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FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE
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NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 09/07/2015
first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 09/07/2015
second section features forthcoming releases; release dates are given for reference, but can be approximate, depending on the label
please use catalog numbers (listed after the format in the descriptions) when ordering
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MAGIC CASTLES: Starflower CD (AUK 121CD)
Magic Castles are a five-piece band from Minneapolis, MN. Their sound has been described as droney psychedelic pop, combining the organ-drenched hazy atmospherics of the mid-/late-'60s with sun-drenched West Coast folk-rock. Magic Castles toured with The Brian Jonestown Massacre in 2012 and released a beautiful 12" split single with The BJM on Record Store Day 2014. Their 2014 sophomore album, Sky Sounds (AUK 114CD/LP), and successful West Coast tours see the band reaching new heights. At the time of this release of their third album, they are undertaking their first European tour, concluding with an appearance at the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia.
$10.39 EAN: 5055869507530 ROCK
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RECONDITE: Limber/Undulate - Lawrence Mixes 12" (ASD 025EP)
Limber/Undulate - Lawrence Mixes is released in advance of Recondite's 2015 album Placid, and coincides with Acid Test's 2015 reissue of Recondite's 2012 debut album On Acid (AT 001LP). The CD version of Placid, forthcoming at the time of this release, also includes the first CD edition of On Acid.
$9.79 UPC: 827170609662 ELECTRONIC
A1. Limber
A2. Undulate
B1. Lawrence Remix
B2. Lawrence Dub Remix
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RECONDITE: On Acid 2LP (AT 001LP)
Recondite's debut album On Acid was originally released on Absurd's Acid Test imprint in 2012 to wide acclaim. Acid Test now presents a 2015 reissue of the melancholic acid album, released in advance of Recondite's Limber/Undulate - Lawrence Mixes 12" (ASD 025EP) and his full-length album Placid. On Acid includes remixes by Tin Man and Scuba.
$16.99 UPC: 827170609464 ELECTRONIC
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LOPEZ & OCTAVIO, P.: Reaktions EP 12" (AEON 017EP)
P. Lopez teams up with fellow Paraguayan producer Octavio to deliver a glorious five-track techno EP. Razor-sharp percussive power accompanies layers of subtle, mood-defining sounds as the duo deftly blends subtlety with energy and gorgeous, quirky compositional traits. These stellar tracks complement each other when played in their entirety, yet also stand out as hi-octane individual gems on their own. Mainstay of the electronic music scene Tobias Freund (Berghain, Life and Death) delivers a remix of "Reaktions" that's yet another masterclass in his subtle genius for reduced but jacking grooves that display as much attention to detail as floor impact.
$9.79 UPC: 880319722318 ELECTRONIC
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RAYON: Il Collo e la Collana LP (N 043LP)
Whenever Markus Acher finds time between his work with The Notwist and Lali Puna, he sets out to record film soundtracks under his solo moniker Rayon. This time it's Eleonora Danco's 2015 film N-Capace that inspired ten cinematic, instrumental sketches based on loops that loom, take shape, and change colors, only to vanish an instant later. Acher's understated tracks, created with both electronic and acoustic layers, can do without titles -- "Il Collo e la Collana 01" through "10" is perfectly sufficient -- because, ultimately, they're one entity anyway. After all, it's Danco's film, influenced by Fellini, Buñuel, and Beckett, that triggered these interpretations and set the tone for Il Collo e la Collana. At times clocking in at less than two minutes, the crackle of these tracks leads to a vast, shimmering expanse over barely audible layers of bass; it is here, in this clearing, that Acher, alone with his headphones, combines various acoustic instruments (mallets, harmonium, glockenspiel, guitar, piano) with samples, keys, beats, and drum computers; it is here that he meets some old acquaintances (Egisto Macchi, Bruno Nicolai, Ennio Morricone, Oronzo de Filippi) or reverses an idea so that it can slip where it belongs. The entire soundtrack is a purely instrumental, pastoral landscape of epic proportions. Whereas Eleonora Danco eventually released her latest movie as N-Capace, Acher sticks to its working title, Il Collo e la Collana (The Collar and Necklace), and his "collar" not only includes music that's not part of the original movie, but it also traces his path as a musician, with warm, soothing harmonies, melancholy moods, intentional cracks, the kind of freedom usually associated with jazz. Just like the movie, which Acher describes as "poetic and surreal at times," his soundtrack feels like an album of snaps; experimental, shot from unexpected angles, and often "beautifully strange" (which happens to be the common thread that links all Alien Transistor releases). Includes download code.
$12.39 UPC: 880918222011 ROCK
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LUMISOKEA: Mnemosyne LP (ALT 023LP)
Berlin-based Italian/Belgian duo Lumisokea present Mnemosyne, shedding the bass-heavy rollers found on 2014's Apophenia (OPAL 032LP), and welcoming space and tension into the fold. Most of the groundwork for the record was made during a week-long residency at the WORM studio in Rotterdam, which saw the duo make full use of the studio's collection of synthesizers from the '60s and '70s. The improvisations with these peculiar machines were subsequently edited and combined with heavily-processed recordings of gamelan bells, prepared piano, cello, and acoustic drums. A meticulous two-year period of reworking and reflection followed before Lumisokea finally arrived at Mnemosyne. An exploration of the gray area of sounds that vacillate between electronic and acoustic; an effort to show their coalescence and kinship, like shadows of forgotten sonic ancestors. Shards of oblique melody merge with slow-burning rhythms; sudden changes of scenery melt into fog-drenched sonic artifacts. In Lumisokea's own words, "The whole process felt like cultivating a garden of the imagination which is in no rush to be opened to the visitors. With this full-length album we explore the more nocturne, narrative and twilight-like angle of Lumisokea. When listening back to it, we had strong images evoking times in an unidentified or unactualized past, like places and events that could have existed, but then didn't. Hence our reference to Mnemosyne, the ancient Greek goddess of Memory."
