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NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 06/24/2013
first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 06/24/2013
second section features forthcoming releases; release dates are given for reference, but can be approximate, depending on the label
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JOASIHNO: A Lie CD (N 033CD)
The rectangular fields surrounding, shaping, and defining the upper Bavarian village Joasihno call home turned out to be a significant influence and defining factor during the duo's recording sessions for their sophomore effort A Lie. Former sole mastermind Christoph "Cico" Beck (Aloa Input, Ms. John Soda) and his new bandmate Nico Sierig (Missent To Denmark) have referred to them before, and apparently these fields work pretty much like blank sheets -- just waiting to be filled with Joasihno's shapeshifting, rather circular, meandering, and free-floating tracks that are full of surprising little twists and turns. The opening track of Joasihno's second album feels a bit like a plane's smooth landing at sundown. The air is shimmering, and suddenly there's this new thirst for action upon touchdown. Further down those fields, they present a sound that seems to bolt and shoot off into the wind -- "Oh Boy!" -- but also staying true to its melancholy undercurrents reminiscent of the Matt Marque. Elsewhere, Joasihno even live up to Cico's last name when "Some Light" indeed sounds a bit like Beck Hansen trapped in the garden of intricate beats. Over the course of the LP, the duo weaves a vast array of influences ranging from world music to minimal and back -- Cico mentions Reich, Glass, Ligeti, and Nancarrow when asked about his key influences -- into an electro-acoustic tapestry of sound that includes hypnotic layers, surprising melodies almost reminiscent of The Strokes, and some fine home-made soundtrack material that would make any super-8 collection look even better. On this album sonic snapshots and moments hum like an old-school slide show -- in fact, you can almost feel the shimmering air against your skin.
$10.99 UPC: 880918213026 ELECTRONIC
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BEAINI, RABIH: Albidaya CD (END 007CD)
Albidaya in Arabic means "the beginning," which in the case of Rabih Beaini's, might be the return to the beginnings, or the start of the path. The album is conceptually a revisiting of the traditional and early psychedelic Arabic music, all through distorted paths and instruments, remashed and deconstructed sounds, recreating patterns with diverse instruments to give a different perspective of the sound itself. Includes musicians from Upperground, Piero, Bittolo, Bon, and Tommaso Cappellato. Commissioned by Annihaya in Lebanon, by Sharif Sehnaoui, Raed Yassin, and Hatem Imam -- includes artwork by Maria Kassab. "Dips into the ethnically charged concepts and neo-traditionalisms of Annihaya, traversing through a panorama of sounds and textures. Eastern twang, Middle Eastern thematics and jazz all play a role in Albidaya, as do tribal drums and marketplace noise with the introduction of live and off-the-cuff synth experiments, arpeggiated space transmissions and eerie Wu-Tang-like vocal samples entrapped in a gurgling soup of analog beef." --Juno Plus Blog
$20.39 EAN: 5055300373441 WORLD
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BEAINI, RABIH: Albidaya LP (END 007LP)
LP version.
$20.99 EAN: 5055300373458 ELECTRONIC
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RADIO SLAVE: Balance 023 2CD (BAL 008CD)
Matt "Radio Slave" Edwards is one of electronic music's true experimentalists; a man rooted in house and techno whose oeuvre reaches much farther beyond. From the downtempo gloss of his Quiet Village project to a half-hour-long remix of Diddy to the audio-visual soundscape immersions of The Machine, he continually strives to push his music forward and keep himself on his toes. His concoction for Balance comes in two distinct parts. CD1 begins with a dash of found-sound, taken from Edwards' daily routine, segueing into the emotive strains of DJ Bone's "Change" a cappella. Stephan G & The Persuader's 1997 roller "Kaos" begins the groove, with dainty melody shimmering subtly atop a throbbing, deep bass line. Dystopian grooves characterize CD1's first half, fragments of otherworldliness permeating his rolling, hypnotic grooves. It's in the backwards pianos of his remix of Ian Pooley & Spencer Parker's "Lurchen und Eulen" and the warped, dubby stabs of Svek's Brommage Dub (another '97 gem). Timeline's "Ghosts of Greystone" jets into space from a Detroit launch pad, joining the dots between techno and jazz, and we're gradually drawn into more organic sounds via the hazy keys of Fred P's remix of Nina Kraviz's "Voices" and to long-forgotten late-'80s Afro-house from No Smoke. Rasta vocals on Brotherhood's "Memorial Smith" give way to a handful of classic and classically-styled house tracks. This uplifting crescendo concludes with Prins Thomas whipping up Edwards' "Tantakatan" into a rousing Balearic anthem, and Larry Heard's sumptuous "First Call of the Morning," giving a Muzak-inflected nod to the selector's laidback work of years gone by. CD2 travels through the deeper recesses of his record collection, soaking up ambient, downtempo and experimental flavors that are bound by a sense of melody and atmosphere. Beatless soundscapes eschew in the mix's beginnings before we emerge at the hazy beats of Theo Parrish remixing Skooby Laposky's "Lighthouse" and the abrupt piano twinkles and stomping beats of the Slum Village track. Low-slung funk carries us through the next phase, into the illustrious Balearic disco glamour of Linda Law's "All the Night" from 1978 and the sumptuous strings of his Quiet Village beauty "Can't Be Beat." It's into bleeps and bass next with a vintage F-Communications workout from D.S., then somber contemporary jazz from Portico Quartet before Edwards cleverly segues into Herbie Hancock's seminal, minimalist 1974 workout "NoBu" -- one of the earlier meetings of synths and jazz. The classic, ethereal twinkling of Software's lush "Present Voice" rounds off this engrossing collection, with a final snippet of a week in the life of Radio Slave serving as an auditory bookend to the proceedings. With this masterful collection of tracks from five decades of record collecting, he has undoubtedly succeeded in presenting a vision that's a million miles away from the generic sounds filling up so many floors in this day and age. Other artists include: Julien Perez, Delano Smith, Makam, Frost (Of), Rhadoo, Jeremy, Vadim Svobada, Sandy Rivera, Joe Claussell, Melchior Productions, Larry Heard, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Vince Watson, The Machine, and Jay Dee.
$16.39 EAN: 9345567000980 ELECTRONIC
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ITO, AKIRO: Japanesque CD (BAM 7007CD)
Keyboardist and former member of the Far East Family Band, Akira Ito embarked on a solo career making what has been described as "floating electronics," using a medley of analog synths, guitar, bass, drums, and choral vocals. He released Japanesque in 1981; an album considered to be illusionary mind music at its finest and rarest. It's a gorgeous, mellow, floating, cosmic album, perhaps like a more organic Kitaro. Ito lends his sonic signature sounds of cosmic rock to full effect on Japanesque, reminding us why the Far East Family Band were considered to be the foremost innovators of early electronica.
$11.99 EAN: 4752817700715 ROCK
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SAI, YOSHIKO: Mikko CD (BAM 7009CD)
Truly a Japanese psychedelic female acid-folk masterpiece. Released on July 25th, 1976, Mikkô was Sai Yoshiko's second album, a wonderful acid-folk album on which she gets assisted by a string of big name musicians such as Kuni Kawauchi (of the Happenings Four, amongst others) to arrange the songs. Mikkô features Sai's original songs, making it her first real complete album. At times the disc draws in Middle Eastern influences (sitar and tabla), but once she gets to singing, the listener is lulled into her own private, mysterious sonic world, through which one gets sucked in by her wide-ranging vocalizations. At the time of this recording, Sai Yoshiko was merely 23 years-old. Totally obscure, much in-demand by Japanese psych heads, and rather hard to track down. One of Sai Yoshiko's biggest fans is Jojo Hiroshige from Hijokaidan and Alchemy Records, who eventually, 25 years after she recorded this stunning album, dove in the studio with her for the Crimson Voyage CD on which she merely attributed some sighs and moans. This album is really a stunner and a must for people into some more advanced Japanese underground historical recordings. Includes the English translation of the original Japanese LP insert. Digitally-remastered.
$11.99 EAN: 4752817700913 ROCK
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FORRESTS: Wilder LP (PTYT 077LP)
A toe-tapping contemporary Dublin-based electronic duo who sculpt guitars and found objects into thumping f-buttons and live pulse-fests delivered at heavy metal volume. The track "Billions" is one of those once heard, never forgotten anthems for a salmon-pink, shakey phone-movie, dawn come-downs. The verdant soundtrack to your own mystery worlds.
$13.79 EAN: 5060174955464 ELECTRONIC
A1. Delu
A2. Billions
A3. Arterial
B1. Tarifa
B2. Symmetries
B3. Latitude
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DER PLAN: Die letzte Rache CD (BB 129CD)
Retrospectively, it makes perfect sense that Der Plan created a soundtrack. For one thing, visuals were almost as important to Der Plan as their music. And if every self-respecting pop band pays attention to wearing the right clothes at the right time (or the completely wrong ones at the right time) and designing pretty album covers, Der Plan went further -- with scenery, masks and album covers designed by Moritz R® they invented their own universe. Indeed, the sounds of everyday life woven into Der Plan's music contributed to the filmic quality of their sound. Thus Frank Fenstermacher, Moritz R® and Pyrolator were not slow in responding to their old friend Rainer Kirberg's request to work on his latest film Die letzte Rache. The director Kirberg, born in 1954, studied film in Düsseldorf. They all knew each other from shared lodgings, political meetings and the local hangout Ratinger Hof. As well as playing his part in the music, Moritz R® also came up with the sets, while Frank Fenstermacher secured a minor role as the inspector's sidekick. But back to the music: Letzte Rache (1983) was a kind of revue with silent film qualities, so the soundtrack was a decisive factor. With the aid of the Emulator 1, Der Plan succeeded in recording something which could also work as a diverting radio drama without moving images. In contrast to the two previous albums Geri Reig and Normalette Surprise (BB 105CD/LP), which defined the Plan sound and virtually did without any musical quotations, echoes of jazz can be heard on Die letzte Rache and, of course, film music. Andreas Dorau weighs in with a bona fide pop hit in the guise of a "Junger Mann." Ah yes, the film itself, what is it actually about? Following the aesthetic tradition of 1920s German Expressionist cinema, Die letzte Rache -- "the last revenge" -- tells the hair-raising tale of a ruler who charges "the worldly" with the task of finding him a successor. The problem is: idiots abound. The worldly's search is fruitless and -- sometimes the most obvious solutions are the most practical -- he decides to seize power himself. At the end of the day: the ruler's empire in ruins, the Worldly goes mad, the inspector goes to jail (arrested by his own assistant!), and the ruler is badly injured yet immortal, suffering terrible agonies. Bonus tracks include the six pieces from the film Der Grottenolm.
$11.99 EAN: 4047179741729 ELECTRONIC
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DER PLAN: JaPlan CD (BB 130CD)
Der Plan were invited to Tokyo in 1984 to play six concerts for Seibu, a Japanese department store chain. Seibu were staging a "German Week." But how did they come to choose Der Plan, of all bands? Why not an Oktoberfest combo or the Scorpions? Moritz Reichelt explains: "German New Wave was really popular in Japan. They knew more about it than people here at home. Catalogs and magazines detailed every obscure record and depicted the covers. This particular department store chain was linked to Wave, a record shop and distributor -- and they really knew their stuff." JaPlan documents the set list from these Tokyo shows. Featuring previously-released songs from the Normalette Surprise (BB 105CD/LP) album, the Die letzte Rache soundtrack, and the double single Golden Cheapos, JaPlan also includes rare instrumentals produced for these very concerts, and one of the most famous songs by Der Plan: "Gummitwist." Der Plan and Japan -- a good match, not only phonetically. Reichelt: "Japan had always been one of our strongest territories. Our records were exported there from the very beginning. When I arrived, I understood why. Japanese pop culture is really 'planesque' in a way. Artificiality with a twinkle in the eye. We stepped inside our hotel in 1984 and switched on the television. The first thing we saw was an advert with three dinosaurs singing a song. Pretty much like one of our shows." The reissue is graced with new artwork due to the fact that the Japanese simply adopted the cover of the existing Golden Cheapos EP. The relationship of form and content was thus absent and one significant change was made: the image of a faint square covering the exposed lower body of a lady in the hay was replaced by an opaque black square. A joke at the expense of the censors fell victim to actual censorship. This re-release could be said to correct an optical error in the band's discography. Includes four bonus tracks.
$11.99 EAN: 4047179741927 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ PAUL ST. HILAIRE: Never Tell You 12" (BM 001EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 1996. This first (in a series of 13), was originally released in 1996. Burial Mix is the crucial Berlin mystery label coming out of the Basic Channel axis. The production team of Rhythm & Sound is Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald (Maurizio). The style is deep dub with trademark lo-fi clips, hiss and gloriously repetitive grime. Vocals from Paul St. Hilaire, with an instrumental version on the flip.
$8.39 UPC: 827670744061 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ PAUL ST. HILAIRE: Spend Some Time 12" (BM 002EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 1996. "Second installment of arguably the oddest project involving Basic Channel. By taking techno deep into the mine shafts of dub, they've created an eerie, full-circle variant of the latter. A cauterized, dreadnaught bassline and steady hi-hats propel Tikiman's fragmented vocals on 'Spend Some Time.' What's odd about this number is how you're drawn into the music and effects, but unlike a lot of dub plates, there aren't any friendly reminders of melody." --Reverb
$8.39 UPC: 827670744160 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ PAUL ST. HILAIRE: Ruff Way 12" (BM 003EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 1997. Third in the series. Continuity in the groove and the sound sphere is provided with this release, shifting the focus more on the song. A dub version is included on the B-side.
$8.39 UPC: 827670744269 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ PAUL ST. HILAIRE: What A Mistry 12" (BM 004EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 1997. The 4th Rhythm & Sound on Burial Mix. Again continuity in the groove and the sound sphere is provided with this release. A dub version is included on the B-side.
$8.39 UPC: 827670744368 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ PAUL ST. HILAIRE: Why 12" (BM 005EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 1997. The 5th Rhythm & Sound on Burial Mix. Vocals by Tikiman and a version on the flipside. Famous deep dub techno-house from Berlin.
$8.39 UPC: 827670744467 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ CORNEL CAMPBELL: King In My Empire 12" (BM 006EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 2001. "King in My Empire" is a fine combination of dub and roots reggae with the Jamaican singer legend Cornel Campbell, who started his career in the very early '60s at Studio One. Other releases by Cornel Campbell include the classic I Shall Not Remove 1975-80 retrospective, released in 2000 for Blood & Fire Records.
$8.39 UPC: 827670744566 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ PAUL ST. HILAIRE: Jah Rule 12" (BM 007EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 2001. Rhythm & Sound team up again with vocalist Paul St. Hilaire (formerly known as Tikiman). Blissed-out, addictive dub grooves that keep on rolling and rolling into your hearts. Once again, the incredible St. Hilaire is giving the record enormous spiritual depth with his unique voice.
$8.39 UPC: 827670744665 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ SHALOM: We Been Troddin 12" (BM 008EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 2002. This time, Rhythm & Sound are accompanied by reggae vocalist Shalom aka Stephen Harper, who has collaborated several times with none other than Sugar Minott on his famous Youth Promotion Label. One of the most truly epic releases in the series, perfect rhythm.
$8.39 UPC: 827670744764 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ THE CHOSEN BROTHERS: Making History 12" (BM 009EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 2002. This time the Berlin Rhythm & Sound crew comes up with quieter tones on "Making History." With vocals by The Chosen Brothers, who is none other than Lloyd Barnes aka Bullwackies himself, "Making History" presents itself as a mellow-electronic dub track in best Jamaican as well as in best Rhythm & Sound tradition which is complemented by the "History Version" on the flipside.
$8.39 UPC: 827670744863 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ LOVE JOY: Best Friend 12" (BM 010EP)
2013 repress, originally released in 2002. With this collaboration, Rhythm & Sound deepens its articulation of the Bullwackies legacy. Over an edgy, stepping rhythm, Claudette Brown of the Love Joys is pitched between reserve and recrimination, desolation and resilience. A key Rhythm & Sound release; a killer record.
$8.39 UPC: 827670744962 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ JENNIFER LARA: Queen In My Empire 12" (BM 011EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 2002. This is the female answer version to BM 06 (R&S w/Colonel Campbell). Veteran Studio 1 singer Jennifer Lara changes the mood of the original tune while Rhythm & Sound are providing an updated riddim.
$8.39 UPC: 827670745068 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ THE CHOSEN BROTHERS: Mash Down Babylon 12" (BM 012EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 2003. The 12th installment in this spectacular series, featuring Rhythm & Sound with The Chosen Brothers. With the usual versioning on side B.
$8.39 UPC: 827670745167 ELECTRONIC
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RHYTHM & SOUND W/ JAH BATTA: Music Hit You 12" (BM 013EP)
2013 repress, now available as a 12" format; originally released as a 10" in 2003. Thirteenth release in the series, with Jah Batta on vocals.
$8.39 UPC: 827670749363 ELECTRONIC
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KYRILL & REDFORD: Somebody EP 12" (BUR 013EP)
"Somebody to Love" is an all-time summer anthem that hasn't lost even a tiny bit of its topicality, even 50 years after its first release. In times of mash-ups from A-Z, it's maybe not surprising, but this edit of Jefferson Airplane's '60s hit is an officially-authorized cover version and will surely stir up every summer festival. There's also original songs by Kyrill & Redford, "Wait" and "Watching You" that are stripped down to the essentials of deep house: solid groove, persistent chords, and soothing vocals.
$8.39 UPC: 827170505568 ELECTRONIC
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PAILHES, EZECHIEL: Divine LP (CCS 079LP)
LP version. For a long time before the success of Nôze led him to discover the rest of the world, Ezechiel Pailhès remained a prophet in his country. For a long time as well, he worked on creating what became his first solo album, waiting for the right moment when he could no longer contain all the melodies that populate this epic. A voyage in a free world, where creation knows no formal constraints, transforming the original pieces without knowing in advance how they will end up, disguising the instruments so that they are mistaken for others -- nothing frightens this intrepid sailor whose ship is nevertheless securely moored at home in Paris. Sole master on board, the tinkerer illusionist prepares his piano with mechanic's tools (Scotch tape, rubber, percussion, wooden claves adrift over the strings), obtaining instruments that sound unexpected. Here are captivating melodies like siren-songs, sometimes dressed in a simple lala or lyrics by David Lafore -- ports of call offering a sweetness that is at times extremely melancholy, pieces whose implacable refrains take root the first time you listen to them. This is indeed a divine crossing of wide-ranging references such as Serge Regianni, D'Angelo, Bernard Hermann, Timber Timbre, and Stevie Wonder but also Henri Duparc, Moondog, Keith Jarrett and Tony Bennett). Ezechiel's career as a pianist has evolved on the stages where he has been performing for years as a duo with Nicolas Sfintescu (Nôze). Divine is the companion for all trips, the disk you take to the deserted island and to the loft in Berlin, the disk that you play constantly without tiring of it because each listening reveals places you were unaware of, sounds that had not yet been discovered, because it thrills music lovers.
$13.79 UPC: 827170460461 ELECTRONIC
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JOHN, MATT: The Keys CD (COR 034CD)
This is Matt John's debut for Cocoon Recordings. This is Sheffield, Warp, and the early Hacienda and LFO-days that are shining through here. No massive 909-programming, no Chicago and no New York house revival, and finally, not just another London and Berlin hipster soundtrack. We are talking northern sound-inspired techno here, dark but hedonistic analog synths and for those who remember: A Certain Ratio feeling all over the place. The style and vibe of Matt John's collection is defined right from the start: "Interview" is built around slim analog drums and shouts out loud that you won't find loop-house and over-polished drum-sounds in here. "Angel Dust" will show many youngsters how effective a clean and banging 808 can be. The classic backwards strings on top lead to that special dark but hedonistic vibe that is almost dying for some cool MC Tune rhyme. Matt John continues with his very own bleeps and plonks revival and with "Monogramm" it is almost undeniable that master John must have been a big fan of the "Sweet Exorcist" and all the other Warp legends. With "The River," Matt John shows his jazzy side and introduces more warm organ sounds and heavy beats and even a guitar joins the game. "The Ocean Inside" sounds far more contemporary and way more up-to-date then the rest of the album. A dry bass line, dub-echoes, warm strings, and a pretty cool groove makes it a nice connection to the techno of today. "My Pocket" follows this and more jazz vibes are spread, almost in a soundtrack-style. "The Keys" features banging beats and the vocals call us to "enter the signs of today." "Britz Wind" slows down the tempo again and has a nice summer sound. "The Surf Owl" is a bizarre melting-pot of heavy beats, ocean surf and synthesizer bird-sounds. On "Today" a New Order bass line and vocals that appear to be recorded through DJ headphones meet a funky guitar and create a great piece of music. Last but not least, "Froydish" possesses a hypnotic beat and sounds that follow a more contemporary direction, forming a soft and warm ending for a heavy album.
$11.99 UPC: 827170130524 ELECTRONIC
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MERZBOW VS. NORDVARGR: Partikel III CD (CSR 180CD)
The third and final part of the Partikel trilogy is finally here. Another beautifully-constructed collaboration from the two noise giants -- Japanoise King Masami Akita (aka Merzbow) and Swedish Overlord Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (MZ.412, Folkstorm, Toroidh). The styles on Partikel III range from total noise barrages, to intelligent electronics, to subtle dark ambient pieces. Essential. Presented in a luxurious matte laminate digipak.
$11.79 EAN: 5060174955372 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Throne 2CD (CSR 181CD)
A nice-price 2CD sampler of Cold Spring Records' current/forthcoming releases. Thirty-three original tracks spanning over 100 releases, since their last sampler Swarm. Throne encompasses all sides of Cold Spring. Artists include: Iron Fist Of The Sun, Kreuzweg Ost, Sleep Research Facility, TenHornedBeast, Splinterskin, C.C.C.C., Hirsute Pursuite (feat. Boyd Rice), Heldentod, Satori, NDE, Rose Rovine E Amanti, Nordvargr, Merzbow & Z'ev, Steven Severin, Sutcliffe Jugend, Emme Ya, Goatvargr, Von Thronstahl, Z'ev, Skullflower, All Hail The Transcending Ghost, Deadwood, Cages, Wicked King Wicker, Merzbow vs. Nordvargr, South Saturn Delta, Sagittarius, Fire In The Head, Sistrenatus, Sehnsucht, Merzbow, and Anni Hogan.
$7.79 EAN: 5060174955389 ELECTRONIC
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DUBBLESTANDART: Woman in Dub LP (CCT 3027LP)
LP version. Comes on 180 gram vinyl. Dubblestandart proudly presents album #13. With Woman in Dub, a collaboration with singers from all over, their dub voyage continues -- a colorful journey that ranges from lover's reggae, dub poetry to R&B and indie-pop vibes. Starting with Chezere from Barbados (Don Letts & Screaming Targets/Big Audio Dynamite/Urban Species/The Roots), the album opens with a smooth reggae song followed by reggae legend Marcia Griffiths' (Jam) tempting "Holding You Close." AmA Tone seduces with her indie-pop influence as the wide range of crossover compositions unfolds. Whether Jazzmine Tutum (Jam-Zion Train) tells not to "Worry What People Think About You" or as Coshiva's song says, "what it is all about?" "With Music We Communicate." Dubblestandart's approach remains quality first: Their massive studio in Vienna is full of classic equipment, a 48-track mixing desk, and loads of outboard gear to build mixes for the audiophile. Have a listen to Kiras reshape of Marianne Faithfull's "Broken English" classic and you know what's happening. Also included is acclaimed singer Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul) as well as to Hoda Mohajerani and Saria Idana with some profound content straight from their heart. Since 1990, Dubblestandart have released 12 full-length albums, several 12" and 7"s, and have featured on more than 70 compilations. Their collaborating artists list includes Lee Perry, Ari Up, David Lynch, Ken Boothe, Adrian Sherwood, Sly & Robbie, Dillinger, Anthony B., Elephant Man, William S. Burroughs, and Mad Prof, amongst others. Lovely lyrics and melodies perfectly melt with Dubblestandart's 21st century urban roots beats, into the great Woman in Dub experience.
$16.39 EAN: 4047179780018 ELECTRONIC
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AGUAYO, MATIAS: The Visitor CD (COMEME 003CD)
To those of you unfamiliar with Matias Aguayo, he remains a core Kompakt recording artist and one of today's most ambitious music makers and collaborators. Be it from his early days as half of the now-legendary techno act Closer Musik, to singing for Battles on their recent hit "Ice Cream," Aguayo makes Cómeme his platform to work with fellow musicians from around the world and continues to push all notions away of what dictates trend in order to create his own. Matias returns with his third solo full-length, The Visitor -- recorded over the course of five years in various places around the world including Buenos Aires, Ciudad de México, Vitry-Sur-Seine, Rionegro (Antioquia, Colombia), Sternhagen Gut, and his studio -- The District Union in Berlin. As with his previous albums, Matias Aguayo unveils a perplexing and unexpected offering. Rather than appealing to a specific genre, he considers rhythm as a core influence in The Visitor and delivers what could be his most purposeful music to date. A collaborative process plays a dominant role on this album, articulating Aguayo's attentiveness to the community that surrounds him. Mixed and co-produced by Scott Monteith aka Deadbeat upon first hearing The Visitor, long-time fans of his music will be immediately aware how the songs sound natural and immense. The secret is not just in the mix but due to the fact that there are numerous musicians and vocalists performing on each track. By utilizing so many layers of analog and acoustic instrumentation, The Visitor as a whole provokes a distinct listening experience that contrasts the ease of digital processing techniques and the styles of most modern dance music out there today. Guest artists include: Juliana Gattas (Miranda!) and Aérea Negrot (Hercules & Love Affair), Luis Miguel "Cucharita" Jaramillo, Philipp Gorbachev, Alejandro Paz, Ana Helder, Julia Bande, Julia Kasprzak, Amelia Bande, Rodrigo Olavarría, and Daniel Maloso.
$11.99 UPC: 880319622526 ELECTRONIC
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RED AXES (FEAT. ABRAO): Caminho de Dreyfus 12" (CORR 016EP)
There's no denying that a new wave of Israeli electronics is rushing into international DJ crates, with Tel-Aviv's Red Axes riding its cusp. Producers Dori Sadovnik and Nirv Arzi have already turned heads with their unique style, and now it's up to Correspondant to host the duo's psychedelically-flavored house antics. "Caminho de Dreyfus" packs quite some heat, with a weather-beaten bass line supporting a hand-picked cast of kinky cowbells, raspy guitar hooks and Abrao's eccentric vocals. Remixes by Rebolledo and Marc Houle.
$8.39 UPC: 880319626517 ELECTRONIC
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ARCTIC: Shook 12" (COY 004EP)
Arctic has been running and promoting his own grime event called 50/50 in Melbourne and refining his own production style, inspired by the legends of days gone by. Shook features two original Arctic tracks, "Shook" and "Know This Don." In typical Coyote fashion, high-grade remix pressure is also provided, this time from Seattle's Kid Smpl with his re-interpretation of "Shook." The devastating precision of Arctic's production stands out, with razor-sharp rhythms and tightly-coiled percussion imbuing crisp swing and movement.
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VA: King Size Dub: Germany Downtown Chapter II CD (EB 096CD)
Second volume of the compilation sub-series, featuring German reggae artists. The release of King Size Dub: Germany Downtown Chapter II is another impressive display of how a musical style has progressed: dub as a style with all its reference points between commerce and innovation. The subtitle "file under logical dubgression" shows the way and the tracklisting fulfills all expectations. The variety of styles (reggae, dubstep, pop, dancehall, trip, and dope beats) is the pivot for more "logical dubgression" with all the usual -- and some very unusual -- suspects of the remixer and artist set. Artists include: Aldubb (feat. Ras Perez), Giotto, Chassy Wezar (feat. Onejiru), SEEED, iLLBiLLY HiTEC, Longfingah, aDUBta, Melissa & The Big Crash, Cornell Campbell (feat. Lisa Imuze), The Senior Allstars, AudioArt (feat. Birthe Bendixen), Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, Robo Bass Hifi, Jazzmin Tutum & Hey O Hansen, Braintheft, Symbiz Sound, Rob Smith aka RSD, TACK>>HEAD, Dubvisionist, Ken Boothe, Dubblestandart, Marcia Griffiths, and Victor Rice.
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HOME BODY: In Real Life CD (FTR 102CD)
First LP by superbly-talented Northampton, MA duo, Haley Morgan and Eric Hnatow, who rewrite the basic DNA of electro-pop for their own nefarious purposes. They are capable of the sweet gesticulation for which the form is noted, and they do this with incredible aplomb. Staying away from the cute-ass rhyming-nada that so many of their peers use as stock-in-trade, when they opt for romantic aktion, they craft tunes that carry the weight of flat-out Buckingham/Knicks updates in terms of sheer perfection -- multi-part femme-voiced songs of longing that explode with deep, fully-immersed emotional content, set inside of perfectly-balanced guitar/key/percussion explorations. Outside of time or style, these pieces hew to Home Body's own standards of canonical pop-re-imagination. Even better are Home Body's darker, weirder songs on the second side, like "Hunt It" and "Ram," which head in oblique directions both lyrically and musically, creating purely original vistas of possibility. This album fulfills many desires, some of which you may have never even suspected you harbored. Classic.
$4.39 UPC: 794504035216 ROCK
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HOME BODY: In Real Life LP (FTR 102LP)
LP version.
$12.39 UPC: 794504034912 ROCK
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JUSTICE YELDHAM: Popped in the Head All the Time Now 12" (FTR 108LP)
Justice Yeldham is the performing handle of Lucas Abela of Sydney, Australia. For the last five or so years, Justice has taken Iggy Pop's early '70s experiments with glass-as-instrument to whole new vistas of bloody ruin. Where the Ig saw glass as something merely to shatter and slash with (rendering old Ben Franklin's experiments with his "Amonica" quaint in the process), Justice uses shatterage as the capstone to a whole new quasimusical way of life. Yeldham takes salvaged sheets of glass and contact mics them, runs them through electronics, and blows the ever-loving shit out of them. Someone described him as "a trumpet player trapped in a two-dimensional universe" (to parse this reference, see Edwin Abbott's Flatland), and that sorta captures the gestalt of his performance style. Of course, the sound is something else again. Keeping the trumpet concept in focus, this record sounds like (your favorite trumpeter's name here) attempting to blow the fever out of Lou Reed shortly after he'd been bitten by a horse. Which means it has some of the same gaseous quality as most solo brass-qua-brass records, but it also seems have been processed through the diseased body of some former member of The Primitives. Originally recorded as part of the soundtrack to a film by Vincent Moon, Popped in the Head All the Time Now is sure to make 300 movie haters very, very happy.
$11.79 UPC: 794504035513 ROCK
A1. Popped in the Head
B1. All the Time Now
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GREAT VALLEY: Continental Lunch LP (FTR 112LP)
The third album by Brattleboro's Great Valley, who walk as equals amongst the woggly dream-pop giants from the charted region of the upper Connecticut River Valley. Like their brethren, Happy Jawbone (a member of whom surfaces hereon), Great Valley concoct a strange type of pop music, with certain similarities to musicians as disparate as California's Van Dyke Parks and Pennsylvania's Strapping Fieldhands, without yielding a single woof of their Brattleborian distinction. Blanche Blanche Blanche is also represented here by Zach Phillips, but Great Valley's take on the Southern Vermont ethos remains unique. Much of the sound on Continental Lunch has a pointedly ruralist base. Individual notes could be credited to ZZ Top or even members of the Capricorn Records cabal, yet when you engage with the entirety of their sound there is little chance of confusing them with anyone else. Their craft in creating a murky, muddled wall of sonic puh is strange, meaning it's far from usual. Instrumental passages have the crudeness of a carnival band, but these link with vocals bearing the lush potency on any mock-Beach Boys hybrid you could name (even the Rip Chords), albeit with a post-punk compositional modernity that buggers easy comparison. Every song on the album here shifts mood and mode as handily as Tura Santana shifted her hips in Faster Pussycat. There are odd blips of neo-electronic pop, which're immediately subverted by drunk sailor vocals. There are pieces of Matt Valentine/Neil Young vocalese that implode of their own volition in a shower of warm, swallowed sputum. There're blurts of patented 'Boro ganged chorus parts that refuse to stop acting drunk. If this is not one of the most low-keyed balloons of berserk psych blow-uppery, you should give me a list of other contenders. Because you are wrong. The more you listen, the wronger Continental Lunch is. What could be a higher compliment? Edition of 300.
$11.79 UPC: 794504035018 ROCK
A1. Dream Phone
A2. It's for You
A3. Phantom Flight
A4. Sandra's Rage
A5. Cranberry Lake
A6. Aliens in My House
A7. Sportsman's Lounge
B1. Bleacher Honey
B2. Yellow-Purple Moon
B3. Angry Eyes
B4. Doesn't Space Look Nice
B5. A Dog, A Star, A Dinner
B6. Bigger Palace
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FIAKUN TEAM: Something About the Way Your Hair Falls in Your Face 12" (FIAKUN 010EP)
After a long break, Fiakun Team and El_Txef_A join forces again, for this second collaboration at the studio. "Something About the Way Your Hair Falls in Your Face" is pure summer love. Original mix was recorded by the guys at the Tigerskin studio in Berlin while El_Txef_A was recording some drafts for the new album. Adding to the original, the Fiakun guys include an extended groove mix of the track. As an extra is an original track by James Duncan -- pure MPC shit.
