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FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE
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NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 04/25/2011
first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 04/25/2011
second section features forthcoming releases; release dates are given for reference, but can be approximate, depending on the label
please use catalog numbers (listed after the format in the descriptions) when ordering
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WEHBBA: Dirty Pictures 12" (PURE 067EP)
Rodolfo Wehba is one of Brazil's newest techno ambassadors. Since his first album on URBR back in 2004, he's released on labels such as Renaissance, Global Underground, Great Stuff, Get Physical, Tronic and BluFin, among many others. "Dirty Pictures" packs a punch with its radical bounce beats filtered across chord jabs and percussive melodies. While the vocal sample may take you back to the '80s, this track can only move the clubbers forward and onto the dancefloor.
$8.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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MOLLONO.BASS: My Hidden Playground Part 2 12" (ACKER 022.2EP)
Acker Records presents a second 12" from Mollono.Bass with tracks off of his debut full-length My Hidden Playground (ACKER 002CD), including an exclusive vinyl mix. The lively hustle and bustle on My Hidden Playground happens in many different ways: sometimes it's the frisky bounce of hopping bass lines and stimulating house rhythms, sometimes it's hypnotic sound structures that take the listener on an adventure. But above all it's the sound of real instruments and their melodies which create that earthy, organic groove.
$8.39 UPC: 880319512919 ELECTRONIC
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OLDERIC & ALEX PICCINI: Mister Postman 12" (AREA 029EP)
Area Remote welcomes Venice-born musical partners-in-crime Alex Piccini and Olderic. Piccini has had previous releases on labels such as Bitten, Sandy Huner and 2000 & One's hot tech-house Amsterdam imprint, as well as Nic Fanciulli's label Saved Records. Olderic's sound is influenced by a background of different styles of music, combined with percussive grooves and deep bass lines; his style ranges from deep, groovy house to floor-pumping tech-house, always funky and danceable.
$8.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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FOXX: The Revolt Of Emily Young CD (AU 5005CD)
This superb collection of skewed psychedelic pop was produced by Buzz Cason (renowned for his work with Elvis Presley, Jimmy Buffett and others) and made by a Texan quartet. Originally released in May 1970, and billed as "a rock novella," it follows the personal and spiritual development of its heroine, with melodic songs, psychedelic guitar and orchestrations by famed arranger Bergen White. A treat for psych-pop connoisseurs, it makes its long-overdue CD debut here.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314500518 ROCK
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METRONOMY: The Look 7" (BEC 5772860)
Limited 7" single from Metronomy's forthcoming album The English Riviera (BEC 5772840). Includes the exclusive B-side, "Picking Up For You."
$6.99 EAN: 5060107728608 ELECTRONIC
A1. The Look
B1. Picking Up For You (unreleased track)
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MIXHELL: Antigalactic 12" (BNR 057EP)
This is Mixhell's second single after the huge track "Higly Explicit" back in 2009 and a teaser to their upcoming album. Features remixes by In Flagranti, Mumbai Science and Gui Boratto.
$8.39 UPC: 827170382664 ELECTRONIC
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TRC: Oo Aa Ee (VIP Mix) 12" (BRW 001EP)
Elijah & Skilliams' Butterz label open their vinyl-only white label series with a release from TRC. "Oo Aa Ee (VIP Mix)" has been floating around for awhile between the Rinse FM grime DJs, but is now finally being released on this limited vinyl pressing, with strong support from Logan Sama, DJ Q, Oneman and Ben UFO. "Skipping Rope" was described by Wiley as "an intelligent riddim." "My Empire" brings a heavy dose of the Midlands' bass line for a crafty hybrid.
$6.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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S-X VS. RAMADANMAN: WooooGlut/Bricks 12" (SXDK 001EP)
The Butterz white-label series goes from strength to strength with the official release of Ramandanman's edit of his own track "Glut" with the # 1 grime anthem "Woooo Riddim" by Birmingham's S-X. Containing the best elements of both tracks, the harmonious vocal sample of "Glut" creates a glorious sonic juxtaposition to the gritty, stuttering bassline of "Woooo Riddim." Released on Butterz, S-X's original cut has been championed by Loefah, Ben UFO and Benji B. Strictly limited 500-only white label, never to be re-pressed.
$7.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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PSYCHIC TV: Themes 6CD BOX (CSR 123CD)
Initial stock we had on this item was mis-priced, sorry. The new/correct & much higher, pricing is listed here. For the first time, all Themes albums by Psychic TV released together, in a sumptuous, embossed box set. The music itself was designed not only as a soundtrack but also for subsequent use by Initiates of The Temple Ov Psychick Youth in their rituals as Functional music intended only to aid in the process of making things happen. It is a practical tool. Thee essential collection of rare, archive and modern PTV ritual/esoteric musick! Each CD is presented in its own matte laminate, spot-varnished mini-LP sleeve. The box also includes a 28-page booklet of rare photos and essays. Themes was originally released in 1982 as a limited bonus LP with the first 5,000 copies of the legendary Psychic TV album Force The Hand Of Chance. Musicians: Stan Bingo, Peter Christopherson (Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Soisong), Genesis P-Orridge, and David Tibet (Current 93). Themes 2 was originally released on LP in 1985 by Temple Records and subsequently reissued as an extended CD version by Cold Spring in 1997. Musicians: Genesis P-Orridge, Alex Fergusson, John Gosling (Zos Kia, Coil, Mekon). Themes 2 is presented here as a 2CD set, including the full vinyl version, plus the original Unclean 12" and its two B-side tracks that were recorded in the same sessions. Themes 3 was originally released on LP in 1986 by Temple Records and is presented here for the first time on CD, completely remastered. Musicians: Genesis P-Orridge, John Gosling (Zos Kia, Coil, Mekon), Mark Sangerman, Monte Cazazza. Themes 3 is presented here as a 2 CD set, with an unheard version performed in Boston, U.S. by Genesis P-Orridge and John Gosling. Themes 4 is a brand new Psychic TV album, recorded by the late partner of Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye and Psychic TV. Compiled by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Ryan Martin and Bryin Dall. Musicians: Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Larry Thrasher, Bryin Dall.
$54.20 UPC: 823566498728 ROCK
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MACHINEFABRIEK: Daas CD (CSR 128CD)
Cold Spring Records presents an album from Dutch experimenter Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek). The tracks on Daas have been carefully picked to form a provoking, haunting journey. What the tracks have in common is a sense of nostalgic graininess. As with the music of Philip Jeck, The Caretaker or William Basinski, these tracks are full of degrading melodies and dusty ambience. "Daas" is the previously-unreleased opening track of the album, and features contributions by the great Richard Skelton. This track was made as a reaction to the piece "Koploop." "Flotter," "Koploop" and "Grom" were previously available on small run self-released 3" CD-Rs. Sold out for some time now, these tracks deserved a wider audience. These three long tracks also seem to come from the same galaxy, making perfect sense when put together. "Onkruid" was a track previously-released on a A Room Forever 12", as an expensive and extremely limited 12" boxed set, now brought to a wider audience.
$11.79 UPC: 823566489825 ELECTRONIC
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MACHINEFABRIEK: Vloed CD (CSR 138CD)
Cold Spring Records reissues an album from Dutch experimenter Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek). Originally released in 2008 on Sentient Recognition Archive, with added tracks and new artwork. Vloed is a collection of (slightly edited) live performances, recorded between 2006 and 2008 in Amsterdam and Den Haag. "All performances find Machinefabriek in fine form, offering up thick billows of warm guitar shimmer, fluttery, staticky ambience, and at one point some uncharacteristically heavy super-distorted metallic guitar, but here, it's not so much metal as simply a mighty drone, thick and throbbing and super intense. There are long stretches of near-silence and super-minimal high-end drone, glimmering, slow-building crescendos, squalls of distorted choral buzz, warm, whirring metallic reverberations, shimmery and dense, black dronemusik, all the stuff we love about Machinefabriek" --Aquarius; Beautifully remastered with a 20-minute bonus track, Vloed captures the immersive live experience of a Machinefabriek concert. Presented in a stunning matte digipak with modified artwork.
$11.79 UPC: 823566499329 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Chilean Pop 12" (COMEME 010EP)
Chilean Pop is a special EP that digs up Cómeme's connections in Santiago de Chile and sees some of the most beloved artists of the label remixing a couple of bands from the current underground Chilean pop music scene. Fredi Michel's hit from 2005 "Enganami!" is remixed here by Broke, "Marinero" is remixed by Diegors aka Diego Morales while Matias Aguayo and Diego Morales' collaboration remixes "La Gata Negra" by $990. Also features a Javiera Mena remix by Rebolledo.
$8.39 UPC: 880319519918 ELECTRONIC
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ESSER, DARKO: Clean Slate 12" (CURLE 033EP)
Darko Esser made his debut for Curle with the hypnotic Detroit techno track "Absolutely No Regrets." Now they welcome him back with the deep and dubby builder "Clean Slate." On remix duties this time are two fast-rising techno talents; DVS1 and Lucy.
$8.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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MURAKAMI, RYO: In Chain 12" (CURLE 034EP)
Japanese producer Ryo Murakami first got noticed by Steve Bug, who released tracks from him on Poker Flat and Dessous. But it was the first record on his own Pan Records that totally convinced Curle Recordings to ask him for demos. In the meantime, Ryo also released music on fine labels such as Quintessentials and Baud. Here are two brilliant Detroit-inspired deep house tracks, backed up with a remix from Fred P. from Soul People Music in New York.
$8.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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ENGLISH, LAWRENCE: Kiri No Oto LP (DIGI 031LP)
There's no doubt that Australia-based media artist, composer and curator Lawrence English has been responsible for some of the best drone compositions in the past decade, but with Kiri No Oto he unleashed his magnum opus. It's a stunning album on every level. English blends an array of natural and unnatural sources into a living document that is constantly captivating and engages the listener on many levels. This is a work set apart from much of English's discography, but still blanketed by his exquisite attention to detail that keeps everything in its right place. Originally released as a CD on the Touch label (TONE 031CD) in 2008, Kiri No Oto finds a new lease on life etched into wax. Album opener "Organs Lost At Sea" leaves nothing to chance. From the first saturated chords, you are enveloped in Kiri's aural landscape. Towering drones get weighted down with fuzz, overpowering the fog that's present throughout the record. It's like hearing the hum of the Earth released from its cage for the first time. Flowing seamlessly into the quieter but no less imposing "Soft Fuse," there's never a chance to catch your breath. English is content to overrun your ears. "Waves Sheer Light" catches you by the wings and lifts you high into the clouds. This is what floating sounds like. It's an enchanted and dizzying experience. This is music that is timeless in the literal sense. You get lost within these sonic walls, unsure if you've been swimming there for hours or only a few minutes. This is especially true on the underwater gauziness of "Figure's Lone Static." It feels endless. "White Spray" plies similar ground with bits and pieces of electric harmonics peaking through the static every so often, acting as beacons to find your way. One is content to get lost here. As the album comes to a close on the cathartic "Oamura," Lawrence English's job is done. He has taken you on a dynamic journey and kept you riding on eternal highs. When the melodic tones finally get overtaken by the sound of ocean waves, it is simply time to flip it over and start the experience again. Vinyl cut at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin. Limited to 500 copies only for the world.
$12.99 UPC: N/A ROCK
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BREL, JACQUES: Des Perles De Pluie 1954-1960 2CD (DISCO 6149382)
Discograph releases a 2CD set of music from Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel. Having left Brussels at the age of 23 to conquer Paris, Brel's first triumph came six years later with "Ne Me Quitte Pas," a song elevated to legendary status with over 900 versions recorded throughout the world. Presented in this compilation on CD1 are his first lyrics, slightly naive and clumsy, as well as later tracks showing how he asserted his style, eventually becoming a popular yet rigorous artist: "Les Flamandes," "La Valse À Mille Temps" and "Quand On N'a Que l'Amour" are just a few examples of Jacques Brel's talent, both as a songwriter and singer. Many of the tracks featured here have never previously been published in CD format, including many songs performed by artists who were the first to realize how great they were on CD2, including renditions by Dalida, Simone Langlois, Renée Lebas, Barbara, Juliette Gréco, Yves Montand, Marc Et André, Yoland Guérard, Pia Colombo, Anny Gould, Jacques Hélian, Florence Véran, Michel Frenc, Michèle Arnaud and Jean-Claude Pascal. This 2CD set features 48 tracks including a 36-page booklet with original liner notes and rare documents illustrating the early days of this major artist's career, with scores, covers, photos and more.
$16.99 EAN: 3700426916127 ROCK
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BRASSENS, GEORGES: Gare Au Gorille 1952-1960 2CD (DISCO 6149392)
Discograph releases a 2CD set of music from French singer/songwriter Georges Brassens. With the release of "Gorille" in 1952, Georges Brassens became a household name, as this shy, debonair artist in his 30s enthralled French audiences with his way with words, audacity, humor and sense of poetry. Patachou, Barbara, Juliette Gréco and Sidney Bechet were among the first artists keen on taking the songs of this chanson craftsman and making them their own. 2011 marks the anniversary of both his birth (in 1921) and death (in 1981). Here is an opportunity for you to rediscover his early hits as well as the versions by the first performers of his songs, some of which have never previously been published on CD format, such as the startling "Vendetta" written for Christian Méry, a Corsican comedian who used to share the Trois Baudets stage with Brassens. The 36-page booklet features photographs by Pierre Cordier, whose parents were Brassens' friends in the '50s, which beautifully enhance this richly illustrated set of original liner notes. Other artists include Les Quatre Barbus, Les Cinq Pères, Les Compagnons De La Chanson, Pia Colombo, Michel Frenc, Marc Et André and Joss Baselli.
$16.99 EAN: 3700426916134 ROCK
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NITTY GRITTY: General Penitentiary CD (DO ADM080CD)
Basic Replay presents another Black Victory label classic missing-in-action, Nitty Gritty's 1987 album General Penitentiary. With superb rhythms and killer dubs, this album is a dream combination of Studio One and Bullwackies musicians, with the young sing-jay already at the top of his game. Nitty Gritty: the name alone tells you that he was rough and tough. Having survived many a hard time in the ghetto, he came forward on General Penitentiary in his own strong original style.
$10.99 UPC: 827670320722 WORLD
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NITTY GRITTY: General Penitentiary LP (DO ADM080LP)
LP version.
$11.99 UPC: 827670320715 WORLD
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WILLIAMS/COLARMAN, WILLI: Sweet Home/Budget 12" (DO ADM084EP)
Driving Shaka murder, fury and yearning coiled into an ideal marriage of digital and old-school music-making. Bagga Walker and a drum-machine tear up the dub. Complete with rare, ebullient Colarman toast.
$7.79 UPC: 827670320661 WORLD
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DUB SPENCER & TRANCE HILL: The Clashification Of Dub CD (EB 081CD)
The Swiss space-cowboys, Dub Spencer & Trance Hill bring their fourth album of superlative dub inna sci-fi control. Last time they chose a strange combination of cheap '80s songs and monumental rock standards for student parties. This time, The Clashification Of Dub is wrapped by the most influential band of revolution, pop, rock, punk, politics and dancing over the last 30 years: The Clash. Meet The Clash hits (almost all of them?) like "Guns Of Brixton," "London Calling," etc. -- the compact crossover of sweet and lovely reggae vibes matched with sci-fi tech power, partly orchestrated with innovative production and mixing skills. An album of incredible beauty and power featuring smart and contemporary dubness. Dub Spencer & Trance Hill's vision of cult is unique -- it is alchemy, prophecy and acoustic ecology encased in a magical, timeless atmosphere.
$11.99 EAN: 4047179513524 ELECTRONIC
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SEBASTIAN: Embody 12" (BEC 5772849)
The dark side of Ed Banger Records, SebastiAn created what people are calling the Ed Banger sound. Today, he is pushing it a little bit further with "Embody" -- imagine Prince and SebastiAn in Paris, sharing a glass of wine in a smoky basement. Remixed by DJ Premier.
$8.99 EAN: 5060107728493 ELECTRONIC
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ELEANOORA ROSENHOLM: Hyväile Minua Pimeä Tähti LP (FR 076LP)
LP version. Fonal Records releases the third Eleanoora Rosenholm album Hyväile Minua Pimeä Tähti (trans. "Caress Me, Dark Star"). A project begun by Noora Tommila, Pasi Salmi and Mika Rättö, Eleanoora Rosenholm is ostensibly a persona created by the band, which narrates the dramatic and disturbed odyssey of a suburban housewife. The group, which has now evolved into a seven-piece band (with Mika typically fulfilling the role of writer and overseer), comprises the most exquisite music-makers from the Finnish harbor town of Pori. The third installment is an even gloomier prospect (if possible) than before: this time the protagonist, housewife serial killer Eleanoora escapes into the heart and the city of a Dark Star. Although musically in a similar vein to previous albums Vainajan Muotokuva (FR 054CD/LP) and Älä Kysy Kuolleilta, He Sanoivat (FR 060CD/LP), the sound of this record is even more dramatic, expansive and nuanced. Musically taking its cues from film soundtracks and disco, laced with echoes of Scandinavian and electronic pop, this apparent juxtaposition against the album's subject matter frames a dislocated voice in everyday reality. Trumpets and clarinet lend an epic maturity to the modern atmosphere. The result is a landmark, down-to-earth-futurism, A Space Odyssey in Pori -- something unexplainable that has to be experienced by oneself. These colorful stories are the brainchildren of Mika Rättö, one of the most creative forces in the Finnish contemporary rock scene, perhaps most familiar from acts such as Circle, Rättö Ja Lehtisalo and Kuusumun Profeetta. The role of Eleanoora is played by vocalist Noora Tommila who is a sensitive interpreter, relaying a vast emotional range, from quiet fragility to vociferous preaching. The album was composed by Rättö and analog synth wizard Pasi Salmi (Magyar Posse). Previously mainly masterminding in the background, the recording sessions inspired Rättö not only to grab the drumsticks but also to sing a whole song in his distinctive falsetto. Apart from this band, who else could turn Gregorian choir influences into a potential modern club-hit?
$14.99 EAN: 6417138608529 ROCK
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TV-RESISTORI: TV-Resistori LP (FR 077LP)
LP version. TV-Resistori, the flagship of Finnish indie-pop, finally present their third album, which has been under construction since 2007. The album fuses a broad array of influences into one seamless entity, appealing to aficionados of American roots music and modern indie kids digging Jenny Wilson or Belle And Sebastian. The beautiful vocal harmonies of Päivi and Ykä (the singer-songwriter of the group) flourish, while the cheap bubblegum keyboards have been mostly exchanged for warm, acoustic sounds from upright piano, to banjos or drums made out of suitcases. Although these mature, timeless songs lean towards Finnish schlager, Motown or even country music, it doesn't mean things have gotten boring or middle-of-the-road -- they're just more confident. TV-Resistori can still shake, rattle and roll like young stallions let out to the fields for the first time after the winter. Nevertheless, to balance the upbeat dance numbers, their tape has also captured one of the most touching bluegrass ballads of this century, "E.S.O.P.M.J.M.V.M.P.S.O. (Pallo)." Don't let the song title fool you.
$14.99 EAN: 6417138608543 ROCK
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ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO: Veritatis Splendor CD (GR 006CD)
Geometrik presents a new reissue (2009) of a classic album by influential Spanish industrial cult band Esplendor Geométrico. Veritatis Splendor (1994) is the first Esplendor Geométrico album recorded in the '90s, after their split release with Most Significant Beat. It sets the beginning of a new period for the band, where the incorporation of digital technology, synths and rhythms can be felt. Veritatis keeps the typical characteristics of E.G.'s sound but with greater production and complex rhythmic structures, achieving an original and personal fusion of classic industrial sound with elements of tribal music and avant-garde techno. It has a bigger variety of registers than in their newer repertoire, ranging from the hypnotic "La Radio Al Día," the classical sound of "Poder De Ruptura," and the bright dance rhythms of "Ensayo De Compresión," or "La Meta Del Servicio," an exciting sequence that is really surprising, including some tribal screams. Another noticeable element is the constant presence of radiophonic emissions throughout the entire album. This classic of the genre has been sold out since 1995 and is now finally available again, remastered and with different artwork.
$12.99 EAN: 8016670906322 ELECTRONIC
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MOST SIGNIFICANT BEAT: Música y Electrónica 2CD (GR 2110CD)
Most Significant Beat was born in 1991 as a project formed by Saverio Evangelista (member of Esplendor Geométrico since 1992) and Maurizio Martinucci (TeZ). Their published records have been sold out for many years: several 12"s, the album Electrons At Work and two split release: Control Remoto 1.0 with Esplendor Geométrico and Control Remoto 2.0. At last, Geometrik releases a new double CD that includes more than an hour of unreleased material (13 tracks) recorded between 1998 and 2004, and also includes a selection of the best M.S.B. tracks hand-picked by the band themselves: 33 tracks in total. M.S.B.'s music is based on rhythms and electronic sound, sometimes pure industrial, and other times nearer to electro or ambient techno. Their music has echoes of cyber-tech in the style of Clock DVA, or E.G. in their less noise-ist way. M.S.B. continue their work while also developing their solo careers. Maurizio is now working on an ambitious audio-visual project named Optophonica together with avant garde electronic musicians such as Frank Bretschneider, Scanner, Francisco López, etc. Saverio Evangelista has two albums on the Hands label, and another together with the industrial music legend Maurizio Bianchi released in Japan, along with his work with E.G.
$14.39 EAN: 8016670304845 ELECTRONIC
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ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO: Balearic Rhythms CD (GR 2112CD)
Sold out for more than 12 years, Geometrik reissues one of the classic Esplendor Geométrico works, published originally on CD in 1996 (following Veritatis Splendor), now with completely different artwork and three extra tracks. Pure electronic energy in a mix of hypnotic and tribal industrial rhythms, metallic percussion, ethnic voices, and technoid sounds. The three extra tracks included here are from the sold-out single 30 Km De Radio (1996) released by Daft Records.
$12.99 EAN: 8016670734321 ELECTRONIC
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SLEEPINGDOG: With Our Heads In The Clouds And Our Hearts In The Fields CD (GZH 031CD)
This is Sleepingdog's third album after Naked In A Clean Bed and the critically-acclaimed Polar Life. Once upon a time in the days of the Belgian Franc, Chantal Acda made the acquaintance Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie, and the two became fast friends through a mutual love of disco bowling, and 1970s Danish scary movies. They first collaborated on vocals on the infamous last track "The Struggle" on Mr. Wiltzie's 2004 The Dead Texan. Now, over the course of 10 years, this strange friendship has slowly developed into a musical collaboration which at this point is a rarity for Mr. Wiltzie, because of his notorious slow-burning output for his legendary project Stars Of The Lid. For With Our Heads In The Clouds And Our Hearts In The Fields, these two have somehow gone back in time to capture the sound of glacial-moving, dark cough syrup pop music. Mr. Wiltzie has manipulated his trademark haunting ambience, deconstructing and funneling it through the beautiful voice and song compositions of Chantal Acda. Together, Sleepingdog have gently abducted these gaseous tones and choruses of Pacific tree frogs into some beautifully-crafted, melancholic orchestration that reminds us all that we exist in a world of strangers, drifting only two feet apart.
$10.99 UPC: 880319507823 ELECTRONIC
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MUNK: The Bird And The Beat CD (GOMMA 152CD)
This is the new album from DJ, keyboarder, producer and Gomma Records co- founder Mathias "Munk" Modica. Fourteen electronic funk, futuristic house and indie pop songs that Modica recorded with 12 female vocalists from all around the world. The new album is the logical next step after Munk's previous collaborations with DJ Chloe, Asia Argento, Micky Moonlight or James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. The album was mixed by Etienne de Crecy, Alex Gopher and Jan Driver (Boys Noize). The album starts off like a classic '90s house record, but quickly develops into a colorful trip into unexpected shades of music. Sometimes deep and Krauty, then again influenced by '90s Italo pop and Eurodance. There is '70s street funk, sweet, Frenchy chanson and Brazilian punk-house. English is mixed with six other languages. Electronics meets the funk of Sly Stone, the humor of Frank Zappa, the pop of Trevor Horn and the romanticism of Italians such as Goblin or Morricone. The album is a modern variation of the "girl vs. producer" thing, like Serge Gainsbourg and Burt Bacharach did some years ago. All music -- piano, synths, xylophones, bass, guitars, drum machines, and Asian percussion -- is played by Modica. The vocalists include Lou Hayter from New Young Pony Club, Clara Cometti of upcoming French bands Koko Von Napoo and The Teenagers, Mia von Matt who used to do background vocals for Peaches, Sarah Ze, a disco princess from Malaysia, Man Recording artist/DJ Joyze Muniz, Russia's Pollyester, actress Missy Chariot, Amandine Morin, a singer from Marseille, and previous Munk collaborator Francy Goertz from Berlin.
$10.99 UPC: 880655015228 ELECTRONIC
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SIMKO, KATE: Mind On You 12" (HELLO 017EP)
Kate Simko is a woman of many talents, and she works them well. This Chicago native continues to be one of the standout dance music artists in the United States, earning the respect of her peers and catapulting her career to international success. With "Mind On You," Kate delivers a little teaser to her forthcoming and highly-anticipated solo album on Hello?Repeat Records. Includes remixes by Tevo Howard and Daze Maxim.
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AGORIA (FEAT. KID A): Heart Beating (Remixes) 12" (IF 2031EP)
"Heart Beating," by Agoria feat. Kid A, gets four stunning remixes. Sylvain Chauveau's beatless remix wraps up Kid A's voice with string arrangements, stirring the emotional elements of the original. Argy's "Tension Remix" is universally crafted for the clubbers. John Roberts of Dial fame delivers a modern house jewel, extracting a violin loop and vocal whispers. Finally, Fraction turns the pop-anthem into a bombastic dance machine.
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TRISTANO, FRANCESCO: Idiosynkrasia 12" (IF 2032EP)
The title track to Francesco Tristano's Idiosynkrasia (IF 1012CD) is a nod to more upfront dancefloor fare. Pressed on one-sided clear vinyl in a plastic bag. Limited to 300 copies.
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PROMMER & BARCK: The Barking Grizzle 12" (GIGOLO 277EP)
Christian Prommer and Alexander Barck join forces to produce a journey to the roots of their past productions and a look into their vision of eclectic club music; deep Kraut music from Berlin via Chicago, Köln, Detroit and Munich. "The Barking Grizzle (Detroit/Berlin)" is very much a call and response to the environment of today's dance music. It should be no surprise that DJ Hell should jump all over this for an extended club remix.