$15.79 EAN: 5055869511698 ELECTRONIC
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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.
$10.39 EAN: 3770005870003 ELECTRONIC
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FFRENCH, ROBERT: Black Solidarity Presents Mr Babylon CD (BSCD 002CD)
"Hear what happen now! We used to punch the juke box lunchtime... Me and me friends had a kinda thing like the juke box was our sound system and we'd use our lunch money to play the baddest tunes on the juke box. We were aided and abetted by a kinda dodgy little shop keeper cause we were kids and we were in the rum bar punching the juke box when we weren't supposed to be allowed!! So we were breaking all the rules... punching the juke box and taking turns to play the wickedest tunes in the juke box..." --Ossie Thomas. Breaking rules from the outset, Ossie Thomas had furthered his childhood fascination with music while still attending Oberlin High School; many more rules would be broken when, together with Phillip Morgan, he set up the Black Solidarity label in 1979 on Delamare Avenue, deep in the heart of the Kingston ghetto... "I used to tell people that dance hall was like styles and fashions, if you have a wicked style and you have the fashion you go make it in the dancehall... You understand?" --Ossie Thomas. Black Solidarity Presents Mr Babylon contains 15 killer cuts from the legendary Black Solidarity label, including three CD-only bonus tracks.
$9.79 EAN: 5060135761875 WORLD
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F INGERS: Hide Before Dinner LP (BLACKEST 044LP)
Hide Before Dinner is an extraordinary LP from a group comprising Carla dal Forno (Tarcar), Samuel Karmel, and Tarquin Manek (Tarcar, LST). Deeply drugged, synth-daubed death-folk and DIY electronics of the highest order; acutely psychedelic, inscrutable but emotional, sunken but prone to soaring, with flashes of horror too. Beautifully conjures the mirth and murk of childhood summers... a relatable surburban gothic... grazed knees, hide-and-seek, nettle-stings. Trampled flowerbeds and failing light. Ghouls in your neighbor's garden. Think Nico meets Dome or Alison Statton wandering The Pickle Factory after dark. If you dream you die, you die. Cover art by dal Forno and Manek. Layout assistance by Oliver Smith. Cut by Noel Summerville and pressed at Optimal. Housed in full-color gloss sleeve with printed inner sleeve and download code.
$19.79 EAN: 5055869539302 ROCK
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DEADBEAT: Walls & Dimensions II 12" (BLKRTZ 013EP)
Deadbeat presents the second vinyl-only release (following BLKRTZ 012EP) in advance of his 2015 album Walls and Dimensions, forthcoming at the time of this release. While the first installment featured a luscious extended ambient drone piece over two sides, this 12" features extended dubs of two of the album's dancefloor cuts, filled to the brim with the space-age dub effects, mournful melodies, and rumbling basslines Deadbeat fans have come to expect.
$9.79 UPC: 880319720413 ELECTRONIC
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MCPHEE QUARTET, JOE: Underground Railroad LP (WEAVIL 051LP)
2015 restock. First time vinyl reissue of Joe McPhee's classic CJR LP from 1969. Exact repress of the original artwork. Trumpeter and saxophonist Joe McPhee's first album, Underground Railroad, has been virtually impossible to find on vinyl, issued in an edition of 500 copies on Craig Johnson's CJR label -- it was recorded next to Johnson's house at the Holy Cross Monastery in West Park, New York. It sold out and was never reprinted on vinyl until now. Underground Railroad is comprised of three pieces, the title-track, "Harriett," and "Message from Denmark." The band features McPhee on cornet, pocket trumpet, and tenor, Reggie Marks on tenor, soprano, and flute, bassist Tyrone Crabb, and Ernest Bostic on drums, and is a scathing fire music release. There are wild, ecstatic interactions between McPhee and Marks, while the rhythm section harness the moaning, screaming, crying, and wailing done by the front men. On "Harriett" and "Message from Denmark," the music takes on a decidedly more spatial feel. This is McPhee at the height of his powers of improvisation and composition. As far as vintage ecstatic free jazz goes, it doesn't get much more nail-biting than this. Limited to 500 copies. Joe McPhee (trumpet, pocket cornet, tenor saxophone); Reggie Marks (tenor and soprano saxophone, flute); Tyrone Crabb (bass); Ernest Bostic (drums, percussion, vibes). Recorded on April 13, 1969, West Park, NY.
$16.99 UPC: 769791952485 JAZZ
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ROBERTS, JOHN: Orah 12" (BED 000EP)
Two MPC 2000 works from 20 semi-opaque purple floppy disks. Brunette Editions is a publishing outlet created by John Roberts as an abstract platform for audio recordings, printed matter, and ephemera. The label showcases interdisciplinary work unbound by genre and medium created under the direct or indirect influence of music.
$10.39 UPC: 880319721618 ELECTRONIC
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COLE, LLOYD: 1D Electronics 2012-2014 CD (BB 211CD)
"Late in 2011 Hans-Joachim Roedelius and I agreed to embark upon an album project together... I assembled my first Eurorack modular synth... a basic single voice system with rudimentary sequencing. I had no experience whatsoever working in this way... my subliminal knew it would recognise the music I was reaching for, but my knowledge of electronic engineering was insufficient to proceed with any confidence... I studied and experimented with a new technique or concept. I recorded everything. The system grew. I found ways to create what I would call music using these new methods -- to create points of departure for Roedelius. Three years later, it is clear that my submissions were still very much the work of a student... But is this a bad thing? Are the student's works necessarily inferior to the master's? Learning is often exciting, inspiring. Is knowing ever that much fun? Selected Studies Vol. 1 (BB 124CD/LP) was released early in 2013... A few months later, our record company Bureau B asked me what I planned to do with the unused submissions (both Joachim and I had submitted maybe 400% more than was ultimately used). Might I release some of them as a solo project? But they are not finished, I said... I have been recording songs for long enough, now, to be able to admit freely that some of my demo recordings are indeed superior to the final versions. But this was a different concept being proposed. I had deliberately left space for counterpart, harmony, whatever... could such space, such absence actually benefit the piece?... We agreed to work towards an album of what I have come to call 'slight pieces'. The result is called 1D. Some pieces were originally created with overdubs by another in mind. Some were simply experiments. One or two may have had loftier ambitions... None of the pieces involves the use of a piano keyboard or a computer, except to record it. Some modulations were executed by hand. Most were generated by programmed sequencers and logic. Each piece is a self contained electronic circuit... I made rudimentary edits, the difficult stuff was done by Jonas Foerster in Berlin. The artwork for the album is by Chris Hughes. Chris began sending me examples of his art of his around the same time I began sending him examples of the work which it seems to me it so naturally compliments."