$8.39 UPC: 827170502864 ELECTRONIC
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FOTHERINGAY: Fotheringay CD (FLED 3044CD)
Fledg'ling's 2004 reissue of one of the highest-regarded British folk-rock albums, featuring Sandy Denny. Originally issued by Island in 1970 (previous Hannibal CD long o/p). With additional artwork and bonus tracks. Fotheringay's beautiful debut album was recorded in 1970, and has long been regarded as one of the greatest achievements of British folk-rock. Sandy Denny, Trevor Lucas, Jerry Donahue, Pat Donaldson and Gerry Conway created a magical ensemble sound and one of the finest albums of Sandy's career. For this carefully remastered edition, Fledg'ling have restored all of the original artwork and added four bonus tracks -- performances recorded at the 1970 Rotterdam Festival. Remastering approved by original producer Joe Boyd.
$11.99 EAN: 5020393304429 ROCK
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JAMIE HUSTLE: Pleasure Dome EP 12" (FRM 005EP)
Formula Records introduces Jamie Hustle's Pleasure Dome EP -- two killer tracks of unapologetic bass line-fuelled party-starters. The title-track is layered with pitch-bent synths that aren't a million miles away from a sci-fi movie soundtrack, while the booming 4/4 drum pattern allows it to fit neatly into house and garage DJ sets. "One Objective" has more of an anthemic feel to it with intermittent key stabs that lead into a drop of heavy-duty kicks and claps that's aided by a vocal sample.
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MITSURU, TABATA: Uprising/Sky Lantern 7" (FDS 084EP)
The third entry in the FD Records sub-series by one of Japan's most important and prolific artists, here with a slice of psychedelia-tainted avant-weirdness seemingly beamed in from somewhere outside the atmosphere and ending up in an abandoned industrial complex. Tabata Mitsuru formed Boredoms, became a key member of Zeni Geva, and had many other projects before mostly becoming known for his solo and collaborative works as well as his current status as one of the main contributors to the Acid Mothers Temple collective.
$6.99 UPC: 085970954751 ROCK
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KAROCEL: Plaited CD (FREUDE 008CD)
Freude Am Tanzen presents the debut album from Karocel. What do you do when a live project exceeds its own ambitions? Just keep doing the wonderful concerts and eventually head to the studio. Sounds simple and conclusive. In the case of Karocel, that was exactly how they went about it and surprisingly, all six band members made it happen. Though the four members of Marbert Rocels, Mathias Kaden, and Michael-Mitchi-Nagler have known each other from their hometown along the Gera-Jena-Erfurt corridor, and the Karocel live shows have been well-received, an album is an entirely different beast. In the fall of 2012 everyone got together in Marbert Rocel's studio for three intense jam sessions. With a single click it all began -- after a while everything was knotted together only to be woven through the mixer where it then lay. Post-production vocals and overdubs weren't needed. The 10 pearls that emerged from those sessions glistened in their raw form and now, the multifaceted nature of a Karocel event is now available in album format. In various dramatic curves Plaited prances over the dancefloor. Right smack in the middle there are tracks like "This One," "Tease You," and "Undo" and the bar-shaking "Vox," "Watts," "Boys," and "Don't Play," the kissing-on-the-sofa "Without" and the one for on the way home, "Parallels." Plaited is a complete work of art, no question.
$11.99 UPC: 880319575228 ELECTRONIC
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JAMES, HAYDEN: Permission to Love 12" (FCL 083EP)
Hayden James is a singer/songwriter and producer from Sydney, Australia. He makes music with organs, noisy synthesizers, and guitars. This being Hayden's first solo project, it's given him the freedom to create music that resonates on a very personal level. "Permission to Love" is a dreamy piece of Balearic pop -- a summer jam for the beach and the dancefloor. Remixes from Charles Murdoch and Touch Sensitive.
$8.99 UPC: 084854216800 ELECTRONIC
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DERDIYOKLAR IKILISI: Disko Folk LP (GUESS 092LP)
2013 repress; LP version with insert.
$16.99 EAN: 4040824082338 ROCK
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RUPERT'S PEOPLE: Hold On LP (GUESS 113LP)
Evolving from The Sweet Feeling, a band who rubbed shoulders with The Beatles and most of the stars of the nascent swingin' London scene (due to band member Steve Brendell's work for Brian Epstein's Nems Enterprises), Rupert's People were the quintessential UK '60s mod-psych band. They had the look, they had many famous friends (Paul McCartney was one of their biggest fans) and a set of terrific tunes. But somehow, they never made it big-time. On this vinyl compilation (1966-1969), you'll find most of their legendary 45 sides, from freakbeat/mod-psych anthems - "Hold On" and "Dream in My Mind" -- to amazing psych-pop numbers: the phasing-fuelled "I Can Show You," "Charles Brown," and "All So Long Ago" (the later taken from their first 45 under the Sweet Feeling name). Plus delicious flower-power/baroque psychedelia: "Prologue to a Magic World" and "Reflections of Charles Brown." Some rare recordings have also been included: "Flying High" is a previously-unreleased instrumental taken from a demo acetate that makes it here on vinyl for the first time. "Reflecting" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" are live tracks recorded in 1969 and show the most progressive sound of the band with long guitar/organ passages. The confusing Rupert's People story (with links to bands like Les Fleur De Lys and The Iveys/Badfinger) is set straight on the extensive liner notes by band member Rod Lynton, included on a four-page insert along with many unseen pictures. Remastered sound, old-styled backflap sleeve. 180 gram vinyl.
$18.39 EAN: 4040824083304 ROCK
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MOONDOG: The Viking of Sixth Avenue 2LP (HJR 018LP)
2013 repress; 2005 release, on vinyl. Tremendous gatefold presentation and one of HJR's most impressive documents to date. "This new release from Honest Jon's is the first overview of Moondog's amazing artistic life -- including recordings spanning from 1949 till 1995, with numerous 78s and various other vanished records revived for the first time (not to mention a couple of Weegee photographs!)."
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HALO, ABDEL HADI & THE EL GUSTO ORCHESTRA OF ALGIERS: Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers CD (HJR 032CD)
2013 repress. Chaabi ("of the people") has its roots in the Andalusian music of Moorish Spain, spreading to North Africa with exiled Jewish and Moorish communities; but it really took off in the music schools, parties and bars of occupied, post-WWII Algiers, where its Andalusian, Middle Eastern and North African lineage fused with the Mediterranean soundtrack of that era -- chanson, jazz, snatches of tango, a little boogie-woogie. A chaabi band combines traditional instruments such as the quanoun (or zither), mandole, oud, gambar (a stringed turtle shell), bendir and derbouka (types of drum); together with the piano, flute, banjo (brought to Algiers by American GIs), violin (played upright on the lap to save space in crowded venues), accordion and bongos. With subject matter ranging from God to pretty girls, the songs often touch on taboo issues. For this recording, the Abdel Hadi Halo & The El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers includes four singers -- joined in chorus by the voices of the entire orchestra and five-man banjo, percussion and violin sections. The scale and organization are thrilling; the music is swirling and improvisatory, surging from the haunted to the bluesy, the devotional to the knees-up. This album was recorded on the tilting fifth floor of the Conservatoire d'Algiers, in a room overlooking the sea on one side, and the Casbah on the other: the orchestra was recorded live in full flight -- all together, in continuous takes.
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ACTRESS: R.I.P. 2LP (HJR 060LP)
2013 repress; 2LP version. South London producer Darren Cunningham returns with a suite of electronic laments, tone structures and dream-time rhythms which all carry his unmistakable fingerprint. R.I.P. comprises 15 tracks painstakingly crafted by Cunningham in his London studio over recent years, with a conceptual arc taking in death, life, sleep and religion.
$14.39 EAN: 4047179644815 ELECTRONIC
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JAHCOUSTIX: Frequency CD (IRIE 060CD)
The album is a tribute to traditional Jamaican music from the early days: modern produced, heavyweight roots -- reggae meets Jahcoustix' signature vocals. Frequency is an authentic record with unique features. Jahcoustix's youth was a nomad's life, spending years in Mexico, Liberia, New York, Kenya, and Egypt. He discovered music in Kenya where he began writing his first songs. After returning to Germany at the age of 20, Jahcoustix fully dedicated his life to music and ever since has been on a journey that has taken him and his songs halfway around the world. Jahcoustix has released five studio albums and played 1,000 live concerts over the last decade. His musical diversity, his steady development, as well as the recognition he receives for his work are all signs of moving towards a bright future. On Frequency, Jahcoustix provides his fans with uncompromising roots reggae. The idea and approach to this album is different from all the previous records. Instead of recording the album with his band, Jahcoustix teamed up with Irievibrations Records and also worked with some other producers to get a more diversified sound. For his 10th anniversary year of 2013, Jahcoustix will be out there to reach out to the world with his new songs and a strong lyrical message. Referring to the question about the featured track with Apple Gabriel, former singer of the legendary reggae band Israel Vibration, Jahcoustix answered: "I wanted to make a pure roots reggae record with a focus on collaborations with some of my favorite singers of the past 30 years of reggae music. Making this album was my dream and a truly heartical matter."
$10.99 UPC: 673799336027 WORLD
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KING TUBBY: Hometown Hi-Fi Dubplate Specials 1975-1979 CD (JRCD 051CD)
King Tubby's Hometown Hi-Fi was one the great sound systems in Jamaica. It also proved a fantastic outlet for the Dub Plate Specials cut at Tubby's studio, providing exclusive cuts to be played out, enticing the dance's audience. The tracks at the time were mainly cut over producer Bunny "Striker" Lee rhythms, that Bunny stored at Tubby's studio which was in fact his home, 18 Drumilly Avenue in Kingston, Jamaica. The versions were given exclusive plays at Tubby's before some finding their way on to vinyl, as the B-side version cut to its A-side vocal, proving so popular, that the records were often bought for its version side over its vocal counterpart. King Tubby and Producer Bunny "Striker" Lee are intertwined in the birth of dub music. Tubby's vast knowledge of electronics and Bunny's vast catalog of rhythms would lay the foundations of what today is taken as a standard... the remix/version cuts to an existing vocal tune. Tubby and Striker were at Treasure Isle Studios one day while Ruddy from Spanish Town was working with the engineer Byron Smith. "Tubby and myself was talking when Ruddy was cutting some dub but Smithy (engineer) made a mistake and forgot to put in the voice. It was a two-track recording in those days. Ruddy said 'No Man! Make it stay!' And so they cut the rhythm. When I went over to Ruddy's that Saturday night a dance was in progress and when they played the vocal to the tune... then he said we're going to play 'Part Two.' They never called it 'Version.' And then he played the rhythm track. The song was a catchy song and everybody started to sing along and the deejay started to toast so everything went down well. On Monday morning I went up and I said 'Tubbs the mistake we made was a serious joke. It mash up Spanish Town!' The people went wild. So you have to start to do that now 'cause when the man put on the 'Part Two' everyone started singing this song. It played about 20 times. I said you try Tubbs!' Well the next Saturday night now when Tubby strung up down the farm U Roy said he's going to play 'Part Two' but Tubby did it different now. He started with the voice then dropped it out and let the rhythm run and then he brought in the voice in the middle and from there Tubby started to get really popular.'' --Bunny "Striker" Lee. Dynamic Sounds upgraded to 16-track recording in 1972 and Tubby purchased, again with the help of a deal brokered by Bunny Lee, the old 4-track equipment and the MCI console from their Studio B. The four tracks now gave him far wider scope to work with and he began to create a new musical form where the bass and drum parts were brought up while the faders allowed Tubby to ease the vocal and rhythm in and out of the mix. Jamaican Recordings has compiled a selection of cuts that were all tried and tested on Tubby's hometown hi-fi sound system and worked a great set of Bunny Lee's rhythms in fine style. All killer no filler.
$9.79 EAN: 5060135761295 WORLD
01. Dub of Rights (Source: Johnny Clarke, "Declaration of Rights")
02. Higher Ranking (Source: Johnny Clarke, "Top Ranking")
03. A Stalawatt Version (Source: Cornell Campbell, "The Stal-O-Watt")
04. King Tubby's In Fine Style (Source: Ronnie Davis, "Power of Love")
05. African Sounds (Source: Johnny Clarke, "African People")
06. Channel One Under Heavy Manners (Source: Leroy Smart, "Pumps and Pride")
07. Channel Get Knockout (Source: Johnny Clarke, "Girl I Love You")
08. The Champion Version (Source: Johnny Clarke, "King of the Arena"
09. Stealing Version (Source: Johnny Clarke, "Stealing Stealing")
10. Satta Dread Dub ... (Source: Wayne Jarrett, "Satta Dread")
11. Crazy Dub (Source: Johnny Clarke, "Crazy Baldhead")
12. Dreada Version (Source: Johnny Clarke, "Dread A Dread")
13. No Love Version (Source: Leroy Smart, "No Love")
*CD Bonus Tracks
14. Hold Them in Dub* (Source: Barry Brown, "Natty Rootsman")
15. Step It Up in Dub* (Source: Barry Brown, "Step It Up Youthman")
16. Dub With a View* (Source: Johnny Clarke, "Tell Me Why" - Take a Look in the Ghetto"
17. Dub to the Rescue* (Source: The Aggrovators, "Sun Is Shining" [1977 rhythm])
18. A Rougher Version*(Source: Jackie Edwards, "Invasion")
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VA: Keysound Allstars Vol. 2 12" (LDN 037EP)
This EP presents four fresh tracks from this emerging collection of new producers. Leading off the EP is the first release on Keysound from Etch. Pitched somewhere between garage and dubstep, "Scatta" draws from the elastic b-lines of mid '90s jump-up jungle, littered with touches of Metalheadz' noir city-soundscapes. Walton's "Homage" is a skippy swung funk of two-step garage with a nod to hardcore. Visionist rethinks grime from an abstracted position, and Fresh Paul's work is full of neon, synth-led color.
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MARKUS WORMSTORM: Not I, But a Friend CD (MAX 011CD)
Markus Wormstorm is a South African writer, sculptor, an app and video game designer, a composer, a cat lover, a founding member of a fantasy collective for animated short films, a producer and an electronic musician. He is also that sort of classically-educated pianist that can barely stay still. Not I, But a Friend contains 50 minutes of a musical odyssey characterized by tremendous depth and an emotional deepness rarely seen before. Filled with spooky vocals, plaintive strings, tickling basses and a Yann Tiersen-based ivories romanticism, Wormstorm's ambient electronica reenacts a world of mystical subtleties, spectral textures and acoustic details. Instead of becoming a dance album or a typical sound landscape, his music verges on an atmospheric soundscape with a rather gloomy, cinematic touch. Not I, But a Friend offers us a contrasting ride of musical textures enriched with vibraphones, clarinets, marimbas, cellos and even tweeting birds. This brings Wormstorm to a musical cornerstone that may even well be appealing to jazz, hip-hop or techno trendsetters. Modern, classic and minimalistic, Not I, But a Friend promises to be the soundtrack of the subconscious.
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VAN POL, JORAN: Conscious 12" (MINMAX 003EP)
An exploration of the space between min and MAX, Joran van Pol speeds at a hypnotic pace, exploring the outer reaches of space and dimensions, returning through a wormhole of frequencies, echoes and optimism of new worlds. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
$7.79 UPC: 815349011873 ELECTRONIC
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SIRIUSMO: Enthusiast CD (MONKEY 033CD)
As soon as Mosaik, Siriusmo's debut album, got released in 2010, studio-work for the sophomore album began. Unfortunately, the myth of the difficult second album became a reality and so the album changed its face again and again, got delayed various times, until finally, at the beginning of 2013, Siriusmo was happy with what he had accomplished. After beat works for Snoop Dogg and an album collaboration with Boys Noize, Siriusmo now finally presents Enthusiast, his long-anticipated second album. Enthusiast features 13 songs ranging from neo-disco house tunes, electro-pop, cutting edge hip-hop to UK bass-inspired beat constructs and various electronic listening experiments. Multifaceted and eclectic as always, Siriusmo knows how to satisfy high expectations without compromising his sound. To some, Mosaik felt less like an album and more like a compilation, with its drastic jumps from genre to genre and its wild-style, all-over-the-place attitude. Regardless of which opinion you share, Enthusiast combines the best of both worlds and makes for one of the most compelling offerings from Siriusmo in his more than a decade-long recording career. The album still shows no signs of a one-sided sound, but at the same time, it is a more homogeneous and mature piece of work. Enthusiast definitely bears the hallmarks of what we've come to expect from a great Siriusmo record.
$10.99 UPC: 817231011305 ELECTRONIC
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RADICAL FACE: Ghost LP (MORR 069LP)
2013 repress, now on orange vinyl. LP version, originally released in 2007. This record started with a simple idea: what if houses had memories? What if, when we lived in them, our stories bled into the walls and became a part of the house? What if our ghosts were always going to haunt the places we've lived, a long with everyone else who's lived there? Some of these songs are from the point of view of people still living their lives in one of these houses; some are from the point of view of those dead and gone, watching over the living or haunting them; some are from people visiting home, after being away for along time, and the familiar ghosts of childhood all coming back to remind you of the way things used to be. This is a quintessential singer/songwriter album, or, rather a songwriting album, with tracks as carefully arranged interiors, chamber folk, pocket symphonies, passionate melodies. Ben Cooper recorded this album almost entirely alone, in a small shed in Jacksonville Beach, Florida: another one of those houses full of stories. He recorded the guitars and drum patterns, the banjos, organs and keyboards and sang in chorus with himself. He let the instruments take a deep breath and created a breathing record, a lively, warm Ghost. Includes a free download coupon.
$11.99 UPC: 880918006918 ROCK
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ISAN: Beautronics CD (MORR 122CD)
One explanation for the '90s-fascination with Casio, Korg, and other analog synthesizers is this: The first video-game generation was coming of age and were happy to hear that their dearly-loved Space Invaders soundtrack was suddenly popping up in electronic music. It takes slightly longer to explain why one record from that time -- Beautronics, the debut by UK synth-duo ISAN first released in 1998 -- has kept its appeal until today. Beautronics does not grab you immediately. You don't hum these tunes after a few listens; in fact, you might not even hum them after dozens of spins. It's not about humming -- it's about soft cushions and a cozy duvet made of sounds -- it's about aural sheets floating around like warm humidity during a hot bath. Occasionally, it's even about IDM, but in a very late-night kind of way. Antony Ryan and Robin Saville, the two English lads behind ISAN, are very open about their goals. They separate the longer tracks with short, often abstract pieces they called "tints." So it's as much about tonal color, as it is about melodies. The "tints" form an interesting contrast between ambient sounds and the more focused tunes. But even their most bass-dominated songs such as "Skeek" are not exactly four-to-the-floor. There's no more than one to the floor, while the rest is sailing somewhere above in a haze of beautiful sounds and melodies. The album's sleeve and title are straightforward about this: it's all about the human beauty in electronica. Beautronics produces sounds that radiate a warmth and naturalness that make them feel familiar upon first listen, and the 15 years since its initial release don't change a thing about this. That's why it's certain that Beautronics will win a new generation of listeners with this re-issue. Includes four previously-unreleased bonus tracks. Remastered and cut by Dubplates & Mastering.
$10.99 UPC: 880918812229 ELECTRONIC
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DJ SPRINKLES: Queerifications & Ruins: Collected Remixes by DJ Sprinkles 2CD (MUSIQ 042CD)
Call it a new DJ Sprinkles album, call it a collection of his latest, most thrilling remixes -- whatever you name it: Queerifications & Ruins is a close meeting of 14 tracks that will lift your spirits. They all bring different elements into a natural flow with DJ Sprinkles' typical trippy sound signature: airy piano melodies, cool congas, echoed vocal samples, haunting chords, pounding bass lines, some hidden melancholy, some poetic spoken words as well as soft beatless ambient parts for your relaxation. Terre Thaemlitz, world-wide known and awarded writer, public speaker, multimedia producer, DJ, audio producer, and head honcho of the label Comatonse Recordings -- released under his deep house alias DJ Sprinkles the mix CD Where Dancefloors Stand Still (MUSIQ 041CD) -- a grooving house music critique on Japan's strange fuzoku law that currently is threatening Japanese clubs with a curfew. Now he spreads some timeless spiritual grooves with a collection of his own productions based on originals by artists like Kuniyuki, Ducktails, Matt Tolfrey, and Hard Ton. They are all deep as house can be and their spirit is rooted in the unique life story of the American in Japan that originally DJed in the heydays of the gay clubs of midtown Manhattan and New Jersey in the late '80s and early '90s -- a time when deep house began to take air. After the New York scene went world-wide and lost its family spirit, he embarked to Japan, where he held a three-year residency at Tokyo's Club Module from 2003-2006. In January 2009, he released his album Midtown 120 Blues (MUSIQ 009CD that was hailed as one of the most essential house albums of the last few years and was voted by Resident Advisor as the best album of the year. The 2CD Queerifications & Ruins now features almost all remixes he had done between 2010-2013. Four of the 14 reinterpretations are previously-unreleased. Two are done for the mysterious, former West-London, now Berlin-based acid house and new wave producer June, one for the queer Venice disco outsiders Hard Ton, and one for Corbie, a chilled-out newcomer from Vilnius, Lithuania. Epic reworks for such artists such as Area, Hardrock Striker, Jorge C, Oh, Yoko, Adultnapper, and Marco Bernardi have been released on such labels as Arma, Ojo De Apolo, Will Saul's Simple Records, Normal Cookie, Comatonse Recordings, and Mule Musiq. Some of them are hard to find on vinyl and now they are back on black wax and the CD edition features two more tracks full of wonderful off-kilter ideas.
$16.39 UPC: 880319621321 ELECTRONIC
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BENEATH: Strike a Pose 12" (NNB 002EP)
Beneath presents three tracks of "Anti-Masonic ritual music." "Strike a Pose" records evidence of an organ-harvesting program in the UK. Time is shifted by one half-phase, marked in a four-on-the-ceiling rhythm. For their remix of "Bellz," Swing Ting separated the master tapes using a magnet attached to a high-impact masonry device. Part of Beneath's original was synthesized from interference captured on a short-wave radio device. The signals, heard as a bell-tone when transposed, are supposed to originate from NATO's Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS).
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oOoOO: Without Your Love CD (NIHJGT 001CD)
Without Your Love is the long-awaited debut LP from the mysterious oOoOO. The LP further develops -- in sometimes very unexpected ways -- the sounds oOoOO has become known for through previous releases with Tri Angle Records. The LP will be the first release from oOoOO's own label Nihjgt Feelings.
$11.99 UPC: 880319629921 ELECTRONIC
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oOoOO: Without Your Love LP (NIHJGT 001LP)
LP version.
$11.99 UPC: 880319629013 ELECTRONIC
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BOMB THE BASS: In the Sun CD (CATSOLO 104CD)
In the Sun, the heat-soaked album from Bomb The Bass, is a slow-burning night-time record to tantalize the senses. Never ones to stand still, Tim Simenon and Paul Conboy hone their sound to nine dreamy, hypnotic songs that retain their urban edge, with strong rhythmic input from drummer Christian Eigner. "Time Falls Apart" and the single "Wandering Star" are prime examples; the former's woozy mood complemented by urgent brass stabs, the latter featuring a powerful and affirming vocal. The album's pulse beats strongly in "All Alone," where held background textures collide with quick percussion to give nervous energy, and the gritty, backs-to-the-wall approach of "We Are All Lost." "Where Better," meanwhile, charms with a warm-hearted and catchy chorus loop, the widescreen production especially rewarding on headphones. With In the Sun, Simenon and Conboy open another new door in the Bomb The Bass story, the equal of anything they've produced so far.
$11.99 EAN: 7071245078232 ELECTRONIC
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ELLIOTT, RYAN: Stepmode EP 12" (OSTGUT 068EP)
Ryan Elliott presents his second 12" EP for Ostgut Ton. The Stepmode EP builds a bridge between euphoria and darkish club moments. The title track begins with flowing hi-hats and scratched shakers as Ryan prepares the audience for his groove. The following combination of tender synths and funky vocals are merely touched upon and sent through the echoes just at the right point in time. "Stillsteppin" feels darker with hypnotic strings, delay-infused strokes, haunted stabs and driving bass line.
$8.99 UPC: 880319621017 ELECTRONIC
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MOLE, THE: History of Dates/Lockdown Party 12" (PERL 094EP)
Two original versions plus a remix by Terre Thaemlitz aka DJ Sprinkles.
$9.79 UPC: 827170502468 ELECTRONIC
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SHAHRAM: Shahram CD (PHS 011CD)
You know how record nerds are. They'll gladly tell you that a dawdling Moldovian choir of 70 year-old grandmothers is the next brick in your psych-funksplosion journey. But Shahram Shabpareh is the real thing. Colorful arrangements of blurting horns, evil bass grooves, cheesy organs, and thick strata of overlapping percussion instruments going off like microwave popcorn. As the leader of an Iranian '60s garage band, The Rebels, and later a '70s solo singer, Shabpareh was never happy just tossing a few moves from Abba in front of whatever was on the local charts already. He wrote and recorded hard rock and funky piano riffs that were built bulldozer-tough and would've stuck out in an American trailer park or a London pub just as easily as they did in Tehran. Not that he wasn't afraid to put someone else's idea to good use, as he certainly makes superb use of The Kinks' chords from "You Really Got Me." It's more that Shahram's rock cojones have caused him to make blistering music again and again over the years, with little regard for where it comes from. Here's a well-deserved compilation of his best tracks, with booklet with liner notes.
$11.99 EAN: 4040824083328 ROCK
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SHAHRAM: Shahram LP (PHS 011LP)
LP version. On 180 gram vinyl with insert.
$18.39 EAN: 4040824083311 ROCK
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DERDIYOKLAR IKILISI: Coban Mamos CD (PHS 012CD)
Turkish Bar or Bengi folk dancing requires approximately 100 people to do properly, and it helps if a lot of them are eating wedding cake. You put your arms around the shoulders of the people on either side of you, and then stomp around in a circle, facing in and kicking the air, until everybody is exhausted and happy. Far away from any folklore festivals, Derdiyoklar Ikilisi hand-built the soundtrack to this dancing as it was drunkenly executed by luckless German-Turkish immigrants in the fashion-insensitive '80s. And though the band had only two members, they decided electric saz, synthesized drums, cimbalom, and sheep sound effects were all needed to get the job done. Who could argue? This tinkly and psychoactive album, full of uniquely odd overdubs and buzzy, flanged-out guitar solos, can now be yours. First time-ever reissue. Sound taken from master tapes, booklet with liner notes.
$11.99 EAN: 4040824083366 ROCK
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DERDIYOKLAR IKILISI: Coban Mamos LP (PHS 012LP)
LP version on 180 gram vinyl with liner notes insert.
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POPNONAME: Change Remixes 12" (PNN 001EP)
Popnoname's "Change" is the perfect pop-song to sing along to and soundtrack a change in you. David Hasert creates pop for the dancefloor, and his remix is like a dreamliner in the Balearic sea. Hasert curates the NICE parties in Cologne and runs the label, Like. Matt Karmil's remix is sensitive and cool, capturing the essence of the track while leaving out all pop themes. The solitary beat splattered with white noise creates an eternal space to drift away to in the club.
$8.39 UPC: 880319628214 ELECTRONIC
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DEEP MAGIC: Reflections of Most Forgotten Love CD (PRE 037CD)
The Preservation label presents Reflections of Most Forgotten Love, the third album from Los Angeles' Deep Magic. The solo project for current Sun Araw live band member Alex Gray, Deep Magic's work has tended towards a meditative ambient realm, crafting a cosmic sound described by Uncut as having "a sort of calm and organic grandeur that recalls Popol Vuh." Indeed like Popol Vuh, pursuit of a kind of spiritual grace has proven to be the measure at the heart of Deep Magic. Reflections of Most Forgotten Love finds a new urgency, an ever-shifting puzzle of sound that breathes vital new life into Gray's lyrical vision. Dynamic and unrelenting, yet somehow beautifully spacious and patient in its unfolding, this epic work thrives on equal parts pulse and poise, an essence held within a thrilling multiplicity of ideas. Skittish techno, rolling pianos, warm pedal steel, foggy dub drifts and microscopic sonics play out a hypnotic movement of moods with magnetic compulsion. Throughout its stirring, blissful way, intimacy is its keynote. As the title suggests, this is an album of emotively raw presence with a singular take on solitude as a many-splendored thing.
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ATOM TM & JACEK SIENKIEWICZ: Wagner-zwei abhandlungen 12" (RECOG 032EP)
Produced together with the Goethe Institut in Warsaw, this record celebrates 200th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner. Label-boss Jacek Sienkiewicz invited his companion Uwe Schmidt (known also as Atom TM, Atom Heart, Señor Coconut, etc.) to take a look at Wagner's work -- and here we are, with two totally different, but equally challenging variations on a theme. Atom TM's tune is a majestic, classically-composed ambient piece, and Sienkiewicz goes all deep-techno. Neo-classical approach to modern club rhythms? Stripped-down Romantic machine music?
$9.79 UPC: 827170504363 ELECTRONIC
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NURSE WITH WOUND/GRAHAM BOWERS: Parade CD (RW 1-01-008CD)
The second studio album release by Nurse With Wound and Graham Bowers delves into the multiple manifestations of the human form and psyche. The music is an audio sketch-pad, capturing a Commedia dell'Arte-type procession of the extremes and banalities of what we are and what we do on this bizarre and indefinable one-way trip to oblivion. The CD features original artworks by Babs Santini and Graham Bowers.
$11.79 EAN: 5060174955495 ELECTRONIC
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DETHSCALATOR: Racial Golf Course, No Bitches LP (REPOSE 035LP)
Dethscalator, after five years of pummeling underground venues in the UK and Europe, finally release a full-length on the notorious Riot Season imprint. Slow, angry, psychedelic and gigantic, Dethscalator move at their own pace. Road hardened and tightened the band have shrugged off their looser, sludge-blasted origins to reconnect with their American 80s post hardcore, pig fuck roots, with riffs n’ hooks worthy of Killdozer, Jesus Lizard, Unsane, Butthole Surfers and Fudge Tunnel but have mixed this up with giant slabs of monolithic doom, coruscating beams of white noise and whirling vortices of space rock. However it is the deep, dub influenced production job; the way that layers and layers of feedback have been marshaled into a horrific orchestral wall of sonic horror and the brightly fizzing lysergic sheen to the whole shebang that will bestow a blessing on your ears. This is guaranteed to tweak your brain’s long dormant and atavistic proto-human god nodules and have you punching your walls like William Hurt as the multi-colored amoeba man at the end of Altered States after he’s spent an afternoon in a floatation tank on Ayahuasca and seen a goat with 13 eyes nailed to a crucifix. Limited edition vinyl LP, 500 copies for the world. 140 gram virgin bubblegum pink vinyl.
$15.79 UPC: 666017260112 ROCK
A1. Black Percy
A2. Grotto Crank
A3. World War Two Hitler Youth Dagger
A4. Felt Leg
A5. Midnight Feast
B1. Aids Atlas
B2. Shit Village
B3. It's What They Call the Clubhouse, Arsehole
B4. Internet Explorer & Friends
B5. Pine Pot
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LAST HURRAH!!, THE: The Beauty of Fake LP+CD (RLP 3145LP)
The Last Hurrah!! is the project of Norwegian guitarist HP Gundersen plus a jamboree of international players and singers. Based in Bergen in western Norway, Gundersen has a long history in Norwegian music and beyond. As a producer he discovered and nurtured the career of Sondre Lerche, one of Norway's most successful international exports. As well as Madrugada's mega-hit "Lift Me" with Ane Brun, he has produced over 50 albums -- including Tim Rose's final album American Son. An encounter with a Gambian kora-playing folk musician a few years ago was life-altering and, in his own words, took him to a new level of musical understanding. n 2011, his cover of Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" on the free Mojo tribute CD Return to the Dark Side of the Moon drew high praise from readers. His previous album, Spiritual Non-Believers, was voted album of the year in VG, Norway's most popular newspaper; The Wire called it "maddeningly well executed." HP Gundersen grew up in the 1960s, tuning in to European radio stations and having his mind blown by the sparkling melodies of the decade's pop music, like The Byrds and The Beatles. Notably, these two groups were among the first to absorb Eastern influences, as Gundersen has done in The Last Hurrah!!. Chinese guzheng (zither) resonates with pastoral flutes, Hawaiian guitars and the plangent tones of the Scandinavian Hardanger fiddle. Listening to the repetitive pluckings of the opener, "The Rush," you can't help but think of Steve Reich's solo guitar trance-out Electric Counterpoint; elsewhere you'll hear echoes of Don Cherry's multicultural visions, the soaring harmonies of Rubber Soul-era Beatles, and the magical open tunings of folk-rockers like David Crosby and Stephen Stills and Davy Graham. Country music meets raga meets psychedelic sugar-rush. For Gundersen, the concept of universal music is a truth older than entertainment. Jamming on one chord is a highly democratic way of music-making: anyone can take part. And they do: a dozen extra musicians are involved on various tracks, including jazz-trained vocalist and long-time collaborator Heidi Goodbye, and the remarkable guzheng (zither) played by Yuyue Zheng. There's even an appearance from U.S. saxophonist Jon Irabagon, leader of tumultuous ensemble Mostly Other People Do The Killing. Paradoxically, being restricted to a one-chord drone opens the music up wider than ever. Includes CD version.
