky "German Clap," a steaming monster that grabs with gasping urgency. Miss Platnum rides low and slow into "Berlin," smoothly spreading vocals over the chunk-ridden rhythm, a luscious R&B offering to lap up like cream. The album breaks open entirely and monkeys run wild on "Grillwalker," a slamming club behemoth fashioned from mutilated 8-bits and a delirious bassline. PVT shines on "Green Light Go," a poignant, off-kilter track that shuffles forward between loose drums before lifting off into the ether. Beneath Monkeytown's exquisite orchestration and eclectic sound, pure energy is at the core of the release, vibrating with an emotional vivacity that dares to escape its sonic cage and fling itself upon the world. Joining the heavy ranks of Hello Mom! (BPC 115CD/LP) and Happy Birthday! (BPC 159CD/LP), Monkeytown will light up the club and the cerebrum with Modeselektor's incredible abilities to move the body, melt the mind and gather disparate genres and their listeners together in one monkey-filled, musical metropolis.
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CAT #: MONKEY 076LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
SIRIUSMO Comic LP
2022 repress, originally released in 2017. Pow, Boom, Splash! You will instantly recognize the rich brush strokes of this musical painter. Monkeytown linchpin Moritz Friedrich, aka Siriusmo, is back with a bang and a pencil. Following up 2013's Enthusiast (MONKEY 033CD/LP), his third full-length recording Comic sounds like its title suggests: colorful, rampant, funny, and hilariously foolish. Siriusmo maintains his very own sound and spot within electronic music, drawing from numerous styles and mashing it all through his personal beat-grinder, constantly understating and exaggerating. He's the innovator that has no such intentions at all. Here's what the master himself has to say about his new work: "Comic feels like dilettante kids drawings roughly sketched with a big marker, like abstract layouts as well as finely carved romantic paintings. 14 songs ripped from the pages of a coloring book to be vividly colored by you!" But don't worry, those pages will fill themselves with life as soon as the mellow and trippy patterns of the opening track set in. There are big and broken beats in "Wrong Password", extremely easygoing rave tunes like "Dagoberta", lots of genuine oddities like "Wixn", and the piano work on "Geilomant" even makes you think of some classic hip-hop track. Comparisons are futile, except for one: From the melodic vintage electro of "Dagoberta" to the sonic assault and whirlwind drum programming of "Bleat", there's a strong link to older Squarepusher records. Just replace the former's jazz and jungle roots with Berlin's musical history, and you get an idea of what Siriusmo is made of. Siriusmo may be the laziest genius around, though he's been all but unproductive since Enthusiast: In 2015 he joined forces with Modeselektor and toured Europe under the banner of Siriusmodeselektor, playing festivals from Glastonbury to Sonar. The same year he produced the debut album of Romano, Köpenick's one-of-a-kind rap phenomenon and close friend of Moritz. He remixed Moderat, collaborated with synth pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre, and contributed to Mr. Oizo's latest album (BEC 5156714, 2016), who's also appearing on Comic. So does Romano on standout track "La Bouche", delivering some tasty German phrases. Having been occupied recently with Roman's second album, his fans are very lucky that Moritz found the time to pin down a new Siriusmo album as well. He may not be a man of many words, but possesses a bold and singular musical vision. Also features Dana And Romano and Jan Driver.
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CAT #: MONKEY 120CD
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CATNAPP Trust CD
Trust is a testament to resilience. The past two years have been tough for just about everyone, and while it would have been easy for Catnapp to let feelings of despair soak into her creative process, she refused to succumb to darkness. The Berlin-based Argentinian was determined to make something bright, energetic and uplifting, and nothing -- not even a global catastrophe -- was going to stop her from rallying people to the dancefloor. Her new album is loaded with futuristic pop hooks, yet Trust offers so much more than a simple sugar rush. This is a record that defiantly smashes through genre boundaries, hoovering up high-octane bits of hip-hop, R&B, rave, and even nu metal along the way. Catnapp -- an accomplished shapeshifter who's never been afraid to get weird -- is just as comfortable throwing down brash rhymes as she is singing dreamy ballads or unleashing a primal scream, and on Trust, all of those things (and more) frequently happen within the confines of a single song. Call it hyper pop if you must, but pop concentrate might be a more accurate term. Modeselektor -- whose similarly mischievous, genre-hopping exploits are well documented at this point -- provided creative guidance and lent a hand in the album's production, but they aren't the only guests on Trust. Catnapp's little brother Wilo does his best Linkin Park impression (and constructed the beat) on "Br34th3," and fellow Argentinian Methone cooked up the glimmering melodies of album opener "Need This." French trance/breakbeat/pop specialist Aamourocean contributes some technicolor wizardry to "Stay Unsaved," while American rapper John Debt provides a little satire, taking on the persona of a cringeworthy music industry phony for the hilarious skit "Skukinunu." O.L.I.V.I.A. (another Argentinian) helps to close out the album, seductively crooning on the Spanish-language "Despierta," a song where Catnapp sets aside one of her personal fears and sings in her native tongue for the first time in years. Trust does border on overload, but again, that's by design. The album arrives at a time when attention spans are short, interruptions are constant, multitasking has become routine and practically the entire history of music is now accessible at the push of the button. Modern life is hectic, and Trust plays out accordingly, transporting into the fractured headspace of someone who's listening on headphones as they go about their day.
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CAT #: MONKEY 120LP
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CATNAPP Trust LP
LP version. Trust is a testament to resilience. The past two years have been tough for just about everyone, and while it would have been easy for Catnapp to let feelings of despair soak into her creative process, she refused to succumb to darkness. The Berlin-based Argentinian was determined to make something bright, energetic and uplifting, and nothing -- not even a global catastrophe -- was going to stop her from rallying people to the dancefloor. Her new album is loaded with futuristic pop hooks, yet Trust offers so much more than a simple sugar rush. This is a record that defiantly smashes through genre boundaries, hoovering up high-octane bits of hip-hop, R&B, rave, and even nu metal along the way. Catnapp -- an accomplished shapeshifter who's never been afraid to get weird -- is just as comfortable throwing down brash rhymes as she is singing dreamy ballads or unleashing a primal scream, and on Trust, all of those things (and more) frequently happen within the confines of a single song. Call it hyper pop if you must, but pop concentrate might be a more accurate term. Modeselektor -- whose similarly mischievous, genre-hopping exploits are well documented at this point -- provided creative guidance and lent a hand in the album's production, but they aren't the only guests on Trust. Catnapp's little brother Wilo does his best Linkin Park impression (and constructed the beat) on "Br34th3," and fellow Argentinian Methone cooked up the glimmering melodies of album opener "Need This." French trance/breakbeat/pop specialist Aamourocean contributes some technicolor wizardry to "Stay Unsaved," while American rapper John Debt provides a little satire, taking on the persona of a cringeworthy music industry phony for the hilarious skit "Skukinunu." O.L.I.V.I.A. (another Argentinian) helps to close out the album, seductively crooning on the Spanish-language "Despierta," a song where Catnapp sets aside one of her personal fears and sings in her native tongue for the first time in years. Trust does border on overload, but again, that's by design. The album arrives at a time when attention spans are short, interruptions are constant, multitasking has become routine and practically the entire history of music is now accessible at the push of the button. Modern life is hectic, and Trust plays out accordingly, transporting into the fractured headspace of someone who's listening on headphones as they go about their day.
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CAT #: MONKEY 127LP
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AASTHMA Arrival LP
Arrival, the debut album from Swedish duo Aasthma, is big, bold, bright, and utterly fearless. It's described by its creators as a larger-than-life "secular rapture" that sounds like "Justin Bieber meeting up with Rotterdam Terror Corps to do an Abba cover at the Grand Ole Opry." The byproduct of a friendship, Aasthma is a collaboration between Pär Grindvik and Peder Mannerfelt, best known individually for their exploits in the techno realm. Calling Arrival a pop album might serve as an effective shorthand, but sonically, it's a high-fidelity whirlwind, occupying a dazzling sound world where Top 40 ballads and breakbeat rollers gleefully canoodle with trap bangers, neon-streaked EDM, and guttural dancehall. Arrival is absolutely Aasthma's vision, but it's not exactly a solo effort. Few acts would dream of enlisting both the sultry melancholy of HTRK vocalist Jonnine Standish ("It's Just Your Style") and the swaggering rhymes of Swedish rapper Silvana Imam ("Soulhack"), but Aasthma did just that and more, lining up what they describe as a "dream mixtape" that includes the talents of Shout Out Louds' front man Adam Olenius ("Lights Out"), Equiknoxx co-founder Gavsbourg ("Nod"), and glittery pop crooner Casey MQ ("3am"). Mixed by Aasthma together with Johannes Berglund (who's previously worked with FKA Twigs, The Knife, and Fever Ray), Arrival combines technicolor maximalism with the trademark sheen of Scandinavian pop.
NOTES ON A JOURNEY (GERMANY)
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CAT #: NOAJ 005LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
PHRYDDERICHS PHAELDA Bruchstuecke LP
Limited repress. Notes On A Journey present a reissue of Phrydderichs Phaelda's Bruchstuecke, originally released in 1981. Even those of you who are already familiar with the label's concept of rediscovering music which has unjustifiably been lost, overlooked, or forgotten will be surprised by the reissue of the six-track-record Bruchstuecke LP by free-jazz artists Phrydderichs Phaelda. This band was a short living school band project of the Gymnasium Voerde Mitte (West-Germany) led by pianist and music teacher Friedrich Schepers joined by other teachers and students: Hans Klimek on bass, Lutz Leonhardt on drums, Wolfgang Kulawik on guitar. In 1975 they went to the studio to record six instrumental tracks in a style that could be best described as jazz/fusion with hints of R'n'B and rock, which are brimming with crisp snare drums played in polyrhythmic and ever-changing patterns and tempos. Alongside that, the astounded listener gets to enjoy thrilling electric guitar lines and breathtaking electric piano excursions together with ultrawarm and elaborate bass guitar parts. All this is held together by the four musicians great overview and ability to improvise and react spontaneously to their fellows. This creates a kind of magic which is rare to hear in music these days. Stefan Leisering and Juergen von Knoblauch, the two record digging members of Jazzanova have immediately understood the unique quality of Bruchstuecke and decided to re-release this overlooked masterpiece. In the course of the original release of this album in the early 1980s only a small amount has been pressed. Now this reissue on Notes On A Journey provides this gem to a larger audience -- to people who share a great interest in the remarkable development of underground jazz in Germany during those years. 180 gram vinyl; Old school tip on cover; Includes download card.
NOW-AGAIN
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CAT #: NA 5147LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA Welcome To Zamrock! Vol. 1: How Zambia's Liberation Led To A Rock Revolution 2LP
Limited 2022 repress; Double LP version. Includes download card. Featuring Nogzi Family, Witch, Musi-O-Tunya, Chrissy Zebby Tembo, Amanaz, Blackfoot, "and every important Zamrock band." "Explore Zambia's liberation and its impact on the country's rock revolution. By the mid-1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times. Though the country's first president Kenneth Kaunda had thrown off the yoke of British colonialism, the new federation found itself under his self-imposed, autocratic rule. Conflict loomed on all sides of this landlocked nation. Kaunda protected Zambia from war, but his country descended into isolation and poverty. This is the environment in which the '70s rock revolution that has come to be known as Zamrock flourished. Fuzz guitars were commonplace, as were driving rhythms as influenced by James Brown's funk as Jimi Hendrix's rock predominated. Musical themes, mainly sung in the country's constitutional language, English, were often bleak. In present day Zambia, Zamrock markers were few. Only a small number of the original Zamrock godfathers that remained in the country survived through the late '90s. AIDS decimated this country, and uncontrollable inflation forced the Zambian rockers that could afford to flee into something resembling exile. This was not a likely scene to survive -- but it did. Welcome To Zamrock!, presented in two volumes, is an overview of its most beloved ensembles, and a trace of its arc from its ascension, to its fall, to its resurgence."
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CAT #: NA 5148LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA Welcome To Zamrock! Vol. 2: How Zambia's Liberation Led To A Rock Revolution 2LP
Limited 2022 repress; Double LP version. "By the mid-1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times. Though the country's first president Kenneth Kaunda had thrown off the yoke of British colonialism, the new federation found itself under his self-imposed, autocratic rule. Conflict loomed on all sides of this landlocked nation. Kaunda protected Zambia from war, but his country descended into isolation and poverty. This is the environment in which the '70s rock revolution that has come to be known as Zamrock flourished. Fuzz guitars were commonplace, as were driving rhythms as influenced by James Brown's funk as Jimi Hendrix's rock predominated. Musical themes, mainly sung in the country's constitutional language, English, were often bleak. In present day Zambia, Zamrock markers were few. Only a small number of the original Zamrock godfathers that remained in the country survived through the late '90s. AIDS decimated this country, and uncontrollable inflation forced the Zambian rockers that could afford to flee into something resembling exile. This was not a likely scene to survive -- but it did. Welcome To Zamrock!, presented in two volumes, is an overview of its most beloved ensembles, and a trace of its arc from its ascension, to its fall, to its resurgence. Explore Zambia's liberation and its impact on the country's rock revolution. The book, written by Eothen Alapatt and Leonard Koloko is the first investigation into the Zamrock scene, and is filled with original record artwork and rarely-seen photos of Zamrock's best ensembles."
ON THE CORNER RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: OTCR 12020LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
EDRIX PUZZLE & THE DIABOLICAL LIBERTIES Double Drop Vol. 2 LP
On The Corner Records reveal the second instalment of their Double Drop series, pairing together two EPs from two different members of the OtC family, delivering a cosmically twinned, action packed slab of wax. Label boss Pete OtC developed this series to introduce record players around the world to new artists coming through On The Corner's region of the solar system. With vinyl manufacture in pandemic pandemonium and questionable environmental impacts of the efficacy of disco 12"s, it seemed like a prime time to get laying the OtC family's sonic landscapes onto highly collectible long playing EP pairings, with no represses and no compromise on the artwork, each side sporting a 20+ minute audio journey. On the A-side, and hot on the heels of the Dub Protection & The Sportswear Mystics cassette, The Diabolical Liberties present their Birds Of Paradise EP. This EP all but sold-out and follows the dynamite success of the duo's debut long player High Protection & The Sportswear Mystics (OTCR 011LP, 2020) and its follow-up hype cassette of dubbed-out versions (as well as a series of self-released and long sold-out white labels that included collaborations with Nyasha -- a moniker of Nubya Garcia -- and a super limited On The Corner 10" dubplate.) On the flip, having debuted on 2020's sold out triple-LP release Door To The Cosmos LP (OTCR 010LP), Edrix Puzzle are back with a stonking new EP Rise To Eris. With this new offering, Edrix Puzzle's core drums, sax, double bass, and percussion are augmented with spoken word, guitar and synths. Project founder and lead, Nathan "Tugg" Curran (drums, synths) is joined by long time collaborators Oli Savill (percussion) and Martin Slattery (bass clarinet, sax), as well as Tom Mason (double bass) and Josh Barry (spoken word) for this more acoustic, analog expression and surveying of extra-terrestrial forms with sparse synth manipulation and a sweet seasoning of electronic affectations. Exploring themes and energies in the territory of noir instrumental jazz the cinematic energy is unpinned with driving breaks and psych-fusion meanderings into the extra-terrestrial landscapes akin to Mwandishi (1971) era Herbie Hancock. For fans of: Gonjasufi, PiL, Luke Vibert, Andrew Weatherall, Gorillaz, The Heliocentrics, The Herbaliser, Karl Hector, Herbie Hancock.
OUTERNATIONAL SOUNDS (UK)
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CAT #: OTR 009LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
TAPSCOTT CONDUCTING THE PAN-AFRIKAN PEOPLES ARKESTRA, HORACE The Call LP
2022 restock. Available on vinyl for the first time in 40 years, Outernational Sounds presents Horace Tapscott's burning, spiritualized 1978 set, The Call. One of the unsung giants of jazz music, the composer, bandleader, arranger, pianist and community activist Tapscott was the undisputed keystone of the grassroots Los Angeles jazz scene. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, his radical community arts and music formations the UGMA (Underground Musicians Association) and his protean big band, the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, were at the epicenter of music, culture, and politics in the Los Angeles area. Hundreds of musicians passed through these groups and played their part. Major figures such as Arthur Blythe, Azar Lawrence, Jimmy Woods, John Carter, Bobby Bradford, Sonny Criss, Ndugu Chancler, and dozens of others all paid dues or just got down with Tapscott, not to mention the core Arkestra regulars who have since become celebrated names; Nate Morgan, Jesse Sharps, Adele Sebastian, Dadisi Komolafe, and Gary Bias, to mention only a few. Tapscott and the Arkestra were down on the ground -- playing fundraisers in parks and streets, organizing teach-ins and workshops for young and old, mixing it with radical theater groups, firebrand poets, political radicals, Black separatists, community groups, and churches. As a result of this grassroots community focus and Tapscott's antipathy to the music industry, the Arkestra didn't record for nearly two decades. That only changed when long-time jazz fan Tom Albach started Nimbus Records. The label was initiated specifically in order to document Tapscott and his circle, and the first three records showcased Horace and the Arkestra. The Call was put together from two studio sessions in April 1978, one at Hollywood Sage and Sound, and one at United Western -- the latter session had the addition of a string section, who can be heard on the moody Cal Massey composition "Nakatini Suite" and Jesse Sharp's swinging modal trip, "Peyote Song No. III," with its swirling soprano solo. In keeping with the communal nature of the Arkestra, the other two compositions, "The Call" and "Quagmire Manor at Five A.M." are also by Arkestra members. But at the center of the music is the builder of the Ark, the visionary whose original call to action started a movement whose legacy continues to this day -- Horace Tapscott. Vinyl-only release, 180 gram pressing by Pallas, fully licensed from Nimbus West founder Tom Albach.
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CAT #: OTR 010LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
TAPSCOTT WITH THE PAN-AFRIKAN PEOPLES ARKESTRA, HORACE Flight 17 2LP
2022 restock. Outernational Sounds presents a cornerstone document from the Los Angeles jazz underground, Flight 17 -- the first appearance on record of the legendary Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, led by their founder and mastermind, Horace Tapscott. Available on vinyl for the first time in 40 years. The Arkestra would allow the creativity in the community to come together, would allow people to recognize each other as one people. Horace Tapscott's Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra (P.A.P.A.) was one of the most transformative, forward-thinking and straight-up heavy big bands to have played jazz in the 1960s and 1970s. If P.A.P.A. doesn't have the interstellar rep of that other famous Arkestra, and if the name Tapscott doesn't ring bells like Monk or Tyner, there's a reason why: in an industry dominated by record labels, a band that doesn't record doesn't count. And the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra didn't record for nearly twenty years. But recording success was never their concern -- they weren't about that. First formed as the Underground Musicians Association in the early 1960s, Tapscott always wanted his group to be a community project. From their base in Watts, UGMA got down at the grassroots. The group was renamed the Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra in 1971, and soon after they established a monthly residency at the Immanuel United Church of Christ which ran for over a decade, while still playing all over LA and beyond. But they never released a note of music. It was the intervention of fan Tom Albach that finally got them on wax. Determined that their work should be documented, Albach founded Nimbus Records specifically to release the music of Tapscott, the Arkestra, and the individuals that comprised it. The first recording sessions in early 1978 yielded enough material for two albums, and the first release was Flight 17. From the surging avant-gardism of Herbie Baker's title track to the laidback summertime groove of Kamonta Lawrence Polk's "Maui", or Roberto Miranda's up-tempo Latin jam "Horacio", Flight 17 showcased the radical voices of the Arkestra's members. Led out by Tapscott's hard-swinging piano, this is the first flight on wax of the West Coasts' foundational community big band -- energized, hip, and together. Contains two tracks previously only available on the 1997 CD edition: "Coltrane Medley" and "Village Dance", recorded live at the Immanuel United Church of Christ. 180 gram vinyl pressing by Pallas. Fully licensed from Nimbus West founder Tom Albach.
PAMPA (GERMANY)
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CAT #: PAMPA 038EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
DJ KOZE Knock Knock Remixes 12"
&Me, the chunky critter, did it again! This hypnotic one-off, "Drone me up, Flashy" featuring Sophia Kennedy, was stoically crafted to be lifted into the next dimension with thousands of people. Where the hospitality of all-encompassing love and euphoria awaits with arms raised and eyes closed. Mano Le Tough found the original "Muddy Funster" so boring that he ran out of cigarettes. Even as a non-smoker! With his congenial version of this evergreens, this deranged pig forces his cranky perception on us and takes you into a mystical world in which no two stones are alike, but whose unique construction represents an earthquake-proof pyramid of love whose dimensions have perfect relationships to the size of the earth and to mathematical laws. "Illumination" featuring Roísín Murphy as Mano Le Toughs needs "A Birra Light Remix" persistently pulls you music-loving dance muffins under the disco ball with all the TikiTaka tricks in the book, only to let us go and spin gloriously free at the crucial moment. So beautiful, we dance, wow.
PILOTTON (GERMANY)
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CAT #: PILOTTON 009LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BOOZOO BAJOU Dust My Broom 2LP
Reissue, originally released in 2005. Dust My Broom, Boozoo Bajou's second album after the worldwide success of their debut album, 2001's Satta (PILOTTON 005LP). First time available after the original pressing on !K7 back in 2005. Dust My Broom comes from the blues. In a figurative sense, this means, among other things, making a clean table and the beginning of something new, a new beginning; above all they open a new chapter in the Boozoo Bajou sound. You can hear a lot more vocals on "Dust My Broom", there is Joe Dukie the front man of Fat Freddy's Drop or the US country legend Tony Joe White. Also featured is Blaxploitation/Motown icon Willie Hutch and American singer Ben Weaver. With U-Brown, who was once MC for King Tubby and the English Jungle MC Top Cat, there is also a special reggae touch among the singers. The famous Boozoo'sche slowness has given way to an interest in variable rhythms and tempos, while maintaining the same leaning back. What has remained are the classic Boozoo constants. The atmosphere, for example, remains deep. The musical range: wide. Dust My Broom a classic that is in no way inferior to its predecessor Satta, will be available again on double vinyl. Also features Wayne Martin. 180 gram vinyl; gatefold sleeve.
POTOMAK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: POTOMAK 825171
FILE UNDER: ROCK
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN Kollaps LP
2022 repress. Includes a large format 12-page booklet. Originally released in 1981, Kollaps is the seminal, form-destroying debut album by German industrial pioneers Einstürzende Neubauten (trans. "Collapsing New Buildings"). The band's use of junk metal, power drills, jackhammers and other surprising instrumentation would come to define their challenging and continually inventive career, making them not only one of the originators of industrial music, but one of the world's most influential and far-reaching forces at the intersection between avant-garde and rock music. Formed in 1980 in the wave of the Dadaist movement Die Geniale Dilletanten, after a series of devastating live performances and personnel changes (one of which briefly involving electronic musician Gudrun Gut), the band's line-up cemented itself with core members Blixa Bargeld, F.M. Einheit (previously of Hamburg-based post-punk band Abwärts) and N.U. Unruh. On Kollaps, a violent collision of urban primitivism and punk sensibilities, the trio declared war on every conventional way of listening, combining an intense mess of atonal guitar drones with brutal scrap metal percussion. At a time in Germany in which the wall encircling West Berlin transformed the city into a state-subsidized, near-paradisiacal freak-enclave for artists, Einstürzende Neubauten offered cathartic cascades of noise, employing steel parts, tin drums, drills, hammers, saws and untuned electric guitars, all crowned by Bargeld's bloodcurdling screams and feverish, apocalyptic texts. Kollaps, with its atonal essence, embodied exactly what the title suggested: decay and destruction, illness, doom and death. Years later, with the fall of the Berlin wall behind it, Kollaps still sounds as radical and extreme an artistic statement as ever.
PROFOUND LORE (CANADA)
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CAT #: PFL 277CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LOCRIAN New Catastrophism 2CD
"The new Locrian album New Catastrophism is the first release from the band in seven years! They are also releasing Ghost Frontiers, an EP that comes as a bonus disc with the CD edition and a bonus digital download with the vinyl. New Catastrophism sees the iconic experimental music trio return back to their roots through four immersive tracks that signal towards the band's signature expressions of dark ambient, experimental music, drone and post rock. Massive dystopian sonic soundscapes presented through many layers of sound is the dominant audial canvas here. Locrian is a prophetic voice of decline. From the band's inception, they have comfortably straddled both the experimental and metal underground, weaving themes of apocalypse, urban decay, environmental destruction and birth/death/rebirth throughout their multifaceted and genre-defying releases. The trio formed in 2005 in Chicago and features Terence Hannum (synthesizers, vocals, tape loops), André Foisy (guitars, electronics), and Steven Hess (drums, electronics)."
RIDINGEASY RECORDS
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CAT #: EZRDR 140LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HOLDEN, RANDY Population III LP
LP version. "How does one follow up one of the most legendary, yet rarest albums said to signal the birth of doom metal? If you're Randy Holden, you give everyone about fifty years to catch up, then casually drop a tastefully modernized reinterpretation of that sound. Population III picks up where Holden's 1969 solo debut left off, updated with several decades worth of technological advances and personal hindsight. Following his tenure in proto-metal pioneers Blue Cheer in 1969, the guitarist aimed for more control over his next project. Thus, Randy Holden -- Population II was born, the duo naming itself after the astronomical term for a particular star cluster with heavy metals present. Along with drummer/keyboardist Chris Lockheed, Holden created what many say is one of the earliest forms of doom metal. Their six-song debut album Population II delves into leaden sludge, lumbering doom and epic soaring riffs that sound free from all constraints of the era. However, troubles with the album's original 1970 release bankrupted Holden, who subsequently left music for over two decades. For good reason, it's widely hailed as a masterpiece, and until finally getting a proper formal release in 2020 on Riding Easy Records, was a longtime Holy Grail for record collectors. Flash forward forty years to 2010, one finds the guitarist/vocalist quietly coaxed into recording a follow-up album by Holden superfan and Cactus member Randy Pratt. Joined by drummer Bobby Rondinelli (who has played with Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow), the trio cut the six-song collection of leaden future blues, Population III. 'Randy Pratt had written the basic song structures, he understood my music and where I come from quite well,' Holden says. 'He nailed it.' But the recording was ultimately shelved for over a decade. Throughout Population III, Holden effortlessly dishes out squealing, soaring leads and skull-thwacking riffs with his signature low end grit and penchant for Middle Eastern scales. Coupled with Pratt's pocket-locked bass, the slight flanging effect on Rondinelli's drums and his pugilistic beats, the album occasionally brings to mind Presence-era Led Zeppelin. At times, Holden sounds reminiscent of Neil Young leading Crazy Horse's ruptured grunge as his lilting falsetto vocals push and pull his guitar's siren's call. Population III is the real deal -- a powerful continuation of a sound forged fifty years ago, that almost didn't happen. Somehow, Randy Holden's music always finds a way to stand the tests of time."
ROARATORIO
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CAT #: ROAR 026LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MCPHEE & CHRIS CORSANO, JOE Scraps And Shadows LP
2022 restock. Scraps And Shadows is the second album by the dream pairing of Joe McPhee and Chris Corsano. A follow-up to Under A Double Moon (ROAR 022LP), which featured McPhee's alto saxophone, Scraps And Shadows finds him largely on tenor. Recorded live in Milwaukee in 2011, the album consists of seven dedicatory pieces, from the delicate balladry of "For Adrienne P" to the appropriately combustible "For Han Bennink". Corsano's stupendously detailed drumming and McPhee's free-soul love cries weave a master latticework together. Cover art by Judith Lindbloom. Download coupon included.
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CAT #: ROAR 036LP
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
CORNER, PHILIP Through Two More-Than-Mysterious Barricades (Improvizations After Francois Couperin) LP
2014 release. "Les Barricades Mistérieuses," the harpsichord gem by French Baroque composer François Couperin, has been a long-running source of exploration for Fluxus musician Philip Corner, who for years has used it as a jumping-off point for piano improvisations. Through Two More-Than-Mysterious Barricades comprises two very different takes on the same piece. The first dates from 1992, in collaboration with dancer Paulette Sears, who provides the "singings and screamings" of the album's subtitle. It moves from a frenzy of abstraction to a more meditative take on Couperin's composition, with diversions and tributaries along the way. The second, from 2004, is a rougher beast, recorded with wildly over-saturated levels, the tape machine itself becomes a participant in the performance, with its heavy distortion bringing out storm clouds of overtones from Corner's piano. Edition of 318 copies, with Corner's calligraphy silkscreened on Kozo rice paper and mounted onto the jacket.
ROOM40 (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: EDRM 431CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
MOTA & DAVID GRUBBS, MANUAL Na Margem Sul CD
From David Grubbs: "This recording documents Manuel Mota's and my first public performance as a duo. We had played together previously for a recording session -- a relaxed afternoon at Lisbon's ZDB, where I recall zoning out, guitar in my hands, watching the endless throng of people Sunday-strolling past the plate glass window next to the stage. That deeply pleasurable afternoon session felt like a live accompaniment to a film. This recording also documents, for the both of us, a first indoor collaborative performance since the beginning of the pandemic. It felt familiar -- I do remember how to do these things -- and yet upped in its intensity of focus, and afterward that much more imprinted in memory, even prior to sitting down with this recording. It seemed I could have narrated it after the fact, its various twists and turns, which is not often the case for me with improvised concerts, details of which often vanish -- to return who knows when -- or transform into a series of disconnected impressions. One of the things that I love about Manuel's playing is that as a listener I quickly abandon my search for the logics of continuity that apply to most performers. With Manuel I rarely feel that I anticipate the shape of a given phrase in the time of its unfolding -- as a duo we're definitely not finishing one another's sentences -- nor do I sense that I'm tracking larger structures in the making to serve as signposts for the performance as a whole. The two of us first met more than a decade ago, but throughout many conversations we haven't spent much time speaking analytically about playing, never really compared notes from inside. It's not that we've chosen not to talk about music, or that there's a barrier or unspoken ideology to doing so. There's always something else to talk about. This concert took place in the Biblioteca Municipal of Barreiro, a smaller city to the southeast of Lisbon across the Tejo River estuary. 'Na margem sul' means 'on the south bank,' and is commonly used to refer to the area south of the Tejo. For a first time returning in many months to playing in an indoor setting, the library seemed an especially welcoming location." Personnel: Manuel Mota - electric guitar; David Grubbs - electric guitar. Recorded July 16, 2021 by Leonardo Bindilatti at the Auditório da Biblioteca Municipal, Barreiro, Portugal.
RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
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CAT #: RLP 3210LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
HENRIKSEN, ARVE The Timeless Nowhere 4LP BOX/2CD
Limited restock. In a world where being loud seems to be the only ticket for attention, Arve Henriksen has somewhat quietly and without much ado established himself as an important, major player on the European jazz scene. In his 20 years with Rune Grammofon counting 11 solo albums (including one for ECM) and 12 albums with Supersilent (including two for Smalltown Supersound), in addition to four albums with Food as well as numerous collaborations, far too many to mention here. During these years he has also performed quite extensively in Europe, in later years being more choose-y, often preferring more unique venues and locations. Consisting of unreleased material from around ten years back and up until 2019, The Timeless Nowhere is not a compilation in the traditional sense, but can still be seen as a career overview including many facets of his work, at the same time portraying an artist on an unstoppable quest for discovery through exploration. Indeed, these are also four individual albums that could easily have justified separate releases, but at this stage in Arve's artistic journey it also made perfect sense to assemble them as a box set. The common denominator is about inspiration drawn from composers, collaborators, new discoveries and more specifically; spontaneous interaction with other musicians without other purposes than the music itself. No talk, no demands, no intentions, no explaining; just music in a timeless nowhere. "Captured Under Mountainsides" points to the wild landscape scenery of the area where Arve grew up in the western part of Norway; overwhelming and often strikingly beautiful, but also isolated and with a sense of melancholy. "Acousmograph" is Arve on his own, inspired by compositions and musicians, more experimental in nature and partly based on sketch recordings in odd locations. "Cryosphere" is a co-production with long-time collaborator Jan Bang re-modelling material from a series of evolving concert performances. "Towards Language - Live At Punkt" could be seen as a departure from Arve´s usual approach, but at the same time it´s not. This is not a static run through -- Arve would never allow that -- but rather the kind of re-imagining process that is such a vital part of his music making.
SECOND STATE AUDIO (GERMANY)
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CAT #: SNDST 100EP
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PAN-POT Skin On Skin 12"
Second State founders Pan-Pot mark the Berlin label's 100th release with the three-track EP Skin On Skin. Berlin based duo Pan-Pot begin 2022 with a momentous milestone for their Second State imprint, including a fresh look for the long-standing label. The winning design by Philipp Ludwig was chosen out of hundreds of entries after the label launched a contest for this very special release in November of last year. Skin On Skin marks Second State's 100th release and showcases the variety of different sounds homed by the label since 2014 with three fiery contrasting cuts from its founders, giving a nod to the range and expression that Pan-Pot's imprint has come to be known for in today's techno scene. Raw cut "Skin On Skin" takes position as opener. Resonating bongos and rattling shakers incite a tribal element while ominous synths begin to unfold. Sandra Bjurman's taunting, faintly distorted voice comes in, claps and growling organs are layered over while metallic ringing gives way to the vocal once more. Twisted elements and the resonating drums are revived for the finale, closed out by a soaring Balafon. "Particle Fever" is next, kicking off with a resounding, impactful kick and gritty elements: jumping bass line and metallic stabs that ring out and halt swiftly. Yelping keys call out during the breakdown halfway through, exploding back into original pace with the addition of a weighty bass line and stripped back grittier elements. The closer "Bow" is characterized by warped and pulsating elements that march forward menacingly. A rumbling bass snarls beneath metallic strikes, an oscillating spring synth and a sliced up and brooding sample, injecting a haunting element. Grumbling synths hover buoyantly throughout, as the kick and mechanical elements continue with authority.
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CAT #: SNDST 102EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BECK, GARY Supervan 12"
Glasgow's Gary Beck is back on Second State Audio with weighty four-tracker Supervan EP. A pillar of Scotland's techno scene, Gary has appeared regularly at some of the globe's most respected venues and festivals including Womb Tokyo, fabric, Output NYC, and Awakenings, to name a few. Title track "Supervan" opens with bouncing bass and rattling percussion. A chopped-up vocal is introduced and commands the track forward as it ascends, with the kick battling to harden the track over the grooving melody and anthemic keys. Next up is the spirited cut "Psycho Babble". A resounding sample attempts to cry out over the jacking bass and kick combo, calling out in ecstasy at intervals of the track. A minimal hi-hat jumps throughout but retracts as the track increases tempo and gallops towards the end, where Beck incorporates breakbeat elements for the final leg. "Sparks" follows with rhythmic shakers and hi-hats juxtaposing each other under the monologue of two young punters. The conversation adds a narrative to the track as it intensifies along with a gritty buzzing element. The voices become distorted as the track builds to crescendo, with the sample and music working together in unison to unravel the story of the character's night. The finale "Pink Castles" is a pacy and hypnotic trip, conjuring up the energy of both a peak-time workout and high-tempo closer. Haunting vocals and icy synths swirl around the driving elements and atmospherics, engulfing the listener into the darkness of this finishing track.
SHELTER PRESS (FRANCE)
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CAT #: SHELTER 139CD
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TRICOLI, VALERIO Say Goodbye to the Wind CD
The Palermo born, Munich based composer, Valerio Tricoli, has forged a singular path within experimental sound practice, continuously rethinking the relationship between electroacoustic composition and narrative possibility. Say Goodbye to the Wind is his first album with Shelter Press. Across three intricate, deeply personal works of concrète music, the composer blurs the boundaries between the tangible and abstract, weaving complex allegories for the self. Most commonly created on a RevoxB77 reel-to-reel -- manipulating, live sampling, and real-time editing/mixing of field and studio recordings -- in Tricoli's hands, estranged moments of sonorous ephemera transmogrify and intertwine as metaphorical and allegorical sums, far greater than their parts. The title of Tricoli's sixth full-length is taken from a story by J.G. Ballard, set in the desolation of a holiday resort that rests among a landscape of endless rolling dunes that are populated by "sound sculptures" and monsters. Historically, one of the primary pursuits of musique concrete is the transformation of everyday sonority into abstractions of profound meaning and weight. While this process unquestionable played a heavy hand in the composition of Say Goodbye to the Wind, Tricoli's approach to the idiom sets the stage for something entirely unique. Not only are the practices of tape music applied to field recordings, but to the sounds of piano, synthesizers, objects, and the composer's voice, in addition to interventions by Ecka Mordecai (cello), Lucio Capece (soprano saxophone), and Ida Toninato (vocals). "Lo Spopolatore", draws its title from Samuel Beckett's short story Le Dépeupleur (The Lost Ones). Tricoli's work weaves together a multitude of sonorous fragments: field recordings, voice, and diverse instrumentation. "Mimosa Hostilis" -- the name of a Brazilian plant which contains DMT -- begins with same recording as its predecessor, made of his son's breathing, a few months after his birth, in the Sicilian sea wind. Here, Tricoli treats his sources with pointillistic precision, intermingling vocal and minimal instrumental gestures into a polyrhythmic patter that transforms commonplace sonority into aural echoes of wind, rain, the shadowy species within. The title of "De Vacuum Magdeburgicus" is taken from the name of the first paper published by Otto von Guericke, a 17th century, German scientist, inventor, and politician. While no less oriented around the abstract possibilities activated by field recordings, "De Vacuum Magdeburgicus" is the album's most explicitly musical work. Warbling instrumental sounds and vocal interventions, bent by the hand tape manipulation, push toward heightened states of drama and tension, pushing and pulling against a vast pallet of textures drawn from the natural word and beyond. Artwork by Mårten Lange. Mastered by Rashad Becker.
SOMMOR RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: SOMM 075LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DROIN, DOMINIQUE Wave On LP
LP version. Includes insert and download card with two bonus tracks. Edition of 300 (hand-numbered), First ever reissue of this impossible to find private acid-folk album from France, released in 1972, related to Long Orme and originally released as a tiny pressing on cult Kiosque d'Orphée label (the French Deroy). Recorded by French musician Dominique Droin (later a Gipsy Kings backing musician) and some friends/musicians at a basement studio, the album has a charming homemade vibe and melancholic atmosphere with a strong UK folk influence (think Donovan, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch, or Nick Drake). Beautiful songs in English with acoustic guitars, flute, cello and even full electric backing on the monster eight-minute psychedelic title track.
