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FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE
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NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 09/29/2014
first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 09/29/2014
second section features forthcoming releases; release dates are given for reference, but can be approximate, depending on the label
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ENFANT, JP: Echoes of You EP 12" (ARTLESS 2189EP)
The next techno adventure on Mojuba sub-label a.r.t.less is ready to launch. This release is the shimmering debut by JP Enfant aka Jean Pierre Enfant, one of the initiators of the well-respected LET (Les Enfants Terribles) crew from Amsterdam and established Trouw resident. This EP hits you with three unique techno tracks fully charged with emotions. You can't help it but think of the early golden years of techno and things like Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin, B12, Stasis or Kirk Degiorgio, so check it out.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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BERROCAL, JAC: Priere 10" PIC DISC (ALGA 018LP)
2004 release. Alga Marghen is currently working on the CD edition of Jac Berrocal's Catalogue, which will include the original LP material as well as several new and historical recordings. The true Catalog of Berrocal! It was decided to produce a 10" picture disc with some precious tracks that for one reason or another will not appear on the CD. "L'union Libre," a famous poem by the surrealist master André Breton, here in a multiple-superimposition version of the wonderful voice of Jacques Doyen and the music by Jac Berrocal recorded in 1985; "Priere," text by Antonin Artaud spoken by Berrocal himself, including excerpts from "Voyage au bord de la ville," a very abstract and dissonant track with music by Berrocal, Gilbert Artman and Jack Belsen, recorded in Paris, 2003; "A Satanic Prayer," an almost ritual-dub recording created in Warszawa, Poland, in 2002; and the catchy "1555," a classic piece by Berrocal featuring very pure trumpet solos with a background collage of distant, heavily-treated and distorted sounds. Private edition of 250 copies only.
$27.59 UPC: 769791718111 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. L'union Libre
A2. Prière + Extract Voyage Au Bout De La Ville (Jean Vasca)
B1. A Satanic Prayer
B2. 1555
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DUFRENE, FRANÇOIS: François Dufrêne Book w/CD (ALGA 024CD)
2007 release. François Dufrêne (1930-1982) is one of the leading artists from the post-War European and French art scene. He played a key role in many of the initiatives of Lettrism, Nouveau Réalisme and sound poetry. In François Dufrêne's oeuvre, art and poetry intersect in a reciprocal experimentation of the possibilities of transgression of their specific grammars. His oeuvre constitutes a singular example of this special relationship between art and language, which throughout the 20th century proved to be one of the most fertile grounds for expanding the limits seemingly imposed on Western art via the history of artistic genres. Many of his artistic creations use objects retrieved from the urban context, such as posters or stencils, or use the voice in non-linguistic contexts. Examples of the latter include his creation of the crirhythm, wherein he reinvented sound poetry and the relationship between performance and text. The present release attempts to present François Dufrêne's work as a totality, wherein it would be artificial to separate his status as a poet from that as a visual artist. Poems, books, records, recordings, reverse sides of posters, stencils, films and photographs documenting the artist's actions are combined together in a mosaic that makes it possible to reinterpret François Dufrêne's work as one of the most singular adventures of his epoch, and also re-evaluate the relevance of the challenges he posed to contemporary culture. This album includes the fantastic crirhythm from 1970 titled "Belle nuisances hantez nos nuits," the complete "Osmose-Art" from 1969 where crirhythms are superimposed to classical music, "Eryximaque" and two "Lecture-collage" from 1965 as well as the 1958-70 "Comptinuum." All the sound works presented on the CD are also included in the 4LP boxset anthology issued by Alga Marghen and titled Oeuvre Désintégrale. Full color catalog in A4 size, 250 pages, all texts translated in English, French and Portuguese. The book includes a large selection of experimental visual works dating from 1957 to 1981 as well as the biography, essays and original texts (among them "Pragmatics of Crirhythm" and "The Crirhythm and the Rest," both from the mid-1960s). Full discography and filmography are also included. First edition of this large catalog, the first ever to fully document the work of François Dufrêne.
$44.60 EAN: 9789727391790 EXPERIMENTAL
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RADIGUE, ELIANE: Jouet Electronique/Elemental I LP (ALGA 029LP)
Limited restock. "Alga Marghen proudly presents two sublime pieces by Eliane Radigue, 'Jouet Electronique' (1967) for feedback on magnetic tape and 'Elemental I' (1968) for feedback of natural sounds on magnetic tape. Both works, recorded at Pierre Henry's Studio Apsome in Paris, have not been published before. Between 1967 and 1968, Eliane Radigue was the assistant of Pierre Henry in his studio, mainly for the editing of 'L'Apocalypse de Jean.' He also put her in charge of organizing his sound archive according to different criteria. It was endless work -- there were incredible sounds, a true sound library! Eliane Radigue really enjoyed doing this work, even if it took a long time. So, sometimes she decided to set the machines of the studio to do some little work on her own. 'Jouet Electronique' and 'Elemental I' were born this way as a kind of recreation during her time as a studio assistant. Working with feedback is something that Eliane Radigue learned through Pierre Henry. Do you remember 'Voyage'? There's that fluid part which is made of feedback constructed with a microphone. Everything had to be set at a precise distance from the loudspeakers because that is the specific problem with feedback -- you have to be at the right distance. Afterwards, these high tone recordings were slowed down in order to discover the deeper character of their color. This work with feedback was in the end quite limited and the composer preferred working with two reel tape machines to produce sounds. The first was set on the recording mode while the other was playing and it was the accidents happening in this phase that made the feedback richer. With some fine-tuning you could reach very beautiful results: low pulsations, very high-pitched sounds -- sometimes both at the same time -- or long sounds. All of these sounds could be slowed down or accelerated, which gave her a beautiful material to work with. With 'Jouet Electronique' Eliane Radigue had a lot of fun, hence the title. As far as 'Elemental I' is concerned, it was the first attempt at something which was very important to her based on the theme of the basic elements: water, fire, air and earth. Eliane had the chance to record in open air thanks to a small Stella Vox that Arman gave her in the beginning of the 1960s. At the time she was still living in Nice and every now and then she went for a walk to do some recordings of the sea, the wind, the rain, the fire -- Eliane Radigue continued this way to build her very minimal sound library, consisting of not more than ten reel tapes. This was the starting point and in 1968 she used these recordings for her work with two reel tape machines. First pressing limited to 300 copies, with a text by Emmanuel Holterbach and a photo portrait by Arman."
$17.79 UPC: 769791712911 ELECTRONIC
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TAKIS: Pendules Magnétiques (1964-66)/Le Siècle De Kafka (1984) LP (ALGA 030LP)
2009 release. Alga Marghen proudly presents one of the highlights of Takis' catalog, an exclusive LP edition with the recordings of Takis' electro-magnetic sculptures. Takis is the originator of this new approach to the musicality of sound, which consists in laying bare the repetitious structure of musical form and its functional derivation, thus rejecting the symbolism of representation. Takis was born in 1925 in Athens. Preferring, as a matter of principle, to teach himself rather than study in an institution, he left Greece in 1954 and lived as a citizen of the world, traveling through Europe and the USA. Some of his earliest manifestations in the 1940s consisted of explosions carried out in open places. His first "Signals" date from 1954: they were rods consisting of piano wires which created musical vibrations as they stuck against each other in the wind. In fact, they constituted the first appearance in his work and in contemporary art history of a form of musical expression in which sounds are called forth in an un-programmed way, owing to the action of natural forces. In 1961 Takis met Marcel Duchamp in New York. Duchamp's perpetual moving bicycle wheels inspired Takis' hydromagnetic sculptures. In the period between 1964 and 1965, Takis conceived his Pendules magnètiques and constructs his first Sound Sculptures. After the exhibition of Takis titled Electro-musical relief at Indica Gallery in London in 1966, the New Scientist magazine in an article entitled "The Sounds of Tomorrow" commented that Takis, Iannis Xenakis and John Cage were the most promising musicians of the century. Takis' Pendules magnétiques are based on the simple concept of using magnetic waves caused by electricity as a means to activate repeated musical sounds: the latter are to be heard every time a needle strikes a string, when attracted by a magnet. The sounds reproduced in this edition were recorded in 1993 by Samon Takahashi at Takis' retrospective at Jeu de Paume in Paris. Takis participates in 1984 at the exhibition titled The Century of Kafka at Centre Pompidou in Paris and sound work with the same title is also reproduced on this LP edition. As an artist he seeks a natural origin for the construction of sound, and in particular that origin which is furthest removed from the artist's arbitrary decision. For about 40 years now, it has been Takis' purpose to investigate language as a natural function, conceiving function as a form of work. Furthermore, he has broken down the frontiers between sculpture and music in a number of pieces which can only be read by identifying their functionalism as structured units, with their morphological, visual and acoustic aspects. Edition limited to 380 copies with full-color sleeve, printed inner-sleeve reproducing a testimony by Marcel Duchamp and an insert with photos of the Pendules magnètiques and a testimony by William Burroughs.
$17.79 UPC: 769791713017 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. Pendules Magnétiques
B1. Le Siècle De Kafka
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VA: Avant Marghen Vol. 4 7LP BOX (ALGA 032LP)
2014 restock. "New volume of the Avant Marghen series in a numbered edition of 80 copies. This luxury black boxset edition actually includes the fourth group of 7 LPs previously issued for the VocSon series and now sold out. Each individual LP record includes a numbered Avant Marghen inner-sleeve.
LP 1 to 4) François Dufrene Oeuvre Désintégrale 4 LP set. First 80 copies from the original pressing of 345 copies issued in 2007, presented here with minimal hand-elaboration on each sleeve. François Dufrene's impressive work, along with that of Gil J. Wolman and Brion Gysin, was a strong influence for experimental poets like Henri Chopin, Bernard Heidsieck and Ake Hodell.
LP1) Oeuvre Désintégrale 1 LP includes an 18-minute-long crirythme from 1969 as well as 'Osmose-art,' a long piece from 1969 divided into two suites where Dufrene superimposes his crirhythms to classical music.
LP2) Oeuvre Désintégrale 2 LP includes six majestic crirythmes (created between 1965 and 1976) as well as 'Eryximaque, suite choreographique au Tombeau de Pierre Larusse,' a work halfway between the written text and the sound poem whose unity is achieved through Dufrene performing it, a masterpiece of synthesis of active poetry.
LP3) Oeuvre Désintégrale 3 LP includes two 'Lecture-collages' dating from 1965, adding jazz music (especially drum and percussion pieces) to poems marked by strong Lettristic esthetic. One of his most extreme crirythmes, titled 'Belles nuisances, hantez nos nuits,' dating from 1970, is also included on this record.
LP4) Oeuvre Désintégrale 4 LP includes three breathtaking crirythmes as well as two 'Comptinuum' from his early on-progress works started in 1958.
LP5) Charlemagne Palestine Voice Studies LP, limited to 80 numbered copies pressed on dark blue vinyl and featuring a new sleeve, only available with this boxset edition. Palestine's introduction to music or sound was first with his own voice. This LP includes the very early 'Surrealistic Studies,' using a Webcor reel-to-reel tape recorder, discovering a technique of shouting into the microphone and immediately pulling it out, creating an interior echo chamber where the sound would turn around on itself, changing and distorting. 'Voice + Piano Study I & II' are short and beautiful piano improvisations with tape superimposition of accelerated voice pieces. In 'Voice Study' Charlemagne sings in a falsetto duet with himself on two separate tracks in a resonant space, searching for intervals that resonate together and respond like electronic sound wave oscillators played against each other.
LP6) Gherasim Luca Two Poems LP. First 80 copies from the original pressing of 385 copies issued in 2009. Created in close connection to Sten Hanson who invited the Rumenian artist at Fylkingen in the very beginning of the 1970's and made him discover the possibilities of the advanced EMS electronic music studio of Stockholm. The two recordings presented here are quite unique as they are the only poems by Gherasim Luca created through the use of electronic manipulations. 'Autres Secrets Du Vide Et Du Plein' (April 1971) and 'Crimes Sens Initiales' (April 1972) were both performed at the 1971 and 1972 Text-Sound Festivals of Stockholm. Including an essay by Henri Chopin.
LP7) Charlemagne Palestine & Simone Forti Illuminations LP. First 80 copies from the original pressing of 365 copies issued in 2010. Duo interactions, illuminated with dim red lights. The three previously unreleased recordings on this LP were made between October and December 1971."
$121.20 UPC: 769791713215 EXPERIMENTAL
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POTAGE, MICHEL: Occupé LP (ALGA 035LP)
2011 release. Alga Marghen presents one of the treasures of the French avant scene of the 1970s, published now for the first time. An ideal parallel to Jac Berrocal's cult LP Paralleles, the realization of these pieces, recorded by Daniel Deshays and produced by d'Avantage in 1977 that also conceived a very elaborate sleeve design, was mysteriously discontinued, making this record one of the lost jewels of the French underground. Together with Michel Potage (voice and various instruments) and Jac Berrocal (trumpet, valve trombone, tibetal oboe, percussions), the same ensemble that recorded Berrocal's Paralleles, and Pierre Bastien of Nu Creative Methods fame (bass, Tibetan reed instruments, trumpet, voice), the father of French free jazz Bernard Vitet (bugle, trumpet, reed instruments, violin, voice), Roger Ferlet (trumpet, slide trombone, voice), Claude Parle (accordion, reed instruments, voice), Françoise Achard (voice, chant, lao mouth organ, balano, rainstick), the legendary producer and sound engineer Daniel Deshays (voice), poet Jean-Marie Gibbal (voice) and a Ford Break (engine, speed, brakes, light, etc.), everyone is here following Michel Potage's vision and enters into a magic sound territory. Michel Potage was co-founder with Berrocal of the d'Avantage label in 1976, he played in the first Catalogue band (with Jac Berrocal and Jean-François Pauvros), a performer close to Julian Beck's Living Theatre on one side and to James Chance's no-wave Contortions on the other, musique concrète avant-gardist and poet of destroyed lyricism. After three years of collaboration in close connection with the author, Alga Marghen conceived a new layout with original photos of the recording sessions and proudly co-released this production with d'Avantage. The sound was restored from the original masters by Daniel Deshays. Edition limited to 385 copies, including an LP-size 8-page booklet with complete lyrics and photos from the recording session. Gatefold sleeve.
$20.39 UPC: 769791713512 EXPERIMENTAL
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MISHLAWI, NADIM: Works 3CD (ENDTOT 001CD)
Over the past 10 years, Nadim Mishlawi has worked as a composer and sound designer on a multitude of films from Lebanon and the Middle East. Having studied music while in school, Nadim put aside his formal musical training when he began studying Fine Arts at university. During this time, Nadim began experimenting with various forms of sample-based and electronic music. Nadim's interest in sample-based compositions developed further as he completed his MA in Film Studies and in 2004 composed his first piece of musique concrète entitled "On the Periphery: An Offscreen Composition." The piece was exhibited at the Ashkal Alwan Homeworks 3 Forum in Beirut the same year. Combining his passion for music and film, Nadim began composing for films in 2006 when documentary filmmaker Mohamad Soueid approached him to compose the music for his documentary The Sky Is Not Always Above. Nadim continued working with Soueid on his next three films My Heart Beats Only for Her, How Bitter My Sweet, and A Spell of Absence. In 2006, Nadim and his wife, sound editor Rana Eid, opened db STUDIOS, a facility specializing in audio postproduction. Since then, Nadim has worked on numerous films. In 2011 Nadim was nominated for Best Original Score at the 2011 Aubagne International Film Festival in France for his work on the film Stray Bullet, directed by George Hachem. In addition to music for film, Nadim has also worked as sound designer on various kinds of projects including Jocelyn Saab's idiosyncratic film What's Going On, and Lamia Joreige's video Nights and Days. However, Nadim's most extensive work as a sound designer has been with artist Akram Zaatari. The two have been working together for the past five years, their most recent collaboration being Letter to a Refusing Pilot which premiered at the 2013 Venice Biennale. In 2011, Nadim released his directorial debut, the documentary Sector Zero, in which he used the bleak history of Karantina, an area on the outskirts of Beirut, as a metaphor for modern Lebanon's troubled past. The film received the first prize in the Muhr Arab Documentary category at the 2011 Dubai International Film Festival, as well as the Berlin Art Prize for Film and Media Arts in 2012. In 2013, Nadim screened his experimental short film Echoes in a Room with No Walls at the Ashkal Alwan Homeworks 6 Forum in Beirut. The film used 16mm footage, again of Karantina, as an "image track" to a composition Nadim constructed mostly from archival sounds from the Lebanese Civil War. Nadim currently lives and works in Beirut. Works is the first release of music by Nadim Mishlawi. The production is a collaboration between Nadim's media label TOTEM Media and Annihaya Records owned by Sharif Sehnaoui, Raed Yassin, and Hatem Imam. The compilation is a selection of Nadim's personal compositions, and does not contain any film scores. The package was designed by Hatem Imam of the graphic design company Studio Safar. The box-set is comprised of three albums: 1. Dreams of the Primitives: The basic intention behind the music of this first album in the compilation was to create a unique sonic experience by fusing together diverse musical genres within the individual tracks. This first CD of the compilation is therefore a synthesis of various genres of music, combining elements of post-rock, classical, jazz, and electronics. The title of the album was inspired by the documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams by Werner Herzog. 2. Memories of Things to Come: This second album is a selection of tracks Nadim composed by mixing old tape cassette recordings with digital electronics textures. During the Civil War, Nadim's parents made a multitude of tape cassette recordings. Some of these recordings were interviews, and others just basic ambient recordings of gatherings held in their house. Nadim frequently uses these recordings in his work, but this album his most prolific sample of musical experiments made mixing analog and digital textures. The tracks also include modulated piano samples, originally recorded by pianist Cynthia Zaven for various film scores written by Nadim over the past few years. 3. Sonotechture I & II: The final album in the compilation is a more abstract approach to electronic composition consisting of two tracks, each approximately 30 minutes long. The tracks are constantly evolving from ambient electronic drones to minimal percussive sections and again to harsh, noise-driven textures. Nadim has always been intrigued by the sonic qualities of different urban environments and how these qualities change depending on the time and space of the listener. These two compositions are intended to be somewhat expressionistic interpretations of Beirut's rich sonic environment.
$48.60 EAN: 5055869506328 EXPERIMENTAL
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DAKILA: Dakila CD (AU 5047CD)
This Filipino-American septet released their sole album of psychedelic funk in late 1972. An irresistible blend of heavy organ, guitar and drums, with prominent congas and other percussion instruments, it comes across like a heavier Santana, and makes its long-overdue CD debut here. Features detailed liner notes and images. Digitally remastered for superior sound quality.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314504721 ROCK
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BASIC CHANNEL: Q-Loop 12" (BC CD)
Basic Channel have pressed a new 12" vinyl with three tracks taken from the original Basic Channel BCD compact disc that so far hadn't been available on vinyl.
$8.39 UPC: 827670752967 ELECTRONIC
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FROST, BEN: Theory Of Machines LP (HVALUR 002LP)
2014 repress, originally released in 2007. Includes mp3 download. This is Reykjavik-based composer/producer Ben Frost's first release for the Icelandic Bedroom Community label. From the ominous darkness and intensity of its opening moments, one might expect a death metal album to break out in an instant, but Theory Of Machines is an album whose design is as symphonic as it is confrontational -- the tempo doesn't pick up, no hooks or vocals arrive, and when the drums finally kick in, they're as fragmented and corroded as they could possibly be and still resemble a groove. On Theory Of Machines, Ben Frost exploits every extreme of pitch, volume and timbre, the changes in this music sometimes seem as gradual as changes in the weather -- and sometimes as violent. As the music changes it changes only in texture, color and intensity so that the sense is not of something being created, altered or even developed, but of something already present being slowly illuminated.
$13.79 EAN: 5060096472773 ELECTRONIC
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PUZZLE MUTESON: Theatrics CD (HVALUR 021CD)
Puzzle Muteson is the alter-ego of an enigmatic songwriter from the Isle of Wight, rendering his music in a tremulous tenor over a finely-spun web of finger-picked guitar. Born in London, the southern English island provided unexpected shelter for the shuddering transformation into one-man band, Puzzle Muteson. His grade-school music teacher was first to recognize his unrivalled vibrato, and a little while later, a parade of chance and coincidence led him to inhabit Puzzle Muteson, and start shaping a body of songs. Theatrics picks up where Puzzle Muteson's debut, En Garde (HVALUR 011CD/LP), left off; the 11 tracks telling an intriguing story with every minute that passes; his talent for heart-wrenching melodies and melancholic lyrics shining through like never before. Where En Garde introduced dream-like strings, Theatrics intertwines melody with mechanism; the album is as much a folk song fairytale as it is an exploration of electronic wonders. Some songs have just been born, some have slowly but surely reached their peak through years of delicate edits. And then there is the unique take on New Order's classic 1987 song "True Faith," where Puzzle Muteson breathes new life into this 1987 gem, undeniably making it his own with his trembling voice. Theatrics features many musicians at the height of their craft, including label-mates Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurðsson, the latter of which co-produced the album with Bo Weaver.
$11.99 UPC: 880319681622 ROCK
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NONSTATIC, MARTIN: Inner Landscapes CD (BINE 032CD)
It was early 2013 when inner landscapes finally got audible. Martin van Rossum aka Martin Nonstatic moved to Cologne while Jens from Essen sent a pleasant release offer. Several EPs, remix and packaging projects got finished and the favorite synthesizer was back on duty again, leading to the first track "Inner Landscapes," which in turn also provided the album's title. Martin took 14 months scrutinizing his workflow involving both software and hardware to invent fresh track concepts for his album. Constantly inspired by the Rhenish environment with all of its movements and encounters, the album concentrated on those "inner landscapes." Playful and liberated, he combined field recordings with soundscapes, voices and nature sounds into deep sequence paths. Wave noises and Indonesian voices trickle onto the album's opening track "Behind the Window" and the dub-oriented "Gilli Nangu," while a fine dusty crackle meets deep dub chords and sonic ideas salvaged from earlier live sessions and synthesizer recordings throughout the album, supported by electro-ambient and minimal beat structures and alternating rhythmic patterns, clearly showcasing Martin's extensive experience of both analyzing and producing ambient and dub techno sounds. Embedded between its otherworldly opening and a dreamy outro are 11 aural landscapes forming a 74-minute tour-de-force, and after its long production phase, the emotional waveforms and clear ideas of Martin Nonstatic's Inner Landscapes have finally found their place and are ready to be heard on the outside.
$11.99 UPC: 880319675713 ELECTRONIC
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ABATE, MAURIZIO: A Way to Nowhere LP (BS 012LP)
Maurizio Abate is a self-taught guitarist, active since the 2000s, with a distinctive approach to experimentation. Since 2006 he has done several recording sessions, released on some LPs under his own name and other collective groups, and has collaborated with David Vanzan and Virginia Genta (Jooklo), Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple), Luca Massolin (Golden Cup), and many others. He is currently involved in the project Eternal Zio and plays live in the project BeMyDelay. This record aggregates many of his recent influences, from the meditative Krautism of Popol Vuh to an inalienable passion for blues guitar. Some of the tracks were sketches that he worked on, others were the result of long improvisations which were rearranged and mixed later. The record also features contributions from good friends such as Rella The Woodcutter, BeMyDelay and Alberto Boccardi, and features an excerpt from an interview with Aldous Huxley on "Towards the Outside."
$17.79 UPC: 769791954090 ROCK
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DOUM & THE FARYDS, AL: Cosmic Love LP (BS 014LP)
Black Sweat Records presents an album from Milan-based psychedelic band Al Doum & The Faryds. Good vibrations and resonances are distributed along nine tracks, which explores worlds of peace. Jungles, abysses, distant stars -- every place can be the location for the expression of Cosmic Love, thanks to the usual blend of traditional and exotic instruments (sitar, balafon, rabab, djembe, conga, quena), including space effects and loving choirs. Recorded at El Guscio studio in Milan at the end of 2013. Limited edition of 400 vinyl copies.
$17.79 UPC: 769791954106 ROCK
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CHA CHA GUITRI: French Synth Wave: St Etienne - 1981 CD (BORNBAD 063CD)
Unless you are a monomaniacal specialist of the 1980s, there is very little chance that Cha Cha Guitri will ring any bells. And yet this band, buried away in Saint-Etienne -- in the very heart of France -- could have easily rivaled Elli & Jacno or Telex. Emblematic of that French touch which tinged new-wave with a bit of sunshine, their electro, retro-futuristic songs have that slightly sweet and sour flavor between casualness and sophistication. The birth of Cha Cha Guitry in 1981 was a landmark for its members, Serge, Dominique, Charly and Marie. Once their hippie phase was over, the guitar, sax and flute were abandoned in the closet while machines took over: an EMS AKS synth, a Roland SH101, and a Roland TR808 rhythm-box. The two couples met in the congenial atmosphere of their "home studio" to record their songs. The boys composed and sang, and the girls sang and designed minimal costumes -- the elegance of which was enhanced by some DIY touches: no need for fabric, paper will perfectly do. As deceivingly offhanded stylists, the Cha Cha crew carefully crafted a music that was both studied and charmingly quirky, making collages of raw pop materials and avant-garde stuff. Scissors in hand, they took what they wanted from the Bauhaus, Moholy Nagy, or Sonia Delaunay's dresses, taping these iconic bits onto the sounds of Kraftwerk and what remained of pop culture (comics, movies, songs of the '30s or easy listening). Cha Cha Guitry, wisely ingenious, modeled tropical landscapes out of cellophane, thus elaborating their own synthetic surrealism. The adventure would not last more than a few years, just long enough to record two cassettes on Kronchtadt Tapes (a local label central to the underground scene that was more into punk) and give three concerts. As isolated as they were in Saint-Etienne, they got nevertheless noticed by Alain Maneval who programmed them regularly on Europe 1, and they could even be heard on Radio Gay. So they went to Paris to meet a manager from Virgin, but they never got the luck, rare in those days, to release a vinyl. Their arty, pop style was also too DIY for Agnes B's freshly-opened shop: their second cassette, though wonderfully packed in a Plexiglas case resembling an icicle, was not to the brand's taste. Serge has been living in the same flat since 1975 and never got rid of his synthesizer. The studio where Cha Cha recorded their songs has not changed a bit. Everything has been kept, ordered, and archived, from the piles of magnetic tapes to the hundreds of Polaroid shots. Born Bad Records are happy to offer you a selection of these. Greetings from Synth-Etienne.
$10.39 EAN: 3521383429693 ROCK
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CHA CHA GUITRI: French Synth Wave: St Etienne - 1981 LP (BORNBAD 063LP)
LP version with 8-page large format booklet with notes and photos.
$12.99 EAN: 3521381529708 ROCK
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BEBEY, FRANCIS: Psychedelic Sanza 1982-1984 2LP (BORNBAD 064LP)
Double LP version with printed inner sleeve. Born Bad Records presents the music of Cameroonian musician Francis Bebey, circa 1982-1984. "The first time I saw a sanza (a type of African 'thumb piano'), it was just sitting there on a piece of furniture in my family's living room/dining room -- a space that our father also transformed into a recording studio every day. It seemed more like a box than a musical instrument: a mysterious instrument, which arrived at our house, like many things, in a somewhat miraculous way. The sounds it produced seemed particularly bizarre; to my young musician's ears, trained in Western classical music, it sounded out of tune. That's because, like my brothers and sisters, I had been trained on the piano. I had trouble understanding how anyone could endure these tones and, honestly, our father's passion for 'unusual sounds' did not interest me. I was in secondary school at the time (the very late 1970s) and was not at all oriented toward musical projects. I planned to graduate, and then become a chef. In the early 1980s, my interest in music picked up. I was still undecided about my career. I was content to pursue my 'serious' English studies while hanging out at jazz clubs at les Halles in Paris, where I sometimes joined jam sessions. Next, I put together my first band with professional musicians; I had hidden my age and lack of experience from them. France was just beginning to accept 'world music.' Musicians of every nationality were performing in Paris. It was a wonderful period. My father asked my brother Toups and me to accompany him for a few concerts. In particular, we toured Tunisia together at the time of the 1983 Carthage International Festival. Back then, my father was renowned across the French-speaking world. Everyone looked forward to hearing his humorous songs, like 'Agatha' and 'La condition masculine.' But, behind the scenes, he continued his research concerning electronic music, the sansa, pygmy polyphony, etc. One day he put a sansa in my hands, without saying a word. He was sending me a message: 'Let's see what you can do with it!' That's when I really discovered something. Exploring the instrument and playing, I transcended the 'imperfect' aspect of its sound and began to discover its fascinating potential. Playing the sansa, you enter a world that enraptures you in a very serene and mesmerizing way. I think its sounds evoke a rainbow, with rain falling while the sun shines. A very peaceful feeling. It allows you to make music that truly sounds like life. The sansa is also the instrument that my father and I shared the most because I am a pianist and he was a guitarist. I also share this eminently African instrument with my musician brother, Toups. Our father loved to tell us one of the legends of the sansa: how it even managed to dispel the boredom felt by... the Creator himself! This instrument gives life to the world, to beings and things. I did not participate in the production of the various records that my father devoted to the sansa. He did it himself, you might say, in his 'laboratory.' Yet today, I cannot imagine playing a concert without using a sansa. The piano remains present so that listeners don't become disoriented and wonder about the weird sounds invading their ears! However, I find the eccentric and disturbing side of sansa interesting. And the sansa always affects the audience: in reality, it excites them. The secrets of this instrument are surely its beneficial powers and... its magic!" --Patrick Bebey
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HAIKAI NO KU: Ultra High Dimensionality LP (BOXREC 006LP)
Behold the gargantuan sound of HaiKai No Ku. For fans of Bong, Les Rallizes Dénudés, Mainliner, etc. Following the outstanding debut Sick on My Journey on Burning World Records, the three-piece stepped into Blank Studios to record their follow-up, a 40-minute pilgrimage through five mind-altering tracks. By now, avid fans of doom and psychedelia will be familiar with Mike Vest's patented hyper-fuzz guitar shrieks and damaged feedback. In HaiKai No Ku he is joined by Jerome Smith (Female Borstal, Charles Dexter Ward) on bass and Sam Booth (Foot Hair, Bin, Obey) on drums to deliver a burgeoning psychedelic doom trip of the highest grade. Pressed on 180 gram wax with superb artwork and design by Pete Burn, printed on a warm grey recycled card sleeve with metallic ink. Includes a download code.
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GANE, TIM: Kollektion 01: Sky Records Compiled by Tim Gane CD (BB 185CD)
To provide an overview of the various musical styles in which Bureau B specializes, the label launches a new compilation series entitled Kollektion. Each release in this series will be curated by a musician perfectly suited to the task. The first kick-off release will be: Kollektion 01: Sky Records, compiled by Tim Gane. The erstwhile Stereolab mastermind delves through the archives of the legendary German Krautrock label. More projects to follow: Kollektion 02: Roedelius -- Electronic Music -- Compiled by Lloyd Cole; Kollektion 03: Bureau B -- Compiled by Richard Fearless (Death In Vegas) -- Double Album; Kollektion 04: Populare Mechanik -- Compiled by Holger Hiller. About Sky Records: The record company was founded in the year 1975 and went on to become one of the few German labels to reap international acclaim. It was run by Gunter Körber, who quit his job at Metronome where he and Bruno Wendel had spent four years developing and managing the legendary Brain label. About Tim Gane: No less a figure than Tim Gane, the man behind Stereolab, has delved into the Sky Records archives for the Kollektion series. Gane has never hidden his love of Krautrock; many a Stereolab song has its foundations in the typical "motorik" beat, while his latest band, Cavern Of Anti-Matter wallows in Klaus Dinger rhythms. Experimental sounds hold no fear for him, as early noise cassette releases under his Un-Kommuniti alias testify. His selection of tracks fits the pattern seamlessly: Asmus Tietchens, Cluster, Moebius, Roedelius, Michael Rother, Riechmann, Gunter Schickert, etc. All names writ large in the avant-garde scene of German progressive music, as well as underlining Gunter Körber's audacity in offering such music a forum with his label. In the booklet, Asmus Tietchens, who released four albums on Sky Records, looks back on collaborating with Gunter Körber.
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REY & KJAVIK: Compost Black Label 119 12" (COMP 457EP)
Rey & Kjavik is the brainchild of Magnus Rey and Isak Kjavik, two mysterious guys from the middle of fuckin' nowhere, well, from the middle of a big European city. But the guys are more than an insider's tip after releases on top-notch labels like Compost Black Label, KaterMukke, Exploited, Get Physical, and their own BY Awake imprint. Their latest remixes for Claire's super-smash "Games" (on Island Rec.) and Tiger Stripes (on Get Physical) underscore their high reputation in the scene. Handstamped one-sided 12'' with a stunning remix by Daniel Bortz.
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JONES, MAX: Cornetto EP 12" (CORR 030EP)
Coming from the lo-fi screamo scene of Mexico City, Max Jones makes his debut on Jennifer Cardini's Correspondant label. A one-time member of a guitar-driven punk posse, Jones' more recent work as an electronic producer favors heavily-syncopated drums, eerie atmospheres, and wry humor. This EP comprises four tracks of drum machine-led workouts. "Cornetto" is a deep, dark dancefloor warm-up, shot through with confrontational mid-range sirens. "Uh Oh" keeps to the stripped-back core elements of thrashing cymbals and two alternating vocal samples. "Slow (feat. Mijo)" finds Jones teaming up with Alec Sander in a sinister, new wave-inspired cut, while "L.M.M" follows its own trail into a sonic wormhole.
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DREW HILL: Talk to You 12" (DCR 014EP)
Michelle Nielsen & Phillip Hill aka Drew Hill unleash their first release on Dance Club Records with stand-out remixes by Groove Armada and label-owners Brodanse. The release kicks off with the original version of "Talk to You," a deep, spacious vocal house track driven by the purest of vocals, deep chords and essential perc hits. Next on the A-side is the Brodanse remix of "Talk to You," a deep, driving tech groover which takes elements from the original and drives them onto a darker, harder level. Groove Armada's remix is an epic, emotive piano chord-led interpretation of the original mix, which is a sure classic.
$9.79 UPC: 827170558069 ELECTRONIC
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TSTI: Evaluated: An Album of Remixes LP (DESIRE 113LP)
Evaluated is the companion album to Evaluations, the debut album from TSTI, released on Desire. It contains 14 remixes (10 on the vinyl + 4 as a digital bonus) by producers and bands as diverse as Soft Riot, Phosphor, XIU, Heinrich Dressel, Castratii, and Roladex. Isolated in an upstate, NY bedroom studio exists TSTI, a solo project by artist S. Smith described as "dark, hazy synthetic pop." Constructing musical landscapes that combine pounding drum machines with elevated melodies, TSTI stirs the echoes of his '80s influences into a pot of contradicting emotions to establish a diverse yet familiar and powerful sound. The genesis of TSTI began in 2003 but did not show its face until the summer of 2011 with the self-released, 4-song demo Black Envelope EP. The first 10 months of 2012 TSTI spent writing, recording and mixing his full-length release Evaluations which consisted of nine tracks assessing those that surround him. 250 copies on clear vinyl. 350 gram sleeve, plus an insert. Contains a download card including four bonus tracks.
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UNDERPASS: Assimilation LP (DESIRE 140LP)
Olympia, Washington's political post-punk outfit Underpass uses a minimalist approach to craft songs about isolation, displacement and gentrification. Formed in 2013 by Alexander Miranda, the band's creative force behind the quartet, and his cohorts, whose names are withheld due to border issues, N.C. (bass) D.L. (synths) and M.W. (floor tom and snare), create dark heavy punk at its best by incorporating large atmospheric synths, deep, echoing bass lines with Robert Smith-kissed guitar compositions and haunting vocals. Recorded in Vancouver, BC over the course of two sleepless days and nights by Joseph Hirobiashi, then mastered by Mell Dettmer (Earth, Sunn O)))), Assimilation is nothing short of a call to action. On "Stranger" Miranda recalls the cities where he came of age such as Vancouver, Seattle and Olympia that have since come and gone and he no longer recognizes due to the intense wave of development that surged through the region in the early 2000s and still continues today. "Side" reflects more personal experience, recalling a time where a friend was assaulted and stabbed multiple times while on public transit in Southern California. Underlying the record as a whole, Miranda draws on his personal experiences growing up in a politically-charged Native American family where he experienced cultural displacement, personal conflict, and of course, assimilation. "I really admire writers who can create songs that mean something different to everyone," explains Miranda. "With Assimilation I tried to accomplish this by allowing each listener to connect to the record in different ways by internalizing their own experiences and relating to it in their own unique way." 350 gram sleeve with insert and a download coupon.
$13.79 EAN: 3491570072721 ROCK
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FAUST, JUSTIN: Spellbound LP (DT 042LP)
After two years of producing new material, Justin Faust is finally putting out his first full-length album on Discotexas. Justin Faust has quickly emerged at the vanguard of Europe's nu disco/electro house and has taken over dancefloors and DJ charts during the past half-decade. Based in Munich but an integral member of Portugal's Discotexas label, Faust has created an album that shows how Justin creates his musical vision -- from very club-friendly classics like "Girl Talk" to nu disco and pop excursions and even slow material, this album is like a summer breeze of feel-good vibes. The album also includes the hit single "Space Rhumba" and a completely new version of his classic tune "High Hopes," as well as a unique approach to his first Discotexas EP title-track "Holdin On," renamed "Slowin Down." On "Na Sowas," he was able to work with guitar legend Mats Björklund, who recorded tons of records for the likes of Boney M. and Giorgio Moroder -- a true disco legend. The first single of the album will be released on September 12 and is called Spellbound, which sets the path with a pumpin' mix of nu disco and house. No matter where you play it, Spellbound will fill the dancefloor. Limited LP edition of 300 copies, includes a download card.
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COLTRANE, JOHN: Tenor Conclave LP (ACV 2010LP)
Originally released in 1957. "In just a few short years, Coltrane has emerged as one of the leading jazz voices of the world. Comparing the styles of the four would be a difficult chore for any man, let alone a poor jazz broadcaster like myself, but a certain, basic, labeling could be attempted. In a sense, Hank and John are of the same ilk, while Al and Zoot are of another mold. The four play as one. There's no overshadowing on ensembles, no leaning to a particular sound; rather, there's a feeling of compatibility that's really quite remarkable. This is another tribute to the high-calibre musicianship of the group." --from the original liner notes; Featuring: Hank Mobley, Zoot Sims, and Al Cohn. A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020101 JAZZ
A1. Tenor Conclave
A2. Just You, Just Me
B1. Bob's Boys
B2. How Deep Is the Ocean
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RED GARLAND QUARTET WITH JOHN COLTRANE, THE: Dig It! LP (ACV 2011LP)
Originally released in 1962. "The quintet represented on this album is widely regarded as being one of the most exciting and effective of the fifties, even though the majority of its work did not come to light until that decade was over. Even given the undeniably unique nature of Coltrane's playing, the quintet represents, in many ways, the essence of New York jazz of the fifties. Since the time of these recordings, at least two of the musicians involved have carved ineradicable places for themselves in the story of jazz of the fifties; the rest have been important contributors and Red Garland, the leader of these sessions, occupies a unique place in the story of jazz piano." --from the original liner notes; Features Red Garland (piano), John Coltrane (saxophone), Donald Byrd (trumpet), George Joyner (bass), Paul Chambers (bass), and Art Taylor (drums). A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020118 JAZZ
A1. Billie's Bounce
A2. Crazy Rhythm (Trio)
A3. CTA
B1. Lazy Mae
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MINGUS QUINTET, CHARLES: Chazz! LP (ACV 2012LP)
Originally released in 1962. "Performed before a live audience at New York's Club Bohemia on December 23, 1955, this album contains some of Mingus' more adventuresome and jubilant works. Some of the tracks are arresting enough to require special comment. Generally, one is struck by the evocative, turbulent piano of Mal Waldron, particularly in 'Work Song' and 'Jump Monk.' As a bassist, Mingus remains unbelievable. No one can approach him as a technician or as an imaginative explorer. His double stops, glissandi at impossibly fast tempos and his blowing are legendary among bass men who, as a cellist once remarked of Piatigorsky, would expect to see him tuck the bass under his chin and bow it like a fiddle." --from the original liner notes; Features: Charles Mingus (bass), Mal Waldron (piano), George Barrow (tenor saxophone), Eddie Bert (trombone), and Willie Jones (drums). A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020125 JAZZ
A1. Jump Monk
A2. Serenade in Blue
A3. Percussion Discussion
B1. Work Song
B2. Septemberly
B3. All the Things You Are in C Sharp
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HAWKINS, COLEMAN: Desafinado LP (ACV 2013LP)
Originally released in 1962. "'Bossa Nova' is Rio de Janeiro slang for 'the new wrinkle.' Basically, it is a blend of Afro-Brazilian samba and Afro-American jazz. It wasn't until the late fifties that the jazz-inspired rhythmic freedom and melodic spontaneity which Brazilian musicians were applying to their native music began to attract the attention of visiting U.S. jazzmen. Some of them, fascinated by what they had heard, began to play their versions of the bossa nova back home. Nothing could be more fitting than a union of this newest of jazz trends with one of the most durable of jazz masters: Coleman Hawkins." --from the original liner notes; A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020132 JAZZ
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COLTRANE, JOHN: Giant Steps LP (ACV 2014LP)
Originally released in 1960. "What makes Coltrane one of the most interesting jazz players is that he's not apt to ever stop looking for ways to perfect what he's already developed and also to go beyond what he knows he can do. He is thoroughly involved with plunging as far into himself and the expressive possibilities of his horn as he can. As Zita Carno wrote, 'the only thing to expect from John Coltrane is the unexpected.' I'd qualify that dictum by adding that one quality that can always be expected from Coltrane is intensity. He asks so much of himself that he can thereby bring a great deal to the listener who is also willing to try relatively unexplored territory with him." --from the original liner notes; A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020149 JAZZ
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JOBIM, ANTONIO CARLOS: Desafinado LP (ACV 2015LP)
Originally released in 1963. If bossa nova could be considered a revolution or a movement in American popular music, then Desafinado most certainly has been its battle cry. So profound was the impact of Desafinado that bossa nova became the thing in pop music. Collected in this set are more of the remarkable works of this Brazilian composer, each, in its own way, as unique and startling as Desafinado. He was 36 years-old when this set was recorded, and was in New York for a live-and-work period which found him recording, writing for publishers and record companies, and meeting American jazz musicians. LP with inside pocket -- luxury edition. A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$16.99 UPC: 889397020156 WORLD
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CHARLES, RAY: What'd I Say LP (ACV 2016LP)
Originally released in 1959. "If not for a Midwestern dance gig that ran late, the world might have been forever deprived of Ray Charles' immortal 'What'd I Say.' Stuck for material at the end of a long evening, the incomparable Brother Ray began to improvise and before the show was through, the genius had brainstormed one of his biggest sellers of all right there on the bandstand. Subsequently captured February 18, 1959, in a New York studio by Atlantic Records engineer Tom Dowd in brilliant stereo, 'What'd I Say' ran so long at nearly six-and-a-half minutes that it had to be split on both sides of an Atlantic 45 for mass consumption. It was one of the most suggestive pieces ever aired on pop radio up to that time." --from the original liner notes; A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020163 ROCK
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MONK & JOHN COLTRANE, THELONIOUS: At Carnegie Hall LP (ACV 2017LP)
Originally recorded in 1957. "Almost miraculously, we have these two Carnegie Hall sets, when that August hall's acoustics were all-purpose. Coltrane soars, Monk is in top form on a fine piano; Abdul-Malik supplies a steady bottom; and Wilson, a musician's musician, does what he always did: apply his great skills, aptly, for any group of which he was a part -- in this case a very special one." --from the original liner notes; A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020170 JAZZ
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HARDY, FRANCOISE: Francoise Hardy LP (ACV 2019LP)
After growing up in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, daughter of an unmarried mother, and receiving a guitar on her 16th birthday as a reward for passing her baccalauréat, Françoise Hardy answered a newspaper advertisement looking for young singers. She signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April of 1962, shortly after finishing school, her first record Oh Oh Chéri appeared, written by Johnny Hallyday's writing duo. Her own flip-side of the record, "Tous les garçons et les filles" became a success, riding the wave of yé-yé music in France, with two million sales. Françoise Hardy (1963) is the second studio album by the French popular singer Francoise Hardy. Like many of Hardy's earlier albums, it was released with no title, except for her name on the cover. In the UK the album was released as Françoise Hardy - In Vogue. Numbered second edition of 1000 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$16.99 UPC: 889397020194 ROCK
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HARDY, FRANCOISE: Francoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano LP (ACV 2020LP)
After growing up in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, daughter of an unmarried mother, and receiving a guitar on her 16th birthday as a reward for passing her baccalauréat, Françoise Hardy answered a newspaper advertisement looking for young singers. She signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April of 1962, shortly after finishing school, her first record Oh Oh Chéri appeared, written by Johnny Hallyday's writing duo. Her own flip-side of the record, "Tous les garçons et les filles" became a success, riding the wave of yé-yé music in France, with two million sales. Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano was an album issued shortly after her debut with some of its songs and additional numbers re-recorded in Italian. While the original album is a classic of French pop, '60s AM magic, and of course, a forerunner of the yeh-yeh (aka yé-yé) sound, the additional tracks in Italian are a sweet counterpart. Numbered second edition of 1000 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020200 ROCK
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MENDES & BOSSA RIO, SERGIO: Voce Ainda Nao Ouviu Nada! LP (ACV 2025LP)
A disc long worshipped, you have not heard anything like this! Sérgio Mendes & Bossa Rio's Você Ainda Não Ouviu Nada! (1964) is a true milestone in the evolution of Brazilian instrumental music post-bossa nova. Infinitely sophisticated, but still full of swing, Bossa Rio (Tiao Neto, bass; Edison Machado, batteries, Edson Maciel, Raul de Souza and Hector Costita, metals) deal here with the reinvention of bossa classics and original songs. It should be noted that, in the original liner notes, the album has always been treated as a samba record. And it is: samba with odd instrumental refinement, but always samba. A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020255 WORLD
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HAYNES AND QUINCY JONES, ROY: Jazz Abroad LP (ACV 2027LP)
Ever since the end of World War II, the exchange of musical ideas between jazzmen of various nations has gained increasing incidence, particularly in Scandinavia. It was in Sweden that the first outstanding modern jazz soloists were contributed by Europe to the international discographies; and it was in Sweden that a number of happy unions took place between American and Swedish jazzmen, resulting in the production of such successful sessions as the two represented on this album. Jazz Abroad (1955) indicates decisively that men like Quincy Jones, Roy Haynes and their confrères are musically at ease in the company of such distinguished Swedish contemporaries, as are heard with them here. A numbered, limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020279 JAZZ
A1. Pogo Stick
A2. Liza
A3. Jones Bones
A4. Sometimes I'm Happy
B1. Little Leona
B2. Miss Mopsy
B3. Gone Again
B4. Hagnes
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GIGI GRYCE - DONALD BYRD JAZZ LABORATORY & THE CECIL TAYLOR QUARTET, THE: At Newport LP (ACV 2028LP)
The afternoon concerts at the Newport Jazz Festivals usually are given over to the presentation of new jazz talent, new groups, foreign-born artists, and "new directions." Taking care of the latter category at the 1957 show were, prominent among several others, the Cecil Taylor Quartet and the Gryce-Byrd Jazz Lab group. "It's doubtful that either had ever played before an audience more attentive, more earnest in its desire to understand (...) I believe the overwhelming majority of jazz fans got some message, and came away convinced that these groups merited many more hearings." (from the original liner notes). A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020286 JAZZ
A1. Cecil Taylor Quartet - Johnny Come Lately
A2. Cecil Taylor Quartet - Nona's Blues
A3. Cecil Taylor Quartet - Tune 2
B1. Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd - Splittin'
B2. Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd - Batland
B3. Gigi Gryce-Donald Byrd - Love for Sale
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ADDERLEY WITH THE BOSSA RIO SEXTET OF BRAZIL, CANNONBALL: Cannonball's Bossa Nova LP (ACV 2029LP)
"This album, which uniquely combines the talents of an outstanding jazz star with those of an exciting group of young Brazilians, is not only a most fascinating presentation of that irresistible Latin music known as bossa nova. It is also something truly unusual. (...) A great many North American instrumentalists and singers have tried their hands at bossa nova when South American records have been issued in the U.S.; individual Brazilian guest stars have been featured with strictly-U.S.A. groups; and so on. Nevertheless, it seems quite accurate to state that there is nothing like this particular album, on which the brilliant alto saxophone of Cannonball Adderley is so ably supported by Sergio Mendes' Bossa Rio group." (from the original notes). A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020293 JAZZ
A1. Clouds
A2. Minha Saudade
A3. Corcovado
A4. Batida Diferente
B1. Joyce's Samba
B2. Groovy Samba
B3. O Amor Em Paz
B4. Sambop
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RED GARLAND TRIO, THE: It's a Blue World LP (ACV 2030LP)
One of the greatest jazz pianists of any era, his innovative block chording has become foundational to modern jazz piano. It's a Blue World is yet another shimmering jewel in a string of tiny masterpieces by the magnificent Red Garland Trio. Paul Chambers' bowing is truly special on this very special recording. This set shows the versatility of these musicians, not only Garland, but bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor as well. Listen to Paul Chambers bowing his instrument on the very fast-paced "Crazy Rhythm" and "This Can't Be Love." There is certainly nothing lacking in Art Taylor's drumming on the latter selection.