$11.99 EAN: 4015698002232 ELECTRONIC
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FLYING MEN: Only Love EP 1 12" (CATUNE 057EP)
Part one of two, preceding Only Love EP 2 (CATUNE 058EP). Max Essa in the form of the Flying Men, a collaboration with Leo Mas and Fabrice. "Only Love" in the first two of four total mixes. Early support from Coyote, Pete Herbert, Dr Rob (Test Pressing)...
$12.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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FLYING MEN: Only Love EP 2 12" (CATUNE 058EP)
Part two of two, following Only Love EP 1 (CATUNE 057EP). Max Essa in the form of the Flying Men, a collaboration with Leo Mas and Fabrice. "Only Love" in the final two of four total mixes. Early support from Coyote, Pete Herbert, Dr Rob (Test Pressing)...
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ICHISAN: Mambo 12" (CATUNE 059EP)
Praised by the likes of Bjørn Torske, Pete Herbert, Prins Thomas, Lindstrom, and Todd Terje, Mambo by Slovenian Igor Skafar aka Ichisan is the second release on the Japanese Catune imprint.
$12.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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VA: Cocoon Compilation O CD (COR 038CD)
Cocoon Compilation O opens with Roland M. Dill's "The Messenger," an epic, cinematic masterpiece full of emotions. It carries the spirit of hot party nights in Ibiza. Russia-based producer Tripmastaz offer the first beats of the night with his minimal house track "Grindin." The cool bassline and tool-like beat programming represent the new school of deep minimal house producers who offer much more than a simple Ableton loop and a filter. Dana Ruh ("If You Don't Know a Name") and youANDme ("Jungle Book") present two cool tech-house productions with rolling basslines and fat house chords merged with versatile, driving drum programming. This is the sound of the path toward and into the club, on the edge of the first Cocoon night of the year. The party really begins with Traumer and Tom Demac, who speed things up and open the techno chambers of the selection. Minimal heaven, crazy and electronic, this is the peak-time sound of this night. Naples-based producer Dast is the right man for this moment, which he proves with his old-school-flavored "Paranormal Effect." He increases the beat count again with this rave hymn, almost warping the listener to the days of R&S and Go Bang! with its pure summer rave atmosphere. Steve Parker delivers a minimal techno monster for all the Robert Hood fans out there. The perfect sound for a techno floor full of smoke and shamanic dancers. The night is turning toward madness. Lee van Dowski and his "www" follows the techno path of the previous two tracks with mental synth and fat bass programming; DJ food for the techno floors. As the peak-time section fades, things slowly swing out to a cool and deep ending. Karim Sahraoui's "The Comforter" slows down the tempo, adding some melody and feeling to the selection, while its nice acid bassline and beat still keep bodies moving. Reset Robot's "She" packs in more emotion, ending up almost as epic as Roland M. Dill's opening number. "Hanami (Armonia Rosa)" by Luca Ballerini is a supreme highlight and a perfect ending to this compilation; the right tune to guide the listener into the sunrise on the beach. Pushing beats, emotions, acid, and techno, and even epic moments and old-school flashbacks -- you'll find it all here.
$11.99 UPC: 827170148925 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Cocoon Compilation O 6LP BOX+CD (COR 038LP)
Six-LP box version. Includes CD. Limited to 500 copies.
$64.00 UPC: 827170603769 ELECTRONIC
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MORRICONE, ENNIO: Revolver LP (RED 220C-LP)
Revolver is one the finest Ennio Morricone thriller scores, composed in 1973 for Sergio Sollima's great 1973 giallo film. No sweeping themes, no quirky effects, no dissonant sounds -- just simple ideas, executed to perfection. Contains "Un Amico," the beautiful theme heard in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009); and the masterpiece "Revolver," a 13-minute action piece that dazzles with its brilliance. Incredibly tense dramatic action music of the highest caliber. Includes a performance by Daniel Beretta; conducted by Bruno Nicolai. This reissue is pressed on white-and-red splatter vinyl, includes extra tracks, and is limited to 500 copies.
$18.39 EAN: 8013252732201 ROCK
A1. Un Amico (titoli)
A2. Revolver
A3. Anna
A4. Un Amico sung by Daniel Beretta
A5. Quasi Un Vivaldi
A6. Pericolo Per Anna
B1. Inseguimento e Fuga
B2. In Un Bar
B3. Rapimento
B4. In Un Altro Bar
B5. Un Amico (synth version)
B6. Revolver (Suspense)
B7. Anna (#2)
B8. Inseguimento e Fuga (#2)
B9. Rapimento (#2)
B10. In Un Altro Bar (#3)
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DJ RICHARD: Grind CD (DIAL 033CD)
With the launch of his White Material label in New York 2012, DJ Richard began releasing a line of stunning works by Galcher Lustwerk, Young Male, Morgan Louis, and himself. Around the time of DJ Richard's collaboration with Carsten Jost for Lawrence's 2013 Films & Windows Remixed 12" (DIAL 065EP), the Dial Records crew fell deeply in love with his work. After his contribution to Dial's 2015 15-year anniversary compilation All (DIAL 032CD) and almost two years of production, here is DJ Richard's debut album, Grind. A tribute to what contemporary club music and enthusiastic sound experiments should be about: exaltation and addiction. This is what DJ Richard's club sets feel like -- an incredible sound seduction, another dimension. Grind might be the essence of it all.