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CAT #: SOMM 076LP
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HUGO Y OSVALDO La Bossa Nova de Hugo Y Osvaldo LP
First ever vinyl reissue. After the demise of Los Shakers, brothers Hugo and Osvaldo Fattoruso released in 1969 La Bossa Nova de Hugo Y Osvaldo. Here, they paid homage to the music they grew-up with: jazz, bossa nova, and candombe but adding Beatlesque pop-psych and Brazilian/Latin sounds to the mix, following what they had already done with Los Shakers in songs like "Never Never" or "Adorable Lola". Cool covers of Burt Bacharach, George Harrison, and candombe pioneer Manolo Guardia blend together with lovely self-penned songs and even new, bossa-styled versions from Los Shakers catalog. Recorded in 1968 mostly by Hugo and Osvaldo playing all the instruments by themselves, it was originally released in 1969 in a tiny edition of 400 copies, making it one of the most desirable collectable albums related to Los Shakers. The missing link between Toto's Bar and Opa's Goldenwings (1976). Hard cardboard sleeve with OBI; includes insert with detailed liner notes and photos; also includes download card.
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CAT #: SOMM 079LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
RUNNING MAN, THE The Running Man LP
Bootlegged many times on vinyl, here's an official reissue of The Running Man's self-titled album. Top-notch hard progressive album with blues/jazz influences, originally released in 1972 on the collectable RCA-Neon label. Featuring the legendary Ray Russell (John Barry Seven, Graham Bond, Georgie Fame...) on devastating fuzz guitar plus Alan Greed (Harsh Reality) on bass, Alan Rushton (Mouse) on drums, and Gary Windo (Centipede) on sax. Fantastic remastered sound by Ray Russell. Original artwork in gatefold sleeve plus color insert with liner notes and rare photos/memorabilia. RIYL: Procol Harum, Thirsty Moon, Raw Material, Tonton Macoute, ELP, Patto. "... a genuinely experimental rock LP" --Galactic Ramble
SONIC CATHEDRAL (UK)
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CAT #: SCR 170LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BELL, ANDY The View From Halfway Down LP
2022 restock; LP version. Blue vinyl. Ride guitarist/singer Andy Bell releases his debut solo album. The product of a gradual, four-year process and finished during lockdown, the album was entirely written and recorded by Andy, engineered by Gem Archer and mastered by Heba Kadry. Back in 2016, Andy was inspired by David Bowie's death to be more proactive about finishing his songs, more confident about sharing them and to channel all of this into finally making a solo album. He laid down some tracks in former Beady Eye and Oasis bandmate Gem's studio, but got diverted when Ride's live reunion blossomed into a full return. A run of two albums, an EP and two world tours later, it would take a pandemic to give Andy the space to complete The View From Halfway Down. From the ecstatic psych pop of "Love Comes In Waves", to the heady loops of "Indica" and deeply groove-led "Skywalker", the eight tracks mix summery melodies with soundscapes and studio experimentation. The end result sits neatly between Ride's widescreen shoegaze and GLOK's textured electronics, variously inspired by The Stone Roses, Spacemen 3, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Beta Band, Stereolab, Neu!, Can, John Fahey, The Kinks, The La's, The Who, and the United States Of America. As for the album title, it comes from a particularly dark episode of BoJack Horseman and a poem that scriptwriter Alison Tafel wrote for the penultimate show. The spoiler-free version of the story goes like this: "The poem describes someone committing suicide by jumping to their death and the regret the protagonist experiences when he sees 'the view from halfway down'. Although, of course, it's too late to change what's going to happen. I read this poem as having a message of suicide prevention: if you could see the view from halfway down, you would never go through with anything that would end your life. I've never been suicidal, but I felt really moved by this brilliant poem when I watched the show during Ride's US tour in Autumn 2019 . . . The early stages of lockdown, you could feel the tension in the air, causing what felt like a global panic attack. But, in common with what I've heard from others who can experience anxiety for no reason in their everyday lives, I felt strangely calm in the midst of all of this, seeing things in my life very clearly. Such clarity allowed me to finally compile this record..."
SOWING RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: SOW 025LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
KIRK WITH JACK MCDUFF, ROLAND Kirk's Work LP
Reissue, originally released in 1961. Roland Kirk was one of the most creative, extravagant figures in jazz history. A master multi-instrumentalist with no boundaries in terms of language, style, and technique. Here, you find him co-leading a strong studio session with organ specialist, Jack McDuff. Backed up by Joe Benjamin on bass and Art Taylor on drums, Kirk and McDuff give voice to a soulful post-bop set full of groovy riffs and highly inventive instrumental ping pong. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder and released in 1961 by Prestige Records, this is a fine early step in Kirk's varied and intense career. Clear vinyl.
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CAT #: SOW 029LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
QUEBEC, IKE It Might As Well Be Spring LP
Reissue, recorded in 1961 and released on Blue Note in 1964. It May As Well Be Spring is often considered as an ideal companion to Ike Quebec's famous Heavy Soul (SOW 009LP). Here, the saxophone player displays a relaxed set of standards, including classic songs from the American repertoire such as "Willow Weep For Me", "Lover Man", and "Ol Man River". Perfect material to express his warm, lyrical tenor sax voice while Freddie Roach on organ, Milt Hinton on bass, and Al Harewood on drums perform with their usual high sense of interaction. Clear vinyl.
SUBALTERN RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: SUBALT 029EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
OME, BUSTED FINGERZ & YOOFEE Raw EP 12"
The first Subaltern release of 2022 sees three outstanding producers coming together to deliver a bass-blessing for all connoisseurs of the finer frequencies. "Raw": The name says it all here, a rough and raw slice of sub science. "No Runnin'": This time Ome teams up with Berlin-based Busted Fingerz to conjure a heavy roller that'll have you running for cover. "Talkin' Mathematics": For the second collaboration of this EP Ome invites Yoofee for the ride, and it's a bumpy one! Get ready for some serious sub equations.
TUFF KONG RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: TKR 201LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
KAZI & MADLIB Blackmarket Seminar 2LP
"Blackmarket Seminar, an album by Kazi and entirely produced by Madlib. Guest features by Madlib, MED, Wildchild, Declaime (Dudley Perkins) and Oh No. The album was recorded in 1996 and now digitally remastered in 2016 and re-remastered in 2021. Kazi says: 'We recorded this album in the wee hours at CDP studios back in '96. It was pretty much me, Madlib and Declaime in the lab when this album was recorded.' I learned so much from Lib cadence, rhyme patterns, timing and how to dig for records. What some people don't know is this cat actually took the time to show me how to make beats. I must say working with Lib was an amazing experience. The Blackmarket Seminar is a very raw and dark album. We came up with Black Market because at the time we were doing hip-hop that nobody else was doing and to us you could only get it on the 'Black Market'. When you first play the album you'll hear characters on a skit in search of the black market seminar. We really tried to make it seem like the characters were outside walking around looking for it. We recorded a new video for the song 'To Be Lost' as it is about MCs selling out to remain in the game and still makes perfect sense in the present day.'"
TWO GENTLEMEN (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: TWOGTL 101LP
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YOUNG GODS, THE Play Terry Riley In C 2LP+CD
The Young Gods release a record with Two Gentlemen, Play Terry Riley In C. Needless to say this is a fertile meeting between two monuments who have helped shape the cutting-edge music of the last few decades. Terry Riley, born in 1935, is the cornerstone on which a considerable number of artists have relied to liberate their relationship to the process and methods of creation. In the same way, The Young Gods revolutionized, from the second half of the 1980s, their relationship with rock music by converting guitars into samplers. Composed and premiered in 1964, In C is a major piece in the contemporary music repertoire of the second half of the 20th century, and a pivotal moment in its history. The score for In C is reduced to 53 musical phrases, which each musician must repeat in the order in which they appear, as many times as he or she wishes; the instrumentation is not specified; the impetus for the performance is not given by an orchestral direction, but by the musicians listening to one another. A perfectly open work, In C was the first work to offer a successful synthesis of repetition and variation. The Young Gods first approached In C in 2019 at the invitation of Benedikt Hayoz, director of the Landwehr wind orchestra in Freiburg -- this resulted in a performance of the work with 85 musicians. Other approaches were made with Ensemble Batida, a Geneva-based contemporary music collective, with the dance company Alias, and with the documentary filmmaker Peter Mettler, for his film Petropolis. In this album, The Young Gods offer a new interpretation of In C, as a trio and with their own sound vocabulary -- electronic instruments, drums, and guitars. They have chosen to follow the score and Terry Riley's indications, while allowing for some additional freedom, for example in terms of managing the sound intensity -- which evolves, in several long cycles, from almost silence to eruption and back again. They have also chosen to maintain a constant tempo throughout the live performance by building up a hypnotic flow and a continuous musical presence that meanders and oscillates in perpetually changing rings and atmospheres that transform in a perfectly fluid manner. By developing through a series of crescendos and decrescendos, by playing on the repeated addition and removal of musical phrases, by working sensitively on the sound quality (timbre, grain, alterations) of its elements, the piece aligns a series of ascents, ecstatic plateaus and lulls that give the work as a whole all the characteristics of a living form. Double LP version includes CD.
VINYL LOVERS (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
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CAT #: VL 900051LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE The Velvet Underground & Nico LP
2022 repress. Although Warhol, who was listed as producer on the album, allegedly gave the Velvets free reign over their sound, it was on his insistence that Nico performed on this album. However, this does not detract from the fact that when this album was made the Red Sea parted, and the Velvet Underground crossed into the Promised Land. Deluxe gatefold jacket with peeling banana and "Chelsea Girls" bonus track on B5
VP RECORDS
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CAT #: VP 4212CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
CONGOS, THE Heart of The Congos (40th Anniversary) 3CD
40th anniversary, triple-CD edition of The Congos' legendary Heart Of The Congos.
WOO ME (UK)
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CAT #: WOOME 011LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
FLOODLIGHTS From A View (Yellow Vinyl) LP
2022 repress. LP version. Yellow ochre vinyl. Edition of 400. Edgy Antipodean indie-rock/jangle for fans of The Clean/Flying Nun/Rolling Blackouts/The Vaselines/Goon Sax/Go-Betweens. From A View is the debut album from Melbourne's Floodlights. From A View explores themes of identity, personal cross-roads and the misuse of power. The band's first exploration into proper studio recording with a well-regarded sound engineer. It was recorded over two days onto a 24-track tape machine at Head Gap studios in Preston in November. Floodlights are made up of members Louis Parsons, Ashlee Kehoe, Joe Draffen, and Archie Shannon. They present a distinctly Australian perspective, with a shambolic, catchy sound that melds '80s indie-rock rock with '90s New Zealand jangle-pop. Following a tour of Australia's East Coast in October 2019 the band began working on From A View. The songs were arranged and performed as a band, but often began from Louis or Ash presenting ideas to the group and building on them from there. The songs themselves were written over various points in the bands short career, yet come together very fittingly to show their distinct sound. Lead single "Thanks For Understanding" is about two lives going in different directions. It describes the complicated process of growing apart from someone, even though you still care for them. Nao Anzai (Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever) engineered the album and then mixed it over the infamous Australian summer. Mikey Young (Total Control/Eddie Current) recently added the final touch with mastering.
WRWTFWW RECORDS (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: WRWTFWW 066LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
HIROSE, YUTAKA Trace: Sound Design Works 1986-1989 2LP
Double LP version. WRWTFWW Records announce the release of Yutaka Hirose's never-heard before 11-track collection Trace: Sound Design Works 1986-1989, with liner notes from the artist. Trace is a collection of 11 unreleased tracks produced by Yutaka Hirose between 1986 and 1989, during the Sound Process Design sessions, right after the release of his classic Soundscape series album Nova. Sound Process Design was Satoshi Ashikawa's label, home of the Wave Notation trilogy (Hiroshi Yoshimura's Music For Nine Postcards, Satsuki Shibano's Erik Satie 1866-1925, and Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way). Following Wave Notation, Sound Process Design worked with museums, cafes, and bars to create site-specific soundscapes, starting with the sound design of the Kushiro Museum. Yutaka Hirose was called to work on these projects. Rather than simply providing pre-recorded compositions, Hirose sought to create a "sound scenery". To achieve this, he participated in the conception of the space and paid particular attention to the accidental combination of sounds by placing the speakers, using a multi-sound source, and following the concept of "sculpturing time through sound". The composer explains: "sculpturing time through sound means that time, the space itself, the sound played in it, and the audience all become one sculpture. It is close to the idea of a Japanese tea ceremony where you use all of your five (or six) senses to taste the tea." Trace: Sound Design Works 1986-1989 is divided into two parts. The Reflection segment is based on an ambient soundscape. It narrates "a sleep that starts with the sound of water droplets at dawn and slowly disappears into darkness" and feels like a natural and soothing progression of Nova. It was played in entrance halls, at events, in cafes and bars. The "Voice From Past Technology" segment expresses the dream world born out of that sleep and is based on what Yukata Hirose calls hardcore ambient, environmental music with a noise approach. It was played in museums and science centers. All in all, Trace is a crucial addition to every Japanese environmental music fan's collection, alongside Midori Takada's Through The Looking Glass (WRWTFWW 019CD/LP), Hiroshi Yoshimura's Green, Satoshi Ashikawa's Still Way (WRWTFWW 030CD/LP), Motohiko Hamase's Notes of Forestry (WRWTFWW 034CD/LP), Inoyamaland's Danzindan-Pojidon (WRWTFWW 040LP), and Yutaka Hirose's very own Nova (WRWTFWW 028CD/LTD).
XI RECORDS
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CAT #: XI 119CD
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
RADIGUE, ELIANE Trilogie de la Mort 3CD
2022 restock; 1998 release. Voted one of 1998's top 15 Records of the Year in Modern Composition by the writers and critics of The Wire, Trilogie de la Mort is a work in three parts for anolog Arp synthesizer. The first third of the work, Kyema, is inspired by The Tibetan Book of the Dead and invokes the six intermediate states that constitute the existential continuity of the being. Kailasha, the second chapter, is structured on an imaginary pilgrimage around Mt. Kailash, one of the most sacred mountains in the Himalayas. Koumé makes up the last part of the trilogy and emphasizes the transcendence of death.
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A RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: AUK 011LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE My Bloody Underground 2LP
2022 repress, black vinyl. Gatefold 2LP version on 180 gram vinyl. 2013 release. This is the first Brian Jonestown Massacre album in over four years, recorded with select members from the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Icelandic musicians, and Mark Gardener (Ride). Recorded in Liverpool and Reykjavik in August 2007 and completed in Reykjavik in October 2007. This is the 13th full-length album from the Brian Jonestown Massacre released on Anton's label, A Recordings. This album offers a mix of the traditional Brian Jonestown Massacre sound with a more experimental and avant-garde approach. The Brian Jonestown Massacre is a psychedelic rock band originally from San Francisco, California, led by guitarist/singer Anton Newcombe. Since 1995, The Brian Jonestown Massacre has released numerous albums, first for Bomp! Records, the label which gave them their start, and later for TVT and Tee Pee. BJM has been essential in the development of the modern U.S. garage scene, and many L.A. and SF musicians got their start playing with Newcombe, including Peter Hayes of The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
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CAT #: AUK 045LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE The Brian Jonestown Massacre LP
2022 repress. black vinyl; superb deluxe packaging. The Brian Jonestown Massacre burst into 2019 with the release of their 18th full-length album, just seven months after their last one, Something Else (AUK 043CD/LP). The self-titled, nine-track album is released on Anton Newcombe's A Recordings, and it was recorded and produced at Anton's Cobra Studio in Berlin. The album was originally going to be released in September of 2018, but due to a hugely successful global tour -- taking in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe -- the release was delayed. Recorded in early 2018, the album features Sara Neidorf on drums, Heike Marie Radeker (LeVent) on bass, Hakon Adalsteinsson (BJM, Third Sound, Gunman, Holy Ghost) on guitar, and Anton Newcombe on multiple instruments. Also making a guest vocal appearance on "Tombes Oubliées" is Rike Bienert who has sung on previous BJM albums. The band performed songs from the album throughout the European leg of the 2018 tour. Anton Newcombe has been a very busy man over the past few years, having released four critically-acclaimed Brian Jonestown Massacre albums and an EP, one soundtrack album, and two albums with Tess Parks. All releases were fully recorded and produced at Anton's studio. The Brian Jonestown Massacre track "Bon Bon" was used in the 2015 Palm D'Or winner Dheepan. Anton penned the soundtrack for Moon Dogs, a film directed by multi-BAFTA nominated Philip John (Svengali, Downton Abbey, Being Human).
AFFIN LTD (UK)
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CAT #: AFFIN 054-1LTD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VA XV / 1 12"
With the project XV | 1 Affin leaves 15 years of its existence behind and looks expectantly and full of optimism into the future. The A side starts with MTRL's (co-founder of the Munich IO label), "Spice Fields" who celebrates his Affin debut here with a delicate, driving track. Another premiere is the first collaboration between Caue? and Joachim Spieth, who celebrate with "Alpha", an atmospheric multi-modulated piece of club music. The B side starts with an old acquaintance, Reggy Van Oers, who makes a massive reappearance with "niffA" after a few years of abstinence. Svarog closes the first episode of the 15th anniversary celebration with the pushing "Psalm". All tracks were mastered at the Berlin-based Artefacts Mastering Studio. Markus Guentner, a label artist from the early days, is responsible for the graphic design.
ASTRAL INDUSTRIES (UK)
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CAT #: AI 030LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MYSTIC AM Cardamom & Laudanum 2LP
Emerging from a thick spiraling haze is the debut album from Mystic AM, a new project from Rod Modell and label founder Ario Farahani. Conceived as an immersive fictional soundtrack piece, the release tells the story of a traveler, some centuries ago, and the rather intense metaphysical experience he unexpectedly stumbles into whilst taking shelter on a hot desert night at Zein-o-Din Caravanserai, near Yazd in Persia. Dusk envelopes the vast barren landscape as the protagonist enters the ribat, treasures of woven silks, ornaments, and exotic spices glint under the flickering oil lamps, swirls of perfumed vapor dance mesmerizingly in the darkness. As the music unfolds the events of the passing day quickly melt away, and the unsuspecting traveler is plunged into an otherworldly dimension. Utilizing an extensive collection of old Iranian records as source material, the album is an intoxicating mise-en-scéne of whispering melodies, undulating rhythms, and atmospheric sound details. An active buyer of old Iranian music, Ario began extracting and editing samples from the records acquired during frequent trips to Iran over recent years -- during which the mood and flavor of the project began to crystallize. Once handed over to Rod for further processing and arrangement, the album took its final shape -- an endless tapestry of sights, sounds, and memories that fade mysteriously into the night's reveries. Textures seep into one another in washes of color, and hallmarks of classical Persian sounds filter through -- the slow stroll of the scintillating runs of santoor, and solitary lines drifting out of the kamancheh. Bridging the realms of the real and the imaginary, the collaboration signals the first contribution to Mystic AM's enigmatic concept.
ATOMNATION (NETHERLANDS)
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CAT #: ATMV 100LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
BLOMFELT & NARBY Peter, Barbara, Beth & Friends LP
Atomnation marks its 100th release with Peter, Barbara, Beth & Friends, the stunning debut album from Blomfelt & Narby. The immersive nine-track record is a widescreen listen that fuses acoustic and electronic sounds with loose field recordings and tightly programmed drums. Finnish-born Henrik Blomfelt grew up in Gaspar Narby's homeland of Switzerland, but the pair met on the dancefloor of a pool club in Peckham while studying in London. Gaspar's indie pop solo project was rewarded with a broad sweep of tastemaker tips from new music and electronica media alike, while Henrik had co-founded Resolution, an audio-visual collective and event series. The two eventually moved in together, but it's only a couple of years later, when Gaspar visited Henrik's homeland of Finland, that they began making music together. They wrote half of the tracks that appear on the LP there, using an old piano, a cassette recorder found on location, and their laptops. The second half was finished back in London.
BECAUSE MUSIC (FRANCE)
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CAT #: BEC 5610721
FILE UNDER: ROCK
COMELADE, PASCAL Le Non-Sens Du Rythme CD
Following Le Cut-Up Populaire (BEC 5676465/5676466, 2020), Pascal Comelade announces the release of his new album Le Non-Sens Du Rythme. Since his first record published in 1975, Pascal Comelade, a child of the frenzy rock of the '60s and '70s, has developed a profuse body of work including many musical collaborations (PJ Harvey, Robert Wyatt, Jaki Liebezeit (Can), Lee Ranaldo, The Liminanas...) and non-musical collaborations (Jeanne Moreau, Sergi Lopez, Jean François Stévenin, Bob Wilson...) His compositions are reminiscent of MC5, Erik Satie, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Suicide: a language that dances on a musical skeleton in perpetual movement by successive fusions, mixing folklore and underground, repetitive music and French chanson, pataphysical riffs and toy instruments. As a multiple artist, he has developed an aesthetic approach via a particular link to visual arts. He draws, paints and occasionally performs with painters Miquel Barcelo and Hervé Di Rosa. On his new album, Le Non-Sens Du Rythme (to be translated "the nonsense of rhythm", the title says it all), Pascal Comelade almost plays all the instruments, not only multiple pianos but also the Rickenbaker e.bass, the Indian Harmonium, various keyboards, and even the tin can. He remains the undisputed master of the instrumental ritornello inspired by popular music as well as krautrock.
BEDROOM COMMUNITY (ICELAND)
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CAT #: HVALUR 041CD
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
SLATER, SAM I Do Not Wish To Be Known As A Vandal CD
Sam Slater is a two-time Grammy Award-winning composer, sound designer, and music producer, who since 2013 has been busy working on a range of projects behind the scenes for screen, stage, live and recorded mediums. His new album, I Do Not Wish To Be Known As A Vandal, is released via Bedroom Community. Receiving the awards for his roles as both score producer and musical sound designer on the box office smash Joker (2019) and the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning drama series, Chernobyl (2019), Slater is a frequent collaborator with acclaimed Icelandic musician/composer, Hildur Guðnadóttir. He has produced, mixed and engineered projects for artists including Jóhann Jóhannsson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Colin Stetson, Ben Frost, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Mica Levi, and more. When it came to the recording of I Do Not Wish To Be Known As A Vandal, Slater called on a number of creative forces. Recorded remotely, each musician would send a sound, some words, some creative parameters, and Slater would respond in turn. Hildur Guðnadóttir provided distinct Doro phone sounds, Yair Glotman played thunderous double-bass, and Hilary Jeffrey and Sam Dunscombe laid down woodwind and microtonal brass. In addition, Icelandic singer-songwriter JFDR delivered her intimate vocals and James Ginzburg (Emptyset) mixed it, with an ear for precise form. From his base in Berlin, Slater would flag the sounds he loved; some twitching strings, the stolen alto voice from an abandoned English chorale, some words from a climate scientist fleshed into a poem. It became an exercise in receptivity, in which openness itself became a creative voice, hushing Slater's tendency to micromanage every detail. The album showcases the breadth of Slater's range as composer and producer, transitioning through distinctly different spaces, from the glitchy, clipped intro, into Icelandic folktronica, into swathes of menacing string mutations and eerie, mournful woodwind.
BPITCH CONTROL (GERMANY)
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CAT #: BPC 188LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
TELEFON TEL AVIV Immolate Yourself LP
2022 repress on vinyl. This is the third full-length album by Chicago's Telefon Tel Aviv (Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper), and their first for BPitch Control. Immolate Yourself unites ten tracks with the aim to give the term "electro-pop" a new definition for the year 2009. Although each track has its own story to tell, together they paint a bigger picture that encapsulates the Telefon Tel Aviv sound. Arguably the album's standout track "Helen of Troy" -- a driving, moody and muddled piece, full of '80s aesthetics, vintage synths and low, romantic vocals -- was in fact the last track to be finished, and in a way, marked the climax and formed the basis of the whole work. With this release, Telefon Tel Aviv make a statement that combines popular dance music with their own darker reflections on the electronic sound universe.
CLOCKTOWER (CANADA)
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CAT #: CT 084LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
KING TUBBY The Roots Of Dub LP
2022 repress. One of King Tubby's finest works, originally released in 1974. Recorded at Tubby's famous 18 Drummly Ave. studio in Kingston during dub's early development period.
CLUE RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: CLUE 101EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WEDDING PRESENT, THE We Should Be Together/Don't Give Up Without A Fight 7"
A new project from The Wedding Present. A new 7" single every month throughout 2022. 24 songs sees David Gedge writing with legendary Sleeper guitarist Jon Stewart for the first time, and a more perfect union could not have been predicted. The first 7" features "We Should Be Together" and "Don't Give Up Without A Fight".
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CAT #: CLUE 102EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WEDDING PRESENT, THE I Am Not Going To Fall In Love With You/A Song From Under The Floorboards 7"
A new project from The Wedding Present. A new 7" single every month throughout 2022. 24 songs sees David Gedge writing with legendary Sleeper guitarist Jon Stewart for the first time, and a more perfect union could not have been predicted. The second 7" features "I Am Not Going To Fall In Love With You" and "A Song From Under The Floorboards".
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CAT #: CLUE 103EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WEDDING PRESENT, THE Go Go Go/La La La 7"
A new project from The Wedding Present. A new 7" single every month throughout 2022. 24 songs sees David Gedge writing with legendary Sleeper guitarist Jon Stewart for the first time, and a more perfect union could not have been predicted. The third 7" features "Go Go Go" and "La La La".
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CAT #: CLUE 104EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WEDDING PRESENT, THE Monochrome (7" Version)/You're Just A Habit That I'm Trying To Break 7"
A new project from The Wedding Present. A new 7" single every month throughout 2022. 24 songs sees David Gedge writing with legendary Sleeper guitarist Jon Stewart for the first time, and a more perfect union could not have been predicted. The fourth 7" features "Monochrome (7" Version)" and "You're Just A Habit That I'm Trying To Break".
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CAT #: CLUE 105EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WEDDING PRESENT, THE X Marks The Spot/Strike! 7"
A new project from The Wedding Present. A new 7" single every month throughout 2022. 24 songs sees David Gedge writing with legendary Sleeper guitarist Jon Stewart for the first time, and a more perfect union could not have been predicted. The fifth 7" features "X Marks The Spot" and "Strike!".
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CAT #: CLUE 106EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WEDDING PRESENT, THE Once Bitten/Kerplunk! 7"
A new project from The Wedding Present. A new 7" single every month throughout 2022. 24 songs sees David Gedge writing with legendary Sleeper guitarist Jon Stewart for the first time, and a more perfect union could not have been predicted. The sixth 7" features "Once Bitten" and "Kerplunk!".
DEEPMATTER (UK)
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CAT #: DEEP 012LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
OULTON, QUINN Alexithymia LP
Quinn Oulton's debut album Alexithymia is a deconstruction of the struggle that many young men face when processing and expressing strong emotions. It takes the form of a linear story, pieced together from many moments of emotional intensity Quinn has faced throughout his life, existing within all types of personal relationships. This is a project that sees the stylistic and textural experimentation from his previous work fuse into a powerfully creative, personal, and emotive sound, channeling the album's title name: "Alexithymia" is the inability to recognize or describe one's own emotions. The album was written, performed and co-produced by Quinn Oulton, and it includes tracks featuring Moses Boyd and Genevieve Artadi.Oulton: "My album Alexithymia dissects events from different relationships, whether family, friends, or romantic, presented as a single story from start to finish. Obsession, frustration, passion, false hope, grief, self-pity, helplessness, and acceptance are all part of this story. I wrote it in this way because I was trying to work out why I connect so much with sad or melancholic music, and I realized that maybe listening to that music was filling a hole that I didn't know I had. It was comforting to hear somebody process their own troubles outwardly when I didn't feel I had a way, or even a reason, to do so myself. Writing the album has been an extremely therapeutic process as I've been able to seek out difficult parts of my life that I'd buried because I couldn't process them at the time. I think a lot of people, particularly men, struggle to recognize and process their own emotions. It makes it very hard to share them with others, and it's something that needs addressing to allow for healthier relationships with other people and yourself."
DIRTER PROMOTIONS (UK)
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CAT #: DPROM 162LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
NURSE WITH WOUND The Ladies Home Tickler (And Other Exotic Devices) 2LP
USA exclusive clear/blue splatter edition. This expanded collection is the definitive version of The Ladies Home Tickler, originally released in 1993. An essential historical document for the new and lifelong Nurse With Wound follower. Classic tape cut-ups, radio sludge, surrealism, and abstract chaos. The birth of NWW, a project that is now in its fifth decade. Recorded back in 1980, the NWW line-up for these recordings was: Steven Stapleton - record player, cassette machine, noise; Jim Thirlwell - bass, ergonomic jack plug, WASP; William Bennett - guitar, WASP. Remastered by Andrew Liles.
DISCOS NADA (BRAZIL)
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CAT #: NADA 009LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
VA Pra Quem Sabe Das Coisas LP
Repressed; reissue, originally released in 1973. One of the rarest and most enigmatic LPs in the Brazilian discography, Pra? Quem Sabe das Coisas is a collective album that gathered a group of students from São Paulo Law School, supported by the organist/pianist Renato Mendes, one of samba-jazz's most important names. Released in 1973 by the label EBRAU, finally has a refined reissue and its mysteries revealed, exactly half a century later, considering that it was recorded in 1971 but put in the market as LP only two years later. Reissue includes original insert replica with lyrics and an extra insert with unseen photos and an exclusive interview that the journalist and researcher Marcelo Pinheiro did with Cau Pimentel adding even more to the richness of this workpiece, composed by many writers and performers in 1971. Features Cau, Liliana, Renato Mendes, Marcão, Eulalia, and Vera.According to Disk Union/Think Records (released CD reissue of this record): "Mysterious acid bossa psychedelic folk masterpiece recorded in 1971 and released in 1973 on a small Brazilian label. Recorded by students of the law school in São Paulo, under the influence of Sgt. Pepper's mixed with bossa nova. It's a chaotic yet delicate and sophisticated. I can't imagine it being composed or recorded by amateur musicians that they were, except by Renato Mendes, who has been active as a first-class musician since the jazz bossa period and was a Brazilian pioneer recording an album using a Moog synthesizer in 1974. It can be said that it greatly contributes to the miraculous perfection of this work. Known among record collectors as a record that attracts not only Brazilian music fans but also psychedelic and acid folk fans, the original version is a gem and sells for over USD1000."
DOXY (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
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CAT #: DOC 144LP
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
IFUKUBE, AKIRA Godzilla LP
2022 repress. Akira Ifukube's mighty score to the legendary monster movie that started it all, Godzilla! Ifukube's visionary music is super dark reflecting the horror of Ishiro Honda's film. This incredible score music alternates between brass and strings as we witness the death and destruction that comes in Godzilla's wake.
ECHO BEACH (GERMANY)
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CAT #: EB 129C-LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
PERRY & SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM, LEE "SCRATCH" Super Ape Returns To Conquer (Lilac Vinyl) LP
2022 repress. Lilac color vinyl. 41 years later, Lee "Scratch" Perry uses today's sound system to revisit his classic Black Ark album that defined Jamaican dub music, reincarnating the magic for the sound system generation. Big question about it: "How do you improve on a masterpiece?" Lee "Scratch" Perry defined dub music with his seminal 1976 Super Ape album, and he returns with New York City's Subatomic Sound System to conquer again, definitively reincarnating the magic of his Black Ark studio in Jamaica, heavy on Ethiopian horns and percussion, while reinvigorating it with the 21st century booming bass and beats that capture the energy of their innovative live electronic show. Largely known as the mentor to Bob Marley, Perry's influence has transcended reggae. Since 2010, he has toured with NYC's Subatomic Sound System, his go-to band for recreating his Black Ark studio sound live on stage, in new exciting ways as a one-of-a-kind hybrid of beat heavy electronics and live musicians, including original Black Ark studio percussionist Larry McDonald. Subatomic Sound System has been pushing the envelope of electronic music in combination with reggae since their inception in 1999. In dub, Lee "Scratch" Perry is a star at organizing and remixing the music with drum and bass in the forefront and tweaking knobs and faders, adding effects like a jazz improvisation. In the 1970s, the idea of a producer as a star, rather than a singer or musician, seemed crazy, but looking across the world of star DJ producers, he is rightly acknowledged as a visionary as well. There are many stories to be told, but this album follows on the mission of the tour which has the goal of reaching out to old fans and new fans. As sound system culture continues to expand globally with reggae and beyond, these are DJ-friendly heavyweight versions of Scratch material that makes sense in the 21st century. "Scratch" started his music career as a dancer so he loves to get a party started even at 81. The album shows that Scratch was 40 years ahead of his time with Super Ape, and that at 81, he's more relevant to youth culture than ever. The original "Burning Man", "Scratch" was called "the Salvador Dali of music" by Keith Richards and Bounty Killer hailed him as "the greatest Jamaican artist of all time". Features: Jahdan Blakkamoore, Screechy Dan, and Ari Up of The Slits.
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CAT #: EB 175LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
DUB SPENCER & TRANCE HILL Imago Cells LP
LP version. Dub Spencer & Trance Hill have been in the music business for about 20 years and are still as hungry as a caterpillar in the leaf forest. Supposedly, the dub component always dominated, no matter if it was humorously-intelligently mixed with Christmas songs, spoken words or Italo Western. But the electronic, the psychedelic, the "trance" always played an important role in the work of the Europe-wide known Swiss band. Now, finally, this facet gets its due place on the new, 12th long-player of the quartet: Imago Cells is the name of the album and marks a metamorphosis. So out of the old arises the new, and so the dub merges with electronic dance music or better: "trance music". The tracks are clearly in the sign of the up-tempo and invite a rave. Furthermore, the sound has become even more bassy and psychedelic, but without losing the organic touch. So bubbling, echoing and grooving then the eight songs beastly good, sound unmistakably like Dub Spencer & Trance Hill and at the same time you understand that the only way is the new. A truly magical moment, like the birth of the butterfly.
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
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CAT #: FTR 391CS
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ROOTLESS What The Truth Leaves Out Cassette
"Rootless (or, more properly, rootless) is a solo project that's been going for better than five years now, helmed by Brooklyn's Jeremy Hurewitz. Two types of sounds are created under this banner -- low key electronics is one, and fingerpicked acoustic guitar is the other. what the truth leaves out focuses on the latter. The shared thread between these styles is a highly personal and intimate feel. When listening to rootless, you often get the sense this is music created solely for the pleasure of the artist himself. The aura of introspection is as deep as the night, so it's possible to almost feel like a voyeur while listening in. But hey, Jeremy sent us this stuff to hear, so we played it and asked him if he'd let us put it out, and like a true gentleman he agreed. The music goes in a couple of directions. Some of the pieces are patchworks of small, beautiful sonic fields. They possess mixed flashes of sunlight seen through smoke and are laced together with complete melodic threads. Other pieces are less attuned to resolution. They're more like questions left unanswered, and these questions are posed in a variety of languages. You can hear bits of Chadbournian flamenco fake-outs, circular breathing as done by fingers, and even a snippet of the wandering teacup raga if I'm not mistaken. The music of rootless manages to communicate and keep its secrets at the same time. Even when it gets abstract, there are obvious emotions powering everything. Like private performance for the public good. I'm not sure if this's driven by altruism or sheer cussedness, but whatever the root of the rootless sound, I'm a fan." --Byron Coley, 2022
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CAT #: FTR 644LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MORE KLEMENTINES Who Remembers Light LP
"Four years after their magnificent, eponymous debut, this Connecticut trio returns to vinyl with another brain-blurring set of tunes. Picking up where that last LP left off, drummer Michael Kiefer, guitarist/vocalist Jon Schlesinger and guitarist/bassist/mandolinist/
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS/CARDINAL FUZZ
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CAT #: FTR 527LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NAUJAWANAN BAIDAR Volume 1 & 2 2LP
2022 limited repress. Cardinal Fuzz and Feeding Tube Records release Naujawanana Baidar's Volume 1 & 2 as a double-LP vinyl. Naujawanan Baidar (Farsi for Enlightened Youth) is the project of artist and musician N.R. Safi (The Myrrors). With roots in the now-endangered sounds of 1960s-80s Afghan cassette culture, Naujawanan Baidar filters the traditional music of Safi's paternal heritage through a labyrinth of buzzing drones, tape manipulation, and fuzz-drenched percussion, warping both traditional and popular forms into a tangled mass of tape-saturated noise inspired by the very medium that once carried them. Traditional folk instruments (both acoustic and home-amplified) like the rubab, armonia, sorna, and tabla, twist and melt into blown-out electrical storms, proving that one does not necessarily need guitars or any other standard western instrumentation to channel the trance-like energy of rock and roll. Although the end results may sound far removed from the original artists that helped inspired them (legendary performers like Ahmad Zahir, Beltoon and Hamidullah, or Salma Jahani) there is something to be said for this "new" or "imagined" form of contemporary Afghan experimental music. Had the dusty backstreets of pre-war Kabul birthed an experimental music scene paralleling German's krautrock movement, one can imagine that the results might have sounded a little something like this. These tracks were cut over the course of 2017 to 2019 as a sort of sonic notebook, documenting the evolution of the project as it first took shape. Though the majority were originally conceived of as nothing more than demos or impressionistic sketches, the spontaneous and ramshackle approach of the tapes was eventually deemed more than befitting the spirit of the project. Naujawanan Baidar both reaffirms its ties to a relatively hidden (to outside eyes at least) cultural history while at the same time pushing outwards into new and unexplored territories. Originally released via Radio Khiyaban on cassette (the packaging and artwork on both cassette releases was a direct homage to 1970s Afghan tape design).