$15.79 UPC: 889397020309 JAZZ
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JONES, QUINCY: Big Band Bossa Nova LP (ACV 2032LP)
This was originally a 1962 session arranged and conducted by the great Quincy Jones. Some of the greatest bossa nova hits are brought back here in excellent arrangements. Mike Myers chose the first track, "Soul Bossa Nova" for the opening music of his first Austin Powers movie. This record has become much more than just a soundtrack: it is a symbol of a lifestyle and an era. How many records can be played in the trendiest lounge bars and most conservative country clubs at the same time? At least we have one here. "Soul Bossa Nova" takes a special position mostly because it has been used on so many occasions, so everybody recognizes it. A must-have! A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$15.79 UPC: 889397020323 JAZZ
A1. Soul Bossa Nova
A2. Boogie Bossa Nova
A3. Desafinado
A4. Carnival
A5. Se Etarde Me Pardo A (Forgive Me If I'm Late)
A6. A Taste of Honey (bonus track)
B1. On the Street Where You Live
B2. Samba De Una Nota So (One Note Samba)
B3. Lalo Bossa Nova
B4. Serenata
B5. Chega De Saudade
B6. Dyna-Soar (bonus track)
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TAYLOR, CECIL: Live at the Cafe Montmartre 2LP (ACV 4004LP)
"Two factors contribute to make the present record very different from previous Cecil Taylor records... it was recorded 'live' and it was recorded by a group without a bass player (...) What has been preserved on this record, is part of a night's programme at the Montmartre, and it shows Taylor playing with an intensity and abandon (especially on the one very long track) which have rarely been captured on his previous records. Listening to parts of 'Trance' and 'D. Trad, That's What,' you may find more than a bit of the biting furioso which has been foreign to jazz piano playing since the great years of Bud Powell (...)" --from the original liner notes; One of the most original pianists in the history of free jazz, Mr. Cecil Taylor developed his innovative improvisation departing from conventional idioms through distinctive musical constructions and percussive renditions, thereby opening new possibilities in jazz. His unsurpassed virtuosity and strong will inject an intense, vital force into his music, which has exerted a profound influence on a broad range of musical genres. Music composed by Cecil Taylor. Recorded in Copenhagen, November 23, 1962. Features three bonus tracks omitted from the original version. A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$20.39 UPC: 889397040048 JAZZ
A1. Trance
A2. Call
A3. Lena
B1. D Trad, That's What
C1. Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come*
C2. What's New*
D1. Untitled Sample*
* - bonus tracks omitted from the original version
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DOLPHY, ERIC: Berlin Concerts 2LP (ACV 4005LP)
This 2LP set features the great American jazz multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy mostly stretching out on standards, coming up with very original statements on such songs as "Hot House," "When Lights Are Low," "Hi Fly," "I'll Remember April" and "God Bless the Child" (the latter taken as an unaccompanied bass clarinet solo), in addition to two brief originals. With trumpeter Benny Bailey helping out on half of the selections along with a strong rhythm section, the two-fer would be a perfect introduction for listeners not familiar with Eric Dolphy's innovative style, but this set is very difficult to find. A numbered limited edition of 500 copies pressed on Audiophile Clear Vinyl (ACV).
$20.39 UPC: 889397040055 JAZZ
A1. Hot House (19:04)
B1. When Lights Are Low (13:20)
B2. Geewee (2:36)
C1. God Bless the Child (3:15)
C2. Hi-Fly (14:55)
D1. The Meeting (5:25)
D2. I'll Remember April (13:00)
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DELERUE/PIERO PICCIONI, GEORGES: Le Mépris/Il Disprezzo 2LP (DOC 101LP)
For the first time together on a double LP, audiophile-quality 45 rpm, the two versions of the soundtrack to Jean-Luc Godard's 1963 masterpiece Le Mépris ("Contempt"): the solemn and powerful French version composed by Georges Delerue, the Mozart of French cinema, and the exotic jazzy version of the great Piero Piccioni. Limited edition of 500 copies.
$20.39 UPC: 889397381011 JAZZ
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ROTA, NINO: La Dolce Vita LP (DOC 102LP)
This is the legendary score to Federico Fellini's legendary 1960 film La Dolce Vita. The music by Nino Rota is sometimes quasi-liturgical, sometimes jazz, sometimes rock; lurking beneath is the irreverence of tuba and accordions, and snatches of pop songs. The characters in Fellini's movie are forever in motion, and Rota gives them music for their processions and parades. Limited edition of 500 copies.
$15.79 UPC: 889397381028 ROCK
A1. Titoli di Testa: Canzonetta/Notturno II/Cadillac
A2. La Dolce Vita: Arrivederci Roma/Caracalla's/La Bersagliera
A3. La Dolce Vita: In Via Veneto
A4. Patricia: Canzonetta/Entrata dei Gladiatori/Parlami di Me (Valzer)
A5. Lola (Yes Sir, That's My Baby): Parlami di me (Valzer)/Stormy Weather
B1. Via Veneto e i Nobili
B2. Blues: La dolce vita dei Nobili
B3. Notturno o Mattutino
B4. La Dolce Vita: La Bella Melanconica
B5. La Dolce Vita nella Villa di Fregene: Can Can/Jingle Bells/Blues; La Dolce Vita/Why Wait/La Dolce Vita (Finale)
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ROTA, NINO: 8 E Mezzo LP (DOC 103LP)
Nino Rota enhances the dreamy proceedings of Federico Fellini's 1963 masterpiece 8 ½ with a music hall mélange of jazz, classical, lounge, and circus music. Rota composed a glorious mix of operatic interludes, cabaret swing, polka romps, and organ combo ditties -- often in the space of one number. Essential soundtrack. Limited edition of 500 copies.
$15.79 UPC: 889397381035 ROCK
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ROTA, NINO: Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) LP (DOC 104LP)
The Nino Rota soundtrack to Luchino Visconti's 1963 masterpiece Il Gattopardo ("The Leopard") adds immeasurably to that film's grandeur. The music is very classical in style, almost as though it were written during the era the film is set -- Sicily, 1860. Memorable and incomparable is the closing sequence, when Burt Lancaster's Prince Fabrizio recognizes that his way of life is disappearing before his eyes. Limited edition of 500 copies.
$15.79 UPC: 889397381042 ROCK
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MANCINI, HENRY: Breakfast at Tiffany's LP (DOC 110LP)
In a career spanning over four decades, composer, conductor and arranger Enrico "Henry" Mancini (1924-1994) won numerous Academy and Grammy awards for his scores to well-known films and television series, including The Pink Panther, Hatari!, Two for the Road, Wait Until Dark, Peter Gunn, and of course, 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's (which alone won five Grammys and two Oscars). The Breakfast at Tiffany's soundtrack is probably best remembered for Audrey Hepburn's legendary performance of Mancini's "Moon River" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer), which won an Academy Award for Best Song that year. "Moon River" went on to become one of the best-loved songs of all time, but it first made its appearance here, in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Limited edition of 500 copies.
$15.79 UPC: 889397381103 ROCK
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SOLAL, MARTIAL: A bout de souffle LP (DOC 111LP)
Don't miss this vinyl edition of the original soundtrack to Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 masterpiece À bout de souffle. Co-written with François Truffaut, it was one of the most influential films of the French New Wave, blazing the trail for a whole new brand of filmmaking. For the soundtrack, Godard enlisted the talents of Martial Solal, a member of the Parisian jazz scene who had worked with Django Reinhardt, Sidney Bechet and Don Byas, among others. Solal's low-key approach gave to À bout de souffle exactly the ambience it needed to exude "young, cool and sexy" from every pore, which more than 50 years later, it still does with surprising efficacy. Limited edition of 500 copies.
$15.79 UPC: 889397381110 ROCK
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BARRY, JOHN: From Russia with Love LP (DOC 112LP)
Exciting, symphonic and instantly hummable, From Russia with Love's score (1963) is nothing short of a masterpiece. The opening theme sets the tone, beginning with a brash staccato version of the James Bond theme before suddenly sliding into a smooth swagger. John Barry keeps doing that same thing throughout the soundtrack, setting up expectations then knocking them down. Limited edition of 500 copies.
$15.79 UPC: 889397381127 ROCK
A1. Opening Titles - James Bond Is Back - From Russia With Love (Bart) And James Bond Theme (Norman)
A2. Tania Meets Klebb
A3. Meeting in St. Sophia
A4. The Golden Horn
A5. Girl Trouble
A6. Bond Meets Tania
A7. 007 (Barry)
A8. Gypsy Camp
A9. Death of Grant
B1. From Russia with Love (Sung By Matt Monro) (Bart)
B2. Spectre Island (Barry)
B3. Guitar Lament
B4. Man Overboard - Smersh in Action
B5. James Bond with Bongos
B6. Stalking
B7. Leila Dances
B8. Death of Kerim
B9. 007 Takes the Lektor
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JOE HARRIOTT QUINTET: Free Form LP+CD (DOK 230LP)
180 gram vinyl LP comes with the full album on CD. The West Indian-born alto saxophonist Joe Harriott was one of the most convincing boppers outside of the USA at a time when the music was still fresh, though by the end of the 1950s he was exploring freer musical pastures, and the quintet with which he undertook the exploration was an outgrowth of the hard bop band with which he'd made a name on the British scene. As the 1960s progressed, Harriott also proved himself to be something of a pioneer in the fusion field, in the way he fused jazz and classical Indian music. Often in the past the group's music, in which trumpet and flugelhorn player Shake Keane figured alongside Harriott in the front line, has been compared with that of the early Ornette Coleman quartets, but here it's far more interactive, a fact borne out most obviously by the lack of soloists. This makes for a far more organic music than anything Coleman's group was putting out at the time. Here on Free Form (1961) is where the rhythm of that indigenously West Indian form is extraordinarily maintained in the midst of characteristic group exchanges.
$18.39 EAN: 8013252882302 JAZZ
A1. Formation
A2. Coda
A3. Abstract
A4. Impression
B1. Parallel
B2. Straight Lines
B3. Calypso Sketches
B4. Tempo
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DO VALE, JOAO: O Poeta do Povo LP+CD (DOK 335LP)
180 gram LP, plus the entire album on CD. João do Vale was a very important singer and composer noted for introducing the popular art of the northeast of Brazil to the mass medium-classed people of the major Brazilian cities. João do Vale is a singular poet. His lyrics, which transmit his profound understanding of the sertaneja (tran. "inlander") soul, are full of a very personal notion of rhythm. The strength of his work can be appraised if we consider that he is one of the three great figures of Northwestern popular music (the others being Luis Gonzaga and Jackson do Pandeiro), even though he recorded only two individual albums. His first LP, O Poeta do Povo (1965), was released just after his appearance on the show Opinião, where João first premiered his compositions.
$18.39 EAN: 8013252883354 WORLD
A1. A Voz Do Povo
A2. Carcará
A3. Pra Mim Não
A4. Peba Na Pimenta
A5. Minha História
A6. A Lavadeira E O Lavrador
B1. Pisa Na Fulô
B2. O Jangadeiro
B3. Fogo No Paraná
B4. Ouricuri (Segredos Do Sertanejo)
B5. O Bom Filho À Casa Torna
B6. Sina De Caboclo
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FOUR SEASONS, THE: Sherry & 11 Others LP (DOY 700LP)
The Four Seasons released their first single in 1961 ("Bermuda"/"Spanish Lace"). While the single did not chart, the songs gave the group enough of a following to be signed with Vee Jay Records late that year. In 1962, the group released their first album featuring the single "Sherry," which was not only their first chart hit but also their first number one song, soon becoming a multi-million-copies hit in the USA, followed up by their other great hit single, "Big Girls Don't Cry." From 1962 to early 1964, only the Beach Boys matched The Four Seasons in record sales in the United States. The history of this legendary band recently inspired Clint Eastwood for his Jersey Boys movie. A great reissue, including two bonus tracks: the first single "Bermuda/Spanish Lace." Pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
$16.99 EAN: 8013252887000 ROCK
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VA: Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers CD (DTD 036CD)
For the traveling recording men of the late 1920s, Arkansas offered enticing pickings. The region was thronged with vigorous, idiosyncratic string bands. This album carries the listener from the hillbilly music craze of the '20s to the song-based country music of the late '30s. Scarcely more than a decade, but a period, in music as in all American life, of galvanic change. This CD serves as the soundtrack album to the newly-released photograph book, Making Pictures: Three for a Dime by Maxine Payne. All of the photos in this package are from the same cache of photographs taken by the Massengil family in their mobile photo-booth trailer throughout rural Arkansas in the 1930s-1940s.
"It is indeed gratifying to know our program has made so many minds and hearts drift back to the earlier days when all was well, when the 'hoss hair pullers' of old were in due form and all parties concerned were in a receptive mood for tipping of the fantastic toe... My aggregation from this district claim that their music and songs are not suggestive of anything except good and wholesome exercise ... So everybody come to the Arkansas Ozarks, where you can eat the best fruit in the world; where home-cured meat is found in the smokehouse and corn and hay in the barn; where you can juice your own cow, feed your own chickens, fish in the wonderful White River, meet these men of the Missouri Pacific and natives, and you will then say, 'Yes, indeed, you have the most wonderful country in the world.'" --Henry Harlin Smith, March 1926 on Hot Springs radio station KTHS
Includes a CD digipak with a 32-page booklet with liner notes by country music scholar Tony Russell. Newly remastered 24-bit audio transfers from the Music Memory archive. Features original 78 RPM recordings made between 1928-1937.
$8.99 UPC: 880226003623 ROCK
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DUBXANNE: The Police in Dub (Re-Synchronized by Rob Smith a.k.a. RSD) CD (EB 104CD)
In the late '70s, The Police were the biggest band in Britain; by the early '80s they ruled the globe as a three-headed, bleached-blond monster of rock, surfing a new wave sound which valued intellectual cool and lightly-sprinkled ethnic influences over the discredited rock'n'roll bluster of old. The first post-punk supergroup. A constructive arrogance and a very lucky streak. At the end of 1977, over the Christmas period, Stewart Copeland played Sting some of his reggae records. When Summers returned to Britain from his vacation in America, he found his bandmates newly-inspired by Jamaican sounds. The rest we all know is history! It's 23 years later -- in 2008 -- and everybody knows what's going on with The Police: they reformed and went back out on tour. Another key event -- also 23 years later -- is the release of a project which had been simmering for quite some time: The Police in Dub (EB 067CD), also released in 2008. One of the international bestsellers on the Echo Beach label, The Police in Dub included dub versions of The Police's biggest tunes. Another six years later, Rob Smith took the original Police in Dub material for an overhaul. Smith is also known as RSD or better-known as a producer from Bristol (he is synonymous with progressive modern dancefloor-oriented reggae in all shapes and facets: dubstep, jungle dub, roots dub and drum'n'bass) who produced the first Massive Attack EP, early Neneh Cherry material and also his own house band, Smith & Mighty). He also remixed tons of pop tracks for artists such as M People, Beats International, Fine Young Cannibals, etc. Rob Smith is renowned for imaginative production and made it his task to re-synchronization DubXanne's Police in Dub material. On this release he has focused in a very sensitive way to rework and re-style the original material and Echo Beach are really proud to release this album.
$10.99 EAN: 4047179919821 ROCK
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PAPIR: Stundum 2LP (EPR 007LP)
Double LP version. 2014 repress of the second album from Papir, originally released in 2011. Papir is a trio from Copenhagen, Denmark who have played together for years under various names while slowly, but surely, perfecting their unique brand of semi-improvisational psychedelic rock. Based around Christoffer Brøchmann's complex and powerful drumming, Papir creates instrumental journeys -- organic structures of sound that move forward with the hypnotic groove of Can or electric Miles Davis through euphoric peaks, thunderous riffs and beautiful cosmic dronescapes. Nicklas Sørensen's guitar playing displays his love for fuzzed-out psychedelic rock from the 1960s and 1970s but also has a highly melodic aspect that reveals his admiration for German heroes Michael Rother and Manuel Göttsching. Similarly Christian Becher Clausen's bass playing covers a wide palette of ideas and sounds -- sometimes using the instrument as a solid groove-maker and other times as a tool for creating spacy soundscapes and drones. As a unit the three members achieve what the great power trios of the 1960s did at their most fertile: the ability to combine each aspect of the band into a whole that surpasses the sum of its parts. This is music to lose oneself in -- music to swim in.
$20.39 EAN: 5055300349330 ROCK
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CAUSA SUI: Pewt'r Sessions 1-2 2LP (EPR 008LP)
Double LP version. 2014 repress of this release from 2012. Pewt'r Sessions 1-2 collects two limited vinyl-only Causa Sui albums, originally released in 2011. The two albums, released in April and August respectively, both feature American musician Ron Schneiderman and both sold out immediately after release. Schneiderman from American improv-rock collective Sunburned Hand of the Man first got together with Danish stoner/Kraut/jazz ensemble Causa Sui in December 2006 for a loose, improvised gig at the old cinema at Christiania -- Copenhagen's autonomous, and notorious, free commune. A live recording of this gig was released the following year, under the curious bandname Pewt'r jjjjj, and became widely admired among fans of free-form psychedelic rock for its updated version of late 1960s/early 1970s freak-out bands such as Blue Cheer, Guru Guru and Ash Ra Tempel. In the early summer of 2009 Schneiderman was back in Denmark, this time for a three-week stay as co-curator of the art-and-music event Festival of Endless Gratitude. During this period the group was united again for a few shows and a couple of recording sessions in Causa Sui's studio in Odense, which resulted in the Pewt'r Sessions albums. These records consist of loosely structured sun and beer-fueled jams that were later edited and mixed by Causa Sui guitar player and producer Jonas Munk. While all the psychedelic fury from the Christiania live recording is still very prevalent on these studio sessions, they also see the group channeling into new territories, such as pieces heavy on analog electronics and motoric grooves. Pewt'r Sessions 1 and 2 are albums that could only be recorded in an impulsive mode. Yet there is an alternative kind of structure taking place in almost every piece -- some intuitive, almost psychic connection, which moves the sounds from one place to another.
$20.39 EAN: 5060195516323 ROCK
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CAUSA SUI: Pewt'r Sessions 3 LP (EPR 019LP)
LP version. Causa Sui returns with a third round of mind-bending jams featuring Ron Schneiderman! The savage, kaleidoscopic improvisations of the quintet's previous two volumes instantly gained reverence among fans of free-flowing Krautrock and detuned stoner rock, and this brand new addition, recorded in the late summer of 2013, fulfills the group's potential entirely. The Krautrock grooves, the low-end heaviness and the sprawling furor is still very much present -- but this set is also permeated by a rare free jazz sensibility, at times recalling American masters of improvisation such as John Coltrane and Don Cherry in spirit. Ferociously experimental, yet absolutely welcoming and corporal. "Incipiency Suite," which takes up the entire B-side of this record, stands as the high pinnacle of what this group is capable of with the inclusion of Ron Schneiderman: an afternoon of spontaneously-recorded parts, cut-and-pasted into an abundant whole by studio wiz Jonas Munk, creating a unique interplay between in-the-moment improvisation and creative studio editing. History: Ron Schneiderman (aka Pewt'r) from American impro-rock collective Sunburned Hand Of The Man first got together with Danish stoner/Kraut/jazz ensemble Causa Sui in December 2006 for a loose, improvised gig at the old cinema at Christiania -- Copenhagen's autonomous, and notorious, free commune. A live recording of this gig was released the following year, under the curious bandname Pewt'r jjjjj, and became widely-admired among fans of free-form psychedelic rock for its updated version of late 1960s/early 1970s freak-out bands such as Blue Cheer, Guru Guru and Ash Ra Tempel. In the early summer of 2009, Ron Schneiderman was back in Denmark, this time for a three-week stay as co-curator of the art-and-music event Festival of Endless Gratitude in Copenhagen. During this period the group was united again for a few shows and a couple of recording sessions in Causa Sui's studio in Odense, which resulted in Pewt'r Sessions 1 and 2. The group got together again for a performance at 2012's Roskilde Festival and later again at Festival of Endless Gratitude in the summer of 2013. It was during the latter sojourn that Pewt'r Sessions 3 was recorded.
$18.39 EAN: 5060195516293 ROCK
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GIBBS & THE U.S. STEEL ORCHESTRA, JOHN: Trinidad (Disco Mix) 12" (EM 1128EP)
EM Records proudly announces a new addition to their EM Steel Pan Series, John Gibbs And The Unlimited Sound Of Steel Orchestra. They are preparing to release their fine 1977 album Steel Funk on CD/LP, and as an appetizer they will issue two 12" singles ahead of the album. "Trinidad (Disco Mix)" is a remixed version of the album track "Trinidad & Tobago," and was originally issued in 1977 as a remixed 12" single for the dance market on Gibbs' own label, in co-operation with the legendary Philly Soul producer Louis Anthony deLise. It's a cheerful garage/disco classic beloved by Larry Levan. Transferred from the original master tape and newly mastered. Hair Stylistics is Masaya Nakahara, formerly Boryoku Onsen Geisha (Violent Onsen Geisha), who re-edited this previously-unissued long version and transformed it with respect. Both tracks are NOT on the upcoming EM Records album.
$11.79 EAN: 4560283217282 ROCK
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GIBBS & THE U.S. STEEL ORCHESTRA, JOHN: J'ouvert 12" (EM 1129EP)
EM Records presents a new addition to their EM Steel Pan Series from John Gibbs And The Unlimited Sound Of Steel Orchestra. In anticipation of the release of their 1977 album Steel Funk on CD/LP, EM is issuing two 12" singles ahead of the album. "J'ouvert" is a non-album track which was originally recorded and released in 1979 as a 12" single, in co-operation with legendary Philly Soul producer Louis Anthony deLise. This version is, surprisingly, a previously unissued original version that was held in the vaults by the artist for 35 years, after the "remixed" 12" version was released in 1979. Transferred from the original master tape and newly mastered. Remixed with respect by Lord Echo, a rising star from New Zealand, featuring his trademark cutting guitar playing. Both tracks are NOT on the upcoming EM Records album.
$11.79 EAN: 4560283217299 ROCK
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PRINS THOMAS: Rainbow Disco Club, Vol. 1 CD (EF 013CD)
Prins Thomas jumped on the mixing decks and prepared a sonic trip for Endless Flight records and the Japanese festival "Rainbow Disco Club." The man from the Norwegian woods has been a guest at the top-notch Tokyo-based festival twice already. In 2014 he did not only play alongside edgy colleagues like Moodymann, DJ Koze and Kuniyuki, he also conceived with the festival organizers and Endless Flight man-of-action Toshiya Kawasaki the plan to do a mix CD that mirrors his current state of mind behind the wheels of steel. Those who are familiar with the work of the Scandinavian free-spirited producer, label-maker, and DJ will know that he does not like to repeat himself. As a liberal artist, he is always willing to enter new territories to reach a higher state of mind. There is house here, there is techno, dub sneaks around the corner, as well as flawless electronic sounds, some jacking Hi-NRG exultation and breezes of dark acid-laden electro. Thomas presents some signals from outta space by producers such as the dreamy techno one-of-a-kind Donato Dozzy, Chile-based sound scientist Atom TM and Berlin techno-kid Shed. He manages to also incorporate playful remixes and tracks by people such as Detroit's freaky jazz-head Theo Parrish, his musically-libertine fellow countryman Bjørn Torske and Birmingham's techno original Surgeon. There is also a ray of post-punk represented by a Crash Course In Science song that comes in a twisted Ricardo Villalobos remix. You hear a message delivered by the label's co-founder DJ Fett Burger and his mysterious buddy Speckgürtel. Furthermore, Glasgow's hottest new band export on the crossroad of jamming funk-punk and free-wheeling electronics Golden Teacher are included here as well as the neo-psychedelic Moon Duo, who is remixed by UK-based producer Tom Furse. Finally, the unpredictable mix waves good-bye with an uplifting Gerd remix of the piano house gem "Do You Feel Me," originally released in 1993 by NY's Finest. Other artists include: Floating Points, The Shookt, Krystal Klear, Deepchord, Mike Huckaby, Marcellus Pittman, Anstam, Helium Robots, Bee Mask, Silent Servant, Margot, Edmundy, Skatebård, Kevin Starke, Mark Du Mosch, Nukubus, Private Prod, Dimitri & Jaimy, and General Ludd.
$14.39 UPC: 880319678226 ELECTRONIC
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ALKAN, EROL: Fabriclive 77 CD (FABRIC 154CD)
London born and bred, Erol Alkan has spent the last two decades building up a reputation as a sonic innovator. Heading up his renowned Phantasy imprint, and an outstanding roll of production and remix credits, including his recent acclaimed debut solo EP, the time was right for him to step up to the Fabriclive mantle, and he does so with aplomb with a propulsive selection of acid house and oddball electro. Artists include: Maurice & Charles, Cowboy Rhythmbox, Carisma, The Emperor Machine, Manfredas, Phreak, Andre Bratten, Tom Rowlands, Jamie Paton, Fumes, Victor Shan, Boot & Tax, Ben Jenkins, Zongamin, Todd Osborn, Voiski, Claro Intelecto, Ghost Culture, Daywalker + CF, and Saint Etienne.
$11.39 UPC: 802560015421 ELECTRONIC
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KENJANAI: Playin'/Vapors 7" (FVR 094EP)
French producer Hugo LX returns with a new collective project under his KenJaNai alias. KenJaNai is not only a producer effort, but a close collaboration with fellow musicians and top shelf vocal artist: the mighty Elzhi and indy star Oddisee supply classic verses, while Canadian songstress Amalia brings her nu-funk trademark and soulful vibe in the mix, alongside Kandisky Effect bassist Gael Petrina and turntablist DJ Suspect. These first two tracks come in a limited edition of 300 copies and include an exclusive remix of "Playin' (feat. Amalia)."
$8.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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MIGHTY MOCAMBOS, THE: Hot Stuff 7" (FVR 096EP)
An outstanding exclusive 45 from the ongoing killer collaboration of the Mighty Mocambos and Afrika Bambaataa, who deliver surprising cover version of Rolling Stones' moderately successful 1976 single "Hot Stuff" (from the album Black & Blue, 1976). While the Jagger/Richards-penned original vaguely flirts with the disco-funk sound of the era, the rework outfunks it in true and inventive Mocambo style. Afrika Bambaataa makes you wonder who the funk Mick Jagger is, and fellow Zulu Nation members Charlie Funk and Deejay Snoop top it all off with P-Funk-style vocals and talkbox. The jam continues on the flip side with an exclusive part two, including more beats, breaks and helium voices.
$8.39 UPC: N/A ROCK
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SMOKE CLEARS, THE: Listen LP (FUR 080LP)
LP version. Those who know the respected Irish producer John Daly for his bubbly, melodically-nuanced house and techno tracks may get thrown off balance by his latest work under the Smoke Clears handle. While his 2011 release for Further, Sea Level, hinted at his fondness for Manuel Göttsching/Klaus Schulze-like kosmische ambience, on Listen Daly veers off into more introverted and arcane abstraction terrain. The title-track kicks off the album on a decidedly downtempo, contemplative note while maintaining Daly's knack for understatedly beautiful melodies. It sounds like the best song Morr Music never released. "Plumb" exudes a paradoxically chilled and urgent aura, with woodblocks seemingly made out of ice and heavily reverbed claps providing the hypnotic rhythm. The glistening IDM of "Star Shine" could be an outtake from Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works 1985-1992 (it's that gorgeous). The beautifully hoarfrost-y "Trace" evokes Seefeel's forays into fusing shoegaze atmospheres with abstract electronic beat matrices. With Listen, The Smoke Clears decisively steps off the dancefloor and enters one of the chilliest chill-out rooms a '90s clubber ever chilled in -- but the music's still a-bristle with all sorts of fascinating movement and textures. Despite Listen's banquet of ultra-cool tones, your neurons will work up a nice sweat.
$16.99 UPC: 711623708111 ELECTRONIC
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FOFOULAH: Fofoulah CD (GB 017CD)
The London-based quintet Fofoulah (meaning "it's there" in Wolof) was formed in 2011 and features Tom Challenger (Red Snapper) on saxophone and keyboards, Phil Stevenson (Iness Mezel) on guitar, Johnny Brierley (Outhouse Ruhabi) on bass, Dave Smith (Robert Plant's Sensational Shape Shifters) on drums and Sabar drums, and Kaw Secka (Irok) on Sabar drums and tama. With the rhythms of the Sabar drums -- a traditional form of Wolof drumming from Gambia and Senegal -- at its heart, Fofoulah's music has evolved into an inspired cosmopolitan mélange that also incorporates elements of electronic music, dub, improvisation and Afro-rock. Like the complex city they live in, their music is shaped and lifted by diverse sound-worlds and cultures. Having performed mainly in the creative hubs of east London and Bristol, in 2013 Fofoulah released the Bene Bop EP, a collaboration with Senegalese singer Biram Seck. Later that year the band entered the famed Real World Studios near Bath to begin work on their radiant debut album Fofoulah. Produced by drummer Dave Smith (Robert Plant, JuJu) Fofoulah is a previously unvisited crossroads where Sabar rhythms meet dub bass lines and sci-fi synths; liquid melodies and Wolof rap entangle with trance-like dance grooves; and raw guitars, horns and samples blend with west and north African song forms. In the album's liner notes, bass player Johnny Brierley describes the creative journey that led to the making of the album: "The rhythms and traditions of the drums were essential starting points for our compositions and acted as the building blocks for all the other instruments -- our music has developed and evolved with each member's musical background and influences being heard within the band... Fofoulah, our first album, is a snapshot of the band at this moment in time and the result of a constantly developing sound." In keeping with the band's expansive approach, the album also features an incredible roster of guest voices: Senegalese singer and Bristol resident Batch Gueye, UK hip-hop sensation Ghostpoet, Algerian/Parisian singer Iness Mezel and the acclaimed Gambian-born, Fulani musician Juldeh Camara (JuJu, Robert Plant). Fofoulah is not merely a cross-cultural project. They are a dynamic band born naturally out of personal friendships and varied backgrounds, the nerve net of contemporary London and the post-global interconnectedness we all experience daily. The band is propulsive, innovative, celebratory, and always leaning forward. They are a thrilling extension of the deeply-rooted Sabar rhythms upon which their music revolves.
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TAPE: Casino CD (HAPNA 052CD)
The new album from alternative music veterans Tape marks their 14th year of activity. It's called Casino and was recorded in the legendary Atlantis studio in Stockholm by engineer Janne Hansson in December 2013. The music of Tape still continues its growth, in its own way, separated from the rest of the world in many ways. This time the emotional depth and interest in details are even stronger and clearer. The album has been mixed by Andreas Werliin and mastered by Mell Dettmer. Swedish trio Tape was set up in 2000 by brothers Andreas and Johan Berthling with Tomas Hallonsten. Taking cues both from pop, experimentalism, and minimalism, their sound, with a mixture of acoustic and electronic instrumentation, has become recognized internationally and is clearly something of its own. Their first album Opera (HAPNA 040CD) was released on the Häpna imprint (which Johan is a co-owner of) in 2002. Working intuitively, all by themselves, they created mini symphonies out of electronic sounds paired with a stunning melodic lyricism. 2003 saw the release of Milieu. These recordings had a more arranged feeling and a clear pop sensibility in some parts. In 2005 they went to Cologne to have Marcus Schmickler produce and record their third album Rideau. This was done in his Piethopraxis studio in Cologne and his involvement left traces; an almost architectonical approach was taken and some of the intimacy that characterized the first two albums was replaced by a somewhat harder edge. In 2006 they collaborated with Japanese duo Tenniscoats on their album Tan-Tan Therapy. That same year they recorded in Tokyo with Japanese quartet Minamo, which resulted in the record Birds of a Feather. Since Luminarium (2008) they have been working out of their own Summa studio in Stockholm and there they also recorded what became Revelationes (HAPNA 044CD), their fifth album. After a hiatus for two years the group did a tour of Europe in November 2013. They tried out new material, which later was recorded in Stockholm at the Atlantis studio and is now released as the album Casino. It's their sixth full-length album if you omit all the different collaborations and other stuff they've done throughout the years (all released on Häpna). Johan Berthling plays guitar and more in Tape but is also the bass player for the trio Fire! with Mats Gustafsson & Andreas Werliin and is involved with many other projects ranging from free-jazz to rock. His collaborators include Oren Ambarchi, Akira Sakata and Paal Nilssen-Love. Tomas Hallonsten is a keyboard player and multi-instrumentalist running the trio Time Is A Mountain, including Berthling on bass and drummer Andreas Werliin. He is a much-in-demand musician and works in many different contexts. Andreas Berthling is a musician using modular synthesis and laptop as his instruments. He has released a string of recordings under his own name.
$10.99 EAN: 7350006050527 ROCK
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TAPE: Casino LP (HAPNA 052LP)
LP version with download card.
$14.39 UPC: N/A ROCK
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SLEAFORD MODS: Austerity Dogs LP (HARB 106LP)
Repressed. LP version. Sleaford Mods started out sometime during 2006 while Jason Williamson was living in Nottingham. Born out of part frustration and part accident, it quickly found its feet as an aggressive verbal onslaught on all that is contrived and connected to the day-to-day hammer of low paid employment and domestic situations arising from that trap. After a year of working ideas out in both the studio and in live performance around Nottingham, Williamson moved south and took the cause to London for a couple of years, before returning to Nottingham in 2009. Soon after that he met Andrew Fearn and the Sleaford Mods became a duo. Fearn's first work was on the production of Wank -- the Mods' fifth CD-R album. Soon after, he started stalking the studio and stage with Williamson. Just after the release of Wank, the duo were invited to play a three-day festival curated by Nottingham's Rammel Club. During that weekend they were introduced to the Harbinger Sound label. A meeting which -- a year later -- resulted in the release of Austerity Dogs. Numerous shows around the UK and Europe followed, including further festival appearances. Rave reviews of the album have appeared in magazines as diverse as The Wire and Uncut, along with interviews being published both on paper and on the internet, both here and abroad. With more international dates on the horizon including excursions to Poland and Sweden, the interest in the Mods continues to spread.
$16.39 EAN: 5023903271709 ROCK
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BJORKE, KASPER: After Forever CD (HFN 037CD)
Kasper Bjørke returns with an exquisite new album, After Forever, the Danish producer's boldest and most elegant statement to date. The scene has been set by two lead singles: "Rush," featuring Tobias Buch -- and "Sylvia" featuring CTM. Moving away from a previous '70s disco-inspired sound, Kasper explores new terrain in contemporary, melancholic synth pop; his productions merging themselves into a multi-colored soundscape with echoes from post disco/punk, Kraut and new wave. "After Forever is good for dark, sad dancing -- or a headphone journey inwards," says Kasper. "I feel like I really went somewhere else on this album, to a place where I haven't been before. Out of my safety zone and into a darker space." The fourth album by Danish producer, DJ and all-around music entrepreneur Kasper Bjørke is his boldest and most elegant statement to date. For After Forever managed to acquire some brilliant collaborators: Kurt Uenala is known for his releases as kap10kurt, but became famous for his songwriting and production for bands like Depeche Mode, Moby, Dave Gahan, The Black Ryder, etc. New York icon Nomi Ruiz is best-known as a former member of Hercules & Love Affair and for vocals on the last album as well as her new band Jessica 6. Tobias Buch is also known as The Red Baron and as the lead singer of the new hippie band The Late Great Fitzcarraldos. CTM is Caecilie Trier, the singer of successful bands Chimes & Bells and Choir Of Young Believers. Soho Rezanejad is a promising new talent from the Copenhagen underground and known for her band Gold Lip. Finland's Jaako Eino Kalevi has just been signed to Domino Records and recently released an EP for Beats In Space. According to The Guardian he is "the most impressive 'rock'n'roll' artist with an alternate simultaneous 'proper' job that we've heard of since Vic Godard the post-punk postman. The Finnish 29-year-old has been releasing records back home, while being a tram driver in Helsinki." Icelandic pop band Sisy Ey rounds off a brilliant set of contributors. Cover artwork based on the painting After Forever by John Copeland.
$11.99 EAN: 4250382427612 ELECTRONIC
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TIMOKA: Tulgey LP (HOLGER 005LP)
Timoka's Tulgey is his second effort on the Holger label and it is quite an achievement. While his debut Waters offered just a glimpse of the Timoka universe, Tulgey expands the themes set there and further broadens the perspective, adding at least one more dimension and offering new insights into this masterfully-crafted, highly complex world of its own. It's a zone of transformations: landscapes become waveforms, images turn into sound -- and vice versa. The result is rich in atmosphere, full of bittersweet emotions and captivating from start to finish. If the Waters EP could be seen as a fragmented short story, Tulgey now offers a much more consistent narrative -- it's a journey, a proper novella. One could call it sophisticated or even wise -- though the core of its origin is a very simple one: to create personally relevant music. It just happens to be incredibly beautiful at the same time.
$14.99 UPC: 880319679919 ELECTRONIC
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MOONDOG: The Viking of Sixth Avenue 2LP (HJR 018LP)
2014 repress, originally released in 2005. Tremendous gatefold presentation and one of HJR's most impressive documents to date. "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!)."
$16.99 EAN: 4047179077613 CLASSICAL
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FUNCTION & VATICAN SHADOW: Games Have Rules CD (HOS 425CD)
Function and Vatican Shadow have combined forces on Games Have Rules for Hospital Productions, simultaneously stripping back each producer's more prevalent production elements -- the dancefloor-focused techno structures of Function; the experimental cassette-roots of Vatican Shadow -- to create an album of dynamic electronic ambient music, equal parts rhythmic and atmospheric. As befitting what began life as an "emotional acid" album best suited for an after-hours home-listening experience, Games Have Rules was created in the early hours at New York's Hospital Productions and Berlin's Inanimate Objects studios, helping imbue the record with a sense of night turning into day, and the shifting contrasts of dark and light the music evokes. Although not created as the result of improvisation, the album retains an effortless, free-flowing structure, while simultaneously introducing the traditional techno drum kit over the course of the record, deconstructing the ever-changing, looming presence of New York City's skyline. Ambient in the most traditional sense, Games Have Rules omits the top-heavy reverb saturation of so many modern releases and builds from the ground up with an arsenal of hi-fi and lo-fi production techniques/equipment with a cinematic sequence over the arc of the record. But whereas New York City has so often been depicted in film as a prison, Games Have Rules is an embracement of the city's endless possibilities: the LP's gatefold black and white image of The Empire State Building lit up at night from the inside; the ongoing stories of rise and decline lived out at its base.
$10.39 EAN: 5060165481521 ELECTRONIC
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VAUDOU GAME: Apiafo CD (HC 032CD)
Vaudou Game is a contemporary live band of six members playing an authentic Togolese funk based on voodoo chant scales, and led by Peter Solo, a singer and composer born in Aneho-Glidji (Togo), birthplace of the Guin tribe and place of the voodoo culture. He was raised with those traditional values of human and environmental respect. Apiafo is a 12-track album, entirely recorded, mixed and mastered with old analog tapes, and played with vintage instruments, recalling the sound of bands like Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou or El Rego. Peter Solo invited his uncle, Roger Damawuzan, famous pioneer of the '70s soul scene in Togo, to sing on "Pas Contente" & "Wrong Road." The result of their collaboration is without a doubt two amazing future dancefloor classics. The idea of integrating these haunting lines, sung in honor of the Divinities, into an energetic '70s Afro-funk style, was, in Peter Solo's mind, an obvious extension of the analogy he found between the voodoo tradition and trance-inducers such as soul, funk, as well as the rhythm 'n blues of James Brown or Otis Redding. Vaudou Game will be touring all over the world to promote this new Afro-soul classic album.
$11.99 EAN: 3760179352894 WORLD
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VAUDOU GAME: Apiafo LP (HC 032LP)
LP version. Vaudou Game is a contemporary live band of six members playing an authentic Togolese funk based on voodoo chant scales, and led by Peter Solo, a singer and composer born in Aneho-Glidji (Togo), birthplace of the Guin tribe and place of the voodoo culture. He was raised with those traditional values of human and environmental respect. Apiafo is a 12-track album, entirely recorded, mixed and mastered with old analog tapes, and played with vintage instruments, recalling the sound of bands like Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou or El Rego. Peter Solo invited his uncle, Roger Damawuzan, famous pioneer of the '70s soul scene in Togo, to sing on "Pas Contente" & "Wrong Road." The result of their collaboration is without a doubt two amazing future dancefloor classics. The idea of integrating these haunting lines, sung in honor of the Divinities, into an energetic '70s Afro-funk style, was, in Peter Solo's mind, an obvious extension of the analogy he found between the voodoo tradition and trance-inducers such as soul, funk, as well as the rhythm 'n blues of James Brown or Otis Redding. Vaudou Game will be touring all over the world to promote this new Afro-soul classic album.
$16.99 EAN: 3760179352887 WORLD
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CALL SUPER: Suzi Ecto CD (HTH 029CD)
The fears and passing joys of the world pouring in through mouth, nose, eyes and ears. React against what we cannot stand: the co-opted postures, the gimmicks of aspirants, unconscious reactive strategies. Here now in the contradictory mix of the blissful, the panicked and the paranoid that thrives place to place. Drowning us. Veins, organs and mind are filled until we blur into these cities and skies and our reactions fade away. A positive assertion is staked and I see that this is no longer a part of me. Call Super's highly-anticipated debut album Suzi Ecto is presented on CD and heavyweight double LP. Presented in bespoke PVC sleeve with spot varnish pattern.