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FRITTO, GATTO: Gatto Fritto CD (IFEEL 013CD)
UK music producer Gatto Fritto emerged from the suburban witchcraft and hard drug fallout of the late '90s, the bastard offspring of John Dee, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and the Parachute Regiment, with the sound of Terry Riley, the Belleville Three and Glenn Branca ringing in his ears. He put Theo Parrish on at an empty club and cleared dancefloors at Analog City. He sold secondhand records in some of London's rudest secondhand record shops and spent months arguing with Sam Weaver over which edit of "Illuminations" to release (as one-half of the terrifying MK Ultra/Afrobeat project Hungry Ghost). He caused security alerts at out-of-town airports, had psychedelic Menorcan nightmares, stitched his wounded heart back together with spite and meditation and channelled the power of a thousand broken dreams through the prism of Baby Ford, John Fahey, Holger Czukay and Stelazine. He released Invisible College on Dissident in 2007 and Bursting The Bubble on Electric Minds in 2008. He was there at the start of Dissident with Andy Blake. He has remixed Franz Ferdinand (for money) and Subway (for love). He has been played by Harvey, Weatherall and James Holden.
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FRITTO, GATTO: Gatto Fritto 2LP (IFEEL 013LP)
Deluxe gatefold double LP version on 180 gram vinyl.
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BORATTO, GUI: Take My Breath Away 2LP+CD (KOM 190LP)
2009 release, repressed on vinyl. Double LP version with six of the eleven tracks from the album, plus the entire full length on CD. 2LP tracklist: A1. Take My Breath Away, B1. Ballroom, B2. Colors, C1. No Turning Back, D1. Eggplant, D2. Godet
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H.O.S.H.: Tour De Fonque 12" (LEENA 020EP)
H.O.S.H is next up on the Leena Music catalog. Holger Behn -- the man behind the four well-renowned letters -- already has an impressive catalog with EPs on labels including Get Physical, Kindisch, Supernature, Freerange, Strictly Rhythm, Dessous, Tsuba, Diynamic, etc. This EP fits perfectly in a peak-time dancefloor set, with strong basslines and, in the case of "Dead And Alive," a twisted and eerie vocal. Meanwhile, "Tour De Fonque" is built on a deep and driving groove that's impossible to ignore.
$8.39 UPC: 827170350762 ELECTRONIC
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HIGHBLOO: Time To Change 12" (LL 045EP)
Highbloo's two-sided cluster bomb has received early plays by Steve Aoki, Boys Noize, Brodinski, Boris Dlugosch, Mixhell, Mason, Style Of Eye, Zoo Brazil, Don Rimini, Drop The Lime, BeatauCue, His Majesty Andre and many more. Added remixes by the legendary Tony Senghore and Keith & Supabeatz (from Southern Fried fame) make this a release you can't refuse.
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EFDEMIN/SVEN WEISEMANN: Lohn & Brot/Slices 12" (LDLTD 003EP)
Here's the third round of Liebe*Detail's hand-picked re-release series. This time, they combined two very special tracks from outstanding artists Efdemin and Sven Weisemann together on a strictly-limited 12". Both tracks haven't been available on vinyl for more than 3 years now. Only 500 hand-stamped copies.
$8.39 UPC: 827170391161 ELECTRONIC
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BLOODLOSS: The Truth Is Marching In 1983-1991 2CD (MEMO 008CD)
For the last decade and a half, Bloodloss has existed spasmodically in Seattle with a line-up that grew to include Mudhoney's Mark Arm and Guy Madison. During this period, they released two albums on Reprise and Sympathy For The Record Industry and a number of 7"s and EPs. Formed in Sydney in 1983 by Adelaide ex-pats, Renestair EJ and Martin Bland, Bloodloss existed fitfully Downunder until 1991 when both Ren and Martin emigrated to the USA as members of Stu Spasm's Lubricated Goat. This retrospective is culled from recordings made in Australia between 1983 and 1991 when the band existed alongside better-known contemporaries like the Beasts Of Bourbon, feedtime, Scientists and King Snake Roost. Disc one features the entire, superb The Truth Is Marching In album (1990), along with the best tracks from their final, (and never released) Australian recorded album, The Hair Of The Future, from 1991. Disc two collects the best songs from their self-titled cassette-only album (1986), Human Skin Suit LP (1987), and unheard rehearsal tapes and recording sessions. Includes a 16-page booklet with extensive liner notes by Harry Butler (DNA fanzine). All Music Guide describes Bloodloss' music as "Blues/Vegas/Punk craziness" and over 27 sporadic years, the band's chaotic and pulsating jazz-influenced punk rock has won them many fans. This collection shows where it all began for a band that was always more than just a Mudhoney side project.
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KABOOM KARAVAN: Barra Barra CD (MIA 015CD)
This is the debut full-length release on Miasmah from Kaboom Karavan -- the Belgian collective led by Bram Bosteels. Kaboom Karavan has a history in theater, film and contemporary dance, but that doesn't really help shine a light on their music. They have collaborated with musicians all over the world including Miasmah's very own Kreng, and released a debut album on Mexico's Umor Rex imprint, but again, this probably only gives a small indicator of what the collective actually sound like. There is something effortlessly surreal about the band, and surrealism is an aspect of art often attempted and very rarely perfected. Here, Bosteels abuses his choice of instruments (and players) to the point where the listener would barely be able to place which instruments were being used at all, in fact at times you'd be hard pressed even to place what sort of music it was. Through a haze of pizzicato strings, clouds of sullen reverberation and clamorous percussion, you get the feeling that you have been catapulted into a universe just outside of perception. Jazz and Dadaism might be the cornerstones of Barra Barra but these disparate influences are twisted and melted beyond recognition, leaving only remnants on the finished product. Barra Barra is a complex album which takes patience to navigate through; you could hear the German clanking pre-industrialism of Einstürzende Neubauten, the slow, brooding doom of Bohren & Der Club Of Gore and the stuttering abstraction of Black To Comm, yet it still feels fresh and distinctly current. Unusually, the most fitting comparison might be the work of The Brothers Quay, as the ticking, creaking, stuttering songs feel perfectly matched with these flickering, haunted images. This is what makes the album such an appropriate addition to the Miasmah canon, and one that will haunt your dreams (and nightmares) for months to come.
$10.99 UPC: 880918020921 ROCK
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OKPARA, RAY: Booty EP 12" (MOBILEE 076EP)
Ray Okpara's groovy, soulful and deep house trademark style is present on this Mobilee 12". Title track "Booty" is built upon an inescapable and neverending tightly-swung groove, while "Crabapple Road" comes with a nice and deep bouncing bass line. "Modern Dance" follows suit with an equal amount of energy, creating a very strong collection of dancefloor ammunition, which will likely be heard in clubs across the globe.
$8.39 UPC: 827170370463 ELECTRONIC
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SOLE, NICK: Contigo 12" (MOJUBA 017EP)
Mojuba veteran Nick Solé is up for release duty after some excursions on Faux Pas Music. Nick now presents three fresh cuts that push the boundaries of his own house music sound universe once again.
$9.79 UPC: 827170394360 ELECTRONIC
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TYREE: Nuthin Wrong 12" (MU 001EP)
Mojuba is proud to present a new little daughter to the label family called Mojuba Underground -- a new home for unforgettable, rare, obscure licensed tracks that left a huge impression during the years at the clubs. Tyree aka Tyree Cooper starts it off with "Nuthin Wrong," licensed from a classic Dance Mania 12" released in 1995. This track has the magic combination of being emotional and soulful in terms of house and straightforward, funky and kicking in terms of techno.
$9.79 UPC: 827170393165 ELECTRONIC
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TIED + TICKLED TRIO AND BILLY HART: La Place Demon CD (MORR 100CD)
The brothers Markus and Micha Acher are key figures in the now internationally-recognized trademark that is the "Weilheim Scene." Every one of their projects, be it The Notwist, 13&God or Tied & Tickled Trio has grown to become a working cosmos each of its own while remaining open on all sides. This album comes thanks to their preference for creative collaborations, and Tied & Tickled Trio really have a thrilling artistic liaison this time around. The drummer Billy Hart is among one of the most accomplished contemporary jazz drummers in the world. Along with his recordings as band leader, Hart, who celebrated his 70th birthday in 2010, can be heard drumming on more than 600 albums. Among other groups, he was a long-running member of the Herbie Hancock and Stan Getz bands. Hart was highly involved with the composition and arrangements on La Place Demon. The permanent members of the Tied & Tickled Trio also occupied themselves intensively with Billy Hart's music prior to and during the composition of the album. Over the course of his discography, he has covered everything from spiritual jazz to free music and electronic music. This album charts this development in broad strokes and as such is something like a biographical album. The Tied & Tickled Trio play jazz music from an indie perspective and so are by definition not afraid of contact. It's amazing that a project which practically has a new approach for every composition can still have a unified sound. The guys from Weilheim have an instantly-recognizable sound -- regardless whether they are playing crazy free jazz, static drones or complex patterns. Perhaps it's something to do with their love of woodwinds and rather melancholy harmonies, which one knows well from The Notwist.
$10.99 UPC: 880918010021 JAZZ
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TNT: Manifiesto Guernika LP (MR 308LP)
A key piece in the birth of Spanish punk, the core of TNT formed after Ángel Doblas and José Antonio García got together in the village of Huétor Tajar in 1978. At the same time, in Granada, Jesús Arias was feeling the loneliness of being the only Sex Pistols fan around. When he found out that there was a punk band looking for members, he didn't hesitate to travel the 25 miles to Huétor Tajar. He also recommended his friend Joaquín Vilchez to fill in the drummer position. In January 1982 they recorded the demo Una Naranja Mecánica, which included covers of Clash songs, "Johnny B. Goode" and original songs. They sent a copy to the Radio 3 program Diario Pop, and it was very well-received. After a break due to Ángel's compulsory military service and the departure of José Antonio, the band would carry on with the addition of José Castro as bass player. At the end of 1982 they signed a contract with DRO to record one single, Cucarachas/1984 *Euroshima*, which although at first was supposed to feature José Antonio back on vocals, became Jesús' debut as singer. That 7" was followed by one of the most impressive singles of early '80s Spanish punk: TNT paired "Guernika," based on Pablo Picasso's painting, with "Gilmore '77," an intense track about the case of U.S. convict Gary Gilmore. Their following recording was their collaboration on the Rimado De Ciudad release, shared with the band Magic, where they put music to the verses of Granada poet Luis García Montero. When in early 1983 the record label told them they needed to release an album, the band had already conceived a specific project, a kind of collage where they could express the ideas they had in mind: the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell's 1984, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, poems by authors from Granada, etc. Other tracks such as "Habitación 101" kept up the same level of intensity, and cuts like "Nadsat," based on Joy Division's "Day Of The Lords," with which it shares a sinister mood, or "Todo Está Bien," reminiscent of Combat Rock-era Clash, widened the spectrum of the record. The band would carry on with some line-up changes until they finally split up in 1985. Since then, they have reunited on different occasions, the last one more recently, when they decided to re-record some of this album's tracks in 2010. Limited edition reissue with original insert.
$13.79 EAN: 8435008830816 ROCK
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DEETRON & RIPPERTON: Depth Frame EP 12" (MM 153EP)
Both hailing from Switzerland, Deetron and Ripperton make their debut together for Music Man, delivering two tracks that dance on a thin line between deep techno and house. A true blinder!
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FRIEDMAN & JAKI LIEBEZEIT, BURNT: Secret Rhythms 4 CD (NON 030CD)
The fourth album release in the Secret Rhythms series by Burnt Friedman and Jaki Liebezeit (Can) results from a 10-year collaborative project encompassing live performances and studio sessions. What began as a rehearsal for a concert delivered at the Cologne Triennale 2000 turned into a long-term exploration of the laws governing rhythm. Therefore, this fourth CD is based, like its predecessors, on a variety of rhythms seldom heard elsewhere. Extreme manipulation, percussive overdubs and Friedman's sequence-like guitar and synthesizer (Korg MS20, in this case) provide accompaniment for music to which the notion of domination is foreign. The six hypnotic instrumentals are driven by Liebezeit's cyclic drumming. In Secret Rhythms 4, the interplay of reduction and maximization is elevated to an aesthetic principle, the sound distributed dynamically over background and foreground. Fusing electronic and acoustic, improvisation and postproduction, Friedman and Liebezeit move further away from Anglo-American models. And although the duo's preference for repetition is evidence of a refusal to flaunt virtuosity, the revived notion of Krautrock seems wholly inappropriate for Friedman and Liebezeit. Be it in concert or in the studio, the swing emerges naturally from the rhythmic pattern. That Mark Ernestus (Basic Channel) was invited to mix and co-produce the second track on the album is no coincidence: he played an important part in producing club tracks (e.g. Rhythm & Sound) unsurpassed in their bold minimalism and refined quality of sound. In the early 1990s, Liebezeit dispensed with his pedal-operated bass drums and hi-hats. After his ride cymbal met the same fate, he went on to develop a new style of drumming (repeating the feat he pulled off when a member of Can). Friedman: "No more than a few of these rhythms survived over the years, but the ones that did provided a core structure for various ongoing transmutations on each of the four albums and during live shows. Jaki sometimes joked about 'secret' rhythms, because in fact the rhythms are obvious, the opposite of hidden! The fact is, they are simply seldom heard in our country, and in clubs especially you don't hear them at all." While the three preceding albums were dominated by guest contributions, the new production is devoted almost exclusively to Liebezeit's drum set and the Friedman-typical combination of keyboards and string instruments, all kinds of percussion and the computer. There are two appearances by Joseph Suchy, whose unmistakable guitar sound has left its mark on all the Secret Rhythms releases. Rashad Becker has been responsible for mastering all Nonplace titles since the first production in 2000. For the first time, Friedman and Becker co-mixed one of the album titles, a spin-off from "Entsafter" (Secret Rhythms 3), a track whose groove was previously used in "Obscured by 5" and "The Librarian" (Secret Rhythms 1 and 2). The story ends with two unworldly musicians who make music for music's sake, while others, using the benefits of technology, have "moved on" and know what they want to sell with their music. Other guest musicians include Tim Motzer (E-Fuzz guitar), Hayden Chisholm (flute, saxophone) and Daniel Schroeter (bass guitar).
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WOOLFORD, PAUL: Can't Do Without/Bareback 12" (PHONICA 007EP)
Phonica's seventh release comes from Paul Woolford as he delivers a double dose of quality crossbreed dancefloor music. Opening this special double A-side 12" is "Can't Do Without," a bone-shaking track that is laced in originality. Building up slowly from a tape-hiss-laden break, a low-slung bassline and a deep yearning vocal, this track is sublime dancefloor material. "Bareback" treads into dark acid territory that is a hybrid of techno and dubstep in a similar vein to Actress and Instra:mental/Boddika.
$8.99 UPC: 827170388468 ELECTRONIC
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GNOD & WHITE HILLS: Gnod Drop Out With White Hills II 2LP (LAUNCH 037LP)
2LP version. Rocket Recordings are pleased to announce the reissue of the now highly sought-after 2010 double LP Gnod Droput With White Hills II. This reissue comes packaged in different artwork from the original release. Gnod Drop Out With White Hills II is the first official collaboration between two of the most colossal cosmic manglers on the planet, that of astral rejecters Gnod (Manchester, UK) and space-rock juggernauts White Hills (New York). Hot on the heels of their Not Not Fun sold out release, as well as countless self-unleashed CD-Rs and various indie label alliances, Gnod have been stirring their galactic soup of flashbacked rituals with unpredictable, incendiary results, both on record and as a live experience. Having them join forces with White Hills for this record is akin to having the aural equivalent of those 3D magic eye stereograms -- looked at in one way, they just don't make sense, but seen through the repetition of the music, the result is out of this world. Since White Hills' last outing with Rocket Recordings on the Collisions split with The Heads in 2009, the band have successfully released their debut album for Thrill Jockey and now have notched up an impressive back catalog of releases. Their fiery brand of heavy space-rock has seen them burning up live appearances over the years as they continue on the path towards uncharted territories. To celebrate this thundering union, Rocket Recordings have embarked upon the release of a double vinyl LP expanding into four phases of pulsating mantras, awash with all the hypno-propulsion both bands' motor skills can pilot. It's brimming with surrendered NEU!-like patterns, like both bands driving through Dingerland with "L.A. Woman" blasting from the rushing air. We have 16-minute elegant Bel Air suites, whose ebbing and flowing mesmerizing grooves burst with swooping grandiose synths, like gentle waves hanging in time. Interjections of oscillating guitars and keyboards, designed to propel the captured listener into a trance-inducing sun roof of kosmische blur, rupture out through the expansive blue. The 8 tracks are embedded with four long 10-minute+ pieces and these anchor the whole experience firmly into an exciting haze of echoing psychedelia, electronic and experimental Krautrock trippo-nova. After which, all four corners of your mind's eye have been consecrated in a world of undulating symphonies.
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REALMZ: Astral Body 12" (SG 1146EP)
Pittsburg native and Sonic Groove label resident Realmz is back with his latest music endeavor Astral Body. This 4-track seethes with futuristic sound designs layered perfectly over industrial technoid drum rhythms. With his past roots planted firmly in both industrial music and Detroit techno, Mr. D'Atri knows a thing or two about crossbreeding both these styles as evident on his past releases. Here within Astral Body, you will find the perfect genetic mutation of industrial and techno.
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SARMIENTO Y SU BRAVO, MICHI: Aqui Los Bravos! 2LP (SNDW 028LP)
2LP version. Subtitled: The Best of Michi Sarmiento Y Su Combo Bravo 1967-77. Soundway remain in Colombia for the follow-up to Cartagena! Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-72. (SNDW 026CD/LP), with a collection of pure Colombian dancefloor thunder; 16 tracks of the finest guaguancós, descargas and cumbias recorded by legendary bandleader Michi Sarmiento Y Su Bravos and released on the infamous Discos Fuentes label between 1967 and 1977. Born into a musical family in 1938, Michi, a musical child prodigy of sorts, began playing the cabarets, casinos and cathouses of Cartagena in the late 1950s. By 1967, he had formed his Combo Bravo (the band consisted of two trumpets, Michi on tenor sax and clarinet, guitar and piano, electric bass, tumbadora, timbales and a young Joe Arroyo on vocals) and began to play live alongside other exciting young groups such as Toño Y Su Combo, Los Seven Del Swing and Puerto Rico Y Su Combo. Along with infectious dance porros and cumbias, Michi Y Su Bravo specialized in rumbling guaguancós, descargas and hot covers of early salsa and boogaloo hits. Michi's LPs on Discos Fuentes, brilliantly produced and recorded by Mario "Pachanga" Rincón, were packed with fast-paced dancefloor burners featuring pumping bass, insistent montunos, sax solos and nasty metallic percussion. Compiled by Roberto Gyemant, Quantic and Miles Cleret. Includes MP3 download code.
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KING KENNYTONE AND HIS WESTERN TOPPERS BAND: Dancing Time With 7" (SNDW 7010EP)
Two rare tracks from when the dance craze that was The Twist hit Nigeria in the early 1960s. Limited to 1,000 copies with free MP3 download. King Kennytone, trumpeter and stalwart of the Nigerian highlife scene of the '50s and '60s, was the foremost purveyor of African Twist in the early '60s. Following the massive dance craze of The Twist in the U.S. and UK in 1961/1962, Kennytone recorded his African Twist numbers at the same time in both English and Igbo.
$8.99 UPC: 846833000318 WORLD
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RE.YOU & RAMPA: Our Thing EP 12" (SOUVENIR 035EP)
Re.You & Rampa bring a new danceable creepiness to Souvenir Music. Re.You grabs the A-side on his own with a rework of "Ghost" by Hamburg duo Phantom/Ghost with a haunting vocal that is foggy & vague matched with excellent guitar underpinnings and a strong percussive sway. The B-side brings Rampa & Re.You together for "Awareness," a deep, dark track with a chugging bass line and a heavy, syrup-soaked vocal.
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FORREST, JASON: The Everything CD (AKT 716CD)
Six years in the making, Jason Forrest's The Everything is the latest achievement in a long and varied career. It's perhaps his interest in new music, his openness to old ideas and a restless ear that has helped Forrest to keep current and to remain true to his unique place in the music world. Beginning his career in 1999, his blend of sample-heavy classic-rock meets jungle meets noise propelled Forrest rapidly to international acclaim. His 2004 album The Unrelenting Songs Of The 1979 Post Disco Crash was championed by Pitchfork and launched him on a non-stop international tour that continues to this day. His last album in 2005, Shamelessly Exciting was a personal best for Forrest and gained glowing critical reviews worldwide. The Everything is an ambitious record with a broad palette while at the same time remaining surprisingly cohesive. One can hear the same expressive mind at the controls over all 11 tracks. From the funk of the opening track "New Religion" to the chaotic bombast of "Archive," the musical thread leads logically (if unexpectedly) from track to track. Forrest covers a lot of ground along the way. On "Italian Lessons," Forrest takes cues from Ennio Morricone, Crass, Krautrock and Afro-pop ending up with something altogether unique. "Raunchy" is a juke-town boogie-woogie with a stomping beat interrupted by a cinematic build-up, resulting in a demonic guitar solo straight from hell. "Roger Dean Landscape" is drawn similarly from a sort of Arabic prog-rock but also fits easily at home on a late-night club music set while "Keys To The Door" feels like it would be right at home on a late-night radio station in the smooth '70s. The album ends with one of the biggest surprises in Forrest's career, "Isolation, Too," an introspective meditation on what it feels like to be still, to be quiet, to be lonely. The Everything is packed with vitality, innovation and musical daring. This is not a bashful album, it's not following trends, it's arty in many aspects and it's iconoclastic. The Everything is loud and proud, an album full of emotion from baroque melody to brutal noise. It's symphonic, it's clubby. There are elements of almost every genre one can think of -- from rockabilly to dubstep to electroacoustics. It's an album that takes the listener on an audio tour through Forrest's musical world. In short -- it's everything.
$10.99 UPC: 673794071626 ROCK
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MAGIC I.D., THE: I'm So Awake/Sleepless I Feel LP (STAUBANA 004LP)
LP version. This is the second release from The Magic I.D. -- a Berlin-based quartet exploring the juncture of song forms with abstract music. The band, consisting of Margareth Kammerer (vocals & guitars), Christof Kurzmann (vocals, g3 & lloopp), Kai Fagaschinski and Michael Thieke (both clarinet), formed in the summer of 2005 after previously being connected via smaller groupings and projects. The musicians expand song forms through the prism of experimental sensibilities and mesh the two remarkably fluidly. I'm So Awake/Sleepless I Feel consists of 10 intricately-constructed gems, each with its own individual shape, painstakingly sequenced to form a record that becomes more than the sum of its parts. The combination of twin clarinets, guitar, subtle electronics and voices seems deceptively simple, but it makes a heady cocktail. The combined effect creates a unique soundscape; after hearing two seconds of this music, it could be mistaken for nothing else.
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TELEBOSSA: Telebossa LP (STAUBANA 005LP)
LP version. This is the debut album on Staubgold from Telebossa. The singularity of Telebossa's music is the result of a stunning interplay between musical cultures and the incessant exploration of samba, jazz and chamber music. In this music, bossa can seem at times very distant while the Donaueschinger Musiktage (where compositions by Chico Mello have been performed) and Kapital Band 1 (Nicholas Bussmann's band project on the Mosz label) can be very close. Both Bussmann and Mello are at home in South America and Europe in equal measures. They combine Brazilian heritage such as Noel Rosa's "Seculo Do Progresso" seamlessly with minimal music, improv and electronica. On their debut album, they have achieved the difficult feat of transporting the spirit and the soul of their live performances into a studio and capture it in a fantastically-produced recording. It's comprised of seven moving songs which tell stories about love and sorrow, about homesickness and wanderlust, about the Kotti (the Kottbusser Tor in Berlin) and the Copacabana.
"My first encounter with the music of Telebossa was a plain mp3 file attached to an e-mail from Nicholas Bussmann, which left me curious and skeptical simultaneously. How could it be that two Berlin-based experimental musicians (which is how I had regarded them up until then) could play a Brazilian music, which was equal to that of bossa nova's protagonists like Antônio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso or João Gilberto? What was the source of this irresistible, always deeply melancholic and disarmingly authentic flair, which transported me at once from wintery Berlin to the tropical humidity of Rio de Janeiro?" --Markus Detmer
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ECHOLOGIST: Subterranean CD (SFV 010CD)
Brendon Moeller aka Echologist and Beat Pharmacy needs no introduction. His work with numerous fine labels such as François K's Deep Space Media, Ann Aimee, Rekids, Mule, Echocord, Third Ear, Electric Deluxe, Ostgut Ton, to mention but a few, speaks for itself. Whether it be serious dancefloor bizniz, or dubbed-out bass-scapes and experimentalism, his music has always possessed a quality and signature that continues to captivate a worldwide audience. This is his seventh full-length album. Subterranean is a deeply narcotic listening experience. Subtly evolving atmospheres, hypnotic sub-bass lines, reverb-soaked drones and lush, vibrating textures abound. All elements possess their own pulse and cadence, but stay in sync to create an otherworldly sub-aquatic experience. The album gently ebbs and flows as exquisite modulations and articulations create a mesmerizing ambience that is at times as propulsive as it is passive. Minimal without being clichéd, dubby without being played-out, repetitive without being dull. This is not music to be analyzed, it is to be felt, both physically via the bass tones and emotionally via the haunting ambience. Seemingly endless, the meditative soundscapes here are not merely indolence but rather a quest for the feverish outer limits of spacious bliss. Shoegaze techno?
