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FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE
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NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 07/13/2015
first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 07/13/2015
second section features forthcoming releases; release dates are given for reference, but can be approximate, depending on the label
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PARKS & ANTON NEWCOMBE, TESS: I Declare Nothing CD (AUK 120CD)
Born in Berlin in early 2014 and nurtured over the following summer, I Declare Nothing is the spine-tingling collaboration between Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre), co-written and co-played by the duo and released to coincide with their 2015 European tour, following their Record Store Day 2015 Cocaine Cat single (AUK 118EP). A native of Toronto, Tess Parks moved to London, England, at the age of 17, where she briefly studied photography before deciding to focus on music. Parks made an impression on industry legend Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records, though the timing of their meeting could hardly have been less ideal; McGee was no longer involved in music and Parks was due to move back to Toronto. After moving back to her hometown in 2012, Parks formed a band on the advice of McGee and less than a year after their meeting, he returned to music with his label 359 Music. Parks became one of his first signings and released her debut record, Blood Hot, in November 2013 to excellent reviews. One reviewer described her as "Patti Smith on Quaaludes." Others have mentioned her "gauzy psychedelic sound" and "smouldering voice." Alan McGee himself said, "She's only 24 and is already an amazing songwriter... she just doesn't quite know she is yet -- her most beautiful quality is her lack of ego. Tess is an amazing lady." Anton Newcombe is the leader of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, who returned in May 2014 with their 14th full-length album, Revelation (AUK 030CD/LP), to critical acclaim, and released Musique de film imaginé (AUK 032CD/LP) in 2015. The band's first album to be fully recorded and produced at Newcombe's recording studio in Berlin, it was supported by a successful European tour. Named in tribute to the legendary Rolling Stones guitarist and his influence in introducing Eastern culture and music into the world of Western rock 'n' roll, The Brian Jonestown Massacre formed in San Francisco, California in 1990. Through two dozen band members and numerous "ups and downs" (some of which have been famously sensationalized in the media), the one thing that has always remained consistent for this psychedelic collective is frontman Mr. Anton Alfred Newcombe. LP pressed on amber 180-gram vinyl.
$10.39 EAN: 5055869507486 ROCK
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TOMIIE, SATOSHI: New Day CD (AACD 001CD)
Decades after his 1989 debut single and dancefloor anthem "Tears," Satoshi Tomiie presents his second album. "Tears," the legendary collaboration with Frankie Knuckles, is widely acknowledged as one of house music's most important moments, but it was only the beginning of an exciting career. Satoshi Tomiie has been at the forefront of the global house music movement ever since. He has released on a variety of labels ranging from Strictly Rhythm to Sony, toured with the Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto of Yellow Magic Orchestra fame, worked with artists like Robert Owens, remixed many pop-inclined tracks, and been praised for his 2007 contribution to Renaissance's Masters Series. All of this while creating artistic challenges for himself, to avoid falling into a pattern and repeating himself, and keeping up a constant global DJ schedule. Satoshi Tomiie, a lifelong student of jazz and classical piano, has always succeeded in adding an extra dimension into his music, and his sophomore album is no exception. While listening to New Day, it is immediately clear that the accomplished musician has reinvented himself once again. The overall sound of the album is crisp, fresh, and ingenious without losing its allure. While some tracks are reminiscent of his early work, others surprise in their richness and complexity. The CD starts off with "Last Night," a generous intro; on "Landscape," the producer makes use of a more undulating timbre. The title-track features John Schmersal, a touring member of Caribou, and is the prelude to the deeper part of this narrative-oriented album. On "Cucina Rossa," he once again shows his rich background as a trained musician. With New Day, Satoshi Tomiie has redefined the creative process that surrounds the production of a full-length album. He wanted to stray away from the norm of albums made up entirely of singles, and delivers a full-length culmination of the styles that have influenced him throughout his illustrious career; a seamless story. CD presented in six-panel digipak; includes four exclusive tracks.
$11.99 UPC: 827170148222 ELECTRONIC
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"A" TRIO + ALAN BISHOP: Burj al Imam CD (END 010CD)
Entirely recorded at Tunefork Studios on the outskirts of Beirut, Burj al Imam's five tracks include three largely improvised numbers, a loose reworking of early Sun City Girls track "The Imam," and a cover of traditional Americana song "Gently Johnny." The album displays remarkable coherence, for four musicians coming from such different backgrounds. True to their habits, the Lebanese trio of trumpeter Mazen Kerbaj, guitarist Sharif Sehnaoui, and bassist Raed Yassin create acoustic improvised drones that range from insistent, chiming resonances with emergency alarm bells to low, thrumming hums. The three musicians largely avoid conventional technique, instead using what sounds like motorized devices to generate rattling, metallic vibrations, building a mechanistic backdrop out of which the instruments' true voices occasionally arise. Perched above the ambient din, Alan Bishop is in fine form, and alternates between gentle crooning and malevolent whispering. Alan Bishop: guitar and voice; Mazen Kerbaj: trumpet; Sharif Sehnaoui: acoustic guitar; Raed Yassin: double bass. Packaged in a poster sleeve; hand-numbered edition of 500.
$21.79 EAN: 5055869511469 ROCK
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SAID, RIZAN: King of Keyboard CD (END 011CD)
It can be justifiably said that without Rizan Said a good number of Syrian singers from the 1990s on might never have been heard -- most notably Omar Souleyman, who has collaborated with Said for two decades. Where synthesizers can bring a certain artifice and death to the sound of music, Said's torrential speed and flair on the keys bring new life to Syrian and Kurdish sounds, respectfully forcing the component sounds of folkloric dabke to the next level. This is the updated sound of the ages, with hand drums and reed flutes emulated and pounded out on Korg keyboards. Packaged in a poster sleeve with green foil cover; hand-numbered edition of 500. Liner notes by Mark Gergis.
$21.79 EAN: 5055869511476 WORLD
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AIRAKSINEN, PEKKA: Buddhas of Golden Light LP (ALE 004LP)
Reissue of legendary underground release Buddhas of Golden Light by Pekka Airaksinen, Nurse-With-Wound-listed founding member of legendary Finnish improv group The Sperm. Buddhas of Golden Light is a highly sought-after crate-digger's classic, originally self-released in 1984. Airaksinen originally recorded the album to tape, using an 808 and DX7, with improvised saxophone taken from an epic week-long solo session and Antero Helander featured on one track. Buddhas of Golden Light is a true underground record that sounds like very little else ever made before or since. Simultaneously alarming and disarming, Airaksinen's work co-opts the sound of the 808 and manipulates the DX7 for a cosmic spiritual jam, Sun Ra style. Airaksinen has been actively making music since the 1960s. Buddhas of Golden Light is from a series of albums he began making in the 1980s, each of which is dedicated to one of the thousand Buddhas and many of which were self-released. At the time of this reissue, he is about a hundred Buddhas deep. Airaksinen is mainly known for his role in the controversial Finnish underground group The Sperm, formed in 1967. The collective's recordings resembled the noise and industrial music of the '70s and '80s, with a pro-drug, pro-sexual revolution rhetoric and a Dadaist sense of humor, influenced by American free jazz, underground rock, and anarchism. After The Sperm disbanded in 1970, Airaksinen continued making experimental music in his own studio. His music is characterized by out-of-sync rhythms, intense dynamics, and feverish visions. His approach is consciously unpolished, spontaneous, and improvised, resulting in a cosmic electro-jazz sound fusing free jazz and the 808. In the '90s he began to incorporate techno influences, filtered through his Buddhist philosophy, and he is still making music at the time of this reissue.
$16.39 EAN: 5065002003980 EXPERIMENTAL
A1. Sukirti
A2. Suvarnasatarasmibhasagarbha
A3. Ratnasikhin
B1. Kandrasuryapradipa
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MR RAOUL K: Break Your Chains and Return to Botswana 12" (BBM 001RMX-EP)
Two remixes of Mr Raoul K's opus "Break Your Chains and Return to Botswana" from 2014's Still Living in Slavery (BBM 001CD/LTD-LP). Kaito uses parts of Mr Raoul K's tricky beats as a rock-solid base for his soundscapes. His remix is like the soundtrack to an escape from imprisonment through an endless desert, as the slowly-rising sun reveals the way to freedom. Mr Raoul K adds even more percussion to the beat-heavy track. The atmosphere is dense. Hide in the shadows, take only small steps forward until you leave your chains behind and step out into the desert.
$9.79 UPC: 827170599062 ELECTRONIC
A1. Break Your Chains and Return to Botswana (Kaito Remix)
A2. Break Your Chains and Return to Botswana (Mr Raoul K's Percussions Version)
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WEAVER, JANE: The Silver Globe (Deluxe Edition) 2CD (EGGS 019LTD-CD)
The Silver Globe expands: as one of the most industrious female multi-instrumentalist songwriters in modern pop, Jane Weaver literally doubles the content of her acclaimed 2014 album for the double-CD version of this synth-ridden special release. Unlike so many other big label "campaigns" that vied for PR attention via ego-fuelled video promos and down-your-throat advertising, this unassuming, dedicated, focused piece of experimental vocal pop was in no way spoon-fed to editors or playlisters. Nor did it fall within the lines of what might have been considered fashionable or culturally relevant. The Silver Globe was judged on its own merit as a brilliant, uncompromising pop record. By the end of 2014 The Silver Globe had been announced as Piccadilly Records' best album of the year, earned a spot in Gilles Peterson's top ten Worldwide Tracks of the Year, garnered repeat plays from virtually every specialist DJ on BBC Radio 6 Music (among many more global radio stations), found DJ mix support from Andrew Weatherall, and filled most of the pages in a 12-month diary with gig and festival requests. This expanded double-CD edition of The Silver Globe includes a second full-length disc called The Amber Light, which carves a niche between new age motivational music, radiophonic folk, and snarling krautrock, echoing the kosmische stylings of The Silver Globe with the punk urgency of '80s domestic synthpop. The Amber Light's four original songs are accompanied by three exclusive instrumental themes (including a commissioned theme from an American vampire film), and three collaborative re-workings/duets based on tracks from The Silver Globe, with co-production from Tom Furse (The Horrors), Andy Votel, Suzanne Ciani, members of Demdike Stare, and original Silver Globe inhabitants Pete J. Phillipson and Martin King. Substantiated by other deluxe editions, including a silver vinyl version of the The Silver Globe (EGGS 019LTD-LP), a series of compact cassettes, and a single release of standout robotic-roller-rink track "Don't Take My Soul" (as a split single with Bird label-mate Tender Prey (EGGS 020EP)), the Silver Globe/Amber Light project reciprocates the positive energy shared by Jane Weaver's loyal audience and a wide host of new converts who have allowed her self-sufficient songs and synthetic soundscapes to flourish. The Silver Globe is still turning.
$10.39 EAN: 5060099505768 ROCK
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LURKA: Partials/Mach 12" (ACRE 056EP)
Lurka continues his journey into sonic bat country, following his acclaimed Holding EP (ACRE 049EP, 2014) and his highly regarded remix of Clap! Clap!'s "Ashiko" (2014). "Partials" kicks off with Lurka's typical intrigue; pads swell as distant specters of percussion build into a hugely saturated kick alongside an architecture of syncopated hats and bit-crunching snares lock the angles and a shower of haunting bells falls. Dancehall for the witching hour. "Mach" delivers an equally holodeck soundscape. Drums swing in awkward alliance with dry wooden blocks and woozy binary language. Both tracks united in their skewed viewpoint and distinctive awkward funk.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Partials
B1. Mach
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RICHARD FEARLESS: Kollektion 04: Bureau B Compiled by Richard Fearless 2CD (BB 184CD)
Bureau B sees itself as a platform for exciting varieties of electronic, free-spirited music, ranging from pop to avant-garde. The label has amassed an impressive catalog of reissues and new productions, including electronic music classics from the 1970s and early 1980s popularly classified as krautrock (Cluster, Roedelius, Moebius, Plank, Schnitzler), alongside new recordings by such formative artists as Faust, Kreidler, Roedelius, Tietchens, and Moebius, to name just a few. To provide an overview of the various musical styles in which Bureau B specializes, the label has created the Kollektion series. Kollektion 04 is curated by Richard Fearless, who listened his way through the label's entire (!) archive and now presents his own very personal selection from the catalog. Richard Fearless is best known as the leader and founder of British band Death in Vegas. German electronic music can be heard as an influence on many of his albums; indeed, even in his song titles, like "Sons of Rother." Richard Fearless has worked with Iggy Pop, Bobby Gillespie, Paul Weller, Liam Gallagher, and Hope Sandoval and has developed into a successful producer and remixer. "To me the bands and labels in the Bureau B archive, current and past, were looking to distant lands, their own 'Neuland,' whether in the future with bands like You and Riechmann, or from a more remote past, like medieval folk band Ougenweide. They were creating something radical and experimental, something that didn't draw on the same rhythm and blues, Anglo-American rock that was saturating the airwaves at the time. They were pioneers in every sense of the word. With all due respect for the music that forged these paths, it was on hearing the mental guitar on Faust's 'Herbstimmung' that I knew to look not only at the so-called golden years of this era, but to look at what these artists were doing later, as well as the new bands that were emerging from those schools. Artists who are still creating, still innovating. I hope you enjoy the journey" --Richard Fearless. Includes tracks by Phantom Band, Günter Schickert, Faust, Ougenweide, Riechmann, Asmus Tietchens, 39 Clocks, Der Plan, You, Sølyst, Moebius Plank Neumeier, Moebius & Beerbohm, Thomas Dinger, Moebius, Gregor Schnitzler, Kreidler, Cluster, Roedelius, Qluster, Pyrolator, Automat feat. Lydia Lunch, and Moebius & Renziehausen. Twenty-five tracks available as a double CD or spread across three separate LPs.
$14.39 EAN: 4047179918220 ELECTRONIC
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GREEN, TIM: Eclipse 12" (COR 128EP)
London-based Tim Green delivers his fifth release on Cocoon Recordings, solidifying his status as one of the few artists who reflects label's sound -- minimal techno with the right amount of energy. Never too melodic or too intellectual, Green fights against simple, boring loop arrangements with dodgy one-note basslines. Perfect for both dancers and listeners. Here, "Eclipse" and "Thieves" are big productions with massive melody parts packed in a minimal cover. His beats and bass-programing are spot-on and make his compositions complete. Heavy, colorful, perfect. The right sound for open-air festivals; hedonistic music in a sentimental mood.
$9.79 UPC: 827170595866 ELECTRONIC
A1. Eclipse
B1. Thieves
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KEROVNIAN: Far Beyond, Before the Time CD (CSR 024CD)
Far Beyond, Before the Time is the first genius offering of Kerovnian, spewing forth the bleakest, blackest ambient ever released. This music comes from the deep abyss, the bottomless wells, the blackest pits. The deep language of Kerovnian, coupled with ultra-low sonics, uses words from a thousand-year-old mixture of Persian and Greek. First released in 1999, Far Beyond, Before the Time has received wide critical acclaim as an essential album of the genre. This reissue includes four previously unreleased tracks recorded during the same sessions as the album. Mastered by Denis Blackham. For fans of Lustmord, Nordvargr, Atrium Carceri, Funerary Call, Inade.
$11.79 UPC: 641871744558 ELECTRONIC
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VA: John Barleycorn Reborn 2CD (CSR 084CD)
2007 release. A discovery of folk music from dark Britannica, John Barleycorn Reborn explores seasonal birth, death, and rebirth, beginning the cycle on Lammas 2007 (August 1), a day traditionally known for the first fruits of the harvest. This compilation explores the darker side of British folk music, evoking the mystery of ancient peoples and the strangeness of their beliefs and arcane traditions, the remnants of which have been carried down the centuries as folklore. The set has an extended booklet with articles, essays, and explorations of the album's concept. John Barleycorn Reborn is a collaboration between Cold Spring and Woven Wheat Whispers. Curated by Mark Coyle. Includes tracks by The Horses of the Gods, The Owl Service, The Story, Damh the Bard, Mary Jane, Andrew King, The Triple Tree, Sol Invictus, Sieben, Sharron Kraus, Charlotte Greig and Johan Asherton, Pumajaw, Peter Ulrich, Alphane Moon, English Heretic, Far Black Furlong, The Anvil, Tinkerscuss, The Straw Bear Band, Electronic Voice Phenomena, The Purple Minds of Lazeron, Sand Snowman, The A Lords, The Kitchen Cynics, Quickthorn, Clive Powell, Venereum Arvum, Drohne, Stormcrow, Doug Peters, While Angels Watch, Xenis Emputae Travelling Band, and Martyn Bates.
$13.79 UPC: 823566044024 ROCK
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IRON FIST OF THE SUN: We Can Yield Our Own Footsteps CD (CSR 204CD)
In a scene dominated by outsiders, Iron Fist of the Sun still seems to stand alone. We Can Yield Our Own Footsteps sees IFOTS maintain his exemplary, melancholic, cold industrial, with sinister frequencies and tumultuous, mutilated vocals. The album utilizes new recording methods and extraordinary, intoxicating song arcs that will leave the listener still hearing and absorbing the album long after it has been filed away. "Follow no-one... yield your own footsteps." CD includes exclusive track. For fans of Sutcliffe Jügend, Prurient, Consumer Electronics.
$11.79 UPC: 641871744527 ELECTRONIC
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MOLOCH: Die Isolation CD (CSR 210CD)
An opus from the woods of Carpathia, a despairing portrayal of souls lost in the winter woods. Hypnotic sounds, like a thousand blades in a dance of a winter blizzard, leaving thousands of cuts digging into the body. Heart-rending screams of freezing flesh, summoning death, dissolving within echoes on the mountains. This album delivers cold, misanthropic, desolate, mid-tempo, Nordic-influenced black metal, alongside melancholic dark ambient tracks. Crunchy, distorted guitar minimalism; primal, thrashing beats; and an overall raw, necroish execution are reinforced by howling, tortured, grim vocals that recall the old Burzum era. For fans of Burzum, Striborg, Xasthur, Trist, Darkthrone.
$11.79 EAN: 5060174956812 ROCK
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MORRICONE, ENNIO: Spasmo (The X-Ray Version) LP (RED 216XRAY-LP)
This great score for Umberto Lenzi's 1974 cult thriller Spasmo, by the maestro Ennio Morricone, creates a disorienting and disturbing effect, with unusual, almost avant-garde-like sounds, instrumentation, and composition. Dagored follows its sold-out Record Store Day 2015 editions of this soundtrack with this transparent vinyl edition, presented in a deluxe transparent plastic cover.
$18.39 UPC: 889397104382 ROCK
A1. Bambole
A2. Spasmo
A3. Stress Infinito
A4. Bambole (#2 - Single Version)
A5. Spasmo (#2)
A6. Stress Infinito (#2)
B1. Bambole (#3)
B2. Spasmo (#3)
B3. Stress Infinito (#3)
B4. Bambole (#4)
B5. Spasmo (#4)
B6. Stress Infinito (#4)
B7. Bambole (#5)
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JOHNSON, ROBERT: King of the Delta Blues: The Complete Recordings 3LP BOX (DOY 630BOX)
2015 repress. "Despite his untimely death, the man managed to squeeze in a lot in his 27 short years on this earth, enough to earn him the title of 'King of the Delta Blues'. Pretty impressive, given the competition! Johnson's style has influenced everyone from Muddy Waters to Eric Clapton and he is widely considered to be one of the greatest guitar players to have ever lived! A widely reported legend of Johnson selling his soul to the Devil in order to gain prowess on the guitar seems likely given the talent the man possessed. This triple LP box set chronicles his short but legendary career, featuring everything Johnson ever recorded, including the many songs that made him famous and have long since become blues standards. Absolutely essential in any collection!" Includes poster and 8-page, large-format book with lyrics.
$37.60 EAN: 8013252886300 ROCK
A1. Kindhearted Woman Blues
A2. Kindhearted Woman Blues (Alternate Take)
A3. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
A4. Sweet Home Chicago
A5. Ramblin' On My Mind
A6. Ramblin' On My Mind (Alternate Take)
B1. When You Got a Good Friend
B2. When You Got a Good Friend (Alternate Take)
B3. Come On In My Kitchen
B4. Come On In My Kitchen ( Alternate Take)
B5. Terraplane Blues
B6. Phonograph Blues
B7. Phonograph Blues (Alternate Take)
C1. 32-20 Blues
C2. They're Red Hot
C3. Dead Shrimp Blues
C4. Cross Road Blues
C5. Cross Road Blues (Alternate Take)
C6. Walking Blues
C7. Last Fair Deal Gone Down
D1. Preaching Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
D2. If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
D3. Stones in My Passway
D4. I'm a Steady Rollin' Man
D5. From Four Till Late
D6. Hellhound on My Trail
E1. Little Queen of Spades
E2. Little Queen of Spades (Alternate Take)
E3. Malted Milk
E4. Drunken Hearted Man
E5. Drunken Hearted Man (Alternate Take)
E6. Me and the Devil Blues
E7. Me and the Devil Blues (Alternate Take)
F1. Stop Breakin' Down Blues
F2. Stop Breakin' Down Blues (Alternate Take)
F3. Traveling Riverside Blues
F4. Honeymoon Blues
F5. Love in Vain Blues
F6. Love in Vain Blues (Alternate Take)
F7. Milkcow's Calf Blues
F8. Milkcow's Calf Blues (Alternate Take)
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GURNSEY, GABE: Falling Phase 12" (DRONE 004EP)
Rhythm originator and founder of Factory Floor Gabe Gurnsey bangs out his debut solo single, "Falling Phase." This track is an eight-minute aural patrol of sheer analog pulse and rhythm, flooded with Gurnsey's drum computer bank, Nik Void's ethereal vocal splices, and an electrifying bassline. Gurnsey explores "humanizing machines and electronics" within his very own contorted dance template, taking the dancefloor out of its four walls and reinstalling it somewhere along the Pacific Coast Highway. This record travels. On the B-side, Gurnsey drops "Partaloa," a killer synth funk workout built with his signature rhythms.
$9.79 UPC: 880319713217 ELECTRONIC
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SCIENTIST: Big Showdown LP (MIR 100736LP)
LP version. Hopeton "Scientist" Brown and Lloyd "Prince Jammy" James both learned their dubcraft at the feet of the universally-acknowledged master of the art form, King Tubby. The ten tracks on this classic 1980 album are quietly brilliant in terms of style and approach, reflecting a complete mastery of the form. Rhythms supplied by the unstoppable Roots Radics band.
$15.79 UPC: 889397104016 WORLD
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SCIENTIST: Heavyweight Dub Champion LP (MIR 100737LP)
LP version. Scientist was only 20 years old when, working with fellow producer "Junjo" Lawes, he came up with this 1980 stunner, a sinuous groove party with cartoonlike special effects (a lot of bongs and boings like pans hitting one another, blips and squeals that sound like a Pac-Man game). All the "song" titles are references to boxing (a motif that Scientist was obviously mining for all it was worth), and all are great individual bits of dub sound that cohere into a meaningful whole. As it says on the jacket, "This ya a youthful sound fe come mash y'down."
$15.79 UPC: 889397104030 WORLD
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SCIENTIST: Meets the Space Invaders LP (MIR 100738LP)
LP version. The cosmic theme is well-served on these ten effects-riddled tracks, with the rockers-style material littered with all manner of stratosphere-breaking sounds from the mixing board and strategically adorned with snatches of ghostly echo and pneumatic percussion. It's certainly an appropriate mood for a post-apocalyptic battle involving cartoon machines. Another essential dub album from the legendary Scientist, originally released in 1981.
$15.79 UPC: 889397104054 WORLD
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SCIENTIST: Encounters Pac-Man at Channel One LP (MIR 100740LP)
LP version. With this 1982 album, Scientist delivers one of his most progressive mixes, deconstructing the originals down to their skeletal base and adding just the right amount of mixing board-generated Echoplex and reverb with his patented minimal sound. A landscape resplendent with steely piano, depth-charge drums, and futuristic dub effects; a mind-warping yet eminently enjoyable way to check into dub central.
$15.79 UPC: 889397104092 WORLD
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SCIENTIST: Wins the World Cup LP (MIR 100741LP)
LP version. Scientist's name can be found all over any dub record collection; he was a protégé of King Tubby, and many would say that when dub fell on quieter times it was Scientist who breathed new life into it. His pared-down mixing style suited the dancehall reggae sound that arrived as the '70s rolled into the '80s. This 1982 album includes the priceless dub of Johnny Osbourne's classic "Give a Little Love," as well as further cuts of the likes of Hugh Mundell and Wayne Jarrett. Scientist is always in control. This reissue includes the complete original album (which listed its tracks only as "Five Dangerous Matches" on each side), plus six bonus tracks.