$10.99 UPC: 802560202920 ELECTRONIC
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BAKER, AIDAN: Triptychs: Variations on a Melody CD (IMPREC 410CD)
Aidan Baker's (Nadja) Triptychs takes inspiration from Erik Satie's compositions Gymnopédies and his notion of "furniture music," which many consider a precursor to contemporary ambient music. Each "triptych" is based around a simple, slow-moving melodic line, which repeats three times with the addition of a harmonic line upon each repetition, culminating in a three part harmony. Various musicians from different ensembles and musical backgrounds -- Peter Broderick, Julia Kent, Leah Buckareff (of Nadja), Aki Yakamoto (of Vampillia), and Baker himself -- were invited to record their interpretations of these compositions.
$10.39 UPC: 793447541020 ROCK
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THROBBING GRISTLE: The Second Annual Report Of Throbbing Gristle LP (IRL 001LP)
2014 repress. LP version. The newly cut 180-gram vinyl editions include painstakingly restored cover artworks, using original source material from the Industrial Records visual archive. Includes an exclusive large format 8-page color booklet featuring an abundance of Throbbing Gristle archival material, including some previously-unpublished photos of the band. Originally released in 1977, TG's Second Annual Report features various recordings of "Slug Bait" and "Maggot Death," plus the 20-minute soundtrack to After Cease To Exist, a short film featuring a castration sequence. A scathing debut from these avant-garde legends.
$16.39 EAN: 5060174952241 ROCK
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THROBBING GRISTLE: D.O.A.: The Third And Final Report Of Throbbing Gristle LP (IRL 002LP)
2014 repress. LP version. Throbbing Gristle's second full-length, originally released in 1978, captures alienation in its purest form. The line-up of Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson, Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti was a vehicle for everything bizarre, extreme and controversial. From the ravaged live track "Blood On The Floor" to the hostile phone recording on "Death Threats," TG lobotomized convention, whether musical or ideological. The lingering "Hamburger Lady" pulses with a story of a burn victim, and the band's restraint and careful composition makes it one of their best creations of all time, something absolutely terrifying. Full of tape-manipulation, computer noise and feedback, D.O.A epitomizes Throbbing Gristle's unparalleled anti-music, cementing their status as "wreckers of civilization." The newly cut 180-gram vinyl editions include painstakingly restored cover artworks, using original source material from the Industrial Records visual archive. In addition, each of the vinyl releases includes an exclusive large format 8-page color booklet featuring an abundance of Throbbing Gristle archival material, including some previously-unpublished photos of the band.
$16.39 EAN: 5060174952258 ROCK
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THROBBING GRISTLE: Throbbing Gristle Bring You... 20 Jazz Funk Greats LP (IRL 003LP)
2014 repress. LP version. Originally released in 1979, 20 Jazz Funk Greats is Throbbing Gristle's pop-influenced masterwork. It's hard to believe the beautiful, conventionally-attractive Cosey Fanni Tutti on this album's front cover previously gave herself milk and blood enemas in front of a live audience. Additionally, the song "Hot On The Heels Of Love" is far removed from the dissonant nihilism of the previous TG albums. It's a sleek, minimal synth-pop song that foreshadows Tutti's later work as Chris & Cosey. Still, 20 Jazz Funk Greats is underpinned by a profound distance from accessibility. The breezy luminosity of "Persuasion" and "Six Six Sixties" is still marked with casual bits of distortion and absurdism. Preceding dark synth-pop (and everything else), TG's third album is far ahead of its time and still sounds as relevant as ever. The newly cut 180-gram vinyl editions include painstakingly restored cover artworks, using original source material from the Industrial Records visual archive. In addition, each of the vinyl releases includes an exclusive large format 8-page color booklet featuring an abundance of Throbbing Gristle archival material, including some previously-unpublished photos of the band.
$16.39 EAN: 5060174952265 ROCK
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THROBBING GRISTLE: Heathen Earth: The Live Sound Of Throbbing Gristle LP (IRL 004LP)
2014 repress. Gatefold LP version. Originally released in 1980, Heathen Earth is a crucial live document of industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle. In member Chris Carter's own words: "You had to have been there. Which is what we always say about TG. TG on record and TG live are two completely different things." This album is probably the closest approximation of the two you'll ever get: it's a "live in-studio recording" made in front of a small audience and the event was filmed by Monte Cazzaza with the intention of also releasing it on video. The majority of the set is instrumental, fluctuating between the raw electronics of their early work and the band's more melodic material. Tracks include a rework of early classic "After Cease To Exist" and Brion Gysin fave "Dreammachine." The newly cut 180-gram vinyl editions include painstakingly restored cover artworks, using original source material from the Industrial Records visual archive. In addition, each of the vinyl releases includes an exclusive large format 8-page color booklet featuring an abundance of Throbbing Gristle archival material, including some previously-unpublished photos of the band. .
$16.39 EAN: 5060174952272 ROCK
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THROBBING GRISTLE: Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits LP (IRL 005LP)
2014 repress. LP version. It's impossible to deny Throbbing Gristle's working methods and innovation are so deeply ingrained in the collective consciousness of... everything. TG's subversive dismantling of the apparatus of social control casts such a long shadow, and as impossible as it may seem, this collection actually provides an exceptional summation of their best work. The first real industrial group, the founders of Industrial Records and one of the most important electronic music innovators of all time, TG redefined music and laid a large part of the groundwork for all electronic music that followed. The newly cut 180-gram vinyl editions include painstakingly restored cover artworks, using original source material from the Industrial Records visual archive. In addition, each of the vinyl releases includes an exclusive large format 8-page color booklet featuring an abundance of Throbbing Gristle archival material, including some previously-unpublished photos of the band.
$16.39 EAN: 5060174952289 ROCK
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SULLY: Blue 2x12" (LDN 046EP)
Repressed. Keysound Recordings are excited to announce a jungle double pack from Sully. Four sides of warm vinyl dedicated to classic break-based rollage 'n' choppage: less "where were you in '92?," rather, "who wants more from '94?" One title seems to sum it up best: "Simple Things." This double pack is not a statement about 2014, it is not trying to be a new sound, scene or development. This is just uncomplicated, intensely emotive, rhythmic fun. The EP's raw, chopped-up sounds reflect that feeling: thrown together, reckless, but elevating.
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LV & JOSHUA IDEHEN: Islands CD (LDN 048CD)
Islands is the second album and live project from Worldwide Award-winning producers LV, and Benin City vocalist Josh Idehen, three years on from their critically-acclaimed debut collaboration Routes. Where the Routes album saw Josh's voice used in fragments to examine themes of life in modern London, Islands sees LV move Idehen's lyrics and vocals front and center. On "Imminent," overheard whispers on an East London balcony tell the tale of an unforeseen demise, while on "Waiting for the Night" Josh drew on honest reflections of his experiences after he returned from Nigeria. "Obsessed" is about an unhealthy, social-media enabled reaction to being put in the post-coital friend-zone. Between Josh's observational eye and LV's considered yet dancefloor moving production style, with its funky hardware synth jams and live drums, delightful aesthetic contradictions abound on Islands. Lead single "Imminent" has received huge support across BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra, and upon supplying the parts of the tune for a remix competition, LV were overwhelmed with over 120+ remixes. Of the album as a whole, the title-track "Island" is perhaps the most unexpected, and took some strength to find. Josh had been working on different versions of a story, until he had a moment of clarity. "I literally just thought, 'you know what? I am just going to write what I feel is the funniest, darkest story that I would be happy to read,' so that I felt comfortable with myself and not give a fuck about what anybody else thought."
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COLLINS, DAVE AND ANSELL: Double Up!!: 14 Killer Cuts from Jamaica's Finest Duo CD (KSCD 053CD)
The Jamaican reggae duo Dave and Ansell Collins hit big-time in 1970 when they topped the UK charts with one of the all-time classic reggae singles "Double Barrel." It also became one of the first reggae hits in the USA. The distinctive chant of singer Dave Barker calling out the intro to songs, letting the listener know what was about to hit them is timeless. He also carries a great soul voice that has added magic to many a great reggae tune. Dave and Ansell are two talented artists that on their own have added so much to the reggae sounds we know and love. But together they have made a name that will go down in history as one of the great duos that came out of Jamaica and onto the world's stage. Kingston Sounds have compiled a set of songs that show the wide-ranging talents of Dave Barker and Ansell Collins.
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TAMALPAIS EXCHANGE: Tamalpais Exchange CD (KIS 4055CD)
Formed in 1968, this talented three-boy, three-girl sextet named itself after a mountain north of San Francisco and an off-Broadway stage show they'd put together. Their sole album spans hard-edged pop-rock, folk-rock, and delicate hippie ballads, setting their superb vocal harmonies to highly imaginative arrangements. It makes its CD debut here, together with background notes. Digitally remastered for superior sound quality.
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AFRICA: Music from ''Lil Brown'' CD (KIS 4056CD)
Produced by the great Lou Adler (Mamas & the Papas, Spirit, Carole King) and featuring veteran vocalists Chester Pipkin (also their superb guitarist), Gary Pipkin, Brice Coefield, Ed Wallace and Freddie Wills, this soulful, funky, psych-tinged stew spans originals and covers of contemporary standards, including a mind-blowing, conga-driven "Paint It Black," and makes its long overdue CD debut here. Includes detailed liner notes. Digitally remastered for superior sound quality.
$11.99 EAN: 5290116405621 ROCK
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WAITS, TOM: Nighthawks on the Radio: KNEW-FM Broadcast, 8 December 1976 CD (KL 5005CD)
California's own celebrated blues troubadour rolled into Mediasound Studios on a cold December night for a radio interview with host Vin Scelsa, accompanied only by Elektra records' rep Ralph Ebler. What transpired was an intimate session boasting material from Tom Waits' already burgeoning repertoire. Waits' noteworthy recordings made at Mediasound on December 14th, 1976 were aired on the 18th by KNEW-FM on Scelsa's show, "Idiot's Delight." Waits' trademark "growl" was very much in evidence in the charged and more cynical atmosphere of his album Small Change, released just prior to this session. Klondike marks this landmark point in Waits' career with the KHEW-FM broadcast presented here in its entirety. Includes background liner notes. Digitally remastered for enhanced sound quality.
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MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA: Whiskey A-Go-Go, 27 March 1972 CD (KL 5006CD)
Aside from a mammoth repertoire of work alongside British rock luminaries such as Duffy Power, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Graham Bond and Pete Brown, John McLaughlin's own career marked a pinnacle in progressive, jazz-rock fusion. The Mahavishnu Orchestra's seminal appearance at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go on March 27th 1972 has become a highpoint of their achievements. In an attempt to honor this landmark performance, various bootlegs of varying quality have appeared over the years. Klondike's retrospective issue of this legendary concert salutes the stature of the Mahavishnu Orchestra's work with the original, complete and fully-remastered FM broadcast. Includes background liner notes.
$11.99 EAN: 5291012500618 ROCK
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BORATTO, GUI: Abaporu CD (KOMP 115CD)
Returning to the full-length format after a couple of years well-spent in the 12" singles circuit, Brazilian groove architect Gui Boratto follows up his 2011 offering III (KOMP 090CD/KOM 242LP) with new masterpiece Abaporu -- an exotic and colorful journey into sound, spread over 13 richly-orchestrated club tracks that display the same penchant for ridiculously catchy melodies and infectious rhythms that already informed his revered 2007 album debut Chromophobia (KOMP 056CD/(KOM 152LP). In what may be his best work to date, Gui Boratto strings together various contemporary strands of pop-infused techno and house and translates them into his very own stream of groove consciousness -- also an act of cultural appropriation, as both Abaporu's cover artwork and title suggest: putting an inspired twist on Brazil's most famous modernist painting "Abaporu" from early 20th-century artist Tarsilo Do Amaral, they draw from the rich history of Brazilian modern art, where European and indigenous influences would collide in the most exciting manner. Elegantly swinging album opener "Antropofagia" elaborates on this by directly referencing the "Manifesto Antropogafo" (translated as "Cannibal Manifesto") from Oswald de Andrade in its title: Tarsila's husband was also a main proponent of the so-called Anthropophagic Movement that intended to literally devour European culture and turn it into something genuinely Brazilian. In a dazzling display of sonic depth and subtextual ingenuity, Gui Boratto arranges his lush synth-scapes accordingly, painting in broad, neoprimitivist strokes and bright colors that -- at a closer look -- reveal an immense wealth of retro-modernist touches and textural detail. Besides showing off its beautifully crafted melodic flourishes, the album's extended sound palette also flexes its dance muscles on a regular basis -- as eponymous minimal bouncer Abaporu or prime-time piano banger "Joker" prove with ease: a well-versed dance producer and engineer like Gui knows perfectly well how to lay out a narrative arc for utmost floor impact. Meanwhile, cuts like "Please Don't Take Me Home," "Get the Party Started" and "22" illustrate Gui's growing preoccupation with expertly tailored vocals or finely tuned guitar interludes -- updates to his sonic vocabulary that already lead to the fantastic summer singles "Take Control" and "Too Late." The extent of Gui's musical bravura becomes abundantly clear with "Indigo"'s masterfully directed ascension from a deceptively simple, laid-back glockenspiel melody to full-blown string drama in just a handful of bars -- an engrossing listening experience that primes the canvas for introspective, wistful groover "Manifesto," taking the album's emotional trajectory full circle. One of the Brazilian mastermind's most satisfying full-length efforts to date, "Abaporu" finds Gui at the top of his game, rewiring the electronic circuits that connect European and U.S. dance music to his own -- and our -- liking.
$10.99 UPC: 880319091124 ELECTRONIC
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GOLDMANN, STEFAN: Industry CD (MACROM 040CD)
Industry sheds all personalized effort and tests how far you can get by using presets only. All sounds are factory presets of three obsolete 1990s Japanese workstation synths, all effects are presets, all notes are quantized and most panning is purely accidental (laid out in the preset sounds). Industry doesn't rely on successful presets, but on failed sounds of now-obsolete synthesizers -- industrial assumptions of where culture will go, but where it chose not to. The result is a surprisingly pleasant listening experience with effortless grooves and rich textures -- and mildly demonic connotations. From smooth to kicking -- a conveyor belt enjoying mood swings. As beautiful as the scheduled meeting of a PVC sheet and a thermoform mold on a workbench. 0% sound design. What? -> Presets are pre-programmed settings of a device such as a synthesizer or an effects unit: factory stock sounds, equivalent to stock photography or preset styles and filters in apps like Instagram. Audio presets provide a library of "typical" and supposedly desirable sounds -- thus enabling a consumer to bypass individual programming and get quick and easily repeatable results. Every modern instrument or software comes with presets -- and people use them heavily.
$11.99 UPC: 827170144828 ELECTRONIC
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DEWALTA: Illumination (Part One) 12" (MEANDER 015-1EP)
Part one of two. Top quality double vinyl Dewalta album on Meander. Unique, deep-sounding long techno journeys from another planet. This album is available in two separate parts. Part One comes in limited luxurious handmade screen-printed sleeves. Part Two comes with an inner sleeve and can be combined with Part One to build the full LP. Illumination is a record inspired by several physical phenomena and relationships: quantum mechanics, space, darkness and light. It works with subtle, clear kaleidoscopic musical textures and silhouettes triggered from an unknown place far out in the universe. Mastered and cut by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering, Berlin.
$9.79 UPC: 827170561960 ELECTRONIC
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DEWALTA: Illumination (Part Two) 12" (MEANDER 015-2EP)
Part two of two. Top quality double vinyl Dewalta album on Meander. Unique, deep-sounding long techno journeys from another planet. This album is available in two separate parts. Part Two comes with an inner sleeve and can be combined with Part One to build the full LP. Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell experienced the Zen-like experience of seeing earth from space to a state of mind also known as the overview effect, or Savikalpa Samadhi. Darkness is absence of light. Life and energy is light. Light is invisible until it surfaces. In the zero point sleeps all potential energy. Mastered and cut by Mike Grinser at Manmade Mastering, Berlin.
$9.79 UPC: 827170562066 ELECTRONIC
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LES HAS BEENS: Kraftwerquent 12" (MG 102EP)
While today's youth is busy chatting and texting each other, their parents, yesteryear's rock rebels, can now torment the young brats with the same dumb, loud racket they treasured back in the day when they were mindless idiots. Rock & roll is here to stay, and in this context, Les Has Beens are a welcome addition to the shrinking number of serious pretenders to its throne. This selection of songs by German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk was recorded in a single day and should fit nicely somewhere between Detroit & Düsseldorf into any connoisseur's collection.
$9.79 EAN: 7640157610740 ELECTRONIC
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GLUCK: Just the Tip EP 12" (MINI 034EP)
"Time will tell" they say, and so it didn't? "Lebush" had been lost in the Minibar archive since 2005, making a few strongly unnoticed reappearances year in, year out, before finally ending up on Gluck's Just the Tip EP today. The package comes with a self-explanatory "Lebush" "Kick Mix" version by Cabanne, as well as two debilitating slices of interstellar ear pain called "Inlove" and "Werehouse," both recorded while performing freestyle dentistry on a dead yet actively reluctant coat hanger. While doctors, surgeons and butchers the world over can only frown, you can get your own copy before they're banned in your country.
$9.79 UPC: 827170551565 ELECTRONIC
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SIBOLD & TELLY, KONSTANTIN: I'm In Need 12" (MOJUBA 021EP)
Crafty 1990s deep house-rooted cut in two versions. Dub by Oracy.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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MK: Strider 12" (MU 003EP)
MK aka Marc Kinchen has been the master of the finest dubs and remixes in the house business for more than two decades. His 1991 track "Strider" remained an obscure Detroit techno classic only for those who know and were lucky enough to get hold of the rare test-pressing of MK's first release Get It Right! on his own imprint, Masahiro Records. However, "Strider" didn't make it to the official release and was replaced by another track. Here is the track remastered, with an additional extended version edited by Oracy.
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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ANSTAM: Names CD (MONKEY 050CD)
The simple fact that there is a new Anstam album will wet the tastebuds of many music-lovers all over the world. Not having released any albums since 2012, Anstam only came to the public eye as the support act for Atoms For Peace and Moderat. Standing on the shore of the big mainstream and all the little mainstreams, Anstam has worked on a more artistic approach -- to sculpture a complex and well-crafted cosmos, full of unique musical logics, physics and atmospheres. Names is the third Anstam album from German artist Lars Stöwe, after the critically-acclaimed Dispel Dances (50 004CD/LP, 2011) and Stones and Woods (50 010CD/LP, 2012) -- and once again, Anstam pushes things forward in his typically idiosyncratic style and operates the full arsenal of relevant modern music into a 10-course meal of delicious brain food.
$10.99 UPC: 817231011992 ELECTRONIC
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SLY MONGOOSE: Snakes and Ladder 12" (MUSIQ 005EP)
You remember this amazing release from Sly Mongoose? It's finally repressed as a nostalgic memory of 10 years of Mule Musiq. Features remixes from Galarude and Rub N Tug.
$10.39 UPC: 880319680816 ELECTRONIC
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A DIFFERENT JIMI: In Walked You 12" (MUSIQ 178EP)
A Different Jimi is a project of the guy who is well-known as Egoexpress. This new endeavor is a blend of classic beats, house, disco in the vein of Hamilton Bohannon and the unmistakable passion for the jazz sound of the hard bop era that resonates in the depth of the production. The title-track is melancholic jazzy house and the B-side is in a more Balearic mood.
$10.39 UPC: 880319679414 ELECTRONIC
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WALKER, STEWART: Ivory Tower Broadcast CD (MUNDO 002CD)
American (but Berlin-based) Stewart Walker returns with his new album release Ivory Tower Broadcast. A quarter century of the same drum machines and bass lines turned future music into golden oldies. Visionaries don't make techno based on particular instruments but a set of techniques which can dilate time, implode sound, and confound expectation. Stewart Walker returns after a six-year retreat to bring his own future sound with Ivory Tower Broadcast. The Ivory Tower refers to a cloistered and elitist mental space removed from practical considerations and criticism. It's a perfect metaphor for a music studio: escape the noise outside and start from nothing but memory. Forget the rules, they're from a long time ago. Based heavily on live instruments and the scrape and noise of performance, Ivory Tower Broadcast tightly controls and contorts the human element and splays it across the time-corrected perfection of sequenced rhythm. Disparate recreations of post-punk bass lines and shoegaze guitars are sliced through with "drunken master" scratching inspired by the late great DJ Screw. German zithers and Japanese kotos are plucked and strummed to recall the warm chorus of Appalachian mountain music. The techno is there in the tension and hypnosis of the beat, stripped dry and metronomic to support the luxurious sound. On Ivory Tower Broadcast Stewart corrals sounds from different memories and geography and binds them into an emotional experience with rarely-seen vision and skill.
$10.99 EAN: 7640153362407 ELECTRONIC
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WALKER, STEWART: Ivory Tower Broadcast 2LP+CD (MUNDO 002LP)
Double LP version. Includes CD of entire album.
$16.39 EAN: 7640157610290 ELECTRONIC
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BERK OFFSET: Die Riemannsche Vermutung 12" (MKR 041EP)
Rainer Maria Silke aka Berk Offset is in many respects a kind of brain surgeon and at the same time literature researcher. For his second Musikkrause release he has installed a few cables in the Thuringian Forest to come up with those rare, feverish, glandular whistlers. This active compulsion (of course, with the proper official forestry license) has resulted in a collection of four electrical hunting trophies and therewith proven the Riemann hypothesis: the forest is sound.
$9.79 UPC: 880319653414 ELECTRONIC
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DEBUSSY, CLAUDE: Préludes 2CD (NEOS 21303-4CD)
Gilead Mishory presents a fabulous interpretation of this famous work from Claude Debussy. Does a pianist play differently when he is also a composer? Gilead Mishory says yes: since he has been composing, the way he views piano-playing has changed. Composing, above all, is an art of translating what the composer hears internally, translating it into notes so that the result corresponds to what he has imagined. Interpretation - meaning "translation" in the broadest sense -- is the reverse procedure for Mishory: finding the sonic conception in the other person's writing. Each individual Prélude signifies an entire world to Mishory. He regards each one as if it were in a kaleidoscope, scattering its sonic, rhythmic and emotional layers until he even sees "La cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)" standing upside-down before him. He loves Debussy's sharp contrariness and his almost grotesque depiction of the male protagonists, and, at the same time, his warm, soft, discrete musical language in the landscape depictions and the fairy-like women's portraits. Mishory gives the imaginary protagonists in Debussy's cycle a voice: he allows them to speak, to tell their stories. In this way, they themselves become Gilead Mishory's "pianist's voice."
$17.79 EAN: 4260063213038 CLASSICAL
Disc 1
CD1: Premier livre
01. MISHORY, GILEAD - I ...Danseuses de Delphes
02. MISHORY, GILEAD - II ...Voiles
03. MISHORY, GILEAD - III ...Le vent dans la plaine
04. MISHORY, GILEAD - IV ...Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
05. MISHORY, GILEAD - V ...Les collines d'Anacapri
06. MISHORY, GILEAD - VI ...Des pas sur la neige
07. MISHORY, GILEAD - VII ...Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest
08. MISHORY, GILEAD - VIII ...La fille aux cheveux de lin
09. MISHORY, GILEAD - IX ...La sérénade interrompue
10. MISHORY, GILEAD - X ...La cathédrale engloutie
11. MISHORY, GILEAD - XI ...La danse de Puck
12. MISHORY, GILEAD - XII ...Minstrels
Disc 2
CD2: Deuxième livre
01. MISHORY, GILEAD - I ...Brouillards
02. MISHORY, GILEAD - II ...Feuilles mortes
03. MISHORY, GILEAD - III ...La puerta del vino
04. MISHORY, GILEAD - IV ...Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses
05. MISHORY, GILEAD - V ...Bruyères
06. MISHORY, GILEAD - VI ...General Lavine (eccentric)
07. MISHORY, GILEAD - VII ...La terasse des audiences du clair de lune
08. MISHORY, GILEAD - VIII ...Ondine
09. MISHORY, GILEAD - IX ...Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.
10. MISHORY, GILEAD - X ...Canope
11. MISHORY, GILEAD - XI ...Les tierces alternées
12. MISHORY, GILEAD - XII ...Feux d'artifice
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BUNNY GENERAL: Mek Them Rock (Jstar Remix) 7" (NUPFAD 003EP)
Continuing their visits to the vaults of the legendary Fashion Records, NICE UP come correct with another remix of a classic track from the catalog. Much-loved mash-up king and remixer internationale Jstar steps up to give his take on the classic "Mek Them Rock" by Bunny General. Firing up a heavy digital dancehall rhythm, the vocals are twisted and wrangled through the fx unit to deliver a truly modern take on this soundboy anthem, which is sure to NICE UP any dance. Comes with an instrumental version on the flip.
$7.79 EAN: 5055300382634 ELECTRONIC
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SKYGGESPILL: Morphing Between Spaces and Phases LP+CD (OSP 005LP)
180 gram vinyl pressing, includes full album on CD. Behind the name Skyggespill (trans. "shadow play") we find the musician, producer and composer Kjetil Husebø. In Skyggespill he mixes concrete and abstract sounds into a musical universe that is both maximalist, minimalist, fluid, chaotic and dark. The music, in which the use of drone-like sounds is a central feature, might be categorized both as ambient, electronic, as well as contemporary. Skyggespill is different than his other projects, both solo and collaborative, as it focuses solely on an electronic soundscape. Where he previously combined piano and live sampling/electronics, he now makes use of field recordings and explores opportunities within sound design. Kjetil Husebø has previously released two solo albums named Sources (2013) and Contradictions (2012). Furthermore, he has released two albums as part of the project Optical Substance (Adaptation (2010) and Sub Luna (2005). Morphing Between Spaces and Phases is Husebø's first album that only features electronic music. Stylistic references and sources of inspiration in this project include: Biosphere, Deathprod, Christian Fennesz, Chris Watson, Richard Devine and Gyorgy Ligeti. The album was produced and mixed by Kjetil Husebø. Helge Sten (Audio Virus Lab) mastered the album.
$15.79 EAN: 7041880560522 ELECTRONIC
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FURSTENBERG, MARKO: Ghosts from the Past CD (ORN 032CD)
Marko Fürstenberg, currently living in Leipzig, has been experimenting with sound since 1999. Rooted in classical dub-techno, he not only knows how to interpret it, he's extending it further with his own personal aesthetic. In 2001, his first releases on a number of net-labels gained him a broad listenership. Then in 2003, his first album Gesamtlaufzeit (RC 003LP) was born. (Then years later, a son was born as well, but we'll get back to that.) Since 2005, Marko has been constantly releasing vinyl on labels such as Ornaments, A.r.t.less, Echocord Colour and Rotary Cocktail. And he's also done remixes for labels such as Resopal, Telrae, Freund der Familie, and many more, which all demonstrates the quality and sheer competence of his work. With his new album Ghosts from the Past, Mr. Fürstenberg doesn't say goodbye to an old chapter, but he's rather building a bridge to a new one. Familiar elements are the mortar to a complete musical piece, with an extended foundation, new accents, and a fresh face. GFTP is a musical retrospective of a new way of life -- with a child -- that was born in November 2010. The conception and creation of this album began to take form in parallel to that of his unborn son, as an almost aural twin. Marko's wife helped with the album artwork while also carrying a little Marko inside her. Meanwhile, over the three and a half years in production, Marko was also actively involving his now-toddler child in the sound research for his new album. "Stolbenkraft" includes made-up vocalizations from his son, mixed with a sneeze to a euphony. In "Woahhh," he's exploring the playful dispute of his offspring with several toys, e.g. a Thai wooden frog, amongst others. His tendency in his style of weaving pleasant sound experimentations is shown on the track "Piano," which reconstitutes moments of a piano concert, while putting them into new structures. Quite some time has passed in between each production, and the diverse accents of time in which this came together can be heard. Everything on this album melds together organically. On "GFTP," the Zeitgeist is touched, an Arabic singer can find her spotlight in a colorful soundscape, which alternately holds and catches us, and then ultimately lets us go again.
$11.99 UPC: 827170144521 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Work CD (OP 017CD)
Nearing its first birthday, Other People is celebrating the only way it knows how: Work. The label has put out new material every Sunday since it launched with 2013's Trust compilation, and the culminating Work comp doesn't break that streak -- consisting almost entirely of new material from Other People's artist roster, and a few remixes from some special guests. Work is not, however, an uncooked mash of music. Its sequencing is deliberate and its selection purposefully not encompassing. In fact, Work is more an album than anything else. Kicking off the affair is Soul Keita, whose roots run back to the days of Nicolas Jaar's first label, Clown & Sunset. Dave Harrington follows with a cover of the Nick Drake song "Things Behind the Sun" with the singer Tamara. His amorphous chords flow right into the tight groove of VISUALS' "A Pixel," produced by Nico and featuring some guitar by Dave. Darkside also pay their dues with two unreleased tracks from their Psychic sessions -- "What They Say" and "Gone Too Soon." Putting a nail in the coffin, German pyro-techno duo Ancient Astronaut do battle with a troupe of remixers. The first comes in snarling at the hands of Powell. The second builds gently with the subtle touch of Jenilek. And last comes a deadly dub mix by Francis Harris and Gabriel Hedrick. Work paid off.
$11.99 UPC: 827170145023 ELECTRONIC
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GAMBLE, LEE: Koch CD (PAN 059CD)
Following up from the success of his emphatic PAN releases Dutch Tvashar Plumes (PAN 036LP) and Diversions 1994-1996 (PAN 033LP) in 2012, PAN is excited to announce Koch (pronounced "cotch"), the new album from London's Lee Gamble. Sharing some stylistic affinity with his previous records, which excavated his deeply personal history with UK jungle and rave, and techno, this new work dives even deeper to reveal a singular and intimate musical vantage point, shifting to approaching music as projection, state, hallucination, another place. In Koch, we experience an artist constructing a future, after time spent deconstructing the past. In the music we witness such dimensional abstraction, zooming between epic macro-scenery and claustrophobically close detail, disorientation and absolute focus. Rhythms fuse together and phase apart, club tracks tunnel into an anxious wilderness, with themes and textures emerging as threads throughout the record, wormholing between each track. There is a sense of the seen and the unseen, an honest tension between music as function (for this world) and as artistic exploration (for another world) as cracks in the surface appear to reveal the odd and alien minutiae within. Koch represents an intimate and revelatory new phase in Lee Gamble's practice. Producing tracks that can live and grow on their own in a club or personal listening environment, the artist's exploratory framework creates threads of consistency and tension between disparate spaces, locations, and mental states.
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GAMBLE, LEE: Koch 2LP (PAN 059LP)
2LP version.
$19.79 EAN: 5060165481453 ELECTRONIC
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NEOTANTRIK: Blue Amiga LP (VHSX 010LP)
Andy Votel and Demdike Stare's Sean Canty's concept group, NeoTantrik, return with the fruits of recent performances alongside Buchla maestro Suzanne Ciani, Swiss jazz legend Bruno Spoerri, and folk artist Jane Weaver. Recorded during sporadic visits to theaters and art spaces across the world, Blue Amiga follows one year on from their Intervisions (VHSX 009LP), further flinging the coordinates of their improvised alloys to encompass, extract and reduce a broad spectra of influences and disciplines taken from theatrical sound design, Italian library and computer music with general abstract and unrehearsed mechanical/human/electronic interfaces. Put simply; it's a trip. Augmented by the presence of synth music and electro-jazz pioneers Ciani and Spoerri -- both subjects of excellent reissues by Votel's Finders Keepers label -- plus the return of Jane Weaver and home-made music by the Sound Awareness blog's Martin Young, the team sweep us through engrossing soundscapes fanning out from sub-aquatic drone to radiant electro-acoustica, gloomy cues and strung-out, opiated ambience of a deeply romantic, adult nature. Garbed in Asia Argento's gorgeous cover design -- featuring an image depicting the private family swimming pool photography of giallo actress Daria Nicolodi -- Blue Amiga wears its cinematic influences quite literally on its sleeve, while musically rebuking the obvious stylistic blinkers of European film music in favor of genuine naked exploration and expansion.
$14.39 EAN: 5060165482092 ELECTRONIC
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BYZANTIUM: Byzantium CD (PT 8022CD)
Debut 1972 album, originally released on A&M, by UK psych/progressive/folk-rock/pop band Byzantium. Stylistically they approach everything from The Beatles to CSN&Y and Steely Dan to Pink Floyd, equal parts UK, U.S. West Coast pop, folk and rock, with some jazzy interplay, creating a relaxed, hippie-ish vibe. Most band members went on to far bigger things, notably Chas Jankel, soon to back Ian Dury as a pivotal member of The Blockheads.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314802216 ROCK
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HOKUS POKE: Earth Harmony CD (PT 8028CD)
Hokus Poke's brief appearance in the early '70s grapples with the tired progressive trappings, injecting innovative playing and an overall energy. The band emerged from the late '60s with most members having already trodden the path of London's psychedelic scene and were taken under the auspicious wing of another celebrated 1960s figure in Kenny Lynch (Small Faces, etc). Earth Harmony was recorded when rock was still defining itself as the major musical force we are now readily familiar with. It speaks of pragmatic values amidst the clumsy, chaotic aftermath of psychedelia, infusing a taste of The Open Mind, Northwind and Wishbone Ash. Signed to Philips' progressive Vertigo label, the band emerged amidst a thriving music scene and saw their work slugging it out with the likes of Jade Warrior, Warhorse, Legend and Paul Jones. Recorded at George Martin's Air Studios in September 1971 and scheduled for an early release in 1972, Hokus Poke had ultimately produced an album worthy of their efforts and one which has since become highly-regarded amongst collectors and critics alike, while also remaining one of Vertigo's more overlooked releases.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314802810 ROCK
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HEADS HANDS & FEET: Heads Hands & Feet CD (PT 8029CD)
It took British band Heads, Hands & Feet just one gig to land what was at the time the biggest record advance ever offered by the U.S. record industry to a UK band -- a massive half-million dollars up front! But this was not just one potentially hip new band, but a collection of seasoned pros who knew their way around a studio. Consisting of guitar virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Albert Lee, bass-man Chas Hodges, drummer Pete Gavin, guitarist Ray Smith, vocalist Tony Colton and keyboard player Mike O'Neill, their debut album, released as a single LP in the UK but a double in the U.S., is presented here in its entirety, and what a good album it is, too. Although the band lasted for two more albums, the group proved to be more a staging post for its members who all went on to various degrees of success, except for Pete Gavin who took a job in the construction industry in Salem, Ohio. But as Tony Colton opined "Looking back, we were one hell of a band and on a good night we could blow anybody off stage."
$11.99 EAN: 4753314802919 ROCK
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VA: Worth the Weight Vol. 2: From the Edge CD (DRUNK 006CD)
Punch Drunk Records presents the second chapter in its Worth the Weight CD compilation series, selected once again by Peverelist and presented in a digipak CD format. Since launching in 2006 with a vision of documenting Bristol's burgeoning and idiosyncratic reaction to dubstep, Punch Drunk has become a byword for quality and daring. The label has become a tastemaker in its own right, defining an era within the city's rich musical heritage. The last eight years has seen Punch Drunk release bonafide classics from artists developed, encouraged and debuted by the label; some of whom have gone on to become internationally-recognized artists. The cornerstones of Dubloaded, a club event that Pinch ran in conjunction with Peverelist, and Rooted Records, the record store managed by Peverelist, provided an era of fertile ground for local artists such as Headhunter, Appleblim, RSD and Joker. The first edition of Worth the Weight, featuring these artists and more, was released in 2010 and selected tracks from the first four years of the Bristol dubstep explosion. After the wider dubstep scene went overground, moving away from its original roots and context, the Bristol scene recalibrated and reflected on those dynamic first few years. Peverelist was keen to keep the Punch Drunk momentum heading in a direction of mutation and innovation true to its original manifesto, unique to and reflective of Bristol. Worth the Weight Volume 2 represents that second era, when a new school of Bristol artists were beginning to emerge. Many of them found their first releases at Punch Drunk and are featured on this compilation. Kahn's first two 12"s for the label were a dichotomy of colorful, swung rhythms and heads-down, deep and dark sound system music. Ekoplekz released two LPs for the label, drawing influence from Cabaret Voltaire via King Tubby, defining his own plane of dystopian dub. Zhou, a duo from the city's Young Echo collective, released two 12"s mastering their own esoteric perspective on heavyweight UK dub grooves. Andy Mac's UK house variants brought the funk and bounce back to Bristol's clubs, while Tessela's pounding percussion tracks rained down relentlessly on dancefloors. Bass Clef's recent masterful and acclaimed psychedelic voyage through techno on his Reeling Skullways LP is represented alongside rising star Hodge, whose Resolve 12" is surely a highlight of the label's catalog. Also includes a remix by Kowton. This new compilation provides a perfect snapshot of a city in constant flux, seen through the eyes of a label with a unique perspective on its surroundings.
$8.99 UPC: 666017279527 ELECTRONIC
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ANTHROPROPHH: Outside the Circle LP (LAUNCH 071LP)
Anthroprophh's second album Outside the Circle is a dizzying psychic voyage that exists in, around, and at all points of the eternal amplified axe-worship continuum. From the sci-fi doom-out of the appropriately-titled "Space Box Zonk Machine" via the unnerving primitive electronica of "Gottmelt," to the early-Monster Magnet-damaged finale "See," no sacred stone is left unturned, here. Yet at all times, 'Prof''s guitar rages through the ether, all banshee howls and fiery tumult; a kaleidoscopic union between Helios Creed and The Velvet Underground of "I Heard Her Call My Name." Outside the Circle resides at a moment whereby 50 years of psychedelic culture and esoteric art messily collide and morph into an intimidating new elixir. Few freaks can remain impervious to this peerless display of frontier-destroying, mind-melting malevolence. Ladies and gentlemen, witness a new monolith. Deluxe gatefold packaging.
$22.99 EAN: 5055869501422 ROCK
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HERBERT, CHRIS: Constants CD (RM 457CD)
UK-based artist Chris Herbert is a man of intermittent communications. Over the past decade he has published a select oeuvre of crushingly lush and elegant records. Fittingly then, Constants, his new edition for Room40 is a transmission from an overtly private realm. Working in a relative vacuum, beyond the reach of contemporary electronic music trends, Herbert has focused his interest in intuitive composition. Drawing on a mixed musical palette and interweaving sounds sourced from field recordings and scavenged from domestic environments, Constants both refines and expands Herbert's idiosyncratic approach. Augmented by short-wave, degraded cassettes, processed guitar and cymbals, Constants blends the momentary blooming of rich structures with greyscale microclimates. A signature laminar fog pervades, partially glimpsed events and occasional implications of rhythm drift in and out of view. Recorded in restless bursts between 2007 and 2013, Constants was collated in early 2014. It adds a new dimension to his methods of process, and suggests an interiority rich with incidental depth and introspection. "After certain life events," Chris explains, "the windows, already scant, within which to make music were diminished to tiny slivers. Rather than feeling frustrated by this I realized the most radical thing I could do was to accept the limitation and exploit it as an asset. There simply wasn't time to investigate new approaches or technology. The best way forward was to use techniques I felt fluent in and be prepared to capture anything of value, regardless how small or seemingly inconsequential." Constants is a record of exploding depths. As you listen, as you are submerged, the record opens out again and again creating the effect of a fathomless realm.
$11.79 UPC: 844185049047 ELECTRONIC
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SHEA, DAVID: Rituals CD (RM 461CD)
USA-born, now Australian-based composer David Shea is perhaps best recognized for his connections to John Zorn and the NYC downtown scene. In 2014, he returns with a new edition of outer-wave electro-acoustic deconstructions. Semiotic acoustic renderings, like dreams you lose before waking. From David Shea: "These pieces have been recorded over the last five years; combining ensembles of acoustic and electronic instruments, samples, and field recordings made in Australia and composed during my time living in Melbourne. In this period I have immersed myself in traditional ritual music centered on Buddhist and Taoist traditions as well as the work of Luc Ferrari and Giacinto Scelsi. The Rituals here are influenced by ceremonial rituals as well as internal and personal ones and pieces, which have combined the oldest and newest technologies. The character of the ritual puts the experience of listening at the center of the works, immersion in the experience of the sound as the focus. As the field of Cymatics has shown us in recent times, sound vibrations have effects on physical matter in specific ways, related to the frequencies, harmonics, time, relationship with space and the listener, something traditional healers, and those working with sound and music, have been aware of for a very long time. The ears are only one part of this extended network of hearing and the body and its senses are in constant communication with internal and external realities and beliefs. Scelsci explored this deeply in his music exposing how much life exists in a single sound and how many layers are involved in any relationship with that sound. Ferrari's work has always shown me that the connection between a composer of music, a recorder of sound and the use of the studio or electronics as physical instruments, is a process of exploring both musical structure and the full immersion in the experience of vibration (sound, light, movement) constantly around us. The Ritual forms that I explore here are a relationship between these influences, both real and imagined, with a combination of traditional instruments, samplers and electronic instruments. This weaving of these materials into patterns of layered histories, traditions, styles, techniques and the inseparable internal experience of composing them led to the hybrid of forms which each piece explores." Features contributions from Oren Ambarchi, Joe Talia, Scanner, Lawrence English, and Girish Makwana.
$11.79 UPC: 844185049078 ELECTRONIC
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HAWKINS, SCREAMIN' JAY: The Singles 1954-1957 LP (RUM 2011006LP)
A comprehensive collection of the early, pre-debut LP singles from one of the most controversial front-men of early rock and roll. With his classically-trained bass-baritone singing voice, Screamin' Jay Hawkins conjured up ghoulish images both on stage and on his records. Hawkins, evoking voodoo images and using bone-rattling sound effects, simultaneously entertained and bewildered rock'n'roll fans. Featuring his all-time classic "I Put a Spell on You," along with 15 hard-to-find classics from his Okeh Records days.
$15.79 UPC: 889397100216 ROCK
A1. Not Anymore
A2. Baptize Me in Wine
A3. I Found My Way to Wine
A4. Please Try to Understand
A5. This Is All
A6. (She Put The) Whammy (On Me)
A7. You're All of My Life to Me
A8. Well I Tried
B1. Even Though
B2. Talk About Me
B3. I Put a Spell on You
B4. Little Demon
B5. You Made Me Love You (I Did Not Want to Do It)
B6. Darling, Please, Forgive Me
B7. Frenzy
B8. Person to Person
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PRESLEY, ELVIS: Elvis' Christmas Album LP (RUM 2011040LP)
The initial reaction to the release of this album was unbelievably one of controversy. Irving Berlin was actually horrified that his "White Christmas" was being sullied by the "vulgar kid with the gyrating pelvis," and many others agreed. The year was 1957 and Elvis Presley was still young (just 22) and dangerous, Jailhouse Rock had just hit the box office and his "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" single was still at the top of the charts. But despite his status as the ultimate rebel, Elvis actually managed to deliver pretty convincing versions of these Christmas classics, so much so that although Irving Berlin may still be rolling over in his grave, the album itself has taken its place as one of the best-known and loved Christmas albums of all time. Features nine bonus tracks, all recorded in 1957. 140 gram LP special edition pressed on clear red vinyl.
$16.99 UPC: 889397101114 ROCK
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DALE, DICK: Surfers' Choice LP (RUM 2011055LP)
Richard Anthony Monsour, born May 4, 1937 -- better known to the world as "The King of the Surf Guitar," Dick Dale -- released this, his debut album, in 1962. Featuring his backing group, The Del-Tones, Surfer's Choice is an absolute stone-cold classic and the first-ever LP document of the brand-new phenomenon of surf-rock, a genre that Dale, an avid surfer himself, singlehandedly created. An essential piece of surf-rock history, reissued on LP by the fine folks at Rumble.
$15.79 UPC: 889397102678 ROCK
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BONDS, U.S.: Dance 'til Quarter to Three LP (RUM 2011056LP)
Virginia's own Gary "U.S." Bonds released Dance 'til Quarter to Three, his debut album, in 1961 hot on the heels of the chart-topping hit of the same name. That classic piece of rock and R&B history is featured here along with 11 other stellar numbers, including his first hit single, the wonderful "New Orleans." Bonds went on to work with the legendary Swamp Dogg, as well as the Boss and his E Street Band, but he never quite reached the sheer urgency and pure dancing joy of this, his very first record, reissued lovingly on LP by Rumble.
$15.79 UPC: 889397102654 ROCK
A1. Quarter to Three
A2. A Trip to the Moon
A3. Cecilia
A4. That's All Right
A5. I Know Why Dreamers Cry
A6. Minnie the Moocher
B1. New Orleans
B2. One Million Tears
B3. Not Me
B4. Please Forgive Me
B5. School Is Out
B6. Don't Go to Strangers
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TURNER, IKE & TINA: Dynamite! LP (RUM 2011060LP)
The second Ike & Tina Turner LP was comprised of 1961-1962 recordings made in the midst of their rigorous touring schedule along the fabled "chitlin' circuit" and in between club residencies in their home base of St. Louis. Dynamite! features the Grammy-nominated, million-selling single and all-time classic R&B track, "It's Gonna Work Out Fine," but the hits don't stop there; "Poor Fool," "You Should've Treated Me Right," "Tra La La La," and "I Idolize You" were all chart hits. Absolutely guaranteed to fill the dancefloor, Ike & Tina's Dynamite! is probably their greatest LP and now it's back in print on vinyl.