$10.99 UPC: 880319505928 ELECTRONIC
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WILHITE, RICK: Analog Aquarium 2LP+CD (STILLM 004LP)
Gatefold 2LP version, includes CD. Still Music is proud to present Analog Aquarium, the debut album by legendary Detroit house producer Rick "The Godson" Wilhite. Rick is a longtime member of Detroit's dance music scene, dating back to his time working at Buy Rite records, one of the epicenters of Detroit's 1980s techno music explosion. More recently, his own record shop Vibes New&Rare Music has achieved revered status amongst those in the know, acting as the heart and soul of deep dance music in the city. His love for music and records has led to a DJing career that has spanned many genres, though it is his take on deep house music that has led him to international acclaim. Drawing from Detroit's history of soul, jazz, disco, house, and techno, Rick's productions weave these sometimes disparate elements into a beautiful, cohesive whole that remains distinctly his own, just as he does with the records he plays in his DJ sets. Working with Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr. and Malik Pittman on the 3 Chairs project has grown Rick's reputation even greater. With many classic 12" releases under his own name that have been absolutely beaten to death by DJs worldwide, it is now time for Rick to leave his mark on a wider audience. While it is undoubtedly HIS album, Analog Aquarium allows Rick to explore all sides of his musical abilities with the assistance of some of his most trusted allies. The record kicks off with a hot, jazzy vocal track in collaboration with Osunlade, Theo Parrish, and Billy Love, the Jacksons-referencing "Blame It On The Boogie." "Dark Walking" sees Rick team up with fellow 3 Chair Malik Pittman to explore the deep, nasty underbelly of the 313 with menacing synth bass and warm jazz chords. The two-part jam "Muzic Gonna Save The World" is a loose, stomping string-heavy romp, bringing to mind Pharoah Sanders if the synthesizer and sampler had been his instruments of choice. "Sunshine Pt. 2" starts off pleasant enough with rolling percussion and Rick's own voice but those vibes are soon belied by the ominous strings and bells that transform the track entirely. One of the tracks from Rick's first outing on Still Music is revisited on "City Bar Opening (Basement Mix)," taking the already raw feeling to an even higher level. "Deep Horizons" begins with frenetic percussion that is eventually whittled down to a soulful groove before building the intensity back up. Rick's famous late-night sampled grooves reappear on "In The Rain," with Billy Love vibing up the place with his heartfelt vocals. On "Cosmic Jungle" and "Cosmic Soup," Rick explores outer and inner space with tripped-out sci-fi effects but without sacrificing the soul that makes his productions so personal. All in all, a fitting full-length for such a diverse musician.
$16.99 EAN: 5414165039709 ELECTRONIC
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MAGIC MIXTURE, THE: This Is The Magic Mixture CD (SBMCW 5506CD)
Sunbeam Masters is a series of deluxe CDs celebrating some of the most enduring underground albums of the 1960s and 1970s. Manufactured to the highest standards, each is presented in a mini-LP gatefold sleeve, complete with a full-color booklet (including rare pictures and detailed background information) and archive bonus material. Each release is strictly limited to 1,000 individually-numbered copies. Recorded swiftly and issued briefly on the Saga label in September 1968, the sole album by this mysterious London quartet has become one of the most cherished artifacts of British psychedelia. Sunbeam is delighted to announce the only reissue ever to be produced with the full involvement of the band, boasting better sound quality than ever and telling their story for the first time. Also featured are four previously-unheard bonus tracks dating from the same time as the LP, as well as numerous rare photographs, making this the definitive edition of the album and an essential purchase for all fans of UK psych.
$12.99 EAN: 5051125550654 ROCK
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PINCH & LOEFAH/PINCH & ROSKA: Broken/Paranormal Activity 12" (TEC 048EP)
Tectonic presents a collaborative effort between Pinch & Loefah and Pinch and Roska. Roska is known more for his 130 bpm funky productions, but this collaboration takes the tempo up to 140 bpm for an exercise in rhythmical maximality. Meticulous drum programming is layered with dark, reverbed sonics, spooky pads and a gut-wrenching sub bass line. "Paranormal Activity" will summon ancient spirits, so be careful where you drop it. An essential purchase for true fans of the original dubstep vibe.
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MUELLER, JON: Alphabet Of Movements LP (TYPE 092LP)
With the music of Milwaukee-native Jon Mueller, patience is the key. His radical snare workouts are meditative master-classes in drumming, but require a distinct offering of time and attention to truly enjoy the dense clouds of sound his music creates. After crafting 2010's critically-acclaimed The Whole, Mueller decided to put together a live set that, while not reflecting the over-dubbed nature of the album itself, reflected the philosophy held within. The result was "I Almost Expect To Be Remembered As A Chair," and Mueller proceeded to perform this piece at various venues across the USA. Utilizing a unique snare drum set-up, which finds the drums mounted on small amplifiers, Mueller's enviable focus is put center-stage and his resolve transferred absolutely into this dense, moving 20-minute piece. Here, the composition has been recorded to tape with a tireless attention to detail by Greg Norman at Steve Albini's legendary Electrical Audio studio. The haunting, resonant drones spring to life with a surprising clarity, and the silo's natural reverb gives the percussion a deeply human quality. On the first piece, Mueller sticks to his chosen snare, slowly ramping the buzzing rhythm into near-cacophony. By the time the piece is fully formed, you barely notice the change you have witnessed, but are surrounded by a cloud of thick, resonant, cavernous drones. The second rendition moves the composition to gongs and sees the dense resonance enhanced by the instruments' singular plethora of harmonics. It is hard these days to emerge with music that could honestly be described as original, but Alphabet Of Movements is a truly singular piece of work. The focus that Mueller injects into his composition is unmatched, and his interpretation of drone and noise is absolutely on its own. Listen, absorb, and let the sounds permeate; you'll be coming back for more in no time at all. Cut at Berlin's Dubplates and Mastering.
$12.99 EAN: 5065000885663 ROCK
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JULIUS, ORLANDO: Super Afro Soul 2CD (VAMPI 091CD)
2007 release. One of the most innovative and pioneering musicians of his time, Orlando Julius had an amazing impact on the Nigerian music scene in the sixties and seventies. This double CD package includes Super Afro Soul with Orlando Julius & His Modern Aces, and Orlando's Afro Ideas 1969-72 by Orlando Julius & His Afro Sounders. A mind-blowing mix of Nigerian highlife-style jazz, soul and funk. Orlando's first album, Super Afro Soul, originally released in 1966, is a head on collision between highlife -- the soundtrack of Independence first in Ghana and then in neighboring Nigeria -- and '60s soul from the USA, the soundtrack of African America's struggle for civil rights and equality . Orlando's Afro Ideas 1969-72 is a compilation of tracks from three albums Orlando recorded for PolyGram in Lagos. Orlando formed a much larger band, the Afro Sounders in the late '60s. They began to explore an altogether deeper, funkier highlife fusion, responding to rock and psychedelia, the deeper funk grooves that were coming from the USA and also to Fela Kuti's Afrobeat sound. The tracks are longer, the sound mellower, the rootsier grooves profoundly hip shaking.
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VA: Sensacional Soul Vol.2 2CD (VAMPI 099CD)
2009 release. 32 groovy Spanish soul & funk stompers from 1965-1972! Vampisoul is pleased to invite you to the second bone-breaking session with the most danceable sounds "made in Spain" from the 1960s and early '70s. Welcome again to the Sensacional Soul party! Soul turned Spanish pop into the fuel that ignited the dance floors and parties of Spain in the second half of the '60s. For most bands, the soul explosion meant facing the "renovate or die" dilemma. After years of trying to emulate The Shadows and later The Beatles, the groups had two alternatives: joining the psychedelic movement or adapting the soul genre to the Spanish taste. Those who wanted to follow the rock path had to bear in mind the advances in the recording techniques that led to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, something that was virtually impossible for most Spanish bands. Besides, the record companies, radio stations and especially the public were not ready to "open their minds" to the psychedelic revolution. Soul, however, did enjoy a bigger success thanks to the hits by the Tamla Motown and Atlantic artists, and thus many guitar groups decided to incorporate a horn section. Spanish soul became hugely popular, and during the second half of the '60s was the dominant music genre in a country still under Franco's dictatorship. Apart from artists that imitated the purest sounds from the US, others took risks and tried subgenres such as progressive R&B, freakbeat soul, sunshine soul or psych-pop with soul-ish influences. This new volume offers a fantastic selection of all of them, including tracks by hit acts such as Los Bravos, Los Pekenikes, Manolo y Ramón (aka Dúo Dinámico) and obscure bands such as Jae's Soul and Conjunto Brillant's. CD digipack includes a massive 48-page booklet with notes and photos.
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VA: Highlife Time 2CD (VAMPI 101CD)
2008 release. Nigerian & Ghanaian Sound From The 60s And Early 70s. Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century's first fusions of African roots and western music, and before 1970 it ruled dancefloors across much of West Africa. The story of West African big-band highlife is the story of West African independence itself. From its early roots in church music, old African song forms, sea shanties and military brass bands to the orchestra podiums of the slickest nightclubs and concert halls of Lagos and Accra, highlife has charted the growing confidence of a proud and gifted people casting off the shackles of empire: a people ready to live the High Life. Accra's E.T. Mensah was the pioneer, but Lagos was not far behind, with superstars such as Roy Chicago, Rex Lawson and Dr. Victor Olaiya performing to packed dancefloors where, unusually for West Africa, ethnicity didn't matter -- Igbo people danced with Hausas, and Efik guys with Yoruba women. West Africa was prosperous, there was work for all -- and for several glorious years, highlife was the soundtrack for the good times. In 1967 the tragic Biafran War wrought three years of misery in eastern Nigeria, but soon after highlife came to the rescue, the '70s music of legends such as Stephen Osita Osadebe helping to heal the scars as only music can. In this collection you'll find all of these highlife stars and more, from the most celebrated to the obscure one-hit wonders. Not content with just churning out material available from European and American catalogs, Vampisoul journeyed to Lagos, scoured the record crates, dusted off the forgotten mastertapes and started afresh. As the radio DJs used to say back then: "People, highlife is king! Long live highlife!" Includes an informative essay by African music authority John Armstrong.
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VA: Afrobeat Nirvana CD (VAMPI 102CD)
2008 release. In this specially priced collection you will find a wide variety of exciting African sounds created in Nigeria from the late 1950s up to the late 1980s. All the songs are taken from releases on Vampisoul's massive West Africa reissue project. On Afrobeat Nirvana music speaks for itself in its conflation of African tradition, jazz, highlife, psych, funk, soul, R&B and -- of course -- Afrobeat. Some of the names here are familiar to our occidental ears, such as the great Tony Allen, Orlando Julius, and of course Fela Kuti (here in his early years). But there are plenty of others, more obscure and mindblowing, such as Godwin Omobuwa, Dr.Victor Olaiya, Bola Johnson, Fred Fisher and Opotopo.
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BLACK MERDA: Force Of Nature CD (VAMPI 110CD)
2009 release. Black Merda (pronounced "Black Murder"), the first all black rock band to write and play their own music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, are considered to be black rock pioneers as well as the originators of their own style of black psychedelic rock. They released two albums in the 1970s, Black Merda and Long Burn The Fire, which weren't properly promoted when first released, but are now seen as black rock classics by a growing number of international music fans. Now they're back, funkier and musically diverse as ever, with a new batch of songs, to take you on a magical musical trip, that'll have your heads and minds bouncing and tripping in some new directions and happy positions. So sit back, and relax, and enjoy the funk-rock majesty of Black Merda's A Force Of Nature. CD digipack with extensive liner notes by rock critic Michael Hurtt. (Mojo).
$8.39 EAN: 8435008861988 ROCK
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VIKLICKY, EMIL: The Funky Way Of Emil Viklický CD (VAMPI 115CD)
2009 release. Emil Viklický is one of the most renowned Czech jazz musicians and composers. This focused-on-funk selection was recorded between 1975 and 1987 in Czechoslovak studios. Be it with the legendary SHQ or with Energit, accompanying Eva Svobodová, conducting a tight studio big band or collaborating with fellow Berklee College students Frisell/Driscoll/Johnson, Emil knows how to funk up his keys all the way through. Viklický began his career as a jazz musician upon moving to Prague in 1971. In 1974 he teamed up with blues rock guitarist Lubos Andrst, whose then hard rock group, Energit, had just been banned by the communist censors. Viklický significantly helped Andrst to transform Energit into a top-class instrumental jazz-rock combo, and with the group's self-titled album he also finally made his belated vinyl debut in 1975 (compiled here with the track "Ráno [Part 1, Kash Edit] [Morning]"). Another long-lasting collaboration was with the gifted jazz singer Eva Svobodová. In the mid-1970s Viklický provided her with a backing trio and also composed a lot of original material for her. The fruits of Viklický's broad activities was a one-year scholarship to study composition and arrangement at Boston's Berklee College of Music in 1977/78. In the US he was exposed to all flavors of contemporary jazz while jamming with numerous top musicians. Back home, some of his fellow students visited him in Prague in summer 1979: Bill Frisell, Kermit Driscoll and Vinnie Johnson. Also featured on this collection is his previously-unissued big band versions of some of his best jazz-funk tunes which he arranged and conducted. These were taped between 1979 and 1987 with members of various Czech jazz orchestras. A perfect introduction for Czech jazz with groove, with one of the masters: Emil Viklický. Extensive notes by Lukás Machata.
$8.39 EAN: 8435008862084 ROCK
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VA: Gozalo! - Bugalú Tropical Vol. 4 CD (VAMPI 127CD)
This is volume 4 of Vampisoul's successful series of tropical Peruvian music of the '60s: an exciting, spicy mix of musical gems that fill in the link between the mambo era and the dawn of salsa in South America. When drawing the musical map of Latin America, the mistake is often made to identify the zone of influence of Afro-Latin music only around the Caribbean. It's true that the great creators are Cuban and Puerto Rican, but when their music spread out across Latin America, similar scenes sprung up in other parts of the continent. It was during the '50s that the genre captivated Peru. Tropical orchestras appeared everywhere with a repertoire based on mambos, guarachas and, to a lesser extent, boleros and merengues. However, over the Afro-Cuban foundation they added diverse influences and reached a new sound, different from their inspiration. Within the core of the tropical music scene, the Sonora de Lucho Macedo was the first group of its kind in the middle of an environment exclusively populated by orchestras. Beyond his irrefutable professional merits, Macedo's essential contribution was to recruit musicians that later on would start the most important boogaloo groups. The first one to leave his band and go his own way was Joe Di Roma. Bongoist Ñiko Estrada left a little later to create his Sonora Antillana. From Macedo's band also came double bass player José "Pepe" Hernández, percussionists Mario Allison and Coco Lagos, trumpet player Tito Chicoma and singer Charlie Palomares -- almost all of the main artists of the golden age of boogaloo in the mid-'60s, each of them a director of their own band. 1962 saw the arrival of Nilo Espinosa, a saxophonist with a solid academic formation and a deep knowledge of jazz. The puzzle was completed with the self-taught pianist Otto de Rojas. They all knew each other from the hotels, parties and TV sets, but especially from the studio recording sessions. The height of the tropical orchestras coincided with boogaloo. At that point, the scenario had changed. The massive migration inland towards the capital brought along a radical change in popular music, giving birth to Peruvian cumbia, which also had a tropical foundation. The Afro-Cuban influence, without disappearing at all, left room for a Colombian influence. With the new decade, the market was taken over by cumbia and salsa. An era had reached its end. This collection features liner notes in Spanish and English by expert Carlos Torres Rotondo plus photos and original artwork reproductions.
$11.79 EAN: 8435008862329 WORLD
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VA: Gozalo! - Bugalú Tropical Vol. 4 2LP (VAMPI 127LP)
2LP version. This is volume 4 of Vampisoul's successful series of tropical Peruvian music of the '60s: an exciting, spicy mix of musical gems that fill in the link between the mambo era and the dawn of salsa in South America. When drawing the musical map of Latin America, the mistake is often made to identify the zone of influence of Afro-Latin music only around the Caribbean. It's true that the great creators are Cuban and Puerto Rican, but when their music spread out across Latin America, similar scenes sprung up in other parts of the continent. It was during the '50s that the genre captivated Peru. Tropical orchestras appeared everywhere with a repertoire based on mambos, guarachas and, to a lesser extent, boleros and merengues. However, over the Afro-Cuban foundation they added diverse influences and reached a new sound, different from their inspiration. Within the core of the tropical music scene, the Sonora de Lucho Macedo was the first group of its kind in the middle of an environment exclusively populated by orchestras. Beyond his irrefutable professional merits, Macedo's essential contribution was to recruit musicians that later on would start the most important boogaloo groups. The first one to leave his band and go his own way was Joe Di Roma. Bongoist Ñiko Estrada left a little later to create his Sonora Antillana. From Macedo's band also came double bass player José "Pepe" Hernández, percussionists Mario Allison and Coco Lagos, trumpet player Tito Chicoma and singer Charlie Palomares -- almost all of the main artists of the golden age of boogaloo in the mid-'60s, each of them a director of their own band. 1962 saw the arrival of Nilo Espinosa, a saxophonist with a solid academic formation and a deep knowledge of jazz. The puzzle was completed with the self-taught pianist Otto de Rojas. They all knew each other from the hotels, parties and TV sets, but especially from the studio recording sessions. The height of the tropical orchestras coincided with boogaloo. At that point, the scenario had changed. The massive migration inland towards the capital brought along a radical change in popular music, giving birth to Peruvian cumbia, which also had a tropical foundation. The Afro-Cuban influence, without disappearing at all, left room for a Colombian influence. With the new decade, the market was taken over by cumbia and salsa. An era had reached its end. This collection features notes in Spanish and English by expert Carlos Torres Rotondo plus photos and original artwork reproductions.
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VAINICA DOBLE: Heliotropo LP (MRSSS 019LP)
"Heliotropo (Ariola, 1973), the second LP by Vainica Doble, strikes me as the discovery of the world in little more than half an hour -- a treatise on the human condition, from childhood until death, based on the small things. Themes on this album include disappointment and the necessary courage to face mistakes, the road that lies between perception and memory and that vital path that appears once we have cleared out the fallen leaves that were hiding it. It's the 'recalled' memories that will make up our life, as life is just firm present and feeble past. Carmen Santonja and Gloria van Aerssen speak to us, sometimes as the worried mother, other times as the warm lover that whispers secrets in our ear and, finally, as the slightly older friend, wiser and more experienced, who tries to show us life's twists and turns. They possessed an intellectual and vital knowledge light years away from their contemporaries, an unusual curiosity and talent, and their musical references were as wide as scarce were their prejudices. Often considered two kind and sensitive angels, they were indeed that and much more too: malevolent, sweet, sarcastic, intelligent. From each of their tracks flowed a power and talent that showed us a thousand ideas. Social commentary, folk and fuzz hand-in-hand, treatises of luminous psychedelia born out of a children's tale, the scent of the southern seas, and more. They carried Spanish copla and traditional songs in their hearts and the old (even then) musical movies of the '40s in their memories -- all of it strung together by a decadent melancholy that provokes an almost unhealthy attraction. What in others were anomalies poured from Vainica Doble as something natural, fluent, truthful. Nothing in them seemed forced: rock, copla, folk, French chanson, nursery rhymes, etc. And standing behind it all is the great Pepe Nieto: arranger, producer, and artisan who was able to reproduce and support their natural, iconoclastic personalities. Their songs were and still are buoys of memory. Familiar places in which to find shelter. Every time we visit them something wonderful happens." --Ximo Bonet. Vainica Doble were one of the most unique artists in Spanish music. On Heliotropo, they brought together rock, folk, Spanish copla, French chanson and lullabies to create music completely their own. Deluxe gatefold 180 gram reissue with original artwork and liner notes.
$17.79 EAN: 8435008870195 ROCK
A1. Réquiem Por Un Amigo
A2. El Pabú
A3. Dos Españoles, Tres Opiniones
A4. Elegía Al Jardín De Mi Abuela, Con Una
Dedicatoria Y Un Suspiro
A5. Moros, Cristianos Y Chinos
A6. Ay, Quién Fuera A Hawai
B1. Agáchate, Que Te Pierdes
B2. Nana De Una Madre Muy Madre
B3. La Máquina Infernal
B4. Habanera Del Primer Amor
B5. A La Sombra De Un Banano
B6. Coplas Del Iconoclasta Enamorado
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PATCH PARK: Not My Best Behaviour 12" (WOLF 020EP)
Legendary Dutch producer Patch Park makes his debut on the Wolfskuil label. Making waves in the '90s in the progressive house scene, Mr. Park has made a name for himself with huge techno and house releases on Renaissance and Be As One. The result of behaving bad is three high-quality, deep and hypnotic tech-house groovers. Patch has outdone himself by taking us on a mad trip into the dark side of his mind.
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ATOM HEART: Orange CD (AW 067CD)
"Recorded and released in 1994, this is certainly one of Atom Heart's classic albums. It can clearly be located in Atom's 'ambient' period, that may be seen as the transition moment right in between his club oriented works (1990-1993) and the birth of his 'rather interesting' label (1994). Without hesitation Orange can be classified as an 'ambient' album in the most traditional sense, even though, like always, Atom had given it a slight twist, which made it simply a bit different from what was out there in 1994 (and probably therefore makes it an album that is still worth listening to nowadays). That said, Fax Records, which released the album back in 1994, decided to release this limited edition re-issue. Atom himself remastered the album just recently which makes an even better soundtrack of today. Orange contains 5 tracks, all of them, except for 'Rainecho', can be described as slowly moving, repetitive, abstract textures and within themselves contain different sections or 'scenes'. While some tracks carry either a neutral or positive feeling ('One Atomsecond') others ('Ode to BG') are rather dark, slightly hostile compositions that remain us of Atom's 'industrial' period for example. 'Rainecho' then, is the only rhythmical track on this album which perfectly fits within the previously described abstract worlds of Orange and just gives the entire album the right flow."
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METAL MOUNTAINS: Golden Trees CD (AMI 042CD)
"...out of the ancient ruins of The Tower Recordings has now finally risen a stealth Metal Mountains! It features Helen Rush, Pat Gubler (Mr. PG Six) and Samara Lubelski, all former Tower soldiers, and some may say the very key ones. There's a sort of haunted architecture to Metal Mountains, they morph 1960s electric and psychedelic folk rock, the right VU influence, spatial excursions, and whispery dreams into a unique whole. It is a carefully crafted album that is real and intimate, yet has the air of ease and playfulness about it. It is confident in its frailty, if that makes any sense to you. Did I say it is perfectly sequenced? Y'know, that's the kind of thing a reviewer needs to mention if he wants to be taken at all seriously." -- Jesper Eklow/November 2010
$10.00 UPC: 859739001426 ROCK
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MOTORHEAD: Orgasmatron 3LP (BOBV 109LP)
180 gram limited edition colored (grey, white and clear) vinyl edition of Orgasmatron, originally released in 1986. Housed in a tri-fold sleeve with archival photos and liner notes by Malcolm Dome. "...the ultimate vinyl edition of this classic Motorhead album in a special limited edition triple 180 gram colored vinyl (grey, white and clear) set... features 14 extra tracks of alternative, live material to make this the ultimate experience of this classic record. Orgasmatron is the only full Motörhead album to feature Pete Gill on the drums, although he also played on the four new tracks recorded for the 1984 No Remorse compilation album. The album's working title was 'Ridin' with the Driver' and later changed to Orgasmatron, it was too late for Joe Petagno to change the cover art and the train design was used. It features some of Motörhead's heaviest songs ('Orgasmatron' and 'Deaf Forever') and it is the album (along with No Remorse) that got Motörhead back on track after the critically-acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful 1983 album Another Perfect Day."
$37.50 UPC: 803341233720 ROCK
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MOTORHEAD: Iron Fist 3LP (BOBV 110LP)
Deluxe 180 gram limited edition tri-fold vinyl reissue. On blue, red, and black vinyl. ".... features 15 extra tracks of alternative, live material. Iron Fist is the sixth album by the British band Motörhead. This was the last album the band recorded with 'Fast' Eddie Clarke, who left Motörhead on their second US tour due to a conflict with Lemmy."
$37.50 UPC: 803341233737 ROCK
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SEARCH, JEROEN: Destiny 12" (CSF 041EP)
"Jeroen Search did a pretty amazing release for us last year. Mobility ended up being supported by a lot of artists (Rolando, Marcel Fengler, Kr!z, Pfirter, Slam, Terence Fixmer, Laura Heath and Estroe to name but a few) and did better than any vinyl release we had done thus far. So, we move on, and from now on vinyl first and foremost. Both tracks are based on Jeroen's liveset: raw, booming and pretty straightforward yet with that typical Jeroen Search touch. 'Ellipse' is a very effective dance floor weapon for the technoheads amongst you: loopy, minimalistic and excellent for three deck action.'Periapsis' on the other hand is the (relatively) calmer track: deepness, darkness, smoothness, Loch Ness, whatever. The background sounds give it a unsettling vibe while the acid'ish stabs give it that hypnotic feel you drugheads all crave for. But the icing on the cake is definitely the Conforce remix. Delsin pedigree, Rush Hour poster boy, and a great guy from that bleep on the radar above our country. His version keeps the wobbly background of the original and turns the entire track in a mean offbeat percussion mofo. Threatening Berghain'ish stabs, rattling cowbells and a break that will knock the fillings out of your teeth: tell me you don't love this track. Conforce is beyond any doubt one of the most interesting Dutch artists of the past few years, after Marco Borsato of course. All hail to the 'King.'"
$8.75 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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PULSE EMITTER: Spiritual Vistas LP (CHM 039LP)
"Incomparable new full-length from Daryl Groetsch's Pulse Emitter project, and hands down album of the year, already. I want to say this is the culmination and apogee of composed synthesizer music in the new millennium, but I guarantee Daryl's got plenty more tricks up his sleeve. The profound development of Daryl's music is more and more apparent with each release, from the crackly, hollow modular nightmares of his early sides to the heartbreakingly beautiful tonal architecture of Spiritual Vistas, each key and each turn of a knob is a giant stride for the genre as a whole. Bringing to mind some mid-period David Borden at times, or Vangelis' Blade Runner score, this is truly transcendental, emotive music. No joke, Pulse Emitter solidifies itself as the best of the best with this colossal album. The result of almost a year's work, Daryl reduces all of his one-take, live to a tape deck competitors to almost nothing. Four deeply contemplated, brilliantly composed analog symphonies that could literally be played for any music fan. It's almost impossible for me not to toss around bold proclamations when talking about this album, but really, this is pretty much as good as it gets. Split release between Expansive & Cylindrical Habitat Modules, edition of 500 on black vinyl."
