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FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE
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NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 04/30/2012
first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 04/30/2012
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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SMITH, CHRISTIAN: NYC (Doomwork Remix) 12" (PURE 079EP)
The popularity of Christian's big-room, crossover sound with its melodic, euphoric highs and rhythmic funk energy is testament to the multi-genre draw of his music. Features a remix by Doomwork.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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OCTAVE ONE: Revisited: Here, There, And Beyond CD (4WCLCD1 500CD)
430 West Records celebrates an epic journey of groundbreaking music by revisiting classic tracks from its 20-year history with new reworkings from some of the Burden brothers' favorite producers. Following the success of Volume 1-4 of the Revisited 12" series, the label now releases a special Octave One respective album, Revisited: Here, There, And Beyond. It features tracks from the series as well as new and limited-release recordings. On this collection, 430 West ventures into the label's founding band's catalog, starting with the seminal tracks "Meridian" and "Dema," remixed here by Octave One themselves. On this journey we also find the Burden brothers' debut on Derrick May's Transmat imprint, "I Believe" getting a very special treatment from the enigmatic techno unit, Sandwell District. Featuring vocals from Lisa Newberry, the track was co-written and produced by Anthony "Shake" Shakir. Aril Brikha lays his hands on "Daystar Rising," from the monumental Underground Resistance/430 West Records limited-release record. Cari Lekebusch takes on "Love And Hate," originally released on Octave One's live DVD Off The Grid on Tresor. Cari reworks the track to give us his previously vinyl-only "Revealed Mix." Continuing on with another Tresor artist, Alexander Kowalski restyles "I Need Release." Featuring vocals fromAnn Saunderson, the original was the first release taken from Octave One's Summers On Jupiter album. From the debut 430 West Records release Octivation EP, Vince Watson offers his melodic take on Octave One's "Nicolette." The legendary Luke Slater re-evolves 2010's "The Greater Good." Japanese techno pioneer Ken Ishii also looks to the roots of the label and finds inspiration in Octave One's "Nicolette," offering his own club- pushing remake. From Octave One's native Detroit comes the keys behind Underground Resistance/DJ Rolando anthem "Knights Of The Jaguar," Gerald Mitchell, and his Los Hermanos remix of "Somedays." This also features the vocals of Ann Saunderson, taken from the Octave One album Theory Of Everything. Rounding out the remixers are Roman Flügel and Joern Elling aka Alter Ego, the producer's of the dancefloor killer "Rocker" and remixers of The Human League, Primal Scream, Chicks On Speed, Sven Väth, Baby Ford, and Cabaret Voltaire, among others. They contribute their great talent to the classic "Blackwater," once again with the vocals of Ann Saunderson.
$11.99 UPC: 859706626720 ELECTRONIC
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MARK D FUNKTION & WEBBY: The Office Box 12" (AREA 039EP)
Deep bounce monster from Mark D Funktion & Webby. Coil-sprung wobbles pack the tension while the deliciously cavernous bassline thumps out the stress.
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OHRMANN/DANIEL STEINBERG, NILS: Tumbleweed 12" (A&L 005EP)
Huge split EP from Arms & Legs label-heads Daniel Steinberg and Nils Ohrmann.
$8.99 UPC: 827170443860 ELECTRONIC
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REIKO, IKE: Kokotsu No Sekai LP (BAM 7005LP)
LP version. Although Ike Reiko was a mere 17 years of age when she recorded 1971's Kokotsu No Sekai, she was already a star in the world of Japanese erotic movies. Despite the tough-gal image, the music is pretty darn life-affirming, so don't think for a second you're getting an easy listening album here -- this is about as sexual as music can get. Throw "French Kiss" out of the window and give a kiss goodbye to your Serge Gainsbourg records, Ike Reiko is more sizzling than a branding iron as it makes its mark on the farmer's herd. The sex is literally dripping from every note on this record -- the style is "Iroke Kayôkyoku" or erotic kayôkyoku (kayôkyoku being a style of Japanese pop) but the sort of naïve jazz and pseudo spy theme movie music is all draped in a shroud of sexual shouts, screams and coos from the clearly excited Reiko. One must assume that she was in some kind of state of euphoria in the recording studio from the evidence on offer here, either that or she's a pretty realistic faker -- it's a smouldering collision, and that's about all that needs to be said. Kokotsu No Sekai has to be one of the finest gifts for the music fan in search of that killer oddity. First 180 gram vinyl reissue.
$15.79 EAN: 4752817700524 ROCK
A1. Women Cannot Endure It
A2. You Can Be The Twilight
A3. Giddiness
A4. After The Rain Stops
A5. Scat Dawn
A6. Wandering Guitar
B1. I Am A Woman
B2. Rainy Day Blues
B3. Love Slave
B4. Experience
B5. Not An Angel
B6. Bond Of Love
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GARNIER, LAURENT: Timeless EP 12" (BEC 5161187)
The first rave CD head-honcho Pedro Winter bought was Laurent Garnier's A Bout De Souffle EP in 1993. He discovered Paris night life at Rex Club like most Parisian party monsters. Thursday was "Wake Up," where, once a week Laurent Garnier invited the cream of Detroit, the Chicago mob or the UK techno godfathers. We're in 2012, and the man is still spreading electronic music everywhere. This EP presents two pure and modern techno joints. Includes download card.
$8.99 EAN: 5060281611871 ELECTRONIC
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DJANGO DJANGO: Storm 7" (BEC 5161189)
Limited edition 7" Record Store Day release, 2012. Django Django present a 7" cut from their self-titled album (BEC 5161106), including an unreleased remix.
$6.99 EAN: 5060281611895 ELECTRONIC
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ELECTRIC GUEST: Mondo LP+CD (BEC 5161199)
Electric Guest is a Los Angeles-based rock band formed in 2010. Their music is a melding of R&B, funk, pop, and classic rock. With meditative lyrics, catchy choruses, and dance-inspiring rhythms, the band brings a feel-good experience direct to the eardrums. The band and their music is a collection of people and memories singer-songwriter Asa Taccone has picked up along the way of his long, circuitous journey towards completion of the band's first album, Mondo. This nomadic quality is felt in their songs that take surprising, symphonic twists and turns that are never jarring as Asa's rich, R&B-style vocals guide you smoothly, dreamily through their unique chord and movement changes. Electric Guest is comprised of Asa Taccone, from Berkeley, California and Cornbread (unfortunately, legally Matthew Compton), from Danville, Virginia. When they play live, they pick up three friends to fill out the complex instrumentation: Asa plays several instruments, Cornbread nearly a dozen. Asa had a fortuitous encounter with Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse, famed music producer behind Gnarls Barkley, Gorrillaz, Broken Bells, among many others). Brian liked what he heard and asked Asa to keep sending him stuff, which he wisely did. Over several years, the two formed a strong working relationship, Asa contributing his music production skills to many of Danger Mouse's projects. Then one day in 2007, Danger Mouse asked him to do a record. They revised Asa's many tracks, eventually whittling the number down to a realistic 10 songs that comprise this album. One journalist described their music as "a mutant -- albeit somewhat cleaned and electronic --'60s garage thing," likening the sound to The Troggs, The Seeds, and The Zombies. Cornbread admits that those bands were a great influence on them but their inspirations are impossible to nail down as they both appreciate and have worked in every genre of music: both having worked for years on various albums and music for film and television (Asa hides an Emmy somewhere for his work on Saturday Night Live's "Dick In A Box"). With such an eclectic mix of instruments and influences, it's hard to nail down the sound of Electric Guest, but Asa insists that it's ultimately pop music, disclosing, "I have a sweet tooth for terrible music so I won't even say what I'm influenced by."
$17.79 EAN: 5060281611994 ROCK
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O'MALLEY & STEVE NOBLE, STEPHEN: St. Francis Duo 2LP (WEAVIL 047LP)
2LP version. Having played together in Æthenor for the last couple of years, Steve Noble and Stephen O'Malley came together to play as a duo at Café OTO in 2011. These recordings are the result of these two hot and sticky nights in East London. Noble is a regular at Bo' Weavil Recordings, having appeared on over nine recordings for the label, and a linch pin in London's improvising community. So it was bound to be a memorable night of music to see these two meet. Steve Noble studied with Nigerian master drummer Elkan Ogunde in the early 1980s and over the last 20 years has played with most of the great players from all four corners of the globe. Stephen O'Malley is predominantly a guitarist, producer and composer who has been at the center of avant-garde/drone metal, best known for his group Sunn0))), and also a prolific collaborator with many of the finest improvisers. Noble sets the recording off with a full tribal charge, while Stephen, instead of firing off a shard of ecstatic notes and chords, coaxes his guitar into singing a slow, ever-growing roar. But soon the two are off into some wild, creative rampages -- exciting drum and guitar territory sounding at times not too dissimilar to Haino's Fushitsusha, brutally beautiful, shredded riffs from O'Malley meet with Noble's exuberant rhythmic force . On St. Francis Duo, the memory of these two nights can be heard in full violent sonic attack.
$26.39 EAN: 5051078923314 ROCK
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EFFE, MARCO: Seaweed Deep/Slicked And Sliced 12" (BNS 031EP)
Marco Effe returns to Break New Soil with his third release for the label, cementing his status as one of the most consistent young talents hailing from Northern Italy. "Seaweed Deep" is a melodic dancefloor weapon that perfectly showcases Break New Soil's current musical direction. On the flipside, Marco teams up with his buddy James Mile. The distinctive vocals of "Slicked & Sliced" sit perfectly over a marching, stripped-down house groove that will make you think of all your favorite Berlin dancefloors.
$8.99 EAN: 5414165053460 ELECTRONIC
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EISLER/BROTZMANN/VAN HOVE/BENNINK: Einheitsfrontlied 7" (CF 006EP)
This 7" was originally released on the legendary German FMP label in 1973. Features Hanns Eisler, Peter Brötzmann, Fred Van Hove and Han Bennink.
$10.39 EAN: 9120036680852 JAZZ
A1. Einheitsfrontlied Part 1
A2. Einheitsfrontlied Part 2
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MOTOR: Man Made Machine CD (CLRX 001CD)
MOTOR presents their fourth album, which opens a new chapter in the history of the band. After completing three massively-successful and critically-acclaimed techno albums, Bryan Black and Oly Grasset, who together form the duo MOTOR, have shifted gears and recorded a song-based vocal album by the name of Man Made Machine. The album was conceived during their world tour with Depeche Mode in 2009 when Dave Gahan fell ill and the band found themselves in a hotel in Berlin with time on their hands. It features the vocalists Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode), Gary Numan, Billie Ray Martin (S' Express, Electribe 101) and Motown's rising new star, Reni Lane. When MOTOR secretly played the first single from the upcoming album (also titled Man Made Machine) on a BBC radio broadcast, it got over 10,000 views within hours of being ripped and broadcasted on YouTube. The reactions from Depeche Mode and MOTOR fans are absolutely ecstatic. One online comment, which has often been quoted and agreed to, is that "Man Made Machine" sounds like the modern version of the Depeche Mode track "Personal Jesus" -- a royal honor for the guys from MOTOR. It is no coincidence that the album features some of the key figures in the evolution of electronic music. MOTOR have played as the main support act on sold-out tours for Gary Numan, Nitzer Ebb and Depeche Mode and have been considered one of their best-received support acts. They have performed on the main stages of all the top festivals with acts like Daft Punk, Kraftwerk, Soulwax, Justice, etc. They are known for having one of the most explosive and entertaining live shows in dance music. Other than that, MOTOR's music has been featured on various HBO and Showtime TV programs, in films and in several Playstation and Nintendo video games. Their impressive list of remixes includes "Precious" by Depeche Mode. In Mixmag 2006, Depeche Mode actually listed this one as their favourite DM remix of all time. This should in itself be enough to create some pleasant anticipation of the upcoming album and tour from these unconventional techno pioneers. Housed in a silver foil electrostatic bag.
$11.99 UPC: 827170121324 ELECTRONIC
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VAINIO, MIKA: Rasputin 3000 7" (CZ 015EP)
Mika Vainio, currently based in Berlin, is one-half of the groundbreaking minimal electronic duo Pan Sonic. Before starting Pan Sonic in the beginning of the '90s, Mika Vainio has played electronics and drums as part of the early Finnish industrial and noise scene. His solo works, under his own name and under aliases like Ø, are known for their analog warmth and electronic harshness. Producing either abstract drone works or minimal avant techno, Vainio always creates unique, physical sounds.
$8.39 EAN: 9120036680838 ELECTRONIC
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PACO SALA: Ro-Me-Ro LP (DIGI 043LP)
Paco Sala first came to fruition sometime in 2011 as producer Antony Harrison began developing a totally different side to his usual musical explorations as Konntinent. Following up a debut cassette, Radial Sundown, that introduced Paco Sala as a new solo vehicle for Harrison's love of hip-hop, Italo-disco, & synth-infused pop music, Harrison joined forces with vocalist Leyli -- and everything changed. Leyli's voice became the perfect vehicle for Harrison's squashed productions, adding an elegance and airiness to his dark, introspective tropes. This is most evident on the show-stopper, "Spiral" -- Leyli's vocal is divine, streaming skyward as it twists into endless, delicate shapes, with a hypnotic beat and Tropicália-infused loops acting as the perfect backdrop. Leyli slowly takes over the album's first single, "Gifts Of The Bloom," with layer-upon-layer of wordless murmurs. Along with B-side opener, "Tre's Future First," they show off Paco Sala's Italo influence with stunted beats and catchy, yet minimal synths. It's the vocals, though, that continually push Ro-Me-Ro to another level. Ro-Me-Ro is as striking a debut as any on the esteemed Digitalis label over the last few years, tapping into that emotional, sparkling intersection where followers of Nite Jewel, Chromatics, Not Not Fun and Julee Cruise will find much comfort. Original art by Marie-Pascale Hardy. Mastered by Brad Rose and cut to vinyl by Rashad Becker at Dubplates + Mastering, Berlin. Limited to 500 copies only.
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VOICES OF BLACK: Atom Bomb EP 12" (DS 011EP)
Voices Of Black return to Gadi Mizrahi's Double Standard imprint with the first single from their forthcoming third album. Fresh and funk-ridden, "Atom Bomb" is an offbeat, distorted discoid jam given the special remix treatment from crew members No Regular Play (feat. John Camp) and Tanner Ross.
$8.39 UPC: 827170447165 ELECTRONIC
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AEROPLANE: We Can't Fly: The Remixes 12" (ESK 505351)
Two monster remixes of both "We Can't Fly" and "Caramellas" from none other than Cassius and Joakim. Joakim adds a dub of his remix for good measure.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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OMNIVORE: Omnivore LP (FTR 072LP)
First album by Glenna Van Nostrand, a Cambridge, MA-based performance artist obsessed with archaic telecommunication hardware. Using solo vocals run through an old telephone, amplified by a variety of radios, her work creates its own rhythms through hypnotic layering, repetition and the imperfections built into her chosen delivery system. Alternately ethereal and cracked, her performance takes simple kernels of thought and speech, creating mystifying vistas of otherness that hint at the eternal now. The only specific musical accompaniment comes from her use of a telephone's touch pad as a keyboard, but the rich weirdness of her compositions is consistent and dazzling. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Machines With Magnets with Keith Souza and Seth Manchester in Providence. Are you ready for two side-long slices of the Omnivore experience? Get yours now.
$12.99 UPC: N/A EXPERIMENTAL
A1. Clementine
A2. Pink Electric
A3. Happening
A4. Hold
A5. Used To
B1. Toast
B2. Elbows
B3. Fire
B4. Ways
B5. Gnarwarblers
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READ, GERRY: Rhino/All The Time 12" (4TH GRRSD)
Gerry Read drops an exclusive 12" for Record Store Day, 2012, propping up his Fourth Wave trilogy and Delsin EP with the tough "Rhino" and "All The Time." 250 copies worldwide. Hand-stamped, on clear vinyl.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Rhino
B1. All The Time
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NITETIME: Jive Talk EP 12" (FCL 073EP)
Nitetime is a production duo from Boston, MA comprised of Kon (from Kon & Amir) and Whisky Baron. Nitetime's debut EP sits on a bridge between OG boom-bap-hip-hop and the 4/4 rhythms of classic house and disco. "All The People" is a classic throwback to the '88-'92 era of house, lots of 909s and whatnot, "Teddy's Jam" is a deeper, slower late-night track and "Jive Talk" has a George Duke-ish block-party vibe. Support from Gilles Peterson, Jacques Renault, Eli Escobar, Soul Clap, Recloose, and more.
$8.99 UPC: 084854254062 ELECTRONIC
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JADE: Fly On Strangewings LP (GUESS 095LP)
One of the best UK folk-rock albums from the early '70s, up there with Fairport Convention, Trees or Mellow Candle, the sole Jade album is back in print on vinyl with stunning sound quality, original gatefold cover art and pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Includes an insert with unseen photos and liner notes by Richard Allen.
$18.39 EAN: 4040824082475 ROCK
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MISTY HUSH REVIVAL: Your Heart Is Broken LP (GUESS 097LP)
One of the most obscure U.S. private pressings from the late '60s/early '70s. For many years, The Misty Hush Revival name was only a rumor whispered in collector's circles, with only a handful of copies known of the original album around today. Like The Bachs or The Index, this is one of those hard-to-describe albums which seems to live in a world of its own. Despite the late 1972 release date, the music here sounds more late '60s than early '70s and the whole album has a cool, lost-in-time atmosphere. The group were in fact a club band from New Jersey, but surprisingly all the tracks are originals -- no cover versions -- and they range from fragile, dreamy pop-psych numbers to raw garage, fuzzed-out jams and teen-beat sounds. Like Patrick Lundborg says in Acid Archives: "A cool, atmospheric trip for fans of the tri-state late '60s club sound." First time-ever reissue, remastered on 24-bit. Includes the original artwork and an insert with rare pictures and liner notes by Jack D. Fleischer.
$18.39 EAN: 4040824082512 ROCK
01. Singer To Singer
02. Summer Means New Love
03. Your Heart Is Broken
04. Tell Me Baby
05. Look My Way
06. Gone Away
07. Danny's Home Made Jam
08. Now I Need You
09. Till I Get Back Home
10. 3 AM
11. Summer Means New Love (Instr./Flashback)
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EXPRESS, THE: Second Class EP 12" (HEM 003EP)
HEM presents more chugging grooves from The Express, here with a mixture of pure sunshine and raw sounds from the underground. Remixes from HEM's Shutter and legend Inigo Kennedy.
$8.99 UPC: 827170435261 ELECTRONIC
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SASCHA RIOT: Nothing But Love 12" (INTAC 040EP)
Nothing But Love for this quality people-mover from Sascha Riot. Remix from Denied. Filtered piano chords and impressive strings play across the organic warmth of the beats to create a uniquely uplifting, melody-laden groove.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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HRDVSION: Right And Tight 12" (GIGOLO 286EP)
Hrdvsion is invited into the Gigolo brothel for his first EP since the summer of 2011. "Right And Tight" is a rabid beast of a track, throwing subtlety out the window in favor of ribcage-crushing electro beats and brain-tickling synth freak-outs. Rampa's remix is a mellow, floaty interpretation to contrast the fierceness of the original version.
$8.99 EAN: 5414165052159 ELECTRONIC
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BOYS FROM PATAGONIA: Rimini '80/It's So Exciting 12" (IFEEL 020EP)
Davide Armour and Philippe Mascerano aka Boys From Patagonia are cousins, joined together by their love of vintage synthesizers, tacky Italian nightclubs and San Remo-tinged pop. Here are two seductively hypnotizing tracks that reference all the best bits of Italian pop and Balearic culture, starting with the robust, slow-mo synth brass of "Rimini '80" and followed by the cheeky pan flute boogie porn of "It's So Exciting." Artwork design by Phantom. Housed in deluxe packaging and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
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MADATO: Portraits 12" (ITEM 014EP)
All tracks on Madato's Portraits were recorded with external sources and self-produced sounds, using Korg synths, pieces of a drum kit, a guitar and a modular rack to create an organic listening experience. Portraits is a literary mini-soundtrack from a producer who's played live at Watergate and debuted his first album on Items & Things.
$8.39 UPC: 673799381416 ELECTRONIC
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SCSI-9: Metamorphosis 2LP+CD (KL 010LP)
Gatefold double LP version with free CD. SCSI-9 (Anton Kubikov and Maxim Miluytenko) present their fifth full-length release. SCSI-9 are by far the most recognizable and booked house/techno duo from Russia. With a total of more than 50 releases and 120 tracks so far on labels such as Traum/Trapez, Salo, Freizeitglauben, Morris Audio, Highgrade, Force Tracks, Tyrant and Kompakt, they have earned great respect worldwide and are famous for their eclectic and crystal-clear tech sound. Their "Mediterranean" touch made them stand out among the Russian electronic music community and gave them the role of the "New romantics" and the "Originators of the Russian Deep" according to worldwide press. Their Line Of Nine (KOMP 051CD/ KOM 138LP) album showed their pop touch in the new Russian deep house movement -- laidback, cheerful, melodic arrangements growing slowly into a groove. SCSI-9 continue their odyssey through the oceans of electronica, this time together with long-time friends at Klik Records. Inspired by the works of Jean-Luc Godard and Arthur Rimbaud, Anton and Maxim now steer their boat over deep and slow waters. Focusing on the sound that made them famous in the beginning, they experiment a lot with dub and dark ambient and step away from the pop-forms of their recent past. "Schaukel Duo" marks their new dubby statement, slowly evolving into the perfect companion for an early-morning drive. "Nostalgia" keeps a similar dubby tone, using a guitar to get you in summertime mood. "Song From The High Tower" and "I'm Lost" include vocals from singer Gregor Ladenhauf (Zanshin, Ogris Debris). "Alphaville" is deep house par excellence which includes vocal bits from Stylish Murphn morphed beyond recognition and samples of a duduk (a traditional Armenian pipe). The cover photos were contributed by Russian photographer Mikhail Rosanov, who shot them during a recent expedition to Antarctica. With Metamorphosis, SCSI-9 show a musical snapshot of today's reality and transmute real life with a totally new overall sound.