$15.79 EAN: 7033660031452 ROCK
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LAST HURRAH!!, THE: The Beauty of Fake 2LP (RLP 3145LTD-LP)
Special limited double LP version with bonus live album; edition of 300 copies.
$18.99 EAN: 7033662031450 ROCK
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DESTO: Emptier Streets LP (RWINA 002LP)
After five years of releasing EPs and singles across a raft of labels including Argon, Ramp, and his own Signal Life, Finnish producer Desto returns to Rwina to deliver his first full-length album, Emptier Streets. As with his previous releases on the Dutch label, Desto strips the music back to its bare-bones essentials, fulfilling the album's title with a sound that's spacious and eerie, bleak and punishing, yet still offers warmth in its apparent coldness. Stylistically, the album is most obviously aligned with the aesthetics of Dirty South hip-hop and the dubstep diaspora, deploying booming drums, rolling hats, cold synthetic melodies, and voices inside cavernous sonic landscapes. You can feel a cinematic quality on "Dislocated City," where a simple interplay between pitched kick drums and modulated melodies is all it takes to create a hypnotic vibe. The title-track features a rare use of vocals, stuttered and effected into something alien, set against icy melodies on a solid bed of bass kicks and syncopated snares. "Glottal Stops" plays with a slightly disturbing melody made of guttural sounds over a relentless kick assault while "4 A.M." starts old school before switching into one of the album's most anthemic productions. "Drainpipe" shows off Desto's ability to pull emotions from the listener even without any drums, winding things down before "Healing" closes the album with one last energetic run through the city. Emptier Streets takes the sound Desto has been building for the past few years to its logical conclusion.
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JAMESZOO: Jheronimus 10" (RWINA 022EP)
Dutch producer Jameszoo returns to Rwina with the Jheronimus EP. Once more he delivers a selection of productions that seem custom-made to squeegee your third eye. Jheronimus continues Jameszoo's experimental work, fitting somewhere between broken hip-hop, electronics and folk -- a trip for the headphone listen that still has some, albeit strange, dancefloor potential.
$11.79 EAN: 5055300358943 ELECTRONIC
A1. Blue Flutebrid
A2. Owlowowlo
A3. Poek
B1. The Clumtwins
B2. Kreem Kund
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MUNGO'S HI FI (FEAT. KENNY KNOTS): Brand New Bangarang CD (SCOB 003CD)
Scotch Bonnet presents an album from Mungo's Hi Fi, featuring Kenny Knots. Knots comes flying in, streaming positive lyrics delivered with rasta fire, while Mungo's Hi Fi provide immaculate production steeped in soundsystem heritage. Chock-full of smash singles and brand-new dub slates born in the heat of the dance, every track is a tried and tested killer. Kenny Knots has developed his unique and versatile style, nicing up dances worldwide for the last 30 years. He is a songwriter and performer at the pinnacle of his talent. Mungo's Hi Fi are ploughing a new furrow through the dry earth of the modern musical landscape. Their fresh take on reggae and dancehall music is sweeping the globe, gathering millions of hits despite being under the radar of mainstream culture.
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TSEE MUD: LSD Bacro CD (SHAD 142CD)
It may be possible that, until this release, these three names no longer sound familiar to lovers of South American underground music, but for any fan of good Venezuelan hard psych rock of the '60s and '70s, Bacro, Tsee Mud, and LSD are really special, well-known bands. Besides the other great album from Venezuela, Ladies WC, this release is as good and as important. The band only released a couple of singles and played a lot of great live concerts. These bands, with José Romero on guitar, changed names from LSD to Tsee Mud and to Bacro. In-between those bands, José lived in the USA and was part of The Del-Vikings, who played a concert at Madison Square Garden. José went back to Venezuela and continued playing with Bacro. All the tracks presented on this album here are extra-strong and heavy psychedelic with amazing fuzz guitar, vocals and lots of acid moves. A really wild album, all the way.
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DREAM: Get Dreamy CD (SHAD 151CD)
Get Dreamy is perhaps the most fantastic and unique underground album from Scandinavia. Recorded in 1967, it was the LP with legendary guitarist Terje Rypdal after the two albums he made with The Vanguards. A year later Terje recorded his first solo album also for Polydor. Get Dreamy has great original songs full of wild fuzz guitar, swirling Hammond organ, sound effects, and strong vocals. The musical influences could be Cream and Jimi Hendrix, with the lyrical touch of Procol Harum. All songs very well-produced and recorded in Stockholm. Dream started straight away with a full album, which was not common in the musical world in 1967 -- most bands produced singles first. With a lot of enthusiastic help from Norway, including Terje Rypdal, plus the cooperation of many photographers, we are happy to put this album out with a big poster insert including a great band story and many, many unseen photos. The album was mastered 24-bit direct from the original master tapes. So the sound is really good and you can hear it in full stereo.
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ATKINSON, STEVE: Small Boats CD (SHAD 152CD)
There are not many underground folk albums Shadoks are keen on putting out. Steve Atkinson's Small Boats was one the label loved immediately. Steve was just not easy to find. So, with some help from a student (Steve was a teacher) Shadoks were able to locate him. If you think the early Mick Stevens albums are cool, Tony Caro And John is a killer group, and you love the tradition of British underground folk music, you will really like this album. Very well composed electric and acoustic songs with beautiful vocals, guitar, violin, recorder, cello, bass, chimes, and clarinet, this album is a little masterpiece. Recorded between 1980 and 1981. Steve said: "My musical education came from the folk clubs of Bedfordshire, Fairport Convention, John Peel, West Coast bands like Love, Jefferson Airplane, and The Doors, punk, The Beach Boys, and of course The Beatles." A very beautiful album which deserves a good spot as a shiny star in the folk music universe.
$11.99 UPC: 801670015222 ROCK
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MATERIA: Atlas CD (SLM 070CD)
Slime reaches a new milestone for the label with the launch of its first physical release. To celebrate, they welcome the return of Swedish producer Materia, who has crafted Atlas, a debut full-length album that extrapolates the fundamentals of house, garage, dubstep, and techno -- then fuses them into a listening experience full of warmth and texture which reveals further depths through every repeated play. "Otherland" is the opening statement of intent. Windswept and widescreen, its cinematic qualities are pushed to the fore from the outset with melancholy chords drenched over skeletal percussion. The mood intensifies as the ice-cold beat drops and the track draws you slowly under its spell. "Clouds" sees a collaboration with NYC vocalist Winter and UK lyricist Koast. Over a narcotic half-step rhythm, Koast delivers a heartfelt paean to hedonism taking its toll, while Winter adds her gossamer voice to proceedings, elevating the track into something solemn yet beautiful. "Grounded" evokes hazy summer nights spent in a neon-soaked metropolis, as live strings, guitar and brass coalesce into a laidback groove that exudes a rich sensuality. "Shallow Waters" goes south of the equator and turns the tempo up for a rolling house cut with live Rhodes and flute in a playful interchange. "Shadows" finds cavernous space in dubwise rhythms, with a booming sub-bass strapped to skittering beats and emotive chords. "Headspace" combines dub and techno textures with startling results, offering up an expansive galaxy of spectral sound to drift into. "Skylight" sees the return of songstress Winter to add sugar-sweet vocal textures over a gorgeous drum 'n' bass rhythm that is full to the brim with sunshine. "Downstream" draws the listener down deep into a seductive house groove with live saxophone played with a mischievous touch by Startslow. "Ruins" is a joint composition between Materia and the highly-regarded Bristol producer Forsaken, who combine for an atmospheric slow-house jam with a moody energy all its own. "Synthesis" completes the journey with a grand flourish, delving into tech-house territory for an epic nine-minute excursion into interstellar rhythms that takes you off the edge of the world into ecstasy.
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COULTRAIN: Jungle Mumbo Jumbo LP (SDGPLG 146LP)
Released in collaboration with Plug Research. St. Louis soul meets L.A. beat scene. Coultrain (aka Aaron Michael Frison aka Seymour Liberty) continues the story started on his previous self-released album The Adventures of Seymour Liberty, which received an 89/100 on Okayplayer and made Soulbounce.com's best of 2008 list. Coultrain is a purist. Self-described as "not for these times," "a revivalist," and a "futurist," his spiritual, soulful, conscious R&B owes credit to Lonnie Liston Smith, Patrice Rushen, Miles Davis, and Stevie Wonder, also not of these times. For fans of Platinum Pied Pipers, Waajeed, DJ Spinna, Black Spade, Onra, and Bilal, this smooth, synth-laced and beat-rich album also recalls the ballads from the immediate post-Purple Rain Prince albums, updated with a progressive soul posture. Coultrain has been featured on releases by Sureshot Symphony Solution (Nature Sounds), Hawthorne Headhunters (Plug Research), and Platinum Pied Pipers (Ubiquity), and has an unreleased full-length collaboration with Detroit legend Waajeed. From the artist bio: "he is an era-less figure -- equal parts king and fool, a performer who may not know where he is, but yet can still reveal the now to his audience like no other magician before."
$13.79 UPC: 612651014611 ROCK
01. Y Not?
02. Deception
03. Gazelles Dance
04. A Gem Iza Jewel
05. Delilah
06. People Like Us (Junk)
07. Streams & Rivers
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09. Bat Outta Hell
10. Sassyphrass
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AMIINA: The Lighthouse Project 12" (SHAKE 017EP)
Limited vinyl edition. 500 copies with printed inner sleeves. Includes download code. Originally a string quartet formed by four girls at the Reykjavík College of Music just before the turn of the century, Amiina went on to cut its teeth as Sigur Rós' string collaborators for the next decade. After releasing debut album Kurr and several EPs, the group's sonic palette was broadened by the contributions of drummer Magnús Trygvason Eliassen and electronic artist Kippi Kaninus, who have been permanent members of the group since late 2009. They released their second full-length album, Puzzle (SHAKE 011CD/LP), in 2010. About four years ago Amiina, then a four-piece band, set out on a journey across Iceland performing in lighthouses and other unusual locations. The music had been written especially for performances in small spaces, and in great proximity to the audience. The inspiration behind the journey came the first time the band performed in a lighthouse. A man in the audience described how he had experienced the music in those surroundings. Standing on the top floor of the lighthouse, he had felt the music travel up through the structure and out across the ocean, as if the lighthouse were now projecting music instead of light. The group set off in a big van packed with instruments, accompanied by a photographer, one spouse, one newborn baby and another about to be born, and together they drove over rugged roads, seemingly to the end of the world, to perform music. The songs were a mix of old and new, little nocturnes in simple arrangements. Among them was a cover of Lee Hazlewood's "Leather and Lace." Amiina had previously collaborated with Lee only weeks before he passed away, on a song that ended up being his last recording. On the flip-side was Amiina's arrangement, and cover, of "Leather and Lace." The simple arrangement of the song fit perfectly with the other songs and the spirit of The Lighthouse Project. In late 2012, Amiina decided to revisit The Lighthouse Project -- to record these songs in their original arrangements, and give the music the prospect to travel out and across forever. The band felt it was important to convey the intimacy of the original performances, so the songs were recorded "live" in the studio, as if at a concert.
$12.99 UPC: 880918810614 ROCK
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DIRT DAUBERS, THE: Wake Up Sinners 10" (STAGO 039LP)
As a harmonica player, the Kentucky-based Colonel J.D. Wilkes has recorded his raw, country-blues style for everyone from Merle Haggard to Mike Patton, Hank Williams III to his own band the Legendary Shack Shakers. Mixing acoustic rockabilly, blues, jazz, and country into a thrilling Frankenstein hybrid, Wilkes and the Dirt Daubers (named after the southern slang term for a stingless wasp that builds mud-clumps in the corners of old barns) are proud to debut their new album Wake Up Sinners, a collection of raw originals and covers, recorded together in real time: in a big, live, open room, the real man way. This is ornery, full-throated American music sung from the gut and shot from the hip. The Dirt Daubers are: Col. J.D. Wilkes (vocals, banjo, french harp, piano, accordion, kazoo, thunder sheet), Jessica Wilkes (vocals, tenor guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo), Mark Robertson (background vocals, upright bass) with special guest Steve Latanation (drums and percussion).
$11.79 EAN: 4030433003916 ROCK
A-side
1. Wayfaring Stranger 1:52
2. Get Outta My Way 2:19
3. Angel Along The Tracks 2:22
4. Be Not Afraid 2:39
5. The Devil Gets His Due 2:15
6. Say Darlin' Say 1:23
B-side
1. Can't Go To Heaven 2:34
2. High and Low 2:21
3. Trucks, Tractors and Trains 2:11
4. Wake Up, Sinners 2:31
5. Single Girl 1:55
6. She and Us Pets 1:37
7. My Old Kentucky Home 0:27
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VA: An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music Volume 7 3CD (SR 300CD)
Sub Rosa presents the seventh and final volume in their An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music series. These seven volumes represent a strong listening base, as incomplete as it may be -- the basis for a near-infinite exploration through one's self, in the present tense. All in all, there are 176 tracks, created between 1921 and 2012, for a total of almost 18 hours of music. The sphere of geographical propagation was kind of programmed at the start (between 1952 and 1970 there have been over 100 national studios, mostly tied to radio, on all five continents), but it accelerated exponentially with the appearance of the first home studios, and later with the advent of the laptop computer. Following the spread with each surge of emerging creators, 42 nations are represented. In Europe: United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Russia. In the Americas: United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Chili, Brazil. In the Middle East: Israel, Iran, Turkey. In the Far East Asia: Japan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia. In Africa: Egypt. In Oceania: Australia, New Zealand. This triple CD of concrete, destructured and electronic music contains rare or unpublished works by Henry Jacobs, Tziga Vertov, Bebe & Louis, Luciano Berio, Bülent Arel, Don Preston, Slawek Kwi + Siobhan McDonald, Benjamin Thigpen, Helmut Schäfer, Novi_sad, Saule, Bebe & Louis Barron, E-L Scott de Martinville, John Oswald, Sin:Net, Israel Quellet, Alan Courtis, Fausto Romitelli, Justin K. Broadrick, Storm Bugs, E.A.R., Henry Cow, Osso Exotico, Eugeniusz Rudnik, Eduardo Polonio, Cabaret Voltaire, Mika Vainio, Alma Laprida + Juan Jose Calarco, Klangkrieg, Gintas Kraptavicius, Warong Rachapreecha, The New Blockaders, The Haters, The Rita, To Die, Agro, Jamka, Erin Sexton, Gustavo Serpa , and Anonymous Noise. It also includes a 84-page booklet of critical and biographical notes.
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VA: Molam: Thai Country Groove from Isan Vol. 2 2LP (SF 033LP)
Molam is a multi-faceted folk country music native to Laos and the collection of rural Northeastern Thai provinces called Isan. Molam is an umbrella term used for numerous Lam styles. It literally translates into "expert singer" or "expert song." Featured here on volume two of this series are Lam Phun, Lam Thuy, Lam Plern, Lam Dern, and Lam Sing styles of Molam recordings from the 1970s and 1980s. All of these forms are built from a tradition that is centuries-old. A few examples of Molam/Luk Thung (Thailand's national country music) hybrids are also featured here. In the late 1960s, at the onset of Molam's modern genesis, electric guitars and organs were introduced alongside the extant folk sounds of the khaen (bamboo mouth-organ) and Phin (Thai lute). Hybrid styles were formed with an electrified sound that jived with tradition while creating something entirely new. Much of the music relies on stock formulas, designed primarily to showcase the stylings of various singers from the region. But, as this brilliant collection demonstrates, the rules tend to bend a bit as more adventurous groups experiment with the genre and the production. Sound effects, flamboyant vamping, odd vocal styles, and trick intros and finales based on popular rock themes show up now and then, among other playful and dynamic shifts, making for some exceptional listening. So join us now in our perpetual and confounding love affair with Thai Isan Molam. Enjoy this rarely-heard music, culled from vintage cassette and vinyl recordings, rescued from the silent places in which they've rested for the past decades. Compiled by Mark Gergis and Alan Bishop. Beautiful 2LP limited edition vinyl release in a full-color heavy-duty gatefold jacket of the long out-of-print CD from 2007.
$18.99 UPC: 613505650023 WORLD
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VOORN, ORLANDO: Divine Intervention 2LP (SUBWAXEXC 001LP)
2LP version. Subwax Excursions proudly presents a brand-new album from Orlando Voorn. Orlando is a highly-respected living legend, and one of the true pioneers of European electronic music. He started off in the early '90s releasing on classic labels such as KMS, R&S, Fragile, Buzz, International Gigolo Recordings, ESP, Spiritual, and Nightvision under multiple aliases such as Fix, Baruka, Format, The Nightripper, etc. Special artwork by Abdul Haqq from Third Earth Visual Arts.
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CHASING KURT: From the Inside CD (SUOL 006CD)
Chasing Kurt are Pascal Blanché, Wojtek Kutschke, and Lukas Poloczek: two long-time deep house lovers, plus one rogue funk 'n' soul man. It can all be traced back to a fateful night in Giessen, Germany -- where the boys call home. Like most modern day coincidental trysts, it took place in a bar: DJ spun long into the night, while barkeep kept the drinks flowing. As both wound up their respective shifts, barkeep let slip a vocal tune or two. DJ couldn't help but notice. He invited barkeep back to a jam session; at a third's humble home studio. Barkeep was delighted. Though house wasn't really his thing, he had been jamming and gigging for years, and accepted immediately. "Daydream" was the result: a lush, gentle, sultry little ballad -- so good a brand new label was conceived for its release. Finally, Wojtek and Pascal had found their missing link in Lukas' lyrical touch -- a poignant third dimension and invaluable human stamp that would continue to color the nascent Chasing Kurt project on follow-ups "Money" (featured on Maya Jane Cole's widely-touted DJ-Kicks mix) and "Into the City," as well as a second outing on Carry On entitled "In the Air" and "One Day." In a short space of time, the trio has made long, arching strides in the climb up to a dance path of their very own, leaving warm, billowy, velveteen trails behind them saturated with Lukas' soulful pop tones that has helped set Chasing Kurt apart from blancher contemporaries. From the Inside is their debut full-length, and first release for Berlin's Suol Music institution. Expect languid beats and hazy dancefloor-ready rhythms, matched beautifully all the while to seductive tales of love lost and battles fought and won.
$10.99 UPC: 673799410628 ELECTRONIC
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HERO & LEANDER: Tumble CD (TR 260CD)
Pop music should be honest, should have melodies that linger, and lyrics that don't read like bad poems. Hero & Leander try to follow these rules, and it seems to be working. The band has attracted comparisons to Belle And Sebastian, Squeeze, Camera Obscura, The xx and Arcade Fire. Their lyrics range in topic from philosophy to snogging, particle accelerators to police tactics, beauty, to life being a pain in the rump. It started online, in 2010. All of them from Essex, four of Hero & Leander's six members had written songs together for a while, and wanted a pianist, because pianos are lush. So they posted an advert. Along came Andrew, from Reading. The band's indie-pop became more "musical" and better crafted. Then, they wanted a female singer, because female singers are lush. So they posted an advert. Along came Emily, from Liverpool. Initially, she thought the band might be internet killers, and she would only meet them in public places. Over two years they played gigs and had fun, self-released an EP and got their hands round the baton of great British pop music. The band has countless influences, but it's worth mentioning that they borrowed a Beatles song-title for their debut record, Tumble. So they must like the Beatles a lot. "Here Comes the Sun," along with the rest of the album, was largely recorded in band members' bedrooms, in London and Essex. Tumble's songs were designed to sound good no matter who performs them. It's about the personality of the song, not the personality of the band. Substance over style.
$11.99 EAN: 4047179749626 ROCK
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VA: Tectonic Plates Volume 4 CD (TEC 016CD)
Since starting low frequency operations in 2005, Bristol's Tectonic Recordings has been a landmark for dubstep, bass and progressive electronic music fans. Compiling exclusive tracks, the Tectonic Plates series showcases a selection of electronic music's leading and breaking artists. Familiar names to the series on this edition include daddy of Bristolian crew H.E.N.C.H. Jakes kicking off with "Rounds," Kryptic Minds, Guido and Armour. The U.S. represents with multi-talented Pursuit Grooves, Atlanta's Distal -- both who have released LPs with Tectonic -- and a new hook-up with Sinistarr and Texel teaming for "Decebell." D 'n' B producer Steve Digital brings added dub vibes on the incredibly-titled "Larry Shite" while Mumdance & Logos and Beneath explore post-grime influenced sonics at new tempos. Finally, there is room still for a debut track from Mancunian-based producer Acre, taking an uncompromising techno-garage crossover stance.
$11.79 EAN: 5055300359070 ELECTRONIC
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DECIBEL: Falchion EP 12" (TEC 072EP)
Jay Fontaine aka DECiBEL comes correct with a powerhouse duo of techno-infused 140 bpm cuts. "Whirl" takes a giddying tone from the offset as its fast, percussive drum machine builds pace to militant and forceful effect like a turbo-charged, mid-'90s Richie Hawtin cut, re-imagined by fresh ears. "Poke" retains the techno-retro themes of "Whirl," layering up the percussive parts to dramatic effect as acid lines flit and flirt around them. Both sides are wonky, woozy techno cuts bursting with strange energy.
$7.79 EAN: 5055300375681 ELECTRONIC
A1. Whirl
B1. Poke
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KR!Z: Token Introspective CD (TOKEN 001CD)
First label compilation from Belgian techno imprint Token, mixed by founder and A&R Kr!z. This mix brings together label highlights such as Inigo Kennedy's devastating "Obsidian," Phase's massive "Binary Opposition" and Mark Broom's "Two" alongside remixes by techno figureheads Surgeon, James Ruskin, Ben Klock and Oscar Mulero while also nurturing new global techno talent such as Xhin, Ctrls, Makaton, and Go Hiyama. Narrowing down the track selection from over 100 productions meant that some tough decisions had to be made -- a few of Kr!z's favorites wouldn't fit the flow or just wouldn't fit the format but ultimately what you have is an unfolding story of a label presenting a sound that stands clear of music fashion with an uncompromising statement of intent. Other artists include: Dimitri Andreas, Rødhåd, and Grovskopa.
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ATKINS AND MORITZ VON OSWALD, JUAN: Borderland 2/3 12" (TRESOR 262B-EP)
Second of three limited 12" records, 500 only, 180 gram vinyl, heavy sleeve. "Footprints" was the second work to be produced in the Borderland studio sessions. A robust groove reminiscent of earlier collaboration between Juan Atkins and Moritz Von Oswald. On the B-side, "Mars Garden" returns to the "Electric Garden" theme with a high dose of ultra-deep, gritty funk. Together with a live show being debuted in May 2013 at the MUTEK festival, the record gives common voice to two independent yet mutually-supporting musical journeys.
$9.79 UPC: 666017261584 ELECTRONIC
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ORFF/GUNILD KEETMAN, CARL: Music for Children (Schulwerk) CD (JBH 048CD)
This is quite simply some of the most beautiful children's music ever made, with simple melodies and forgotten rhymes building gradually into more complex roundels and speech exercises. Performed by children in the late 1950s, this wonderful recording is educational, darkly nostalgic, and enchanting. History: This is the first time these important recordings have been in print since 1957. Their origins go back to the 1920s and the Günterschule in Munich, a progressive educational academy that specialized in music and exercise. Carl Orff was a teacher there, and worked on a new method of introducing children to music. Over the next few decades the "Orff Method" was developed and enhanced with the help of one of his former students Gunild Keetman. By the late 1950s the term "schulwerk" (literally "schooling" or "school work") had been adopted and with the inclusion of nursery rhymes and street cries it had spread across Europe as a popular education technique. A two LP recording was issued in Germany in 1957 to demonstrate some of the musical results -- this was followed by a pair of LPs issued in the UK, that were to include the music as well as early English nursery rhymes, songs and sayings. It is these recordings that are being issued here, along with the original and rare sleevenotes. The music is performed on what has since become known as "the Orff instruments": glockenspiels, xylophones, metallophones, drinking glasses, violoncello, bells, cymbals, drums, and the triangle. Rhythmic exercises are executed by hand-clapping, knee-slapping, feet-stamping, as well as using drums, whips, sand-rattles, and other percussion instruments. The spoken word is used for its meaning, its tone-color and rhythmic significance. Nursery rhymes familiar to most of us form a strong base to the album, but there are some here that you may have never come across before. Many of these date back to the 18th century, and Trunk also includes here the oldest song of all -- "Sumer Is Icumen In." Not only is the music absolutely captivating for adults and children alike, the CD comes with extensive 16-page sleeve notes explaining the origins of the songs and sayings. These are magical, rarely heard (and occasionally scary) recordings from the 1950s that highlight just how beautiful the simplest of all music can be. But the release also shows how incredible children's musical education once was. Performers: Chorus of the Children's Opera Group, Speech Ensemble from the Italia Conti School, and The Instrumental Ensemble.
$10.99 UPC: 666017259222 CLASSICAL
01. Cuckoo, Where Are You?
02. Pat-A-Cake
03. Meena, Deena
04. Name-Calling
05. Street Cries
06. Tinker, Tailor
07. Bobbie Shaftoe
08. Little Tommy Tucker
09. Bye Baby Bunting
10. Improvisations in Four-Four Time
11. Improvisations in Three-Four Time
12. Tommy's Fallen in the Pond
13. Tom, Tom the Piper's Son
14. My Little Pony Needs New Shoes
15. The Baker Is Baking
16. Speech Exercises - Trees and Flowers
17. Speech Exercises - Ensembles
18. Instrumental Piece for Tuned Glasses, Glocks and Violincello
19. Ding, Dong
20. The Day Is Now Over
21. Percussion Exercises - Small Hand Drum
22. Percussion Exercises - Pair of Barrel Drums and Small Hand Drum
23. Percussion Exercises - Piece In Three-Four Time for Hand Drum, Barrel Drum and Block
24. The Grand Old Duke of York
25. Oliver Cromwell
26. The Campbells Are Coming
27. Instrumental Pieces I
28. Instrumental Pieces II
29. Instrumental Pieces III
30. Instrumental Pieces IV
31. Instrumental Pieces V
32. Instrumental Pieces VI
33. Instrumental Pieces VII
34. Instrumental Pieces VIII
35. Instrumental Pieces IX
36. Instrumental Pieces X
37. Where Are You Going To, My Pretty Maid?
38. Alleluja
39. Old Angus Mctavish
40. Instrumental Rondo
41. Boomfallera
42. Sleep, Baby Sleep
43. Three Instrumental Pieces I
44. Three Instrumental Pieces II
45. Three Instrumental Pieces III
46. Cradle Song
47. Three Ostinato Pieces I
48. Three Ostinato Pieces II
49. Three Ostinato Pieces III
50. Dance, Lassie Do
51. Mary, Helen, Caroline
52. Instrumental Dance
53. A Farmer Went Trotting
54. Bear Dance
55. Simple Simon
56. Five Ostinato Pieces I
57. Five Ostinato Pieces II
58. Five Ostinato Pieces III
59. Five Ostinato Pieces VI
60. Five Ostinato Pieces V
61. Fabian, Sebastian
62. Three Blind Mice
63. O My Deir Hart
64. O Hush Thee, My Babie
65. Five Fools in a Barrow
66. Percussion Exercises I - For Various Percussion Instruments
67. Percussion Exercises II - Stamping, Clapping and Knee Slapping
68. Percussion Exercises III - For Drums
69. Saint Matthie
70. Thistles
71. How to Treat a Horse
72. A Tempest
73. Apple Howlers Song
74. Stones
75. Witches Scene from Macbeth
76. Sumer Is Icumen In
77. Instrumental Piece
78. Two Dances I
79. Two Dances II
80. King Herod
81. Instrumental Piece
82. Boys and Girls Come Out to Play
83. Flute Cadenza
84. Song for Good Friday
85. Instrumental Piece
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HAGELSTEIN, RUEDE: Mr. Parrotfish EP 12" (WG 011EP)
The parrotfish is a colorful thalassian, who is as much skilled at submerging in mystical depths as Ruede Hagelstein's light-footed producer-style. The grooves on the first side feature collaborations between Hagelstein and Emerson Todd, with a remix Ian Pooley. On "Addicted,"paranoid synth-lines wind through technoid beat-patterns until they lose themselves in an orgy of white noise, vocal shreds and sirens. "Solitude" was offered for free download by Mixmag and reached 23,000 clicks within a month -- the club-version delivers a perfect ending.
$8.99 UPC: 827170505469 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Folkets Hus EP 12" (WMWL 001EP)
Some 100 years ago, Sweden was a miserable, dark and damp habitat. This record is a story about the Sweden you might not know, in which you need a special permit to dance. On Folkets Hus (Swedish for "People's House") are gathered four of Sweden's most forward-thinking and talented artists. They represent varied styles and motions, all united in the shared sound of the woods and the lakes in Sweden. Artists include: Andycap, KAB, Özgür Can, and Jesper Aubin.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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GLASS, JAMES: Under the Influence Volume Three: A Collection of Rare Soul and Disco 2CD (ZEDD 029CD)
Following on from the likes of Backstreet Brit Funk, Destination Boogie and the ever-popular Soul of Disco series, Z Records continues to release high-quality compilations filled with lesser-known disco, funk and boogie. After the universally well-received Under the Influence Vol. 1 compiled by Red Greg (ZEDD 024CD) and Vol. 2 compiled by Paul Phillips (ZEDD 027CD/LP), ZR returns with Vol.3, this time compiled by James Glass. James Glass grew up in London and was exposed to Top of the Pops and John Peel's venerable radio shows, both of which turned him onto the fresh sounds of punk and new wave. His affinity for soul, jazz funk and disco, however, came from listening to the rapidly-growing pirate radio stations such as LWR and Horizon. These influences were heightened further when he decided to move to New York in the late '80s, an area long associated with limitless possibilities for anyone with a passion for underground dance music. For the last 20 years, though, he's called the San Francisco Bay Area home where the rock/dance hybrid has once again captivated his ears. During his time in San Francisco, James Glass has been instrumental in helping to define the uniquely eclectic sounds of the early '90s club scene. He provided a more soulful, grounded alternative to thump-thump rave beats and inadvertently exposed dancers to the origins of '90s club music. His intricately-assembled DJ sets are mixed with rare '70s soul, disco and early house -- the gritty, raw sounds that inspire his production style and obsessive dedication to genuine music that has no expiration date. In addition to playing West Coast gigs, he also runs two record labels, Golden Goose and Grimy. Glass and partner DJ Garth of the legendary Wicked parties have been releasing their own left-field and cosmic rock edits on Golden Goose since 2005 under the name King & Hound. The Grimy label, which he runs with partner Zernell Gillie, a highly revered Chicago DJ, focuses on underground disco edits. As always with Z Records, the masters sound as good as possible, so if you're a fan of compilations from BBE or Dimitri From Paris and Z Records' Soul of Disco CDs, then this will not disappoint.
$11.99 EAN: 5060162572079 ROCK
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NOZERO, LARRY: Time CD (OEP 1003CD)
"180 Proof Records continues to bring new life to the Strata Inc. catalog with Larry Nozero's 1975 passion project, Time. The last album to be released on Strata Inc., Time is a dreamlike mix of mood, an album full of range, tempo, and feeling; from the impulsive and airy rendition of the jazz standard 'All the Things You Are' to the brooding melancholia of 'Tony,' Nozero's Time is destined to become known among aficionados as a classic of 1970s jazz. Working with his cousin and collaborator Dennis Tini, Time is unlike many albums of the era in that it truly feels like a work fueled by freewheeling expressionism. The pieces are funky, soulful, strange, and soothing all at once. Tini's stand-out contribution to the album is 'Tune for L.N.,' a funk-fueled piece of rhythm-centric jazz. A distinguishing feature of the album is the use of wordless vocalise. The scat work on part two of 'Chronicle of the Murdered House' adds a distinct counterpoint to Nozero's reed work, while the high pitch bebop of 'Baubles, Bangles and Beads' closes out the album with a carefree and buoyant groove. Time has been remastered from the original reel to reel masters, along with the artwork, which has been restored and printed on top heavy stock tip on gatefold jackets. The record is numbered and pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Includes extensive liner notes and never seen before photos."
$11.00 UPC: 659123028424 JAZZ
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NOZERO, LARRY: Time 2LP (OEP 1003LTD-LP)
Double LP version. Comes numbered in a heavy stock, tip on gatefold jacket. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl. Includes extensive liner notes and never seen before photos.
$22.50 UPC: 659123028417 JAZZ
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NEIL, FRED: Sessions LP (4M 232LP)
"Released in 1967, Sessions is the follow-up to Fred Neil's classic self-titled solo album. Although the long, meandering, raga influenced songs on Sessions are a bit perplexing at first, the album's rewards increase with each subsequent listening session. Neil's vocal performances are astounding and the album as a whole is a meditative experience. An under-rated LP from one of American folk's finest voices." On 180 gram vinyl.
$13.50 UPC: 646315123210 ROCK
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NEIL, FRED: Other Side of This Life LP (4M 233LP)
"Other Side of This Life is the final album from American folk music legend Fred Neil, released in 1971 before his long self-imposed retirement from music to focus on dolphin conservation in his home state of Florida. Featuring a side of live recordings of some of his most lasting and well known compositions (including 'The Dolphins' and 'Everybody's Talkin'') as well as a side of studio sessions featuring Les McCann and Gram Parsons, Other Side of This Life may not be Neil's most memorable album but it's still head and shoulders above most other singer-songwriter material of the era." On 180 gram vinyl.