$13.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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LETHE: Dry Ice On Steel Tables CD (EITHERLIVE 002)
"A remarkable document of a live performance recorded on September 11th, 2003 at No, 20 warehouse, Nagoya Port, Japan. The sounds heard in this recording were created by Kiyoharu's application of dry ice to four steel tables which were heated by candles. No electronic processing or post-production editing of the performance was done. Lethe/Kiyoharu Kuwayama is known for creating and recording work in highly resonant spaces or charged atmospheres (abandoned warehouses, Shinto temples, etc). Kiyoharu is also known for his involvement with the duo Kuwayama - Kijima (Kiyoharu Kuwayama: cello, and Rina Kijima: violin) who are formidable players, so well attuned to each other that their improvisations cannot be distinguished from highly complex compositions. With a particular interest in ambient sound and locations that inspire improvisation, they take advantage of the natural reverb of each location (under a bridge at night, an abandoned warehouse), and even change their position while playing to create beautiful and charged performances."
$8.75 UPC: N/A EXPERIMENTAL
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GELB & A BAND OF GYPSIES, HOWE: Alegrias CD (FIRE 166CD)
"In 2006, Howe Gelb embarked on a journey with a gospel choir with the result the astounding, critically acclaimed album Sno' Angel Like You. This new chapter sees Howe embellish a troop of amenco playing gypsies, including the virtuoso guitarist Raimundo Amador (collaborated with Bjork and BB King) and is mixed by the legendary John Parish (PJ Harvey). Recorded atop a Cordoba roof with his 'Band Of Gypsies' in the Andalucia sun, Alegrias, is an exceptional new work from Howe Gelb. Originally only available in Spain, where the record enjoyed considerable success due in part to the wondrous contribution from Flamenco guitar virtuoso Raimundo Amador, Fire is pleased to be releasing the latest jewel in the considerable crown of Howe Gelb's musical delights. Many have tried to blend Flamenco with their native style without success, which makes Alegrias more than a coming together of music. Alegrias is an event, a special moment captured by a collection of musicians who have been graced with the fortune of seamlessly marrying the rich Flamenco rhythms to Howe's own unique sound."
$12.25 UPC: 809236116628 ROCK
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GELB & A BAND OF GYPSIES, HOWE: Alegrias LP (FIRE 166LP)
Gatefold LP version.
$17.50 UPC: 809236116611 ROCK
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GIANT SAND: The Love Songs CD (FIRE 170CD)
"The Love Songs was originally released in 1988 and is the fourth reissue from Fire Records. Often called Giant Sand's best album of their early period, 1988's Love Songs features an expressiveness and songwriting maturity that rivals Bob Dylan."
$12.25 UPC: 809236117021 ROCK
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GIANT SAND: Long Stem Rant CD (FIRE 171CD)
"Long Stem Rant was originally released in 1989 and is the fifth reissue from Fire Records. This album, marked a turning point for the band, more improvisational and less structured than previous efforts, it features some of Howe's best songs. For the past 25 years the Tucson-based Giant Sand (originally Giant Sandworms as a nod to the Dune books) has been one of the most consistently innovative in the American music scene. A recipe that could perhaps be best described as 1 cup well-executed grunge aesthetic, 1 cup downtown New York, 1 cup troubadour, and a dash of country outlaw. Although its membership has shifted greatly over the years, singer/songwriter (as well as guitarist and pianist) Howe Gelb has remained at the helm to help fill the coffers of what could be called the new American folk song."
$12.25 UPC: 809236117120 ROCK
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GIANT SAND: Swerve CD (FIRE 172CD)
"Swerve was originally released in 1990 and is the sixth reissue from Fire Records. Featuring a variety of guest performers throughout, including Green on Red's Chris Cacavas, Juliana Hatfield, Steve Wynn, and a fair hunk of Poi Dog Pondering, Swerve features the then duo of Gelb and Convertino on a fine slew of songs. Recorded at a number of different locations, from Boston to Los Angeles, Swerve found Gelb reaching the ten-year point with his band in fantastic style. Gelb's fractured vision of roots music meets modern times sounded distinct and enjoyable enough at the time of Swerve's release, and still holds up excellently in later years. His ear for aggressively weird soloing in particular is just great (check 'Dream Stay' for one of his best Neil Young nods yet), while his straight playing remains quite accomplished."
$12.25 UPC: 809236117229 ROCK
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CAMINITI, EVAN: When California Falls Into the Sea LP (HB 006LP)
"Caminiti is one half of experimental duo Barn Owl, and has released past recordings through labels such as Thrill Jockey, Three Lobed, Digitalis, Important, Root Strata, and more. Along with Barn Owl, Caminiti is also involved in other respected experimental outfits such as Higuma, Hanging Thief, and Garden Sound."
$11.50 UPC: 736211468574 ROCK
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VA: Ongaku 70: Vintage Psychedelia In Japan LP (HLP 102LP)
"Ongaku 70 is the ultimate beginner's guide to the Japanese psychedelia era. A incredible set of 13 tunes released between 1969 and 1978 including Osamu Kitajima, Stomu Yamash'ta's Red Buddha Theatre, Akiko Yano, Sadistic Mika Band, Harry Hosono & The Yellow Magic Band, The Apryl Fool, Rabi Nakayama, Karuna Khyal, Kuni Kawachi & His Group, Toshiaki Tsushima, J.A. Caesar & Shirubu, Maki Asakawa and Les Rallizes Denudes. Neither group sounds nor hard rock here, only deep psychedelic rock with local instruments and native language. Be sure to hear the finest hours of Japanese 1970s music."
$16.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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DEPPER, DAVE: The Ram Project CD (JPR 7110CD)
"In spring 2010 multi-instrumentalist Dave Depper hit a wall. He'd recorded and toured the world with internationally-renowned artists (Jolie Holland, Mirah, the Decemberists) as well as beloved Portland institutions (Loch Lomond, Norfolk & Western, Musee Mecanique, Blue Giant), but to date had yet to record any music of his own. Lacking an album's worth of his own songs, he decided to take on the craziest project he could think of: re-recording Paul McCartney's finest solo effort, Ram, part by part, at home, all by himself, in 30 days. Using a couple of guitars, a keyboard, a Rickenbacker bass, a borrowed drum kit, one microphone and a laptop, Depper began obsessively hacking away at the record. He holed-up in his spare bedroom, often for 12 hours at a time, relentlessly pursing a task The Portland Mercury would later equate to climbing Mt. Everest alone. He meticulously recorded each nuanced piece and, bit by bit, the record began to come together. Thirty-one days after he had started he emerged, The Ram Project finished. The result is a gorgeous document that both pays homage to the colorfully cinematic McCartney classic and is uniquely Depper's."
$8.75 UPC: 656605782423 ROCK
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DEPPER, DAVE: The Ram Project LP (JPR 7110LP)
LP version.
$12.50 UPC: 656605748610 ROCK
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IMPLODES: Black Earth LP (KRANK 156LP)
LP version. "Black Earth is a haunted and magical place. There's an old barn there with many rooms and a silo that's filled with dead insects. Outside there's a big wood pile filled with spider webs that probably has black widows living in it. There are mysterious plants growing everywhere. At night, when the air is crisp and clean, you can lie on your back by the fire and look up at the stars and listen to the animals and insects making their music. A trip to Black Earth could change you forever and you may want to never leave. Implodes has been to Black Earth and they made an album in its honor, dark and murky music for that dark and murky place. Cavernous guitar tones and dense melodies are present everywhere. Hidden beneath the layers of reverb, delay and distortion are deceptively simple and beautiful songs about experiences that have been obscured for many years that suddenly become profoundly important. The cobwebs just needed to be pushed aside a bit. Implodes is a Chicago quartet that has coalesced around guitarists Matt Jencik and Ken Camden in the last few years, with the group settling on their current lineup in 2009."
$9.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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MF DOOM: Operation: Doomsday 2CD BOX (MF 1104CD)
"Ask any true hip-hop fan and he can tell you exactly where and when he first heard Doom's Operation: Doomsday. Against seeming insurmountable odds, the album -- bootlegged mercilessly, floating in and out of print on various labels since its release in 1999 -- gained mythical status amongst music aficionados of all backgrounds as one of the landmark releases of the past decade. At its core? One man, a microphone, an MPC 2000 and a Roland VS 1680. By the time of Operation: Doomsday's recording, Doom was a transformed man: a veteran of hip hop's aging 'new school' reinvented as the masked, abstract wordsmith of the now. His pointed wit, subtly subversive lyrics and stream-of-consciousness flow over adventurous sample-based production created the measuring stick by which rappers in the coming decade would measure themselves. Doom's own Metal Face Records releases Operation: Doomsday as it was intended to be heard: as a special remastered and expanded two-disc set, featuring a 32-page lyric book and a complete collection of alternate versions, b-sides and instrumentals, packaged in a 7' x 8' tin lunch box. Stones Throw's Jeff Jank, an often Doom collaborator, and San Francisco-based artist Jason Jagel, who provided the painting for Doom's MM...Food album, were enlisted to create both an updated version of the album's iconic comic-book style cover art for the box and a set of 10 Doomsday MCs trading cards (featuring DOOM, Kurious and others) especially for this release. Produced by Stones Throw Records GM and A&R Egon and under the watchful eyes of Doom himself, this is Operation: Doomsday as it was intended to be experienced."
$22.50 UPC: 829357110428 HIPHOP
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VILE, KURT: God Is Saying This To You... LP (MEX 012LP)
2011 repress, originally released in 2009. "More than a mere odds-n-ends collection, Kurt Vile's latest LP is a compilation of tracks from Overnite KV, a tour-only CDR, along with a handful of extra tracks recorded specifically for this release. Here we find Kurt solo, four-trackin' as usual, and blowing minds with his mix of bluegrass guitar, blazed singer-songwriterisms, and the knowledge of how to balance these contexts out with laidback precision. Psychedelic to its core, these twelve tracks speak to the will of the casual perfectionist, honing his craft with effortless aplomb. You'll be hearing plenty more from this Philadelphian wizard in the months to follow, and we're happy to keep the ball rolling with God Is Saying This to You..." Hand-numbered limited edition of 1000.
$13.00 UPC: 184923100129 ROCK
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WASHED OUT: Life of Leisure LP (MEX 023LP)
2011 repress, originally released in 2009. "Debut 12″ from Ernest Greene aka Washed Out. Bent synth-pop gems that are equal parts psychedelia and anthemic club banger. All recorded in his parent's home in the rural Georgia town where he grew up. Essential and addictive." Numbered, limited edition of 1000.
$13.00 UPC: 184923100235 ROCK
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REAL ESTATE: Reality LP (MEX 035LP)
2011 repress, originally released in 2010. "New Jersey's Real Estate has successfully captured the sound of a late Sunday afternoon, in the dreaded hours before work or school claims your life again. The band's sweet, loose pop ballads recall a modern-day Everly Brothers, drifting and dreamlike, as their tales of suburban indifference and insecurity mask your own fears. Six new songs, and not a moment too soon." Hand-numbered limited edition of 1000.
$13.00 UPC: 184932100356 ROCK
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ESQUERITA: Vintage Voola LP (ED 202LP)
1987 release. "The earliest recordings by the master of lunacy, the Voola man himself! Eskew Reeder taught Little Richard and he'll learn you, too! Just open wide and say Woo--aaagh! All cuts from 1958 (2 with Blue Caps' Paul Peek)! Sorry, wig hat not included!"
$9.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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ADKINS, HASIL: The Wild Man LP (ED 203LP)
1987 release. "The coolest collection of all time '50s/60s hunchers by the legendary one man racket squad/rockabilly maniac, crudely recorded in his West Vee-Ay shack! This is the one that started the Big Ruckus! Unreal whompus!"
$9.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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HAWKINS, DALE: Daredevil LP (ED 256LP)
1997 release. "Astonishing supercharged unreleased landmark teenage recordings 1956-1964 from the one rock n' roll's mightiest original maulin' kings, Mr. Dale Hawkins! Norton presents for the first time ever the swampy, blues infested demo of rock n' roll icon-legend-anthem Susie Q (featuring 15 year old James Burton on lead guitar!) plus tons of early monsters which document the beginnings of the often imitated/never duplicated patented Hawkins sound! Package features unseen photos galore, massive interview packed bio reignites the fever for the Hawk himself!"
$9.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE: Psychical LP (NNF 206LP)
Repressed, 2010 release. "Brian Pyle is well-known for his enterprising shamanism as one half of Nor Cal improv gurus Starving Weirdos but when off-roading in his Ensemble Economique buggy he seems to stumble onto even weirder psychogenic artifacts. Psychical is Pyle's freshest full-length and easily his most drugged and dense. Thick, humid banks of synth-fog descend over looped cult hand-drum patterns, strangely panned waves of brainwash tones, and snippets of third world voices mumbling about blood and marijuana. As the name half-jokingly implies, EE is 100% Pyle's creation instrument-wise, although his wife Phoenix does intone some possessed doom poetry over the crushing war drums of 'Forever Eyes' and Tom Carter (of Charalambides) cameos with some searing white light guitar shrapnel on the creep-out raga of 'Real Things.' All the pieces dissolve into one another, giving Psychical a dark-trip soundtrack mood, an upriver lost soul convoy into hostile off-radar territories, a thousand spectral voices misting down like blackening monsoon clouds. A total haunter, and an LP we've been spinning many midnights around NNF HQ. Black vinyl LPs in jackets with occult VHS artwork by Manda Beth Brown."
$10.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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WEYES BLOOD AND THE DARK JUICES: The Outside Room LP (NNF 218LP)
"Natalie Weyes Blood (originally Weyes Bluhd) has existed in the grime-ghost fringe-music catacombs since at least 2006, though originally it was in more of a crouched/hieroglyphic FX pedals style, culminating in a European tour with Axolotl. After two seasons of hibernation and a relocation to Baltimore, she materialized her 'Blood In Bluhd Out' transformation and began writing/playing the darkly haunted narcotic drifter ballads that make up The Outside Room, her first official full-length. Recorded and mixed by good friend Graham Lambkin, the record has shadows of The Shadow Ring in the oddly creaking ambient sounds and stark, nuanced production, which lend the eerily beautiful neo-Nico death-folk laments a more modern, art-skewed sheen. There's still echoes of her old drone/tape-ghost-clouds moods on tracks like 'In The Isle Of Agnitio' and the long, bells-laden outro to 'Romneydale,' but the bulk of the LP is swooning and sweeping, with Natalie's gorgeous, quasi-Teutonic vox leading the way. A subtly mesmerizing long-player, very 'out of time,' and strangely untouched by contempo influences. Black vinyl LPs in jackets with cool screengrab/photocopied artwork by the artist, plus an 11x17 lyric sheet/mini poster. Edition of 480."
$10.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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ETTINGER, DYLAN: Lion of Judah 7" (NNF 224EP)
"Banging new single by this Bloomington Rogue Wizard finds him condensing the spatial sprawl of his 'New Age Outlaws' style into actual keyboard-riff/basement vocals anthems. Cool sound system low-end brings a bizarre retro-futurist party mood to the table. Big-hole 45s in silkscreened sleeves. Limited to 330 copies."
$4.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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WET HAIR: Radiant Lines 7" (NNF 225EP)
"Amazing new pair of singles by this ever-evolving Iowa City kraut-pop duo-turned-trio comes in a stunning full-color 22-page pro-printed art book of brand new works by Wet Hair main-men, Shawn Reed and Ryan Garbes. Limited to 500 copies."
$12.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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VA: Cult Cargo: Salsa Boricua De Chicago 2LP (NUMERO 036LP)
2LP version. "Far from the twin epicenters of New York and Miami, Carlos Ruiz and his Ebirac label were both feeling and generating the aftershocks of the mid-'70s salsa boom. Holed up in their own bustling Puerto Rican community center on Chicago's west side, these third coast salseros plied their trade outside the hot lights, cutting their teeth in city parks, VFW halls, and Holiday Inn rec rooms. Nearly 50 records survive in the wake of orquestas La Justicia, La Solucion, and Tipica Leal '79, the most impassioned, singular moments of which are compiled here." Presented with a 12x12 inch, 28-page booklet in a full-sized slipcase.
$17.00 UPC: 825764103619 WORLD
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AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE: Voodoo Of The Godsent CD (ONU 1015CD)
"Voodoo Of The Godsent is the first new recording in five years from African Head Charge, and marks the beginning of an extensive series of new releases and classic reissues celebrating the 30th Anniversary of On-U Sound. This is their first release since 2005's Visions Of A Psychedelic Africa and finds Bonjo once again joining forces with long time On-U stable-mates Skip McDonald, Crocodile, and the Crispy Horns, together with contributions from legendary bassist George Oban, Dancehall pioneer Jazzwad and electronic wizard Adamski. All the elements of a classic African Head Charge album are present; a triumphant mix of dub, psychedelia, trance, afro and tribal rhythms that have given them their own unique place in contemporary music."
$12.25 EAN: 5060263720003 ROCK
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VA: Bickershaw Festival 1972 Vol 2 DVD (OZIT 012DVD)
"Completely revamped version of the old Bickershaw DVD. There is now a lot of new archive film, archive stills and archive audio making this new version over four hours long rather than one and a half. The original sections from the first DVD have been completely re-edited and appended- the only interview that stays from the first DVD is the Jerry Garcia interview in the Grateful Dead section. There is film of artists on this volume that weren't on the first volume either." Featuring Donovan, Flamin Groovies, Incredible String Band, Haydock Grass Band, The High Divers, Grateful Dead, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Captain Beefheart, The Kinks and Captain Beyond. 240 minutes, all-region.
$35.00 UPC: 811702012228 ROCK
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SERPENT THRONE: White Summer - Black Winter LP (PM 1103LP)
"Third release from fiery, swaggering, visceral instro metal rockers. Limited pressing of 500 in deluxe case wrap gatefold on black and blue vinyl. 'Say there was a heavy rock festival in like '72 where Black Sabbath, Wishbone Ash, the Scorpions, Budgie, and like Cactus are supposed to play, but then, due to a series of plane crashes and natural disasters, only 1 surviving member from each band can make it. In order to calm down the crowd of heavy rockers, Iommi grabs a couple dudes from the other bands and puts together an emergency band. And then Uli Roth says, 'We don't need a singer because he'll just get in the way of the riffs.' I think that's what Serpent Throne is aiming for. Whether we get there or not is another story, but we'll drink some beer and rip some guitar harmonies along the way.'"
$20.50 UPC: 881182110318 ROCK
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SIGHTINGS: Michigan Haters LP (SS 060LP)
"When Sightings second album not only crushed everything that they had done prior, but revealed the band to be sonic explorers of Magellanic proportions. Sightings' overblown intensity was joined by abrasive twists and subtle unconventionality, a combination of sounds which one reviewer likened to 'a storm of knives.' Or something like listening to Terry Riley and Steve Reich through a Big Muff at 110 decibels. With Michigan Haters, Sightings started on what would become nearly a decade long reinvention of the rock & roll song. First through volume and now through invention, Sightings has given up a series of great albums: Absolutes, which clearly builds on what Michigan Haters created, Arrived in Gold, the coolly brilliant Through the Panama, and the fantastic City of Straw. Originally released on CD in 2002 by Psych-O-Path, didn't get a proper vinyl release. So after years of Sightings and SS talking about doing a single, I finally said 'Hey, Michigan Haters needs to be on vinyl. Let me do it!'"
$10.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, THE: Paris in the Fall DVD (SDVD 008DVD)
"Hearing that our 2009 Paris show was to be in small space called Le Klub, I admit being unable to stop a smile spreading across my face. During the sound check in another Paris club years earlier, a record label representative was experiencing problems over a guest list at the door. Filled with anger, he burst into the hall ranting and cursing in Parisian pidgeon English...This klub is fuckeeeng!' Those words instantly entered Dots-mythology -- an utterance used to let off steam in the face of frustration on the road (and always with a French accent). Legendary Pink Dots played a two-night residency at Le Klub, and the utterance was never needed. The first night was an intimate affair, while the second, which drew a weekend crowd, felt like a rock show in a shoebox. It was this second night that was filmed by Johanna Barda and her camera team." --Edward Ka-Spel.
"Coinciding with the Legendary Pink Dots' 2011 European tour (which includes a night in Paris) comes this live DVD. The performance took place on November 13, 2009, in an intimate Parisian nightclub, with a lineup featuring Edward Ka-Spel, Silverman, Martijn de Kleer and Niels van Hoon. Raymond Steeg worked the soundboard." NTSC, all-region. Running time: approx. 90 min.
$9.50 UPC: 753907900897 ROCK
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VA: Funky Sex Machines CD (SP 10125CD)
"Since 1993, Soul Patrol has established themselves as an undisputed reference when it comes to 'Funky-Soul' music. Almost a trademark, Soul Patrol made its name providing compilations of obscure tracks originally released on 7" inches. Soul Patrol pays tribute to some artists who hardly made their living with their music, although they would have deserved it! Today, Soul Patrol strikes stronger than strong with 10 rare tracks from the '60s & '70s. Like the previous compilations, there are some gems to discover, some surprises and some 'ear-openers', such as Dynamic Corvettes' 'Keep off the grass' or the ultra efficient 'Close your eyes' by The Capprells and also 'Alex Twister' by Joe Cotto y su Orquesta. Welcome into the Black Power sound, when soul music reflected political violence and misery, where dignity and freedom are above all..." Other artists include Detroit Sex Machines, James Polk & The Brothers, Big Al & The Star Treks, Mr. Percolator, Audrey Royal, Kellee Patterson, Barbara Morrison, Deloris Easly and Hebrew Rogers.
$13.00 EAN: 3700187643102 ROCK
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VA: Funky Sex Machines LP (SP 10125LP)
LP version.
$13.00 EAN: 3700426908993 ROCK
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BARN OWL: Ancestral Star LP (THR 253LP)
2011 repress. Gatefold LP version.
$10.25 UPC: 790377025316 ROCK
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AUTECHRE: EPs 1991 - 2002 5CD (WARP 211CD)
"For the first time ever, one of the most distinctive and revered electronic groups of all time have compiled a massive collection of tracks from their EP releases (mostly out of print) between 1991 and 2002. These include Cavity Job (1991 - First Autechre release from before they signed to Warp and not available on CD before), Basscad EP (1994), Anti EP (1995), Garbage (1995), Anvil Vapre (1995), Peel Session (Transmitted 1995, released 1999), Envane (1997), Cichlisuite (1997), EP7 (1999), Peel Session 2 (Transmitted 1999, released 2001) and Gantz Graf (2002). With the exception of 1994's mainly remix based Basscad EP and Cichlisuite, all the EPs are comprised of music not found on their albums."
$26.50 UPC: 801061021122 ELECTRONIC
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WAX POETICS: #46 April/May 2011 MAG (WP 046)
On the covers, front: George Benson, back: George Duke. Contents: Editor's Letter, Re:Discovery (Towson State University Jazz Ensemble, Randy Weston, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Los Exciters, Fred Tompkins); In Memoriam: Bobby Robinson 1917-2011; Coltrane's Lost Recordings; Nostalgia 77; Record Rundown (DJ Soulscape rediscovers South Korea's musical history); Mainstream Records (label feature); Billy Cobham; Norman Connors; Funkin' for Jamaica; Phil Cohran; Analog Out. 114 pages, full color, high gloss.
$6.75 UPC: 725274565955 Misc
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LOWE, NICK: Labour of Lust LP (YEP 2621LP)
"As the bassist and primary songwriter for Brinsley Schwarz, Nick Lowe was one of the catalysts of the pub rock phenomenon in the early 1970s. As the co-founder and house producer at Stiff Records, he would help create the blueprint for the modern indie rock label and usher in British punk and new wave, helming historic recordings for The Damned, Elvis Costello, and The Pretenders. Here, his landmark second solo album Labour of Lust gets the deluxe reissue treatment. The reissue also includes Nick's biggest US hit 'Cruel To Be Kind,' the originally U.K.-only 'Endless Grey Ribbon,' and U.S.-only 'American Squirm, plus bonus B-side 'Basing Street.' LOL is the only of Lowe's solo albums to hold the distinction of featuring Nick's Rockpile cohorts Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner, and Terry Williams on every track. Originally released in 1979 and out of print for nearly twenty years, the album has been remastered from the original source, reintroducing this masterpiece to a new generation of pop music obsessives." Gatefold with full-color inner sleeve with period photos, new essays and artwork by Barney Bubbles.
$16.00 UPC: 634457262119 ROCK
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VA: Drum & Bass Arena Evolution 2CD (DNBA 004CD)
Following the recent (October 2010) top 5 Drum & Bass Arena anthology album with UK sales to date of over 40k, Drum & Bass Arena Evolution includes top 40 tracks by Modestep, Nero, J Majik & Wickaman and Danny Byrd, plus exclusives (all available for the first time) by Baby D (J Majik & Wickaman Remix), Modestep (The Prototypes Remix), Camo & Krooked and Jubei, plus all the biggest names in the scene assembled together for the first time such as Chase & Status, Pendulum, DJ Fresh, Shy Fx (feat. Kano), Noisia, Loadstar, Breakage and Netsky and many more. Other artists include: Delta, Jess Mills, Nero, Dirtyphonics, Avicii & Sebastien Drums, Fred V & Grafix, Nu:Tone, Shaz Sparks, Twisted Individual, Hazard, Cyantifics, Wilkinson, Metrik, Mattix & Futile, Sub Zero, Gridlok, Prolix & MC Fats, Sigma, Brookes Brothers, Robert Owens, I-Kay, Shameboy, Lenzman, Riya, S.P.Y., Logistics, Jonny L, Tyke, Recipe, Icicle, SP:MC, BTK, Spectrasoul, Enei, Eastcolors & Noel, Hybris, Rockwell, Ulterior Motive, Noisia and Blokhe4d.