$15.79 UPC: 889397103088 ROCK
A1. You Should'a Treated Me Right
A2. It's Gonna Work Out Fine
A3. A Fool in Love
A4. Poor Fool
A5. I Idolize You
A6. Tra La La La La
B1. Sleepless
B2. I'm Jealous
B3. Won't You Forgive Me
B4. The Way You Love Me
B5. I Dig You
B6. Letter from Tina
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LIVELY ONES, THE: Surf City LP (RUM 2011065LP)
The Lively Ones' third album was originally released in 1963 on the legendary L.A. surf label, Del-Fi. Featuring 12 guitar and sax-heavy sides, including ripping renditions of Dick Dale's "Miserlou" and Santo & Johnny's "Sleep Walk," Surf City is probably best-known to younger generations for the classic surf instrumental, "Surf Rider," which was featured in the closing credits of Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film, Pulp Fiction. Though they may not be a household name, The Lively Ones are in the top tier of 1960s surf-rock groups and Surf City is perhaps their finest moment.
$15.79 UPC: 889397103132 ROCK
A1. Surf City
A2. Telstar Surf
A3. Heads Up
A4. Malibu Run
A5. Miserlou
A6. Surf Rider
B1. Soul Surfer
B2. Sleep Walk
B3. Crazy Surf
B4. Livin'
B5. Tranquilizer
B6. Forty Miles of Bad Surf
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CHARLES, BOBBY: See You Later, Alligator LP (RUM 2011076LP)
Bobby Charles -- born Robert Charles Guidry in Cajun country, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana -- had his life change forever when, at the age of 15, he first heard Fats Domino on the radio. Soon after that, Charles was helping to fortify the "swamp pop" sound he became famous for -- penning this collection's legendary title-track, as well as writing massive hits for Domino, Bill Haley, and Clarence "Frogman" Henry. In addition to writing and recording dozens of '60s Louisiana R&B, and swamp pop classics, Charles would brush elbows with other NOLA legends like Allen Toussaint, and Dr. John, record an album in the early '70s with members of The Band for Albert Grossman's Bearsville label, and perform at The Band's legendary farewell performance, The Last Waltz. That said, nothing he ever did matches the sheer, pure, raw rock & roll power of those late '50s and early '60s sides, which are presented here. This record is a total party, Louisiana-style.
$15.79 UPC: 889397103538 ROCK
A1. Later Alligator (See You Later, Alligator)
A2. On Bended Knee
A3. Why Did You Leave
A4. Don't You Know I Love You (You Know I Love You)
A5. Time Will Tell
A6. Take It Easy, Greasy
A7. Laura Lee
B1. No Use Knocking
B2. Why Can't You
B3. Put Your Arms Around Me Honey
B4. You Can Suit Yourself
B5. (I Ain't Gonna Love You) No More
B6. One Eyed Jack
B7. Yea Yea Baby
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VALENS, RITCHIE: Ritchie Valens LP (RUM 2011078LP)
Ritchie Valens was born Richard Steven Valenzuela on May 13, 1941 in the San Fernando Valley town of Pacoima, California. A self-taught musician, Ritchie joined his first group by the age of 16, was a hit recording artist by 17, and, tragically, dead in a plane crash before his 18th birthday. A pioneer in the world of Chicano rock, Ritchie was an influence on the likes of Carlos Santana and Los Lobos. Released just a month after "The Day the Music Died" -- when Ritchie, Buddy Holly, and The Big Bopper died in a plane crash in Iowa -- this LP includes the legendary singles "Donna," "La Bamba," and "Come On, Let's Go," along with nine other early rock'n'roll classics. One of the most important musicians of the 20th century, and quite likely the most important Mexican-American recording artist of all time, this LP is Ritchie Valens' legacy boiled down to 30 minutes of puro rock'n'roll.
$15.79 UPC: 889397103552 ROCK
A1. That's My Little Suzie
A2. In a Turkish Town
A3. Come On, Let's Go
A4. Donna
A5. Boney-Maronie
A6. Ooh, My Head
B1. La Bamba
B2. Bluebirds Over the Mountain
B3. Hi-Tone
B4. Framed
B5. We Belong Together
B6. Dooby-Dooby-Wah
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SUPERSILENT: 4 CD (RCD 2007CD)
2014 repress of the explosive, mind-battering second album by Norwegian group -- we first listed this 699 weeks ago! "This quartet has quickly developed into being the most exciting group in what many will call the new wave of young Norwegian jazz. Still in their twenties, they have all been involved in numerous groups and projects, ranging from Terje Rypdal Skywards (Ståle Storløkken) to rock group Motorpsycho (Helge Sten). Arve Henriksen and Jarle Vespestad are considered two of the most personal instrumentalists in Norway, the former receiving due attention for his playing on Christian Wallumrød Trios No Birch, released on ECM. Helge Sten (aka Deathprod) is an in demand producer, and recently grabbed a lot of attention for his reworking of Arne Nordheims electronic music. With total improvisation in a 'traditional' band format they stress the importance of realtime interaction, playing together and against each other. Although they can sound very electronic, there´s not a computer or drumloop in sight and they will frequently slip into stretches that are much closer to something like Autechre than what is normally considered as 'jazz'. On 4 they appear more focused and to the point than on their 3 hour debut set and deliver an absolutely stunning album of improvised 'jazz', electronica, power and lyrical beauty." The group consists of: Helge Sten: Audio virus, Ståle Storløkken: synthesizers, Arve Henriksen: trumpet, electronics, Jarle Vespestad: drums. "While their sound has the added depth of modern recording techniques and digitized, one touch electronica, their improvisations have the ramshackle DIY qualities found in early live electronics projects by pioneers such as Gordon Mumma, Robert Ashley and Musica Elettronica Viva." -- The Wire.
$10.79 EAN: 7033662020072 ELECTRONIC
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SUPERSILENT: 6 CD (RCD 2029CD)
2014 repress. "Supersilent have been a solid cornerstone in Rune Grammofon since the very beginning and are seen by many as representing the very essence of the label. From the monumental hardcore blizzard storms of 1-3 to the elegant electrojazz of 4 and the almost quiet soundscapes of 5, this new album is where the sum of all things Supersilent comes together in a shape of almost epic proportions. Like 1-3 and Scorch Trio, it was recorded at Athletic Sound in Halden, Norway. More than ever it appears clear that their music lives in a no man's land between the genres, somewhere between rock, electronica, jazz and modern composition. As with all their recordings and live performances, everything here is improvised. That most of the music on 6 appears to be written or at least arranged is testament to the high, almost telepathic level they work at . Needless to say, there are no overdubs. Often being labelled jazz because of the improvising aspect of the music and the fact that three of the members come from a jazz background, with 6 they are just as likely to attract followers of bands such as Goodspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Rós, King Crimson, (late) Talk Talk or Popol Vuh."
$10.79 EAN: 7033662020294 ELECTRONIC
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HENRIKSEN, ARVE: The Nature of Connections LP (RLP 3161LP)
LP version. Arve Henriksen stumbled across the title of his latest album while reading a book about furniture-making. "The author mentioned the complexity of making a chair and all the people involved in the process," the Norwegian trumpet player says. "The high quality of the different fields and the wide range of professions that, after a long process, turns into a product which can easily be compared to the process of making this album." The Nature of Connections finds Arve working in harness with some of Norway's most distinguished and dynamic musician-craftsmen, drawn from the fields of folk, improvisation and jazz. Each one brought specialist components and skills honed over many years to Arve's workshop, where the results were assembled and polished to a high gleam. The Nature of Connections almost entirely features pieces composed by Arve's collaborators. Recorded in the sparkling acoustics of Oslo's legendary Rainbow Studio by Jan Erik Kongshaug, it's an album with closer ties to Nordic folk and contemporary, minimalist chamber music than any of Arve's previous releases. The trumpeter had planned to make an album with a string quartet for many years but never quite found the right formula. Finally, a specially commissioned tour brought him together with violinists Nils Økland and Gjermund Larsen, cellist Svante Henryson and double bassist Mats Eilertsen, all of whom now appear as the central planks in The Nature of Connections. Another welcome guest is drummer Audun Kleive, veteran of Norwegian jazz ensembles including Masqualero, JoKleBa!, Generator X, Terje Rypdal and Jon Balke. "The brilliant thing about collaboration with others is that your collaborators very often have better ideas than yourself," says Arve, typically modest. "At the same time, some naive and simple ideas from my head are sometimes enough to illustrate that moment and that special feeling of a story. I have gradually started to trust that feeling." His instincts are correct, leading to some of the warmest and most organic sounding music of his career. Highlights include the solemn chamber music of "Seclusive Song," and the stately progress of "Hymn" -- composed by Arve's keyboardist partner in the long-running Norwegian improv ensemble Supersilent, Ståle Storløkken -- which paces itself around Henryson's repetitive, gently churning cello. Born in Norway and currently living in Sweden, Arve Henriksen is Scandinavia's most distinctive trumpeter and improviser. He played in various jazz ensembles in his youth before co-forming Supersilent in 1997, a prolific free music group with Helge Sten (Deathprod) and Ståle Storløkken, which is still ongoing. His trumpet, augmented with effects and electronics, has appeared with David Sylvian, Terje Rypdal, Nils Petter Molvær, Jon Balke, Terje Isungset and Iain Ballamy's Food. With Supersilent he recently collaborated with former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. In September 2014 he'll be participating in an architectural installation/performance as part of Oslo's Ultima Festival of contemporary music. Since 2001 he has created a series of exquisite solo recordings (on Rune Grammofon and ECM), which combine electronic textures, horns, woodwinds, ethnic instruments, percussion, keyboards, and his mournful, yearning singing voice. Henriksen's music reflects both the stunning beauty of virgin wilderness and the shifting, cosmopolitan environments experienced by the 21st century traveler. The Nature of Connections is the latest link forged in an ever-growing chain. Arve Henriksen (trumpet, piccolo trumpet, piano); Nils Økland (violin, Hardanger fiddle, viola d'amore); Svante Henryson (cello); Gjermund Larsen (violin, Hardanger fiddle); Mats Eilertsen (double bass); Audun Kleive (drums).
$15.79 EAN: 7033660031612 ROCK
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RADIOKVM: Issrar LP (RPTD 011LP)
Limited edition of 150 copies. Constantly busy absorbing, analyzing and trying to reproduce in his own manner the ambient sounds surrounding him, RadioKVM aka Sary Moussa specializes in glitchy, experimental soundscapes. Collaborating closely with other like-minded Lebanese electronic producers, such as Okydoky and Munma, RadioKVM has released several remixes and original tracks for label compilations and composed soundtracks for short films as well as theater and dance performances.
$18.99 EAN: 5055300383334 ELECTRONIC
01. Navid
02. Breeding Clones
03. Six
04. Alpha Apparatus
05. Hysteresis
06. Silvershine
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WADA, TASHI: Duets LP (SLT 001LP)
Tashi Wada's Duets LP is the first release from Saltern, his new imprint distributed through Important Records. Duets features a recording of Wada's series of string duos brilliantly realized by cellists Charles Curtis and Judith Hamann. From Curtis' liner notes: "How far can we enter into a single moment, such that for that brief speck of time, for an instant, unison is registered? This would suggest a different sense of unison, as a state of complete integration hidden behind the disparity and change caused by the passing of time." Edition of 425. Recorded by Tom Erbe and cut at 45 RPM by Rashad Becker. Pressed at RTI and housed in jackets with design by Marco del Rio and printed at Stoughton. Cover image by Marcia Hafif.
$13.79 UPC: 793447500133 EXPERIMENTAL
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AMP LIVE: Headphone Concerto 2LP (SDGPLG 164LP)
Amp Live's Headphone Concerto is the second solo release for the Zion I producer and his first for Plug Research, with a limited vinyl edition available via Snow Dog. Amp Live has worked with Bassnectar, Fashawn, Myka Nyne, Mike G, and Saint Timbre, and has officially remixed Goapele, Underworld, and Linkin Park, and done production for Lyrics Born, Dilated Peoples, and Planet Asia. A concerto, only achieved by those who have mastered their craft, takes the audience on a journey in multiple movements through contrast between instruments. Amp Live has mastered his craft of programming, producing and arranging through his decade of work with his collaborator Zumbi as the acclaimed hip-hop duo Zion I, as well as his remix work and previous solo release on San Francisco's OM Records, and his current affiliation with the EDM-centric Northern Lights Music Festival. Headphone Concerto, Amp's first release via L.A.-based Plug Research (Flying Lotus, Bilal, Exile, Sene), draws on his musical experiences of playing drums in his church band as a child, the skater soundtrack he absorbed growing up in suburban Texas, as well as his passion for experimental electronic music that he encountered in the Bay Area after moving there in the late 1990s. This album weaves a mesh between the L.A. beat scene -- Amp is an inspired MPC handler -- and California-bred lyrical talent, enlisting emcees Mike G (Odd Future), Opio (Souls Of Mischief), Grouch & Eligh (Living Legends), Planet Asia, as well as up-and-coming singers (Povi Tamu, Anya & Prof), and utilizes live instruments to a surprising degree (cello, drums), the result being an understated jazz-rooted groove that ebbs & flows & flourishes, referencing electronica, indie, neo soul & hip-hop, and defying easy classification. Ref: Dilla, Aloe Blacc, Outkast.
$17.79 UPC: 612651016417 ELECTRONIC
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COLEMAN, ORNETTE: The Shape of Jazz to Come LP (OUT 5007LP)
A watershed album in the genesis of avant-garde jazz, Ornette Coleman's 1959 The Shape of Jazz to Come is true to his title. Switching from tenor to alto sax, Ornette literally invents free jazz by approaching classic structures in a revolutionary way, and creating a language where chord structures are absent (he refused to use any piano or guitar on this music) and harmony gives way to improvisational whims. Backed by an all-star line-up consisting of Charlie Haden, Billy Higgins, and Don Cherry, this is the album that freed jazz and reinvented it. 180 gram vinyl.
$18.39 UPC: 889397101916 JAZZ
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CLARIAN: Is There Light at the End 10" (ST 001EP)
For most people, Seth Troxler is a name associated with Detroit-leaning house and techno. Yet this only scratches the surface of Troxler's musical outlook, hence the formation of Soft Touch; an imprint focused on peeling back the layers of the exotic and the strange, where interstellar guitar, calypso disco and seductive techno tracks can come together in unison and feel totally at home. On the labels first 10" release, Clarian collects three tracks; a kaleidoscopic journey through 6 am electronics, Afro-beat indie-pop and '60s West Coast heartbreak. It's a bold opening statement for a label prepared to break the mould.
$10.39 UPC: 880319671814 ELECTRONIC
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SURGEON: Surgeon EP (2014 Remaster) 12" (SRX 001EP)
This is the first release on the six-volume Surgeon reissues label, SRX. Originally recorded 20 years ago, Surgeon's first-ever release marked the beginning of the hugely-influential Birmingham techno sound. "Although some of these releases have been repressed many times over the years, they have always been from the original plates from those early cuts; none have ever been re-mastered and recut in their original from. So I began carefully transferring everything from the original DAT tapes and working closely with Christoph Grote-Beverborg from Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin to present this early material as it was originally intended. For the packaging I commissioned Ken Meier and Yoonjai Choi from Common Name."
$10.99 UPC: 666017280660 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Higher Ground Vol. 1 10" (STAGO 059LP)
Eight wild and gritty gospel tunes with an R&B edge from the late '50s/early '60s. Compiled by Duke Jens-O-Matic of Jim Jam Gems fame. Comes in a vintage-style brown 10" cover (with hole) with a screenprint in gold on the front. Numbered and limited to 500 copies. First in a new series. Artists include: The Voices Of Jordon, Juanita Johnson & The Gospel Tones, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Sister Wynona Carr, The Happyland Singers, The Chosen Gospel Singers, The Gospelaires, and The Swan Silvertones.
$13.79 EAN: 4030433005910 ROCK
A1. The Voices Of Jordon - It's Getting Late
A2. Juanita Johnson & The Gospel Tones - There Is a God Somewhere
A3. The Blind Boys Of Alabama - Satisfied with My Jesus
A4. Sister Wynona Carr - The Ball Game
B1. The Happyland Singers - Here Am I
B2. The Chosen Gospel Singers - Stay with Me Jesus
B3. The Gospelaires - C'Mon
B4. The Swan Silvertones - End of My Journey
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VA: Stil vor Talent Berlin: Schlesisches Tor CD (SVT 136CD)
Stil Vor Talent's new compilation series takes you on a tour of Berlin, capturing the essence and spirit of the German capital through the music they love, play and dance to. The journey begins at U-Bahnhof Schlesisches Tor in the heart of Kreuzberg: pulsating with life, right next to the Spree, a stone's-throw from the city's illustrious club scene and the Stil Vor Talent headquarters. Selected by Oliver Koletzki, with artwork by Chrisse Kunst. Artists include: Solomun, Frame Of Mind, Animal Trainer, NTFO & Karmon, Monkey Safari, Dauwd, Niconé & Sascha Braemer, Niko Schwind (feat. Heartbeat), Proud, Me & Her & David Keno, Patrick Topping, Tiefschwarz & Ruede Hagelstein, Oliver Koletzki, and Tender Games.
$11.99 UPC: 827170145320 ELECTRONIC
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MATCHER, TAGGY: My Man 7" (STIX 041EP)
Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart is a name to remember when it comes to modern groove music. Since 2007, just following the international success of The Dynamics first album Version Excursions, Patchworks also started to hide under his Taggy Matcher alias, releasing fine reggae remixes of classics hip-hop songs for Stix Records, a subdivision of Favorite Recordings. Taggy Matcher now presents "My Man" alongside another surprising great songstress from Lyon, LMK. On this new track, Taggy digs more into the digital reggae from the early '80s, showing another side of his production scale.
$8.39 EAN: 3760179352962 ROCK
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BABA STILTZ: Total 2LP (BARN 026LP)
Double LP version. Baba Stiltz hails from a tradition of funky outcasts centered around the calm yet unpredictable city of Stockholm, Sweden. Since his infant days he's been guided through the nitty-gritty basics of what it is to be a true music lover by some of the city's most prolific artists, producers and DJs. Despite his youth, 20-year-old Baba boasts an impressive discography, with two albums of dreamy folk-pop (as The Bethlehem Beard Corporation) and a string of hit singles within the elusive Skweee scene already under his belt. His more recent studio adventures have led to three 12'' releases on Stockholm dance label Studio Barnhus as well as recurring production work for post-rap phenomenon Yung Lean. Total is Baba's debut album under his own name and his finest work to date. From the opening machine-funk arpeggio of "Missing" to the sanguine melancholia of closing hip-hop beat "Discovery -- New Dawn," Baba's masterpiece rides through psychedelic screw-pop, minimalistic emo-acid and opiate-drenched coming-of-age-ambient. As lucid and strong as it is obscure and beautiful, this is an album Studio Barnhus are immensely proud of presenting to the world.
$18.99 UPC: 827170559264 ELECTRONIC
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MAYET, HISHAM (DIRECTOR): Vodoun Gods on the Slave Coast DVD (SF 089DVD)
Vodoun Gods on the Slave Coast explores the ceremonial splendor of sacred dance and ritual in Benin, the birthplace and cradle of Vodoun. Formerly known as Dahomey, Benin was also called the Slave Coast due to its importance in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Today, the worship and supplication of Vodoun gods remains integral to everyday life in Benin. Shot in January 2011 during the country's rich annual Vodoun celebrations, this film offers an impressionistic glimpse of the major ceremonies and delirious musical performances associated with this ancient religion. Guided by the otherworldly rhythms and colors of Vodoun pageantry, Hisham Mayet presents an intimate view of metaphysical dramas enacted in magisterial costumes: The cult of Sakpata, fearsome god of pestilence, disfigurement and healing. The Egoun-goun, ancestral visitors from the realm of the dead, who bring blessings and warnings for the living. And the Zangbeto nightwatchmen, ambulatory haystacks who serve as Vodoun's secret police. Traveling in a malarial fever dream from the clutter and bustle of village markets to the palace of Ahosu Agoli-Agbo Dedjalagni, the King of Abomey, Mayet provides an unforgettable portrait of secular and sacred life in Benin. Digipack with 12-page booklet of photographs from various Vodoun ceremonies throughout Benin; 48 minutes/color; all-region DVD, NTSC format. Limited one-time edition of 1,000 copies.
$12.39 UPC: 616892235040 WORLD
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TRACEY, HUGH: Kanyok and Luba: Southern Belgian Congo 1952 & 1957 CD (SWP 011CD)
1999 release. A musical portrait of the lesser-known Kanyok people, their various direct and indirect Luba neighbors of southern Congo and the urbanizing Katanga mine culture. Amazing xylophones, likembe thumb-pianos of immense beauty, great grooves, gourd singing, the first Katanga guitars -- what richness and diversity! These are the roots of Kasai music. Historical recordings by Hugh Tracey. Includes a 20-page booklet.
$10.99 EAN: 9789077068090 WORLD
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TRACEY, HUGH: Other Musics from Zimbabwe: Southern Rhodesia 1948, '49, '51, '57, '58, '63 CD (SWP 012CD)
2000 release. The well-known mbira dza vadzimu is not the only instrument of Zimbabwe. On this album: the versatile mbira dza vandau, the almost-extinct chipendani and chizambi mouth bows, the njari mbira, the mulanji flute, the thunderous matepe mbiras and wonderful drumming and panpipes. A collection of gems, recorded by Hugh Tracey. Includes a 24-page booklet.
$10.99 EAN: 9789077068106 WORLD
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TRACEY, HUGH: Southern and Central Malawi: Nyasaland 1950, '57, '58 CD (SWP 013CD)
2000 release. A variety of musics by the Mang'anja, Yao and Cewa peoples, found in the 1950s in the southern half of Malawi -- the beautiful bangwe zither, the magnificent tuned drum likhuba ensembles, brilliant xylophone playing, a small big band of kazoos. Such a richness of good music, creativity and identity -- and so well-recorded. Historical recordings by Hugh Tracey. Twinned with SWP's other Malawi album, SWP 014. Includes a 20-page booklet.
$10.99 EAN: 9789077068113 WORLD
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TRACEY, HUGH: Northern and Central Malawi: Nyasaland 1950, '57, '58 CD (SWP 014CD)
2000 release. Twinned with SWP Records' other Malawi album, SWP 013, but now with music from the northern half of Malawi. More wonderful bangwe zither songs, and malipenga kazoos, but also featuring the karigo lute, the kubu bow, the kalimba -- and exceptional a cappella singing. An album of musical jewels. Tonga, Tumbuka and Cewa peoples recorded by Hugh Tracey. Includes a 20-page booklet.
$10.99 EAN: 9789077068120 WORLD
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TRACEY, HUGH: Origins of Guitar Music: Southern Congo and Northern Zambia 1950, '51, '52, '57, '58 CD (SWP 015CD)
2001 release. In the new urban culture that invented itself during the '50s in the copper mining towns of Katanga Province in southern Congo and on the Copperbelt in northern Zambia, the guitar became an important status symbol and local styles quickly developed. This also happened in the big southern African railway connection of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. This collection of recordings by Hugh Tracey is an exciting document, the emergence of a new sound -- a must for all fans of African guitar. Includes a 24-page booklet.
$10.99 EAN: 9789077068137 WORLD
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TRACEY, HUGH: Forest Music: Northern Belgian Congo 1952 CD (SWP 016CD)
2001 release. This album mainly features two Mangbetu groups -- the Mayogo and the Meje -- with drum ensembles, mass singing, exquisite likembe playing, and the Azande people to the west with xylophone and the intimate kundi harp. More harp by the Balendu and a unique recording explaining the language of sending messages by talking drums by the Lokele near Stanleyville (Kisangani). As The New York Times wrote: "Music from another world!" Historical recordings by Hugh Tracey. Includes a 20-page booklet.
$10.99 EAN: 9789077068144 WORLD
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TRACEY, HUGH: Tswana and Sotho Voices: Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho 1951, '57, '59 CD (SWP 017CD)
2001 release. Zulu singing may be well-known nowadays, but the voices of two neighboring peoples -- the culturally and linguistically connected Sotho and Tswana -- have until now remained out of the spotlight. Their singing of songs of great beauty is both powerful and moving, often of ancient origins and containing much wisdom. And their voices are also very present in the festive ditlhaka reedpipe ensembles and eerie lesiba mouthbow songs, included in this unique collection of historical recordings by Hugh Tracey. Twinned with SWP Records' other South African album The Nguni Sound, SWP 020 -- this is South African roots music! Includes a 20-page booklet.
$10.99 EAN: 9789077068151 WORLD
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BAIRD, MICHAEL: Gongs & Bells CD (SWP 018CD)
2002 release. A solo project by drummer/composer Michael Baird. Gongs and bells vibrate, tremble, quake, quiver, flutter, flicker, murmur, hum, throb, ding, dong, peal, ping, trill, tinkle, oscillate, ring and shake. Each one a microcosm, wonderfully recorded, capturing every overtone. The album enters the borderland between ethnic music, improvisation and soundscape without the pretension of being experimental, and where you seem to get liberated from all kinds of musical conventions. Includes an 8-page booklet.
$10.99 EAN: 9789077068168 WORLD
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CARR, MARTIN: The Breaks CD (TR 288CD)
We're all a bit lost inside, trying to put on a brave face and front out through the days, doing whatever it takes to make sense of the mind and body's tangled lines of communication. Martin Carr does it with music; has been for 25 years now, via a string of acclaimed records with The Boo Radleys, then his bravecaptain alias, and latterly under his own name. Hearing his new album, The Breaks, you're bound to think he's never done it any better than this, right here and now. The Breaks was recorded in January 2014, but most of its songs were written three or four years previously. Having self-released his previous album, Ye Gods and Little Fishes, Martin recorded some demos and sent them "far and wide." People seemed to like the songs but no one was offering to release them, and after a while Martin gave up and began working on different songs. Then, at the end of 2013, he got an email from Tapete, an independent record company based in Hamburg. Tapete's roster is large and varied: lots of local bands, but also some from the U.S., Scandinavia and Austria, plus, in Lloyd Cole and Bill Pritchard, a couple of hugely accomplished UK artists with deep history and maverick tendencies. Martin Carr fits that bill perfectly: a songwriter whose work is pop but not necessarily populist, and whose trajectory reveals an ambivalent relationship with conventional sensibilities. The song -- "Mainstream," of course -- features rapturous female harmony vocals and is a fuzzy-headed lachrymose wallow in the finest tradition of Harry Nilsson or Jeff Lynne, but with a down-home intimacy that makes Martin's voice feel like a confessional echo of the self-doubts we all experience. Such is the hallmark of reserves of lyrical chutzpah demonstrated amid "I Don't Think I'll Make It" wherein Carr rhymes "heart" with "Descartes." The songs are performed with equal amounts attitude, soul and empathy by Carr and a group of musicians assembled specifically for the sessions: the rhythm section features Andy Fung on drums and Corin Ashley on bass, while the piano and organ are courtesy of BAFTA award-winning composer John Rae. The latter's presence was pure kismet: he was studio manager at Cardiff's soon-to-be-demolished ITV buildings where the sessions took place. Carr has never sung his own songs better than he does here. It's a voice that both grounds and elevates The Breaks. Martin Carr is doing more than just getting by -- he's just made his best album.
$12.99 EAN: 4047179903424 ROCK
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WOLD: Postsocial LP (RAVE 007LP)
Postsocial is the breathtaking eighth album from Wold, an infamous black metal unit with strong binds to the landlocked plains of Regina, Saskatchewan in central Canada. Stephen O'Malley's reissue of their Freermasonry (SOMA 014LP) LP first introduced us to their work -- subsequently igniting the most gratifying discovery of an exceptional back catalog. Postsocial is a culmination of ideas core to Wold's philosophy, heading deeper into a world of visceral howls and internalized harmonics. Due to the inherent limitations of vinyl, the album now unfolds in a different sequence to the CD, manifesting a crucially-altered beast. The two opening pieces, "Throwing Star" and "Inner Space Infirmary" remain in place, employing the eviscerated howl and cackle of clan leader Fortress Crookedjaw's possessed vocals and electronics in roiling, chokingly affective storm systems that leave us flayed and gasping. At this point the vinyl version inverts the tracklist, placing the aching atmospheric sehnsucht of "Sapphire Sect of Tubal Cain" at the cyclone's epicenter. On the B-side, the sustained intensity of "Five Points" and near 15 minutes of "Spiral Star Inversion" expand on the five-pointed star metaphor with labyrinthine results, culminating in "ritualistic conjuration and copulation of the hag," detailed further in the lyric sheet. To be honest, we'll probably never fully grasp this group: they remain a largely unquantifiable entity -- an enigmatic band with a genuinely original, inimitable, often impenetrable sound -- making them one of the most fascinating units operating in experimental music today, and marking Postsocial as an elementally rare, vital sensation which should resonate with myriad sub-cultures.
$14.39 UPC: N/A ROCK
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PHAELEH: A World Without 2LP (UNDRTW 001LP)
After the carnival of chaos that was his Tides worldwide tour and the online explosion caused by his remix of Ludovico Einaudi's "Walk" (over 750k Soundcloud plays + reaching no.1 on Hype machine), Phaeleh retreated to his hidden Bristol HQ, immersing himself in classic dub-techno and garage; cleansing his palate and returning to his roots. "City Rose" features major folk voice Sam Brooke and is a concrète-hued modern blues number, inspiring day dreams of past El-B drum excursions and excerpts of garage's most emotive era. "Pulse" is strictly dubplate material, digging deep into the roots of dubstep and extracting a relentless techno steppas anthem for the FWD heads. On "So Real" he enlists the haunting Fifi Rong for the daylight sibling of "City Rose," a classical MJ Cole-esque two-step riddim underpins splashes of color and sundown atmosphere. "Alignment" follows with an exquisitely-textured Kubrickian opening scene with sweeping tremolo effects and ominous atmospherics. The one omnipresent factor with all Phaeleh compositions is bass-weight: "Relics" is a hi-tech dubwise slab with lung-collapsing pressure and super-wet percussive details a Bristol-Berlin soundclash. "Neon Melt" sees Phaeleh joined by Chord Marauder's Geode, both injecting the traditional dubstep genome with some smoked-out jazz-broken-beat DNA. On "Ochre" he sates his hungry fanbase with trademarked delicate melodies and guitar work that skips alongside two-step rhythms atop a mountain of low-end. "A World Without" is the perfect end-scene; riffing on the mystery of late '70s sci-horror soundtracks, building with intricate guitar work and strings into a classical Phaeleh epic.
$17.79 UPC: 666017277967 ELECTRONIC
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LSN: Apollo EP 12" (UA 008EP)
LSN are a group consisting of six musicians/producers, including a lead female vocalist. Here they present their first solo release on Uprise Audio in the form of their Apollo EP. "Renegade" begins with deep cinematic impact -- the sounding of a division bell and haunting vocal pads which filter in and out of rainy atmospherics. The track builds slowly, but intensely, captivating the attention of the listener and maintaining their focus. Every element adds to its vast sonic soundscape and contributes to the tension which evolves within it. Support from Youngsta, J:Kenzo, Seven, and Rinse FM.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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FRANCIS, NATHAN COLES & EDDIE RICHARDS, TERRY: Wiggle for 20 Years CD (WIGGLE 020CD)
Between them, Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Eddie Richards have been at the forefront of house music in the UK for over quarter of a century, but together, under the Wiggle banner, the trio helped pioneer the fusion of deeper house sounds and techno beats which has become synonymous with no-nonsense dancefloor ignition the world over. To celebrate two decades of the quality label/unpretentious party, the trio commissioned 20 brand-new and exclusive tracks from recent Wiggle guests such as Alex Arnout, Saytek and Dachshund, as well as long-running Wiggle affiliates such as Jay Tripwire, Gideon Jackson and Just Be (aka Bushwacka!), and mixed them together into 75 dynamic minutes, groovy enough to keep them wiggling for another 20 years. CD limited to 1,000 copies. Other artists include: James Kameran, Lo, D'Julz, Corrie, Kenny Raw, Darren Roach, Pure Science, Lorenzo Blender, Dub Taylor, DZNB, Todd Bodine, Bravofox, Berkson & What, Asadinho, Effluence, and Philipp Ort.
$11.39 UPC: 802560102626 ELECTRONIC
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SLY & ROBBIE: King Tubby's Dance Hall Dub: Middle East Dub LP (AA 4128LP)
On olive green marbled vinyl. Recorded at Stone River Studios; featuring "From the Grass Dub", "Middle East Dub", "Asian Roots Dub", "Flight Of Africa Dub".
$8.25 UPC: 026617412821 WORLD
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MOSCONI, DAVIDE: Sezione aurea/Sezione ritmica 6LP BOX (ALGAMARS 006LP)
"Sezione aurea (dedicated to the artist daughter Tantra) was conceived at her birth in 1971 and started in 2000 thanks to the solicitations of Gabriele Bonomo and the good will of the Milanese record producer Emanuele Carcano. The work was born of an old desire of Davide Mosconi: make a music which will be always different at each playing, however without altering its constituent elements. Other works based on the same premise are Musica del Paradiso for the tower in the park in Hiroshima, and Opera Rotta for the La Scala theater. The first section of Sezione aurea with the title 'Sezione ritmica' (i.e. Rhythmic Section) makes use of at least three turntables and monophonic amplifiers where the loudspeakers are placed in semicircle around the listeners. The discs themselves are mute (in the sense of having no recorded sound) but with lines traced on their surfaces by means of various pointed objects thus producing a variety of sounds. These signs are different for each face of the three records and generate a 'rhythmic cage' with eight combinatorial possibilities never the same, just because it will never be possible to start the records in the same way. It is the same in the visual field when two graphic lenses are superimposed and moved against each other (the moiree effect). Ten signs are used to mark the records, which correspond to the five sides of a pentagram and those of a five-pointed star, inscribed in a circle of equal diameter to that of the disc; plus two radiating lines: one on a vertex of the star and the other on a vertex of the internal pentagram. 'The golden section of a circle takes on both algebraically and arrhythmically the property of the dominant geometry of the pentacle (associated with the Pythagorean tradition). The star-form of the pentagram is symbolic either of creative love or the beauty of harmony and of health' (from Matila C. Ghyka's The Golden Section, ed. Gallimard 1931). Each record of the Sezione ritmica 6LP box has been individually laser-etched at Fad Lab in Qatar over a period of 3 years. The whole process to release this edition took 14 years. An edition of 35 numbered copies is now available in a silk-screened box with diagrams and full liner notes. The world premiere of the installation with 6 record players has been presented during the Art Fair in Brussels this past April. The edition will be officially available for sale for the first time at ArtBasel on June 18th, 2014. Several installations are planned throughout 2015."
$625.00 UPC: N/A EXPERIMENTAL
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RUSSELL, ARTHUR: World of Echo 2LP (AU 1002LP)
Repressed. "Arthur Russell's most extraordinary work, World of Echo is reissued in this remastered vinyl edition by Audika Records. 18 tracks are featured including drumless versions of his disco classics 'Let's Go Swimming,' 'Tree House,' and 'Wax The Van' along with four previously unreleased tracks. Originally released in 1986, World Of Echo is a deeply intimate and meditative work of awe-inspiring grace and remains a timeless work of sublime beauty. Arthur's aim was to achieve what he calls 'the most vivid rhythmic reality,' with just cello, voice, and echoes. Arthur achieved all of this and more on one of the most incredible albums you will ever hear."
$21.50 UPC: 880301100216 ELECTRONIC
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MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, THE: In Wonderland LP (BEAT 063LP)
"First ever LP reissue, re-mastered from the original tapes. Features 140-gram vinyl, beautiful old school tip-on jacket, and insert with rare photos and extensive liner notes by Kevin 'Sipreano' Howes (Voluntary in Nature, Light in the Attic Records.) For many born after 1968, the group vocal and orchestra sound of the Mutual Understanding's In Wonderland may seem like the product of another dimension. Despite releasing a handful of recordings, the Mutual Understanding was not a group in the traditional sense, but rather a connected collective of Toronto, Ontario-based producers, arrangers, session musicians, and singers, brought together to create musical magic. In Wonderland is an album that harkens back to a gentler and more innocent time. Any which way, the swinging 1960s-meets-the-classics feel of In Wonderland wasn't rock and roll enough for younger audiences, yet it was likely too progressive and hip for older jazz aficionados. Proper distribution and lack of support on retail and radio levels only compounded the problem and caused the album to slip through the cracks for years. Unfortunately, this was not an uncommon problem for Canadian recordings of the era. Overshadowed by a steady influx of well-promoted discs from the United States and England, it took many decades for In Wonderland to find its rightful audience. As vinyl collectors from Asia and Europe starting scouring the used and delete record bins of North America in the 1980s and 1990s, the Mutual Understanding started to gain prominence in certain collector circles. It has now achieved cult status in Japan, England, and Korea."
$17.50 UPC: 826853858915 ROCK
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JIMMY JIM: Zulu Rainin' Hell Mix LP (BHX 101LP)
"A mega mix of 70's/80's Afrika Bambaataa/Zulu Nation dub plates and acetates. Release to celebrate DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist's Renegades of Rhythm tour, honoring the artistry of Afrika Bambaataa. Housed in a hand silk-screened jacket."
$20.00 UPC: 706091109317 HIPHOP
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MIGHTY MAYTONES, THE: Showcase Album: Tune In And Rock LP (CT 001LP)
2014 repress of these undated 1970s recordings, repro of the original Pioneer International version. "The Maytones is still one of those highly regarded names in the history of reggae music and upon listening to what they recorded in the golden era it's easy to see why. Pearl after pearl, the group delivered the goods time and time again. A word like 'timeless' is truly a cliché in describing the sweet two-male harmony sounds of this group, but it fits perfectly when talking of The Maytones work from that period and many other constellations of their ilk. Vernon Buckley and harmony singer Gladstone Grant started what was to become a very successful career as a harmony group back home in May Pen, a town in the parish of Clarendon, and The Maytones was just one of many excellent duos from Jamaica that sprung from the early reggae era, with the difference that they stayed on top for a longer time than most competitors at the time."
$8.25 UPC: 881026000010 WORLD
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KING TUBBY: Dub From The Roots LP (CT 036LP)
2014 repress. "There are very few individuals who command the respect of dub aficionados greater than 'The Dubmaster' himself, King Tubby. On Tubby's venerable 1974 release Dub from the Roots, he introduces us to the 'Shalom Dub', a method of mixing flying cymbals with horns in what he describes as 'going in and out in a dub way'. Borrowing from the forty fives of Johnny Clarke, Jackie Edwards, Cornell Campbell, John Holt, and Horace Andy, King Tubby takes the listener on a journey through a vast array of different emotions, rhythms and soundscapes. One of the standout cuts, 'Iyahta' explores Tubby's use of deep electric basslines to evoke a melodic calmness in the listener, while 'Mine Field' and 'Hijack the Barber' bring you back with the cavernous echoes of stabbing guitars, horns, and cymbals. Though previously released by different labels on a variety of dusty pressings and formats, Clocktower's reissue of Dub From The Roots is the definitive edition of this 'Dubmaster' classic, featuring audio mastered from the original analog tapes."
$8.25 UPC: 881026000362 WORLD
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KING TUBBY: The Roots Of Dub LP (CT 084LP)
2014 repress. One of King Tubby's finest works, originally released in 1974. Recorded at Tubby's famous 18 Drummly Ave. studio in Kingston during dub's early development period.
$8.25 UPC: 881026000843 WORLD
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PABLO, AUGUSTUS: King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown LP (CT 085LP)
2014 repress. Reissue of the 1976 historic collaboration between producer instrumentalist Augustos Pablo and dub engineer King Tubby.
$8.25 UPC: 881026000850 WORLD
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KING TUBBY: Dancehall Style Dub LP (CT 098LP)
2014 repress. "Bringing out his best in these fine tracks.Out of the vaults of Clock Tower has appeared these fine dub mixes such as 'Asian Roots Dub,' 'His Easy Dub', 'I Yah Who Dub' and many, many more.... you will be drawn into the rhythm and feelings of a culture far surpassing music into the future."
$8.25 UPC: 098265709820 WORLD
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SCIENTIST: Scientific Dub LP (CT 119LP)
2014 repress; 1995 release. "A virtual wizard of the mixing desk, Overton H Brown has been one of the key figures in dub since the late 1970s. Getting his start as a teenager at King Tubby's legendary studio in Waterhouse, Brown was known as 'The Scientist' because his imaginative approach to the mixing desk and electronic gadgetry seemed to derive from magical powers that linked him to some intangible, futuristic realm."
$8.25 UPC: 881026001192 WORLD
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VA: ClockTower Records Collector Series of 7" ''Volume One'' 7x7" Box (CT 3388EP)
Tracklist: Cornell Campbell - "Gun Court/Gifted And Black"; Johnny Clarke - "Creation Rebel"/The Aggrovators - "Creation Dub"; Augustus Pablo - "Jah Light"/"Jah Light Drum And Bass"; Devon Irons - "When Jah Comes"/Lee Perry - "Jah Dub"; Burning Spear - "Travelling"/"Walking In Dub"; Johnny Clarke - "None Shall Escape The Judgment"/King Tubby - "Judgment Day"; Lee Perry And The Aggrovators - "Ski-Wa-Wa"/Junior Byles - "When Better Will Come"
"The 7'' box set first of the series featuring, rock classics reggae from the Clocktower catalogue. We know you will enjoy this 1st 7'' collector box set with a magnetic lid. All of these are from the 70''s and are in mint condition and some are in color vinyl. To all our fans who continue to buy and support the Clocktower releases whether on 12'', 10'' or 7'', we thank you! So please add this to your personal collection and listen and enjoy to the music of life." -- Alfred Newman
$33.00 UPC: 881026033889 WORLD
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VA: Garvey to the Rescue LP (SP 130LP)
1997 release with tracks by Gregory Isaacs, Capt. Barkey, Angel Doolas, Ninja Kid, Horace Martin, King Kong, Chuck Fender, Pinchers, Determine, Galaxy "P" and Itesman.
$8.25 UPC: 098117013013 WORLD
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YOUNG, MATTHEW: Recurring Dreams LP (DC 593LP)
"Matthew Young's genre-bending, acclaimed 1986 release Traveler's Advisory reappeared as a reissue on Drag City/Yoga in 2010 and quickly sold out. We now return to Young's first effort, Recurring Dreams, dating back to 1981 and the apex of the Eno/Berlin schools' influence over a myriad of American followers. Young created eight EMS/Rhodes pieces solo, subtly weaving in variable-speed Revox manipulation of traditional rock instrumentation with the lightest of touches. As anyone who has heard Traveler's Advisory already knows, Matthew Young could never be a mere imitator. What all too often amounted to predictable schtick in the field of early 80s home electronica, Young made personal, delicate, discreet, and discrete. Wordlessly illustrating its titles -- 'Version, Inversion,' 'The Forest Of Lilacs,' and 'Mistral' (a strong, cold, northwesterly wind), Young conjures vivid, progressive tones of the unknown. Recurring Dreams requires repeat listenings to fully reveal its Bonsai-like qualities. Fans of Erik Satie, JD Emmanuel, private-issue new age or the more placid side of minimal synth should take note of this one."
$13.00 UPC: 781484059318 ROCK
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HAMBURGER, NEIL: First of Dismay LP (DC 599LP)
"A somber work from a seasoned entertainer clearly carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, First of Dismay is being issued in answer to many who have applauded for 'more!' 'more!' Specially-chosen stand-up comedy recordings from Neil's recent appearances at coveted nightclubs in London, Savannah, and Los Angeles are interspersed with musical cries for help, as Neil emotes with the purely professional panache of the 'Too Good For Neil Hamburger Band' in support. Song highlights include 'Endless Roll,' a disco complaint letter aimed at Kirkland Signature trash bags (featuring guest spots from members of The Germs and Jefferson Starship!!), and 'Nickel Candy': societal decline set to music. Although Neil was strongly advised against the risk of merging side-splitting comedy segments with melancholy musical numbers, the exciting potpourri that resulted has enhanced his sparkle into a veritable milky way of entertainment."
$14.50 UPC: 781484059912 ROCK
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WHITE FENCE: For the Recently Found Innocent LP (DC 603LP)
LP version. "It's the 21st century man -- we're way past the feudal phase! Yet, somehow, some people still radiate their noble bearing, no matter where they are -- just as certain songs are clearly meant to sing from the turrets still. In this fashion, and with high-collared coat turned up against the cruel wind, White Fence emerge from their high aerie to display a shining array of royal jewels each time they unveil a new pop album to the world. The gliss and glitter that sounds forth from For the Recently Found Innocent has a shine all its own, and for Reasons too. For the Recently Found Innocent is many things -- the fifth White Fence album, the first White Fence album to be recorded outside the bedroom fence (with live drumming!), the first White Fence record to be produced for Drag City. Plus also, a sophomore pump: the second time that Tim Presley and Ty Segall have met to record music (does anyone remember Hair?), this time pure and simply committed in the name of White Fence. Inevitably, the collision at the intersection of all these winding roads is a beautiful pileup of deep impacts, graceful lines and open space embodied in sound, White on White, compacted for your eyes and ears to believe."