FERRIC MORDANT (UK)
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CAT #: FE 009CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TYLER, CATH & PHIL The Song-Crowned King CD
2015 release. "This beautifully spare new release from the American-British duo (based in England) has been a long time promised, but even with only six tracks, it backs more powerful punches that albums three times the length. It's a reminder of how powerful folk music can be, and helps cement the bonds between England and that place across the Atlantic. Cath especially, does plenty of work in the shape note tradition, and the mix of music richness and austerity in that is evident here; they use just a little to say a lot. The opener, 'Bonnie George Campbell,' for instance, is voice, guitar and some Dobro, immediately followed by a tune on unaccompanied fiddle. There's a hymnal quality to it all (one of the pieces is a hymn put to a new tune), but also a very dark, brooding intensity that brings its own beauty. There are parallels between this duo and Cordelia's Dad, hardly surprising as Cath was (is?) a member of that band, and Phil played with them on UK tours. But they've taken that root in a different direction. Just as stripped-down, with a power that hits to the core. And everything comes across as so raw, so offhand, that it hides the fact that everything is superbly prepared and thought-out (the subtle, tiny atmospherics on 'Old Lady' offer a perfect example). The irony is that while this wouldn't sound out of place somewhere in the 19th century, it bristles with the kind of channeled intensity that's absolutely punk, in the best sense. Less is definitely more here." --Chris Nickson
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CAT #: FE 011CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BAD AMPUTEE Convenience Kills CD
"Yes, slowcore. That tag will probably bring to mind a very specific moment in '90s American underground music -- think Low, Codeine, etc. -- and while that's clearly the well Bad Amputee are supping from, this is a very English take on the approach... Convenience Kills on the whole has that kind of feel of a musical golden hour... The effect... is trancelike, the music seems to suspend time somehow as it draws you in. Highlight 'Rhona' is the prime example, making nearly nine minutes feel like about three, as you lose yourself in a simple timeless melody." --The Sleeping Shaman"An undiluted portrait of an under-the-radar treasure, it's the type of song cycle that'd provide balm for the soul and scope to lose oneself during any fall period." --IPA Music"This is an excellent release, you don't really hear much music in this fashion any more that is as perfectly constructed as this." --Collective Zine"Songs glide, develop and build beautifully. The album provides clear evidence of the importance of space and pace, not just notes, chords and silence... I continue to play this album and wonder in near awe at it. I cannot give it too high a recommendation." --TQ
FIFTY RECORDS (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: FIFTY 50005LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
DIRTEE CURT Dry Water Wet Land LP
Dry Water Wet Land is the debut album by underground Detroit rapper Dirtee Curt, set for release by Australian based label Fifty Records. Featuring production and features from fellow Butter Made colleagues, the album pairs Curt's raw delivery and personal lyricism with faithfully innovative, late '90s/early '00s inspired, sample-laden hip-hop. From the moment you hear Dry Water Wet Land, you'll know that Dirtee Curt has experienced a lot and been on quite a journey. A few journeys, actually. In discussing the album, he says, "It took forever and a day but it's been a learning experience more than anything," adding "I'm telling my life story... without telling it." The appropriately titled album intro, "Opening Act", is a listener's smorgasbord of events, surrounded by people asking him various questions and, in some cases, asking for favors. Throughout the process, Curt remains mostly unfazed. This especially rings true on "Daily Grind", where he states on the opening bars "Dirt Curt in the building, far from makin' a million/But makin' it do with the little that I got." At that point, you can just put your seatbelt on and zone out. Features Smoke, Joel "Fluent" Greene, and Audopilots.
GET ON DOWN
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CAT #: GET 51295LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
RAEKWON Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2LP
2022 repress. "The cultural phenomenon that is the Wu-Tang cannot accurately be described without referencing one of the pillars in the Clan's discography. Chef Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx remains firmly planted as one of the defining triumphs in their artistic legacy. The oft referred 'Purple Tape' has been cited and debated by many as the greatest Wu-Tang solo project to date and remains a bullet point in any discussion involving the greatest 'cocaine rap' or 'street hop' albums of all time. In continuing with its proud tradition of honoring historically significant hip hop albums, Get On Down is honored to present Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx for the first time ever on double translucent purple vinyl housed in a high density re-sealable poly bag. This edition features, for the first time ever on vinyl, the formerly CD-only bonus track, 'North Star (Jewels).' And if that wasn't enough, the entire album also features completely enhanced and painstakingly remastered audio. This is the definitive must-own vinyl edition of Raekwon's masterpiece."
GLASS MODERN (UK)
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CAT #: GLAM 044LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SHEER And Then There Were Four LP
Featuring Andre Innes, Martin Duffy and Darren Mooney of Primal Scream. "In 2018 after a particularly messy session involving Pacharan, a Spanish version of Pernod, the name and then there were four was bandied around as my fellow travelers fell by the wayside, sounded like a Spaghetti western -- and the idea was hatched. We began recording in Artesonao studios in Malaga, myself and Ed Chapman, a renowned English artist, we were ably assisted by Rachel Hewitt on violin we recorded a dozen or so tunes in a week. We recruited the services of Darrin Mooney and Martin Duffy of Primal Scream on drums and keys, Andrew Innes of Primal Scream assisted on additional guitars, celeste and bells -- lots of bells. Robert McGovern came out to Malaga to play on a few tracks also. We had the voice of Justine Petty -- Burrows a Canadian chanteuse to be a foil to my less than acrobatic voice. The record was a return to my favorite music of my youth, soaking up Dylan, Scott Walker, Tim Buckley, Tim Rose, Tim Hardin, and the soundtracks of Morricone, like an old compilation tape from 1986." --Sheer Taft, 2022
HAUNTER RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: HR 029CD
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
BOLI GROUP The Jutlandia Quartets CD
The Jutlandia Quartets offers immersive subversions of the classical music genre. The new album from the Copenhagen-based instrumental ensemble Boli Group, presented by Haunter Records, is a collection of monochromatic uneasy pieces that manifests the negative emotions of a bad homecoming. A non-forced power play with the institutions of "classical music".
HIDDEN HARMONY RECORDINGS (ESTONIA)
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CAT #: HH 002LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
TERIAEVA, MARIA Conservatory of Flowers LP
2020 release. Conservatory of Flowers is the second album by a Siberian-born, Moscow-based musician and composer Maria Teriaeva. Following her solo debut Focus in 2017, Conservatory of Flowers focuses on rhythm and percussive elements, cutting down ambient passages and leaning even more toward traditional song forms, structuring compositions into pop-length pieces. Recorded over a period of three years, mostly composed during one summer at her dacha (cottage in Russian) just outside of Moscow, resulting in a vibrant and light sound inspired by her surrounding nature. In addition to analog synthesizer, the album also features Nikita Shishkov on trumpet, Vasiliy Yanik on saxophone, Yana Chekina on cello, Sasha Elina on flute, and Vadik Korolev on vocals, with the album closing off with a remix by Sapphire Slows.
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CAT #: HH 003LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
VARGAS, MORITA 8 LP
2021 release. artist and producer based in Buenos Aires. She manipulates her voice through reverbs, delays, and whispers, singing in a self-invented "language". The sound of Morita's voice is a portal into her thriving, dreamlike world brimming, shimmering and beating with unrefined natural sensations which stimulate something primordial yet strangely contemporary. As far back as 2014 she began work on her first productions -- early sketches which later became the basis for 8. It all started off as voice memos on her phone (recorded while roaming the streets and riding the trains of Greater Buenos Aires). Later on, Morita introduced various instruments into her vision: kalimba, harmonica, keyboard, flute, tambourine, chajchas, and cajón. Composed and performed from that period until its original release in 2018, 8 features ten original voice-led compositions that in scope recall evocative portraits of synthesized landscapes and rainforests, attuned to a vibrant modern pulse and enchanting vocals. Morita Vargas's 8 has achieved a kind of polyphonic soundscape which evokes unfamiliar realities through voyages within and between the realms of ambient and experimental music. In numerology the number "8" symbolizes the transition between heaven and earth, the illumination of our infinite capacity for various metamorphoses. Tackling ideas of transformation, mutation, cyclical processes, death, creation, melancholy, and joy, the album is a monumental and deeply personal statement. Walk barefoot down the mystical path and indulge in the process of spiritual expulsion and renewal that is 8. The path lies along the route of infinite meanings, somewhere on the border between dream and reality. 180 gram vinyl. Edition of 1000 numbered copies. Die-cut outer sleeve, color print inner sleeve + poly-liner sleeves.
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CAT #: HH 004LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
CORDOVA, RAMONA Naive LP
Ramona Córdova on Naïve: "When I first started working on Naïve I was completely consumed by all of the technical details involved in making a 'professional studio recording' on my own -- one which could not be refuted or disregarded as subpar. My only other hope was to tell some sort of story with whichever songs I could piece together. The content and message of which were much less important to me. The story that Naïve ended up telling comes from a cohesion of themes, ceaseless in my personal experiences living day to day in the world. Although the album dares to tread on tact while speaking poetically and lyrically about issues such as systemic oppression, racism, misogyny, policing, and patriarchy -- I think the album really just wants to reflect -- to serve as a reflection -- in order to foster healing and healthy growth towards maturing. I feel it commanding a kind of firm kindness as a reminder to love yourself enough to accept others, by way of accepting yourself. Pressed onto this 180-gram vinyl are ten songs I wrote while living in many different places around the world. Spontaneous recordings of inspired notions of song, written one rainy evening up high above the vineyards in Banyuls-sur-Mer became 'Men on the Mountain'. A scrap of paper holding jots about a sudden storm on a hot day in August while helping friends on their farm in Puglia became 'Mouth of Autumn' and 'Peace Through Violence'. As I dressed myself into the fragile reality of the United States, I became flooded by its manipulative social governing systems. As the monuments of slave-owners, colonizers, and white supremacists came crashing down in the name of responsibility and accountability, 'The Bridge Works' was built, a song about crossing bridges towards empathy and equality. Civil rights activist and American-football quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, taking the knee during the United States national anthem pre-game ceremony, brought about 'So Long'. The incessant murdering of black, brown, and transgender citizens brought 'Woke', 'Scared I'll Bite You', and 'The End'. The murder of Eric Garner and the feeling of being choked-out and suffocated under the weight of systemic oppression brought about 'Still'. From all of this birthed the collection of songs that is Naïve, a title given to the album by French Ghanian artist Eden Tinto Collins. Although written both in Europe and the U.S., most of the songs were performed and recorded at the end of the year 2018 in Philadelphia, during the American-holidays season..."
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CAT #: HH 005LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
VINOGRADOVA & ALINA ANUFRIENKO, SASHA Oko LP
The music on Oko is conceptually woven into an evolving sonic tapestry threaded with a meditative ambient synth which warps around Sasha Vinogradova's hypnotic vocals, glowing, melting, and molding with Alina Anufrienko's exceptionally delicate cellos. The tapestry is as fragile as it is powerful and transcendental. Its potent poetic imagery blends with the aura of flowing, swaying tones into something the listeners of Hidden Harmony Recordings have an acute ear for, namely exquisite harmony. 180 gram LP, edition of 800 numbered copies. Die-cut outer sleeve, color print inner sleeve + poly-liner sleeves.Abstract/ Remember: "you could be dreaming. Sinking or flying, sound-catching or singing. Witnessing a distant storm in silence, how it exposes purple clouds in unpredictable flashes. Hearing a submarine eruption and finding natal comfort in the warm, fragrant smoke that only wants to sheathe all your edges. The circus has left, only placards remain. And the snow. Look how the flakes sway to your feet without effort -- any distance is misleading, illusory. There's only dream and memory -- the two wings of a bird that flaps with an ocean wave, blinks with an eye of a lighthouse. Fragile, you could be dreaming not alone, holding hands with the core of things. The molten core, like touching ice. You could be dreaming. Dreaming in perfect memories of shapes imperfect. Dreaming of the earth raining from the sky, of the wind inside the sea, of the lighthouse & the ship kissing, of exotic fishes in the bay of your ear. Everything is real. If you play. If you dare to ignore the margins. Echoes go on forever. They play with themselves in a stream of mirrors. Echoes of a forgotten language, of a language unwritten -- a soothing, indifferent creole that reconciles feeling with understanding. Bathe in the fountain at the source of resonance. Bathe in the clouds on the eyes of intimate strangers passing. Disappear. Disappear and be seen, like the moonlit mist behind your eyes. And sway between hope and wisdom."
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CAT #: HH 006LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
GILLESPIE & GARETH QUINN REDMOND, C.R. The Exquisite Corpse Shall Drink the New Wine LP
C.R. Gillespie and Gareth Quinn Redmond on the album: "'The exquisite corpse shall drink the new wine,' wrote the French Surrealists almost 100 years ago, and from this missive stems the parlor game in which we partake here. Through obscuring the tower itself, they cobble together meandering staircases in which to ascend with absent-minded haste; spontaneous line-weaving amasses figures and phrases into new planes of thought, therefore holding captive the illusion of creative reciprocity. Although housed in unrecognizable quarters, dull rain now tallies itself upon your window panes just as it once kept count on theirs. Apparitions unknown sound instruments of winding origin in celebration of the ink dry in the well. A graffito of tea leaves stains the porcelain cup. This cloven tall-tale traces an epistolary journey between id and consciousness upon a page that has been adorned and wiped clean again and again and again. The wet meadow expands and contracts within a breath, moving through the windpipe to expel upon the glistening dew. From this dew rises anthills of diminishing complexity, and busying themselves within insanity, the occupants labor to hold fast against the unseen wave of oblivion. An exercise in aleatoric sentence-finishing between two aligned performers, The Exquisite Corpse Shall Drink the New Wine mimics the economics of unconscious beauty-making to such a degree that light will neither pass through it nor divert its path. Draw upon it what you will, and ready yourself for the unrelenting ataraxy. The job's oxo." 180-gram vinyl record. Edition of 300 numbered copies. Die-cut cardboard outer sleeve, color print inner sleeve + poly-liner sleeves.
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CAT #: HHLT 001LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
GONCHAROVA, VALENTINA Ocean: Symphony for Electric Violin and Other Instruments in 10+ Parts 2LP
Valentina Goncharova's double-LP fundamental conceptual musical work released in full uncut form as part of Hidden Harmony Lost Tapes series. Restored and mastered from the original 6.3mm analog tapes. A large-scale work comprising eleven parts of varied, brooding, mystical reflection in which the author alters the instrumentation to fit both programmatic and musical character of each section.Ultra deluxe archival release from Hidden Harmony Recordings, based in Tallinn, Estonia. 2x12" 200-gram vinyl records in poly lined inner sleeves, 33RPM, black vinyl. Thick old style tip-on gatefold outer sleeve. Includes a 12-page booklet, which detailly explain the album conceptual basis, background and creation context, and provides insights into unique sound recording and technical solutions adapted during album recording in 1988. Created and written with direct involvement of V. Goncharova and I. Zubkov.Liner notes: "My task is to allow the listener to penetrate deeper into the music. The music is wholly improvisational. It has no concept in the rational sense of the word. Its concept is purely intuitive. It presumes The Law of Analogies: 'As above so below. Man is the same as the Universe. The Universe is the same as Man.' ('Emerald Tablet' by Hermes Trismegistus). This intuition is a kind of rephrased logic which uses many more symbols which contain not only philosophical but also imaginative meanings/visionary interpretations. This music is a stream of consciousness in its purest form: not an imitation of a stream, as in the 'suggestive poetry' of the 20th century, but a stream where one flow is superimposed on another (a multilateral passage of recording). And, if we think this flow of music will be better understood under the influence of a verbal flow, then the verbal flow should also be more intuitive and associative, as objective for this short write-up you are currently reading. Ocean did not appear within the coordinate system of logical scientific thinking of the last four centuries. It can be said that it is based on an intuitive concept of representations of the world which are captured in music figuratively. Similar to how myths were created in time immemorial with only partial support from verbal associations. Ocean is an experience of passing the human, soul, and mind through the different states of the material world: birth, development, and achievement of perfection, transformation at the points of 'The Way' and 'Silence', the manifestation of the harmony of the world (Om), which until then had remained in a latent state. It is averse to both mainstream contemporary physics and fringe scientific research. It exists outside their explanatory power. Ocean is the source of all forms that can receive their life within time and space. Here it is. It has everything: beautiful and terrible, good and evil, self-sacrifice, and betrayal. Boundless love and inspired creativity. But contact does not happen immediately. The memory of a bygone civilization is still fresh, and of the dearest things left with it."
HIVE MIND RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: HMRLP 014LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WET TUNA Eau'd To A Fake Bookie Vol 1 & 2 2LP
Limited restock. Hive Mind Records offer this generous helping of Wet Tuna with their signature deeply fried rural psychedelia. Matt Valentine (MV) and Pat Gubler (PG Six) have been jamming together since the mid '90s, floating around in the US psych-folk scene, playing together in Tower Recordings and separately with influential underground crews Woods, The Golden Road, Garcia Peoples, and The Weeping Bong Band. Both MV and PG Six have been prolific with their solo work and over the years they've recorded for labels such as Ecstatic Peace, Drag City, Woodsist, 3 Lobed, and Crash Symbols. On these recordings, made during the first months of the COVID lockdowns in the forests of the Vermont wilderness, MV and PG Six handle the guitars and synths but they're joined by fellow forest freaks S. Freyer Esq, Jim Bliss, Coot Moon, and Carson "Smokehound" Arnold on bass and drums. Brought to you in their patented mind-expanding spectrasound, Eau'd To A Fake Bookie Volumes 1 & 2 delivers an irresistible gumbo of deep, cosmic psychedelia, primitive drum-machine grooves and woozy country-funk jams. These six songs are cover versions of artists as diverse as The Blackbyrds, Michael Hurley and Jimmy Cliff, but stretched out over four sides, the album is entirely Wet Tuna -- loose, free-flowing and lots of fun!
HONEST JON'S RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: HJR 018LP
FILE UNDER: CLASSICAL
MOONDOG The Viking of Sixth Avenue 2LP
2022 repress, originally released in 2005. Tremendous gatefold presentation and one of HJR's most impressive documents to date. Poet, composer, street musician and cosmologist Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin, 1916-1999) learned rhythm from American Indians and counterpoint from J.S. Bach. Many of his recordings feature instruments he built himself: trimba, yukh, tuji, oo. Sometimes you can hear in the background the streets of New York, where Moondog often slept. In addition, he was blind, due to an accident when he was 15. Sometime in the 1950s, fed up with being mistaken on the street for Christ (his regular busking spot was uptown on Sixth) Moondog put on a Viking costume, with spear and horned helmet; and he dressed like this until the late 1970s (by which time he was working with orchestras in Germany). Moondog's renown was extensive: Igor Stravinsky lobbied a judge on Moondog's behalf. Charlie Parker wanted to play with him, Julie Andrews DID play with him, and he was feted by the likes of Bob Dylan, Marlon Brando, and Steve Reich. Andy Warhol's mother designed one of his covers, and Weegee took photographs of him (included in the booklet). Janis Joplin covered him, Mr. Scruff owes him badly, and Antony and the Johnsons covers his songs. This is the first retrospective of Moondog's music -- 36 tracks from 1949-1995, most of them exceptionally rare, all of them miraculous.
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CAT #: HJR 045LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
VON OSWALD TRIO, MORITZ Vertical Ascent 2LP
2022 repress; gatefold 2LP version. This is the highly-anticipated debut full-length release by The Moritz von Oswald Trio, comprised of members Moritz von Oswald (Basic Channel, Rhythm & Sound), Max Loderbauer (NSI, Sun Electric), and Vladislav Delay (Luomo). Through Basic Channel and Rhythm And Sound -- his collaborations with Mark Ernestus -- Moritz von Oswald first of all conjured from thin air -- then comprehensively mapped out -- the grounds of a deep exchange between real-deal Jamaican dub and classic, Detroit-style techno. The duo's accomplishment and influence are immense. The repercussions of their work within electronic dance music have been incalculable. Though a departure, Vertical Ascent retraces various signatures of the earlier styles -- the fastidious density of sound, the massive bass and detailed upper registers ("a frequency massage," Ricardo Villalobos has called the album), the stripped, stepping repetitiousness, the seriousness. The striking differences stem from the qualities of live performance (the driving, clattering percussion in particular, and the loose, improvisatory approach), the exploded palette of sounds, including a trace of steel drums, something like a cuica -- and of course, most of all -- the fresh line-up. Vladislav Delay is a drummer and electronic musician from Finland -- like von Oswald, trained in classical percussion (while the third member studied classical piano for 20 years) -- who released a landmark album on Basic Channel's Chain Reaction imprint, before working with a diversity of artists (under pseudonyms like Luomo and Sistol), from Massive Attack to the Scissor Sisters. On Vertical Ascent, he plays home-made metal percussion. From Munich, Max Loderbauer was a partner in the ambient duo Sun Electric. Behind the scenes, his work has ranged between Tresor and Can's Spoon Records. In 2004 he teamed up with Tobias Freund to form NSI (Non Standard Institut). On Vertical Ascent, he plays synthesizers, alongside von Oswald, who also contributes Fender Rhodes and additional percussion. At the heart of Vertical Ascent is a dream crossing of Basic Channel, Larry Heard and Can -- as at home with calypso as it is Stravinsky.
HOW DO YOU ARE? RECORDINGS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: HDYARE 008CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Too Slow to Disco 4 CD
After smooth detours into soul covers, French neo-disco, modern sunset disco, and Brazilian AOR, in 2022 DJ Supermarkt's Too Slow to Disco series makes a joyous return to its original west coast AOR/yacht roots. Celebrating the tenth Too Slow to Disco compilation. Who would have thought... The Berlin curator releases a killer fourth edition of the original compilation art form, Too Slow to Disco, featuring forgotten and overseen gems from the mid-70s to the early '80s from a global world of smooth, brilliant lost and overproduced tracks from Finland via London and L.A. to Trinidad and beyond. The great "un-vanisher" of lost lazy classics, DJ Supermarkt once again unearthed some incredible music that labels, publishers (in many cases also those, who actually own the rights to those tracks...) and streaming services have often long overlooked. Features The Dukes, Prime Time Band, Kenny Nolan, Peter Skellern, Marc Jordan, Severin Browne, The Faragher Brothers, Alan Price, James Felix, Hirth Martinez, Max Leake, Stephen Encinas, Eric Andersen, Jimmie Spheeris, Jeannine Otis & Heikki Sarmanto, and Pleasure.
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CAT #: HDYARE 008LTDLP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Too Slow to Disco 4 2LP
Double LP version. Color vinyl. After smooth detours into soul covers, French neo-disco, modern sunset disco, and Brazilian AOR, in 2022 DJ Supermarkt's Too Slow to Disco series makes a joyous return to its original west coast AOR/yacht roots. Celebrating the tenth Too Slow to Disco compilation. Who would have thought... The Berlin curator releases a killer fourth edition of the original compilation art form, Too Slow to Disco, featuring forgotten and overseen gems from the mid-70s to the early '80s from a global world of smooth, brilliant lost and overproduced tracks from Finland via London and L.A. to Trinidad and beyond. The great "un-vanisher" of lost lazy classics, DJ Supermarkt once again unearthed some incredible music that labels, publishers (in many cases also those, who actually own the rights to those tracks...) and streaming services have often long overlooked. Features The Dukes, Prime Time Band, Kenny Nolan, Peter Skellern, Marc Jordan, Severin Browne, The Faragher Brothers, Alan Price, James Felix, Hirth Martinez, Max Leake, Stephen Encinas, Eric Andersen, Jimmie Spheeris, Jeannine Otis & Heikki Sarmanto, and Pleasure.
I SHALL SING UNTIL MY LAND IS FREE (UKRAINE)
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CAT #: SONG 001LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MUSLIMGAUZE Chechnya Over Dub 2LP
Double LP version. Chechnya Over Dub was originally released by Staalplaat as a part of Fatah Guerrilla in 1996. Written, played, and recorded by Muslimgauze. Release produced by Dmytro Fedorenko. Design by Zavoloka. "There is not a single misanthropic ideology in the World, even in theory, acting more cruelly and cynically than russism ... No moral principles -- they are all like animals. I don't want this war to stop. I need this war, its continuation. This war will go to the territory of Russia -- whether Russia wants it or not ... And the Western countries, the world community will not let it be stopped in order to completely isolate Russia and destroy it as a state, so that this predatory beast on Earth no longer exists." --Dzhokhar Dudayev, the president of free Chechnya. April 1995. On the front cover, there is a "Coat of Arms" of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria during the First Chechen War for Independence.
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CAT #: SONG 002LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MUSLIMGAUZE Shekel Of Israeli Occupation 2LP
Double LP version. Originally released in 2019 on Ultra-Mail Prod. Written, played and recorded by Muslimgauze. Release produced by Dmytro Fedorenko. Artworks by Dmytro Fedorenko. Design by Zavoloka Mastering by Yuriy Bulychev. "You cannot blame Palestinians for actions taken against an occupation force. You have to use force to free your land, full stop." --Bryn Jones
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CAT #: SONG 003CS
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MERZBOW Peace For Animals Cassette
Cassette version. Originally released by Quasi Pop Records in 2007. Music by Masami Akita. Recorded and mixed at Bedroom in Tokyo, August 2007. Artwork and design by Zavoloka. Release produced by Dmytro Fedorenko.
IMPORTANT RECORDS
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CAT #: IMPREC 352R-CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
OLIVEROS, PAULINE Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970 (2022 Edition) 11CD BOX
This dense 11-disc retrospective of Pauline Oliveros' early and unreleased electronic work includes her very first piece made for tape in 1961. Organized chronologically, this set not only documents Pauline's earliest electronic music but it also functions as an early history of electronic music itself. Follow as she participates in the establishment of the legendary San Francisco Tape Music Center and then moves to University Of Toronto Electronic Music Studio, Mills Tape Music Center and University of California San Diego Electronic Music Center. This tenth anniversary edition is packaged in a clamshell-style box containing all the tracks from the 2012 edition spread out over 11 CDs each housed in single pocket sleeves. A 36-page booklet includes extensive liner notes and essays from Pauline Oliveros, Alex Chechile, Ramon Sender, David Bernstein, Corey Arcangel.Pauline Oliveros was a composer, performer, humanitarian and an important pioneer in American music. Acclaimed internationally, she forged new ground for herself and others. Through improvisation, electronic music, sonic philosophy, teaching and meditation she created a body of work with such breadth of vision that it profoundly affects those who experience it and eludes many who try to write about it. Pauline Oliveros built a loyal following through her concerts, recordings, publications and musical compositions written for soloists and ensembles in music, dance, theater and inter-arts companies. She provided leadership within the music community from her early years as the first Director of the Center for Contemporary Music (formerly the Tape Music Center at Mills), director of the Center for Music Experiment during her 14-year tenure as professor of music at the University of California at San Diego to acting in an advisory capacity for organizations such as The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council for the Arts, and many private foundations. She served as Distinguished Research Professor of Music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Darius Milhaud Composer in Residence at Mills College. Oliveros was vocal about representing the needs of individual artists, about the need for diversity and experimentation in the arts, and promoting cooperation and good will among people. She was honored with awards, grants and concerts internationally. Whether performing at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., in an underground cavern, or in the studios of West German Radio, Oliveros' commitment to interaction with the moment went unchanged. Oliveros passed away peacefully on November 24, 2016 but her sonic legacy and philosophy continues to grow and inspire."On some level, music, sound consciousness and religion are all one, and she would seem to be very close to that level." --John Rockwell
KRYPTOX (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KRY 024LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
ZEITGEIST FREEDOM ENERGY EXCHANGE Sci-Fi Jazz Directions LP
After the albums of Berlin-based Greek harpist Sissi Rada (co-produced by Brian Eno), the krautrock collective Spiritczualic Enhancement Centerr, experimental drummer Niklas Wandt, and jazz/neo-classical genre stepper Ralph Heidel -- it is now time for jazz ravers Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange to take the center stage. The band around Melbourne born drummer and producer Ziggy Zeitgeist has been based in London for some time before moving to Berlin a few years ago. By now Ziggy and his crew have a big following in Berlin where the new jazz and soul-influenced dance scene is growing rapidly with many new spaces, clubs and radio stations. Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange is a collective that bring together UK jazz funk vibes that have been made popular by Kamaal Williams, Shabaka Hutchings, and Ezra Collective, amongst others with the energy of Berlin's electronic DJ music. In fact, head of the collective, Ziggy Zeitgeist, is a big fan of DJ tools which equally have a big influence on his music. His aim is to create a mix of jazz and tribalistic, electronic energies to create jazz raves that reflect a fresh modern touch of what could be a sound for the next years. Of course, many elements of their songs come from the 1970s -- the chord progressions, the fusion keyboard solos, the driving rhythms. But the general sound of the music and its straight electrifying energy create a new and unique futuristic sound. Sci-Fi Jazz Directions was recorded by the original trio of Ziggy Zeitgeist, Matthew Hayes, and Lewis Moody. After spending thousands of hours together making music on stage and in the woodshed, this album represents a turning point for the group and quite possibly the very nature of creative collaboration. This is an album of tunes crafted over "online jam sessions", as the trio were split between three corners of the world during 2020. Ziggy explains: "Our blessing and our curse is that we're adaptive creatures, we find a way, we adapt to the circumstance, and so as artists and as improvisers we found ways to connect and create in a virtual space." The trio continue to hone their unique brand of dance-floor focused "jazzrave". This album epitomizes the Zeitgeist of the time, the crucial meeting point of our organic selves with our technology.
LANTERN HEIGHTS (ITALY)
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CAT #: LANRH 002LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CHAPMAN, MICHAEL And Then There Were Three: Live at the Nottingham Playhouse, July 1977 2LP
Lantern Heights' personal tribute to the one and only Michael Chapman, a hero in his own right, a "Fully Qualified Survivor" (just to mention one of his most successful creations). An unreleased live album on vinyl in the form of an astonishing trio. A live set recorded at Nottingham's Playhouse Theatre on July 23rd, 1977 by Chapman and a power house rhythm section in Lindisfarne bassist Rod Clements and former John Mayall drummer Keef Hartley. Some of his best-loved songs are showcased in "And There Were Three" -- a jocular reference to Chapman's ever-shrinking band, also known as "a beast with three heads". Fully licensed. 180 gram vinyl.
LANTERN REC. (ITALY)
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CAT #: LANR 010LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
CREATION REBEL Lows & Highs LP
Reissue, originally released in 1982. Officially the latest album released by the British super group, Lows & Highs is the triumphant epilogue to these fascinating adventure in rhythm. Featuring vocals from Crucial Tony and Lizard Logan this is probably the most straight-ahead reggae album in their whole discography. Producer Adrian Sherwood is in charge behind the desk while Style Scott, Eskimo Fox, and Donald Campbell bring all their potential efforts on the drums. Deadly Headley and Dave "Flash" Wright are the top horn section here. The album features the bonus track "Read And Learn" from 1982 single Love I Can Feel. A must have for any English dub worshipper. Fully remastered and licensed. 180 gram vinyl; edition of 500.
LAPSUS RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: LAPSUS 030LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
LUCIENT Sa Casa des Carbo LP
Sa Casa des Carbó is an old fishermen's house located on the seafront in Cala Vedella, a small beach cove situated on the west coast of Ibiza. Through its windows filters the salty air and the murmur of the sea, while also offering a glimpse into the history of a land with a powerful nomadic spirit and a cultural background that has no equal. In November 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic and driven by the desire to embark on an inner journey, Mario G. Quelart (Lucient) chose this peculiar enclave as a source of inspiration and focal point for his debut album Sa Casa des Carbó. For ten days, Lucient self-isolated by choice and undertook an introspective journey to find himself. It was a voyage through uncertainty and fear, with moments of tranquility; a personal pilgrimage traveling through light and the shadows, in which time became a relative element. Sa Casa des Carbó is a sound journal of this experience, an album with an ambient base, but which opens the door to experimentation, rhythm, and psychedelia. Field recordings -- the sea, the birds, the wind, and a strangely silent airport -- are fundamental parts of this journey and serve as a canvas for an album of cosmic electronica with Balearic overtones.
LEGION OF THE DEAD (ITALY)
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CAT #: AD 001X-CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NUOVO TESTAMENTO Exposure CD
Nuovo Testamento is a new half-American half-Italian trio featuring members from Horror Vacui, Sheer Mag, Tørsö, Terremoto, and Crimson Scarlet. With such references you wouldn't expect this to be any less good than it actually is. Exposure is their very first recording and its six songs perfectly blend coldwave bass lines, minimal electro beats, synthpop melodies, ethereal female vocals. Originally released on tape by the band itself in 2019 and then on vinyl by Avant! Records (first press in 2019, second press in 2020), Legion Of The Dead release the CD version of this little gem limited to 300 copies.
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CAT #: AD 002CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
NUOVO TESTAMENTO New Earth CD
Nuovo Testamento's first full-length album is pure Italo bliss. Recorded in isolation during a global pandemic, New Earth is a dark Italo record dappled with light. For eight new tracks, dancing synths perfectly balance the rich dream of a charmed life with melancholy. Guitars have taken a step back, allowing disco beats to flood the floor and joyful fun to prevail. The record anticipates a return to dance spaces, imagines shared experiences and celebrates personal power. Produced by sound engineer Maurizio Baggio (The Soft Moon, Boy Harsher), with vocal recording by Riki and featuring guest vocals from B. Sven Gustavson (Spectres), New Earth reflects international influences from the goth club scene to Hi-NRG classics, reminiscent of Italian Baby Records, Mute Records, and the spaces in between. Originally released on tape by Funeral Party Records (first press in 2021, second press in 2022) and on vinyl by Avant! Records (first press in 2021, second press in 2022), Legion Of The Dead release the CD version of this shiny gem limited to 300 copies.
LES DISQUES BONGO JOE (SWITZERLAND)
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CAT #: BJR 058CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
MADALITSO BAND Musakayike CD
Madalitso Band have taken their exuberant, Malawian folk music from the streets of Lilongwe to thrilling audiences across Europe and now release their third album, Musakayike. Recorded in Malawi in November of 2021, the duo, along with their "accidental manager" Neil Nayar, headed into the studio with a clearer idea of how to capture that Madalisto Band sound without losing any of their groove and infectious energy. The Malawian duo's setup comprises a homemade one-string slide bass (Babatone), a cowskin foot drum thumped with the heel and a four-string guitar. The guitar, played by Yosefe Kalekeni, holds close to the rhythm while lead singer Yobu Maligwa's long-necked, Babatone serves as both the bottom end and lead. When asked why they make their own instruments, they will simply reply "that's how we get the sound we want." Live, these songs stretch out well over ten minutes, designed to get and then keep the audience dancing, but on this new record they were fine-tuned and trimmed back before heading into the studio. Album opener "Ali Ndi Vuto" zips out with Yobu Maligwa lamenting the fact that whether you're rich or poor, people will find fault with you. "Musakayike" is as infectious as they come, with a playful groove and the pair's harmonizing vocals creating a sound that defies their stripped back set up. Some 20 years ago, at the start of a now long friendship, the duo decided to build their own instruments to recreate the sounds they'd heard on the radio growing up. After years of playing on the streets of the nation's capital, the pair were discovered by a local producer while busking outside a shopping center in Lilongwe in 2009. However, it still wasn't until 2017 when they had their first performance outside Malawi, at Sauti Za Busara in Zanzibar. Six months later and they were on an airplane for the first time in their lives, to do a two-week European tour, with a stop at the prestigious Roskilde Festival following a few months later. The success of these previous tours has meant the pair have been able to buy some land and construct their own homes. However, they remain largely unknown throughout Malawi, only occasionally recognized from when they were playing on the streets of Lilongwe. Yobu Malinga is perhaps better known locally as a pastor, regularly receiving worshippers to his home. For fans of: Malawi Mouse Boys, Staff Benda Bilili, Gonora Sounds.
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CAT #: BJR 058LP
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MADALITSO BAND Musakayike LP
LP version. Madalitso Band have taken their exuberant, Malawian folk music from the streets of Lilongwe to thrilling audiences across Europe and now release their third album, Musakayike. Recorded in Malawi in November of 2021, the duo, along with their "accidental manager" Neil Nayar, headed into the studio with a clearer idea of how to capture that Madalisto Band sound without losing any of their groove and infectious energy. The Malawian duo's setup comprises a homemade one-string slide bass (Babatone), a cowskin foot drum thumped with the heel and a four-string guitar. The guitar, played by Yosefe Kalekeni, holds close to the rhythm while lead singer Yobu Maligwa's long-necked, Babatone serves as both the bottom end and lead. When asked why they make their own instruments, they will simply reply "that's how we get the sound we want." Live, these songs stretch out well over ten minutes, designed to get and then keep the audience dancing, but on this new record they were fine-tuned and trimmed back before heading into the studio. Album opener "Ali Ndi Vuto" zips out with Yobu Maligwa lamenting the fact that whether you're rich or poor, people will find fault with you. "Musakayike" is as infectious as they come, with a playful groove and the pair's harmonizing vocals creating a sound that defies their stripped back set up. Some 20 years ago, at the start of a now long friendship, the duo decided to build their own instruments to recreate the sounds they'd heard on the radio growing up. After years of playing on the streets of the nation's capital, the pair were discovered by a local producer while busking outside a shopping center in Lilongwe in 2009. However, it still wasn't until 2017 when they had their first performance outside Malawi, at Sauti Za Busara in Zanzibar. Six months later and they were on an airplane for the first time in their lives, to do a two-week European tour, with a stop at the prestigious Roskilde Festival following a few months later. The success of these previous tours has meant the pair have been able to buy some land and construct their own homes. However, they remain largely unknown throughout Malawi, only occasionally recognized from when they were playing on the streets of Lilongwe. Yobu Malinga is perhaps better known locally as a pastor, regularly receiving worshippers to his home. For fans of: Malawi Mouse Boys, Staff Benda Bilili, Gonora Sounds.
LIGHT-YEARS (ITALY)
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CAT #: LY 001CD
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BARBIERI, CATERINA Spirit Exit CD
The musical vortexes of Caterina Barbieri rewire time and space. Listening to the Italian composer and modular synth virtuoso has felt like traveling at light-speed and slow-motion all at once since 2017's breakthrough Patterns Of Consciousness. 2019's acclaimed Ecstatic Computation pushed even further with the lead single "Fantas". Far beyond any new age trope or modern synth trend, her music stands alone in its ecstatic intensity and cataclysmic emotional impact. Marking the debut album on her new label light-years, Barbieri now delivers her most profound work yet -- a journey through inner-space as vast as a universe and as intimate as a heartbeat. Spirit Exit is Caterina Barbieri's time machine, primarily composed with a modular synth rig she thinks of more like a mechanical fortune teller. Whereas previous releases were constructed on lengthy tours, capturing only snapshots of continually evolving works, Spirit Exit represents the producer's first album fully written and recorded in her home studio amidst Milan's two-month pandemic lockdown in 2020. It was during this extended isolation she found inspiration from female philosophers, mystics and poets spread across time, but united in their strength at cultivating vast internal worlds. St. Teresa D'Avila's foundational 16th century mystical text The Interior Castle, philosopher Rosi Braidotti's posthuman theories and the metaphysical poetry of Emily Dickinson act as thematic anchors throughout Spirit Exit. Spirit Exit crystallizes Barbieri's densely layered, blindingly bright synth arrangements while introducing stunning new elements that feel as if they've always belonged. Strings and guitar flawlessly thread into the composer's web of modular patches, while her revelatory singing voice often cuts right through them. Melodies remain Barbieri's great passion and obsession and on Spirit Exit they grow as large as planets before cracking into atoms. The sweeping "At Your Gamut" perfects the producer's dramatic, slow-burning openers, but in her first ever use of sampling, it later gets crushed, accelerated and unrecognizably transformed into the ghostly hook surging through "Terminal Clock". As the album closes on "The Landscape Listens" -- a song that approaches death with all the gentle grace of Brian Eno's "An Ending (Ascent)".