$17.79 EAN: 5055199503516 ELECTRONIC
CD1:
01. Chase & Status - No Problem
02. Delta - Heavy Space Time
03. Breakage (feat. Jess Mills) Fighting Fire (Loadstar Remix)
04. Camo & Krooked - Feel Your Pulse
05. Nero - Me & You (Dirtyphonics Remix)
06. Avicii & Sebastien Drums - My Feelings For You (The Prototypes Remix)
07. Fred V & Grafix - One Of These Days
08. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy (J Majik & Wickaman Remix)
09. Modestep - Feel Good (The Prototypes Remix)
10. Nu:Tone (feat. Natalie Williams) - Shine In
11. Camo & Krooked (feat. Shaz Sparks) - Mind Is Drifting Away (VIP Dub Mix)
12. Twisted Individual - I Am Leg End
13. Hazard - Busta Move
14. Cyantific - 305
15. Wilkinson - Moonwalker
16. Metrik - T-1000
17. Mattix & Futile - Corkscrew
18. Sub Zero - Poon
19. Loadstar - Link To The Past
20. Gridlok, Prolix & MC Fats - Tru Born Playa
CD2:
01. Loadstar - Space Between
02. Sigma & DJ Fresh - Lassitude (Sigma VIP)
03. Pendulum - Crush
04. Camo & Krooked - Nothing Is Older Than Yesterday
05. Danny Byrd (feat. Netsky) - Tonight
06. Brookes Brothers (feat. Robert Owens) - Beautiful
07. Danny Byrd (feat. I-Kay) - Ill Behavior
08. Shameboy - Strobot (Netsky Remix)
09. Lenzman (feat. Riya) - Bittersweet Part 2
10. S.P.Y. - By Your Side (Logistics Remix)
11. Jonny L - The Rave
12. Tyke (feat. Recipe) - Music Makers VIP
13. Icicle (feat. SP:MC) - Dreadnaught
14. BTK - Things I Do (Spectrasoul Remix)
15. Jubei - Gateway
16. Enei, Eastcolors & Noel - Cracker
17. Hybris - Of Two Minds
18. Rockwell - Noir (Ulterior Motive Remix)
19. Noisia - Friendly Intentions
20. Blokhe4d - Kisses & Lies
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ANANDA, GABRIEL: Selected Techno Works 2CD (BASMATI 001CD)
Refreshingly different from the common techno mainstream, Gabriel Ananda breaks hearing habits by using well-dosed, deep, structured sounds. Connoisseurs of the uncommon enjoy his straight and fiddly cool beats. Definitions become useless if techno, house and dub merge together as in Gabriel Ananda's productions. Since his first release in 1997 on the German label Hörspielmusik, by now over 20 singles on imprints like Trapez, Utils, Treibstoff, Platzhirsch and Karmarouge Records followed. Selected Techno Works is a collection of all of his floor-shakers that rocked the worldwide dancefloors during the last years and a "Chill Out" CD with previously-unreleased material for a laid-back time afterwards. "Every 2 or 3 years 50% of the people in the clubs change. I've been doing techno music since 1995 and I've seen a lot of people coming and going. So I thought, that if you're a tech-newbie, this CD might be for you to get to know my music. And for the people who are already inside or are about to leave, it's an opportunity to get a part of my work in one piece. For me personally, I made this CD because I wanted to have something in my suitcase to give back to the people who support me so much. The selection of the tracks are partly the ones I think most people like best and the other ones are my personal favorites. The Chill Out CD has been finished since 2005. It was made just for my friends and myself to calm down and find peace one in a while, but I thought it was a waste of music not to release it. I hope you like it." --Gabriel Ananda
$14.99 UPC: 827170113527 ELECTRONIC
CD1: Selected Techno Works
01. Babypunk
02. Coconut Blues
03. Doppelwhipper
04. Süssholz
05. Schnee
06. Offbeat
07. Ihre Persönliche Glücksmelodie
08. Kennst Du Das Auch?
09. Schaukeldrehen
10. Stream Of Consciousness
11. Lamakova
12. Sweet Child Of Mine
CD2: Chill Out
01. Nala
02. Zwischendurch
03. Space +
04. Ambient
05. Rolshover 98
06. Last Virgin
07. Zeit Für Zeit
08. Dicht (Chill Edit)
09. Clau
10. SND
11. Egal
12. Flächenfunktion
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SKINNERBOX: Anapol 12" (BPC 234EP)
This wild, uninhibited mix of avant-jazz, funk, electronica, and disco beats has become an insider tip within the scene in record time, and a short while later, the two men and a Minimoog are rocking Berlin's hottest clubs. After releases on TonKind, Neopren, and Bar25 Records, please give a standing ovation to Skinnerbox. "Purgatory Five" begins with a twisted melodic figure which is then quickly overtaken by a calmly pulsating house beat and moody, minimal melodies with a sweeping harmonic series.
$8.39 UPC: 880319517914 ELECTRONIC
A1. Purgatory Five
B1. Anapol
B2. Not In The Mood For Love
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LAID BACK VS. SOUL CLAP: Cocaine Cool (Soul Clap Remixes) 12" (BMVI 002EP)
Danish duo Laid Back made a surprising comeback to the clubs in 2010 with "Cocaine Cool." Not that they had ever been really forgotten: their electro-pop classic "White Horse" remained a sure shot in clubs for 30 years after its release. Boston's Soul Clap remix it into a more sparse arrangement, with an electro-funk beat, a hypnotic synth, a few dub effects and additional vocoder vocals. Besides an instrumental version there's also a jacking dub take and a re-edit of Laid Back's "Bakerman."
$8.99 UPC: 827170397460 ELECTRONIC
A1. Cocaine Cool (Soul Clap Remixes)
A2. Cocaine Cool (Instrumental)
B1. Bakerman (Soul Clap Edit)
B2. Bakerman (Instrumental Mix)
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ROEDELIUS: Piano Piano CD (BB 067CD)
Bureau B reissues Piano Piano by German keyboardist Hans-Joachim Roedelius, originally released in 1991 on the Italian label Materiali Sonori. In classical music, "pp" (piano piano = pianissimo) is a dynamic indication of particularly soft music. And Piano Piano is a very soft, quiet album. Roedelius assumes the role of a fairytale character with his piano music, transported to a strange, fantastical landscape where, filled with awe and amazement, he tries to get his bearings. What he sees, feels and senses here is not always of this world. Many impressions come from the dark within, others from who knows where. Roedelius strikes a hesitant figure in these realms, cautiously, delicately exploring his immediate and distant environs, much like a child transfixed by astonishment. And yet Piano Piano is anything but child-like. Initial comparisons were drawn between the piano music of Roedelius and that of Eric Satie. This was no more accurate than the erroneous "ambient" label pinned to his material. Satie's compositions were based on rigid formalism -- Roedelius strives to free himself from the restrictive corset of form, while "ambient" belies the careful listening which is required to appreciate his to the full. Nor does Piano Piano sit halfway between Satie and ambient, instead tracing Roedelius' own stylistic path into musical territory which he alone can reveal to us, the listeners. All we have to do is follow him. His music is quiet and focused, but to call it contemplative or even meditative would also be wide of the mark: not all music which draws us out of ourselves is accompanied by spiritual pomp, as the fewest fairytales whisper of eternity or the afterlife. Beauty and profoundness belong to this world, like Roedelius himself. What he has to tell us is indeed whimsical and, at times, wonderful. His ability to awaken images and dreams in us is nothing short of miraculous. Roedelius offers us a little book of fairytales with Piano Piano and, as the old chestnut would have it, every fairytale contains a generous portion of reality. Includes three bonus tracks (CD-only) and liner notes by Asmus Tietchens.
$11.99 EAN: 4047179533720 ELECTRONIC
01. Die Gunst Der Stunde (7:22)
02. Einfach So (1:58)
03. Die Ernte Reift (7:37)
04. Vergegenwärtigt (4:30)
05. Bonheur (1:32)
06. In Gedanken (2:46)
07. Gut So (5:11)
08. Leicht Gemacht (3:20)
09. Verweht (8:35)
CD-only bonus tracks:
10. Frieden Für Adjan (2:45)
11. Begegnung (2:55)
12. In Der Dämmerung (15:18)
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ROEDELIUS: Piano Piano LP (BB 067LP)
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YOU: Electric Day CD (BB 073CD)
The Bureau B label reissues You's Electric Day, first released in 1979 on the small German label, Cain. As synthesizers grew more popular from the mid-'70s onwards, an increasing number of groups swapped the classic instruments of a rock band for sequencers and synthesizers. Pioneers (and paragons) of this electronically-created music included, of course, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Manuel Göttsching et al, who represent the "Berliner Schule" (in contrast to the Düsseldorfer Schule which developed around Kraftwerk and company). A hitherto less celebrated, yet outstanding exponent of the Berliner Schule was the Krefeld combo You. Udo Hanten and Albin Meskes teamed up with another iconic figure of electronic music, Harald Grosskopf, to issue two fantastic albums as the 1980s began. Without disowning their Berlin role models, You nevertheless came up with their own hypnotic mix of sequencer patterns, synthesizer melodies, pulsating drums and sporadic acoustic guitar phrases. Now and again they even ventured into experimental territory. Tracing You's path from the idea of founding a band to the release of their first LP, one encounters a host of illustrious characters from the electronic/Krautrock music scene. Peter Baumann, for example, a member of Tangerine Dream for so many years, was the first to hear the material played to him by Hanten and his guitarist Uli Weber at his Paragon Studios in Berlin. They also met Harald Grosskopf here, a member of Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser's "Kosmische Kuriere" and former drummer with Klaus Schulze. Grosskopf was a member of Manuel Göttsching's Ashra band at the time. Which just leaves the sound engineer, the legendary Conny Plank. It was he who suggested that You and Grosskopf get together to set up the Spiegeltraum Studio in Krefeld, with Grosskopf supplying the recording gear and Hanten the musical equipment. Grosskopf completed Synthesist, his most famous work, before You recorded Electric Day halfway through 1979. It now appears with four CD-only bonus tracks on Bureau B. The musicians: Udo Hanten, Albin Meskes, Uli Weber, supported by Harald Grosskopf (using the pseudonym Lhan Gopal at the time).
$11.99 EAN: 4047179539029 ELECTRONIC
01. Electric Day (5:51)
02. Magooba (6:30)
03. Son Of A True Star (5:03)
04. Sequential Spectrum Part 1 (2:01)
05. Sequential Spectrum Part 2 (0:45)
06. Slow Go (11:56)
07. Zero-Eighty-Four (8:36)
08. (Bonus) E-Night (11:06)
09. (Bonus) H.Rays Identity (5:59)
10. (Bonus) Hallucination Engine (7:44)
11. (Bonus) Yousless (8:16)
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YOU: Electric Day LP (BB 073LP)
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$11.99 EAN: 4047179539012 ELECTRONIC
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YOU: Time Code CD (BB 074CD)
The Bureau B label reissues You's Time Code, first released in 1983 on Rock City Records. As synthesizers grew more popular from the mid-'70s onwards, an increasing number of groups swapped the classic instruments of a rock band for sequencers and synthesizers. Pioneers (and paragons) of this electronically-created music included, of course, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Manuel Göttsching et al, who represent the "Berliner Schule" (in contrast to the Düsseldorfer Schule which developed around Kraftwerk and company). A hitherto less celebrated, yet outstanding exponent of the Berliner Schule was the Krefeld combo YOU (Udo Hanten, Albin Meskes). Their debut album Electric Day immediately launched YOU into the elite echelon of Germany's electronic music scene. It would take four years for them to deliver their sophomore LP, entitled Time Code. If Electric Day was characterized by Harald Grosskopf's pulsating drums and Uli Weber's solo guitar, Time Code emerged as an altogether more electronic affair, with both Grosskopf and Weber having left the project. Reduced to a duo, YOU largely remained faithful to their style, but expanded upon it. Time Code displays more range and variation than its predecessor. Downtempo and faster numbers alternate and sugar-sweet melodies are followed by expanses of ominously dark or crystal-clear synthesizers. Hanten and Meskes' new sound was further refined by the use of drum computers and the omission of guitar. The album perfectly illustrates the transition of electronic music from the 1970s to the 1980s. Sequencer patterns owe much to the legacy of the Berlin School (Berliner Schule), while the synthesizer and drum computer sounds heralded the advent of the new decade. The level of interest and excitement was particularly high in Italy, where songs from the album featured heavily on the radio. Listeners were clearly impressed by "Live Line," which has resurfaced in various techno productions over the past 20 years, either as a cover (by Diolac Duvai, for example), or as "Elektro Message" (by Gigi D'Agostino). This reissue comes with two CD-only bonus tracks.
$11.99 EAN: 4047179539128 ELECTRONIC
01. Time Code (3:15)
02. Future/Past (5:31)
03. 20/11/28 (6:22)
04. Deep Range (3:09)
05. Taurus-Fantasia (2:32)
06. Metallique (3:39)
07. Live Line (9:02)
08. Bluewater Dream (2:10)
09. Mision: Possible (5:22)
CD-only bonus tracks:
10. Controlled Demolition (4:09)
11. Zone Black (6:05)
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YOU: Time Code LP (BB 074LP)
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$11.99 EAN: 4047179539111 ELECTRONIC
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MORALES, DIEGO: Sacándose Uno 12" (COMEME 011EP)
Diegor's first solo EP is a colorful result of all of his influences and experiences, and a true reflection of his great dancefloor knowledge. It is dirty and rough, heavily rhythmic, extremely musical, playful and full of the "locura" (craziness) techno tracks need. This dark adventure, full of magic, groove and imagination is another Cómeme production beyond the clichés of what is supposed to be "Latin."
$8.39 UPC: 880319522215 ELECTRONIC
A1. El Underworld
A2. Marcup Mip
B1. Unga
B2. Sacándose Uno
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MARTIN TC: In Situ EP 12" (CYN 046EP)
Martin TC is a former member of the now-defunct Monoblock project and proves again that it's all about the cutting-edge of modern funkiness, delivering an ultra-funky, jazz-injected techno bomb of an EP. "In Situ" is an exploration in Chicago-style jack combined with a keen sense of Latin groove and "Al Fin y Al Cabo" and "Vice Versa" are an excellent reminder that techno jazz is still here and that the swing will never die.
$8.39 UPC: 827170362765 ELECTRONIC
A1. In Situ
B1. Al Fin y Al Cabo
B2. Vice Versa
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DEAR, MATTHEW: Little People (Black City) 12" (DVR 016EP)
Next up on Deep Vibes comes Sascha Dive with his killer remixes of Matthew Dear's "Little People (Black City)." Originally released on Spectral Sound as a digital-only package, a vinyl edition had to follow due to public demand. For maximum sound quality, the 20-minute version was shortened to a 15-minute vinyl cut while the dub remix comes in its original form on the flip-side. "Little People (Black City)" is probably the strongest song on Matthew Dear's album Black City.
$8.39 UPC: 827170392168 ELECTRONIC
A1. Little People (Black City) (Sascha Dive's Vinyl Cut)
B1. Little People (Black City) (Sascha Dive's Dub)
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MANON: Que Cara É Essa 12" (DESOLAT 012X-EP)
Manon aka Manon Maeder has been part of the Swiss techno and house scene since the early '90s. Starting with illegal parties in Bern, later involvement in legendary early days afterhours at the Oxa in Zurich, followed by first productions in 1996, residency at Hive and her involvement with the Vision Festival, Manon is today probably more thrilling than ever before. For Desolat, she delivers remarkable tracks that sound like a sonic snapshot of a Balearic sunset. Remixes by Stacey Pullen and tINI.
$8.39 EAN: 4260148770401 ELECTRONIC
A1. Que Cara É Essa
A2. Que Cara É Essa (Stacey Pullen Remix)
B1. Que Cara É Essa (Versão Profunda)
B2. Que Cara É Essa (tINI Cusco Sour Remix)
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ANTONA, MARC: Not The Fool 12" (DISS 003EP)
Marc Antona is in sparkling form once more, backed by a stunning remix from Reboot. Launched as a new platform for Marc's solo and collaborative productions, Dissonant has already impressed with its first brace of releases. "Not The Fool" sees Marc showcase his ability for bringing together the slightest of sounds and teasing them together to create musical magic. Reboot turns the drive of the original on its head, taking you on a meandering, bass-heavy, percussive ride into the unknown.
$8.39 UPC: 827170373068 ELECTRONIC
A1. Not The Fool (Original Mix)
B1. Not The Fool (Reboot Remix)
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DOUBLE HILL: Wanna Get... EP 12" (DS 006EP)
Israeli Double Hill makes his debut on Double Standard, the vinyl-only imprint from Gadi Mizrahi of Wolf + Lamb. The soothing blues of "Purple Hills" opens this delicious package of divine house music. Luscious pan pipes glide over soft saxophones and whispered tones. The title track sticks at the same tempo, spiced up with chiming bells and waves of cascading sound. "Everytime I Go" breathes with the heavy kicks of hip-hop and "Body Motion" is deeper and more rhythmic.
$8.39 UPC: 827170384064 ELECTRONIC
A1. Purple Hills
A2. Wanna Get...
B1. Everytime I Go
B2. Body Motion
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AGARIC & WALKER: Chase's Dream 12" (DU 062EP)
Your horoscope: Dumb-Unit merges with 2011, preparing a new outlook and attitude of strong singles for global consumption. The first: a winning combination from Walker and Agaric. Previous sonic excursions were only a test. Listeners worldwide should expect strong hi-hats and low rumbles mixed with smart, moving percussion. Although fantasy themes abound, the narrative is firmly rooted on the dancefloor. Check attitudes at the door. Happy lucky golden dragon double 8 good time.
$8.39 UPC: 880319519017 ELECTRONIC
A1. Chase's Dream
B1. Stone Hengela
B2. Coconut Cartel
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VA: King Size Dub Chapter 15 CD (EB 083CD)
This is the 15th volume in the long-running, super-cheap King Size Dub series, once again showcasing dub music in all its variations. Some notes on outstanding contributions: Soul Sugar is the solo project of the keyboardist from the French band Seven Dub and Tack >> Head presents his first new recording after 31 years of the ex-Sugarhill Gang backing band featuring Adrian Sherwood and vocalist Bernard Fowler. Dactah Chando is a vocalist from Spain and a very talented upcoming artist, and New York's Subatomic Sound System worked in Europe with Dubblestandart and Lee Perry and pawns a track featuring Treasure. Jamaram from Munich present a very exclusive dub track from their upcoming album and Äl Jawala from the south of Germany also presents a very exclusive dub version from Umberto Echo. Kein Hass Da is a punk band from Hamburg who covers Bad Brains' "The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth," featuring none other than Bad Brains bass player Darryl Jenifer, and Aldubb from Berlin is a drummer, producer and remixer who contributes the very stylish and uptempo "Wa Doo Dub," featuring Ammoye. There's also a Dub Spencer & Trance Hill track featuring the ghost of W.S. Burroughs. Other artists include: Ruts DC, RSD, Noiseshaper, Carlton Livingston, Martha & The Muffins, Grand Phabao, Up, Bustle And Out, Anthony B. & Gudrun and Maffia Tone.
$6.99 EAN: 4047179567824 ELECTRONIC
01. Ruts DC - Rhythm Collision (RSD aka Rob Smith Rmx)
02. Noiseshaper - Dunk (Adrian Sherwood Rmx)
03. Soul Sugar (feat. Carlton Livingston) - Bar Tender (Dub) *
04. Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach (Grand Phabao Rmx)
05. Up, Bustle And Out - City Breakers (Dub)
06. Tack >> Head - Black Cinderella (Dub) *
07. Dactah Chando - Todo Es Jah (Dub) *
08. Dubblestandart (feat. Anthony B. & Gudrun) - Dem Can't Stop We From Talk (Tivoli Gardens Dub)
09. Subatomic Sound System (feat. Treasure Don) - The Chronicles *
10. Dub Spencer & Trance Hill (feat. W.S. Burroughs) - The Saints Go Marching Through All The Popular Tunes
11. Jamaram - Just A Little Dub *
12. Äl Jawala - Another Dance Dub (Umberto Echo Dub) *
13. Kein Hass Da - The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth (Wie Regen Im Meer) (Darryl Jenifer Dub Remix) *
14. Maffia Tone - Run Down City
15. Aldubb Meets Citizen Sound (feat. Ammoye) - Wa Doo Dubb *
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CHAPMAN, MICHAEL: The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock LP (E#109E)
Michael Chapman, one of the finest acoustic guitar innovators borne of the late '70s UK folk scene, was in Philadelphia early 2010, paying tribute to his good friend, the late Jack Rose, a mighty six-string alchemist in his own right, and a youngster wholly inspired by Chapman's critical recordings. While sharing in the good light of friendship backstage, we asked Michael if he'd ever recorded an LP of purely improvised guitar music. It seemed feasible, as the current state of acoustic guitar exploration was in equal measures inspired by both composition and improvisation. Chapman, along with Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, John Fahey et al, was a significant and historical informant for this young set. But he claimed to have never even entertained the notion of an LP of exclusively improvised playing. Anyone who has had the good fortune to hear Michael just take off in the middle of his songs and simply shred into zones of in-and-out-of-the-chakras stratosphere knows that such an idea could only be wildly welcomed. As it were, Michael got in touch within a week or so and said he was game, and here it is, The Resurrection And Revenge Of The Clayton Peacock, two sides of unbroken, idiosyncratic guitar improvisation that moves from neck-tapping harmonics into effects pedal kosmische into distinctly strange tone huzz. An odd and lovely, momentous session. Limited edition of 500 copies, each numbered with silver ink.
$12.39 UPC: N/A ROCK
A1. Side A
B1. Side B
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GREED, DOUGLAS: Hurt & Love 12" (FREUDE 051EP)
Douglas Greed leaves the angst dancing at the door even though the EP title suggests something else. "Hurt & Love" (featuring Kemo) is crafted for the modern club and darker, free spaces. Injury and salvation is assured for his Freude am Tanzen debut album, which will inevitably expand the radius of Greed.
$8.39 UPC: 880319517211 ELECTRONIC
A1. Hurt & Love (feat. Kemo) (8:33)
B1. Play The Game (6:33)
B2. The Right Man For The Gob (6:13)
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SECRET CINEMA: Minerals 2CD (GEM 002CD)
The tracks on Secret Cinema's album Minerals are inspired by the hardness, color and material of various minerals. CD1 consists of dancefloor hammering tech-house and techno as we have come to expect from Secret Cinema. With contributions from Ramon Tapia, Egbert, Cosima and m0h, timeless gems are guaranteed. Alongside these floor-friendly tracks are some more abstract jams. All is woven together in a powerful continuous mix on CD (with download voucher for single tracks). The second CD is an ambient mix consisting of the sounds that form the base of the tracks on CD1, mixed with bizarre instruments, tuning forks and other sounds. Dirk-Jan Hanegraaff and Robert Kroos also known as Mental Youth, collaborated with Gem Records-head Jeroen Verheij on this creation. Perfect for relaxation after the party on CD1. Some might say that this is some of the best work from one of The Netherlands' top techno producers of the past 18 years.
$14.99 UPC: 827170115125 ELECTRONIC
CD1: Night On Earth
01. Secret Cinema - Exploration
02. Secret Cinema - Smooth Talc
03. Secret Cinema and Ramon Tapia - Crystal System
04. Secret Cinema - Turquoise
05. Secret Cinema - Calcite Night
06. Secret Cinema and Kalden Bess aka m0h - Mohs Scale
07. Secret Cinema - Star Sapphire
08. Secret Cinema - Smoky Quartz
09. Secret Cinema and Egbert - Topaz
10. Secret Cinema - Caught In Amber
11. Secret Cinema - Interlude - Passage
12. Secret Cinema and Cosima - Ruby FM
CD2: Moving Earth - Composing Elements
01. Secret Cinema & Mental Youth - Moving Earth Part 1: Separating
02. Secret Cinema & Mental Youth - Moving Earth Part 2: Colliding
03. Secret Cinema & Mental Youth - Composing Elements Part 1: Forming
04. Secret Cinema & Mental Youth - Composing Elements Part 2: Mining
05. Secret Cinema & Mental Youth - Composing Elements Part 3: Molding
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SHUTTER: Natterjack 12" (HEM 001EP)
The Hem label presents Shutter's Natterjack, three pieces of playful, dark techno music. Sounds mysterious these days, when almost everybody is busy with self-promotion, huh?
$8.39 UPC: 827170395862 ELECTRONIC
A1. Natterjack Part 1
B1. Natterjack Part 2
B2. Natterjack Part 3
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DACHSHUND: Stand Firm EP 12" (HIGH 091EP)
Anyone who advertises on their Facebook site that they create "music for dogs" while working under the name Dachshund must have a sense of humor. And indeed, it seems the Swiss DJ, producer and label boss doesn't think much of sterile production and is prepared to use his sense of passion and fun to create rhythms of every kind in his work. Groovy, original and funky, this is music that booms from the speakers.
$8.39 UPC: 827170371767 ELECTRONIC
A1. Stand Firm
B1. Sweet Damage
B2. Oak Glen
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KIRBY, LEYLAND: Intrigue & Stuff Vol.1 LP (HAFTW 009LP)
James Leyland Kirby (aka The Caretaker) presents the first of a set of four limited edition vinyl pressings. Six tracks wide, 30 minutes long, these are all previously-unreleased retro-futurist recordings. What then is Intrigue & Stuff? Is it a comment by the late great Martin Hannett when describing Tony Wilson's Factory? "There's an awful lot of incest that goes on," mused Hannett. "Intrigue and stuff." The biggest clue could be found in one of the track titles: "Live For The Future, Long For The Past," a track which itself has been used to soundtrack the final coda to a BBC series entitled Everything And Nothing, a two-part documentary which dealt with two of the deepest questions there are -- what is everything, and what is nothing? We can confirm that Intrigue & Stuff will be delivered in four parts spread across four 12" pressings. Vinyl cut at Dubpates & Mastering, Berlin. 700 copies only.
$12.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Video 2000
02. Re-Record Not Fade Away
03. Neon Lit Atoms
04. Live For The Future, Long For The Past
05. Low Entropy
06. Ruined Visions
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FOAT GROUP, THE GREG: Dark Is The Sun CD (JMAN 041CD)
Jazzman's next attempt at world domination produces the debut album by The Greg Foat Group. Recorded in Sweden, Dark Is The Sun is a concept album based on themes and variations by British pianist/composer/arranger Greg Foat, who has created an intriguing blend of non-contemporary jazz sounds with classic scoring techniques. An exotic array of unorthodox instrumentation was utilized, including harpsichord, tubular bells and a 15-piece choir. With musical reference and influence from such luminaries as Bruno Nicolai, Michel Legrand and Serge Gainsbourg as well as a firm nod towards UK jazzmen Michael Garrick, Keith Mansfield and Alan Hawkshaw, the result is highly-listenable, enduring and fulfilling for those who like real music played with real instruments. Original artwork by House Of Traps.
$11.99 EAN: 5036468200411 JAZZ
01. Time Piece 1 (Harpsichord Bugalu) (5:23)
02. Dark Is The Sun (Main Theme) (4:33)
03. Interlude (1:36)
04. Hello Old Friend (4:35)
05. Dark Is The Sun (Reprise) (1:08)
06. Dark Is The Sun (Harpsichord Waltz) (4:30)
07. Yeah You Are (1:54)
08. Uncle Bessie (4:11)
09. Bright Is The Sun (5:10)
10. Time Piece 2 (Epilogue) (4:18)
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FOAT GROUP, THE GREG: Dark Is The Sun LP (JMAN 041LP)
LP version.