$15.79 UPC: 889397104115 WORLD
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SENIOR ALLSTARS, THE: Dub from Jamdown - Darker Than Blue Conducted By The Senior Allstars CD (EB 107CD)
"We were inspired by that brilliant release Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown (2001) (on Blood & Fire from Manchester in cooperation with PK in London) and felt compelled to perform this beautiful gem in a dub version..." In spring 2014, when The Senior Allstars were asked by the Hamburg-based dub label Echo Beach to record their interpretation of an existing release, everyone involved assumed that the results would be good. What absolutely no one expected was that the album would be so incredibly bursting with fresh ideas. Dub from Jamdown is based on the compilation Darker Than Blue: Soul from Jamdown, a collection of reggaefied versions of classic soul tracks, featuring the Jamaican vernacular and pop style, that was enthusiastically lauded by both the press and reggae fans. There was no question -- it was a product of the zeitgeist; old soul hymns treated to a reggae makeover that instilled a new veracity in the originals. Unfortunately, the series was never continued. More than ten years later, in 2014, the mind behind the Echo Beach label, Nicolai Beverungen, had a vision of taking the next -- the third -- step along this path. "From the beginning it was clear to me that I wanted an instrumental band to do the job, and the venerable Senior Allstars, the leading lights in their class, were my top pick," says Beverungen. The band moved into the studio in summer 2014 for a few days. The results are more than breathtaking; the songs drip from the speaker membranes like honey, bringing in the sun, warmth, and happiness, very much in keeping with the original songs -- although the lyrics may have been written with other things in mind. The dub remake presented by The Senior Allstars breaks all previous dimensions and conventions set by the history and spirit of this legendary album. The quartet creates an original, collective, improvised, and organic live dub that is in the tradition of the original songs and with new versions that fully deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as the originals. CD includes five extra tracks.
$11.99 EAN: 4015698001174 ELECTRONIC
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TAPES: No Broken Hearts On This Factory Floor CD (EM 1135CD)
Shifting tectonic plates, as two island nations collide! London resident Jackson Bailey aka Tapes makes Jamaica-drenched lo-fi bass music, a forward-looking mix of dub, dancehall, and electro roots channeled and filtered through old-school rhythm machines, synths, spring reverb, and delay. Recorded with glorious grit on cassette, sometimes in the red, tape hiss intact but somehow sounding bigger, better and beatier than it should, with a sweet analog patina. There's an aquatic feel here on this first full album from Bailey, a rich brew of deep and soulful sunny JA roots, hints of UK melancholy and industrial smoke, even some icily funky NYC early electro. With an old island soul and a new ear to the future, this first album from Tapes features six previously unreleased tracks plus ten tracks previously issued on his own label and other labels, including Jahtari, in various formats, included here with remastered sound in previously unreleased mixes. With a total running time of 43 minutes, these 16 tracks are available on CD and double LP (45 RPM). UK, JA, NYC: all these letters, and more, spell Tapes. Front cover art by Jimmy Cauty (The KLF). Co-production of EM Records and Corner Stone Music.
$14.39 EAN: 4560283211358 ELECTRONIC
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KARMIL, MATT: Kiss and Make Up 12" (EF 068EP)
Matt Karmil's first 12" for Endless Flight. Endless Flight were overwhelmed after hearing Karmil's 2013 debut track "Reverse Peephole" (IRR 015EP), which struck the label as a cross between Masters at Work and Ibiza. "Fight" is unique, melodic, raw house; "Kiss and Make Up" is a more uplifting and sweet techno house track. Highly recommended for fans of DJ Koze.
$9.79 UPC: 880319719219 ELECTRONIC
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ARNALDS & NILS FRAHM, OLAFUR: Stare 12" (ERATP 042LP)
Originally released as a limited 10" for Record Store Day 2012, this long-sold-out must-have for fans of these two artists is now reissued as a 12". Erased Tapes label-mates Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm recorded and mixed their first collaborative record between Reyjkjavík and Berlin as a surprise release for label founder Robert Raths. The ambient electronic work features long-time collaborator Anne Müller on cello. All graphics created by close friend of the label, designer Torsten Posselt of FELD.
$12.39 EAN: 4050486110478 CLASSICAL
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ARRUDA, LUCAS: SOLAR CD (FVR 100CD)
Two years after the 2013 release of his first solo album, Sambadi (FVR 080CD/LP), acclaimed Brazilian composer Lucas Arruda presents his second album, SOLAR. In 2012, Fabricio di Monaco (Modo Solar) introduced Arruda's music to Favorite Recordings founder Pascal Rioux, and one year later the label released Sambadi, which received great support from many international DJs and media. SOLAR is filled with Arruda's fusion style, mixing elements from his Latin musical background with his genuine admiration for jazz, soul, and funk music. On "Melt the Night," for example, Arruda asked legendary producer Leon Ware for his help, and the resultant track is reminiscent of Ware's 1980s collaborations with Marcos Valle, which perfectly merged sophisticated Californian boogie and AOR with blazing Brazilian rhythms. They also recorded a version of Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye's classic ballad "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" with the help of the beautiful voice of Guida de Palma (Jazzinho). For "Uma Onda," Arruda invited Alex Malheiros, bassist of the famous jazz band Azymuth, for a splendid tribute to their fusion sound and influence on the Brazilian music scene. "Agua" co-written with Arruda's longtime friend Fabricio di Monaco, is a beautiful ballad that perfectly illustrates Arruda's passion for soul music. On top of these great collaborations and a few more surprises, SOLAR also differs from its predecessor in its more elaborate production, offering an authentic and warm sound. Mostly recorded at Sala A Studio in Brazil, many drum parts were also recorded at the fully analog Ambience Studios in Finland. The mix was also done in Finland on a Neve 8108 console from 1978, using only analog technology and a Studer master tape to record the final pre-master. The result is a timeless album, which should definitely establish Lucas Arruda as one of the finest and most talented Brazilian musicians these days.
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VA: Brazilian Disco Boogie Sounds (Extended 12" Versions) 12" (FVR 103EP)
Brazilian Disco Boogie Sounds (FVR 098CD/LP) is a compilation that brings together nine of the most important and obscure hits of the Brazilian funk-boogie-disco scene from 1978 to 1982. Following its acclaimed release in late 2014, Favorite Recordings now presents a great additional 12" single package including exclusive extended versions of tracks from the compilation by Nick The Record, Waxist, and Charles Maurice. The three DJs provide exclusive extended versions of killer original tracks by Painel De Controle, Rabo De Saia, and Famks.
$9.79 EAN: 3760179353167 ROCK
A1. Painel De Controle - Relax (Extended Waxist Version) (6:00)
B1. Rabo De Saia - Ripa Na Xulipa (Extended Charles Maurice Version) (5:30)
B2. Famks - Labirinto (Extended Nick The Record Version) (6:23)
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BAKER, DAVE: Glow of Love 12" (FVR 104EP)
Official reissue of a scorching Caribbean disco lovers-rock version of the classic anthem by Change and Luther Vandross, originally released in 1980 on Black Jack. The great Dave Baker aka Dave Barker was a member of The Techniques and the duo Dave & Ansel Collins. This reissue of this very rare record is coordinated by French DJ and collector Waxist (aka Julien Minarro), following his 2015 reissue of Lamar Thomas's Feel So Good Inside (FVR 099EP). Includes the original 12" version, remastered from the master tape, as well as an exclusive extended dub version finely edited by Waxist. Essential!
$9.79 EAN: 3760179353204 ROCK
A1. Glow of Love (Original 12" Version) (5:55)
B1. Glow of Love (Waxist Dub Version) (8:09)
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IN EMBRACE: Passionfruit Pastels CD (REDUX 001CD)
At the turn of the '80s, would-be pop star Gary Knight teamed up with enigmatic art star Cameron Lindo, and theirs was a whispering, sweet, mysterious sound, the warble of Casiotones in Coventry Cathedral. This inventive duo could sound vaster than a full-on band; their unorthodox instrumental versatility gave them a beautiful sonic palette, and their surprisingly erotically charged lyrics gave evidence that nice boys DID. In 1982, In Embrace first recorded the mini-LP The Initial Caress, then swiftly followed it with Passionfruit Pastels, the first LP recorded for Glass Records (the three LPs before it were compilations of one sort or another, or cassette-only releases). It's fitting that the first reissue of Passionfruit Pastels, with three bonus tracks included, should be the first release on the resurrected Glass Redux label. Hey, everyone else from the '80s and '90s has re-formed -- Glass might as well join the party, visit some old friends, and maybe make some new ones.
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PIG RIDER: The Robinson Scratch Theory 2CD (GUESS 058CD)
Bedroom/lo-fi psychedelia by unsung heroes of the '80s DIY cassette culture scene. From outsider synth-pop to Barrett-esque lysergic folk; from lo-fi garage-punk to basement prog: acid-fuzz guitars, cheap keyboards, primitive electronics, homemade vibes, and bizarre, funny lyrics. Pig Rider were formed in Kent, UK, in the late '60s by John Mayes and Colin Kitchener. With the help from some friends they recorded and self-released a series of acetate-only psych-folk albums in the mid-'70s (Heterophonies, Bloody Turkey Sandwiches...), which are prime examples of early DIY psychedelic music, highly sought-after since a review of Heterophonies appeared in Richard Morton Jack's Galactic Ramble book. In 2013, collector Alexandre Mansuy (from the influential Somewhere There Is Music blog) found Mayes and Kitchener and was astonished when they told him their story: Heterophonies was only one of their many, many great recordings, 22 in all, including 45s, acetates, and tapes. Thanks to Mansuy, Guerssen is launching a comprehensive Pig Rider reissue campaign, starting with The Robinson Scratch Theory. The compilation includes tracks originally recorded between 1980 and 1986 and released as private cassettes. Pig Rider's sound brings to mind obscure DIY bands like The Desperate Bicycles, Instant Automatons, or Beyond the Implode -- if those bands knew how to write catchy and well-crafted songs. But the most amazing thing is that Pig Rider were creating this kind of music for their own amusement without any knowledge of the post-punk or DIY movement. Although they were listening to bands like the Bonzos, Pink Floyd, and The Misunderstood -- "I played their 'Children of the Sun' 45 until the groove was worn out!" says Kitchener -- Pig Rider claim that the main influence on what they played was the availability of instruments and what they could do with them -- not always what they were designed for -- and always pushing their limits. The Robinson Scratch Theory is presented in master tape sound with an insert/booklet containing detailed liner notes and photos. The double CD edition includes four bonus tracks that are also available as a free download via Bandcamp. The compilation is released in advance of first-ever reissues of two of Pig Rider's ultra-rare '70s acetates, Bloody Turkey Sandwiches (1974) and Heterophonies (1975). Welcome to the twisted world of one of the truly pioneering DIY psychedelic pop bands.
$16.99 EAN: 4040824085254 ROCK
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HAUNTOLOGISTS: Hauntologists CD (HAUNTOL 001CD)
A specter is haunting the clubs -- the specter of ancient rhythms that have been wandering over this planet for millions of years. Jay Ahern and Stefan Schneider summoned this specter, and now it will not let them be. The truth is they don't want to part ways. Together they are Hauntologists, and together they unchain the ghosts in the machines. Coarse and physical; dark and sexually-charged updates of ancient rhythms -- and motorik, driven like a drummer in a time loop, improvised just like African street music. This analog, rumbling techno, shifting and layering meticulously, is simultaneously forward-looking and ancient, idiosyncratic and deeply-rooted. It all started with a chance meeting between Ahern (Add Noise, Cheap and Deep Productions) and Schneider (To Rococo Rot, Roedelius Schneider). Five EPs showered down to earth over the course of the following years, the results of concentrated studio jams during which the machines talked to each other while the Hauntologists did not do much more than mumble certain magic formulae and sprinkle some magic powder over the proceedings. Sure, these machines are those legendary X0X devices from that Japanese manufacturer with a name that starts with an "R." You can tell, but whatever -- that doesn't really matter. For the two Hauntologists these little boxes are just physical utensils to use during their rituals and ceremonies. They do not deny their sound-shaping characteristics. But they do avoid the clichés associated with them. So here it is: the first album. After the first five EPs, the Hauntologists album discloses further facets of the two Hauntologists, shadow images of bleeps and acid, sähkö and longing, all drifting and floating in and out of the mix. These tracks were created live, and their release comes in advance of their live invocation, continuing the live interaction and dialogue between two human beings. An invocation of ghosts from the past, reimagined in the present. These rhythms, they will never stop. CD includes two bonus tracks.
$11.99 UPC: 827670748229 ELECTRONIC
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TENOR & UMO, JIMI: Mysterium Magnum LP (HRKL 004LP)
LP version. Jimi Tenor presents an instrumental album with the de facto Finnish national big band, UMO Jazz Orchestra. UMO is a professional 16-piece orchestra specializing in jazz and contemporary rhythm music. Throughout its history UMO has had a focus on Finnish composers and has performed hundreds of compositions that were made especially for UMO. Jimi Tenor is a Finnish composer and performing artist perhaps best known for his electronic music from the '90s. Mysterium Magnum is his first album composed entirely for a big band. In 2003 Jimi Tenor took his own big band on a six-week European tour, which included stops at Montreux Jazz and North Sea Jazz Festival. Jimi Tenor then made three albums with afrobeat group Kabukabu: Joystone (2007, Sähkö), 4th Dimension (2008, Sähkö), and The Mystery of Aether (2012, Kindred Spirits); and in 2009, Jimi Tenor made an album with afrobeat legend Tony Allen called Inspiration Information (Strut). Mysterium Magnum was recorded at UMO's rehearsal space at the YLE studios in Helsinki. The music on Mysterium Magnum is not typical big band music. It varies from mystical contemporary compositions like "Koneen Sydän," "Huumatun Pako," "Mysticum Minus," and "Sähköinen Laji" to soundtrack themes like "Kratera" and "I Was Here." On the album Jimi Tenor himself plays a Russian Ritm-2 synthesizer, tenor saxophone, and flute. All compositions and arrangements by Jimi Tenor.
$15.99 UPC: 827170592469 JAZZ
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COLTRANE QUARTET, JOHN: Live at Penn State '63 CD (HH 009CD)
When John Coltrane played Pennsylvania State University on January 19, 1963, he was about a year into his stint as leader of what's been canonized as his "classic" quartet. With McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums, WDFM's broadcast of performances from this concert presented almost 70 minutes of imaginative improvisation. Besides Coltrane's own "Mr. P.C.," the program was dominated by extended reinventions of popular standards, including "My Favorite Things" and a 25-minute version of "Bye Bye Blackbird." Digitally remastered sound; includes background liners.
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ACTRESS: Meets Shangaan 12" (HJP 062EP)
2015 repress. Honest Jon's Records presents Actress' insidiously inventive take on the Shangaan style and the most eagerly-awaited installment in this 12" series.
$7.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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Side B
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EXOTERIC CONTINENT: Referèndum LP (HOS 435LP)
Barcelona's Exoteric Continent follows cassette drops for Opal Tapes and Second Sleep with his first ever vinyl release. Exploring ascetic techno and electronic noise, this vinyl edition combines both of his Referèndum tape volumes, originally released on Hospital in 2014, on one fine slab. Something of a relative outsider in the balearic climes of his home city, Arnau Sala Saez pushes an intense, probing sound, both with his own music and via closely associated cohorts N.M.O., or Eric Frye and Helmer, who've released on his brilliant Anòmia label. With Referèndum, Exoteric Continent draws the listener into the awkward spaces and styles around the shifting, jagged borders of techno and noise, using drums, percussion, magnetic tape, and synthesizers to outline nine atonal and enigmatic silhouettes. The work ranges from the creeping slow-techno misshape of "Percentages" thru the sagging chamber feeling of "Posicions" to the Soisong-like gamelan tones of "Transició" and the kinky industrial swing instincts of "La Mirada Llarga"; he mixes rugged structures with stranger, keening electronics in the insectoid logic of "Autoritat" and the rubbled electro-acoustic texturhythm of "Agrupació Civil" to forge a fractious, unstable brace of noise techno that sits somewhere between classic Pan Sonic and his Hospital lablemate Alberich. Cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin. Edition of 500.
$15.79 EAN: 5060165481583 ELECTRONIC
01. Percentages
02. Posicions
03. L'altre Costat
04. Transició
05. Definicio D'estat
06. Territori
07. La Mirada Llarga
08. Autoritat
09. Agrupacio Civil
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FRANCIS THE GREAT: Ravissante Baby LP (HC 035LP)
Repressed. Rare funk and avant-garde soul from a seven-year-old kid singer featuring the best musicians of France and the Cameroonian diaspora, recorded in Paris in 1977. The album contains two nicely dramatic tracks: "Ravissante Baby (Negro Phasing)" is a long, hypnotic, funky soukous track with a tremendous lead guitar and a long spoken-word and soulful kid vocal about the beauty of nature; "Look Up in the Sky (Negro Nature)" is a stretched funk groove with psych synth by Michel Morose, bubbling bassline by the great Victor Edimo, the famous Toto Guillaume on guitar, and a brilliant poetic lyric by Francis the Great, who at that time studied in Ménilmontant, Paris. Originally produced by his father, a great impresario of African artists in Paris during the '70s, and coordinated by his mother, this album is unique, fresh, and almost unclassifiable. It's universal funk! Hot Casa Records is proud to reissue this holy grail after years of research. Includes interview; officially licensed with Francis Mbarga himself, in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
$16.99 EAN: 3760179353037 WORLD
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CASH, JOHNNY: Wheeling West Virginia October 2 1976 2LP (HS 1011LP)
By the mid-1970s, Johnny Cash had an enormous catalog of classics upon which to draw for his live performances. Backed by the Tennessee Three, he offers a wealth of them on this October 2, 1976, appearance on the Jamboree USA show, broadcast on WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia. Sprinkled among the hits from the '50s, '60s, and '70s are folk tunes and B-side gems, as well as a few contributions from Anita Carter, the Carter Family, Jan Howard, and Johnny's wife, June Carter Cash. The broadcast is presented here in its entirety, with digitally remastered sound and background notes. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
$22.39 EAN: 5207181101129 ROCK
A1. Help Me (Anita Carter)
A2. Hold My Hand (Jan Howard)
A3. Wabash Cannonball/Worried Man Blues (The Carter Family)
A4. Ring of Fire
A5. Folsom Prison Blues
A6. Pickin' Time
B1. Big River
B2. There You Go
B3. Sunday Mornin' Coming Down
B4. One Piece at a Time
B5. Give My Love to Rose
C1. A Boy Named Sue
C2. Ragged Old Flag
C3. Comedy Turn (June Carter Cash)
C4. The Yodel Song (June Carter Cash)
C5. Jackson
D1. I Still Miss Someone
D2. Hey Porter
D3. Wreck of the Old 97
D4. Casey Jones
D5. Orange Blossom Special
D6. I Walk the Line
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MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, THE: Live at the Record Plant CD (HS 1014CD)
The Marshall Tucker Band was formed in Spartanburg, SC, in 1971 and went on to become one of the major southern rock bands of the '70s, combining rock, country, blues, and jazz with innovative instrumentation from songwriter and lead guitarist Toy Caldwell. Their Record Plant session in Sausalito, CA, on May 8, 1974, produces near-visual flashes of energy and inspiration, confirming the acclaim bestowed upon their self-titled debut, which went gold in 1975. The entire KSAN-FM broadcast of this performance is presented here with digitally remastered sound, comprehensive background liners, and rare photos.
$11.99 EAN: 5207181101419 ROCK
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RATKJE/JON WESSELTOFT/CAMILLE NORMENT/PER GISLE GALAEN, MAJA S.K.: Celadon CD (IMPREC 426CD)
A work of slowly evolving beauty that gradually unravels its meditative design. Recorded in 2013 in the mausoleum of Norwegian sculptor and painter Emanuel Vigeland (1875-1948) in Oslo, a recording space that is famous for its acoustics and its long and full-sounding reverb. These three tracks utilize both the delicacy and the power of acoustic instruments and human voice in relation to the unique recording space. Otherworldly and eerie but also with a great primal expressive force. Performed by four artists from different backgrounds coming together to create a singular set of music. Maja S.K. Ratkje: voice and bells; Jon Wesseltoft: accordion, organ, and harmonium; Camille Norment: glass armonica; Per Gisle Galåen: zither and harmonium. Recorded at Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum, May 2013, by Thomas Hukkelberg. Mixed and mastered by Maja S.K. Ratkje. Artwork by John Brien. Photo by Gorm K. Gaare.
$10.39 UPC: 793447542621 EXPERIMENTAL
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POST SCRIPTUM: Post Scriptum 01 CD (INF 001CD)
Post Scriptum 01 is the debut full-length album from anonymous producer Post Scriptum. This stunning full-length thoroughly outlines the sonic intentions of the project over 11 otherworldly tracks, and follows Post Scriptum's debut track, "Human Timescales," featured on Berghain 07 Part I (OSTGUT 086EP, 2015). Berghain 07 is an installment in the series of DJ mixes by the Berlin club's residents, mixed by Infrastructure founder Function. Accompanying the mix are two 12''s (Berghain 07 Part I and Part II (OSTGUT 087EP)), which feature Post Scriptum's "Human Timescales" alongside tracks from Cassegrain & Tin Man, Inland, DVS1, Steve Bicknell, Blue Hour, and Luke Slater's L.B. Dub Corp alias. The in-depth A&R process that Function went through for the Berghain 07 project led to the development of this album, which follows Post Scriptum's live debut at Berghain in May 2015. Post Scriptum stands for rich, highly detailed modern techno electronics. References to Mills-School bleep and unearthly, sci-fi tones are clear to hear. The album features original photographs by Swiss mixed-media artist Julian Charrière, taken on-site at a former Soviet nuclear testing ground. The negatives were first exposed through the camera, and then laid on the radioactive earth where interference occurred, resulting in the highly textured end images. Parallels to the process can be drawn throughout Post Scriptum 01, where classic techno sound sources are clear to hear, alongside complex processing and a very original approach to arrangement that flavors and colors each track. With titles like "Interstellar Medium," "Decelerate At the Destination," or "The Extreme Distance," clear space-time themes emerge, evoking imagery of the ongoing human quest for survival, on this world, and eventually others. On the CD version a further three titles can be found, with the tracklist arranged as Post Scriptum originally intended, for listening in one session.
$11.99 UPC: 880319717420 ELECTRONIC
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23S, THE: Flamingo CD (KK 084CD)
Welcome back to the vivid, resonant sound-world of The 23s. With 2008's Bolivia (KK 043CD/LP), the mysterious one-man-band delivered on an intention to make another kind of music -- something that isn't entertainment, something that isn't show, something that goes, gently, straight to your soul. Now the producer from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has done it again with Flamingo. He delivers a special kind of cinematic journey that grooves in the opposite direction from his other, more rhythm-based, hypnotic dance productions. He does produce pattern-based music as The 23s, but it pursues a different intention; each listener should dive into a hallucinatory world of seen and unseen films projected by the inner eye. All ten tracks are romantic smooth-operators. They put themselves in service of an artistic vision in which the listener can get lost. The album can be seen as a love letter to the movie scores of 1970s French cinema or the impressionistic sound arrangements one hears in the early cinema of Peter Greenaway. With double-bass heat, discreet piano melodies, levitating guitar chords, some gentle horns here and there, and beats that recall the warm, jazz-influenced soul of old-school hip-hop, The 23s generate a sublime get-down-deep instrumental journey. You can listen to it attentively or play in the background, but it is recommended that you play Flamingo with a decent amount of volume, as all loungey tracks get bigger and brighter with sonic intensity, with an atmosphere that is alternately foggy and flooded with light. It's a 40-minute electronic journey that offers open-minded souls a chance to fill in the gaps between the notes with their very own milky fancy. The album is released in advance of a bunch of remixes by producers like Edward (Giegling, White), Christian S. of the Cómeme tribe, Canadian producer The Mole, and German post-rock/electronic band To Rococo Rot. LP includes download code.