$13.50 UPC: 781484060314 ROCK
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ABRAMS, JOSHUA: Natural Information CD (MTE 061CD)
"Eremite presents the first digital edition of Joshua Abrams' invaluable & out-of-print LP Natural Information (2010). Abrams' first record for Eremite is another fascinating entry in Abrams' discography of recordings that gather aesthetic input from all over the map into vivid personal statements. At the heart of natural information is the guimbri, a three-stringed animal hide bass traditionally used by the gnawa of North Africa in healing ceremonies. Combining solo, trio & quartet formats with adroit use of sampling techniques, abrams creates intricate psychedelic environments that join the hypnotic character of gnawa guimbri music to more contemporary musics & methodologies. Praised by Downbeat, the New York Times & Wax Poetics, Natural Information appeared on WFMU, Dusted, Aquarius & numerous other best-of 2010 lists & was selected as one of the 50 notable records of 2010 by the Wire. CD edition packaged in a high gloss Stoughton miniaturized gatefold sleeve with 20 minutes of previously unreleased additional material."
$10.75 UPC: N/A ROCK
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ABRAMS, JOSHUA: Represencing CD (MTE 062CD)
"Eremite presents the first digital edition of Joshua Abrams' invaluable & out-of-print LP Represencing (2012). Represencing is the second installment of the Joshua Abrams sound world first introduced on Natural Information. Abrams again organizes small group statements around the resonant grooves of the North African ceremonial instrument the guimbri with a unique & broadly assimilative compositional voice. Sources from traditional musics to minimalism, jazz to Krautrock, animate Represencing, but Abrams is always grounded in the solidity of true working musicianship & he proves himself an artist fluent not just in styles but traditions. Listed by Village Voice, Pitchfork, Matablog, Foxy Digitalis among others as one of the best records of 2012. CD edition packaged in a matte Stoughton miniaturized 'laserdisc' sleeve with 25 minutes of previously unreleased additional material."
$10.75 UPC: N/A ROCK
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CHULKI/RYU HANKIL, HONG: Objets Infernaux CD (ERST 069CD)
"5 tracks, 55 minutes. 'Parrots and tigers take a hacksaw to your automobile and then attempt to drive the remaining parts around with defective radio controls. (Whatever is actually happening, this record rocks.)' - Michael Pisaro"
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TSUNODA/MANFRED WERDER, TOSHIYA: Detour CD (ERST 071CD)
"1 track, 65 minutes. 'A stunning construction and a fantastic recording, seemingly endless layers of depth and ways to listen.' - Brian Olewnick"
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FREY/RADU MALFATTI, JURG: II 2CD (ERST 072CD)
"2 CDs, each containing one piece lasting just over an hour, each performed by the duo and recorded (remarkably as always) by Christoph Amann in Vienna, CD 1 is 'shoguu' by Radu, CD 2 is 'instruments, field recordings, counterpoints' by Jurg, design and photography by Yuko Zama, much of it around Amann Studios. 'shoguu' features Jurg on clarinet and Radu on trombone, 'instruments, field recordings, counterpoints' features Jurg on field recordings/electronics and Radu on trombone."
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DRUMM/JASON LESCALLEET, KEVIN: The Abyss 2CD (ERST 073CD)
"2 CDs, just over two hours of material, including the 33:33 title track and the 49:49 'The Echo of Your Past' (the latter takes up all of CD 2). 'After 13 months of creative effort between us, Kevin and I were finally able to call this project complete. 120 minutes of music spread over two discs, The Abyss sometimes feels you've been listening to it for an entire day. It's like staring at the whirlpool of the drain of your bathroom sink, a meditation on circling the drain that we know as The Abyss.' - Jason Lescalleet"
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RUNNING: Frizzled 7" (GODRECORDS 008)
"Equal parts shamble-dance and noise-pop, Running drive relentlessly while shouting their HI-larious lyrics (we think) with vigor from the bottom of a well of cheap 'verb. With serriform guitar racing with the vocs for most-fucked sounding and the bass and drums driving savagely forward -- like 'Totally Fired,' for example -- find us a song with singing that better unites listener peril with lively dancefloor antics."
$4.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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TINARIWEN: Amassakoul 2LP (MCR 912LP)
"Amassakoul, released in 2004, was made by a band in which four of the six players were newcomers and represented a shift to a more produced, intricate sound. It preserved the loose, camelback rhythms, call-and-response vocals, lively guitars, and handclaps of Tinariwen's unique sound but added a vocal drone to 'Assoul' and influences from Jamaican toasting on Tamashek rap track 'Arawan' and on 'Oualahila Ar Tesninam,' the group's hardest rock track yet. The album's name tellingly translates from Tamashek to 'The Traveler.' Issued on vinyl for the first time ever by Modern Classics Recordings, this is your chance to discover Tinariwen at the point when their travels to Europe and beyond created a cultural exchange beneficial for the band, for western music, and, ultimately, for the listener. Double LP housed in a deluxe Stoughton tip-on jacket with original booklet. All tracks newly remastered."
$20.00 UPC: 826853091213 WORLD
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ISAACS, GREGORY: I.O.U. LP (RAS 3052LP)
1989 release. "Tough personal choices, romantic frustrations, and 'Jealousy' are all explored, the latter with the able assistance of Jimmy Cliff. Gussie Clarke again takes the production honors, with the dancehall fired rhythms laid down by Steely & Clevie, abetted by the fabulous Ras Brass and Robbie Lyn's exceptional synth work." --All Music Guide
$8.25 UPC: 021823305219 WORLD
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KONSTRUKT & JOE MCPHEE: Babylon LP (ROAR 034LP)
"Turkish free-improv group KonstruKt was formed in 2008 by guitarist Umut Caglar, and since their inception, they've gained notice through their collaborations with such old-guard stalwarts as Evan Parker, Marshall Allen and Peter Brotzmann. The latter introduced them to the legendary Joe McPhee at the Krakow Jazz Autumn festival, and after striking up a friendship, they invited him to join them in Istanbul for a concert in March of 2014. Babylon was recorded the day after he arrived, with no prior rehearsal or discussion, although the seamless meshing could fool anyone into thinking that they were a longtime working group. Caglar came from an electronic music background before delving into free jazz, and it's reflected in the incorporation of moogs & a theremin into the ensemble's arsenal. The music itself swings from space-raga improv to soaring, full-throated anthemic melodies; some sort of Joe Meek jazz world where bird squeal falsettos pierce through a current of drums, only to struggle for breath, come up laughing, and take off far above. McPhee says, 'These guys are the real deal,' and he should know. Download coupon included."
$11.75 UPC: N/A JAZZ
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SUN RA & HIS SOLAR ARKESTRA: Visits Planet Earth LP (SATURN 9956-11H)
180 gram vinyl version. "Recorded between late 1956 and 1958, the album was originally released on Ra's own Saturn label in 1966. In keeping with many Saturn releases, one side features cuts from the Arkestra c.1958, whilst the other side comes from the 1956 sessions originally intended for Sound of Joy but still unreleased in 1966."
$10.00 UPC: N/A JAZZ
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GLAXO BABIES: Put Me on the Guest List CD (SV 031CD)
"Glaxo Babies are the greatest UK post-punk band you've never heard. Formed in Bristol in late 1977 and named after the British pharmaceutical giant who allegedly inoculated thousands with a toxic vaccine, the original lineup included Rob Chapman (vocals), Dan Catsis (guitar), Tom Nichols (bass) and Geoff Alsopp (drums). The band's pioneering mix of metallic guitar, dubbed-out rhythms and shamanistic chants found its way into the bloodlines of generations on both sides of the pond. Naturally, Glaxo members later joined The Pop Group and Maximum Joy. Originally released on Heartbeat Records in 1980, Put Me on the Guest List collects the band's propulsive demos, mostly performed live in the studio with no overdubs and not originally intended for release. 'This Is Your Life' is a veritable classic, with Chapman's angst-ridden lyrics soaring low as the band rides tense, sinuous grooves. The skittish 'Police State' stands toe-to-toe with the art-punk flag-bearers in the North (Gang of Four, Mekons) and in London (Wire, The Homosexuals). 'Stay Awake' is a vitriolic screed as powerful as anything from the newly formed Public Image Limited. By the time England's post-punk scene was in full bloom, dominating the pop charts in the UK and college radio in the US, Glaxo Babies had unfortunately dissolved. Released domestically for the first time ever courtesy of Superior Viaduct, Put Me on the Guest List is available on vinyl and CD with liner notes by Chapman. The CD version contains three bonus songs including the rare 'Christine Keeler' single."
$12.00 UPC: 857176003959 ROCK
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GLAXO BABIES: Put Me on the Guest List LP (SV 031LP)
LP version.
$13.50 UPC: 857176003317 ROCK
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GLAXO BABIES: Nine Months to the Disco CD (SV 032CD)
"After the abrupt departure of singer Rob Chapman, Bristol's Glaxo Babies moved into more improvised and electronic-based territory. Their early demos only hinted at such exotic sounds. Other bands from Manchester and New York were spiking post-punk with dance beats, yet Glaxo Babies were brimming with fun and spontaneity, spearheading England's death disco movement in the process. Reportedly recorded in a single day, Nine Months to the Disco originally appeared on Heartbeat Records in 1980. Glaxo Babies' sole proper album veers between wiry electro à la Liquid Liquid ('Free Dem Cells'), piano-based free jazz burners ('Seven Days') and progressive post-Krautrock jams that would make even This Heat blush, culminating in the mutant funk masterpiece 'Shake (The Foundations)' (which was regularly covered by The Pop Group in their live set). Nine Months to the Disco is a monster statement, equal parts ballroom bangers and dancefloor clearers. Released domestically for the first time ever, with liner notes by The Pop Group founder Mark Stewart and band members Dan Catsis and Charlie Llewellin."
$12.00 UPC: 857176003942 ROCK
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BRANCA, GLENN: Lesson No. 1 2x12" (SV 039LP)
"After cutting his teeth in the late '70s no wave scene with bands Theoretical Girls and The Static, Glenn Branca made his first solo statement, Lesson No. 1, in 1980. The inaugural release on legendary post-punk / dance label 99 Records, Lesson No. 1 unveiled Branca's visionary guitar concepts with two monstrous, side-long compositions that helped forge NYC's downtown art-punk sound and acted as a massive influence on countless young groups, including Sonic Youth and Swans. The title track is easily Branca's most accessible moment; its driving beat and interlocking patterns resemble German pioneers Neu! playing Phillip Glass. Never before (or since) has minimalism sounded so euphoric. 'Dissonance' is the A-side's polar opposite. Dark, skittish and unhinged, Branca leads his band (guitar, keyboard, bass, drums and sledgehammer) through block after block of industrial terror, leaving listeners drained in the process. Soon after the release of Lesson No. 1, Branca began to work on ambitious, long-form symphonies. 'Bad Smells,' included here as a single-sided bonus 12-inch, was commissioned in 1982 as a dance piece for choreographer Twyla Tharp and originally released on a split LP with John Giorno. Featuring Sonic Youth guitarists Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore, 'Bad Smells' is a thrilling multi-section guitar assault that foretells much of Branca, Ranaldo and Moore's work for the next decade."
$15.00 UPC: 857176003393 ROCK
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GERRARD, ALICE: Follow the Music CD (TSQ 5050CD)
"Alice Gerrard has one of those voices that harkens back to the likes of Sara and Maybelle. She is the real deal with the right stuff and hasn't forgotten where country music came from." -- Emmylou Harris (June, 2014) "The trailblazing folksinger famously collaborated with Hazel Dickens. Their classic recordings for Folkways and Rounder in the '60's and 70's 'rank among the most influential recordings in folk music history,' (All Music Guide), and laid the groundwork for many artists, especially female bluegrass and folk musicians. Follow The Music features traditional tunes and original songs by Alice, produced by Hiss Golden Messenger's M.C. Taylor, and features members of Hiss Golden Messenger and Megafaun."
$10.25 UPC: 856225005050 ROCK
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TAZARTES, GHEDALIA: Les Danseurs de la Pluie 3" CD (TES 063CD)
2006 release. Les Danseurs de la Pluie, which gives title to the complete anthology, is a 12-minute mini-CD, presented on creative disc, including four previously-unavailable tracks. Two 1977 killer recordings from the "Eclipse Totale" sessions of a very wild and residential nature; and two colossal new pieces recorded in 2005.
$11.79 UPC: 769791746329 EXPERIMENTAL
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BRUHIN, ANTON: Vom Goldabfischer CD (TES 066CD)
2008 release. Alga Marghen presents for the first time on CD the classic experimental folk recordings from Anton Bruhin with the same title first issued on LP in 1969. Anton Bruhin conceived some of the most original sonic art musiks, a double of his artistic work as an outsider painter, and with the help of Stefan Wittwer on electric guitar and Cristian Koradi on bass and cello, recorded this masterpiece of far-out sonorities well hidden in the Swiss mountains. Anton Bruhin sings and plays jew's harp (his favorite instrument), ch-phon (an instrument he invented, constructed with a PVC tube with saxophone reed), harmonica, flute, fiddle, percussion, and water. This record, surely one of the most psychedelic, experimental and private to be issued in Europe in the 1960s, should be of great influence for the actual renaissance of experimental folk music. Surely it was an important source of magick for Steven Stapleton, so no surprise to see it mentioned in the mythical list of references that Nurse With Wound included in their first LP. This CD edition also includes five jew's harp instrumental tracks. In the late 1970s, Anton Bruhin was asked to edit a record of folk and ethnic music, documenting the use of jew's harp in Switzerland. Bruhin climbed up the mountains in order to record some of the most obscure, old jew's harp players. Those mysterious sounds were issued in 1979 on a record titled Maultrommel, Mundhermonika, Kamm. This CD includes three solo jew's harp tracks where Anton Bruhin plays themes from the Vom Goldabfischer LP, plus two massive, maximal and resonating duos with W. Gwerder, recorded in 1979 at Radio Schweiz International. Beautiful digipack sleeve with photos and liner notes, also including a folded insert reproducing lyrics, technical notes and a group of ink drawings originally created for the Vom Goldabfischer LP sleeve.
$13.79 UPC: 769791756625 EXPERIMENTAL
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LOSOUL: Immanent EP 12" (APP 000EP)
Losoul introduces a series of fine yet outstanding pieces of music. Based on classic sound production, this release opens a space for a wide range of musical exposure. There is the raw energy of "BZA," consisting of rolling beats and bass lines with sounds from the acidic realm being presented to the restless dancefloors by true originators' poetry. Believe that. This is counterparted by "Sediments," a jam from nowhere else but the deep. Down here, many things you might have taken for being lost remain in the abstract vibe and the groove. It's all in there.
$8.99 UPC: 827170455689 ELECTRONIC
A1. BZA
A2. Sediments
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VA: Stiff Little Spinners Vol. 5 12" (AL 222EP)
Stiff Little Spinners Volume 5 serves a fine, hand-picked selection of six melodious club essentials somewhere in between tech- , romantic- and deep house grooves. Starting things with Krink, "Eclipse" hypes crowds with its pounding, on-point bass drums and an ever-spiraling synth line. Kalipo builds on a solid foundation of analog synth structures and tender echoes of processed vocal bits. Gimmix presents a sweet fusion track amalgamating elements of vocal-driven deepness with fascinating future garage. Remixed by Rampue we see Bebetta Conrady's "Shame" weigh in epic modulations, and more beats are provided by Torsun Teichgraber and Danja Mathari. Joney finishes it all off with a lively swing.
$8.99 EAN: 4250137205731 ELECTRONIC
A1. Krink - Eclipse
A2. Kalipo - Old Friends
A3. Gimmix - Liyah
B1. Bebetta Conrady - Shame (Rampue Remix)
B2. Torsun Teichgraber & Danja Mathari - In My Own Skin
B3. Joney - Don't Spot
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SANTE: Current CD (AV 001CD)
It is said that an artist's first collection of work is a self-portrait -- a surreptitious sonic glimpse into their life and soul, delving deeper than even the most intimate DJ set. Current, Santé's debut album, is certainly no exception, as he invites and entices the listener into discovering what lies beneath the surface of this enigmatic and energetic DJ and producer. As the Berlin-based maestro's own persona grows in both popularity and notoriety, and his budding AVOTRE label goes from strength to strength, the timing couldn't be better for Santé to release his sophomore LP. Over 10 future-facing tracks, Santé displays a deft production skill that manages to surpass even his reputation for raising a dancefloor. The album is rich in styles and genres, from honest, melody-drenched cuts, such as title-track "Intimacy," to heavier club rollers like "Momentary," and the decadent, groove-infused "Tongue." Tracks such as "Turn Up," which features vocals from Russoul, show him deftly straddling the genres of jacking house and emotive melody. All are infused with a continuous and engaging sense of rhythm, which sees Santé weave a consistent, compelling narrative through the record. Santé is a team player -- as anyone will know who has ever caught one of his electrifying back-to-back sets with fellow AVOTRE label-mate Sidney Charles. Here we see him continue to expose his chameleonic abilities as he teams up with a number of other talents for this full-length debut, including Russoul, J.U.D.G.E. and Steve Smith (from Dirty Vegas). The album wraps up with one bonus cut of the elegiac "Awake," by heavyweight techno legend Agoria. The best music always tugs at the heartstrings, and this remix is a true example, aligning hypnotic keys with melancholic vocals. This low-key finale personifies Santé's, and Current's insistence in never compromising on quality. Current is a deep insight into the artistry and imagination of a talented producer and represents an important chapter in Santé's ever-growing career.
$9.79 UPC: 848422152835 ELECTRONIC
01. Intimacy (feat. J.U.D.G.E.)
02. Waiting (feat. Forrest)
03. Time to Pray (feat. Steve Smith)
04. Interlude
05. Awake (feat. J.U.D.G.E.)
06. Momentary
07. Tongue (feat. Ovasoul7)
08. Turn It Up (feat. Russoul)
09. We Are (feat. Human Life)
10. Mockery (feat. Russoul)
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LANDSTRUMM, NEIL: Knights of Shame EP 12" (BEC 5161865)
Neil Landstrumm presents an EP entitled Knights of Shame. Well-known for his early Peacefrog Records' classics such as "Brown by August," Landstrumm has been navigating unchartered musical territories since the 1990s. Circling mostly around experimental techno, Landstrumm is also known for exploring grime and dubstep, long before it was the done thing and has released nine albums across legendary labels such as Peacefrog, Tresor, Mosquito, Planet Mu, Sonic Groove and his own imprint, Scandinavia.
$8.99 EAN: 5060281618658 ELECTRONIC
A1. Cheeseburgers with Beltram
A2. Cloud Berries
B1. I Can't Keep Up with the Ghost Plumber
B2. Let Me Twist Her with Bill Youngman
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LIDO: I Love You 12" (BEC 5161926)
Lido established a cult following amongst the high-profile DJs that have been lucky enough to secure his unreleased remixes to play in their live set. These unreleased remixes -- with their signature intro four notes acting as a craftsmen stamp -- have led to numerous bootleg live recordings of the remixes; giving an almost mythical quality to them. This EP is the first release to feature original music of Lido's. It is being released on Pelican Fly. It strays away from the traditional four-to-the-floor of electronic music, instead highlighting hip-hop influenced beats, walls of synth and heavily-treated vocals, all with the ominous specter of pop know-how.
$8.99 EAN: 5060281619266 ELECTRONIC
A1. I Love You
A2. I Love You (Part II)
B1. Money
B2. Lost (feat. Muri)
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HAKIMONU: Insular Realms 12" (BLACKCROW 003EP)
The third release on Tel Aviv duo Deep'a & Biri's Black Crow label comes from Israeli talent Hakimonu. This release should bring his intelligent fusion of techno, ambient, dub, jazz and acid to wider attention. Far more than a pair of dub techno excursions, the EP's original tracks retain a tougher, more experimental edge while encouraging listeners to explore the minute details in the spaces between the more prevalent elements of the tracks. The EP enlists Ed Davenport (under his Inland guise) and Black Crow bosses Deep'a & Biri for remix duties.
$8.99 UPC: 827170566569 ELECTRONIC
A1. Insular Realms
A2. Jiriki
B1. Insular Realms (Inland Remix)
B2. Insular Realms (Deep'a & Biri Version)
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MIGHTY THOR: Tralfamadore 12" (BORN 012EP)
Uptempo sci-fi techno from Mighty Thor & a droning remix from Florian Kupfer on the flipside.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Tralfamadore
02. The Will
03. Tralfamadore (Florian Kupfer Remix)
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YOURHIGHNESS: Death Before Surrender 12" (BORN 013EP)
Demented house/techno on the A-side, and an EBM-style techno banger on the B-side by Yourhighness.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Erase
02. Covert
03. Death Before Surrender
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FAUST: Just Us CD (BB 182CD)
Faust for all. The Krautrock legends lay down the musical foundations for everyone else to make something of their own. "j US t" -- pronounced "Just Us" -- is the new album from legendary Hamburg band, Faust. Founding members Jean-Hervé Peron and Zappi Diermaier have laid down 12 musical foundations, inviting the whole world to use them as a base on which to build their own music. The tracks presented by Peron and Diermaier are clearly, intrinsically typical of Faust in their own right, yet offer enough space for completely different works to develop. Which is exactly what they hope will happen. While Diermaier largely remains true to his habitual handiwork -- drums and percussion --Peron, as we might expect, incorporates all manner of unusual sonic sources alongside his bass, various string instruments and piano, even using a sewing machine as a metronome. Tracks like "nur nous" and "ich bin ein pavian" show that Faust have lost none of their predilection for avant-garde Dadaism and improvisation. Peron and Diermaier actually surprise us with folkloristic excursions ("cavaquinho," "gammes"). In short, there is something for everyone to work with here. Peron and Diermaier await the results with bated breath. Faust will follow the same principle on the accompanying tour by inviting local artists to collaborate with them on stage. The history of the band: "There is no group more mythical than Faust." Thus wrote English musician and eccentric Julian Cope. Which says it all really, neither the habitus nor the music of the Hamburg group was easy to grasp. While some lauded Faust as the best thing that ever happened to rock, others dismissed them as shameless dilettantes. Their collage of Dadaism, avant garde rock and free improvisation radically divided opinion. When the first LP was unleashed on the world in 1971, Faust were very much the prophet in their own land, as the saying goes: few were interested in listening to their music -- in Germany. Not so across the Channel: this is where Faust's career really kickstarted. These monoliths of avant-garde rock sold 100,000 copies of their album The Faust Tapes. More than 40 years after their debut, Faust have come up with another archetypical album: inspiring, innovative, unpredictable, crossing boundaries, anarchic -- Faustian!
$12.99 EAN: 4047179904421 ROCK
01. gerubelt
02. 80hz
03. sur le ventre
04. cavaquinho
05. gammes
06. nahmaschine
07. nur nous
08. palpitations
09. der kaffee kocht
10. eeeeeeh...
11. ich bin ein pavian
12. ich sitze immer noch
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FAUST: Just Us LP+CD (BB 182LP)
LP version. Includes full album on CD.
$18.39 EAN: 4047179904414 ROCK
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BENNETT, HARRY: Body Remixes 12" (CCC 014EP)
Rowdy, sexy, voyeuristic: this is Harry Bennett's world of sizzling neo-Chicago house music. Featuring a crack team of artists, the Body Remixes collects a dazzling menagerie of tracks that transform Harry's classic house DNA into whole new beasts. Till Von Sein takes "Ponytail" to a seedy Kreuzberg back-room, whipping it into a spine-tingling, deep drug-den frenzy. DJ Nature turns "Body Language" into a house-party jam that's downtempo yet hip-shaking. SONNS overhauls "Ponytail" with a SoCal lowrider bounce born of Latin-inflected syncopated grooves, and "Jack My Body" gets hit by an acid bomb that can only come from DJ Traxx.
$9.79 UPC: 827170569263 ELECTRONIC
A1. Ponytail (Till Von Sein Remix)
A2. Body Language (DJ Nature Remix)
B1. Ponytail (SONNS Remix)
B2. Jack My Body (Traxx Remix)
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REBEKAH: CLR Presents Mind Sets: Rebekah - Sampler 2 12" (CLR 082EP)
Rebekah delivers the third and last part of CLR's new format. Once more, Rebekah has chosen a mixture of tracks by fellow CLR players and other colleagues she admires for their cutting-edge, quality production style. Brian Sanhaji contributed "Gyre," a truly mesmerizing, acidic journey. "Berkel" was produced by Dualit and is characterized by a comparatively laid-back vibe. The B-side contains two more tracks by Bas Mooy and by Rebekah herself. Bas Mooy's "Exile" is another good example of minimalistic, driving and hypnotic techno, while Rebekah manifests with "Zero Point," straight-forward, full on, banging techno with heaps of positive energy.
$9.79 UPC: 827170544260 ELECTRONIC
A1. Brian Sanhaji - Gyre
A2. Dualit - Berkel
B1. Bas Mooy - Exiles
B2. Rebekah - Zero Point
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BALLERINI, LUCA: L'Eternita Di Un Attimo 12" (COR 120EP)
Verona-based producer and DJ Luca Ballerini is proof that Cocoon Recordings is still looking for new kids on the block. The dreamy and harmonic techno productions of Shlomi Aber and Guy Gerber seem to be the blueprint for Ballerini's style, however, the Italian producer is not copying here at all. The Israeli influence is noticeable, but Luca Ballerini creates his very own style by adding straight and solid techno- and house-beats. This special mixture covers a wide musical range from relaxed after-hour-techno to an emotional peak-time club sound.
$8.99 UPC: 827170562363 ELECTRONIC
A1. L'Eternita Di Un Attimo
B1. Variable Zero
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PENNER, NILS: Compost Black Label 121 12" (COMP 460EP)
Nils Penner delivers some vibrant, disco-ish deep house tracks. Space Ranger's remix is a subtle jackin' floorfiller and Paskal & Urban Absolutes prove again their fine production skills with their groovin', deep rework.
$8.39 UPC: 673794246017 ELECTRONIC
A1. Master Petz
A2. Master Petz (Space Ranger Remix)
B1. Master Petz (Paskal & Urban Absolutes Remix)
B2. Reineke Fox
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LEE (FEAT. ALISON DAVID), ED: You Are the Star EP 12" (CODIS 011EP)
DJ & producer Ed Lee has put his name firmly in the limelight as one of the UK's emerging talents. This is the first single from his forthcoming album with tracks featuring Alison David on vocals. Alison David commands attention with an enchanting, magical stage presence. She has had an extensive recording career, been signed to Polygram, Sony BMG and Mercury Records and championed by various famous artists such as The Black Science Orchestra, Colin Firth, Pete Townshend (The Who), Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) and Nile Rodgers (Chic). Remixes from Moonstarr and Akshin Alizadeh.
$8.39 UPC: 673799281112 ELECTRONIC
A1. You Are the Star (Extended Mix)
A2. Follicle
B1. You Are the Star (Moonstarr Remix)
B2. You Are the Star (Akshin Alizadeh Remix)
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CHRIS & COSEY: Heartbeat LP (CTI 001LP)
2014 repress forthcoming in Nov. Heartbeat is the first in a series of four limited-edition vinyl re-releases from the esteemed Chris & Cosey catalog. Originally released to much acclaim in 1981 by Rough Trade, Heartbeat was the first in a long line of groundbreaking albums by Chris Carter & Cosey Fanni Tutti. This early example of C&C features cut-up sampled voices, Cosey's distorted guitar, industrial sequences, melodious synths and cinematic sweeps. These albums, which have been unavailable on vinyl for more than 20 years, have been painstakingly remastered by Chris Carter from the original master tapes specifically for these vinyl re-releases and showcase what many consider to be some of Chris & Cosey's finest works from their eighties period. Repressed on black vinyl, in a specially "remastered" sleeve, which also includes a 12" B/W double-sided insert of archive photos, clippings and texts.
$13.79 EAN: 5055300320810 ROCK
A1. Put Yourself In Los Angeles
A2. This Is Me
A3. Voodoo
A4. Moorby
A5. Radio Void
A6. Just Like You
B1. Bust Stop
B2. Useless Information
B3. Moving Still
B4. Manic Melody (Hairy Beary)
B5. Heartbeat
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CHRIS & COSEY: Trance LP (CTI 002LP)
2014 repress forthcoming in Nov. Trance is the second in a series of four limited-edition Chris & Cosey vinyl re-releases. This seminal album, a long time favorite with DJs and fans alike, is often cited by many electronic musicians as being influential in contemporary electronic music. Primarily an instrumental album, Trance covers everything from minimal electro and polyrhythmic sequences to rhythm-heavy dance tracks. Unavailable on vinyl for more than 20 years, painstakingly remastered by Chris Carter from the original master tapes, Trance is among one of Chris & Cosey's finest works from their eighties period. Repressed on black vinyl, in a specially "remastered" sleeve, which also includes a 12" B/W double-sided insert of archive photos, clippings and texts.
$13.79 EAN: 5055300320827 ROCK
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CHRIS & COSEY: Songs Of Love & Lust LP (CTI 009LP)
2014 repress forthcoming in Nov. This is the third in a series of four limited-edition Chris & Cosey vinyl re-releases from their esteemed catalog. Songs Of Love & Lust was originally released by Rough Trade Records in 1984 and was at the time considered to be quite a departure for both them and Rough Trade. The album contains Chris & Cosey's trademark infectious rhythms, melodic tunes, edgy guitar, wailing cornet and of course, Cosey's unique vocals -- which give a dark and sensual edge to the production. Remastered edition, repressed on black vinyl. Includes a glossy insert with historic photographs and press clippings. "A vice-like turn of the screw that is at once dreamy, hard and compelling. A gathering of all those forces which give electronic music a heart of its own. This is seduction!" --Adrian Jones, City Limits 1984
"Chris & Cosey's alluring invitation is to try another world: their promise is that the possibilities should be endless." --Don Watson, NME
$13.79 EAN: 5055300320834 ROCK
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CHRIS & COSEY: Exotika LP (CTI 016LP)
This is the fourth in a series of four limited-edition Chris & Cosey vinyl re-releases from their esteemed catalog. Exotika was originally released by Play It Again Sam in 1987. This hugely popular album includes such Chris & Cosey classics such as the crowd-pleasing "BeatBeatBeat," the haunting ballad "Dr. John (Sleeping Stephen)" and the original version of the seminal title track "Exotika," which was adopted as an electronica anthem, most notably on the GOA scene and in the U.S. West and East Coast gay clubs of the 1980s. Remastered by Chris Carter, repressed on black vinyl. Includes a glossy insert with historic photographs and press clippings. Archival press quote: "Chris & Cosey beat most of 87's mainstream dancefloor contenders on their own territory of sheer pleasure, urged joy. 'BeatBeatBeat' is extreme, a revelation." --Ian Gittins, Melody Maker 1987; "Chris & Cosey have made a great dance record, but it's their kind of dancing. No junk here. They're crazy enough to be sincere about their musical Pleasureland and they want to share their discovery. Come and feel the sound as though your life depends on it: if it were up to them, it would depend on it." --Rockpool, 1987
$13.79 EAN: 5055300320841 ROCK
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GLAM WITH PETE BURNS: Sex Drive (2014 Remixes) 12" (DFC 5501EP)
Glam was the name used by Italian hits producers DFC Team to present their cult record Hell's Party. < For their second Glams record DFC Team wanted one of their favorite artists of all times: Pete Burns of Dead Or Alive. Pete was really excited by Glam's demo and wrote one of his best songs: this is the story of "Sex Drive," that soon became a hit in 1994. Today, exactly 20 years later, DFC label re-releases "Sex Drive," with four wonderful new remixes, a real hot record that Pete Burns' and Glam's old and new fans cannot miss.
$10.39 EAN: 8014360550145 ELECTRONIC
01. Sex Drive (Linn Lovers Hit N' Run Extended)
02. Sex Drive (Miss Nina Electro Club Mix)
03. Sex Drive (Nansim! Extended R3mix)
04. Sex Drive (Linn Lovers Nusynth Dub)
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RATIER, RENATO: Black Belt: The Remixes, Vol. 2 LP (DEDGE 019LP)
After the success of the first volume of remixes comes this, a second album full of great reinterpretations of Renato Ratier's fantastic debut album Black Belt (DEDGE 012CD/LP). The album showcased the D-Edge owner, resident and label boss' great range of production prowess. It touched on house, disco, techno and everything in between and now gets reworked by a carefully handpicked selection of guests. Brazilian heroes like Anderson Noise turn up to tackle "Fetisshu," Chicago house heiress Kate Simko also appears with her version of "Kozaboa" and tech house stalwarts Tiefschwarz lend their vision to "3 Bulls." Elsewhere, the likes of Visionquest's Laura Jones, Dutch man Boris Werner, Visionquest member Ryan Crosson and Trouw resident Nuno Dos Santos all get called upon to turn in their own remixes. The result is a fantastic album that breathes plenty of new life into the originals and shows that the label and Renato himself have their finger on the pulse when it comes to international acts with a really unique production voice.
$23.79 UPC: 880319681035 ELECTRONIC
01. Gueixa Star (Laura Jones Remix)
02. 3 Bulls (M.A.N.D.Y. Remix)
03. Black Belt (Boris Werner Remix)
04. Fetisshu (Anderson Noise Remix)
05. Tea Time (Mike Shannon Remix)
06. Miss Stereo (Nuno Dos Santos Remix)
07. Jamaicanese (Phil Kieran Remix)
08. Kozaboa (Kate Simko Remix)
09. Red Light (Crosson's Drone Radio Remix)
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SEE SEE, THE: Once Forever and Again CD (EDDA 040CD)
Following their rarities and singles compilation for the legendary U.S. Sundazed label, The See See return with their third studio album capturing the bittersweet aura of classic psychedelia. Weaving Paisley Underground blushes with folk cosmic odes Once Forever and Again splashes a drenched rain parade of vocal harmonies atop ringing 12-string Mosrites, the two halves of the album split by the cherry blossom serenity of "Sun Arrows." The See See are one of the UK's greatest best-kept secrets though loved by fellow bliss-poppers as Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), Ric Menck (Velvet Crush) and Sid Griffin (Long Ryders). They also have a fondness for collaborating with like-minded souls. A rework of one of their recent songs was released last year with Jim Noir on vocals and "Jenny Said" on this album is a track that Nick Power from the Coral kindly donated to them.
$10.99 UPC: 666017277820 ROCK
01. Once, Forever and Again
02. 400 Miles
03. Big Bad Storm
04. Mary Anne
05. The Rain & The Snow
06. Over & Under
07. Sun Arrows
08. Let Me Be the One
09. The Evil Clutch of Dawn
10. Ynys Las
11. Jenny Said
12. Featherman
13. Song for Billy Nova
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RICHTER/DANIEL HOPE, MAX: Berlin By Overnight 12" (DG 47939887)
Berlin by Overnight by Max Richter is taken from Daniel Hope's latest album Spheres (2013) and will now be released on vinyl together with four remixes by internationally-acclaimed remixers who were carefully selected and picked up on the nocturnal, minimal and repetitive atmosphere. The international line-up of remixers: Efdemin, CFCF, Lorna Dune, and Tom Adams.
$11.79 UPC: 028947939887 ELECTRONIC
A1. Berlin by Overnight (from the Album Spheres)
A2. Berlin by Overnight (CFCF Remix)
A3. Berlin by Overnight (Efdemin Remix)
B1. Berlin by Overnight (Lorna Dune Remix)
B2. Berlin by Overnight (Tom Adams Remix)
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ISAIAH: Isaiah 2LP/2CD (DIG 002LP)
Isaiah's only album (1975) features a mix of jazz, blues and progressive rock elements. Led by the charismatic voice of flautist and guitarist Gert Raabe, the band counts as one of Austria's most versatile bands of the 1970s, often likened to Jethro Tull, Yes and ELP. Digatone restored their demos for the previously-unreleased second album which were declined by the label at the time for being too weird. The band disbanded in 1977. Original copies of the album very rarely come up for sale these days and when they do, command a price of several hundred Euros. For the first time available as a 2LP + 2CD deluxe reissue including their rare original album, an LP full of unreleased songs, liner notes & enhanced bonus material. Limited to 750 copies.
$27.59 EAN: 9120036681729 ROCK
2LP:
A1. Jericho
A2. Summer Farewell
A3. Leave It All Behind
B1. Afterwards
B2. Prophet
C1. Playing the Circle Game
C2. Nightmare
C3. Same to You
C4. Zu Leise
D1. No Reason
D2. The Fighter
D3. Long Way
D4. Sunset
CD1:
01. Jericho
02. Summer Farewell
03. Leave It All Behind
04. Afterwards
05. Prophet
Bonusvideos
CD2:
01. Playing the Circle Game
02. Nightmare
03. Same to You
04. No Reason
05. The Fighter
06. Long Way
07. Hero
08. Sunset
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NACHTBRAKER: Janus EP 12" (DIRT 082EP)
Amsterdam-based house head Nachtbraker presents one for Dirt Crew. The opening track "Alright" has this great piano hook that progresses though the whole track and gives us that sweet old school house feeling, absolutely funky as hell and a standout track. "Braun" takes us to rougher and more bouncing hip-hop like beats with spaced-out sounds and great Detroit-ish chord progressions. The title track is slow and funky with a tasty bass line that gets you moving like crazy. "Warme Kachel" gets you in the right mood for some heated party action.
$9.79 UPC: 827170547964 ELECTRONIC
A1. Alright
A2. Braun
B1. Janus
B2. Warme Kachel
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STEVENS, CEDRIC: Hanging in the Wires LP (CREP 012LP)
After a busy spell collaborating with the likes of Fennesz and My Cat Is An Alien, Belgium experimental stalwart Cédric Stevens still finds time to complete a meditative LP of modular electronics, electric guitar and Indian tambura. Taking his trademark modular synth textures further into the ether zone, Stevens continues his flirtations between the fragile lines of noise and celestial drones, offering again another beautiful glimpse into his ongoing studio experiments at the reclusive Hermetic garage. With a gentle A-side of modular synths, guitars, and field recordings, the B-side plunges the listener into a grandiose meditating raga piece entitled "Benares Crescent." Based exclusively on recordings of an Indian tambura and developed by Stevens over the last 5 years, "Benares" swooshes through Indian psychedelic drones, evoking a sometimes wild others meditating, electrified Indian harmonic soundscape. The logical continuation of the Belgium "school" of exploratory electronics. Fans of Baudouin Oosterlynck, Léo Kupper, Folke Rabe or Remko Scha take note.
$22.99 EAN: 5055869500920 ROCK
A1. Lost in Graçac
A2. Cadavre Exquis
B1. Benares Crescent
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COOKE, SAM: Encore LP (ACV 2031LP)
"One big record hit after another demonstrated that here was a singer with something to say that had not been said before. Each succeeding hit induced greater demands for appearances in the nation's top supper clubs and with each club performance came a clamor for a 'Sam Cooke Encore.'" --original liner notes; One of the rarest LPs from the great Sam Cooke, Encore is his second studio album. Originally released in 1958. First time in ACV. First edition of 500 numbered copies.
$15.79 UPC: 889397020316 ROCK
A1. Oh, Look at Me Now
A2. Someday
A3. Along the Navaho Trail
A4. Running Wild
A5. Accentuate the Positive
A6. Mary, Mary Lou
B1. When I Fall in Love
B2. I Cover the Waterfront
B3. My Foolish Heart
B4. Today I Sing the Blues
B5. The Gypsy
B6. It's the Talk of the Town
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COOKE, SAM: Ain't That Good News LP (ACV 2033LP)
Ain't That Good News (1964) was the last studio album released in Sam Cooke's lifetime. Features his iconic recording "A Change Is Gonna Come," which has become an anthem for civil rights plus the hit songs "Another Saturday Night," "Ain't That Good News" and "Rome (Wasn't Built in a Day)." "On this LP, two sides of Sam Cooke. The first side, strong and rockin'; the second side, ballads, deep and soulful." --original liner notes
$15.79 UPC: 889397020330 ROCK
A1. Ain't That Good News
A2. Meet Me at Mary's Place
A3. Good Times
A4. Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
A5. Another Saturday Night
A6. Tennessee Waltz
B1. A Change Is Gonna Come
B2. Falling in Love
B3. Home
B4. Sittin' in the Sun
B5. No Second Time
B6. The Riddle Song
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CECIL TAYLOR QUARTET, THE: Looking Ahead! LP (ACV 2034LP)
"One of Cecil Taylor's earliest recordings, Looking Ahead! (1959) does just that while still keeping several toes in the tradition. It's an amazing document of a talent fairly straining at the reins, a meteor about to burst onto the jazz scene and render it forever changed. Looking Ahead! is a vital recording from the nascence of one of the towering geniuses of modern music and belongs in any jazz fan's collection." --AllMusic
$15.79 UPC: 889397020347 JAZZ
A1. Luyah! The Glorious Step
A2. African Violets
A3. Of What
B1. Wallering
B2. Toll
B3. Excursion on a Wobbly Rail
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TAYLOR, CECIL: Jazz Advance LP (ACV 2035LP)
Jazz Advance is the debut album by pianist Cecil Taylor recorded for the Transition label on September 14, 1956. The album features performances by Taylor with Buell Neidlinger, Dennis Charles and Steve Lacy. "Though many did not understand his approach at the time, the passing years temper scathing criticism, and you can easily appreciate what he is accomplishing... With Jazz Advance, the revolution commenced, Taylor was setting the pace, and the improvised music world has never been the same." --AllMusic
$15.79 UPC: 889397020354 JAZZ
A1. Bemsha Swing
A2. Charge 'Em Blues
A3. Azure
B1. Song
B2. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
B3. Rickickshaw
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BOB JAMES TRIO, THE: Bold Conceptions LP (ACV 2036LP)
This is the original Bob James; his very first album, in fact, recorded at age 22 (and produced by Quincy Jones) as a prize for winning the 1962 Collegiate Jazz Festival. "This collection, largely bop in its approach, is astonishing in its precocious reach, featuring two James originals: the intriguing 'Quest' and the daringly impressionistic 'Trilogy' that involves the playing of oil drums, temple blocks, and golf balls, among other things." --AllMusic
$15.79 UPC: 889397020361 JAZZ
A1. A Moment's Notice
A2. Nardis
A3. The Night We Called It a Day
A4. Trilogy
B1. Quest
B2. My Love (From Candide)
B3. Fly Me to the Moon (Aka In Other Words)
B4. Birks' Works
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HOLIDAY, BILLIE: Lady Sings the Blues LP (ACV 2037LP)
"Taken from a pair of sessions taped during 1955-1956, Lady Sings the Blues finds Billie Holiday in top form and backed by the sympathetic likes of tenor saxophonist Paul Quinichette, trumpeters Charlie Shavers and Harry Edison, pianist Wynton Kelly, and guitarists Kenny Burrell and Barney Kessel. And while these autumnal sides bear some of the frayed vocal moments often heard on Holiday's '50s Verve sides, the majority here still ranks with her best material. This is especially true of the cuts from the June 1956 date, which produced unparalleled versions of 'No Good Man,' 'Some Other Spring,' and 'Lady Sings the Blues.' See why many fans prefer the 'worn out' Holiday heard here to the more chipper singer featured on those classic Columbia records from the '30s." --AllMusic
$15.79 UPC: 889397020378 JAZZ
A1. Lady Sings the Blues
A2. Trav'lin Light
A3. I Must Have That Man!
A4. Some Other Spring
A5. Strange Fruit
A6. No Good Man
B1. God Bless the Child
B2. Good Morning, Heartache
B3. Love Me or Leave Me
B4. Too Marvelous for Words
B5. Willow Weep for Me
B6. I Thought About You
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BEN, JORGE: Sacundin Ben Samba LP+CD (DOK 231LP)
Jorge Ben in 1963, after the large impact of his first album Samba Esquema Novo (DOK 225LP), goes back into the studio to realize his very cool early album Sacundin Ben Samba (1964). Here Ben's work took a jazzy turn, with a crossover into Brazil's cabaret-style pop. Some of these tracks have a straight jazz character, particularly with the piano and horn combos (and assisted by Meirelles and Luiz Carlos Vinhas) Interestingly enough, although he didn't stick with this style long, his version of jazzy presentation swung heavier than most of the proper "jazz" records of the time, by folks such as the Tambo Trio, etc. Includes a CD of the entire album.
$18.39 EAN: 8013252882319 WORLD
A1. Anjo Azul
A2. Nena Nana
A3. Vamos Embora "Uau"
A4. Capoeira
A5. Gimbo
A6. Carnaval Triste
B1. A Princesa E O Plebeu
B2. Menina Do Vestido Coral
B3. Pula Bau
B4. Jeitao De Preto Velho
B5. Espero Por Voce
B6. Nao Desanima Joao
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HARDY, FRANCOISE: Francoise Hardy PIC. DISC (DOP 8001LP)
Picture disc format. A seminal album of the French ye-ye era, Françoise Hardy's self-titled debut (known in the U.S. as The "Yeh-Yeh" Girl From Paris) was released shortly after her debut single "Oh Oh Chéri" in 1962. The success of this album, along with its hit "Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles," made the eighteen-year-old French bombshell a huge star in Europe and an icon of the French fashion and music industries. Along with other ye-ye girls of the '60s, like Jane Birkin, Brigitte Bardot, France Gall, and Sylvie Vartan, Hardy exuded a kind of sexy innocence that made French women the most liberated and the most desired in the world.