LION PRODUCTIONS
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CAT #: LION 186LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BADGE Collected Singles LP
US exclusive version on transparent orange gold vinyl, 150 copies. "Not many albums can get you in the mood to blow out your speakers quite like Kath 1, the hideously rare and expensive 1974 low-fi, semi-ramshackle DIY psychedelic LP made by members of Maryland band Badge, recorded in the home of band leader Val Rogolino (and, yes, dedicated to his girlfriend and their pet monkey!). What Patrick the Lama said in Acid Archives about Kath, is equally applicable to Badge: 'Obscure and impressive melodic basement garage/psych with a lo-fi atmosphere that would have most purveyors flip out... at times the vibe is almost like Mystery Meat or Index, and that's not something you run across every day... Nuts lo-fi recording quality and impossible-to-figure production values gives this a nicely zonked almost real-people vibe. Keyboards, fuzz, heap of amateur avant spirit.' The fact that Badge had been a going band for a while, and that they released several singles and EPs -- written by Val and his best friend Cheese Sollers and recorded the same way, on the same equipment as the Kath album, seems to have been overlooked -- until now. Here are those singles and EP tracks, lovingly remastered and presented as a coherent LP compilation. Badge formed 13 March 1970, a Friday: Cheese Sollers -- guitar/vocals; Jim O'Dell -- bass/vocals; Val Rogolino -- drums/vocals. Badge played on into the 1970's with several band member changes, adding at one point female vocalists and horn players. Cheese and Val remained the core of the group at all times. 'In 1970, Cheese and I started recording original songs with two stereo tape recorders, using PA systems for mixing. That was the beginning of the recording bug for us. We purchased a professional tape recorder, a TEAC 2340 four-track machine. This really opened up our recording process.' --Val Rogolino Comes with an eight page insert with liner notes by Kath leader and Badge co-leader Val Rogolino and a bevy of photos from his personal stash."
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CAT #: LION 192LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SEOMPI We Have Waited: Singles And Unreleased (Fire Orange Vinyl) LP
US exclusive color vinyl on fire orange vinyl, edition of 150. "Call SEOMPI proto-doom, call them heavy progressive/psych, call them hard rock, call them psychedelic space rock -- all are true -- but definitely call SEOMPI radical in their approach to heavy music -- and heavy topics (police, drugs, social justice, prejudice, war). SEOMPI (Self Expression on Musically Potential Instruments) released only three singles during their time together c. 1971, but what singles! Three posthumous releases have only added to SEOMPI's aura -- even though two of those were at the wrong speed + said they featured single mixes (and didn't); and the third of those -- on Rockadelic -- is long out of print. For this collection, we have gathered all of SEOMPI's actual single A and B sides, including their incredibly rare first single, 'We Have Waited' b/w a guitar-less take of 'Lay On the Floor', a song they re-recorded for their third single. The second side of the LP is comprised of previously unreleased takes from the band's recording sessions. A swath of tracks from these SEOMPI sessions were released on the Cicadelic Records Guns From the Skies CD collection -- but not any of these takes. The year was 1970, and Dave Williams was done with his stint at one of Texas's finest barbed wire facilities -- the same path that had landed Roky Erickson at Rusk Stale Hospital had put Dave behind bars. Five years earlier, Dave was a founding member of the Headstones, McAllen Texas's answer to teen angst rock music. Not content with being the usual 'cover' band, Dave began to write original tunes and worked long and hard in rehearsal sessions to perfect them. After releasing legendary singles on the Pharaoh label and being courted by numerous major labels, the Headstones called it quits in 1968. Always an innovator, Dave formed SEOMPI, first as a three-piece guitar-less two bass and drums band, and then adding blazing guitar. SEOMPI takes you on a trip back to 1971, when Texas was a stomping ground for epochal rock music, proving with each track that they could, and in some cases actually did hang, with other legendary psych and rock heavies such as The 13th Floor Elevators, The Zakary Thaks, ZZ Top, and Johnny Winter. First ever reissue of most of this material. Includes 12-page booklet with band founder Dave Williams talking about SEOMPI for the first time!"
MUSHROOM HOUR HALF HOUR (SOUTH AFRICA)
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CAT #: M3H 009CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
JIYANE AND TREE-O, MALCOLM UMDALI CD
Operating from the fringes of the South African jazz scene, the enigmatic yet charismatic trombonist and pianist Malcolm Jiyane delivers a major contribution to the canon -- one shaped around dedications to key figures in his personal and professional life. Several years ago, Jiyane was dealing with the death of a band member, the birth of a daughter and the passing of his beloved mentor Johnny Mekoa, founder of the Music Academy of Gauteng, which Jiyane attended from a young age. These life-altering events give shape to the music's emotional register and its thematic concerns. In Black Music, his book of essays and critiques, Amiri Baraka makes the point that jazz musicians, be it in the construction of solos or in other aspects of composition, always draw on the works of their contemporaries or elders. How much outsiders pick up on that is really dependent on how au fait they are with the music. In this album, Jiyane finds comfort in this well-trodden path. Two songs make for great examples. "Umkhumbi kaMa", a jazz-funk track celebrating the creative force as inhabited by women, the motif to Herbie Hancock's "Ostinato (Suite for Angela)" is a clear reference, connecting in one swift move, not only the musical traditions of the Black Atlantic but also the struggles and triumphs of women across space and time. On the same note, the free-form "Solomon, Tsietsi & Khotso", conjured in the same jam session that yielded SPAZA's Uprize! (M3H 007LP), appears here in a more fleshed out form as "Senzo seNkosi"; a tender dedication to Malcolm Jiyane Tree-O bass player Senzo Nxumalo. Jiyane's path to the realization of his debut album as frontman is more than merely one individual's breakthrough. Workshopped and recorded within two days in Johannesburg, UMDALI, not unlike Miles Davis's landmark Kind of Blue, stretches our idea of what it means to improvise within the context of jazz.
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CAT #: M3H 010CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
MOGOROSI, TUMI Group Theory: Black Music CD
Group Theory: Black Music is a stunning new statement from South African drummer and composer Tumi Mogorosi. Standing in the lineage of South African greats such as Louis Moholo-Moholo, Makaya Ntshoko, and Ayanda Sikade, Mogorosi is one of the foremost drummers working anywhere in the world, with a flexible, powerful style that brings a distinctive South African inflection to the polyrhythmic tradition of Elvin Jones, Max Roach, and Art Blakey. Since his international debut on Jazzman Records in 2014 with Project ELO, Mogorosi has been in the vanguard of the South African creative music scene's burgeoning outer-national dimension, taking the drummer's chair in both Shabaka Hutchings' Shabaka and The Ancestors formation and with avant-garde noiseniks The Wretched, who featured on Brownswood's acclaimed South African showcase, Indaba Is. Where Group Theory: Black Music moves an established format dramatically forward is in the addition of a nine-person choir. Their massed voices soar powerfully above every track as a collective instrument of human breath and body, and enter the album into the small but significant number of radical recordings to have used the voice in this way, such as Max Roach's It's Time (1962), Andrew Hill's Lift Every Voice (1970), Billy Harper's Capra Black (1973), and Donald Byrd's I'm Trying To Get Home. Features a cross-generational line-up of celebrated South African musicians including guitarist Reza Khota, pianist Andile Yenana, and vocalists Gabi Motuba and Siyabonga Mthembu. Also features Lesego Rampolokeng. For fans of: Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), Shabaka Hutchings, John Coltrane, Max Roach, Donald Byrd, Abbey Lincoln, Art Blakey. CD version comes in bespoke tip-on CD jacket.
MUSIC ON VINYL (NETHERLANDS)
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CAT #: MOV 1432LP
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CALE, J.J. Collected 3LP
"J.J. Cale (July 26, 2013) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. His influence as a musical artist has been widely acknowledged by many rock musicians and is considered to be one of the originators of The Tulsa Sound, an amalgamation of blues, rockabilly, country and jazz. Classic songs, written and performed by J.J. Cale, like 'After Midnight', 'Cocaine', 'Call Me The Breeze' and many more were re-recorded by other acts and artists who enjoyed success with them. His collaboration with Eric Clapton on The Road To Escondido won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2006."
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CAT #: MOV 715LP
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CALE, J.J. Okie LP
"J.J. Cale's signature laidback, bluesy style of country rock has distinguished him from contemporary early '70s singers. His unique sound shows on his third album Okie (1974), where he merges these influences with gospel. His influence on other artists lead to multiple cover versions of "Got The Same Old Blues" with Freddie King, Eric Clapton, Captain Beefheart, Bobby Bland, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bryan Ferry all tipping their hats to JJ. Further excellent tracks include 'Rock And Roll Records', 'Okie', 'Everlovin' Woman' and of course 'Cajun Moon'."
MUSICA INFINITA (UK)
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CAT #: INFINITA 002LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
LOS KENYA Siempre Afro-Latino LP
Música Infinita presents the raw and uncompromising Afro Latin sound of Ray Perez and Los Kenya, one of the most interesting groups to spring out of the Venezuelan salsa scene in the late sixties. The late '60s was a prolific period for outstanding Afro-Latin music in Venezuela, with multiple local labels releasing and distributing records by a myriad of homegrown talent. Pianist and bandleader, Ray Perez, recorded and released seven LPs between '67 and '68 with Los Dementes, one of the best-known salsa bands in the country at the time. Following a brief stint in New York, where he shared the stage with Kako's orchestra, Perez returned to Venezuela and under the influence of bandmates Luis Arias and Alfredo Naranjo formed Los Kenya. The core of this compact group was made up of two trumpets and a drum set, uncommon at a time when big bands were the norm. With the addition of an accomplished and unique pair of vocalists in Calaven and Carlin Rodriguez, Los Kenya cooked up a stew of raw, groovy, and uncompromising tunes for their debut LP on Velvet, later re-released by Ray himself under his own Pyraphon label, and presented here in a limited and re-mastered edition. Having recently left his previous band Los Dementes, Ray and Los Kenya debuted with a live performance in September of 1968 at Sunday Party Group to present their 7" single featuring "Hoculele" and "Omelembe". Soon after, their debut album was released by the label Velvet. Due to a combination of original compositions, most of them written and arranged by Ray; a killer lineup of musicians; and an uncompromising and raw approach to their music, Los Kenya became one of the most interesting new groups in the Venezuelan salsa scene. In Ray's own words: "each of my bands had a distinct sound. For example, Los Dementes had a different sound to Eddie Palmieri's band even though we shared a similar configuration. The same happens with Los Kenya and another of my band's Los Calvos, both of which had a very similar lineup of musicians."
NAKED LUNCH (ITALY)
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CAT #: NAKED 028LP
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VA La Edad De Oro De La Cumbia Colombiana LP
Cumbia is a folkloric genre and dance from Colombia. Hereby a compilation showcasing the early developments of a large crosspollination. Since the 1940s, commercial or modern Colombian cumbia expanded in fact to the rest of Latin America, after which it became popular throughout the continent, including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Features Conjunto Marti?nez, Gildardo Montoya y Conjunto Los Rumberos, Rafeal Yepes Crespo con sus Negros de la Regio?n, Orquesta Ritmo de Sabanas, Baldomero Urieles con Efrian Burgos y su Conjunto, Conjunto Los Rumberos, Silvio Guzman y Conjunto Jose M. Pen?aranda, Ruffo Garrido y su Conjunto, Alberto Pacheco y su Conjunto, Gasto?n (El Islen?o) con El Conjunto de Jaime Simanca, Conjunto Ritmos del Caribe, Los Alegres Bucaneros, Crescencio Salcedo, Lalito y Conjunto Colombia.
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CAT #: NAKED 029LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
DAVIS, MILES Miles Davis in St. Louis LP
The classic line-up with a twist -- Recorded live at Jazz Villa in St. Louis on May 29th, 1963. George Coleman sitting on tenor sax, right before he left band (with incoming talent Wayne Shorter on the spot). Personnel: Miles Davis - trumpet; George Coleman - tenor sax; Herbie Hancock - piano; Ron Carter - bass; Tony Williams - drums.
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CAT #: NAKED 030LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
SUMAC, YMA Incan High Priestess LP
The so called "Nightingale Of The Andes", a necessary introduction to the life and music of the one and only Yma Sumac. The Peruvian singer who startled audiences in the United States and Europe with her remarkable voice, beauty, and mysterious "Inca" princess/priestess persona. Literally bridging the gap from folklore to exotica, Yma Sumac was the forerunner of a new philosophy.
OPTIC NERVE (UK)
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CAT #: ON 309EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
EAST VILLAGE Back Between Places 7"
Part of the Optic Sevens 3.0 Reissue Series. Originally released on the Sub Aqua label in 1988. It appears here on 7" for the first time. This is a previously unreleased version of "Back Between Places". The band were never really happy with the original single release and having discovered the master tape of a superior version, it is to be mixed and released here for the very first time. Both tracks were recorded at Greenhouse Studios at the same one-day session in August '88 and are technically unreleased. "Back Between Places" is an alternate mix made at the time and better than the one we chose to release. "Violin" is a completely unreleased recording. It was planned as the original B-side but ended up being replaced by two early recordings "Her Fathers Son" and "Precious Diamond Tears" on the actual 12" release. "Violin" was recorded a few months later at Scruttocks along with "Freeze Out", "Vibrato", and a couple of others that have appeared on the Hotrod Hotel LP. Limited 7" white vinyl. Includes postcard and poster.
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CAT #: ON 409EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TIMES, THE I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape 7"
Part of the Optic Sevens 4.0 Reissue series. Edward Ball was a member of cult band The Television Personalities alongside his school friend Dan Treacy before leaving to concentrate on The Times. "I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape" (inspired by cult TV series The Prisoner) is probably the best-known track from them, originally released on the Artpop! label in 1982. The second single from The Times reissued here with an extra track from the 12" (released a year later in 1983). Optic Nerve have also decided to use the same sleeve that was used for the original 12". White vinyl; includes postcard and poster.
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CAT #: OPT4 045LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HIT PARADE, THE Pick Of The Pops (Vol. 1) LP
14 track vinyl version of the 2012 CD compilation. First time on vinyl. A swish compilation LP featuring fourteen of the most memorable songs in the career of the top-notch indie band The Hit Parade. Entitled Pick Of The Pops (Vol. 1), the LP collects together the most poignant moments in the career of The Hit Parade and includes their thoughtful recording for Sarah Records, In Gunnersbury Park (1991), their tubthumping single for Minty Fresh USA, Hitomi (1993), as well as other cuts, both cheerful and desolate in style, that feature Cath Carroll (Factory Records), Amelia Fletcher (Heavenly, Talulah Gosh), and Harvey Williams (Another Sunny Day, The Field Mice). The Hit Parade was formed by Julian Henry with his school friends Matt Moffatt and Raymond Watts in 1984 when they released their first single "Forever" on JSH Records. Since then, they've clung to the sensibilities of pure pop and have become a curiosity item with their retro attitudes and songs about dead writers, disused swimming pools, and failed love affairs. Their early vinyl singles were lauded by John Peel, the NME, and Melody Maker, the now defunct weekly paper that published Julian Henry's writing. In the 1990s, the band toured alongside Edwyn Collins, The Milkshakes, and Sarah Records notables, and signed to Japanese and US labels, releasing a sequence of albums that have since become collectible. Pale blue vinyl; includes printed lyric inner sleeve, poster, and postcard.
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CAT #: OPT4 051LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MONOCHROME SET, THE Volume, Contrast, Brilliance... Sessions & Singles Vol. 1 LP
Originally released in 1983, this rewarding record acted as a round-up of the Monochrome Set's career to date and was of immeasurable value to fans. It's aged well, too. Comprising of A and B sides from their Rough Trade released singles plus extracts from sessions for Radio 1, Capital Radio, and EMI Records, this LP contains unique versions of such classic tracks as "The Jet Set Junta" and "He's Frank (Slight Return)". Oddities and jocular moments run through the album, including John Peel introducing " Fat Fun" and thinking aloud that those Monochrome boys might be having a pop at him. The fact that it includes a wish list of the band's best songs to this point in their career is another reason to recommend it. Previously they may have made a handful of slightly-off-target albums, but this 1983 compilation is a front-to-back joy, fast, restless and perfectly sequenced. It plays like a cohesive album. Includes two bonus tracks from the February 1979 Peel Session: "Love Goes Down The Drain" and "Noise (Eine Kleine Symphonie)". Clear vinyl with black, blue, and white splatter; comes in embossed gloss laminated gatefold sleeve with lyrics and printed inner sleeve.
ORCHESTRA GOLD
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CAT #: OG 001LP
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ORCHESTRA GOLD African Psychedelic Rock LP
"Oakland, California-based ensemble Orchestra Gold offers up a kaleidoscope of sound deeply rooted in the Malian tradition while introducing a genre-bending nod to the future through their rare and artful fusion of African psychedelic rock. Spearheaded by the dynamic Mariam Diakite, whose raw and hypnotic vocal stylings deliver heartfelt and thought-provoking lyrics in the highly symbolic Bambara language. While paying homage to Malian musical traditions, this fierce new sound is supported by heavy swinging rhythms, a funky fresh brass section and cosmic guitar licks." "Mali's musical heritage is vast... and Mariam's voice channels that history." --Banning Eyre, Senior Editor Afropop Worldwide
PACIFIC CITY DISCS (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: PCD 006LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
CAVALIERE, FRANCESCO Aquilone Grattacielo DJ Mix LP
From Pacific City Discs, to you the listener, a DJ mix of fantasy and splash-energy in a small edition of vinyl. Fantasy writer/recording artist, Francesco Cavaliere, while visiting his seaside childhood vacation location, was extended an impromptu invitation, to DJ an '80s swimming club. He had this to say about his experience: "I was at Shangri-La and a boy and girl from the bathhouse in silver swimsuits and sand-colored streaks waved me over with a drink and asked me if I would like to DJ the next day during my lesson on the beach at Tana del Pirata! I then and there I laughed but then I accepted (I had nothing at home just my mp3 player and a Nokia with music inside). The next day there was a little wind on the beach and the umbrellas swayed to the left. From the heat they could catch fire, white flames, instead the sea was rough and that wind with very long wrists cheered us up, blowing gaseous clouds in our faces. Perfect for the day ahead. After the first few pieces, I began to see that a group of kids jumped into the adjacent pool trying flips bombs and candle dives. Someone at the bar was playing 'Altered Beast' . . . so sipping a drink with ice, I imagined DJ werewolf repeating catchy pieces while a kite half cobra half skyscraper inflated above us." This impromptu disc is fresh now, for you to frolic with this summer, while entertaining a daydream in the midst of entering a body of water while witnessing an apparition in the sky. Selected and compiled by Francisco Cavaliere.
POTOMAK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: POTOMAK 133951
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EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN Greatest Hits 2LP
2022 restock; double LP version. 140 gram vinyl. Includes download code. Einstürzende Neubauten have discovered sounds beyond the pain barrier, the beauty of dissonance and the aesthetics of the scrapyard. They are regarded as the most important engines in the development of new musical strategies; Hardly another German band has characterized the music landscape as lastingly. Their influence on the music world was, and is, as great as their timeless character. Once fully set in motion - by West Berliners Blixa Bargeld, NU Unruh and Alexander Hacke in the early 1980s - Einstürzende Neubauten have pressed on regardless. Indeed since percussionist Rudolf Moser and former Die Haut guitarist Jochen Arbeit joined in 1997, the current Einstürzende Neubauten line-up has not only been their longest lasting; going on the evidence gathered here, it's arguably their broadest ranging and most fruitful partnership, with Rudi and Jochen always gamely responding to the musical challenges posed by NU Unruh's battery of invented instruments and devices. Along with multi-instrumentalist Alex Hacke, who took over bass after the departure of Mark Chung (after their 1992 album Tabula Rasa) and FM Einheit (during the recording of 1996's Ende Neu (POTOMAK 919821/919822)), they willingly switch between their chosen instruments and NU Unruh's inventions, sounding the depths, tapping, scratching and hammering out beats, or drawing haunting tones from the seemingly most unforgiving of source materials presented to them, invariably in the service of the song. The earliest track here is a newly mixed version of "Haus Der Lüge", the title track of their 1989 album Haus Der Lüge (POTOMAK 820001/820002); except it's now adorned with freshly recorded trombone and string parts, which the group wanted on the original but couldn't afford, so had to use synth simulations instead. Five tracks are taken from their 2000 album Silence Is Sexy (POTOMAK 957051/957052). During the 2000s, Einstürzende Neubauten's resourcefulness extended beyond the stage and the recording studio into the economics of alternative music practice. Two Greatest Hits tracks, "Dead Friends (Around The Corner)" and "Ein Leichtes Leises Säuseln", originated on their Supporters Album #1 (2003), which in publicly modified form became Perpetuum Mobile (Mute, 2004). Now as then as always, declares Greatest Hits's newest track "How Did I Die", "The difference makes the song".
REITEN (GERMANY)
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CAT #: RTNE 001LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
VA Reiten presents ENSo 2020 2LP
Japanese sound artist and producer Kosei Fukuda's presents a collaborated vision of the first edition of ENSo?, a two-day audio-visual event collated around the REITEN label. The ENSo? Festival invites its artists and audiences alike to appreciate the merging of the improvisational, with the contemplation of rhythmic cycles, based around the conception of enso? -- meaning a hand-drawn circle created by one uninterrupted stroke. Now, with an elongated stretch of time ahead before the next edition of the festival, the compilation stands to provide a sustained glimpse into the world imagined by Fukuda. Blending spontaneity and gravity alike, the record features an array of idiosyncratic artists set to play ENSo?, all purveyors of their own shaped sound-worlds. Features Kosei Fukuda, Uchi, YPY, Recent Arts, Renick Bell, MA + Kosei Fukuda, Yves De Mey, Tobias., Katsunori Sawa, Yuji Kondo, Rabih Beaini, ENA, and Lemna.
RHYTHM AND BLUES (UK)
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CAT #: RANDB 095LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BEACH BOYS, THE Live In Paris 1969 LP
This recording finds an expanded Beach Boys performing 16 tracks on the last night of their June 1969 European tour. Highlights include a five-song "slow song" medley plus rarely performed versions of "The Nearest Faraway Place" and "Johnny B Goode". The rest of the set is stuffed full of hits, reflecting the depth of the band's repertoire and highlighting their exquisite live harmonies. The LP comes with full credits and extensive sleeve notes. All tracks recorded live on June 16th, 1969 at L'Olympia, Paris and broadcast on Musicorama French TV.
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CAT #: REP 048EP
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ROLLING STONES, THE Ed Sullivan Show 1969 EP 7"
In November 1969 the Stones appeared on Ed Sullivan's influential show for the sixth and final time, sharing a bill with Ella Fitzgerald. Jagger was resplendent in a silver and black choker and a fringed cloak whilst Richards' hair was in the ascendent, complementing his see-through Dan Armstrong guitar. Sullivan announced "Gimme Shelter" as being from the band's new album Let It Bleed, to be released in the US the week after the broadcast. Some pictures of the band on the Ed Sullivan set show Wyman replaced by pianist/road manager Ian Stewart.
ROARATORIO
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CAT #: ROAR 023LP
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KEITH, RODD My Pipe Yellow Dream LP
2022 restock. "Song Poems Wanted" read the ads. "We need new ideas for recording!" The send-us-your-lyrics business was a borderline scam, taking whatever lyrics came their way from would-be songwriters and -- for a fee -- setting them to music. None of the results ever came close to being a hit, and to be sure, the vast majority was sufficiently bland or clumsy to insure no great karmic loss in their instant obscurity and miniscule press runs. But Rodd Keith -- the late, great genius whose prolific output was almost completely confined to the song-poem industry -- had a knack for turning sow's ears into silk purses. The nature of the business required him to work quickly, with no second takes, and his skill at writing and arranging on the fly was not unlike that of a master improviser. When at his best, he put his unique musical stamp on some lucky customer's submission. My Pipe Yellow Dream is the second Roaratorio anthology of the highlights of Rodd Keith's work. Compiling fifteen previously un-reissued songs from 1966 through his death in 1974 -- including a never-before-heard cover of "Choo Choo Train" -- My Pipe Yellow Dream showcases the full range of his talents. From exquisite mid-60s pop balladry ("Deep Velvet") to blue-eyed soul ("You Don't Have To Alibi") to folk-rock ("Tired Of Waiting") to solo Chamberlain creations ("Red Sports Car") to gospel testifying ("O Jesus My Savior") to a pair of patriotic screeds (the all-spoken word "America The Not So Beautiful" and the bizarre-world lounge funk of "Search Out Your Soul, American"), this collection continues the rehabilitation of Rodd Keith's recorded legacy from thrift-shop throwaway to celebrated cult artist. A limited-edition LP in a gorgeous gatefold jacket, with artwork by Josh Journey-Heinz and liner notes from song-poem vocalist Dick Kent. Download coupon included.
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CAT #: ROAR 027LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
CORNER, PHILIP Gong/Ear: Dance-ing, 1 & 2 LP
2022 restock. A major figure in 20th century arts and music (and beyond), Philip Corner studied with Henry Cowell and Olivier Messiaen, and was one of the original fluxus conspirators, among other highlights of his long and storied career. As part of the body of his Metal Meditations work, Gong / Ear is a decades-long series of improvisations with dancers. Utilizing his favorite Paiste tam-tam, these two recordings from Corner's New York City Leonard Street loft in 1989 are a feedback loop of perceptions between gong and dance: "the initiating sound (or is it the dancer's posture?) is made physically audible. Responsive movement is turned back into sound. Musicianly attentiveness sends it back and it continues." Gong / Ear : Dance-Ing, 1 & 2 is released in a limited edition of 305 copies, each with a hand-cut facsimile brass gong, silkscreened with Corner's calligraphy and mounted onto the jacket. Download coupon included.
RUNE GRAMMOFON (NORWAY)
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CAT #: RCD 2225CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
ACTION & TENSION & SPACE Tellus CD
The band describe themselves as a spaced-out, instrumental lounge rock outfit, with added vibes of folk music, jazzy surf, psychedelia, free improvised chill-out, jangly post-rock, and travelling bass. Not much to add here, apart from possibly a pinch of krautrock. Tellus is the quartet's fourth album, and their debut on Rune Grammofon. Being something of an all-star team from the fertile psychedelic space drone scene in Haugesund on the west coast of Norway, the members also pay their dues in bands like Electric Eye, Lumen Drones (ECM), Undergrünnen, and The Low Frequency in Stereo, whose album Futuro was released by Rune Grammofon back in 2009 (RCD 2082CD). On Tellus they are joined by Sigbjørn Apeland, a much-esteemed musician largely operating in a landscape of folk music, church music and improvisation. He is a member of Nils Økland Band (ECM and Hubro) and has collaborated with him for 30 years, also appearing on his two albums for Rune Grammofon; Straum (2000, RCD 2015CD) and Bris (2004, RCD 2042CD). Also appearing on Tellus is Ståle Liavik Solberg, a central force on Oslo's thriving improvised music scene. He has performed worldwide with numerous Norwegian and international musicians and curates the excellent Blow Out! festival. With Tellus, Action & Tension & Space heads into the Hardangervidda (the big plains connecting the eastern and western parts of southern Norway) terrain of wide-open spaces, spare vegetation and unruly weather conditions, especially during the winter. The album was recorded in a small studio in Haugesund during two days of heavy rain showers and stormy winds rumbling outside the windows. Personnel: Per Steinar Lie - lapsteel, electric guitar; Øystein Braut - guitar, organ, Mellotron; Julius Lind - double bass; Ørjan Haaland - drums; Sigbjørn Apeland - harmonium, Fender Rhodes; Ståle Liavik Solberg - percussion.
SECRET RECORDS
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CAT #: SEC 117R-LP
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SOFT MACHINE Wonderland (Red Vinyl) LP
"Rare early Soft Machine cuts from 1963-1970, featuring Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, Daevid Allen and others. Pressed on red vinyl."
SONIC CATHEDRAL (UK)
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CAT #: SCR 199CD
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BDRMM Port EP CD
The EP is the Hull and Leeds-based band's first major release since their debut album, Bedroom, which was hailed as a latter-day shoegaze classic when it came out in July 2020. "Port", which was originally released as a single last October, marked a major step forward for the band. Sounding not unlike the Low of Double Negative (2018) or Hey What (2021) deconstructing The Temptations' "I Know I'm Losing You", it's a much darker sounding song; its distorted drones and beats burst into life with frenzied guitar and howls of anguish. "It helped us consider the band in a much more fluid perspective," says bassist and synth player Jordan Smith of the pivotal track. "Swapping instruments and redefining roles gave us time to spend working on new and more intriguing sonic ideas." This new experimental and more electronic approach was expanded as the standalone single release grew, almost accidentally, into a full EP, which features radical reworkings by Daniel Avery (a fearless, all guns blazing techno stomper); Working Men's Club (New Order's "Sub-Culture" meets a long-lost early Warp Records classic); A Place To Bury Strangers (a feedback frenzy of total sonic annihilation); Tom Sharkett from Manchester krautpoppers W.H. Lung (DFA Records goes down to the death disco); Jonathan Snipes from LA-based experimental hip-hop trio Clipping (glitchy beats imploding into a wall of white noise); and Jordan himself, as Mouth Company, who brings proceedings to a close with a slow-mo trip-hop treatment. "To have so many influential artists to us putting their own piece of DNA on what has become such an important track to us is so humbling," gushes Ryan. "It's brand new territory for us, and we just feel so lucky to have everybody involved." The EP is being released ahead of bdrmm's dates supporting shoegaze legends Ride in April and will be followed by their eagerly-awaited second album, which they are currently working on. "I am so excited to embrace the next chapter of bdrmm." CD version includes poster.
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CAT #: SCR 210LP
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PYE CORNER AUDIO Let's Emerge! LP
LP version. Translucent yellow vinyl. Pye Corner Audio releases a new album, Let's Emerge!, for Sonic Cathedral. It's his first studio outing for the label following the acclaimed live recording Social Dissonance, which came out on vinyl earlier in 2022, and it features Ride guitarist Andy Bell playing on five of its ten tracks. From the first glimpse of the artwork to the first note of the music it's a marked deviation from Pye Corner Audio's more traditional shadowy sounds. Whereas his last outing for Ghost Box (2021's Entangled Routes) was inspired by the underground fungal pathways through which plants communicate, this one is very much above ground, bathed in sunlight and acid-bright psychedelia. Designer Marc Jones's bold and ultra-vivid artwork consciously references the likes of LFO, Spacemen 3, and the early output of Stereolab. "I think it mixes together many of my earliest influences," explains Martin. "I've been a long-time fan of Spacemen 3 and Stereolab. Their moments of repetition and drone have always seeped into what I've tried to create. I was living in a small apartment and I'd stripped down my studio set-up when I was recording this album. This enabled me to focus on a few key pieces of equipment and explore them fully." The recordings were fleshed out by Andy Bell. "When I met Andy, we agreed that we needed to work together in some way. After I'd remixed a few tracks from his album The View From Halfway Down, he kindly repaid the favor." The end results -- mastered in New York by acclaimed engineer Heba Kadry -- are incredible, from the first stirrings of opener "De-Hibernate", via the glorious "Haze Loops" and "Saturation Point", the album slowly but surely awakens, blinking and feeling its way into the light. It all culminates in the epic closing track "Warmth Of The Sun" which, with its vocal harmonies and acid breakdown, is seven and a half minutes of pure release. "That one's about life's simple pleasures," concludes Martin. "The Beach Boys, tremolo guitars, infinite drones, Spacemen 3. Let's emerge from this darkened era and feel the 'Warmth Of The Sun'. The last few years have seen huge changes, both personally and in a wider perspective. The album title is a reaction to this, a collective (tentative) sigh of relief. Here's to new beginnings and a sense of hope."
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CAT #: SCR 220CD
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XAM DUO XAM Duo II CD
XAM Duo -- the Yorkshire-based pairing of Matthew Benn and Christopher Duffin -- follow up their acclaimed self-titled 2016 debut (SCR 120CD/LP) with XAM Duo II. They have spent the past few years collaborating with Virginia Wing and releasing the fun single "Tisch Tennis", as well as playing live with everyone from Stereolab, Sonic Boom, and Michael Rother to Jessy Lanza, The Necks, and Anna Meredith. They are also both members of Holodrum, the band formed from the ashes of Hookworms whose debut album came out earlier this year. Despite being over five years in the making, XAM Duo II is a much more concise affair than their debut, clocking in at just under 30 minutes. The journey begins and ends with the beat-driven "Blue Comet" and "Cold Stones", taking in shorter ambient jams along the way, making use of saxophone, drawn-out tape chords, floating Rhodes piano, and spaced-out synths, alongside very precise and intentional, sequenced and punchy synth tones. With the digital approach it could feel cold and processed, but it's the opposite -- warm and natural. This is something that is reflected in the striking artwork by long-time collaborator Jonathan Wilkinson which comes from a series of prints inspired by his time hiking around the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. One thing that has stayed the same is the influence of The Sopranos, with three of the six tracks on the album named after episodes of the classic series.
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CAT #: SCR 220LP
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XAM DUO XAM Duo II LP
LP version. XAM Duo -- the Yorkshire-based pairing of Matthew Benn and Christopher Duffin -- follow up their acclaimed self-titled 2016 debut (SCR 120CD/LP) with XAM Duo II. They have spent the past few years collaborating with Virginia Wing and releasing the fun single "Tisch Tennis", as well as playing live with everyone from Stereolab, Sonic Boom, and Michael Rother to Jessy Lanza, The Necks, and Anna Meredith. They are also both members of Holodrum, the band formed from the ashes of Hookworms whose debut album came out earlier this year. Despite being over five years in the making, XAM Duo II is a much more concise affair than their debut, clocking in at just under 30 minutes. The journey begins and ends with the beat-driven "Blue Comet" and "Cold Stones", taking in shorter ambient jams along the way, making use of saxophone, drawn-out tape chords, floating Rhodes piano, and spaced-out synths, alongside very precise and intentional, sequenced and punchy synth tones. With the digital approach it could feel cold and processed, but it's the opposite -- warm and natural. This is something that is reflected in the striking artwork by long-time collaborator Jonathan Wilkinson which comes from a series of prints inspired by his time hiking around the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. One thing that has stayed the same is the influence of The Sopranos, with three of the six tracks on the album named after episodes of the classic series.
SOUK (UK)
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CAT #: SOUK 010LP
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ROMPERAYO Asi No Se Puede Muchaches LP
Romperayo is back, with a brand new tropical nine-track album full of tropical riddims and humid Caribbean jams. After two long sold-out albums, Romperayo (Discrepant, 2015) and Que Jué? (Souk, 2019), Pedro Ojeda's unique update on classic Colombian music returns for a full long player of future tropical instrumental tunes, heavy on the drum grooves mixed with slow, languid experimental interludes. This is 21st century Colombian popular music taken to the next level by one of the most singular figures currently active on the Colombian scene. Romperayo's, aka Pedro Ojeda (Los Pirañas, Chupame el Dedo) solo project uses his irreverent drumming techniques and filters them through a lens of new school psychedelia, historical sampling, and acid synth solos. With his sound obsessions clearly present over all of his work (and this record), Pedro effortless mixes the old school with the new with an avant-garde collage approach to composition, never forgetting his academic studies on Latin American drumming styles. The result expands the frontiers of Colombian tropical music and provides a new, multicultural dialogue whilst using many of the rhythms and melodies of the Colombian historical repertoire to a new generation. The Colombian Caribbean coast sonido never sounded so fresh. Artwork by Mateo Rivano. All tracks composed and produced by Pedro Ojeda. Acosta Accordion on "Calzoncillo Colorado" by Iván Medellín. Gaita on "Calzoncillo Colorado" by Jaime Ospina.
SPACE AGE (UK)
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CAT #: ORBIT 077CD
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EXPERIMENTAL AUDIO RESEARCH Beyond The Pale (2022 Edition) CD
Although not released until 1996, Beyond The Pale was originally recorded in Northampton, back in 1992 at Angus Wallace's Far Heath Studios. It was the first album from Experimental Audio Research (aka EAR) an experimental music collective formed around Sonic Boom (Pete Kember), founding member of Spacemen 3 (along with Jason Pierce), who, on this project works closely with Eddie Prevost (AMM), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine), and Kevin Martin (God). This CD, consisting of post ambient feedback and electronic sounds was produced and mixed by Sonic and has been repressed in a limited run for 2022. The new, deluxe edition looks so much crisper, brighter and cleaner retains the original artwork, created by longtime E.A.R. collaborator -- artist Anthony Ausgang.
STAALPLAAT (GERMANY)
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CAT #: ARCHIVE 045LP
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MUSLIMGAUZE Muhammadunize 2LP
Listeners who know much of anything about Bryn Jones' work as Muslimgauze know that he was prolific in both his work and Muhammadunize, has what could be called a classic feel to it, with a very familiar blend of drones, string instruments, and synths, and varying percussion/break-beat patterns, in turn mixed with a number of hard-to-catch vocal samples. It's a formula used many times in the past by Jones, yet somehow he still manages to keep things just fresh enough, investing songs like the first and second "Khalifate" and especially both slamming versions of "Imad Akel" with enough unexpected touches. He incorporates the basic power of his work in the tracks as well, with both beauty and a nervy, hard-to-define tension as the songs progress. The sound palette of Muhammadunize is very similar to his ambient-techno albums such as Mullah Said and Gun Aramaic, down to the rhythms and the trademark tanpura drones and keys in C minor. The difference is that it's a bit more aggressive and faster-paced than the aforementioned albums, thus utilizing a similar dark atmosphere to a more immediate and in-your-face effect, especially as noted by the drum-kit urban-sounding pulse of "Imad Akel", one of the high points on this album. However, a favorite track here is the closer "Fatah Guerrilla" (also title track of the whole triple album), featuring a rapid echoed rhythm along with a barrage of percussion popping up and echoing every so often, sounding like they're flying through the room at a quick pace; the piece also features a beautiful flute melody which combines with the busy rhythm section in an interesting way.
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CAT #: SP ETA
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NULA.CC Bells & Cicadas 7"
"Bells": In this unmanipulated recording, a performance of the bells of the Transfiguration Cathedral Spaso-Efimeyev Monastery in Suzdal takes place. Suzdal is one of the towns on the best-known tourist route in Russia, called the "Golden Ring". "Cicadas": An annual brood of cicadas creates a dense sonic atmosphere from their treetop feeding zone, here recorded on a hot July afternoon in a forest near Lake Lisi, on a plateau overlooking the Saburtalo district of Tbilisi. The project (nula.cc) is the brainchild of intermedia artist Lloyd Dunn, a founding member of the Tape-Beatles, and editor and publisher of the zines "PhotoStatic" and "Retrofuturism". It comprises hours of sound works, hundreds of photographs, travelogue essays, and similar digital artifacts, which often reflect the artist's frequent travels and esthetic thinking.