$17.79 EAN: 5200105300950 ELECTRONIC
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MATADOR: Spooks EP 12" (MINUS 117EP)
Matador's Spooks EP sees him step-up for a five-track outing which balances his usual melody with a real techno drive. The title track opens proceedings with predatory, roughshod bass tone running underneath blippy melodies, snappy house influenced percussion and a dark male vocal where "Kenekt" is all out sci-fi weirdness. "BamBam" is the most heads-down and streamlined techno offering of them all before "Klay" drips little melodic droplets down the face of slinky hi-hats and deep, rolling basslines.
$7.79 UPC: 815349011712 ELECTRONIC
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SIRIUSMO: Doctor Beak's Rantanplant 12" (MONKEY 024EP)
Monkeytown presents a teaser for the upcoming Siriusmo album. Doctor Beak's Rantanplant is meant to shorten the waiting time with some pleasurable Siriusmo entertainment.
$8.39 UPC: 817231010483 ELECTRONIC
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SOULPHICTION: Presents Manmadescience 12" (PERL 029EP)
2012 repress, originally released in 2002. Soulphiction shares the A-side with close friends Reiff & Lieten to form Manmadescience, specialists in "underthecarpethouse." On the flipside it's Soulphiction solo again with 'Lickashot' and an alternate version of 'Get It Right.'
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PANTYTEC: Remixed 12" (PERL 030EP)
2012 repress, originally released in 2003. Remixes from Daniel Bell, Ultrakurt and Isolée.
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MORANE: Where's the Beach 12" (PERL 044EP)
2012 repress, originally released in 2005. Morane bubble over with musicality in the pleasure pool of styles and their side streams. Taking great pains, Markus Nikolai, Theo Krieger and Annika Mueller de Vries create a new universe for emotions and pleasant surprises in superior style -- on the dancefloor and in the imagination of every single listener.
$9.79 UPC: 661956354465 ELECTRONIC
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AUDIO WERNER: Onandon 12" (PERL 055EP)
2012 repress, originally released in 2006. Early Detroit sound aesthetics loosely fit into a sweat resistant house corset. Pure and elegant dance hypnosis PLUS the sexiest saxophone your needle ever touched on a Perlon record.
$9.79 UPC: 661956355561 ELECTRONIC
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CASSY: Nil Desperandum 12" (PERL 064EP)
2012 repress, originally released in 2007. Berlin-based Catherine Britton's second 12" for Perlon. It's getting deep.
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STL: Lost In Brown Eyes 12" (PERL 067EP)
2012 repress, originally released in 2008. Stephan Laubner aka STL with 3 tracks for Perlon. Stephan manages to create this very unique atmosphere... very reduced, very deep. Additional loops on the A-side.
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BABY FORD: Gravy Train 12" (PERL 073EP)
2012 repress, originally released in 2009. Outstanding tracks by London-based icon, Baby Ford. As usual, made for eternity.
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PROPER, SAN: Keep It Raw 12" (PERL 075EP)
2012 repress, originally released in 2009. This is the first solo 12" from San Proper for Perlon. San, who's based in Amsterdam, is also responsible for the A'dam Family Series of five 12"s that were released on Rush Hour Recordings in 2007. His song "Magnificent Speech Funk" was remixed by Laurent Garnier in 2008. This time, San keeps it raw. We'll let you figure that out.
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NIDAM, MAAYAN: Don't Know Why 12" (PERL 078EP)
2012 repress, originally released in 2010. Miss Fitz, Laverne Radix, Spunky Brewster, Mara Trax, Uli Künkel -- that's all Maayan Nidam, who has already released on various labels such as Contexterrior, Raum...Musik and Sushitec, to name only a few. Earlier in 2009, Maayan presented her first full-length album, Nightlong, through the Japanese label PowerShovelAudio. And the music? Deep!
$9.79 UPC: 827170322868 ELECTRONIC
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HOUSE OF WALLENBERG (FEAT. ARI UP): Sunshine Taboo 7" (PERMVAC 093EP)
House Of Wallenberg aka Petter Wallenberg tracked down Ari Up in Jamaica. He asked Max Krefeld to join Ari and him and together they produced the song in Max's London apartment. The song harnesses a true pop sound, expressed with a light Ace Of Base-sound. House Of Wallenberg had already released the track in 2011 only in Sweden and it is now released on a special 7" with an exclusive dub version of the song in the memory of Ari Up.
$6.99 UPC: 673795709313 ELECTRONIC
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OTHER HALF, THE: The Other Half LP (PIL 6001LP)
LP version. This legendary early psychedelic band are best-known for featuring the guitar wizardry of Randy Holden (who went on to join Blue Cheer and record a shattering solo LP). Based in Los Angeles, they gigged regularly in San Francisco, sharing stages with many of the city's best-known acid-rock bands throughout 1967. Their sole LP -- a mixture of singles and newer material -- appeared in March 1968, by which time Holden had departed. Brilliantly showcasing his innovative playing, it's a psychedelic classic, and is issued here complete with five bonus tracks culled from rare 45s and a French EP.
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STAY+: Dandelion 10" (RAMP 053EP)
Stay+ join in with the 2012 Record Store Day shenanigans with the only vinyl outing of previous single Dandelion, and also features the exclusive "15811" version of "Dandelion," totally exclusive to this 10". Limited to 200 copies.
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SANDER & MICHAEL J. COLLINS, LY: Raoul06 12" (RAOUL 006EP)
Ly Sander & Michael J. Collins join forces to bring you Raoul06 via Raoul, a deep, soothing EP. "No Response" is a laid-back and haunting piece, featuring warm bass and soaring pads. The "Deep Space Orchestra Remix" lays a beat and a groove under the track and takes us to galactic depths. "Russian Roulette" displays nice use of delay and relaxed percussion. This hasn't got the "boom" of techno, but it does have the space-y synths and ambience to bring you to your feet.
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FUNKEES, THE: Dancing Time CD (SNDW 039CD)
Dancing Time: The Best Of Eastern Nigeria's Afro Rock Exponents 1973-77 by The Funkees is the latest title on Soundway to mine the rich musical output of '60s and '70s Nigeria. For the 5-year period this compilation spans, The Funkees' output crackled with dancefloor fire. Having featured on three of Soundway's most popular titles, across the definitive Nigeria Special compilation series, Soundway felt The Funkees' output deserved closer inspection. Presented here are 18 slices of funky Afro-rock grooves, hand-picked by Soundway's Miles Cleret from a selection of the band's 45s and two full-lengths. In the early 1970s, The Funkees were the #1 east Nigerian band and the only outfit to seriously challenge the popular Lagos-based rock combos MonoMono and BLO. It wasn't long before promoters in the UK came calling and The Funkees packed up their instruments and moved to London, where they quickly established a fierce reputation on the live circuit. Here, they recorded two seminal albums before finally breaking up in 1977 amidst some controversy. This collection features for the first time all of their Nigerian 45s alongside the best of their UK album material and is accompanied by a full interview with original member Sonny Akpan, who still lives in the capital.
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FUNKEES, THE: Dancing Time 2LP (SNDW 039LP)
Gatefold double LP version. Comes with free MP3 download code of the album.
$16.99 EAN: 5060091551183 WORLD
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WOOD & MEAT, CHRIS: JR Juniors EP 12" (SOUVENIR 044EP)
Souvenir is proud to present its 44th EP from the duo of Frankfurt's favorite sons, Chris Wood and Carsten "Meat" Schuchmann. For this release, they offer up another wild percussive workout in the form of the title-track, something a little more syncopated on the humorously-titled "Dub Your Step" and a reimagining of the delirious A-side from the head-honchos themselves, Tiefschwarz.
$8.39 UPC: 827170423169 ELECTRONIC
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TURMAN, ROBERT: Flux CD (SP 010CD)
Flux is the 1981 debut solo outing of Robert Turman, an American multi-instrumentalist and avant-garde composer. Until recently, Turman was perhaps best known for his contributions to the ballistic NON project with Boyd Rice, as well as other obscured U.S. industrial acts such as Z.O. Voider. In the summer of 1981, Turman decided he would take a drastic turn from the noisy/electronic/industrial work of his compatriots, and began work on what is now the classic Flux cassette. Flux was originally self-released in extremely limited numbers. Weary of the noisescapes of old, he set out to create long-form minimalism utilizing kalimba, piano, "Mini-Pops Jr." drum machine, and tape loops to create a complex bed of interweaving micro-stasis. The results of these new experiments were as beautiful as they were perplexing. A curious, dusty fidelity carries these classic tracks across four sides of vinyl, including all of the original Flux content. These compositions glow with a sprawling, slow-motion haze that's light years ahead of its time. Flux reveals wide spectrums of sound from melancholic kalimba and percussion patterns to slowed-down, syrupy exotica. Turman had complex ideas in his mind, yet only the simple technologies of the day were at hand. Hear the click of the stopping and starting Tascam 3340 open-reel tape machine as one hand presses the "record" and "play" buttons and the other plays piano phrases. While there are similarities in style to classical minimalism, Turman's sound and vision is his own and is exclusive to his limited discography. Lovingly remastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering from the original C-60 cassette master. Original cassette artwork and scans provided by Aaron Dilloway.
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BORTZ, DANIEL: Heal The World EP 12" (SUOL 037EP)
Daniel Bortz returns to Suol with "Harry," a slow jam groover with an amazing vibe including some of Daniels own vocals. Next is "By Ya Side," an uplifting house tune with vocals by Nils Corßen. "Walk" is a deep bassline-driven tune. Last is "Rescue Me," with Bortz building up old school hip hop sounds to, once again, introduce his own vocals.
$8.39 UPC: 673790028730 ELECTRONIC
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CTRLS: Interface EP 12" (TOKEN 022EP)
Token now presents its third release for 2012, introducing Ctrls from Copenhagen, Denmark. Troels B-Knudsen is an ex-drum & bass head and has earned his producer stripes throughout the years. He slowly made his transition to techno, and last year, he and long-time friend Lasse Buhl formed Northern Structures. His debut for Token is called Interface EP and features three powerful pieces in Ctrls' own style: hard-edged, stripped-down, metallic sounds, detailed drum programming and a mean low-end.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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WATSON, CHRIS: Outside The Circle Of Fire CD (TO 037CD)
2012 repress. Third edition, now with a new sandstone color version of the artwork. The purr of a leopard close up against a baobab tree, waiting. Whales surfacing, breathing in cold air. A starling imitating the noise of farm machinery from the hollow ring of a ruined bothy, an evening chorus of corncrakes across the iris beds, dry topical contact calls follow spider monkeys through the canopy, a lioness threatens, the deep roar of a red deer stag, the rattle of wood over a black stream. Chris Watson's second CD, originally released in 1998, is a dramatic contrast to the spacious atmospheres of Stepping Into The Dark (TO 027CD). Featuring 22 close-up recordings of animals, birds and insect life, Outside The Circle Of Fire enlarges our awareness of the sound-universe, intimate with voices from the past. There is an intensity here that television pictures cannot conjure.
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FOOTPRINTZ: Rush To The Capsule (Ewan Pearson Rmx) 7" (TURBO 122B-EP)
Footprintz cover Raid Over Moscow on Turbo's first ever 7" release, a Record Store Day 2012 exclusive release. Featuring a remix by Ewan Pearson. Their own take on "Rush To The Capsule" highlights the excellent songcraft of the original while showcasing the sound that guarantees the Montreal duo will live up to their considerable hype. Pearson uses his insider knowledge of the group's strengths, turning the synth-pop mastery of their cover into a "New Wave Moon Rave," complete with male-choir pads.
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LIVIO & ROBY: Shinichi EP 12" (VA 043EP)
Romanian duo Livio & Roby are back with their latest creation on Vakant. Shinichi is a proper two-track EP -- both cuts in an unmistakable Romanian tech manner -- raw, driving and twisted as only inhabitants of the Carpathian Mountains can deliver.
$9.79 UPC: 827170434561 ELECTRONIC
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MELA, DAN: I Don't Know Why 12" (WEN 001EP)
After two decades spent in the music business, DJ and producer Dan Mela of Compost and Streetvibes fame together with long-time friend and partner Dodi Palese have decided to establish their new imprint. The statement of the label is simple and clear: 100% care of the product! So don't expect obvious loops and rhythms, just prepare yourself to be astonished by the sound of What Ever Not Records. Get your limited copy, including special hand-made sleeves.
$9.79 EAN: 8033237763839 ELECTRONIC
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SOUL CLAP: EFUNK: The Album CD (WLM 002CD)
The wisdom of Soul Clap has been beamed down to Earth in the form of EFUNK -- Everybody's Freaky Under Nature's Kingdom -- their debut album on Wolf + Lamb. Soul Clap delivers a galactic renaissance to fill our ears with interplanetary consciousness and emancipate our booties from the androids of dancefloor repetition. The days of EFUNK are upon us, restoring dopeness in the universe, as we groove on and move on together in intergalactic harmony! Limited to 13 songs over 45 minutes to fit on one 12" record and operate the mothership control-panel. The album also tells the story of Soul Clap's journey so far in a concise musical statement that could only be accomplished with the skills of master DJs. Along their path returning from the outer-reaches to save dance music from the eclipse of darkness, Soul Clap's pop sensibility captured the hearts of many earthlings. Help in the transformational process is obliged from their close-knit Wolf + Lamb family, who have shared and shaped their journey into the consciousness of the terrestrial. The young Jules Born of the Voices Of Black duo injects his raw-funk stamp into "Let's Groove On." Baby Prince aka Gadi Mizrahi of Wolf + Lamb features alongside other members of the family on "The Clapping Song." Charlie also plays kazoo, guitar and keys. Greg Paulus of No Regular Play beams in his magnificent trumpet on the serene closing broadcast, "Islands In Space" as Charlie sings in cosmic frequencies and Eli's father Gary Goldstein strums the bass. Goddess deities lead EFUNK's transmission further into the light. Franceska unveils her Janet Jackson-like powers on "Take It Slow" and Mel Blatt of All Saints fame wrote and sang the lyrics for "Ecstasy." Hijacked by a UFO to study the effects of the spotlight over a decade, Mel recently returned with divine powers. Her lucid voice returns for "Need Your Lovin'." Originally an edit Charlie created from an intense love for the original, when they shared it with Mel over stargazing, her mutual feelings led to them recording her vocal and replaying all the parts, becoming a reinvigorated fresh interpretation of the rave classic. Further into un-charted territory, "The Alezby Inn," a cover of legendary West Coast electro don Egyptian Lover, features Genevan Heathen, who shares a Boston connection and unleashes an EFUNK masterpiece, a mischievous jam that speaks its own truth. "Let It Go" was resurrected from an early demo Roldy Cezaire gave to the guys during their legendary mid-week parties in Boston. Lazarus Man's epic "When The Soul Claps" is a staple a cappella in Soul Clap performances, and the EFUNK formula for it beams a powerful skyrocket to the stars. Soul Clap's training goes beyond history lessons to master all the elements of the DJ: knowledge, mixing, programming, performance and experience. As true conquerors, their EFUNK mission shares timeless frequencies, bringing new levels of consciousness through time and space to be shared for many moons to come.
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SOUL CLAP: EFUNK: The Singles 12" (WLM 020EP)
Four tracks to accompany the release of Soul Clap's EFUNK album (WLM 002CD/021LP). "Let It Go" was resurrected from an early demo Roldy Cezaire gave to the guys during their legendary mid-week parties in Boston, resurrected for the EFUNK voyage. Long-time friend Miguel Campbell offers up a club-ready remix to complete the single. Baby Prince aka Gadi Mizrahi of Wolf + Lamb features alongside other members of the family on "The Clapping Song."
$8.39 UPC: 827170444669 ELECTRONIC
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GERRESSEN, ROGER: Inked Jester 12" (WLTD 017EP)
The talented producer from Nijmegen, The Netherlands proves himself yet again at the forefront of spaced-out and hypnotic electronic dance music. And the king of all that's dub, Brendon Moeller, delivers a mental rework under his Echologist moniker.
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HEARTS AND FLOWERS: Now Is The Time For Hearts And Flowers LP (4M 198LP)
"Though they are often only referred to in passing, as a sort of footnote of the '60s West Coast scene, Los Angeles group Hearts And Flowers were actually one of the most eclectic groups of the time, incorporating elements of psych and country into their folk-rock sound. Founded by Larry Murray, a southern transplant to LA, and a graduate of the same vibrant Southern California bluegrass scene that gave way to Byrds and Burritos, the group's debut, Now Is The Time For Hearts And Flowers, is a classic album that deserves mention in the same breath as Sweetheart Of The Rodeo or Bradley's Barn." On 180 gram vinyl.
$13.50 UPC: 646315119817 ROCK
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SHOP ASSISTANTS: Shop Assistants LP (4M 532LP)
"Edinburgh indie-pop group, the Shop Assistants, formed in 1984 and released this, their one and only full length album in 1986. That same year they were featured on the legendary NME compilation, C86, the name of which is now commonly used to refer to a specific type of influential jangle-pop that Shop Assistants traffic in. A classic of the genre on par with the best of the Pastels or the Wedding Present. Essential." On 180 gram vinyl.
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TELEVISION: Television LP (4M 533LP)
"Rarely does a legendary band break up, reunite fourteen years later, and proceed to make an album nearly as strong as their previous work but, in 1992, New York legends Television did just that, with their eponymous thrid album. The trick, Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd, & Co. realized, was not to try to sound like 1978 Television, but instead to embrace where the last decade had taken them, and make a new sound, still distinctly Television, but also distinctly not a sad attempt to relive past glories. A great record from a legendary band." On 180 gram vinyl.
$13.50 UPC: 646315153316 ROCK
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BLUE ANGEL LOUNGE, THE: Ewig LP (EMM 014LP)
"Germany's The Blue Angel Lounge follow up their 2010 album Narcotica with the intense and brooding 4 track EP titled, Ewig (German for Eternal)." Limited edition, 180 gram white vinyl.
$15.25 EAN: 4024572537241 ROCK
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ALPHATAURUS: Live In Bloom LP (AMS 049LP)
"When we announced the reunion of Alphataurus in 2010, after over 35 years of silence, many people waited for the usual odd nostalgia concert without major consequences. This proved not to be true, as the gig of November 6 was a memorable event for the lucky 700 people who came at the Bloom in Mezzago, a really great gig for passion and energy and the few who were lucky enough to see the band yesterday and today, confirm that Alphataurus has not lost an ounce of energy and enthusiasm that made them, forty years after their only LP, one of the most esteemed and beloved bands of the Italian seventies prog scene. After the success of that show Alphataurus did not stop, as the band promised to return on stage and studio permanently. As a first comeback, we propose the professional recording of that memorable evening, witnessing one of the greatest live comebacks of Italian prog. The dove is back! The vinyl release contains all the tracks of their debut work played live. Artwork by Adriano Marangoni, the same of their legendary debut! Available as black audiophile 180gr. vinyl." Gatefold sleeve.
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DEDALUS: Dedalus LP (AMS 050LP)
"One of the most experimental bands of the Italian prog scene, Dedalus were founded at the beginning of the '70s by Michele Bonansone (keyboards, cello, vocals) and Marco Di Castri (guitar, saxophone) in Pinerolo, near Turin. Their first eponymous LP consists of instrumental jazz-rock compositions, influenced by artists like Nucleus, Miles Davis, Soft Machine, Stockhausen and many other musical innovators of the time. Dedalus was originally released in 1973, and in the same year the band took part at the Avantgarde and New Trends Festival in Naples, being pointed as the real revelation of the event. The album, enclosed in one of the most peculiar Italian prog artworks by Cesare Monti, already contains some of the avant-garde hints which would be fully developed in the following Materiale Per Tre Esecutori E Nastro Magnetico. Available as black audiophile 180gr. vinyl." Housed in a full-color gatefold sleeve.
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FRANKLIN, ARETHA: Aretha LP (AL 8442LP)
Originally released in 1986, this Aretha Franklin album features five hits: "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Jimmy Lee," "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," "Rock-A-Lott," and "If You Need My Love Tonight."
$7.50 UPC: 078221844215 ROCK
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J DILLA: Think Twice/E=MC2 (Feat. Common) 7" (BBE 208EP)
"Highly limited collectable 7" featuring two cuts from the album The Shining. Featuring 'Think Twice' a Donald Byrd cover featuring Dwele & 'E=MC2' feat. Common on vocals."
$5.25 UPC: 730003120800 HIPHOP
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WILSON, REUBEN: Got To Get Your Own LP (CA 60033LP)
Stepping out from his early '70s albums for Blue Note, Hammond player Reuben Wilson is joined by The Cost Of Living, a band comprised of drummer Bernard Purdie, keyboardist Richard Tee and saxophonist Alfred Ellis. Classic funk and rare groove tracks, including "Stoned Out Of My Mind." Exact repro of the 1975 LP.
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UPCHURCH, PHIL: Upchurch LP (CADET 826LP)
Exact repro of this 1969 Chicago soul album from guitarist Phil Upchurch, arranged and conducted by Charles Stepney. Tracks include "Black Gold," "America," "Cross Town Traffic," "Voodoo Chile" and Adam And Charlene."
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BARTZ, GARY: Juju Man LP (CAT 7610LP)
Altoist Gary Bartz with Charles Mims (piano), Curtis Robertson (electric & acoustic bass) and Howard King (drums). Exact repro, originally released in 1976. "Gary Bartz's best jazz session as a leader until he re-emerged on Mapleshade in 1987." --All Music Guide
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ROLLINS, SONNY: Freedom Suite LP+CD (DOK 213LP)
"Recorded in 1958, this historic album cemented Rollins' status as one of the greatest innovators in jazz. Experimenting for the first time with the 'extended format' in a sax-led trio, Rollins and his all-star rhythm section (Oscar Pettiford on bass and Max Roach on drums) get down to business with the groundbreaking 19-minute 'Freedom Suite,' which Rollins uses to draw a parallel between freedom in music and freedom for African Americans in the 1950s. Featuring two bonus tracks, including the Roach/Pettiford original, 'There Will Never Be Another You.'" On 180 gram vinyl, with CD version.