$11.99 UPC: 880319722226 ELECTRONIC
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THIGHPAULSANDRA: The Golden Communion 2CD (EMEGO 207CD)
Thighpaulsandra presents his seventh full-length album and his first since 2006's The Lepore Extrusion. Well over a decade in the making, The Golden Communion is his debut for Editions Mego. It comprises ten songs and runs well over two hours, with individual pieces clocking in between four and 28 minutes. Featured musicians on the album include regular collaborators Martin Schellard and Siôn Orgon, plus the odd guest/ghost from bands with which Thighpaulsandra has worked in the past. Listeners who have heard any of Thighpaulsandra's previous albums will know that it's best to approach this work with no fixed set of expectations; once again, Thighpaulsandra changes genres and defies easy classification, sometimes more than once within one song. Drawing on his long-time background as a key member in such diverse groups as Coil, Spiritualized, and Julian Cope's band (in each case arguably at the height of the group's creative prowess) and his work as producer and sound engineer for an even larger variety of customers, he offers classical passages next to hard rock riffing; krauty experimental work-outs turning into super-catchy, almost radio-friendly songs; and more. Many adjectives have been used to describe Thighpaulsandra's work -- "epic," "challenging," "timeless," "idiosyncratic" -- but certainly never "predictable" or "boring." Possibly his most rewarding album yet and a welcome and unusual entry in the Mego catalog, The Golden Communion will entertain and astonish listeners who are fond of having their minds severely altered by sound.
$16.99 EAN: 5050580640139 ROCK
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THIGHPAULSANDRA: The Golden Communion 3LP (EMEGO 207LP)
Gatefold triple LP version. Thighpaulsandra presents his seventh full-length album and his first since 2006's The Lepore Extrusion. Well over a decade in the making, The Golden Communion is his debut for Editions Mego. It comprises ten songs and runs well over two hours, with individual pieces clocking in between four and 28 minutes. Featured musicians on the album include regular collaborators Martin Schellard and Siôn Orgon, plus the odd guest/ghost from bands with which Thighpaulsandra has worked in the past. Listeners who have heard any of Thighpaulsandra's previous albums will know that it's best to approach this work with no fixed set of expectations; once again, Thighpaulsandra changes genres and defies easy classification, sometimes more than once within one song. Drawing on his long-time background as a key member in such diverse groups as Coil, Spiritualized, and Julian Cope's band (in each case arguably at the height of the group's creative prowess) and his work as producer and sound engineer for an even larger variety of customers, he offers classical passages next to hard rock riffing; krauty experimental work-outs turning into super-catchy, almost radio-friendly songs; and more. Many adjectives have been used to describe Thighpaulsandra's work -- "epic," "challenging," "timeless," "idiosyncratic" -- but certainly never "predictable" or "boring." Possibly his most rewarding album yet and a welcome and unusual entry in the Mego catalog, The Golden Communion will entertain and astonish listeners who are fond of having their minds severely altered by sound.
$28.99 EAN: 5050580640122 ROCK
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SHIT AND SHINE: Everybody's a Fuckin Expert CD (EMEGO 212CD)
The ascent of Shit and Shine is one of the great audio headfucks in memory, from its genesis out of the South London noise rock revivalist scene to a zone where rabbit-costumed maniacs bled a unique form of multi-drum and electronic hysteria to its incarnation of destroyed lysergic dance music. Shit and Shine is the epitome of second-guess-subversion. With a foot in every pie, it continues on a fantastic, twisted path. Everybody's a Fuckin Expert lays forth another slab of inverted tranquility in which general disruption is kept in check by the subversive charm unique to the outfit. Gunfire rhythms lay waste to androgynous sonics on "Ass"; deep sea disorientation allows pools of plasticine audio to rise on "Rastplatz"; "Picnic Table" rinses electro out of thick, gelatinous cybernetics. Everybody's a Fuckin Expert takes a smorgasbord of sounds and styles and contorts them into a bright hope in twisted theater, disorientating dance, and hefty hedonism. Both the faint- and strong-hearted allowed permanent entry to this club.
$10.99 EAN: 5050580640108 ELECTRONIC
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ELLIS GROUP, BRIAN: Escondido Sessions LP (EPR 028LP)
LP version. There's something brewing in Southern California -- besides the world's finest pale ale and crystal-clear surf rolling up the shore along Interstate 5. There's been an outpouring of mind-blowing prog-, psych- and free-rock in impeccable form from San Diego County, seamlessly merging jazz tendencies and extraordinary jam-abilities with crushing heaviness, electronics, and a general out-there-ness. Bands such as Psicomagia, Earthless, and Joy have earned SoCal its own unique spot on the worldwide map of psychedelia. At the heart of all this is one young Escondido native, Brian Ellis. A guitar virtuoso in Astra, saxophonist in Psicomagia, and keys- and synth-wiz as well, he's long been cutting his teeth as a grade-A session player in such heavyweight funk outfits as Egyptian Lover, in addition to working as a studio owner and an esteemed recording engineer. It was only a matter of time before Ellis got his own group of local offbeat heroes in the same room to crank out a spectacular piece of prismatic, electric free-form jazz. And here it is. Along with members from Radio Moscow, Corima, and Psicomagia, Ellis has cooked up two vinyl sides of seriously vital jazz-rock, taking up where Miles Davis, Tony Williams, and Donald Byrd left off in the '70s. This music is a far cry from the self-absorbed European free jazz or academic noodling one is likely to meet at any given jazz festival; this music is earthy, like, say, Hendrix at Woodstock, or Davis's Live-Evil (1971) -- a pinnacle challenge of the past that has never met any really satisfying response from contemporary music. There's that unique sense of percussive drift that characterized Can's records in the first half of the '70s -- somehow extravagant, yet also subtle at the same time. The warmth of Ellis's sun-dried Rhodes and cosmic Moog-lines intertwine with Patrick Shiroishi's Coltrane-inspired soprano arabesques. Trevor Mast's thick basslines and a multitude of tribalistic percussion keep it together along with a naturalistic, crisp-sounding recording. It all adds up to a soulful tour de force of everything that's great about the San Diego scene. To be played loudly. File next to: Miles Davis, Tortoise, Marion Brown, Joe Henderson, Can, Donald Byrd. Brian Ellis: Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond L-122 organ, Wurlitzer electric Piano, Minimoog, Moog Subphatty; David Hurley: congas and percussion; Michael Hams: drums and percussion; Patrick Shiroishi: alto and soprano saxophones; Paul Marrone: drums, percussion, guitar; Trevor Mast: bass.