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CAT #: STLP 014LP
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HET ZWEET Het Zweet 2LP
Remastered reissue of Het Zweet (1987), including bonus LP consisting of previously unreleased material. Marien Van Oers work under the name Het Zweet ("The Sweat" in English) originally came out in the 1980s (specifically 1983-1988), but listening to the new reissue of this self-titled album from 1987 can feel like one is listening to something that's both much more current and also much, much older than that. Van Oers, who passed away in 2013, made music that tended to get classed as "industrial", and tracks here like the steady, clanging churn of "From The Lowland" or "On Earth" show why, but he was as or more inspired by tribal music intended to produce trance-like effects via rhythm and (percussive and vocal) repetition. Using instruments made by himself out of anything from shopping carts to cardboard tubes, the music of Het Zweet locks into grooves that somehow feel more elemental and physical than many of his contemporaries. It never quite feels like Van Oers is emulating or echoing the music of any particular region or tradition so much as trying to synthesize all the ones he's heard into some sort of ur-pulse, an overtone so powerful as to compel the "Massive Trance" the title of the last song on the record evokes. While the 1987 Het Zweet has four track titles per side, and on listening you can discern some segues and places where it feels like new movements do shift into place, it's fitting to have this record on vinyl where the listener is encouraged to experience each side as one uninterrupted piece. The bonus material included on this reissue expands Het Zweet from one LP to two, the second LP consisting entirely of previously unreleased material. This bonus LP is sequenced similarly, with three untitled tracks and two live excerpts presented as side-long experiences that belie their disparate origins with a unity of sound and purpose. Van Oers' percussive nous and distantly yelled chants certainly sound capable of working up a sweat in both the performer and any movement-minded listeners, but maybe the most striking thing about Het Zweet is how vital it still sounds, despite its age and relative obscurity.
STATIC SHOCK RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: SSR 096EP
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WARTHOG Warthog 7"
Warthog always takes their time with releasing new music, but you know it will always be worth the wait. Marking their ten-year anniversary as a band, Larry and Co finally bring you their long awaited fifth EP. Written in Brooklyn in the winter of 2021/2022, the new EP delivered three tracks of their trademark sound. Everything is fine-tuned and sounding stronger than ever. "Digital Tumor" might even be their best track yet. You didn't think that they would let you down, did you? The EP comes in a pocket sleeve with brand new artwork from longtime collaborator Alex Heir and lyric sheet. Recorded by Sasha Stroud, mixed by Will Killingsworth, and mastered by Arthur Rizk.
SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: SR 114LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LASWELL, BILL City of Light LP
2022 repress, on Indian green vinyl. First time ever on vinyl, re-released in our Sub Rosa Blackcore series. City of Light is the sixth solo album by American composer Bill Laswell, released on July 29, 1997. While it may appear an anachronism in his catalog, fans of Bill Laswell will find City of Light an extension of ideas he has explored throughout his career. His strong interest in Eastern music and religion resulted in this 1997 collaboration with Janet Rienstra. Part sacred, spoken word, part meditative soundscape, City of Light takes as its inspiration the holy region of Banaras, India. Said to belong to Shiva, Banaras also contains the Ganges river: a place sought by Hindus for their cremation. Surrounding the texts is some of the most compelling music this genre has produced, featuring Trilok Gurtu on tablas, Coil (Peter Christopherson and John Balance) on electronics, Tetsu Inoue on sound collages, and Lori Carson on vocals. City of Light was recorded in Banaras, India, and mixed in Greenpoint, New York. It is about Banaras, a city older than history, tradition, and legends. It is Shiva's land, founded at the dawn of creation, and it is India's oldest and most fabled city. The Hindus call it Kashi, the luminous, the City of Light. Features a historical introduction by Hakim Bay.
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CAT #: SR 401LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
UNIVERS ZERO Heresie LP
2022 repress, orange/gold vinyl; Sub Rosa present a reissue of Univers Zero's second album Heresie, originally released in 1979. 2010 remixed version (Cuneiform Records). A classic of chamber rock music, featuring heavy use of dissonance and dark, brooding, and extremely complex melodies. Comes on limited edition orange and gold vinyl; Includes insert; 380 gram sleeve."This music on this LP might have little to do with rock, and might also be a massive downer, but the quality of the writing and playing is extremely high. Michel Berckmans' solo work on oboe and bassoon work is magnificent, and Patrick Hanappier's string playing (violin and viola) also demonstrates the precision of a trained classical musician, along with demonic avant-garde scraping and howling on 'Jack The Ripper.' Best of all, Univers Zero never cheapens the effect of the music with any of the stock cartoon licks which are associated with the gothic genre today. Group members sound deadly serious about what they're doing, which might call their sanity into question, but which makes for an incredibly powerful listening experience. In fact, Heresie is a stunning one-of-a-kind item that has never been duplicated by anyone -- including Univers Zero." --William Tilland, AllMusic
SUSAN LAWLY (UK)
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CAT #: SLA 006LP
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COME Rampton LP
Limited vinyl edition of Come's Rampton reissued by Susan Lawly. The year 1980 saw release of this iconoclastic debut LP, first album on the highly collectible Come Organisation label, and first chapter in the long musical career of a then teenage William Bennett after leaving Essential Logic, which subsequently led to the pure electronic Whitehouse and present-day Cut Hands projects. Also notably featuring synthesizer bass performed by The Normal's Daniel Miller. 180 gram vinyl.
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CAT #: SLA 007LP
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CUT HANDS Sixteen Ways Out LP
LP version. 180 gram vinyl. Originally premiered in its earliest state at Tate Britain by William Bennett and Mary DeBlois in 2010, the Sixteen Ways Out magnum opus reflects over a decade's work of compositional refinement and elaborate studio expansion, and is the first Cut Hands release since 2014's highly-acclaimed Festival of the Dead on the Blackest Ever Black label (BLACKEST 010CD/LP). The end result is a mystical showcase of musical esoterica, its seventeen tracks fusing the most arcane elements of subliminal extra-linguistics, avant-garde transformational hypnosis, and dark self-help secrets. You will never hear anything quite like it.
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CAT #: SLCD 031CD
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CUT HANDS Sixteen Ways Out CD
Originally premiered in its earliest state at Tate Britain by William Bennett and Mary DeBlois in 2010, the Sixteen Ways Out magnum opus reflects over a decade's work of compositional refinement and elaborate studio expansion, and is the first Cut Hands release since 2014's highly-acclaimed Festival of the Dead on the Blackest Ever Black label (BLACKEST 010CD/LP). The end result is a mystical showcase of musical esoterica, its seventeen tracks fusing the most arcane elements of subliminal extra-linguistics, avant-garde transformational hypnosis, and dark self-help secrets. You will never hear anything quite like it. CD version includes 12pp booklet with expanded texts.
TABOU 1 (JAMAICA)
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CAT #: TX 131LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
BLACK UHURU + SLY & ROBBIE Taxi Trax 2LP
Gatefold sleeve. "Black Uhuru and Sly & Robbie burst onto the reggae scene in 1977, at a time when Jamaican music was starting to purr and spin in circles and when, on the other hand, English punks were blasting everything that moved. Black Uhuru is sort of a Jamaican answer to the Sex Pistols and the Clash. Borderline insolent attitude, provocative looks, leather jackets, often aggressive words... Supported by skinned alive, Michael Rose, Duckie Simpson and Puma Jones howled the anger of the left behind in the ghettos of Kingston without preaching or Rasta illusion. For several years, Sly & Robbie held this new generation trio at arm's length on their TAXI label before signing them to island, the label which had launched 6-7 years earlier their elders Bob Marley, Burning Spear and Bunny Wailer. At the time in the service of Peter Tosh, the riddim twins found in Black Uhuru an ideal testing ground for their futuristic arrangements. From 1977 to 1980, Black Uhuru experienced a dazzling progression, which the TAXI TRAX compilation that TABOU1 released in association with TAXI and Diggers Factory sets out to retrace, through titles that have become Reggae anthems, such as 'Abortion' or 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' but also rarities hitherto released only on 45 rpm in Jamaica, such as the coves of the hits 'No No No', 'Sun Is Shining' or the surprising 'Aquarius' which has nothing to do with the original from the 5th Dimensions. In total, 4 sides filled with singles release by TAXI label, including the unstoppable dubs and above all several 'Dubplates' these acetates containing 100% unreleased mixes engraved to be played in sound-systems and which we were able to miraculously restore. To top it off, the famous graphic designer Bruno Tilley agreed to create a cover in the spirt of Black Uhuru: without concession, the photos being provided by Adrian Boot who followed the group from its beginnings, the liner notes being as for they were written by Noel Hawkes, author of numerous articles and books on Jamaican music, who interviewed Sly Dunbar and the band for the occasion. This time capsule is an idea introduction to this band that revolutionized Jamaican music in just a few years."
TAMOKI-WAMBESI-DOVE (UK)
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CAT #: TWCD 1061CD
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KNOWLEDGE Rasta Don't Take Bribe CD
2007 release. Knowledge's Rasta Don't Take Bribe on Tamoki-Wambesi-Dove. Features Knowledge, Prince Fari, E.R.S., Brenda Ray, Baba Dread, Charlie Chaplin, andJah Stitch.
TARTELET (DENMARK)
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CAT #: TARTALB 017LP
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ABUNAI Chrysalis LP
Tartelet introduce the blissful, psychedelic electronic soul sound of Abunai on his sophomore album, Chrysalis. Across 11 songs the Oakland, CA-based multi-instrumentalist lays down a dreamlike style which should chime with fans of Tame Impala, Khruangbin, and James Blake alike. As well as the sun-soaked surrounding of his Californian home, Abunai's family connection to Hawaii casts its influence over an album which has all the makings of a crossover success. Look no further than early support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Don Letts, and Wayne Snow for further proof this album is set to blowup. "My sound is definitely influenced by the live music I grew up within the Bay Area," says Abunai. "There's plenty of musical legacy here, including the '60s psychedelic and counterculture movements, the '90s rave scene, and the hyphy movement. I'm always trying to connect the dots and blend all of my influences. Chrysalis was, like so many recent albums, a project made largely in isolation during the pandemic, although Abunai did reach out to close collaborators Gravity and Raquel Marie to contribute some guest vocals, Kevin Farzad from Sure Sure for the acoustic drum parts and a few additional production touches from Tartelet regulars Glenn Astro and Max Graef. He bills the songs as an exercise in therapeutic self-care through lockdown as much as a balm for others. "It's music for healing," Abunai explains, "for the listener to be able to marinate in the slow tempos, the dreamy textures, the swirling vocals, and the lush synthesizers. It's very much about growth, re-emergence, and dreaming of a better future." As well as dealing in ear-catching pop melodies and sweet vocals, there's an underlying theme of the ocean, which stems from his coastal surroundings and his family roots in the Pacific. "I think the album is aquatic," he reflects, "and it feels like a voyage to me, or like a long shower, being reborn in the water. I played the album for my grandpa, who's a veteran sailor and pilot from Hawaii, and he said it was the perfect music to play when you're sailing on the open ocean at sunset." Cast in nostalgic, soft-focus tones and endlessly soothing for the soul, Chrysalis is your new favorite record for tender moments, hazy days, and starry-eyed reveries alike.
THE WIRE (UK)
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CAT #: WIRE 462
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WIRE, THE #462 August 2022 MAG/CD
"The Wire Tapper 59 CD. Every copy of the August issue will come with a free CD of the latest album in our series of underground music anthologies attached to the cover. This edition of The Wire Tapper features a cover designed by Bráulio Amado and contains 16 new tracks by MimiCof, Delmore FX, Evicshen, RSS Boy 1 featuring Waclaw Zimpel, Mark Stewart featuring KK Null, Madeleine Cocolas and more; On the cover... Saul Williams: The US poet, actor, songwriter and now film maker has moved from consciousness raising collaborations with DJ Krust, David Murray and Trent Reznor to the dystopian Afrofuturist visions of his co-directed Rwandan film project Neptune Frost. He talks to Neil Kulkarni about colonialism, and coltan as the new cotton. Inside the issue... Laura Cannell: Harnessing elemental forces of air, vibration and birdsong on violin, recorder and organ, the multi-instrumentalist talks to Louise Gray about her lifelong mission to capture the landscape of her native Suffolk, and her new live project Antiphony Of The Trees. Alan Skidmore: Over the last 60 years, the UK saxophonist has played with jazz figureheads from Tubby Hayes to Tony Oxley, and on both UK TV theme tunes and with John Coltrane's rhythm masters Elvin Jones and Rashied Ali. As a major new box set looks back on his work, he talks to Daniel Spicer about a remarkable journey in music. Invisible Jukebox: Bob Mould - The former Hüsker Dü and Sugar man listens to our mystery playlist. Unlimited Editions: Cortizona - Jennifer Lucy Allan profiles the Belgian label which has ploughed an idiosyncratic furrow tracing esoteric sounds from Patty Waters to Bernard Szajner to train locomotive recordings. Unofficial Channels: Raga Junglism - Guitarist Glenn Jones browses a website dedicated to avant garde tuning systems. Global Ear: Gothenburg - Michael Lawson visits a micro-scene centered around the likes of Enhet För Fri Musik, Blod and others. The Inner Sleeve: Éliane Radigue - The composer contemplates a photo of the night sky. Epiphanies: Emeka Ogboh - The sound artist tunes into the Lagos soundscape. Plus, one page interviews with Cheri Knight, Joe Rainey, Anna Butterss and Michael Gregory Jackson."
THIRTYTHREE THIRTYTHREE (UK)
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CAT #: TTTT 016CD
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TOMPKINS, LAURIE Fatty CD
Fatty is a desperate suite of consoling, tanked songs by UK composer Laurie Tompkins. Friends' samples, instruments, and voices sag and soar through intimately deranged, muckily decadent productions. The mind runs fast while the body lags, sludge in a cage, fat coagulating on bones. Opulent throw-downs from Teresa Winter, Gwilly Edmondez, Eliza McCarthy, and Otto Willberg are the backdrop for Laurie's voice to heave into the sky, or lilt, baffled, through the gunk. Elsewhere, Gwilly and Jess Hickie-Kallenbach (Still House Plants) are all power, grain, and delight as they sing through a scrub of electric violin and too-smooth keys. Aaron Parker binges through manic arabesques for spinnet, xylophone and vibraphone on "Sombor Shuffle", as strangely graceful as the Nuggets' no 15. The album is accompanied by videos and images by Joel Wycherley, whose dummy burb of dredged-up ornaments, wasted dwellings, and moldy mother nature feels realer and faker than life. His 33-33 debut is one of Laurie's three spring '22 discs, between an album with Eliza McCarthy for Entr'acte and another with Eliza and Ashley Paul for Hyperdelia.Laurie Tompkins (b.1990) is a UK composer, performer and co-founder and co-director of the Slip label. From scores for samples, instruments and voices he creates a grabbable music that dreams and confounds. Bodies, things, words, and sounds strain under duress, looping their way through scenes of grubby presence, not-quite riff, moldy echo, and swollen bombast. Laurie co-directs Slip, which has released music by Yeah You, Mica Levi, Julia Reidy, Bass Clef, Object Collection, Mentos Gulgendo, Chaines & Competition. Old releases of his own include Ample Profanity (2018), with cellist Oliver Coates; Heat, War, Sweat, Law (2016); and Exorcise (2021), as Yes Indeed with bassist Otto Willberg.
TINY GLOBAL PRODUCTIONS (HUNGARY)
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CAT #: PICI 032CD
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ROGERS, GEMMA No Place Like Home CD
21st Century pop is curiously irrelevant: autotune, twelve "writers" on a single song, sensationalist yet skin-deep social commentary . . . with none of the joy, excitement and surprises of pop's lengthy heyday, from the Brill Building through the new wave era. Where did it go? That would be an apt introduction to an album of calculated throwbacks to a three-minute pop ideal . . . but No Place Like Home isn't that record. Tiny Global Productions doubt even Gemma could tell you where this collection of beguiling jewels came from exactly, each fully-formed, complete and satisfying, no two quite alike, and each devoid of Wet Leg or Dry Cleaning's crafty calculation, but with every bit of those acts' charm. The first single, "Stop", is based on an idea so simple that it's nearly unfathomable why no one had come conjured it earlier. Like toilet paper or a pair of scissors, the song feels entirely obvious until one ponders its late arrival. "Stop"'s motorik beat propels verses to a chorus of pure delight, bested by a bridge occurring so late in the tune that it comes across like a surprise second dessert. "My Idea Of Fun", a tale of frequent drunken regret, comes with a video of minimalist humor and visual brilliance. On other songs, Gemma channels acts Delta 5, Au Pairs, and The Raincoats, along with the humor of Ian Dury and a similar verité of London life found in the best of Madness. The more serious fare is equally compelling. "Rabbit Hole" projects a daring newness of young freedom, "Dance Of A Thousand Faces" veers into "Sprechstimme" and expands into a swooping chorus, the feel of which subtly conveys present-day tensions reminiscent of the Weimar era. "Tailspin" captures the dark feeling which comes burdened with real-time consciousness of a loss of control, while the album closer, "Frida", a tale of the loss of a dear friend manages to end in a guardedly upbeat tone. Gemma's debut album is sure to stir up deep interest.
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CAT #: PICI 032LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ROGERS, GEMMA No Place Like Home LP
LP version. 21st Century pop is curiously irrelevant: autotune, twelve "writers" on a single song, sensationalist yet skin-deep social commentary . . . with none of the joy, excitement and surprises of pop's lengthy heyday, from the Brill Building through the new wave era. Where did it go? That would be an apt introduction to an album of calculated throwbacks to a three-minute pop ideal . . . but No Place Like Home isn't that record. Tiny Global Productions doubt even Gemma could tell you where this collection of beguiling jewels came from exactly, each fully-formed, complete and satisfying, no two quite alike, and each devoid of Wet Leg or Dry Cleaning's crafty calculation, but with every bit of those acts' charm. The first single, "Stop", is based on an idea so simple that it's nearly unfathomable why no one had come conjured it earlier. Like toilet paper or a pair of scissors, the song feels entirely obvious until one ponders its late arrival. "Stop"'s motorik beat propels verses to a chorus of pure delight, bested by a bridge occurring so late in the tune that it comes across like a surprise second dessert. "My Idea Of Fun", a tale of frequent drunken regret, comes with a video of minimalist humor and visual brilliance. On other songs, Gemma channels acts Delta 5, Au Pairs, and The Raincoats, along with the humor of Ian Dury and a similar verité of London life found in the best of Madness. The more serious fare is equally compelling. "Rabbit Hole" projects a daring newness of young freedom, "Dance Of A Thousand Faces" veers into "Sprechstimme" and expands into a swooping chorus, the feel of which subtly conveys present-day tensions reminiscent of the Weimar era. "Tailspin" captures the dark feeling which comes burdened with real-time consciousness of a loss of control, while the album closer, "Frida", a tale of the loss of a dear friend manages to end in a guardedly upbeat tone. Gemma's debut album is sure to stir up deep interest.
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CAT #: PICI 040CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BLUE ORCHIDS Angus Tempus Memoir CD
Blue Orchids created a singular sound of intellectualized psychedelia on their first 7" singles, The Flood (1980) and Work (1981), and despite their historically infrequent outings -- the band has released more new music in the last six years than in the whole of the thirty-five years prior to it -- the subtle originality of their sound permeates each of their releases, down primarily to original member Martin Bramah's singular vision. Yet each new release presents subtly directed changes to their work. Once at the brink of possible pop stardom that Bramah tossed aside by refusing to move down south to London -- which he did a few months later anyhow! -- his music has always had a rather perverse commerciality. Relative to the size of their respective catalogs, Bramah's songs have been covered by credible artists roughly as often as those by his first band, The Fall. The hazy oddness and off-kilter sound of Blue Orchids' debut LP, The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) (1982), did not offset its popularity of the cognoscenti. It sold over 15,000 copies and saw its songs covered by the likes of Aztec Camera and pioneering American indie bands such as Slovenly, Dustdevils, and Fish & Roses, and it's still a cult classic today. The album recalls Blue Orchids' classic debut more than any other chapter of Bramah's catalog -- just take a look at the song titles! The lyrics were written in a freer verse than typical song lyrics allow, the music written later. John Paul Moran -- Bramah's longest-serving musical partner -- evokes the same eerie atmosphere from his keyboards as Una Baines did years before, with new member Tansy McNally (ukulele) and rhythm section Vincent Hunt (bass) and Howard Jones (drums) holding it all together. Angus Tempus Memoir is Bramah's most beguiling work in decades Forty years on, Martin Bramah's Blue Orchids revisit the darker side of The Money Mountain in their most captivating work since their 1982 debut album.
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CAT #: PICI 040LP
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BLUE ORCHIDS Angus Tempus Memoir LP
LP version. Blue Orchids created a singular sound of intellectualized psychedelia on their first 7" singles, The Flood (1980) and Work (1981), and despite their historically infrequent outings -- the band has released more new music in the last six years than in the whole of the thirty-five years prior to it -- the subtle originality of their sound permeates each of their releases, down primarily to original member Martin Bramah's singular vision. Yet each new release presents subtly directed changes to their work. Once at the brink of possible pop stardom that Bramah tossed aside by refusing to move down south to London -- which he did a few months later anyhow! -- his music has always had a rather perverse commerciality. Relative to the size of their respective catalogs, Bramah's songs have been covered by credible artists roughly as often as those by his first band, The Fall. The hazy oddness and off-kilter sound of Blue Orchids' debut LP, The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) (1982), did not offset its popularity of the cognoscenti. It sold over 15,000 copies and saw its songs covered by the likes of Aztec Camera and pioneering American indie bands such as Slovenly, Dustdevils, and Fish & Roses, and it's still a cult classic today. The album recalls Blue Orchids' classic debut more than any other chapter of Bramah's catalog -- just take a look at the song titles! The lyrics were written in a freer verse than typical song lyrics allow, the music written later. John Paul Moran -- Bramah's longest-serving musical partner -- evokes the same eerie atmosphere from his keyboards as Una Baines did years before, with new member Tansy McNally (ukulele) and rhythm section Vincent Hunt (bass) and Howard Jones (drums) holding it all together. Angus Tempus Memoir is Bramah's most beguiling work in decades Forty years on, Martin Bramah's Blue Orchids revisit the darker side of The Money Mountain in their most captivating work since their 1982 debut album.
TRESOR (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TRESOR 338CD
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FEAR RATIO, THE Slinky CD
Slinky, a new album from The Fear Ratio, the collaborative project of Mark Broom and James Ruskin, is released on Tresor Records. In their first outing since They Can't Be Saved, released on Skam in 2020 (SKALD 036CD/LP), they enlist British rapper King Kashmere, who features on two tracks. Where James Ruskin has appeared on Tresor Records for his seminal albums Point 2 (2000), Into Submission (2001), The Dash (TRES 233LP, 2008) and his recent Siklikal EP (TRESOR 314EP, 2019), the only appearance of Mark Broom on the label is a 2002 remix of "The Golden Apple" by Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes. The duo unveiled this new work and collaboration with King Kashmere in a live show for a 30th Anniversary event for Tresor Berlin televised on Arte, performing amidst a battery of lights and fogged-up refraction. It demonstrated their rough-hewn fundamentals, roving melodies and investigative power, newly advanced by voice. "Death Switch" is the first appearance by King Kashmere, savaging questions on segregation and suffering, encoding into our brains the much-repeated refrain -- "You wanna know, why they wanna flip the death switch." "Spinning Globe" captures Kashmere in a gritty flow over a swaggering beat, bouncing and resonant. This un-sanded voice lends an enhanced texture and tension to the highly-processed sonic palette of Broom and Ruskin, accumulating with innate mettle. Elsewhere, "Appi" dredges depths as widescreen beats lurk, digital artifacts pave the way to a hauntingly melancholic coda. "Lacovset" features singer Ella Fleur who has worked with Mark Broom on his solo release Fu?nfzig. It enacts a pointillist gated vocal alongside dolphin-like percussive communications. On "LFIVE", the duo embalms their sonic textures with digital effects that flutter austerely with syncopation in the crosswind of a beat that recalibrates at points. An urgency slowly draws in on title track Slinky through fizzing electronics and fractured drums all corroded. "Effem" locates a semblance of euphoria, with a trance-inducing release led by swirling arpeggios. Closer "KZAP" finds the calmest moment on the record, with its wafting, nebulous synths and swamped hip hop beat. Slinky finds an ever-evolving project, The Fear Ratio shapeshifting by bringing in the voice into their work and continually pushing with their incredibly-effected rhythmic styles and peculiar, wandering synthesis.
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CAT #: TRESOR 338LP
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FEAR RATIO, THE Slinky 2x12"
2x12" version. 180 gram vinyl. Slinky, a new album from The Fear Ratio, the collaborative project of Mark Broom and James Ruskin, is released on Tresor Records. In their first outing since They Can't Be Saved, released on Skam in 2020 (SKALD 036CD/LP), they enlist British rapper King Kashmere, who features on two tracks. Where James Ruskin has appeared on Tresor Records for his seminal albums Point 2 (2000), Into Submission (2001), The Dash (TRES 233LP, 2008) and his recent Siklikal EP (TRESOR 314EP, 2019), the only appearance of Mark Broom on the label is a 2002 remix of "The Golden Apple" by Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes. The duo unveiled this new work and collaboration with King Kashmere in a live show for a 30th Anniversary event for Tresor Berlin televised on Arte, performing amidst a battery of lights and fogged-up refraction. It demonstrated their rough-hewn fundamentals, roving melodies and investigative power, newly advanced by voice. "Death Switch" is the first appearance by King Kashmere, savaging questions on segregation and suffering, encoding into our brains the much-repeated refrain -- "You wanna know, why they wanna flip the death switch." "Spinning Globe" captures Kashmere in a gritty flow over a swaggering beat, bouncing and resonant. This un-sanded voice lends an enhanced texture and tension to the highly-processed sonic palette of Broom and Ruskin, accumulating with innate mettle. Elsewhere, "Appi" dredges depths as widescreen beats lurk, digital artifacts pave the way to a hauntingly melancholic coda. "Lacovset" features singer Ella Fleur who has worked with Mark Broom on his solo release Fu?nfzig. It enacts a pointillist gated vocal alongside dolphin-like percussive communications. On "LFIVE", the duo embalms their sonic textures with digital effects that flutter austerely with syncopation in the crosswind of a beat that recalibrates at points. An urgency slowly draws in on title track Slinky through fizzing electronics and fractured drums all corroded. "Effem" locates a semblance of euphoria, with a trance-inducing release led by swirling arpeggios. Closer "KZAP" finds the calmest moment on the record, with its wafting, nebulous synths and swamped hip hop beat. Slinky finds an ever-evolving project, The Fear Ratio shapeshifting by bringing in the voice into their work and continually pushing with their incredibly-effected rhythmic styles and peculiar, wandering synthesis.
UPSET THE RHYTHM (UK)
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CAT #: UTR 147CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VINTAGE CROP Kibitzer CD
Geelong, Melbourne's favorite sons Vintage Crop return with their much-anticipated fourth album, Kibitzer. Running with the ball that 2020's Serve To Serve Again (UTR 131B-LP/LP) punted forward, this album marks another energetic break towards the goal for Vintage Crop. Kibitzer sees the band define their field of play, more melodic at times, still bruising, forever droll. These ten tracks of "snappy as elastic" Australian punk are packed with tensile riffage, hefty beats and witty refrains of everyman curiosity. Kibitzer was written in quick response to their critically lauded Serve To Serve Again album. Harsh guitars, a brutish rhythm section and a knack for always having the right words at hand are still abundant, but this time Vintage Crop's songs expand upon their forceful nature with greater harmonic arrangement. Kibitzer delves into themes of identity, resilience and acceptance; some of the more upbeat notions that the band have dealt with to date. "Casting Calls" opens the record, slamming through the speakers with gusto and setting the tone for the following 30 minutes. Accepting your limitations and taking pride in your work are key themes on Kibitzer. In fact ideas around learning, growing and being able to take things in your stride are strongly felt through their entire body of work. These themes hit home with the album's title too, with Cherry feeling that 'Kibitzer' is an apt way to describe a lot of the band's focus. Musically the band have expanded their palette on this album; exploring a world of rhythmic harmony and a newfound vocal melodicism. There's also greater lyrical elaboration and considered song structures at play. "The Duke" is a mob of rollicking chants and heavy hitting, catchy to the core. "The Bloody War" is a more sanguine reflection of tumbling drums, struck chords and shrill keyboard warble. "Hold The Line" turns the wry amusement of dealing with cold callers into a fidgety anthem of knowing frustration. Whilst "Switched Of" even welcomes the introduction of horns (courtesy of Heidi Peel) to the group's repertoire, ushering in an unexpected serenity into their tough sound. Mixed and mastered by Mikey Young.
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CAT #: UTR 147LP
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VINTAGE CROP Kibitzer LP
LP version. Geelong, Melbourne's favorite sons Vintage Crop return with their much-anticipated fourth album, Kibitzer. Running with the ball that 2020's Serve To Serve Again (UTR 131B-LP/LP) punted forward, this album marks another energetic break towards the goal for Vintage Crop. Kibitzer sees the band define their field of play, more melodic at times, still bruising, forever droll. These ten tracks of "snappy as elastic" Australian punk are packed with tensile riffage, hefty beats and witty refrains of everyman curiosity. Kibitzer was written in quick response to their critically lauded Serve To Serve Again album. Harsh guitars, a brutish rhythm section and a knack for always having the right words at hand are still abundant, but this time Vintage Crop's songs expand upon their forceful nature with greater harmonic arrangement. Kibitzer delves into themes of identity, resilience and acceptance; some of the more upbeat notions that the band have dealt with to date. "Casting Calls" opens the record, slamming through the speakers with gusto and setting the tone for the following 30 minutes. Accepting your limitations and taking pride in your work are key themes on Kibitzer. In fact ideas around learning, growing and being able to take things in your stride are strongly felt through their entire body of work. These themes hit home with the album's title too, with Cherry feeling that 'Kibitzer' is an apt way to describe a lot of the band's focus. Musically the band have expanded their palette on this album; exploring a world of rhythmic harmony and a newfound vocal melodicism. There's also greater lyrical elaboration and considered song structures at play. "The Duke" is a mob of rollicking chants and heavy hitting, catchy to the core. "The Bloody War" is a more sanguine reflection of tumbling drums, struck chords and shrill keyboard warble. "Hold The Line" turns the wry amusement of dealing with cold callers into a fidgety anthem of knowing frustration. Whilst "Switched Of" even welcomes the introduction of horns (courtesy of Heidi Peel) to the group's repertoire, ushering in an unexpected serenity into their tough sound. Mixed and mastered by Mikey Young.
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CAT #: UTR 147S-LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VINTAGE CROP Kibitzer (Sky Blue Vinyl) LP
LP version. Sky blue vinyl. Geelong, Melbourne's favorite sons Vintage Crop return with their much-anticipated fourth album, Kibitzer. Running with the ball that 2020's Serve To Serve Again (UTR 131B-LP/LP) punted forward, this album marks another energetic break towards the goal for Vintage Crop. Kibitzer sees the band define their field of play, more melodic at times, still bruising, forever droll. These ten tracks of "snappy as elastic" Australian punk are packed with tensile riffage, hefty beats and witty refrains of everyman curiosity. Kibitzer was written in quick response to their critically lauded Serve To Serve Again album. Harsh guitars, a brutish rhythm section and a knack for always having the right words at hand are still abundant, but this time Vintage Crop's songs expand upon their forceful nature with greater harmonic arrangement. Kibitzer delves into themes of identity, resilience and acceptance; some of the more upbeat notions that the band have dealt with to date. "Casting Calls" opens the record, slamming through the speakers with gusto and setting the tone for the following 30 minutes. Accepting your limitations and taking pride in your work are key themes on Kibitzer. In fact ideas around learning, growing and being able to take things in your stride are strongly felt through their entire body of work. These themes hit home with the album's title too, with Cherry feeling that 'Kibitzer' is an apt way to describe a lot of the band's focus. Musically the band have expanded their palette on this album; exploring a world of rhythmic harmony and a newfound vocal melodicism. There's also greater lyrical elaboration and considered song structures at play. "The Duke" is a mob of rollicking chants and heavy hitting, catchy to the core. "The Bloody War" is a more sanguine reflection of tumbling drums, struck chords and shrill keyboard warble. "Hold The Line" turns the wry amusement of dealing with cold callers into a fidgety anthem of knowing frustration. Whilst "Switched Of" even welcomes the introduction of horns (courtesy of Heidi Peel) to the group's repertoire, ushering in an unexpected serenity into their tough sound. Mixed and mastered by Mikey Young.
VINILISSSIMO (SPAIN)
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CAT #: MRSSS 523LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BAD BRAINS Black Dots LP
Limited 2022 restock By the early summer of 1979 the Bad Brains were already tearing up Washington D.C. They were armed with a tape they made at rehearsal, a real rugged thing, and were looking for people to play it to. The Slickee Boys heard it and suggested the band go out to record these songs at the fledgling Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA. What you are holding in your hands is the band's first full-length session of any kind in a recording studio. At that time, Inner Ear was Don Zientara's basement. Don had a four-track Teac 1/4" tape deck and a small drum booth to one side of the basement. Doc and Darryl set up in the main space while Earl somehow got himself into the "closet" with his drum kit. HR was in the backyard with the vocal mic (you can hear Don's son speaking to HR between tracks along with some crickets, too) and Don was set up in the kitchen upstairs. This day everything was just right and the band played straight through their live set of that time including "Black Dots" and "Pay to Cum," songs that were just too fast to ever be performed live to the band's satisfaction. The set on this record represents all of the band's songs, their first month's output, starting with the first song the band ever wrote, "Don't Need It." As is true with all four-track recordings, some decisions were made "going to tape," most notable is the eerie reverb on the drums, and these choices are forever a part of the mix. Formed as Mind Power a year earlier, it wasn't until their early vocalist Sid McCray showed up at Darryl's apartment in SE D.C. with his records and safety pins that the band transformed itself into the progressive punk outfit now known as Bad Brains. They were one dose Dead Boys topped off with a couple of shots of The Damned mixed with the Sex Pistols and The Clash. All the material on this record was written while the band lived together in a house on Bayway in Maryland. Doc had acquired the house from the manager of the Rustler Steak House where he had been working. HR and Darryl got jobs there as well, though they didn't last and ended up washing cars at the dealership down the street. Earl was washing clothes at the community hospital. Doc then got a job for himself and HR at Atlantic Research and Development, a bomb factory that manufactured Stinger and MX missiles. Darryl, without a driver's license, would pick them up from there at midnight and take them to rehearsal at the Bayway house. They lived at that house for about six months from late 1978 to mid-1979. They left after playing a series of basement shows at parties they threw. Sid would get on stage and start the set singing "Regulator." His girlfriend Tally would run on stage, tackle him and knock him off the stage and HR would then take the mic for the rest of the show. It wasn't long before Sid left the singing completely to HR and all of his sonorous vocalizations and lyricism. Needless to say, the house got a bit trashed and when they vacated Darryl moved in with Sid and everyone else moved back in with their parents. The next step was their first club shows; at the Atlantis (later named the 9:30 Club) and Madam's Organ (in Adams Morgan, MO with the Yippies and Youth Against Racism), conquering the D.C. punk/new wave scene with their sonic onslaught and clever musical curves. It was at this point that this record was made. Darryl got thrown out into the street by the bouncers after the band opened for The Damned at the Bayou, resulting in the band being banned from the club. With the Atlantis in reconstruction and the Bayou now off-limits, the possibilities in D.C. were shrinking for the band. New York had CBGB's, Max's Kansas City, Tier 3, 2 + 2, A7, Hurrahs, The Eighties, The Pep lounge and squats. The scene was jumping so the band headed off to NYC for the first time. They never looked back. On 180 gram vinyl with a full-color innersleeve.
WORRIED SONGS
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CAT #: WS 006LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WHITE, RALPH It's More In My Body Than In My Mind LP
LP version. Recorded in Austin, Texas in March of 2020, just days before the city and the rest of the world shut down, Ralph White spent two days with producer, Jerry David DeCicca (Will Beeley, Ed Askew) and recording engineer, Don Cento, capturing a raw and wild set of performances. Ralph, having recently converted his van into a mobile living and touring quarters equipped with a wood-burning stove, left Austin, the city where he was born over 70 years ago, and retreated to an Arizona commune where he began building a new house in the desert hills to escape the virus and insanity of daily living. Opener "Lead Man", signals the beginning of a wild and unsettling record, at times dark and foreboding, at others eerie and enigmatic, taking you a step further into Ralph's very own American mystery zone. Ralph takes you on a journey through his myriad of travels: from Dock Boggs to Syd Barrett to William Faulkner to Stella Chiweshe to Blind Uncle Gaspard -- scratching banjo, rasping train whistle hollers, rolling kalimba, rousing accordion, taut shimmers of guitar, caustic fiddle, and lyrics that could have been hidden amongst the dusty inner groove of a lost Harry Smith 78 -- weaving in-and-out of streams of consciousness, time and place. Just a few of the titles: "Lead Man" is a bleak and longing look in the mirror; "Motel 6", plays out a haunting lament set upon roadside America; "The River Daughter", reimagines life on the sandbar, akin to McCarthy's Suttree; "Lonesome Fugitive", acts as a cautionary ode to a life spent looking over one's shoulder. In addition to his solo work, White has recorded or performed with a diverse group of folk and avant-garde musicians: Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Jandek, Jack Rose, Eugene Chadbourne, Michelle Shocked, Sir Richard Bishop, and Michael Hurley. Artwork of Max Kuhn."This is what Ralph White really sounds like. It's what time passing really sounds like. It's what a look really feels like. This record is someone touching you all over!" --Bill Callahan"White was a member of well-loved punk bluegrass outfit Bad Livers, but his solo work is possessed of a much more lonesome spark, exaggerating the implied drone at the heart of the music of Dock Boggs and The Stanley Brothers -- White plays wooden six-string banjo, violin, button accordion and kalimba and his voice has a high, eerie quality to it -- extremely psychedelic." --David Keenan, The Wire
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CAT #: WS 009LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WHITE, RALPH Something About Dreaming LP
Here's artist Max Kuhn on hearing the new Ralph White recordings for the first time: "I was driving a familiar round trip across the high desert when I first put it on. It immediately spoke to me. In the lyrics there's a familiar geography for me, a familiar emotional landscape for all of us. And maybe it was driving an almost 40-year-old truck on sun baked and cracked asphalt in July, but it's like you can hear his songs coming apart -- the cadence, the rhymes stumbling and defying expectations, consistency but they just keep moving. You have no choice but to go with it. Probably a good lesson for how to live in this era we're in, cracking up but keeping it all running somehow, trying to make something pretty with the time."Recorded in Austin, Texas in March of 2020, just days before the city and the rest of the world shut down, Ralph White spent two days with producer, Jerry David DeCicca (Will Beeley, Ed Askew) and recording engineer, Don Cento, capturing a raw and wild set of performances. Ralph, having recently converted his van into a mobile living and touring quarters equipped with a wood-burning stove, left Austin, the city where he was born 70 years ago, and retreated to an Arizona commune where he began building a new house in the desert hills to escape the virus and insanity of daily living. Ralph takes you on a journey through his myriad of travels: from Dock Boggs to Syd Barrett to William Faulkner to Stella Chiweshe to Blind Uncle Gaspard -- scratching banjo, rasping train whistle hollers, rolling kalimba, rousing accordion, taut shimmers of guitar, caustic fiddle and lyrics -- that could have been hidden amongst the dusty inner groove of a lost Harry Smith 78 -- weaving in and out of streams of consciousness, time and place. In addition to his solo work, White has recorded or performed with a diverse group of folk and avant-garde musicians: Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Jandek, Jack Rose, Eugene Chadbourne, Michelle Shocked, Sir Richard Bishop, and Michael Hurley.