$19.00 EAN: 8013252882135 JAZZ
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SIMONE, NINA: Nina At The Village Gate LP+CD (DOK 214LP)
"Recorded live in 1962, Nina at the Village Gate represents the very pinnacle of Nina Simone's early career. The Village Gate was something of a home base for Nina and nowhere else did she perform with such enthusiasm and ease. That night, backed by a trio of guitar, bass and drums, Nina had the crowd eating out of her hand as she passed absolutely effortlessly from Broadway, to folk, to the African work song, obviously at home in every idiom. Featuring one bonus track on the LP plus three further bonus tracks on the CD, not found on the original album." On 180 gram vinyl.
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CASH, JOHNNY: The Fabulous Johnny Cash LP+CD (DOK 316LP)
"Originally released in 1959, The Fabulous Johnny Cash was the Man in Black's third album and his first for the Columbia label. By this time, the twenty-seven year old Cash was already a major country music star, with four number one hits under his belt. This LP gave Cash two more hits with 'Don't Take Your Guns To Town' (which also climbed to number 1) and 'Frankie's Man, Johnny' (which came in at number 9). His last Top Ten hit would not be until two decades later in 1979." On 180 gram vinyl, with CD version.
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CASH, JOHNNY: Songs Of Our Soil LP+CD (DOK 317LP)
"Recorded in 1959, Songs Of Our Soil is a concept album that reflects Johnny Cash's penchant for the American folk ballad, proving himself to be a direct descendant of this great idiom. Here Cash offers almost an entire album's worth of his own compositions (with a few traditionals thrown in for good measure), tackling such classic themes as floods, Indians, miners and drinking. Featuring bonus tracks 'My Grandfather's Clock' and 'It Could Be You', taken from the original 1959 album session." 180 gram vinyl with CD version.
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CASH, JOHNNY: The Rough Cut King Of Country Music LP+CD (DOK 319LP)
"Although Johnny Cash recorded for many labels over the course of a career lasting nearly half a century, Sun Records--Johnny's first label--was the one that made him a star. His first No. 1 hit came in 1956 with 'I Walk The Line', followed by 'There You Go' later that same year. This LP is a selection of material Cash recorded for Sun during those early hit making years. Including 'The Ways Of A Woman In Love', a hit Cash took to no. 2 in 1958, and his version of 'I Forgot To Remember To Forget', the song that made label mate Elvis Presley famous in 1955." 180 gram vinyl with CD version.
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JAMES, ETTA: At Last! LP+CD (DOK 320LP)
"Etta James' debut album, originally released in 1961 on Chess subsidiary label, Argo. The album's title track 'At Last' and 'All I Could Do Was Cry' (co-written by future Motown mogul Berry Gordy) both went to No. 2 on the R&B charts, while the album itself has gone down in history as one of the great classic albums of early R&B. The four bonus tracks are taken from two 1960 singles featuring doo-wop idol Harvey Fuqua of the Moonglows (best known for their 1955 hit 'Sincerely')." On 180 gram vinyl, with CD version.
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BLAND, BOBBY: Two Steps From The Blues LP (DOY 662LP)
"Originally released in 1961, blues singer Bobby 'Blue' Bland's legendary Two Steps From The Blues has been repeatedly called 'one of the best blues albums of all time', and Bland one of the genre's greatest singers (and top sex symbols in his day), no small feat in a genre so crowded with amazing talent. Throughout '60s and '70s Bland placed over 50 songs on the R&B charts, including 'I Pity The Fool', which shot to No. 1 and 'Turn On Your Love Light', a song that shaped the history of both R&B and rock & roll. Bland got his start singing in the early fifties as a member of a loosely knit group of musicians that included Junior Parker, Johnny Ace and B.B. King that formed around Memphis' famed Beale Street. Together these giants forged the new sound of Memphis blues, a sound that would carry both blues and R&B into the next millennium. Includes two bonus tracks 'Close To You' and 'How Does A Cheatin' Woman Feel'."
$17.00 EAN: 8013252886621 ROCK
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WILDWOOD: Plastic People 2CD (FRAN 303CD)
"Stunning new late '60s psychedelic hard rock 2CD anthology with 12 page color booklet. Don't be fooled by the name-- with a moniker like Wildwood, you might expect pastoral lite-rock from some self-absorbed hippies. Instead, this hard rocking quartet of the same name parlayed some of the toughest, most malevolent late '60s sounds heard on tape, and their spectacular legacy is celebrated upon the deluxe 2CD anthology Plastic People. Wildwood hailed from the tough blue-collar environs of Stockton in California's Central Valley and they walked it like they talked it. In the late '60s Bay Area mellow milieu, Wildwood was the exception-- dark and vaguely sinister in both look and style, they melded the fuck you attitude of the garage era with a soulful R&B streak and some enviable hard rock chops. Nevertheless, the outfit ruled the region between the years of 1968 and 1972, promoting their own shows and recording a slew of original material at the old Fantasy warehouse in San Francisco. Two sought-after 45s -- 'Plastic People' and 'Free Ride' -- were all that escaped of Wildwood for public consumption at the time, but Frantic has gathered up the rest of the sessions to present the rest of their outstanding, power-packed repertoire."
$18.00 UPC: 013964607215 ROCK
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SKEPTICS, THE: The Complete Early Years 1965-1969 CD (GF 259CD)
"Finally, on compact disc and in digipak format, the great and legendary garage band from Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Featuring all their 45s, alternate takes, and a rare unreleased bonus track. Many collectors and enthusiasts of this period consider them to be the forerunners of the American garage sound of the 1960s! These are the complete recordings featuring their lead singer Jerry Waugh."
$9.25 UPC: 645270025928 ROCK
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GHOSTFACE KILLAH: Ironman 2LP (GET 51267LP)
"Sony Music and Get On Down proudly present the official reissue of the debut solo album from Wu-Tang Clans's Ghostface Killah. Ironman pieces together Al Green and Jackson 5 samples, gospel choruses, kung fu soundbites and piano vamps into something unpredictable and vital-sounding. Arguably the best of the group's solo albums to date, the record is filled with inventive production and rhymes, and ranks as another solid entry in the Wu-Tang legacy. Housed in a full-color gatefold jacket, this special double vinyl edition includes an 18" x 24" replica of the original retail poster. A classic piece of Wu-Tang artistry is reborn again for music lovers and MC's alike."
$15.00 UPC: 664425126716 HIPHOP
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GHOSTFACE KILLAH: Supreme Clientele 2LP (GET 51270LP)
2010 release. "Supreme Clientele is the second studio album from Wu- Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, originally released in January 2000 on Epic Records. Similar to Ghostface's debut album Ironman, Supreme Clientele showcases his signature up-tempo, stream-of-consciousness rhyme style. The album features guest appearances from RZA, Raekwon, GZA, Method Man, Cappadonna, Redman, U-God, and Masta Killa, among others. Upon its release, Supreme Clientele received strong reviews from most music critics, and was the most acclaimed of all of the second generation solo Wu-Tang albums. It debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 chart, while selling 134,000 copies in its first week. In March 2000, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA. Available from Get On Down in conjunction with Sony Special Markets Group, this special edition is packaged in a gatefold jacket and includes a double sided poster."
$16.50 UPC: 664425127010 HIPHOP
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HOOKER, JOHN LEE: Blues On Fire LP (CLP 3479LP)
2009 collection of one of the most important bluesmen of all time. John Lee Hooker was influenced by 1920s Delta Blues, recording extensively in the 1950s. Tracks include "Highway Blues," "Don't Go Baby," Notoriety Woman," "Crawlin' King Snake" and "Boogie Chillen."
$8.75 UPC: 741157347913 ROCK
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BRODERICK, PETER: Home LP (HSH 083LP)
"Home is a collection of folk songs recorded at the end of 2007 and beginning of 2008. Recorded in various places in various parts of the world, it is an album about finding a home. Written, performed, recorded, and produced by Peter himself and mixed with his good friend and sound wizard from Efterklang, Mads Brauer."
$12.25 UPC: 616892026341 ROCK
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FHLOSTON PARADIGM: King Britt Presents Fhloston Paradigm 12" (HDB 060EP)
"Hyperdub present a brilliant and subtle curveball courtesy of Philly's finest, King Britt, in his new guise as Fhloston Paradigm. Built from drum machines, analogue keyboards and 303s, and edited in the computer, these three lean and mean tracks have an unadorned feeling that build on Hyperdub's love for old John Carpenter style electronics, combined with Dr Patrick Gleason's ear for the abstract, and bouncy drum machine syncopation that sounds like they're aiming for an alternative present where analogue synths are still king."
$8.25 EAN: 5055300330475 ELECTRONIC
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BLACKSHAW, JAMES: Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death CD (IMPREC 355CD)
"Important is proud to welcome back James Blackshaw for his first full length since on Important since his breakthrough album O True Believers was released on the label in 2006. James has since forged a remarkable career achieving critical praise for his dexterity, his deep, connected songwriting and his beautiful arrangement. Written at a time of great emotional disquiet, the hauntingly beautiful and bittersweet ninth full-length studio album, Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death', from British guitarist-composer James Blackshaw was recorded at Soma Electronic Music Studios, Chicago in December 2011 by engineer Andrew Hernandez (Balmorhea). The six original pieces contained on the album (whose titles are lovingly misappropriated from those of short stories by the late, great science fiction author James Tiptree Jr AKA Alice B. Sheldon,) are based alternately around nylon-string classical guitar and grand piano, with spare and subtle vibraphone and B3 organ parts overdubbed by Blackshaw himself. Genevieve Beaulieu (Menace Ruine/Preterite) adds her stunning and powerful voice and words to track 'And I Have Come Upon This Place By Lost Ways.' Love Is The Plan is an incredibly warm and intimate recording and perhaps Blackshaw's most concise, consistent and overtly melodic to date."
$10.00 UPC: 793447535524 ROCK
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BLACKSHAW, JAMES: Love Is The Plan, The Plan Is Death LP (IMPREC 355LP)
LP version.
$13.00 UPC: 793447535517 ROCK
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CREATION: Pure Electric Soul LP (MJJ 333LP)
"Led by Japanese guitar hero Kazuo Takeda, Creation was instrumental in opening the ears of Japanese audiences to the sounds pouring in from the West. After having spent some time around London's music scene in 1971, Takeda took his experience home to start a band that incorporated these sounds into something that was at the same time uniquely Japanese. From 1975-1977 Creation released three albums (one of which was recorded in the USA with American producer Felix Pappalardi, whom Takeda had met in London). 1977's Pure Electric Soul was the band's final effort. An album of riff-heavy and funky blues rock, mostly penned by Takeda, with the exception of the blues standard 'Frankie And Johnny' and the Yardbirds' 'Happenings 10 Years Time Ago'. Once again the controversial cover artwork featured a group of nude boys."
$15.50 UPC: 889397833312 ROCK
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MASATO, MINAMI: The Tropics LP (MJJ 334LP)
"Born in Asagaya, Tokyo on 3 March 1944, Japanese folk singer Masato Minami began his musical career after spending a few years bumming around Mexico and the US and taking in the burgeoning beatnik (and related drug) scene. While in the US Minami saw one of Dylan's early performances and returned home to Japan to start a band. After the release of two singles (in 1969 and 1970), 1971 saw the release of his debut LP, The Tropics. For this opus Minami enlisted the considerable talents of guitarist Takashi Mizutani (of Les Rallizes Denudes fame) and bassist Haroumi Hosono (of Apryl Fool and Happy End) resulting in this incredibly rare example of early Japanese acid folk. Featuring bonus track 'It Can't Be Over'."
$15.50 UPC: 889397833411 ROCK
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FELIX: Oh Holy Molar CD (KRANK 165CD)
"Oh Holy Molar is the second album from UK trio Felix. The group produces a bewitching, minimal chamber pop that works as the perfect framework for singer/songwriter Lucinda Chua's oblique and emotionally immediate stories of superstition and searching for protection against bad omens. As a follow up to their debut You Are The One I Pick, the band return with a collection of songs with a sound stripped back to its very core. Something is said to have 'teeth' when it has the ability to make an impact. This record certainly has 'teeth', and sharp ones at that. ' The album was recorded in a vast, spooky 1940s cinema in Nottingham, England, now converted into a studio. After recording was completed the band discovered that underneath the live room lay an abandoned Dental Laboratory. Oh Holy Molar indeed."
$9.50 UPC: 796441816521 ROCK
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FELIX: Oh Holy Molar LP (KRANK 165LP)
LP version.
$9.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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HAZLEWOOD, LEE: The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes, & Backsides (1968-71) CD (LITA 084CD)
"With his handlebar moustache and booming baritone, Lee Hazlewood was one of the defining stars of the late '60s. Though he's perhaps best known for his work with Nancy Sinatra (including writing mega-hit 'These Boots Are Made For Walking'), Hazlewood did stunning work away from that particular glamour queen and found latter day champions in Beck, Sonic Youth, and Jarvis Cocker. Now, for Record Store Day 2012, we are kicking off our excavation of the Lee Hazlewood archives with this anthology, Singles, Nudes & Backsides, collecting the best of Lee's solo songs and duets from his LHI (Lee Hazlewood Industries) imprint. As a true legend of the great American songbook and a rebellious pioneer who left behind a lengthy trail of echo laden pop masterpieces, Lee's influence continues to reverberate today. Between 1968-71, Hazlewood not only released his finest solo work, but produced numerous artists on LHI. From acid-folk and country-rock to pop-psych and soul, LHI issued dozens of long forgotten 45s and LPs. This series will include material from LHI (re-mastered for the first time from the original analog tapes), along with Lee's output for other labels, rarities, unreleased gems, and the films of Torbjörn Axelman. See the sleeve: surrounded by nude girls, each wearing a fake moustache, Hazlewood wears a suit, ever-so-slightly awkwardly playing the role of the '60s playboy. Just like the picture, the songs present a man conflicted; he's the tender-hearted romantic, the broken-hearted loser and the rugged cowboy, all in one. It's there in the western swing of 'Califia (Stone Rider)', the loneliness of 'The Bed' and the bleak beauty of 'If It's Monday Morning.' Hazlewood's tremulous voice was made for duets (indeed, he wrote 'Some Velvet Morning', one of the greatest of all time); here, Suzi Jane Hokom, Ann-Margret and Nina Lizell play counterpart to his manly tones. In the wonderful liner notes, written by British journalist Wyndham Wallace, the writer describes his friend Hazlewood as 'a curmudgeonly, unpredictable sort at the best of times, as impatient with his own talent as he is with other people.' The Hazlewood Wallace knew was puzzled by the growing interest in him in the last two decades of his life, which was ended by cancer at age 78." Includes a 40-page full-color booklet with extensive liner notes and photos.
$11.25 UPC: 826853008426 ROCK
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HOLLINS AND STARR: Sidewalks Talking CD (LION 653CD)
"....it has a trace or two of Arthur Lee and Love at their best ('Krishna Dov' would not sound out of place on Forever Changes, for example), with dashes of maybe Terry Callier in some of the jazzier tunes.... At times this album is a gorgeous, ethereal blend of psychedelic folk and offbeat pop; but there are some funk and avant-garde moves too (where did those crazy orchestrations, wild guitar, and breakbeats on the fierce anti-war rave-up 'Hard Headed Woman' come from?), all supported by an odd assortment of instruments, including flute, bells and a generous helping of fuzz guitar. Chicago-based duo Chuck Hollins and David Starr only made this one album, which originally appeared in 1970 on the Ovation label. All we know about them is what the original ads for the album said: 'David Starr learned piano when he was three, began composing when he was four. At twenty-one he was playing flute with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Chuck Hollins picked up a guitar one day and just started playing.... by the time he left Northwestern with his creative writing degree he was turning his poetry into music.'" Packaged in a heavy mini-LP style cover in a dust sleeve with obi strip.
$11.25 UPC: 778578065324 ROCK
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LIGHT ASYLUM: Light Asylum LP (MEX 108LP)
"The debut full-length album by Light Asylum has been a long time coming, but not without rabid anticipation. As their self-released In Tension EP circulated and resonated with new leagues of listeners worldwide, the reputation of duo Shannon Funchess and Bruno Coviello sweltered via their intense live show, collaborations, and remixes. Light Asylum marks Funchess' and Coviello's return to the recorded fray with renewed intent, emotion and visceral energy, all too powerful effect. Light Asylum is a collection of ten songs that are contemplative and starkly necessary." On orange-colored vinyl, housed in a full-color gatefold sleeve with poster; numbered edition of 1000 copies.
$13.00 UPC: 184923110814 ROCK
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ASH RA TEMPEL: Schwingungen CD (MGART 112CD)
"Ash Ra Tempel's second album, Schwingungen is a psychedelic classic that has influenced trip rock since its release. Originally recorded and released in 1972, this edition on MIG has been remastered by band leader Manuel Gottsching. Recommended for fans of Saucerful of Secrets era Pink Floyd. Sprawling, tripped out improvisational acid rock!"
$11.75 EAN: 4260017591120 ROCK
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ASH RA TEMPEL WITH TIMOTHY LEARY: Seven Up CD (MGART 113CD)
"Ash Ra Tempel meet LSD guru Timothy Leary for 1973's tripped out Seven Up. Ash Ra Tempel's third release features Harvard professor Timothy Leary on vocals. Originally released in 1973, this edition on MIG has been remastered by Ash Ra Tempel leader Manuel Gottsching. More otherworldly acid rock!"
$11.75 EAN: 4260017591137 ROCK
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POINDEXTER WITH BOOKER ERVIN, PONY: Gumbo! LP (NJ 8297LP)
Alto and tenor saxophonist Pony Poindexter is joined by tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin, plus Al Grey (trombone), Gildo Mahones (piano), George Tucker (bass) and Jimmy Smith (drums). Exact repro, originally released in 1963.
$8.00 UPC: N/A JAZZ
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BLOCKHEAD: Interludes After Midnight CD (ZEN 184CD)
"With Interludes After Midnight, Blockhead proudly presents his fifth release. In the two years since the critically lauded The Music Scene, Blockhead nee Tony Simon, has traveled the globe and emerged with another collection of eclectic songs that twist, turn, and grind their way into the listener's psyche."
$11.50 EAN: 5021392727127 ROCK
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BLOCKHEAD: Interludes After Midnight 2LP (ZEN 184LP)
2LP version with download code.
$15.25 EAN: 5021392727165 ROCK
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VA: Underground Praha: Banned In Czechoslovakia LP (OL 001LP)
Subtitled: Musical Activism Under communism, 1975-1990. "Until the fall of the Soviet Union, popular music, and particularly rock music, was banned in Czechoslovakia. Hence, most of the bands were playing instrumental music to avoid any trouble with the government; however some of them were radically engaged against the censorship and communist regime and had to record live materials during forbidden concerts. The music was incredibly raw; a kind of free jazz rock with both psychedelic hints and punk flavors, added to screaming vocals. This set is the best way to enter the fascinating and innovative sound of the Czech counter-culture. This compilation includes DG 307, the Plastic People of the Universe, the Mch Band, Iva Bittova & Pavel Fajt, Pulnoc, Mikolas Chadima & The Extempore Band and Uz Jsme Doma."
$16.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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AMMONS, GENE: Funky LP (PRESTIGE 7083LP)
Tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons' 1957 "all-star" session recording, featuring Kenny Burreall (guitar), Art Farmer (trumpet), Mal Waldron (piano), Arthur Taylor (drums), Jackie McLean (alto sax) and Doug Watkins (bass). "All of the horns plus Burrell and Waldron get ample solo space and Ammons seems to really inspire his sidemen on these soulful bop jams." -- All Music Guide
$8.00 UPC: N/A JAZZ
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GRAY, BARRY: Space: 1999 LP (ABL 1422LP)
Original soundtrack recording of the television show starring Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. Barry Gray, "a specialist in electronic music... has created intriguing, weird sounds, using at times several electronic music instruments, to transport listeners into the world of the uncharted-unknown."
$8.00 UPC: N/A CLASSICAL
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REED, JIMMY: As Jimmy Is LP (RRG 4001LP)
1972 album from legendary blues singer Jimmy Reed, whose songs have become an essential part of the blues canon. Songs include "Cry Before I Go," Can't Stand To Leave," "Big Legged Woman," "Over The Hump" and Good Is Catching Up With Me."
$8.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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VA: Long Live Boogaloo CD (SSR 288CD)
"Until now, Secret Stash has never pressed CDs of their reissues/compilations. But, in effort to share this incredible music with as many people as possible, we are trying something a little different this time around. This CD pressing comes in a six panel digipack and includes an eight page booklet. As with the LP pressing each track has been selected with the help of veteran Boogaloo producer Bobby Marin. To help tell the story of the untimely demise of the genre, Secret Stash enlisted the services of legendary concert promoter and illustrator Izzy Sanabria (the man responsible for the artwork on most of Fania's releases) to write liner notes. Additionally, all of the artwork for the album is comprised of rehashed versions of Sanabria's now famous Boogaloo concert posters of the '60s.
$10.50 UPC: 895826002884 WORLD
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SHINDIG: Shindig! No. 26 MAG (SHIN 026)
"On the cover: Small Faces: The Immediate Pleasure: acid, freedom and Ogdens, twelve months of magic. Bee Gees: Horizontal, Idea and Odessa: part two of our exclusive timeline. Jade: Strange Wings, Strange Things: folk-rock from a higher place. Pugwash: This year's real olympics: pop music for now people. Plus the Mind Garage, the Plimsouls, Dave Swarbrick, Sri Lankan rock, George Jackson, Kaleidoscope, Brewer & Shipley and more!"
$6.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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VA: Metal Dance 12" (STRUT 091EP)
12" single released in conjunction with Strut's Trevor Jackson Presents Metal Dance compilation. Tracks: John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - "The Duke Arrives: The Barricade - The President At The Train" (12" Re-edit by Mario Boncaldo of Klein & MBO); Shock - "Dream Games"; The Cage feat. Nona Hendryx - "Do What You Wanna Do (dub version)".