$18.39 UPC: N/A JAZZ
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BALISTIQ BEATS: Yardman Riddim 12" (LDN 020EP)
Hailing from East London, Balistiq Beats are production duo Andrew and Ryan, best known for their work in the grime scene. Yet Yardman Riddim, a tribute to the spirit of Jamaican culture, finds itself at the confluence of reggae, dubstep and grime. The riddim version has been vocalized by four of the most Yard MCs in grime, Roll Deep's Riko and Killa P, former member Jamakabi and Badness and will be released alongside the instrumental.
$8.39 EAN: 5060096475484 ELECTRONIC
A1. Riko - Rise The Machine
A2. Killa P - Wickedest Ting
B1. Badness - Record Breaker
B2. Jamakabi - Concrete Jungle
B3. Balistiq Beats - Instrumental
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TEJADA, JOHN: Unstable Condition 12" (KOM 227EP)
Say hello to John Tejada's Kompakt debut single Unstable Condition from his forthcoming full-length Parabolas. The results here are tremendous -- the title track is a parable of epic sorts. Resonating the melodic vastness of Aphex Twin's classic sounds, the beat is driven by house and the results are unmistakably Tejada's own. He shows off his expert knack for musicality with "The Living Night" which gracefully flows from beginning to end.
$8.39 UPC: 880319059018 ELECTRONIC
A1. Unstable Condition
A2. The Living Night
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KOLOMBO: Waiting For 12" (KOM POP017EP)
Kolombo pays tribute to the spirit of slo-mo Belgian new beat with this EP. The title track is a 105 bpm-driven concoction of classic house and Balearic disco led by the voice of '80s pop maestro Howard Jones in his memorable hit "Everlasting Love." "Rescue Me" shines with a disco-fied raucousness. Michael Mayer embraces the grandiosity of the original, setting it off with a stripped-down, classic Chicago house rhythm that is simply untouchable.
$8.99 UPC: 880319058417 ELECTRONIC
A1. Waiting For
A2. Rescue Me
B1. Waiting For (Michael Mayer Remix)
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GOLDMANN, FRIEDRICH: Late Works CD (MACROM 024CD)
In a world of crossover and remixes, Macro is the first electronic label to release a CD of pure original works of a contemporary classical/avant-garde composer. Commemorating Friedrich Goldmann's 70th anniversary, the CD presents four key late works. In addition to the retail version, UK magazine The Wire will distribute 9,000 CDs to its subscribers. It is the first time The Wire has distributed a CD by a single German composer. The label and magazine searched for innovative channels of distribution, in order to surpass the restrictions of a niche market and reach an international audience with a background in other musics, including electronic. Friedrich Goldmann, who passed away in 2009, was one of Germany's most distinct composers of his generation. His works were commissioned and performed by leading interpreters, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Modern, Arditti Quartet and Daniel Barenboim. His music is not only heard at leading German and European concert halls and festivals, but was also commissioned for major events like Expo 2000 and the 20th anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate. As a conductor he has recorded CDs with the works of Stockhausen, Henze and Rihm (for Deutsche Grammophon, Wergo, RCA and others). Friedrich Goldmann also was the academy professor who taught Paul Frick -- now successful with Brandt Brauer Frick in performing techno with the means of a classical ensemble. He is also the father of Stefan Goldmann, one of the leading producers and DJs of avant-garde techno. He therefore had influence on two key figures of experimentation at the intersections of classical and electronic music. Beginning with the delicate shimmer of "Haiku À 6," passing through the detailed treasury of "Ensemblekonzert 3" to the gripping vehemence of "Sisyphos Zu Zweit" and "Wege Gewirr Ausblick," Late Works covers this extraordinarily significant period of the composer's oeuvre. All recordings were either made live during the first performances (with rehearsal guidance by the composer) or in the studio shortly thereafter with the same performers. Being compiled according to this criterion, the CD makes for a holistic listening experience of Friedrich Goldmann's late works despite the differences in instrumentations and spaces.
$11.99 UPC: 827170114326 ELECTRONIC
01. Haiku À 6
02. Ensemblekonzert 3
03. Sisyphos Zu Zweit
04. Wege Gewirr Ausblick
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VA: Forward EP 12" (MIND 012.1EP)
For his second transmission as part of the Mindshake family, Carlo Lio drops a propulsive stomper of a tune, while John Lagora's "Ync" is precisely buffed for 100% DJ and dancer satisfaction. Victor Calderone presents old school tribal drums, expertly filtered, tweaked and dropped into and out of the mix. Wouter de Moor's "Break It" merges its multiple influences into a spellbinding journey that builds and builds into a slice of pure, unadulterated dancefloor joy.
$8.39 UPC: 827170390461 ELECTRONIC
A1. Carlo Lio - Stuck In A Dream
A2. John Lagora - Ync
B1. Victor Calderone - Pleasure Grip
B2. Wouter de Moor - Break It
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AMBIVALENT & ALEXI DELANO: Brooklyn Weekdays 12" (MINUS 104EP)
Kevin McHugh, the producer & DJ commonly known as Ambivalent presents five tracks born out of a collaboration with Alexi Delano, the Swedish-born producer and resident of McHugh's old New York stomping ground. The result of what started out as something resembling a game of musical Consequences beginning in the summer of 2009, Brooklyn Weekdays was conceived mostly in Delano's New York studio as the two producers swapped loops and parts from works in progress that the duo had been working on individually.
$7.79 UPC: 815349011149 ELECTRONIC
A1. Lights Down
A2. Zoo Trip
B1. Last Track
B2. Perfect Zed
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SQUILLACE & MATTHIAS TANZMANN, DAVIDE: Circoloco - The Next Level CD (MHR 014CD)
Since the late 1980s, Ibiza has developed into a meeting place for the discerning hedonist and people who prefer to party on their holidays instead of quarreling with other tourists over sunloungers. Since 1999, the Circoloco parties at DC10 have been the most consistently legendary events of every season. Every Monday, fancily dressed-up people dance the day away to sets from the world's best DJs, all under the glorious Balearic sun. It's no wonder the party series is one of the most-visited on the white island. Circoloco residents, DJs Davide Squillace and Matthias Tanzmann have been integral to the party since 2007, both being big names in the scene for a long time. Tanzmann has been going strong with his label Moon Harbour for more than ten years now, and Davide Squillace, as well as releasing on well-known labels such as Ovum, Sci+Tec and Desolat, also stirs up the music world with his labels Minisketch, Titbit Music and the recently-founded Hideout. Davide Squillace and Matthias Tanzmann have known each other and played together for years now, their legendary back2back sets at Circoloco parties always causing a furor, most recently in Miami, London, and of course at DC10. So it's no surprise at all that the two were called on to compile and mix Circoloco - The Next Level; the perfect accompaniment for the summer and the new Circoloco season. Artists include: Luca Bacchetti, Carola Pisaturo, Marcin Czubala, Catz'n'Dogz, Audiofly, Nikola Gala, Dan Drastic, Sven Tasnadi & Juno6, Nil By Mouth, Dragosh, Guti, BNZO, Blind Minded, Italoboyz, Adam Port, Daniel Wilde, Matthew Dear, Sascha Dive, Martinez, Luna City Express.
$11.99 UPC: 807297176223 ELECTRONIC
01. Davide Squillace & Luca Bacchetti - Around The Bay (Carola Pisaturo Remix)
02. Marcin Czubala (feat. Catz'n'Dogz) - Never Give It Up
03. Audiofly - Fela (Davide Squillace Simple Chaos Rmx)
04. Nikola Gala - I Get U
05. Dan Drastic & Matthias Tanzmann - Puddle Trouble
06. Sven Tasnadi & Juno6 - Mr. Ray
07. Nil By Mouth - Fibula
08. Dragosh - Point Nebun
09. Davide Squillace & Guti - That Ginger Pony Tail
10. BNZO - Sex, Drug, Dance (Blind Minded Remix)
11. Italoboyz vs. Blind Minded - Bekeke
12. Adam Port - Basement (feat. Daniel Wilde)
13. Matthew Dear - Little People (Black City) (Sascha Dive Remix)
14. Martinez - Memorial (Luna City Express Remix)
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MURPHY JAX: Masters Of Meta Space 12" (MFR 034EP)
Canada's My Favorite Robot Records, steered by the My Favorite Robot duo and James Teej, have joined forces with the hotly-tipped Berlin-based producer, Murphy Jax. Jax was behind one of last year's big records, the superb It's The Music, featuring vocals from the legendary Mike Dunn. Now, he has taken time out of his busy schedule to release this superb EP of '80s synth-inspired disco and electronica. Featuring remixes by Jori Hulkkonen and Dance Disorder.
$8.39 UPC: 880319517815 ELECTRONIC
A1. Wings Of A Galaxy Knight (Original Mix)
A2. Master of Meta Space (Original Mix)
A3. The Astro Disco (Original Mix)
B1. Wings Of A Galaxy Knight (Jori Hulkkonen Remix
B2. The Astro Disco (Dance Disorder Remix)
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VA: Panorama Bar 03 12" (OSTGUT 047EP)
This is part three in a vinyl series of exclusive tracks off of Panorama Bar 03 (OSTGUT 017CD), compiled and mixed by Prosumer. Hitherto unreleased, the three tracks on this 12" tick all the boxes that make Prosumer such a unique DJ: house in its various identities. Soundstore starts the triptych with frantic fever visions of Chicago's second wave. Steffi slows down the pace with some serious deep house. To close, Hunee teaches you a freestyle lesson.
$8.39 UPC: 880319518119 ELECTRONIC
A1. Soundstore - Take U
B1. Steffi - Sadness
B2. Hunee - A Leaf For Hand In Hand
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SHOW-B: Came Down In Time 12" (PFR 118EP)
Poker Flat welcomes Mathias Schober aka Show-B to the ranks with a whole new batch of funk-laden, truly deep electronic jams. "Far Down" is a swirling and all-encompassing tech-house journey characterized by pitching synths and focused percussion. The technical and dubbed-out "Time Comes" is a superb example of a modern electronic hybrid. Crossing heavy dub stabs and delay-washed fx with thick, room-filling synths and exceptional detailing, this inventive and textural track is pure home-grown and highly recommended!
$8.39 EAN: 4250382411031 ELECTRONIC
A1. Far Down
B1. Time Comes
B2. Time Comes (Dub)
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TIGER & WOODS: Gin Nation 12" (RBTW 001EP)
12" album sampler for Tiger & Woods' debut album Through The Green. Featuring the dynamic duo's top-secret super hit "Gin Nation," the brand-new ecstasy epic "Kissmetellme" and the DJ-friendly beat-up heat-up "Kissmetellmemore." You're in for some top notch editainment, shrouded in mystery.
$8.39 UPC: 827170397262 ELECTRONIC
A1. Gin Nation
B1. Kissmetellme
B2. Kissmetellmemore
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LE ROCK, SID: Gentlemen's Intermission 12" (STRIKE 126EP)
This 12" by Shitkatapult pal Sid Le Rock (aka Pan/Tone) rocks the shit. "Devil's Night" is a serious 8+ minute smooth melodic techno piece from the hands of the Franco-Canadian-Berlin meister. The B-side opens up with a majestic Soul Center remix of "Made For You." Thomas Brinkmann re-arranges the original by adding a straight funkyness with filter warmth, bass drums and extra bass. "Hello Gorgeous" finishes it all off with surprisingly smooth, melancholy indie-rock and deep pop feeling.
$8.39 EAN: 4260217560162 ELECTRONIC
A1. Devil's Night
B1. Made For You (Soul Center Remix)
B2. Hello Gorgeous
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SKUDGE: Phantom CD (SKUDGE 001CD)
Stockholm's biggest sound Skudge drop an immaculate studio mix of their Phantom album for CD format. The result is a dramatic listening experience, demonstrating why their music has been so popular with all kinds of deep-minded deejays the world over. The mix includes the unreleased track, "Breaking Strain." Formed in the summer of 2009, the duo have moved out of near anonymity to become precious favorites of deep, warehouse-styled house and techno fans. Their output to date has molded together classic ideas and modern aesthetics with a keen sense of minimalism: their looped soundscapes are often bare, but never lacking, and the intersection between house and techno seems to be the point at which the duo most often find themselves. As a result, that's the area most explored on their debut album, Phantom, which conjures up exactly the sort of adjectives you should imagine given its title. It kicks off with eerie chambers of grainy sound, synth melancholy and frosty mists that hang in a beatless air for just over three minutes. From there, the thumping beats swing until the end of the album -- sometimes accompanied by a little trippy sonic color, sometimes devoid of anything but filters, echo and decay, and sometimes paired with cavernous claps, but always with a solid, ground-shaking resonance and, more importantly, a noticeable analog vitality. Although the bold forms Skudge produce are optimized for maximum dancefloor impact, there's also a deftness to their designs: sounds and vocal snippets are subtly, selectively employed to imbue each loop with an extra infectious sense of swing or to underline a groove or accentuate an emotion.
$11.99 EAN: 8717127020362 ELECTRONIC
01. Ursa Major
02. In Between
03. Sandblast
04. Eleven
05. Breaking Strain
06. Downtown
07. Vanisher
08. Realtime
09. Pressure Drop
10. Blackout
11. Shivers
12. Phantom
13. Modular Storm
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BRAEMER, SASCHA: People 12" (SVT 059EP)
Sascha Braemer presents three fresh tracks for the spring of 2011. In the meantime, his funky minimal jump-up tech-house has led him to release on labels such as Kindisch and Dirtybird. Things kick off with "Belle," a ferocious attack on your groove muscles and dancing bones. "Felicitous" is considerably slower but is still a deep and dirty suckerpunch to your euphoria synapses. "People" is pure club pop -- so deep it will send shivers down your spine on the breakdown.
$8.39 UPC: 827170382367 ELECTRONIC
A1. Belle
B1. Felicitous
B2. People
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SCHWIND, NIKO: Good Morning Midnight CD (SVT 060CD)
For his second album, Niko Schwind has produced ten tracks of house music that follow a musical journey from a pop-infused intro to musical dancefloor anthems. Good Morning Midnight starts out with the vocal house track "Good Morning" that features singer Fran. This collaborative track is a slow-paced house groover with Fran's whispered vocals acting as the perfect starting place for this album. The use of the piano seems central to Niko's productions in this track and it remains a central element on the album. "Shine" is a track that slowly pulsates through a very prolific oldschool bassline, featuring some great vocal samples and, yes, a wonderful harmonic piano melody. Things get a little more technological on "Playground Love," which features the typical "Schwind"-groove that is comprised of some punchy beats and vocal samples on the loop. Then, "People" kicks things off in a deeper direction. The deep and slow-paced synthesizer melody juxtaposes the quite hectic nature of the loop and the bassline on this track. The result is a beautifully deep hit that seems perfect for the start of the peak-time. Aiming for the peak-time itself is the track "Midnight" that is best described as percussive tech-house that features some pretty wasted vocals, stomping bass sounds and pizzicato strings. For the second part of the album, Niko got together with some of his closest production partners. First up are two tracks with his label buddies from Channel X with whom he has produced two melodic tech-house tracks. "Back From The Bar" sounds like the title suggests: a little wobbly, a little drunk, a little crazy, but also pretty magical. "Don't Turn The Lights On" is a more straightforward dancefloor track with the trumpet playing the main part in this. "Wake Up" featuring Staller is another percussive and very funky tech-house affair with some real vintage organs and vocal samples. Things stay very funky on the track that Niko did together with Oliver Koletzki. "Master Of Ceremony" is a chopped-up house track with epic dimensions. When things get to the piano breakdown, they get very musical and colossal before dropping back into a great house track. Last up is "Coming Home," a very slow-moving ambient track that features Patrick Blasa. This almost jazzy and leftfield song with some great vocals perfectly closes the circle of the album that started slow and ends in a similar way. Niko Schwind is a magician when it comes to producing very fine and mature pieces of house music that are sure to work great on the dancefloor.
$11.99 UPC: 827170115927 ELECTRONIC
01. Good Morning (feat. Fran)
02. Shine
03. Playground Love
04. People
05. Midnight
06. Back From The Bar (feat. Channel X)
07. Don't Turn The Lights On (feat. Channel X)
08. Wake Up (feat. Staller)
09. Master Of Ceremony (feat. Oliver Koletzki)
10. Coming Home (feat. Patrick Blasa)
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DUBKASM: Remixed Part 3 12" (DUBK 015EP)
These transformations of Dubkasm riddims find Peverelist in deep, meditative form on "Strictly Ital," putting Ras Adam's dread drawl to great use over sumptuous subs and a sparingly-used late '80s digital-style riff, with spot-on awareness of space, vibe and drive. On the flip, Guido takes a more modern approach to "Nyah Keith," reworking the track within his tougher sound-sphere in an equally robust but less subtle manner. Big tip for all rooted dubstep heads.
$7.79 EAN: 5060096479581 ELECTRONIC
A1. Strictly Ital (Peverelist Remix)
B1. Nyah Keith (Guido Remix)
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WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND, THE: Companion 2LP (SBR 5079LP)
Few '60s artists have attracted such mystique or so devoted a cult following as The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band. This fascinating compilation draws together many of the rare recordings made by its members before, during and after their existence. Taking in pop, garage, folk-rock, psych, the avant-garde and more, the set highlights the disparate elements that fused to create their extraordinary and enigmatic music, and comes complete with rare pictures and comprehensive notes by the world's leading WCPAEB authority, Tim Forster. Artists include: Bob Markley, Lucifer & The Peppermints, Bobby Rebel, Judy Brown, Sonny Knight, The Rogues, The Laughing Wind, Neo Maya, Boystown, California Spectrum, Rockit, Brigadune, California and Halim El-Dabh.
$22.39 EAN: 5051125507924 ROCK
A1. Bob Markley - Will We Meet Again?
A2. Bob Markley - Tia Juana Ball
A3. Bob Markley - Summer's Comin' On
A4. Bob Markley - It Should've Been Me
A5. Lucifer & The Peppermints - The Green Itch Got The Bear
A6. Lucifer & The Peppermints - Money Back Guarantee
A7. Bobby Rebel - Valley Of Tears
A8. Bobby Rebel - Teardrops From My Eyes
B1. Judy Brown - I'm Such A Fool
B2. Sonny Knight - A Swingin' Door
B3. Sonny Knight - If You Want This Love
B4. The Rogues - Wanted: Dead Or Alive
B5. The Laughing Wind - Good To Be Around
B6. The Laughing Wind - Don't Take Very Much To See Tomorrow
B7. The Laughing Wind - John Works Hard
B8. The Laughing Wind - The Bells
C1. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Sassafras
C2. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - I Won't Hurt You
C3. Neo Maya - I Won't Hurt You
C4. Boystown - Hello Mr. Sun
C5. Boystown - End Of The Line
C6. California Spectrum - She May Call You Up Tonite
C7. Rockit - Blame It On The Pony Express
C8. Rockit - Amblin'
D1. Brigadune - I'll Cry Out From My Grave (God I'm Sorry)
D2. Brigadune - Misty Mornin'
D3. Brigadune - My Wife Likes To
D4. California - Spectrum Rainbo
D5. Halim El-Dabh - Leiyla & The Poet
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TRICKSKI: Wilderness 12" (SUOL 026EP)
Yannick Labbé and Daniel "Stoerte" Becker are the duo better known as Trickski. "Wilderness" is the first single from their long-awaited debut album Unreality. The original version of "Wilderness" has a massive groove that grinds itself into your brain. The remix by Genius Of Time makes you close your eyes and enjoy the ride. Soulphiction handles the re-rub, concentrating on the vocal while an arpeggiator takes it away to funky town. Also includes a remix by Jef K.
$8.39 UPC: 673790027801 ELECTRONIC
A1. Wilderness (12 Inches Version)
A2. Wilderness (Genius Of Time Remix)
B1. Wilderness (Soulphiction Re-Rub)
B2. Wilderness (Jef K Remix)
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OTTUM, JOSH: Watch TV CD (TR 217CD)
Although Watch TV is only Josh Ottum's second album, it is the result of years of songwriting, experimentation, sonic exploration, and personal introspection. Recorded piece-by-piece at both Richard Swift's National Freedom studio in Cottage Grove, Oregon, and Casey Foubert's Metal Camp in Enatai, Washington, between 2007 and 2010, Watch TV is a sonically unified album, even as it remains a study in contrasts. Josh consciously chose to utilize an accessible musical palette in both his melodies and in his instrumentation. Indeed, a lot of the programming for the album was done on the consumer music software GarageBand. There are pop hooks galore and there are heartbreaking ballads that fit somewhere between some of Paul Simon's most transparent work and David Foster-produced '80s ballads by Chicago and Lionel. As Josh notes, "I've always loved midi sounds, fake choirs and sampled steel drums. I am also aware of how ridiculous these things are. I don't like them -- I love them." But at the same time he's stressing consumer instruments and technology and accessible melodies and hooks, Josh remains interested in compositional complexity. This juxtaposition of the "accessible" with the experimental bespeaks of the larger conceptual scope of Watch TV: What can be hidden beneath that which seems simple or easy to understand? What kind of emotional content lies underneath sounds that can seem almost cliché? And in what ways are our emotions and personal lives interwoven with pop music "clichés?" It is this, the album's admixtures of human and technological, of studio musicianship and consumer software, of melodic naiveté and compositional complexity, of accessibility and depth, of cliché and expression that come together around the human experience in modern society. Much like our relationship with TV music, each song on Watch TV provides a cinematic palate for the listener to project his or her feelings onto. The album means to be evocative.
$11.99 UPC: 401569840852 ROCK
01. Goin' Gone
02. Work On A Feeling
03. Fool In The Night
04. Storms In The Summertime
05. Green In The Sun
06. Secret Age
07. Not Built For Two
08. Feel Real Brite
09. Too Sure To See
10. Doesn't Mean Nothing
11. Sittin' Over There
12. My First Love
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OTTUM, JOSH: Watch TV LP (TR 217LP)
LP version.
$11.99 EAN: 4047179566711 ROCK
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ADDISON GROOVE: This Is It/Make Um Bounce 12" (TEC 049EP)
Massive new Tectonic 12" from Bristol's very own Tony Williams aka Addison Groove. Taking in elements of the Chicago juke/footwork scene and bringing in bass-heavy dubstep production, Addison Groove has made a huge impression on dance music. "This Is It" is a 138bpm dancefloor banger, blending bass science with original Chicago attitude. "Make Um Bounce" is bass-heavy and full of booty-bouncing badness! DJ support from Kode9, Skream, Pinch, Loefah, James Zabiela, Jackmaster, Boddika, Martyn, 2562 and many more!
$7.79 EAN: 5055300329271 ELECTRONIC
A1. This Is It
B1. Make Um Bounce
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WATSON & MARCUS DAVIDSON, CHRIS: Cross-Pollination CD (TONE 043CD)
Touch presents a piece by British environmental sound archivist Chris Watson and a collaboration between Watson and British composer, producer and keyboard player Marcus Davidson (Spire). "Midnight At The Oasis" is a 28-minute time compression from sunset to sunrise in South Africa's Kalahari Desert and features the dense and harmonic mosaic of delicate animal rhythms recorded in this remote habitat. The piece was first performed at the Marquee in Parliament Street, York, on September 13th, 2007 as part of SightSonic's contribution to the BA Festival of Science. The Kalahari Desert is a vast and open space where most of the wildlife is nocturnal. After sunset, the dunes, grasses and thorn bushes are patrolled by an emerging alien empire -- the insects. "Midnight At The Oasis" presents an unseen soundscape from this beautiful and hostile environment. "The Bee Symphony" is a project by Chris Watson originally for Pestival (an international arts festival dedicated to "insects in the arts and the art of being an insect") in 2009 to explore the vocal harmonies between humans and honey bees in a unique choral collaboration around and within the hives of an English country garden. Recorded live at The Rymer Auditorium, Music Research Centre, University of York, England on December 17th, 2010 by Tony Myatt, using a Soundfield SPS200 microphone recorded onto an Edirol R4 (surround version) and 2 x Neumann U87 microphones via Grace Microphone Preamplifiers, recorded onto an Edirol R44 (stereo version). Composed and arranged by Marcus Davidson using recordings made by Chris Watson & Mike Harding and diffused through a 4.1 Genelec system by Chris Watson.
$10.39 EAN: 5027803904323 ELECTRONIC
01. Chris Watson - Midnight At The Oasis (28:08)
02. Chris Watson & Marcus Davidson - The Bee Symphony (20:00)
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FRANKLIN: I Know (+ Com Truise Rmx) 7" (WR 017EP)
Limited silkscreened 7" for fans of Atlas Sound, Lali Puna, Neon Indian, Twin Shadow, etc. Franklin is Franck Rabeyrolles' (Double U) side project. Where Double U's music seems more intimate, folky and melancholic, Franklin sounds more like mutant pop. Includes a remix by Com Truise.
$5.99 EAN: 5055300311504 ROCK
A1. I Know (Com Truise Remix)
B1. Great Society
B2. Hospital
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ADDISON GROOVE: It's Got Me/Minutes Of Funk 12" (3024 012EP)
"In which 3024's West Country takeover continues unabated with Addison Groove as one of 2010's most celebrated producers fires off a pair of brand new exclusives. 'It's Got Me' drags a cornerstone of classic hip hop into the 21st century with trademark spasmodic Chicago drum acrobatics and vocal splicing working the track into a frenzy while his less acknowledged way with gauzy analogue textures never allow things to slip into the trap of dance floor bludgeon. 'Minutes Of Funk' dials back the ferocity just enough to open up extra space for more luxurious synth washes and increasingly intricate rhythmic shifts as interlocking traces of dance floor past combine to form the thinking man's set opener."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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VIDA/KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN, BEN: Aggregatepulseripper (Damaged IIII) LP (AMIRW 033LP)
"Amish is pleased to announce the third iteration in its Required Wreckers Series, a split LP featuring new and exclusive work from Ben Vida and Keith Fullerton Whitman. Having collaborated over the last decade as a trio with Greg Davis, this release features new solo-work by two of America's most important emerging sound artists. The first side of this release debuts a new composition from Ben Vida. In keeping with his recent patchwork-based compositions, AGGREGATEPULSERIPPER (DAMAGED IIII) continues to explore Vida's interest in both digital and analog control sources, a compositional process that refuses to fetishize one technology over another and, more interestingly, appears to displace the musician's hand from the compositional process. The flipside of this LP features Keith Fullerton Whitman's third in a series of splits (previous releases have included No Fun Production's b/w Carlos Giffoni and Amethyst Sunset's b/w with Mike Shiflet) documenting a particularly productive period in his creative output--a series of 'synth concerts' from 2007 and 2008. Recorded on January 14, 2008 at PA's Lounge in Somerville, MA, this piece documents the fourth in Whitman's solo synthesizer sets. Throughout the recording one can discern talking from the audience and ambient room--tone noise, as well as sound coming from different sources spread throughout the room--a small battery powered speaker on stage right, a giant Barbetta on stage left. Each speaker was fed into a different patch irrespective of its frequency response. Whitman uses a hybrid system of digital and analog sound sources that, with the exception of a single 4096 bd delay, is presented here without treatment, overdub, or sequencing of any sort."