$18.39 UPC: 889397680015 WORLD
A1. Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles
A2. Ca A Rate
A3. La Fille Avec Toi
A4. Oh Oh Chéri
A5. Le Temps De L'amour
A6. Il Est Tout Pour Moi
B1. On Se Plait
B2. Ton Meilleur Ami
B3. J'ai Jete Mon Coeur
B4. Il Est Parti Un Jour
B5. J'suis D'Accord
B6. C'est A L'Amour Auquel Je Pense
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HARDY, FRANCOISE: Francoise Hardy PIC. DISC (DOP 8002LP)
Picture disc format. This is the second studio album from the French popular singer, Françoise Hardy. Like many of Hardy's earlier albums, it was released in 1963 with no title, except for her name on the cover. In the UK the album was released as Françoise Hardy - In Vogue.
$18.39 UPC: 889397680022 WORLD
A1. Le Premier Bonheur du jour
A2. Va pas prendre un tambour
A3. Saurai-je?
A4. Toi je ne t'oublierai pas
A5. Avant de t'en aller
A6. Comme tant d'autres
B1. J'aurais voulu
B2. Nous tous
B3. L'Amour d'un garcon
B4. Le sais-tu?
B5. L' Amour ne dure pas toujours
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HARDY, FRANCOISE: Canta per Voi in Italiano PIC. DISC (DOP 8003LP)
Picture disc format. Françoise Hardy canta per Voi in Italiano (1963): an album issued shortly after the debut with some of its songs and additional numbers re-recorded in Italian. While the original album is a classic of French pop, '60s AM magic, and of course, a forerunner of the yeh-yeh (aka yé-yé) sound, the additional tracks in Italian are a sweet counterpart.
$18.39 UPC: 889397680039 WORLD
A1. Il tuo migliore amico
A2. Vorrei capirti
A3. Per tanto tempo
A4. L'amore va
A5. Una ragazza come le altre
B1. Quelli della mia eta
B2. Ci sto
B3. E all'amore che penso
B4. L'eta dell'Amore
B5. Oh Oh Chéri
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VARTAN, SYLVIE: Sylvie PIC. DISC (DOP 8004LP)
Picture disc format. Sylvie Vartan's seminal 1962 debut LP transformed the 18-year-old collegienne du twist into the French pop diva, whose songs (and high-profile marriage to Johnny Hallyday) would dominate the European pop charts throughout the 1960s. Songs like "Est-ce que tu le sais" and "Le Loco-motion" -- remakes of Ray Charles' "What I'd Say" and Little Eva's "Locomotion" -- became two of her first smash hits.
$18.39 UPC: 889397680046 WORLD
A1. Moi je pense encore a toi (Breaking Up Is Hard to Do)
A2. Quand le film est triste (Sad Movies)
A3. L'amour c'est aimer la vie (Love Is a Swingin' Thing)
A4. Baby c'est vous (Baby It's You)
A5. Les vacances se suivent
A6. Dansons (Let's Dance)
B1. M'amuser
B2. Tous mes copains
B3. Gong-gong (I'm Blue)
B4. Comme l'ete dernier (Dancing Party)
B5. Ne le decois pas (Putty in Your Hands)
B6. Cri de ma vie (Dream Baby)
B7. Est-ce que tu le sais (What'd I Say)
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BARDOT, BRIGITTE: Sings PIC. DISC (DOP 8005LP)
Picture disc format. By the time this album was released in the U.S., the "princess of pout" had already had men flocking to her films for than a decade, hoping for a glimpse of Brigitte Bardot in a bikini. Her 1963 vocal debut, featuring Serge Gainsbourg's "L'Appareil A Sous," not only added to her sultry allure, but also boosted her pop icon status.
$18.39 UPC: 889397680053 WORLD
A1. L'Appareil A Sous
A2. Les Amis De La Musique
A3. El Cuchipe
A4. Je Me Donne A Qui Me Plait
A5. Invintango
A6. C'est Rigolo
B1. La Madrague
B2. Pas Davantage
B3. Everybody Loves My Baby
B4. Rose D'Eau
B5. Noir Et Blanc
B6. Faite Pour Dormir
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MONROE, MARILYN: "...Who Else?" PIC. DISC (DOP 8006LP)
Picture disc format. Yes, who else? Can you imagine Hollywood's best 1950s musicals without Norma Jean's voice, or late 1950s comedies without her incredibly charismatic and sizzling humor. Maybe you're stuck with her Playboy's centerfold when she was not yet famous, but don't get tricked: Norma Jean was much, much more than that. You don't get so much attention from Camelot, anyway, if you're not a magnetic diva like she was. These tunes, taken from the motion pictures she starred in, or simply resulting from "staged" happenings like the infamous, "nude look" performance of "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" that still generates some heart failures, are some of the best performances of this never-forgotten lady, also known as the quintessence of men's desire.
$18.39 UPC: 889397680060 ROCK
A1. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
A2. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
A3. I'm Thru with Love
A4. When Love Goes Wrong, Nothing Goes Right (with Jane Russell)
A5. Bye Bye Baby (with Jane Russell)
A6. A Fine Romance
B1. She Acts Like a Woman Should
B2. Kiss
B3. Do It Again
B4. After You Get What You Want (You Don't Want It)
B5. You'd Be Surprised
B6. River of No Return
B7. Happy Birthday, Mr. President
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APPLICATION: Applied Remixes 2LP (DUST 046LP)
Application have selected some of their favorite artists to remix their album System Fork (DUST 041CD/LP). Each artist selected their favorite track and were given the freedom to do what they wanted with the track. Application explain: "We went to see Pye Corner Audio in Sheffield, the table was festooned with equipment that looked like it has just been dropped out of a toy box. We immediately liked him. Beneath is so clever with the way he organizes his beats, we had to invite him to be part of this project as we've loved everything he's released. Geiom's approach and ear for detail has always been attractive to us and we really wanted to hear what he'd do with one of these tracks. We knew he would create something different that we wouldn't do ourselves. Scanner has been a good friend over the years and we've been closely following the very different path he's taken, he's always doing something we'd never have thought of, so we had to get him involved. We're big fans of Russell Haswell's work and have always enjoyed watching him work live, it's as if he's trying to put something back together while it's melting! Sometimes we don't understand what Mark Fell is doing but we always enjoy the experience. He drags you further and further into his world and not many artists can do that. These are our reasons."
$22.99 UPC: 880319688737 ELECTRONIC
01. Front End (Remixed by Pye Corner Audio)
02. Flange 7 (Remixed by Beneath)
03. Siren (Remixed by Geiom)
04. Swuth (Remix by Application)
05. Ambient B (Remixed by Scanner)
06. Cron Job (Remixed by Russell Haswell)
07. Steve Reich's Ice Cream Van (Remixed by Mark Fell)
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COH: To Beat or Not to Beat 2LP (EMEGO 197X-LP)
Special double set of COH's To Beat album (released previously as CD) featuring exclusive remixes by Matmos, JG Thirlwell, John Parish, Ryuchi Sakamoto, and Drew McDowall. Vinyl-only. No digital. Original To Beat notes: Picking up right where the last track on the previous COH release RETRO-2038 (EMEGO 172CD/LP) left off, the new album is focused on the use of beats within the similar aesthetics. While most of the previous COH records openly shy away from accentuated beat structures and instead build up their rhythmical content by layering waves and pulses, every track on To Beat is padded with just that -- beats. The music transition is illustrated in the album's artwork, displaying transformation of a sine-wave, a tone, into a waveform which is "beat." This mathematical progression is made audible in the album's opening track Wave to Beat. The rest of the album, however, steers clear from dull math and presents the beats in their more traditional context of what could be referred to as "adventurous dance music," taking the listener through various examples of beat use with the sense of playfulness and joy. The final piece, "Beat to Wave," wraps it up by dissolving a simplistic post-techno piece into a tonal chord. This brings back the album's main idea, where tone and beat are essentially one and the same, like vowels and consonants in a language, like Yin and Yang in music.
$20.99 EAN: 5050580621275 ELECTRONIC
A1. Wave to Beat
A2. Meguro 10-6
A3. Весна-Красна
A4. Ungear moi !
B1. Eena ferroix
B2. Moonviewhigh
B3. Bond Number
B4. Helicon
C1. BECHA-KPACHA (Matmos Asis Mix)
C2. Bond Number (JG Thirlwell Mix)
C3. Ungear moi (John Parish Mix)
C4. BECHA-KPACHA (Matmos Crunchtime Mix)
D1. Eena ferroix (Ryuichi Sakamoto Mix)
D2. Helicon (Drew McDowall Mix)
D3. Beat to Wave
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TUJIKO, NORIKO: My Ghost Comes Back CD (EMEGO 201CD)
The aptly named My Ghost Comes Back witnesses the return of Tujiko Noriko after a hiatus, exploring worlds beyond those we regularly inhabit. The results of these travels provided the formula for this, her most accomplished record to date. As rich in ambition as it is skewered in its melodic stance, My Ghost Comes Back is a decidedly more acoustic affair in which a host of guest musicians incorporate mandolin, viola, musical saw, optigan and other such wares into the exotic environment where her unique songwriting now resides. Furthering an exploration of unorthodox arrangements, rhythm and melody, Noriko concocts engaging pop explosions where flickering electronics, staggered rhythms, and shimmering vocals all dance on a plateau of melancholic ecstasy. "My Heart Isn't Only Mine" launches proceedings as a slow-burning landscape of electronics, organ and subdued vocal arrangements which unfold over 14+ minutes, delicately setting the scene for a new kind of record. "Give Me Your Hands" and "Minty You" exude a joyous warmth as pop perfection extends into the ether. "Through the Rain" is a deeply-moving example of just how far Tujiko's craft has evolved with its repetitive keyboard line, melodic development and a striking, ecstatic chorus. Having spent time to refine her means of traversing the line between pop and experimentation, My Ghost Comes Back presents itself as an ecstatic experience. One which encourages repeated listens as a means of unravelling the subtle sonic tapestry within.
$10.99 EAN: 5050580623934 ELECTRONIC
01. My Heart Isn't Only Mine (14:28)
02. Land Next to Me (5:35)
03. Give Me Your Hands (4:20)
04. Minty You (3:43)
05. Through the Rain (6:00)
06. 12 Moons (4:49)
07. Under the White Sheets (5:53)
08. Yellow of You (6:11)
09. My Ghost Comes Back (9:18)
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AND: Cosmic Microwave Background CD (EDLX 038CD)
Having honed a clear and uncompromising sound, which has been flexed across all manner of tempos, AnD return to Electric Deluxe with their first full body of work: a sonic contemplation of the cosmos, woven with all their industrial tropes intact. The venomous hats and cavernous rumblings on "Power Spectrum," the caustic squeals of "Acoustic Oscillations" and the anxious pistons in "Gravitational Waves," for example, should instantly resonate with fans of the duo's wanton dancefloor works. But another cataclysmic compilation this is not. Cosmic Microwave Background is a far more composed and calculated affair, which sees the AnD sound assiduously recast into album format. The analog bleeps of "Particle" and grainy textures in "The Epoch of Recombination" are some of the fluctuations that temper AnD's debut album into a solid listening experience, meanwhile exposing some of the pair's fluid and intuitive working process -- with themselves as much as with their machines. Juxtaposing production precision with more freeform composition, Cosmic Microwave Background as an opus is as intriguing and unexpected in its entirety as its individual parts. Not that the album is quite so black and white. There are anomalies such as "Non-Sky Signal Noise" which tread the velveteen grey area in between, with truly rewarding results. On Cosmic Microwave Background AnD have found their door between worlds, and flung it wide open. The sleeve artwork has been created from a series of paintings by AnD themselves, reinterpreted here by EDLX's own in-house designer Jan Willem van de Baan into a set of industrial-evoking pieces inspired by the sound and aesthetics of the album.
$11.99 UPC: 827170145221 ELECTRONIC
01. Particle
02. The Epoch of Recombination
03. Power Spectrum
04. Cosmic Strings (CD-only)
05. Relic Radiation
06. Gravitational Waves
07. Photon Visibility Function (CD-only)
08. Non-Sky Signal Noise
09. Acoustic Oscillations
10. Galactic Motion (CD-only)
11. Diffusion Damping
12. The Surface of Last Scattering (CD-only)
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AND: Dark Matter 12" (EDLX 038EP)
After a cataclysmic entry into the Electric Deluxe fold, AnD present more pummeling dancefloor works. Melding steely industrial sentiment with their own toolkit of analog-fashioned tropes, AnD have crafted a signature which has allowed them to freewheel through techno's many tomes --and beyond -- without ever straying too far from the mark. "Cosmic Strings" is as delirious as any stone-cold Tresor classic. Then on the flip, "Photon Visibility Function" coils dark and brooding atmospherics round the most malevolent concoction of AnD-isms. This one has been made to split the club right open.
$9.79 UPC: 827170561762 ELECTRONIC
A1. Cosmic Strings
B1. Photon Visibility Function
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AND: Cosmic Microwave Background 2LP (EDLX 038LP)
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$19.79 UPC: 827170561861 ELECTRONIC
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GREAT VALLEY: Lizards of Camelot LP (FTR 144LP)
"Vinylization of an extremely blopsy concept album originally released by NNA Tapes. Great Valley are (or were? not sure) a Brattleboro duo -- Jo Miller-Gamble and Peter Nichols -- who could be joined at times by any of various Southern Vermont locals. On Lizards, the local club includes Chris Weisman, Luke Csehak, Ruth Garbus, Zach Phillips, and others. More recently, however, Jo and Peter have decided to form a new trio with Danny Bissette (who's been playing live with them), and that's called Grape Room. Whether or not this supplants (or merely supplements) Great Valley's existence is not immediately obvious, but we look forward to Grape Room's purple spew. In the meantime, there's Lizards of Camelot to think about. The album is a song cycle that seems to be about reptiles (perhaps with outer space connections) strolling about Arthur Pendragon's keep in the days of the 5th century, eating grapes, thinking about kicking Mordred's ass, and whatever else knights did back in those days. The music is a blend of experimental sound treatments and willfully off-center pop spinnery and even if you can follow the story you'll find the pressure inside your head building to a dangerous degree as you take it all in. Are there hits? Yes. Are there videos? Yes, again. Tune in to 'Outerspace Garden' or 'Lakey Lady' and begin to deal with the repressed memories you have of your days with scales and armor. And if you want to purchase the highly therapeutic LP, act fast. Of them, there are but few." --Byron Coley; Edition of 200.
$16.39 UPC: 794504031218 ROCK
A1. Knights of the Spiral Table
A2. Lakey Lady
A3. My Land
A4. Star-Flash Equality
A5. Purple Face in Midnight's Free
A6. Ride Across the Moat Love
A7. Green Angels Arrive
B1. Here Comes My Queen
B2. Chamelean's Lament
B3. Semi-Precious Rock
B4. Sand Angell
B5. Wan Over Water
B6. Lion Is Sleeping
B7. Court Me
B8. Outerspace Garden
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LENTILS, THE: My Pillow Lava Part One: My Deaf Son LP (FTR 150LP)
First physical evidence of the "band" that entered the room when Happy Jawbone departed. And it's a beaut. Pressed on clear vinyl with a silkscreen on the blank side (a la Albert Ayler's Bells on ESP), packed with a 16-page book of Luke Csehak's notebook fragments, the record is a compendium of ideas that were once lost but are now found. For live performance, The Lentils have now assumed some sort of physical presence worthy of their sound's wide hips. But at the time of this recording, the project was solo Luke. He did the art for the vinyl, played all the music (apart from some Chris Weisman support on one track and some tootling from hippie prepsters from Putney) and poured a lot of weird soul into the effort. It is a goddamn stellar production. The music ranges from "The Wrong Song," perhaps the most blasted evidence yet of the mythical border that separate Brattleboro and Dunedin (a spectacular crevice filled with broken glass), to "The Wrong Wings," which has a jug band sound that would make Norman Greenbaum beam with pride. "Wings" even has some little psych guitar filigree that is pure Petaluma '72. Genius. There's also the strange-strings attack of "Roaring Milk" and the strangled Wooden Wand approach of "A Pocket Full of Blood," which has the best Beck lyrics not written by Beck since "MTV Makes me Want to Smoke Crack." With My Pillow Lava Part One: My Deaf Son, Luke has created a kind of new lonesome stranger archetype that is both more lonesome and far, far stranger than any archetype that precedes it. What a treat for you. Edition of 200 copies.
$12.99 UPC: 794504031317 ROCK
A1. The Wrong Song 2
A2. The Wrong Wings
A3. Roaring Milk
A4. A Pocket Full of Blood
A5. My Sourest Wings
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PHONK D, ISE JR. & SASCHA CIMINIERA: Footjob 001 12" (FJ 001EP)
First release of the German label Footjob. Productions from the 21st century with influences from the '80s to the '90s.
$9.79 UPC: 827170563469 ELECTRONIC
A1. Another Love
B1. Unique
B2. No Message
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CHMMR: Lyd & Bilde 12" (FP 046EP)
Chmmr is the dance music making moniker of Even Brenden hailing from Norway. The unmistakably sparkling Chmmr sound stands for long, hypnotic tracks, simple in a way, but oh so groove-laden, sick-bassed, and continuously panned and patterned with a string theme. Last but not least, Prins Thomas adds his own remix version with an epic, mythical twist.
$9.79 UPC: 827170555068 ELECTRONIC
A1. Lyd & Bilde
B1. NP Hard
B2. NP Hard (Prins Thomas Persian Version)
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TRULZ & ROBIN: Sol 12" (FP 048EP)
Full Pupp presents one from Trulz & Robin, featuring a remix by Prins Thomas.
$9.79 UPC: 827170557161 ELECTRONIC
A1. Sol
A2. Sol (Prins Thomas Dromhus Miks)
B1. Froskelar
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ORMONDE: Cartographer/Explorer CD (GZH 057CD)
Ormonde are Anna-Lynne Williams (Trespassers William/Lotte Kestner) and Robert Gomez, and Cartographer/Explorer is the Seattle band's second album. Individually, the two members of Ormonde have impressive CVs: Williams toured with Damien Rice, Feist, Broken Social Scene and Explosions In The Sky during her time in Trespassers William and also co-wrote and sang "Hold Tight London" on Chemical Brothers' Push the Button album. Gomez is a respected producer/multi-instrumentalist who has worked with John Grant, Centro-matic and Sarah Jaffe and was previously signed to Bella Union. Ormonde, however, is where the two locate their shared vision, and it's a spellbinding place to spend some time. In contrast to their debut, Cartographer/Explorer is a much more ambitious affair. Primarily written and recorded in an immersive two-week period, the songs have a late-night, narcotic quality. They frequently center themselves around repeating guitar or organ/synth phrases and passages, slowly spinning out captivating webs of sound. Williams concentrates on her words and singing, whereas Gomez provides the lion's share of the instrumentation, incorporating beats and processed drums into the mix, submerging them under liberal reverb and effects. Gomez himself takes lead vocals on four of the album's ten songs -- with the purity of Williams' voice winding around his slurred, somewhat sinister tones -- with "A Grand Design" being a perfect example of how the combination of their voices, together and separate, is one of the album's strongest features. It perhaps comes as little surprise that Ormonde spent time watching the second series of Twin Peaks during recording. There's a similar fascination with the undercurrents of love, death, and trust, and the anxiety of whether our interactions with others are harmonious or destructive. Thisis a wonderful album, compelling in its subtle moves, finding its own sweet way as only the best records do.
$11.99 UPC: 880319682025 ROCK
01. Beach
02. A Grand Design
03. Paintings
04. Collapse
05. Explorer/Cartographer
06. Threshold
07. Strange Wind
08. Fast Forward
09. Snake
10. Bled Out
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ORMONDE: Cartographer/Explorer LP (GZH 057LP)
LP version.
$17.79 UPC: 880319682117 ROCK
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VA: Glitterbeat: Dubs & Versions I CD (GB 018CD)
"It can't be much of a surprise that Glitterbeat would eventually assemble a collection of dubs and versions of songs by their artists. Our very first release in the spring of 2013 was a 500-piece limited edition 12" where two tracks from the Malian Afro-rock newcomer Ben Zabo were given an inspired dub treatment by legendary Berlin producer Mark Ernestus. Those two tracks are included here as well as eight other reinterpretations from our growing catalog. Having had the privilege of working with each of the Malian artists remixed for this album we can safely say that this project will not seem as strange to them as one might assume. In contemporary Malian music, reggae plays a fundamental role and nearly every electric-based band we have encountered in Bamako and beyond incorporates at least some reggae elements into their sound. Also the rapid, ubiquitous rise of hip-hop in Mali has brought samples, remixes and programming into the direct orbit of the country's urban musicians. And in the dusty, open lots of Bamako's sprawling neighborhoods, the music that one most frequently encounters being performed is Balani, a sort of Malian variant of dancehall, where laptop electronic beats and declamatory 'toasting' are combined with samples of balafons and other traditional instruments. Balani is by definition a remix-generated music. Bringing together the different mixers with the songs of the original artists was an exciting process. Our choices of who to invite rose intuitively out of our record collections and our personal networks and almost every mixer that we approached thankfully accepted the invitation. Mark Ernestus was asked to fashion our original 12" not only because of our deep love for his work with the abstract dub duo Rhythm & Sound but also because of his albums in collaboration with Jeri Jeri, the Senegalese sabar group. Dubmaster Dennis Bovell's work with Linton Kwesi Johnson, The Pop Group and Orange Juice has been a big part of our personal soundtracks for more than 30 years. We were introduced to the South African Nozinja via his infectious Shangaan Electro productions. Honest Jon's released an excellent remix album (Shangaan Shake) of his tracks and we thought it fitting that he join our remix dialogue. We stumbled upon the British-Ghanaian performance, visual and musical artist Larry Achiampong's self-released LP More Mogya and were excited by its mash-up of palm wine and high life samples with hip-hop beats. We have been fans of Mark Stewart all the way back to his days in the seminal post-punk band The Pop Group, but it was his recent dub album Exorcism of Envy that really caught our collective ear. The intricate Afro-techno of "Harmonius Thelonius" is by definition a sort of West African music remix project, and he seemed a perfect choice to invite. Rounding off the list of mixers is Dirk Dresselhaus aka Schneider TM, whose wide-open musical obsessions have embraced indie-rock, analog electronics, improvisation and field recordings. With the finished master of this album right now echoing from our speakers we are already thinking about Glitterbeat: Dubs & Versions Volume II. Can't wait." --Chris Eckman & Peter Weber, Glitterbeat Records
$11.99 EAN: 4030433601822 ELECTRONIC
01. Dennis Bovell - Aye Go Mila Dubwize
02. Mark Ernestus Meets Ben Zabo - Danna Dubwise
03. Schneider TM - Be Ki Don (Cockpit Dub)
04. Nozinja - Tamala (Nozinja Version)
05. Harmonious Thelonious - Danna (Healing Remix)
06. Dennis Bovell - Itous Dubwize
07. Larry Achiampong - Back Talk
08. Mark Ernestus Meets Ben Zabo - Vo Dubwise
09. Mark Stewart - Smokin' Bowl (Redemption Remix)
10. Studio Zuma - Na Yafa (Tamana Dub)
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VA: Glitterbeat: Dubs & Versions I 2LP (GB 018LP)
Double LP version, cut at 45 rpm. Includes download code.
$24.39 EAN: 4030433601815 ELECTRONIC
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MAD NANNA: In Glasgow LP (ROWF 039LP)
There's something about the drummerless version of Mad Nanna that just gives them all this scope to stretch out into their own strangeness. The much-lauded Australian duo was captured live, here, at their seminal Volcanic Tongue in-store performance in Glasgow, Scotland, and it's one of those recordings to make you depressed that you weren't there. The guitar playing -- slow and sparse and slimily sliding and chugging -- just has all this amazing drag to it, propelled by the wavering internal body clock of singer Michael Zulicki, whose voice has all the deadpan charm of The Dead C's Michael Morley, but whose songs are reminiscent of Supreme Dicks' most out-there shuffles. Splurged over the top of that like hot oil on a skillet are the ultra-slo-mo, totally untutored and blindingly great "solos" (in the loosest sense) of guitarist Pat O'Brien.
$18.99 EAN: 5060366781215 ROCK
A1. Little Flowers
A2. Deck Song
B1. My Two Kids
B2. I'm Not Coming Here
B3. The Nectarine Tree
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MIND FAIR: Mind Fair CD (CHANNEL 029CD)
Mind Fair are Dean Meredith (Chicken Lips, Goat Dance) and Ben Shenton. Over the last few years they have had a slew of 12"s out on Golf Channel, International Feel and their own imprint, Rogue Cat Sounds, but are only now dropping this, their long-awaited debut LP. It is a bluesy folk-funk swamp techno barnyard stomp of an album. It takes in influences from Krautrock to English psych through to classic Detroit techno, Chicago house and the (Italo) disco that inspired it. It somehow unifies these diverse threads and drags them into 2014 via a rave in the countryside. We go dancing on a hay bale at 10am in the sunshine in a pair of dungarees before collapsing on a friend's sofa and skinning up amidst friends jamming with acoustic guitars and bongos. Through it all marches the distinctive sounds that are Dean and Ben's hallmarks: chugging analog bass and deeply funky drums. All this is set to a loose concept of a night out at the quintessential English traveling fair manned by psychedelic freaks -- the fair of the mind. The vocal talents of Clover Ray feature, alongside other regular contributors Karl "Akuko" Miller (percussion & vocals), Tim Silver (ukelele!), Sadie Shenton Jones (vocals) and James Flanagan (vocals). Sumptuous artwork comes from Thomas Bullock aka Tom Of England of Rub N Tug/Map Of Africa fame.
$10.99 UPC: 616822122020 ELECTRONIC
A1. Enjoy the Fair (Intro)
A2. Green Fingers (Love from Above)
A3. Deutsche Bag
A4. Cursed
A5. U Got the Lovin'
A6. Voodoo Train
B1. Neon Carnival
B2. So Romose
B3. Sunny Carter
B4. Find Me at the Fair
B5. Mushroom Blues
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MIND FAIR: Mind Fair LP (CHANNEL 029LP)
LP version. Includes download code and full color inner sleeve.
$16.39 UPC: 616822016411 ELECTRONIC
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ERIKSEN/GUNNAR HALLE, ESPEN: Psalm CD (GRCD 4464CD)
On their second album, the young but experienced duo of Gunnar Halle (trumpet) and Espen Eriksen (piano) use psalms as a point of departure for lovely, challenging and searching improvisations. Their mode of expression ranges from dark and introspective to more rhythmically playful and exalted. The project presents both well-known and less familiar psalms in new and stimulating ways, and at the same time demonstrates the strength and durability that characterizes this material. The duo's debut recording was the critically-acclaimed album Meditations on Christmas in 2010, which featured improvisations based on Christmas hymns and folk songs. Psalm is a continuation of this project, but this time they are using hymns and psalms from the entire church year. "Relating to these hymns and folk songs on purely musical terms, without thinking about how they are usually played, was such an interesting proposition that we wanted to keep going," says pianist Espen Eriksen. He developed a close connection with these psalms when he worked as a substitute organist in his youth. "The challenge of approaching this material and the attraction it holds are in a way two sides of the same coin," according to the two musicians. In many cases the key was to eliminate the original harmonies. "When you're left with only the melody, it's much easier to come up with ideas for both arrangements and improvisations." The duo had already presented a number of church concerts with this material before going into the studio. "In the beginning we were afraid that it might appear offensive and disrespectful to give familiar and beloved festival hymns completely new packaging. But actually we have had only positive feedback from audiences of all ages, and people are delighted to hear the old hymns and folk songs, some of which are quite ancient, in an entirely new way." The album was recorded at the legendary Rainbow Studio in Oslo in the course of two short and intense sessions.
$11.99 EAN: 7033662044641 JAZZ
01. Se vi går opp til Jerusalem
02. Velt alle dine veie
03. Å, for djup i Jesu kjærleik
04. Noen må våke i verdens natt
05. Kirken den er et gammelt hus
06. Vend bort din vreide
07. Jesus, det eneste
08. O bli hos meg!
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VOORN, JORIS: Nobody Knows CD (GR 106CD)
A name that shines brightly amongst the identities of electronic music innovators is the ever-progressing talent Joris Voorn. Almost a decade since his first LP, the cinematic overtones that have provided such tremendous warmth in all of his productions assemble beautifully for his third studio album Nobody Knows. With a sound both identifiable and individual Joris Voorn's consistent caliber of work and attention to finely-detailed production places him in a position of undoubted consideration amongst some of the most revered producers around. Since 2009's Balance14, a compilation mix CD that saw Joris masterfully knit together a staggering amount of tracks to critical acclaim, the Dutch producer and DJ may have spent as much of his career honoring his early techno influences as he has challenging them. While many a recent tech-house cut's impact is more often a little out of proportion to its content, there's a continuing freedom in Joris Voorn's productions and spacious songwriting that defines what makes his music resonate way beyond the electronic world. Right from the moment "go" with the beatless introduction of "The Monk," the Amsterdam native provides a seamless fusion of organic and electronic sounds, and despite an array of vocal features, the multilayered, classical ambiences throughout serve as a contrast reminder of who is in control of the mixing desk. Through bright guitar, piano and synth combinations, Voorn now has a wide range of instrumental talent at his disposal; the genius of creating music that's by turn as adventurous and as sweetly accessible as a pop song. His last single release "Ringo" was one of the biggest tracks on Beatport for 2013, with huge radio support -- a euphoric, modern classic and unquestionable highlight of Nobody Knows. "Momo," with its simplistic, playful melodies, is another standout personal addition to the album, its soothing and endearing touch unsurprisingly the result of a collaborative writing session between Joris and his father Joop Voorn. Thrillingly visceral through tracks including "The Wild" and "Sweets for Piano," the LP forms a soundscape equally as dark, captivating and inspirational that makes for a unique listening experience. Even in collaborations, the acoustic subtleties that sit beneath the electric pressure in tracks like "A House" that features Ninja Tunes' Kid A are remarkable, a challenging level of compromise for any musician, yet in his latest full-length album, that also features, amongst others, Matthew Dear on his own "Green" imprint, he has achieved an impressive harmonic balance, and the results are staggering.
$11.99 EAN: 5060203982386 ELECTRONIC
01. The Monk
02. A House (feat. Kid A)
03. Homeland (feat. Matthew Dear)
04. The Wild
05. Sweets for Piano
06. So Long (feat. Kid A)
07. Ringo
08. Mugged
09. MoMo
10. Fall
11. Left
12. Dust (feat. Bram Stadhouders)
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VIOLET POISON: Non Sequitur 2LP (HAR 004LP)
Violet Poison is the dark, enigmatic and esoteric side-project of Francesco Baudazzi, already known as Obtane, co-owner with Giorgio Gigli of the defunct techno label Zooloft. The new project is focused on analog proto-techno with influences from '70s Italian progressive bands like Goblin or OST composers like Fabio Frizzi and earlier Downwards records from 1994-1995. Check his debut full length on HAR, after the releases for Vatican Shadow's labels (Hospital Productions and Bed of Nails), for his own label Violet Poison, for Repitch Recordings, and a remix for Frozen Border.
$20.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. You Should Suffer for Truth
02. Force
03. Christ Sculpture with Blood Tears
04. Palace of Mirrors
05. Killer Widow
06. Midnight Conversation with the Beyond
07. Omega Days
08. Pain
09. Nylon Mask
10. Like a Pandora's Box (Reshape)
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HOO & IORI WAKASA, BEN: Panta Rhei EP 12" (HIGH 158EP)
Highgrade Records is coming back to record stores around the world with a strictly limited vinyl edition record from the Londoner Ben Hoo and his Japanese compatriot Iori Wakasa. Ben, well known for his remixes for Fever Ray, Moby, M.A.N.D.Y, Booka Shade and Tiga, has been working together with Iori for two years and will continue the collaboration in future. "Panta Rhei" is a real addition to every record case because of its funky deepness. "No Intrusions" is dedicated more to the house genre, playing ping-pong with the deep groove. "Quench" you could buy sight unseen and still love it.
$8.99 UPC: 827170396081 ELECTRONIC
A1. Panta Rhei
B1. No Intrusions
B2. Quench
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ROZMANN, AKOS: 12 Stations/Tolv Stationer 7CD BOX (SOMA 021CD)
"In 2012 Ideologic Organ released the 2LP set 12 Stationer VI (SOMA 007LP) featuring the last part of a large scale work by the Hungarian-Swedish composer Ákos Rózmann. Here, in 2014 Ideologic Organ is immensely proud to present the complete version of Rózmann 's epic masterpiece presented for the first time in its entirety as a deluxe 7CD set. Akos Rózmann (1939-2005) was born in Budapest where he studied organ and composition at the Liszt Academy. From 1971 to 1974 he studied composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and from 1978 he was an organist at the catholic cathedral in Stockholm. Throughout his life, Rózmann dedicated himself to musique concrete, developing one of the largest and most rewarding bodies of work in this, the most alchemical of all musical genres. In the early '80s, Rozmann started to build a private electroacoustic studio which he installed in the basement of the Catholic Cathedral while continuing to work in tandem at the Elektronmusikstudion (EMS Sweden) where he produced his earlier masterpieces. With an unwavering commitment to the creation of music, Rózmann would often lock himself up in his windowless studio working into the night in order to achieve the results he desired. This combination of vision, passion and stubbornness resulted in one of the most singular catalogs within the field of musique concrète, commissioned by the Hungarian composer Miklos Maros, who requested a five-minute work for piano and voice. Rózmann accepted the offer with the intention of writing a tape piece made from recordings of Miklos' wife, the soprano singer Ilona Maros' and his own experiments with prepared piano. The elements recorded here became the source material for Twelve Stations, a work which flew far from the initial five-minute brief to land 20 years later as a spirit-stretching journey of more than 6 1/2 hours. The compositional process is unique in Rózmann's output due to the 18-year gap between the initial phase and completion of the final work. The first phase made between 1978-1980 consists of an exploration of traditional musique concrète techniques such as speeding up, slowing down, cutting and splicing tape. The last four stations made between 1998-2001 embrace digital technology where small sections of the original recordings from 1978 were fed through an effects processor and improvised on a sampler keyboard. Despite this gap and the different techniques deployed at each period of creation the monumental result sits as a complete and staggering whole. Within the set limitations of the source material Rózmann's skill unfolds in an uncanny ability to coax a vast world of flexible sound from the original piano and voice recordings. The result is a maelstrom of dynamic audio and one of the most daring, challenging and rewarding works of musique concrète from the 20th century. Rózmann was typically ambiguous about the meaning behind his work despite suggesting earlier that the first part of Twelve Stations was an interpretation of the Tibetan Wheel of Life. Twelve Stations is a unique masterpiece of 20th century musique concrète and presents itself as an intensely personal and bold realm of sound, an offering as such, a radical mass open to all." --Mark Harwood; Packaged in a hardcover slipcase with a pull ribbon, a 20-page booklet containing an extensive essay on the composition by the scholar Gergely Loch, photos from the process and of scores and the composer.
$51.00 EAN: 5050580623255 ELECTRONIC
01. Part I Property - Room / Rekvisitasalen (57:35)
02. Part II Property - Room / Rekvisitasalen (45:51)
03. Part III/1 The Contents and Life of the Black Pit / Det svarta halets innehall och liv (71:42)
04. Part III/2 The Contents and Life of the Black Pit / Det svarta halets innehall och liv (49:37)
05. Part IV The Abandonment of Hell / Helvetets overgivande (59:38)
06. Part V The Awakening / Uppvaknandet (46:05)
07. Part VI The Celebrators / De firande (63:06)
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MOSCOMAN: Dark Horse EP 12" (CLICHE 057EP)
I'm A Cliche is back in the saddle with a new look and a new feel while keeping the same great sound. Moscoman's "Dark Horse" features a robust drum groove, a syncopated bass line, a galloping cowbell and treated drum fills that mingle with hypnotic arpeggios and dramatic pads to create an ominous feeling. "Rerotica" features a mesmerizing bass sequence with a no-frills beat. There's a hint of electro-funk nostalgia and a dash of gothic post-punk which gives "Ego Trippin'" that je-ne-sais-quoi required to take dancefloors to the next level. The Twins's remix of the track is tailored for club use with an elegant, full-bodied groove.
$10.39 UPC: 880319683510 ELECTRONIC
A1. Dark Horse
A2. Rerotica
B1. Ego Trippin'
B2. Ego Trippin' (The Twins Remix)
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SUZUKI & MUGSTAR, DAMO: Start from Zero LP (IMPREC 393LP)
Limited edition of 500 copies packaged in a heavy duty gatefold sleeve. On a long hot summer night in 2012, a meeting of minds happened in Liverpool, England. Damo Suzuki visited the city to play a show with Mugstar. After a flurry of emails, Damo asked Mugstar not to practice or figure out any music prior to the performance, as he believed it should "start from zero," leaving the whole performance to be entirely improvised on the spot. It proved to be quite a night: the shamanic presence of the legendary Damo Suzuki immersed in the full-on, intense sound of Mugstar -- one of the leading bands currently exploring fresh and uncharted areas -- as they forge forward through the deep space of Kraut/psych. The music that emerged that evening moved through driving, head-spinning double wah-wah attacks, eerie, ethereal passages and onto an extended motorik coda, all powered along by thunderous bass and drums. Damo settled in immediately, a master of his own unique art. Surging along with Mugstar as "sound carriers," absorbed in the energy and atmosphere through to the show's exhausting end, it's a great pairing.
$16.39 UPC: 793447539317 ROCK
A1. Waken to the Night
A2. Subway Sound
A3. Innanewah
B1. Zero Coda
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ROGERS & MARY BYRNE, MARK: I Line My Days Along Your Weight CD (IMPREC 408CD)
Brooklyn duo Mark Rogers and Mary Byrne recorded their debut, I Line My Days Along Your Weight, as a true duet: facing each other inches apart, intent upon listening. They wove together archaic instruments -- baritone acoustic, tricone resonator, golden-era flattop, space-age lap steel, upright piano, and hundred-year-old mandolin -- into a new and vibrant third voice. All the songs were recorded live to two-inch analog tape, the studio equivalent of tightrope-walking without a net. Mark and Mary later added minimal touches of lap steel, piano, and electric guitar, but essentially what you hear is what they performed together, start to finish. With Mark's deeply expressive, contextual fingerstyle and Mary's emphatic, unaffected singing, this striking debut invites listeners into a space most intimate, and most human. Mark and Mary each grew up on opposite sides of Central Pennsylvania's Susquehanna River, but their paths did not cross until years later in the explosively creative East Atlanta music scene. From there, the two moved to Brooklyn, where they married, and where Mary earned her MFA in writing from Brooklyn College and Mark quickly became an in-demand stage and session player and music instructor. Their collaboration began in earnest in the days after Hurricane Sandy hit New York in November 2012; with the city at a standstill, the two sketched many of the songs now on I Line My Days Along Your Weight. Before this, Mark played with Brooklyn indie-folk band The Loom, with whom he toured and performed as part of Brooklyn Academy of Music's "Next Wave" series and at Pop Montreal and CMJ. He was also multi-instrumentalist and songwriter with Atlanta's renowned alt-Americana quartet, Myssouri, whose War/Love Blues was selected by Pitchfork as a top album. Mary was lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Atlanta trio Hot Young Priest, which toured nationwide; their Fiendish Freaky Love (Two Sheds Music) garnered critics' praise in Magnet, Amplifier, The Big Takeover, Time Out New York, and NPR's "All Songs Considered."
$10.39 UPC: 793447540825 ROCK
01. First Fall Nights
02. Hospital
03. When Your Elders Are Tall
04. A Racing Heart
05. Green Gold Violet
06. A Gracious Host
07. Walk with Me
08. Cold Spring
09. Sirens Call
10. Sing a Fare Thee Well
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PAUL, ASHLEY: Heat Source CD (IMPREC 413CD)
Ashley Paul's Heat Source was recorded during a challenging year of transience between New York and London. During this year of impermanence Paul performed regularly and the effects of frequent performance and traveling can be heard in the intentionally pared-back emptiness of Heat Source, making it an emotionally challenging and fascinatingly personal listening experience. Heat Source finds Ashley Paul working using her brilliant ears to find a zen like balance between her voice and a sparse arrangement of staccato instrumentation leaving as much open space on one song as most people would create in a lifetime. This open space isn't empty, however, but it's up to you to fill in the meaning. Heat Source is an emotionally challenging and fascinatingly personal listening experience that creates a powerful pace. Ashley Paul is a performer and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. She uses an array of instruments including saxophone, clarinet, voice, guitar, bells and percussion, mixing disparate elements to create a colorful palate of sound that works its way into her intuitive songs; free-forming, introverted melodies. This blend manifests beautiful and simple musical forms against acoustic experimentation. Her solo albums have received high praise, being chosen in Wire Magazine's "Top 50 Releases of 2013, Pitchfork's "Best Experimental sounds of 2013," first on Byron Coley and Thurston Moore's "Tongue Top Ten" in Arthur Magazine and included on NPR's All Songs Considered "Best of 2010." She has been interviewed or featured in Wire Magazine, BOMB, Gonzo (circus), Dummy, The Quietus, Ad Hoc, Spex, The Sound Projector and Foxy Digitalis. Ashley has performed or recorded with Phill Niblock, Rashad Becker, Nik Colk Void, Loren Connors, Aki Onda, C. Spencer Yeh, Anthony Coleman, Joe Maneri, Joe Morris, Seijiro Murayama, Greg Kelley, Bill Nace and Eli Keszler, appearing on such labels as PAN, ESP-DISK' and Tzadik. She received a Masters of Music from New England Conservatory in 2007.
$10.39 UPC: 793447541327 ROCK
01. Sound and Soft
02. Rain, Away
03. I'm in You
04. Heat Source
05. Embers
06. Feet on Legs
07. London February 16
08. Drop Me
09. Clarineterlude
10. Lie Awake
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MARGOT: Prins Thomas Diskomiks Selection 12" (INT 028EP)
Here's yet another exclusive cooperation between Internasjonal/Full Pupp and Italian friends. This time, Prins Thomas disco mixes a tribute to Margot, Riccione's finest dancefloor electronica project -- the fortuitous result of the coming together of kindred spirits Pepe and Giaga Robot. Prins Thomas presents their career highlights here in a classic physical format.
$9.79 UPC: 827170560963 ELECTRONIC
A1. Randomizzami Sto (PT Version)
A2. Merdona (PT Version)
B1. Tiger in a Tropical Storm
B2. Floating on a Salt Lake (12" Version)
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ICHISAN: Kristina 12" (INT 029EP)
Ichisan is Slovenian Igor Skafar, and Igor's trademark sound is heavenly electronic blissed, spaced-out house with a sick amount of grooves layered in. Fab earlier releases on the grand Airtight and Unter the Shade labels tell musical tales of this. "Hoppsa" fascinates with its mesmerizing '80s synth hook while "Kristina" is an unmistakably Philly affair with an edge that means deep depth and a serious build.
$9.79 UPC: 827170561069 ELECTRONIC
A1. Kristina
B1. Hoppsa
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VOGEL (FEAT. MILOS GERSI & GIANNA TAM), MARCEL: Doin' It 12" (MATE 003EP)
Marcel Vogel teamed up with a slew of musicians for "Doin' It," most notably Milos Gersi and Gianna Tam on vocals, but also Dr. S. Proper is to be heard with some percussion jabs. Where the original is a reggae hip-hop hybrid, the remixes take the energy up a lot. African Shakedown's Noema creates a pumping mid-tempo groover while Newcastle's NY*AK arguably displays his finest effort so far, creating a very unlikely house monster with a loving nod to Detroit.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Doin' It (feat. Milos Gersi & Gianna Tam)
02. Doin' It (Noema's Dirty Dubbing Remix)
03. Doin' It (NY*AK Remix)
04. Doin' It (Instrumental)
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DUSTY KID: Omega X 12" (ISOLA 003EP)
The new Isolade release by Dusty Kid is a strictly Sardinian affair (all involved artists are from Sardinia) with tracks and remixes as varied as the island itself. In a playtime of 32 minutes you will experience magical, ambient, pushing, chilling or rough moments depending on the track/mix you hear. From the dancefloor hit "Omega X" to the rough and dry version of the same track remixed by Claudio PRC and from the reduced but spheric Hubble remix of "Escape" to the gorgeous and epic Saffron Keira reinterpretation of "Sandalyon."
$9.79 EAN: 8021965990030 ELECTRONIC
A1. Omega X
A2. Escape (Hubble's Disperse Mix)
B1. Exit 12 (Claudio PRC Rework)
B2. Sandalyon (Saffron Keira Reinterpretation)
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DJ ROCCA: Destination to the Sun 12" (EXIT 004EP)
The new DJ Rocca release for Italian Records is a cosmic disco track that takes you on a journey, a trip where synth pop meets Italo disco, and when the machines used to run the rhythm. This is a proper journey to the hottest star of our galaxy...the SUN...with three different versions: a more muscular original version, plus a dub version to lose yourself on the floor and a fantastic Leo Mas & Fabrice version in their classic vein.
$10.39 EAN: 8014360610443 ELECTRONIC
01. Destination to the Sun (Original Flying Mix)
02. Destination to the Sun (Original Dubstrumental)
03. Destination to the Sun (Leo Mas & Fabrice Sonic Mix)
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RVDS: Space EP 12" (ITS 012EP)
RVDS is back on earth with his Space EP, which starts with three rhythm tracks -- a tribute to the Roland machines 808, 606, 727. The first track is an electro hymn, and the second and third tracks are fine rhythm tools that force you to dance on the moon. The last track is a great ambient piece, similar to RVDS' work with Lawrence and Christian Naujoks on their project Sky Walking. Each sleeve comes with a unique handmade drawing by RVDS himself. Art and sound in space. Available only on vinyl.