$13.50 UPC: 646315123319 ROCK
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POP, IGGY: Lust For Life LP (4M 525LP)
2013 repress. "Released less than a year after The Idiot, Lust For Life is a return to the sloppy, sleazy, blues-y, swagger of the Stooges. Though the record is again produced by David Bowie, he takes much more of a backseat musically, allowing for Iggy Pop to take center stage in his return to form. His best solo album and an absolute classic from this legend." 180 gram vinyl.
$13.50 UPC: 646315152517 ROCK
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BIKINI KILL: Bikini Kill EP 12" (BK 002EP)
2013 repress. "This is the 20th anniversary reissue of Bikini Kill's debut 12" EP. The vinyl reissue includes a new fanzine in the form of a 34" x 21" poster featuring interviews with Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens) and Molly Neuman (Bratmobile), liner notes by Layla Gibbon (Skinned Teen, MRR), excerpts from the band's zines (Bikini Kill #1 and #2, Jigsaw #4), and photos from the band members' personal archives. Bikini Kill was a feminist punk band that was based in Olympia, WA and Washington, DC, forming in 1990 and breaking up in 1997. Kathleen Hanna sang, Tobi Vail played drums, Billy Karren (a.k.a. Billy Boredom) played guitar, and Kathi Wilcox played bass. Bikini Kill is credited with instigating the Riot Grrrl movement in the early '90s via their political lyrics, zines, and confrontational live performances. The self-titled EP, originally released in the fall of 1992, comprises four songs recorded by Ian MacKaye at Inner Ear Studios; one song from the band's 1991 demo cassette, recorded by Pat Maley (Yo-Yo Studios) and one song recorded during Bikini Kill's live performance on April 4th, 1992, at Washington, D.C.'s Sanctuary Theater."
$9.50 UPC: 851647004292 ROCK
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JONSON, MATHEW: Her Blurry Pictures CD (CRM 023CD)
"Encompassing electronica, techno, and elements of house in a deft array of electronic craftsmanship, Mathew's sound is instantly recognizable, rhythmically complex and a timeless fluid style that is unique to his productions."
$11.50 UPC: 730003822322 ELECTRONIC
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FATHER YOD AND THE SOURCE FAMILY: The Source Family DVD (DC 564DVD)
"Awareness of The Source Family, YaHoWa13 and Father Yod has been growing since their early 1970s heyday. A spiritual commune dedicated to a wide-ranging blend of eastern and western mysticism, The Source Family were very much a part of the infamous era of tuning in, turning on and dropping out in the late 1960s and '70s. The Source Family's celebrity-hang-out vegetarian restaurant, rock band, utopian commune, and beautiful women made them darlings of Hollywood's Sunset Strip; but their outsider ideals and controversial spiritual leader Father Yod provoked local authorities, leading to their dramatic demise. Still, Yod's spirit lives on -- in the hearts and souls of Family members, and in the music that he and the family's various bands made during his life, much of which remains in circulation. Additionally, new finds from the many hours of tapes they left behind are released every year. This incredible true story -- told largely through home movies and photographs maintained by archivist Isis Aquarian, one of Father Yod's fourteen wives, features a soundtrack comprised entirely of original Source Family music. The Source Family provides an unparalleled insider's view into the cult/commune phenomenon and wild social experimentation of the '70s; a penetrating and bittersweet examination of the joys of the free love generation and the contradictions that lay beneath the surface of their peaceful, easy feelings. In this, it is a uniquely Californian story as well." NTSC format.\; 99 minutes; aspect ratio: 16:9.
$11.00 UPC: 781484056492 ROCK
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PANZNER/GREG STUART, JOE: Dystonia Duos CD (EA 001CD)
"ErstAEU is a new CD imprint, launched by Erstwhile Records to help document the work of young American experimental musicians working in a post-electroacoustic vein. EA 001 is recommended if you like Sheer Hellish Miasma, R/S, At the End of an Endless Stream."
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GUTHRIE/RICHARD KAMERMAN, ANNE: Sinter CD (EA 002CD)
"RIYL: motubachii, Luc Ferrari, being confused."
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STEPHENSON/AARON ZARZUTZKI, GRAHAM: Touching CD (EA 003CD)
"RIYL: Joe Foster, Balloon & Needle, Robin Hayward."
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ROWE/GRAHAM LAMBKIN, KEITH: Making A CD (ERST 067CD)
"Graham Lambkin first heard Keith Rowe's sixties work in AMM as a teenager growing up in Folkestone, a small town in Kent, England, and for him it was very influential. That same year, Lambkin formed his now legendary band The Shadow Ring and Lambkin says, 'For Darren (Harris) and I, AMM was one of the groups that gave us licence to just do what we wanted, regardless of whether it fitted with convention or employed "accepted" techniques, and did so from a very English standpoint which held great appeal.' A decade of increasingly skewed and inspired work by the band culminated in 2003's I'm Some Songs, constructed long distance as Lambkin had relocated to the US in 1998. Since then, Lambkin has primarily worked under his own name, both as a solo artist and in duo with Jason Lescalleet. Rowe first became aware of Lambkin's work more recently, initially via 2007's Salmon Run, but when the two first met at the AMPLIFY 2011: stones festival in NYC, the connection was immediate. 2012 was spent in preparation and in January 2013 the duo met first in NYC for a memorable live set and then travelled to Graham's house in Poughkeepsie where Making A was recorded. The instant personal chemistry between the two fully translated to their musical relationship, both the similarities and differences seem to perfectly fit. This immediate rapport led to the quickest ever turnaround time from recording to release for an Erstwhile, just 77 days. Both musicians feel that Making A represents something very unusual and unique from their own perspective, and it is also the first release in Rowe's close to half century of recording in which he does not use a guitar or a radio. The six panel digipak features combined artwork from the two musicians, joining forces to create a visual whole that parallels the music."
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PUBLIC SPEAKING: Blanton Ravine CD (FABREC 027CD)
"On his knees in a semicircle of electronic processors and percussive clutter, the singer quakes and moans, possessed with a passionate, paranoid vision. Public Speaking is the solo moniker of Brooklyn experimental musician Jason Anthony Harris. Utilizing found objects, radio, tape recorder, synthesizer and effect pedals, he constructs percussive, textural music for his deep, soulful vocals to croon over. Somewhere between Brian Eno and Tune-Yards, or Tortoise and James Blake, Harris' music explores pop music as organized sound. The Deli Magazine wrote: 'This is soul music functioning as 21st century meditation... [This] is what happens when an artist personally realizes the sound of his environment, and puts it to use.' His first full-length, Blanton Ravine is a lush collection of songs and sounds drawing on avant rock, IDM, ambient, noise, and R&B."
$10.00 UPC: 711574753628 ELECTRONIC
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PUBLIC SPEAKING: Blanton Ravine LP (FABREC 027LP)
LP version. Limited edition of 225 with paste-on art over all black jackets. Includes a free download code.
$15.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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WHITLOCK, BOBBY: Where There's a Will There's a Way: The ABC-Dunhill Recordings CD (FDR 602CD)
"Collecting the first two early 1970's solo albums by Memphis singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist Bobby Whitlock. Presented here together on CD, Bobby Whitlock (1972) and Raw Velvet (also 1972) are star-studded (George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Delaney & Bonnie), soulful albums from one of rock music's key unsung figures. Whitlock's story is a remarkable one. Born to a hardscrabble existence, raised in abject poverty, abused by his preacher father and sent out to pick cotton in the fields. Moving from one railroad town to another, Whitlock was quite literally from the wrong side of the tracks. Yet thanks to his singing and piano playing, music was Whitlock's escape. Winding up in Memphis, Whitlock hooked up with Stax Records, who signed him as the first white artist to their new pop label HIP. But it was soul music, not pop, that was in Whitlock's heart -- and his break came when Delaney & Bonnie asked him to join their band, The Friends. Following Delaney & Bonnie from Stax to Elektra Records, Whitlock found his life starting to intertwine with '60s rock royalty. Delaney & Bonnie took him on tour with Blind Faith, where Eric Clapton was impressed with Whitlock's playing and the camaraderie he saw in The Friends. Soon, Whitlock joined Clapton, Jim Gordon and Carl Radle in Derek & The Dominos, the crack unit that backed George Harrison on much of the seminal All Things Must Pass and recorded the classic rock album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs. During the recording of those albums, Whitlock tentatively made his first steps as a solo artist. Though drugs were already beginning to tear Derek & The Dominoes apart, Whitlock was able to call on some high profile friends (and 'Friends') to play on his album, including Clapton, Harrison, session bassist Klaus Voorman (John Lennon, Carly Simon, et al), drummer Jim Gordon, Chris Wood (of Traffic) and others."
$11.25 UPC: 826853060226 ROCK
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WHITLOCK, BOBBY: Bobby Whitlock LP (FDR 605LP)
"Deluxe, first ever re-release of Bobby Whitlock's 1972 debut solo album.... Memphis-style soul n' blues featuring George Harrison, Bobby Keys, and Delaney & Bonnie." Remastered from the original tapes. Comes on 180 gram vinyl, housed in a gatefold "tip-on" jacket; with detailed liner notes and archive photos.
$15.00 UPC: 826853060516 ROCK
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WHITLOCK, BOBBY: Raw Velvet LP (FDR 606LP)
First ever reissue. Remastered from the original tapes. Comes on gatefold 180 gram vinyl with new liner notes interviewing Bobby Whitlock, plus unseen photos. Features George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bobby Keys, Klaus Voormann, and Delaney & Bonnie.
$15.00 UPC: 826853060615 ROCK
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DILLOWAY, AARON: Modern Jester CD (HN 250CD)
"CD edition of 2012's double LP. Tape loops, percussion, synthesizer, junk, voice, and tape FX. Recorded 2008-2011. Edition of 500. Packaged in a poly jewelcase with insert. Every second of this recording contains subliminal messages."
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RODRIGUEZ: Cold Fact LP (LITA 036LP)
LP version, 2013 new repress. Deluxe 180 gram pressing, heavy jacket. "It's one of the lost classics of the '60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in color and inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion, and, of course, 'jumpers, coke, sweet mary jane.'"
$15.00 UPC: 826853003612 ROCK
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PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED: First Issue LP (LITA 100LP)
LP version. "180 gram vinyl housed in gatefold, tip-on jacket with an archive replica fold-out poster, two stickers, and archive replica newsprint adverts with lyrics insert. Plus, download card for full album, non-album single B-side: 'The Cowboy Song' and an unedited October 1978 BBC audio interview with John Lydon."
$17.50 UPC: 826853010016 ROCK
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BENJAMIN WITH DOLLAR BRAND, BEA: African Songbird CD (MM 103CD)
"Matsuli Music is proud is announce the re-issue of African Songbird, the masterpiece from South Africa's greatest jazz singer, Sathima Bea Benjamin. Originally released in 1976, African Songbird was a debut long overdue. A 1959 recording debut, which would have been South Africa's first ever LP, was shelved. Her 1963 recording with Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn was put aside by Reprise's then head of A&R, Frank Sinatra, for not being commercial enough. African Songbird is a tour-de-force, and arguably the most dramatic and powerful release on Rashid Vally's As-shams label. The opener, 'Africa', is the album's fulcrum, a statement of breath-taking musical, personal and political complexity. It is a song of exile, of loss, and of return: a song that is both personal and universal, speaking for a people made homeless in their own land, speaking to those whose ambivalent embrace of exile ached for a homecoming. It speaks too of hope and resolution. 'Africa' is a personally powerful declaration from a remarkable African woman: a song of deferred self and dislocated space finally resolved in an emotional homecoming. It is a song of celebration and mourning -- a heartfelt paean to her home that is shot through with the raw sorrow of lament. Sathima's voice, wholly unique in jazz singing, gradually sheds its musical supports as the programme develops. From the thickly-layered tumult of 'Africa,' through the characteristic Cape Town swing that informs 'Music,' the instrumentation is quietly reduced, then finally dispensed with. The title track is performed a capella, but for the natural sounds of the sea coast, the gulls and surf of the Cape itself. After many years of silence, two deferred albums, and over a decade of rootless exile from a home that had been made inhospitable by the inhumanity of apartheid, Sathima's voice is finally heard, alone with her song, naturally, like a bird. The CD is housed in a six panel digipak."
$13.00 UPC: N/A JAZZ
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PARKINS, FREDERIC RZEWSKI, JAMES TENNEY, ZEENA: Works for String Quartet and Percussion CD (NW 80740CD)
"The evolution of the string quartet repertory has accelerated during the last half of the twentieth-century and beyond as composers from both the mainstream and the avant-garde have mined its seemingly inexhaustible creative resources. This CD features the virtually unprecedented combination of string quartet and percussion. It contains three works by prominent American experimentalist composers from several generations exploring the ensemble's unique sonic resources in diverse stylistic settings, each with its own original approach to musical form. A 'whim-wham' is a 'fanciful or fantastic notion or object.' In Frederic Rzewski's 'Whimwhams' (1993) the 'fanciful' occurs within a pre-conceived formal design. The formal structure in 'Whimwhams' provides time units, 'empty containers' for the free play of the composer's imagination, which yield striking successions of musical moments, each with its own distinctive identity. In James Tenney's Cognate Canons (1993) the canons occur between the percussion and the string quartet. The durations of the two canonic 'voices' are related by a series of proportions, creating the effect of simultaneous tempi, which Nancarrow used in his player piano music. Zeena Parkins describes 's:c:a:t:t:e:r:i:n:g' (2012) thusly: 'Flickering sound and shifting colors subvert the linear. 's:c:a:t:t:e:r:i:n:g' is composed of ten movements, evolving things, and objets sonores that acquire a modulated presence through accumulation. Resonance piles up and is dispersed by the 'scatterers' as they journey within conditions of motion and stasis."
$10.75 UPC: 093228074021 CLASSICAL
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MOE, ERIC: Meanwhile Back at the Ranch CD (NW 80741CD)
Performed by Firebird Ensemble. "The five works on this disc tap into a wide and deep current of sources and ideas, a microcosm of Eric Moe's (b. 1954) fascinations, with references to Goethe and Richard Wilbur, among others. The compositional craft by which Moe achieves his expressive purposes is as varied as his musical moods, though we can detect certain trends toward process and pattern, such as cycling pitch and rhythmic collections. Also pointedly informing Moe's music is its performer-centricity: as a performing pianist himself he knows what it is to enjoy what one is playing, whether a syncopated, dancing texture or a long, lyrical melodic line. A story might be told more appropriately as a comedy than as a tragedy, or might better fit a cartoon than a painting; a prayer and a joke can both convey a basic truth. In Eric Moe's work the cosmic distance between Goethe and mud wrestling is agreeably small. There's really little telling how title or source might reflect the music of a given piece, nor is there any way to assess the effect of these apparently widely diverging moments except cumulatively, after hearing the whole. The far-flung, ground-covering referentiality of Moe's ostensible subjects, as well as the music itself, aim at an aggregate density of experience, echoing life in its odd juxtapositions and weird coincidences, its intellectual and poetic richness, its intricacy, intimacy, and avoidance of easy answers."
$10.75 UPC: 093228074120 CLASSICAL
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VA: Forge Your Own Chains 2LP (NA 5046LP)
Subtitled: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads And Dirges 1968-1974. 2013 repress, originally released 2009. 2LP version. "Deluxe gatefold jacket containing extensive and detailed liner notes and annotation by Egon, rare photos and other ephemera." Artists: Top Drawer, Sensational Saints, East Of Underground, D. R. Hooker, Shin Jung Hyun & The Men feat. Jang Hyun, T. Zchiew & The Johnny, The Strangers, Damon, Ellison, Morly Grey, Shadrack Chameleon, Ofege, Ana Y Jaime, Kourosh Yaghmaei, Baby Grandmothers.
$13.75 UPC: 659457504618 ROCK
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JOHANNSSON, JOHANN: Fordlandia 2LP (NTOV 007LP)
"Double vinyl, gatefold sleeve reissue of Johannsson's 4AD album on Johann's own NTOV label." On clear vinyl.
$16.50 EAN: 0829707957215 ELECTRONIC
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THOUGHT BROADCAST: Thought Broadcast LP (OESB 060LP)
2012 release. "Debut vinyl full-length by Daly City, California based isolationist Thought Broadcast. Limited edition of 400 copies. 12" black vinyl - heavy duty covers silkscreened by Monoroid."
$15.00 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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IVVVO: Future EP 12" (PUBINF 009EP)
"The first in a series of limited edition 12" aimed at the dancefloor. IVVVO, a young producer from Portugal with previous form on Opal Tapes and is closely affiliated with the Photonz crew - The Future EP presents his most exciting work yet. Six transmissions long - vinyl scarred, abrasive, and heartbroken, IVVVO reaches into early UK rave music for inspiration, but twists the end-game. The yearning vocal, the minor key whisper, the shuffling breakbeat, the bleep, the bloop, and the seeping tape-bleed all present. Yet IVVVO mangles these core elements of dance music past into something that sizzles headfirst into 2013. Opening cut 'Darkness in My Soul' kicks off the record in a sad glare of tone bursts, aching lead lines and throbbing kicks. Elsewhere he reaches into his bag for stinging hats and nagging hooks. All tracks clock in shy of five minutes. IVVVO's way is the quick release, the instant blast, the cute melodic touch... smoldering in warehouse black. No time for bloated dance formulas here. And then, the piano. Bookending either side sits a pair of devastating miniatures, played on his grandma's piano, prepared, cloaked in hiss and ending these plates with a kiss of forlorn ambience. A funereal flourish to the death of rave... to the future."
$14.50 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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SLICES: The Electronic Music Magazine Issue 2-13 DVD (SLICES 213DVD)
Slices is a free DVD magazine out of Germany, focusing on the contemporary electronic music scene. It can be added to orders at no cost. Features: Robag Wruhme, Rone Stefan Goldmann, Synkro; Tech Talk: Leaf Audio; Club Special: Trouw Amsterdam; New Faces: Sandrow M; EB Live & Rare: Nicolas Jaar "Time For Us"; Hundreds "Grab The Sunset"; Karin Park "Thousands Loaded Guns." Format: PAL 16:9. Running time: 99 minutes. Language: English. Dolby Digital 2.0.
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VA: Let Me Play This For You: Rare Cajun Recordings CD (TSQ 2912CD)
"This latest installment in the Long Gone Sound series features some of the rarest, most compelling tunes and heart-breaking songs from Southwest Louisiana. Most of the performances on this collection have not been heard since they were originally recorded on 78 rpm disc and yet they serve as a discrete Rosetta Stone for the traditional Cajun and Creole repertoire that exists today. Not to be understated, this collection features some of the most vexingly rare and valuable Cajun 78s ever recorded. Cajun discs such as those found in this release are valued not only for their magnificent artistry but also because of their desperate scarcity. In the isolated back-water bayous and prairies of South-West Louisiana a profoundly unique and powerful form of indigenous music developed among the French speaking white Cajuns and black Creoles. Drawing from a rich range of cultural sounds, this music was first recorded in the 1920s and 1930s and featured such luminaries as Amede Ardoin, Dennis McGee and Joe & Cleoma Falcon. This special collection includes all of Percy Babineaux & Bixy Guidry's 1929 recordings and most of Angelas Le Jeune's 1929-1930 recordings with Denus McGee & Ernest Fruge. Found within is also the newly discovered 78 of Blind Uncle Gaspard & Delma Lachney. Respectfully crafted by Christopher King, Susan Archie, and Ron Brown for Tompkins Square."
$11.25 UPC: 894807002912 ROCK
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WAGNER, TY: Misery Train/Soul Exercise 7" (UTS 074EP)
"Ty Wagner cut his first single, 'I'm a No-Count' in late 1965 at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood. The record was not a hit, but Ty's gloriously snarling vocal and the song's rebellious lyrics assured that decades later it would become a garage-punk anthem: 'Ain't had a haircut in four years / You can't even see my ears.' His 1966 single, 'Slander,' also found a new generation of fans via its appearance on Back from the Grave. Those two sought-after singles were Ty Wagner's only musical legacy -- until now. UT Records is proud to present two previously unreleased Ty Wagner tracks recorded in 1967. 'Misery Train' is a dark and moody thriller with a killer string-bending guitar riff -- imagine the Seeds jamming with Link Wray. The flipside, 'Soul Exercise,' is a sexy, hard-grooved dance number with a dynamic lead vocal and lots of atmospheric percussion -- destined to full the floor at hip happenings from this point forth. Limited to just 800 copies, Misery Train/Soul Exercise comes in cool picture sleeve with rare pics and liner notes by Ugly Things' Mike Stax."
$7.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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CIRCUS 2000: Circus 2000 LP (VM 014LP)
"A band from the Turin area, Circus 2000 debuted in 1970 on RiFi label with an eponymous LP that, although it did not represent a new level of sound, it fell like a bolt from the blue on an Italian scene still anchored to the beat schemes of the '60s. Circus 2000 was not a real progressive album, since it derived from the psychedelic and west-coast scenes from the USA, but it's still considered one of the LPs that opened to the florid Italian 'pop season,' which would explode just a couple of years later. The album cover artwork, the English lyrics, the psychedelic sound supporting the beautiful voice of singer Silvana Aliotta, all these ingredients made Circus 2000 an unique phenomenon in the musical Italian panorama, and many believed that the band was actually American. The album is one of the rarest items in its original version, and it's here reprinted in a perfect 180 gram black vinyl replica."
$27.00 EAN: 8016158111446 ROCK
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ODISSEA: Odissea LP (VM 016LP)
"Born as Pow-Pow and coming from the town of Biella (Piedmont, Italy), the band then changed their name in Odissea in 1972. The same year, even before releasing an official album, they luckily opened for Genesis, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, and Rocky's Filj. Their eponymous debut was then released in 1973 on the RiFi record label, enclosed in a great gatefold cover and an inside LP envelope with lyrics. Musically it's very melodic progressive rock, with a strong acoustic component, over which rises the charismatic singer Roberto Zola's voice, reminiscing of the particular timbre of Jumbo's Alvaro Fella. Odissea split up in 1974 when the same Zola left the band to pursue, without success, a solo career. As it usually happens, Odissea remains the only LP from the band, a little Italian prog gem. 180 gram black vinyl edition, a replica of the original 1973 release." Gatefold with printed innersleeve.
$27.00 EAN: 8016158111644 ROCK
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MOUNT KIMBIE: Cold Spring Fault Less Youth 2LP (WARP 237LP)
Double LP version. Comes in a gatefold sleeve and includes a download code for the album. "Since 2009, Dominic Maker and his partner in Mount Kimbie, Kai Campos, have played a central role in forging a new form for electronic music. Their influence stretches far beyond the corner of the dance music underground that birthed them. They have repeatedly confounded expectations, transforming themselves from bedroom-studio producers to creators of one of the most fully realized electronic album-length statements of recent years and refining their live show to incorporate live drums, bass, guitar and vocals. With their second album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth finally completed, the perception of Mount Kimbie looks set to expand again."
$17.50 UPC: 801061023713 ELECTRONIC
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PHAELEH: Tides CD (AFTR 1004CD)
Since his debut release in 2008, Phaeleh aka Matt Preston has developed an inimitable style of cinematic electronic music, which floats between the shifting tempos and timbres of dubstep, garage, electronica, and house music. Phaeleh's last two full-length releases on Afterglo records -- Fallen Light and The Cold In You -- have cemented his position as one of the most exciting new producers to emerge from his current hometown, Bristol. Phaeleh's downbeat and heartfelt sound honors the tradition of Bristolian forefathers Massive Attack, Smith & Mighty, and Portishead, with a fresh outlook and penchant for sub-sonics. This time, he's skirted round the easy option and stepped away from any formulas that seemed too comfortable. Tides is very much an album that Phaeleh wanted to listen to, rather than one that he thought people wanted to hear. Aiming to achieve a more cinematic, musical experience while still retaining the same emotional content of the early releases, he's filtered in influences ranging from Philip Glass to Massive Attack and Boards Of Canada but maintaining a sound that is distinctively Phaeleh. His back catalog has already seen him establish a strong fanbase. Fallen Light and The Cold In You have sold over 200k downloads and contributed to a staggering tally of more than 2 million monthly views on YouTube. This is supplemented by 65k+ Facebook fans and a Soundcloud following that turns over 75k plays per month, while he has also been readily embraced on the airwaves as well, picking up support across Radio 1, 6 Music, 1Xtra, Kiss, and Rinse FM. He's also risen to prominence as an in-demand remixer, reworking artists as diverse as chart-topping dance outfit Rudimental to classical composer Ludovico Einaudi, via much-hyped pop acts such as Charli XCX and Niki & The Dove. His second album proper, Tides, is an evolutionary step with taut songcraft and melancholic tones. It features vocals by Jess Mills, Soundmouse (who collaborated on his most popular songs), and Augustus Ghost (one-half of Snow Ghosts with Throwing Snow), who will also be performing alongside Phaeleh on his live dates in the U.S.
$10.99 UPC: 666017262727 ELECTRONIC
01. Journey
02. Here Comes the Sun (feat. Soundmouse)
03. Storm (feat. Jess Mills)
04. Tokoi
05. Whistling in the Dark (feat. Augustus Ghost)
06. Tides
07. Never Fade Away
08. Night Lights (feat. Cian Finn)
09. A Different Time
10. So Far Away
11. Distraction
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XIPHIIDAE: Quaking Myth LP (ZORN 023LP)
Long-running solo project by Jeffry Astin -- label head-honcho of everyone's favorite underground cassette label, Housecraft. His highly abstract style, represented on over 40 releases (predominantly cassettes) defies all attempts at elementary categorization, but indicates broad influences from modern and ethnic drone, tape music, musique concrète, kosmische, and lo-fi, amongst others. Quaking Myth (2010) finally gets the proper issue on wax.
$16.39 UPC: 769791903333 ROCK
A1. Untitled (16:38)
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TULUUM SHIMMERING: Ulau Tau - Spirit of the Sun LP (ZORN 031LP)
One of the most magical recordings you'll hear this year is the first LP by UK-based, one-man transcendental-drone band Tuluum Shimmering. The sound of Tuluum Shimmering is like a sort of loop-driven, timeless ethnic music without a region or a tradition. An array of instruments (sampling keyboard, flutes, violin, kalimba, percussion) are run, via a mixer, through a multi-FX pedal into a 30-second looper, and out to an amp. Everything is recorded live, with no overdubs or mixing. Get ready for the take-off.
$16.39 UPC: 769791903340 ROCK
A1. Untitled (21:59)
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XIPHIIDAE: Pass Hidingly Seek LP (ZORN 033LP)
Long-running solo project by Jeffry Astin -- label head-honcho of everyone's favorite underground cassette label, Housecraft. His highly abstract style, represented on over 40 releases (predominantly cassettes) defies all attempts at elementary categorization, but indicates broad influences from modern and ethnic drone, tape music, musique concrète, kosmische, and lo-fi, amongst others. Pass Hidingly Seek (2009) finally gets the proper issue on wax.
$16.39 UPC: 769791903357 ROCK
A1. Untitled (14:09)
B1. Untitled (14:14)
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SAROOS: Return CD (N 035CD)
Click-clack, click-clack, click-clack: The beat of riding on a train before the invention of pneumatic suspension was no jazz. But combined with the landscape passing by the window, its steady, pulsing beat had consequences. Digressing thoughts, imagination kicking in -- this principle can be heard on Saroos' third album. The three band members, who live in Berlin and Munich, have toured Italy by train numerous times. They liked it a lot -- you travel more slowly, you tour at low revs, with enough click-clack to make it click in the head. Take "Tsalal Nights." A rhythm, as straight as if drawn with a sewing machine, yet the music lets your brain whir casually and playfully in all sorts of directions. Retro-futurism in a slightly psychoactive form -- more H.P. Lovecraft than Jules Verne. "Spiaggia di Pluto" throbs in extraterrestrial chill, but with the stylish coolness of a Kubrick-space-lounge in the year 2001, whereas "Kraken Mare" lets the listener float through a sea of glacial sounds -- and then, in the closing moments, tugs them in a rhythmic eddy. Compared to their earlier albums, the beat seems so unrestrained that the sound has sufficient room. Sometimes jungle-electro-exotica wobbles through the undergrowth of sound in elliptic circles, sometimes the foghorn strikes up a savage dub, as if King Tubby was circulating through the analog nirvana after a particularly massive spliff. This makes the album not only more organic, but also more social. More man, less machine. When guests came round in the studio, the samplers remained turned off. This, of course, leaves marks. Not all as big as Fenster's Tadklimp, who contributed a bagful of sounds and had his fingers on the mixing console. Whoever expected a jam album from Saroos? But this is it.
$10.99 UPC: 880918214924 ELECTRONIC
01. Henderson Island
02. Willow
03. Tsalal Nights
04. Boojum
05. Seadance
06. Rhoda
07. Spiaggia Di Pluto
08. Morning Way
09. Sequoia
10. Kraken Mare
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SAROOS: Return LP (N 035LP)
LP version.
$12.99 UPC: 880918214917 ELECTRONIC
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RAMPUE: Let's Be Kids Again 12" (AL 179EP)
Referred to as one of the most promising production talents and the undisputed master of the new romantic house movement, Rampue caters his next four piece EP. "Never" causes a bit of confusion before transforming into the most soft-skinned piece of slow house one has ever come across. "Sometimes" has a deep ambient-ish intro built of layered minor strings, and a few shakers. The title track is on a more dancefloor demanding tip while "Colour Back" is a piano-driven future classic.
$8.99 EAN: 4250137205557 ELECTRONIC
A1. Never (4:57)
A2. Sometimes (9:57)
B1. Let's Be Kids Again (7:47)
B2. Colour Back (6:54)
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KOMON: Walk the Walk 12" (AUS 1349EP)
Bristol-based Kieren Lomax (aka Komon) returns to Will Saul's respected imprint with Walk the Walk. As a former member of drum and bass collective Ice Minus, Komon's love for the roots of bass music are clearly recognizable in the thunderous bass lines present on "Walk the Walk/Poly Sum." The notable difference from his previous work is that here they go hand-in-hand with an overt 4x4 sensibility.
$8.99 UPC: 827170486560 ELECTRONIC
A1. Walk the Walk
B1. Poly Sum
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DREAM SYNDICATE: The Day Before Wine and Roses (Radio KPFK, Los Angeles 1982) 2LP (BANG 071LP)
Finally released on vinyl, here comes the recording The Dream Syndicate did at a radio session in Los Angeles in 1982 right before getting in the studio to record their legendary debut album The Days of Wine and Roses. And what you get is The Dream Syndicate at their purest essence -- long tracks where they developed all their talent and imagination. No studio limitations, no record company sound limits. Instead, we can hear long tracks, loud volume, distortion and improvisation. Featuring the extended and pumped-up volume songs of the early days, there are also unheard songs and covers of Neil Young and Bob Dylan, all done by the original line-up: Steve Wynn (guitar, vocals), Karl Precoda (guitar), Kendra Smith (bass), Dennis Duck (drums). Presented in a deluxe double vinyl gatefold edition and with previously-unreleased photography, plus liner notes by Steve Wynn recalling those days, this record is a masterpiece of The Dream Syndicate at their purest and best sound.
$21.79 EAN: 8435008888947 ROCK
01. Some Kinda Itch
02. Mr. Soul
03. Sure Thing
04. That's What You Always Say
05. Outlaw Blues
06. Open Hour
07. When You Smile
08. Season of the Witch
09. The Days of Wine and Roses
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H-SIK: Sonic Rage/No Promises 12" (ACRE 043EP)
Amsterdam local, Ivory Coast progeny, and grime-juke-jungle gene-splicer, H-SIK makes his Black Acre debut in rude style with two concrete-junglist chemical weapons. First up is the muscular drum workout "Sonic Rage," which layers a ridiculously powerful, yet deftly-chopped 808-amen bombardment with delicate citric pads, bleeps and lost Droideka language. On the flip is the Orwellian "No Promises," a natural pairing of Vangelis-like atmospherics and committed drum-funk workout, building with undead voices and B-boy breakdowns.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Sonic Rage
B1. No Promises
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AUTHOR: Forward Forever CD (BLACKBOX 033CD)
First introduced to the world via their self-titled 2011 debut, Author return with their follow-up, Forward Forever. A collaboration between friends and fellow Leeds-residents Ruckspin and J. Sparrow, Author is an outlet for the two producers to explore deeper, more soulful paths than the tougher approaches for which their solo careers are known. First finding a home on Pinch's Tectonic imprint in 2011, Author have since spent time developing their sound to incorporate a more natural-feeling, organic vibe on Forward Forever. Featuring guest vocalists ranging from UK hip-hop heavyweights Jehst and Stig Of The Dump to reggae stars Rider Shafique and Dan Man, the record arguably offers a more complete listening experience than the debut, presenting material that is ostensibly dubstep but in a format that should appeal to a broader audience through hints of Cinematic Orchestra and Bonobo. This approachability translates to their highly-polished live PA, which they've previously toured extensively across the UK and Europe -- including headline sets at the Outlook and Dimensions festivals, with which the pair are closely associated. As individual producers, both possess impressive pedigree -- Ruckspin serving as the producer and engineer for the acclaimed Submotion Orchestra live band, while J. Sparrow released his solo debut LP on Tectonic in 2010 and has recently added a 12" on Mala's Deep Medi Muzik to his increasingly strong back catalog.