X-RAY PRODUCTION (FRANCE)
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CAT #: XRP 2204CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
L'ENTOURLOOP La Clarte Dans La Confusion CD
Unstoppable elders of the L'Entourloop collective, King James and Sir Johnny present their long-awaited third album, La Clarté Dans La Confusion ("Clarity in Confusion"). Produced in their now legendary Bandulu Studio, the 20 tracks of this new album are the result of a patient production process, carried out with care and passion. Throughout the album, L'Entourloop testifies in its own way via a puzzle of film samples, of this strange pandemic period, using all its savoir faire when it comes to make the people dance. Since 1964, when the song "My Boy Lollipop" flooded the European radio airwaves, L'Entourloop's love for reggae and its culture has never stopped growing. With this third album, they wanted to pay tribute to the legendary pioneers of this incredible movement -- artists and producers such as Tom Wong, Count Machuki, Prince Buster, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. An album which is a true declaration of love for soundsystem culture and its children -- reggae, dancehall and hip-hop. The success of their previous albums Chickens in Your Town (XRP 1802LP/1803CD, 2015) and Le Savoir Faire (2017), with their famous "Banging Hip-Hop Inna Yardie Style" quickly brought L'Entourloop into the spotlight, along with their hundreds of shows performed all over Europe. With no less than 32 guests from all over the world, MCs fling lyrics like guns like in a western movie and the new album is no exception. On the reggae side, Jamaican legends such as Ken Boothe and Bounty Killer meet new generation stars such as Alborosie, Kabaka Pyramid, Queen Omega, and Marcus Gad. On the hip-hop side Chali 2Na from legendary US group Jurassic 5, Swedish MC Promoe from Looptroop Rockers, US rapper Rêverie, the excellent JuJu Rogers, French beatmaker Degiheugi, and the irresistible South African female rapper Dope St Jude all make appearances. The UK vibe can also be felt with features from jungle and dancehall pioneers General Levy and Tippa Irie as well as heavyweights of the grime scene Flowdan, Lady Chann, and Killa P. Fellow French artists are also in the spotlight with guests such as Big Red, O.B.F, and Manudigital. To complete this amazing cast, L'Entourloop has once again called on the incomparable Troy Berkley from Bermuda and the talented trumpeter N'Zeng, formerly of Le Peuple de l'Herbe, to accompany the collective on the road along with a new addition -- excellent Dutch rapper BlabberMouf. Also features N'Zeng, Lion in Bed, Lyricson, Red Fox, Dope Saint Jude, LMK, Reverie, Dawa, The Architect, Las Ninyas del Corro, and Blackout JA.
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CAT #: XRP 2204LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
L'ENTOURLOOP La Clarte Dans La Confusion 2LP
Double LP version. Unstoppable elders of the L'Entourloop collective, King James and Sir Johnny present their long-awaited third album, La Clarté Dans La Confusion ("Clarity in Confusion"). Produced in their now legendary Bandulu Studio, the 20 tracks of this new album are the result of a patient production process, carried out with care and passion. Throughout the album, L'Entourloop testifies in its own way via a puzzle of film samples, of this strange pandemic period, using all its savoir faire when it comes to make the people dance. Since 1964, when the song "My Boy Lollipop" flooded the European radio airwaves, L'Entourloop's love for reggae and its culture has never stopped growing. With this third album, they wanted to pay tribute to the legendary pioneers of this incredible movement -- artists and producers such as Tom Wong, Count Machuki, Prince Buster, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. An album which is a true declaration of love for soundsystem culture and its children -- reggae, dancehall and hip-hop. The success of their previous albums Chickens in Your Town (XRP 1802LP/1803CD, 2015) and Le Savoir Faire (2017), with their famous "Banging Hip-Hop Inna Yardie Style" quickly brought L'Entourloop into the spotlight, along with their hundreds of shows performed all over Europe. With no less than 32 guests from all over the world, MCs fling lyrics like guns like in a western movie and the new album is no exception. On the reggae side, Jamaican legends such as Ken Boothe and Bounty Killer meet new generation stars such as Alborosie, Kabaka Pyramid, Queen Omega, and Marcus Gad. On the hip-hop side Chali 2Na from legendary US group Jurassic 5, Swedish MC Promoe from Looptroop Rockers, US rapper Rêverie, the excellent JuJu Rogers, French beatmaker Degiheugi, and the irresistible South African female rapper Dope St Jude all make appearances. The UK vibe can also be felt with features from jungle and dancehall pioneers General Levy and Tippa Irie as well as heavyweights of the grime scene Flowdan, Lady Chann, and Killa P. Fellow French artists are also in the spotlight with guests such as Big Red, O.B.F, and Manudigital. To complete this amazing cast, L'Entourloop has once again called on the incomparable Troy Berkley from Bermuda and the talented trumpeter N'Zeng, formerly of Le Peuple de l'Herbe, to accompany the collective on the road along with a new addition -- excellent Dutch rapper BlabberMouf. Also features N'Zeng, Lion in Bed, Lyricson, Red Fox, Dope Saint Jude, LMK, Reverie, Dawa, The Architect, Las Ninyas del Corro, and Blackout JA.
YAZOO
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CAT #: YAZ 1019HLP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BLACKWELL, SCRAPPER The Virtuoso Guitar Of Scrapper Blackwell LP
2022 restock. 180 gram vinyl. Music recorded between 1929-1934. Includes "Penal Farm Blues" and "Good Woman Blues", a duet with Leroy Carr. "No musician ever surpassed Indianapolis' Francis (Scrapper) Blackwell for the gifted guitar playing that makes for so much of the blues' charm and durability."
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17 NORTH PARADE
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CAT #: VP 4108CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
GIBBS & THE PROFESSIONALS, JOE African Dub (Chapter Two) CD
2007 release. "The second volume in this vintage four-disc series of instrumental dub from Joe Gibbs' studio finds him still working with members of the Soul Syndicate and We the People bands, and utilizing the formidable mixing talents of Errol Thompson. What sets this volume somewhat apart from the other three is the number of rhythms it carries over from the rocksteady era: 'Chapter Two' is a remix of the Techniques' late-'60s classic 'Queen Majesty'; 'Peeping Tom' reworks the Melodians' 'You Have Caught Me'; and 'My Best Dub' is an instrumental and nicely dubbed-up recut of the early Wailers track 'Hypocrites.' But it also includes some heavyweight rockers and one-drop material, including 'Angola Crisis' (based on a familiar rhythm later used for such roots reggae hits as 'Uptown Top Ranking' and 'Three Piece Suit') and an absolutely brilliant dub mix of Bob Andy's 'Chained,' here rendered in dark, minimalist tones with drastic dubwise effects and retitled 'Third World.' Along with the third volume, this is one of the most impressive of the four discs in the African Dub series." --AllMusic
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CAT #: VP 4110CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
GIBBS & THE PROFESSIONALS, JOE African Dub Chapter 4 CD
2007 release. "The fourth and final volume in the African Dub All-Mighty series was originally released in 1979, and like the previous three discs it features rhythm tracks laid down by such famous session men as Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Lloyd Parks, and Franklin 'Bubblers' Waul, most of whom were already known as members of the Revolutionaries and the We the People band, but who recorded at Joe Gibbs' studio as the Professionals. Errol Thompson ran the board for all four collections of dub mixes, and while this fourth installment isn't quite as inspired as the third, it's also a bit more interesting and adventurous than the first. Some of these mixes are two or three times removed from the vocal tracks that were originally released -- 'Iron Gate,' for example, is a dub mix of a recut (by Althea & Donna) of the Heptones' proto-slack rocksteady classic 'Fattie Fattie'; 'Fashion One' is a remix of Dennis Brown's remake of Alton Ellis' 1960s classic 'Girl I've Got a Date.' Everything here is worth a listen, though 'Power Pack' (based on the instrumental 'Drum Song' by Sound Dimension) is a bit tedious and would have benefited from a more aggressive dub treatment. Recommended overall." --AllMusic
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CAT #: VP 4151CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
GIBBS, JOE Reggae Anthology: King Scorchers From The Early Years 1967-73 2CD
2009 release. Features Roy Shirley, The Pioneers With Lynn Taitt & The Jets, Errol Dunkley, Stranger & Gladdy With Lynn Taitt & The Jets, Stranger & Gladdy With Lee Perry, Lee Perry & Dennis Alcapone, Keith Blake, Tyrone Taylor, The Pioneers, The Conquerors, The Reggae Boys, The Soulmates, Ernest Wilson, The Soul Sisters, The Young Souls, Ken Parker, Ken Parker & The Destroyers, Johnny Moore, Niney & Slim Smith With The Destroyers, Count Machuki & The Destroyers, Sir Lord Comic & The Destroyers, Nicky Thomas & Sir Lord Comic, Lizzy & Cornell Campbell, Nicky Thomas, Cynthia Richards & Irving Brown, Julie Anne, The Heptones, Jackie Brown, Peter Tosh & Winston Scotland, Peter Tosh With Winston Wright & Larry McDonald, Nicky Thomas & Cat Campbell, Nicky Thomas & Dennis Alcapone, The Ethiopians, Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis, Dennis Brown & Big Youth, and Big Youth.
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CAT #: VP 4160CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
GIBBS, JOE 12" Reggae Discomix Showcase Vol. 2 CD
2009 release. Features George Nooks & Prince Weedy, Joe Tex, U-Black & Welton Irie, Madoo & Welton Irie, Cornell Campbell & Lui Lepkie, Cornell Campbell & Trinity, Ruddy Thomas, J.C. Lodge & Shorty The President, Naggo Morris, Horace Andy & Jah Mike, Culture & U-Brown, and Chalice & Puddy Roots.
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CAT #: VP 4161CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
GIBBS, JOE 12" Reggae Discomix Showcase Vol. 3 CD
2009 release. Features Marcia Aitken & Trinity, Ruddy Thomas & Trinity, Daovan Chambers & Trinity, Sammy Dread & Lee Van Cliff, Cornell Campbell & Lee Van Cliff, Barry Brown & U-Mike, Eek-A-Mouse & Lui Lepkie, Danny Mangaroo & Lui Lepkie, George Nooks & Papa Tullo, and Freddie McGregor & Shorty The President.
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CAT #: VP 4169CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
GIBBS, JOE 12" Reggae Discomix Showcase Vol. 5 CD
2010 release. Features Earth & Stone W/ Snuffy & Wally, Naggo Morris & Trinity, Sylford Walker & Trinity, Carl Brown & Prince Mohammed, Junior Murvin & Trinity, Carol Gonzales & Paddy Roots, Ruddy Thomas W/ Joe Tex & U Black, Home T. Four & Delroy Jones, Sammy Dread & Tappa Zukie, Icho Candy & Errol Scorcher, and Junior Vibes & U-Mike.
20/20/20
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CAT #: KKV 123CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
DAMON & NAOMI A Sky Record CD
"With its meditative tempos and enveloping guitar work by Michio Kurihara -- 'it's like this golden net,' Naomi said of his gorgeous, versatile playing -- A Sky Record offers shelter from the squall. If it has the glow of a long-delayed reunion between friends, that's not accidental: Kurihara hasn't traveled outside of Japan in some time, so Damon and Naomi hadn't recorded with him in nearly ten years. When they finally made it back to Japan in November 2019 for a brief tour, they were elated to book some time with Kurihara at the aptly named studio Peace Music. In those long stretches of quarantime, the tracks they returned from Japan with had distinct moods but not yet any lyrics. (Kurihara works best when trying to conjure a specific feeling or natural image -- after all, he did once make a solo record, Sunset Notes, on which every song was based on a different sunset he'd witnessed...) How to write about the pandemic? How to not write about the pandemic? Naomi first struck upon the appropriate tone when re-reading the journals of one of her favorite abstract painters, Charles Burchfield. She arranged this found language into the lyrics of the iridescent 'Season Without Time,' which also became a tribute to a friend that she and Damon had lost in the last year. From there, the floodgates opened. The wistful and watery 'Midnight' (electrified, towards the end, by the slow screams of a Kurihara solo) conjures Naomi's nostalgia for youthful summers spent at Jones Beach, while the gentle current of 'Sailing By' pays homage to those ritualistic BBC Shipping Forecasts and the waltzing, quintessentially British theme song from which it takes its name." --Lindsay Zoladz "Back to make all your folk-pop dreams melt into the sunset." --Rolling Stone Japanese CD version released by KiliKiliVilla.
2MR
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CAT #: 2MR 057EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
EARTH BOYS Ditties LP
Known for driving lo-fi house tracks, funky breakbeats and their annual epic 4-20 mix, the duo of Julian C. Duron and Michael Sherburn (also of Dust) have taken a more playful turn on their twelfth vinyl release as Earth Boys. As its title suggests, Ditties is a lighthearted yet earnest dance-pop EP, featuring catchy melodies, conversational lyrics, and whimsical storytelling. Lyrically, it draws on both nostalgic memories of raves past and dreamlike fictional scenarios to craft a timeless paean to dance music through the years. For this project, the duo mined their decades of experience as NYC rave stalwarts for inspiration. Intro track "We Didn't See the End" is a personal and poetic tune that sees Duron recounting his first memories producing music, promoting events, and relocating to NYC in the early '00s. Later, on "KIM 3.6", he recalls his time operating an illegal weed delivery service in New York. Lead single "Freight" has a similar, if more universal, air of nostalgia. An homage to Duron's hometown of Dallas and its connection to early American rave culture, the track is a wistful celebration of underground warehouse raves, where people gather "like some freight". The accompanying music video (also sourced/directed by Duron) is comprised of footage shot between 1996-2000, and features sweeping shots of old Dallas, large-scale raves, legendary cameos, and most importantly, as Duron puts it, "no cops, no security team, not too many cameras or phones around, just 1,000+ kids vibing in a warehouse." While the song itself is not arranged like a typical house track -- it's a pop song written on a lofi deep house loop -- the lyrics and music encapsulate a message as old as dance music itself: get together and dance. This is the through-line of all the songs on Ditties, even those that feel less diaristic. EP closer "Autobahn", for instance, is a chugging ode to the foundations of dance music; namely Juan Atkins/Cybotron and Kraftwerk. It plays like a techno action film: screeching tires and gunshot sounds are woven into the dancefloor-ready beat for maximum cinematic effect. Though it differs sonically from tracks like "Freight" and "Touchdown", it reflects the same deep and studied love for dance music in all its forms. The songs on Ditties may have a playful air, but they also have a palpable depth; the kind that could only come from decades in the scene.
A RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: AUK 004LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE Their Satanic Majesties Second Request 2LP
2022 repress; black vinyl. Gatefold 180 gram double vinyl version. Truth in advertising: the Brian Jonestown Massacre's sophomore album does, as promised, spring forth from the Rolling Stones' long-underrated 1967 masterpiece Their Satanic Majesties Request, copping not only Mick and Keith's leering bad-boy attitude but also their rock-and-roll-circus spirit. Opening with the brilliant "All Around You (Intro)," a tongue-in-cheek guide to the mind-altering journey ahead, the record is a kaleidoscopic, drug-fueled freakout -- like the Stones' namesake album, Second Request is painted by Eastern drones and psychedelic tangents, each track bubbling with dozens of sound effects including sitars, mellotrons, farfisas, didgeridoos, tablas, congas, and glockenspiels. Travelling through the past, darkly, the Massacre arrives on the other side unscathed; their music is too rich to be merely retro, and too knowing to be merely slavish -- the Stones themselves haven't made a record this strong or entertaining in years.
AGOGO RECORDS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: AR 157LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
KRAJENSKI. B-3 Vol. 1 LP
LP version. An organist, a saxophonist, and a drummer -- the classic organ trio has been arousing special expectations to jazz listeners since the glory days of Jimmy Smith, Groove Holmes, and the McDuffs and McGriffs. The organist can spread out, the saxophonist can follow him and the drummer swings and provides the groove "in the pocket". With their album B-3 Vol. 1 the Hanoverian Lutz "Hammond" Krajenski aka krajenski. on the B-3 organ, Ben Kraef from Berlin on the saxophone, and Peter Gall from southern Germany on the drums break new ground even if the old path of the Hammond-infected Blue Note refinement always remains in view. Kraef-Krajenski-Gall do their thing and that very consistently. They play with the different readings of the format with reflections from Jimmy Smith to Larry Young. They play with expectations and play around clichés with sophisticated twists and tongue-clicking rhythmic and harmonic treasures. It's an album to dig out the phrase "No fillers, all killers" for.
BA DA BING!
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CAT #: BING 168LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
QUIVERS Golden Doubt LP
"Melbourne-via-Tasmanian four-piece Quivers first released their 2018 debut We'll Go Riding On The Hearses as hand-made cassettes. The album dealt with singer Sam Nicholson's loss of his brother in a freediving accident, and 'trying to not think about that, and often coming back to ghosts, benders, water, and pissing in the snow.' When demand for the album grew, it received a vinyl release and led Quivers to tour the US, film a KEXP session, and be selected by NPR Music for both the Austin 100 SXSW preview and as a 'Slingshot' artist to watch. Their life-damaged but hopeful jangle pop has only sharpened since then, and while 2021 follow-up Golden Doubt conjures up REM or The Clean, there is a lyrical directness that sets this record apart as always its own. Golden Doubt is carried by shimmering guitars and the harmonizing vocals of members Holly Thomas and Bella Quinlan. Elevated by the production of Matthew Redlich (Holy Holy, Husky, Ainslie Wills), the record explores what comes after grief, and how one throws oneself back into love. As Nicholson explains, the album tries to bottle 'the rush of feelings and fears when you give in to falling for someone. It's also an album in love with other albums, and the other bands around us.' Before each take at Woodstock and The Aviary studios in Melbourne, Australia, the band would imagine a scene together (a waterhole for 'Laughing Waters', an overgrown carpark for 'Videostores') and then dive in to capture live group takes. Quivers need to get words on the page and sounds out to keep moving on. Both Nicholson and Thomas lost their brothers in the same year, and through that shared vulnerability they all have together that runs deep. Golden Doubt is also a love letter to playing music as a band and processing it all together rather than just carrying it as a weight. The cancellation of a 21-date US tour they had slated for 2020 has left them undeterred; Quivers plans to continue being a band and get back out into the world as soon as it's possible."
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CAT #: BING 173LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
MOTTE Cold + Liquid LP
"Anita Clark's new Motte album, Cold + Liquid, builds glacial atmospheres, frozen moods and isolated impressions. Portraying New Zealand through socio-geological sound, breathing in Christchurch cultures and locales, the album embodies an artistic simulation of the Kiwi environment. With this release, Clark aimed to make something colossal, and set about finding the right textures to add. A friend who works at Oamaru Freezing Works gave her field recordings of the temperature control room, a vast cold space of isolated machinery, where ice grows and dissolves in ever-evolving sculptures. Getting her hands on shortwave/longwave radios, she incorporated frequency sweeps. Another friend provided her with the mechanical drones underneath the deck of a cement cargo ship, as it lay docked in Lyttelton Harbor. Still more sources came from Sign of the Bellbird, an historic environmental site in South Christchurch, where Clark and Thomas Lambert recorded bellbirds, rolling boulders, snapping sticks, thrown dirt and the papery sound of the native harakeke plant. While violin dominates the first Motte album Strange Dreams (2017), Clark sought to expand instrumentation. She was gifted a handmade P?rerehua puoro, a traditional M?ori instrument that sounds similar to the whirling and hovering of a moth (which is 'motte' in German). A reacquaintance to the guitar occurred after developing an alter-ego project entitled Sex Den, with sleazy noir-esque guitar riffs in response to a failed rumor from a local drug-addled dive bar. Guitar and synth allowed for a broader songwriting palette along with a sometimes Dadaist approach to lyric writing. These new tools accent the extreme ambiences of Cold + Liquid, while additional work was provided by Ben Woods on synth and bowed guitar. Listening to Cold + Liquid is a fulsome experience of articulated sound and specific place. Anita Clark dances around the shining candescence of her culture like a night insect, always seeking a better vantage point to the light."
BEAT RECORDS (ITALY)
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CAT #: BCM 9597CD
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
PICCIONI, PIERO Anastasia Mio Fratello Ovvero Il Presunto Capo Dell'Anonima Assassini 2CD
Anastasia Mio Fratello Ovvero Il Presunto Capo Dell'anonima Assassini (aka "My Brother Anastasia") is a crime drama directed by Steno in 1973 and starring Alberto Sordi and Richard Conte. In 1973, RCA issued an album containing 13 tracks in stereo selected by the composer himself. In 2010, thirty-seven years after the release of the film in theaters, the specialty label GDM released this prestigious original soundtrack for the first time on CD, with 14 unreleased tracks in addition to the vintage album program. For this new edition, Beat Records were able to use the stereo masters of the original recording session, which allowed the label to create a special double-disc set: on CD one, the original album program, and on CD two, the bonus tracks of the previous GDM CD plus ten unreleased tracks that appear here for the first time ever. For this dramatic film that straddles the line between gangster movie and comedy, Piero Piccioni composed an OST for a large orchestra with American sounds incorporating funk, jazz, and blues, beginning with "Surprise pastorale" and alternating with romantic music for orchestra and choir in "America dreaming." Piccioni uses swing in "New York! New York!" (with splendid intervention by Cantori Moderni) and in "Swingin 'at Savoy," classic rock n' roll in "Rockin' Chair Stomp" and warm South American rhythms in "Sweet Marimbas" and "Mariposa Rosada." The most dramatic scenes are underlined with exciting, police-like sounds such as the recurring "Gunz Concert, pt.1," where the organ emerges in the orchestra (such a piece would not have been out of place in Live and Let Die, the first time by Roger Moore filled the role of James Bond), among other things from the same year. The romantic side of Piccioni returns in "Love in Brooklyn, pt.1," for piano and large orchestra. The sensual voice of Shawn Robinson, frequent collaborator of the maestro, performs "Feeling Low Blues." The listener will remain in the company of the elegant music of Piero Piccioni for about an hour and forty minutes, each time with evergreen admiration, as we continue to be amazed by the greatness of this beloved artist. Mastering and liner notes by Claudio Fuiano, graphic layout by Daniele De Gemini.
BO WEAVIL RECORDINGS (UK)
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CAT #: WEAVIL 024CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
HOWARD, NOAH The Black Ark CD
2022 restock, last copies. Re-issued by the request of Noah Howard's family and estate. Noah sadly passed away suddenly on the 3rd of September, 2010. Born in New Orleans in 1943, Noah was a key player in the U.S. free jazz scene from the late '60s. He recorded albums for ESP and numerous other labels, including his own Altsax label. Many see 1969's The Black Ark as Noah's defining statement, so it is only fitting that it should be available once again. "It's no understatement that The Black Ark is one of the most sought-after underground free jazz releases of all time. The original Freedom vinyl LP and the brief Japanese CD reissue were criminally out-of-print and impossible to find. Both versions popped up on internet auction sites once in a blue moon but when they did, they always fetched insanely astronomical prices. This record simply is THE BOMB -- a perfect combination of Noah's soulful compositions and playing, infused with plenty of sweet/sour/in/out forms and shapes from the incredible line-up assembled for this release. Plus we get to experience Arthur Doyle's outrageous debut on a recording session, increasing the playing and feeling to an intense level throughout. And dig the spaced-out Afro-delay on Juma's percussion (yes, that Juma from Hendrix's killer Woodstock show of the same year). All of the players on this record combine to make it a CLASSIC and its esteemed reputation is well earned." --Oren Ambarchi Musicians on this record include: Noah Howard (alto), Arthur Doyle (tenor), Earl Cross (trumpet), Leslie Waldron (piano), Norris Jones (bass), Mohammed Ali (drums), and Juma (congas).
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CAT #: WEAVIL 029CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BASHO, ROBBIE Bonn Ist Supreme CD
2022 restock. Subtitled: Live at the Kulturforum, Bonn, Germany, November 24, 1980. Another in the Wooden Weavil series, this time an unreleased live Robbie Basho recording from Germany in 1980. Robbie Basho was one of the great pioneers of the acoustic steel string guitar in the U.S., along with Leo Kottke and John Fahey in the 1960s. This program appears to have been recorded in one go. Robbie scatters his Americana numbers throughout, beginning with "Redwood Ramble," and ending with "California Raga." This date finds Robbie in fine fettle, his playing sharpened by the intensity of touring, his mood seems ebullient, at times (as on "Fandango") he comes off like John Lee Hooker's sun-kissed cousin, stomping furiously along to his playing. There is sweetness to his material, yes, but this is not, as Jack Rose put it, "music for wineries." There is the galloping muscularity of Basho's playing, coupled with the sheer hugeness of his sound; the fearless employment of dissonance as part of his musical make-up; a love for the unexpected chord change. Robbie was a voracious and uncompromising player. Basho's singing was as integral to who he was as his guitar playing, and when he opened his mouth, he filled the room with sound. Say what you like about his lyrics, no one can accuse Basho of dilettantism, of dabbling, or of trying something on merely for effect. Whatever bag he was in, he was in all the way. Liner notes from Glenn Jones and Stephen Basho-Junghans, and beautifully remastered by Glenn Jones.
BOBO INTEGRAL (SPAIN)
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CAT #: BBI 029LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BOYS WITH THE PERPETUAL NERVOUSNESS, THE The Third Wave Of... LP
The third record by The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness contains ten songs (how not?) and it doesn't last half an hour (why more?). The guitars jangle from minute 0 (delicious "As the Day Begins"). This jangle is complemented by distorted guitars and power pop airs in songs like "Look Back" (a hit with one foot in the romantic power pop of The Keys, The Toms, The Records, the Flamin' Groovies of the Shake Some Action era (1976) and another chasing the vibes of The Cars, Weezer and even The New Pornographers), "In the Right" (the best Graham Parker or Joe Jackson must be named here, and pay close attention to the dub arrangement that splits the song in two) or the most badass "Out of Time", which is as if Weezer, Dinosaur Jr., and Nada Surf were 20 years old and played together. There is a milestone on this album and that is that Mary Lou Lord sings a duet with Andrew throughout the song "Isolation", a beautiful mid-tempo jangle a la The Bevis Frond that takes the Boys to a new dimension. Mary Lou Lord was a colleague of Elliott Smith and Kurt Cobain, a myth of the not-so-underground American music and a unique voice that should have never stopped being the protagonist. "The Stars Go Round", "Open Up the Box", and "Old Ways" are three wonderful compositions linked to the precious indie pop of Teenage Fanclub, Velvet Crush, or The Primary 5. A novelty is the use of the piano on this album, à la E Street Band, à la Attractions, in energetic and splendid songs like "Old Pictures of Ourselves" and "Turning Red". The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness is a duo formed by Andrew Taylor (Edinburgh), a member of the cult band Dropkick and Gonzalo Marcos (Madrid), from a Spanish indie pop group El Palacio de Linares.
BYG RECORDS
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CAT #: BYG 303LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
MURRAY, SUNNY Hommage To Africa LP
2022 restock. Third volume in the BYG Actuel series; gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl. "After three years as a member of Albert Ayler's band (1964-1967), avant-garde jazz drummer Sunny Murray traveled to France where he recorded for Affinity and BYG. The amazing Homage to Africa was recorded on August 15, 1969 for BYG and features Archie Shepp, Alan Silva, Grachan Moncur III, Lester Bowie, Clifford Thornton, Roscoe Mitchell, Kenneth Terroade and Jeanne Lee."
DIE KOSMISCHEN KURIERE (GERMANY)
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CAT #: KM 580086LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
COSMIC JOKERS, THE Galactic Supermarket LP
2022 restock; LP version. 180 gram vinyl. In 1974, the Cosmic Jokers were basically Klaus Schulze, Manuel Göttsching, various Ash Ra Tempel and Wallenstein members doing late night jamming. Galactic Supermarket is one of them, and is more rock-oriented than many others. It's no surprise the music bears more than a passing resemblance to Ash Ra Tempel, because of Manuel Göttsching and his guitar playing. Also, Jürgen Dollase gives some nice keyboard work, particularly the piano, Farfisa electric piano, synths, and even a little Mellotron. Klaus Schulze were more responsible for the more droning organ and synth end of things, it's pretty obvious when he plays it. The legendary producer Dieter Dierks plays bass on these nearly never-ending improvisations. The recording was transferred from the original analog tapes at the Dierks Studios in Germany. Carefully remastered for an incredible result. Released on the label Die Kosmischen Kuriere (The Cosmic Couriers)
DOGHOUSE & BONE RECORDS (FRANCE)
![]() PRICE: $24.00
CAT #: DGRMB 001LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
BORE, MATTHIEU Till The Morning Light LP
French pianist, jazz vocalist, and songwriter Matthieu Boré grew up surrounded by music and the arts. While his great-grandfather loved to give impromptu renditions of famous opera arias, his father's tastes were more modern and Matthieu's childhood was punctuated by the sounds of Eric Clapton, Bob Marley, and the Stray Cats. At age seven, Matthieu began taking piano lessons, focusing predominantly on classical repertoire. In the 1990s he took his first steps into the music profession, singing in various punk and trip hop outfits, before pursuing his love of 1930s and '40s jazz. In early 2000, the young singer-pianist began playing the Parisian jazz club circuit and a year later, released an entire album of Fats Domino covers. In keeping with his fascination of 1950s R&B music, he issued Doo Wop in 2003. Sometimes On My Own (2007) is inspired by his idols Irvin Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, and Gershwin. 2009 saw the release of FriZZante!!, an album featuring a blend of covers and his own originals, with full orchestra. Matthieu Boré has performed at festivals and concert venues in both France and around the world, including the Montreal Festival, the Jarasum Festival (Korea), the New Morning, and the Olympia. In 2011, he released a live album recorded at Paris's iconic Duc des Lombards. Roots (2012) was a surprising cocktail -- a strong dose of New Orleans funk, from with Matthieu draws his own nonchalant style, combined with a predilection for acoustic sounds and syncopated grooves. In 2015, Grammy-nominated Leo Sidran produced Naked Songs which explores the idea of paring back songs to their defining elements. In Gumbo Kings (2019), Matthieu pays tribute to Allen Toussaint and The Meters through twelve original songs whilst his most recent release Till The Morning Light (2022) combines Jamaican ska and '60s garage rock influences.
FEEDING TUBE RECORDS
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CAT #: FTR 692CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ARN & EYAL MAOZ, ERIC Kost Nix CD
"This is our fifth release with the Vienna-based guitarist Eric Arn, and as with each of his albums, Kost Nix (No Cost) is different from all that have preceded it. Eric is a musician whose interests and techniques are constantly evolving, so it has been a pleasure to observe his evolution from a power raunch generator (with Crystalized Movements, then Primordial Undermind) into the wildly unpredictable improviser he has become. This is the third duo album we've done with him, following Paranza Corta (FTR 384LP) with Margaret Unknown, and Hydromancy (FTR 493LP) with Jasmine Pender, and it is another stone killer. Eric's sparring partner this time is Eyal Maoz, the great Israel-born, NYC-based guitarist who has long been an important part of John Zorn's circle. Eyal has had loads of projects and solo outings, and also plays in a dizzying array of styles, so this match-up was a dream date. The recording was done live in October 2021, at VEKKS Vienna, and the set is explosive. Because both players are incredibly mutable (and I have no visual clues), it's all but impossible for me to tell who exactly is doing what. The massive sound of their collaboration creates its own unique sonic field. The grace of their interaction makes it seem like they've been doing this for years, but we can just chalk that up to a combination of good ears and good reflexes. They also display more skill and taste than most musicians can manifest in a year. The three long pieces move through a vast array of moods and tones. 'Quiet Concessions' has passages of almost classical delicacy, merging into tangled webs of zoned space improvs akin to Sonic Youth's extended string break-downs, with nods to the shattered weirdness of the Dead's '68 noise eruptions. 'Luminous Motion' starts like a collaboration between Donald Miller and Hans Reichel, with a drunk baby controlling their knob settings, until it settles into a valley of low twangs and drones. 'Optimus Locus ad Finem' is a slow, damp bramble with light fingered weirdness generating a very special kind of tension. And that's it. The breadth of this collaboration will definitely make you want to see these guys live, if only so you can see who's doing what. How likely that is, I cannot say, but hey -- why not dream big? Life is short, art is long. Don't be a sissy." --Byron Coley
HARLEM SHUFFLE RECORDS
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CAT #: HSRSS 013EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
DAWKINS, CARL I'll Make It Up/Hot And Sticky 7"
"Carl 'Ras' Dawkins was born on 1st August 1948 in Spanish Town, Jamaica, the son of a jazz drummer. In 1967, at the tender age of 19, Carl recorded for Karl 'J.J.' Johnson some of his original compositions including 'cBaby I Love You', 'Running Shoes' and 'Hard Time' with the Carib Beats as a musical backing band. 'Baby I Love You' with 'Hard Time' on the flip were subsequently issued on two Johnson's labels (JJ Records, Sir J.J.) in 1967 in Jamaica and on the Rio label (a Doctor Bird subsidiary) in UK the same year. While 'Baby I Love You' was popular, it was the great 'Hard Time' that propelled the single to the top of the Jamaican charts. After a spell in prison for possession of marijuana, Carl recorded a collection of singles for producers such as Clancy Eccles, Lee Perry and Leslie Kong. He returned to JJ and found success again in 1970, when he recorded one of that year's best-selling singles, the superb 'Satisfaction', swiftly followed by two other major hits the same year, 'Get Together' and 'This Land' which sold heavily despite being banned by the government for its hard-hitting lyrics on the state of Jamaica at the time. During the 70s he recorded one album for Harry J -- 'Bumpity Road' -- and many great singles for a variety of record labels and producers before gradually withdrawing from the scene during the 80s. Many years later, Carl is still very much loved by its many fans around the world. He is rightly considered being one of Reggae's all-time greatest vocalists? This killer double sider is the first reissue of two super rare and outstanding tracks by the great Carl Dawkins. Both tracks have never been reissued until now. The very much in demand "I'll Make It Up" was previously released as B side to 'One Dollar Of Music' on Duke DU-3 in 1968. On the B side, the brilliant 'Hot And Sticky' was previously released on Rio R138 in 1967."
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CAT #: HSRSS 014EP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
KINGSTONIANS/CRYSTALITES, THE Sufferer/Splash Down 7"
"These two avidly sought-after early Reggae tracks are quite rare. 'Splash Down' is the instrumental version of 'Sufferer' and both songs were produced by Derrick Harriott. This is the first time these two wicked tracks are released together on a 7 inch. Jamaican vocal trio, the Kingstonians were formed around 1966 by Cebert Bernard (aka Jackie Bernard) and his brother Lloyd 'Footy' Bernard, along with mutual friend Lloyd Kerr. They began their recording career with producer J.J. Johnson, but had their greatest success between 1968 and 1970 with producer Derrick Harriott, who helped steer the singles 'Singer Man' and 'Sufferer' to the top of the Jamaican charts. The Crystalites were the backing and studio band for legendary producer Derrick Harriott and included top 60s Jamaican musicians including Bongo Herman, Bongo Les, Boris Gardiner, Gladstone Anderson, Karl Bryan, and Winston Wright among others! They were extremely productive between 1968 and 1974 and recorded four albums and countless singles covering many styles from boss reggae to dub. More specifically, they recorded many wicked and awesome 'versions' of hit songs of that time."
HOLY BASIL RECORDS
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CAT #: HBR 009LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
SEKITO, SHIGEO Special Sound Series Vol. 1 LP
Reissue, originally released in 1975. "Considered by many one of the most gifted and outstanding players in the Electone community thanks to his fresh, energetic, rhythmic and sometimes humorous style of playing, from 1975 to 1977 Shigeo Sekit? released a four-LP album set titled Special Sound Series for the iconic Nippon Columbia. On the first chapter of this series, Sekit? revisits, in his own colourful style, compositions such as 'You Are The Sunshine Of My Life' by Stevie Wonder, 'Oh, My Love' by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 'Andalucia' by Ernesto Lecuona, alongside some of his own composition such as 'My Sweet Girl' and the title track 'Catch In Alice', creating a blend of easy-listening jazz with funk and soul influences. Long out of press, we are very proud to bring this 'brilliant electone' album back on vinyl under exclusive license from Nippon Columbia. Licensed to Holy Basil Records by Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd."
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CAT #: HBR 010LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CHIMENTI, SILVANO Disco Music LP
Reissue, originally released in 1980. "Composed by legendary library guitarist and founding member of I Gres, Silvano Chimenti, and accompanied by his orchestra, Disco Music is an essential release of the Usignolo catalog and probably one of the most sought-after titles of the series. This album displays a broad range of styles masterfully blended together by Chimenti, going from disco-funky bangers "Happy California" and "Autostrade Americane" that lead way to the more dramatic and suspenseful vibes of "Society Problem" and "Tragedy", finishing off with the rock vibes of "Indian Summer" and the mellow atmospheres of softer, lounge-like songs such as "Lady Primavera" and "Chiara". One of the most complete and well-rounded library albums of its era, Disco Music is finally available on vinyl once again after a very long time as a limited edition pressing of 500 copies. Licensed to Holy Basil Records."
HONEST JON'S RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: HJR 003LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA Watch How The People Dancing 2LP
2022 repress; double LP version. Subtitled: Unity Sounds From The London Dancehall, 1986-1989. 2002 release. Brilliant, haughty Jamaican avant?gardism, inspired by Jammy's Sleng Teng explosion, rearing up at a Hackney crossroads in north East London, and facing down techno, hip-hop, breakbeat and rave. Staggering, exhilarating reggae music made by soundmen on a Casio and a drum machine, in a room over Eddie Regal's record shop. Presented as a next?generation companion to London Is The Place For Me, the mood is more defiant -- a Jamaican secession from London -- with themes of inner?city sufferation running alongside hymns to the dancehall and the herb superb. Brilliantly mastered by Moritz von Oswald from Basic Channel. "There's a whole heap of stuff that we did at that time, different even to the music, that we didn't really know what we were doing, we just done it. This feeling on the records, we did that with everything we did, it was just the vibes that we were carrying then, it was all about one massive vibe. Even with the sound, we weren't going to choose something that somebody else did, we definitely was going to choose something that somebody else didn't use. We wanted to go out there and say, Yeah, this is the wickedest thing, everyone has to know, and nobody else can't tell we no different. We pushed it that way, we carried on that way." Artists include: Selah Collins, Mikey Murka, Errol Bellot, Kenny Knots, Richie Davis, Peter Bouncer, Richie Davis, and Jack Wilson And Demon Rockers. With full color insert.