$10.99 UPC: 880918221823 ELECTRONIC
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LEICHTMANN, HANNO: Unfinished Portrait of Youth Today LP (KR 030LP)
Hanno Leichtmann has long been one of the most prolific protagonists of Berlin's electronic music scene and beyond; as an experimental percussionist and electronic artist Leichtmann has released several albums under his given name, under such aliases as Static and The Vulva String Quartett, and in bands like Groupshow (with Jan Jelinek and Andrew Pekler) and Denseland (with David Moss and Hannes Strobl) on labels like Karaoke Kalk, m=minimal, Dekorder, and Staubgold. Leichtmann also composed and produced the soundtrack to Christoph Schlingensief's The African Twintowers (2007), the first DVD edition of which will follow this LP in summer 2015, five years after Schlingensief's tragic death. In addition to his musical work, Leichtmann also curates conceptual music festivals, including My Favourite Thing in 2008 and Letra/Tone in 2014. In 2013 he released Minimal Studies, on which he began building tracks using very short loops from various sample sources. This LP is an expanded reissue of Leichtmann's 2013 contribution to The Tapeworm's tape series (TTW 059CS), for which he browsed the remaining 30-plus cassettes of his once-huge collection, took little snippets of his favorite songs, ran them through a modular synthesizer system, and created about 40 short pieces, all about one minute and 30 seconds long. Leichtmann: "They are highly influenced by and, at the same time, an homage to: John Oswald's Plunderphonics, Stock, Hausen & Walkman's Me 7", and, above all, Yasuaki Shimizu's Music for Commercials." Originally released in a limited tape edition of 200 copies, Unfinished Portrait of Youth Today is now available on LP for the first time, with the addition of six previously unreleased tracks. All music created by Hanno Leichtmann using tapes, Sony WM-D6C, modular system, Telefunken EQS, and Lexicon LXP-5. Recorded at Static Music, Berlin. Mastered for vinyl by Kassian Troyer. Artwork by Stephan Mathieu and Caro Mikalef. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Includes download code.
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MUDDY WATERS BLUES BAND FEATURING BB KING, THE: Live at Ebbets Field CD (KL 5025CD)
Muddy Waters had only recently completed his Australasia tour, which had begun in late April and finished in Perth on May 11, 1973. He arrived just two days later in Vancouver before performing five dates at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go in Los Angeles. He then made his way into a small downtown Denver nightclub called Ebbet's Field for five shows. This recording is a milestone in vintage blues: a rare and exclusive performance from Mississippi giants Muddy Waters and B. B. King. Sharing the stage for one night only, this joint appearance from May 30, 1973, is finally available. Long considered to be a classic performance, but lost to time, this inspiring performance is presented in its entirety as originally broadcast on FM radio, with digitally remastered sound, detailed liner notes, and photos.
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SUOLCITY: November/Rush 12" (LOVEIT 002EP)
"LOVEiT's second release is perfect for both festivals and dusty basements. Suolcity is a young producer from Stuttgart, where house music thrives. He could probably feel it as intern at Rocker 33. That would explain the dubby, gritty bassline of 'Rush.' If it's not hard enough for you, try 'Rush Harder' -- you can have it all. The jazzy attitude of 'Early Morning Jam' recalls hip-hop jams, and 'November' delivers a great atmosphere with groovy chords and bumpy drums for deep moments. A great homage to the best side of the '90s!" --Prinz Eugen
$9.79 UPC: 827170571365 ELECTRONIC
A1. November
A2. Early Morning Jam
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DIGITALISM: Roller 12" (MRCTI 005EP)
Deluxe printed sleeve. 180-gram vinyl. Hamburg duo Digitalism unleash their first "pure" club track since the January 2014 release of the red-hot "Fahrenheit 32." "Roller" does exactly what it says on the tin. Full of raucous energy, the track mirrors the freshness of Digitalism's 2007 debut album Idealism. Mixed by Matt Wiggins at Paul Epworth's Church Studios, "Roller" comes complete with a delightfully low-slung remix from acclaimed duo Dense & Pika, alongside two bonus DJ tools ("Roll-a-Pella" and "Roll-a-Beat").
$9.79 UPC: 827170597167 ELECTRONIC
A1. Roller
A2. Digitalism 'Roll-a-Pella'
B1. Roller (Dense & Pika Remix)
B2. Dense & Pika's 'Roll-a-Beat'
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FUNKSTÖRUNG: Funkstörung CD (MONKEY 059CD)
German duo Funkstörung return from a ten-year break following their 2005 album The Return to the Acid Planet with their fourth album, arriving like a twisted Janus-head on a perfectly toned body. It's everything you've expected from glitch-hop's inventors and everything you have not. For those eagerly waiting for Funkstörung to deliver a new electronic innovation, like they did with their first record: this time they did not. Instead they do what they do best and take up the path they started to carve with Disconnected in 2004: luscious pop songs with heavy backbones and illustrious guests adding heartfelt vocals to a bed of fizzing basslines. It is a very vocal album, with guest singers on nearly every song, but they don't dominate the sound; they simply contribute to a fresh Funkstörung that has ripened a bit and been seasoned with a hell of a lot of flavor. Some of the voices on Funkstörung have been part of the family for a while; some of them, like Jamie Lidell, are new collaborators. But whether with old friends or newfound partners, each track on the album gets to the heart of electronic pop. As a whole, Funkstörung seems so well-balanced it's ready to be an instant classic. Its sunny vibes would go as well with a fine wine in front of a fireplace as with a plastic cup of beer and rubber boots at a muddy festival. Instead of concentrating on glitches and breaks, the two producers have put their effort into nurturing every sound to perfection; one can feel that nothing has been rushed, and each detail is in the right place. As Funkstörung put it, the album is about "evolution not revolution." Highlights include "Laid Out," featuring Anothr with a hook so big even your granny you won't get it out of her head for a week; and "So Simple," the collaborative effort with Lidell, whose smooth soul-crooning fits the chrome-glistening hip-hop beat like a velvet glove. The album also features contributions from Audego, Taprikk Sweezee, ADI, and Jay-Jay Johanson. Funkstörung comes in a beautiful sleeve designed by lauded graphic artists Zeitguised and Sebastian Onufszak.
$10.99 UPC: 817231012432 ELECTRONIC
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MOUNTAIN PEOPLE, THE: Mountain011 12" (MOUNTAIN 011EP)
The Mountain People label has taken a little while to develop the technology necessary to encode a so-called hypnotizing agent into both vinyl and digital tracks. This agent will activate automatically on any club sound system past midnight and cause the crowd to enter a dream-like state. Experience of oneness, euphoria, and spiritual transcendence are welcome side-effects. Enjoy this thoroughly dancefloor-tested Mountain People release.
$8.99 UPC: 827170602168 ELECTRONIC
A1. Mountain011.1
B1. Mountain011.2
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FP-ONER (AKA FRED P): 5 CD (MUSIQ 048CD)
Anyone who follows American house music is aware of the art of Fred Peterkin aka Fred P aka Black Jazz Consortium. The New York City native is known for some of the gentlest soul-infiltrated four-to-the-floor house creations around. As a man who danced in his younger years in legendary NYC clubs like the Red Zone, Sound Factor, and Tunnel to DJ sets by larger-than-life selectors like David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, and Danny Tenaglia, he learned that sometimes less is more. And that he would rather listen to his heart and soul than to the susurrus of the music market. Most of his work as Fred P or Black Jazz Consortium has been released via his own label, Soul People Music; as Fred P he has also dropped 12"s on Jus-Ed's Underground Quality imprint and Toshiya Kawasaki's Mule Musiq, which now presents his album 5, released under the moniker FP-Oner. 5 is the first release in a planned trilogy focused on the jazzier, relaxed, atmospheric side of his artistically deep house expressions. Opener "In the Mist of Sunrise" seduces with a deep, heavy bass-line; moony, emotive chords; and a hint of a gentle piano melody, charming in its unfinished sound. It's followed by "Manifestations Taking Place," an emotive, deep, jazz-influenced track that could easily fit in his Black Jazz Consortium body of work. With "The Art of Regeneration" he pushes the beat for the first time. It is a simple sensation of a track, with an alien synth melody in the background, intermittent cool claps, and soft, seductive keys. From then on the album oscillates between uplifting and smooth sensations, and seduces with African percussion, serpentine melodies, jacking beats, emotive deep jazz moments, airy analog chords, ethereal synths, tinkling keys, lounging soul vocals, and dreamy atmospheres. A groove-based work of introspective, elegantly constructed house music that makes the listener feel entirely at ease, and solidifies Fred P's position as one of the great spiritual house masters of our time. Produced in Berlin and on the road in hotel rooms between New York City and Tokyo. The English poet William Blake once wrote, "He who binds to himself a joy / Does the winged life destroy / He who kisses the joy as it flies / Lives in eternity's sunrise." The poem suits the art of Fred P, as all his creations come to stay. CD includes three extra tracks.
$11.99 UPC: 880319716324 ELECTRONIC
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FP-ONER (AKA FRED P): 5 2LP (MUSIQ 187LP)
Double LP version.
$17.79 UPC: 880319716232 ELECTRONIC
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WOHLHAUSER, RENE: Manía - Piano Works CD (NEOS 11416CD)
The third release in Neos's collaboration with Swiss composer René Wohlhauser, featuring solo piano by German pianist Moritz Ernst. Ernst's unusually broad repertoire extends from baroque virginal pieces to modern works, and he often switches between harpsichord and piano in the same concert. In the field of contemporary music, he works with leading composers (including Klaus Huber, Sandeep Bhagwati, Wolfgang Rihm, Michael Pelzel, Jimmie LeBlanc, Miklós Maros, Kent Olofsson, and Michael Edgerton), who often dedicate pieces to him. As well as focusing on Rameau, Handel, Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms, Busoni, and Debussy, Ernst also champions unknown or forgotten composers. He has demonstrated this with his recording of Malcolm Arnold's piano works ("a sparkling and stimulating interpretation" --Gramophone) and the complete edition of the surviving sonatas by Viktor Ullmann and Norbert von Hannenheim on EDA, which has been termed a reference recording. This release comes in advance of Ernst's Canadian debut in the 2015/'16 season, as well as performances with the German Radio Philharmonic and extensive recordings for DeutschlandRadio.
$10.99 EAN: 4260063114168 CLASSICAL
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WESSELMANN, MARCUS ANTONIUS: Ensemble Works I CD (NEOS 11507CD)
Cologne-based composer Marcus Antonius Wesselmann (born in Germany's Ruhr district in 1965), has, according to one critic, shot from zero to 60 with a concert program partly documented in this CD. Since his emergence, he has fully established himself in the contemporary musical landscape. Neos inaugurates its series wholly dedicated to his work with this CD. Ensemble Works I features furious interpretations of four refreshingly non-academic ensemble works in typical instrumental jazz line-ups, interpreted by the internationally outstanding Ensemble Modern conducted by Franck Ollu. Wesselmann's music combines elements of minimal music with strict constructions, and an exuberant playfulness with virtually transcendent virtuosity. Founded in 1980 and based in Frankfurt am Main since 1985, the Ensemble Modern is one of the world's leading ensembles for contemporary music. At the time of this release, the ensemble unites 19 soloists from eight countries, all of whom contribute to the ensemble's rich cultural background. The Ensemble Modern is famous for its unique organizational structure, unlike any other in the world: there is no artistic director and all of its members are responsible for jointly selecting and implementing projects, co-productions, and financial matters.
$10.99 EAN: 4260063115073 CLASSICAL
Nonett -512 bpm- (1998)
01. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - Nonett
02. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - Lamento
Septett (2001)
03. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - No. 1 AUFbau
04. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - No. 2 ABgesang
05. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - No. 3 scherzo, lento
06. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - No. 4 relief, quasi rondo (sommerabend an einer umgehungsstraße)
07. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - No. 5 spaltung (lamento)
08. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - No. 6 kette bilden!
09. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - No. 7 verschleierung (oder: das schweigen des sängers)
10. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - Sextett (2006)
11. ENSEMBLE MODERN; FRANCK OLLU, CONDUCTOR - Oktett (1995)
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JAAR, NICOLAS: Nymphs III 12" (OP 032EP)
Recorded in New York City between 2011 and 2015.
$9.79 UPC: 827170598560 ELECTRONIC
A1. Swim
B1. Mistress
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BOMAN, AXEL: 1979 12" (PAMPA 025EP)
Axel Boman, Pampa's favorite Barnhus boy, returns to the fold after 2010's Holy Love (which contained the undeniable track of the year, "Purple Drank"). "1979" is a cool-toned and pensive take on classic downtempo deep house, surrounding its bare percussion with light touches and a soothing, pastoral feel. "Nokturn (Grand Finale)" is carnivalesque in the grandest sense, with a dominant percussion pattern and a looping background perpetually primed for takeoff as Latin rhythms preoccupy the shoulders and hips. A minimalist bass loop takes care of the low-end groove, and, together with glimpses of vintage disco sounds, creates another surefire hit.
$9.79 UPC: 827170594067 ELECTRONIC
A1. 1979
B1. Nokturn (Grand Finale)
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OID: Bright Side of Life 12" (PNN 012EP)
OID is the solo project of Russian producer Andrei Antonets. Born in Riga, Latvia, Antonets has lived in Berlin, and, at the time of this release, is based in Moscow, where he is inspired by the city's rapidly changing scene. "Bright Side of Life" evokes a sense of potential; it is upbeat without being commercial. The track's singular sound has prompted The Field, Popnoname & J.P Janzen (Von Spar), and Mujuice to produce remixes, included here alongside the original. Each artist delivers a unique take on this uncommon yet catchy tune.
$8.99 UPC: 880319717512 ELECTRONIC
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HOMMEN, ANDRE: Introspectral 12" (PFR 164EP)
After running Dennis Ferrer's Objektivity imprint, touring on the international DJ circuit, and building an impressive portfolio of remixing credits and collaborative releases, André Hommen spreads his wings as a fully-fledged artist. The aquatic bass pulses, cycling loops, surging drones, and melancholy chords of "Instrospectral" pave the way for a dancing riff that will surely have hands reaching for the air. The more introspective, bass-heavy dub weaves gritty arpeggios and chiming synths with an intricacy unveiled in a long, beatless breakdown. The writhing sub-bass and Morse code pings of "Centrifuge" precede a crescendo of bright synths and blinding light.
$9.79 EAN: 4250382430520 ELECTRONIC
A1. Introspectral
B1. Introspectral (Dub)
B2. Centrifuge
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DAT POLITICS: No Void CD (STRIKE 154CD)
"We're big fans of French synthpop like Jacno, Deux, Ruth, and Serge Blenner. This kind of playful synthetic sound mixed with weird and sometimes depressing poetry had a big influence on us as kids and as musicians," reveal the French duo DAT Politics. Since 1999, Claude Pailliot and Gaetan Collet have been working on music shaped by those influences, without referring to them directly, on various albums and EPs for labels such as FatCat Records, A-Musik, Chicks on Speed Records, and Sub Rosa. Drone, noise, and musique concrète are other points of reference that clearly come through in their electronic songs, though they're also closely related to pop music. This time around, their songs once again took shape under such extra-musical influences as astronomy, philosophy, and programming language, as well as surrealism, fantasy films, and their own dreams. The nine tracks on No Void, which the duo describes as a "hallucinating ride in a space roller coaster: scary and funny!", were created in winter 2014 in a small cabin in northern France. The whimsical tour de force was recorded using computers, old beat-up synthesizers, worn-out keyboards, samplers, voice boxes, and children's toy instruments. Pailliot and Collet whisper into the microphone in French and English, their voices naked or distorted by a vocoder, at times using both languages in the same song, as the track "Reptiloid" demonstrates with poignant levity. The work occupies an eclectic territory that includes catchy melodies, versatile singing with pop appeal, and playfully rocking chiptune, synthwave, and electro. Pailliot and Collet's appreciation for Depeche Mode, Yazoo, OMD, Jean Michel Jarre, and Kraftwerk is as apparent as their love of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze and the soundtrack worlds of Ennio Morricone, Giorgio Moroder, and John Carpenter. Yet rather than simply repackaging their personal preferences, the duo transforms art into something totally autonomous using a creative "cut-up" method as practiced by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin. DAT Politics' songs are a combination of surreal stories, hidden meanings, and a search for clues within one's own subconscious. And as DAT Politics seeks mainly to electrify in a live setting, every track begins with bass and rhythms. Despite the atmospherically dense interplay between melancholy and joy, this approach is what makes No Void above all an album intent on rocking it in high style.
$10.99 EAN: 4260217560797 ELECTRONIC
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LAUHAUS: Port of Call EP 12" (SWS 021EP)
Soweso's co-label head Lauhaus presents his solo debut on the label, showcasing his distinctive groove and ever-evolving sound. "Port of Call" is a haunting, driving affair with loads of atmosphere and punch, laden with many different layers and sounds. "Collectify" is a typical Lauhaus groove, made for the club; its dark and bass-heavy beat meets basic melodies for a hip-hop influenced sound. "Lapwing" is a straightforward DJ tool, with funky rhythms, a little bassline, and a deep chord sound. UK duo Brodanse remix "Port of Call" into a high-impact dancefloor banger.
$8.39 UPC: 827170596566 ELECTRONIC
A1. Port of Call
A2. Port of Call (Brodanse Remix)
B1. Collectify
B2. Lapwing
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ZINOVIEFF, PETER: Electronic Calendar: The EMS Tapes 2CD (ORBIT 015CD)
Peter Zinovieff is one history's most enigmatic and influential electronic music composers. The EMS Tapes is the first complete retrospective of his earliest experiments in 1965 through to the dissolution of his studio and the bankruptcy of his company, EMS Synthesizers, in 1979. This deluxe two-CD set includes extensive liner notes, exclusive photos, and Zinovieff's own diary entries compiled by Sonic Boom aka Pete Kember. In 1964 Zinovieff sold his wife's wedding tiara to purchase the first computer housed on a private estate and converted his garden shed into the most advanced music studio in the world, housing 384 oscillators, as well as a collection of filters, noise generators, ring modulators, signal analyzers, and amplifiers. The center of the studio was the computer, which ran on on 8k of memory priced at £1/byte (£8000), allowing thousands of musical parameters to be sequenced several thousand times per second. Throughout the 1960s and '70s Zinovieff's studios became a place of pilgrimage for musicians looking to discover previously unheard sounds; Zinovieff's daughter Sofka recalls, "I'd be having tea in the kitchen with my two younger brothers, when people like David Bowie, Paul McCartney, or Pink Floyd would pass by on their way to the studio." Other visitors included Kraftwerk, Klaus Schulze, King Crimson, Alan Sutcliffe, Hans Werner Henze, and Karlheinz Stockhausen, to name but a few. Electronic Calendar begins with "Chronometer '71," composed in the form of a graphical score by Harrison Birtwistle and created from recordings of Big Ben and the Wells Cathedral clock, sequenced by Zinovieff's computer to a pre-determined structure that controlled tape machines in a system resembling an early sampler. The piece was created in the second iteration of Zinovieff's studio, which was also home to the world's first series of narrow filter bands used as a sound analysis system, recording the response of each filter to the applied signal; Zinovieff had created the world's first vocoder. The second CD opens with Zinovieff's interpretation of "Agnus Dei," followed by "ZASP," a collaboration with Alan Sutcliffe. In 1967 "ZASP" won second prize at the IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) Congress; Iannis Xenakis beat it out for first place. The CD closes with the last piece of music recorded in the EMS studio before it was destroyed by a flood in 1979; aptly titled "Now's the Time to Say Goodbye," it features interview fragments of Zinovieff fading in and out.
$15.79 EAN: 5023693101521 ELECTRONIC
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SURGEON: Unreleased Tracks 1995-1996 (2014 Remaster) 2x12" (SRX 006EP)
Sixth of six Surgeon reissues on SRX, displaying the wide range of mood, pace, and production styles with which Surgeon was experimenting in 1995-'96. As always, the quality is high and the impact is deadly. Surgeon recalls, "Those early tracks, recorded 20 years ago, were mastered and cut by people who had no understanding of electronic music... 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." Includes download code.
$15.79 UPC: 666017281162 ELECTRONIC
A1. Spider
B1. HARD
B2. Lash Lite
C1. Zilla
D1. Lash
D2. IT-2
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VA: Dubbel-Dubb 2x12" (BARN 029EP)
Vinyl-only double 12'' release with Axel Boman, Shakarchi & Stranéus, Baba Stiltz, and Pedrodollar doing dubb versions of classic Studio Barnhus material. Comes in transparent plastic sleeve with A4 info sheet. ''Since we were apes the need for the dubb version has been as important as the beer we drink to stay alive. Now the time has come for some of our favourite songs to be dubbed up by some of our favourite knob fiddlers. This is the age of fun, where old dreams come to die -- this is the age of the dubb!''
$17.79 UPC: 827170599567 ELECTRONIC
A1. Axel Boman - Mogadishu-Dubb
B1. Shakarchi & Stranéus - ABBA-Dubb
C1. Baba Stiltz - ABBA-Dubb
D1. Pedrodollar - Love Me Now-Dubb
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VERBOS, MARK: Walk the Distance EP 12" (BK 013EP)
Mark Verbos, techno veteran, New Yorker by way of Milwaukee, and owner of synthesizer manufacturer Verbos Electronics, delivers heavyweight dancefloor artillery informed by an intimate knowledge of production machinery. Devastating techno bomb "Start Up Drive" builds to a massive climax with a throbbing bassline and a meaty kick drum. "In the Back Room" kicks the tempo up a notch, featuring spaced-out synth leads floating atop syncopated percussion. "Just a Little Late" is funkier, built around a rubbery, insistent synthesizer groove. The moody, pulsing slow-burner "Walk the Distance" is a haunting listen that adds remarkable depth and complexity to the record.
$8.39 UPC: 769791957183 ELECTRONIC
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COCCOLUTO, CLAUDIO: THEDUB 102 12" (THEDUB 102EP)
180-gram vinyl. The second release on Claudio Coccoluto's The Dub label since its resurrection in 2015; a disco-tinged offering from the label boss himself. Coccoluto is one of Italy's most famous musical sons; a DJ, producer, radio- and TV-show host, and music writer. He plays all over the world at clubs and festivals as well as for brands like MTV and Peroni. Using everything from the vintage sounds of Chicago and Detroit to the ultra-modern music coming out of Europe and everything else he hears around the world, Coccoluto is never afraid of experimenting with pioneering sounds.
$9.79 EAN: 8057680973607 ELECTRONIC
A1. Tribe Call Sun (7:14)
B1. DiscoFlavor (6:08)
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SATURN AND THE SUN: Harsh Realities, Broken Bones and Skull Tones Cassette (TTW 078CS)
Saturn and the Sun is a duo of electronic and psychic tension made up by Gothenburg residents Joachim Nordwall and Henrik Rylander. As core members of ritual rock band The Skull Defekts, they have toured the world and released a hot line of records. On their debut as Saturn and the Sun, their common interest in harsh electronic music and deep drones is in the center of attention. Nordwall has run the iDEAL Recordings label since 1998 and has collaborated with people like Mika Vainio, Mats Gustafsson, and Mark Wastell (as Oceans of Silver & Blood). Rylander is crime scene photographer, conceptual artist, and former drummer of dangerous garage rock group Union Carbide Productions. Cover illustration by Savage Pencil. Edition of 100.
$4.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. [Untitled]
02. [Untitled]
03. [Untitled]
04. [Untitled]
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KAPOTE: Tonic Edits Vol. 4 12" (TOYT 035EP)
Toy Tonics continues its sick edits series. Three secret weapons of the Toy Tonics and Gomma crew, made by Kapote. Released ahead of more work from this little genius on TT.
$9.79 UPC: 880655503510 ELECTRONIC
A1. Off (Kapote Remix) (7:53)
B1. Al Dente (Kapote Remix) (5:13)
B2. Lips (Kapote Remix) (4:57)
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EULBERG, DOMINIK: Diorama 2LP (TRAUM 137LP)
2015 repress; 2LP version, featuring 8 out of the 11 tracks from the CD. This is the fourth full-length release from Bonn-based DJ, producer and park ranger, Dominik Eulberg. After the Heimische Gefilde (TRAUM 019CD) album, which won the German critic award as the first techno album ever on which comments by the artist himself appear in spoken word, Eulberg has this time aimed at an album which embodies various facets of electronic music. Diorama therefore resembles something totally new and original and can be referred to as an affiliation towards the real "authentic" Eulberg sound cosmos. He has accomplished this with the highest possible standard and contemporary sound aesthetic. Eulberg has set the bar at an extreme height for himself and the result will pile-drive even the die-hard fans into solid, rocky soil. Eulberg has unbuttoned his "techno coat" and has come up with timeless electronica no one would have expected of him. It is his first album where he has rather played music instead of manipulating it and it holds up that skill from the very beginning to the very end, non-stop. For Diorama, Dominik Eulberg has selected, in cooperation with Germany's nature magazine NABU, the 11 greatest wonders of domestic nature, because it is not only in exotic parts of the world that one can find incredible innovations of nature -- they can also be found at your front door. Their existence is concealed from many of us and only by means of closer examination and a raised awareness for their secrets can we discover this world full of miracles. For this world of hidden wonders, a graphic diorama was specially designed, depicting a well-known world full of unknown phenomena. For each wonder, Dominik Eulberg has composed a piece of music which reflects in sound and dynamic the accounted wonder.