$13.75 UPC: N/A ROCK
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ALEKS ZEN: High Life/Pimp Shoes 12" (BRKDUB 018EP)
"For Berkane Sol 18 we present the vinyl debut of the hugely talented Aleks Zen. He calls his outfit 'Neon Bounty' and it's easy to hear why. His brightly colored music is like the soundtrack to a thrill seekers ride through the downtown areas of a tropical metropolis -- sensuous but edgy, and properly booming on the right kind of car stereo. His riddims are propulsive and a joy to dance to, bringing together the best aspects of both house and dubstep. Melodically these tunes feel like the emotions of classic West Coast g-funk filtered through the mongrel mindset of the current UK bass music scene. Or as Aleks puts it himself -- 'I've been on hip-hop, grime, house and dubstep, now I'm trying to create my own musical paradigm that still relates to people's earthly emotions.' Pimp Shoes is maybe the best example of this -- sometimes it feels just like an upbeat oldskool computer game theme, but then it evolves through some highly accomplished and unexpected key changes that put it in a whole new category."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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DARK SKY: High Rise 12" (BLR 007EP)
"Having successfully shifted Mickey's dodgy merchandise, its back to business for Blunted Robots. Dark Sky has been all over 2011, with a remix of Kelis and their storming 'Promiscuous Gyal' attracting the attention of Annie Mac and Giles Peterson. For Robots they deliver their strongest material to date: a pair of stomping UK Bass workouts, with hard-bodied percussion and swollen sub pressure. These tracks will be available as a limited edition 12" on 2nd May; Only 300 copies will be pressed."
$9.50 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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DISTANCE: Falling Ft. Alys Be 12" (CHST 011EP)
"Chestplate is a label set up with the intention of showcasing the freshest of Distance's own productions which have been destroying dances and flooring radio listeners ever since. After just a handful of releases it is already established as one of the increasingly few, 'buy-on-sight' dubstep labels. Highlights of his production repertoire include 'V'; a track as heavy as 100 ten tonne trucks that pounds and stomps, crunches and growls. Now for number 11 another Distance classic, 'Feel Me', oozes something far less overtly aggressive; all motorik hypnotik groove and ring modulated synth squeel. For the heads don't sleep on the evil Malice on the flip. Distance's studio has spawned multiple stone cold killers over a range of styles but all uniquely Distance, highlighting why his new releases are some of the most highly anticipated in the scene."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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DEBRUIT: Sis Surpriz 12" (CIV 020EP)
"When French producer dEbruit relocated to London, it was just the start of a journey that would take him much further east than Hackney. dEbruit explains; 'I lived in a Turkish neighborhood in London and my productions are always a result of curiosity over the sounds and people around me. I wanted to learn more and try something with Turkish music and instruments so I travelled to Turkey in October, and I'm so glad I did.' The end results of dEbruit's travels are the four painstakingly crafted tracks of SiS Surpriz (which translates as Skewer Surprise). Traditional Turkish folk instruments are coupled with modern, synthetic sounds on an EP that's full of eastern promise. Opener Accorde Don combines accordion and darbuka drums (a kind of goblet drum) with 'bump-hop' beats, whilst Turkish Ish features zurna flutes, talkbox effects and scything synths. Mezde's bassheavy, low-slung bounce deploys the string sounds of the kabak kemane -- a violin-like instrument originating from Southeastern Turkey -- with darbuka and davul drums. Zurna flutes and synths return on the slo-mo, chopped and screwed digi-funk of Lil Zurna. Born Xavier Thomas and raised in Brittany, France, dEbruit's name is an amalgamation of the French words debris (broken glass) and bruit (noise). His boundary-smashing, genreswerving style deliberately veers towards the chaotic -- 'I like when electronic music and instruments lose control of what they're meant to do,' he adds. SiS Surpriz is the third in dEbruit's trilogy of EPs which began with futuristic electro hip-hop workout Let's Post Funk featuring Jamie Woon and Om'Mas Keith, and was followed by 2010's African highlife inspired Spatio Temporel. The trio of releases all feature 3-D artwork by German designer Rainbowmonkey, and 3-D glasses are also included for your viewing pleasure."
$10.50 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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TRUTH: Fatman VIP/Dreams Never Come True 12" (MEDI 039EP)
"New Zealand's Truth return with their third outing on DEEP MEDi with the long awaited 'VIP' version of their club banger 'The Fatman'. The original released back in 2008 is unquestionable Truth's biggest output to date. The VIP mix however picks up where the original left off, Truth have kept the tension and energy but have deconstructed and rebuilt upon its foundations to create surely one of the biggest drop's in the scene. DJ Support: Mala (DMZ), Skream (Tempa), Joe Nice (Dub War/United States)."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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SILKIE: City Limits Vol. 1.6 - 1.8 2x12" (MEDI 041EP)
"City Limits Vol 1.6-1.8 completes a hat trick of releases from Silkie on DEEP MEDi Musik and last before his highly anticipated and long overdue new album City Limits Vol. 2. This heavyweight four track EP sees Silkie deliver a diverse helping of his unique style. 'It's Late' with its catchy vocal hook, driving drums and surging synth owes as much to Silkie's early garage influences as it does to the sound of Detroit Techno, 'Float' and 'Murky' are all about the weighty Dub influenced bass lines and keys alongside the super deep melodies and groove, finally the bumpin' 'Techfunk' with its piercing synth, frenetic drums and G-funk style bass rounds off the EP perfectly keeping you wanting more and hungry for the next installment."
$17.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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DUNN, KYLE BOBBY: Ways of Meaning LP (PATHWAY 002LP)
"Ways of Meaning, Kyle Bobby Dunn's new full-length album and the second release for Desire Path Recordings, is a treatise on the resonance of memory; an attempt to harness the finality of meaning as a shared experience. Mainly arranged for guitar and organ, the six works contained herein offer a look into Dunn's mind as an artist deeply concerned with time, memory, consequence, identity, and meaning. Each piece, while created from and inspired by very personal moments, represents a point of transference, allowing the minutiae of experience to pass through the grooves of the vinyl to the listener to act as a salve for our collective emptiness, a catalyst for solace, or a pathway out of our ever-present longing. Some moments recall church and choral music, others are anthemic in their own quiet way, and sadness finds warm overtones to help quell its cold nature. Spatial qualities are examined thoroughly; clarity is reached when viewing one's surroundings. The environment comes into focus and a reverie encapsulates the listener. Distant memories spawn a sense of yearning and each moment allows for profound feeling."
$11.25 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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YOUANDEWAN: Youandme (on My Mind)/Zeal 12" (DISF 013EP)
"Next for Disfigured Dubz is the debut single from Leeds based producer Youandewan. The story goes that one day whilst relaxing by the pool in Ibiza, Ewan's manager played some of his demos on the soundsystem with Skream in company and he was gripped, two tracks were signed to Disfigured Dubz and here they are. A: 'Youandme (On my mind)' harks back to the days when 2 Step garage ruled the London airwaves and gives a nostalgic look back to the pre-dubstep revolution. A crackling warm Rhodes loop and atmospheric field recordings warm the cones whilst vocal snippets creep in and float amongst the classic 2 step beats. Tension builds, temperatures rise and the bass blows like a cool breeze on a summer's afternoon."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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BACHELORETTE: Bachelorette CD (DC 473CD)
"We visualize the music of Bachelorette beaming through distant star systems, gliding and bouncing through a matrix of coolly illuminated neural pathways. Yet, all the songs on her new album were written on Earth: Radley, UK; Tripoli, Libya; Millwood, VA; Brooklyn, NYC and back home in Auckland, NZ. Annabel Alpers (the heart behind Bachelorette's machine) is no sky-bound jet-trash. Her new, self-titled album has a corporeal, sensual tangibility. If you were a fan of the wildly under-heard Isolation Loops and My Electric Family, you will be touched and torched once again by her deep-space solitude and the soulful ache that radiates from her best songs. Annabel Alpers dreams the trappings of her electro psych pop -- her melodies, her minimal lines of synth and harmony vocal -- and then brings the complex shades of this vision into our world through her music. Changing geography doesn't actually change the conditions that we live in. Wherever you go, there you are, right? However, everywhere is somewhere, and all the traveling done in the last year or so of Bachelorette's life has to seep somehow into her rich-toned amalgamation of sounds. When organic waves enter her work -- as cathedral chimes did in Oxford -- they return swathed in a lunar halo."
$9.50 UPC: 781484047322 ROCK
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BACHELORETTE: Bachelorette LP (DC 473LP)
LP version.
$12.50 UPC: 781484047315 ROCK
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NEWBURY, MICKEY: Looks Like Rain LP (DC 474LP)
"WHEN MICKEY NEWBURY signed to RCA in early 1968, he did so as one of the hottest young talents in the Acuff/Rose publishing stable, the writer of four top ten hits. As a recording artist, however, he was an unproven commodity. His singing voice was beyond reproach, a smooth and soaring tenor, and his guitar playing was solid and inventive in service of his songs. But when Mickey's debut album did not sell well, he requested that his contract be voided -- not because he held the lack of chart success against RCA, but because the musical arrangements were unacceptable to his ears. He walked away from potential mainstream success because he couldn't accept his songs being produced in a standardized Nashville sound. at wasn't him. With a feeling inside himself as to how his records should sound, Mickey signed a deal with Mercury Records and moved into Cinderella Sound, the Madison, Tennesee garage studio of session guitarist Wayne Moss. Within these intimate confines, Wayne and Mickey worked carefully, starting with guitar and vocals and adding sparing and unusual details. e album they made was Looks Like Rain and it was the artistic breakthrough that Mickey knew he had coming. Songs stretched to lengths that weren't radio-friendly, but represented flowing states of mind while discrete overdubs placed in the mix provided faraway twinkles and ripples analogous to the lyrics, marking the album's path and the listener's journey. When it was done, Mercury didn't like or understand what they heard, but they put it out without complaint -- and without much enthusiasm either, and the sales reflected it. At least they put it out. Forty-plus years later, Looks Like Rain is Mickey Newbury's masterpiece. e impact it made on those who listened led Newbury to his next label, Elektra Records, whose name in folk and rock circles was one of the hippest. Here, he was among people who understood his appeal and could pitch it across genre lines."
$13.75 UPC: 781484047414 ROCK
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NEWBURY, MICKEY: 'Frisco Mabel Joy LP (DC 475LP)
"'Frisco Mabel Joy was produced back at Cinderella Sound, newly upgraded from eight to sixteen tracks. Drawing on a larger cast of musicians (dubbed by Mickey 'The Nashphilharmonic'), the Newbury Universe expanded, adding clusters of steel and electric guitar overdubs to create expansive orchestral crescendos for his delicately constructed guitar-and-vocal compositions. The album's opening track was perhaps its most arresting: 'An American Trilogy,' combined 'Dixie,' 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' and 'All My Trials' into a searing medley that spoke to the political crisis in the country while standing simultaneously as a personal American ode. It became his most-covered composition, and his own version cracked the Top-40 singles chart."
$13.75 UPC: 781484047513 ROCK
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NEWBURY, MICKEY: Heaven Help the Child LP (DC 476LP)
"Heaven Help the Child appeared almost two years later, pushing Mickey's expanded sound ever deeper and higher. In 'Sunshine' the vermillion hues of 'Frisco Mabel Joy give way to shadows and light. Additionally, two classics from the Newbury songbook were in the flow: the soaring ballad 'Sweet Memories' and the bluesy shuffle 'Why You Been Gone So Long.' The title track raised his lyrics to new levels of poetic expression."
$13.75 UPC: 781484047612 ROCK
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NEWBURY, MICKEY: Better Days LP (DC 477LP)
"In addition, the album Better Days collects demo material, alternate versions of several favorites, and a radio session from this period. Listeners will hear a crisp and clean version of Mickey's astonishing songwriting, singing and playing; refreshing to the ears after a swim through the powerfully concentrated sounds he created in the Cinderella garage."
$13.75 UPC: 781484047711 ROCK
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SEGALL, TY: I Can't Feel It 7" (DC 478EP)
"So what do you expect from 'I Can't Feel It,' this here single we're ranting around? It's a fucking hit. It's the song that transports you from your dusty, dark bedroom to the fresh spring market full of new fruits and veggies. Yeah, like the first time you whiffed hot garbage this month and remembered the last summer party of 2010, the one spent sweating Sparks through the pixie-stix-encrusted butt of your jorts, soaking up rays on the sun-burnt blacktop. It's your first iced coffee of the season, spent sipping w ith your eye on that bro or ho you've been pining over all winter. Get it?"
$4.25 UPC: N/A ROCK
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NEWBURY, MICKEY: An American Trilogy 4CD (DC 485CD)
"These albums that constitute An American Trilogy -- Looks Like Rain, 'Frisco Mabel Joy and Heaven Help the Child -- were recorded between 1969 and 1973 at a home studio in Madison, Tennessee. Cinderella Sound was a converted two-car garage adjacent to the house of guitarist and engineer Wayne Moss -- but you would never know this based on the magisterial sound of these albums, which are regarded as prime works in Mickey's recorded canon. On these records, he was backed by Area Code 615, a group that included some of Nashville's finest studio cats -- Charlie McCoy, Norbert Putnam, Jerry Kennedy, Kenneth Buttrey, Weldon Myrick and Wayne Moss -- much the same crew who had played on Dylan's mind-blowing run of albums from '66 to '69. Mickey's admiration of these and other song-based head-trip records of the era helped shape his vision of the album as a cohesive work of art. Achieved during relentlessly experimental recording sessions, Newbury's American Trilogy albums broadened the palette of country music production, incorporating the sound of the Nashphilharmonic, an 'orchestra' consisting of electric and steel guitars that hung in the vast dark spaces behind Mickey's mellow voice and guitar picking. This is the first-ever CD issue of these landmark albums using the original tapes. If you haven't already been, An American Trilogy provides a rich and compelling trip to the deep space of Mickey Newbury, one of the most extraordinary and unique artists in American popular music." Deluxe CD box set includes the original albums Looks Like Rain, 'Frisco Mabel Joy, and Heaven Help the Child, plus a disc of previously unreleased demos, single tracks, and a live radio performance: a total of 41 songs.
$42.50 UPC: 781484048527 ROCK
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REED, RICK: The Way Things Go 2LP (EEAOA 035LP)
"Here, finally, is the gorgeous presentation that astronomy domine Rick Reed's music so richly deserves: Two black vinyl LPs, pressed on 180-gram virgin vinyl, with full-color labels, inside black poly-lined sleeves, housed in a matte-finish full-color gatefold jacket adorned with Reed's vibrant and fantastically evocative paintings. Included with each copy of this set is a full-color download card featuring access to high-quality MP3s of the complete contents of the vinyl records. This package has been issued in an edition of 515 copies. Welcome to an atmospheric realm of blurred synth drones, textural shortwave radio, and vivid sine waves. Welcome to the highly individual sonic world of Rick Reed. For around 25 years now Reed has been toiling away, composing, performing, and fine-tuning his craft of very personal and powerful electronic meditation. And his expertise is plainly evident. His is incredibly engaging music with an almost physical presence. Reed's level of mastery is virtually unparalleled -- it seems that no one else can combine these elements with quite the same finesse, with the same ear for arrangement, or with the same sense of purpose. If Rick Reed's is not yet a household name it is likely due to his relatively slim body of work. The Way Things Go, then, is an attempt at resolving this issue, for here are 83 worthy minutes of top-shelf electronic tonalities."
$20.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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POLYPHONY: Without Introduction CD (GF 251CD)
"The great Virginia band that released this concept lp in 1971. Likened and compared to Emerson, Lake & Palmer as well as Uriah Heep, this organ dominated album does not disappoint!"
$9.25 UPC: 645270025126 ROCK
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CELESTIIAL: Desolate North LP (HB 001LP)
"First time on vinyl, first and only repressing of this underground milestone since the original sold out nearly 4 years ago in 2007! In 2010, the Celestiial lineup expanded to include Agalloch's Jason Walton on bass for the critically acclaimed Where Life Springs Eternal. Celestiial's music has been used as the soundtrack to various performances by the prestigious Ballet Deviare, and featured on MTV2."
$11.50 UPC: 736211468871 ROCK
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KEY: Birch Skeletons, Skin Lanterns & Lake Of Stars 3x10" BOX (HB 007LP)
"The vision of Kaarna of Somnivore and Rauta of CoO, this box set delivers the three demo cassettes that have been long sold out, on a trilogy of 10" vinyl records. Along with CoO, few have been able to present the clear evidence of a shift in the musical paradigm like these masters from Finland. The 3x10" records each in their own sleeves, each in their own color, and packaged in a box with foil stamping on the outside. Designed by Kaarna himself."
$31.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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HIS NAME IS ALIVE: King of Sweet 2LP (HB 008LP)
"King of Sweet is a compilation album originally released in a limited run by the Perdition Plastics label in 1993. Most, if not all, of the songs had previously appeared on the band's many self-released cassettes in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and some of them had appeared in different versions on the band's 4AD releases. First time on vinyl, first repressing since the original run sold out. His Name Is Alive was signed to 4AD during its classic period alongside other icons Cocteau Twins and Red House Painters."
$18.75 UPC: 736211468772 ROCK
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RITA, THE: The Rack CD (HBDIS 005CD)
"Sam Mckinlay is an innovator. Since his first cassette release as The Rita in 1996, Sam has produced a consistent stream of music that has proven to be some of the most daring and unique work available (or unavailable). Sam is the creator of HNW (the harsh noise wall genre), and has manipulated sounds from the most unexpected places using unorthodox processes and 'instruments.' The Rack is a new and definitive work from this pioneer, containing two pieces- one made completely of sound sourced from knives, and one of sound sourced from nylon. Thematic threads overlap as both explore and interpret similar territory using their distinctly different timbres. This is at once beautiful and violently cathartic. This marks the second official installment in the Handmade Birds Dark Icons Series."
$8.25 UPC: N/A ROCK
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HILLIER, PAUL: Stories - Berio, Cage, Marsh, Frank , Berberian CD/SACD (HMU 807527)
"Paul Hillier leads Theatre of Voices in a fascinating program centered on the artistic milieu of the contemporary composer Luciano Berio. Hillier says, 'Although not all these composers actually knew each other, I think of them as a group of mutual friends with shared interests and predilections. If there is a link between them it is perhaps the influence of John Cage, though it could almost equally have been the personality of Cathy Berberian.'"
Tracks: Luciano Berio - A-Ronne. Cathy Berberian - Stripsody. Sheldon Frank - As I Was Saying. John Cage - Story. Roger Marsh - Not a Soul but Ourselves. Jackson Mac Low - The Turtle Asymmetries.
$15.50 UPC: 093046752767 CLASSICAL
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MENSAH, SUKH KNIGHT & SQUAREWAVE: Quad Bikes/G Activity 12" (HENCH 024EP)
"The first single taken from the upcoming HENCH compilation Hench Mixtape Volume 2. Two huge tunes coming from the collaborative efforts of Mensah, Sukh Knight & Squarewave, 'Quad Bikes' in particular has been causing a huge stir on the dubstep-led airwaves supported by Hatcha, N-Type, Jakes, Mistajam and more. Don't sleep on this one."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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LOST FT. BEEZY: Snake Eyes/Escape From The Womb 12" (HENCH 026EP)
"Lost has come a long way since he took the first steps on his journey into music. As a 12-year old, Lost found 'Big Apple Records' in Croydon and embarked upon becoming a DJ. Now a fully-fledged member of H.E.N.C.H, this prodigy has been responsible for some of the most sub shaking releases to have been let forth from the Bristol label's catalogue to date. Lost teams up with Hench's new signing Beezy. For those that know, you can bet that any track with Beezy's name on is going to be sordidly sinister. And 'Snake Eyes' is no exception. The track commences with an industrial and hazardous sounding scene that's soon met with Beezy's catchy hook. Things are teed-up fittingly for a creeping baseline that weaves amongst the dripping backdrop. Before the low-end truly takes you somewhere else, Beezy rejoins with an ever-ominous lyrical gesture to seal the dread-inducing vibe that Lost has created with this charismatic production."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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VA: Ongaku 80: Alternative waves from Japan (1979-1984) LP (HLP 103LP)
"An amazing collection of no-wave and minimal synth acts from the Japanese post-punk scene. Most of the tracks presented here are reissued for the first time. A must have for all vintage electronica and new wave lovers. This release includes: EP-4, Riuichi Sakamoto, Lizard, Portray Heads, Gunjogacrayon, Phew, Tako, Daisuck & Prostitute, Shinobu and Pta's."
$16.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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VA: IMPREC300 LP (IMPREC 300LP)
"After ten years Important Records is extremely proud to present IMPREC300, a vinyl only collection of exclusive live tracks from a handful of Important bands including Master Musicians Of Bukkake, Grails, Mugstar, Cave, NHK yx, Bardo Pond, Grails, Master Musicians Of Bukkake, Chord & Bass Communion. Important sticker included."
$6.50 UPC: 793447530024 ROCK
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LARSEN: Cool Cruel Mouth CD (IMPREC 325CD)
"Cool Cruel Mouth is Larsen's 9th full length studio album and marks 15 years of activity with a fine collection of textural, cinematic, haunting, nocturnal songs. Written and recorded in 2010. Cool Cruel Mouth finds the band as a 5 piece with the full time addition of lyricist Little Annie 'Anxiety' Bandez as the official voice of Larsen. Also featured on Cool Cruel Mouth is inimitable Baby Dee playing piano on one of the two featured instrumentals as well as on her own composition 'Unheard Of Hope,' one of Larsen's rare covers here in good company of their surprising iterpretation of crooner classic 'It Was A Very Good Year'."
$10.00 UPC: 793447532523 ELECTRONIC
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LARSEN & Z'EV: In V. Tro CD (IMPREC 326CD)
"Larsen and Z'ev In V.tro is a soundtrack for micro-cinematic images that document the studies on cells of the Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale (Basic Human Anatomy Institute), between 1935 and1985. Visuals are from a studio by professors Dario Cantino and Antonio Barasa, teachers of these Scientific Institutes. By browsing great quantities of original footage on films kept in the local University with a scientific and reasoned view, Cantino and Barasa wanted to go back over the stages of history and techniques of in vitro cultures and their documented shootings, to pay tribute to the Maestro of anatomical discipline, Professor Giuseppe Levi. Not only professor Levi had the intuition of the great potential of the in vitro studies of cells, using the technique developed by American zoologist Ross G. Harrison, he also enforced his studies on cells with cinema techniques, using single frames taken by optical microscope edited and sped up, obtaining a cinematic footage. These exceptional scientific documents still represent today a useful tool for studies and researches in a lot of medical branches like Cellular Biology, Histology and Microscopic Anatomy."
$10.00 UPC: 793447532622 EXPERIMENTAL
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KUBISCH, CHRISTINA: Mono Fluido CD (IMPREC 327CD)
"Mono Fluido collects two major compositions from Christina Kubisch which, until now, have been unreleased. Extensive liner notes and photographs detail the origins of the work. Heavy drones and deep emotions run through these newly discovered pieces."
"In 1980 I had the possibility to make some professional recordings on an eight track tape in an Italian sound studio for the sound track of the film Liquid Movie by Fabrizio Plessi. Some months after having finished the sound track I listened to the material again and suddenly felt the desire to make a new piece out of the material, which would be free of the limitations of a cinematic sound track. I made several new downmixes of the eight track tape and treated some of the sounds with a speed control device, one of the few tools which I had available in my own studio at that time. The sound sources are flute (alto and bass flute) played by myself, the sounds of swinging plastic tubes in the air, the recordings of the windscreen wiper ('tergicristallo') of my old car, the sampled sounds of glass and of my own breathing. Just pure instrumental sounds and some 'field recordings,' no electronics. The piece is a quiet piece of ambient music, an acoustic landscape, unspectacular and yet intense. I called it 'fluido,' which is the Italian word for liquid or fluid. Then I forgot about it. The tape was in my archive all these years with the remark Mono Fluido on the spine. Only recently I decided to digitize it, despite the mono tag, and I listened to it again. Eventually I thought the piece deserved to be published after almost 30 years.
Although mono is kind of a dinosaur in the world of multichannel fiction I like the simplicity and clarity of it and I hope the listener might share this experience." -- Christina Kubisch, December 2010.
$10.00 UPC: 793447532721 EXPERIMENTAL
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KUBISCH, CHRISTINA: Magnetic Flights CD (IMPREC 328CD)
"Magnetic Flights is entirely made of electromagnetic field recordings of international airports and inside airplanes. The recordings of this piece were made by Christina Kubisch on her travels in 2007 from and to the airports of Bukarest, Manchester, Chicago, Seoul, Munich, Amsterdam, Zurich, Frankfort, Paris, Lisbon, Berlin, Pisa, Milan and London. The sounds were not altered electronically nor changed in any other way. The only tool, which was used for a part of it, was a filtering program (DINR). All recordings were made with the help of special sensitive wireless headphones, by which the aboveground and underground electromagnetic fields are detected, amplified and made audible. The headphones are custom made and have been developed by myself and constructed by the engineer Manfred Fox, Berlin. The sounds are much more musical than one could expect. There are complex layers of high and low frequencies, loops of rhythmic sequences, groups of tiny signals, long drones and many things which change constantly and are hard to describe."