$10.99 UPC: 666017264226 ELECTRONIC
01. After Time
02. In the Sky
03. Innovate
04. My Only
05. Chant
06. Gathered
07. On the Boil
08. Paint By Numbers
09. Jah Live
10. Roman
11. Take the Bridge Home
12. Keep Moving
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GANTZ: U Won't Mind EP 12" (BLKBXXX 012EP)
Gantz drops his most anticipated dubplate via Black Box, flipped with a formidable remix courtesy of Thelem. "U Won't Mind" is instantly recognizable as the work of Gantz, with his incessant, chopped vocals, counterintuitive rhythmic switches and dystopian sonic aesthetic. Stop-start beats, pushy sub-bass and cavernous laser shots combine to activate the body but disorient the brain. Thelem fires the track into space with his sci-fi slanted remix -- cavernous bass drops, computerized FX and nagging AI vocals turn Gantz's original into a Y3K dub anthem.
$7.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. U Won't Mind
B1. U Won't Mind (Thelem Remix)
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SCHNEIDER TM: Guitar Sounds CD (BB 145CD)
"Sounds" series part two: electric guitar explorations. Dirk Dresselhaus aka Schneider TM turned building-site noise into music on Construction Sounds (BB 117CD/LP). On his latest offering, he explores the full potential of the electric guitar and an array of effects. Dresselhaus is no stranger to the instrument, it is fair to say. He played guitar in the 1990s for several experimental indie combos and has made liberal, idiosyncratic use of the instrument over the past couple of decades as Schneider TM in electronic music, film, radio plays, and various other sound projects. Technical perfection is not paramount on Guitar Sounds. The focus is on spontaneity, improvisation -- if the result is flawed in the classic sense of the word, this concerns him not one iota. Dresselhaus is interested in atmosphere, in the intensity and magic of the initial moment when decisions are made and played without knowing which direction they will take or where they might end -- music without a safety net, so to speak. Unleashed, the guitar sound takes on its own life, in the spirit of generative music. At the decisive moment, Dresselhaus reins it back, like a dog-owner tugging on the lead, thereby creating an energy field between tension and relief, harmony and disharmony, control and loss of control, construction and deconstruction, positivity and negativity, sobriety, and humor. Or to use a more striking image: surf-sound dualism. All tracks are improvised ("Instant Composition"), none composed in advance. Some pieces were inspired by films or were improvised to film (e. g. "Teilhard" by Christoph Ischinger). The basic "Überzahl" track and elements of "Landslide" were used in Carsten Ludwig's film In der Überzahl and completed with overdubs for this album. The equipment list runs as follows: various electric guitars and bass guitars, lap steel guitar, travel guitar, line amplifiers and combo tube amplifiers, reverbs, echoes, delays, looper pedals, octave effect boxes, pitch shifters, isolation cabinets, filters, cello bows and bottlenecks.
$11.99 EAN: 4047179786928 ELECTRONIC
01. Landslide (8:18)
02. Teilhard (11:15)
03. First of May (4:36)
04. Elefantenhaut (4:40)
05. Überzahl (17:54)
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SCHNEIDER TM: Guitar Sounds LP+CD (BB 145LP)
LP version, includes a CD copy of the album.
$15.79 EAN: 4047179786911 ELECTRONIC
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ROSE & RAY OKPARA, JESSE: The CYH Remixes Vol. 2 12" (CYH 026EP)
After the CYH Remixes Vol. 1 with DJ Sneak and Ian Pooley from 2011 comes round two in Clap Your Hands' remix series. This time, Jesse Rose & Ray Okpara choose their favorite Clap Your Hands track for their own interpretation. This is the Jesse Rose remix of Rafael Kakudo's "Work" and Ray Okpara's remix of Malte Seddig's "Downstream Movement."
$8.39 UPC: 827170495869 ELECTRONIC
A1. Work (Jesse Rose Rmx)
B1. Downstream Movement (Ray Okpara Sunderglow Rmx)
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MADPAC: Compost Black Label 101 12" (COMP 421EP)
Compost Black presents a killer tune -- a trippy peak-time hit. The original by Estonian Madpac is a lovely, jubbly, fluffy house tune, notably when the beloved melody parts come in. Quintessentially a Compost-ish tune, isn't it, with a contemporary, timeless sound. Madpac aka Madis Pähno, was born in 1987 in Tartu Estonia. Strange ways got him to the point where he is now. Remixed by Philipp Stoya and Microphunk.
$8.39 UPC: 673794242118 ELECTRONIC
A1. Angry Nerds (Philipp Stoya Remix)
A2. Angry Nerds (Microphunk Remix)
B1. Angry Nerds
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EPPLE & BOB STOHL, KAT: Sanctus Spiritus LP (VCR 004LP)
Extant in Florida from 1978 until Bob's untimely passing in 1989 at the age of 34, the husband/wife duo of Bob Stohl & Kat Epple were among the first to DIY blend synthesizers and acoustic instrumentation in a studio equipped with an Arp 2600, Mini Moog, EML Synkey, Roland RS202 String Ensemble, and Electro-Harmonix Vocoder (audio processor), plus a range of woodwinds -- both Kat and Bob were trained flautists, making colorful use of Bill Bernardi's innovative Lyricon I, a hybrid flute/synthesizer -- with some guitar assists here and there by friend and co-composer, Barry Cleveland. As lovers and collaborators, the couple created a rich and vivid parallel dimension of new age music borne from the '70s prog scene and probably best referred to as "space music." Throughout their unfortunately curtailed career, the couple earned a noble crust creating music and mood-pieces for planetariums and nature programs, most notably for the legendary Carl Sagan, under the Emerald Web aegis (hear more of this on Finders Keepers) while continuing to issue numerous tapes to friends and fellow musicians. Following contact with Kat Epple -- who still plays concerts at venues ranging from MoMA to Ground Zero -- Dead-Cert were made privy to Kat and Bob's private tapes circa 1980-1982, drawing for five pieces ranging from brooding deep space scapes to shimmering, gaseous sonics and impressionistic sound murals streaked with progressive traits and an alien, yet pastoral nature. Beautifully mastered by Matt Colton at Alchemy. Limited edition pressing of 700 copies only.
$14.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Sanctus Spiritus
A2. Stellar Wanderer
A3. Titanium Cave
B1. Nine Unknown Men
B2. Beyond the Tower
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FIX, MARKUS: Back on Earth EP 12" (DVR 022EP)
Markus Fix returns to Deep Vibes Recordings with this stunning three-track solo EP. "Wanna Let You Go" is a beautiful warm house track with a sweet piano line. "Back on Earth" will make you jack. Pure energy, compressed to a juicy bass line. No more words needed. "Reagy Dub" makes the round-up and fills in somewhere between the two others. Warm up, cool down or open-air sunsplash. Check out this diverse and beautiful record.
$8.39 UPC: 827170441569 ELECTRONIC
A1. Wanna Let You Go
B1. Back on Earth
B2. Reagy Dub
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SYDENHAM, JEROME: Bicept 12" (DESOLAT 032EP)
On the Bicept EP Jerome Sydenham takes time out from running his renowned house imprint Ibadan Records to deliver a fantastic four track for Desolat. "Bicept" is a driving house track with incessant warm bass which cleverly builds through smartly-placed additional crisp percussion and short, echoing vocal snippets. "This Door" features some serious funk, combining uplifting keys and warm pads. "With the Bone" is another dancefloor-focused track, and "The Jockey" sees Jerome combine brilliantly with Quell on hypnotic and hedonistic journey.
$8.99 EAN: 4260148770746 ELECTRONIC
A1. Bicept
A2. This Door
B1. With the Bone
B2. The Jockey (with Quell)
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TILL VON SEIN & TIGERSKIN: Molly Brown EP 12" (DIRT 072EP)
Till von Sein and Tigerskin are back with another EP full of funky, dope twisted house jamz. A perfect combination again of Tigerskin's tight production skills and Till's extraordinary sample madness and funky arrangements. All four EP tracks reflect their love for soul joints and hip-hop beats and breaks. Apart from the precise sampling going on here, most parts were played and recorded live in Tigerskin's studio as are the Rhodes keys and guitar parts topped off with analog 909 and 808 beats only. Comes on 180 gram vinyl.
$8.99 UPC: 827170500860 ELECTRONIC
A1. Bang Alter
A2. Home Alone
B1. Molly Brown
B2. Pernille's Kitchen Jam
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VA: Discotexas Picnic II CD (DT 040CD)
Since 2007, Discotexas has flown the flag for quality disco and leftfield house music releases from a wide array of artists out of its sunny base in Portugal. Now, for the second time, the label is compiling some of its most popular cuts alongside a selection of unreleased exclusives that will soon see the light of day as singles packages. The title is Discotexas Picnic II, a nod to the fact that this release shines a light on known and unknown artists in one big family gathering. Importantly, this is music richly centered on disco and house -- it is emotional and fueled by organic and memorable tunes. There are many highlights and previously-unreleased tracks including the opener by Moullinex, a prickly, slo-mo, vocal-led jam bursting with colorful synths and real instruments. Others include the strident boom-bap and real-sounding percussion of Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver's "Cul De Sac," Da Chick's radiant and pop-leaning "Lotta Love," the Xinobi remix of Justin Faust's "Space Rhumba" and Xinobi's "Puma (Moullinex Remix)." Elsewhere, the cosmic funk of Jesse Oliver's "Oceans (Mirror People Remix)" soars into the twinkly night sky with glistening, arpeggiated melodies, '80s-leaning chords and a healthy dose of disco dazzle, while edit-kings Psychemagik do their inimitable thing on a remix of Mirror People's "Kaleidoscope" and turn it into a prowling, nagging, dark disco number that really works its way under your skin with its celestial keys and slightly haunted late-night vibe. Wherever you look here, there is pure and modern disco gold from some of the genre's finest producers, as expertly A&Red by the close-knit Discotexas family. Individually, the tracks on Discotexas Picnic II have been supported by some of today's leading DJs and producers such as Mylo, Aeroplane, Dimitri From Paris, The Magician, In Flagranti, DJ T, The Glimmers, Bottin, Munk, and many more. Other artists on the compilation include: RAC, Kamp!, Rebeka, Zimmer, and Mercury.
$10.99 EAN: 4018939243975 ELECTRONIC
01. Moullinex - To Be Clear (RAC Remix)
02. Kamp! - Melt (Zimmer Remix)
03. Rebeka (feat. Mirror People) - Nothing to Give
04. Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver - Cul De Sac
05. Da Chick - Lotta Love
06. Justin Faust - Space Rhumba (Xinobi Remix)
07. Mirror People - Kaleidoscope (Psychemagik Remix)
08. Xinobi - Puma (Moullinex Remix)
09. Zimmer (feat. Jeremy Glenn) - Slave to Your Heart (Mercury Remix)
10. Jesse Oliver - Oceans (Mirror People Remix)
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ANTONA, MARC: Brush Rush EP 12" (DISS 017EP)
Marc Antona brings it back home in a blaze of fearless creativity with this new EP for his own label. "Brush Rush" channels the loose, surprising rhythms of jazz into a celebration of percussion to test the most drum-loving DJs, while "The Hack Fellow" delivers a seductive, hypnotic groove, taking us into a truly addictive musical journey.
$8.39 UPC: 827170507067 ELECTRONIC
A1. Brush Rush
B1.The Hack Fellow
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H.O.S.H.: H.O.S.H. Presents Forever Young 10" (DIYNAMIC 066-A)
H.O.S.H. presents a special series on Diynamic, consisting of four releases with eight tracks, limited to 500 copies. All on 10" vinyl, each of the eight tracks presents a different aspect of a childhood dream. All four covers of the series make a puzzle, forming together one big picture. Each release will include a special video connected with the theme: forever young. When all vinyl and digital releases have been released, there will also be one complete album CD compiling all the tracks.
$10.99 UPC: 827170504868 ELECTRONIC
A1. H.O.S.H. - Lifeguard
B1. H.O.S.H. & Stimming - Cowboy
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DUBINSKY/CLAPTON DANCE PARTY: Mind EP 12" (DPC 043EP)
Chris Woodward aka Dubinsky delivers some heavy, futuristic tracks somewhere in between genres that are truly unique, grooving and touching. Clapton Dance Party is also a project from Chris with some of his friends. The track "Mind" features the beautiful voice of Renate Rubini. True modern dance music.
$8.39 UPC: 673796004318 ELECTRONIC
A1. Dubinsky (feat. Renate Rubini) - Mind
A2. Clapton Dance Party - Washout
B1. Dubinsky - Wait a Minute
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TIGER & WOODS: Golden Bear EP 12" (TAIN 013EP)
Tiger & Woods. You know the deal. Future boogie from the past. Here they pay tribute to one of the game's greatest with two tracks. The full vocal of "Bash at Jack's" is imbedded in an eight-minute pop song that sounds like West End or Prelude could today. Speaking of which, "Golden Bear" resembles the instrumental bliss of said era on the flip-side. Dancing in outer space with the champion sound. 500 copies for the universe.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Bash at Jack's
A2. Bash at Jack's Again
B1. Golden Bear
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CAUSA SUI: Euporie Tide CD (EPR 013CD)
Since they formed in 2004, Danish instrumental four-piece Causa Sui has become a much-revered act on the fertile European psych scene. The soil planted in festivals like Roadburn, Roskilde, Burg Herzberg, has been harvested with praise by Uncut, Julian Cope, and Mojo, as well as growing a dedicated fanbase -- paying top Euros for a first edition vinyl of any of the band's seven past LPs. Many psych and stoner-rock bands aim for the perfect imitation of that vintage heavy psych sound circa 1970, but Causa Sui have forged their own distinct path. Causa Sui draws on a larger pool than the usual derived exploration of Sabbath riffs and clichéd Krautrock jamming. Collaborations include members of Tortoise and Chicago Underground Collective (under the name Chicago Odense Ensemble) and Sunburned Hand Of The Man (released as Pewt'r Sessions,) and the band always adds untraditional flavors, past and present, into their seething experimental sound. Causa Sui has been described as "the sound of a giant wave rolling up through the last four decades of rock," which is truer than ever for their most ambitious album to date, Euporie Tide. Yes, the heavy riffs are certainly here, but it's apparent that it does not tread the waters of retro rock. There's a different depth here. Whereas previous albums were brewed with spontaneity, and flickers of complete improv, Euporie Tide was meticulously perfected over years of work. Opening track "Homage" pays tribute to the early/mid-1990s American grunge and stoner-rock bands the band grew up with. From that point of departure, Causa Sui goes on to weave a rich and complex textile, with threads coming from early 1970s electric jazz, post-rock, exotica, heavy rock, raga, and all kinds of psychedelia. Whether the band goes for straight-up rock or ventures into freeform territory, there's always that certain warmth and atmosphere present, which is so characteristic for Causa Sui. When one reaches the multigenre-influenced grooves on the album's D-side, it's obvious that the band has arrived at something that is very relevant in the present day. The album was recorded and produced by Jonas Munk, crafting a sound that is simultaneously naturalistic in approach, yet strangely detailed. The album was mastered in a way as to maintain the full dynamic range of the recordings.
$11.79 EAN: 5060195514947 ROCK
01. Homage
02. The Juice
03. Echo Springs
04. Boozehound
05. Mireille
06. Fichelscher Sun
07. Ju-Ju Blues
08. Sota el cel
09. Euporie
10. Eternal Flow
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CAUSA SUI: Euporie Tide 2LP (EPR 013LP)
Double LP version, includes a download coupon for the album.
$20.39 EAN: 5060195514930 ROCK
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GIGLI, GIORGIO: Inside EP 12" (EDLX 030EP)
In 2011, Gigli Giorgio made his EDLX debut as Endless, a collaboration between himself and Perc. Now Gigli returns to the label for the first time solo with Inside. True to form, both "Further Reflection" and "Rational Understanding" are heady examples of just how powerful Gigli's minimalistic approach can be. EDLX's in-house designer Jan Willem van den Ban spent much time deliberating on a conceptual and creatively-challenging sleeve concept, in the end settling on laser-cutting manipulations of the record itself.
$8.99 UPC: 827170509962 ELECTRONIC
A1. Further Reflection
B1. Rational Understanding
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WEENY MAN: Weeny Man LP (FTR 037LP)
2010 release. Here we have a collection of recordings culled from multiple found tapes, all displaying the antics of little girls and what they do with tape recorders. Featuring creepy religious songs, surrealist commercials about giant feet, radio shows about committing sex acts with stuffed animals, and on and on. Compiled by Skot Spear (Id M Theft Able) and whacked enough to make many grown man drool with anguish. Comes in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with artwork by Michael Connor. Edition of 500 copies only.
$12.39 UPC: 794504034516 ROCK
A1. Trisha
A2. Weeny Man
A3. Good Old King of York
A4. Something in My Pocket
A5. Make New Friends
A6. Over the River
A7. The Bad Touch
A8. Bored
A9. Homework
A10. Blood of the Lamb/Oh How I Love Jesus
A11. Running Over
A12. The Devil Is a Sly Old Fox
A13. Won't Lag On Behind
A14. Be Careful Little Eyes What You See
A15. Cut It Out
A16. Special News Report
A17. Farts Are Delicious
A18. Chinese People Do Not Swear
A19. Best Sneeze
A20. Seven Kinds of Fruit
A21. Found a Peanut
A22. Let's Skin the Bear
A23. What You Say Is What You Are
A24. Can You leave Everything On?
B1. Jesus Won't Let Me Go
B2. Fanfare
B3. Fire in Jesus' Heart
B4. Just Because I Love You
B5. (Scat)
B6. (Scatting in Tongues)
B7. Cow Racing
B8. The Pregnancy
B9. The Pillow
B10. Melissa Maker-Outer
B11. A New Dick
B12. The Hippy
B13. Commercial
B14. The Giant Foot
B15. WFOOT
B16. ?Phbbtt!
B17. Rhinestone Cowboy
B18. Except for His Feet
B19. We Want Odor-Eaters
B20. EEEKKK!
B21. (It's All Over)
B22. Here Is My Boise
B23. You're the One 54 --!
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PIMANIA: The Music of Mel Croucher and Automata UK, LTD. LP (FTR 040LP)
2010 release. The crown jewel in the Feeding Tube catalog. The music on this record was recorded from 1981-1985 as the conceptual soundtrack for computer games released on cassette by the British software house Automata U.K. Ltd. Combining primitive synthesizer tones and meandering psychedelic blues guitar with cryptic, off-color lyrics about the multi-colored Piman and his pals, this is unlike any other "computer music" you know or have imagined. It's like finding a great lost electronics LP by '80s NYC underground legend, Copernicus, or something. A bizarre and unique trip. Ultra-thick gatefold, comes with cut-out mask, extensive liner notes and poster.
$10.99 UPC: 794504034011 ROCK
A1. The Piland Internat Anthem
A2. Pi-Balled
A3. Crummy Song
A4. Pimania
B1. Some People
B2. Pompey Rock
B3. Leader of the Pac
B4. Video Nasty
B5. Bit of a Cult
B6. Ally Pally Wally
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MCALISTER, CHARLES: Country Creme LP (FTR 042LP)
2011 release. A reissue comprised of material from some of Charlie McAlister's fabulous late 90's releases: Turn of the Photograph and Les Motifs Sont Fous. For those of you not familiar with the world of C. McAlister, it is a lo-fi country music landscape populated by awakened Bog Men, slave uprisings, shag dancing, fried sandwiches and booze. He has been recording for over two decades, spreading his twisted gospel to lands near and far. This is potentially the most "deluxe" release of his career. The gritty quality of the cassettes is lovingly preserved on the vinyl and his oil paintings look great on the full-color jacket and printed inner sleeve.
$10.99 UPC: 794504034110 ROCK
A1. I Am Staying Here
A2. Little Susie's Dress
A3. Go Home
A4. Depths 0f Confusion
A5. Desperate Plea
A6. Vision/Rage/Irish Girl
A7. Fake Country Music
A8. Fried Sandwich Play
B1. Hair/Wind/Football
B2. March #16
B3. Plantation of Pain
B4. Bog Man
B5. After the Parade
B6. Sinking Ship
B7. Song X
B8. Go to Hell
B9. Pale Light
B10. The Big Parade
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WIZARD PRISON: Next Cycle LP (FTR 046LP)
2010 release. Wizard Prison is a Seattle-based trio comprised of Scott Colburn (producer/engineer/frequent collaborator of the Sun City Girls, decade-long member of Climax Golden Twins and audio genius for Sublime Frequencies), John Vallier (an early member of CGT) and Ben McAlister (of the Degenerate Art Ensemble). Wizard Prison's music flirts with stoner metal riffery, kosmiche electronics and field recordings, usually at the same time. An intellectual might say their sound is in a state of constant "becoming." Chiming, churning guitar/bass/drums give way to pulsating synths and pitch-shifted foreign voices chanting to open the door to an alternate dimension. Each side-long suite supposedly illustrates the details of the cracked narrative detailed on the insert, but it mostly sounds like a good excuse to get stoned. Next Cycle is vibrationally reminiscent of the Messenger Girls Trio, although Wizard Prison wear outfits that fit quite differently. To make a great record even better, we've added the exceptional talents of Baltimore comix hero Eamon Espey. His darkly humorous artwork, on the jacket and poster, provide faux conceptual holism galore. Which is really more than anyone deserves. Edition of 500 copies.
$10.99 UPC: 794504034318 ROCK
A1. Pa Gogon Rises Early
A2. Journey to La Chorrera
A3. Deploy to the Firebird
A4. Flight and Transmutation
A5. A Successful Mission
B1. Gogon's Family Conference
B2. The New Conference
B3. The Destruction of the Face
B4. The Improvement
B5. Chrome Endus
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BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER: Mistake of a Small Bird LP (FTR 053LP)
2011 release. This multi-national European duo, who currently hail from Scotland, have been producing a steady stream of ultra-limited releases (on Abandon Ship, Blackest Rainbow, Deathbomb Arc, Digitalis, ad infinitum) and a crazed series of incendiary live performances on both sides of the Atlantic. Blue Sabbath Black Fiji may be a swanky-looking couple, but their music is about as destroyed as a bombed-out building. The two guitars and two mics are constantly threatening to overpower and split open the discotheque beats of the drum machines and electronics. You could dance to this music, but you might get a bloody nose. This is their second LP and, by far, their most fully-realized album, showcasing them in peak form. Mastered by Rat Bastard and James Plotkin. Edition of 500 copies.
$10.99 UPC: 794504034417 ROCK
A1. You Hit the Funk
A2. Six Fingers for California
A3. Lay It Down (On the People)
A4. The Mixing Vessel
B1. Swimming to Florida
B2. Screamin Janin B
B3. I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Outta Jail
B4. Bad Habit
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SON OF SALAMI: A Study in Eraser Headless Tape Recording LP (FTR 054LP)
2011 release. Twenty-one lo-fi pop gems from the true heart of Burlington, VT. All songs performed and recorded by Joey Pizza Slice on his eraser-headless portable tape machine. This device allows him to create multiple layers of audio content without the handicap of having to hear the music he's recording over. Each overdub is a one-shot deal. THERE'S NO ERASING ALLOWED! Results are not unlike some of the lo-fi antics of today's youth, but I actually think this is a lot better. Funny, strange and charming songs that break free from their primitive trappings, rather than fall back on them. Contact the label to book Joey at your next party, prom or potluck. If it's not snowing, he'd probably be delighted to supply the tunes you need, when and where you need them. Edition of 500.
$10.99 UPC: 794504033915 ROCK
A1. How 2 Locate + Remove an Eraser Head
A2. Wonderful World
A3. Something Strange
A4. I Got Lost on an Acid Trip (I Flew Away in a Rocket Ship)
A5. Pretty Girls Is a Mother Fucker
A6. God's Vag
A7. My Peenis Is a Fortune Teller
A8. Fresh Bauguettes
A9. I Still See Your Face
A10. I Wanna Rock + Roll with You
B1. Corporate Sluts
B2. Take Off My Lazy Pants
B3. The Right Stuff
B4. American Pigs
B5. Frozen Town
B6. Cigarettes Make Me Feel Good
B7. Rock + Roll Is My Friends
B8. My Poor Sandwich
B9. Life Is a Heavy
B10. Space Whales
B11. Deep Thoughts
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SPORTS: The Smell of Rot LP (FTR 056LP)
2011 release. Super dark vox, synth and drum machine jams from Maine's Clare Hubbard, who also records as the chill-volk songstress, Caethua. She is also part of the Ancestral Diet duo and a sometime member of free-improv unit (D)(B)(H). With Sports, Ms. Hubbard evokes a deep Midwest-style femme-noise-vibe, boogieing through the graveyard with her shovel and lantern. This is Sports' first LP, heralding a new era of bleak ecstasy.
$10.99 UPC: 794504033816 ROCK
A1. Murder Paid For
A2. Genetics
A3. Night Creature
A4. Goodnight, World
B1. Slow Death
B2. All of Us Suffering Now
B3. Ready to Ruin the World
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BLANCHE BLANCHE BLANCHE: Talk Out Loud / Water To Wine 7" (FTR 057EP)
2011 release. Feeding Tube Records presents this 7" by Blanche Blanche Blanche for your grubby little mitts. Two warped pop hits by the weirdest/most beautiful folks from Brattleboro VT: Sarah Smith and Zach Phillips. This single will warrant repeated back-to-back flipping on your turntable.
$4.39 UPC: N/A ROCK
A1. Talk Out Loud
B1. Water to Wine
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HAPPY JAWBONE FAMILY BAND: The Complete Hotel Double Tragedy 2LP (FTR 084LP)
Released in foreshortened single LP format back in 2010, the new edition of this masterpiece of Brattleboro form manipulation is allowed to breathe across two full long-players, and we're all a lot better off for it. Allowed to sprawl across a couple of albums, a booklet of text and a download card of yet another album, Happy Jawbone Family Band achieve a rare freedom here, assembling a complete imaginary universe that combines surrealist wordplay with woozy Dunedin-style form-grabs. Composed of seven (or so) people (it changes with the weather), the band seems capable of almost anything. At one moment they can be doing what sounds to be a flamenco version of the Germs' "Lexicon Devil" then turn on a dime and resemble the Terminals doing one of their death-chug-sea chanteys. It's weird, this Brattleboro thing. All the bands there sound pretty different from one another, but they all sound like they smoke cheeb as though it were legal. There is a stoner logic to Complete Hotel that's so damn wonderful it'll just about suck yr clothes off. As was demonstrated to the world on their Mexican Summer comp (which was in print for what? three hours?) HJFB put songs together in a way that pleases them, and damn the torpedoes. You can hear traces of absolutely anything inside their sound -- Four Seasons, Van Dyke Parks, Dave Davies, Plagal Grind -- but their mutational heat is so heavy, after you've dug a few notes you realize it could never be anyone but them. Complete Hotel Double Tragedy is the first time HJFB have gotten a chance to expand in all directions at the same time. And it is so cool, you'll grow a new tit. We promise! Edition of 600.
$16.39 UPC: 794504027716 ROCK
A1. At The Hotel Double Tragedy (Take 1)
A2. Don't Tread on the Museums of Your Youth
A3. Tiny Children In Our Hearts
A4. The Snow Will Make Fat Men of Us All
A5. How I Laughed My Way to an Early Grave
B1. Junk Pop
B2. No More Smoking Pot in the Bathroom
B3. Fireflies Made Out of Dust
B4. At The Hotel Double Tragedy (Take 3)
B5. We Used to Be Such Good Friends
C1. At The Hotel Double Tragedy (Take 2)
C2. Talk To Me (Take 1)
C3. Fireflies Made of Dust (Take 3)
C4. Rabbit Rabbit
C5. Rage Rage Aganst Those Hideous Fireflies
C6. Fistful of Butter
C7. Trust in Rock And Roll
D1. Tell Me, Tell Me
D2. Let My Ears Be Unplugged
D3. Agatha Christie's Poirot
D4. Talk to Me (Take 3)
D5. Talk to Me (Take 2)
D6. I Said I Wanna Listen to Music By Dead People
D7. Sometimes It Takes a City to Really Feel Alone
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BIG BLOOD: Radio Valkyrie +1905 + 1917+ 2LP (FTR 103LP)
This is only the second proper full-length LP by this Portland Maine-based duo, although there are vast arrays of CD-Rs and split releases littering their wake. After spending time with both the cosmically-shifting Cerberus Shoals and the folkily psychedelic Fire On Fire, Caleb Mukerin and Colleen Kinsella decided to opt for something more personal and hermetic. Thus, we have Big Blood. The band's multi-phasic discography has thus far reminded people of everything from the Pärson Sound to Opal to Portishead at different moments, yet none of these thumbnails comes close to capturing the elegant mystery of their essence. Sometimes electric guitar lines weevil hauntingly in the aether while acoustics strum quietly up front. At other points, muted chimes of freedom push against vocals and cloppety rhythms that recall White Noise's "Making Love Without Sound." Still others vibe early Comus or The Third Ear Band. In all, the scent of smoke hangs as heavy over this record as any we've heard. And friend, we've heard a few. Edition of 500.
$16.39 UPC: 794504035117 ROCK
1905
A1. 40 Days and 40 Nights
A2. A Castoff (D-503) Pt. I
A3. Everything Is Improving
A4. In The Wild Pt. I
A5. A Castoff (D-503) Pt. Ii
B1. Cast Iron Hand
B2. Sanati (Layla Murad)
B3. In The Wild Pt. Ii
1917
C1. Sirens Knell Pt.Ii
C2. Secret Garden
C3. Ice Swells Pt.I
D1. The Mirror Like Sea
D2. Ice Swells Pt.Ii
D3. A Sunny Night
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TELLAVISION: Music on Canvas 12" (FTR 111EP)
Gorgeous first LP by German visual/sound artist, Fee Kürten, whose previous work has been available only via the German Bloody Hands label. Singing in English, accompanying herself on electronics, harmonica and strings, Fee creates oddball vistas of minimal pop aktion reminiscent of early Young Marble Giants, mixed with overtones lifted straight from the women of the Neue Deutsch Welle, and the slangy delivery of Omnivore. The results are a beautiful, throbbing Euro-American art-pop hybrid that functions in truly Internationalist terms. Some of it is akin to the nudest American avant-garage inventions around, other parts bleed like the waffle-filled air of the deepest Belgian underground. Just when you think you have Tellavision's modus operandi decoded, something different happens and you have to start re-evaluating your conclusions. Surreal, abstract, imagist, literal and utterly lovely, this is music for sitting around an internal campfire, crackling like crazy.
$12.39 UPC: 794504034813 ROCK
A1. DinA5
A2. Limitation
A3. The One Another
A4. All Hands
A5. Swallow
B1. On the Floor
B2. Fee Sight Blues (Honestly Not Asleep)
B3. Deleted Song
B4. Million
B5. Cut My Voice
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BENE GESSERIT: MuLTiLiNGuaL SaD SoNGS, WeiRD JoKeS aND eXPeRiMeNTaL STuFF FoR uSe By GRoWN-uP CHiLDReN LP (FTR 118LP)
Back when Dennis Tyfuss was still a goddamn baby, Alain Neffe and Naine Bal were already staining the Belgian soul with recordings released under the Bene Gesserit moniker. But here we are in 2013, and now, finally, the first U.S. vinyl issue of this material has become available for human consumption. The performing name may have been copped from one of those priestess/nun types in Frank Herbert's novel, Dune, but Bene hews to none of the known priestess/nun-ic forms of sound. There are admittedly, some space-whispers, but they quickly resolve themselves into something more annoying/interesting, so they manage to feel a piece with the weird lashing-out of this LP. Because, really, the basic thrust of the album is combative, maybe overly aggressive, even. Working on the assumption that normal sucks, Bene seems determined to take this motherfucker apart at the seams. Language, electronics, standard-type music -- these are all mere tropes to be dismembered and re-sorted into some new type of standard. A standard that is oriented towards a discordant attack on standards, even when -- at moments, anyway -- it can sound as sonorous as a ride in a chapel-bound calliope. But wherever safety seems to lurk, there is a groaning troll somewhere underneath, a despot keen on wrecking easy pleasure and easy surcease. Bene create superbly disturbing music. That we have come to it so late in this country, is a typical oversight. But we beat Tyfuss. Edition of 300.
$12.39 UPC: 794504035612 ROCK
A1. PaRLeZ-VouS FraNCaiS?
A2. La DaNSe oBSCuRe Du NaiN De JaRDiN
A3. L'aRaiGNée4. La PeTiTe LiBeLLuLe
A4. La PeTiTe LiBeLLuLe
A5. HaaaJiB!
A6. ToyS
A7. uN DouX ViSaGe eT De GRaNDS yeuX D'uN BLeu LuMiNeuX
A8. iTaLiaN HaiRDReSSeR
B1. To BeaT oR NoT To Beat (THaT iS THe QueSTioN)
B2. LeS PouLeS
B3. La CaTHéDRaLe RoBoTiQue
B4. LeS CaDDieS Ne PaSSeRoNT PaS
B5. La FoLie DouCe
B6. LeS aNiMauX De CoMPaGNie
B7. NoMaD'S LaND
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FAT CREEPS/ZEBU!: Fat Creeps/ZEBU! 12" (FTR 121EP)
First vinyl outing by Fat Creeps, a Boston-area trio (Lynn, Mass, actually), who have been brilliantly assaulting local audiences for the last year and a half. Like Montreal's No Joy, Fat Creeps combine guitar tones developed specifically for shoegazing, with a garage-pop sensibility that will not be stilled. Vocally, I am also reminded of Barbara Manning's classic early solo work (about the highest compliment I can offer), and there's a great friction between alternating layers of lassitude and energy. This makes for a coarse and classic blend, sure to be gobbled like ear-candy by anyone who wanders anywhere near the disk. As Bryan Ferry might say, "Marvelous." On the flip is new spamso-outsider-rock-aktion by Zebu! -- a duo (with guests) (with privileges) who seem utterly dedicated to dissolving genre walls in a gush of pearly abandon. This outing has the same roots-ripped sax that blasted through the center of chill wave, and even adds some female vocals (c/o Meredith Thomason) that provide an unusual shine. The rest is the howling, rhythm-whacked splooge we have come to expect of the Zebu! experience. Piles of guitars, drums and creepy vocals, teetering on the edge of your doorway, threatening to destroy your equilibrium forever. Nice. Edition of 600. Includes download card and insert.