$12.99 UPC: 880319509032 ELECTRONIC
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SHEPPARD, DAVID JOHN: Vertical Land CD (VG 009CD)
Multi-instrumentalist and composer David John Sheppard presents his first bona fide solo album, Vertical Land. The writer and orchestrator behind the acclaimed State River Widening, Ellis Island Sound, Snow Palms, and Leaf recording artists Phelan/Sheppard, Sheppard began the tracks percussively by inserting pencils into guitars to make false bridges, then hammering the strings with vibraphone mallets, or by applying layers of masking tape to the strings of an upright piano in order to create a raw percussive instrument. Marimbas, glockenspiels, and mountain dulcimers were all attacked with a similar sense of primal reflex until the compositions were gradually built up, only to be stripped back down again in a very painterly process, to reveal new forms, combinations, and colors. For fans of The Cinematic Orchestra, Tortoise, Steve Reich, and Phillip Glass.
$10.99 EAN: 5051083088442 ROCK
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NEGRO, JOEY: 90's House & Garage 2CD (ZEDD 035CD)
Founded way back in '91, Z Records has since amassed a lauded and plentiful collection of singles, albums, and compilations. Run by Dave Lee aka Joey Negro, the label has enjoyed success through his unique ability to foster the principles of underground dance music while also remaining mindful of commercial appeal. Through various compilations, Mr. Lee has consistently delved deep into the heart of a specific genre or era and selected a lesser-known series of tracks that give real insight into the spirit and energy that made that point in time special. Whether it's been go-go, Brit funk, boogie, Italo house, or straight-up disco, he has mined deep into his extensive bank of influences and also enlisted the help of some of his most clued-in comrades in offering some unforgettable collections of classics. Now, he pulls together a collection of his favorite moments across a definitive decade for house and garage, the '90s. Inclusive of material from Kerri Chandler, Robert Owens, and MAW (as Voices) as well as remixes from Mood II Swing and Ron Trent, the compilation is packed with sultry vocal lines and the sort of slick, irresistible grooves that defined the era. Sticking with the ethos of his series, Joey Negro has dug out an olio of music that may have "slipped under the garage doors" until now, meaning a lot of the material on this compilation is digitized for the very first time. In searching deeper and wider than the average compilation, the package provides thorough insight into why this was such a fertile period for production and gives a nod to the sort of drum patterns, sampling techniques, and vocal lines that have inspired the likes of Bicep, Brawther, and Huxley, among many more. Available as a double CD (ZEDD 035CD) and as two separate double LPs (ZEDD 035LP and ZEDD 035X-LP). Includes tracks by Fonda Rae remixed by Mood II Swing, Voices remixed by CJ Mackintosh, Danube Dance, Janet Rushmore remixed by Kerri Chandler, Robert Owens, Station Q, A Bitch Named Johanna, Thelma Houston remixed by Joey Negro, Bougie Soliterre, USG remixed by Ron Trent, Gisele Jackson, Mateo & Matos, Leee John remixed by Mood II Swing, Kerri Chandler, Ralphi Rosario, and Mike Delgado. Double CD also includes tracks by Donnie Mark, Club 69, Michael Watford, Astro Trax, and B.O.P. featuring B.J. Crosby and remixed by Tommy Musto.
$11.99 EAN: 5060162573052 ELECTRONIC
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CAMPBELL ENSEMBLE, ROY: Akhenaten Suite CD (AUM 045CD)
2015 repress. Edition of 500. "Roy Campbell is a jazz trumpeter and composer of the first order, one who encompasses the tradition even as he pushes the music forward. A founding member of the luminous collective Other Dimensions In Music, as well as Marc Ribot's recent Spiritual Unity project, his last album as a nominal leader, 2001's Ethnic Stew and Brew (w/ William Parker and Hamid Drake) topped countless year-end top 10 lists. The well-traveled trumpeter has long been a sonic frontiersman, embracing the universality of a sound continuum in which the Harlem-bound A Train and the majestic River Nile are moonlit reflections of each other. Here, Campbell turns his hand to an extended work inspired by Amenhotep IV, Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt. Akhenaten Suite, specially commissioned for and recorded live at the 2007 Vision Festival, is a splendid passage to a fabled dimension. It's realized by musicians -- including Billy Bang on violin -- who have an intimate affiliation with Campbell's vibrant brass stylings and wonderfully open, expansive compositions. In the writing/otherworld manifestation tradition of Ellington's Far-East Suite, Miles' and Gil Evans' Sketches of Spain and Sun Ra's Heliocentric Worlds."
$9.25 UPC: 642623304525 JAZZ
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MILLS, JEFF: Exhibitionist 2 (Part 1) 12" (AX 067EP)
"Expanding the art forms in Dance Music has always been an agenda that needs constant monitoring because it has the ability to evolve and develop each and every idea. At angles that are not easy to see or understanding for most of the listening and dancing audiences, I've always felt that Dance music would make more sense to the people if they were allowed chances to understand how the music is being programmed and made -- to witness this process from beginning. The Exhibitionist 2 DVD is designed to go even deeper into the art form to display, not only how a DJ uses the latest technology, but how he thinks in real time to create and work spontaneously like a musician playing a acoustic instrument or a soloist thinking of rhythms on-the-spot. This is a rare opportunity to see how the technology of today is allowing DJs to be more free and thus, more creative." --Jeff Mills
$9.00 UPC: 789577743717 ELECTRONIC
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CZARFACE: Every Hero Needs a Villain CD (BRK 159CD)
"CZARFACE -- Wu-Tang founding MC Inspectah Deck and veteran Boston duo 7L & Esoteric -- isn't concerned with the glitz and the B.S. that modern consumer culture is pushing. And neither are the group's fans. In 2013, the trio appeared relatively unassumingly with their self-titled debut, which was chiefly produced by DJ 7L and included guests ranging from Ghostface Killah and Cappadonna to Vinnie Paz, Action Bronson and Roc Marciano. The soon-to-be acclaimed group found out quickly that there was a groundswell of hip-hop fanatics thirsting for the lunchpail, lyrics-above-all-else rap they fell in love with in the '90s. Several pressings of the album on CD, 2-LP and even cassette later, they are back and ready to up the ante. The fighting analogy -- whether drawn from pugilism or '80s wrestling, both which figure into Every Hero Needs A Villain -- is an apt one, considering the unrelenting lyrical attacks that Deck and Esoteric unleash on track after track, each trying to one-up the previous verse. Best of all, it is friendly camaraderie, based around a loose theme of renegade mutant MC talents running wild. DJ 7L explains, 'All three of us are influenced by comics, sci-fi movies, TV, wrestling. Czarface encompasses all of that, and it helps with the visuals as well.' On the production side, 7L shows yet again -- as he did with the group's debut -- that he remains a formidable yet underappreciated musical force, constantly providing hard, funky and alternatingly ominous backdrops for the assembled MCs to use as lyrical luge paths."
$11.75 UPC: 853044003595 HIPHOP
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DELTRON 3030: Deltron 3030 2LP (DEL 75033LP)
2015 repress. "The super group Deltron 3030 is composed of producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Kid Koala and sometimes features guest artists who also take on varying futuristic pseudonyms. Originally released in 2000 on the now-defunct 75ARK record label, this hip hop concept album was released the same year as the Gorillaz' first 12" and is on a similar plane. Following the release of Deltron 3030, all three members participated in the Gorillaz' self-titled debut album. With Del aka Deltron Zero on vocals, Dan the Automator aka The Cantankerous Captain Aptos on production, and Kid Koala aka Skiznoid the Boy Wonder on turntables, this album takes the listener on a paranoid journey set in a dystopian year 3030 dealing with viruses, the apocalypse, an oppressive government, and a war waged against a huge company called the Corporate Bank of Time that rules the universe, all to the well-crafted and consistent musical backing of the Automator. Appearances by Damon Albarn (The Gorillaz, Blur), Prince Paul, Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ Money Mark, Paul Barman, Mark Bell (Bjork, production), Sean Lennon, and Mr. Lif compliment Del's vocal style and add the right amount of flavor to this classic period piece."
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OTIS, SHUGGIE: Here Comes Shuggie Otis LP (P 743877HLP)
2015 repress. 180 gram vinyl exact repro reissue of Shuggie's timeless 1970 debut. "Produced and arranged by his father, R&B legend Johnny Otis, the set features nine original cuts co-written by the pair, and in some cases others, and one written by Johnny with Dan Aldrich. The album is evenly divided between vocal tunes and instrumentals. The cast for these sessions included Johnny, Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper, bassist Al McKibbon, Preston Love, Jackie Kelso, Plas Johnson and a string section. 'Oxford Gray,' the album's opener, is an instrumental written by Johnny, Shuggie, Felder, and Hooper. Unlike anything that ever came before it, it's a baroque blues tune that features Shuggie playing both electric and acoustic bottleneck slide, a harpsichord, strings and a groovy little backbeat that walks the edge of blues and funk. It feels like a suite because of its many composed sections, but Shuggie's guitar is pure improvisational poetry. This is followed by the beautiful, psychedelic pop of 'Jennie Lee.' Shuggie's vocals weren't quite there, and were still somewhat tentative, but his gorgeous, Albert King-inflected guitar solo is right in the pocket, and stands in wonderful contrast to his acoustic string in the verses. The horns are restrained and regal, and the textural palette of the cut is lush and spacious. There is plenty of rootsy playing here too, such as on 'Bootie Cooler,' a Stax-styled blues groove, and the name-dropping shimmy and shake of 'Shuggie's Boogie,' the wig-tightening funk of 'Hurricane,' and the reverentially gritty 'Gospel Groove.' It closes with a modern soul rocker called 'Baby I Needed You,' with a killer hook in the refrain even if Shuggie's vocal doesn't quite pull it all off. Here Comes Shuggie Otis stands the test of time over 30 years later, and stands as a hallmark of songwriting, improvisation, and production acumen." -- All Music Guide
$10.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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OTIS, SHUGGIE: Freedom Flight LP (P 743879HLP)
2015 repress. 180 gram vinyl exact repro reissue of Shuggie's 1971 album for Epic. "Shuggie wrote four of the album's seven tunes, did all the arrangements and helped Johnny with production suggestions. The senior Otis produced the set and allowed all of Shuggie's 'weird' ideas full-reign in production, and he was joined by a host of musicians from the first album, along with George Duke, Aynsley Dunbar and the backing chorus of Clydie King, Venetta Field and Shirley Matthews, among others. Shuggie plays a slew of instruments on the set. Its centerpiece is 'Strawberry Letter 23' that filled out Inspiration Information's reissue, but there are no weak cuts here. Sample the guitars on 'Sweet Thang,' 'Purple,' and 'Freedom Flight,' the latter displays two extended jamming exercises with lots of wondrously magical production touches; the former is a visionary bottleneck number that is warm and oozes soul. The bassline on 'Me And My Woman' prefigures that distorted keyboard bass P-Funk trademarked earlier, by two years." -- All Music Guide
$10.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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OTIS, SHUGGIE: Inspiration Information LP (P 747285HLP)
2015 repress. 180 gram vinyl exact repro reissue of Shuggie's sublime 1974 album, featuring the original cover art. "Information belongs to the mind. It can be gathered, coded, processed and decoded, and used for any number of purposes. Inspiration comes from the soul. It is an elusive spark, one that cannot be bought or sold, nor artificially triggered. It is a gift. That the two can be combined into something quietly exciting is proven by the music on this, Shuggie Otis's third solo album. There is some old (several of the basic tracks were recorded over the last two years), and some new (for the first time, Shuggie has assumed complete artistic control, handling almost all of the production and arrangements). Most present, however, is the sense and beginning of a totally new struggle for Shuggie, the thirteen-year-old who made his recording debut with the Johnny Otis show, and later came to national attention through the Al Kooper sessions, is a man and an artist now. He is creating in the seventies, a time whose conflicts are being shaped by information -- and the lack of it. One gets the feeling that even as the information changes, so will the inspiration." -- Winston Cenac (Scoops), from the back cover.
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UGK: Ridin' Dirty 2LP (GET 51309LP)
Pressed on clear vinyl. "Ridin' Dirty is the third studio album by dirty south legends Bun B and Pimp C -- together known as UGK. It is easily considered one of the greatest southern hip hop albums ever made, but let's drop all the labels this is just pure good rap music, for any region. It's all right there, everything that people have come to expect from Houston rap: candy-painted cars, wood-grained steering wheels, flashy jewelry, late-night odes to lean and weed, passing references to DJ Screw tapes, those warm funk synthesizers that sound like radio oldies. All of Ridin' Dirty feels iconic now -- among other reasons, because so many of its lyrics have since been cribbed by everyone from Slim Thug to Jay Z. There's the laid-back badassery of 'Diamonds and Wood,' the zoned-out celebration of '3 in the Morning,' the ridiculous boasting of 'Fuck My Car.' Everything here is essential. Ridin' Dirty was produced entirely by Pimp C and features start to finish bangers such as 'One Day', 'Murder,' 'Hi Lif,' and of course the title track 'Ridin' Dirty.' Pimp C makes use of perfectly chosen soul, funk, and gospel samples to create a perfect soundscape for he and Bun B to trade verse over. Despite there being no singles or videos released from the album, the set went on to be a pivotal moment in southern hip hop as well as UGK's best-selling and most critically acclaimed release."
$21.50 UPC: 664425130911 HIPHOP
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DEAD PREZ: Lets Get Free 2LP (GET 51311LP)
"dead prez may have been slightly ahead of their time during their golden years, but that is definitely meant as a compliment. Sermonizing Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism and the benefits of a healthy and just lifestyle during the height of the Bad Boy / Roc-AFella era of nihilistic excess in the late '90s, they also signed to a major label (Loud / Columbia) despite leaning much more towards the burgeoning indie aesthetics of the day. But this was a good thing -- using major label muscle to wake up righteous hip-hop fans who might have fallen asleep at the wheel. The group itself -- consisting of MCs stic.man and M-1, who produced or co-produced most of the duo's music -- was formed in Tallahassee, Florida in the early 1990s (M-1 originally hailed from Brooklyn). By later that decade, the duo had started making significant waves, having their music heard on the soundtracks to Soul In The Hole and Slam, as well as appearing on albums by Big Pun and The Beatnuts. By 1998, they released their first official single, the serious, stark 'Police State,' on Loud, appropriately brought to the label by Lord Jamar of Brand Nubian. After building a solid rep over the next two years with fiery live performances, in 2000 they unleashed their debut album, Let's Get Free. The album was a welcome return to provocative and often radically political rhetoric that hearkened back to hip-hop forebears including The Coup, Public Enemy and KRS-One (as well as poetic descendants like the Last Poets and Watts Prophets). Let's Get Free was critically acclaimed and benefited from multiple singles, including the infectious, thick analog drive of 'Hip-Hop' (which became the de facto theme song for 'Chappelle's Show'); 'It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop,' with a remix co-produced by a young Kanye West; 'Mind Sex' (with Abiodun Oyewole of the Last Poets); and the poignant 'I'm An African.' But the singles weren't the only worthy songs, as just about every cut here has deeper meaning than most full albums by their early 2000s peers. Highlights: the thought-provoking, anti-drug album opener 'Wolves'; 'We Want Freedom' (co-produced by frequent collaborator Hedrush); 'They Schools' and 'Propaganda' (co-produced by Lord Jamar, one of five songs he assisted on). All in all, this is one of the more underrated and possibly Top 5 fully-realized political hip-hop albums of all time. If you don't agree with the previous sentence, give Let's Get Free another listen... you might be surprised at how well it has held up over the years."
$19.50 UPC: 664425131116 HIPHOP
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CYPRESS HILL: The Phuncky Feel One/How I Could Just Kill a Man 7" (GET 743EP)
"In the early 1990s, a dark force began to rise in Los Angeles, fueled by classic '80s New York boom-bap and equally inspired by evil-tinged rock groups from the 1970s, like Black Sabbath. Just like that era of Los Angeles itself, pre-Riots and pre-The Chronic, Cypress Hill -- producer and DJ Muggs with main MC B-Real and his lyrical partner Sen Dog -- brought the city's bubbling unrest to the surface, bathed in weed smoke and exploring injustices done to the underclass by both the Police State and the Government. Technically a 'Double A-Side,' Cypress Hill's first single, from 1991, took a minute to penetrate the rap scene at large. Once it took hold, though, there was no turning back. Part of the delay may have been the aural dichotomy shown here -- 'The Phunky Feel One' is a ridiculously funky groover, laced with liquid flows that might not create a full-on party vibe, but certainly brought listeners to the brink of the dancefloor. The flip, which eventually became the group's breakthrough (thanks in part to its use in the climax to the film Juice), was a claustrophobic exploration of the gang lifestyle and mindset that was prevalent in the LA of the late '80s and early '90s. 'Here is something you can't understand,' the chorus snarled, 'How I could just kill a man.' According to group members, 'Phunky Feel' was their record label's choice for the A-Side, and 'Kill A Man' was the song they themselves wanted to show the world with their first shot. No matter which way you slice it, the single showed an impressive range in just two songs -- a complexity which would soon be fully exposed with the group's debut LP later that year. This limited edition release is a black vinyl 7-inch recreation of the original 12", featuring the single's classic artwork on a printed 7" jacket, plus a special matte black 2nd outer sleeve, embossed with the seminal skull design."
$10.75 UPC: 606590074379 HIPHOP
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MONKS: Black Time LP (INT 2499000HLP)
2015 repress. 180 gram LP reissue of the classic Black Monk Time LP with a slight title adjustment and alternate artwork. Primitive demented '60s punk at its best. "The Monks' only album is packed with angst anthems on the order of 'Shut Up,' 'I Hate You,' 'Complication,' and 'Drunken Maria.' One of the strangest recordings of all time." --Richie Unterberger
$12.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS: Easter Everywhere LP (IALP 005HLP)
2015 repress; 180 gram exact repro reissue of their 2nd album, originally released in 1967.
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GHOSTFACE KILLAH: Twelve Reasons to Die II LP (LL 021LP)
"Fans who have been waiting for the past two years can finally rejoice: Adrian Younge's and Ghostface Killah's Twelve Reasons To Die II is coming soon. To up the ante this time around, Ghostface has added a very important lyrical companion to the mix: Raekwon. The chemistry that was cemented two decades ago on Rae's classic Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is as strong as ever, clearly heard on five out of the album's 13 songs. And on the topic of chemistry, executive producer and Wu-Tang patriarch The RZA returns to Part II as the story's narrator. Where the first installment of Twelve Reasons To Die was based in 1960s Italy -- detailing the machinations of the feared DeLuca crime family -- Part II inhabits the grimy streets of mid-1970s New York City. Descendants of the DeLucas are running the city, but a powerful, younger crime syndicate is percolating, commanded by black gangster Lester Kane (personified by Raekwon). As Kane's power grows, he takes on the DeLucas and a bloodbath ensues. Kane has always known the legend of Tony Starks, who was killed by the DeLucas in Italy and whose remains were partially used to create twelve vinyl records. When played back in the 'old world,' the Ghostface Killer rose and destroyed the Italian faction. This plays into the story's conclusion at the end of Part II. The storyline for Part II is vividly brought to life with the help of Younge's never-endingly evocative and unique brand of cinematic, psychedelic soul. The music -- on which Younge himself plays upwards of 10 instruments on certain songs -- was recorded strictly on analog tape, to bring out the true grit of the '70s era that provides the Twelve Reasons backdrop. Twelve Reasons To Die II is another heavy feather in the caps of all involved, especially Younge and Ghost, who again poured their skills and intellect into this dramatic and engaging tale. It all fits perfectly into the Wu-Tang family tree as well as Younge's always-expanding musical universe, which now proudly relies on Linear Labs to house it."
$18.00 UPC: 856040005501 HIPHOP
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GHOSTFACE KILLAH: Twelve Reasons to Die II Instrumentals LP (LL 022LP)
"Adrian Younge announces the release of the instrumentals from Twelve Reasons to Die II. Younge's evocative and unique brand of cinematic, psychedelic Soul makes an instrumental vinyl issue a must have."
$18.00 UPC: 856040005525 HIPHOP
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HEDLUND, RASMUS: Alster 2LP (LJ 007EP)
"Outstanding, varied, deep, widescreen, and star-crossed electronica from Finland -- the label boss -- in the best traditions of ambient dub, drone, and classic Berlin techno."
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MOON POOL AND DEAD BAND: MEQ 2x12" (MIDWICH 001EP)
"Midwich is proud to present Moon Pool and Dead Band's MEQ (pronounced MEK--futurespeak for 'mech'), an album of swinging, dirty, analog techno-funk, created with mountains of old synthesizers. MEQ consists of Moon Pool and Dead Band's earliest track, reworked by some of Detroit's (and ex-Detroit) best producers: Patrick Russell, BMG (Brendan M. Gillen of Ectomorph), JTC (Dabrye/Charles Manier aka Tadd Mullinix), Ice Cold Chrissy (Coyote Clean Up), Michael Dykehouse, Erno the Inferno and Nate Young in Wolf Eyes mode. MEQ plays like an album, rather than a collection of remixes. The remixers were supplied with 'stems' nearly one-half hour long, leaving each with an abundance of raw material at their disposal. There are no cloying, repetitive vocal hooks to disrupt the sonic narrative. Deep, dystopian techno-funk is delivered with the unerring raw assurance that only seasoned masters could deliver, leaving the music's rough edges appealingly unvarnished. The strong, danceable music is rugged enough to test the limits of any club sound-system, yet contains nuances, subtleties and warmth that make it ideal for home listening. Mastered by Ruud Lekx (Rude 66) and cut by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering in NYC. MEQ comes housed in a wide full-color UV gloss jacket featuring artwork by renowned sci-fi illustrator, Mark Salwowski. Layout by designer Beth Hall. A digital download code is included."
$14.50 UPC: 867574000108 ELECTRONIC
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MAGAS: Heads Plus 12" (MIDWICH 002EP)
"Midwich is proud to present MAGAS's Heads Plus, the first proper vinyl release from James Marlon Magas since 2009's Violent ARP. For the past several years, Magas has been concentrating on instrumental production, eschewing vocal histrionics of previous work, in favor of moodier, more open-ended composition. This focus has resulted in the bombastic and hallucinatory Heads Plus, an all-instrumental wallop that fuses howling ARP Odyssey, capricious Juno funk and fuzzed Rhodes anchored to the ever-present throb of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Freed from vocal constraints, Heads Plus conjures a cinematic ambience where light and dark wrangle for dominance in a dystopian post-techno near-future. Plowing ahead with gleeful abandon, this 5-track EP is a take-no-prisoners statement of intent. Heads Plus is mastered by Ruud Lekx (Rude 66) and cut by Josh Bonati at Bonati Mastering in NYC and comes housed in a eye-popping full-color UV gloss jacket featuring artwork by renowned sci-fi illustrator, Mark Salwowski, with layout by designer Beth Hall. A digital download code is included with purchase."
$11.50 UPC: 867574000115 ELECTRONIC
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ROGIE, SE: The Sounds of SE Rogie LP (MRP 050LP)
2015 repress, originally released in 2013. "At last, a reissue full LP of the legendary Palm wine guitarist SE Rogie's early work. Truly beautiful songs from the 1960s ranging from sweet acoustic solo numbers to blazing full band electric music. SE Rogie had a very long and pioneering career in Sierra Leone. His songs are some of the most beautiful ever - gentle and lilting timeless melodies. One of the greats. A co-release with our friends at the Domino Sound label."
$9.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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BIXBY, DAVE: Ode To Quetzalcoatl LP (NFR 023LP)
"Dave Bixby sings in a moan-lilting, slightly echoing voice whose sad and lonesome feel gives the impression that his demons have by no means been wholly exercised by salvation. 3rd press - authentically restored to it's original 1969 fidelity by Erik Kassab." Dave Bixby's legendary $2000 private press album from 1969 is considered by all serious record collectors as the king in the loner/downer-folk genre. After being involved in '60s Michigan folk and garage-rock bands such as The Shillelaghs and Peter & The Prophets, Bixby started playing acoustic guitar and experimenting with LSD. After a year of drug abuse, he felt broken. Starting a soul-searching, spiritual journey, he wrote Ode To Quetzalcoatl and most of the material for his second album, Harbinger's Second Coming in just a month and a half. Assisted by fellow musician Brian MacInness, who played some guitar parts on the album, Bixby recorded this record in a living room using an echo-laden 4-track machine. The sound is lo-fi and sparse: just acoustic guitars and some occasional harmonica & flute, added to Bixby's haunting, emotional vocals, spiritual lyrics and solid songwriting. The opening cut, the eerie and painful "Drug Song" sets the mood perfectly for the rest of the album. Never again has an acoustic folk album sounded as intense as this.
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REV, MARTIN: Clouds of Glory LP (PERM 047LP)
"Martin Rev's (from Suicide) second long player finally in print for the first time in 30 years!!!!! 'It's like someone took an unreleased Suicide record, removed the vocal tracks, and replaced them with synth oscilliations, chirps, drones and explosions' --Opium Hum. Haunting second album of minimalist analogue synth experimentation from Suicide's Martin Rev. Never before pressed to vinyl in the States. Previously available as an import on French label New Rose. A killer follow-up to his debut LP reissued in 2013 by Superior Viaduct. For fans of: Suicide, Kraftwerk, Craig Leon, John Bender, Cabaret Voltaire, Silver Apples."