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CAT #: HJR 016LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA London Is the Place For Me 2: Calypso & Kwela, Highlife & Jazz From Young Black London 2LP
2022 restocks; originally released in 2005. Another installment of amazing music from the first wave of modern black settlement in England. The focus remains on the '50s, with classic calypsos running alongside the African jazz of Ambrose Campbell -- the father of modern Nigerian music -- and some blistering high-life. Among the contributions from the '60s there is some South African kwela (featuring Chris McGregor) and a jazz-dance percussion workout from the Trinidadians who put the Notting Hill Carnival on London streets. The LPs are housed in a gatefold sleeve with a beautiful folded insert. There is a trenchant introduction by Paul Gilroy, full discographical notes, and numerous wonderful photographs. Includes tracks by Young Tiger, Ambrose Campbell, Mona Baptiste, West African Rhythm Brothers, Lord Kitchener, Lord Beginner, The Lion, Tunji Oyelana, Shake Keane & His Highlifers, King Timothy, West African Swing Stars, Gwigwi Mrwebi, Russ Henderson, and Rans Boi's Ghana Highlife Band.
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CAT #: HJR 017LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA Lagos All Routes 2LP
2022 repress; originally released in 2005. Honest Jon's presents the second of two compilations (Lagos Chop Up (HJR 015LP) being the first) focusing on music from the Nigerian city of Lagos circa the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s (considered to be the golden age of African popular music). With many African nations fighting for (or gaining) independence, locally produced modern music was seen as a powerful expression of new national identity. Bands either modernized folk, classical, or traditional African genres, or Africanized foreign genres such as R&B and funk. From West Africa came '60s highlife, which then influenced Fela Kuti's Afro-funk of the '70s, while from the traditional Yoruba religion came juju, fuji, waka, and apala tracks, all of which are included here. Includes tracks by Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band, Sir Victor Uwaifo, Travellers Lodge Atomic 8, Sagbeni Aragbada, Super Negro Bantous, Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson, Ambali Adedeji, Chief Umobaurie and His Group, Mike Ejeagha, Kollington Ayinla, The Harbours Band, Haruna Ishola, Dr Victor Olaiya, and Sir Patrick Idahosa.
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CAT #: HJR 035LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA Give Me Love: Songs of the Brokenhearted: Baghdad, 1925-1929 2LP
2022 restock. Give Me Love: Songs of the Brokenhearted: Baghdad, 1925-1929 is the second in Honest Jon's series of albums exploring the earliest 78s held in the EMI Hayes Archive. In the mid-1920s, The Gramophone Company -- soon before it became EMI -- employed two or three Europeans to criss-cross Iraq. They logged regional demographics, assessed the German competition, and checked out the scores of record shops and hundreds of musical venues. In Kerbala, its man fearfully disguised himself as an Arab. This was the groundwork for three sessions, conducted in Baghdad in the second half of the decade, which produced nearly 1,000 recordings. Business was good -- the first group of records, though deemed aesthetically unsuccessful by the company, immediately produced 12,000 sales through just two outlets in the city. Drawing on the full range of these Baghdad recordings, this is a wondrous, deeply poignant glimpse of social living since obliterated, in which ethnicities, faiths and traditions appear woven richly together, however precariously. There is dance music featuring Arab folk singers from the countryside, backed by professional Jewish musicians in Iraqi styles popularly termed "Egyptian," perfected in nightclubs where the first duty of the secular women singers on this album was prostitution. Also including some Arabic word-play, in a nod to the musical form of the Arabic mawwal, a Hebrew hymn is kick-started with a cry of "Allah!," most likely from one of the Jewish performers. There are pieces from Bahrain and Kuwait, sometimes mixed together in one performance; the different dialects are far-flung. There are beautiful, high, and lonesome Kurdish violin improvisations and some unaccompanied circular breathing on a zourna so unearthly it seems to cross late Coltrane with Sun Ra. All the songs are characterized by searing emotion and crises of feeling, many by erotic urgency. As with the other titles in the series, the recordings have been startlingly restored at Abbey Road; they are presented here with full translations, rare photographs, and notes -- including an extensive interview with a citizen of Baghdad throughout this period, who knew many of the musicians here personally. Features: Mulla Abdussaheb, Sayed Abbood, Dahi Ben Walid, Sultana Youssef, Salim Daoud, Khedayer Bin Kessab, Mulla Seoud El Koweity, Said El Kurdi, Siddiqa El Mullaya, Hdhairy Abou Aziz, Kemani Noubar, Badria Anwar, Kementchedji Alecco, Badria Anwar, and Saleh Ibrahim. Gatefold sleeve.
IDEOLOGIC ORGAN (FRANCE)
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CAT #: SOMA 021CD
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ROZMANN, AKOS 12 Stations/Tolv Stationer 7CD BOX
2022 repress. "In 2012 Ideologic Organ released the 2LP set 12 Stationer VI (SOMA 007LP) featuring the last part of a large scale work by the Hungarian-Swedish composer Ákos Rózmann. Here, in 2014 Ideologic Organ is immensely proud to present the complete version of Rózmann 's epic masterpiece presented for the first time in its entirety as a deluxe 7CD set. Akos Rózmann (1939-2005) was born in Budapest where he studied organ and composition at the Liszt Academy. From 1971 to 1974 he studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and from 1978 he was an organist at the catholic cathedral in Stockholm. Throughout his life, Rózmann dedicated himself to musique concrete, developing one of the largest and most rewarding bodies of work in this, the most alchemical of all musical genres. In the early '80s, Rozmann started to build a private electroacoustic studio which he installed in the basement of the Catholic Cathedral while continuing to work in tandem at the Elektronmusikstudion (EMS Sweden) where he produced his earlier masterpieces. With an unwavering commitment to the creation of music, Rózmann would often lock himself up in his windowless studio working into the night in order to achieve the results he desired. This combination of vision, passion and stubbornness resulted in one of the most singular catalogs within the field of musique concrète, commissioned by the Hungarian composer Miklos Maros, who requested a five-minute work for piano and voice. Rózmann accepted the offer with the intention of writing a tape piece made from recordings of Miklos' wife, the soprano singer Ilona Maros' and his own experiments with prepared piano. The elements recorded here became the source material for Twelve Stations, a work which flew far from the initial five-minute brief to land 20 years later as a spirit-stretching journey of more than 6 1/2 hours. The compositional process is unique in Rózmann's output due to the 18-year gap between the initial phase and completion of the final work. The first phase made between 1978-1980 consists of an exploration of traditional musique concrète techniques such as speeding up, slowing down, cutting and splicing tape. The last four stations made between 1998-2001 embrace digital technology where small sections of the original recordings from 1978 were fed through an effects processor and improvised on a sampler keyboard. Despite this gap and the different techniques deployed at each period of creation the monumental result sits as a complete and staggering whole. Within the set limitations of the source material Rózmann's skill unfolds in an uncanny ability to coax a vast world of flexible sound from the original piano and voice recordings. The result is a maelstrom of dynamic audio and one of the most daring, challenging and rewarding works of musique concrète from the 20th century. Rózmann was typically ambiguous about the meaning behind his work despite suggesting earlier that the first part of Twelve Stations was an interpretation of the Tibetan Wheel of Life. Twelve Stations is a unique masterpiece of 20th century musique concrète and presents itself as an intensely personal and bold realm of sound, an offering as such, a radical mass open to all." --Mark Harwood; Packaged in a hardcover slipcase with a pull ribbon, a 20-page booklet containing an extensive essay on the composition by the scholar Gergely Loch, photos from the process and of scores and the composer.
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CAT #: SOMA 043LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
GAMMELSAETER & MARHAUG Higgs Boson LP
Runhild Gammelsæter and Lasse Marhaug are two Norwegian musicians/sound artists. Both started in the early 1990s music underground and have worked in many constellations with a wide range of collaborators. Despite knowing each other for a long time, Gammelsæter and Marhaug's first collaborative work was the Quantum Entanglement LP in 2014. The project lay dormant until Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson invited them to open for Sunn O))) for a special gig in the St. James Church of Culture in Oslo in 2019. The two gathered for a long series of rehearsals, and after the successful performance, it was clear that it was time to start working on new compositions and recordings. That process initiated in late 2019 and continued to early 2021, before and after the lockdown. The result of this long development to be heard accumulated upon their new album Higgs Boson on Ideologic Organ. Marhaug drew inspiration from concepts informed by the structuralist experimental cinema of Japanese directors Takashi Ito and Toshio Matsumoto, futurist worlds of French comic book artists Philippe Druillet and Jean Moebius Giraud, landscape photography of Fay Godwin, Kåre Kivijärvi, and Tamiko Nishimura, amongst others. It became a metaphysical juxtaposition involving Gammelsaeter's research and lyrical ideas based on several seemingly unrelated principles. A process of association inspired by The Glass Bead Game (1943) by Herman Hesse. The discovery of the Higgs Boson as a confirmation of the physical universe. The work of Ernst Schrödinger on the uncertainty principle. The four forces of physics. The Force. Helplessness under armed forces -- as the war sailors in World War II. The influence of magic as expressed in tarot. Gammelsæter experiments with a boundary involving the thresholds amongst various states of focus and legibility by forensic experimentation with techniques such as exclusive expression of consonants, syllabic repetition, retrograde text vocalizations and multi-lingual layering. Her vocal inspirational sources include Sidsel Endresen, Diamanda Galas, Natacha Atlas, the choral works of Rachmaninov, and the bands Carcass and Grave. Two worlds coming together, making the music special. Mixing hard facts with science fiction helps create a kaleidoscopic cross point between the complex realities of the past and a possible future. Across eight parts, the two artists brought a broad palette of instrumentation and sound on Higgs Boson. Electronic and acoustic, objects and field recordings, and pipe organ define the structures of which the center is Gammelsæter's magnificent voice. She In the mix, Lasse approached the instrumental elements like landscapes, then Runhild's vocals as characters that inhabit those worlds. Often, Gammelsæter multiple characters fused with the landscape. As an album, Higgs Boson is direct and focused, drawing on song structures. Within these tracks are vast strata of sound, an immersive multi-dimensional depth of music.
LITTLE BUTTERFLY RECORDS (URUGUAY)
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CAT #: LBR 080LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
AVR Sankofa LP
Sankofa is the debut album by Avr (Alvaro Silva), a work that takes form through the research and fusion of Candombe and other Afro rhythms from Río de la Plata region with hip-hop and Black American Music. Avr, the great-grandson of Juan Julio Arrascaeta (one of the first Afro-descendant poets to be published in Latin America) writes throughout the album, using several "Africanisms" and lost words that date back from colonial and slavery times, giving the lyrics a connection with his great-grandfather's work, introducing himself as a skillful MC who travels through past, present, and future while using several Candombe rhythms in his flow. Highlighting several personalities from the Afro-Uruguayan culture and from across the American continent, it also presents itself as a valuable work for those interested in researching cultural figures of Black America, especially, Uruguayan. Under the production of Felipe Fuentes, an album knitted with tons of messages, some direct, some to be discovered, came to life. Sankofa means "to look back, to go forward" which is exactly from the beginning what this musical journey is, from a very heavy and dense, ancestral, drum presence, to complex harmonic compositions and arrangements, a work that counts with important contributions of some of the main Afro-Uruguayan artists. A musical "guiso" (South American stew), Sankofa is the vision of the world of a young black male, his way of feeling and interpreting the past, present, and future; and how to transform it in order to generate something new. Includes contributions by Hugo Fattoruso and Ruben Rada.
MADE IN GERMANY (GERMANY)
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CAT #: MIG 741LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
AGITATION FREE 2nd LP
2022 repress. "When the band Agitation Free came together in 1967 as a result of the merging of two Berlin rock groups, one of the most interesting groups in a dawning independent German music scene was created. With their improvisations between rock, jazz and new music, Agitation Free - soon relegated to the not so flattering category of 'krautrock' - made musical forays into areas that few of their fellow German musicians had ever penetrated."
MUSICA & ENTRETENIMIENTO (SPAIN)
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CAT #: ARCICD 002CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
MANDUKA Manduka CD
CD reissue of the first album by Brazilian musician, poet and plastic artist Manduka. Originally released in 1972 on IRT, the album is a sought-after collectors' item, especially among those who seek in its cultural richness, fundamental episodes of Chilean popular musical history. An essential record almost entirely written by Manduka during his exile years in Chile, away from his home in Brazil. It includes improvised jams and songs about Brazilian history, his own exile and the new cultures he got exposed to. A sublime combination of acoustic guitar sounds, percussions and delicate songwriting that may remind you of some other Brazilian artists like Os Novos Baianos or even Caetano. It includes a special cover version of Violeta Parra's "Qué dirá el Santo Padre" and features guest artists like Soledad Bravo, Patricio Castillo, Baltasar Villaseca from Congregación, brothers Gabriel and Eduardo Parra, members of Los Jaivas, and Numhauser himself.
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CAT #: MYECD 018CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
LOS JAIVAS La Ventana CD
After 47 years after its original release on the Chilean label IRT, here it is Los Jaivas' La Ventana, the iconic album that includes the anthems "Todos Juntos" and 'Mira Niñita". Los Jaivas has often been considered one of the most important rock bands in Chile and South America. This influential Chilean band formed in 1963 mixes psychedelic rock and progressive rock with Latin American folk instruments and rhythms. In this album Los Jaivas shows many different artistic facets from improvisation and song writing to the first steps of symphonic creation. Original master tapes have been used for this reissue, following the reels find at the IRT vaults after years unavailable. State of the art technology has also been used to guarantee a top-quality remastered sound that shows music details barely noticeable in the original pressing. The artwork restoration process has been undertaken by Martín Uribe, a member of the band's team, with great attention to detail, by using several copies of the original issue. According to Felipe Domínguez (Al Albordaje Muchachos SPA), supervisor of this reissue project, "we aimed to publish a top-quality release, improving on previous rather average reissue editions. So, when we opened the box containing the tapes of 'la Ventana' and found the reels with all the annotations made at the time, we knew we would be able to make a difference." This is the first in a series of various projects that will make the musical heritage of Los Jaivas available again, including recordings that have remained archived for years and the reissue of other historical titles of the band. This is the aim of the Los Jaivas Cultural Foundation: "to pass on its experience to new generations, along with encouraging a love for music without distinction of race, faith, political color or gender," highlights Mario Mutis, bassist and vocalist of the band.
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CAT #: MYECD 023CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
CONGREGACION Congregacion Viene... CD
CD reissue of Congregación's Congregación Viene..., originally released in 1972. Psych-folk prog album by one of the most legendary bands of the early 1970s Chilean music scene, that was released at the worst possible time. In spite of not having been a popular band like Los Jaivas, Los Blops and Congreso, they deserve a position of privilege in the history of Chilean rock. Congregación, led by musician and poet Antonio Smith, was from Valparaiso. They wrote lyrics with a significant political, philosophical and religious content, they were a real "celebration of life". Musically, they crafted songs in an Andean style with ethnic atmosphere, we could say they made a kind of psychedelic folk with progressive leanings. They recorded just one LP and a single in 1972. The group was disbanded in 1973 following Pinochet's coup. Their multi-layered music is rich in unexpected nature textures and sounds, emphasizing the deep spiritual and mystic vibe of the album. It features the collaboration of members of Los Jaivas and Amerindios. The music of Congregación has conquered new folk lovers around the world and the original LP is yet a very rare collector's piece. Remastered sound from the original master tapes.
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CAT #: MYECD 026CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
PANAL Panal CD
CD reissue of Panal's self-titled album, originally released in 1973. Panal was born following the IRT director's will to put together a group that would blend folk and rock in a similar way to one of the most successful bands in the Chilean label: Los Jaivas. A roster of very experienced and talented musicians was recruited for this project and this self-titled album was finally released in 1973. Fierce percussions, stunning guitar riffs and filtered voices create a unique sound across this only album by Panal. The guitar of Carlos Corales (also founder of Aguaturbia) shows resemblances of Santana's style and Franz Benko's work on the production adds a fresh twist and renewed touch to the featured repertoire. Shortly after the coup, the group disbanded, leaving behind this masterpiece. Remastered sound from the original master tapes.
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CAT #: MYECD 027CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
BLOPS Locomotora CD
CD reissue, originally released in 1974 as Los Blops. Locomotora is a remarkable example of music that really escapes any typecasting rigid in some style. In it you find from a very particular progressive rock, through jazz rock, a very avant-garde folklore, certain elements of classical music, experimental parts, and even a certain groove with a compressed funky taste. "Locomotora" opens the album and it is a song full of solos and rhythmic breaks, with a lot of percussion, psychedelic sounds, and pure rock, perhaps the most experimental on this album, with its introduction full of strange noises and that lives up to the name that the band had adopted for live performances of that time: "Paraffin", a pseudonym that contrasted the clearly acoustic Los Blops of the first two albums, with these very crazy and electric ones. The album continues with the song written by Villegas, "Pirómano", where the characteristics of the mentioned above, in a theme with many changes, colors and arrangements of each of the members. Following with the songs we came across, as the bizarre composition by Juan Contreras, "Sandokan", which after a beginning where a language taken from another planet or at least non-existent is used -- in the style of the French Magma --, becomes a more melodic theme, but full of rock power and symphonic solos. The album continues with the song of Eduardo Gatti, "Strawberry Tart". With a more melancholic and melodic beginning than the previous one, little by little, the song becomes a more jazzy piece, where the voice of Eduardo Gatti himself and the flute solos stand out, along with guitar and piano. Without a doubt, an absolute classic of Chilean rock that closes with the song "Allegro Ma Non Troppo", where the solid base of bass and drums -- very syncopated -- stand out, serving as a platform for the guitar solos and flute and the strange arrangements of each one of the instrumentalists, within a quite complex structure. There are highs and lows in intensity, with parts of a lot of experimentation and improvisation, where all the instrumentalists demonstrate their technical quality and great sensitivity. This special release includes two singles as bonus tracks that were released later in 1978, "Los Momentos" and "La Francisca". For those who call themselves lovers of progressive rock or the avant-garde, this is a jewel that cannot be missed.
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CAT #: MYECD 028CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LOS VIDRIOS QUEBRADOS Fictions CD
CD reissue, originally released in 1967. Los Vidrios Quebrados (something like "The Shattered Glasses") formed in 1965 by making their own instruments and playing at schools while they were in the Católica School of Laws. Odeon offered them a contract and they recorded their first single, Friend b/w She'll Never Know I'm Blue. In 1967, they record the legendary Fictions for RCA. This album is played with their own instruments. They cut, pasted, and arranged the frets of their guitars on their own pure intuition. They cut their strings out of steel wire rolls bought at hardware stores. They picked up the songs they wanted to play -- Beatles, Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, and a lot of Kinks stuff -- by going into a club, listening to them on a Wurlitzer jukebox, and going back home trying to remember the song. All songs were sung in English "to separate ourselves from the commercial music of that time", the so-called "Nueva Ola". They sang about everyday things such as "the lack of liberties, the fights caused just by the length of your hair", trying to be the spokesmen of a generation. They were indeed quite an intellectual band in their references and intentions. Though they had begun doing covers, all the songs in Fictions, recorded in a total time of nine hours, were written by themselves. The history of the band ended when Héctor Sepúlveda moved to London in 1969. Originally, they tried to go all together but the rest could not make it, and Héctor played in the streets for a while and opened once for Family at the Marquee. CD with remastered sound from the original master tapes.
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CAT #: MYECD 031CD
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LOS MAC'S GG Session CD
Second album by Chilean beat pioneers Los Mac's, originally released in 1967 on RCA Victor. This record features such a unique sound that made them stand out in the local scene and has become a milestone in the development of popular music in Chile. Recorded under the influence of the British Invasion sound, this album includes covers of the Rolling Stones, Dylan, the Hollies... and the outstanding original "Qué Clase de Sentimiento". GG Session anticipated the band's new sound, fully achieved in their next album Kaleidoscope Men.
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CAT #: MYECD 032CD
FILE UNDER: ROCK
LOS MAC'S Go Go/22 CD
The first album by Los Mac's, pioneers of Chilean rock, released in 1966 under the RCA Víctor label. It would be a foundational and groundbreaking work that would open paths in this style of electric guitars and generational ease. After having been discontinued since the 1960s, it is re-released today as a historical artifact to reach record stores all over the world again; now on CD format, remastered with the best technology available. The reissue of Go Go/22 comes back to life after a restoration work on its sound, which was remastered from the original IRT/RCA Victor tapes, giving these new versions a perfect sound of the highest level, rescuing details that manage to give new life to the album when compared to the original edition, in synchro with the new technologies and the times. In addition, its cover and album art has been completely restored, processed to improve the quality of colors and definition, and remain as it was printed the first time, but with a quality that brings the album reborn as a modernized and essential production of Chilean music of important historical value. Los Mac's Go Go/22 is added to a prestigious collection of reissues that Musica & Entretenimiento Discos is developing to preserve and restore the roots of our genealogy of popular music in Chile. This first album in the history of Los Mac's, has 19 tracks where the group covers famous bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Shadows, Buddy Holly, and Chuck Berry, among others, artists that give life to this emblematic band led by David and Carlos MacIver on guitar and bass, respectively. "An album full of the dreams of four boys, brought together in songs that were and will continue to be the favorites of all young people like them... and why not? Also, of those who are no longer teenagers, but feel the spell of 'going back to live' the songs that get into the heart, to the rhythm of the dance or looking into each other's eyes and dreaming... holding hands. And after hearing the album, they will surely think, like us, that 'Los Mac's are ¡MAC... knots!" Features Poncho Perez's pictures inside the disc cover. Unmissable musical document and refined record that is back for the enjoyment of all those who eagerly awaited this album.
PALILALIA
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CAT #: PAL 068LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
ORCUTT, BILL Music for Four Guitars LP
"In a trajectory full of about-faces, Music for Four Guitars splices the formal innovations of Bill Orcutt's software-based music into the lobe-frying, blown-out Fender hyperdrive of his most frenetic workouts with Corsano or Hoyos. And while the guitar tone here is resolutely treble-kicked -- or, as Orcutt puts it, 'a bridge pickup rather than a neck pickup record' -- it still wades the same melodic streams as his previous LPs (yet, as Heraclitus taught us, that stream is utterly different the second time around). Although it's a true left-field listen, Music for Four Guitars is bizarrely meditative, a Bill Orcutt Buddha Machine, a glimpse of the world of icy beauty haunting the latitudes high above the Delta (down where the climate suits your clothes). I've written before of the immediate misapprehension that greeted Harry Pussy on their first tour with my band Charalambides -- that this was a trio of crazed freaks spontaneously spewing sound from wherever their fingers or drumsticks happened to land -- but I'll grant the casual listener a certain amount of confusion based on the early recorded evidence (and the fact that the band COULD be a trio of crazed freaks letting fly, as we learned from later tours). But to my ears, the precision and composition of their tracks were immediately apparent, as if the band was some sort of 5-D music box with its handle cranked into oblivion by a calculating organ grinder, running through musical maps as pre-ordained as the road to a Calvinist's grave. That organ grinder, it turns out, was Bill Orcutt, whose solo guitar output until 2022 has tilted decidedly towards improvisation, while his fetish for relentless, gridlike composition has animated his electronic music (c.f. Live in LA, A Mechanical Joey). Music for Four Guitars, apparently percolating since 2015 as a loosely-conceived score for an actual meatspace guitar quartet, is the culmination of years ruminating on classical music, Magic Band miniatures, and (perhaps) The League of Crafty Guitarists, although when the Reich-isms got tossed in the brew is anyone's guess. And Reichian (Steve, not Wilhelm) it is. The album's form is startlingly minimalist -- four guitars, each consigned to a chattering melody in counterpoint, repeated in cells throughout the course of the track, selectively pulled in and out of the mix to build fugue-like drama over the course of 14 brief tracks. It's tempting to compare them to chamber music, but these pieces reflect little of the delicacy of Satie's Gymnopedies or Bach's Cantatas. Instead, they bulldoze their way through melodic content with a touch of the motorik romanticism of New Order or Bailter Space ('At a Distance'), but more often ('A Different View,' 'On the Horizon') with the gonad-crushing drive of Discipline-era Crimson, full of squared corners, coldly angled like Beefheart-via-Beat-Detective. Just to nail down the classical fetishism, the album features a download of an 80-page PDF score transcribed by guitarist Shane Parish. And while it'd be just as reproducible as a bit of code or a player piano roll, I can easily close my eyes and imagine folks with brows higher than mine squeezing into their difficult-listening hour folding chairs at Issue Project Room to soak up these sounds being played by real people reading a printed score 50 years from now. And as much as I want to bomb anyone's academy, that feels like a warm fuzzy future to sink into." --Tom Carter Recorded Winter/Spring 2021 at the Living Room, San Francisco. Mastered by James Plotkin.
PHARAWAY SOUNDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: PHS 008LP
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KORAY, ERKIN Arap Saci 2LP
2022 restock; double LP version. Master of the fuzz saz, Turkey's answer to Eric Clapton brings his burly axe attacks to the snaky folk melodies of Anatolia. Long-proven to cause just the brain-rot you're looking for, here's a Koray collection of tracks taken from singles and LPs for your acid-drenched pleasure. The guitar slinger who was once stabbed for wearing his hair too long around the streets of Istanbul interweaves melodies as old as the ruins of Ephesus with the riffs of Black Sabbath and his own souped-up ba?lama. Find out why they call him Erkin Baba. Originally released in 1976. Includes a booklet containing extensive liner notes.
PINCHE DISCOS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: PINCHE 001LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Wild Mexico Vol. 1 LP
2022 repress. So you think you've heard everything when it comes to rare and wild '60s rock n' roll, right? Oh well, you're dead wrong! Leave it to Mexico when it comes to rowdy, crazy, and catchy-as-hell, as this ass-kicking set of rare cuts proves to be without a doubt. Throw this piece of dynamite at your next lame party and prepare to see the universe go ape-shit. There's no way anybody with a minimum taste for untamed '60s music is not gonna love this one to death. Features: Los Polivoces, Los Geminis, Los Aragon, Los Boing, Luis Vivi Hernandez, Los Cuatro Mosqueteros, Los Six Kings, Los Rebeldes, Los Strwcks, Esteban Ramon Y Los Cuadros, Los Teddy Bears, Los Reno, Los Juniors, and Los Gueros.
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CAT #: PINCHE 002LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Rare Mexican Cuts Of The Sixties LP
2022 repress. Pinche Discos present a reissue of Rare Mexican Cuts Of The Sixties, originally released in 1988. The long out-of-print Rare Mexican Cuts Of The Sixties remains a milestone for fans of obscure and wild rock n' roll all over the world. Composed exclusively of covers, it shows no one can do it quite like those Mexican cats when it comes time to inject a good dose of savage craziness to revitalize well-known tunes, like "Jumping Jack Flash", "Gloria" or "Hey Joe". 15 tunes of pure Mex madness sure to set your adrenaline level over the roof, dig it! Features: Los Locos Del Ritmo, Los Anis, Los Apsons, Los Monstruos, Los Johnny Jets, Miguel Angel & Los Sharps, Los Belmont, Los Rockin Devils, Los Yakis, and Los Ovnis.
PLANAM (ITALY)
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CAT #: PLANAM 012LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
RODER, KLAUS Kristallisationen 2 LP
Limited 2022 restock. Planam proudly presents the second LP production by Klaus Röder featuring two more pieces from the electronic Kristallisationen series -- "Kristallisation 5" (1993) for microphone recordings of children's chimes (played by children), Yamaha TX 802 digital synthesizer and EMS Synthi A analog synthesizer, "Kristallisation 7" (1997) for microphone recordings and computer sounds, as well as "Frozen Sounds" (2002) for electric guitar sounds and computer sounds and the more concrete "Life-Music 1" (1999) for microphone recordings in the zoo of Wuppertal, computer sounds and Yamaha TX 802 digital synthesizer. Klaus Röder is the archetype of the challenging challenger -- the perfect outsider. Nothing bad about it -- true geniuses often are hiding behind their uncompromising ethic. "Ethic in the attic" would define the home-studio work of this ex-Kraftwerk banned banned banned auf Die Autobahn. The independent, time-stretching composer Klaus Röder is by necessity an inventor. Systems, machines, treatments, everything is (hand)made to provoke, to induce a musical result not only technically superb but loaded with the author's intimacy: humor, sound elements of a private life, a kid giggling... indeed, a highly emotional and poetic approach. Klaus Röder mixes and plays with outside influences -- cut-up, musique concrète, psychedelia, plunderphonics, pop, even blues -- in order to create a patchwork-like but coherent corpus over nearly 40 years of compositional activity. His music blends the warmth of strings and of humanity with the icy matter of electrical components and seems to have just one borderline: that of our ears. Features a full-color sleeve.
PORPAX (GERMANY)
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CAT #: PORPAX 005EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ED1999 Body Fluid 12"
The hotly tipped rising producer ED1999 releases his fifth 12" on his own label Porpax. On Body Fluid, the Belgium-based artist unleashes four slices of high-octane big room techno. "Indigo Blood", the second track, after the EP's bitter-sweet Carl Craig circa Landcruising reminiscent ambient opener "Blurry Blue Eyes", primes you for "Body Fluid"'s overall energy level. Balls-to-the wall techno with more than a hint of ED1999's love for Detroit techno. How deep this influence run in ED1999 is nowhere more audible than in "Abyssal Terror" with its jubilant chords and arpeggios. Another fast-paced whirlwind of a track is "Deep Sea Hunter", which has a loopy vibe to it, that is trance-inducing in the best possible way. The bleepy "Azura Sequence" rounds the EP off with another perfectly balanced execution of track-y forward drive and deepness. Visually, the collaboration with Berlin-based graphic artist Oliver Sperl continues. The cover of "Body Fluid" is one of Sperl's artworks that the Porpax team purchased at an exhibition in Berlin a while back.
PORTRAITS GRM (AUSTRIA)
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CAT #: SPGRM 005LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
REHBERG, PETER Peter Rehberg at GRM LP
Shelter Press and INA grm are pleased and moved to present two previously unreleased recordings of Peter Rehberg, two live performances given at the GRM which, each in their own way, vividly illustrate the extent of his sonic palette. On July 22, 2021, Peter Rehberg passed away, leaving a great emptiness in his wake. Many initiatives have already celebrated or will soon celebrate his memory and the titanic work he put at the service of so many artists - a whole musical community, in fact -- through Editions Mego. INA grm, Shelter Press and Stephen O'Malley, who are continuing some of the collaborative Editions Mego sub-labels (Recollection GRM, Portraits GRM and Ideologic Organ), wanted to pay tribute more specifically to the musician Peter Rehberg, and to his immense talent. Peter Rehberg, as an artist, has collaborated with the GRM on numerous occasions, both with Stephen O'Malley (as KTL) and solo. This release features two concerts given for the GRM, each time as part of the Présences électronique festival. The first concert, given on March 15, 2009 at the Maison de la Radio in Paris, marked the first collaboration between Peter Rehberg and the GRM and the beginning of a long and fruitful friendship. The second concert took place on March 6, 2016. Between these two concerts, seven years have passed, seven years in which the ties between Peter Rehberg and the GRM have been strengthened, seven years in which Peter Rehberg's music has flourished. What is striking in these two concerts is how Peter Rehberg's unique musical sensitivity and "grammar" can be heard beyond the instruments. For while the first concert is pure laptop music, the second is extended to the field of modular synthesis. However, in both concerts, the elements that are so personal to Peter Rehberg's music are present and combine in a layering of sonic abrasions, raw sensations and a sensitivity that is as much about formal awareness as it is about the invocation of overwhelming emotions, even though a little hidden behind a radicality that is always a bit provocative. Peter Rehberg offers us a "portrait music", a music that gives some clues about the personality of its author and whose absence continues to deepen an inconsolable sadness.
POTOMAK (GERMANY)
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CAT #: POTOMAK 826501
FILE UNDER: ROCK
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN Fünf Auf Der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala LP
2022 repress; LP version. Digitally-remastered 2002 release. This is the fourth album by German avant-garde industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, originally released in 1987. The bonus track "Adler Kommt Spaeter" is an early version of "Zerstörte Zelle." Considerably lower-key than all their previous releases, Fünf Auf Der Nach Oben Offenen Richterskala (trans. "Five On The Open-Ended Richter Scale"), with especially puzzling, almost country-rock track "Morning Dew," sung in English, but with moments of whip-cracking and atomic explosions. There's the same attention to rhythmic assault on this record as on the others, but there's a quieter, more sinister, darker, lower-key ambience at work here, with Blixa Bargeld's vocals right at the center-front of the mix, as he experiments with breath, lower pitches, whispers, and barely-audible squeals. There's a barely-restrained, beautiful tension here that never gets resolved, sounding as if the band is holding itself back from complete annihilation.
PROFOUND LORE (CANADA)
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CAT #: PFL 277LP
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LOCRIAN New Catastrophism LP
LP version. "The new Locrian album New Catastrophism is the first release from the band in seven years! They are also releasing Ghost Frontiers, an EP that comes as a bonus disc with the CD edition and a bonus digital download with the vinyl. New Catastrophism sees the iconic experimental music trio return back to their roots through four immersive tracks that signal towards the band's signature expressions of dark ambient, experimental music, drone and post rock. Massive dystopian sonic soundscapes presented through many layers of sound is the dominant audial canvas here. Locrian is a prophetic voice of decline. From the band's inception, they have comfortably straddled both the experimental and metal underground, weaving themes of apocalypse, urban decay, environmental destruction and birth/death/rebirth throughout their multifaceted and genre-defying releases. The trio formed in 2005 in Chicago and features Terence Hannum (synthesizers, vocals, tape loops), André Foisy (guitars, electronics), and Steven Hess (drums, electronics)."
PSICO BR DISCOS & POSTERS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: PSYCHBRBT 010LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
TERRENO BALDIO Terreno Baldio LP
There is a legend that in Terreno Baldio (translated "Wasteland") there is a mystical being who cleans the land of the rivers and seas that the day has brought. Each one has its own land, it is the place where you cleanse yourself, and in a big city, the land wasteland remains as the purification of all who play their rivers and seas, so that the mystical being called Aqueloo, brings his dance rituals at night, spells and clear the ground for the next day.The band Terreno Baldio was born in 1974, when they got together in a group with the purpose of making progressive rock. Roberto Lazzarini was already playing with João Kurk and Joaquim in the Ilanders group, a dance band; Mozart Mello and João Ascensão joined there, having met on the recordings of Pete Dunaway's album. Everyone knew and liked King Crimson, Gentle Giant, and Yes, wanting to make a more worked sound as a group, thus creating Terreno Baldio. Terreno Baldio's music has always had a progressive feel, which was unusual for the standards of the time, characteristic for being well-crafted harmonically and musically, rhythmically, which is the mark of the prog feel. Terreno Baldio is hailed as one of the leading progressive rock bands from the seventies in Brazil, from its surrealistic album art to its equally interesting music. The homonymous work Terreno Baldio, released in 1976, was an active part of a whole scenario of youth suffering from strong political repression, representing in the song "Grite" (Scream) the desire of all Brazilian society that yearned to express its voice with freedom, being an impressive moment of collective catharsis in their live performances. Terreno Baldio has officially released two albums, the first Terreno Baldio, and the second album called Além das Lendas Brasileiras, where progressive rock got even closer to Brazilian culture. Recently with the death of singer João Kurk, the band brought in singer Roger Troyjo, remaining active with the original members Roberto Lazzarini and Mozart Mello, in addition to the accompaniment of Edson Ghilardi on drums, Geraldo Vieira on double bass and violin with Cássio Poletto. Roberto Lazzarini had a solo album called Libera o Bicho released in 2004 with the participation of the band's musicians.
RELOVED
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CAT #: RLV 001EP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
UMILIANI, PIERO Discomania (Jolly Mare Rework) 12"
"Discomania rework launches new Four Flies series aimed at bringing the legacy of Italian film and library music into the world of international clubbing. One of Piero Umiliani's most dance-y tracks ever is finally available again on 12" vinyl, both in its original version and in a special edit retouched by Jolly Mare that further increases its dancefloor potential. 'Discomania' was recorded by Umiliani in 1978 under the moniker Rovi (one of the many aliases he used at the time to avoid saturating the Italian library music market with his name), and sounds wonderfully in tune with the then-emerging cosmic disco scene. Moreover, 'Discomania' enjoys a special place in Italian pop culture, having entered the collective imagination of national TV viewers between 1981-1987, when it was used as the closing theme song for RAI television football program 90° Minuto. This single launches Reloved, a new series from Four Flies in which accomplished DJs and producers rework tunes from Italian golden age soundtracks and library music. Choosing Piero Umiliani for the first release in the series was almost inevitable. And who better than Jolly Mare, one of the label's greatest friends and collaborators, to put a contemporary spin on Umiliani's original track."
RIDINGEASY RECORDS
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CAT #: EZRDR 115LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WHITE LIGHTNING Thunderbolts Of Fuzz LP
LP version. "Standout favorites of Riding Easy Records' Brown Acid compilation series, White Lightning's stellar discography of rare and under-appreciated heavy psych, proto-metal rock gets a vital revival for new generations to learn how swinging, swaggering and often blazingly fast rock'n'roll is done. White Lightning was formed in Minneapolis, MN in 1968 by guitarist Tom 'Zippy' Caplan and bassist Woody Woodrich after leaving garage psych band The Litter (themselves popular standouts from the Nuggets and Pebbles series of garage rock rarities.) Originally a power trio, the band later expanded to a five-piece in 1969 while shortening its name to Lightning. The quintet's brilliant and rare 1970 self-titled album on Pickwick International's P.I.P. imprint provides six of the ten tracks on Thunderbolts Of Fuzz. The original White Lightning trio only released the one 45-rpm single 'Of Paupers And Poets' during their existence (on local Hexagon label in 1968, later reissued by major label ATCO Records in 1969.) A long out-of-print posthumous album released in 1995 gathered unreleased recordings, three of which are found here. This rounds out this collection of recorded highlights from the band's rocky history. Taking their name from a particularly potent type of LSD, White Lightning laid out from the start that it was not cute and cuddly '70s rock. In fact, the band's aggressive tempos are like punk rock way before punk. However, their dirty blues groove and musical prowess shows the band was more than unrefined ne'er-do-wells, they had true versatility."