$12.39 UPC: 794504035414 ROCK
A1. Fat Creeps - Dad Weed
A2. Fat Creeps - Daydreaming
B1. Zebu! - Boney Hands
B2. Zebu! - Hexe
B3. Zebu! - Tender Touch
B4. Zebu! - Emeralds
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PRINS THOMAS: DJ Sotofett Presents King-Phat's-Mix-Choons 12" (FPST 001EP)
"Bobletekno" by Prins Thomas remixed three different ways by DJ Sotofett.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Bobletekno (DJ Sotofett's Ride-On-411-Disco-Mix)
B1. Bobletekno (DJ Sotofett's 411-Disco-Dub)
B2. Bobletekno (DJ Sotofett's New Age Mix)
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PRINS THOMAS: Bobletekno & Flau Pappadans Versions 12" (FPST 002EP)
Remixes of Prins Thomas' "Bobletekno" and "Flau Pappadans" from the artist himself, DJ Fett Burger, and Plus One.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Bobletekno (Kambo Super Sound møter Prins Thomas i Bobledub - Melodica Kutt)
A2. Flau pappadans (DJ Fett Burger's Tællekæll Mix)
B1. Bobletekno (Kambo Super Sound møter Prins Thomas i Bobledub - Dub Kutt)
B2. Bobletekno (Plus One Remix)
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TOURE, SAMBA: Albala CD (GB 004CD)
When you meet Samba Touré in person, he comes off as a soft-spoken man, a man who easily charms you with his abundant smile and optimistic gait. But on his third album, Albala, which in the Songhai language means "danger" or "risk," a weighted and at times defiant side of his personality emerges. To call Albala his darkest album is an understatement, but it is not a self-absorbed darkness. The cause of Touré's worry is the crashing world around him, and more specifically the troubles echoing out from his beloved northern Mali homeland. The last year has brought cataclysmic change and upheaval to northern Mali. The tragic details of this have been globally reported, so there is little point in sensationalizing them here. But the cumulative effect of these events on Samba's music seems palpable. There is an added gravity to his voice and his words, an additional sting to his electric guitar; there are sharper edges and more complex undertones in his musical arrangements. On "Fondora (Leave Our Road)" Samba sings with indignation: "I say, leave our road/All killers leave our road/Thieves leave our road/Looters, leave our road/Rapists, leave our road/Betrayers, leave our road." And on the haunting "Ago Djamba (Life Betrays Us)" Touré warns: "We do not all have the same opportunities/Here, nobody is born rich but we all have the same value/Life betrays us." As a band member, and valued collaborator of the late Malian legend Ali Farka Touré, Samba established a significant reputation, and through his first two solo albums Songhai Blues and Crocodile Blues (World Music Network) his confidence and musical prowess grew proportionately. But Albala is a new flash point. There is more power, there is more grit, the mood is deeper, and aptly, given the album's title, Touré takes more musical risks. Recorded at Studio Mali in Bamako in the autumn of 2012, Samba is joined by his regular band members Djimé Sissoko (n'goni) and Madou Sanogo (congas, djembe) and guests such as the legendary master of the soku (a one-stringed violin) Zoumana Tereta and the fast-rising Malian neo-traditional singer Aminata Wassidje Traore. Additionally, Hugo Race (The Bad Seeds, Dirtmusic, Fatalists) contributes an array of subtle atmospherics on guitar and keyboards. On the opening song, "Be ki don," Samba sings: "Everybody welcomes Samba Touré." With an album as soulful and captivating as Albala, that might not be an over-statement.
$11.99 EAN: 4030433600429 WORLD
01. Be ki don (5:17)
02. Fondora (5:24)
03. Aye go mila (4:41)
04. Awn be ye kelenye (4:35)
05. Aye sira bila (4:41)
06. Albala (3:09)
07. Ago djamba (5:36)
08. Al barka (4:52)
09. Idje lalo (5:36)
10. Bana (5:56)
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TOURE, SAMBA: Albala LP+CD (GB 004LP)
LP version. Comes with a CD copy of the album.
$17.79 EAN: 4030433600412 WORLD
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DIRTMUSIC: Troubles CD (GB 005CD)
Troubles is the new album from Dirtmusic -- Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts) and Hugo Race (Fatalists/True Spirit/Bad Seeds) -- recorded in Bamako, Mali, in September 2012 during the high-tension and tragic recent crisis -- hence the name. Originally a trio with Chris Brokaw (Come/Codeine), Dirtmusic released their eponymous debut in 2007, a gritty collection of acoustic ballads drawn from their American and Australian frontier roots. The band's explorations of raw, psych-folk-rock then took a radical detour out to the Saharan desert, to Timbuktu, performing at the legendary Festival-au-Desert. Dirtmusic's encounter at the Festival-au-Desert with the Tuareg band Tamikrest was the catalyst for the second album, BKO (2010), a classic, one-of-a-kind trip through the interzone between western and Tamasheq desert rock. The two bands toured Europe extensively and the album received major shout-outs from both the rock/pop and "world" music press. With the departure of Chris Brokaw, Race and Eckman decided to head further upriver, composing and recording an album from scratch in full collaboration with a select crew of Malian artists. Dirtmusic arrived in the Malian capital of Bamako with notebooks of lyrics, but without written songs or preconceived strategies. Drawing on musicians from the Ben Zabo and Samba Touré bands as a core rhythm section, Race and Eckman produced the sessions on the dancefloor of Salif Keita's Moffou Club, inviting in guest vocalists including not only Ben Zabo and Samba Touré, but also Virginie Dembele (from the Rokia Traoré ensemble), rising star Aminata Wassidje Traoré and soku-master Zoumana Tereta. There are many voices telling stories on Troubles, singing in Songhai, Bambara, Tamasheq, and English, stories of war and peace and love and doubt in the shadow of an oncoming storm, and like a musical version of cinema verité, everything is real, in-the-moment and utterly direct. Inspired by the collision between West African rhythms, digital sorcery and rock'n'roll, Troubles is a singular and border-slicing musical journey. And Troubles is only the first release from the sessions, with a second volume in the pipeline for a release on Glitterbeat in early 2014.
$11.99 EAN: 4030433600528 ROCK
01. Chicken Scratch
02. Fitzcarraldo
03. The Big Bend
04. Wa Ya You
05. Up to Us
06. Troubles
07. La Paix
08. Take It on the Chin
09. Wa Nazu
10. Sleeping Beauty
11. God Is a Mystery
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DIRTMUSIC: Troubles 2LP+CD (GB 005LP)
Double LP version, comes with a CD of the album.
$22.39 EAN: 4030433600511 ROCK
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TELONIUS: Inter Face CD (GOMMA 185CD)
After string of hot 12" singles since 2009 and remixes for Diskokaine, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Headman, Ilya Santana, Box Codax, and others, Gomma co-founder/German producer and DJ Jonas Imbery aka Telonius releases his debut album, Inter Face. One thing is for sure, the album is an intentionally body-shaking affair that incorporates a certain twisty edginess -- the product of 15 years of experience in various diverse musical projects. In 1999, Imbery founded the Gomma label with his partner Mathias "Munk" Modica, a musical juggernaut that has become a platform for an astounding group of artists such as Esperanza, Justin Robertson aka The Deadstock 33, WhoMadeWho, Moullinex, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Mercury, and Dimitri From Paris. From the start, Gomma has emphasized its independence of musical trends and fads, working with surprising influences and carving its own brand of club music. Under his Telonius moniker, Imbery creates a kind of house music that exists far outside of scene chic and boring retro clichés. His music is brimming with funk influences that were already a hallmark of his producing techniques in previous productions. There's a hint of disco in these arrangements -- here and there strings and horns surface for a brief sojourn, and always there are strong bass lines all over the place. The icing on the cake comes in the form of the vocal contributions by friends and colleagues from Munich, Berlin, New York and Amsterdam (such as Faberyayo of Dutch band Le Le, led by graphic artist Parra). Inter Face is a collection of 10 tracks and many surprising musical elements, ranging from house to disco to techno to funk and some new wave with a penchant for analog instruments and organic sounds. Telonius takes these elements and creates an atmospheric mix that is only about one thing: an infectious groove. This is not a club music thesis, nor is it functional, run-of-the-mill house that so dominates the current club scene. This is a collage of house tracks that never sound banal and have plenty of emotion in them.
$10.99 UPC: 880655018526 ELECTRONIC
01. Now
02. Kiss Your Face
03. Old Toy
04. I Make You Man
05. Control
06. Swimsuit (feat. Faberyayo)
07. All I Need
08. Your Dog Will Love It
09. Last Night (Faced Version)
10. Out
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COX, CARL: The Revolution at Space 2CD (CCSPACE 013CD)
To celebrate 12 years at Space in Ibiza, the next installment of the limited edition Carl Cox at Space compilations is out now. Mixed in two different mixes, CD1 draws on a mixture of up-and-coming artists to the more established, celebrating the diversity and revolutionary line-ups and production that is integral to Carl's night at Space. CD2 is all about nurturing hidden gems old and new alike that compliment the sound system in the club to full effect. Quality and innovation have always been a massively important part of The Revolution's ethos and it is reflected in this stellar mix. Artists include: Nicole Moudaber, Hot Since 82, Alex Piccini & Marka T, Zenker Brothers, Pirupa, Layo & Bushwacka, Andy Slate, Luca Bacchetti, Redraft Memories, Carlo Lio, Guti & Davide Squillace, Marc Houle & Miss Kittin, Juan Sanchez, D Saunderson, Chris Gavin, Dorroo, Cristian Varela, Kaiserdisco, Benny Rodrigues, Just Be, Elio Riso, Trevor Rockcliffe, Carl Cox, Gforty, Dave Angel, Samuli Kemppi, Darlyn Vlys & Ramiro Lopez, Booka Shade, Chris Count, Heron, Joel Mull, Fabio Neural, Joe Brunning, Jon Rundell, Tony DeClerque, Marco Bailey & Redhead, Minicoolboyz, and Ferhat Albayrak.
$14.99 UPC: 807297214420 ELECTRONIC
CD1:
01. Nicole Moudaber - Big Love With No Apology
02. Hot Since 82 - Knee Deep in Louise
03. Alex Piccini & Marka T - Stand Tall
04. Zenker Brothers - Davin
05. Pirupa - Bam
06. Layo & Bushwacka - Born in the Backwoods
07. Andy Slate - Check the Groove
08. Luca Bacchetti - The Bloom
09. Redraft Memories - Dozzy
10. Carlo Lio - A Dusty Heart
11. Guti & Davide Squillace - The Other Side of Hustler
12. Marc Houle & Miss Kittin - Where Is Kittin
13. Juan Sanchez - 23 Positions
14. D Saunderson - The Anthem
15. Chris Gavin - Nice View
16. Dorroo - Stronger
17. Cristian Varela - 333
CD2:
01. Kaiserdisco - Get On Down
02. Benny Rodrigues - Klippenklappen
03. Just Be - After Midnight
04. Elio Riso - Pain in the Ass
05. Trevor Rockcliffe - The Bells
06. Carl Cox - It's Time for House Music
07. Gforty - Paraiba
08. Dave Angel - Maximus
09. Samuli Kemppi - Seeker
10. Darlyn Vlys & Ramiro Lopez- Django
11. Booka Shade - Glory Box
12. Chris Count - Wonderland
13. Heron - Tuesday Revolution
14. Joel Mull - Track of the Night
15. Fabio Neural - Rolling Bass
16. Joe Brunning - Uncontrollable Desire
17. Jon Rundell - High Road
18. Tomy DeClerque - Push
19. Marco Bailey & Redhead - Weird Game
20. Minicoolboyz - Blacky
21. Nicole Moudaber - Roar
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DJ HELL PRESENTS KLAUS NOMI: Cold Song 2013 Remake 12" (GIGOLO 300EP)
DJ Hell revisits new wave vaudevillian Klaus Nomi. "Cold Song" was actually written by 17th century Baroque composer Henry Purcell and poet John Dryden for their opera King Arthur. Nomi recorded a version for his self-titled album from 1981 and this 2013 remake adds a totally new dimension to the original, tailored unapologetically for the dancefloor with an Italo-disco edge. DJ Hell also re-envisions the piece as a house track, with African poly-rhythms and synthetic bleeps dancing around Nomi's sky-high counter-tenor.
$8.99 EAN: 5414165059950 ELECTRONIC
A1. DJ Hell presents Klaus Nomi - Cold Song 2013 (Remodeled)
B1. DJ Hell presents Klaus Nomi - Cold Song 2013 (DJ Hell Official Remix)
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KICKDRUM INDUSTRIE: Full Moon EP 12" (JO 008EP)
JackOff is back to deeper, more emotive house with this new EP from Boston's Brenden Wesley and John Barera. John Barera , co-founder of Supply Records and one-half of B-Tracks, teamed up with local Boston hero Brenden Wesley to create Kickdrum Industrie. Four tracks that have been tested on the dancefloors of Europe for the past year and keep on giving.
$8.99 UPC: 827170493766 ELECTRONIC
A1. Full Moon (with Jacques Renault)
A2. Understand Me
B1. Philippeʼs Dream
B2. Show You Love
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DIXON JR., KENNY: Emotional Content 12" (JDR 003EP)
This Detroit house mega-classic by Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann was originally released back in the mid-'90s and since then has vanished from record store shelves for more than 10 years. Now JD Records with kind permission from Intangible Records and Soundworks are happy to give this beautiful and timeless piece of music history new life with remastered versions plus a brand-new 2013 Terrence Parker re-edit.
$10.99 UPC: 827170503960 ELECTRONIC
A1. Emotional Content (TP's Emotionally Deep Remix)
A2. Emotional Content (Moodymann's Mix)
B1. Don't You Want My Love
B2. Emotional Content (TP's Re-Edit)
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NATIONAL JAZZ TRIO OF SCOTLAND, THE: Standards Vol. II CD (KK 074CD)
Following the release of The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland's Christmas Album on Karaoke Kalk, the Berlin label now presents the second album by acclaimed pianist Bill Wells' latest project The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland; Standards Vol. II. While the previous record focused on seasonal classics, Standards Vol. II is comprised almost exclusively of Bill Wells' original compositions. Just for the record, The National Jazz Trio Of Scotland don't play jazz, nor are they a trio. And while their status as national ambassadors is not exactly official, Bill Wells has, however, worked with many of the key players in the Scottish indie scene from the likes of Isobel Campbell and Future Pilot AKA to the magnificent collaboration with former Arab Strap vocalist Aidan Moffat on Everything's Getting Older on Chemikal Underground. Indeed, a host of Glasgow's finest have contributed to the new NJTOS album with Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub responsible for additional studio work and lending his voice to "Winter Breaks and Back to Spring." Belle & Sebastian's Chris Geddes and Stevie Jackson also helped with the recording. Yet despite these impressive rock solid credentials and all the big names with whom Wells works, what sets the National Jazz Trio Of Scotland apart is the vocal performances by Lorna Gilfedder, Aby Vulliamy, and Kate Sugden. While these girls may not be professional singers their voices posses an honest quality which fits Well's compositions to a tee. The sparse arrangements are understated yet outspoken while the lyrics tell of everyday moments, walking a fine emotional line between melancholy and optimism. The majority of the songs on Standards Vol. II are written and composed entirely by Bill Wells, and there are two covers including a version of the traditional Scottish folk song "Mary of Argyle" and a delightful cover of the Moondog tune "My Tiny Butterfly" with Gilfedder, Vulliamy and Sugden singing in a round to great effect. Already his fifth album on Karaoke Kalk, and including previous collaborations with Stefan Schneider aka Mapstation (the bassist from To Rococo Rot), Barbara Morgenstern, and the Japanese improvised free-jazz ensemble Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Standards Vol. II marks another milestone release for the Glaswegian musician.
$10.99 UPC: 880918214825 ELECTRONIC
01. We Grow Accustomed
02. Never to Be
03. Winter Breaks and Back to Spring
04. Hillwalk
05. Chance
06. Miyuki
07. Just Found This Out
08. Snowed In
09. This Is What You Could Have Won
10. Mary of Argyle
11. My Tiny Butterfly
12. Things We Got Up To
13. Unexpectedly
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NATIONAL JAZZ TRIO OF SCOTLAND, THE: Standards Vol. II LP (KK 074LP)
LP version.
$11.99 UPC: 880918214818 ELECTRONIC
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ME SUCCEEDS: Rongorongo Remixed CD (KI 004CD)
For the first part of Ki Records' split series Hamburg, the Hamburg-based band Me Succeeds did a remake of Arp Aubert's "Actress." In return, Arp Aubert, consisting of Mirau label-founder Stephan Lorenz, made a beautiful, dreamy remix for Me Succeeds' "Riemerling." Now the remixing goes on for a full-length album. After their last album Rongorongo from 2011, which Me Succeeds released on their own imprint isawmusic, the band return to Ki Records with a remix album. Eleven friends were invited to put their hands on the album's tracks and lend their own interpretations. Besides a whole lot of danceable tracks, you will also find some broken beats and spherical electronica here, which makes this release fit perfectly into the Ki catalog. Of course, Arp Aubert once again got his hands on one of the tracks, turning "Rongorongo" into a driving techno track which is underlined by the emotional vocals of lead-singer Mohna and beautiful melodies, making this remix perfect for the early hours of the dancefloor. The Berlin based producer and DJ Iron Curtis gives the original of "Seventeen" a dubby note that is definitely special, as he uses many vintage synthesizers-sounds and broken pieces of the original vocals to make this remix one of the strongest on this album. The last remix on the album was done by Greek musician Chronik, who turns "Books" into a hymn with twisted rhythms and broken beats. Apart from that, a few more great producers such as Tilmann Tausendfreund, Showing Off The Bling Bling, Christian Löffler, On:Stop:Off, My First Trumpet, Iron Curtis, Lorin Sylvester Strohm, Bug Lover, My First Trumpet, and Suburb contributed to this Rongosium.
$11.99 UPC: 880319626821 ELECTRONIC
01. Rongorongo (Arp Aubert Remix)
02. Seventeen (Tilmann Tausendfreund Remix)
03. Seventeen (Iron CurtisRemix)
04. Faxekodi (Showing Off The Bling BlingRemix)
05. Our Charm (Lorin Sylvester Strohm Remix)
06. Rongorongo (Christian Löffler Remix)
07. That's Why I Cast a Shadow (On:Stop:OffRemix)
08. Seventeen (My First Trumpet Remix)
09. Faxekodi (Bug Lover Remix)
10. That's Why I Cast a Shadow (Suburb Remix)
11. Books (Chronik Remix)
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ME SUCCEEDS: Rongorongo Remixed 2LP+CD (KI 004LP)
Double LP version, comes with a CD of the album.
$18.39 UPC: 880319626937 ELECTRONIC
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BORATTO, GUI: Too Late 12" (KOM 285EP)
Gui Boratto's Too Late is a wonderfully pop-infused 12" hosting two magnetic floorbusters and an abundance of style. "Too Long" starts off as a pleasantly-relaxed exercise in house and ramps up the immersion levels with finely-tuned female vocals that owe as much to classic pop stylings as they do to the textures of club music. "We Can Go" is a hearty banger, sporting a fierce bass line and some pretty gripping beats and distinctive male vocals, ready for world domination.
$8.39 UPC: 880319084010 ELECTRONIC
A1. Too Late
B1. We Can Go
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C-ROCK & PATRICK KUNKEL: Waiting for Nina 12" (LEENA 029EP)
Next strike on Mobilee's sister-label Leena Music. C-Rock & Patrick Kunkel are "Waiting for Nina." These two fellows from Frankfurt have been on the scene for quite a while and both developed within the outer realms of Sven Väth's Cocoon Universe. Their debut EP on Leena brings back a classic groove monster inspired by early Basic Channel, Mood2swing beats, and topped with some up-to-date rave signals. This track comes in three versions to have it right for each time of the day.
$8.99 UPC: 827170471764 ELECTRONIC
A1. Waiting for Nina (Night Mix)
B1. Waiting for Nina (Noon Mix)
B2. Waiting for Nina (Day Mix)
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KABOOM KARAVAN: Hokus Fokus CD (MIA 024CD)
Bram Bosteels' Kaboom Karavan project reappears out of the thick Belgian jungle to deliver what must be one of the strangest and most exotic records since Gultskra Artikler's uncategorizable Kasha iz Topora. After the already quite surreal Barra Barra (MIA 015CD/LP) album on Miasmah from 2011, Bram takes his sound further into unknown yet still strangely familiar territories. Listening to Hokus Fokus feels like staring frozenly into a postcard sent from your long-lost uncle that went missing in the Amazon after an expedition gone wrong (circa year 1935). Merge this image with the decaying sounds of an old Tom Waits record slowly tuning out in the background and you're getting close. This is not instantly gratifiable music, but rather, a thick fog of details, sounds and atmospheres blended together with utmost precision and skill to create something quite unique that really shines with repeated listening and full immersion. Coming from a background as a notorious piano husk experimenter, film, theater, and dance composer, as well as regular Kreng collaborator, Bram has set off to confuse and wonder us with this selection of highly amazing Kaboom Karavan alternate-universe pieces fittingly entitled Hokus Fokus. For fans of '50s exotica records, Jeff Beal's score for Carnivalé (the TV show) and Andy Votel/Demdike Stare-curated Pre-Cert entertainment (with artists such as Anworth Kirk and Slant Azymuth).
$10.99 UPC: 880918215020 ROCK
01. Kolik
02. Omsk
03. KipKap
04. Lovzar
05. Kartoon Kannibal
06. Barbaroi
07. En Avant!
08. The A Theme
09. Sardonis
10. Miss Okee
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KABOOM KARAVAN: Hokus Fokus LP (MIA 024LP)
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$12.99 UPC: 880918215013 ROCK
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KABOOM KARAVAN: Short Walk With Olaf LP (MIA 025LP)
Short Walk With Olaf is Kaboom Karavan's debut album from 2007 that appeared as a freely downloadable album on the Mexican-based imprint Umor Rex, creating a cult following in the MP3 label scene at the time. Finally now properly mastered and given a well-deserved vinyl release. Mixing influences from the electronica and ambient scene with Americana, free-folk and avant-garde jazz, to name but a few, Short Walk With Olaf is first of all an incredibly beautiful and mystical piece of work that should fall in taste with everyone interested in film music, travels, small villages & deserted places. Olaf finds his place somewhere between the atmosphere of Jim Jarmusch films, Lounge Lizards and Volcano The Bear and is a great starting point for getting into the strange sound world of Kaboom Karavan.
$12.99 UPC: 880918215112 ROCK
01. Romans
02. Karavanserei
03. Toambertree (rmx)
04. Short Walk With Olaf
05. No More Karavan
06. Roadmap
07. Laws, Fools & Anagrams
08. Resolut
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HEINRICHS & CARLO RUETZ, ALFRED: Pretty Ill EP 12" (MOONPLAY 016EP)
Alfred Heinrichs and Carlo Ruetz present their second breathtaking piece of work: Pretty Ill via Moonplay Records. Fans of their first analog EP will be pleased to hear that both producers once again implemented the pure minimal-techno sound into their creation. For all vinyl rockers, the sound will be preserved on a truly unique, limited piece of black gold that will leave no feet resting. Fans and friends can look forward to a magnificent acoustic and visual experience.
$8.39 UPC: 827170505162 ELECTRONIC
A1. Pretty Ill
A2. Insane
B1. Like You Too
B2. Mindflow
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EL VEZ: God Save the King: 25 Years of El Vez CD (MR 334CD)
Munster Records is proud to present an artist they have worked with since the start of his career: El Vez, the Mexican Elvis, celebrating his 25 years with a compilation that includes previously-unreleased outtakes, remixes, live recordings, and soundtracks from his glam theater plays, Revolution-inspired music, spirituals, mariachi-music, Elvis shows, and everything has that has inspired him for his first quarter century. Twenty-four tracks spanning 25 years.
$12.39 EAN: 8435008833428 ROCK
01. El Vez Airlines
02. Aztlan (Live)
03. Trying to Get to You
04. It Ain't Easy (Live)
05. Quetzalcoatal
06. Saved
07. Orale (Church Mix)
08. Mexican Can (Live)
09. Hey Mr. DJ
10. Jesus Is Just Alright With Me
11. Can You Kali
12. Elvette (Live)
13. Volver (Live)
14. Space Oddity
15. Mexican Can (T-Rex Mix)
16. Power to the People (Live)
17. Sound of the Revolution
18. Say It Loud! (Live)
19. George Bush on the Guillotine (Live)
20. A Robot Dies
21. Heart Beat (Live)
22. Que Sera Sera (Live)
23. Rock & Roll Suicide (Live)
24. The End of the CD
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VA: What Have We Wrought? A Mike Atta Benefit Compilation 2LP (MR 335LP)
"When the good guys at Burger Records asked me to curate this compilation, a benefit for Middle Class guitarist Mike Atta's cancer treatments, I said yes in a heartbeat. Middle Class changed my life, and the sound of every other punk and hardcore band living in the shadow of their brilliant 1978 debut 7" EP Out of Vogue; I owed this to Mike Atta. We ALL did. Middle Class, consisting of the three Atta brothers: Jeff on vocals, Bruce on drums, Mike on guitar, and their school friend Mike Patton on bass (and later Matt Simon on drums), were already turning heads in the nascent 1977 L.A. punk scene, as the first band from 'behind the orange curtain' (the staunchly conservative, inland realm of Orange County, California) to be accepted as genuine in the clique-laden Hollywood punk rock scene of 1977. They played at what was then an unheard of breakneck speed, with incredibly tight musicianship, and locked-in timing from Bruce and Mike Patton on bass, accented with the innovative licks and progressions from both Mikes, carving musical landscapes from the smog and concrete of their native Santa Ana, CA. Jeff held them together with machine gun vocals, which, upon closer examination, were incredibly deep and intellectual insider and outsider observations of the tense teenage landscape that was the early punk scene, and the late 1970s youth culture in Orange County in general. Oblivious of other Orange Country bands that developed concurrently in nearby Fullerton and Anaheim, with some possibly having preceded them or even followed in their wake, Middle Class's music was a hundred beats per minute ahead of local bands like Agent Orange, Social Distortion, The Detours, and The Adolescents, who signified even younger, but just as viable punk bands. Establishing the nascent 'O.C. Scene,' even if it had been somewhat pre-emptively started by less prolific but still vital bands like The Mechanics, The Naughty Women, and featuring a few denizens of the notorious 'Black Hole' apartment: The Omlits. Middle Class were the 'real' deal. Respected and revered by the well-earned egos of the Hollywood scene punks, pale imitation groups surfaced around their original 'sound,' and generic 'hardcore' bands appeared, while they matured and changed, leaving inspired people like Keith Morris in their happy wake encouraged to start bands themselves. With several tracks on the milestone Tooth and Nail compilation album (alongside their pals The Germs), and their second 7" EP Scavenged Luxury, bringing in more intricate funk bass and guitar work, they released their sole full-length LP Homeland, and toured the East Coast, unleashing a slew of imitator hardcore bands on the other side of the country in their wake. Then, in 1982, the band dissolved into other projects. When I started making calls about this benefit record, EVERY band I contacted said 'yes,' including bands that normally do not give songs to compilations. Cover artist Raymond Pettibon was another guy who said 'yes, of course' without any questions. Bands picked classic tracks from their back catalogs, some even chose unreleased tracks or rarities (such as Rikk Agnew presenting me with the never-heard first recording of the legendary Detours!), and some were so enthused they recorded new songs in no time flat. Mike Atta even came up with an unreleased outtake from the Homeland sessions, 'Body and Soul,' which opens this compilation. Mike's cancer had been in remission, but came back shortly after their reunion gig for Frontier Record's 30th Anniversary. The band has kept playing, before, after and in between some very intense cancer treatments, and hopefully will continue to do so.'' --Pat Fear, White Flag; All profits go to help Mike's battle against cancer.
$18.39 EAN: 8435008833510 ROCK
A1. Middle Class - Body and Soul
A2. Germs - Out of Time (Live)
A3. Circle Jerks - Red Tape
A4. Sin 34 - 34 Sins
A5. Big Boys - I'm Sorry
A6. Fastbacks - Fast Enough
A7. Meatmen - Stud
A8. Government Issue - Plain to See
A9. The Dicks - Rich Daddy
A10. Anarchy 6 - Suburban Jail
A11. F - The Yellow Corn Boy
A12. 7 Seconds - Compro Necros - Help! (Live)
B1. Off! - Poison City
B2. Negative Approach - Pressure/Fair Warning
B3. The Fix - No Idols
B4. Shattered Faith - Right Is Right
B5. The F.U.'s - Death Wish (Live)
B6. The Detours - The Saint
B7. Flag Of Democracy - Suburban Cowboy
B8. Scream - Cry Wolf (Demo)
B9. Vatican Commandos - Housewives on Valium
B10. Channel 3 - Another Day
B11. Adrenalin O.D. - Small Talk
B12. Love Canal - Jimmy Closet
B13. Eddie & The Subtitles - American Society
C1. White Flag - Radio Free Misanthropia
C2. Adolescents - Guns of September
C3. Nofx - New Year's Revolution
C4. The Muffs - When I Was Down
C5. The Crowd - Straight Down
C6. White Night - Oh Crud
C7. Empire - English Mist
C8. The Zeros - Lil' Latin Lupe Lu
C9. Redd Kross - Pretty Please Me (Live)
C10. The Garden - 8 Foot Tall Man Walking Out of the Forest
D1. Giuda - Number 10
D2. The Urinals - Sonny Boy
D3. The Cows - Chow
D4. Mudhoney - Tales of Terror
D5. Halo Of Flies - Ballad of Extreme Hate
D6. Nervous Gender - Slave (Demo)
D7. The Salvation Army - Grimly Forming
D8. Audacity - Five People in Bedroom
D9. The Mormons - Razorburn Stigmata
D10. Mike Watt & The Missingmen - Sweet Honey Pie (Live)
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AREVALO, GASTON: Rollin Ballads CD (OKTAF 006CD)
The Uruguay-born Gastón Arévalo presents his debut CD Rollin Ballads via Oktaf Records. His fascination with natural and urban surroundings developed as a result of growing up close to the harbor of Montevideo, Uruguay's capital, being surrounded by the city on the one hand and old architecture, fishermen, boats and the sea and subtropical nature on the other. His earliest acoustic childhood impressions and associations from these surroundings are still his most vivid -- for example, the sounds of the textile factory, which used to be his father's workplace. His latest recordings are intensely inspired by natural and organic sounds. Tracks like "Selvagem" are the result of field recordings of long walks at sun-down mixed with the unconventional sounds of natural elements such as stones and bones. The result is a synaesthetic impression of foggy, far away landscapes, yet still flooded with light, which is what Arévalo intends with his aurally and visually-stunning tracks. "Souvenir," "Rollin Ballad I," and "Geographia II" allow the listener to lose himself in the neverending repetitions evoking those images. Classically-trained, Arévalo intersperses analog sounds into his tracks as he incorporates modulated and modified fragments and passages played by instruments, evoking the musical influence of classic ambient-sound connoisseurs such as Brian Eno, Terry Riley, Arvo Pärt, and Erik Satie. As a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on experimental ambient music, this record is based on neo-classical sound collages and modulated and synthesized field recordings rife with hidden melodies and abstract sound structures. This is music that presents mirror images of life -- always moving and constantly changing.
$11.99 UPC: 880319630224 ELECTRONIC
01. Souvenir (Re-Ambiented)
02. Rollin Ballad I
03. Le pont
04. Saint Denis
05. Land of Misplaced Dreams
06. Voyageur sur terre
07. Selvagem
08. Geographia II
09. Luxembourg (Re-Ambiented)
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GOLDEN TEACHER: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 12" (OM 020EP)
Golden Teacher started life as a studio collaboration between Glasgow's experimental hardcore trio, Ultimate Thrush and Glasgow's all-analog house duo, Silk Cut. This is the second EP from Golden Teacher's sessions at The Green Door studio. Recorded straight to tape in one take, this recording explores darker, hypnotic song structures with a heavy emphasis on polyrhythmic grooves and 6/8 time signatures. Imagine Arthur Russell's Dinosaur L, Liaisions Dangereuses, mixed with a Shackleton edit of West African drumming.
$8.39 UPC: 880319623516 ELECTRONIC
A1. Like a Hawk
A2. Dringhouses
B1. Sweat Bath with Saturn
B2. Into Stoney Sleep
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VA: Trust CD (OP 001CD)
The Clown & Sunset label ended with the Angst EP from Valentin Stip. Nicolas Jaar's new label Other People releases its first piece called Trust: a compilation featuring 12 artists, including eight exclusive debut releases. Artists include: Will Epstein, Nikita Quasim, My Girl & Me, Quentin Pistol, David Terranova, High Water, Benjha, Acid Pauli, Triangleline, Valentin Stip, and Dave Harrington.