$13.00 UPC: N/A ROCK
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VCSR: Tape #4 LP (PERM 048LP)
"Never before released archival material from Chicago's answer to Germany's 70s kosmische/electronic scene!!!!!!! Featuring Bil Vermette!!!! 'VCSR existed between 1978 and 1984. They weren't a band or a group so much as it was a collective. They never had an official release but recorded over 60 reels of tape from which cassettes were mixed down for their own use or to give to friends. They were to be the first record on the Waxx Traxx label with Al Jourgenson producing but that never came to be. Tape #4 is one of these raw reels recorded in 1979 and 1980. There are overdubs but no edits or redos, it was live onto tape and then maybe a second pass to add leads, etc. Many of the reels are live onto one track only. This was done before they had a mixer. Most of these reels are now in Washington state and some are here in Chicago and some are not accounted for. Instruments used: Arp-2600, Korg MS-20, Rhythm Ace, Yamaha & Farfisa organs, guitar, ElectroComp synthesizers and various other keyboards and effects' --Bil Vermette. For fans of: Klaus Schulze, Popol Vuh, Cluster, Bitchin Bajas and kosmische musik from the back catalogs of Ohr, Sky and Brain."
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NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: The Adventures of Panama Red LP (RGM 334LP)
"If there was ever any doubt that the New Riders of the Purple Sage were the ultimate hippie country rock band -- and having had Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead as early members meant that there wasn't much -- The Adventures of Panama Red put them to rest. This 1973 album's loosely connected tall tales of drug culture, complete with the album's underground comic book graphics, ensured that this gatefold record was a long-time dorm room favorite for separating out those stems and seeds. But Panama Red (their only gold record) had a lot more going for it than just countercultural kicks -- the band, by now consisting of John Dawson, David Nelson, Dave Torbert, pedal steel ace Buddy Cage and Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden -- was much tighter than any outfit this stoned had a right to be, and with songwriting contributions from Peter Rowan (the hit 'Panama Red' and 'Lonesome L.A. Cowboy') and Robert Hunter ('Kick in the Head') as well as from the band's own fine tunesmiths in Dawson and Torbert, the songs were of a uniformly high quality. Production by multi-instrumentalist Norbert Putnam, charts by the Memphis Horns and vocal contributions by Buffy Sainte-Marie and Donna Godchaux helped enshrine this record as one of the finest country-rock outings of the '70s. Now, Real Gone Music is reissuing this classic album for the first time on vinyl, remastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Studios in NYC and lacquer cut by Kevin Gray, with a limited edition pressing of 1000 in -- what else? -- purple vinyl, with the original gatefold album and inner sleeve graphics (with lyrics) intact. Time to add to your stash of essential '70s vinyl!"
$19.50 UPC: 848064003342 ROCK
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COBB, ALEX: Chantepleure LP (SOD 113LP)
"The trajectory of Alex Cobb's music over the course of the last decade could be viewed as a distillation of tone and atmosphere to arrive at Chantepleure, his most optimistic and sanguine musical statement to date. The album, however, was created at a time of heartache, isolation, and emotional upheaval and acts as a balm of tender tones where abstract guitar lines circle and suspend in a kind of refined elegance. Noise, once a hallmark of Cobb's music, has not been entirely removed, but manifests here in a different form. A delicate dissonance shades the edges of these four tracks, providing textural color and gorgeously offsetting the lush nature of the music. Even in short spans, this approach yields substantial results. At three and a half minutes, 'Disporting with a Shadow' pulls back the curtain just enough to let flecks of natural guitar notes and traces of alluring melody seep into the mix. The album closes with the side-long 'Path of Appearance,' a cathartic composition that is best described as a poem of overtones which, like the rest of the album, is sourced from electric guitar and minimal effects but feels more akin to the sun stretching to fill all corners of a darkened room. A testament to sonic refinement, a way of coping, an exciting step forward for an established artist -- the minimalist Chantepleure is all of these things."
$13.50 UPC: 600197511619 ROCK
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ELECTRIC EELS: Die Electric Eels LP (SV 059LP)
"Cleveland's electric eels (all lower case in homage to poet e.e. cummings) is America's quintessential proto-punk band. Formed in 1972 by singer Dave E. McManus and guitarists John Morton and Brian McMahon, the group enlisted drummer Nick Knox (later of The Cramps) and producer Paul Marotta to record a flurry of catchy and genuinely fucked-up tunes. After only five legendary live performances -- complete with Dave E. in black leather jacket covered in rat-traps and playing a gas-powered lawnmower on stage -- the eels broke up in 1976 and posthumously released their classic single Agitated on Rough Trade in 1978, blazing a trail for high-art, low-concept rock. As Jon Savage writes in the liner notes, 'There is something heroic about the eels' isolation and uncompromising attitude: a fierceness that you can hear in these songs that still resonates in a different time and world.' This archival LP collects the eels' best material from 1975. From the loud and snotty 'Agitated' and its B-side 'Cyclotron' (which Johan Kugelberg listed as #1 in his top 100 punk singles) to the anarchic anthem 'Jaguar Ride' and the loose, bluesy sludge of 'Anxiety,' the album exorcises the demonic power of the Stooges and Velvets and captures the mystique of these outsider artists inventing a new language. As the eels demand 'Attendance Required' on their flyer for the infamous Special Extermination Music Night, listening is absolutely mandatory for this seminal band. Recommended for fans of Dead Boys, Simply Saucer, and Pagans."
$15.00 UPC: 857176003591 ROCK
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COLTRANE, ALICE: Universal Consciousness LP (SV 070LP)
"Originally released on Impulse! in 1971, Universal Consciousness is a major turning point in Alice Coltrane's momentous career. While her previous albums pushed the limits of spiritual free-jazz and featured much of her late husband's band, Universal Consciousness expands the harpist / pianist's compositional palette with organ and strings (working with Ornette Coleman). 'Oh Allah' is the finest example of Coltrane's new direction: tense violins dissolve into sublime organ solos and exquisite brushwork from long-time Mile Davis collaborator Jack DeJohnette. While the title track undulates with a fierce clamor, 'Hare Krishna' showcases Coltrane's uncanny ability for transcendent and slow-paced arrangements. In The Wire's '100 Records That Set the World on Fire,' David Toop writes, '[Universal Consciousness] clearly connects to other dyspeptic jazz traditions -- the organ trio, the soloists with strings -- yet volleys them into outer space, ancient Egypt, the Ganges, the great beyond. The production is astounding, the quality of improvisation is riveting, the string arrangements are apocalyptic rather than saccharine, the balance of turbulence and calm a genuine dialectic that later mystic / exotic post-jazz copped out of pursuing. Her lack of constraint was dimly regarded by adherents of '70s jazz and its masculine orthodoxies, yet Alice deserved better credit for virtuosity, originality, and the sheer will power needed to realized her vision.' This first-time vinyl reissue has been carefully remastered from the original master tapes."
$17.50 UPC: 857176003706 JAZZ
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FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS, LEE: Standing By Your Side/Don't Walk 7" (TSEP 070EP)
"Side A is 'Standing By Your Side' taken from the Emma Jean album. An uptempo, driving number sure to keep dance oors moving thru the summer, DJs will notice the edit we did for the 45. A homage to sticking out the hard times of love with someone, Lee is at his best, pouring out his signature voice over a tough yet gorgeous production by Truth & Soul's own Leon Michels. Sure to be in collectors 45 boxes across the globe. Side B is 'Don't Walk', previously only available on the Truth & Soul 2015 Forecast 10", a tune from the Emma Jean sessions that didn't make it to the album."
$6.25 UPC: N/A ROCK
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PAKI-VISNADI: Imaginary Choreography CD (ATN 018CD)
Previously unreleased guitar-and-synth musical jewel from Italy circa 1984, available on CD with one bonus track following a 2015 LP release (ATN 018LP). An until-now-unknown collaboration between a guitar maestro who composed contemporary dance scores and a gifted electronic music composer. Melodic complexity and rhythmic sonic beauty create a unique and timeless classic that has already achieved cult status among the few who have heard it. Obvious comparisons can be made between Imaginary Choreography and the softer ambient side of vintage German electronic music -- Göttsching, Schnitzler, Cluster, etc., but that would be too easy, as this recording stands alone with its uniquely Italian atmosphere of sophisticated and complex simplicity. This session was recorded by two Venetians: Paki Zennaro (then working with composer René Aubry for choreographer Carolyn Carlson) and Gianni Visnadi (an experimental composer), who met one evening over a glass of wine and decided to work together for the first time with the intention of recording contemporary music to be used by dance schools for study and exercise. The duo recorded on reel-to-reel tape using electronic equipment (Sequential Circuits Pro One and Prophet 5; Roland TR-808 and guitar synth) with an acoustic 12-string guitar. When finished and mixed, a few BASF LH extra cassette copies (maybe as few as six or eight) were sent out to a few friends with a homemade photocopy insert, complete with handwritten track names and production details. This now-famous BASF tape was found one lucky morning by Johanna Heather Anselmo (filmmaker, photographer, musician), while she was searching for musical surprises in a box of tapes that had probably been at that same flea market for 20 years or more. Anselmo is used to rummaging in boxes of dusty tapes, being the girlfriend of Antinote artist Iueke, who has the unusual habit of hiding tapes all over their flat. Iueke found contact information for Zennaro and Visnadi, who were happy to oblige with the release of this almost-forgotten 1984 session. Master tapes were sent to Paris for immediate transfer and mastering, while the Check Morris graphic design team worked with its usual class on adapting and reworking the cassette tape artwork.
$11.99 EAN: 3770005870003 ELECTRONIC
01. Migration
02. Parallel Waves
03. In a Dark Run
04. Waterlight
05. Mollusk Dance
06. E-Migration
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YILMAZ, SARP: Since You've Been Gone Away LP (APL 009LP)
"I like to do stuff like make records and spin them. Some people take interest in what I do. This is what this is all about." That's all Turkish producer Sarp Yilmaz has to say about himself -- but others are more emphatic; Osunlade named him "my favourite new artist" in The Guardian. Maya Jane Coles dropped his tunes on Pete Tong's Essential Selection, he's been charted by many top DJs and artists (Stacey Pullen, Osunlade, Bill Patrick, Dapayk, Marco Resmann, Niederflur...) across the globe, his tracks have been chosen as Beatport's Track of the Day, his stuff has topped the Whatpeopleplay charts, and his tracks pop up on every important podcast, be it from Cadenza or Compost Black Label Sessions. Yilmaz has been widely praised for his unique take on house music, perfect for everyone who likes their house with some open-minded, odd flavor. Since You've Been Gone Away features cover art by Rebecca Covaciu. Mastered for vinyl by Lopazz. Project curated by Giuseppe D'Alessandro.
$16.39 EAN: 8057680974666 ELECTRONIC
A1. Don't Leave Me This Way
A2. Nighttrain
A3. D1 Smoking Rooms
A4. Can't Get Over You
B1. Since You've Been Gone Away
B2. Smiling Faces
B3. Power to the People and the Beats
B4. Closer Than Close
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CHICO TROPICO: Relación de Riesgo LP (AS 010LP)
The Basque record label Ayo Silver! launches Relación de Riesgo, the first record by the Chico Trópico collective compiling original songs by their dream-team of bands: Dick el Demasiado (The Netherlands/Argentina), Los Ganglios (Spain), Los Pirañas (Colombia), Los Síquicos Litoraleños (Argentina), Chico Trópico (Spain/Argentina), El Bien (Argentina), La Gallera Social Club (Venezuela), Os Cajueiros (Brazil), Igor Stepanenko (Mexico), El Amateur (Argentina), Pedro Buschi (Argentina), and Sonido Changorama (Mexico). Conceived as a continuous session of Latin American psychedelia, Relación de Riesgo goes beyond the so-called "electronic cumbia," widening its scope to seek out new approaches to tropical music. From a Hammond organ singing a bolero to an insurgent cumbia by Sonido Changorama, the psychedelic noise of Los Pirañas, the astonishing humor of Los Ganglios, or the popular abstraction of Dick el Demasiado, it's a delirious trip of bizarre melodies.
$14.99 EAN: 8435008883850 WORLD
A1. Chico Trópico - Aparición
A2. Dick el Demasiado - Las minas de las Malvinas son menos buenas
A3. Chico Trópico - Pupillops
A4. Sonido Changorama - Cumbia en caso de Emergencia Nuclear
A5. Chico Trópico - Machín Perdió la Marca
A6. Los Síquicos Litoraleños - Un universo anexo
A7. Los Ganglios - Los Ingenieros
A8. Chico Trópico - Funeral de Andrés Landero
A9. La Gallera Social Club - Full Queso
A10. El Amateur - Tapiales en Mayo
B1. Chico Trópico - Música para el derretimiento de los polos
B2. Chico Trópico - Separador Dro (Cumbulus)
B3. Los Pirañas - Armenia Federal
B4. Chico Trópico - Féretro Divertido
B5. El Bien - Burocracia Beach
B6. Chico Trópico - Invierno mal
B7. Igor Stepanenko y Su Órgano Que Habla - Quiéreme mucho
B8. Chico Trópico - Sapucai
B9. Os Cajueiros - Cantar, plantar e brincar
B10. Pedro Buschi - Pompeya desde Júpiter
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ABER, SHLOMI: 15 Years Nordstern CD (BAO 003CD)
Nordstern, Switzerland's most prestigious underground club and a three-time Swiss Nightlife Award-winner for "Best Club," celebrates its 2015 15th anniversary with an exclusive rough techno mix by club favorite and Be as One owner Shlomi Aber. Recognized as a highly influential artist and techno pioneer, Aber draws from jazz, funk, minimal, acid, and, in particular, old school Detroit techno. He has developed a groundswell of genre-defying support, and his worldwide success includes awards and nominations for "best newcomer" (2005), "producer and track of the year" (2007), and Beatport's "Artists of the Year" (2008); a nomination at the Worldwide DJ Awards; and the "Best Techno DJ" award at the Sankeys Awards, 2014. These accolades and more have placed Aber in the first tier of electronic music artists, headlining every prestigious club, festival, and venue worldwide. "I'm very excited and humbled to be part of this project," says Aber. "Not only because yet again I have the opportunity to collect some of my favourite and most played music of recent times into one driving mix, but also because of the big influence the Nordstern club had on my career as a DJ and musician." A small group of artists and DJs founded Nordstern in 2000, and it quickly grew into a home base for a wide variety of musical styles, from old school funk to nu skool funky breaks; from indie rock to indie dance to electronica... even gothic and new wave found their way to Nordstern, as did house and techno. In 2010 Nordstern was completely rebuilt, and its reputation as a highly esteemed platform for high-end nightlife has continued to grow. With DJ sets from internationally recognized artists like Richie Hawtin, Loco Dice, Marco Carola, Luciano, Chris Liebing, Sven Väth, Âme, Dixon, Tale of Us, Seth Troxler, Maceo Plex, Ricardo Villalobos, Jamie Jones, Nina Kraviz, Marcel Dettmann, Adam Beyer, and many more, Nordstern is Switzerland's state of the art when it comes to clubbing on an international level. This mix was recorded in real time in front of a live audience with three decks and an RMX-1000 Effects Unit... let it be raw. Tracks by Kepler 61, Chevel, Steve O'Sullivan, Avion remixed by Thomas Hessler, Afrozoid remixed by Myles Sergé, Markus Suckut, Marco Faraone, Wire, Marco Effe, Joachim Spieth, DJ Hyperactive remixed by Truncate, MUUI remixed by Ray Kajioka, Tensal, Setaoc Mass, Entro Senestre, Ilario Alicante, Shlomi Aber, and D-IX.
$10.99 UPC: 827170148628 ELECTRONIC
01. Kepler 61 - B
02. Chevel - Oberdan Mall
03. Steve O'Sullivan - Untitled 3
04. Avion - Era (Thomas Hessler Remix)
05. Afrozoid - Flickering (Myles Sergé Remix)
06. Markus Suckut - Watching the Sunset II
07. Marco Faraone - Restrictions
08. Wire - Contrast
09. Marco Effe - Leading Theories
10. Joachim Spieth - Dot
11. DJ Hyperactive - Venus (Truncate Remix)
12. MUUI - Buett (Ray Kajioka Remix)
13. Tensal - Ritual IV
14. Setaoc Mass - SK11
15. Entro Senestre - DOHC
16. Markus Suckut - Watching the Sunset I
17. Ilario Alicante - Theory of Path
18. Shlomi Aber - Going Distance
19. D-IX - Simi Für Lu
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FINGER, BENJAMIN: Amorosa Sensitiva LP (XRAY 003LP)
"It has all the music I like in it" was Blue Tapes' response to Benjamin Finger's initial submission of Amorosa Sensitiva. That music is cloud-rolled drones and sun-speckled synths; it is low tides of distant cello, ebbing into view; it is tiny hits of percussion clustering protectively around sustained piano patterns; it is techno slowed down and stretched out and reconfigured as free jazz; it is cascades of notes that tilt your head back and lift your legs into the air and scroll around you; it is snatches of human conversation rendered as abstract song textures, which lends a hallucinatory logic to the LP's narrative. Since 2009, Finger has conjured half a dozen albums of meditative, atmospheric compositions that draw from multiple sources but retain a very natural and intuitive musicianship -- one that prevents the juxtaposed sounds from sounding patchwork or contrary. Amorosa Sensitiva isn't just stylistically varied, though; it has a wide emotional palette, as comfortable exhibiting ferocity as bliss. Benjamin Finger is influenced by Alice Coltrane, Slayer, Spacemen 3, Arthur Russell, Butthole Surfers, Slint, Loop, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Charles Mingus, Disco Inferno, Sun Ra, Eric Dolphy, Broadcast, Labradford, Laurie Anderson, Flying Lotus, Pharaoh Sanders, Fugazi, Panda Bear, Suicide, Flying Saucer Attack, The Frogs, Frank Zappa, early Jane's Addiction, Bardo Pond, David Bowie, Autechre, Philippe Sarde, George Michael, Frédéric Chopin, Terry Riley, Gescom, John Zorn, Omar-S, Morton Feldman, Mr. Bungle, Talk Talk, Vincent Gallo, Gas, Drexciya, Laurel Halo, Actress, Oneohtrix Point Never, François Truffaut, Hal Ashby, Louis Malle, John Cassavetes, Woody Allen, Ettore Scola, Julio Medem, Jacques Audiard, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Paul Thomas Anderson, Roman Polanski, and early Jim Jarmusch films. Amorosa Sensitiva was mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Scorn, Nadja, Sunn O)))). Features Are Watle on saxophone ("Whirlbrainpoolin") and additional guitar ("Bum Finger Notes") and the looped voice of Inga-Lill Farstad ("Headspincrawl" and "Darnskullgreyness"). In terms of both packaging and sound, this LP forms a natural counterpart to X-Ray's fourth edition, Piano Mating by the legendary Mats Gustafsson, which is forthcoming at the time of this release. LP pressed on frosted clear 180-gram vinyl; housed in screenprinted PVC wallet; includes download code.
$22.99 EAN: 5055300387110 ELECTRONIC
01. Headspincrawl
02. When Face Was Face
03. Waltz in Clay
04. Whirlbrainpoolin
05. Bum Finger Notes
06. Darnskullgreyness
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GHENACIA, STEPHANE: Mamajunk 12" (COLORS 003EP)
Staying true to its family-and-friends ethos, Colors presents an EP from the London event group and label's co-founder, Stephane Ghenacia. Three tracks, with an appearance from Aaron.
$9.79 UPC: 827170605268 ELECTRONIC
A1. Mamajunk
B1. Wick Lane (feat. Aaron)
B2. Alice
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EL MAHDY JR.: Ghost Tapes LP (CREP 019LP)
With the haunting collages of Ghost Tapes, El Mahdy Jr goes deeper into his own personal sonic space. "Ghost Tapes is a composition of everyday fragments based on found tapes, field recordings, beats, and radio frequencies. A ruff attempt of interpreting the cultural ghost that surrounds the field and makes the difference between place and space" --El Mahdy Jr, 2015. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering. Pressed at Optimal.
$20.39 EAN: 5055869500982 ELECTRONIC
A1. [Untitled]
B1. [Untitled]
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VA: Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line BOOK/2CD (DTD 040CD)
Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line is the first in-depth look at the life of Ola Belle Reed, a groundbreaking artist and one of the all-time greatest performers of authentic, old-time music. Born to a musical family in the mountains of Ashe County, North Carolina, in 1913, Reed became a prolific songwriter and performer, known for her unique style of banjo playing and singing. Reed inspired many musicians throughout her life, eventually becoming one of the leading lights of the folk music revival and winning the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship; in 2015, 13 years after her death in 2002, her influence continues to reverberate. In January of 1966, folklore graduate student Henry Glassie made the first professional solo recordings of Ola Belle Reed, travelling from Philadelphia to the town of Oxford, Pennsylvania to see Reed, Alex Campbell, and the New River Boys and Girls play their exciting brand of Southern mountain music live, on the air, in the back of the Campbell's Corner general store. Over the next two years, Glassie -- who went on to become one of the United States' most celebrated folkorists, a distinguished professor, and a world-renowned scholar -- recorded Reed's extensive repertoire, while also chronicling the remarkable story of the migration of communities from the Blue Ridge Mountains toward the Mason-Dixon Line before WWII. In 2009, Maryland state folklorist Clifford Murphy struck out to discover whether this rich musical tradition still existed in the small Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania towns where it once flourished. Murphy, amazed by what he encountered, began making audio recordings to document the descendants of Ola Belle Reed's musical legacy. This first-ever release of Reed's 1960s recordings, which were deposited in Indiana University Bloomington's Archives of Traditional Music, is counter-balanced by a disc of Murphy's recordings of Reed's descendants and those within her Appalachian community whom she inspired. This deluxe edition, presented as a 256-page hardcover book with two CDs of remastered recordings, highlights Reed's deep repertoire -- folk ballads, minstrel songs, country standards, and originals -- and traces the impact that her music made and is still making today. This project is a co-production between Dust-to-Digital, Maryland State Arts Council, and Indiana University. Includes performances by Ola Belle Reed, Dave Reed, Alex Campbell, Hugh Campbell, Zane Campbell, Burton DeBusk, the DeBusk-Weaver Family, Burl Kilby, T.J. Lundy, John Miller, Danny Paisley, and Ryan Paisley.