$13.79 EAN: 5060195517610 JAZZ
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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
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JEE JEE BAND: Glass Fish CD (EM 1138CD)
Here's a tasty treat for all fans of DIY pop music: a multinational confection, the perfect blend of sweet and smart. Based around core members Matt Jones, originally from Western Massachusetts, and Busan native Jee Eun Lim, who met in Korea in 2011, the Jee Jee Band fuses simple pop structures, airy instrumentation, and breathy vocals with clever lyrics, in both Korean and English, often of a satirical or political nature. Based in Northern California, the band quietly celebrates Korean culture while also evidencing a cosmopolitan classic pop sensibility, blending K-pop and other Asian pop elements with a classic and yet contemporary US/UK pop feel. The songs on Glass Fish, all very fresh-sounding, feature performers from South Korea, America, and, on one song, the Khmer-language vocals of Cambodian filmmaker Vanntey Morn. Jones's Western Massachusetts pop roots allowed him to enlist the skills of former members of Sunburned, Sebadoh, and others to help record this charming and refreshing release, sure to appeal to fans of K Records, DIY sounds, and pure pop. Liner notes by Byron Coley.
$10.39 EAN: 4560283211389 ROCK
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GALLERIA (AKA MORGAN GEIST), THE: Calling Card/Mezzanine 12" (ENV 038EP)
Repressed. The Galleria is a large indoor shopping mall with a full arcade and food court. Strawberry lip gloss is on sale. These are your sticky years. The Galleria is a project from Morgan Geist (Storm Queen, Metro Area) that ripples with echoes of the indigenous music of long-gone New Jersey malls and NYC radio stations: bombastic freestyle, club dubs, razor-edits, and bubblegum-pop R&B. This debut features vocals from Jessy Lanza, whose debut album, Pull My Hair Back (Hyperdub), was shortlisted for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. Each title features a dancefloor-friendly dub with plenty of jump-cuts for the forward-thinking nostalgic.
$9.79 EAN: 5414165071266 ELECTRONIC
A1. Calling Card
A2. Calling Card (Razor Dub)
B1. Mezzanine
B2. Mezzanine (Up Dub)
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VOILAAA: Spies Are Watching Me/Le Disco des Capitales 12" (FVR 106EP)
Pursuing their explorations of international funk and disco music, Favorite Recordings and Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart present Voilaaa, an expansion upon Favorite's series of 12" disco reissues (e.g. FVR 099EP and FVR 104EP). Following such projects as The Dynamics, Mr President, Mr Day, Patchworks Galactic Project, and Taggy Matcher, Patchworks now returns to his first love and specialty, disco, and draws upon African and Caribbean influences. His unique beats and basslines accompany guitars, keyboards, and brass, distorted with vintage effects pedals and boxes. These tracks features vocals from Sir Jean and Pat Kalla. Released in advance of a full-length album.
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MIAUX: Above the High Rays LP (FTR 193LP)
"Miaux is the operating handle of Belgium's Mia Prce. Most of her prior recordings have been issued by Dennis Tyfus' Ultra Eczema label, but after catching her set at 2014's Bruismelk festival, Feeding Tube had to 'have' her new record. Unlike other known works, whereon Miaux is a mistress of elaborate keyboard shenanigans that border on the gothic, Above the High Rays brims with music of a very soundtrack-y nature. It mixes Neo-Eastern percussion symbiography with floating swathes of parachute color, all of it presumably birthed from Mia's hands and keys. It's easy to imagine a Jodorowksy carnival scene, shot like the opening of Welles' Touch of Evil, while this album spins. It is soaked with a haunted, lonely quality that touches the edges of mystery like a torch. Cover art and one side of etchings by Mr. Tyfus, himself. The tears you shed will be your own." --Byron Coley, 2015
$10.99 UPC: 019962203121 ELECTRONIC
A1. Above the High Rays
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COOLIES, THE: Kaka LP (FTR 206LP)
"The Coolies have been blurting out random batches of high order avant garage spew since 1997. Sjionel Timu and Tina Pihema are the core of the band. Formed in the sprawl of South Auckland while they were still teens, the Coolies were ostensibly a 'punk' unit, but their sound was never doctrinaire. Through sheer weirdness and strength of vision, they created music that paralleled aspects of underground noise from the forests of Olympia Washington, the squats of West London, and the basements of Dunedin. Without resorting to formal revisionism, they've managed to take the basics of the early Rough Trade sound and smudge it with fingers dipped in the art-readymades of NZ's underground pop groups and their own fevered experimentalism. For a good chunk of the last decade, Stefan Neville (aka Pumice) was their drummer. This line-up cut a great LP, Master, for Chapter Music, and an even more dastardly EP, Punk Is Bread, for Epic Sweep. Now, we are delighted to present their third album, Kaka, gruntily produced by Neville. The tunes on Kaka (the title refers to either Maori slang for 'shit,' or the name of an indigenous NZ parrot, depending on how you ask) were recorded in a couple of long jam sessions, then teased and smooshed into 'shape' over the course of a year or so. The results are both propulsively fetching and utterly fried. We've been listening to this one incessantly. So will you." -Byron Coley, 2015. Limited edition of 400.