$11.99 UPC: 827170473867 ELECTRONIC
01. Will Epstein - Trust I
02. Nikita Quasim - The Way I Felt Today
03. My Girl & Me - Always Back to You
04. Quentin Pistol - Qè
05. David Terranova - Kinq
06. High Water - Railroad Song
07. Benjha - Gravity
08. Acid Pauli - The Gap and the Grip
09. Triangleline - Chronon and Echo
10. Valentin Stip - Temple
11. Nicolas Jaar - Break My Love
12. Nicolas Jaar (feat. Tamara) - Why Didn't You Save Me (Dave Harrington Remix)
13. Will Epstein - Trust II
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VA: Trust 2LP (OP 001LP)
Double LP version. Comes in a gatefold sleeve.
$18.39 UPC: 827170511163 ELECTRONIC
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HORROR INC.: Briefly Eternal CD (PERL 095CD)
Perlon presents the first full-length from Horror Inc.. Montreal's Marc Leclair, a long-time buddy of Perlon and also known to some as Akufen delivers 10 tracks, taking us on a very personal trip through the depths of "Boo."
$11.99 UPC: 827170131125 ELECTRONIC
01. Phowa
02. Mourning
03. Remembrance
04. The Absent
05. I Can't Look At You
06. Dans la nuit
07. The Sentinel
08. Crépuscule
09. Bardo Thodol
10. Jhator
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HORROR INC.: Briefly Eternal 3x12" (PERL 095LP)
Triple 12" version.
$17.79 UPC: 827170502567 ELECTRONIC
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LE CAROUSEL: Le Carousel LP (PKR 001LP)
LP version. Le Carousel is the new band project from acclaimed Belfast DJ/recording artist Phil Kieran. For Le Carousel, Kieran assembled some of Ireland's finest musicians, writing most of the album while staying in Donegal on the remote west coast. Fittingly, Le Carousel evokes feelings of half-remembered childhood day-trips and windswept empty beaches. Fans of emotive electronica, blissful Balearica, artists like Spiritualized, Slowdive, Pink Floyd, Goldfrapp, Steve Reich, Rothko, Bat For Lashes, and Galaxie 500 should sign up here, although anyone with a heart is going to take something away from this extraordinary piece of work. Limited to 250 bespoke, hand-manufactured, art cover sleeves cut out of the original tour stage backdrop painting. The original image measured 18 feet x 18 feet and is now being broken up into 324 limited edition vinyl albums. Each will be numbered and contain a print of the large image with a grid reference to show where the individual piece belongs.
$18.39 UPC: 827170507562 ELECTRONIC
01. Step on the Carousel
02. Lose Your Love
03. Good Times
04. Carousel
05. Lost Years
06. Winter Months
07. My Saviour
08. Away
09. Stick Together
10. Broken
11. Forget Me Not
12. Step Off the Carousel
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ARTTU: Next System 12" (PHP 067EP)
Philpot's Finnish friend with the musically-adopted home of Chicago Arttu bangs it out in best warehouse style for the third time for the label: raw, minimal, and timeless.
$9.79 UPC: 827170488960 ELECTRONIC
A1. Next System
B1. Space Trippin'
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SPRINGINTGUT: Where We Need No Map - Remixes 12" (PING 038EP)
Springintgut's album Where We Need No Map (PING 037CD/LP) has been reworked by a motley set of musicians. This EP features dub, disco, deep-house and skweee remixes of the cello-heavy compositions which were originally recorded during tours in India and Japan. Remixes from London's Duke Slammer (Bonusround), Pingipung's hey-ø-hansen and Peter Presto, RSS Disco, Tilman Tausendfreund (Hypercolour), and Icarus (Leaf Rec).
$10.39 UPC: 880319632815 ELECTRONIC
A1. Dizzy Heights (feat. Sasha Perera) (Duke Slammer Remix)
A2. Ode to Yakushima (hey-ø-hansen Remix)
A3. Ode to Yakushima (Peter Presto Remix)
B1. Bangalore Kids (RSS Disco "Coconut" Remix)
B2. Ode to Yakushima (Tilman Tausendfreund Remix)
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UNCLE DOG: Old Hat CD (PT 8011CD)
A short-lived collaboration between cult singer Carol Grimes and songwriter David Skinner (formerly half of pop duo Twice As Much), Uncle Dog formed in London in the autumn of 1971. Their rare album was recorded at various times over the ensuing year, and features musicians including guitar legends Paul Kossoff, David Lindley, and Paul Rudolph, as well as Plastic Ono Band/Yes drummer Alan White. A blend of prog-rock with rural and soul influences, it has sold for hundreds of dollars, and makes its long-awaited return to CD here. Background notes included.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314801110 ROCK
01. River Road
02. Movie Time
03. Old Hat
04. Boogie With Me
05. We've Got Time
06. Smoke
07. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/Mystery Train Lose Me
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DR K'S BLUES BAND: Dr K's Blues Band CD (PT 8012CD)
Named after pianist Rick Kay, this North London band featured Fairport Convention's Ashley Hutchings in its first line-up. By 1967 they were one of the busiest bands on the burgeoning British blues scene, playing up and down the country (as well as on the continent) and sharing stages with underground stars such as Pink Floyd and Tyrannosaurus Rex. Their sole album was taped in the autumn of 1968, and produced by Peter Eden (who'd overseen Donovan's early sessions). A superb set of Chicago-style blues with fine slide guitar and boogie-woogie piano, it makes its long-overdue return to CD here. Includes background notes.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314801219 ROCK
01. I Can't Lose
02. Walking
03. Key to the Highway
04. Crippled Clarence
05. Pet Cream Man
06. Messin' With the Kid
07. Don't Quit the Man You Love for Me
08. Rolty's Banjo Shuffle
09. Strobe Lemming's Lament
10. Long Distance Call Feel So Bad
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BYZANTIUM: Seasons Changing CD (PT 8013CD)
This renowned British progressive rock band formed in 1970, and featured the talents of singer-guitarist-keyboardist Chas Jankel (later to find fame with Ian Dury & The Blockheads). Originally issued in 1973, Seasons was their third and final album release, and found them blending concise pop-rock songs and ballads with a lengthy three-part suite. Dreamy and atmospheric, and featuring some notable early use of synthesizer as well as guest appearances from BJ Cole on pedal steel, and Frank Ricotti on percussion, it's a lost classic that makes its long-awaited return to CD here.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314801318 ROCK
01. What a Coincidence
02. My Season's Changing with the Sun
03. Show Me the Way
04. I'll Always Be Your Friend
05. October Andy
06. Something You Said - A Trilogy
Part One: Something You Said
Part Two: I Can See You
Part Three: Morning
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AHMED, RICHY: Rinse: 23 12" (RINSE 028EP)
The next edition in Rinse's iconic mix CD series comes from rising London-based house DJ Richy Ahmed. To coincide with the release of Rinse: 23 (RINSE 032CD), Rinse have taken three of the best tracks from the mix to produce a limited edition vinyl release. The vinyl is fronted by Richy's own production, "Your Love," with tracks from Subban & Smith aka S.A.S., and Michael Jansons.
$7.79 UPC: 800071003043 ELECTRONIC
A1. Richy Ahmed - Your Love
B1. S.A.S. - Cloak & Dagger
B2. Michael Jansons - All I Give
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HUGH MANE: Spectra Sonics EP 12" (RB 041EP)
Made in the basement of an old tram station circa 1990 in a town that was probably London, Hugh Mane's first and only release so far consists of hidden gems on a vintage DAT. Brought to RB's attention via an old message board, "Back to Life" is the name of this EP's backbone. "Hard to Finish If You're Finish" and "My Midi Is a Mess" are the continuation of those heady visions, while "Fukdemdiscoidkids" via a Tuff City Kids edit is a rough-and-ready beat track.
$8.99 UPC: 827170510067 ELECTRONIC
A1. Fukdemdiscoidkids (Tuff City Kids Edit)
A2. Back Life
B1. Hard to Finish If You're Finish
B2. My Midi Is a Mess
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CORTEX, ALEX: Have Liveset Will Travel 12" (SKUDGE PT008EP)
No-messing electronics for the floor.....on Skudge. The label says, "Alex Cortex provides us here with a strong, jacking, stomping, soaring, super three-tracker EP that will leave you wanting more. For those of you already familiar with the man's sound, we think you're still in for a surprise as between jacking beats, blips, and distorted percs, we believe Alex here reaches dancefloor perfection."
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Rumble Ratio
A2. Dense
B1. Charge
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BECK, GARY: Soma Compilation 21 CD (SOMA 103CD)
Soma Records are pleased to present an extra special compilation of tracks from 2012, mixed exclusively by Gary Beck in what is his first-ever commercially-available mix CD. After the hugely successful 20th anniversary celebrations, Soma continued with their high quality output right through 2012, forging ahead with new and old artists alike. 2012 saw the debut album from Gary himself that immediately made its mark on the techno world, demonstrating his amazing talent as not just a techno producer but as an artist. Further albums came from Deepchord, who followed up his first album on Soma with the deep and uniquely expressional Sommer that also spawned two separate vinyl releases. Heavy-hitters Pig & Dan showed the versatility of Soma's output also with their own 10-year anniversary album Decade, complete with fantastic remixes from Justin Berkovi, Carlo Lio, and more. On the singles front, there were some particular standouts. Soma stalwarts Slam & Silicone Soul also released new material that became instant classics in the house and techno world. New signing Mark Reeve burst onto the scene with his Dice EP, Harvey McKay collaborated with Saytek on the tough Push EP and we also saw the Envoy classic, Detroit-inspired techno groover, "Seawall," reworked by Chilean wonder producer Ricardo Villalobos. Gary's mix is a perfect example of why he has become one of the busiest DJs around. Kicking things off with Deepchord's perfectly dubbed-out "Tonality of Night," Gary quickly picks up the pace, moving fervently through tracks from Joe Stawarz, Heiko Laux & Steve Rachmad into Claude Von Stroke's excellent mix of Scott Grooves' "Mothership Connection." Mark Henning's infectious "You're Digging Into Me" funks things up before launching head-first into the peak of the mix with Pig & Dan and Mark Reeve tracks doing the damage along with Gary's own "Algoreal." Exclusive to the Soma 21 compilation is the Christian Smith & Wehbba remix of the eternal Funk D'Void classic "Diabla." This unforgettable track is given a very modern day rework and doesn't fail to trigger in all the right places. As the mix begins to wind down, we find Gary finishing off in epic style with the fantastic Mattias Tanzmann rework of Silicone Soul's "Right On, Right On" while Gary closes on Ricardo Villalobos' interpretation of Envoy's "Seawall."
$10.99 UPC: 502485610328 ELECTRONIC
01. Deepchord - Tonality of Night - Spiral 1
02. Joe Stawarz - M17 (Ambivalent's Byways Remix)
03. Heiko Laux & Steve Rachmad - The Viking
04. Scott Grooves (feat. Parliament Funkadelic) - Mothership Reconnection
05. Mark Henning - You're Digging Into Me
06. Pig&Dan, Mark Reeve - Origami
07. Mark Reeve - Dice
08. Gary Beck - Algoreal (12 mix)
09. Alex Under - Addendum
10. Funk D'Void - Diabla (Christian Smith & Wehbba Final Track of the Night Edit)
11. Silicone Soul - Right On, Right On (Matthias Tanzzmann Remix)
12. Envoy - Seawall (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)
13. Soma Compilation 21 Mixed By Gary Beck (Continuous Mix)
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STRANGERS IN HEAVEN: Set Me Free/The Future 12" (SOUVENIR 057EP)
The mysterious duo Strangers In Heaven strike back on Souvenir with a strong two-tracker. "Set Me Free" is a deep groover which features Jonny Cruz's incredibly melodic voice. The same track gets a decidedly deeper once-over from none other than Eric Volta. On the flip, "The Future" is a Miami bass vs. techno tune with some real old school house feeling injected into it, featuring the unmistakable voice of the wondrous Navid Izadi.
$8.99 UPC: 827170491564 ELECTRONIC
A1. The Future (feat. Navid Izadi)
B1. Set Me Free (feat. Jonny Cruz)
B2. Set Me Free (feat. Jonny Cruz/Eric Volta's Higher Contrast Mix)
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KAIN + ABER: Hey You EP 12" (STIR15 042EP)
Stir15 is back with a killer release hitting the hearts of deep house lovers again. With stunning remixes by Ian Pooley and Stir15 head C-Rock, this one will finally bring the summer to your turntables, speakers, dancefloors, iPods, phones, radios, Spotify-channels, or however you enjoy quality music these days.
$8.99 UPC: 827170504165 ELECTRONIC
A1. Hey You (Original)
A2. Hey You (Ian Pooley Remix)
B1. Hey You (C-Rock Remix)
B2. Love Freak
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NOVI_SAD: Neuroplanets CD (SR 369CD)
New series framework is an extension of Sub Rosa's Concrete Electronics Noise, a mix-up of unusual conceptions of sound material by young unknown composers, well-known not-so-young composers and old and clever composers. Limited editions. Neuroplanets is a project which explores the aesthetics of information on sound. Initially based on multiple ways of audio analysis in rare sonic phenomena taking place on other planets, this project has been developed and executed by applying data and numerical elements from neurosciences, on tracks commissioned from BJ Nilsen, Daniel Menche, Francisco López, and Mika Vainio. Neuroplanets is the follow-up to Inhumane Humans ((SR 301CD). "Novi_sad is the mutated body that stands on the tips of its toes to look over a wall of white noise. It reaches the edge, almost getting a glimpse of what is on the other side. It almost sees. And when it almost sees, then it hears. And when it hears, it hears the sudden attack of static. And as it hears it looks: the sky is static and falls like a sonic ceiling collapsing on its sole inhabitant: Novi_sad. Novi_sad is the sound of the shadow of the body that faces the wall of sound. The mutated body steps back from the wall. It is not a wall, it is a mirror. The mutated body looks at itself. It sees: an open mouth that is shouting to itself and is not heard, it sees closed ears bleeding that do not hear. It says: lift sonic ceilings up over my head, push them up over the sky, as far as my arms can reach, as far as my eyes can see. I will hear, I will here." --Thanasis Kaproulias
$10.99 EAN: 5411867113690 ELECTRONIC
01. Source audio BJ Nilsen: Audio analysis on: Winds, sandstorms and dust devils, which are little tornadoes caused by local weather patterns on Mars. Applied data from: Functional anatomy of schizophrenic patients with auditory hallucinations.
02. Source audio Daniel Menche: Audio analysis on: Ghostly planetary plasma waves from NASA. Applied data from: Patterns of music agnosia associated with middle cerebral artery infarcts.
03. Source audio Francisco López: Audio analysis on: Whistle of ultra-cold liquid Helium-3 that changes volume relative to the North Pole and Earth's rotation. Applied data from: Rightward and leftward bisection biases in spatial neglect.
04. Source audio Mika Vainio: Audio analysis on: Decametric noise storms and radio storms in Jupiter. Applied data from: Neuroimaging with bipolar disorder and children with serious emotional disturbances.
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ASPURU/MAURICO MONTERO/STEVEN BROWN, DANIEL: Correspondances CD (SR 370CD)
Sub Rosa presents another edition in their Framework series -- an extension of their Concrete Electronics Noise, featuring a mix-up of unusual conceptions of sound material by young unknown composers, well-known not-so-young composers and old and clever composers. Limited editions. "I had heard so much about the machine created by Daniel Aspuru that my curiosity turned to desire. The transductor eolico is not an easy item to move around, and as there were no concerts on the horizon, I decided to follow my intuition and invite Steven, Daniel, and Manrico to spend some time in La Perrera, located in my house in Oaxaca, Mexico in order to experiment with the TE and eventually produce material for a record. During this 10-day residence, La Perrera was transformed into a recording studio and my home into a sound laboratory. There was no budget for this project but there were friends and accomplices to whom we give our sincere gratitude." --Gabriela Leon (co-producer). "To fully appreciate the nature of this instrument, I invite you to listen to the track 'Living Pillars,' a solo performance by the Eolic Transducer where Gabriela's garden is transformed into a temple of transcendental wonderment." --Steven Brown
$10.99 EAN: 5411867113706 ELECTRONIC
01. Living Pillars (4:22)
02. First Symbol (4:43)
03. Correspondances (5:35)
04. Familiar Glances (4:09)
05. White Magic (4:29)
06. Second Symbol (3:08)
07. Vain Little Breath (6:04)
08. Third Symbol (2:34)
09. Under the Cannonfire of Time (3:40)
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PSEUDOCODE: Europa LP (SR 372LP)
Reissue of Pseudocode's mythic 1982 album, Europa, only available as an LP. Pseudocode: Belgian improvised electronic band, active from 1980 to 1982, featuring Xavier Ess (Thrills), Guy-Marc Hinant, and Alain Neffe (Insane Music, Bene Geserit). "In that time, the onset of the '80s, we had the opportunity to create from sound itself instead of notes, from noise, screams, any chord, relevant or irrelevant. Xavier (with Stéphane Barbery, Digital Dance), had been in one of Brussels' first punk bands, Thrills. Alain had over 10 years of music experience and was influenced by kosmische musik and all kinds of weird, experimental music; he had put together several improvisation ensembles in the area, including the noisy Kosmose, which I joined as a teenager. Now that I had digested punk, I was into Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, The Pop Group, Red Crayola, This Heat, and all these influences show up upon listening." --Guy-Marc Hinant
$10.99 EAN: 5411867333722 ELECTRONIC
A1. She's Got Blue Eyes Wow (4:10)
A2. The Brightness of Love and Illusion (7:33)
A3. Addis Abeba (3:05)
A4. Indian Copyright - The Dance (5:15)
A5. Europa (2:05)
B1. Worth of the North (2:15)
B2. Back to the Waters (4:18)
B3. The Silent Hour (1:36)
B4. Holzwege (Second Mix) (2:48)
B5. No More Groan (2:36)
B6. Simulation (1:30)
B7. The Last Hole (7:20)
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DE JAER, BAUDOUIN: Compositions for Geomungo and Gayageum 2CD (SR 373CD)
Sub Rosa reissues Belgian composer/violinist Baudouin de Jaer's Gayageum Sanjo (SR 347CD), with a complete new design and an additional CD of new compositions for another ancient Korean instrument: the geomungo ("black zither"). "Baudouin de Jaer chose a highly delicate musical instrument, the geomungo, and has drawn from it a marvelous creation; I can only congratulate him with all my heart for such an accomplishment, and for the release of this beautiful CD. I hope he will continue to make great works like this one and to contribute in such a committed way to the development of korean music." --Mr. Kim Yong-Jae Holder of Intangible Cultural Treasure #16
$11.99 EAN: 5411867113737 EXPERIMENTAL
CD1:
01. Sanjo I Movement 1
02. Sanjo I Movement 2
03. Sanjo I Movement 3
04. Sanjo I Movement 4
05. Hero A
06. Hero B
07. Hero C
08. Hero D
09. Hero F
10. Hero G
11. Hero I
12. Hero J
13. Hero K
14. Hero L
15. Hero M
16. Hero N
17. Hero O
18. Hero R
19. Hero V
20. Hero X
21. Hero Y
22. Hero Z
23. 42 Expressive Views from 42 Different Sides of a Some Geometrical Subject
24. Line 4
25. Line 3
26. Line 8
27. Line 7
28. Line 2
29. Chords
30. Hero A Alta
31. Hero B Alta
CD2:
Prelude
Theatre - Le théâtre des sons
01. Song 1/Chant 1
02. Song 2/Chant 2
03. Song 3/Chant 3
Sanjo 1
The Earth Around the Sun
04. Movements of the Earth Around the Sun/Mouvements de la terre autour du soleil
05. Song 1/Chant 1
06. Song 2/Chant 2
07. Song 3/Chant 3
08. Song 4/Chant 4
09. Study 1/Etude 1
10. Study 2 /Etude 2
Sanjo 2
11. Elasticity - Elasticité
Sanjo 3
ÇAVITRI
Part I
12. The Universe/L'Univers
13. Çavitri
14. Çavitri's Gaze/Le regard de Çavitri
15. Through the Forest of Mirrors/A travers la forêt des miroirs
Part II
16. Moments in Time/Moments du temps
Part III
17. Çavitri's Childhood/La jeunesse de Çavitri
18. Tabla
19. Blindfolded Dance/Danse aux yeux bandés
20. The Cry/Le cri
21. Marsh Surfaces and Raging Ocean/Surface des marais et océan déchaîné
22. The Wedding/Le marriage
Sanjo 4
23. Backdrop I - DECOR I
24. Song 1/Chant 1
25. Song 2/Chant 2
26. Song 3/Chant 3
27. Song 4/Chant 4
Sanjo 5
28. Backdrop II - DECOR ii
29. Study 4 Chess Study/Etude 4
30. Study 5/Etude 5
31. Study 6/Etude 6
32. Study 7/Etude 7
33. Study 8/Etude 8
34. Study 9/Etude 9
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MENTHA & MURK: 1992 EP 12" (SUBALT 001EP)
Subaltern Records is a new label whose goal is to support quality bass music. With support from the likes of BunZer0, Syte, DJ Foster, and Fable. Mentha & Murk bring a style that ranges from soulful organic ambience to earth-shaking bass. This limited 12" features two slabs of deep, original bass music. "1992" fuses organic drums, twisted synths, and a hoovering sub-bass into an evolving movement of rhythm. Ipman's earth-shattering remix molds "1992" into another heavy stepper.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. 1992
B1. 1992 (Ipman Remix)
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OLD APPARATUS: Compendium CD (ST 006CD)
In 2012, Old Apparatus launched a bid for independence with their own Sullen Tone imprint to release their own projects and others. The first of these releases on the label were EPs that spanned the second half of the year, opening with the Derren EP before releasing a series of EPs from three separate members of the group. Compendium draws together the highlights of those EPs into a sequenced mix that draws the sheer drama out of the music, like contrasting scenes in a film, enabling the listener to pick out details in music and get lost in its generous sound world. It starts with "Zimmer's" rising strings and watery hiss, rolling seamlessly into the far away shoegaze of "Mernom" and then the warm, woodblock and acoustic guitar 2-step of "Derren." The mood switches up to the jungle atmosphere of "Dourado," with hypnotic drums and a feeling of panic, before the chopped and screwed march of "Lingle" drops the mood down with a club-footed hip-hop and ritualistic astral atmosphere before the album hones down into the bell-like melodies and sliding drums of "Boxcat." "Chicago" opens next with a bare piano and heartbeat thud, working out of the rainy atmospheres, while the shimmering drones of "Octofish" lead into the vast waves of "Realise," ending the album on a powerful note.
$11.79 EAN: 5055300354372 ELECTRONIC
01. Zimmer
02. Mernom
03. Derren
04. Dourado
05. Lingle
06. Cauliroot
07. Boxcat
08. Chicago
09. Octofish
10. Realise
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CHOPSTICK & JOHNJON: Roots EP 12" (SUOL 048EP)
Chopstick & Johnjon present the first vanguard of their upcoming debut album. For Roots they team up with Signaljacker aka Chris James of the infamous UK band Stateless (Ninja Tune, !K7). The title-track comes in two different moods - the dreamy, almost melancholic "Original Mix" plus the rather bright "Alternative Mix." "Still Breathing" eventually takes the beat even further down, bringing forth a never-heard side of Chopstick & Johnjon.
$8.39 UPC: 673799414817 ELECTRONIC
A1. Roots (Original Mix)
A2. Roots (Alternative Mix)
B1. Still Breathing
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ZAMACOMA, JORGE: The Mood 12" (TAR 002EP)
For their second release, Tardis has enlisted Paul Mac aka Jorge Zamacona, who hoists in three rough house killers. Te veteran producer portrays dazzling acumen: bursting with the sheer power of clever drum programming, "Cut Twice" is an offering that will make people lose their heads on dancefloors. Jagged, massive, irresistible."The Mood" ventures into deep, silky house territories, while "Stacked Team" delivers another burning cut of dancefloor euphoria. This EP is still firmly embedded in the now: Paul Mac produced all tracks in 2013.
$9.79 UPC: 827170502161 ELECTRONIC
A1. CutTwice
B1. The Mood
B2. Stacked Team
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GINNELS: Plumes LP (TEN 101LP)
Ginnels is a Dublin-based solo project by Grand Pocket Orchestra and No Monster Club guitarist/bassist Mark Chester, with live friends Paddy Hanna, Bobby Aherne, Roy Duffy, and Ruan Van Vliet. Chester describes his gorgeous music as "like your favourite Byrds and Feelies records being drowned out by your neighbor's stoned noise jams. Except, actually good." After releasing two acclaimed releases in 2011, the self-titled album Ginnels and the mini-album Mountbatten Class (Long Lost Records), in 2012 Chester decided to record a 20-song, hour-long, double album called Crowns, influenced by such sprawling records as Magnetic Fields'69 Love Songs, The Clash's Sandinista!, and Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand. It was released on double cassette by Long Lost and brought Ginnels much acclaim. Plumes compiles a selection of tracks from Ginnels' three records plus other online-only releases, and it's the first time these tracks are available on vinyl. They were all recorded and mixed entirely in Chester's living room, built up from layers of guitars, vocals, "cheap keyboards and other assorted detritus." The approach and sound recall the glorious jangle-pop legacy of the Flying Nun label, early Pavement, and Elephant 6 bands like The Apples In Stereo. Over the whole album, from fast-paced tracks such as "Heathwaite Wood" and "Great Fall," through to more minimal, reflective moments like "Friends Are Dead" and "Champs," Chester's knack for delivering really strong, memorable melodies never fails to shine and astonish.
$14.99 EAN: 8435008881979 ROCK
A1. Don't Mean It
A2. Champs
A3. Europe's Soil
A4. This Is Conor
A5. The Childish Lane Story
A6. Great Fall
A7. Friends Are Dead
B1. Vicenza
B2. Heathwaite Wood
B3. Wake Up Normal
B4. Algebra
B5. Stink It Out
B6. Bateau
B7. Crowns
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WATSON, CHRIS: In St Cuthbert's Time: The Sounds of Lindisfarne and the Gospels CD (TO 089CD)
To celebrate the exhibition of the Lindisfarne Gospels at Durham Cathedral from July to September 2013, award-winning wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson has researched the sonic environment of the holy island as it might have been experienced by St. Cuthbert in 700 A.D. Throughout human history, artists have been influenced by their surroundings and the sounds of the landscape they inhabit. When Eadfrith, the Bishop of Lindisfarne, was writing and illustrating the Lindisfarne Gospels on that island during the late seventh century and early eighth century, he would have been immersed in the sounds of the holy island while he created this remarkable work. This production aims to reflect upon the daily and seasonal aspects of the evolving variety of ambient sounds that accompanied life and work during that period of exceptional thought and creativity. Cuthbert was an Anglo Saxon monk, bishop and hermit who became prior of Lindisfarne in c. 665. In later life Cuthbert felt called to be a hermit and moved to the nearby island of Inner Farne to begin fighting the spiritual forces of evil in solitude. Cuthbert became associated with the birds and other animals on the island and gave special protection to the Eider duck which is still known locally as Cuddy's duck. Photography: Maggie Watson; Design: Jon Wozencroft; Sound mastering by Denis Blackham, Skye. Texts by Chris Watson, Dr. David Petts, Lecturer in Archaeology/Associate Director of the Institute of Mediæval and Renaissance Studies Dept. of Archaeology
, Durham University, and Dr. Fiona Gameson, St. Cuthbert's Society, Durham.
$10.39 EAN: 5027803148925 ELECTRONIC
01. Winter
02. Lencten
03. Sumor
04. Haerfest
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DJ HELL: Kern Vol. 2 - The Rarities 12" (KERN 002-2EP)
The second Rarities 12" is a collection of forgotten early '90s grooves. Daniel Bell contributes a track that has never seen the light of day since its year of production, 1992 -- the "Chicago Style" version of his legendary "Blip" title. Also included is NYC '90s fixtures Lenny Dee and Ralphie Dee's (aka Major Problems) "Overdose," a relentless number from 1990, originally released on Nu Groove. Back to '92 with Sub-Culture's "Dreams" released on Strobe. DJ Hell chose the forgotten "Tribal Life Mix."
$8.99 UPC: 666017263267 ELECTRONIC
A1. Daniel Bell - Blip (Chicago Style - '92 Unreleased)
B1. Major Problems - Overdose
B2. Sub-Culture - Dreams (Tribal Life Mix)
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DEWALTA: Thinkers EP 12" (VA 051EP)
The Thinkers EP was heavily inspired by essays about metaphysics. Metaphysics looks at the things behind ('meta') the physical appearance and its relationship to the non-physical. The story of philosophy and metaphysics seemed to me like emancipation from the 'perfect being' and over centuries, it seemed to evolve into the 'real,' more incarnated and away from 'belief' or religion. I simply wanted to express my interest in these non-direct musical things, from which I get a lot inspiration for writing music." --DeWalta
$9.79 UPC: 827170510760 ELECTRONIC
A1. Plato
B1. Locke
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ITURRALDE, PEDRO: Jazz Flamenco 1 & 2 CD (VAMPI 154CD)
Pedro Iturralde was born in 1929 in Falces, Navarra. He received his first saxophone lessons from his father and soon started to play in all kinds of orchestras and learned a repertoire of popular music which included compositions by Falla, Albéniz, and Granados. His permeability towards local folklore also awakened in him a great interest in the musical traditions of countries such as Lebanon, Turkey and Greece -- places he would visit before turning 30 as part of several orchestras. On his return to Spain, Madrid's Whisky Jazz Club became his artistic residence for years. The German pianist Paul Grassl joined his quartet, and their shared growing interest in flamenco meant that the formation's repertoire opened up to influences from the records of that genre that both were listening to and their frequent visits to concerts and tablaos (flamenco venues). They worked on adaptations of traditional songs, especially those collected by García Lorca, until the favorable reception by public and press of Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain made it possible to do jazz interpretations of "El zorongo gitano," "Las morillas de Jaén," and "El Café de Chinitas," among others, performed at a renowned venue on Marqués de Villamagna street. At that point Pedro Iturralde still performed in a quartet format, comprised of German drummer Peer Wyboris, Swiss bass player Eric Peter, and the aforementioned pianist Paul Grassl, from Munich. The inclusion of a flamenco guitarist was not part of Iturralde's initial plan, who always intended to explore Andalusian traditional melodies rather than pure flamenco. However, it was suggested by the music journalist and producer Joachim Ernest Berendt, a key figure of the German jazz scene, to include a guitarist in the formation. Paco de Antequera, at the time a regular guitarist at the best tablaos in Madrid, was chosen to be part of Iturralde's first recordings for Hispavox in June 1967. But another name replaced him in the recordings that followed in September of that year and later on: Paco de Algeciras, a pseudonym for a young guitarist who couldn't reveal his true identity due to contractual requirements. This enigmatic artist was none other than Paco de Lucía. The sessions for the second Hispavox album were resumed with the extra help of Italy's Dino Piana on trombone. Jazz Flamenco was originally released in 1967, while Jazz Flamenco 2 came out in 1968. Both albums would be compiled on one CD by Blue Note later on, but their vinyl editions have remained in the exclusive record collecting circuit for years, with prices that match the most sought-after Spanish records. This reissue not only makes both albums easily available again, but also rescues with the highest quality these essential recordings of Spain's jazz history. Liner notes by genre expert Javi Bayo.
$11.79 EAN: 8435008862817 WORLD
01. Las morillas de jaén
02. Café de chinitas
03. Zorongo gitano
04. Soleares
05. Bulerías
06. Adiós Granada
07. ¡Anda Jaleo!
08. Homenaje a Granados
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LOS AMAYA: Los Amaya Y Su Combo Gitano LP (MRSSS 030LP)
Released by EMI in 1971, the debut LP by brothers José and Delfín Amaya with their Gipsy Combo is the beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega of a cultural and musical movement, the rumba, that spread its infectious rhythm all over the dancefloors of Spain and beyond. The illustrious musicologists Don Sicalíptico and Diego Manrique write of these EMI recordings, respectively, as of "The Gospels," and as equivalent in importance to those of Elvis for Sun Records. What Los Amaya y su Combo Gitano achieved on this LP is a milestone, a place where nobody had gone before and few would reach later. It was only when Los Amaya arrived that pop prophecy became flesh: rock 'n' roll, pop, boogaloo, soul, salsa, and plena exploding into gypsy music. Many elements can explain this miracle of a record. A gypsy identity, their traditional interests (the music of their race running through their veins, being nephews of the immortal dancer Carmen Amaya), but also their modern tastes. From tender moments in the night club, perhaps, come jíbaro hits such as "Pena, tristeza y dolor" and "Qué mala suerte la mía," both very successful for Los Amaya and both written by Toñín Romero, or "Ya la pagarás" by Baltazar Carrero, who, like Romero, was a famous Puerto Rican hillbilly or "jíbaro" music singer. In the neighborhood movie theaters, the brothers watched Spaghetti Western films whose famous music scores they recreated here in two gypsyfied covers that must have made Morricone pale with jealousy: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly and For a Few Dollars More (titled "La muerte tenía un precio" in Spain). They wrap it all up with a frantic ode to the Passion of Christ Our Savior, "En la cruz moría." The last key element is the sound, both in form (a miracle of production: the whole quintet recording everything live into just two microphones) and in content, as these songs sound like Los Amaya and nobody else: the guitars played, as Manrique says, "not with guitar picks but with pocket knives," the high-pitched vocal harmonies, the ubiquitous Cuban bongos, the hands clapping, the constant jaleo of the encouraging exhortations, bravado, mouth whistle and whistling, cowbells, Far West bandits screaming... and everything played at top speed. Includes liner notes in English and Spanish by David Menéndez.