$9.79 UPC: 827170562769 ELECTRONIC
A1. Space Rhythm One
A2. Space Rhythm Two
B1. Space Rhythm Three
B2. Endless Space
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DONOSO, RICARDO: A Song for Echo LP (KTX 001LP)
According to ancient mythology, the woodland nymph Echo was fascinated by the handsome Narcissus, and wished to lure him into marriage. Unable to say anything on her own, her voice could only repeat the last words said, and this act was not enough for the arrogant Narcissus. Heartbroken, Echo fled deep into the forest, her body turning to mountain stone. Her soul is often considered to be the faint reverberation of the wind, still calling out for her lost love. A Song for Echo's central character embarks on a spiritual journey through earth and water, attempting to discover herself and her relationship to the elements before nightfall. Ricardo Donoso's score really heightens the interplay between the attraction and repulsion of the doomed lovers and makes for an all-consuming, disorienting immersion. Rhythmic cadences collapse in on themselves for moments of striking isolation. Subtle melodic flourishes and field recordings are doused in digital textures and dark ominous drones. At once light and playful, the musical suite moves through time slowly, cautiously and in a downward trajectory. It's fitting that the inaugural release on Kathexis mark such a transitional stage in Donoso's discography. From the geometric, inspired post-rave moments of his Digitalis trilogy to the oppressive depths of the Scuba Death project, A Song for Echo shows the composer blurring the lines between what was once compartmentalized and segregated into something clearly becoming a unified whole. An essential piece of the Donoso puzzle and a small glimpse into what's on the horizon. Limited to 300 copies, initial copies on white vinyl.
$18.99 UPC: 616892223245 ELECTRONIC
01. A Song for Echo Part I
02. A Song for Echo Part II
03. A Song for Echo Part III
04. A Song for Echo Part IV
05. A Song for Echo Part V
06. A Song for Echo Part VI
07. A Song for Echo Part VII
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C.A.R.: My Friend CD (KTDJ 012CD)
C.A.R. is the solo project of Chloé Raunet, singer of former London coldwave band Battant. She now writes, composes and produces on her own. Her first EP Laika (remixed by Timothy J. Fairplay, Krikor and Discodeine) is cosmic pop at its best. She also collaborates: the vocals and lyrics on Gessafelstein's debut album Aleph were hers and she is currently working with Ivan Smagghe, Red Axes & Manfredas on some leftfield dance-ish tracks. Earlier this year, she supported Gesaffelstein on his European tour. She's played with Planningtorock, Trans, Rebolledo and has opened for Cat Power at the Paris Olympia. C.A.R.'s music has been picked up by Hermes and the Hyeres Fashion Festival, where she joined Jaakko Eino Kalveli & Chloe Howl; Vogue Magazine making a cover-mount CD of their music. As one-half of Latete Atoto, C.A.R. also has a fortnightly show on London's uber-cool, ICA-linked NTS Radio and plays records at the Ace Hotel. Her universe is a red-hot & cold paradox, a battered Dodge supercharger finding its way between clair-obscur allegories and the cold sensuality of melancholy. Electronic experiments are backed with ghostly punk bass lines, icy synths balanced on heartbeat drums. As with her almost short story-like lyrics, C.A.R.'s music sits on her own edge, between realism and dreams, pure pop and acquired taste.
$13.79 EAN: 3700398712482 ROCK
01. Angelina
02. HIJK
03. A Ticket
04. Ten Steps Up
05. Glock'd
06. La Petite Fille Du 3eme
07. My Friend D
08. Idle Eyes
09. Sophomore
10. Becky's
11. Spitfire
12. Thick Mud of My Heart
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CARLOS, DON: Wipe the Wicked Clean CD (KSCD 054CD)
Born Don McCarlos, Don Carlos possesses one of reggae's most distinctive voices. His vocal mannerisms are instantly recognizable over a tune, yet he remains one of Jamaica's best-kept secrets. This collection looks back at some of his finest moments that set the tone for his popularity that was to follow in the dancehall period of reggae. He began his musical career in 1973, when alongside Garth Dennis and Derrick Ducky Simpson he formed one of reggae's foremost groups, Black Uhuru. He then joined Wailing Souls before going solo under his shorter name Don Carlos. Most of his classics are represented here and Kingston Sounds hopes you find some magic unearthed in these lost treasures.
$9.79 EAN: 5060135761707 WORLD
01. Ababa John 1
02. Booming Ball
03. Johnny Big Mouth
04. Lazer Beam
05. Back Wey with Your Mix Up
06. My Brendren Party
07. Love and Affection
08. Late Night Blues
09. Satta Massa Gana
10. Just Groove with Me
11. Spread Out
12. My Baby Just Cares for Me
13. Money and Women
14. Stop Fussing and Fighting
15. Tribulation*
16. Better Must Come*
17. Sweet Africa*
18. Too Late to Turn Back Now*
(*CD Bonus Tracks)
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CARLOS, DON: Wipe the Wicked Clean LP (KSLP 054LP)
LP version.
$10.99 EAN: 5060135761714 WORLD
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GLASS COFFEE: Eclettica 2 CD (KL 083CD)
Klik Records met Glass Coffee as one of the compilers for Singita's miracle Beach 10th anniversary compilation along with the legendary Jose Padilla. We were amazed by the quality of his choices and the flow of his CD. Obviously he was a man of great taste, a crowd-pleaser behind the decks, a true music lover. It was obvious that there would be more to come from him, even more interesting projects, so the release of the Eclettica compilation was something of a one-way direction. That's for sure a move that leads to a destroyed repeat button. Over and over again, the tracks of Eclettica filled rooms, hotels, stores and each place that music plays a part. What followed was a worldwide recognition. Being able to discover quality electronic music and create amazing musical stories, Glass Coffee was favored by a huge audience. His nomination for the best of Mixcloud's electronica mixtapes was no surprise as his sets are seen numerous times in the first position of their categories, preparing the ground for his second Eclettica compilation release. Eclettica 2 features 14 tracks covering a wide range of electronic music genres. Pure magic as usual, pure elegance and eclectic sounds from some of the best electronic music producers out there. Sounds from Maya Jane Coles, Gold Panda, Pete Herbert, Cantoma, Haraket, Chris Coco, Oui Zevelek, Muddegg, Faultnaut, Lee Burton, Lake People, FreshWater, Alone, Bonobo, Tailor&The Crown, Tale Of Us, and Martin Dawson.
$11.99 EAN: 5200105301179 ELECTRONIC
01. Gold Panda - If You Knew (Reprise Long Live Take)
02. Maya Jane Coles - Something in the Air (Bonobo Remix)
03. Haraket - Level Head (Glass Coffee Pitfield St. Remix)
04. Chris Coco - 100 Billion Euros
05. Cantoma - Just Landed (Pete Herbert Remix)
06. Haraket - The Real Attgo (Chris Coco Remix)
07. Oui Zevelek - An Epic Approach
08. Muddegg - Minerva
09. Faultnaut - Americas Part Two
10. Lee Burton - Jimmy's Laugh (Lake People Remix)
11. Glass Coffee - Shinning Love (FreshWater Reprise)
12. Alone - Go
13. Tailor&The Crown - ?
14. Martin Dawson - Is This Goodbye (Tale Of Us Remix)
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DAUWD: Saleh 12" (KOM 317EP)
London-based producer Dauwd presents his latest push into romantic psychedelia and deep electronic dance music. Enjoy two new cuts that will turn heads in the most gentle manner, displaying all the loving care for sonic detail and melodic bravura that already transformed this artist's former efforts into celebrated standouts. This new material sits comfortably between techno, house and UK bass styles, albeit with a seemingly growing flair for the straighter blends within the groove spectrum. This allows for an intensified focus on the various wondrous landmarks found in Dauwd's soundscapes, a highly imaginative and masterfully crafted exploration of undulating synth textures, soaring melodies and gripping percussion.
$9.79 UPC: 880319097218 ELECTRONIC
A1. Saleh
B1. Moiety
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LES POINTS: The Holy Mountain EP 12" (LESPOINTS 004EP)
It is benevolent repetition which frees us from the clutches of dullness. Ownership: A human misery. The Aeon of Horus explores the certainty of becoming God or to merge with Him, thought the fool's dog. The Rosy Cross -- the body is symbolized by the cross. The ego follows thee, it will not lead thee, but kill thou shalt it not also. Liber AL vel Legis, sub figura CCXX, as delivered by XCIII=418 to DCLXVI, to want, dare, can, keep quiet, obey. To become, thou shalt be at the same time nothing and yet anything. Includes a remix by Rozzo.
$9.79 UPC: 827170563162 ELECTRONIC
A1. Rhodes of Kunlun
A2. The Holy Mountain (Rozzo Remix)
B1. Cosmosinteruptus
B2. Transform
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TINDERSTICKS: Ypres CD (LUCKY 017CD)
In early 2011, Tindersticks were commissioned by the In Flanders Fields World War One Museum in Ypres, Belgium to create the soundscapes for the new permanent exhibition commemorating the centenary of the Great War and beyond. Tindersticks' response was to write, record and produce a continuous, orchestral score to accompany the visitor on their emotional journey through the unique story of Ypres in the Great War. The score evolves through the different, distinctive spaces and sections of the museum, punctuated with private contemplative spaces where the music was allowed to be more poetic. Made from a series of interlocking orchestral loops, the music flows seamlessly all day, everyday, without beginning, middle or end. The aim, for Stuart Staples, was for the soundtrack to "become the sound of air within the museum." Ypres was the epicenter of the Western Front in The Great War and was virtually destroyed by the conflict. It has since, only relatively recently, been rebuilt to its original plans. The museum is housed in the rebuilt cloth hall that stands in the center of the town and was once the hub of the town's industry. Hundreds of thousands died in Ypres and the surrounding area, with allied cemeteries and graves scattered everywhere. In keeping with the perspective of the new museum, Staples felt it crucial to "bring the essence of the experience to a personal level. To somehow loosen it away from the images we have all become accustomed to." Inspiration for the work was found in the quiet, dignified German memorial garden of Vladslo and Kathe Kollwitz' famous "Grieving Parents" statue that resides there. Stuart Staples and Dan McKinna worked closely to compose the score and felt the museum building resonated with a key of F. The starting point for the music became a musical cluster of E flat, F and F sharp. The recording was presided over by long-time collaborator and orchestra leader Lucy Wilkins. The orchestral recordings were made at the Church in Crouch End, London and were then taken back to Le Chien Chanceux studio in France to prepare for the installation. In collaboration with London Sound designers "Sound Intermedia," a bank holiday weekend in May 2012 was spent meticulously building the soundscape for every individual space. The In Flanders Field Museum re-opened its doors with Tindersticks' soundtrack on June 11, 2012. Now Tindersticks are releasing the recording of the soundtrack via Lucky Dog Recordings.
$10.99 EAN: 4250506810337 ROCK
01. Whispering Guns Part 1
02. Whispering Guns Part 2
03. Whispering Guns Part 3
04. Ananas Et Poivre
05. La Guerre Souterraine
06. Gueules Cassees
07. Sunset Glow
08. The Third Battle of Ypres
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TINDERSTICKS: Ypres LP (LUCKY 017LP)
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$18.99 EAN: 4250506810344 ROCK
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VOID VISION: Sub Rosa LP (MNQ 054LP)
Shari Vari formed Void Vision in 2009 originally as a duo, during the explosion of the new minimal synth and cold wave scene in United States. Sharing the same scene of the Wierd Records associates like Led Er Est, Martial Canterel, Xeno & Oaklander, and Automelodi, in 2010 VV released In Twenty Years on Blind Prophet (Sean Ragon's Cult Of Youth record label), also receiving the attention of Rough Trade, who asked to put out a track for one of their synth wave compilations. After other split vinyls, tapes and compilations, Mannequin approached Shari with the intention to continue what Wierd Records started, giving a proper shape to her beautiful and youthful dark electronic sound. The result is 10 hypnotic cold analog tracks dominated by the warmth and fragility of Shari's voice, some more "pop-orientated," some others belonging to the obscure "cold wave" atmosphere.
$14.39 UPC: 769791954380 ELECTRONIC
01. One
02. Everything is Fine
03. Hidden Hand
04. Sour
05. To the Sea
06. Slow Dawn
07. Vulgar Displays
08. The Source
09. In 20 Years (Extended)
10. Queen of Hearts
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CASINO SHANGHAI: L'Action Minimal 12" (MNQ 056EP)
Mannequin Records is elated to present a 12'' EP with two unreleased 1986 tracks by Mexican new wave band Casino Shanghai, with a killer analog modular remix by In Aeternam Vale on the B-side. Asking to Laurent Prot to rework Casino Shanghai was more than logical. Permeated by a strong mitteleuropean dark pop atmosphere, here emphasized by the French lyrics ("La Tumba De Edgar Allan Poe" features a poem by Stephane Mallarmé). Limited edition of 300 copies on 160 gram red vinyl.
$10.39 UPC: 769791954397 ELECTRONIC
01. La Tumba De Edgar Allan Poe
02. L'Action Minimal
03. La Tumba De Edgar Allan Poe (In Aeternam Vale Remix)
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ACTOR, THE: Exploded View Cassette (MNQ 057CS)
Cassette version. Limited edition of 120 copies.
$10.39 UPC: 769791954403 ELECTRONIC
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ACTOR, THE: Exploded View LP (MNQ 057LP)
Mannequin Records announces the reissue of one of the most important Dutch Wave bands The Actor, with their seminal 1982 tape Exploded View. In the beginning of the '80s, a new phenomenon emerged: home taping. This way of recording resulted in a lot of noise. But that was less important than getting one's music out to the public. A well-known label for cassette bands in those days was the Dutch Trumpett Tapes. They were the first to publish the music of The Actor, who became their top-selling cassette band in 1982 and 1983. The Actor's first release was Exploded View in 1982. The songs -- sung both in English and German -- often related to fashion, modernism, dancing and appearance. This made The Actor "quite fashionable." Remastered from the original master tapes by Rude 66, The Netherlands, 2014. Edition of 500 copies on 160 gram black vinyl.
$14.39 UPC: 769791954410 ELECTRONIC
01. Unreal Personality
02. Lights
03. Deutsches Mädchen
04. Covergirl
05. Wählerisch!
06. UCX-S
07. Modern Air
08. Seit Wir Uns Kennen...
09. Picture 210
10. Gentlemen & Pettycoats
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GANGLOFF, MIKE & CARA: Black Ribbon of Death, Silver Thread of Life LP (MIE 028LP)
"Mike & Cara Gangloff's Black Ribbon of Death, Silver Thread of Life is the third in a series of loosely connected melodic investigations released by Mike Gangloff over the past two years. All three were recorded around the Gangloff home in rural Floyd County, Virginia, and were engineered by Joseph Dejarnette (Carolina Chocolate Drops, Bruce Greene, Curtis Eller). And all three feature the far-reaching improvisation familiar from Gangloff's work with the old-time stringband Black Twig Pickers and the acoustic-drone outfit, Pelt. Taken together, they form a musical triptych. Poplar Hollow (Mike on banjo and fiddle, with Cara joining on sruti box) reflects the social fiddle traditions of that part of Virginia, exuberant kick-ups that might be played at a barn-dance or at the country store. Melodies for a Savage Fix (recorded in an all-nighter with guitarist Steve Gunn, and featuring a host of non-Virginian instruments like gongs, tanpura and singing bowls) are the late-night ramblings and conversations that take place well after the dance is over, with dawn drawing nigh. Black Ribbon is an album from the day after, when the cares of the world have again settled in. But though there is woven throughout this album a pattern of fear, loss and regret, it is held together by the warp of tunes and songs marked by joy and hope. The foreboding of Charlie Patton's 'O Death' -- sung unaccompanied, in tones caught between resignation and jubilation -- is followed by 'Rocking in a Weary Land,' where the whirling of hurdy gurdy and the drone of fiddle rise to transcendent heights. The cautionary words of the Carter Family's 'Righten That Wrong' ('If you do wrong today, the price you must pay'), the regret of the18th-century Shape Note hymn 'David's Lamentation' ('Oh my son! Would to God I had died/For thee'), and the apocalyptic visions of 'Black Ribbon I, II and III' are offset by expansive, joyful fiddle-and-sruti tunes like 'Mulberry Raider' and 'West India.' John Fahey, in his notes to the American Primitive collection, posited that the Shape Note songs, spirituals and other religious music of the South were descendants of ecstatic religious practices stretching far back through the mists of Time, that 'underneath it all [one can] hear pan pipes tooting and a cloven hoof beating time': on Black Ribbon, ecstasy can be found in even the darkest of moments, and the silver thread of life shines throughout." --Adam Frost; Released in a run of 500 LPs with artwork by Jake Blanchard.
$16.39 UPC: 769791954526 ROCK
01. O Death
02. Rocking in a Weary Land
03. Black Ribbon I
04. Righten That Wrong
05. Mulberry Raider
06. David's Lamentation
07. Black Ribbon II
08. Cherry River Line
09. West India
10. Black Ribbon III
11. Husband's Shoulder
12. Someone to Watch Over Me
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HAMID: Dolce Vita EP 12" (MINI 035EP)
For his second release on Minibar, Hamid presents the Dolce Vita EP. The vinyl features two minimal, looping and driving tracks, faithful to his smooth approach of house music. The deep aspect of the track "Dolce Vita" combined with the dynamism of "Consultation" brings you a complete package, perfect for the dancefloor.
$9.79 UPC: 827170551664 ELECTRONIC
A1. Dolce Vita
B1. Consultation
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OSUNA, PACO: Long Play 2LP (MINUSMAX 029LP)
2LP version. After a three-year production hiatus, Barcelona's techno kingpin Paco Osuna returns with not only a new release for Richie Hawtin's M_nus label, but also his debut LP, entitled Long Play -- eight precision tracks, purposely built for the dancefloor in his inimitable style. Long Play is a meeting-point of Paco Osuna's past and his future. The product of nearly 20 years behind the decks, from early residencies at Amnesia in the late '90s, to an integral role in Hawtin's current ENTER. events at Space and a push forward for techno, house, minimal, and tech- house, Long Play's sleek and exuberant tracks are thread together by Osuna's always-addictive bass lines. "The bass line is my obsession," he says -- the key ingredient to making picture-perfect techno and playing incredible, unflaggingly energetic DJ sets. "Let's Dream" is the "perfect track for an afterhours," Osuna contends. It's followed by a divebombing bass synth that punctuates the hearty tech-house thump of "Only You." "Nop Games" brings to mind Osuna's slick minimalist moments, and "Gate Scape" fills the gaps in between with a quickened pace with upbeat drums. He continues in that vein, with the insistent tick of "Pluss Bass" working for more frenzied moments. Elsewhere, Osuna takes a restrained detour on "Longituden" for a low-slung dancefloor workout, and on the darker "Away from Home," he points inward for a more cerebral transitional track. Lastly, "Ying Yang" starts off sleek and laidback, but crescendos with a burst of sensuality -- the perfect way to tie these eight pieces together. With a lifelong dedication to making the highest quality techno, and a passion for making people move, for Osuna, Long Play is as much a look inward as a look outward to deep progressions, hard percussion, funky moods, and blissful moments of transition, all coalescing into a pure expression of his modern techno sound.
$19.79 UPC: 815349012399 ELECTRONIC
A1. Let's Dream
A2. Only You
B1. No Games
B2. Gatescape
C1. Pluss Basss
C2. Longituden
D1. Away from Home
D2. Ying Yang
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DJOKO, WILLIAM KOUAM: Satisfied 12" (MOBILEE 136EP)
Mobilee Records is thrilled to welcome William Kouam Djoko on board. A two-sider jam packed with enough groove for a proper shakedown, the A1 highlights "Satisfied" while the B-side brings it home with "Like the Sun You See the Sound" and "Mold Trip." The summer of 2014 has proven a strong bond between Mobilee and Djoko as he played for the label's showcase at Sónar and appeared as a special guest during the Mobilee pool Ibiza party series.
$8.99 EAN: 4250644872600 ELECTRONIC
A1. Satisfied (Original Mix)
B1. Mold Trip (Original Mix)
B2. Like the Sun You See the Sound (Original Mix)
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STOTT, ANDY: Faith in Strangers CD (LOVE 098CD)
Faith in Strangers was written and recorded between January 2013 and June 2014, and was edited and sequenced in late July of 2014. Making use of on an array of instruments, field recordings, found sounds and vocal treatments, it's a largely analog variant of hi-tech production styles arcing from the dissonant to the sublime. The first two tracks recorded during these early sessions bookend the release, the opener "Time Away" featuring euphonium played by Kim Holly Thorpe and last track "Missing," a contribution by Stott's occasional vocal collaborator Alison Skidmore, who also appeared on 2012's Luxury Problems. Between these two points Faith in Strangers heads off from the sparse and infected "Violence" to the broken, downcast pop of "On Oath" and the motorik, driving melancholy of "Science & Industry" -- three vocal tracks built around that angular production style that imbues proceedings with both a pioneering spirit and a resonating sense of familiarity. Things take a sharp turn with "No Surrender"-- a sparkling analog jam making way for a tough, smudged rhythmic assault, while "How It Was" refracts sweaty warehouse signatures and "Damage" finds the sweet spot between RZA's classic "Ghost Dog" and Terror Danjah at his most brutal. "Faith in Strangers" is next and offers perhaps the most beautiful and open track here, its vocal hook and chiming melody bound to the rest of the album via the almost inaudible hum of Stott's mixing desk. It provides a haze of warmth and nostalgia that ties the nine loose joints that make up the LP into the most memorable and oddly cohesive of Stott's career to date, built and rendered in the spirit of those rare albums that straddle innovation and tradition through darkness and light, lingering on in the mind like nothing else. CD comes packaged in a 6-panel digifile.
$12.99 EAN: 5060165480548 ELECTRONIC
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STOTT, ANDY: Faith in Strangers 2LP (LOVE 098LP)
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$16.99 EAN: 5060165480531 ELECTRONIC
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WE WILL FAIL: Verstorung 2.0 LP (MONO 020LP)
We Will Fail is a project focused on the pleasure of wandering. Field recordings, tape samples, synthesizers and electronic drum kits are mixed together to find some peculiar quality, referring to techno aesthetics. A person responsible for this project is Aleksandra Grunholz -- a graphic designer, an amateur musician, and an audio performance artist. After releasing Verstörung, We Will Fail presents Verstörung 2.0, the album continuation. During some very intensive months after releasing her debut album, Aleksandra Grunholz found time to work on some new compositions that are more drowned in intensive rhythms. Some tracks from the first album also have changed a little bit. That's why the vinyl album Verstörung 2.0 is somehow similar to earlier works by We Will Fail, and on the other hand, offer new tunes and marvelous new cover art.
$16.39 EAN: 5908310927312 ELECTRONIC
01. V2.01
02. V2.02
03. V2.03
04. V2.04
05. V2.05
06. V2.06
07. V2.07
08. V2.08
09. V2.09
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DRUMM, KEVIN: The Back Room LP (MONO 021LP)
Kevin Drumm is a Chicago-based experimental artist and one of the most important musicians in the electroacoustic noise scene. During his career he has worked with great improvisers such as Mats Gustafsson, producer Jim O'Rourke and saxophonist Ken Vandermark. Kevin Drumm's Imperial Distortion (HOS 134LP) and Sheer Hellish Miasmah (EMEGO 053LP) are must-hear albums of contemporary avant-garde. The Back Room is a vinyl reissue of a previously self-released album. Two years ago, Drumm prepared by himself 100 copies of a CD-R full of intensive noise. The whole conception from the beginning sounded like something recorded not for a CD but for an LP. There are two parts: one consists of three very short, high-pitched pieces. Another part is built with two long compositions where you can hear and even feel many shades of analog electronic noise, with all of its brutal beauty.
$16.39 EAN: 5908310927961 ELECTRONIC
01. The Back Room A
02. The Back Room B
03. The Back Room C
04. The Back Room D
05. The Back Room E
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FRISCH & RALF WEHOWSKY, JOHANNES: Which Head Are You Dancing In? CD (MONO 082CD)
All of the pieces from this release wouldn't have been created without Ornette Coleman. Both Frisch and Wehowsky found many inspiring moments in music played by the father of free jazz. Their own work is full of glitches and noisy ornaments. In some parts one can find rhythmic structures, reminiscent of disco for spoilt laptops, other compositions show the beauty in the contrasts between silence and prolonged, dark and wiry bass phrases. Johannes Frisch has worked since the late 1970s as a performer, composer and improviser of contemporary music, between experimental rock, free jazz and other open-minded styles. On his main instrument, the double bass, he presents an individualistic, expressive language. He has played with a lot of musicians of the international scene of free improvisation and all experimental fields -- among others , Lol Coxhill, Maggie Nicols, Johannes Bauer, Le Quan Ninh, Paul Hubweber, Michael Vorfeld, Misha Feigin, etc. Ralf Wehowsky founded the group P.D. (in 1981 renamed P16.D4) and the label Wahrnehmungen (in 1982 renamed Selektion) in 1980. P16.D4 were one of the most influential groups of experimental industrial music. For their live appearances they were equally at home, at punk and no wave festivals and at the Holy Grail festivals of academic avant-garde, like the Ferientage Neuer Musik or Darmstadt. Since the early '90s, Wehowsky has worked under his own name. His quiet, highly complex style of composition, based on artifacts of instrumental and electronic lateral noises, evolved out of his collaboration with Bernhard Gunter and was influential for numerous artists in the fields of electronic and improvised music. The new millennium showed a new approach in his integration of improvised music and composition.
$12.39 EAN: 5908310927992 EXPERIMENTAL
01. Stutter Train Stoppage
02. Theme for a Skyscraper
03. Crisis in Space
04. Which Cloud You Are Coming From?
05. Skies of Guantanamo
06. Let's Now Interrupt for a Commercial
07. Dub Clap Move
08. Acid Breakdown
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OBO: Innhverfi CD (MORR 133CD)
Using a play on the Icelandic words for "suburbs" and "introvert" for its title, Innhverfi is the debut solo album from Sigur Ros' and Jonsi's touring keyboard player/percussionist Obo -- in his passport it says Ólafur Björn Ólafsson -- and although comprised of no more than seven compositions, it does run the gamut of suburban bliss turned upside-down: After the LP's minimalistic opener "Uthverfi," a track that melancholically opens up after a long, immensely dark and brooding intro, that ultimately offers some respite in the form of playful glockenspiel over layers of slow-moving sonic lava, the equally cinematic "Svartur galdur" leaves much room for Obo's trademark baritone: like a bespectacled puppeteer with fluffy hair, he seems to shuffle and rearrange home-recorded bits and lullaby-like DIY pieces in front of our very eyes, which can't help but follow, as we move deeper into the somewhat forlorn suburban landscape that has inspired this record. Imagine dark, wet streets, overcast little alleys, and suddenly a cat or a candle on a windowsill, breathing slowly. Elsewhere, "Gjallarhornin" -- all spoken words, piano, strings, vibraphone, rearranged like a whirlwind in slow-motion -- makes way for a hopeful oomph deferred and silent-movie era melodies, while "Stilla," an instrumental, commences like early Efterklang, but there's no gaudiness on the horizon: When the subtle electronics and percussions erupt in the end, it all feels just right -- if only for a brief moment. Finally, the subdued birdsong and jazz-inspired piano of "Fyrirbodi" underline that Ólafsson has worked on motion picture soundtracks in the past, and before it all ends, he even throws in a foot-stompin' alt-pop song of sorts. The last stop on this journey into the haunting underbelly of the suburban mind is "Gullregn": a creaking door that opens to unveil his own garden of forking paths, a place where one can still decide, shake things up, jump the fence and run, leave before it's too late. It's pure possibility, presented in a golden light. Although Innhverfi is his debut effort as a solo artist, Obo's musical handwriting has been all over the Icelandic map in recent years: A multi-instrumentalist and a wizard on percussions, he studied piano and later composition in various European cities and has performed and recorded with artists such as Sigur Ros, Jonsi, Emiliana Torrini, Storsveit Nix Noltes, slowblow, Benni Hemm Hemm, múm, Johann Johannsson, Ulfur Hansson and Valgeir Sigurdsson, to name a few. Though few will be able to understand the lyrics in his native Icelandic, one thing is certain: Innhverfi is the very antidote to the affliction and troubles it sketches out.
$10.99 UPC: 880918813325 ROCK
01. Uthverfi
02. Svartur galdur
03. Gjallarhornin
04. Stilla
05. Fyrirbodi
06. Rett eda rangt?
07. Gullregn
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OBO: Innhverfi LP (MORR 133LP)
LP version. Includes download code.
$12.99 UPC: 880918813318 ROCK
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VANO, PATRICK: Gravity Drive EP 12" (MFP 073EP)
This is Patrick Vano's third release on Mo's Ferry. The new EP is about anti-gravitation. Vano tries to bring this topic to the dancefloor with minimalistic means. "Gravity Drive" reveals his keen sense for timing and balance of warm, roaring beats, ravy hook lines and blockbuster vocal snippets. "Sick Bastard" locks the listener in a time loop. A beat dry as a bone and a constantly repeating melody -- rough and reduced to the max. "Hopeless" has spheric, almost psychedelic elements, thematically referring to the trance genre.
$8.99 UPC: 827170546769 ELECTRONIC
A1. Gravity Drive
A2. Sick Bastard
B1. Hopeless
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LAWRENCE: A Day in the Life CD (MUSIQ 046CD)
This is the brand-new ambient and beyond album by Hamburg DJ/producer Lawrence, dedicated to his long-lasting relation with Toshiya Kawasaki, man of action behind labels like Mule Musiq, Endless Flight and Mule Electronic, and the artist Stefan Marx. Besides co-running the label Dial and the Mathew Gallery in Berlin, Lawrence is constantly releasing music on his own labels and befriended platforms like Smallville Records. Furthermore, he regularly contributes to Kawasaki's imprints Mule Musiq and Electronic. The music he shares on his latest album isn't linked to a special place or event. He mostly produced it on his DJ trips around the globe, including Toshiya's homeland, Japan. Back in his cozy backyard studio in Hamburg, he finished all the pieces and mixed them down with a lot of joy. In terms of style, this album is ambient and opens the genre wide open with its very own musical and emotive language. A track like "Nowhere Is a Place" spreads smoothly-twisted spectral vibes with blurring sounds that could easily originate from alienated instruments like a damaru or a conch horn. Sometimes soft, sizzling noise slides under gentle, balanced ambient air, as in the track "The Visit." In other arrangements, he lets the chords dance with cute, smacking electronic glimpses or odd, slow-motion melodies, reminiscent of the work of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and his love for the gentle swing. For Lawrence, this album is "a triple buddy record," as not only is his emotional content included in the finished product, but also his friends, Stefan Marx -- who is in charge of the artwork -- and Mule Musiq-head Toshiya Kawasaki, who was also profoundly involved in the outcome. The genesis of A Day in the Life resides in its emotional content -- it is a weightless one where all feelings are stored supremely in what you can hear, see, and hold in your hand.
$11.99 UPC: 880319682827 ELECTRONIC
01. Horses
02. A Day in the Life
03. Lucy, Lucy
04. Nowhere Is a Place
05. Marlen
06. Fainting
07. Simmer
08. The Visit
09. Dreams Are Dead
10. Blue Mountain
11. Bonheur
12. Lost in Joy
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LAWRENCE: A Day in the Life LP (MUSIQ 180LP)
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$18.39 UPC: 880319680618 ELECTRONIC
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MARSEN JULES: Marsen Jules at GRM CD (OKTAF 009CD)
Following his highly-acclaimed album Beautyfear (OKTAF 007CD), which is still featured besides Trentemøller and Bonobo in the top-ten of German chill out charts, sound poet Marsen Jules bridges the time with the release of a conceptual mini-album on his own Oktaf Records. The two tracks on the 35-minute long album were created during a two-week residency in the legendary GRM-Studios at Radio France in Paris. The Groupe de Recherches Musicales is an institute for the exploration of electroacoustic music. It was founded in 1958 by composer Pierre Schaeffer, one of the main protagonists of so-called "musique concrete," a musical movement that focused on recorded sounds and sound manipulations as a basis for compositions. Therefore, the artists used tape recorders and record players as their instruments and widened the musical horizon, which until then was only defined through classically-known instruments. These ideas of defining every acoustic event as possible music and the approach to explore the individual universe of such a sound have always been a big inspiration for Martin Juhls' music. Therefore, it was a big honor for the artist to be able to work at this legendary space for two weeks in 2009. For the two tracks created at GRM, Jules dives deeply into the level of subatomic sound-particles. Clusters of string crescendos emerge from a nearly psychoacoustic sound-wall of warm drones in which they disappear with ultra-long fade-outs and reverbs. A touching work -- which has the quality to let the listener drown into it completely.
$11.99 UPC: 880319664328 ELECTRONIC
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DE LOS MIEDOS: Edits Vol. 1 12" (OD 001EP)
Ostra Discos presents the first two-track edit bundle of the finest Turkish music, edited by De Los Miedos. De Los Miedos aka Sebastiao Delerue is a Lisbon-based DJ who started making Persian music edits in 2013, bringing exotic, cosmic vibes to the clubs around the city, infecting everyone with his musical trip.
$11.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Yali Yali (De Los Miedos Edit)
B1. Ergi Ergi (De Los Miedos Edit)
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DALT, LUCRECIA: S/T EP 12" (OP 014EP)
Following and expanding upon the line of thought put forward in her 2013 album Syzygy, Lucrecia Dalt ends in a place familiar, yet noticeably different on her new EP S/T. Its two tracks, "Esotro" and "Veta" continually defy expectation -- haunting vocal ballads that trickle into clouds of white noise -- but for an acquainted listener, that won't surprise. What may are the music's newly raw textures and palpable weight, counterbalancing the carefully wrought beauty that's always been there.
$9.79 UPC: 827170557567 ELECTRONIC
A1. Esotro
B1. Veta
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TUCCILLO: Lunes EP 12" (OVM 247EP)
Tuccillo's debut on Ovum displays his incredible diversity. On the title-track Tuccillo delivers snappy NY house beats around proper techno rhythms and a haunting vocal. For "Take My Joy," the approach is pure funked-out goodness. You can once again feel the influence of NY house, but with a tech twist. Infectious grooves along with perfectly-placed vocal samples make for a track that will have the dancefloor rolling. "Triphouse" is a hypnotic journey and the haunting vocal and modulating stabs make for an absolute monster of a track.
$9.79 UPC: 678414002479 ELECTRONIC
A1. Lunes
B1 Take My Joy
B2. Triphouse
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WINK, JOSH: Talking to You 12" (OVM 248EP)
Any news of an impending Josh Wink release is usually met with a familiar mix of excitement and trepidation. When the bar is perpetually raised to such lofty heights, what can one man do to keep such momentum going? The answer, naturally, is to slam the listener with the kinetic intensity of a full-on jackhammer acid assault, and that's exactly what "I'm Talking to You" does. A swelling TB 303 motif swims around a vocal snippet, distorted and chopped to mind-bending effect. The release also features a (subjectively) more subdued "Groove" mix, and a signature "TalkApella" tool for DJ sets.
$9.79 UPC: 678414002486 ELECTRONIC
A1. Talking to You (Original Mix)
B1. Talking to You (Groove Mix)
B2. TalkApella
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PETSEDITS: Petsedits001 12" (PETSEDITS 001EP)
Welcome to Pets Edits. 001 is the Catz 'N Dogz edit of Blue Hawaii's "Try to Be," a track that has received an incredible response when played out and through their official Soundcloud stream. Staying true to the original, Catz 'N Dogz underpin the guitar line and beautifully melancholic vocals with a crisp understated 4/4 beat. On the flip, and an exclusive vinyl-only cut, is the Catz 'N Dogz edit of Shinedoe's "Pure Groove." The boys stripped it of its original synth breaks and sharpened it with a techier edge for their own sets. It's been a fan-favorite ever since.
$9.79 UPC: 827170562660 ELECTRONIC
A1. Blue Hawaii - Try to Be (Catz 'N Dogz Club Edit)
B1. Shinedoe - Pure Groove (Catz 'N Dogz Edit)
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VA: 4 Jacks Pt. 1 12" (PFR 153EP)
Poker Flat is gearing up to celebrate 15 years strong, with a series of releases that will assure their standing as one of electronic music's best-known and most-loved imprints. Steve Bug's "A Shot in the Dark" showcases his musical chops, sophisticated production, and techy edge. The anniversary reworking of the track boasts the remix talents of Taylor, whose sleek approach chops up the old school piano chords of the original for a bumping, more streamlined result. Also, Boris Dlugosch's 2012 acid-disco-house hit "Sweet Talk" is addled by The Organ Grinder, who crafts a bass-heavy monster. Other tracks by youANDme and Tom Flynn.
$9.79 EAN: 4250382428145 ELECTRONIC
A1. Steve Bug - A Shot in the Dark (Taylor "Trapped in '92" Remix)
A2. Boris Dlugosch - Sweet Talk (The Organ Grinder's Workout)
B1. youANDme - Quince
B2. Tom Flynn - She's Nice
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ANALOG ROLAND ORCHESTRA, THE: Patterns 5/6 12" (RC 042EP)
Next pattern by The Analog Roland Orchestra. A homage to his heroes and the feeling they left since 1995. Both analog "one take live jams" consist of a rough SH-101 bass line accompanied by its beloved fellows 808 & 909 and Juno-6. Live, analog, raw and distorted to punk the floor.
$8.99 UPC: 827170554467 ELECTRONIC
A1. Pattern Five
B1. Pattern Six
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OSBORN, TODD: Put Your Weight On It 12" (RB 421EP)
Todd Osborn ftw again. This time with music to go with the beats: acid, house, IDM and lots of fun. Starts with two mixes of "Put Your Weight On It" -- one for lazy DJs from Frankfurt and a shorter one for hard-working Windy City selectors -- in any case, heavy stuff. Flip features the softer side of the Michigan maestro with the downtempo love poem "Medium" and the contemplative "Markert." Todd is g(o)od.
$9.79 UPC: 827170564367 ELECTRONIC
A1. Put Your Weight On It (Frankfurt Mix)
A2. Put Your Weight On It (Chicago Mix)
B1. Medium
B2. Markert
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RODRIGUES, BENNY: Master French 12" (RH VD18-EP)
Strong one on Voyage Direct from Rotterdam's Benny Rodrigues. Here are two undulating, hypnotic, heads-down tracks that blur the boundaries between house and techno. Rhythmically loose but impressively tough -- like all of Rodrigues' best productions -- both cuts are built around mesmerizing late-night grooves and intoxicating chords. "Master French" kicks things off, lacing nagging shakers, subtle synth strings and fluttering chords over a robust, shuffling tech-house groove. Rodrigues works the mix like a master, bringing elements to the fore before sliding them into the background. "Z" is an altogether breezier affair, with repetitive, new age-inspired synthesizer melodies seemingly drifting over a rock-solid house groove.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Master French
B1. Z
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POPULATION ONE: Theater of a Confused Mind CD (RHM 013CD)
Deadly Population One album from Terrence Dixon on Rush Hour. Under the Population One codename, Detroit citizen Terrence Dixon has realized some of his most vivid, esoteric portals to the Motor City mindset. Theater of a Confused Mind is Dixon's second album in this mode and marks a timely return to Rush Hour 20 years after his debut album, Unknown Black Shapes, and the Hippnotic Culture 2LP, whose "Rush Hour" track inspired the label's name. In both the literal and figurative sense of the album's title -- theater as a space for performance or an operating table, and equally in terms of psychogeography -- Theater of a Confused Mind plays out an affected Afro-futurist narrative over eight tracks of haunting and furtive sci-fi techno. It's riddled with cryptic connotation, systemic from the track titles to its deft, subtle mix-down, all drawing upon the city's emotions, industrial architextures and post-industrial panoramas to better express its sense of soul. Between opener "Out of Control," where Dixon is the voice-in-Detroit's-head, a dark interpreter whispering to himself "Detroit, Out of Control/As I Walk Through The Mists Of Detroit/And You Don't Know What We Be," and through to the mind-blowing sci-fi projections of closer "All of a Sudden," it renders a unique perception of Detroit's enduring export. Tracing circuitry like grid-iron avenues, Dixon deviates down back alleys, through warehouses and across mental space, divining the ghosts of jazz in the coiled double bass of "For Only You," or long-lost S.O.S. transmissions in the tribal patterns of "Code Urgent," while the prickling electro of "Battle for Space" condenses that fractured flux at the album's core, and the chaotic harmonies of "My Own Shadow" encapsulate a Kafkaesque sense of raving paranoia.
$11.99 EAN: 8717127019304 ELECTRONIC
01. Out of Control
02. Code Urgent
03. For Only You
04. Battle for Space
05. Inner City Circus
06. All Together
07. My Own Shadow
08. All of a Sudden
09. Out of Contro
10. The Test
11. We Live in Outer Space
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POPULATION ONE: Theater of a Confused Mind 2LP (RHM 013LP)
Double LP version.
$16.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
1. Out Of Control
2. Code Urgent
3. For Only You
4. Battle For Space
5. Inner City Circus
6. All Together
7. My Own Shadow
8. All Of A Sudden
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I.N.T.: Percy La Rock EP 12" (RWINA 025EP)
Percy Samidjono, better known by his stage name I.N.T. is a Dutch producer, DJ and performing artist originally from Amsterdam and Rwina's newest addition to its artist roster. "Percy La Rock" was the name given to I.N.T. by Charlie Ahearn, the director of Wildstyle. This seven-track EP is a diverse and unique record in the hip-hop/soul spectrum, with dreamy vocals from singers like Steve Hartley and Sasha Vee and some proper brag n' boast raps from the Detroit legend Guilty Simpson. Support comes from: Dilated Peoples, Jose James, LeFtO, Gilles Peterson and Machinedrum.
$9.79 EAN: 5055300383433 ELECTRONIC
01. Choices (feat. JazzMine Garfield)
02. Earthquake
03. Shadows of Light (feat. Andrew Mckenzie)
04. Got Em (feat. Guilty Simpson)
05. Dreamchasers (feat Furlan Williams)
06. Working on it (feat. Steve Hartley)
07. Love me up (feat. Sasha Vee)
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BOARDS OF CANADA: Hi Scores CD (SKA 008CD)
Skam Records are very proud to announce the re-release of Boards Of Canada's Hi Scores. Originally released in 1996, Hi Scores constitutes Boards Of Canada's second official release after 1995's Twoism. This follows the reissue of their other seminal records by Warp in 2013. The new edition has been re-recorded and re-mastered from the original DAT tapes and has been re-cut onto heavyweight collector's edition vinyl. The CD will be placed in a Digi-Pak sleeve with some extra art & the vinyl will have a double-sided 12" poster. The original image on the back of the sleeve will now be in color. There will be a spot varnish finish on the images & text alongside the usual Skam Braille sticker to give the whole package new depth and a refreshing look and feel.
$8.39 UPC: 666017057828 ELECTRONIC
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BOARDS OF CANADA: Hi Scores 12" (SKA 008EP)
Vinyl version with double-sided 12" poster.
$12.39 EAN: 5021904051061 ELECTRONIC
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TM404: Skudge White 008 12" (SKUDGEW 008EP)
The man with more machines than you drops three tracks of syncopated science on Skudge.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Bloka 2600
02. Ununge
03. Sebende
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PARESSE: Grand Fall (Locked Groove Remix) 12" (SOLKYSS 002EP)
Solkyss proudly presents the debut EP from Paresse -- master of cinematic disco & Balearic slowness. The Grand Fall EP is a dreamy, melancholic journey with three slow-burners that will stay in hearts (and bags) for a long time. Paresse is the alias of Stockholm-based producer Ivan Berggren. The title-track comes with a remix by Locked Groove, who has transformed the track into a 10-minute long hypnotic open-air banger. Perfect for those early mornings -- it's been tested and it works. Vinyl only. 300 copies.
$9.79 UPC: 827170560765 ELECTRONIC
A1. Grand Fall
A2. Grand Fall (Locked Groove Remix)
B1. Rosarita
B2. Mantra
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STL: Sound Transmission 12" (SOME 026EP)
The latest Sound Transmission from Stephan Laubner under his STL project alias comes in shape of a 12" vinyl for like-minded people who are interested in the DIY sound research of the Something records audio sense facility. The music vibes are settled somewhere between late-night druggy grooved house feelings as well as vintage-touched gravity-free tunes, that should be seen as positive proof that music hasn't to be an always too serious matter. It's sometimes like seeing those blurry pictures in front of your mind's eye shortly before falling down into sleep.