$7.50 UPC: 730003309106 ELECTRONIC
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TAYLOR, EBO: Twer Nyame LP (SRLP 005LP)
"High-quality reissue of holy grail '70s Ghana Funk LP available for the first time in 30 years. Includes the classics 'Peace On Earth' and 'Atwer Abroba', one of the best records to have come out of Ghana in the '70s. Unique sound! Strictly limited to 1000 copies! Superfly Records are proud to present a fully licensed high-quality reissue, pressed on 180 gram vinyl with authentic paste-on covers printed in Japan!"
$21.50 UPC: N/A WORLD
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BURIAL & FOUR TET: Nova 12" (TEXT 013EP)
One-sided limited 12" from Burial and Four Tet. 2nd pressing now available...
$8.50 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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LA REVOLUCION DE EMILIANO ZAPATA: La Revolucion De Emiliano Zapata LP (THR 004LP)
"1971 saw the release of the first album by this Mexican rock legend, one of these albums you must own. Probably the best acid rock album ever made in Latin America and among the best worldwide, plenty of fuzz guitars and excellent compositions. A real classic in all senses. New and limited reissue, featuring the rare original fold-out poster."
$21.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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PALMIERI, EDDIE: Superimposition LP (SLP 1194LP)
Latin music band leader Eddie Palmieri and his orchestra interpret Latin standards on side 1("La Malanga," "Pa 'Huele," and "Bilongo"); side 2 features Palmieri's own compositions ("Que Lindo Eso, Eh!/Isn't It Pretty!", "Chocolate Ice Cream," "17.1"). Exact repro, originally released in 1969.
$8.75 UPC: N/A JAZZ
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OSAGE TRIBE: Arrow Head LP (VM 037LP)
"Osage Tribe were an Italian prog band who released just one album in 1972, Arrow Head, before splitting up and disappear -- even if all band members went on playing in other groups as Duello Madre, Capsicum Red, The Trip and Il Volo. The band was founded by Franco Battiato, who left right after the release of the single Un falco nel cielo to pursue a solo career that's still active nowadays. The other musicians then significantly changed their musical style, moving towards a hard rock-based progressive, including some jazz elements too. Still considered a must-have for any Italian prog listener, Arrow Head is now reissued as an audiophile 180gr. black vinyl, enclosed in a gatefold envelope faithful to the beautiful original '72 edition."
$24.50 EAN: 8016158113747 ROCK
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KWES: Meantime EP CD (WAP 331CD)
"Kwes is best known as a hot young producer from the underground of East London. Having worked with Damon Albarn, Micachu and the Shapes, The XX, Speech Debelle and many more, his production work (as well as remixes for Hot Chip, Zero 7, Jealous Guys ..etc.) has garnered him 'in-demand' status. But it's his own music that is going to put him in the ears of the global musicloving population in 2012. His Warp Records debut, Meantime sees Kwes' finest collection of compositions yet. An EP that twinkles to life by layering synths over rustling field recordings and sparkling xylophones. It's smart pop music, ready for the radio but void of pandering; home-schooled but meticulously studied." Playing time: approx. 16 minutes.
$6.75 UPC: 801061933128 ELECTRONIC
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KWES: Meantime 12" (WAP 331LP)
12" EP version. "Kwes is best known as a hot young producer from the underground of East London. Having worked with Damon Albarn, Micachu and the Shapes, The XX, Speech Debelle and many more, his production work (as well as remixes for Hot Chip, Zero 7, Jealous Guys ..etc.) has garnered him 'in-demand' status. But it's his own music that is going to put him in the ears of the global musicloving population in 2012. His Warp Records debut, Meantime sees Kwes' finest collection of compositions yet. An EP that twinkles to life by layering synths over rustling field recordings and sparkling xylophones. It's smart pop music, ready for the radio but void of pandering; home-schooled but meticulously studied."
$9.00 UPC: 801061933111 ELECTRONIC
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GRAVENHURST: The Ghost In Daylight CD (WARP 216CD)
"Gravenhurst is the work of songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Nick Talbot from Bristol, England. The Ghost In Daylight is his most sonically diverse work yet, building upon his brand of ambient noise-folk with starkly acoustic songs resting alongside densely layered pieces. The album's lead single 'The Prize' is a dark meditation on recurring Gravenhurst themes of compulsion, degradation and the possibility of transcendence, and contains some of Nick's finest lyrics to date. Conjured from disparate ingredients, Gravenhurst's roots lie in the melodic noise of My Bloody Valentine, the lush vocal harmonies of Simon and Garfunkel, the alchemical guitars of Richard Thompson and Johnny Marr, and the widescreen ambient visions of Brian Eno."
$11.50 UPC: 801061021627 ROCK
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RIDGWAY, STAN: The Big Heat CD (WATER 252CD)
"Originally released in 1986, The Big Heat is former Wall Of Voodoo leader Stan Ridgway's first solo album. Appropriately named after the 1953 film noir of the same name, The Big Heat is full of tragic, noir themed tales of love and death. Though heavily reliant on synths and drum machines, the album retains a organic and cinematic feel to it. Featuring help from members of Gang of Four, The Screamers, Oingo Boingo, as well as session men who played with the likes of Zappa and Beefheart, The Big Heat is a classic piece of '80s alternative from one of the era's most distinctive voices. Reissued on CD with four bonus tracks and featuring Greil Marcus' notes."
$11.00 UPC: 646315725223 ROCK
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SWANS: The Burning World CD (WATER 253CD)
"The Burning World was originally released in 1989 and marks the first and last major label record for Michael Gira's Swans. The album was produced by Bill Laswell, a pairing that Gira claims was not a good fit and was forced upon him by the label. Despite Gira's own distaste for the record, its reputation has grown over the years and is now considered a fine effort from one of the most important and longest lasting New York post-punk groups. Long out of print on CD and fetching ridiculous sums on eBay, Water is proud to bring this title back into print and allow a new generation of Swans fans to hear it for the first time."
$11.00 UPC: 646315725322 ROCK
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LUMEN, JAY: Teach Us 12" (PURE 080EP)
Drawing from his love of house, techno and tech-house, Jay Lumen is a versatile producer who first became inspired by his love of classical music and now scorches the international dance scene with his unique fusion of different genres. He's already caused mayhem on the dancefloor with his four earlier releases on 100% Pure. "Teach Us" is super-charged bass blitz! Gallop fast and hard on this speed track with its belting beats, surging horns and urgent preacher-man vocals.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Teach Us
B1. That 60 Seconds
B2. Hello May, Hello June
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ROBOT NEEDS OIL: KRL - Remixes 12" (ACKER 030EP)
Acker presents some extra laid-back dub techno for the open-air season. The "Ganja Tune" from English producer Robot Needs Oil moves somewhere between casual dance steps and relaxed hip-swing. Mollono.Bass bangs the kick drum a little louder, arranges a bouncing groove based on catchy, off-beat chords, and involves the Latin charm of singer Ava. Finally, the last track on this EP comes with dubby delay sounds, a Jamaican-flavored vocal sample and smoky beats: "Pull Up" is a musical invitation for inspired, mind/body relaxation.
$8.39 UPC: 880319577819 ELECTRONIC
A1. Ganja Tune (Mollono.Bass Remix)
A2. Ganja Tune (Mollono.Bass & Ava Remix)
B1. Ganja Tune (Original)
B2. Pull Up
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LOS CABALLOS DE DUSSELDORF: III LP (KAKA 007LP)
Los Caballos De Düsseldorf (trans. "The Düsseldorf Horses") was formed 6 years ago by four misfits from Spain as an improv collective, an open band with no fixed line-up in which anyone is welcome. They build their own instruments, recycling and hacking electronic circuits from toys; circuit-bending. Here's their third auto-produced LP. Reminiscent at times of Louis And Bebe Barron, Parmegiani, Bruce Haack, Raymond Scott, Tom Dissevelt and Attilio Mineo.
$13.79 EAN: 8435008880668 ROCK
A1. Intro
A2. Bird Rag
A3. Lectura Lateral
A4. Picardeando Plus Plus
A5. Dub 4
A6. Superminimal
A7. Longchamp
A8. El Modelo
B1. Spectrum
B2. Chick Webb Goes Funky
B3. Lulu Dovico
B4. Garganta
B5. Mister Shoji
B6. Ce-Frumoase-S Fetele
B7. C'est La Guerre
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VA: A 100 Years Of Areal CD (AREAL 007CD)
Areal has gathered all its friends and fellows to celebrate its glorious past. Each of them had received the same message with the following content: enclosed, you will find samples taken from more than 200 tracks released on Areal between 001 (Basteroid/Automatique) and 057 (Metope/Betawolf). No rules. And their words have obviously fallen on open ears: the called have poured onto us supreme grandeurs of music whereby each of them individually tackled the historic collection of Areal sound files. You can literally feel the fun they had quoting the label's history and the loads of positive energy. So, the label would now like to proudly present: A 100 Years Of Areal -- a wonderful collection of homages to Areal's old and new friends, such as: Schleppstigg, Hrdvsion, Undo, The Cheapers, Pan/Tone, Pascal FEOS and Frank Leicher, Andreas Henneberg, Fairmont, Metope, Basteroid and Falko Brocksieper.
$11.99 UPC: 880319576522 ELECTRONIC
01. Schleppstigg - Love
02. Hrdvsion - Show Steve A Wonderful Time
03. Undo - Love What You Do
04. The Cheapers - Samples, Drugs And Tech'n'Roll
05. Pan/Tone - Cry Wolf
06. Pascal Feos & Frank Leicher - Area51
07. Andreas Henneberg - Sun Of A Gun
09. Fairmont - Techno Prisoners
09. Metope - Park Break
10. Basteroid - Robotic Sunset
11. Falko Brocksieper - Able Archer
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DOWNTOWN PARTY NETWORK: The Machine Man 12" (BKS 002EP)
Saulty and Bradka, the two behind the Vilnius-based Downtown Party Network tag team, combine together more than 10 years of DJ and production experience. Their original productions have been signed by Eskimo, Loud East, Bear Funk, etc. Here, they deliver the first single of another kind for Best Kept Secret -- killer bass lines combined with irresistible jazz chords on the A-side and some Metro Area'ish, stripped-down funkiness on the B-side.
$8.99 UPC: 827170449060 ELECTRONIC
A1. The Machine Man
B1. The Other Side
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VA: 10 Years Of Boxer CD (BOXER 090CD)
It's Boxer's birthday, and how else does a label celebrate 10 amazing years, than with a compilation? More a favorite mix tape than a Best-Of-Everything, this full-length compilation doesn't tell you much about the label's back catalog or sales figures, but keeps things surprisingly focused within its 11 tracks, although it sports a bewildering variety of styles with each artist thinking outside the box. Already the first track, a dreamy, draft-like experience from the mind of Stephan Hinz, leaves a lot to the imagination, thus installing the frame for things to come. Kolombo and Von Spar both prowl the same funky hunting grounds, but present divergent results. Grade A grooves await the listener with Popnoname, tOMBo (feat. Schad Privat) and Paul Nazca, who all find new perspectives on the sound you'd expect from them. Let's not forget the not-so-secret centerpiece of this album, its heart and soul, Scalde's inspired ballad "We Drive Away." This song replaces the usual rave climax with a perfectly balanced, humanist flow full of wisdom and romanticism, informing the follow-up track by Le Dust Sucker in the most drastic way. Whereas this powerful production duo has become known for their furor, they crank up the serenity with "Everybody Used To," delivering a perfectly-formed pop gem. The same can be said about Robag Wruhme and Extrawelt, whose production skills reach dizzying heights with their contributions, upgrading the floor with broken beats and epic harmonies. In the end it's mostly the unconditional love for details and the dramaturgical subtlety that gives 10 Years Of Boxer its coherence, thus saying more about the quality of a label than a thousand Best-Of-All-You-Can-Hear derivatives this industry usually churns out in a matter of seconds.
$11.99 UPC: 880319545221 ELECTRONIC
01. Stephan Hinz - Mise En Place
02. Kolombo - Downza - DEU671201039
03. Von Spar - Das Dritte Tierreich
04. Popnoname - Signs Words
05. Tombo (feat. Schad Privat) - Body Hotel Pt.2
06. Paul Nazca - L'oiseau
07. Scalde - We Drive Away
08. Le Dust Sucker - Everybody Used To
09. Robag Wruhme - Bortonkk
10. Extrawelt - Yummy Unbroken
11. Paul Nazca - Harmonie
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GLITTERBUG: Cancerboy CD (CSIDES 009CD)
Glitterbug's albums, releases and remixes (on respected labels such as Mule, Nowtown, Ghostly, Ki Records and many more) have long placed him in a musical and artistic category of his own. He is a timeless, skillful and daring producer, immune to hypes and seasonal sub-genre fashions. He has developed his own particular musical language that spans seamlessly between deep techno and abstract intimate compositions, always poignant with score-like textures. His third studio album, Cancerboy, is another milestone conjoining powerful musical expression with heavy content. Cancerboy is an intimate autobiographical journey investigating one of the major experiences that shaped his life, his childhood struggle with cancer. Cancerboy is a personal, private chronicle of battles won and struggles lost, a sound-log suspended in an in-between world. Cancerboy is an album on the edge of consciousness. Faraway reverbs and analog roughness gain presence, and forward strides an unreserved sound; candid, direct and near. It's music that allows itself to be angry and desperate, to battle and depart, to challenge and gall. Yet within all its darkness are driving, hopeful moments that shine bright -- celebrating a deep love of life. "I spent large parts of my childhood in hospitals, voyaging through the strange (and at that time experimental) world of radiation and chemotherapy, suspended in the twilight zone between hope and death, and a medically declared chance of survival close to zero. Those experiences deeply shaped me, and the way I relate to the world, and over the years I felt a growing need to approach this topic through my music. So came about Cancerboy, an album about cancer, bitter struggles, desperation, hope, anger, sickness, and at the same time, a fervent love and deep appreciation of life. Cancerboy is dedicated to my sisters and brothers in this struggle, both alive and dead. It's for all the cancergirls and cancerboys out there." --Glitterbug
$11.99 UPC: 880319544125 ELECTRONIC
01. Backwards (1:43)
02. To Guess (7:22)
03. Abyss (7:06)
04. Undertow (8:11) (CD-only)
05. Passages (8:38)
06. Those Hopeful Moments (5:52)
07. Don't Stop (8:01)
08. From Here On (8:08) (CD-only)
09. Dragged Along (6:41)
10. Outside my Window (6:15)
11. We'll Still Be Here Tomorrow (9:25)
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GLITTERBUG: Cancerboy 2LP (CSIDES 009LP)
2LP version.
$17.79 UPC: 880319544231 ELECTRONIC
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PILLOW: From Dusk To Dawn CD (CCO 050CD)
Best-known as the keyboardist in Italy's premier post-rock combo Giardini Di Mirò, wowing fans and skeptics alike with their formidable albums and impressively intense live performances, Luca Di Mira finally returns as a solo artist. After Flowing Seasons (2006), released on the now-defunct label 2nd Rec, From Dusk To Dawn is the second album he has pursued on his own. Six years down the line, Pillow's sound has changed quite drastically, yet glows with the same shocking deepness. Focusing on a unifying, even more orchestral sound, Di Mira creates his own melancholic universe. Centered around the epic "Silent Journey," Pillow demonstrates in each and every track, how music should be approached in these troubled times. Merging subtle piano fragments, overwhelming string arrangements, minimal guitar melodies and even 4/4 beats, Pillow has written a soundtrack no one will ever forget. From Dusk To Dawn (explained in Pillow's own words): "This album was almost entirely written at night. I started writing when I moved from the city to the mountains. The nightly landscape and the quiet/calm/peacefulness have been my muses, from summer to winter, from dusk to dawn. Every song is a night-life fragment, full of peace, silence, hints and dreams as only nature can offer. The album was written, performed, produced and recorded by myself in my studio. The string sessions were played by Emanuele Reverberi (violin and trumpet in Giardini Di Mirò) and recorded at the Igloo Audio Factory (Correggio - Italy) by Andrea Sologni and Marco Peterlini. The last song of the album was written for Ada, my daughter. The chorus voice is of Elin Olofsson, a Swedish songwriter who, at the time, was Ada's nanny."
$10.99 UPC: 880918202426 ROCK
01. A Dream (Part 1)
02. Northern Lattitudes
03. Lied Vom Kindsein
04. A Dream (Part 2)
05. Fragment
06. Nocturnal Horizon
07. The Cathedral Of Books
08. Silent Journey (The Fall/Drifting/The Awakening)
09. Lullaby
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SLEEP RESEARCH FACILITY: Stealth 2CD (CSR 159CD)
Sublime new album from the drone/dark ambient legend, Sleep Research Facility. As a project commissioned for Cold Spring, Stealth presents itself as an exploration of sounds neither here nor there, textures camouflaged against their own background noise, and the distant crackling telemetric code-speak of a vague humanity hidden behind a cloak of deadly high-technology. Comprised of five deeply-layered extended tracks, mixed and edited from re-sampled location recordings originally captured inside the hangar environs of a Northrop-Grumman B-2 Stealth Bomber, during a period of downtime maintenance at a U.S. Air Force base in Cambridgeshire, England. Original field recordings and texture preparations by FOURM/Si_Comm. First edition pressing of 1,000 copies includes a bonus disc comprised of this "pre-mix" material in its original, un-edited form, as a representation of the source audio from which Stealth was reconstituted. Deep listening inspired by one of the most mysterious aircraft of the 20th-century. Headphones recommended.
$13.79 UPC: 823566507628 ROCK
CD1: Stealth
01. Stealth1
02. Stealth2
03. Stealth3
04. Stealth4
05. Stealth5
CD2: Source
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BURIAL HEX: Book Of Delusions CD (CSR 166CD)
During the period in which Clay Ruby (also known as Burial Hex) first began working on this piece of art, he had become so completely surrounded by evil and deception that he was forced to begin summoning a particularly extreme and ancient force of protection and vitality just to make it alive through the end of 2008. Aside from spiritually fortifying Ruby's life, the complexities of these new elemental entities brought with them circumstances causing a much more rich and intense recording experience than he could have ever composed on his own. Classic horror electronics and post-industrial apocalyptic soundscapes with unsettling notes, anguished cries and voices of the dead. His most ritualistic album yet. Reissue of the extremely limited LP with bonus tracks taken from the split LPs with Kinit Her and Zola Jesus, all available on CD for the first time! All tracks have been carefully remastered.
$11.79 UPC: 823566507529 ROCK
01. Final Litany
02. Urlicht
03. Crowned & Conquering Child
04. The Book Of Delusions
05. God Of War And Battle
06. Storm Clouds
07. Go Crystal Tears
08. Temple Of The Flood
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JOHAN, ISAAC: Every Time I See Your Face 12" (COMEME 014EP)
Isaac Johan is a genuine ghost who joins the ever-growing, splendidly twisted company of Cómeme characters. This Isaac must have been to Detroit in the late '60s, to Weilerswist in the early '70s, to Düsseldorf, to Manchester and Sheffield, and finally to Chicago when house music hit. Consequently, his actual incarnation shows up as a maelstrom. Don't be afraid of ecstatic mantra-like vocals, hypnotic guitar riffs, haunting tom-tom action, mesmerizing marching beats and bass lines that get more and more absorbing.
$8.39 UPC: 880319580819 ELECTRONIC
A1. Every Time I See Your Face
A2. Isaac Johan
B1. Sally Wants Silver
B2. Under The Bridge
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PITCHBEN: Pitchslap Remixes 12" (COMP 393EP)
Here comes the second remix package of Munich's true disco entrepreneur, Pitchben, of tracks off his Pitchslap album (COMP 380). Alexander Maier's remix is idiosyncratic, slinky deep house at its best. Jamie Lidell liked Pitchben's music as well and delivered a wonderful, peaceful, lover's midtempi remix. Also, electro-house funk don Lorenz Rhode performed magic that should work well on (m)any floors. Last but not least, Krazy Baldhead donated a typical, krazy tech-disco banger.
$8.39 UPC: 673794239316 ELECTRONIC
A1. Unique (Alexander Maier 1 to 11 Remix) (Short Version)
A2. Keep Giving Me Love (Jamie Lidell's Lovers Remix)
B1. Soda (Lorenz Rhode Remix)
B2. (Don't Trust) Mr. Berkofsky (Krazy Baldhead Remix)
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TINI: Tessa Remixed 12" (DESOLAT 005R-EP)
Two tracks from tINI's debut album Tessa (DESOLAT 005CD) get a remix treatment by Carl Craig and Pulshar. Carl Craig, a creative visionary, electronic music icon from Detroit, founder of the seminal Planet E label, exposes the essence of "My Shine" and turns it to a serious peak-time track. Pulshar, Desolat's musical heavyweights and travelers between spacious songcraft and the futuristic outer-reaches of dub techno, appear here with their remake of "Mine Has A Shower," a pure Balearic bliss.
$8.99 EAN: 4260148770524 ELECTRONIC
A1. My Shine (Carl Craig Remix)
B1. Mine Has A Shower (Pulshar Remake)
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LAWRENCE: Etoile Du Midi 12" (DIAL 063EP)
Lawrence is back with another tribute to the sun. Coming home to his own imprint proves once more how modern house music should sound: deep, moving and always surprising.
$8.39 UPC: 880319577413 ELECTRONIC
A1. Etoile Du Midi
B1. Creator
B2. Creator (Final Call)
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CLOCKWORK & AVATISM: Archetypes 12" (DU 067EP)
Dumb-Unit returns to the race with a powerful new EP by Italian heavyweights Clockwork & Avatism. Revealing their skill at collaboration, the four tracks on the Archetype EP are a compelling take on the increasingly musical side of techno. Both slow and brooding, yet with the direct propulsion needed to move bodies, the Archetypes EP is a moody thriller perfect for warm nights.