$26.39 EAN: 9780981734279 ROCK
1.01. Ola Belle Reed - Uncloudy Day
1.02. Ola Belle Reed, Alex Campbell and John Miller - My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountain
1.03. Alex Campbell, Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby - Bringing in the Georgia Mail
1.04. Ola Belle Reed - Train 45
1.05. Ola Belle Reed - The Worried Man Blues
1.06. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby - The Worried Man Blues
1.07. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller - The Ranger's Command
1.08. Ola Belle Reed, John Miller and Burl Kilby - Big Kid's Barroom
1.09. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby - The Miller's Will
1.10. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby - Black Jack Davy
1.11. Ola Belle Reed, Alex Campbell and John Miller - John Hardy
1.12. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller - Single Girl
1.13. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby - Kitty Wells
1.14. Ola Belle Reed, John Miller and Burl Kilby - The Orphan Girl
1.15. Ola Belle Reed and Burl Kilby - I've Always Been a Rambler
1.16. Ola Belle Reed - Undone in Sorrow
1.17. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller - You Led Me to the Wrong
1.18. Ola Belle Reed - Absalom My Son, My Son
1.19. Ola Belle Reed and John Miller - Amazing Grace
1.20. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller - Six Feet of Earth
1.21. Ola Belle Reed - All the Dark Places
1.22. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller - I'm Going Through
1.23. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller - I've Endured
1.24. Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby and John Miller - I've Endured
2.01. Hugh Campbell - Undone in Sorrow
2.02. Dave Reed - Plucking the Strings
2.03. T.J. Lundy, Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley - Cherokee Shuffle
2.04. Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy - I'm Longing for a Love I'll Never Know
2.05. Burl Kilby - Sally Goodin
2.06. Hugh Campbell - Story of Tom Moore, the Gravedigger
2.07. Hugh Campbell - Footprints Left Below
2.08. DeBusk-Weaver Family - Leave It There
2.09. DeBusk-Weaver Family with Dave Reed - Six Hours on the Cross
2.10. Dave Reed - John Hardy
2.11. Zane Campbell - Cherokee Eyes
2.12. Burl Kilby - High on a Mountain
2.13. Hugh Campbell - Fiddle on the Wall
2.14. T.J. Lundy, Ryan Paisley, Danny Paisley - Rachel
2.15. Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy - The Old Swinging Bridge
2.16. Dave Reed - John Hardy/John Henry
2.17. Zane and Hugh Campbell - Stolen Love
2.18. Burton DeBusk - The Buzzard and the Monkey
2.19. Burton DeBusk - The Pussycat and the Bulldog
2.20. Dave Reed - Preacher and the Bear
2.21. Burl Kilby - Turkey in the Straw
2.22. T.J. Lundy, Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley - Ryestraw
2.23. Hugh Campbell, Dave Reed - The Butcher Boy
2.24. Dave Reed - Simple Man
2.25. Dave Reed - 1,000 Light Years Away
2.26. DeBusk-Weaver Family with Hugh Campbell - I Feel Like Traveling On
2.27. Danny Paisley, T.J. Lundy, Ryan Paisley - New River Train
2.28. Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy, Danny Paisley - Salt Creek
2.29. Burl Kilby - Cumberland Gap
2.30. Hugh Campbell - Boxes Full of Memories
2.31. Hugh Campbell - Father, Listen
2.32. Danny Paisley, Ryan Paisley, T.J. Lundy - My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
2.33. Zane Campbell - Family Graveyard
2.34. Zane and Hugh Campbell, Dave Reed, the DeBusk-Weaver Family - Over in the Gloryland
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VA: Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 Book/5CD/DVD (DTD 043CD)
Folksongs of Another America is a compilation of field recordings made in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin between 1937 and 1946. Armed with bulky microphones, blank disks, spare needles, and cumbersome disc-cutting machines, several folklorists had the foresight to document and preserve a significant but overlooked part of the nation's musical heritage, made by immigrant, Native American, rural, and working-class performers. Almost all of these restored dance tunes, ballads, lyric songs, hymns, laments, versified taunts, political anthems, street cries, and recitations are issued here for the very first time. This five-CD set is filled with African-American, Austrian, Belgian, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French-Canadian, German, Ho-Chunk, Icelandic, Lithuanian, Irish, Italian, Luxembourger, Norwegian, Ojibwe, Oneida, Polish, Scots-Gaelic, Serbian, Swedish, Swiss, and Welsh performers, recorded by Sidney Robertson, Alan Lomax, and Helene Stratman-Thomas. The bonus DVD includes the documentary film The Most Fertile Source: Alan Lomax Goes North, with never-before-seen footage shot in Michigan in 1938. It combines digitally restored silent color film footage, related field recordings, voice-over readings from Lomax's correspondence and field notes, and onscreen text to create an audiovisual narrative featuring the performers and scenes that captivated Alan Lomax during his 1938 Upper Midwestern foray. The accompanying 456-page hardcover book includes extensive liner notes, lyric transcriptions, and translations by James P. Leary, co-founder of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This project is a co-production between Dust-to-Digital and the University of Wisconsin Press in collaboration with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and the Association of Cultural Equity/Alan Lomax Archive.
$40.00 EAN: 9780299301507 ROCK
CD 1: Pigtown Fling: The Sidney Robertson Recordings
French-Canadian:
01. Leizime Brusoe - Fisher's Hornpipe
02. Leizime Brusoe - Pigtown Fling
03. Leizime Brusoe - Lancer's in Five Parts
Lumberjacks and Farmers:
04. Robert Walker - Lost Jimmie Whalen
05. Warde Ford - Little Brown Bulls
06. Warde Ford - Crandon
07. Warde Ford and Art Ford - I'd Rather Be a Nigger than a Poor White Man
08. Charles Spencer - Mighty Adley-ca-budley-fatley-ca-ham-shaw
09. Charles Spencer - Locks and Bolts
10. Clyde Spencer and Harry Fannin - The Sinking of the Titanic
Scots-Gaelic:
11. John H. Matheson - A Mhàiri bhàn òg/O Fair Mary
12. John H. Matheson - Stocainnean daoimean/Diamond-Patterned Socks
13. John H. Matheson - Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis
14. John H. Matheson - Gabhaidh sinn a' rathad mòr/We Will Take the High Road
Serbian:
15. The Balkan Troubadours (Dan Radakovich, Nick Mitrovich, Lubo Mitrovich, Bob Rajacich, and George Rajacich) - Alaj Gigi
16. The Balkan Troubadours (Dan Radakovich, Nick Mitrovich, Lubo Mitrovich, Bob Rajacich, and George Rajacich) - Angelina vodu lije/Angelina Is Pouring Water
Finnish:
17. Cecilia Kuitunen - Charm for Hiccups
18. Anna Leino - Charm for Toothache
19. Olga Simi and Sue Simi - Pium, paum
20. Matti Simi and Sue Simi - Vilho ja Pertta/Vilho and Bertta
21. Matti Perala - Heramäen pukki/Old Man's Goat
22. Josefiina Perala - Kataja/The Juniper
23. Otto Sarkipato - Lähtetään pojat nyt soutelemaan/Boys, Let's Go Rowing
24. Otto Sarkipato - Keskellä lahtea/In the Middle of the Bay
25. Maria Heino - Laurilan Aleksin harmoonipeli/Laurila Aleksi's Accordion
26. Maria Heino - Ei kukaan puhu puolestani/No One Speaks on My Behalf
27. Maria Heino - Eikä ne haavan lehdet lakkaa/Never Cease the Aspen Leaves
28. Maria Heino - Istuta, tyttö/Plant, O Girl
CD 2: The River In The Pines: The Wisconsin Lumberjacks Recordings
01. Earl Schwartztrauber and Ray Calkins - Fred Sargent's Shanty Song
02. Otto Rindlisbacher - Hounds in the Woods
03. Ray Calkins and unknown percussion player - Shantyboy Tune (Kväsarvalsen)
04. Iva Kundert Rindlisbacher - The River in the Pines
05. Sven "Shantyman" Svenson (Otto Rindlisbacher) - Dinner Horn Solo
06. Otto Rindlisbacher and Ray Calkins - Soldier's Joy
07. Frank Uchytil with Otto Rindlisbacher and Iva Kundert Rindlisbacher - The River in the Pines
08. Otto Rindlisbacher and John Giezendanner - Woods Holler; Hoot Owl Holler
09. Otto Rindlisbacher, Iva Kundert Rindlisbacher, Ray Calkins, Frank Uchytil, Earl Schwartztrauber, and John Giezendanner - Medley: Die lustigen Holzhackerbuab'n/The Jolly Lumberjack; Fred Sargent's Shanty Song; Schuhplattler
10. Sven "Shantyman" Svenson (Otto Rindlisbacher) - Cow Horn Solo
11. Sven "Shantyman" Svenson (Otto Rindlisbacher) - Lumberjack Story; Swedish Dialect Story
12. Sven "Shantyman" Svenson (Otto Rindlisbacher), Iva Kundert Rindlisbacher, Ray Calkins, and Frank Uchytil - Kväsarvalsen/Swagger Waltz
13. Otto Rindlisbacher - Rippling Brook
14. Iva Kundert Rindlisbacher, Otto Rindlisbacher, and unknown pianist - Saeterjenten's sontag/Herdsgirl's Sunday
15. Ray Calkins - Styrmans vals/Pilot's Waltz
16. Peter H. Plante - Rolling the Logs; French Dialect Story
17. Frank Uchytil - Marie Patin
18. Otto Rindlisbacher and Ray Calkins - Turkey in the Hay
19. Otto Rindlisbacher and Ray Calkins - Woodchopper's Jig
20. Otto Rindlisbacher - Gamle reinlander/Old Reinlander
21. Otto Rindlisbacher and John Giezendanner - Yodeling
22. Otto Rindlisbacher - Sørland springar'n
CD 3: Harps and Accordions: The Alan Lomax Recordings
Ojibwe:
01. Alan Lomax Introduction to Joe Cloud
02. Joe Cloud - Red River Jig
03. Joe Cloud - Squaw Dance
04. Joe Cloud and Clarence Cloud - White River Two-Step
French-Canadian:
05. Edward King - Le Jour de l'an/New Year's Day
06. Edward King - Ida Goyette, no. 1
07. John Cadeau with Ed Cadeau, Adelore Vizina, and probably Joe Miron, Mose Bellaire, and Edward King - Non que j'aime donc que la boisson/No, So I Don't Love Anything but the Drink
08. Fred Carrière - La fille du roi/The King's Daughter; Le mariage anglaise/The English Marriage
09. Exilia Bellaire - I Went to Marquette
10. Fred Carrière - Pretty Polly; Those Western Shores
Lumberjacks:
11. Bill McBride - No Sir
12. Bert Graham - Joe Williams
13. Unidentified man - Torch Lake
14. Lester Wells - Traverse City
15. Nils Larsen - Yulia and Olaf
16. Lester Wells - Long Barney
17. Adolphus Delmas - Hayfoot, Strawfoot
18. Ed Thrasher - Shoot the Cat
Lithuanian:
19. Charles Ketvirtis - Russian Gigue
20. Charles Ketvirtis - Buffalo Gals
21. Charles Ketvirtis - Mother Song
German:
22. Herman Meyers - Was war an diesem Baum?/What's on This Tree?
Polish:
23. Edwina Lewandowski and Stephanie Lewandowski - Chodźcie gaski moje/Come My Little Geese
24. Felix Kania - Wedding March
25. Tony Strzelecki and possibly Tony Wasylk - Irish Washerwoman
26. Tony Strzelecki - Polish Polka
27. Adolph Romel and Sylvester Romel - W zelaznej fabryce/In the Steel Mill
28. Tony Strzelecki and possibly Tony Wasylk - Turkey in the Straw
29. Felix Kania - Czerwono posiadło, a zielono zniszło/Red When It Was Planted, Green When It Bloomed
30. Edwina Lewandowski and Stephanie Lewandowski - Goldmine in the Sky
Finnish:
31. Yalmer Forster - Kulkurin valssi/Vagabond Waltz
32. Amanda Härkönen - Kaurapellon pientareella kasvoi kaunis kukka/On the Side of an Oat Field Grew a Beautiful Flower
33. Aapo Juhani - Juliana
34. Henry Mahoski - Kauhavan Polka
35. Selma Elona Halinen - Pikkulintu erämaassa lauleleepi suruissana/A Little Bird in the Desert Sings Sadly
36. Frank Maki - Meripojan laulu/Sailor's Song
37. Amanda Härkönen - Oli mulla ennen punaset posket/I Used to Have Red Cheeks
38. Kalle Kallio - Kuule sinä Hiltu kun laulelen/Listen Hiltu When I Am Singing
39. Wäinö Hirvelä - Kylläpä kai/I Guess So
40. Kusti Similä - Yli kymmenen vuotta Korpiinissa oli jo asuttu/Ten Years We've Lived in Corbin
41. Lillian Aho - Oi Herra, jos mä matkamies maan/Oh Lord, if I, a Wanderer of the Earth
42. Pekka Aho and Lillian Aho - Mun kanteleeni kauniimmin/My Kantele Will Sound More Beautiful
43. Emil Maki - Suun kloorin kloorin halleluuja!/Oh Glory, Glory Hallelujah!
CD 4: When the Dance Is Over: The Helene Stratman-Thomas Recordings, Part One
Ho-Chunk:
01. Stella Stacy and Henry Thunder - Flute Song
02. Winslow White Eagle - War Dance
Oneida:
03. Wallace Smith and Albert Webster - Tsyatkatho
Pan-Indian:
04. Margaret "Laughing Eyes" Edaakie (Eagle) and Phyllis Lewis - 49 Song
French-Canadian
05. Leizime Brusoe, Robert McClain, Walter Wyss, and Emery Olsen - Good for the Tongue
06. Ernest Joseph Belisle - Je ne veux pas d'un avocat/I Do Not Want a Lawyer
07. Charles Cardinal - How They Sang the Marseillaise in Chippytown Falls
08. Mary Agnes Starr - Michaud
09. Marie Donalda Lagrandeur - Bonsoir, mes amis/Good Night, My Friends
Belgian (Walloon):
10. Alfred Vandertie - I Went to Market
11. Alfred Vandertie - C'est l'café/It's the Coffee (The Kermiss Song)
12. Emile Boulanger - Dance Tune
Cornish:
13. John Persons - Cornish Story
Welsh:
14. William Reese and Selina Phillips - Cawn esgyn o'r/Paradise
15. Dr. Daniel W. Wickham - My Welsh Relation
16. Hugh P. Jones - Y mochyn du/The Black Pig
17. John Williams and chorus - Siani bach/Dearest Sian
African-American:
18. Lillie Greene Richmond - Hide Thou Me
19. Lillie Greene Richmond - Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane
20. Lillie Greene Richmond - One More River
Anglo-American:
21. Preston Willis - Chase the Buffalo
22. Hamilton Lobdell - Barker's Call
23. Pearl Jacobs Borusky - My Old Hen's a Good Old Hen
24. Pearl Jacobs Borusky - Last Saturday Night I Entered a House
25. Charles Dietz - Did You Ever See the Devil?
26. Charles Dietz - Three Dishes and Six Questions
Lumberjack and Irish-American:
27. Emery DeNoyer - Snow Deer
28. Emery DeNoyer - Shantyman's Life
29. Emery DeNoyer - Irish Jubilee
30. John Muench with Ralph Weide - Irish Washerwoman
31. Noble Brown - Oh, It's Nine Years Ago I Was Diggin' in the Land
32. Robert Walker - McNamar' from County Clare
33. Charles Robinson - Fond du Lac Jail
34. Lewis Winfield - Moody Alphabet Song
35. Bill Neupert - Red Light Saloon
36. John Christian - Red Light Saloon
37. Bessie Gordon - Gambler's Blues
CD 5: My Father Was a Dutchman: The Helene Stratman-Thomas Recordings, Part Two
German and Austrian:
01. Noble Brown - My Father Was a Dutchman
02. Richard Taschek with Laura Zenz and Louis Taschek - Die Deutschmeister/The German Master [Regiment]
03. Hans Huber - Wiener Fiakerlied/Viennese Coachman's Song
04. Ella Mittelstadt Fischer - Wir sitzen so fröhlich beisamen/We Sit So Merrily Together
05. Charles Robinson - Sockery's Cat
06. Martha Steinbach - An einem Fluss daraus an Schuss/By a Rapidly Flowing River
Swiss:
07. Albert Mueller - Landjäger/Gamekeeper
08. John Giezendanner with Albert Giezendanner - Echo Yodel
09. Otto Rindlisbacher - Ländler
Luxemburger:
10. Jacob C. Becker - Onse gescht fu Chicago/Our Guests from Chicago
Dutch:
11. Rika Tuinstra Enhoff - Schaarensliep!/Knife Grinder!
12. Marvin Fennema - Bokkie/Billy Goat
13. Anna C. Gysbers Scholten - Moeder, moeder de beer ist los/Mother, Mother, the Bear Is Loose
14. Mary Tillema Smedema - Epitaph
15. Dick Kok - Wiene Wederslweh bloed volksrang/Blood of Netherland Flows; Vlaggelied/Flag Song
16. Henry Kempers - Daisy, Daisy
Italian:
17. Thomas St. Angelo, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose DeGidio, and Michael Ranallo - L'America è tanto bella/America Is Most Beautiful
18. Irene Ruffolo - Sona la mezzanotte/It Is Midnight
19. Joseph Accardi - Tiki-ti, Tiki-ta!
Croatian:
20. Charles Elias Jr. - Introduction to Tamburitza Instruments
21. The Elias Tamburitzans (Charles Elias Jr., Ann Elias, Martha Elias, and Mary Filipovich) - Medley: Da nije ljubavi nebi svjeta bilo/If Not for Lovers There Would Be No World; Vinca ca/Wine, Wine
Czech:
22. Charles Pelnar, John Pelnar, Bill Slatky, and Louis Kasal - Svestková alej/Prune Song
23. The Yuba Bohemian Band (Otto Stanek, Wencil Stanek, George McGilvery, William Tydrich, Anton Stanek, Nick Rott, Martin Rott, and Alfred Stanek) - Popelka polka/Cinderella Polka
24. Emily Bauer McClure and Mayme Bauer Doser - Pod nasima okny/Underneath Our Windows
25. Emily Bauer McClure and Mayme Bauer Doser - Kdyz jsem sel cestičkou úzkou/As I Walked That Narrow Path
26. Albert Wachuta - Voják od Prairie du Chien/Soldier from Prairie du Chien
Polish:
27. John Ciezczak - Zbojniki/Bandits' Dance
28. John Ciezczak - In the Style of Sabała
29. Bernice Bartosz - Matuś moja, matuś/Mommy, My Mommy
30. Bernice Bartosz - Miałeś czapkę/Hat with Peacock Feathers
31. Adam Bartosz - Zajumiały bory/The Forests Roared
32. Stasia Pokora - A witajże/Oh Hello
Lithuanian:
33. The Lithuanian Group from the Church of the Immaculate Conception (John Abromaitis, John Aldakauskas, Lucia Aldakauskas, Mary Aldakauskas, Ruth Baranoucky, Ann Belekevich, Edward Girdaukas, Alexander F. Skeris, Stella Skeris, Agnes Zupancich) - Subatos vakarėli/Saturday Night I Saddled My Black Horse
Finnish:
34. Jalmar Nukala and Mamie Wirtanen Nukala - Tula tullallaa, posket pullalla/Cheeks Full of Pulla
Swedish:
35. Abel Jotblad - Flickan på Bellmansro/The Girl at Bellmansro
36. Charles O. Lindberg - Luffarevisa/Hobo Song
37. Ruth Johnson Olson and Alice Johnson Carlson - Julen är inne/Christmas Is Here
Danish:
38. Kamma Grumstrup - Fra fjerne lande kom hun dronning Dagmar/From Far Lands Came Queen Dagmar
Norwegian:
39. Otto Rindlisbacher - Fannitullen/Devil on the Wine Keg
40. Alice Everson - Kom kjyra/Come Cows
41. Britha Lothe and Hannah Haug - Her er det land/This Is the Land
42. Hans Waag - Gamle mor/Old Mother
43. The Psalmodikon Quartet (Elsie Thompson, Emily Thompson Flugstad, Nora Thompson Brickson, and Bertha Larson) - Yderst mod norden/Far in the North
Icelandic:
44. Sigurline Bjarnarson and Christine Gudmundsen - Ólafur reið með björgum fram/Olafur Rode Beneath the Cliffs
DVD: The Most Fertile Source: Alan Lomax Goes North
01. The Wisconsin Lumberjacks: From Rice Lake and Ladysmith
02. In August and September 1938, Folklorist Alan Lomax Traveled Michigan Recording "a Thousand Songs" for the Library of Congress
03. Serbs: Detroit Area
04. Croatians: Copper Country (The Floriani Tamburitza Group)
05. French Canadians: Baraga
06. Finns: Upper Peninsula
07. "Enough Material for Years of Work"
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VA: Light Wave: Today & Tomorrow CD (EM 1137CD)
This compilation is a sweet snapshot of a sophisticated sector of young Japanese pop music circa 2014. Originally released as a series of web-only EPs on Dai Ogasawara's Ano(t)raks label, Light Wave features artists born in the 1990s who have been strongly influenced by the melodic, sophisticated Japanese "city pop" music of the '70s and '80s, as exemplified by such revered names as Tatsuro Yamashita, Yumi Arai, and Tin Pan Alley. These musicians also draw inspiration from the "shibuya style" pop of the '90s, including artists like Pizzicato Five and Cornelius. But whereas these earlier artists were living in boom times and recording in luxurious studios financed by major record companies, these young artists have been born into a glum economic era with a decimated recording industry. Nevertheless, through the magic of sheer willpower and surprisingly assured musical and self-production skills, they make joyous, lighthearted, and refreshingly refined pop music. With strong melodies and inspired arrangements, this fresh new wave of city pop is perfect summer music, all year round. Remastered to EM Records' exacting standards, this collection showcases a promising generation of pure pop music in Japan. Includes 20-page booklet with liner notes by Ryohei Matsunaga, lyrics, artist bios, and English translations. Includes tracks by Hesonosuke, Miho Tsujibayashi, Shin Rizumu featuring Sodapop, rizumu & ikkubaru, and Sodapop (including a track featuring Yuriko Ohno). CD also includes a track by Umanosora and an extra track by Hesonosuke. LP (EM 1137LP) also includes a track by Like This Parade.
$14.39 EAN: 4560283211372 ROCK
CD:
01. Hesonosuke - PMS
02. Miho Tsujibayashi - Paranoia
03. Shin Rizumu - Fushigi na Ame (feat. Sodapop)
04. Hesonosuke - Last Train Escape
05. rizumu & ikkubaru - love sunset
06. Sodapop - Beach Tennis
07. Miho Tsujibayashi - You Know...
08. Umanosora - Watashi no Moratoriamu *
09. Sodapop - Hodoketa Te Wo Yu
10. Hesonosuke - Samuine *
11. Sodapop - Kikai Darake no Machi (feat. Yuriko Ohno)
* CD-only
LP:
A1. rizumu & ikkubaru - love sunset
A2. Sodapop - Beach Tennis
A3. Miho Tsujibayashi - You Know...
A4. Sodapop - Kikai Darake no Machi (feat. Yuriko Ohno)
A5. Like This Parade - Shinen ni Tsuite +
B1. Hesonosuke - PMS
B2. Miho Tsujibayashi - Paranoia
B3. Shin Rizumu - Fushigi na Ame (feat. Sodapop)
B4. Hesonosuke - Last Train Escape
B5. Sodapop - Hodoketa Te Wo Yu
+ LP-only
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VA: Light Wave: Today & Tomorrow LP (EM 1137LP)
LP version. Includes insert.
$15.79 EAN: 4560283217374 ROCK
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FRANK HURRICANE: Fuck wit It High: A Mystical Gangsta's Reflection Vol. 1 (Pympstrumental) LP (FTR 197LP)
"In a world with nothing to love, you can't love anything that's of this world. You need something holy. Better yet, you need something holy and spiritual. EVEN better would be something holy and spiritual that fights for righteousness instead of destruction. Well, your fuckin' troubles are over, dude -- the Holy Spiritual Gangsta Frank Hurricane is back! There are parts of this new Frank Hurricane record that sound like perhaps he actually built a shirt from one of those 'rap music' Casio keyboards and then had baby elephants squeeze him between two waterbeds with his arms outstretched so he could tap out melodies. Frank moves through the murk of this lo-fi paradise with ease and, most importantly, space. This record's got air in it, the tones blow together like the leaves of a tree that sprouts degraded VHS tapes instead of fruit. It's recorded in a way that calls to mind cheap cassettes and British bedrooms in the early 1980s. But it's here and now. You could excerpt bits from this record and sneak them onto a Snatch Tapes compilation and no one would bat an eye. But this is Frank Hurricane, the guy who raps about pizza and tells outrageous stories about his travels while he warms up for a song about mountains, using the word 'psychedelic' as freely and as tonally as Miles Davis used the word 'motherfucker.' There's always been something to Frank that hints at hidden depths in his persona -- he operates with a wink and a smile but with simultaneous earnestness, and if you're not tuned in, his subtleties could whiz right past you. What he's doing here isn't out of character at all, it's an embrace of the twinkling possibility of low fidelity to teach lessons about cosmic potential, and Frank's interests are nothing if not geared toward cosmic potential. Last I checked, Bill Hicks once said this: 'It doesn't matter because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money -- a choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, buy guns, and close yourself off. The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one.' What side do you think Frank Hurricane is on?" --Matt Krefting, Holyoke, MA, 2015
$12.39 UPC: 019962201028 HIPHOP
A1. [Untitled]
B1. [Untitled]
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NAUTIL: Canopée 12" (FUR 052EP)
Parisian artist Nautil is a music student specializing in acoustics, signal processing, and informatics. His debut single, Canopée, uses analog synths, sampling, and personal recordings to emphasize the geometry of nature and music. "Canopée" is a cavernous, pulsing, low-frequency techno colossus destined to hypnotize dark warehouse spaces. "Galdae" is a propulsive technoid tweaker, while "Mue" is designed for head-rolling after hours with mesmeric synth drones suspended over a brain-melting sub-bass pulse.
$9.79 UPC: 827170606364 ELECTRONIC
A1. Canopée (9:16)
B1. Galdae (6:31)
B2. Mue (6:31)
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HOWIESON, MOSAM: Spirals 12" (FUR 056EP)
The debut release from Melbourne, Australia-based Mosam Howieson opens with "Spiral 7," a pensive, evolving, slow-motion deep techno voyage across rolling waves of exhausted dancers. "Spiral 4" dives beneath the surface with broken submarine bleeps and acoustic depth charges before "Spiral 3" finally drops anchor into a bottomless ocean of downbeat pulses.
$9.79 UPC: 827170606463 ELECTRONIC
A1. Spiral 7 (10:45)
B1. Spiral 4 (6:01)
B2. Spiral 3 (8:22)
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ORION: The Tribe Out There EP 12" (GKNSTR 007-15EP)
Deep, hypnotic techno. Vinyl-only; get your copy!