$17.79 EAN: 8435008870300 WORLD
A1. Caramelos
A2. Bacalao salao
A3. La muerte tenía precio
A4. En casa de pepe
A5. Ya la pagarás
A6. Pena, tristeza y dolor
B1. Zapatero remendón
B2. Qué mala suerte la mía
B3. Bailadores
B4. El bueno, el feo y el malo
B5. Vive la vida hoy
B6. En la cruz moría
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ITURRALDE, PEDRO: Jazz Flamenco LP (MRSSS 033LP)
Pedro Iturralde's Jazz Flamenco album on LP, originally issued in 1967. This is the first time this album has been available on vinyl since its original release. Iturralde was born in 1929 in Falces, Navarra. He received his first saxophone lessons from his father and soon started to play in all kinds of orchestras and learned a repertoire of popular music which included compositions by Falla, Albéniz, and Granados. His permeability towards local folklore also awakened in him a great interest in the musical traditions of countries such as Lebanon, Turkey and Greece -- places he would visit before turning 30 as part of several orchestras. On his return to Spain, Madrid's Whisky Jazz Club became his artistic residence for years. The German pianist Paul Grassl joined his quartet, and their shared growing interest in flamenco meant that the formation's repertoire opened up to influences from the records of that genre that both were listening to and their frequent visits to concerts and tablaos (flamenco venues). They worked on adaptations of traditional songs, especially those collected by García Lorca, until the favorable reception by public and press of Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain made it possible to do jazz interpretations of "El zorongo gitano," "Las morillas de Jaén," and "El Café de Chinitas," among others, performed at a renowned venue on Marqués de Villamagna street. At that point Pedro Iturralde still performed in a quartet format, comprised of German drummer Peer Wyboris, Swiss bass player Eric Peter, and the aforementioned pianist Paul Grassl, from Munich. The inclusion of a flamenco guitarist was not part of Iturralde's initial plan, who always intended to explore Andalusian traditional melodies rather than pure flamenco. However, it was suggested by the music journalist and producer Joachim Ernest Berendt, a key figure of the German jazz scene, to include a guitarist in the formation. Paco de Antequera, at the time a regular guitarist at the best tablaos in Madrid, was chosen to be part of Iturralde's first recordings for Hispavox in June 1967. But another name replaced him in the recordings that followed in September of that year and later on: Paco de Algeciras, a pseudonym for a young guitarist who couldn't reveal his true identity due to contractual requirements. This enigmatic artist was none other than Paco de Lucía. The sessions for the second Hispavox album were resumed with the extra help of Italy's Dino Piana on trombone. Jazz Flamenco was originally released in 1967, while Jazz Flamenco 2 came out in 1968. Both albums would be compiled on one CD by Blue Note later on, but their vinyl editions have remained in the exclusive record collecting circuit for years, with prices that match the most sought-after Spanish records. This reissue not only makes both albums easily available again, but also rescues with the highest quality these essential recordings of Spain's jazz history.
$17.79 EAN: 8435008870331 WORLD
A1. Las morillas de jaén
A2. Café de chinitas
B1. Zorongo gitano
B2. Soleares
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ITURRALDE, PEDRO: Jazz Flamenco 2 LP (MRSSS 034LP)
$17.79 EAN: 8435008870348 WORLD
A1. Bulerías
A2. Adiós Granada
B1. ¡Anda Jaleo!
B2. Homenaje a Granados
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BURNING: Noches de Rock & Roll LP (MRSSS 035LP)
"At last, legendary Spanish rock band Burning's fifth album becomes available after nearly three decades when it was almost impossible to get hold of in good condition. This hidden gem is rescued here with great sound and packaging. Burning, already icons of Spanish rock, had just practically split in half. Toño, their charismatic singer, told his partners Pepe Risi (guitar), and Johnny Cifuentes (keyboards) that he was moving to Bilbao and planning to launch a new musical project. Manolo, the bass player who had replaced the band's founder, Enrique Pérez, would leave with him. For some of their followers, here's where the band, weakened by hard drug abuse and lack of personal harmony, ended. For Pepe and Johnny, it was the opportunity to keep Burning alive and show that they were capable of writing and performing material which matched what was expected from them. Along with them stayed Miguel, their own Bobby Keys, preserving their passion for street rock, that mixture of sweetness and cocky attitude they commanded so well. Their visit to the Sonoland studios produced nine excellent tracks, starting with the catchy 'Esto es un atraco,' the frenetic album closer 'Nena' and 'Una noche sin ti,' possibly the best song they ever wrote. There were jail tales such as 'Johnny el Seco' and 'Tú de azul y yo no,' a settling of scores with their former vocalist, nods to The Velvet Underground, sensitive ballads and one of the most emotionally-intense tracks of their career ('Cristina,' dedicated to a friend of Risi's who had been murdered by a heroin dealer). The rock 'n' roll nights were back after their flirtation with new wave sounds and two irregular albums which combined hits and misses. Propelled by the energy of a reliable and professional rhythm section comprised of drummer Arturo Terriza and bassist Eloy, they recovered part of their original vigor. They were no longer the long-haired guys from the suburbs who howled with lust, who asked their girls to shake their hips, who went for drinks with dangerous guys like Jim Dinamita. But they knew how to sing authentic rock & roll in Spanish better than anyone else. Expectation surrounded the album's release. Some thought them dead and buried, others defended them with passion. They worked hard, recovered old melodies from unreleased songs and gave them new life, writing songs on which the band's future depended. It didn't look like they would have a second chance if the first one failed. Some Johnnie Walker bottles helped ease the mood, and soon the record was ready to be released -- again by Belter, a record label which had grown dramatically. On the back cover of the LP, Burning wrote a thank you note: 'To all the team at Belter for believing we'll be millionaires shortly' -- which couldn't have been further from reality. When the promotion of the album was just starting and most of its copies were still in the label's warehouse, awaiting distribution, Belter went bankrupt. The label died and the band saw how their potential hits never reached the shops. This was the beginning of what became Burning's doomed cult album." --Alfred Crespo, author of the liner notes.
$17.79 EAN: 8435008870355 ROCK
A1. Esto es un atraco
A2. Corazón solitario
A3. Una noche sin ti
A4. Cristina
B1. Johnny el seco
B2. Y no lo sabrás
B3. Tú de azul y yo no
B4. El sueño de tu sonrisa
B5. Nena
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BAD BRAINS: Black Dots LP (MRSSS 523LP)
By the early summer of 1979 the Bad Brains were already tearing up Washington D.C. They were armed with a tape they made at rehearsal, a real rugged thing, and were looking for people to play it to. The Slickee Boys heard it and suggested the band go out to record these songs at the fledgling Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA. What you are holding in your hands is the band's first full-length session of any kind in a recording studio. At that time, Inner Ear was Don Zientara's basement. Don had a four-track Teac 1/4" tape deck and a small drum booth to one side of the basement. Doc and Darryl set up in the main space while Earl somehow got himself into the "closet" with his drum kit. HR was in the backyard with the vocal mic (you can hear Don's son speaking to HR between tracks along with some crickets, too) and Don was set up in the kitchen upstairs. This day everything was just right and the band played straight through their live set of that time including "Black Dots" and "Pay to Cum," songs that were just too fast to ever be performed live to the band's satisfaction. The set on this record represents all of the band's songs, their first month's output, starting with the first song the band ever wrote, "Don't Need It." As is true with all four-track recordings, some decisions were made "going to tape," most notable is the eerie reverb on the drums, and these choices are forever a part of the mix. Formed as Mind Power a year earlier, it wasn't until their early vocalist Sid McCray showed up at Darryl's apartment in SE D.C. with his records and safety pins that the band transformed itself into the progressive punk outfit now known as Bad Brains. They were one dose Dead Boys topped off with a couple of shots of The Damned mixed with the Sex Pistols and The Clash. All the material on this record was written while the band lived together in a house on Bayway in Maryland. Doc had acquired the house from the manager of the Rustler Steak House where he had been working. HR and Darryl got jobs there as well, though they didn't last and ended up washing cars at the dealership down the street. Earl was washing clothes at the community hospital. Doc then got a job for himself and HR at Atlantic Research and Development, a bomb factory that manufactured Stinger and MX missiles. Darryl, without a driver's license, would pick them up from there at midnight and take them to rehearsal at the Bayway house. They lived at that house for about six months from late 1978 to mid-1979. They left after playing a series of basement shows at parties they threw. Sid would get on stage and start the set singing "Regulator." His girlfriend Tally would run on stage, tackle him and knock him off the stage and HR would then take the mic for the rest of the show. It wasn't long before Sid left the singing completely to HR and all of his sonorous vocalizations and lyricism. Needless to say, the house got a bit trashed and when they vacated Darryl moved in with Sid and everyone else moved back in with their parents. The next step was their first club shows; at the Atlantis (later named the 9:30 Club) and Madam's Organ (in Adams Morgan, MO with the Yippies and Youth Against Racism), conquering the D.C. punk/new wave scene with their sonic onslaught and clever musical curves. It was at this point that this record was made. Darryl got thrown out into the street by the bouncers after the band opened for The Damned at the Bayou, resulting in the band being banned from the club. With the Atlantis in reconstruction and the Bayou now off-limits, the possibilities in D.C. were shrinking for the band. New York had CBGB's, Max's Kansas City, Tier 3, 2 + 2, A7, Hurrahs, The Eighties, The Pep lounge and squats. The scene was jumping so the band headed off to NYC for the first time. They never looked back.
$17.79 EAN: 8435008875237 ROCK
A1. Don't Need It
A2. At the Atlantis
A3. Pay to Cum
A4. Supertouch/Shitfit
A5. Regulator
A6. You're a Migraine
A7. Don't Bother Me
A8. Banned in DC
B1. Why'd You Have to Go?
B2. The Man Won't Annoy Ya
B3. Redbone in the City
B4. Black Dots
B5. How Low Can a Punk Get?
B6. Just Another Damn Song
B7. Attitude
B8. Send You No Flowers
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GRODY, DANNY PAUL: Between Two Worlds LP (3LOBED 100LP)
"Native Californian guitarist Danny Paul Grody has always been more of a fellow traveler than a true disciple of the American primitive school. He came up in gauzy, San Francisco post-rock outfits like Tarentel and The Drift. His music is spare and otherworldly. His ideas, more often than not, are realized in repetition rather than in florid displays of virtuosity. His compositions seem to owe as much to John Luther Adams as to John Fahey. One imagines the grooves on his copy of the seminal West African kora music compendium Cordes Anciennes are as well worn as those of the Takoma catalog. Those looking for rustic Guitar Soli orthodoxy would be advised to search elsewhere. Grody's exquisite music is made up of a thousand little heresies and syncretisms. Sometimes the solitary 12-string suffices, but he's not afraid to lean into an electric guitar, tapes, piano or synthesizer if the idea demands it. The American school is there, but so are the folkways of the old world; as is the clustered pointillism of Morton Feldman; the luminescent guitar of New Zealand drone stalwarts like Roy Montgomery and Peter Wright; the eternal overtones of the New York minimalists. Grody's newest album is entitled Between Two Worlds but its contents seemingly unfold between many."
$11.50 UPC: 711574757718 ROCK
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LEGEND: From the Fjords LP (ANM 009LP)
"1979 progressive heavy rock masterpiece that set the flame for the epic metal genre a few years later. Connecticut's Legend had their record released as a private pressing of a mere 500 copies, which now changes hands for $700 and more. Over the last 15 years and specially due to the internet share of information on underground cult gems, this monster grew and grew in popularity and price. This power-trio shared their love for Sabbath/Heep/Rush and others of the genre, but also fusion rock like Mahavishnu Orchestra. Their imaginary revolved around epic fantasy, especially Viking mythology. Legend was a power trio, full of great musical ideas and concepts that unfortunately didn't had a place in a 1979 garbage filled music industry. The band ended up in 1980 and changed name to Mercenary which only released a single in 1981. Acid Nightmare proudly releases this heavy/prog classic on a limited edition of 400 copies with lyrics insert. Do not miss this. If you still don't know Legend, you're playing in the wrong league."
$21.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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RAW SPITT: Raw Spitt CD (ALIVE 146CD)
"Charlie Whitehead, a.k.a. Raw Spitt, 1970 first full length, produced by Swamp Dogg for Canyon Records, and a highly sought after collectors' album of unconventional southern soul."
$11.50 UPC: 095081014626 ROCK
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RAW SPITT: Raw Spitt LP (ALIVE 146LP)
LP version.
$13.00 UPC: 095081014619 ROCK
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LIGHTNIN' SLIM: High & Lowdown CD (ALIVE 147CD)
"Re-released for the first time on CD since its original release in 1970. Rare 1970 blues/R&B album produced by Swamp Dogg in Alabama. Features original liner notes by BB King."
$11.50 UPC: 095081014725 ROCK
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LIGHTNIN' SLIM: High & Lowdown LP (ALIVE 147LP)
LP version.
$13.00 UPC: 095081014718 ROCK
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VA: Grime 2.0 4LP (BD 226LP)
"Here is the most comprehensive survey of grime production the scene has ever had -- thirty five exclusive tracks from across the world and across the spectrum of grime, demonstrating it to be some of the most powerful and brilliant electronic music in the world today. We've got bangers and bubblers, haunting melodies and psychotic grooves, dead-eyed threat and cantankerous joy -- and all the way through we've got evidence that this is a scene whose creativity can't be held back and shows no signs of stopping." Artists include Royal T, Preditah, Faze Miyake, Starkey, Major Grave, Tre Mission, Gumnaam, Moony, and more.
$22.00 EAN: 5021392231860 ELECTRONIC
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HONEYSLIDES: Drippin 10" (CRITTER 028EP)
"Swathed in reverb, bathed in noise and drowned in dreamy vocals, Honeyslide blend the experimental with the melodic to provide thrillingly provocative sounds. Based in London, their live shows are intense and brutally loud, having shared the stage with bands such as Holograms, Dignan Porch and Yucks bassists side project Parakeet."
$11.50 UPC: 809236132888 ROCK
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THEE MIGHTY CAESARS: Thee Caesars of Trash/Wiseblood CD (DAMGOOD 1989CD)
1986's Thee Caesars of Trash and 1987's Wiseblood.
$14.50 EAN: 5020422039827 ROCK
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THEE MIGHTY CAESARS: Beware The Ides of March/Acropolis Now CD (DAMGOOD 3967CD)
"Thee Mighty Caesars were formed by Billy Childish in 1985 after the demise of The Milkshakes. They influenced many American bands, especially The Mummies, and Sub Pop groups. They were arguably the group that brought about the resurgence of garage rock." Reissue of their 1985 debut Beware the Ides of March and 1986's Acropolis Now.
$14.50 EAN: 5020422039629 ROCK
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THEE MIGHTY CAESARS: Beware the Ides of March LP (DAMGOOD 396LP)
LP version.
$13.00 EAN: 5020422039612 ROCK
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THEE MIGHTY CAESARS: Acropolis Now LP (DAMGOOD 397LP)
LP version.
$13.00 EAN: 5020422039711 ROCK
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THEE MIGHTY CAESARS: Thee Caesars of Trash LP (DAMGOOD 398LP)
LP version.
$13.00 EAN: 5020422039810 ROCK
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THEE MIGHTY CAESARS: Wiseblood LP (DAMGOOD 399LP)
LP version.
$13.00 EAN: 5020422039919 ROCK
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GIUDA: Racey Roller CD (DAMGOOD 400CD)
"Italian Glam/Glitter/Boot Boy band from Rome, born from the ashes of one of the finest European punk rock groups, Taxi. They play the most exciting kind of retro-sounding pub rock and junk shop glam and they have the look of true working class heroes."
$14.50 EAN: 5020422040021 ROCK
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PUKES, THE: Will I Learn 7" (DAMGOOD 417EP)
"The Pukes are a 20-strong punk ukulele band based in London. They play songs by the likes of Dead Kennedys, Exploited, X-Ray Spex and The Clash like you never heard 'em before. Their massive stage presence and raucous live show has landed them gigs with many of the bands who inspired them, including Sham 69, Bad Manners, Chelsea, Menace and Subhumans. The EP features one original song 'Will I Learn' plus covers of Menace, Capt. Sensible & Cock Sparrer."
$6.75 EAN: 5020422041776 ROCK
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GEORGIA'S HORSE: Weather's Codes LP+CD (FIRE 165LP)
"From Texan songstress Teresa Maldonado.... Weather's Codes is a record about heartbreak and loneliness."
$19.00 UPC: 809236116529 ROCK
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ASH BORER: Bloodlands 12" (RELIC 047EP)
"On their self-titled LP, Ash Borrer began experimenting with noise and ambient components after the addition of a permanent fifth member. On Cold of Ages, and through live shows, this experimentation developed into an integral aspect of Ash Borer's sound, always providing great layering to music that was already very atmospheric. On Bloodlands the band travels further into this territory, exploring greater textures and pushing the ambience and atmosphere even further to the forefront of their songs."
$11.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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LYCHGATE: Lychgate LP (RELIC 049LP)
"Although founded by a single individual, Lychgate has come alive in the present day with the collaboration of G.A. Chandler (Esoteric), Aran (Lunar Aurora), and T.J.F. Vallely (Omega Centauri), finding its lineup filled with musicians possessing proven skill at the top of their craft. On their self-titled album, Lychgate blend the mood of experimental doom with the execution of soundscape and melody-driven black metal. The result is something avant garde, expressive, atmospheric, and altogether unique."
$13.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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TEAADORA: Virgin Forever LP+12" (HR 029LP)
"The debut album of young midwesterner Teaadora Nikolava is a collection of songs and incantations with an unnerving and affecting core of fragility and intensity primarily based around voice and guitar, though often with noise floating along the edges, background to foreground - there's a raw sense of melancholy but also sweetness and a sort of uncompromising loveliness, though the poppier sensibilities are tempered with a vague feeling that somebody's relatives are possibly oozing up from beneath the floorboards. Many transcendent late night emotions to be found on this one. Includes a one-sided bonus disc featuring excellent, early, barely released, and live material."
$14.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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HAVES & THIRDS: It's Mostly Guess Work/It'll Clean You Out But... LP (HR 031-32LP)
...It'll Leave You Hollow Inside. "Hot Releases is proud to announce the long overdue full-length 12", vinyl debut of Tampa, Florida mover and mainstay Todd Lynn's project Haves & Thirds. Active for well over a decade, previous releases have been a fantastic stream of cassettes and vinyl compilation appearances. Each side is a separate EP, paying tributes to screen greats River Phoenix and Leslie Nielsen. The Haves & Thirds style has remained relatively consistent though the years, with appropriated and original beats overlaid with Factory-strength chiming guitar, synth, and movie samples that alchemically produce some of the most addictive, dreamiest music in the underground. This recording, however, features a noticeable step-up in production, with a clarity that reinforces H&T's unique vision plus bass frequencies capable of rattling most domiciles."
$10.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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BASS DRUM OF DEATH: Bass Drum of Death CD (IL 2014CD)
"2013's self-titled Bass Drum of Death album is everything about 2011's debut GB City amplified, in every sense of the word. With nothing but his inspiration and his instruments, Barrett spent the fall of 2012 in his studio, smashing out punk rock. This time it was just him, lots of coffee, a realistic reverb unit to give everything just a little of that stoned-in-outer-space and for the first time in Bass Drum of Death history, a bass that he used on every new track."
$9.75 UPC: 634457596122 ROCK
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BASS DRUM OF DEATH: Bass Drum of Death LP (IL 2014LP)
LP version.
$13.75 UPC: 634457596115 ROCK
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COLLEGE: Secret Diary CD (INV 113CD)
"The continuing success of the Drive soundtrack -- still registering healthy sales almost two years on from the film's release -- is due in no small part to French electronica artist College, whose track 'A Real Hero' (featuring Electric Youth) was selected as the main theme to the film by director Nicolas Winding Refn. College is the alias of David Grellier, originally from Nantes, who as well as recording as College runs the influential Valerie label, renowned for its retro-futurist blend of inspired electro. Grellier is influenced by American 80s pop culture, and '80s soaps and an aesthetic which I particularly like: colour, images, silvery films and the sun -- images of Los Angeles, Chicago and all other cities that continue to fascinate me.'"
$13.75 EAN: 5055300373113 ROCK
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COLLEGE: Secret Diary LP (INV 113LP)
LP version.
$22.75 EAN: 5055300373120 ROCK
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COLLEGE: Teenage Colour CD (INV 114CD)
"Invada Record are releasing College's debut EP Teenage Color, on CD for the first time. The band has gained lots of praise since their contributions to the Drive soundtrack."
$13.00 EAN: 5055300373137 ROCK
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COLLEGE: Teenage Colour LP (INV 114LP)
LP version.
$16.00 EAN: 5055300373144 ROCK
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DISAPPEARS: Era CD (KRANK 182CD)
"Era is the fourth annual report from Chicago powerhouse quartet Disappears. It was formed during the gloom of the Chicago winter at Electrical Audio by now regular foil John Congleton. Insular and dark, the album sees the band further refining their love of dub, minimalism and repetition into their most original and stark set yet. It harks back to the early 80ʻs post punk period, when almost anything seemed possible with the classic two guitar, bass and drums lineup, and exploration and expansion of what could be done with these elements was at the fore. Dueling wiry and squalling guitars lead the way while a lockdown rhythm section provides the perpetual forward motion. Era is Disappears at their most abrasive, contemplative, and paranoid -- itʼs the sound of the void looking back."
$9.50 UPC: 796441818228 ROCK
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DISAPPEARS: Era LP (KRANK 182LP)
LP version.
$10.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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OOSTEN, MICHAEL: Michael Oosten LP (LION 132LP)
"Keeping a band together was difficult in the late 1960s. Tough too, because Michael Oosten was writing songs that veered away from pop-song structures. There was also the relative ease and lack of responsibility required for hauling around a guitar. So, Oosten took off, with a Martin guitar in tow, playing coffeehouses and clubs across the country. By the end of 1973, he was ready to record an LP -- five psychedelic folk/rock tracks, ranging from the brightly smiling 'Sunny Day' to the epic 'Hungry Horse Montana,' where Oost switched seamlessly from Celtic picking to Middle Eastern chord progressions. Oosten filled out his folk/rock/psych sound with the help of a few friends: piano from Tom Hennick on 'Hey Babe,' vocals from Jan Reek on 'Garden,' and bass from Al Byla on 'Sunny Day.' Oosten's wayward vocals puts us in mind of other meandering faves from various eras (Incredible String Band, Perry Leopold, or the Meatpuppets, to name but three), and Oost proves himself a stellar guitarist in an eccentric and percussive mode. Considering the individualistic nature of the album's genesis, no surprise that marketing and publicity for the album was limited. Columbia Records expressed interest in Oosten's music; but after a single meeting with the label, it was clear that the album would be too difficult for the mainstream honchos to market. Oost and friend Lester D'ore (editor of Chicago countercultural paper Seed and designer of the Yippie flag) holed up at D'ore's Wisconsin commune farm to silkscreen each LP jacket by hand. For our deluxe Lion Productions replica edition, they've done that again -- we've used the original screens for this hand-screened, hand-assembled replica edition. The work of a renegade, ripe for rediscovery." 180 gram vinyl.
$17.50 UPC: TBA ROCK
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ARIEL PINK FEAT. JORGE ELBRECHT: Hang On to Life/No Real Friend 7" (MEX 161EP)
"Ariel Pink and Jorge Elbrecht have teamed up for their first ever collaborative split 7", written and recorded over one weekend at Gary's Electric studio in Brooklyn. 'Hang On to Life' is heavy on heartbreak and high on melodrama, with Elbrecht's gentle tenor proving a perfect complement to Pink's raspier croon. Loping, soft-rock verses give way to a mid-song consolation phone-call ('she did what? ... I can't believe these girls, man...') sending the pair into a soaring canon. On the flipside, 'No Real Friend' plays out in total soft-focus, taking cues from sugary J-pop, lite rock balladry and televisual muzak (After School Special, and '70s family sitcom resolutions come to mind). There's certainly a winking awareness across this 7", but also a very real sincerity which comes through in its meticulously authentic execution. It should come as no surprise that this pair are drawn to these lesser trodden pop territories, and manage to appropriate them in the most imaginative way possible."
$5.75 UPC: N/A ROCK
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SHINODA & JOSEPH TRAPANESE, MIKE: The Raid: Redemption Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2LP (MOND 008LP)
"One of the higher-octane international films of the decade, The Raid: Redemption (2011) has been lauded by both audiences and critics alike for its relentless pulse-pounding visuals. Backed by an equally intense soundtrack penned by Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and film composer Joseph Trapanese (for the US release only), the music has earned heaps of credit for helping make this Indonesian martial arts flick an instant classic. Released on vinyl for the first time, this soundtrack features more than an hour of music." Comes in a gatefold sleeve.
$22.75 UPC: 616892113447 ROCK
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SODA FRAISE: Ca Baigne dans L'Huile/Rock n' Roll's 7" (SING 051EP)
"Cash in single led by French musician Didier Bottier and commissioned by the artistic director of the French label Pathe' Marconi as both an answer to the Plastic Bertrand induced faux-punk hysteria that was sweeping France and as a marketing tool for Coca-Cola. Promotional copies of the single with an altered sleeve featuring the Coca-Cola logo exist. The mysterious 'Strawberry Soda' disbanded after only one year leaving us this extremely sought after and truly amazing French punk two-sider."
$5.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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BASTARDS, THE: Funky Bastard/Job in Town 7" (SING 052EP)
"The Kids (Belgium) released this single in Italy under the name The Bastards. Two classic tracks with different names/mixes from the LP (which has been bootlegged enough times for this to be accepted as one of the best non-UK/US/Ireland bands of the first rock-n'-roll-tinged punk wave). This is rock and roll!"
$5.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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JOOK: Jook Rule OK 2LP (SING 053LP)
"Jook came on like bastard sons of The Who and, if this first ever collection of the band's entire recorded works achieves anything, it should be to elevate the band from the glitter bin, and back to their rightful place as one of the greatest rock 'n' roll acts ever."
$17.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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VA: Country Soul Sisters 2: Women in Country Music 1956-79 CD (SJR 267CD)
"Country Soul Sisters is a second guide to the great female country singers who helped define a musical genre as artists such as Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy dominated musical world of country music." Other artists include: Linda Martell, Cher, Vicki Carr, Bobbie Gentry, Joan Harris, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Barbara Mandrell, Diana Trask and Linda Rondstadt.
$16.75 EAN: 5026328102672 ROCK
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VA: Country Soul Sisters 2: Women in Country Music 1956-79 2LP (SJR 267LP)
Double LP version, comes in a gatefold sleeve.
$22.00 EAN: 5026328002675 ROCK
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CLOSE: My Way 12" (K7 309-3EP)
"The second single from Close's Getting Closer album, featuring Joe Dukie from Fat Freddy's Drop on lead vocals and two choices remixes from the AUS mainstays, Midland & Dusky."
$7.50 UPC: 730003730955 ELECTRONIC
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KID A: BB Bleu 12" (TCLR 003EP)
"BB Bleu was originally demoed by Kid A herself, but was picked up and properly produced by Pierre Serafini, AKA Opti. The France based producer and boss of bass music label Airflex Labs loved the original demo (included on the single) and worked on it along with Kid A's initially internet-procured mentor and musical soulmate, the French techno producer Agoria. Its sparse, icy drums and warmer, textural melodies provide the perfect backdrop for Kid A's yearning, personal musings on desire. It's like a rainy-day French blues played through modular synths and transposed into US soul."
$8.25 EAN: 5021392792163 ELECTRONIC
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WIRE, THE: #354 August 2013 MAG/CD (WIRE 354)
"Includes The Wire Tapper 32, the latest in our ongoing series of exclusive new music compilations. Free with all copies of the August issue. Features: Rob Mazurek, Meredith Monk, Else Marie Pade, Marissa Anderson, Helena Hauff , Invisible Jukebox Circle's Jussi Lehtisalo, Cross Platform Emma Hart , Epiphanies Asmus Tietchens , Global Ear Istanbul, Inner Sleeve Shezad Dawood , Unofficial Channels Shuffling Videos , Bites, Terminal Cheesecake , and Graham Lambkin on Anton Heyboer."
$6.75 UPC: TBA Misc
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MOUNTAINS: Mountains Mountains Mountains LP (THR 349LP)
"Mountains Mountains Mountains was first released on the Catsup Plate label in 2008 in an edition of only 500 copies, and was Mountains' first album released on a label other than the band's Appastaartje label. The pieces were recorded during the duo's early years, between 2005-07, demonstrating that Mountains emerged as a fully formed entity. This reissue features an inverted color scheme and contains a download card for the first time. Mountains Mountains Mountains is an integral part in the band's legacy, and lends insight into the band's development into one of the most critically regarded experimental acts of the past decade."
$12.50 UPC: 790377034912 ELECTRONIC
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ALLEN, TERRY: Bottom of the World LP (TLA 044LP)
"Bottom of the World is Terry Allen's first studio release in over 14 years. There may be no greater maverick than Terry Allen in all of alt-country music. Allen is a standard-bearer of the Lubbock, TX, country scene. Widely heralded as the most progressive movement in all of contemporary country, digging into modern-day concerns with a gutsy, liberal perspective, while maintaining a firm musical grounding in regional country and folk traditions. Allen is perhaps the most ambitious all of the artists coming out of this scene (Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore), writing complex song cycles that have been performed with the help of fellow eclectics ranging from Lowell George to David Byrne."
$19.00 UPC: 634457577213 ROCK
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MOLITOR, REINHOLD: Reinhold CD (VAM 006CD)
"Official reissue of this ultra-rare album (Discos Zave LPL 163, 1969). Globe-trotting artist Bodo Molitor may have been born in Germany, but he'll forever be associated with the psychedelic scene in Mexico and South America. In addition to creating the zoomorphic art for his own bizarre album, Hits Internacionales, he also created the psychedelic art for the Kaleidoscope album, for La Libre Expresion, and for his brother Reinhold's solo album. He had this to say about the Reinhold record: 'My Brother Reinhold came for a visit from Germany where he was playing with several bands. He was only 19. I knew Edghar Zamudio (from Peru) and one day he asked us to record that LP. Just acoustic guitars and a banjo played brilliantly by my brother. I think we recorded the whole album in three or four days. I played some guitars and did some vocals as well. It's folky and bluesy with originals, some covers, and traditional. My brother sings and plays guitar and banjo, on some of the songs he wrote.' The Reinhold album is so rare, even with the connection to his more famous artist brother, no one seems to have discovered it, until now. Despite being from the end of the 1960s, Reinhold has more of an early-'60s NYC Greenwich Village cafe wha?-ish folk underpinning. The best tracks have gravel-pated vocals in a vaguely Tom Waits/Joseph Spence sort of vein -- really syrupy and quite excellent. Overall, a dark and morose vibe dominates; and we can all use some minor key laments, now and then, right? Limited editions (both formats) of only 500 copies, and available exclusively via Lion Productions and our friends."
$12.50 UPC: 778578300623 ROCK
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MOLITOR, REINHOLD: Reinhold LP (VAM 006LP)
"Official reissue of this ultra-rare album (Discos Zave LPL 163, 1969). Globe-trotting artist Bodo Molitor may have been born in Germany, but he'll forever be associated with the psychedelic scene in Mexico and South America. In addition to creating the zoomorphic art for his own bizarre album, Hits Internacionales, he also created the psychedelic art for the Kaleidoscope album, for La Libre Expresion, and for his brother Reinhold's solo album. He had this to say about the Reinhold record: 'My Brother Reinhold came for a visit from Germany where he was playing with several bands. He was only 19. I knew Edghar Zamudio (from Peru) and one day he asked us to record that LP. Just acoustic guitars and a banjo played brilliantly by my brother. I think we recorded the whole album in three or four days. I played some guitars and did some vocals as well. It's folky and bluesy with originals, some covers, and traditional. My brother sings and plays guitar and banjo, on some of the songs he wrote.' The Reinhold album is so rare, even with the connection to his more famous artist brother, no one seems to have discovered it, until now. Despite being from the end of the 1960s, Reinhold has more of an early-'60s NYC Greenwich Village cafe wha?-ish folk underpinning. The best tracks have gravel-pated vocals in a vaguely Tom Waits/Joseph Spence sort of vein -- really syrupy and quite excellent. Overall, a dark and morose vibe dominates; and we can all use some minor key laments, now and then, right? Limited editions (both formats) of only 500 copies, and available exclusively via Lion Productions and our friends."
$16.50 UPC: 778578300616 ROCK
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VISIONQUEST (UNITED STATES):
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DINKY: Dimension D CD (VQ 003CD)
"Esteemed and revered Chilean born , Berlin based producer, musician, singer and DJ, Dinky AKA Alejanda Iglesias releases her fifth and most accomplished album to date on Visionquest."
$11.50 EAN: 5060247387079 ELECTRONIC
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DINKY: Dimension D 2LP (VQ 003LP)
Double LP version.
$15.25 EAN: 5060247387642 ELECTRONIC
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