$13.79 UPC: 019962202520 ROCK
A1. Side A
A2. Scorpio 10
A3. Phony
A4. We Already Know
A5. Punks Not Bread
A6. Tofa Soifua
B1. Shut Us Out
B2. Mothers In Mantis
B3. God Take Me
B4. Curse
B5. This Car Is A Safe Place
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DREDD FOOLE: In Quest of Tense LP (FTR 213LP)
"Back in '94 there was little sense that a new scene was on the horizon, but there was. Indeed, things were beginning to break out all over. All they needed was a little push. In Quest of Tense was released on CD in '94 (FE 038) and was just what a lot of people needed, even if they didn't know it yet, or didn't quite realize what it was when they heard it. Dredd Foole (aka Dan Ireton) had been roving through the Boston music underground since the early '80s, with a series of bands using the name The Din, and then on his own. Bored, stoned, and listening to naught but free jazz and folk, Dredd went into his room with a four-track, a reverb, some guitars, and little else, emerging after a week with this masterpiece. The music takes a weird, improvisation-based electric folk form, something only previously mastered by Tim Buckley on Lorca and Blue Afternoon, and drives it straight into the clouds. Echo-soaked, massively-skronked, glossalalic to the point of no return, In Quest of Tense lit brain-fires from the Lower East Side to Austin. And it may have taken a while for their collective smoldering to erupt into a fire storm, but it did. And here's where it starts. An amazing album, today and always. Finally on vinyl." --Byron Coley, 2015. Limited edition of 400.
$12.39 UPC: 019962204623 ROCK
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PHONK D: Berta Rot 12" (FJ 004EP)
You could not miss the 4/4 kickdrum during the '90s in Frankfurt Rhine-Main. Phonk D's first attempts at house and techno were therefore pretty successful during this period. But his feet were too big for just one dancefloor, and he developed a taste for funk, disco, and hip hop, too. All these influences kept on working together and, in 2014, he founded his own label, Footjob. The label has released three records so far, all of them collaborations with friends, and now the fourth is ready -- Phonk D's first solo project.
$9.79 UPC: 827170604360 ELECTRONIC
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REINHARDT, JONAS: Palace Savant LP (FUR 097LP)
On his sixth album, Palace Savant, Brooklyn producer Jonas Reinhardt (aka Jesse Reiner) undergoes a profound solo odyssey. The record may be the most spectacular realization of Jonas Reinhardt's outward-bound sonic aspirations. These eight tracks draw on 14th-century architect Peter Parler's breathtaking St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. "St. Vitus is a statement to the future by the rulers at the time," Reiner says. "It's surreal, grandiose, psychedelic -- and the sheer scale of human ambition involved is almost beyond comprehension." Parler reportedly deviated from the cathedral's initial blueprint and elevated the Gothic style to heretofore-unimagined, bizarre levels. With Palace Savant, Reiner projected Parler's handiwork into Thomas Edison's era of electricity. "I envisioned [Parler] retrofitting his cathedral with excesses of incandescent light, preparing for a coming age of electronics. Palace Savant is what a contemporary electronic performance in that space might sound like." Recorded on tour and in New York over the course of a year and mixed at Transmitter Park Studio in Greenpoint, Palace Savant begins with the instant attention-grabber/pulse-accelerator "Old Kaizen." At once claustrophobic and spacious, it possesses an urgent, chase-scene synth throb that would make John Carpenter or Bernard Fevre jealous. The turbulent "Shattered Remains of Orr" sounds like Edgar Froese's kosmische-ambient masterpiece Aqua (1974) tossed into shark-infested waters. On "Androma," Reiner's expertly-modulated arpeggios contrast low and high frequencies, revealing his ability to create suspense with a chiaroscuro of whirs and pulsations. Palace Savant achieves two towering peaks. The first is "Go Sceptre Go," a swiftly-moving, heavenly droner that veers off on a tangent into a much darker, more chaotic direction. The second is "Noctornum," a burbling and soaring piece that's at once aquatic and astral, before an emphatic rhythm forms, pushing things into menacing Szajner-esque territory. The album closes with the mid-tempo arpeggios and muted, wailing siren-tones of "Omat Principle Decay," a moving finale to a record that's taken you so far and tingled your senses so intensely. A high point in Jonas Reinhardt's large canon, the dramatic and majestic Palace Savant does exquisite justice to St. Vitus Cathedral's grandeur. Album artwork by Andy Gilmore. Mastered by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering.
$14.99 UPC: 827170601765 ROCK
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CADENCY: Falling EP 12" (GKNSTR 008-15EP)
Hard, hypnotic, deep techno. Vinyl only.
$8.99 UPC: 880319728310 ELECTRONIC
A1. Falling
B1. Imbalance
B2. Detuned
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MYTH: Evaporate 12" (HALC 001EP)
Evaporate is the first issue from Rabit's highly promising Halcyon Veil label, and also the exceptional solo debut from Londoner Myth, 21 years old at the time of this release. It rotates seven slick grime and 2-step instrumentals including the instantly recognizable version of his and Rabit's flip of Ciara's "Backseat Love," which is currently still under heavy rotation from Rinse FM. It's all as sharp-cut, raw, and moody as anything from Zomby or Visionist, but with a unique, salty streak of emotion running thru its skeletal structures, at its most potent in the majestic "Lonely" or the iridescent 2-step twinkle of "Phoenix."