$8.99 UPC: 880319719516 ELECTRONIC
01. Prometheus
02. Patos
03. Odyssee (Prequel)
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VALENTINE, MATT "MV": Midden Mound 2LP (ROWF 051LP)
A massive, expansive work by Matt "MV" Valentine, featuring a host of guest performers, including Erika Elder, J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Jeremy Earl (Woods, Woodsist), P.G. Six, and Michael Flower. An 11-track combination of sprawling jams including the incredible Rudy Rucker-inspired "Freeware" and other beautiful songs across two slabs of wax. A truly wondrous, sun-blinded summer stoner record that throws its sandals in the duffel bag, lets the sand slip through its toes, and tramps off in the direction of a mirage of a gigantic effigy of Ganesh. Double LP pressed on 180-gram vinyl and housed in a stunning, super-heavyweight, UV-coated gatefold jacket with enormous poster insert. Absolute must-have and Golden Lab's personal record of the year. Do not miss!
$41.00 EAN: 5060366782090 ROCK
A1. Unity
A2. Virtual
A3. Near Yr Zone
A4. Spirit
B1. Freeware
B2. Free Again
C1. The Beater
C2. Jeremiah Red
C3. Now
D1. Shine a Ton
D2. Black Sun
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HANCOCK & THE HEADHUNTERS, HERBIE: Omaha Civic Auditorium 17th November 1975 2LP (HH 002LP)
This superlative set at The Omaha Civic Auditorium, November 17th, 1975, was taped for FM broadcast soon after the release of Herbie Hancock's groundbreaking 1975 Man-Child album, and finds the great keyboardist backed by the awesomely tight combo of DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight (guitar), Bennie Maupin (reeds), Paul Jackson (bass), Bill Summers (percussion), and Michael Clarke (drums). This selection of Hancock's finest tracks includes his early classic "Watermelon Man," and is offered here in its complete form as originally broadcast, with remastered sound, background notes, and rare images. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Includes insert.
$22.39 EAN: 5297961900226 JAZZ
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RETURN TO FOREVER: Electric Lady Studio, NYC, June 1975 LP (HH 003LP)
Return to Forever are firmly established as one of the most important fusion bands in history. Featuring the classic line-up of Chick Corea (keyboards and synthesizer), Al DiMeola (guitar), Stanley Clarke (bass), and Lenny White (drums), this remarkable set was taped in the summer of 1975 for FM radio broadcast to promote their classic No Mystery album, and is presented here in its entirety, with remastered sound, background notes, and rare images. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl; includes insert.
$15.79 EAN: 5297961900325 JAZZ
A1. Band Intros
A2. Dayride
A3. Beyond the 7th Ga1axy
A4. The Shadow of Lo
A5. No Mystery
A6. Vulcan Worlds (Fade)
B1. Vulcan Worlds
B2. Celebration Suite
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ENHET FOR FRI MUSIK: Dokument 1: Improvisationer och Bandmusik för Vilt Dansande Själar LP (HOL 076LP)
Arisen from the always-surprising Swedish underground (or undergrowth), Enhet för Fri Musik -- featuring members of Sewer Election, Ättestupa, Neutral, Makthaverskan, and Blod -- gathered in the woods and recorded this music to make all wild souls dance. A real gem. Folk unit mixed with tape music. Loose thin line between composed and improvised, or, as member Dan Johansson defines it, "quite sparse outsider anti-music." The Enhet starts where Ättestupa left off. Strictly limited to 150 copies, then on to Dokument 2.
$17.79 UPC: 769791909908 ROCK
A1. På väg hem...
A2. Improvisation
A3. Vaggvisa
A4. Det lilla som finns kvar inom oss
A5. Jorden
A6. Den stig vi vandrar på
B1. Nattfjäril
B2. Vilsen
B3. Mot en strålande framtid...
B4. Gnagande känsla
B5. Häng svinen högt
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GIANNI GIUBLENA ROSACROCE: Musica da Camera Oscura LP (HOL 080LP)
Gianni Giublena Rosacroce is the solo project of Stefano Isaia (Movie Star Junkies, La Piramide di Sangue), created with the intention of sonically exploring the Middle-Eastern shores of the Mediterranean. After two tape releases and a split 12", here's the debut long-player, recorded between home and the mountains with the help of Galilea Mallol between 2013 and 2014 and featuring companions Reverend F. Murphy and Mai Mai Mai on the side-long track "Compendium Maleficarum." A caravan of percussion -- lead by the haunting sound of the clarinet -- wandering and dancing between the stands of a crowded market. Edition of 250.
$17.79 UPC: 769791909915 ROCK
A1. Compendium Maleficarum I
A2. Compendium Maleficarum II
B1. Rosa dei venti
B2. Gihon
B3. Pomba Gira
B4. Xpress Bontempi Kerosene
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KONSTRUKT & AKIRA SAKATA: Kaishi: Live at Kargart 2LP (HOL 085LP)
Another chapter in the ongoing series of live recordings of the Turkish quartet Konstrukt, this time teaming up with saxophonist Akira Sakata, a key figure of the Japanese free jazz movement since the 1970s. Recorded at kargART in Istanbul on January 17th, 2015, this 70-minute long jam is one of the band's most psychedelic to date, with Sakata's growling shōmyō-like chant finding the perfect setting -- like a snake charmer -- in a jungle of constantly reinvented sound. Edition of 200.
$24.39 UPC: 769791909922 JAZZ
A1. Part I
B1. Part II
C1. Part III
D1. Part IV
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VA: Time Wept: Vocal Recordings from the Levant, 1906-1925 LP (HJR 112LP)
Stunningly beautiful, poignant music from Bilād al-Shām -- "the countries of Damascus," known nowadays as Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine -- including performances from the very first recording sessions in the region. The legendary, moody Beirut singer Būlus Ṣulbān is here -- some historians have him singing before Egypt's Pasha Ibrāhīm Bāshā during his military campaign in Syria, in 1841 -- and Ḥasība Moshēh, Jewish "nightingale of the Damascene gardens." Thurayyā Qaddūra from Jerusalem; Yūsuf Tāj, a folk singer from Mount Lebanon; Farjallāh Bayḍā, cousin to the founders of Baidaphon Records... Musical directors like the lutist Qāsim Abū Jamīl al-Durzī and the violinist Anṭūn al-Shawwā (followed by his son Sāmī); such virtuosi as the qanun-players Nakhleh Ilyās al-Maṭarjī and Ya'qūb Ghazāla, and lutist Salīm 'Awaḍ. Even at the time, notwithstanding such brilliance, public music-making was frowned upon as morally demeaning, especially for women. Musical venues were generally dodgy. Ṣulbān once cut short a wedding performance for the Beiruti posh, after just one song, he was so disgusted with the attitude of his audience. "If I had to tell you about the catcalls," one commentator wrote about musical theater in Beirut, "the stomping of feet, the sound of sticks hitting the ground, the noise of the water-pipes, the teeth cracking watermelon seeds and pistachio nuts, the screams of the waiters, and the clinking of arak glasses on the tables, I would need to go on and on and on..." Also includes tracks by Aḥmad al-Shaykh, Na'īm Sem'ān, Ḥikmat Ḥajjār, Bāsīl Ḥajjār, Muḥyiddīn Ba'yūn, Muḥammad al-'Āshiq, Aḥmad al-Mīr, Iliās Shahwān, and Yūsuf al-Naḥḥāl.
$16.99 UPC: 769791909939 WORLD
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DUSTY KID: Not So Green Fields CD (ISOLA 005CD)
Dusty Kid follows his 2013 album III (ISOLA 001CD) with the astonishing Not So Green Fields, a magical journey that stands as his most human and mature work to date. Dusty Kid found his muse in his beloved island, Sardinia, around which he crafts a fantastical, heartfelt, moving narrative. "Not So Green Fields is a story that I've had inside of me for a while," says Dusty Kid. "It is the story of a visitor from a cold northern country who spends a two-week holiday on the island... I introduce him to the land where I was lucky enough to be born." The symphonic percussion and jungle voices of "We are the Troglodytes" precede the launeddas, an ancient Sardinian woodwind instrument, that appears on "Innu." "Fura Prana" floats between the desperate melody of a piano crying for freedom and epic sounds that recall '70s Jarre. On "Masua", the listener jumps into the Sea of Sardinia, following the melody of a sinuous voice from the depths. One voice becomes many, and they intertwine, majestic and psychedelic, to spring from the waters into the sky. At this point, this is no longer a dance album, but a work of pure '70s British progressive rock. The beat continues to slow for the moving "Durke," an uncommonly beautiful ballad that evolves around pop guitars, rock drums, and an emotional mantra sung in Sardinian. On "The Arsonist," which tackles the island's arson problem, dance music returns, but far from typical techno. The track delves into '90s trance, reminiscent of rave parties and the legendary Jam & Spoon. The pathos peaks with "Doa," an emotional, melancholic track drenched in spaghetti western magic to honor Dusty Kid's idol, Ennio Morricone. The cinematic postcard of "Gairo Vecchio 38 C" is an unexpected visit to an abandoned little town under the moon, with a delicate piano-and-trumpet duet over singing crickets. "Arvéschida" is 135 BPM of pure poetry that blends the most entrancing techno with the most lysergic trance. It's a flock of seagulls seen from a hang-glider, pure hedonistic and methamphetaminic emotion. Closer "Not So Green Fields" reflects Dusty Kid's passion for American folk music, in an ode to Sardinia, its warm summers, and its blue sky. Dusty Kid steps away from modern techno trends with mastery and confidence, exploring diverse territories in a powerfully cohesive album. Digipak CD includes 16-page booklet; limited to 1000 copies.
$11.99 EAN: 8021965990078 ELECTRONIC
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DUSTY KID: Not So Green Fields 2LP (ISOLA 005LP)
Gatefold double LP version with printed inner sleeves and inlay. Limited to 350 copies.
$17.79 EAN: 8021965990061 ELECTRONIC
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RYE RYE/BULLION: Keep Up/Did You Read U 12" (BEC 5161939)
Ryeisha Berrain aka Rye Rye began performing at 16. After her 2006 club hit with Blaqstarr, "Shake It to the Ground," she collaborated with Diplo, Robyn, Toddla T, M.I.A., and more. Here, she jumps on a spidery beat from mercurial West London producer and Deek Recordings founder Nathan Jenkins aka Bullion. With a slew of releases on One-Handed Music, Bullion drew the attention of Young Turks, with whom he released You Drive Me to Plastic in 2011 (YT 046CD/LP), before delivering 2012's hypnotic Say Arr Ee on R&S. This release precedes his mini-album Rooster, co-released by Greco-Roman and Deek.
$9.79 EAN: 5060281619396 ELECTRONIC
A1. Keep Up
B1. Did You Read U
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SMITH GROUP, PATTI: Jazz Workshop, Boston, January 9th 1976 2LP (KL 5012LP)
Patti Smith is an iconic and celebrated artist whose cultural standing in America remains resolute and heavily influential. In 1976, Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Ivan Kral, and Richard Sohl headed out on their first U.S. tour to promote the release of their debut album Horses, released only two months earlier in November 1975. Their legendary appearance at Boston's Jazz Workshop displays the trademark riotous atmosphere of New York's punk ethos with Smith's habitual expletives being hurled around before WBCN could pull the plug on a live broadcast. The crowd is hungry for danger and provocation from the rising star, who at one point comments "I don't know if we're still on air..." Luckily, she was and with continued excesses after their euphoric closer with Van Morrison's "Gloria," John Cale punctures the low ceiling of the Workshop stage with the neck of his guitar, prompting the end of the show and the end of the live broadcast. The complete broadcast is presented here in digitally remastered sound with background liners.
$22.39 EAN: 5291012501226 ROCK
A1. DJ (Maxanne Talks)
A2. Real Good Time Together
A3. Privilege
A4. Ain't It Strange
A5. Kimberley
B1. Redondo Beach
B2. Free Money
B3. Pale Blue Eyes
B4. Pumping
C1. Birdland
C2. My Mafia
D1. Land
D2. Time Is On My Side
D3. Gloria
D4. My Generation (with John Cale/DJ Maxanne)
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SUN RA & HIS MYTH SCIENCE ARKESTRA: The Paris Tapes: Live at le Théâtre du Châtelet 1971 LP (KSAY 006N-LP)
2015 repress; originally released in 2010. Previously unreleased live recordings from the legendary 1971 performance at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France. The three stunning full-length tracks featured on this LP must have sounded incredible to the audience witnessing the Sun Ra Arkestra in full swing at such a time in France. No doubt this had a long-lasting effect on the city and its creative direction.
$10.99 EAN: 8717127020164 JAZZ
01. Space Is the Place
02. Somebody Else's Idea
03. Watusi
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CARMODY: Sleep on Mirrors - The 1981-1985 Tapes LP (MNQ 062LP)
As earlier compilations of "danza meccanica" have made clear, Italy gave birth to a disproportionate number of synthpop, new wave, and electronic acts in the 1980s. Mannequin goes deeper into the Italian new wave with a killer ten-track selection of Carmody. Taking their name from Robert Sheckley's 1968 science fiction novel Dimension of Miracles, Carmody came from Torino, alongside contemporaries Monuments and Chromagain. They began as the duo of Alberto Ramella and Andrea Lesmo before expanding to a trio, with Max Casacci on guitar. They recorded from 1981 to 1985 and issued three incredibly rare demo tapes. Sleep on Mirrors compiles the best tracks from those tapes, highlighting some of the most peculiar minimal synth music to come out of Italy in the 1980s. Mastered by Rude 66. Graphic design by Alessandro Adriani. Edition of 400.
$14.39 UPC: 769791909892 ELECTRONIC
A1. Messengers of Love
A2. Most of You
A3. As We Down
A4. Ambiguos
A5. Psalm
B1. Long Breath
B2. Space Invaders
B3. Sleep on Mirrors
B4. Bones
B5. Time's Under
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TENSE: Disconnect Myself (Beau Wanzer Adjustment) 12" (MNQ 067EP)
In 2011, Chicago's Beau Wanzer reshaped the angry body-music of the now-defunct Houston duo //TENSE// into an eight-minute claustrophobic TR-909 workout with heavy synth basslines. The track never saw the light of the day on vinyl... until now. Imagine Wax Trax!-era sounds fused with Wanzer's notorious grit. Guaranteed to pummel. Edition of 300 on 160-gram single-sided black vinyl.
$10.39 UPC: 769791909885 ELECTRONIC
A1. Disconnect Myself (Beau Wanzer Adjustment)
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VA: PocketSymphonies LP (12BACH 003LP)
There was a time when ringtones were important. At first, they simply identified the few who actually owned cell phones, before the possibility emerged of distinguishing oneself by choosing a cool ringtone. In May 2014, the Doofe Musik (Stupid Music: Songs for Dreaming, Sedation and Forgetting) festival took place at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) in Berlin. As part of the HKW's Anthropocene Project, the festival focused on escapism and the special function of music when retreating from reality. HKW curator Detlef Diederichsen and Sound Studies Lab principal investigator Holger Schulze decided to focus not only on music that music-lovers usually hate -- e.g. Schlager music, easy listening, light jazz -- but also on ringtones. The audio logo of Deutsche Telekom has been part of Germany's mobile phone culture from the very beginning, so it acted as a starting point from which to question the usual conceptual understanding of ringtones. Using Christian Kellersmann's idea of the "Pocket Symphony," Diederichsen and Schulze invited ten artists to come up with adaptations of Telekom's audio logo. The results were performed for the first time during Stupid Music and once again in October 2014, when most of the recordings on this album were made. The short motif, as simple and unforgettable as it is, is ideal musical material. Everyone knows it; everyone has some sort of connection to it, and these ten different versions open up the most varied possibilities for associations. It is time to take the ringtone seriously again. As the most reduced yet most widely available form of music in the world, it contains enormous unrealized potential. Includes tracks by John Kameel Farah, Ana Maria Rodriguez, Zeitblom, Eliav Brand, Guido Möbius, Juliana Hodkinson, Alex Paulick, Ari Benjamin Meyers, Adi Gelbart, and Patric Catani.
$16.39 UPC: 880319624018 ELECTRONIC
01. John Kameel Farah - Fugue and Toccata on Hold
02. Ana Maria Rodriguez - Pocket Songs for Violoncello & Live Electronics
03. Zeitblom - ikon
04. Eliav Brand - Individual Stuff
05. Guido Möbius - Entertain Premium
06. Juliana Hodkinson - Ring a Ring
07. Alex Paulick - Jingle Bells
08. Ari Benjamin Meyers - Telekom II for 2 Baritone Saxophones
09. Adi Gelbart - Musical Offering Against Telecommunication for Magnetic Tape, Bass Clarinet and Electronics
10. Patric Catani - Baka Baka Dam
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FLAMMER, ERNST HELMUTH: Superverso per Organo 2CD (NEOS 10913-14CD)
Ernst Helmuth Flammer is one of the leading organ composers of our time. The connection between Flammer's superverso, performed here by Christoph Maria Moosmann, and Olivier Messiaen's great organ cycles is unmistakable, though the superverso is far more advanced in its musical design and language than Messiaen's work, only because it was composed considerably later. The superverso per organo, unlike Messiaen's great organ cycle Livre du Saint Sacrement, dispenses with specifically theological titles for its individual pieces in favor of musical and technical titles. But both share the grand design of the overall program. Trinitas on the one hand, and Sein und Zeit (Being and Time) on the other, as non-mythological, rational, natural, philosophical approaches that correlate faith, in the Cartesian sense, out of a superior creative authority that orders our world. Flammer was born in Heilbronn, Germany, in 1949. He studied mathematics and physics from 1969 until 1972; there followed studies in music theory with Peter Förtig from 1973 until 1979; and then musicology, art history, and philosophy with Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht in Freiburg from 1972 until 1980. He wrote his dissertation on Luigi Nono and Hans Werner Henze. He studied composition with Klaus Huber, Brian Ferneyhough, and Paul-Heinz Dittrich from 1976 onward.
$20.39 EAN: 4260063109133 CLASSICAL
1.01. I Genesis (4:52)
1.02. II Trio (3:10)
1.03. III et exclamavi (4:35)
1.04. IV Symphonie I (Halberg-Studie I) (12:11)
1.05. V Halberg-Studie II (3:40)
1.06. VI Halberg-Sudie III (3:42)
1.07. VII superverso für eine Kleinorgel (superversolino) (3:06)
1.08. VIII in media noctis (Clusterstudie) (7:08)
2.01. IX Farbenmusik (9:18)
2.02. X Toccata (5:51)
2.03. XI Bozzetto (11:13)
2.04. XII Symphonie II, Apokalypse/Finalis (19:33)
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CARTER/CHARLES IVES, ELLIOTT: Musica Viva 20 CD (NEOS 11420CD)
At the age of 85, Elliott Carter embarked upon the composition of a grand tripartite symphony, which has since become one of his undisputed masterworks. This CD contains the Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei (1993-'96) interpreted by one of the world's finest orchestras, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Emilio Pomàrico. Carter's music is marked by the constructive tendencies of European modernity as well as the great originality so typical for American composers. Appropriately, the CD program is completed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra's performance, conducted by Stefan Asbury, of an outstanding concert overture extremely rich in contrast, by the great maverick Charles Ives. During his high school days, Carter, who passed away in 2013 at the age of 103, received considerable encouragement from Ives.
$10.99 EAN: 4260063114205 CLASSICAL
Elliott Carter - Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei:
01. Partita (18:04)
02. Adagio Tenebroso (20:25)
03. Allegro Scorrevole (11:01)
04. Charles Ives - Robert Browning Overture (23:16)
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MITTERER/ISABEL MUNDRY, WOLFGANG: Musica Viva 21 CD (NEOS 11421CD)
Two extraordinary keyboard virtuosos are in the foreground these performances by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Peter Rundel and Emilio Pomàrico, respectively. Wolfgang Mitterer, born in East Tyrol in 1958, has made name for himself as both a composer and an organist. In this performance of his extensive composition Crush 1-5, he himself takes the role of the improvising soloist, who in a most virtuosic manner transcends the electronically extended orchestral part. The second virtuoso is internationally renowned pianist Nicolas Hodges, who has won particularly high regard in the contemporary music community. In this live recording he dedicates himself to the finely-carved soundscapes of Isabel Mundry's second piano concerto, Non-Places (2012). According to the composer, the concerto represents an attempt to musically capture the scenery of an airport, a strange non-place between bustling activity and the solitary state of waiting.
$10.99 EAN: 4260063114212 CLASSICAL
Wolfgang Mitterer - Crush 1-5:
01. Agitato (12:38)
02. Sospirando (7:48)
03. Attacca (4:39)
04. Con calore (5:29)
05. Rapido (13:15)
06. Isabel Mundry - Non-Places (25:57)
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LOPEZ, JORGE E.: Musica Viva 25 CD (NEOS 11425CD)
Jorge E. López was born in 1955 in Havana, Cuba, and grew up in New York City and Chicago beginning in 1960. From 1971 until 1976 López was a composition student of Leonard Stein and Morton Subotnick at the California Institute of the Arts. He designates himself as self-taught, with roots in Western art music but also in surrealism, science, and in the experience of unspoiled nature. He moved to Europe in 1990 and was a guest artist at the KKM from 2000 until 2003. He has lived in Vienna since 2008. "I have never identified myself with the term 'New Music,'" says López. "Rather, I was driven from the beginning by the idea of making the primordial present. I do not seek for the new, but seek rather for what is repressed. I do not believe in progress in art." With the title Symphonie Fleuve, López points to the idea of a direct flow of thoughts or stream of consciousness more or less seismographically transferred into music; at the same time, he also points to the "liquefied sound" of the solo horn that is intended to appear flexible in a way similar to that of the human voice. "The horn cries out and calls mostly brief words of an unknown language." Symphonie Nr. 3, Op. 24, also in two movements, was conceived by López as a "transformation of the morphology of Beethoven's C-minor Piano Sonata, Op. 111." Performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Peter Eötvös and Brad Lubman, conductors.
$10.99 EAN: 4260063114250 CLASSICAL
Symphonie Fleuve pour Cor et Orchestre, Op. 20:
01. I. No hay regresso (23:37)
02. II. Flectre si nequeo superos, acheronta movebo (7:48a)
Symphonie Nr. 3, Op. 24:
03. I. Langsam fließend - Allegro buio (16:14)
04. II. Poco adagio (15:07)
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FERNEYHOUGH, BRIAN: Complete Piano Works 2CD (NEOS 11501-2CD)
Brian Ferneyhough -- born in Coventry in 1943 and recipient of the prestigious Siemens Prize in 2007 -- counts among the great musical challengers of our time. As an unyielding proponent of a steady refinement of musical perception, he doesn't shy away from mind-boggling structural aggregations and extreme technical and artistic demands on his musicians. In doing so he enjoys the support of a handpicked group of virtuosos, who regularly perform his compositions all over the world. One of the most prominent among those is pianist Nicolas Hodges, who, together with his colleague and friend Rolf Hind, presents, for the first time, Ferneyhough's complete works for piano. Between 1965 and 2013, seven works for piano solo or piano duo emerged from the composer's studio, all of them destined to captivate the listener's attention with complex musical adventures.
$20.39 EAN: 4260063115011 CLASSICAL
1.01. Lemma-Icon-Epigram (13:48)
1.02. Quirl (15:47)
Opus Contra Naturam:
1.03. I (2:52)
1.04. II (Katabasis) (15:06)
1.05. III (Kataplexy) (3:37)
2.01. Invention (1965) (2:08)
Epigrams:
2.02. I (1:04)
2.03. II (0:55)
2.04. III (2:21)
2.05. IV (1:26)
2.06. V (1:27)
2.07. VI (1:31)
Three Pieces for Piano:
2.08. I (3:45)
2.09. II (9:52)
2.10. III (6:15)
2.11. Sonata for Two Pianos (15:37)
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KELTERBORN - MOSER - ROTH: Ensemble Works CD (NEOS 11506CD)
The three works presented on this CD, all composed for the Mondrian Ensemble, bear titles that suggest two programmatic works (by Roland Moser and Michel Roth) contrasted with a more abstract composition (by Rudolf Kelterborn). To what extent this kind of expectation -- based on what one sees in a name -- may impact one's listening experience largely depends on the perspectives that one brings to the individual work, however. Listening is never a neutral act. There is a growing gap between the new music industry, with its compulsive devotion to world premieres, and the established classical scene that primarily embraces music from Bach to Stravinsky. It is this kind of gap-repertoire to which the Mondrian Ensemble has been committed since 2000. Numerous composers have written works for the Mondrian Ensemble, which it has endeavored to keep in its repertoire beyond their first performances. These include Dieter Ammann's Gehörte Form -- Hommages (performed around 40 times) and works by Wanja Aloe, Jürg Frey, Rudolf Kelterborn, Detlev Müller-Siemens, Roland Moser, Felix Profos, Michel Roth, Martin Jaggi (the ensemble's long-time cellist), and many others.