$9.79 UPC: 827170570566 ELECTRONIC
A1. Mind Picture
A2. Loop A
B1. Timeblind
B2. Locked Area
B3. Loop B
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PEOPLE IN FOG, THE: Deep 12" (SOV 003EP)
Highly-respected Japanese producer DJ Sodeyama presents an EP under his The People In Fog alias in order to express his music in more deeper and emotional ways. He even choose "Deep" as the EP, and all the track's titles contain the word "deep" -- a funny but straightforward way of thinking, if you want to deliver the right moods on the dancefloor. "Deep Woods" is also remixed here by U.S. house legend Elbee Bad, as a vinyl-only exclusive. Limited to 500 copies only, without repressing.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Deep Sea Dog
02. Man Must Deep Explore
03. Deep Woods
04. Deep Woods (Elbee Bad Remix)
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SURGEON: Pet 2000 (2014 Remaster) 12" (SRX 002EP)
This is the second of the 6-volume Surgeon reissues label SRX. Recorded one night almost 20 years ago after a bottle of whiskey, Pet 2000 imagined a future of mutated, mechanical animals. The title was inspired by an actual pet shop in Nottingham. Played by every techno DJ back in the '90s, it can still burn a hole in any dancefloor today.
$10.99 UPC: 666017280769 ELECTRONIC
A1. Badger Bite
B1. Electric Chicken
B2. Reptile Mess
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MUSLIMGAUZE: Iranair Inflight Magazine CD (MUSLIM 021CD)
Originally released in 2003. This is a mostly beat-driven album with little background noise, ambient space, or reverb. There is also no big emphasis on Middle Eastern sounds, which (and you should be figuring this out by now) is a frequently occurring theme in Bryn Jones' politically-driven music. Occasionally, there is some melodic material, or a touch of the Middle East sprinkled in, but it's played down in favor of beats that could best be described as very raw and closer to early Autechre minimalism than something from the World Beat genre. Hiccupping along, distorted break beats sound like they were once made from real drums, but Mr. Jones has turned the gain up way too high and ripped the drums to shreds. Since then, they've been heavily tweaked, turned into glitches, bloops, and blips. A downbeat gets set, only for it to sound like someone hit pause on the CD player. Machine-like loops reminiscent of Krautrock repetitiveness suck me in, only to be shut off without warning. As the beat finally starts to seduce me and I realize I could happily listen to the same repetitive thing for the duration of the CD, the plug gets pulled and the beat is deprived of oxygen just as it finally proved it could "groove." Each title is a page in the Iranair inflight magazine. The title of track 3 comes from a passage of a Sunday Times article (October 4, 1998) about Bin Laden's men infiltrating the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Iranair Inflight Magazine was made towards the end of Bryn Jones' life and in addition to countless others (this man must have recorded about an album a week), has only recently been released for the first time. Record labels were simply not able to keep up with the prolific Jones while he was alive. CD digipack. Limited edition of 700 copies.
$11.99 UPC: 769791954427 ELECTRONIC
01. Jagdeep Radio Repairs, Zorawar Singh Marg, Old Delhi, India
02. Unfinished Mosque of the Hotel Menzah Zalagh
03. In the Bazaars of Srinagar, Chuddar Clad Women Speak of Foreigner in Their Midst
04. Mysore Cochin Bangalore
05. Desent with Selim Ahmad
06. A Small Intricate Box, Which Contains Old Blue Opium Marzipan
07. No Maps of Dar-Es-Salaam Show This
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MUSLIMGAUZE: Occupied Territories 2CD (STCD 110CD)
1996 release. Manchester-based Muslimgauze is one of the most uncompromising artists the music biz has ever seen. His music is as extreme as the political motivation that goes with it. For more than 15 years, Muslimgauze produced rhythmic music that defies any description. Sometimes lush ambient dub textures, sometimes fierce ethno rhythms. The events in the Middle East was his main inspiration. Organizations such as Hezbollah can find Muslimgauze among their supporters. Many of today's musicians owe a great deal to the Muslimgauze sound. That's why Staalplaat invited a host of groups from today's techno, house and related scene to take the extreme work of Muslimgauze and give that work dancefloor abilities. The reactions were overwhelming and the music goes in many directions. Therefore, Staalplaat present (with pride!) a double CD. Disc One ("Occupied Beats") takes you onto the dancefloor with the dubby music of O Yuki Conjugate and their off-shoots Sons Of Silence and Clicka, Drome, Extremadura, the fucked-up jungle of Self-Transforming Elves and the straightforward, house-y remixes of Human Beings, Elke Dag (who have a connection with Exquisite Corpse) or LØSD. The second disc ("Occupied Frequencies") goes straight into weirdness, emphasizing the moody and atmospheric side of Muslimgauze, in remixes by Nonplace Urban Field, Zoviet*france and Quest. Also with the extremeness of People Like Us, Starfish Pool and the master himself, Occupied Territories is a remix tribute to one of the strongest voices in music.
$18.39 UPC: 753907391022 ELECTRONIC
CD1:
01 Sons Of Silence - The Mirror Signal Manoeuvre
02 Drome - Ajza of Marty Dome
03 Elke Dag - Extrinsic
04 Clika - See for Yourself
05 Extremadura - Pillars of Hercules
06 Human Beings - Maroon of Gaza (Second Opinion)
07 O Yuki Conjugate - Unlevel Line
08 Self-Transforming Machine Elves - Raise Ya Hanzzup
09 Zion Train - Ankh in Dub
10 LØSD - Bastard Queen
CD2:
01. Nonplace Urban Field - Khna Younis Vers. 2
02. Square Root Of Sub - The Submus 4
03. Zoviet*france* - Muzzled
04. Quest - Katusja
05. Starfish Pool - Lion of Kandahar
06. Bryn Jones - Abuse
07. Bryn Jones - Abuses 1
08. People Like Us - Muzzel of Deceit (Tube Mix)
09. Starfish Pool - Intifadah
10. Panasonic - Druse
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KRONERT, ANDRE: Stamina EP 12" (STEP 003EP)
Spell PETS backwards to get STEP. Spell STEP forwards to find PETS going back to basics. STEP is the new concept vinyl-only label from the founder of PETS, Catz 'N Dogz, that highlights the rawest forms and root functions of quality club music. STEP finds the fundamental groove with under-the-radar house and techno that is isn't afraid to be rough around the edges. STEP is limited promo, zero hype, and all about the music. Each new STEP will be released every four months on vinyl only.
$9.79 UPC: 827170560567 ELECTRONIC
A1. Face It
A2. Stamina
B1. Accelerated
B2. Iota Hor
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HAMLET: Piano CD (SVT 138CD)
Just in time for autumn, Fran invites us into club music's parallel world with the project Hamlet: aided by Oded K.dar (NORD/The Koletzkis) on the piano, she presents cover versions of beloved electronic classics such as "Sky and Sand," "Limit to Your Love," "Howling" and "Hypnotized" on the fittingly-titled album Piano. The initial idea came to the duo at a birthday party; the first baby steps followed the very next day. Surprised by the potential, the autodidactic singer Fran and the studied concert pianist Oded searched far and wide for the perfect grand piano, which they eventually found in the form of an old Steinway at the Greve Studio in Berlin. Thus, the drunken whim developed into 14 beautiful covers over the course of numerous nightly recording sessions. Reduced to vocals and piano, Hamlet let the original track's essence resound. One is able to hear the soul of the song, as the minimalistic rendition enables breathing space. Moderat's "Bad Kingdom" and Kraftwerk's "Das Modell" suddenly appear like honest black and white portraits. The words and melodies, embedded in the harmonies of the piano, are like the wrinkles and peculiarities of a face stripped of make-up, emerging in a hitherto unseen fashion. A new aesthetic is created through the reduction. Removed from the club, the songs on Piano are defined by their pure emotiveness -- sometimes of a euphoric, sometimes of a melancholic nature -- while they are also a nostalgic bridge to their original context. They seem like a vague memory of a late night; like the walk home in the quiet hour before dawn.
$11.99 UPC: 827170145726 ROCK
01. Howling - Howling
02. Paul Kalkbrenner - Sky and Sand
03. The Whitest Boy Alive - 1517
04. Wankelmut - My Head is a Jungle
05. Trentemøller - Miss You
06. Moderat - Bad Kingdom
07. Feist/James Blake - Limit to Your Love
08. Fran - Zen Dance
09. MGMT - Kids
10. Oliver Koletzki - Der Mückenschwarm
11. Ace Of Base - The Sign
12. Kraftwerk - Das Modell
13. Oliver Koletzki (feat. Fran) - Hypnotized
14. Hamlet - Sisyphos (new composed)
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MARV, THE: A King of Tunes (Ragadevan) 12" (STILL 002EP)
When The Marv discovered Ilaiyaraja's Vikram, she was blown away by the many grooves of this multi-talented artist. For her third EP, the French producer wanted to pay a tribute to his great works from the '70s, '80s and even '90s Indian movies scores. So she started digging again, carefully selecting breaks and melodies from this extremely prolific composer who was given the title of "Ragadevan" ("King of Tunes"). Each sample would be like a unique spice to her special ginger soda recipe. So here's the blend: heavy beats, hip-hop with some house twists, big analog bass, oriental breaks, and some secret ingredients.
$13.79 EAN: 3760179352993 ELECTRONIC
A1. An Oscillation
A2. Ginger Soda
A3. Donga
B1. A Wind Blows
B2. Kookookoo
B3. Chennai's Lullaby
B4. Dancing Goat
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EVM128: Beyond (feat. Omar) 12" (STUDR 025EP)
Studio Rockers proudly brings you Beyond from EVM128, featuring the vocal talent of the godfather of neo-soul, Omar, and, on the remix duties, the skills of young production wizard Marcel Lune. A huge bass groove dominates the start of the track before EVM128 adds his smooth, space-age style over the top to a magical crescendo before Omar comes in with his rich and soulful vocals. There's also the choppy and chewy mix from Marcel Lune, fattening up the synths and adding his own kind of mellow to the track.
$7.79 EAN: 5055373516790 ELECTRONIC
A1. Beyond (Dub Rub)
B1. Beyond (Marcel Lune Remix)
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VA: 10 Yrs of Systematic 2CD (SYST 020CD)
Marc Romboy's imprint Systematic Recordings may celebrate a lot of jubilees in 2014. After just having released the 100th 12" single featuring two new tracks by Stephan Bodzin and Marc himself, it's now time for an extended 10th anniversary compilation with various artists. "I just called a couple of producers I like a lot, like Audiojack and Jimpster, plus many friends who have already released many tracks on Systematic before, like Robert Babicz, Stephan Bodzin and Dusty Kid, and I'm fairly happy about the high quality of all the songs they've given to me," reports Marc Romboy. In total there are 20 exclusive and unreleased tracks from the further likes of John Tejada, Patrice Baumel, Wehbba and Gorge & Nick Curly, plus a downloadable DJ mix, including assorted tracks by Marc. Something to highlight is without a doubt a brand-new track by Marc's pal Stephan Bodzin. He has contributed a new track called "Sungam," the opener of the compilation, and it's his first solo track in quite a while. Other artists include: Martin Landsky, Deepa & Biri, Greg Gow, Rodriguez Jr., André Hommen, Adrian Leviste, Namito & Solmaz Lou, Hugo (feat. Comadisco), Pezzner, Spirit Catcher, and Oculus.
$12.99 UPC: 880319685927 ELECTRONIC
CD1:
01. Stephan Bodzin - Sungam
02. Marc Romboy - Hypernova
03. Robert Babicz (feat. B. James) - Narcolpeptic Super Soul
04. Audiojack - Jacob's Ladder
05. Martin Landsky - Bingo Nights
06. Dusty Kid - Generator 3000
07. Wehbba - Sweatbox
08. Deepa & Biri - Debi
09. Patrice Baumel - Schizophreniac
10. Greg Gow - Mar Del
CD2:
01. Jimpster - Eel Pie Island
02. Gorge & Nick Curly - Lost Together
03. Rodriguez Jr. - Mistral
04. André Hommen - Macro
05. John Tejada & Adrian Leviste - Parhelion
06. Namito & Solmaz Lou - Greetins to the Sun
07. Hugo (feat. Comadisco) - Blue Days
08. Pezzner - Warp Me Not
09. Spirit Catcher - Fast Empire
10. Oculus - Into the Deep
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NOVELLER: No Dreams LP (TAIGA 026LP)
LP version on Taiga. Soaring sixth solo album by American electric guitarist Sarah Lipstate. Mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin, cut direct to metal and pressed on 200 gram virgin vinyl in an edition of 400. Housed in a heavy custom weight black paper jacket letterpress printed with silver ink, diecut and hand-assembled at Studio on Fire in Minneapolis. "Sarah Lipstate is Noveller. No Dreams, her sixth full-length release, welcomes in an era of expanded instrumentation for the Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer. The compositions on No Dreams explore the artist's struggle with her blurred perception of reality and hallucination in the twilight of sleep and awakening. The songs alternate between being firmly rooted in place, like the epic, beat-driven "Mannahatta" and the playful guitar melodies of "Rue de Montmorency," and navigating the murky underworld of nightmare as in the dissonant layers of bowed guitar and manipulated piano in "The Fright." Title track "No Dreams" is a gloriously melancholic plea from Lipstate's overdriven electric guitar for exemption from the throes of parasomnia." --Important Records
$16.99 UPC: 769791954557 ROCK
A1. Fighting Sleep
A2. Mannahatta
A3. No Dreams
A4. Gathering the Elements
B1. Purchase
B2. Rue de Montmorency
B3. The Fright
B4. Outro
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PAVONE, JESSICA: Knuckle Under LP (TAIGA 027LP)
Knuckle Under is Jessica Pavone's first recording to be released on vinyl. Mastered by James Plotkin, cut direct to metal and pressed on 200 gram virgin vinyl in an edition of 300. The jacket was letterpress printed, diecut and hand-assembled at Studio on Fire in Minneapolis. "Violist Jessica Pavone's Knuckle Under is the result of an exercise in mono focus, the result of a medically enforced hiatus from playing her primary instrument. She returned to the viola after a 21 month lay-off determined to play only the sounds she most wanted to hear. That turned out to be long tones, often played with such force that one imagines a puff of rosin rising from her strings as she bowed them. ', But Not Here" gets through just three rustic sounding notes before a delay unit sprays one out like a prism. She repeats the phrase, and another note splits and gets trapped in an effects pedal's hall of mirrors. The simplicity and sheer noisiness of the music feels remote from the scrupulous craftsmanship exhibited on her last solo record, Hope Dawson Is Missing, even though they share a tune. "Plutonium", the piece in common, reveals the flexibility that Pavone finds in folk material. On the Tzadik disc, it unfolds into a stately art song; here, mournful low tones turn as bushy as a wolf's winter coat under the influence of amplification. Pavone is, as ever, scrupulously focused, wringing everything she can from one piece of material before moving on." --Bill Meyer, The Wire, Issue 368
$16.99 UPC: 769791954564 ROCK
A1. , But Not Here
A2. Salute Flying
B1. Knuckle Under
B2. What About Now?
B3. Plutonium
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BORIS: The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Extra LP (TAIGA 028LP)
The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked Extra was released for Boris' 2014 North American tour. It is the fourth and final installment of the Thing Which Solomon Overlooked series and includes a slipcase intended to house all four LPs in the Chronicle; volume one being released by Kult of Nihilow in 2004, two and three by Conspiracy in 2006. All of the packaging was letterpress printed, diecut and hand-assembled at Studio on Fire in Minneapolis. 400 copies were pressed on transparent yellow vinyl. Like other albums in the Chronicle series, this final release makes use of the raw, unsettling drone elements that are Boris' trademark. But just when the listener becomes enveloped by entrancing swirls of loose, collapsible, organic textures, Extra then takes a turn toward a different style embraced by this experimental Japanese band, incorporating tensely buoyant psychedelic rock ballads and jazzy improvisations. Guest artists: Michio Kurihara (guitar), Seiichiruo Morikawa (vocal), and Nene & Nana (vocal).
$23.79 UPC: 769791954571 ROCK
A1. Length of Eternity
A2. Kemono Peak
A3. Howl Part 1
A4. Unritual
B1. Quadruplex
B2. Grave New World
B3. Howl Part 2
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WORKING ELITE, THE: Freedom 12" (POMMES 003EP)
Bad news for all of you, who hoped that not buying any of the previous releases on Terre Des Pommes would put an end to this misery of a label. The Working Elite aka big boss Saap and little boss Daniel Nentwig are back. Good news for all you incurably romantic music friends. Two house tracks to cry and kneel down to and one translation into moron language by major league dumbsters the Tuff City Kids.
$9.79 UPC: 827170566460 ELECTRONIC
A1. Freedom
B1. Freedom (Tuff City Kids Acid Over Remix)
B2. Wittenborg
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NAUTIC: Freedom of the Floor 12" (TPE 001EP)
Nautic's Freedom of the Floor is the first release from Test Pressing Editions. The label is brought to you by the respected Test Pressing web site, known for its curatorial take across genres of music. Nautic are on something of a roll and have a big following in the new Balearic scene as well as in the open-minded indie world. On the A-side there is an alien jazz remix from London's Bullion, deconstructing the sound of British pop. Following that there is a cover of Womack And Womack's "M.P.B" with the B-side featuring the Open Space remix of "Freedom of the Floor."
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Freedom of the Floor (Bullion Remix)
A2. M.P.B
B1. Freedom of the Floor (Open Space Remix)
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REAGENZ: The Periodic Table CD (BK 010CD)
Composed, arranged and performed live at The Bunker New York 10 Year Anniversary, January 2013 by Jonah Sharp & David Moufang. Few projects in electronic music have remained at the very cutting edge for as long as Reagenz, a collaboration between San Francisco-based Jonah Sharp and Heidelberg-based David Moufang. Their first self-titled album Reagenz, was released during a foundational moment for ambient and electronic music: 1994. At the time, Jonah's main project was Spacetime Continuum; an early signee of seminal label Astralwerks. He also ran one of the first independent electronic music labels on the West Coast, Reflective Records, recording with the likes of Pete Namlook and Bill Laswell; while David was founding acclaimed duo Deep Space Network, starting to record solo records as Move D, entering into a fruitful collaboration with Pete Namlook, as well as running his own Source Records imprint. Following several well-received live appearances in Japan, Reagenz was reformed in 2009 for a full-length album "Playtime" on the respected Berlin label Workshop. Since then, the project has been ongoing, touring to present live shows in both the U.S. and Europe. There has also been a special collaborative extension of the project when Reagenz met Magic Mountain High (Moufang w/Juju & Jordash) under the name The Mulholland Free Clinic at 2013's Unsound Festival in Krakow. Moufang, working as Move D, is now highly in demand as a DJ, while Sharp is also busy with solo gigs and a collaborative project with DJ Spun. Now, 20 years after their first project, comes The Periodic Table, a stunning live album captured at The Bunker New York's tenth anniversary party at Public Assembly, Brooklyn, in January 2013. This triple LP/CD album also serves as the first full-length release from relatively new label The Bunker New York. Recorded using a full stage of gear/all-hardware set up that included a Roland TR 909, Roland TR 606, Roland JX-3P, Roland SH101, Anyware Instruments TinySizer, Nord Micro Modular, Doepfer Dark Time, Akai MPC 1000, Electro Harmonix Memory Man Delay and a Moog MidiMurf, The Periodic Table incorporates elements of house, techno and ambient in an organic flow that few artists could replicate. Watching the two musicians on stage makes tangible the sense of decades of shared experience between them very apparent. Recorded with almost the same equipment they used to record their debut 20 years earlier, The Periodic Table is a testament to the power of live electronic music, its ability to transcend time and remain, when delivered with skill and art, one of the most powerful live music experiences possible. Far from being locked into any cul-de-sac of "dance" genre or DJ tools, The Periodic Table presents a living, breathing model.
$10.39 UPC: 769791954533 ELECTRONIC
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REAGENZ: The Periodic Table 3x12" (BK 010LP)
3 x 12" version.
$20.39 UPC: 769791954540 ELECTRONIC
Side B
02. Tc
Side A
01. Si
Side D
02. Ge
Side C
01. Au
Side F
02. Db
Side E
01. Co
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CHLLNGR: Form of Release LP (TNP 015LP)
Unified by dub's loose sense of space and deep sub-frequencies, CHLLNGR's unique amalgam of soul, pop, stripped-down beats, and decaying atmospheres has earned the Copenhagen-based artist, Steven Jess Borth II, adulation from press and peers alike. The nocturnal, murky worlds of his debut Haven and its follow-up EP Datter alluded to subtle pop possibilities featuring Borth's soft-touch vocals woven into structures indebted to modern R&B's sleek minimalism and the techniques set forth by dub reggae's chief architects King Tubby, Scientist, among countless other legends. An artist who shines in the collaborative process, Borth's acclaimed debut Haven featured Coco (of Quadron), Aku (of Dragons Of Zynth), Teachers, and he has been a consistent cohort of South African MC Spoek Mathambo, partnering in composing, production, and touring as Mathambo's multi-instrumentalist secret weapon over the past few years. CHLLNGR has been working on his next full-length for the L.A.-based Time No Place label. Recorded at the newly-built Red Bull Studios in Copenhagen, Borth took a different approach by recording most of the new record at a legitimate studio as opposed to his previous DIY methods. Again, a collaborative effort: the new album features contributions from up-and-coming vocalist JOSIAHWISE IS THE SERPENTWITHFEET, Grace Hall of Skin Town, Doctor Echo, Dusty Brown, Nikolaj Manuel Vonsild (When Saints Go Machine, Cancer) and the UK-based artist, Dels. Keeping much of CHLLNGR's signature moody starkness, his forthcoming LP strives for brave eclecticism, digging deeper into his future-minded soul music explorations.
$11.79 UPC: 880319680915 ELECTRONIC
01. For the Books
02. First Time
03. Come Around
04. Inside My Skin
05. Without Yours
06. Fall
07. Yes
08. Art & Science
09. What You Used to Know
10. Waiting
11. Save Me
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HOLMES, DAVID: '71 (Original Soundtrack) LP (TOUCH 001LP)
Limited edition vinyl + download -- numbered. Inspired by a number of conversations between director Yann Demange and music producer David Holmes, the majority of '71's score was created before the film was shot. Yann likes to shoot with music already written -- an idea that resonates with the collaborative work of Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone. With reference to Can's soundtrack work, in which only Irmin Schmidt would have seen the film, David would describe the emotion, tone and atmosphere of the scene with the other band members before recording and then editing to picture after. He says "It frees your imagination to try and capture a world that only you can see and feel but in total relation to the director's overall vision. Living in Belfast for most of my life was also a big inspiration." Musically influenced by John Carpenter's Assault from Precinct 13 and Escape from New York, John Paul Jones' "Four Minute Warning" and Tony Conrad's "The Pyre of Angus Was in Kathmandu," the music pulses with the tension and potential terror of war-torn Belfast streets in 1971.
$22.39 EAN: 5055869506991 ROCK
01. You're Going to Belfast
02. The Hunt
03. '71
04. Posh Cunts Telling Thick Cunts to Kill Poor Cunts
05. Riot on the Lower Falls
06. Thommo's Dead
07. Where's the Soldier?
08. The Hunt (Part 2)
09. Doing Your Dirty Work
10. Need A Way Out!
11. Escape from Divis '71
12. Is He Dead?
13. The Theme from '71
14. Aftermath
15. We'll Be Fine, I Promise You
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TRANSLLUSION: The Opening of the Cerebral Gate CD (TRESOR 270CD)
In between the re-releases of the two legendary Drexciya albums released on Tresor in '99 and '01, the Berlin techno institute is proud to re-present Transllusion's The Opening of the Cerebral Gate. For the first time, music fans will be able to experience the whole journey on vinyl. The 3LP package includes the vinyl version of the album as it was originally released plus a bonus 12" featuring "Look Within," "Unordinary Realities," and "Do You Want to Get Down (Vocal De Void)" -- for the first time available on wax. Produced by the late James Marcel Stinson and released in 2001 via Supremat, a short-lived sub-label Tresor dedicated to a more abstract and experimental electro sound, The Opening of the Cerebral Gate was conceived as the second part of the so-called Drexciyan Storms -- a whopping stack of seven albums by the Detroit pair released under different monikers within a single year (the Tresor album Harnessed the Storm being the first). This phase marks a groundbreaking time for the duo, their cosmos breaking wide open, right at the dawn of a new technological era in electronic music production. All this is deeply reflected in Transllusion's first album. Thematically, The Opening of the Cerebral Gate saw Stinson shift away from the grand narrative of the Drexciyan saga, instead exploring a sub-plot of esoteric concepts revolving around internal, mental and psychedelic tropes. Musically, it presents the electro genius at the height of his game. The album is chock full of hypercharged arpeggios and driving pulse patterns, Morse-like tones and chord stabs, huge, uber-booming tympanic kicks and grainy snares, (see openers "Transmission of Life" and "War of the Clones"). On the other end of the stylistic spectrum it features sweeter tones and moments of sheer, staggering beauty ("Dimensional Glide" or the CD's centerpieces "Look Within" and "Unordinary Realities"). In between, all kinds of alien electro funk shadings are to be found, every single track so well-executed, making it impossible to pick a highlight.
$10.99 UPC: 666017282527 ELECTRONIC
01. Transmission of Life
02. Negative Flash
03. Walking with Clouds
04. Cerebral Cortex Malfunction
05. Cluben in Guyana
06. Look Within
07. Unordinary Realities
08. Dimensional Glide
09. War of the Clones
10. Crossing Into the Mental Astroplane
11. Do You Want to Get Down?
12. Do You Want to Get Down? (Vocal De Void)
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TRANSLLUSION: The Opening of the Cerebral Gate 3LP (TRESOR 270LP)
3LP version.
$23.79 UPC: 666017282510 ELECTRONIC
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TRANSLLUSION: Mind Over Positive and Negative Dimensional Matter 12" (TRESOR 271EP)
Tresor is proud to re-present Transllusion's Mind Over Positive and Negative Dimensional Matter, the 12" single which originally accompanied the album The Opening of the Cerebral Gate. Produced by the late James Marcel Stinson and released in 2001 via Supremat, a short-lived sub-label Tresor dedicated to a more abstract and experimental electro sound, both releases were conceived as the second part of the so-called Drexciyan Storms. This release thematically saw Stinson shift away from the grand narrative of the Drexciyan saga, instead exploring a sub-plot of esoteric concepts revolving around internal, mental and psychedelic tropes. Musically, it presents the electro genius at the height of his game.
$8.99 UPC: 666017282664 ELECTRONIC
A1. Power of the 3rd Brain
A2. Disrupted Neural Gateway
B1. Do You Want to Get Down?
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KOPP, JONAS: Red Plented EP 12" (TRESOR 272EP)
Jonas Kopp's Red Plented EP weaves Kopp's discursive repertoire into a single and concise narrative, covering both familiar ground and exploring new and spellbinding territories, along with just a hint of cosmic neo-retroism that makes this a welcomed edition to the Tresor catalog. Despite having just a single release on the label so far, "X" featuring on DJ Hell's 2013 Kern Vol. 2 compilation, Kopp has been a firm fixture at the club since 2011. Jonas Kopp is the next in the line of contemporary luminaries that Tresor proudly welcomes to the fold.
$8.99 UPC: 666017282763 ELECTRONIC
A1. Red Plented
B1. Blackbird
B2. Message from Solaris
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US: Muddy Waters 12" (TST 002EP)
The second release from Trust comes from the duo Us. Trust, Cocoon artist Julien Bracht's own label, engraves three tracks on wax that present noise as original as can be. The title-track by the duo Us, namely Louis McGuire and Markus Nikolaus aka Cunt Cunt Chanel, is a straight-up soulful blend, thick with the commanding charm of Markus' velveteen vocal underpinned by McGuire's pulsating beat -- as hypnotic as it is powerful. Julien's "Space is Heaven Rmx" captures the hard, dry sound of a live-jam between the pair, while his heady Trust Mix promptly quashes any doubts left hanging.
$9.79 UPC: 827170555464 ELECTRONIC
A1. Muddy Waters (Original)
A2. Muddy Waters (Julien Bracht's Space is Heaven Remix)
B1. Muddy Waters (Julien Bracht's Trust Remix)
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VA: Poco Loco in the Coco Vol. 3 LP (UOVR 012LP)
University Of Vice presents the third volume of the craziest compilation of music from all over the world. This comp collates a worldwide mixture of painfully obscure crud-a-phonic dance craze platters from the '50s and '60s. A brilliant and bonkers concoction of exotica and international nonsense novelties. If you need something new to listen to after you've worn out yer Las Vegas grind and jungle exotica records, then this is for you and will liven up any party. Lurch-eriffic tropical crazes and totally daffy mix-n-match foreign language tracks that'll make your eyes and ears pop just like corn. Long live the University Of Vice. Artists include: David Melanio, Joe Quijano, Doc & Les 6 Jets, The Goyo's Cats, Sonny Scott, Tito Benito, The Warriors, Carl Stevens, Caney Orchestra, Chino Herrera, Comparsa De La Laguna, Eddie Kochak, The Mogambo's, and The Journeymen.
$14.99 EAN: 8435008883294 WORLD
A1. David Melanio - Teahouse 90
A2. Joe Quijano - Zoom Gully Gully
A3. Doc & Les 6 Jets - Making Love
A4. The Goyo's Cats - Caliente
A5. Sonny Scott - Judo Twist
A6. Tito Benito - Allo Brigitte
A7. The Warriors - Watusi Wedding
B1. Carl Stevens - Tiana-Tche
B2. Caney Orchestra - Mambo Bom Bo
B3. Chino Herrera - Los Tambores Del Brujo
B4. Comparsa De La Laguna - Zoologico Negro
B5. Eddie Kochak - Shish-Ka-Bob Rock
B6. The Mogambo's - Bi-Aza-Ku-Sasa
B7. The Journeymen - Cup-E-Co
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VA: The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 2 CD (VAMPI 156CD)
Vampisoul is back with a fresh batch of funky, folky and psychedelic tropical bangers from the deep vaults of Discos Fuentes (and its other properties, Tropical and Machuca). As previously stated in the first volume of this series, the term "Afrosound" is an invented concept appropriated from Discos Fuentes. If the term seems a bit vague or slippery, rest assured that with this second installment you will come closer to understanding the Afrosound aesthetic. This Afro-vibration was sent out from the cold, misty high mountains and bounced back down to the flattened plains, meandering rivers, verdant valleys, steaming jungle and whispering shores of the azure sea, where it was resold to the original regions that inspired it and traveled to further lands beyond the horizon, like Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina. There were also several smaller coastal-based labels like Curro and Tropical that did much the same thing, but maintained a local base of operations for their work. You would have found this sound in little moldy hardware, musical instrument and dry-goods stores, or broadcast on radios in buses, cars, trucks, fishermen's canoes, even lashed to burros. It blasted in bars, hotels, on beaches from transistors. It was played on the booming sound systems at the outdoor black champetero parties under the palm trees and in the palenques, social clubs and house parties in working-class barrios, on crackling loudspeakers blaring from street festivals, in plazas. This incredible stream of black gold adorned and enriched the public airways of Cali, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Baranquilla, to become a symbol of pride and part of Colombia's collective identity. Afrosound is not really something tangible that can be tied down and bound to a critic's rules. Nor is it some venerable folkloric strain passed down through generations from time immemorial. It's a modern bastard hybrid, syncretic and synthetic, spawned in the studio, co-opted by government, commodified by an industry that could only have been born in the era of the global village. The unifying factor of this second volume is still the same: African roots or influences and the period of experimentation, self expression, upheaval, rebellion and rebirth in the industry, nurtured by Discos Fuentes and its stable of musicians, producers and engineers.
$11.79 EAN: 8435008862848 WORLD
01. El Sexteto Miramar - Pachanga Miramar
02. El Combo Loco - Cumbia De Luna
03. Lisandro Meza Y Su Combo Gigante - Juventud Flaca Y Loca
04. Peregoyo Y Su Combo Vacana - Sabor De Vacana
05. Orquesta Ritmo De Sabanas - Que Se Hicieron
06. Los Corraleros De Majagual - Pompo Del Pilon
07. Los Teen Agers - Goza Mi Tamborera
08. Michi Sarmiento Y Su Combo Bravo - Calenita
09. Banda 20 De Julio De Repelon - Rosalba
10. Adolfo Echeverria Y Su Orquesta - Locura De Mi Cumbele
11. Fruko Y Sus Tesos - Achilipu
12. Afrosound - Banana De Queso
13. Wganda Kenya - Fayab Fayab
14. Tita Duval/El Nuevo Ritmo De Bobby Rey - Batukacuto
15. Wganda Kenya - El Nativo
16. Chico Cervantes Y Su Nueva Banda - El Soncito
17. The Latin Brothers - Dale Al Bombo
18. Los Corraleros De Majagual - Juana Rosa Manzano
19. La Integracion - Caiman Y Gallinazo
20. Los Bestiales - Yolanda
21. La Banda De La Boquilla - La Rochela
22. Afrosound - Una Abeja En El Semaforo
23. Fruko Y Sus Tesos - Luz En La Inmensidad
24. Machuca Cumbia - Staying Alive
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VA: The Afrosound of Colombia Vol. 2 2LP (VAMPI 156LP)
Double LP version.
$18.39 EAN: 8435008862855 WORLD
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VAZ, ANDY: It's OK 12" (YORE 031EP)
On Yore's 31st release, label-owner Andy Vaz delivers straight from the backyards of his Cologne-based Deutztroit Studios to the streets of Detroit, collaborating with Niko Marks (Detroit-based keyboardist, singer, and producer) on the A1 track: a warm, deep and soulful house anthem with a perfect dancefloor-friendly summer vibe. A2. features a remix of Andy Vaz classic house hit: "Hurry, Hurry" by Malik Alston. On B1 the mood shifts drastically with a very trippy, hip-hop-ish acid house-type masterpiece, with a strong, hypnotic and trippy feel. Old school acid jazz-influenced house and a sure guarantee for messing with your brain.
$8.99 UPC: 827170564664 ELECTRONIC
A1. Love You Forever (feat. Niko Marks)
A2. Hurry, Hurry (Malik's Let the Horn Play Mix)
B1. Worst Fantasies
B2. U Did Me Wrong
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SLANT 6: Soda Pop Rip Off LP (DIS 091LP)
"After only a few months of practice and playing shows, Slant 6 recorded a 3-song single, 'What Kind of Monster Are You,' for Dischord Records. All three ended up moving into the Embassy, where they collaborated with the Nation of Ulysses members on a number of recording projects as well as fashion shows and a series of performance house parties called Famous Monsters. In the fall of 1993, Slant 6 went to Inner Ear studios with Don Zeintara and Ian MacKaye to record what would become their debut full-length, Soda Pop Rip Off. The trio toured extensively and would release one more album, Inzombia, before splitting up while on tour in Europe in 1995. Billotte would go on to perform in Quix*o*tic and Casual Dots. Out of print on vinyl for at least two decades, Soda Pop Rip Off has been remastered by TJ Lipple. This pressing of the record has been done on red-colored vinyl and comes with a free digital download coupon for the 13 original album tracks plus the three songs from the 'What Kind of Monster Are You' single."
$10.50 UPC: 718751799110 ROCK
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VA: Christmas Rap LP (GET 51300LP)
"Re-issue of the 1987 Profile Records holiday compilation on colored vinyl, with songs by Run-DMC, Dana Dane, Sweet Tee, The Showboys, The Surf M.C.s, Spyder-D, and more. Leading off with the Run-DMC smash, 'Christmas in Hollis,' this classic Christmas compilation features some of the hottest rap artists of the era, celebrating the holidays, hip-hop style. Highlights include Dana Dane's 'Dana Dane is Coming to Town,' Sweet Tee's 'Let the Jingle Bells Rock' and even the Surf M.C.s' 'A Surf M.C. New Year,' adding a California surfer (and, ahem, Beastie Boys rip-off) twist to the proceedings. Not to be overlooked is the classic front and back cover artwork, featuring a gift-wrapped B-Boy. It remains an essential, evergreen (pun intended) holiday album to this day. This special Get On Down edition will be run in a colored vinyl pressing with red and green copies randomly distributed."
$21.50 UPC: 664425130010 HIPHOP
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BAMBAATAA & THE SOUL SONIC FORCE, AFRIKA: Planet Rock 12" (GET 56011EP)
"12-inch re-issue on glow-in-the-dark vinyl (Limited edition of 1982 copies.) B-Boy anthem from 1982 lights up any dancefloor?literally! First time ever on glow-in-the-dark vinyl! Fresh off Bambaataa's historic donation of his vinyl collection to the Cornell University Hip-Hop Collection and the Fall 2014 'Renegades of Rhythm' tour by DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist celebrating his unparalleled contribution to hip-hop, Get On Down celebrates the song for which the Godfather of Hip-Hop is best known: 1982's Planet Rock, a Kraftwerk-meets-Bronx-B-Boy anthem. Renowned the world over as a never-fail floor-filler, this new 12-inch pressing of the single is pressed on glow-in-the-dark vinyl for the first time ever. Although Bambaataa may have gotten top-billing on the release, it was a team effort, with crucial contributions by a team including DJ Jazzy Jay, Afrika Islam, Arthur Baker, John Robie, a Roland TR-808 drum machine (aka Planet Patrol) and of course MCs Mr. Biggs, G.L.O.B.E. and Pow Wow. This edition is housed in a clear, custom-embossed Get On Down poly-bag to let the glow show through."
$15.50 UPC: 664425601114 HIPHOP
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VA: For the People Pt. 1 5x7" BOX (GET 56027-7)
"Continuing Get On Down's People Records deluxe reissues series - which launched on Record Store Day in April 2014 with the release of the JB's classic 1972 album Food For Thought - this unique box is the celebration of James Brown's People label and some of the imprint's most famous singles. Each 45 has been lovingly re-created with visuals taken from the original artwork. And beyond the singles themselves, this set includes a deluxe, cloth-covered carrying case with a People Records logo on the exterior and purple People embossing throughout the interior. Featured 45s include James Brown's 'Escape-ism' (1971); Lyn Collins' 'Think (About It)' (1972); Fred Wesley & The JBs' 'Same Beat' (1973); The Devils' 'X-Sorcist' (1974); and Maceo & The Macks' 'Cross The Track (We Better Go Back)' (1974). This is a soul, funk and hip-hop DJ's dream!"
$53.00 UPC: 664425602777 ROCK
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RAMMELZEE VS. K ROB: Beat Bop 12" (GET 58009EP)
"12" ON SPLIT BLACK & WHITE VINYL! LIMITED TO 1983 COPIES! The original issue of the 1983 song Beat Bop by lyricists Rammellzee and K-Rob has been heard by many, but held by few. Only a reputed 500 of the song's initial run, on Jean-Michel Basquiat's one-off Tartown Records label, were made with jacket cover art by the infinitely influential graphic artist (and moonlighting musician and producer). They remain one of hip-hop's 'Holy Grail' items, selling north of $1,500 if you can even find one. The audio, which clocked in at over 10 minutes, was issued -- with no picture sleeve -- on Profile Records soon after the Tartown pressings, and went on to influence countless MCs, with its minimal, languishing funk beat (produced by Basquiat) and Rammellzee's and K-Rob's next-level lyricism. The picture sleeve version of the release has never been officially re-issued, and this edition, curated by hip-hop historian Noah Uman, goes the extra mile. It features officially-licensed original artwork from the Basquiat estate and a four-panel folded insert with deep background on the original single's creation, compiled by Andrew "Noz" Nosnitsky -- including interviews with many of the artists involved with its production: Rammellzee, K-Rob, Glenn O'Brien, percussionist Al Diaz, Profile's Cory Robbins and more. Rammellzee left this Earth in 2010 and Basquiat passed away in 1988 -- with this deluxe reissue, their important contributions to the formative years of hip-hop on wax are remembered and celebrated. A must-own for any hip-hop purist."
$15.50 UPC: 664425800913 HIPHOP
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RUN-DMC: Christmas in Hollis 7" (GET 720EP)
"Once you hear those warm-but-mildly-distorted intro horns (sampled from Clarence Carter's 1968 hit 'Back Door Santa'), you are instantly filled with the holiday spirit, thanks to the most important hip-hop group of the 1980s. By late 1987 this incredible Run-DMC production (co-produced by Rick Rubin and Steve Ett) had taken full hold of the music world. That holiday season, the song was featured on the A & M Records charity compilation A Very Special Christmas and was also granted its own A-side release outside of the U.S., complete with a cover illustrated by the late Keith Haring. This version of the 7-inch also includes a little song called 'Peter Piper' on the B-side that you may have heard before, plus the full lyrics to 'Christmas In Hollis' printed on the back cover. And to make this package impossible to pass up, Get On Down is also including a playable 'Audible Postcard' of 'Christmas In Hollis' in addition to the vinyl -- keep it as a collector's item or send to a friend to become the illest rap gift-giver of the year."
$10.50 UPC: 606590072078 HIPHOP
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CARIBOU: Our Love 12" (JIAOLONG 013EP)
"Second limited 12" from Caribou. Title track from album plus Daphni Mix."
$8.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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LYNN, BARBARA: Here is Barbara Lynn LP (LITA 119LP)
"24/96kHz remastering from original ¼" tapes. Liner notes by Jessica Hundley interviewing Barbara, plus rare archive photographs. 180 gram LP housed in an expanded deluxe Stoughton gatefold "Tip-On" jacket. To be a woman singing your own blues and soul songs in 1960's Texas was a rare thing. To do so while brandishing a left-handed Stratocaster and bashing out hard-edged licks was even rarer. Yet that's just what Barbara Lynn did, inspired by Guitar Slim, Jimmy Reed, Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee. And it was a hit: her 1962 debut single, 'You'll Lose a Good Thing,' recorded with session musicians including Dr. John, gave her an R&B chart Number One and a Billboard chart Top 10 hit. Though she was a precocious performer, hers is a talent that came to full bloom on Here is Barbara Lynn, her 1968 album produced by Huey P. Meaux and originally released on Atlantic Records. The record was conceived as an introduction of Lynn's prodigious talents, her deeply felt guitar playing, her gutsy soulful singing skills, and her songwriting prowess. It collected her early hit and a raft of new songs, each packed with Lynn's passion and fire. Yet the introduction to her world -- now reissued by Light in the Attic -- largely proved to be her swansong. She married in 1970, aged 28, had three children, and largely retired from the music industry for most of the '70s and '80s."
$16.50 UPC: 826853011914 ROCK
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VA: Common EP 12" (MEANDYOU 002EP)
"Bells Jam is stand-and-deliver improvisation, alive and rocking, with minimal editing; Split Guest is dense, multi-faceted, hypnotic music by Matthew Mullane, from Princeton, NJ, and Spectrum Spools; label co-founder Sam Lewis aka Herron returns with the time-shifting rhythmic complexity of 33 Weeks; Nick Lapien from Sequencias and Field Records makes a long ascent as Metropolis."
$11.50 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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JB'S, THE: These Are the JB's LP (NA 5119LP)
"Never-before-heard James Brown and J.B.'s originals and covers of Jimi Hendrix, Kool & the Gang, the Meters. Contains a 12-page booklet with full annotation, liner notes by Brown historian Alan Leeds and never-before-published photos. This album is the Rosetta Stone of funk's dominant idioms, yet its existence has barely been a rumor. In 1970 James Brown perfectly captured a definitive moment in modern music when he ordered Bootsy Collins into the studio to record the tracks that would be test pressed on King Records as These Are The J.B.'s. This album is the epitome of funk music, Brown's innovation that influenced everything that came after it, from Afro-beat to disco to hip-hop. And if there is any funk ensemble as influential as Brown's, in the post-"Cold Sweat" musical landscape, it's the Parliament/Funkadelic contingent. Those two streams, as Grammy Winning James Brown historian Alan Leeds details in this album's liner notes, converged for the first time here. This link between Brown's funk and all that followed features Bootsy and his young band running through twelve-minute instrumental take of Marva Whitney's 'It's My Thing,' replete with blues chord changes, alongside interpretations of the Meters, Kool and the Gang and none other than Jimi Hendrix. This is a young band's James Brown-turned-on-his-head style of funk that they nail in a one-minute vamp that pre-dates their obscure but important work as the Houseguests ensemble and embodies the essence of the psychedelic-flavored music that would propel them into the orbit of George Clinton and his mothership, where they poked cosmic holes in funk's polyrhythmic ozone layer in the mid-1970s. There are only two extant copies of the original King Records test press LP of These Are The J.B.'s. This, the first commercial issue of this album, was overseen by Now-Again's Egon alongside Leeds and Universal Music Group's James Brown expert Harry Weinger. It was mastered specifically for vinyl by Elysian Master's Dave Cooley from the original two-track stereo master that James Brown and his engineer Ron Lenhoff delivered to production forty-four years ago and is packaged in a thick, 'tip-on' Stoughton jacket. It comes with a 12-page booklet with liner notes by Leeds and Egon and many unpublished photographs and ephemera."
$21.50 UPC: 659457511913 ROCK
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ABBHAMA: Alam Raya CD (STRAW 017CD)
"Abbhama's lone symphonic progressive effort has been highly regarded within South East Asia for years but is just starting to open ears elsewhere. Named one of the top 100 albums of all time by Rolling Stone Indonesia, Alam Raya, was recorded in 1978 and has only been available on cassette until now. This fully licensed re-release will be one to hold on to. With the International Edition being limited to 250 copies (the Indonesian Edition of 250 copies has already sold out), this will surely move quickly. The CD is limited to 500. For fans of Genesis, Yes, Guruh Gypsy, ELP and Triumvirat. Sadly the leader of the band Iwan Madjid passed away very recently and will be missed. May he rest in peace."
$11.25 UPC: 826853639729 ROCK
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ABBHAMA: Alam Raya LP (STRAW 017LP)
LP version. Limited to 250 copies worldwide.
$30.00 UPC: 826853639712 ROCK
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