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TENOR & UMO, JIMI: Mysterium Magnum CD (HRKL 004CD)
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.
$11.99 UPC: 827170147928 JAZZ
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KING, B.B.: United Western Recorders Hollywood LA, October 1 1972 2LP (HH 008LP)
In the early 1970s, B.B. King was basking in the glow of crossover success, with his brand of soulful blues reaching all audiences, not just African-American ones. In this 75-minute radio broadcast from October 1, 1972, his stinging guitar runs through a mix of old and new classics, from his mid-'50s R&B hit "Everyday I Have the Blues" to Leon Russell's "Hummingbird." Other highlights include the standard "Rock Me Baby" and his biggest hit, "The Thrill Is Gone." It's presented here in its entirety, with digitally remastered sound and background notes. On 180 gram vinyl.
$22.39 EAN: 5297961900820 ROCK
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PURIM & AIRTO MOREIRA, FLORA: Live at the Hollywood Bowl 1979 CD (HH 013CD)
Brazilian singer Flora Purim and her husband, the drummer and percussionist Airto Moreira, dominated magazine jazz polls in the 1970s. This superb live set was recorded for broadcast on WBUR-FM at the first Playboy Jazz Festival, held at the Hollywood Bowl in 1979, and also features percussionists Laudir de Oliveira (from Chicago) and Bayanu (from Caldera), Raul de Souza (trombone), Milcho Leviev (keyboards), and Keith Jones (bass), as well as an introduction by Billy Taylor. Joyous and infectious, the complete broadcast is presented here in digitally remastered sound with background notes and images.
$11.99 EAN: 5297961901315 JAZZ
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DIXON, WILLIE: Live in Chicago - 1984 CD (HH 015CD)
Willie Dixon is one of the fathers of modern American blues, and had a profound influence on Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and countless others. This superb 1984 performance was recorded for FM radio broadcast at a tiny club at 7644 North Sheridan Road on Chicago's north side, and captures the great man in fine form performing a selection of self-penned classics. The complete broadcast is presented here in digitally remastered sound with background notes and images.
$11.99 EAN: 5297961901513 ROCK
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WEBER/TIMOKA: Holger Bundle #2 3x12" (BUNDLE 002EP)
Holger Bundle #2 combines the label's three artist mini-albums in a black-and-white tote bag with logo print. While Weber's lust for experimentation and roots in psychedelic krautrock and post-rock are ever-present, it is interesting to follow his development as an artist from Eins (HOLGER 004LP, 2014) to Zwei (HOLGER 007EP, 2015). Timoka's Tulgey (HOLGER 005LP, 2014) feels like a glimpse into a universe of its own; electronic with an organic feel, mysterious but somehow cozy at the same time.
$16.99 UPC: 880319728921 ELECTRONIC
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18+: They Remixes 12" (HTH 046EP)
18+ return with their They Remixes EP, a collaboration with artists they respect and admire, with a purpose to reinvent their favorite tracks taken from their critically-acclaimed 2014 debut album Trust (HTH 026CD/LP). Featured artists include the distorted trap beat darling Suicideyear (producer for Yung Lean), experimental grime producer Mr. Mitch, and the cult Portuguese collective Tia Maria Produções. The final remix is by relatively-unknown Puerto Rican artist Audri Nix, whose unofficial remix of "Crow" first caught 18+'s attention for its similarities to their own aesthetic and magpie-like approach to art. It features Audri Nix's original lyrics sung entirely in Spanish.
$9.79 UPC: 802560204665 ELECTRONIC
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NURSE WITH WOUND/BLIND CAVE SALAMANDER: Cabbalism I. & II. 2CD (ICR 078CD)
November 2007, Venice. It was cold, damp, and foggy. Nurse with Wound played two nights at the Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, with Blind Cave Salamander as the supporting act. Listening to Blind Cave Salamander perform, Steven Stapleton felt that some of what they played reminded him of the classic Nurse work Soliloquy for Lilith (1988). He suggested that the two bands explore the possibility of playing live together, to explore that piece, with a view to recording an album. In September 2009, after rehearsals, Nurse with Wound (Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter) and Blind Cave Salamander (Fabrizio Palumbo, Julia Kent, and Paul Beauchamp) performed their live version of Soliloquy for the first time at the Mutamento Festival in Turin. The audience responded with great enthusiasm. The show was recorded and released as an LP in 2012. The ensemble went on to play a number of other live shows and the music changed and mutated each time. This two-CD set contains the recording from the 2012 LP plus a recording of a 2011 performance in Lisbon. Six-panel digipak.
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NURSE WITH WOUND/BLIND CAVE SALAMANDER: Cabbalism I. & II./Cabbalism III. 3CD (ICR 078RPM-CD)
November 2007, Venice. It was cold, damp, and foggy. Nurse with Wound played two nights at the Teatro Fondamenta Nuove, with Blind Cave Salamander as the supporting act. Listening to Blind Cave Salamander perform, Steven Stapleton felt that some of what they played reminded him of the classic Nurse work Soliloquy for Lilith (1988). He suggested that the two bands explore the possibility of playing live together, to explore that piece, with a view to recording an album. In September 2009, after rehearsals, Nurse with Wound (Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter) and Blind Cave Salamander (Fabrizio Palumbo, Julia Kent, and Paul Beauchamp) performed their live version of Soliloquy for the first time at the Mutamento Festival in Turin. The audience responded with great enthusiasm. The show was recorded and released as an LP in 2012. The ensemble went on to play a number of other live shows and the music changed and mutated each time. This three-CD set contains the recording from the 2012 LP plus recordings of a 2011 performance in Lisbon and a 2010 performance in Leuven, Belgium. Released alongside a two-CD set containing the Torino and Lisbon recordings (ICR 078CD). Six-panel digipak. Last copies of this limited version.