$10.99 EAN: 4260063115066 CLASSICAL
Rudolf Kelterborn - Four Pieces for Four Players:
01. I (5:47)
02. II (5:02)
03. III (4:24)
04. IV (4:41)
Roland Moser - HALL - mit Gegenstimmen:
05. Einstimmung (2:45)
06. Nachtspaziergang (Hommage à Halldor Laxness) (3:24)
07. Fünf Steine (mit Nachklängen) (1:38)
08. Liedergestrüpp (Hommage à Snorri Sturluson) (6:51)
09. Ausklang (2:07)
Michel Roth - Mondrian-Zyklus:
10. erschöpfung (7:54)
11. verinnerung (18:14)
12. verrückung (...Boogie-Woogie) (11:37)
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VA: Cantique CD (NEOS 11510CD)
Cantique is the first CD in a three-part series dedicated to works inspired by Swiss painters. The project intends, in a subtle way, to expand the listener's horizon, as an invitation to a journey through an unknown land in which three composers whose respective aesthetics differ greatly -- Max Reger, Ernest Bloch, and Andreas Pflüger -- seem to observe and speak to each other. Cantique is the result of an artistic collaboration that began in 2013 between Swiss cellist Estelle Revaz and Orchestre Musique des Lumières, conducted by Facundo Agudin. The program has been performed on tour in Basel, Delémont, Geneva, and in La Chaux-de-Fonds, where the present recording was made by RTS SRF 2 Kultur and Neos. This document gives no answers, but rather encourages the listener to look through new lenses. Revaz, born in 1989, began her international career at an early age. After initial studies in her homeland, she studied with Jérôme Pernoo at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris. She then perfected her studies under the experienced guidance of world-famous soloist Maria Kliegel at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. Revaz has since received a series of major prizes, been supported by numerous foundations, and performed throughout Europe and South America. Facundo Agudin is an Argentine-Swiss conductor. He received his training in Buenos Aires, completed a post-graduate study program at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, and sang in the Swiss Chamber Choir under the direction of Claudio Abbado, Armin Jordan, Simon Rattle, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and Valery Gergiev. In 2007, Agudin was awarded the First Prize at the Colin Metters International Seminar. He is the artistic director of the Orchestre Musique des Lumières and guest conductor with the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in Argentina.
$10.99 EAN: 4260063115103 CLASSICAL
Max Reger - Vier Tondichtungen nach Arnold Böcklin, Op. 128:
01. I Der geigende Eremit (7:21)
02. II Im Spiel der Wellen (4:20)
03. Ernest Bloch - Schelomo (22:29)
Andreas Pflüger - Pitture:
04. I Confiture aux péchés (3:19)
05. II Skt.Adolf-Broggahr-Chatzli-Stok und Skt.Adolf-Krohn-Printzen (4:10)
06. III Amor am Liebesbrunnen (5:36)
07. IV In den langen Erlen (2:51)
08. V Insula Dulcamara (5:28)
09. VI La caduta della ballerina (2:55)
Max Reger - Vier Tondichtungen nach Arnold Böcklin, Op. 128:
10. III Die Toteninsel (7:38)
11. IV Bacchanal (4:46)
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BODY BOYS: No Face LP (OPAL 059LP)
The first release from the Body Boys since 2013's Growth Window (though they've been on a remix streak in 2014) sees the lads move their soft-skinned ambience into rhythm-focused territory. It's no total rewrite, but the palette seems more akin to the elegant stance of Dial, Latency, or Delsin's softer moments -- billowy, romantic, occasionally haunted texture enveloping low-end-centered drums. Tracks like "First Time" and "Nosebleed" come hotter and heavier, more over-driven and rampantly techno-focused, while "Alone," "Yunnan," and "Stutter" balance rhythm with billowy, highly evocative, soft texture, teasing out a solemnity and introspective beauty to massage the body as well as the soul.
$15.79 EAN: 5055300386373 ELECTRONIC
01. First Time
02. Alone
03. Yunnan
04. Peter
05. Nosebleed
06. Stutter
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VALLERA, MICHAEL: Distance LP (OPAL 060LP)
An Opal Tapes debut from Michael Vallera of the group Cleared, Distance makes a clear case for just how easily industrial and dark ambience swing between beauty and fear, with more than a wink of the gothic that brings to mind a host of classic cvlt missives by Lycia, Vidna Obmana, or Maeror Tri. As with the best of those, these works mark the transition between dream and nightmare. Something chilling, perhaps borne of the subconscious's twisted ability to fuck you up, but remaining just out of reach. Subtle perfumes linger in the air and a kind of romantic melancholy spreads, but the overwhelming sensation is of a patient and growing dread.
$15.79 EAN: 5055300386380 ELECTRONIC
01. Dream Lense
02. Animal
03. Either Infinity
04. Grace of Climate
05. Distance
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NEWMAN, RANDY: Live at The Boarding House '72 CD (ORB 101CD)
Randy Newman's rich and diverse repertoire of songs had reached a wide variety of people through other artists, though listeners didn't always know it. His songs have crossed the divides of pop music, from Eric Burdon to Judy Collins to Fats Domino, which simply illustrates his measure of lyrical wit and intelligent, provocative songwriting. This stunning performance at The Boarding House in San Francisco, on June 11th, 1972, hides nothing from the ears and affords the listener a unique insight into the soul of one of America's greatest songwriting legends. Recorded during the promotional tour for his third studio album, Sail Away, this prized performance finds him at the relative dawn of his career. Although it didn't break massively in a commercial sense, Sail Away was a huge critical success, a fact that makes his solo appearances from this period so inviting. The original broadcast is presented here in its entirety, with professionally remastered sound, background liners, and rare archival photos.
$8.39 EAN: 5294109310114 ROCK
01. Station ID and Intro
02. Artist Intro
03. Lover's Prayer
04. You Can Leave Your Hat On
05. Dayton Ohio 1903
06. Yellow Man
07. Lucinda
08. Livin' Without You
09. Beehive State
10. Linda
11. Old Kentucky Home
12. Suzanne
13. Memo to My Son
14. Political Science
15. Last Night I Had a Dream
16. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
17. Burn On
18. Sail Away
19. I Think It's Going to Rain Today
20. Lonely at the Top
21. Davy the Fat Boy
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CRAMPS, THE: Teenage Werewolf... Live CD (ORB 103CD)
The larger-than-life figures who graced the stage of New York's legendary Club 57 on the night that this performance was recorded stood on the brink of a wider stage -- the world. The Cramps quickly became one of America's finest subculture manifestations, bred from the madness of '50s and '60s B-movie trash at the turn of punk. On this night, Lux Interior and his motley crew of proto-gothic punks tore off heads with a slew of Dick Dale and Sonics salutes amid sordid contortions. Above all, The Cramps were a live band, a cabaret of B-movie histrionics and debonair pursuing a lurid sexual gratification. Lux Interior, in particular, personified and externalized what lurked behind the snarl of every rockabilly hero. The original radio broadcast of this performance is presented here in its entirety, with digitally remastered sound and background liners.
$8.39 EAN: 5294109310312 ROCK
01. Mystery Plane
02. Domino
03. Twist & Shout
04. Weekend on Mars
05. Voodoo Idol
06. Zombie Dance
07. Rockin' Bones
08. Human Fly
09. Garbageman
10. Teenage Werewolf
11. Sunglasses After Dark
12. T.V. Set
13. Encore - The Way I Walk
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UNKNOWN ARTIST: PG Goes Dancing 12" (PGDANCE 001EP)
Extended remix versions of some of the best pop music ever made. Vocals, drama, dance rhythms, and witty lyrics: the intellectual shuffle! What more do you need?
$9.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. K.O.N.T.R.O.L.
B1. L.O.S.T.
B2. P.I.C.T.U.R.E.
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MURPHY, ROISIN: Exploitation 12" (BROADCAST 012EP)
"I've known Róisín a long time now and it was such a pleasure to find out she was releasing new music. I asked and got the stems for the second single, 'Exploitation,' sent to my Bongomachine Studios in Berlin. The results are here on Radio Bongo for a limited vinyl-only release! Welcome back, Róisín! Yours, President Bongo."
$9.79 UPC: 880319722011 ELECTRONIC
A1. Exploitation (President Bongo Remix)
B1. Exploitation (President Bongo Instrumental)
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AKCHOTE, NOEL: Alike Joseph CD (REC AN-CD)
2000 release. Noël Akchoté: guitar, amplifier. Recorded by Maman at "La Chaudière" on August 23rd, 1999. Photo by Laurence Voiturier. Design by Emilie Demarquay. Produced by Quentin Rollet and Noël Akchoté. First album of the Joseph trilogy.
$11.79 UPC: 769791909373 JAZZ
01. .-3 (8:27)
02. .-2 (10:23)
03. .-1 (13:18)
04. 0 (14:00)
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CHADBOURNE, EUGENE: The Acquaduct CD (REC E2-CD)
2000 reissue of 1996 LP. "Tzotzil" from El Sueno del Pez Impossible, a collaboration with Mexican Improvisors. "Big Bad Jim," "Roger Miller Medley," and "Way Too Blue" recorded in Nashville with session musicians. Chadbourne plays both guitar and banjo parts on "Moment's Notice." "Christian Canons" recorded in Kentucky. The Acquaduct also features Chadbourne's daughters Molly and Lizzie.
$11.79 UPC: 769791909380 ROCK
01. Peace Warriors (3:50)
02. Portrait of Jenny (4:35)
03. The Gig (4:27)
04. Typical Teenager, Man (1:25)
05. Tzotzil (5:36)
06. You're Really Beautiful (1:17)
07. A Picture of Me Without You (2:51)
08. Big Bad Jim (2:05)
09. We Don't Need the Men (4:30)
10. Roger Miller Medley (4:29)
11. Everybody Loves a Nut (2:24)
12. Way Too Blue (3:00)
13. Moment's Notice (2:20)
14. Christian Canons (6:13)
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MINTON/LOL COXHILL/NOEL AKCHOTE, PHIL: My Chelsea CD (REC MCA-CD)
1997 release. Phil Minton: vocals; Lol Coxhill: soprano sax, vocals; Noël Akchoté: guitar. "My Chelsea is just a Dream..." Recorded by Toby Robinson at Moat Studio, London, on November 11th, 1997. Cover by Kerozen. Design by Emilie Demarquay. Produced by Noël Akchoté and Quentin Rollet.
$11.79 UPC: 769791909427 JAZZ
01. 4 of Us (1:49)
02. Mit Shower (3:51)
03. Wake Up Calls (5:00)
04. Down the Lobby (3:32)
05. Hauptbanhof (4:32)
06. No Soundcheck (4:08)
07. My Chelsea (2:47)
08. Dial 9 or Zero (2:36)
09. Picked Up at Dawn (3:18)
10. Mini Bar (2:34)
11. Derek's Roomservice (2:29)
12. No Phone Calls (6:41)
13. What's Next? (0:49)
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BAILEY/PAT THOMAS/STEVE NOBLE, DEREK: AND CD (REC S2-CD)
1997 release. Derek Bailey: guitar; Pat Thomas: keyboards; Steve Noble: turntables. Recorded by Toby Robinson at Moat Studios, London, in August 1997. Produced by Noël Akchoté and Quentin Rollet.
$11.79 UPC: 769791909434 JAZZ
01. Dedicated to Anybody Who Might Do Us a Favour (5:31)
02. And This (7:14)
03. Black, But Only Round the Edges (2:52)
04. Titular Bullshit of the Topographical Kind (4:05)
05. Titles, Titles, Titles (4:38)
06. T.T.T. (Part 2) (8:49)
07. Q. Here (3:07)
08. Q. Other Side (7:08)
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QUARION/SESSION VICTIM: Treats Vol. 1 12" (RTR 001EP)
2015 repress; originally released in 2009. Exclusive tracks from Retreat founders Quarion and Session Victim. "A Night at the Zukunft," inspired by the marvelous club in Zurich, opens with shakers and dubby stabs before a tuff beat and the sub-bass drop and Detroit chords rise from the background in response to the initial pads. "Contribute" is an instant floor-filler; the funky guitar and flipping hi-hats introduce a perfect disco loop, featuring counterbeat Rhodes chords and a drunken triangle. The track then breaks down for the sweetest of analog synth bridges before returning to the main pattern with a vengeance.
$10.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. A Night at the Zukunft
A2. Bonus Beats
B1. Contribute
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QUARION: Busted Moniker EP 12" (RTR 016EP)
Retreat co-founder Quarion showcases a jazzier, somewhat wilder side of his work. Ambient introduction "Lost Coordinates" -- built around a circular four-note theme, white-noise percussion, and a distant choir -- represents a direct follow-up to Quarion's offering on the 2014 Treats Vol. 5 compilation (RTR 015LP). "A Thousand Questions" is proper club music with a sweet jazzy touch, Rhodes bassline, deep piano chords, and drum fills. The infectious offbeat Rhodes loop of "Burnin'" is sure to make the dancers go crazy. "You Were the Only" is a jazzy broken-beat workout reminiscent of West London at the turn of the millennium.
$10.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Lost Coordinates
A2. A Thousand Questions
B1. Burnin'
B2. You Were the Only
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COOPER, MIKE: Fratello Mare LP (RM 462LP)
Fratello Mare, which takes its title from Folco Quilici's classic 1975 film, continues UK-born, Italy-based musician Mike Cooper's ode to the Pacific, its people, and the traditions that have flowed from that part of the world into seemingly endless iterations within contemporary culture. Recorded across 2014, the tropical opus dovetails neatly with Cooper's other Room40 editions, White Shadows in the South Seas (RM 454CD, 2013) and the post-everything classic Rayon Hula (2004). It expands his combination of highly personal lap steel playing with exotic music and percussion alongside field recordings made on islands across Southeast Asia and the Caribbean while on residencies and other travels. At the record's heart is a yearning for these distant islands that dot the vast oceans. A love letter of sorts, a poetic and dreamlike wandering, that sonically traverses the ever-changing edge of land and sea and Cooper's musical imagination. Some lesser-known Mike Cooper facts: a young Mike Cooper can be spotted playing a beatnik guitarist on an anti-nuclear march in THE 1963 beat cult film That Kind of Girl; his first band, The Blues Committee, played with and supported such blues legends as John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, and Jimmy Reed; Cooper was central in launching several of the first folk and blues venues outside London, especially in and around Reading; he was a regular on John Peel's program from 1969 through 1975, recording numerous sessions; he formed his free improvised music group The Recedents with Lol Coxhill and Roger Turner in 1982, threading directly into London's vibrant improvisation community; he moved to Italy in 1988 after a slew of musical projects during the '80s in the UK and EU; since 1994 he has spent increasing amounts of time touring and exploring Oceania and other regions; one outcome of his explorations is Beach Crossings - Pacific Footprints, a radiophone work commissioned by Italian and Australian radio that traces the history of European colonization in the Pacific from Tahiti up to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima; his recordings have been reissued numerous times by various labels across the globe, while original pressings can be found for obscene prices via various outlets; in 2015 Cooper celebrated 50 years as a professional musician -- his first recorded release, the Out of the Shades 7", was released in 1965.
$16.39 UPC: 844185049122 ROCK
01. On Passing Bamboo
02. A House in Bali
03. Summer Without Waves
04. Street Beneath the Beach
05. Of Palm and Reef
06. Fratello Mare
07. Notes from My Pacific Log
08. Secret Mexican Beach
09. A Cinnamon Peeler
10. New Gamelan
11. Complicated Sky
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GRISWOLD, ERIK: Pain Avoidance Machine CD (RM 468CD)
"In late 2014, feeling stifled by the negativity of the Australian political discourse, the narcissistic excess of social media, and facing a long summer of migraine-inducing heat, I turned to the prepared piano as a refuge. I was coming out of an intense two-year period of composing for every conceivable instrumental combination, and not sure where to go next. I felt the need to get back to basics, and create something essential, elemental. These pieces are meditations, each with its own mood, but constructed in a similar way. The piano is the pain avoidance machine" --Erik Griswold. America-born, Australia-based composer and pianist Erik Griswold is a master of the prepared piano. Since the late 1980s he has forged a deeply personal approach to transforming the piano from a tonal hammered instrument into a device that transgresses acoustic music traditions. Uniting robotic rhythms of almost electronic timbre, uncharacteristic evocative melody, and metallic murmurs, he transforms the piano with a restless and rigorous curiosity. Pain Avoidance Machine is an intimate set of miniatures. The listener is invited inside the piano, exposed to the instrument's raw materiality. Griswold offers an invitation to explore the prepared piano's sound-world in a detail that reveals an entirely new dimension. Mechanistic motifs and rhythms are layered one atop another to create fragile musical collages. Like a broken pianola, the subtle nuances of the prepared piano have an off-kilter quality, full of unexpected resonances, buzzes, and percussive strikes.
$11.79 UPC: 739027481805 EXPERIMENTAL
01. Pale Yellow Frontier
02. The Persistence of Memory
03. Pleasure Principle
04. Over
05. Pendulum Shift
06. Hover
07. Hammer and Tongs
08. The Rumble Seat
09. Short Circuits
10. Russian Doll
11. Effects of Enchantment
12. Eyes Wide Open
13. A Positive Turn
14. Cascade
15. Electric Aura
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WADE, RICK: Strong Arm 12" (RYMD 002EP)
Detroit legend Rick Wade delivers an EP for London-based RYMD Records. The A-side consists of a pair of deep and funky original productions by the deep house maestro. His unique style is immediately recognizable. The B-side features two remixes. The first is a minimalist track courtesy of 12Records founder Deep88; the second is by London's deepest, Emotion. Colored vinyl. Edition of 300 -- don't sleep on this one.
$9.79 UPC: 827170599161 ELECTRONIC
A1. Strong Arm
A2. Funkopolis
B1. Strong Arm (Deep88 Remix)
B2. Funkopolis (Emotion Remix)
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STL: Sighted (The Drive of Life) 12" (SOME 027EP)
Vibrating, moody, and murky, beyond typical event horizons, Sighted (The Drive of Life) incites a state of unprecedented joy. Another ace sure-shot from Stephan Laubner. Two nebulous, beat-driven tunes; three dope loops; plus an unusual modular listening piece. It bends space and time -- join the trip with these beauteous astral waves.
$10.99 UPC: 827170605466 ELECTRONIC
A1. Monkey Island
A2. Loop 1
A3. Loop 2
A4. Loop 3
B1. Intergalactic Quantum Web
B2. LSS Recording -A-
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TWINK & THE TECHNICOLOUR DREAM: Think Pink II CD (SBR 5105CD)
Recorded in 1969 and released in 1970, Think Pink (SBR 5095CD/LP, SBMS 5104CD) is one of the cornerstones of British underground rock. Five decades later, in 2015, John "Twink" Alder has teamed up with Italian psychedelic rockers the Technicolour Dream and guest stars including John Povey (The Pretty Things) and David Duhig (July) to create a sequel. Recorded in Rome and London and mixed by the legendary John Wood, it's sure to delight all fans of psychedelic music. Includes background liners and rare photos.
$11.99 EAN: 5051125510511 ROCK
01. Song on a Poem by Twink
02. Who's Foolin' Who
03. Animal Man
04. Mum & Dad
05. Three Little Angels
06. Be with You
07. Ya Mamma
08. Grey Eyes
09. It's Only Money
10. I Love You
11. Love in Space
12. Take Me to Heaven
13. King of Sorrow
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BARERA & WILL MARTIN, JOHN: This Time EP 12" (SUPPLY 011EP)
Supply boss John Barera and Will Martin follow two 2014 releases on Steffi's Dolly label -- the Milestones EP and the critically acclaimed Graceless album -- and a 2015 12" on hotly-tipped Chicago label Argot. "This Time" delivers dancefloor euphoria with rough-and-tumble 909 programming, well-seasoned percussion samples, and a soulful organ line. The introspective, swinging "The Maker" features Barera's trusty Juno 106 beautifully complemented by an eternal string line and bouncing synth stabs. The screaming disco loop of "Above" threads past teasing Juno licks until the roof blows off. The delicate beat of "Anchor" holds together its arcing, soaring synths.
$10.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. This Time
A2. The Maker
B1. Above
B2. Anchor
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BROOKS & THE UPTOWN SOUND, JC: Beat of Our Own Drum CD (VAMPI 120CD)
2009 release. Beat of Our Own Drum is the long-awaited debut album by Chicago's JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound. Described by The New York Times as "neo-soul glory," their sound is an explosive mix of '60s soul passion, the energy of '70s punk, and the eclectic spirit of contemporary music. Born in 2007 out of Chicago's Uptown, a melting pot neighborhood known for its immigrant and refugee populations, guitarist Billy Bungeroth, drummer Kevin Marks, and bassist Ben Taylor lay a ferocious foundation for the soulful shouts of JC Brooks. The son of a Jersey soul queen set adrift by the disco era, he's renowned for his take-no-prisoners stage style, leaving audiences with no other choice than to get up and move! Brooks knocks out his audience with heart and raw emotion, while The Uptown Sound's post-punk attack updates The M.G.'s and The J.B.'s groove model, resulting in pure and unrelenting soul music that ranges from sweaty on-the-one workouts to dance-punk booty shakers, garage-rock thump humps, and aching R&B ballads without a missed step. JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound are not just another throwback group -- they came to be during an era of war, manifesting their style of urgent dance music with lyrics that address more than the standard "baby, baby" fare. In the year leading up to this release, the group sold out Chicago's Hideout four times, collaborated with a diverse array of hometown heroes including Twinight Records kingpin Syl Johnson and Tortoise drummer Dan Bitney, and won the Chicago Tribune's "Best Band of 2008" contest. They've also acted as the house band for Numero Group's Eccentric Soul Revue at Chicago's Park West, hitting the stage again with Syl Johnson, in addition to backing up local legends Renaldo Domino, The Kaldirons, Nate Evans, and The Notations.
$6.39 EAN: 8435008862183 ROCK
01. The Beat (Of Our Own Drum)
02. Love One Another
03. Baltimore Is the New Brooklyn
04. Berry Please
05. How to Stop Loving Someone Who's Stopped Loving You
06. Alright
07. 75 Years of Art Sex
08. Hold You Back
09. He Does the Town
10. Here Comes the Fall
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HELEN: The Original Faces CD (KRANK 196CD)
"When I was a child, I spoke to Helen.
"Helen is a pop group from Oregon. Liz Harris (vocals/lead guitar), Jed Bindeman (drums/tambourine), Scott Simmons (bass/guitar), and Helen (backup vocals). Originally started with the intention of being a thrash band, it turned into something else entirely. The Original Faces was recorded over a period of several years in Portland by the band members and their friends Nick, Chris, and, largely, Justin Higgins. Written together, some songs based on Liz and Scott's demos."
$9.50 UPC: 796441819621 ROCK
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HELEN: The Original Faces LP (KRANK 196LP)
LP version.
$10.00 UPC: 796441819614 ROCK
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PLASTIC CLOUD, THE: The Plastic Cloud Cassette (LION 101CS)
"Limited cassette edition of 300x hand-numbered copies! Plastic Cloud recorded, quite simply, one of the greatest underground psychedelic albums ever made: a swirl of gossamer vocals and Tolkien references, swathed in the some of the most relentless fuzz guitar you will ever hear. There is no point singling out a specific track, they are all excellent -- one is equally as good as the next. Take for example the album centerpiece, the ten-and-a-half-minute 'You Don't Care,' an insane piece of social commentary that features terrific back-of-the-mix fuzz guitar as an elusive focal point to its extended pounding-drum laden instrumental breaks; a ten-minute swath of lysergic fuzz guitar that closes out the first side, it doesn't overstay its welcome, winding its way to a final freak out. A record with few equals, full of foreboding melodies and lovely hippie harmonies, as well as some of the trippiest fuzz guitar ever recorded. Essential psychedelia!"
$7.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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SPIRITUALIZED: Let It Come Down 2LP (PLAIN 188LP)
"The fourth album by Spiritualized, originally released in 2001. Jason Pierce spent four years writing, performing, recording and finally releasing the follow up to his 1997 breakthrough album Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space. Let It Come Down features a full orchestra, gospel choir, and many back up musicians to fulfill Pierce's ambitions. This record is a step forward from Spiritualized's denser space rock of the first three records to a sweeping orchestral sound with large swaths of strings, brass and choir helping to fulfill the widescreen splendor of Pierce's vision. First domestic record release on 180 gram vinyl from Plain Recordings."
$26.50 UPC: 646315518818 ROCK
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DJ RICHARD: Leech 2 12" (WM 002EP)
Limited 2015 repress; originally released in 2012.
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