$10.00 UPC: 793447532820 EXPERIMENTAL
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MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE: Totem 3 CD (IMPREC 333CD)
"Following the tremendous success that was Totem 2, Important offers you Totem 3. LP pressed in an edition of 1000. This is the final offering before entering the new wave of the failed future from MMOB. Totem 3 journeys from quiet Bardo womb choosing meditations and instrumental mantras to the delusional glee of Kali Yugafied Indian rock. Totem 3 is the most diverse and heartfelt of the Totem Trilogy. A steady pulsating musical mirror prison expressing the atrophy of our 'Modern World' through no-age hallucinations of passionate and unfolding melodies. A blissful mirage filled caravan with no destination pushing onward through a mercurial blue sanded desert between what is and what was. A place where disembodied nomadic djinn join in lament attempting to push through the cell phone interference with a message of no return."
$10.00 UPC: 793447533322 ROCK
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MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE: Totem 3 LP (IMPREC 333LP)
LP version.
$12.50 UPC: 793447533315 ROCK
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RAHAL, BEIHDJA: In the Mood for the Nouba 2CD (IDMA 321079)
"The performance of the M'djanba and Mazmum noubas presented here on this double CD requires warmth, both of soul and of feeling. The crystal-clear tones of Beihdja Rahal ring out in her radiant interpretation of these classical pieces from the Andalusian-Algerian repertoire. This genre is also accompanied by traditional instruments such as the tar (percussion), the darbuka or goblet drum, the lute, the violin, the kwitra (springed instrument) and the qanun (zither) and demands total respect of its rules, its harmony, rhythms and melody. The recording as a whole offers the listener an intense emotional experience."
$29.00 UPC: 794881832125 WORLD
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MILLS, JESS: Vultures 10" (ISLAND 2769671)
"Jess Mills is on everyone's lips at the moment as she sets the barrier high with her single Vulture. Having worked alongside Digital Soundboy main-man, James Breakage, providing the vocals for his track, 'Fighting Fire.' Breakage has returned the favour by producing 'Vultures.' There's a moody Photek re-edit on the flip, if you know what Rupert Parkes is capable of then you won't give this one a miss. Limited to 250 copies."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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AKALE WUBE: Akale Wube LP (LAP 013LP)
"Ethiopian grooves Akale Wube transforms an Ethiopian sound into a retro-futuristic soundtrack which makes you dance from head to toe. It is an improbable story: one that reunites a group of young Parisians with the Swingin' Addis sounds of the seventies. In October 2008, five musicians got together on a wild project: to delve into the repertoire of the ethiopian golden age, as defined by the producer Francis Falceto, to whom we owe the series of reissues 'Ethiopiques.' 'The idea was to transcribe songs from this period and rearrange them to the sound of our times. First off, it eliminated the need to write songs that risked falling into ethio-jazz cliches. The aim was not to bring about some artistic revolution through our work but simply to give and take pleasure by performing this music!' Through this retro-futuristic alchemy, the Akale Wube quintet was born: a curious name borrowed from a song by the great saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya, a bit of an old-fashioned expression which can by translated as 'my beautiful' in Amharic, a poetic metaphor which also means 'beauty of the soul.' Body and soul! The Great Black Music currency can be found here, reinvented at every second. Take for example Mulatu Astatqe's classics, the master of ethio-jazz, songs like 'Metche New' by Teshome Sissay, or even some other lesser known rarities...Akale Wube delivers an original vision which transfigures the original version. 'One of the challenges was to play the songs without a singer.' The vocal parts are thus interpreted by the flute, starting with the bansuri on Ayalqem Tedengo: the opening tune by Alemayehu Eshete, the godfather of local funk, which uncorks the album. The group takes on another challenge by glorifying a song from the Eritrean repertoire called 'Bazay'. It couples swing and straight eighths to develop a dance-floor tune full of breaks and counterpoint. Finally, the ultimate challenge was to integrate four of their original compositions into this journey, guided by the good sense of groove. 'Nebyat', a juicy ballad stained with psychedelic jazz, evolves through a post-rock direction, while 'Jawa Jawa' (meaning 'to sway, to swing' in Amharic) is a prototype of funk soul jazz breakbeats, agile percussion and subtle keyboards, brass playing in unison and a guitar riff in the tradition of The Meters. 'Kokob' is based on a slightly broken up reggae riddim. This track contains a sample of Haile Selassie's historic speech at the United Nations in 1963, the same one used by Bob Marley in his emblematic 'War'. Last but not least, the minimalistic 'Ragale': some light melodica touches, brushes barely grazed by the drummer and the deep blow of the tenor sax close this chapter by opening some new horizons."
$11.50 UPC: WORLD
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MEKURYA, GETATCHEW: Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 5 LP (LAP 014LP)
"Getatchew Mekurya is probably the most revered veteran of Ethiopian saxophone. A real giant, both physically and musically. Not only is he at the very top level of Ethiopian saxophonists, but he is the 'inventor' of an extremely distinctive musical 'style.'"
$11.50 UPC: N/A WORLD
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VA: Messthetics #108 CD (MSS 108CD)
Subtitled: South Coast D.I.Y. '77-81. "'D.I.Y.' and (very) indie postpunk from the South Coast 1977-81 (vol. 1: Bournemouth-to-Brighton). Throughout the age of Punk and postpunk the English music press, the major labels, and the established indies ignored the South Coast with surprising thoroughness. Their neglect blurred lines between potential chart acts, Rough Trade prospects, and deliberate D.I.Y., so that the South Coast scenes (while still insular) remained highly varied, while 'D.I.Y.' became less a choice than a necessity. Except for the Mods, hardly anyone put out records on their own, so instead the best documents of South Coast postpunk were a handful of excellent local compilations and a raft of barely-circulated tapes -- that account for a majority of the tracks here. Messthetics purists may note with alarm that almost every band on #108 had a proper drum-kit (sacrilege!) and also performed regularly in public. Still, there are Messthetics sounds of all species on #108 -- and it's our most generous selection yet! 24 songs on the CD plus 10 bonus MP3s and a video: 110 minutes of music; 28-page booklet, extensively documented with histories, photos and artifacts."
$8.75 UPC: 616892147961 ROCK
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WHINES, THE: Shootinhead/Straybird 7" (MTN 007EP)
"Hot on the heels of their awesome debut LP Hell To Play, we've got two exclusive tracks on limited edition wax. The Whines have been on our radar for some time, with Karianne hopping in on drums for Eat Skull for all of ten minutes and their debut 7″ making rounds a year or two ago. Previously backed by alternating members of the aforementioned Portland faves, The Whines have solidified a touring band and are hitting the road in May. They offered us these two reverb soaked noise pop tracks, one new and one alternate recording off the Hell To Play LP. Layers of over-saturated tape hiss, as well as Karianne's sweet-to-sad-to-sexy vocals, glue this hot little single together. A dreary Portland Sunday with a hangover put to wax just for you."
$5.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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OSTRAVSKA BANDA: On Tour 2CD (MUTABLE 17544)
"Formed in 2005 by Petr Kotik as the resident chamber orchestra for the biennial Ostrava Days, Ostravska banda consists of young musicians from Europe and the U.S. whose primary interest is the performance of new music. The core instrumentation of 24 players can change according the requirements of each score. Their repertoire includes works by John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Morton Feldman, Edgard Varese, Luigi Nono, Gyorgy Ligeti, Louis Andriessen, Elliott Carter, Christian Wolff, Petr Kotik, Alvin Lucier, Phill Niblock, Martin Smolka, Miroslav Srnka and Petr Bakla, as well as many young and emerging composers. On Tour, their debut 2-CD release includes live recordings of Ostravska banda's October-November 2010 European tour. The compositions presented are: John Cage: 'Concert for Piano and Orchestra'; Petr Kotik: 'In Four Parts (3,6 & 11 for John Cage)'; Somei Satoh: 'The Passion; Bernhard Lang: Monadologie IV'; Luca Francesconi: 'Riti Neurali'; Petr Bakla: 'Serenade'; Paulina Zaubska: 'Dispersion.' Soloists include Hana Kotkova, violin; Thomas Buckner and Gregory Purnhagen, baritones; and Joseph Kubera, piano."
$15.50 UPC: 801021754428 CLASSICAL
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INSTRA:MENTAL: Resolution 653 3x12" (NONPLUS 003LP)
"Instra:mental have completed their debut album and there's no better home for it than their own firmly established label Nonplus. Having made a name for themselves over the last few years as avant-garde, forward thinking producers who set trends instead of following, they lay down a full length album showcasing where their productions are at now rather than being a summary of where they've come from. First off we get a taste of the album on the sampler with electro x juke style tracks 'Thomp' and 'When I Dip' which have both been savaging dance floors worldwide over the last few months in the sets of DJs such as Loefah, Addison Groove and Benji B amongst others. Moving on to the full LP we are treated to the complete gamut of Instra:mental's ability. Tracks like 'Aggro Acid' and 'Talkin Mono' give us crude analogue acid modulation at its rawest that twists and gurgles across the sound spectrum with mesmeric manipulation, whilst others such as 'Memory Implant,' Waterfall' and 'Plok' take us deep into synth arrangements that have become synonymous with their name."
$27.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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GHETTOZOID: Boy Toy 12" (O4H 003EP)
"Wicked release, 140 bpm juke/ghettotech /techno influenced beats. Silverman's remix of Ghettozoid is proper rave hop with an ace old school feel. Support from Mary Anne Hobbs, Baobinga, Rob Booth, LV, Nightwave (8Bitch) Rustie, Eprom, Clark, N>E>D, Jimmy Edgar, Loops Haunt, Ginz, Appleblim, Addison Groove, Boxcutter, FaltyDL, Starkey."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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GLASS, PHILIP: String Quartets Nos.1-5, Suite from Bent 2CD (OMM 074CD)
"On this new set from Orange Mountain, the fast-rising New York-based ensemble Brooklyn Rider performs the complete works for string quartet by Philip Glass. The set includes the world premiere recording of a suite from Glass' score to Sean Mathias' 1997 film Bent, which starred Mick Jagger, Clive Owen and Ian McKellen. Most of Glass' string quartets are programmatic in nature. The second quartet was written for the Samuel Beckett play Company and the third accompanied Paul Schrader's film on the life of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The fourth is an elegy in remembrance of artist Paul Buczak. Glass' remarkable first quartet was an early work, written in 1966."
$19.00 UPC: 801837007428 CLASSICAL
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VA: Quartet for the End of Space CD (POGUS 21059)
"This recording consists of eight electro-acoustic compositions and two pieces by each of the four composers. Pauline Oliveros: 'Mercury Retrograde, 'Cyber Talk.' Francisco Lopez: 'untitled #270,' 'untitled #273.' Doug Van Nort: 'Outer; Inner.' Jonas Braasch: 'Web Doppelganger,' 'Snow Drifts.' The works span a vast sonic terrain, challenging listener and performer alike through a seamless blend of deep listening and absolute noise, moving between ever-fluid improvisation and carefully controlled sound manipulation. The quartet convened for two improvisational sessions between February and May of 2010, with Lopez sitting in on a Triple Point (Oliveros/Van Nort/Braasch) recording session and bringing his finely crafted sonic objects-as-instruments, further spanning the electro-acoustic divide that has become Triple Point's calling. The four later re-formed for their debut concert at the Deep Listening Institute in Kingston, NY in September of 2010. These sessions have since become raw material for the individual artists to construct new visions of this shared sonic body through extensive and thorough evolution of the recordings--personal reflections culled from a collective tapestry."
$9.25 UPC: 760342105923 CLASSICAL
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ANYMAN/MONSTAR: Genesis/Party People 12" (PFND 001EP)
"Profound Audio explodes into the scene dropping their highly anticipated dancefloor smashers, 'Genesis' and 'Party People,' from the Genesis EP. This debut release has received massive international support from heavyweights including Skream, Benga, Rusko, 12th Planet, Excision and Datsik, among others. They've also been featured on BBC 1Xtra (TrueTiger Takeover), Rinse.FM, Red Bull Music Academy Radio, etc."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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APPLEBLIM & OCTOBER: NY Fizzzzz/Fountains Of Paradise 12" (PLATTER 001EP)
"Launching out of the sizzling melting pot of Bristol music, Schmorgasbord is a project that aims to stand testament to the generic ambiguity that characterizes contemporary electronic music. Each release will force together the sonic aesthetics of two artists from different rhythmic disciplines, one being 4/4 (house, techno, disco) and the other being broken beat (dubstep, 2-step, hip hop), to see what happens when they tackle each other's music. This may take the form of a collaboration, as on the first release, or it may manifest in original productions and their ensuing remixes. As the early test results have shown, the underlying concept is as much as you can predict for just what this will bring for the label. Two adventurous artists in their own right, PLATTER 001EP sees the first meeting of minds for Appleblim and October, with two wildly different results. 'NY Fizzzzz' is a peak-time belter in the truest sense of the word, launching to life with a rigid 4/4 drum machine stomp. Appleblim's dub tendencies pepper October's knack for the jack with spacious delays and reverbs before a muted piano hook gets filtered into the mix. Melting away to let the chords shine through, the drop encapsulates the pinnacle of any late night jam; bright, bold and brassy, and irresistibly catchy."
$9.50 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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GATEKEEPER: Rawtones/Ignite (Ft. Grilza & Dread) 12" (SCREW 005EP)
"Gatekeeper (A.k.A William Scott Cree) has been a fundamental part of the dubstep scene ever since it all began many years ago. He has played all over Europe, collaborated with headhunter, statix & komonazmuk (to name a few!) He's been a part of the infamous 'Hench', released tunes on 'if symptoms persists' and now joins the unstoppable force that is Screwloose records. Screwloose are proud to announce that the long awaited 'raw tones' and 'ignite' will be seeing a vinyl release within the first quarter of 2011. Both tunes have been supported by the likes of chase & status, jakes and Mary Anne Hobbs; who played it on her radio one show various times. Gatekeeper describes his sound to be somewhere between dubstep and grime but still keeping it within the 'Bristol sound' and that's exactly what he has achieved with both these massive releases. 'Raw tones' consists of unique sounding drums, dark bass lines and moody atmospheres, where as 'Ignite' boasts the classic gatekeeper sound and vocals from the infamous 'Dread Mc' and local hero 'Grillza'. He's kept his head low and his style underground, but gatekeeper continues to amaze us with his production and is backing down easily!"
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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DJ DUKE: Love Don't Come Easy/Closer 12" (CORE 093HI-EP)
"One of the indisputable leaders of the '90s club music vanguard, DJ Duke offered a dark, debauched, and utterly visionary interpretation of NYC house music that remains unchallenged in its scope and vision to this day. The self-made dance music icon and multiple label founder graduated from his first love of hip-hop during his transformation from b-boy to full-on house head in the late 1980s, establishing his own brand of future club music that heralded a qualitative shift away from live instrumentation to the broader reaches of a purely electronic breed of garage -- a stark, totally new landscape of deeply textured house purity that never really sounded like any other producer out there. Having already inaugurated the CORE series with two tracks from the seminal Old Skool Deep Sampler, the master returns for a second tour: two of his productions under the moniker Freedom (with vocalist Lee Smith Jr.), shining jewels of the 'often imitated, never duplicated' aesthetic situated between the twilight of Manhattan mecca-clubs, Giuliani-era repression and the refusal of minority and gay culture to disappear. The never to be repeated outcome: music like 'Love Don't Come Easy,' one of the most profound, haunting and totally prophetic vocal house records of unrepentant desire ever released. On the flip, Duke's proteges The Klubb Kidz remix 'Closer' into a devastating workout of the namesake's vocal sample, demonstrating their take on the Power Music staple sound with unparalleled efficacy and energy. Seeing the light for the first time in over 15 years, these Duke masterpieces are a testament to the undying resistance of devoted club children in the strange landscape of post-AIDS crisis NY, seeking to carve out a whole new soundtrack to their continued exploits into the 90's and beyond."
$7.50 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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AKA: Hard Beat CD (STRAW 001CD)
"First anthology from Indonesia's heaviest psychedelic and progressive funk rock group. Double-LP housed in 'old school' gatefold jacket. CD housed in 'old school' gatefold sleeve with insert. AKA featured on Now Again's 'Those Shocking Shaking Days' compilation (2011). Originating from Indonesia's second largest city, Surabaya, East Java, AKA is an acronym of Apotik Kali Asin. Starting off their careers as an infamous local band with notorious crowd pleasing antics, AKA regularly went through repertoires of Steppenwolf, Grand Funk Railroad, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Three Dog Night before finding a significant audience outside their home city. It was soon after that the band signed with a Jakarta based label, Indra Records that they started producing a steady release of albums, including 11 studio LPs and a couple of compilations. The lead singer Ucok Harahap - who famously idolizes James Brown- is perhaps the most notorious rock performer in Indonesia's pop history, infamous for brandishing (amongst others) coffins, whips and stripping naked on stage during performances. Sadly due to recording English based, heavy psychedelic/progressive funk, AKA's music failed to gain popularity at the time of its release. Today, AKA is recognized as one of Indonesia's top rock bands of all time, and for good reason. With this release, we are proud to offer an Anthology encompassing AKA's heaviest & funkiest moments."
$11.25 UPC: 627843122326 ROCK
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AKA: Hard Beat 2LP (STRAW 001LP)
2LP version.
$18.75 UPC: 627843122319 ROCK
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VA: Ililta! (Ulalation): New Ethiopian Dance Music CD (TERPAS 015CD)
"The era of the Ethiopian big brass bands came to an end in the period of 1975-1991. In the last few years something new is emerging. Young producers have started combining traditional rhythms & strong dance beat production. The result is very original, uplifting & very danceable music. The gurage, wollo, gondar, konso & other traditional rhythms work wonders for this new dance music. And the Ethiopian youth loves it."
$10.25 EAN: 8717677741052 ROCK
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WIRE, THE: #328 June 2011 MAG (WIRE 328)
"On the cover: Battles (Dan Spicer does the math with New York's mercurial music machine heads). Plus: Clive Bell on sea shanties; Simon Reynolds on retromania; Matana Roberts; Scratcha DVA; Chris Cutler responds to Kenneth Goldsmith; Invisible Jukebox: Demdike Stare; Cross Platform: Caroline Bergvall; Global Ear: Hong Kong; Inner Sleeve: Will Holder; Unofficial Channels: WFMU's Antique Phonograph Show."
$6.25 EAN: 9770952068090 Misc
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PHOTEK: UFO (Addison Groove's Almost Headhunter Remix) 12" (PHBOOT 001EP)
"Addison Groove and Breach refix two Photek classics, on this 180 gram. Vinyl only release. DJ support from Rob Da Bank, Gilles Peterson and Loefah."
$9.50 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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CROSS, TARA: Tara Cross 1982-89 4LP BOX (VOD 085LP)
"Box includes Spurt Ditties (1982); Waiting for the War (1983); Concocting Chaos (83); collaboration-tracks with Unovidual; Searchlight & Torch (84, with Stefan Tischler of Port Said); Limelight (85); compilation-tracks 83-89, Tempus Fugit (88). Excellent wide-ranging minimal/synth & Wave-tunes by one of the most outstanding female artists in the 80's cassette-culture and wave/underground releasing a total of 4 Tapes, one Lp and contributing to numerous cassette- and vinyl-compilation. As a musician, she considers herself as some sort of sound structurer who experiments with sound the same way as a painter would experiment with colors."
$80.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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VAN KAYE + IGNIT: Anthology 1980-85 5LP BOX (VOD 086LP)
"Great, fantastic minimal-synth-tracks from legendary Dutch duo Van Kaye and Ignit. Van Kaye alias Ed Van Kasteren (studying history of the arts and being singer of Monomen in the late '70s) and Ignit Bekken (performing artist, painter and studying to become an art-teacher) meet in early 1980 and started working and experimenting with synthesizers. The result was the minimal/synth-classic and highly sought-after tapes A Slight Delay and With a Little Help, which they distributed and published through their own Ding Dong Discs label. Another ex-Monoman, William Wiusselink alias 'Wizzkopf', joined the project in 1982 VK&I did run the famous record-label Ding Dong Records & Tapes which published beautifully designed releases of independent/wave-artists such as Legendary Pink Dots, Bene Gesserit, Anne Gillis and many more incl. the all-time-classic-must-have-compilation Film Noir. This box includes both tapes 'A Slight Delay' (as 8-track demo an 11-track original release) and 'With A Little Help' as well as the ultra-rare Picasso on the Wall 7"-tracks, 17 compilation-contributions from 1981-85 (incl. the Radionome-tracks), 7 unreleased-tracks/demos recorded between 80-85 and a 30 minute live-concert held in Rotterdam 1983."
$99.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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M.A.L.: The M.A.L. Tapes LP (VOD 087LP)
"One side full of great minimal/synth-tracks from his early 80s tapes Chemistry, Two Faces and Outlaw on labels like Grafika Airline and Insane Music; the other side with two mind-blowing and -opening electric-guitar-tracks from 1971-74 which will definitely touch your consciousness for music-history and hopefully help re-writing it. Alain Neffe of Pseudo Code / Bene Gesserit (Insane Music) participated on two of the pieces. M.A.L.'s cassettes have been remastered in superb sound quality by Anders Peterson almost 40 years after it was recorded for the first time."
$18.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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PSYCHE: Insomnia Theatre 3LP BOX/7"/DVD (VOD 088LP)
"It all started sometime at the dawn of the '80s by two Canadian brothers, Darrin and Stephen Huss while living with their parents in Edmonton, Alberta. The first and only synthesizer based act in our whole region, were joined by third member Dwayne Goettel and subsequently formed the band Psyche. A combination of horror and electronics that in the area of Western Canada was completely unheard of and would continue to be considered quite shocking until the music finally caught on. When the Huss family moved to Waterloo, Ontario, Darrin and Stephen took time out from their school work to lay down what would become this official debut album of Psyche's music. With fearlessly experimental electro-titles such as 'Children Carry Knives', 'Psychic Vampire', 'Maggots', and 'The Brain Collapses'. Under the disguised names Evan Panic (Darrin), and Anthony Red (Stephen) Psyche, with release on hand prepared themselves for a proper onslaught on the further unsuspecting Canadian audience, and the rest of the world. This 3 album edition of Insomnia Theatre also contains the 4-Track recordings while Dwayne was a member, as well as several rare direct to cassette demos, the tracks of Tales From The Darkside, as well as our now collectable 12" of Thundershowers. Plus the monumental 'Unveiling The Secret' appears in its album version to round out the complete vision of Psyche's early beginnings from 1983 up to this 1986 breakthrough club hit!"
$70.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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FOCKEWULF 190: Microcosmos 1981-1986 2LP (VOD 089LP)
"Suberb synth- and wave-tunes of Fockewulf 190 including the two Italo-disco-classic 12"s Body Heat and Gitano plus more demos and so far unreleased treasures like Orient 'Express' collected from the archive of Victor. Victor once stated: 'The Fockewulf 190 project was created as a shape equal to a substance, experimental analogy electronic music connected to the theatrical and mimic power of rock and the romantic and esthetic force of the electronic dance of the 80s.We translated those expressive channels with the force of a psychedelic mind folded into a magic and evocative world, an profound research into ourselves. This personal and futuristic mysticism originated the dark side of Italo disco.' The publishing, 25 years later, of what should have been our first album in 1986, Microsmos, shines a light on the sonic creativity of the Fw 190, also because it's a record composed only by simple original demos; something pure and synthetic, uncontaminated by commercial compromises."
$28.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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ATTRITION: Demonstro 1981-1986 2LP (VOD 090LP)
"Slices of Attrition's earliest existence. A double LP with previously unreleased, rare and demo recordings from the earliest days on Third mind records and beyond. From the initial post punk line up to the early experiments with analogue electronics in the band's fledgling home studio. Rescued from forgotten cassette mixes and 4 track tapes, restored and remastered by Martin Bowes, including sleeve notes by Third Mind's Gary levermore, unreleased photos and artwork and available for the first time on vinyl."
$28.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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CZERNOWIN, CHAYA: Shifting Gravity CD (WER 6726)
"Wergo presents first recordings of chamber music works by the Israeli composer Chaya Czernowin. The eponymous series of works, Shifting Gravity, from 2008 connects the string quartets 'Anea Christal' with the compositions 'Sheva' and 'Sahaf.' The second part of the CD consists of the 'Winter Songs III' (2003). This Wergo production shows a different side of the artist who was born in Haifa in 1957 and who, up to now, has been appreciated mainly for her stage works, in particular for the much noticed music theatre play Pnima/Ins Innere or her adaptation of Mozart's 'Zaide/Adama.' The instrumental works were all created after the music-theatre plays, associating notions like paralysis, adherence, proliferation."
$17.50 EAN: 4010228672626 CLASSICAL
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BENTON: New-ro-phen/Smash The Badger 12" (WHEELY 015EP)
"Benton is making a name for himself in the dubstep scene with his dark and brooding productions. He's released on labels like BoxClever and Biscuit Factory but he's most well known for his tracks on N-Type's Wheel & Deal imprint. New-ro-phen/Smash The Badger."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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KHAN, AMJAD ALI: Samaagam CD (WORLD 468102)
"In the Sanskrit language, the word samaagam translates as, 'a confluence or flowing together.' The Sikhi Wiki website describes Samaagam as, 'an important gathering or meeting...to celebrate, announce or exchange ideas of great communal value.' These definitions offer insight into the music on Samaagam, an exquisite new recording teaming Indian sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by David Murphy. This stunning collaborative work suggests by its very nature a powerful and significant unification. While many musicians have attempted to forge East-meets-West connections, rarely have they been as successful in creating as seamless and exhilarating a bond. For Khan, this album is a dream fulfilled. An admirer of European classical music, Khan long harbored a desire to fuse the magnificence of the Western orchestra with the traditions of the raga."
$13.75 UPC: 713746810221 WORLD
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LE TRIO JOUBRAN: As Far CD (WORLD 479055)
"Le Trio Joubran are the worthy inheritors of a rich tradition. For the Joubrans, music is a family affair. The trio's parents, Hatem Mbadda Joubran, stringed-instrument maker emeritus known throughout the Arab world, and Ibtisam Hanna Joubran, a singer, both come from families where music is transmitted from generation to generation. On this astonishing new studio album, the three brothers have created a unique blend of hypnotic grooves and tight interplay. As Far is a vibrant masterpiece of an album that will take you along on a fascinating Middle Eastern journey."
$13.75 UPC: 794881997527 WORLD
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