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CAT #: EZRDR 136LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
VA Brown Acid - The Fourteenth Trip LP
LP version. "Here's just a few of the gems on Brown Acid - The Fourteenth Trip, the much beloved series that is the Nuggets of proto-metal, pre-stoner rock: The Legends' 'Fever Games' is a 1969 fever dream of heavy psych on par with Blue Cheer at their heaviest, featuring an incredible intro with whammy-bar gymnastics through an Echoplex. This Harrisburg, PA power trio, featuring Dan Hartman (Edgar Winter Group, et al) and his brother Dave, also name-checks Jimi Hendrix Experience in the midst of the song's most blatant Hendrix rip. Perhaps that's how Fever Games work? Transfer's velvet smooth groove has an almost proto-punk feel like a mashup of the Velvet Underground and The Flamin' Groovies. But the lyrics referencing tokin' reefer and the twanging surf lead situate them closer to their heavy rock brethren. This very rare 1974 self- released 45 is this lone archive of the band's existence -- assume they just kept right on playin' it cool into oblivion. Cox's Army deploy the grungy rocker 'I'm Tired' which sounds like if Jimi Hendrix fronted Mudhoney. Yes, please! Though they hailed from Aurora, IL, it sounds like there's definitely some Pacific Northwest in their blood. Particularly in the gritty production, which hints at The Sonics' 'bustin' outta lo-fi' style. Not much is known about the enigmatic Columbus, OH musician known as Raven, whose 'Back to Ohio Blues' closes this edition. The mantra-like droning riff of this eight-minute jam is a Black To Comm-style epic, driven by Raven's hostile, no-bullshit diatribe until it all busts open for an insane two-minute long drum solo soaked in odd effects that sounds like it was copped from a Melvins album."
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CAT #: EZRDR 137LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
HELL FIRE Reckoning LP
LP version. "Sometimes a band grows so exponentially from one record to the next, it's almost jarring. Hell Fire has already established themselves as the preeminent masters of a new hybrid breed of Bay Area thrash and NWOBHM in just a few short years, but their fourth album Reckoning is the type of ascendance that truly sets a band apart. Reckoning is their Master Of Puppets, their Number Of The Beast, their Defenders Of The Faith. From the very first notes of the album opening title track, you can feel a vital new energy and inspiration to their music. To say Hell Fire used the recent global downtime to dig within and fully refine their sound would be an understatement. It truly is a reckoning. 'This album is every aspect of our band amplified to its maximum potential,' says singer/guitarist Jake Nunn. 'This is the record we've always wanted to make, and it feels like we're just getting started,' guitarist Tony Campos adds. 'We wanted to push ourselves musically and capture some of our frustrations, anger, loneliness, and rage over being locked inside and dealing with life during a global pandemic in the days when no one really knew how to navigate,' says drummer Mike Smith. With no touring on the horizon in 2020, the band hunkered down and recorded nearly a full album in preproduction home demos. 'I set up a little studio in my garage to record guitar, bass, and vocal tracks,' Campos says. 'While Mike bought an electronic drum set and we demoed every song so we were more prepared going into the studio.' Each of them found themselves practicing more on their own and ironing out every last detail and nuance before finally being able to once again play in a room together. The band's heightened professionalism also brings in guest bassist Matt Freeman (of Rancid and Operation Ivy fame) on the album after original bassist Herman Bandala departed the band amicably during the initial writing process. New bassist Kai Sun joined Hell Fire in Fall 2021."
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CAT #: EZRDR 145LP
FILE UNDER: SOUNDTRACK
SORCERY Stunt Rock LP
"In the 1970s era of rock's theatrical excesses, Sorcery delivered next level performances in which a battle ensued on stage between illusionists portraying Merlin versus Satan. While Alice Cooper and KISS brought costumes, gore and flashpots to the mainstream, these Los Angeles hard rockers integrated live magic, theatrical drama and fourth wall breaking performance for new heights in musical storytelling. While Sorcery consists of professional musicians -- the core group being guitarist Richard (Smokey) Taylor, vocalist Greg Magie and bassist Richie King -- two magicians also performed on stage when they played live. The band's nearly immediate local popularity from their debut in 1975 also made them in demand for film and TV. Enter: Stunt Rock. Way before Jackass, before Crocodile Dundee, contemporaneous with Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park and as timeless as classic Heavy Metal, there was Stunt Rock. The 1978 low budget, high concept B-movie integrated hard rock, magic, dangerous stunts and an early form of mockumentary filmmaking into an epic feature film about an Australian stunt man reunited with his American cousin (and Sorcery member) in L.A., and all Hell breaks loose. Sorcery composed the soundtrack -- which also served as the band's debut album -- and were shown performing songs throughout the film. The Stunt Rock soundtrack highlights the sweet spot between the playful, campy occult imagery of the '70s before Satanic Panic and the religious right's kayfabe outrage pushed bands to tone things down in favor of glam pomp. What one gets here is pure, knobby occult heavy metal that sounds something like Sin After Sin-era Judas Priest with Robert Plant on vocals, crossed with the melodrama of Alice Cooper and The Who's rock operas. The songs are taut, quickly shifting from part to part, motif to overture. The tunes are infinitely catchy and laden with attention grabbing titles like 'Talking To The Devil', 'Mark of The Beast', 'Stuntrocker' and 'Burned Alive.' On the surface, the film Stunt Rock seems campy and crazy enough to be embraced even if the music weren't all that exciting, but Sorcery proves that their work deserves to be seriously appreciated in the canon of classic rock."
ROARATORIO
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CAT #: ROAR 014LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
METZGER, PAUL Gedanken Splitter LP
2022 restock. Paul Metzger continues to pile up the plaudits from critics and peers alike for his virtuosic string-slinging, gaining notice through Three Improvisations On Modified Banjo ?(2005) and his split LP with Ben Chasny and Chris Corsano on Roaratorio (2006). Metzger's modified banjo is tricked out with additional sympathetic raga strings, although the compositions on Gedanken Splitter are informed by much more than Eastern drone music alone. Recorded in the same period as Deliverance (2007), this is a more jagged and aggressive (although no less accessible) affair. Metzger winds these improvisations around thornier threads than on his previous releases, and while never turning completely abstract, Gedanken Splitter moves even further away from anything resembling typical banjo fare. This is mesmerizing and singular playing. "If Paul Metzger's last album Deliverance evinced his yearning to free the banjo from the shackles of convention, Gedanken Splitter shows what comes after the chains hit the earth; Metzger's attack is unmatched in the new American Primitive camp." --Bill Meyer, The Wire.
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CAT #: ROAR 028LP
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
LACY & JOE MCPHEE, STEVE The Rest LP
2022 restock. In June of 1977, Steve Lacy and Joe McPhee shared a double bill in Basel, Switzerland. Lacy invited McPhee to join him for a duet to close his set, for which McPhee elected to bring out his own soprano saxophone. The main part of Lacy's performance was issued on the classic Clinkers LP (1978); after 36 years, here is The Rest. This one-sided, limited LP marks the first and only time that these two master musicians played together, but the simpatico meshing of their distinctly individual voices points towards a shared history on a different plane. Previously unreleased material licensed from Hat Hut Records. Cover artwork by Judith Lindbloom. Download coupon included. "This 20-minute improvisation shows two stylists of the soprano sax jousting, jabbing, dovetailing and slithering around each other. At times, it sounds as if Lacy is going to go into one of his compositions and McPhee, for his part, holds his own against the master, his more visceral soprano sound contrasting nicely with Lacy's elegance. This limited-edition, one-sided vinyl is truly an unearthed gem." ?Robert Iannapollo, New York City Jazz Record
SHRIMPER
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CAT #: SHR 209LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
WOODS, BEN Dispeller LP
LP version. "On Dispeller, Ben Woods's beguiling new album, his intimate experiments in rock paint a vivid portrait. Here, the New Zealand artist leans comfortably into intuition and abstraction. Expansive arrangements are anchored by heavy-lidded prose, while carrying the air of the portside shack it was made in. Dispeller was recorded throughout a year in Woods's hometown, Lyttelton, with Ben Edwards (Aldous Harding, Marlon Williams, Julia Jacklin) at the helm of the mixing console and co-producing. Utterings, footsteps, and the rattles of the room linger beneath the album's dense instrumentation, alluding to the familiar space the songs were captured in. Here, Woods's songs breathe and flourish into their own worlds. 'I found my voice in trying to make atonality croon,' he says. 'With Dispeller it was less about harmony -- the blend was capturing the songs very honestly in the room, and still making each of them to transport you somewhere different.' Even beside Woods's acclaimed debut, PUT (2019), which saw him sharing stages with Aldous Harding, No Age, Julia Jacklin and Steve Gunn, Dispeller enchants. The songs here are stronger, the instrumentation stranger. With chopped and screwed vocal contributions from underground hero Alastair Galbraith, 'Speaking Belt' snaps and pulses with the sordid clatter of a lost Xpressway single. Charlotte Forrester from Womb (Flying Nun) adds their diaphanous voice to 'The Strip And Punishing Type'. On fragile duet 'Wearing Divine', Lucy Hunter (Opposite Sex / Wet Specimen) threatens to steal the limelight, before a full hive of Marlon Williams's honeyed vibrato comes spluttering out of what sounds like a rusted can. Woods's melodies bring to mind Scott Walker's dramatic tunefulness, while his voice holds something of Gordon Gano's waver, pushed through New Zealand vowel mangling. Dispeller's arrangements hit at the subtle, reactive instrumentation of late-era Fugazi, the glowing murk of Grouper, the Antipodean-gothic drudge of Tall Dwarfs, and the mechanical outer crust of Sparklehorse. However, while Woods experiments with the disparate and the disharmonious, it is the open heart which elevates Dispeller. His voice holds the physical and spiritual middle; flirting with, but never succumbing to the splendor and turmoil which surround it."
STATIC SHOCK RECORDS (UK)
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CAT #: SSR 048LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
URANIUM CLUB All Of Them Naturals LP
2022 repress. Sharpen your pencils, pseudo intellectuals, The Minneapolis Uranium Club (or just Uranium Club) have returned with a new LP! All Of Them Naturals is a collection of new songs that sound exactly like Wire, and exactly like Devo, and exactly like The Randoms, and exactly like Total Control, and exactly like The Shitty Limits, and exactly like Eddy Current, and exactly like The Fall without Mark E. Smith's languidness. It's like the Sex Pistols misfiring. All eight tracks come fully approved by The Sunbelt Chemical Corporation.
SUB ROSA (BELGIUM)
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CAT #: SR 507LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
KUPPER, LEO Electronic Works & Voices 1977-87 2LP
Perfect follow-up to Sub Rosa's precedent double-LP Electronic Works & Voices 1961-1979, this release highlights Leo Kupper's earliest compositions with his GAME machine -- Générateur Automatique de Musique Electronique (Automatic Generator of Electronic Music) constructed during the 1960s. Purely electronic sounds into new structures, Leo Kupper shows through his four tracks a real spirit of renewal. Released in Sub Rosa's Early Electronic series.Leo Kupper was born in Nidrum, Hautes Fagnes (Eastern Belgium) on the April 16th, 1935. He studied musicology at the Liège Conservatory, then became the assistant of Henri Pousseur who, in 1958, had just founded the Apelac Studio in Brussels. Kupper started to work on his first pieces there, but he would finalize them only upon putting together his own studio in 1967: the Studio de Recherches et de Structurations Electroniques Auditives (studio of audio electronic research and structuring). That is where he would compose, to this day, over forty works, most of them on instruments of his own design. In the '70s and '80s, he built a series of Sound Domes (briefly established in Rome, Linz, Venice, and Avignon), places where every sound, every phoneme uttered by the listening audience was transformed by hundreds of loudspeakers of various sizes organized in a dome shape. This device transformed sounds through space and time: something said could be morphed into another sound hours, days, perhaps years later. Leo had envisioned that a device like his, a place for contemplation, would be much-needed in cities where nature had been evacuated. In the late '70s, after discovering Iranian music master Hussein Malek, Kupper became one of the very few Western virtuosos of the santur.The GAME machine: In 1961, having terminated his musicology studies, Leo Kupper left Liège for Brussels. By that time, centers for music research such as those in Cologne, Paris, and Milan had already produced works of experimental music, where pioneers were forging new and diverse routes in electronic music, "musique concrete" and electro-vocal music. The GAME machine was constructed during such period and spirit of renewal and technical exploration. The GAME consisted of a collection of variable "sonic cells" sensitive to modulations of positive and negative voltages and programmable manually through the aid of color-coded cables. Complex electronic loops and sound from loudspeakers and from microphone pick-ups were then either recorded by tape-machines or performed and interpreted by musicians who opened automatic channels, thus triggering automatic sound to exit the speakers. This in turn penetrated the machines by means of microphones and was replayed.
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CAT #: SR 511LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
MAGGI, PHIL The Encrimsoned LP
Sound architect and filmmaker from Liège, Belgium Phil Maggi is known as the lead singer of heavy-rock combo Ultraphallus. He has shared the bill with Jerusalem In My Heart, Keith Rowe, Phill Niblock, Tuxedomoon, Sote, Thisquietarmy, and many others. The Encrimsoned is the second part of his diptych inspired by Henry Corbin's writings, which started with his previous album Animalwrath (SR 453CD). The Encrimsoned is a four-track album, harboring a few musical friends and usual collaborators (Maja Jantar, Tom Malmendier, Radwan Ghazi Moumneh, Sebastien Schmit, Gabriel Séverin, Xavière Fertin). Ranging from free-jazz to ambient-electronic contemporary art sound, this adventurous second and final chapter is an homage to Hardy Fox, pioneer and primary composer for The Residents. Inspiration: Henry Corbin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Bela Tarr, Farid od'din Attar, Shihab od'din Sohrawardi, The Residents. Milky white vinyl.
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CAT #: SR 524LP
FILE UNDER: EXPERIMENTAL
ACDA/ERIC THIELEMANS, CHANTAL A New Score For Koyaanisqatsi LP
Dark-folk songwriter Chantal Acda and beyond drums-percussion musician extraordinaire Eric Thielemans propose a new score for Koyaanisqatsi, re-actualizing the incredibly beautiful, raw, rhythmic, and touching images of this '80s cinematographic masterpiece. Slow deep electric waves, lonely synths in sonic desert landscapes, rhythmic pulses, transporting drums and bells, and deeply longing sounds and voices make up the audible fundamentals of this imagined, neo shamanic, ritualistic music to accompany the Earth as it keeps on supporting our post human frenetics even today. This release contains a selection of the musical material scored for a live performance together with the screening of the movie. The live performance premiered on Film Festival Gent and Vooruit in the fall of 2022. White vinyl.Chantal Acda: Currently based in Belgium, Dutch-born Chantal Acda (b. 1978) has worked under the Sleepingdog moniker since 2006, making three acclaimed albums. After touring the UK, it was time for her first real solo record. Playing in various formations (Isbells, True Bypass, Marble Sounds) had made her conscious of shared patterns. Through her solo career, she's worked with German pianist and producer Nils Frahm, multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick (Efterklang, Bella Union, Erased Tapes), cellist extraordinaire Gyda Valtysdottir (Múm), and Shahzad Ismaily. Acda has released four solo records under her own name. She also released some live recordings with her band, and also with jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. In 2019, Chantal created her first music/theater performance P_wawau for Oerol Festival, The Netherlands. She worked with Valgeir Sigurdson (Björk, Bonnie Prince Billy) and singers from Het Nederlands Kamerkoor. She released an album of music from the performance: Puwawau (2019). In 2021, Chantal released her most recent album Saturday Moon (2021, GRCD 1029CD/GRLP 1029LP).Eric Thielemans, drummer and percussionist. Travelling across music scenes and disciplines, Thielemans navigates by means of his own compass. Recently, Thielemans has collaborated with PVT -- a trio together with Mika Vainio and Charlemagne Palestine -- a new trio together with Oren Ambarchi and Charlemagne Palestine, a new duo together with Oren Ambarchi, Billy Hart, Chantal Acda, Marshall Allen (Sun Ra), Tape Cuts Tape, Distance Light & Sky, Jozef Dumoulin, Trevor Dunn, Shahzad Ismaily, Vaast Colson, Nico Dockx, and many more.
SURVIVAL RESEARCH (AUSTRALIA)
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CAT #: SVVRCH 028LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
DIBANGO, MANU Africadelic LP
2022 repress. Survival Research present a reissue of Manu Dibango's Africadelic, originally released in 1972. The strange and majestic musical beast that is Africadelic was Dibango's follow-up to Soul Makossa (1972), but it was initially released on Louis Delacour's library music label, Mondiaphone, before Soul Makossa became an international phenomenon. As a Mondiaphone release, it was aimed at television and film producers seeking atmospheric background music, so the original titles are simply "Theme No 1," "Theme No 2," etc., with corresponding rhythmic notations such as "3/4 Africain," "Afro Beat 12/8," and "Medium Soul Beat," though once "Soul Makossa" hit the stratosphere, subsequent reissues bore actual song titles. In any case, the album is simply wonderful, a driving mix of Afro soul, funk, and jazz, with an undercurrent of Latin percussion throughout, given further shades by rock guitar and soul organ, as heard on "African Battle" and the title track; opener "Soul Fiesta" builds dramatic percussive tension before Dibango drops a killer vibraphone riff, while "African Carnival" makes the most of the full horn section, Dibango's sax soloing giving room for complex polyrhythmic percussion breaks. "Oriental Sunset" has beautiful vibraphone from Dibango too, as well as a thrilling flute melody, "Monkey Beat" and "Wa Wa" are funky soul struts and "Percussion Storm" has the band marching off into the African sunset as Dibango unleashes another killer vibraphone melody. Listening back to the album now, it is hard to believe that the whole shebang was written in a couple of days and committed to tape within the space of a week, but that is all more testimony to the greatness of Manu Dibango, one of African music's true pioneers.
TOY TONICS (GERMANY)
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CAT #: TOYT 133EP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
GORDON & BOB THE EGOIST, FELIPE Freedom EP 12"
Felipe Gordon comes back to Toy Tonics. The Colombian musician, producer, and DJ has been part of the TT label crew since 2017 when he released his debut Teusaquillo EP. Since then, Felipe has made a huge career. He made a second EP for Toy Tonics (Wait On Me, 2020) he now releases on labels such as Heist Recordings, Kai Alce's NDATL, Clone Royal Oak, Phonica Records, Shall Not Fade, and was featured on Cinthie's DJ Kicks. With his third EP on Toy Tonics, Felipe now takes a next big step in his artistic development. He's been working for some months now on a new and organic path, a different way of vocal house. He started working with a talented young Colombian singer called Bob The Egoist AKA Daniel Pardo. Bob is a young Berklee degree student with a deep and emotional voice, an amazing knowledge about the classic soul and RnB and a clever and enthusiastic way of writing chord progressions, you will hear his name more often than you can imagine in the next coming months. This new Felipe Gordon EP has a more organic driven feel, and is definitely a vocal house record. With a lot of classic 1990s house feel, but still not sounding retro at all. It has a slight futuristic feel. Besides the great vocal ideas, the tracks are based on amazing chord progressions that remind the jazz-funk music from the early 1970s. Rhodes and clavinets, wah-wahs and a nasty, soulful atmosphere. Felipe did some heavenly synth work, creating music with a deep yet funky character -- always punchy and analog. Felipe's production style seems to be exploring new grounds. The music was recorded in two weeks only in December 2021. And probably that's one of the reasons why these tracks don't sound over-produced. The instant, rolling feel gives the songs its special character. Features Toro Moratto and Marc Bianco.
TRAFFIC
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CAT #: TEG 78503LP
FILE UNDER: HIPHOP
CAMP LO Uptown Saturday Night 2LP
2022 repress. "Camp Lo's first record, which did not disappoint. It struck the perfect balance between club tracks and underground bangers for the mixtape crowd. Critically acclaimed and fan approved, this late '90s album must-have was complimented by the incredible cover art illustrated by legendary NYC graffiti artist Dr. Revolt that paid homage to Marvin Gaye's 1976 classic I Want You. It's hard to believe in the time of Puffy's heyday, Camp Lo had developed and delivered a style of hip hop that was not only fresh and creative, but also straight up dope. Flipping intricate rhyme styles over some of Rap's finer beats, the fact that Camp Lo got main stream radio play and love from big time club DJ's is a testament to the essence of what hip hop was once about: raw talent and originality! Remastered from the original tapes and pressed on loud double vinyl."
TUPELO
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CAT #: TUP 034LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
SLEEP Volume One LP
2022 repress. "Volume One is the debut album. It was the only album recorded with second guitarist Justin Marler, before he became an Orthodox monk. Volume One showcases a darker sound and stronger doom metal influence than Sleep's later work."
VAMPISOUL (SPAIN)
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CAT #: VAMPI 108LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
VA The Afrosound Of Colombia Vol. 1 3LP
2022 repress. Over 2 ½ hours of funky, hot Afro-influenced tracks from the '60s and '70s golden-period of the seminal Discos Fuentes label in Colombia. Forty-three dancefloor hits provide an irresistible mix of genres: salsa, cumbia, boogaloo, tropical funk, and chicha. The story of the Afrosound is a tale of transformation. It tells of the enslaved African peoples who were taken to Colombia, who mixed with Europeans and indigenous inhabitants (by force or choice), and were eventually set free, as well as the escaped cimarrones (maroons) that lived in palenques (fortified settlements) and continued their own traditions. The Afrosound sings of a double diaspora, first the trek in chains during the infamous Middle Passage from the Motherland of Africa to the so-called New World, then much later, the migration from the plantations to the cities. This release deals with the unique sounds produced as a result of the inventive mixing of pop and roots that took place in the urban confines of the Discos Fuentes studios, far from Colombia's coastal regions. The invented term "Afrosound" serves as the title of a thrilling and sometimes odd soundtrack that chronicles the diffusion and evolution of the musical culture from those coastal regions as it was brought inland, where it was translated, simplified, mass marketed, manufactured, modernized, "whitened," globalized, recycled, and then sent back to the world at large, disseminated from the cities of Medellín and Bogotá, where the major bulk of the music production industry resided in the '50s through to the '70s. To tell the story of Afrosound, you not only have to know about the influence of Afro-Antillean music and indigenous Colombian tropical coastal genres, you also have to know something about the history of Discos Fuentes and musician/producer Julio Ernesto "Fruko" Estrada. Suffice it to say that the coastal area of Colombia shares in common with other areas in the Caribbean Antilles a certain tropical mix of sensuality and syncopation that somehow manages to combine joy and pain in a transporting wave of rhythm and melody that is food for the soul. The tracks on this compilation were chosen from the vast archives of Discos Fuentes because they are fun, funky, and unexpected. The title of this compilation comes from one of the Fuentes bands, Afrosound, but here it's taken more as a general term to denote the funkier side of the label's prolific output in the '60s and '70s. The unifying factor for the collection is that the tracks all have something to do with African roots or influences in one way or another, and they mark a period of sonic experimentation, self expression, upheaval, rebellion and rebirth in the industry, nurtured by Discos Fuentes and its stable of musicians, producers, and engineers. Full-color printed inner sleeves include in-depth liner notes with rare photos and original LP artwork.
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CAT #: VAMPI 266LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
LOS CORRALEROS DE MAJAGUAL Esta Si Es Salsa! LP
Ésta Sí Es Salsa! is one of the most sought-after records in the impressive catalog of the Discos Fuentes tropical all-star group Los Corraleros de Majagual. It was released in 1970, nine years after the band was first conceived by Alfredo Gutiérrez, Calixto Ochoa and label boss Don Antonio Fuentes as an orchestra to play mostly typical folkloric Colombian genres like porro, cumbia and paseo and the occasional guaracha or pachanga, but with a fully orchestrated big band sound that combined the accordion with a complete rhythm and brass section. The record is high on collectors' want lists for many reasons, not least of which is its excellent sound quality and the diverse repertoire infusing its grooves, ranging from expected coastal tropical Colombian rhythms like paseaíto, paseo and pasebol (all related to cumbia and vallenato), to more exotic modes like sonsonete, casatschok, and the Cuban genres of descarga and charanga. There was never any doubt with the label's intentions of introducing this "new" genre of salsa on this LP, albeit as seen through the lens of Colombian musicians only recently converted to the movement, and indeed, the title unequivocally proclaims: "¡Ésta sí es salsa!" ("This is definitely salsa!"). The proof is in the fascinating (and long) cover versions of Nuyorican artists from the burgeoning Big Apple salsa scene that are the centerpiece of the album. Two massive dance tracks on the record are "Ocho Días" and "Amanací Tomando", but neither was inspired by exposure to New York salsa, as they are very "typical" Colombian numbers. The album includes outstanding cover versions of '60s New York salsa but featuring the unusual sound of the accordion and the heavy bass playing of Julio Estrada. First time reissue.
VP RECORDS
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CAT #: VP 4239CD
FILE UNDER: WORLD
UPSETTERS, THE Return Of The Super Ape CD
"Return Of The Super Ape was the final revelation from Lee Perry's Black Art Studio before it closed, a psychedelicized dub journey into uncharted sonic territories. Return Of The Super Ape is the follow-up album to highly acclaimed dub album Super Ape. Just like its predecessor, the album was produced by Lee 'Scratch' Perry. It was the last album by the Upsetters before Perry closed down his Black Ark Studio. The album showcases yet again the prodigious production skills of undisputed dub master Lee 'Scratch' Perry's insanely layered textures and technical wizardry. With the Upsetters providing their musical backing. Now freshly remastered and restored for 2022 with original press artwork. Includes foldout and booklet."
WAH WAH RECORDS (SPAIN)
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CAT #: LPS 149LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ZWEISTEIN Trip - Flip Out - Meditation 3LP/7"
2022 restock. Originally released in 1970. "Zweistein was the brainchild of Suzanne Doucet, who was joined by her sister Diane during the recording process, with added studio effects by Peter Kramper. Doucet spent the first part of 60's as a pop star -- gathering number of hits, and as a TV presenter. Filled with a radical spirit, a love of art and technology, and fueled by a heavy intake of psychedelic drugs, her successes proved unfulfilling by the end of the decade. Zweistein was born. The album, which stretches over three LPs, each with its own theme -- Trip, Flip Out, and Meditation, is a writhing radical construction in sound -- far closer to the revolutionary gestures of synthesis, electronic and electroacoustic practice emerging during that era, than what is commonly associated with Krautrock or Kosmische. Almost completely abstract, with passages of fleeting melody and drone - enveloping landscapes realized through sound, Trip Flip Out Meditation is pure art, creativity, and experimentation, filtered through the lens of LSD -- the heights of the era and all the wonders it brought, with an unmistakable, overt attack on the pop sensibility of its day. An artist diving underground, rearing their head into the mainstream with a thrust of what was found. An astonishing edition -- double gatefold, silver engraved gimmick sleeve, 3LP plus a bonus 7" single w/PS and a colour insert. Limited to 1000 copies."
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CAT #: LPS 206LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ZANOV Green Ray LP + 7"
2018 release. "Under the alias of Zanov we find the works of French electronic pioneer Pierre Salkazanov, who had started playing guitar in the 1960s in a Shadows styled band, Les Ambassadors. Instrumental rock was not enough for Salkazanov, he was always looking for evolution, so when a meeting with French synth player Serge Ramses (of 'Secret' fame) got him into the world of synthesizers he just dived deep into the bourgeoning world of electronic music. He got himself his first synths and started producing works into a 4-track TEAC tape machine. French music was at its best, it was the time of Jean Michel Jarre, Didier Bocquet, Richard Pinhas and Heldon, Alain Meunier... Even Gong's Tim Blake was living in France at that time. And so Zanov soon caught the attention of Polydor, who released Green Ray in 1976. It is a work made with minimal equipment if compared to other French sythesists, not to mention their German peers, he worked on the EMS VCS3 synth and used a 4-track Teac and a Revox A77 Mk IV reel to reel tape recorders obtaining huge sound results. You can appreciate an influence from the Berlin school, Green Ray walks the same path of what artists like Tangerine Dream and the likes were producing at the time, Zanov had felt under the spell of Ricochet, but his head was boiling with ideas which gave the recordings a very personal, unique touch. Zanov's three albums met with unanimous critical acclaim for the sound quality as well as for the originality of this very personal universe. We offer the first ever vinyl reissue of Zanov's Green Ray under license from Pierre Salkazanov himself and with his cooperation, in a limited edition of 500 copies that reproduce its original artwork, come with remastered sound and an 8 page insert with liner notes and photos courtesy of www.audionautas.com plus one bonus 7" with previously unreleased on vinyl format material."
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CAT #: LPS 207LP
FILE UNDER: ELECTRONIC
ZANOV Moebius 256 301 LP + 7"
2018 release. "Under the alias of Zanov we find the works of French electronic pioneer Pierre Salkazanov, who had started playing guitar in the 1960s in a Shadows styled band, Les Ambassadors. Instrumental rock was not enough for Salkazanov, he was always looking for evolution, so when a meeting with French synth player Serge Ramses (of 'Secret' fame) got him into the world of synthesizers he just dived deep into the bourgeoning world of electronic music. He got himself an EMS VCS3 and started producing works into a 4-track TEAC tape machine. French music was at its best, it was the time of Jean Michel Jarre, Didier Bocquet, Richard Pinhas and Heldon, Alain Meunier... Even Gong's Tim Blake was living in France at that time. By the time of his second LP, Moebius 256 301, issued also on Polydor in 1977, Zanov had already gathered a small collection of gear, including an ARP 2600 and an ARP sequencer, his old VCS3, an RMI Harmonic and a PS 3300. Again, under the influence of both first and second generation of Berlin school musicians the LP will appeal to fans of Klaus Schulze or Tangerine Dream, but they will also find a big deal of Zanov's own personal sound on it, since as the musician himself reckons he had little contact with other peers of his generation, so besides a general love for the electronic gear used and the sounds you could make out of them the creative ideas behind his works were all his own. On his second album a richer sound is found, not only due to the use of the new gear, since some of its tracks were recorded using only his old EMS, but also due to his experience after having taken his works to the life stages in the Golf Drouot boite, the Lase Olympia venue (on the basement of the famous Olympia), the Paris Planetarium or those for planned one month tour (of which in the end only four dates were accomplished). Zanov's three albums met with unanimous critical acclaim for the sound quality as well as for the originality of this very personal universe. We offer the first ever vinyl reissue of Zanov's Moebius 256 301 under license from Pierre Salkazanov himself and with his cooperation, in a limited edition of 500 copies that reproduce its original artwork, come with remastered sound and an eight-page insert with liner notes and photos courtesy of www.audionautas.com plus one bonus 7" with previously unreleased on vinyl format material."
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CAT #: LPS 209LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
OMNIBUS Omnibus 2LP +7"
2018 release. "New Jersey's Omnibus formed from the ashes of garage bands from the New Milford area: The Cliffhangers, The Forerunners and The Vandals. Original members came from these three local bands and consisted of Jay Polt, Al Raimondi, Bob Wegrzyn, Bobby Marcinczack and Jerry Garino. They soon hit the local scene and got in touch with brothers Steve and Eric Nathanson who would become their managers and finance their first recordings. A United Artists recording deal was the next step, through which the band issued their debut 45 'The Man Song' / 'It's All In Your Heart' plus their eponymous LP in 1970. Omnibus had an amazing psychedelic sound that took all the right elements from West Coast bands like The Doors or The Jefferson Airplane, Bosstown sound acts like Ultimate Spinach or Chicago hipsters like H.P. Lovecraft to produce their very own Made in Milford, N.J. mixture. Strong, dramatic vocals, tons of fuzz guitar and swirling organs built up their magic sound. Wah Wah proudly offers the first ever reissue of their original 1970 album, plus a whole second LP compiling previously unreleased recordings from rare acetates with earlier recordings of some of the LP tracks and some non released songs. Also added is an extra bonus 7" with the garage killer 'The Farm', which would have been an explosive 45 for the band had not been withdrawn from release. A luxury remastered 2LP + bonus 7" set that includes a facsimile of a vintage Omnibus gig poster in a gatefold package respecting the original artwork, plus an 8 page booklet with photos, lyrics and liner notes written by Jay Polt himself and reissue curator Ezra Lesser - all this in a strictly limited edition of only 500 copies, get yours while still available! If you like bands like The Doors, The Children, Ultimate Spinach, The Beacon Street Union, Fever Tree or Clear Light you ought to have this one on your collection!"
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CAT #: LPS 218LP
FILE UNDER: WORLD
DENOIR, DIANE Diane Denoir LP
2019 release. "One of the most legendary LPs from Uruguay remains a hidden treasure in the rest of the world. It is the first LP by singer Diane Denoir. Diane was a regular in the 'Conciertos Beat' (Beat Concerts) of Montevideo's 1960s scene where she performed with Eduardo Mateo on guitar (leader of El Kinto, one of the most influential bands in 'candombe beat', and the ones who coined the term), Roberto Galletti on drums and Antonio Lagarde on double bass. Diane was also Mateo's muse throughout the early years of his career, he wrote several songs for her, among them 'Esa tirsteza,' 'Y hoy te vi,' and the classic 'Mejor me voy.' Eduardo Mateo would become one of the biggest names of all times in Uruguay's musical scene. Diane, instead, found herself outside the country when the military coup installed a non-constitutional government in Urugay in 1973 and was wisely advised by friends not to go back home to avoid trouble with the new dictatorial regime. A brave defendant of Human Rights, she had been very active against torture, thus becoming a target for the dictatorial regime military intelligence. She exiled in Argentina and Venezuela, and she later settled in Europe and didn't perform in public or record again until recent years when she returned to her home country. On her eponymous 1972 debut album, Diane fused all her influences in one solid sound through songs created by Uruguayan songwriters (Eduardo Mateo, Urbano Moraes -- bassplayer for El Kinto, -- Daniel Amaro, Giuso Bellanca), plus Argentinian lyricist Edgardo Lisi. She had released a couple of 7" between 1966 and 1970, but it is her debut album -- which would be her only one until her 2008 comeback -- that made her legend grow among future generations of music lovers. It's hard to name artists in the same dimension as Diane Denoir for reference, but be sure that you will love this LP if you like the candombe beat scene of El Kinto, Tótem or the Fattoruso brothers (Hugo and Osvaldo) in their post Los Shakers works, but also the bossa nova sound and even artists of their own like Vainica Doble. Very limited edition, only 500 copies made. Remastered sound. Comes in upgraded artwork, gimmick cover with printed inner sleeve."
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CAT #: LPS 222LP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
UNDERDOGS, THE Blues Band LP
2020 release. "Wah Wah is proud to release the first ever legit vinyl reissue from master tape of New Zealand's legendary Underdogs' first LP from 1968. Lovers of John Mayall and his Bluesbreakers (note the Eric Clapton tribute paid on the sleeve of this album) will love this album. The Underdogs formed in 1964 and shared the scene with other greats from the country like The La De Da's, The Action (NZ band, not to be confused with the UK mod godfathers) and The Pleazers. They spread the rhythm and blues word from their native Auckland through several 45s on the Zodiac label and went through a series of line-up changes prior to the release of their fabulous first long player. The Underdogs Blues Band LP was recorded by Murray Grindlay on vocals, Lou Rawnsley on guitars, Neil Edwards on bass and Tony Walton on drums, and shows the group's appreciation for Mayall's combo -- just like The Bluesbreakers' Crusade LP the Underdogs open their album with a cover of Albert King's "Oh, Pretty Woman," one of three 'Bluesbreakers' songs covered on the LP. On this first long player the band storm into a world of guitar led rave-ups a la Yardbirds, organ blues grinders and even give a sight to what's to come next with some incipient heavier sounds a la Cream. This is a 500 copies only reissue, housed in its original artwork in a vintage styled backflaps sleeve and insert."
WEWANTSOUNDS (UK)
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CAT #: WWSCD 061CD
FILE UNDER: JAZZ
HUBBARD, FREDDIE Music Is Here: Live At Studio 104 Maison de la Radio, (ORTF), Paris 1973 CD
Wewantsounds announce the first-ever release of the mesmerizing live performance by Freddie Hubbard and his quintet recorded in Paris at Maison de la Radio (ORTF) on March 25, 1973. Featuring Hubbard with George Cables on Fender Rhodes, Junior Cook on sax/flute, Kent Brinkley on bass, and Michael Carvin on drums, the group interprets four Hubbard classics in deep, spiritual mode. The tapes of the concert were transferred at INA's studios and remastered by Colorsound Studio 1973 was a special year for Freddie Hubbard. He had been one of jazz's brightest young stars for more than a decade and had also recorded as a sideman for such luminaries as John Coltrane, Art Blakey, and Ornette Coleman. After a spell at Blue Note and Atlantic Records, Hubbard signed to CTI records in 1970. Launched by Creed Taylor, CTI was the up-and-coming jazz label at the time, aiming at the pop market with their trademark blend of fusion jazz and highly stylized album covers. There, Hubbard recorded five highly successful studio albums further cementing is reputation as a jazz superstar. In early 1973, after years of working with the cream of the CTI stable of musicians for his albums and concerts, Hubbard decided to put together a new quintet consisting of Junior Cook on sax, Kent Brinkley on bass, plus two young Turks from the thriving post-bop jazz scene: pianist George Cables and drummer Michael Carvin. The quintet, save Carvin, would record Hubbard's Keep Your Soul Together for CTI later that year (his last album for the label) but for the time being, the quintet was busy touring and they all left for Europe to hone their skills as a tight unit. The music they created during that tour, as showcased on this live performance recorded in Paris, is nothing but extraordinary and unlike anything Hubbard had recorded for CTI. The musicians are heard here playing four recent Hubbard classics: "Sky Dive", "The Intrepid Fox", "Povo" and "First Light" in a very different style: the music here is deep and organic, retaining the quintessence of the four beautiful melodies and stretching them in long, spiritual work outs. The concert which was filmed by French TV in beautiful black-and-white by Marc Pavaux and legendary DoP Willy Kurant is a vivid testimony of the musicians' togetherness, caught in full flight on this performance and taking the music to higher grounds. Artwork designed by Raimund Wong. Liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre in conversation with drummer Michael Carvin.
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FILE UNDER: ROCK
LEWIS, FURRY In His Prime 1927-1928 LP
2022 restock. 180 gram vinyl reissue, originally released on Yazoo in 1975. "Furry Lewis was an exceptional bluesman from Memphis who combined raggy and bottleneck guitar arrangements with wry lyrics. His first recordings, presented here, captured him at the height of his inventive power. His renditions of 'I Will Turn Your Money Green' and 'Kassie Jones' have become standards on the blues repertoire."
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CAT #: YAZ 1065HLP
FILE UNDER: ROCK
MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT 1928 Sessions (180-Gram Vinyl) LP
2022 restock. 180 gram vinyl reissue, originally released in 1979. "With his warm, gentle vocals and rhythmic guitar lines, Mississippi John Hurt's recordings represent a fascinating counterpoint to what is expected of Mississippi blues. His repertoire is a mixture of narrative ballads, traditional songs and blues."
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