$8.39 UPC: 880319545115 ELECTRONIC
A1. One Trick Pony
A2. Archetype
B1. Hail
B2. Hail (Avatism Remix)
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HAMPSON, ROBERT: Répercussions CD/DVD_AUDIO (EMEGO 132CD)
Editions Mego is very happy to announce the release of UK experimental musician Robert Hampson's second solo album under his own name. Released as a special two disc package: one a Stereo CD the other a 5.1 Surround DVD-A (NTSC format/region-free -- playable on standard DVD players and home computers). "Répercussions": an acousmatic multi-channel piece commissioned by the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) in Paris for a performance at the Akousma festival, diffused on the Acousmonium speaker system in 2011. Recordings of percussive instruments of all kinds -- piano, drum skins, gamelan, metal grates, etc., are treated and manipulated to form a dense, non-linear or non-rhythmical narrative. Each instrument has been "remixed" repeatedly, to change its sonic shape or timbre, to try and form new textures from normally recognizable ones. A more direct 2-channel Stereo version is available and a 5.1 surround version, mixed at the GRM, gives an indication of how the piece was originally conceived as a diffusion. "De La Terre À La Lune": an acousmatic multi-channel piece commissioned by Espace Mendes France for a performance at The Planetarium in Poitiers, France, diffused on an 8-channel system. The second piece, following "Ahead - Only The Stars" (released on Vectors, [TO 071CD]) takes its influence from the early NASA missions into space, but more directly from films such as Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Tarkovsky's Solaris and even earlier films such as Pal's Conquest Of Space. Of course, there is also a serious debt to Jules Verne's novel of the same name. Again, a straight Stereo version and 5.1 diffusion mix are available. "Antarctica Ends Here": originally released as part of a split 10" vinyl-only issue with Cindytalk on Editions Mego, this piece has its first digital format release in Stereo and also 5.1 surround. Three textural drones, derived from single piano notes, stretched and looped blend with a field recording of bamboo rustling on a breezy autumn day. Overlayed is a simple and repetitive piano motif which gradually disintegrates into a spectral blur. Its title is in homage to John Cale's final song on the album Paris 1919 "Antarctica Starts Here" and the piece is dedicated to him.
$18.39 EAN: 9120020389051 ELECTRONIC
CD:
01. Répercussions (20:01)
02. De La Terre À La Lune (25:00)
03. Antarctica Ends Here (9:34)
DVD-A:
01. Répercussions (20:01)
02. De La Terre À La Lune (25:00)
03. Antarctica Ends Here (9:34)
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MUNK, JONAS: Pan CD (EPR 009CD)
This is the first solo effort from Jonas Munk released under his own name. Jonas Munk is a musician and producer from Odense, Denmark who has been active in a wide range of musical styles for the past decade. In the European psych-rock community he is mostly known as the guitar player in the respected stoner/jazz/Krautrock-outfit Causa Sui as well as related projects such as Chicago Odense Ensemble, a joint session project featuring members of Causa Sui, Chicago Underground Collective and Tortoise, which resulted in a 2LP released in 2011. Outside of these circles, Munk is best known as a producer of electronic music, most recently with a full-length collaboration with German synth-meister Ulrich Schnauss. Munk also holds a masters degree in philosophy with a thesis on music and consciousness. Pan simultaneously betrays his connections to the European stoner-rock community and the world of electronic ambient music -- this album combines ideas from both worlds, while the result really doesn't belong to either of them. With Pan's motorik analog synthesizer patterns and its warm, fuzzy drones, the influence from 1970s German synthesizer and new age music, such as early Kraftwerk, Ashra and Popol Vuh, is apparent from the first note. But there's also definite traits of American styles running through this album, from the flowing optimism of Alice Coltrane and Terry Riley to the modern-day psychedelia of Comets On Fire and Bardo Pond. While large parts of Pan have been programmed on electronic equipment, there's a jam-like quality emanating from the album's seven tracks. The album reflects the idea of giving up rationality and control with the purpose of letting the music flow towards it own ends. The compositional ideas are incredibly simple while still carrying a certain depth. Soundwise, Pan is all about analog machines, 30+ year-old synthesizers, detuned guitars and heavily-cranked vacuum tube amplifiers weaving together in fuzzy, pulsating glory. The title Pan refers to the ancient Greek word meaning "all" or "everything."
$11.79 EAN: 5060195513469 ROCK
01. Orca
02. Blue Dawn
03. Current
04. Senses
05. Pan
06. Schelling
07. Sea Of Orange
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MUNK, JONAS: Pan LP (EPR 009LP)
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$13.79 UPC: N/A ROCK
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VA: I'm Starting To Feel Ok Vol. 5 Pt. 2 12" (EF 045EP)
Second single cut from Mule Musiq compilation I'm Starting To Feel Okay Vol. 5 (EF 007CD). The first track is a new, beautiful, jazzy track from the new star of the deep house scene, Vakula, and the second track is from Japanese artist Kuiyuki. Red Sparrow is an alter ego of Lowtec, boasting timeless German house.
$10.99 UPC: 880319574214 ELECTRONIC
A1. Vakula - Interpretation
A2. Kuniyuki - Cairn
B1. Red Sparrow - Weep For Me Short Mix
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EGG, EGGS: The Cleansing Power Of Fruit LP (FTR 073LP)
Despite Matt Krefting's resistance to all things fruity, there is little doubt that these friendly non-mineral, non-animal products of nature have the capacity to flush poisons through our internal trails far better than 'most anything else. Especially eggs. Still, it is an egg that remains Dave "Mr. E. Candy" Russell's muse as he fumbles his way through a vocal universe that is collapsing around his French ears. Something like a cross between Crocus Behemoth, Little Lulu and Colonel Bruce Hampton, Russell is on fire here, his vocals emerging from fruit-caked lips as though they were pearls shot from the buttocks of an all-seeing vizier. What Russell does exactly is hard to say, but its slow-kid, sing-song quality is bizarrely captivating. And the band here is a goddamn all-star Valley ensemble -- Tim Sheldon, Andy Crespo, Brett Robinson, Ted Lee, Vanessa Brewster, John Moloney, Jack Callahan, Ian St. George and special guests -- Matt Valentine, Jeff Hartford, Conrad Capistran and Lisette Lopez. Recorded over the last couple of years in various places around Western Massachusetts, it makes a strong case for Egg Eggs as the most discordian combo in this part of the universe. The comparison your brain will keep returning to is the Hampton Grease Band, updated to shine stylishly in a post-noise-rock milieu. It shares the same mix of brilliance, annoyingness and sheer what-the-fuckery as Music To Eat. And that ain't hay. Nor is it fruit. Hurray!
$12.99 UPC: N/A ROCK
A1. Side A
B1. Side B
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WEISMAN, CHRIS: Fresh Sip 2LP (FTR 074LP)
Vinylization of a brilliant cassette album originally issued by Autumn Records in 2010. Perhaps best known as one third of Happy Birthday, whose eponymous Sub Pop album was much favored by people with ears, Chris is sometimes called The Brian Wilson of Brattleboro. When you swim into the ocean of Weisman's sound you will find your ass alternately cupped and buffeted by paddles of unique design. Weisman pretty much does all the work on Fresh Sip -- vocals, keys, guitar, percussion -- all of it blasting out like a classic ready-made version of Todd Rundgren rewriting the Chris Bell Songbook with help from Dean Torrance. The sides flow and ebb like a pleasantly full diaper, although -- like a diaper -- there are also surprises in store for lucky listeners from coast to shining coast. No less an arbiter of yuppie etiquette than NPR's "All Music Considered" rated Fresh Sip as one of the top ten cassettes of 2010, and for once, those Skele-Toes running shoes-wearing cupcakes may have gotten something right. The more it plays, the better it sounds. Take that, Bob Dylan, you fucking crybaby.
$16.99 UPC: N/A ROCK
"YEN YOU":
01. Saved In Chats
02. 999
03. I'm The Author
04. Apple Season
05. Capricorn
06. Open Tuning
07. Blowing All Over The Bay
08. Nu Carta
09. Yen You
10. Focus On The Flute
"I DON'T CARE AGAIN":
01. Fresh Sip
02. Midi Van
03. I Don't Care Again
04. Mr. Man
05. Hardcore Experimentation
06. Lies About Me
07. Teacher In Rags
08. If I Say So Myself (I Used To Be An Elf)
09. All Night Night
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SHINEDOE: Transcendental 12" (GPM 172EP)
Shinedoe anticipates her solo debut on Get Physical with her Transcendental EP. "Light" is a deep mix of techno cascades and funk groove, pulling you further into the vibe. "Transcendental" crafts dazed synth and organic percussion into a dancefloor-friendly track. Next, you'll be immediately entrapped by the muffle of "Cosmic," hidden under a thick sheet of foggy ambience. Vocal cuts stab the air, setting the pace for a sudden bass groove. The track is deep, solid and very Detroit.
$8.39 UPC: 844216017205 ELECTRONIC
A1.Light
B1. Transcendental
B2. Cosmic
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JUST BE: Hold On, Wait A Minute 12" (GPM 175EP)
Just Be, formerly known as Bushwacka!, drops percussion-heavy soundscapes to entertain your thoughts as the night turns to day. "Hold On, Wait A Minute" is a heavy track for heavy dance sessions and "Just Be" is a journey into the vibe as it opens itself and displays its mechanical insides. An edgy, percussive rhythm dominates "Second Base," leading you into the forest of deep night. "Touch Me" is a percussive wonder; from rainsticks to bongos, an organic feeling floats throughout.
$8.39 UPC: 844216017502 ELECTRONIC
A1. Hold On, Wait A Minute
B1. Second Base
B2. Touch Me
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MISTY HUSH REVIVAL: Your Heart Is Broken CD (GUESS 040CD)
One of the most obscure U.S. private pressings from the late '60s/early '70s. For many years, The Misty Hush Revival name was only a rumor whispered in collector's circles, with only a handful of copies known of the original album around today. Like The Bachs or The Index, this is one of those hard-to-describe albums which seems to live in a world of its own. Despite the late 1972 release date, the music here sounds more late '60s than early '70s and the whole album has a cool, lost-in-time atmosphere. The group were in fact a club band from New Jersey, but surprisingly all the tracks are originals -- no cover versions -- and they range from fragile, dreamy pop-psych numbers to raw garage, fuzzed-out jams and teen-beat sounds. Like Patrick Lundborg says in Acid Archives: "A cool, atmospheric trip for fans of the tri-state late '60s club sound." First time ever CD reissue, remastered on 24-bit with original artwork and a booklet with rare pictures and liner notes by Jack D. Fleischer, and two bonus tracks not on the vinyl release.
$11.99 EAN: 4040824082567 ROCK
01. Singer To Singer
02. Summer Means New Love
03. Your Heart Is Broken
04. Tell Me Baby
05. Look My Way
06. Gone Away
07. Danny's Home Made Jam
08. Now I Need You
09. Till I Get Back Home
10. 3 AM
11. Summer Means New Love (Instr./Flashback)
12. Tell Me Baby (Alternate Version)
13. Don't Let The Sun Get You Crying
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WICKED LADY: Psychotic Overkill CD (GUESS 041CD)
Second volume to complete the anthology of Wicked Lady recordings, their final tracks recorded in 1972, just before the band split up and guitarist Martin Weaver left for Dark (of Round The Edges fame). Another batch of excessive, over-the-top, doom-y psychedelic hard-rock including underground classics like "I'm A Freak" and the 21-minute epic "Ship Of Ghosts." Maximum sound quality, new artwork and liner notes by psychedelic guitar god, Martin Weaver, telling the real story behind Wicked Lady for the first time.
$11.99 EAN: 4040824082581 ROCK
01. I'm A Freak (5:01)
02. Tell The Truth (5:09)
03. Passion (9:29)
04. Voodoo Chile (4:42)
05. Why Don't You Let Me Try (5:00)
06. Sin City (7:05)
07. Ship Of Ghosts (22:00)
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WICKED LADY: The Axeman Cometh CD (GUESS 042CD)
If you are looking for raw, psychedelic hard-rock, look no further -- Guerssen presents the complete recordings (1968-1972) from Wicked Lady, the legendary UK underground power trio led by ace guitarist Martin Weaver, later a member of Dark on their Round The Edges album. The music here was originally recorded in 1968/1969 and features new artwork and liner notes by Weaver, who tells the real (and bizarre!) story behind Wicked Lady for the first time. The stuff of legend, this is a real fest of fuzz, wah-wah and heavy riffs that will blow the mind of any hard-psych collector.
$11.99 EAN: 4040824082574 ROCK
01. Run The Night (5:08)
02. War Cloud (7:37)
03. The Axeman Cometh (6:52)
04. Life And Death (9:58)
05. Wicked Lady (6:01)
06. Out Of The Dark (10:14)
07. Rebel (3:32)
08. Living On The Edge (10:09)
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WICKED LADY: The Axeman Cometh 2LP (GUESS 098LP)
Double LP version.
$24.99 EAN: 4040824082598 ROCK
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WICKED LADY: Psychotic Overkill 2LP (GUESS 099LP)
Double LP version.
$24.99 EAN: 4040824082604 ROCK
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BJORKE, KASPER: Deep Is The Breath 12" (HFN 018EP)
Kasper Bjørke continues his wild and ecstatic journey into the future of music. The second single to feature from his album Fool (HFN 014CD/LP) is the casually-cool "Deep Is The Breath." Ex-Murder and I Got You On Tape vocalist Jacob Bellens features alongside Emma Acs in the tantalizing original. A typical mixture of throbbing electronic pop and heartfelt songwriting, this first taste of Fool is sure to alight your curiosities. Remixes by Permanent Vacation, PillowTalk featuring Tone Of Arc and Hannulelauri Male.
$8.99 EAN: 4250382412915 ELECTRONIC
A1. Deep Is The Breath (with Jacob Bellens & Emma Acs) (Permanent Vacation Breathless Mix)
B1. Deep Is The Breath (with Jacob Bellens & Emma Acs) (PillowTalk Remix (feat. Tone Of Arc)
B2. Deep Is The Breath (with Jacob Bellens & Emma Acs (Hannulelauri Male Mix)
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BORATTO, GUI: This Is Not The End Remixe 12" (KOM 239EP)
From Gui Boratto's album III (KOMP 090CD/KOM 242LP) comes "This Is Not The End," an indie-minded track that convincingly demonstrates Gui's impressive skill set when it comes to emotional narratives embedded in a distinctively monumental context. The song also features beautiful vocals from Luciana Villanova. On his own "2012 Mix," Gui tweaks the arrangement for ease of use on the floor. Those of you looking for a slightly more adventurous approach will find their satisfaction with Michael Mayer's rework on the flipside.
$8.39 UPC: 880319063312 ELECTRONIC
A1. This Is Not The End (Gui Boratto 2012 Mix)
B1. This Is Not The End (Michael Mayer Mix)
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SEI A: Speicher 71 12" (KOM EX071EP)
Sei A, native Glaswegian, now resides in London, immersing himself in the hybrid house, firm techno and bass-heavy scenes that happily co-exist within the UK's capital. He's well-known to paint vivid and emotional sonic pictures that touch on rather more considered house and bass tropes, prizing feeling over fads and staging an impressive balancing act between hardcore beat science and lush, moody arrangements. This 12" is no different, featuring two stellar examples of Sei A's stylistic reach, rave stabs included.
$8.39 UPC: 880319069215 ELECTRONIC
A1. Hawk Tone
B1. Play My Mind
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TOBIAS, TOBY: Paradise Lost EP 12" (LPH 005EP)
This EP finds Toby Tobias dropping deep and frothy house with a steely underbelly. "Paradise Lost" begins with a muddy synth line upon which ambient, meandering melodies are layered, all led by a distant voice singing nonsense. Marcos Cabral's remix cuts to the chase: the Brooklyn-based producer quickly injects the song with a hefty dose of adrenaline, speeding up the feel. "Choc-Ice For 4" is a funkier affair that prominently features a fat, disco-y bass line offset by cold, precise synths. Remixed by Tokyo Black Star.
$8.39 UPC: 880319579516 ELECTRONIC
A1. Paradise Lost
A2. Paradise Lost Marcos Cabral Remix)
B1. Choc-Ice For 4
B2. Choc-Ice For 4 (Tokyo Black Star Lost In Akiba Dub)
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KRUSE & NURNBERG/MATTHIAS MEYER: Home By Six/Levant 12" (LIEBE 039EP)
Kruse & Nürnberg return with another sure-shot in their trademark groovy and reduced house sound. Designed for the most discerning dancefloors, the subliminal, sultry vocals of Karina Junker are twisted around an infectious jam. Smooth Rhodes flutters indulge the funk within and the result is an unmissable spring-time frolic. Matthias Meyer brings his latest deep-charge to the table with "Levant." Playful, filtering drums and percussive fills work a complex groove into the foreground while a gently growing melodic theme builds.
$8.99 UPC: 880319582714 ELECTRONIC
A1. Home By Six
B1. Levant
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TENNIS: Make It Good 12" (LAD 005EP)
This debut EP from Life and Death founder Tennis is a testament to the hard-working ethos and dedicated artistic force that is behind everything done in the Life and Death name. This EP sounds as if it was almost sliced ready-made from the fabric of reality. A serenade to an intangible concept that comes out sounding as simple as a mantra but clearly contains much more than just a quick listen reveals. Includes a dub by Larry Heard and remix by Ryan Elliott.
$8.39 UPC: 880319573118 ELECTRONIC
A1. Make It Good (Original Mix)
A2. Monocraft (Your Love Is Alright)
B1. Make It Good (Larry Heard Vocal Dub)
B2. Make It Good (Ryan Elliott Remix)
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BRANDLMAYR/WERNER DAFELDECKER/CHRISTIAN FENNESZ, MARTIN: Till The Old World's Blown Up And A New One Is Created LP (MINIMAL 011LP)
M=minimal is pleased to release a masterpiece of the early 21st century on vinyl. Till The Old World's Blown Up And A New One Is Created is an outstanding work of reductionism and minimalism. Martin Brandlmyar (Radian/Trapist/Kapitalband 1), Werner Dafeldecker (Polwechsel, David Sylvian, Autistic Daughters) and Christian Fennesz (Touch/Mego/Thrill Jockey) on this record created a new kind of cool jazz coupled with a big portion of New York School (John Cage, Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and Christian Wolff). It's hard to describe the music with words. This work reveals its secrets only after listening to it a couple of times. It grows with each time you listen to it. In this work, silence and noise are never used as an end in itself. As equal parameters they stand in the composition that also has space for some tonal "flowers." M=minimal's recommended listening time is round about midnight. Christian Fennesz: electric and acoustic guitars, computer; Werner Dafeldecker: double bass, tape delay, computer, Martin Brandlmayr: drums, percussion, vibraphone, computer, piano. Editing and arrangement by Martin Brandlmayr. Cut by Stefan Betke at Scape Mastering. Cover artwork: Christian Borngräber, cover photography: Jens Strüver.
$15.79 UPC: 880319579615 ELECTRONIC
A1. Till The Old World's Blown Up And A New One Is Created - Part I
B1. Till The Old World's Blown Up And A New One Is Created - Part II
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD: Zug: Reshaped And Remodeled CD (MINIMAL 012CD)
Conrad Schnitzler is an early member of Tangerine Dream and a founding member of Kluster, along with Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, and his works will always be important. Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer were so fascinated by his album Zug (MINIMAL 001LP), that they immediately delivered two reshapes of this milestone of electronic music. Max Loderbauer is a veteran of the Berlin techno scene, who became known with his project Sun Electric. For his current project NSI and as a member of the Moritz Von Oswald Trio, Max Loderbauer enjoys a worldwide reputation. His great cooperation with Ricardo Villalobos for the legendary ECM label appeared in many "Best of 2011" lists. Ricardo Villalobos is one of the leading techno DJ/producer/musicians. He has influenced the scene for more than 15 years. The "Aktion" mix targets with 100% certainty on the dancefloor, but is also suited to wake you up in the morning. DJs need this 20-minute mix as a tool. The "Sorgenkind" mix is not for the mainfloor but for fans of the broken beats. Everybody who enjoyed the RE-ECM work of the two will love this 15-minute mix. Schnitzler/Loderbauer/Villalobos = dreamteam. The CD version also contains two amazing remixes by Stefan Betke aka Pole and Borngräber & Strüver.
$12.99 UPC: 880319579820 ELECTRONIC
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01. Zug (Aktion Mix)
02. Zug (Sorgenkind Mix)
03. Zug (Pole Mix) *(CD bonus)
04. Zug (Borngräber & Strüver Mix) *(CD bonus)
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A Zug (Aktion Mix)
B Zug (Sorgenkind Mix)
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SCHNITZLER, CONRAD: Zug: Reshaped And Remodeled LP (MINIMAL 012LP)
LP version.
$15.79 UPC: 880319579714 ELECTRONIC
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SUUM CUIQUE: Ascetic Ideals LP (LOVE 078LP)
For their first release of 2012, Modern Love delivers the second album from Suum Cuique, the analog noise/experimental project from Miles Whittaker, one-half of Demdike Stare. The first Suum Cuique album Midden (YOUNGAM 002LP) was released on Modern Love sub-label Young Americans back in 2010, with these new recordings made in the intervening years and in between sessions for the Demdike Stare album, Elemental. What differentiates this project from all the others Whittaker is involved with is that the material recorded under Suum Cuique was made using analog hardware only, often recorded straight from the mixing desk with no overdubs or edits. The sound veers from the intense shards of noise that make up album opener "Strohtopf" to the padded techno malfunctions of "Kuiper Anomaly," the found sound/shortwave radio signals of "Atlas Levels" to the mystical rotations of "Intonation" and the electrified drones of album closer "Dionysus Decay." Although there are obvious sonic threads running between Suum Cuique and Demdike Stare, the material on Ascetic Ideals is much more stark, at turns recalling the work of Mika Vainio, Eleh, Maurizio Bianchi and even John Carpenter, whose nightmare visions lurk somewhere deep in the mix. Mastered and cut by Lupo at Dubplates & Mastering, limited to 700 copies.
$14.39 EAN: 5060165480333 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. Strohtopf
A2. Kuiper Anomaly
A3. Atlas Levels
A4. Core Value
B1. Intonation
B2. Deus Ex Machina
B3. Proton Aesthetic
B4. Dionysus Decay
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MODESELEKTOR & THOM YORKE: This 7" (MONKEY 021EP)
"This" is the final single from the most successful Modeselektor album to date. The song, like "Shipwreck" co-written by Radiohead's Thom Yorke, was produced in Modeselektor's studio in Berlin in a 3-day recording session in summer 2011. Once again released as a traditional single in 7" format, the release is limited to 1,000 copies and comes in yellow vinyl this time. The B-side "All Buttons In" is an experimental rework of Thom Yorke's vocals.
$6.99 UPC: 817231010575 ELECTRONIC
A1. This (Radio Edit)
B1. All Buttons In
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MODESELEKTOR: Modeselektion Vol. 02 12" (MONKEY 026EP)
While Modeselektion Vol. 01 (MONKEY 006CD) was rather UK and bass music influenced, Volume 02 presents more of the techno roots of Modeselektor. This 12" pre-single offers a glimpse of what to expect. The music on Modeselektion Vol. 02 explores darker, more experimental grounds, certainly still with one eye focused on the trademark Modeselektor party-factor. This 12" features unreleased exclusive tracks by Modeselektor and Martyn.
$8.39 UPC: 817231010490 ELECTRONIC
A1. Modeselektor - Maik The Chicken
B1. Martyn - Red Dancers
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RAU, CHRISTOPHER: Cat Litter 12" (MUSIQ 149EP)
This is the debut release by Christopher Rau on Mule Musiq. Christopher Rau is one of the best artists in the modern deep house scene. The title track sounds like a collaboration from Larry Heard and DJ Koze. On the B-side, "That Dam Love" has already been picked up for Mule label compilation I'm Starting To Feel Okay Vol. 5 (EF 007CD). This track is his trademark melancholic house tune. "Balance Live" is more minimal and alternative.
$10.99 UPC: 880319580611 ELECTRONIC
A1. Cat Litter
B1. That Dam Love
B2. Balance/Life
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DECIBELIOS: Oi! LP (MR 323LP)
Decibelios are one of the pioneers and main reference points when talking about Oi! music in Spain. Formed in 1980 in Barcelona, their beginnings mixed late-'70s punk and hard rock, but they gradually introduced ska elements into their sound, always accompanied by a combative and in-your-face attitude. The culmination of that sound and attitude took shape on the 1984 LP Caldo De Pollo and the mini-LP Oi! from 1985, reissued now on vinyl for the first time. The latter presents the band and their proposal at their peak, and is one of the essential records of Oi! music recorded in Spanish. It contains fierce highlights from the band's repertoire such as "Viento De Libertad" and "Subversión," ska gems like "Ningún Nombre De Mujer" and a tremendous cover of The 4-Skins' "Chaos."
$13.79 EAN: 8435008832315 ROCK
01. Viento De Libertad
02. Django El Pestoso
03. Kaos
04. Achuntament
05. J'n Roll Star
06. Ningún Nombre De Mujer
07. Exploited Klimbers
08. Canción De Cuna
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ELS MASTURBADORS MONGOLICS: Els Masturbadors Mongolics LP (MR 324LP)
Els Masturbadors Mongòlics were one of the first punk bands from Barcelona, formed in 1977 by Lluis Miracle with an ever-changing line-up which had guitarist Paco Martínez as its other constant member. Among the people involved was Manel, later guitarist of Decibelios. In the same way as legendary bands like La Banda Trapera Del Río, the usual lack of resources and general incomprehension towards Els Masturbadors brought them all kinds of problems, only made worse by their completely irreverent attitude, which caused chaos almost everywhere they played, including their participation in the festival Canet Rock in 1978 -- all of which led to the break up of the band at the end of that year, just over a year after they first got together. Before that, they managed to record a number of tracks for EMI, which never saw official release and are now made available for the first time. It's the evidence of a crucial period for the later changes in Spanish music, which were only possible thanks to the transgressive and no-holds-barred behavior of bands such as Els Masturbadors Mongòlics.
$13.79 EAN: 8435008832414 ROCK
01. Bar
02. Llamando Al Profesor Baxter
03. Amorcito
04. El Rock De L'escola
05. Tú Y Yo
06. Por Aquí, Por Allá
07. El Rock De La Bomba
08. Honorable Caramellas
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LYRES: Soapy/You'll Never Do It Baby 7" (MR 7246EP)
Two killer tracks from Lyres' first two LPs. A preview of their forthcoming Ace of Hearts reissue program on Munster.
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872465 ROCK
A1. Soapy
B1. You'll Never Do It Baby
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GREEN TELESCOPE, THE: Two By Two EP 7" (MR 7247EP)
First of the only two 7"s released by this Scottish band, who would later become The Thanes. A true gem of the 1980s garage revival.
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872472 ROCK
A1. Two By Two
A2. A Glimpse
B1. Make Me Stay
B2. Thinkin' About Today
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VOX POP: Cab Driver/Just Like Your Mom 7" (MR 7248EP)
1980 single by legendary L.A. punk band Vox Pop, featuring Jeff Dahl and members of the Germs, Grave 45, Consumers and Nervous Gender.
$5.99 EAN: 8435008872489 ROCK
A1. Cab Driver
B1. Just Like Your Mom
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BUKADDOR & FISHBECK: Zippy Disco 12" (MBF 12090EP)
Bukaddor & Fishbeck's "Zippy Disco" is based on a deep house groove with chords that will never surface in best Detroit and Chicago techno and house fashion. "Klipsnot" is much more streamlined -- a random, surreal electronic tapeworm with no peaks or breaks.
$8.39 UPC: 880319581113 ELECTRONIC
A1. Zippy Disco
B1. Klipsnot
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LIGHTBLUEMOVER: Children Of A Lesser Dog 12" (MFR 052EP)
This single from Lightbluemover features a collaboration with regular partner Black Light Smoke and a remix from My Favorite Robot, James Teej and Nitin. Lightbluemover is the moniker adopted by DJ/producer Francis Harris, best known for his work as Adultnapper. The EP kicks off with the original version of "Children Of A Lesser Dog," which sees Harris & Lieb turn in a superb slice of mutant slo-mo house with a quirky, off-beat feel. Harris goes solo for "Bitter Bee," a bumpin', electro-tinged cut.
$8.39 UPC: 880319576119 ELECTRONIC
A1. Children Of A Lesser Dog (feat. Black Light Smoke)
A2. Children Of A Lesser Dog (feat. Black Light Smoke) (My Favorite Robot, James Teej & Nitin's Remix Of A Remix Of A Remix Remix)
B1. Bitter Bee
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BLACC, ALOE: Loving You Is Killing/Mano Le Tough Rmx 12" (PERMVAC ABMLT01)
Limited black-label of Aloe Blacc's "Loving You Is Killing Me" remixed by Mano Le Tough. Vinyl-only.
$8.39 EAN: 4018939224950 ELECTRONIC
A1. Loving You Is Killing Me (Mano Le Tough Remix)
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UFFE: Colors Outside 12" (PETS 020EP)
This is the debut EP from new Copenhagen-based artist, Uffe. This 12" contains two vinyl-only tracks.
$8.99 UPC: 827170446366 ELECTRONIC
A1. Colors Outside (vinyl-only)
A2. I'll Leave Soon (Original)
A3. I'll Leave Soon (Catz 'N Dogz Spaced Out Remix) (vinyl-only)
B1. I'll Leave Soon (Catz 'N Dogz Talking Remix)
B2. When The Sun Rose
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ROM: Foot Signal CD (PING 033CD)
The New York and Miami based-duo ROM deliver this LP with 12 wildly energetic instrumental pieces. Pingipung very happily welcome Roberto Carlos Lange and Matt Crum to their artist family. ROM is the vibrant collaboration of two sound artists who have been on the radar for a long time, as members of beloved projects such as Savath & Savalas (Warp, with Prefuse 73's Guillermo Scott Herren), Comic Wow (Asthmatic Kitty, with Tortoise's John McEntire) or Roberto's solo project Helado Negro. ROM's first appearance marked their self-titled debut on the Japanese WIMM imprint in 2005. Despite having been recorded over the span of three years, and in various locations in different cities, ROM's sophomore Foot Signal effort is an entirely cohesive sonic outing. That they used mostly broken instruments throughout the process only reinforces that soundscape they sought to create. That they played them even with their feet as the title reveals gives us a slight visual hint at the anarchy of the sessions. Could they have used an organ that stayed in tune? Probably. But taping its keys down and pressing record in hopes to document something at all usable is part of the random fabric that makes ROM's music so incredibly transcendent. Largely recorded with Will Loftin at Shangri-la Studios in Atlanta, Roberto Lange and Matt Crum captured scores of live improvised sessions onto two-inch tape. The two also set up shop in apartments, studios, and storage units in Miami, Savannah, New York -- even Jeremy Lemos' Chicago studio to try and document the inspiration they felt lurking. The sessions were then labored over at home studios, shared over the Internet, processed and reorganized until this collection of 12 instrumental pieces emerged. Foot Signal's tracks have been released on a limited CD through WIMM in Japan in the past years. It has now been cut onto vinyl at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin for the first time. Standout track "Whale Vomit" does not sound like the regurgitated mess it purports itself to be. Instead, it is the perfect combination of unwavering percussion, vibraphone flourishes, and studio-manipulation wizardry. It's the kind of stuff that makes ROM so darn exciting.
$11.99 UPC: 880319570223 ELECTRONIC
01. India High People Around
02. Fish Making Food
03. Tonkinese Hop
04. Whale Vomit
05. Paper Ghost
06. Kids
07. Somnus
08. Orca
09. A Waste
10. Flamingo
11. Flat Top Afro
12. Near Pines
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ROM: Foot Signal LP (PING 033LP)
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$12.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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BRACHT, JULIAN: Terson EP 12" (PLAY 162EP)
A new extremely talented musician is rising on the Playhouse 2012 horizon -- Frankfurt, Germany's Julien Bracht. The main and exciting difference between his tracks being played live and the studio recorded versions is the live drum-set up that he always adds to his tracks whenever he appears live. All three tracks on this EP have been the backbone of his live show over the past 8 months and have been played and approved by a number of well-known DJs.
$8.39 UPC: 880319495717 ELECTRONIC
A1. Grace
B1. Terson
B2. Deep Acid
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DEXTER, DANIEL: Storm 12" (PFR 129EP)
Daniel Dexter is part of the new breed of producers showing us why there's still mileage in the good old house groove. His cultured, expressive productions have the mark of a true talent and Mr. Dexter has only just begun. "Storm" is a heavy, late-night tale of sax, e-piano and stomping synth basslines. The thick, percussive opening bars of "There Will Be Jazz" lead to more jazzy saxophone samples and synthesized strings.
$8.99 EAN: 4250382412892 ELECTRONIC
A1. Storm
B1. There Will Be Jazz
B2. Murder
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ORPHAN, DAVID: Songs For Hannah Henley LP (VHSX 005LP)
David Orphan's Devon Folklore Tapes is a research and cultural heritage-based community label in the vein of Smithsonian Records, founded by Finders Keepers' David Orphan. Although the label has been releasing music on special edition/customized books and cassettes for some time, this contribution to the Pre Cert Home Entertainment label sees Orphan deliver his long-awaited vinyl debut. The soundtrack to Hannah Henley sees a mechanical hybrid of old Soviet electronic organs, looped field recordings and found vocals lost in an immediate and tensely hypnotic narrative to an account of opposing forces that is as unsettling as it is captivating. Field recordings were utilized and integrated within these pieces, adding more flesh and providing a sense of place. The LP becomes a sound portrait blurring the lines between documentary, music, and artefact. The cover art features an inverted letter-press coded graphic using the text from the story of Hannah Henley as its visual source along with a bone found and utilized within the recording itself. The words to the tale are included in the accompanying sleeve notes, for those interested in those dark details. Cut at Berlin's Dubplates & Mastering, limited to 500 copies only.
$14.39 EAN: 5060165482047 ROCK
01. The Witch - Pattern Of Neatness & Cleanliness - Neighbouring Farm
02. Spell 1
03. The Curse
04. Spell 2
05. The Walnut
06. Spell 3
07. The Hare
08. Hannah
09. Spell 4
10. Books & Sparks Of Fire
11. Spell 5
12. Six Bullocks Hearts
13. Melting
14. Spell 6
15. Struggling With The Devil - Toads Of Various Sizes
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VOIGT, WOLFGANG: Du Musst Nichts Sagen Remixe 12" (PROFAN 036EP)
Originally the B-side to Rückverzauberung 2, "Du Musst Nichts Sagen" marched towards a dark fortress, following a point-blank trail and inspired by the mute grit of the many. The remixes present three distinct alternatives, starting with the "Fanfaren Mix" that cranks up the amount of fanfare, the "Informel Mix," created as the soundtrack for an experimental video (http://youtu.be/49_-S5nWdMI) and the "Doppelvoigt Mix" which takes an interview given by Wolfgang Voigt and translates it into some sort of document of techno both abstract and humoristic.
$8.99 UPC: 880319069116 ELECTRONIC
A1. Du Musst Nichts Sagen (Fanfaren Mix)
A2. Du Musst Nichts Sagen (Informel Mix)
B1. Du Musst Nichts Sagen (Doppelvoigt Mix)
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JONSSON, DAVID THOR: Improvised Piano Works I LP+CD (BROADCAST 001LP)
"I am a pianist, composer, improviser, performing artist and a multitasking musician in life, currently living and working in Reykjavík. I was born in 1978 in Seyoisfjörour, Iceland and have been playing the piano and keyboards since the age of 9. My main focus and interest is in improvisation, composition and performance of music -- how improvisation and composition can meet effortlessly as a creation of musical ideas and sounds. I am also mindful of the general passion and drive behind the creation of things, in what way they are presented and passed on to people, in music, arts and life in general. Since childhood I've collaborated with a whole spectrum of artists, from obscure troubadours in the countryside to stadium bands, covering all fields of music, both in Iceland and abroad. I have also composed and arranged a great deal of music for theater, film, art installations, performances and videos of all kinds. I released my first album Rask in 2002, and now I am currently composing and working on a series of records with solo piano music for Radio Bongo with Improvised Pianoworks I as the first Radio Bongo release." --David Thor Jonsson
$13.79 UPC: 880319563119 ROCK
01. Op1 - Monotondance
02. Op2
03. Op3 - J M Á
04. Op4 - Ss
05. Op5
06. Op6
07. Op7 - Leifur
08. Op8 - Pärt
09. Op9
10. Op10 - Ullarpeysan
11. Op11 - Interlude Stutt
12. Op12 - Interlude
13. Op13 - End
14. Op14 - Monotonmute
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ROSKA: Rinse Presents - Roska: 2 CD (RINSE 026CD)
Through a series of iconic early releases in 2008 on his own Roska Kicks & Snares imprint, Roska originally made his name for his raw, gritty funky tracks. However, even at the time, when the funky scene at large seemed like a time-bomb just waiting to explode and take the mainstream by storm, he was doing something subtly different. Strongly rooted in Roska's history in grime, his music infused that genre's roughness and nervous energy with more sultry, swung rhythms, welding big, blocky melodies to a percussive house backbone. Rinse Presents - Roska: 2 is his most wide-reaching collection of music to date, reaching far beyond the confines of funky while still keeping his signature sonic flourishes intact. Rather than remaining locked to any one scene, Rinse Presents - Roska: 2 continues to show off Roska's development as an artist in his own right. Club-driven funky still remains at the heart of the music he makes -- it's immediately audible in opener "You Dun Kno's" springy, syncopated percussion and "Do You Like This," which finds Jamie George again joining Roska. But elsewhere on Rinse Presents - Roska: 2, he uses funky's lithe percussive patterns as a springboard to toy with other sounds. So the snare hits on "Memories" crack like gunshots, but they're lifted by a buoyant vocal from Ruby Goe, and "Eleven45" is a deliciously synthetic slice of computer funk. "OnRinseSinceZeroEight" is, in essence, a grime track at 130bpm, switching up regularly between halfstep rhythm and deadly four-to-the-floor. The twin spectres of grime and dubstep turn up throughout the record. Sweetie Irie's gruff turn on "Badman" is bolstered by seasick, descending synths. Mz. Bratt delivers a hyperkinetic MC performance on "Go," and "Spanner In The Works," a formidable collaboration with Swindle & Funtcase, is led by stringy funk chords reminiscent of the hyper-colored synth work of the Butterz crew.
$10.99 UPC: 800071001377 ELECTRONIC
01. You Dun Kno
02. Memories (feat. Ruby Goe)
03. OnRinseSinceZeroEight
04. Do You Like This (feat. Jamie George)
05. The Oracle
06. Metric
07. Badman (feat. Sweetie Irie)
08. Eleven 45
09. Go (feat. Mz. Bratt)
10. Spanner In The Works (feat. Swindle & Funtcase)
11. Oreo
12. Grand Theft Audio
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PUPKULIES & REBECCA: Looking For The Sea In Remix Part 1 12" (RC 033EP)
These are the remixes of tracks from the great album Looking For The Sea (NORM 037CD) by the electronic indie project Pupkulies & Rebecca. Part1 presents three wonderful remixes by Marek Hemmann, Guti and Clockwork.
$8.99 UPC: 827170421660 ELECTRONIC
A1. La Vie Est Belle (Marek Hemmann Rmx)
A2. Revoir (Clockwork Rmx)
B1. You And Me (Guti Rmx)
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PROPER, SAN: Animal 2LP (RH 118LP)
San Proper is the real deal. Somewhat of a street legend, even. This might be his debut album, but make no mistake, Proper is a hardcore DJ veteran, starting his career DJ'ing small-time gigs in the shadiest bars, six nights a week. True love for music and his unbreakable optimism kept him in the groove. His enthusiasm caught on and slowly but surely he garnered a devoted following. In 2007, he released his first releases for Rush Hour, but his big break came in 2009 when he dropped his now-classic single Keep It Raw for Perlon and shot to #1 in Germany's Groove Magazine Top 50. More singles followed and his profile of a must-see DJ and pure-bred entertainer rose, touring and creating cult followings everywhere from Japan to South America. Dr. Proper has never been in a hurry, but in the fall of 2011, the time felt right for San to start working on his debut album. Months of rampaging studio sessions followed, writing tracks all over the globe during his frantic touring schedule or in his Amsterdam studio and Paris apartment. The journey finished in Berlin, where he ended up in the studio of Proper believer Ricardo Villalobos, who eventually mixed the album, ensuring audiophile bliss. The result is the trippiest of trips. Taking you on a journey inside the twisted brain of a man who has seen it all, and then some, boasting raw emotion and subconscious desires. Animal has its roots in house music, but you will have a hard time categorizing this beast, sounding like a cluster-bomb of electronic funk, jazz and psychedelia.
$16.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Another Sign
02. A Choice Named Joyce
03. The Architect
04. Colors & Colours
05. Brain Soup
06. Shells
07. Water Castle
08. Night Falls
09. Animal
10. Autosea
11. Swing Home
12. Déjà Vu
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POLICY: One Last Time 12" (RH 120EP)
New York-based producer Policy returns to Rush Hour with a new single including remixes from FaltyDL and Tom Trago. "One Last Time" is an emotive piece with a strong theme -- the drum track is fierce, giving it a futuristic vibe. Tom Trago teams up with studio partner Maxi Mill and delivers a tough, stripped-down 909 house version. FaltyDL on the other end went exploring in electronic adventure-land for a fresh, new perspective.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. One Last Time (Original Mix)
B1. One Last Time (Tom Trago Remix)
B2. One Last Time (FaltyDL Remix)
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SENSATE FOCUS: Sensate Focus 5 12" (FOCUS 005EP)
Presenting two tracks from Sensate Focus for Sensate Focus 5.
$9.79 EAN: 9120020389020 ELECTRONIC
A1. X
B1. Y
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LEGO FEET: Lego Feet 2LP (SKA 001LP)
Double vinyl edition with a nice UV-finished sleeve of the self-titled release from Lego Feet aka Autechre. This reissue includes all the original material from the 1991 EP, plus extensive bonus material (same content as the CD reissue), re-recorded from the original mastertapes. This is the holy grail record of electronic music, but you already knew that. This four track album contains over 70 minutes of classic, mind-bending, futuristic electronic-acid-industrial-cut-up fuckery that, at the time of its release in 1991, was virtually uncategorizable. Legendary electronic duo Autechre went on to advance the most seismic paradigm shifts in the sound of the late 20th century, and their seminal early release is presented here with two tracks of material that have never been heard before. All tracks have been re-recorded from the original master tapes. 1991 was an eventful year in human history -- the Dow Jones topped 3,000 for the first time; Boris Yeltsin got elected; Freddie Mercury died -- but among mankind's greatest accomplishments was the creation of the Skam label. At the time, hardly any record store bought the label's first 12". It wasn't until much later, after Autechre had established themselves as a pioneering experimental electronic group and some genius coined the term "IDM" to classify this baffling type of music, that the original Lego Feet release would become one of the true Holy Grail records.
$14.99 UPC: 666017244518 ELECTRONIC
A1. Part 1
B1. Part 2
C1. Part 3
D1. Part 4
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YAKINE: Rise EP 12" (SPC 109EP)
Yakine presents his first release for Spectral Sound, a four-track slab of understated, atmospheric techno. The title track features a guest vocal from Canadian DJ/producer James Teej, who intones a series of faintly sinister demands over a backdrop of pulsing bass and stabbing synths. "For Motion" picks up both the tempo and the energy, while "Disaster Drop" and "Except" both have a distinctly dubby feel, all spacious reverb and vocal samples that drift in and out of the mix.
$8.39 UPC: 804297710914 ELECTRONIC
A1. Rise (feat. James Teej)
A2. For Motion
B1. Except
B2. Disaster Drop
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DRAINOLITH: Fighting! LP (SP 017LP)
Alexander Moskos is a seasoned Canadian avant-garde musician active in projects such as Alterity Problem with Joel Taylor and the legendary Thames, who had an incredible 7" release on American Tapes in late 2011. Drainolith, his solo guise, has been active since the mid-'90s but has remained relatively under-the-radar with mysterious private press cassette and CD-R releases. In 2009, Moskos picked up a heavy U.S. tour regiment and caught the attention of U.S. underground heads with impressive live sets. It was around this time that Moskos began to dial in songs for his debut Fighting! LP, which Spectrum Spools is eager to present. It's important to keep listeners on their toes and Spectrum Spools is fully psyched to hit you with an album of delusional blues -- littered with fractured synth, feedback and seriously cryptic personal content. One of Spectrum Spools' first releases with strong lyrical focus, Alex knocks it out of the park with his synthetic voice resonating like a wasted Robert Ashley on Ambien. The tracks rage with a one-man Twin Infinitives style, with guitar riffs so fucked that they make Neil Haggerty sound like Les Paul. Damaged, random syn-drum triggers and MS-10 crackling go fully ballistic over dark and personal narratives. Despite the chaotic nature of the music, there is a defined and cohesive song structure to each track which makes everything more confusing but also highly enjoyable to listen to. If you miss bands like Shadow Ring and Royal Trux, but wonder where the logical next step would be in their absence: step in this direction -- we promise you'll be pleased. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates + Mastering, Berlin.
$14.39 EAN: 9120020389068 ROCK
01. She's IN Insurgency (Steve's Lunch Blues)
02. You Paid For It
03. Blam's Again
04. Blam's Again (Version)
05. Southern Eye
06. Sevens/Cuttin' Squares
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STEREO TOTAL: Cactus Versus Brezel CD (AKT 732CD)
The 11th studio album by Stereo Total features no less than '60s-beat, electro-punk feminism, a tricky reflection on Pop Art, B-movie soundtracks, a tune for Alice Schwarzer, strong women and weak men, music for your local disco-basement and a song for vegetarians. To cut it short: Cactus Versus Brezel is a hit- and hook-laden record for the metrosexual bumchuck in everybody, regardless where you are living and were brought up. You need proof? You may want to ask adjacent stars like The Beastie Boys or The Strokes, fans that have invited Stereo Total to join them on bygone world tours: if there's any band transmitting from Berlin, Alexanderplatz that is -- for two decades now -- warmly welcomed anywhere in the world, it is Stereo Total. Production-wise, this time Stereo Total headed to Los Angeles to record their new album at legendary Stonehenge Studios with a couple of befriended musicians and producer Gus Seyffert live on tape. Seyffert is known to the pop-connaisseur for his bass work with The Black Keys.
$10.99 UPC: 673794073224 ROCK
01. Jaloux De Mon Succés
02. Pixelize Me
03. Die Frau In Der Musik
04. Qu´Est-Ce Que Tu Veux?
05. Le Ridicule Ne Tue Plus
06. Chopin Ou Quoi?
07. Caféteria Ideale
08. Ein Lied Für Vegetarier
09. Das Monstrum
10. J´Aime Le Synthétique
11. Nympho-Maniaque
12. Diese Musik Hört Sich An
13. LA, CA, USA
14. Ich Will Blut Sehen
15. We Don't Wanna Dance
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STEREO TOTAL: Cactus Versus Brezel LP+CD (AKT 732LP)
Their 11th studio album features not less than 60ies-Beat with success-assurance ("Jaloux de mon succss"), Electro-Punkfeminism ("Die Frau in der Musik"), a tricky reflection on Popart ("Pixelize Me"), B-Movie-Soundtracks ("Ich will Blut sehen"), a tune for Alice Schwarzer (sic!) ("Das Monstrum"), strong women and weak men ("Nympho Maniaque"), music for your local disco-basement ("We don't wanna dance") and a song for vegetarians ("Ein Lied für Vegetarier").
To cut it short: CACTUS VERSUS BREZEL is a hit- and hook-ladden record for the metrosexual bumchuck in everybody, regardless where you are living and were brought up.
You need proof? You may want to ask adjacent stars like BEASTIE BOYS or THE STROKES, fans, that have invited STEREO TOTAL to join them on bygone world tours: If there's any band transmitting from Berlin, Alexanderplatz that is ? for 2 decades now ? , warmly welcomed anywhere in the world, it is STEREO TOTAL.
Production-wise, this time STEREO TOTAL headed to Los Angeles to record their new album at legendary Stonehenge Studios with a couple of befriended musicians and producer Gus Seyffert live on tape. Gus Seyffert is known to the pop-connaisseur for his bass work with BLACK KEYS, rather reluctant semi-connaiseurs know him as the co-author of "Taken by a stranger", the song LENA failed to champion her championship at latest Eurovision Song Contest. You can't blame the song, though.
STEREO TOTAL is back in town! And still sparkling like your first French kiss.
$11.99 UPC: 673794073217 ROCK
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NICONE & SASCHA BRAEMER: Broken Heart 12" (SVT 076EP)
After the release of their stellar Romantic Thrills (SVT 068CD) LP and its two vinyl remix packages, Niconé & Sascha Braemer are back. For "And I Just" they enlist Dan Caster and vocalist A.L.E.C. to dazzling results: a deep, moody bass groover whose synth motif climbs and climbs. On "For A Ride," guitar loops, crunchy claps, lush synths and heavy bass-lines revolve around a deliciously ambiguous vocal. Dale gives the boys a hand for "Broken Heart" and "Lonely" closes the EP on an epic, uplifting note.
$8.99 UPC: 827170448261 ELECTRONIC
A1. Niconé, Sascha Braemer, Dan Caster - And I Just (feat. A.L.E.C.)
A2. Niconé & Sascha Braemer - For A Ride
B1. Niconé, Sascha Braemer, Dale - Broken Heart
B2. Niconé & Sascha Braemer - Lonely
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KOUDEDE: Guitars From Agadez Vol. 5 7" (SF 072EP)
First American release for one of the leading lights from the Agadez guitar scene. Koudede Maman finally steps out of the shadows and delivers two scorching tunes recorded live from the European tour of last year. From the young visionary who made his first guitar out of a tin can to his current avatar as the heir apparent to the legacy of Ali Farka Touré in West African guitar music, Koudede has blazed forth from a relatively small following in Agadez and Niamey to take the world by storm. This is the truest music of revolution -- where the transcendence of historical poetry and the daily grit of human struggle are in dialogue, from verse to verse and refrain to refrain. Limited edition one-time pressing of 600 copies.
$5.99 UPC: N/A WORLD
A1. Tassakkne Tara
B1. Golf
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LIFE ON EARTH!: The Perfect Spot 10" (AAO 001EP)
Led by Dungen bassist Mattias Gustavsson, Life On Earth! takes us to brighter and warmer places. The Perfect Spot tells a love story from its euphoric beginning through all its phases of longing and uncertainty until the bittersweet end, moving from mild, tripped pop to wild dance music. Mattias' delicate guitar plays a large role, as does Erik Lundin's flute. The element of jazz is evident and features the eminent and acclaimed jazz drummer, Moussa Fadera.
$17.79 EAN: 7340065005262 ROCK
A1.The Perfect Spot
A2. Come To Me
A3. Let's Take A Break
B1. Summer Lover
B2. The Singing Of The Sirens
B3. The Blue Hour
B4. Bye Bye
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CHECKER, CHUBBY: Chequered! LP (SBR 5091LP)
LP version. Like several other icons of early '60s pop, by the end of the decade, Chubby Checker was eager to update his sound and message. The result was this enigmatic set of raw, soulful, psych-tinged ballads and rockers. Overseen by Jimi Hendrix's early producer Ed Chalpin, it was released in the UK only in 1971. Complete with background notes and rare pictures. Fully remastered.
$15.79 EAN: 5051125509126 ROCK
A1. How Does It Feel?
A2. Stoned In The Bathroom
A3. No Need To Get So Heavy
A4. Let's Go Down
A5. My Mind
B1. Goodbye Victoria
B2. Love Tunnel
B3. Slow Lovin'
B4. He Died
B5. If The Sun Stopped Shining
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SAINT PETERSBURG DISCO SPIN CLUB & LIPELIS, THE: I Need It 12" (TEARDROP 006EP)
Teardrop presents the track "I Need It" from The Saint Petersburg Disco Spin Club, produced with his pal Lipelis, with remixes from Lovebirds, Iron Curtis under his new moniker Leaves and Vougal. The original comes with a Todd Terje-esque beat and a super-catchy but not cheesy piano chord stab and vocal chop. In the second breakdown an irresistible 303 bass pattern sets in and turns the track into a big retro-house groove.
$8.39 UPC: 827170443662 ELECTRONIC
A1. I Need It (Original Mix)
A2. I Need It (Vougal Mix)
B1. I Need It (Lovebirds Mix)
B2. I Need It (Leaves Mix)
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MICROTRAUMA: Vinyl Selection 12" (TRAUM 151EP)
Traum presents on vinyl the top tunes from Microtrauma for all the fans who were disappointed that they could not get the tracks on record. "Circulate" is a piece of epic, melodic techno that changes perspectives from melodic and lush to forceful emotional outbreaks. "Blütenstaub" is hi-energy, hypnotic dance music with the intensity and the bassline of microwave beams. "Nordlicht" is a machine-driven track that opens up to reveal the beauty behind the curtain. Sweat and rave madness. Remix by Max Cooper.
$8.99 UPC: 880319582516 ELECTRONIC
A1. Circulate
A2. Blütenstaub
B1. Nordlicht
B2. Contrast (Max Cooper Remix)
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INFINITI (JUAN ATKINS): The Remixes--Part 2 12" (TRESOR 250B-EP)
Tresor presents the second part in Infiniti - The Remixes: a trilogy of classic cuts and new reworks from Juan Atkins. Part Two picks up the pace, heading further down the timeline with "Flash Food" -- originally released in 1995 as part of one of the label's famous annual compilations, re-edited by Sandwell District's Function. Skynet's punchy classic on the flip, "Skyway" rounds off the EP with a killer old-school remix by techno's masked crusader, Redshape.
$7.79 UPC: 666017248981 ELECTRONIC
A1. Flash Flood (Original Mix)
A2. Flash Flood (Function Remix)
B1. Skyway (Original Mix)
B2. Skyway (Redshape Mix)
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INFINITI (JUAN ATKINS): The Remixes--Part 3 12" (TRESOR 250C-EP)
Tresor presents the second part in Infiniti - The Remixes: a trilogy of classic cuts and new reworks from Juan Atkins. Part Three concludes with a remix package of The Infiniti Collection's brooding slow-burner "Think Quick," backed with an offering from one of Berlin's revered electronic practitioners Sleeparchive and the re-release of Moritz Von Oswald's remix, initially released on Metroplex in 1994 -- a rarity.
$7.79 UPC: 666017248998 ELECTRONIC
A1. Think Quick (Original Mix)
A2. Think Quick (Sleeparchive Remix)
B1. Think Quick (Remodelled by Moritz Von Oswald)
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CHANCE, BOB: It's Broken CD (JBH 044CD)
"There's no one quite like Bob Chance. He's a California man who makes his own music. And here he is, on fire. It's a privately-pressed album that has become a cult item in recent years. DJ Shadow calls it 'hairy forearm disco,' I think it walks a fine line between the dancefloor and the asylum. Originally recorded and issued by himself in 1980, It's Broken represents Bob Chance's creative juices flowing and then possibly overflowing all over the place. He's a multi-talented multi-instrumentalist who writes his own songs. Trunk first came across the album in the USA, and decided to feature it as one of the strange slabs of vinyl I write about for my 'weird record' column in Mojo. I described it as the musical equivalent of Curry House DIY, an unusual and unexpected flow of ideas that maybe shouldn't work together but actually do in a most unorthodox and functional way. And if I have to describe the album musically to people I explain it has a touch of Giorgio Moroder, a bit of the Beach Boys and a sprinkle of Glen Campbell as a serial killer. How can you not love a nine-minute post-disco oddity called 'It's Broken?' Why would you not want to thrill at a five minute instrumental journey into Bob's jungle? And how about a short trip inside a stalker's van? Exactly, it's all irresistible. And now, thanks to this reissue, more of us can enjoy the genius that is Bob Chance and his very unique music." --Jonny Trunk
$10.99 UPC: 666017249223 ROCK
01. Brown Skinned Girl (2:40)
02. Honey Lips (2:52)
03. It's Broken (9:39)
04. The Van Man (2:40)
05. I See Her (4:12)
06. Colours (3:20)
07. Jungle Talk (5:14)
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CHANCE, BOB: It's Broken LP (JBH 044LP)
LP version.
$11.99 UPC: 666017249216 ROCK
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VA: Skanish Sound: Jamaican Influenced Music From Spain CD (VAMPI 142CD)
...1964-1972. Trying to pinpoint the influence of Jamaican music on Spanish pop in the '60s and '70s, taking into account the sociopolitical situation in Spain, is like a script from Spanish director Luis García Berlanga. Despite Spanish public fervor for the suggestive, hot melodies coming from the Antilles, the Francoist censors tried to avoid any general lack of inhibition, minimizing the impact of the music's most enticing elements on Spanish soil. In the margins, apart from sterile regime-promoted national flamenco and sleep-inducing ballads, one could find few black elements in Spanish pop. At that time they were found in their Latin form: rumba and salsa and even sometimes something like Afrobeat. So it was necessarily the case that only the less suspicious artists had an opportunity to copy what they could get their hands on from that treasure island. The first vibrations that arrived to Spain from Jamaica, via England, came in the form of records. Given the difficulties, none of the artists collected here would have had access to the original recordings nor to Jamaican radio. Clearly then, their method of absorption and assimilation was that of musicians the world over: they heard it, they liked it, they copied it. And if any Spanish musician active in the 1960s claims to have set foot in Jamaica, it was all but impossible. At most, some Spanish pioneers were lucky enough to cross the Pond in the 1960s as cruise ship musicians. In any case, it's uncertain whether any of the players on this compilation came into contact with Jamaica by natural route. Equally uncertain is the occurrence of concerts by Jamaican artists in 1960s Spain. Therefore, what we have here is a captivating collection of tracks (mainly covers but also a few originals) which mix the enthusiasm and fascination of musicians who were captivated by the sounds coming from Jamaica. At times, the results they achieved fit within the expected sounds of the genre, but sometimes their efforts produced a mixture, whether intentionally or due to better intentions than skill, which gave Jamaican music a uniquely Spanish character. Most tracks reissued for the first time. Includes informative liner notes by compiler Txarly Brown along with record sleeves and artist photos.
$11.79 EAN: 8435008862602 WORLD
01. Los Antifaces - Mi Chico Bombón
02. Los Antifaces - Dulce Guillermo
03. Los Blues De España - Ska Jamaiquino
04. Los Telstars - Qué Familia Más Original
05. Francisco Heredero - Operación Sol
06. Los De La Torre - Te Puedes Ir En Paz
07. Los Novax - Sr López (CD-only)
08. Los 80 Centavos - Baby, Bésame
09. Jorge Querol Con Los Go-Go - Rudi Enamorado
10. Las 4 Monedas - Buena Suerte
11. Los Payos - Adiós A Jamaica (CD-only)
12. Los Stop - Marilena
13. Albert Band - Herido
14. Palito Ortega - Un Día De Invierno
15. Los Mismos - Scaba Badi Bidu
16. Las 4 Monedas - Te Quiero Ver Bailar
17. Los Catinos - Cuando Digas Sí
18. Los Mismos - Gente Loca
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VA: Skanish Sound: Jamaican Influenced Music From Spain LP (VAMPI 142LP)
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VA: SAOCO!:The Bomba And Plena Explosion In Puerto Rico 2CD (VAMPI 145CD)
...1954-1966. Cortijo Y Su Combo with Ismael Rivera, and Mon Rivera with his tongue twisters and trombones, are pioneers of a story that opened up the way to the salsa movement. With an unprecedented mix of flavors and Afro-West Indian rhythms, their dance proposals competed with the best tropical orchestras of the '50s and '60s. The legendary legacy of these Puerto Rican orchestras, however, hadn't been the subject of a proper retrospective, until now. In the case of Cortijo and Ismael, it's a cultural legacy related to the "third root," or African contribution, in Puerto Rico's Caribbean culture. Since its birth in the year 1954, until today (half a century after its break-up in 1962), Cortijo's combo and its stellar singer, Ismael Rivera, have been the best exponents of a modern, orchestrated and commercial way of performing bomba and plena -- Afro-Puerto Rican genres in whose tradition they had been raised in the capital's neighborhood of Santurce. To these native rhythms they added other Caribbean ingredients which were popular at the time, creating and integrating an innovative proposal that many consider the greatest precedent of the salsa movement that would emerge years later in New York. In only eight years of existence, the group became hugely successful in Puerto Rico and New York, the West Indies and part of Latin America -- particularly Panama, Venezuela, Colombia and Peru -- and even Europe. With percussion upfront, Cortijo y su Combo were a tight mess of rhythms, expressive even in the shaking and dancing of the band members while they performed their choreography on stage. This compilation looks at the importance of Cortijo and Ismael in the context of the time, contrasting their recordings with those by other contemporary artists with more or less similar styles. Among them is the essential figure of another great "plenero" and salsa pioneer such as Mon Rivera, known as "El Rey del Trabalengua" (The Tongue Twister King) (due to his comedic way of playing around with syllables to modify the rhythm and sense of a sentence) and for having started the "trombanga" kind of sound, which replaced trumpets and saxophones with trombones. It was a key innovation in the birth of boogaloo and salsa, which particularly inspired Eddie Palmieri and Willie Colón. These three legends are accompanied by other tropical ensembles of the same period - Orquesta Panamericana, Sonora Ponceña, Mario Ortiz & His All Star Band and the singer Chivirico - but also groups and vocalists related to the "jíbara" tradition or country music, whose repertoire includes, apart from seis and aguinaldo, plenas, bombas and guarachas. Its typical instrumentation of strings and accordion, together with its peculiar singing style, offer an interesting contrast with the way in which the tropical orchestras played those same rhythms. Includes extensive liner notes by compiler Yannis Ruel, illustrated with original artwork and memorabilia.
$15.79 EAN: 8435008862664 WORLD
01. Cortijo Y Su Combo (con Ismael Rivera) - El Bombón De Elena
02. Cortijo Under The Name Of Canario Y Su Grupo (con Raful) - Cortaron A Elena
03. Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta - Karakatis Ki
04. Cortijo Y Su Combo (con Ismael Rivera) - Caballero Qué Bomba
05. Baltazar Carrero - En Órbita
06. Moncho Leña Y Los Ases Del Ritmo (con Mon Rivera) - Bailando Plena
07. Orquesta Panamericana (con Ismael Rivera) - El Charlatán
08. Los Caballeros Del Ritmo - Habla Cuembé
09. Ángel Luis Torruellas Y Su Conjunto Pleneros De Borinquen - Olvídalo
10. Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta - El Plenero
11. Moncho Leña Y Los Ases Del Ritmo (con Mon Rivera) - ¡Aló! ¿Quién Ñama?
12. Cortijo Y Su Combo (con Ismael Rivera) - Déjalo Que Suba
13. Cortijo Under The Name Of Canario Y Su Grupo (con Raful) - Santa María
14. Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta - Ola De Agua
15. Cortijo Y Su Combo (con Ismael Rivera) - Calypso, Bomba Y Plena
16. Odilio González "El Jibarito De Lares" - Sacude Zapato Viejo
17. Cortijo Y Su Combo (con Ismael Rivera) - Maquinolandera
18. Angel Luis Torruellas Y Su Conjunto Pleneros De Borinquen - Camelia
19. Monse García Y Su Conjunto - El Gallo Espuelérico
20. La Sonora Ponceña (con Charlie Martínez) - Tan Linda Que Era
21. Moncho Leña Y Los Ases Del Ritmo (con Mon Rivera) - Carbón De Palito
22. Cortijo Y Su Combo (con Ismael Rivera) - Y Pedro Flores (Jugando Gallo)
23. Chivirico - Belinda
24. Juanchín Y Sus Pleneros Del Palmar (con Tasso Peña) - Maldito Vicio
25. Ramito - Te Están Vacilando
26. Odilio González "El Jibarito De Lares" - Ni De Madera Son Buenas
27. Ruth Fernández Y Orquesta Panamericana - Bembeteando
28. Mario Ortiz All Star Band (con Paquito Álvarez) - Güiro Y Pandereta
29. Cortijo Y Su Combo (con Ismael Rivera) - Cucala
30. Mon Rivera Y Su Orquesta - Ron Con Coco
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VA: SAOCO!:The Bomba And Plena Explosion In Puerto Rico 3LP (VAMPI 145LP)
Triple LP version.
$24.99 EAN: 8435008862671 WORLD
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PARALISIS PERMANENTE: El Acto LP (MRSSS 027LP)
Parálisis Permanente was formed in 1981 by Eduardo Benavente and Nacho Canut, at the time members of the legendary Alaska y Los Pegamoides, one the first post-punk bands from the renowned Movida Madrileña scene to achieve a relevant degree of success. After two EPs and a few changes in the line-up, Benavente became the natural leader of the band, joined by Johnny Canut, Ana Curra (also an ex-Pegamoide) and Rafa Balmaseda (ex-Glutamato Ye-Yé). They recorded El Acto in 1982 and soon it became one of the key albums to come out from the early '80s scene that was rapidly changing the face of Spanish music. The LP embraced the dark sound and image represented then by UK bands such as Bauhaus, Killing Joke, The Cure or The Damned and filtered those influences through Benavente's immense talent and his captivating presence as a performer. The record was a mature and strong piece of work, superior in sound and overall effect to most contemporary Spanish albums. When everything indicated that the band was only starting its greatly promising career, a fatal car accident on their way to a show took Benavente's life when he was only 20 years old. Although another single was released weeks after and the other members would carry on being involved in music, this tragic event meant the end for Parálisis Permanente as a band. Liner notes by Diego Manrique.
$17.79 EAN: 8435008870270 ROCK
01. Adictos De La Lujuria
02. Vamos A Jugar
03. Te Gustara
04. Héroes
05. Tengo Un Precio
06. Jugando A Las Cartas
07. El Acto
08. Esto No Es
09. Quiero Ser Tu Perro
10. Bacanal
11. Todo El Mundo
12. Tengo Un Pasajero
13. Esa Extraña Sonrisa
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PALESTINE, CHARLEMAGNE: Two Electronic Sonorities LP (ALGA 038LP)
"Alga Marghen proudly presents two seminal electronic music radical realizations by Charlemagne Palestine. These previously unpublished pieces confirm once more how advanced was his Golden Research already in the 1960s, a very personal approach to sound which would have later become so influential for future generations. 'Continuous Sound,' built by an ever-changing mix of adding and filtering white noise and simple sine tone generators, is the most solid sound construction that Charlemagne created in preparation of his lost electronic masterpiece 'L'Avventura,' inspired by the Michelangelo Antonioni movie with the same title. 'Continuous Sound' pre-dates 'L'Avventura' of just a few months and with its suspended atmospheres and its deep sense of mystery represent one of the most fascinating sonic works by Charlemagne Palestine. 'Crown Chan' is an electronic music piece created for a dance by Gus Solomon in 1970. Conceiving music for dancers gave Charlemagne the possibility to experiment and manipulate the reel tapes of some of his electronic sonorities. In a previous collaboration with Gus Salomon, Charlemagne created a new sound by simply superimposing two already existing and accomplished electronic drones. 'Holy1' and 'Holy2' thus became a completely new sonority titled 'Holy1+2' (these works were included in the CD titled Alloy, also issued by Alga Marghen). In the case of 'Crown Chan' Charlemagne worked in a more structural way, shaping his electronic sound materials into two stereo reel tapes (titled 'Crown Chan' 1&2 and 'Crown Chan 3&4') which also integrated silent parts and were meant to be played back simultaneously, thus providing a powerful live music for the dancers. Edition limited to 380 copies, with an institutional portrait of the composer on front and back sleeve for you consumers to enjoy."
$19.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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MOSCONI/KLOK/BONORA: Archi LP (ALGA 039LP)
"Alga Marghen proudly presents two seminal electronic music radical realizations by Charlemagne Palestine. These previously unpublished pieces confirm once more how advanced was his Golden Research already in the 1960s, a very personal approach to sound which would have later become so influential for future generations. 'Continuous Sound,' built by an ever-changing mix of adding and filtering white noise and simple sine tone generators, is the most solid sound construction that Charlemagne created in preparation of his lost electronic masterpiece 'L'Avventura,' inspired by the Michelangelo Antonioni movie with the same title. 'Continuous Sound' pre-dates 'L'Avventura' of just a few months and with its suspended atmospheres and its deep sense of mystery represent one of the most fascinating sonic works by Charlemagne Palestine. 'Crown Chan' is an electronic music piece created for a dance by Gus Solomon in 1970. Conceiving music for dancers gave Charlemagne the possibility to experiment and manipulate the reel tapes of some of his electronic sonorities. In a previous collaboration with Gus Salomon, Charlemagne created a new sound by simply superimposing two already existing and accomplished electronic drones. 'Holy1' and 'Holy2' thus became a completely new sonority titled 'Holy1+2' (these works were included in the CD titled Alloy, also issued by Alga Marghen). In the case of 'Crown Chan' Charlemagne worked in a more structural way, shaping his electronic sound materials into two stereo reel tapes (titled 'Crown Chan' 1&2 and 'Crown Chan 3&4') which also integrated silent parts and were meant to be played back simultaneously, thus providing a powerful live music for the dancers. Edition limited to 380 copies, with an institutional portrait of the composer on front and back sleeve for you consumers to enjoy."
$19.00 UPC: N/A JAZZ
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BAGS, THE: All Bagged Up: The Collected Works 1977-1980 LP (SPR 025LP)
"After years of hunting, researching, tracking down and finagling, Artifix is proud to present All Bagged Up: The Collected Works 1977-1980. This LP represents everything we could dig up by L.A.'s infamous Bags. Featured on this LP are: Tracks 1-4: The Dangerhouse Recordings 1978, tracks 5-8: Live at the Masque Recordings 1978, tracks 9-13: Live in Portland Oregon November 25, 1979, tracks 14-20: Assorted rehearsals, live, demos, and alternate takes. All LP's include a four page insert with liner notes written by Brendan Mullen."
$9.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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MILLS, JEFF: Waveform Transmission Vol. 1 USB CARD (AX 060-5USB)
"Eight tracks in the vinyl format and four unreleased tracks from the early '90s Images for each tracks by the visual artist Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca Format: USB card (credit card size) with a case."
$19.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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MILLS, JEFF: Waveform Transmission Vol. 1 2LP (AX 060LP)
"As a part of the 20th anniversary celebrations, Axis Records decided to re-release the bench mark album by Jeff Mills originally released in 1992. The tracks have been newly remastered for the release."
$19.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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SOLAL, MARTIAL: Breathless (A Bout de Souffle) LP (DOY 665LP)
"Don't miss this deluxe vinyl edition of the original soundtrack to Jean Luc Godard's 1960 masterpiece Breathless! Co-written with Francois Truffaut, it was one of the most influential films of the French nouvelle vague, blazing the trail for a whole new brand of filmmaking. For the soundtrack, Godard enlisted the talents of Martial Solal, a member of the Parisian jazz scene who had worked with Django Reinhardt, Sidney Bechet and Don Byas, among others. Solal's low key approach gave Breathless exactly the ambience it needed to exude 'young, cool and sexy' from every pore, which more than 50 years later it still does with surprising efficacy."
$17.00 EAN: 8013252886652 JAZZ
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NEUMANN/BONNIE JONES, ANDREA: Green CD (ERST 065CD)
"Andrea Neumann-inside piano, mixing board; Bonnie Jones-electronics."
$10.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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DE SARAM, ROHAN: Rohan de Saram Plays Hans Pfitzner and John Mayer CD (FHR 014CD)
"In 1935, the German composer Hans Pfitzner wrote a rousing cello concerto for Rohan de Saram's teacher, Gaspar Cassado. With an abundance of irresistible qualities, the work possesses extraordinary richness and delight. A self-described anti-modernist, Pfitzner's best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina, loosely based on the life of the great sixteenth-century composer. This recording, featuring de Saram accompanied by the Netherlands Radio Orchestra led by Bohumil Gregor, marks the work's first appearance on CD. The concerto is coupled with two Indian influenced chamber works by John Mayer, the 'Prabhanda' for cello and piano and the 'Ragamalas' for cello and tanpura."
$14.50 EAN: 5060216340098 CLASSICAL
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NERVEBREAKERS: Hijack the Radio! CD (GH 1134CD)
"An anthology of mid to late '70s studio recordings, some of which ended up on the Nervebreakers' late-70s 7" vinyl releases on Wild Child Records, some on the 1979 Texas punk LP compilation Are We Too Late For The Trend? (ESR Records), some on a volume of Italian label Rave Up Records series of American Lost Punk Rock Nuggets, and others that have up-to-now never been publicly released. Includes the original (and best) hit recording of 'My Girlfriend Is A Rock,' the title anthem "'Hijack The Radio,' and punk classics like 'Why Am I So Flipped?,' 'I Wanna Kill You,' and 'I Love Your Neurosis.' Also included are proto-punk psych-y gems like 'My Life Is Ruined' and 'Beyond The Borderline.' The CD release has four additional CD-only bonus cuts including an early (different from the We Want Everything LP) take on the Troggs' great 'Strange Movies,' an original 1977 demo version of 'Hijack The Radio,' and from 1975, a moody slice of Syd Barrett-like proto-punk-psych called 'See Me Thru.'"
$10.75 UPC: 751707113424 ROCK
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NERVEBREAKERS: Hijack the Radio! LP (GH 1134LP)
LP version.
$10.75 UPC: 751707113417 ROCK
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GONG: French TV: 1971-1973 DVD (HST 037DVD)
"The material featured on this DVD includes footage from 1972 and 1973. There is over 20 minutes of Angel's Egg period footage included. None of this rare footage has ever been made available commercially before." NTSC All Region format.
$18.00 EAN: 5060230860732 ROCK
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THIRD EAR BAND: The Lost Broadcasts DVD (HST 069DVD)
"The Lost Broadcasts are a series of DVDs featuring performances that have rarely been seen since the original transmission on German television, in some cases more than forty years ago. Third Ear Band was an experimental music group founded in London by Glen Sweeney in 1968. Their first album Alchemy was released in 1969 and actually featured British radio DJ John Peel on jaws harp. Three pieces were filmed on the 11th of September including the unreleased 'Hyde Park'. The other two tracks were 'David Grocking' and 'In D', which is thought to be 'Raga in D'. 'Druid Grocking' was played during a John Peel Top Gear session in the summer of 1969 and is an extended workout of the song 'Druid One' from the Alchemy album. 'In D' is a piece originally recorded at the sessions for the debut album Alchemy. The band returned to the studio to film once more on the 26th of September and this time performed another slightly shorter version of 'Hyde Park'." NTSC All Region format.
$13.50 EAN: 5060230861586 ROCK
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BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN: Goldberg Variations CD (LDV 001CD)
"French harpsichordist Frederick Haas has made a name for himself with an aristocratic, pensive style more attuned to introspection than pyrotechnics. He has a profound knowledge of the inner workings of harpsichords and the secrets of their fine-tuning. Haas owns the spellbindingly beautiful 1751 Henri Hemsch Harpsichord used on this recording of Bach's immortal 'Goldberg Variations.' Explaining why he chose a French harpsichord for a decidedly German work, Hass explains, 'Since the 1751 Hemsch is one of the most beautiful harpsichords in existence and its tone and mechanics are perfect, why not use it here? The interpreter's role is to make sure his French harpsichord speaks decent German.'"
$14.50 EAN: 3770001901206 CLASSICAL
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ENSEMBLE AL KINDI: The Aleppian Music Room 2CD (CDM 2741108)
"The music on the Al Kindi Ensemble's set entitled The Aleppian Music Room is a distillation of centuries of tradition, clothed in modern form. Recorded beneath the dome of a small palace in Aleppo, at the crossroads of the famous silk routes, the group presents an eternal dialogue, questioning each other, moving apart, converging, then fading away so as to let the voices of silence ring out."
$17.50 EAN: 3149024110825 WORLD
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ASHRA: Ashra/Ashra 2 2CD (MGART 204CD)
"Recorded during the first Japanese tour of the band in Osaka and Tokyo in February 1997, this double album is a rare document of the late Ashra with Manuel Gottsching, Lutz Ulbrich, Harald Grosskopf with the new signing Steve Baltes, who has since been in Goettsching's band. A perfectly oiled blend of ambient, techno and innovative beats was presented to the enthusiastic Japanese audience, determined by the wonderful, mutually looping guitar playing from Goettsching and Ulbrich, and the powerfully rhythmic interplay of Grosskopf and Baltes."
$15.00 UPC: 885513301024 ROCK
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KARTHAGO: Second Step CD (MIG 592CD)
"In the '70s Karthago were the spearhead of the German rock. Second Step from 1972 was the band's breakthrough to their national and international reputation. With its precise and stylistically diverse rock, Second Step was more than most of the international comparisons had to offer. Now it is finally available again - digitally remastered with two bonus tracks and extensive liner notes."
$11.00 UPC: 885513005922 ROCK
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NOVALIS: Flossenengel CD (MIG 652CD)
"Unavailable for years and traded in all exchanges in the world at premium prices, the masterpiece of the German Krautrock-romantics Novalis is finally available again: Recorded in 1979, it marks the creative high point of the band: Flossenengel is a concept album about the relationship between nature and man. It tells the story of the whale Atlanto that is captured, but then released from his repentant fisherman back into its natural surroundings. Now it is finally available again - remastered in superb sound quality!"
$11.75 UPC: 885513006523 ROCK
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EPITAPH: Danger Man CD (MIG 702CD)
"The first time on CD since its original Release 1982 Danger Man went down in history as the last album recorded by the old Epitaph. Being recorded by the original American tour line-up, the album has a very American edge to it. The old krautrock elements had been replaced by some medium-heavy US-style rock. After the great success of the releases of Outside The Law and Live At Rockpalast, this album represents yet another milestone, which perfects the story."
$11.00 UPC: 885513007025 ROCK
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GOETTSCHING, MANUEL: Die Mulde CD (MGART 301CD)
"The title track 'Die Mulde' (40 min) was used as a four-part suite for an impressive art event in the beautiful scenery of the river Mulde, near the monument Hoefgen near Leipzig. Goettsching delivered its picturesque electronic sounds to an installation of 34 mirrors. The bonus track 'Cry Little HP' is based on a theme from 1981. In 2004, Goettsching added a guitar melody and devoted the piece to fan in Norway, which gave the track its title."
$11.75 EAN: 4260017593018 ROCK
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GOETTSCHING, MANUEL: Live At Mt. Fuji CD (MGART 305CD)
"Live at Mt Fuji is a musical journey through time, that covers 30 years of ministry by Manuel Goettsching from 1976 to 2006. Recorded April, 29 2006 at an open-air at Mount Fuji/Japan in front of a massive audience, the concert features Goettsching with his guitar, keyboards and electronics. Despite the historical range of the individual tracks, this is an extremely homogeneous concert that combines tradition and vision."
$11.75 UPC: 885513301123 ROCK
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GLASS, PHILIP: Symphony No. 9 CD (OMM 081CD)
"Composed on commission from the Bruckner Orchester Linz, Carnegie Hall, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philip Glass' Symphony No.9 receives its world premiere here on a recording from Orange Mountain Music. Written for large symphony orchestra with expanded brass and percussion, Glass' three-movement work received its US premiere at Carnegie Hall on January 31, 2012, Glass' 75th birthday. This recording is conducted by Glass' long-time collaborator Dennis Russell Davies, conductor and music director of the Bruckner Orchester Linz, Landestheater, and the Sinfonieorchester Basel, who has premiered all but one Glass symphony."
$13.75 UPC: 801837008128 CLASSICAL
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HEAVY BLANKET: Heavy Blanket LP (OBR 001LP)
"With a thriving solo career and a busy touring schedule with Dinosaur Jr, one would think that J Mascis has enough on his plate musically, but when he gets back home to Western Massachusetts the first thing he likes to do is head down to his home studio, grab the guitar, stomp on the muff pedal and wail! Rounding up longtime friends Johnny Pancake and Pete Cougar, a rhythm section cloaked in mystery, J decided to put together a full album of screaming tunes under the name Heavy Blanket. Ever wondered what would happen if Blue Cheer and the most blistering of Dinosaur Jr leads were wedded together in an instrumental heavy psych band? J answers that question with Heavy Blanket."
$13.50 UPC: 885686930922 ROCK
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BERIO, LUCIANO: Complete Piano Music CD (PCL 032CD)
"The piano works of Luciano Berio span the entire life of the composer, and bear perfect witness of the style of this 20th Century genius. He composes a fascinating world of colors, inventions, wit and virtuosity, extremely challenging for both pianist and audience, but rewarding for those with open ears. Francesco Tristano is a phenomenal interpreter of this music. A Juilliard alumnus, in 2004 Tristano won the prestigious Competition for 20th Century Piano Music in Orleans, which was the start of a successful, if unorthodox, career. His first recordings were made on the French Sisyphe label. At present he is under contract with Deutsche Grammophon."
$14.50 EAN: 5065001863585 CLASSICAL
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WEST COAST NATURAL GAS: Two's A Pair CD (RD 008CD)
"An album full of vintage 1966-1968 music by the band that brought you the incredible 'Hashish' on the legendary San Francisco Sampler Fifth Pipe Dream. First ever release of this killer Westcoast psychedelic monster that took many years to complete!!! West Coast Natural Gas started in 1965 in Seattle. In early 1967 they went to San Francisco to work for a local music manager named Matthew Katz. Katz was the original manager for Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and later also It's a Beautiful Day. He talked West Coast Natural Gas into signing a contract with him but being young and stupid, they didn't realize at the time that they had basically signed everything over to him. They went into the studio and recorded some original tunes: 'A Favor,' 'Go Run and Play,' 'The Jumping Frog,' 'Hashish,' 'Water or Wine,' 'Beyond This Place,' and 'Two's A Pair.' In early 1968 the band broke up and went back to Seattle. Katz released a single -- Go Run and Play / A Favor on his S.F. Sound label under the name West Coast Natural Gas. Later he released a compilation album -- the first San Francisco Sound sampler -- called Fifth Pipe Dream. The four songs mentioned before, 'Water or Wine,' 'Hashish,' 'Beyond This Place' and 'Twos A Pair' were the ones recorded by WCNG and relabeled by Katz as Indian Puddin and Pipe. This superb release includes all the above mentioned songs, plus others from acetates. As a big surprise we found another four never before heard songs. All recorded 1966 in a local Seattle Recording Studio before they even went to San Francisco, all of which are included in this great release. Apinnacle of the West Coast psychedelic acid scene."
$15.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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WEST COAST NATURAL GAS: Two's A Pair LP (RD 022LP)
Deluxe gatefold LP version.
$17.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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BLACK FOREST FIRE: Transit of Venus LP (SED 059LP)
"Sedimental deviates from its carefully fostered experimental music identity to release the debut of this Austin based indie pop trio. Given the quality of the songs, the simplicity and clarity of the musicianship, and the pedigree of the musicians themselves it was a rather easy and natural decision, not mention indulging our own personal, highly eclectic tastes in the process. With its hypnotic drumming, driving bass, boy/girl dream-pop vocals, and chiming arpeggiated guitars building to swirling blasts of distorted reverb, Transit of Venus is a woefully beautiful and darkly powerful sonic commentary on a modern world gone mad."
$10.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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KANDODO: Kandodo CD (THR 305CD)
"Kandodo is the solo project of Simon Price, singer/guitarist of The Heads. Price was raised in Zambia and Malawi, which left an indelible mark on him personally, and is manifest in the song titles, artwork, and name of the project. The influence is less obvious on his instrumental music, but Simon says that if there were lyrics, they'd be about animist religions, hyenas, sharks and dusty drives. Named after a Malawian supermarket that he used to shop in back in the late '80's, the debut self-titled album contains mini-sonic soundscapes that start firmly grounded and then go off into the deepest reaches of space. Along the way, Simon touches on influences as diverse as Kraftwerk, Neu!, Eno, Morricone, Stooges, Loop, and Spacemen 3."
$10.25 UPC: 790377030525 ROCK
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KANDODO: Kandodo LP (THR 305LP)
Gatefold LP version.
$11.50 UPC: 790377030518 ROCK
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VA: Oh Michael, Look What You've Done CD (TSQ 2707CD)
Subtitled: Friends Play Michael Chapman. "Legendary UK singer/songwriter Michael Chapman gets the full tribute treatment with contemporaries and disciples paying their respects: D Charles Speer, Bridget St. John, Black Twig Pickers, Rick Kemp, Maddy Prior, Thurston Moore, Hiss Golden Messengers, Meg Baird, William Tyler, Nick Jonah Davis, Two Wings and Lucinda Williams. Oh Michael, Look What You've Done: Friends Play Michael Chapman, compiled by Michael's wife Andru and Tompkins Square's Josh Rosenthal features artists who have shared a stage with Michael, or share a personal connection. These include some of his contemporaries like Bridget St. John, Maddy Prior, and longtime cohort Rick Kemp (Steely Span), as well as young guns inspired by Michael's legacy."
$10.75 UPC: 894807002707 ROCK
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TYRANNY, 'BLUE' GENE: Detours LP (UW 007LP)
"LP version. Limited to 250 copies with alternate artwork. Detours is 'Blue' Gene Tyranny's first album of new piano works since 2003's Take Your Time. A beautifully recorded collection of tracks composed between 2004 and 2010, Detours belongs to a rarefied class of supremely listenable and beautiful piano albums that are not encumbered by any new-age shabbiness. It possesses the sort of timeless and elegant romanticism so unpretentious and accomplished it seems to at once effortlessly canonize itself. The four pieces on Detours have their origins in disparate sources of inspiration -- a longtime friend in San Francisco, a chance visit to a Quaker meetinghouse, a choreographed dance, philosophical intuition. Harmonic discourses begin at a pre-determined location and wind up at a totally unexpected place. Tyranny is a master pianist, able to follow mood and impulse to uncharted new territory."
$14.00 UPC: N/A CLASSICAL
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MONTI, MARIA: Il Bestiario CD (UW 008CD)
"First time available since its original release on the Italian Ri-Fi label, Maria Monti's 1974 LP Il Bestario is a rare item even in its native country. Monti is an Italian singer and actress with a noteworthy career, performing as a cabaret singer in the '60s, an ambitious avant-garde folk artist in the '70s, and starring in films by directors such Sergio Leone (Fistful of Dynamite) and Bernardo Bertolucci (1900) all the while. In addition to lyrics by the infamous poet Aldo Braibanti, Il Bestiario features arrangements and synthesizer from legendary avant-garde composer Alvin Curran, as well as the soprano saxophone of jazz-great Steve Lacy. The music of Il Bestiario is a prime example of 'the new art-song' of the 1970s, as Alvin Curran calls it - lush, dynamic and full of intelligence and beauty. Sourced from the original master tapes and remastered by Taylor Deupree. Strictly limited to 500 copies on CD format only. Packaged in a tip-on, mini-LP sleeve with original artwork."
$8.75 UPC: 616892048046 JAZZ
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STORMY SIX: Un biglietto del tram LP (VM 096LP)
"A great Italian rock classic album is finally back, here officially reissued for the very first time as an 180 gram audiophile black vinyl, with a faithful reproduction of the original release artwork. Un biglietto del tram was a bolt from the blue, an LP full of pathos from the first to the last note, full of political and social lyricism. From folk and progressive/psychedelic rock, Stormy Six evolved to the powerful hymn of 'Stalingrado', the album opening track. Their career continued until the '80s, but Un biglietto remains an unique episode in the band's discography, but also in the entire history of Italian rock music."
$24.50 EAN: 8016158119640 ROCK
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VA: 50 Years 5CD (WER 6946)
"In 2012, the Wergo label celebrates its 50th anniversary. For half a century, Wergo has been synonymous with contemporary music. The label's catalog reads like a virtual who's-who of modern music, both in terms of composers and performers. From the beginning, the intent of founder Werner Goldschmidt (from whom the label derives its name) was to provide listeners with a snapshot of current musical activity and innovation. Goldschmidt's label and mission, now managed by the publisher Schott, is maintained to this day by a dedicated staff that is constantly striving to bring the best new music to the attention of the world. This specially-priced commemorative set features five discs, with one from each from the label's five rich decades. Featured composers include Cage, Nono, Schnebel Stockhausen and Stravinsky."
$35.00 EAN: 4010228694628 CLASSICAL
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