$24.39 EAN: 5060446120026 ELECTRONIC
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STILETTI-ANA: Stiletti-Ana 12" (CLICHE 062EP)
Ilari Larjosto aka Stiletti-Ana, legend of Helsinki's underground, is involved in K-X-P, Tähtiportti, DJ Candle in the Wind, Jimi Tenor, Randy Barracuda, and acclaimed band Jesse. With a fuzzy melody and galloping bassline, the richly layered and highly danceable "Universal Carrier" is equally indebted to krautrock and disco. "Through the Skyline I Heard Ur Voice" is an uplifting, playful slow jam with larger-than-life drum machines and maximal synth-work. The blissed-out "Time We Left This World Today (Part 2)" features layers of haunting melody and an understated yet efficient beat.
$9.79 UPC: 880319711411 ELECTRONIC
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MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE: Further West Quad Cult LP LP (IMPREC 411LP)
Prefigured by the inclusion of a secret extra pocket in the original packaging of Far West (IMPREC 386CD/LP, 2013), this painstakingly crafted complimentary LP is intended for synced playback with that release. With two turntables or other playback devices, the listener can experience fully unique quad playback. Further West Quad Cult LP offers deeper journeys into the cave where the self dissolves. It also stands alone as an inverted Far West universe, and the listener is invited to enjoy it by itself as well. Liquid synth journeys into the void. All tracks dubbed and manipulated from Far West source material. All music by Master Musicians of Bukkake. Additional sound design and synths by Randall Dunn and Timm Mason. Produced, recorded, and mixed by Randall Dunn at Avast!, Seattle, WA. Includes fold-out poster by photographer Alison Scarpulla.
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HORIST, BILL: Mutei - Music for Davida Monk's Dream Pavilion CD (IMPREC 427CD)
Since the mid-'90s, Seattle-based guitarist Bill Horist has been making music within and without convention in a wide variety of settings and genres and has worked with many notables in rock, experimental, and new music. He has played on dozens of records and has performed throughout North and Central America, Europe, and Japan, collaborating with numerous leading lights in a beguiling range of genres. He delivers an idiosyncratic and richly emotive take on the world's most ubiquitous instrument; perhaps best known for his prepared guitar treatments, his work is widely regarded alongside masters like Fred Frith and Keith Rowe. He has cultivated a unique voice in a number of styles in the realms of jazz, rock, folk, and experimental music. Horist is also becoming known as a masterful acoustic fingerstyle player in the tradition of Leo Kottke and John Fahey, additionally incorporating elements from Asia, India, the Middle East, and West Africa. Mutei presents music composed and improvised by Horist for Calgary, Alberta-based choreographer Davida Monk's 2013 major dance work, Dream Pavilion. This is the second major work that Horist and Monk have created since their initial production, Lyric, and the resulting CD, Lyric/Suite (Accretions Records), were developed and released in 2003. Their longstanding collaboration has cultivated a highly integrated lexicon of sound and movement. Inspired by diminutive, carved Japanese statues called netsuke, Horist and Monk strive to bring this exquisite manifestation of humans, animals, fantastic creatures, and deities to life. With the basis of a prepared guitar score developed in-residence and augmented by percussion and đàn nguyệt (Vietnamese moon lute), Horist has created a mysterious and emotive sonic world, which two dancers embody. Despite the score being composed for live performance, Horist recorded a version with Scott Colburn and further augmented the work with conventional guitar, bass, and other electronics, thus creating a work that stands beautifully and strangely on its own in addition to being a powerful component of the choreographed work. Tracks on Mutei vary wildly from dark drone to plaintive and playful; from meditative ambience to squalls of visceral noise. Bill Horist: electric guitars, đàn nguyệt, bass, percussion, objects, electronics; Davida Monk: choreography; Helen Husak: dancer; Walter Kubanek: dancer.
$9.79 UPC: 793447542720 ROCK
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BROWN, STEPHEN: Invisible Light EP (Antigone Remix) 12" (AERA 014EP)
Stephen Brown presents his third EP on Indigo Aera, following Zero Zero Two (2011) and Moda EP (AERA 008EP, 2013). In the game since the mid-'90s, Brown always achieves a particular, distinctive sense of grooviness, funk, and soul in his music. The fact that a lot of DJs still play his tracks from decades ago underlines how timeless his music is. Here, Brown delivers an EP that's playful yet weighty; tripped-out and intergalactic. Antigone delivers a remix full of nerve-jangling texture and drum-driven brute force.
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DJ CAM: Miami Vice LP (MIAMI 001LP)
Music is nothing if it can't help you bring your dreams to life, and here DJ Cam makes one of his biggest dreams come true: composing a soundtrack to Miami Vice. Cam's Miami Vice is 14 visual tracks, an imaginary score that positions itself as the "official" soundtrack just as Hollywood is preparing to film a reboot, following the first movie adaptation in 2005 by the series' original producer -- and now cult director -- Michael Mann. "My album is definitely a proposition for them! When I was living in Los Angeles, I met a guy who worked with Michael Mann and he encouraged me to do the project. He understood that it was homage from a real fan." Although strictly unofficial and a pure product of his cinematic mind, this original soundtrack is intrinsically linked to the legendary series, as a feature-length album and a collection of cinematic sequences. Inspired by the seemingly idyllic combination of sun, palm trees, and gleaming automobiles, the cinematic atmosphere of the Miami Vice TV series put stars in the eyes of DJ Cam when he was young. "It was easily my favorite TV series. I loved the long-distance shots of the city, the dynamic car chases... Introspection and psychology were very much a part of it too, unlike most American series of the era, and even back then I realized that a lot of care had been taken with the music." The beatmaker has sequenced his tracks like scenes from a script, alternating the dark atmosphere of trap music with more jazzy vibes ("Love Theme," "Tubbs Theme"). Electronic tracks are also very much present, as they were on his previous album Seven (2011). "The Chase" evokes a breathless action scene, while the footwork beats of "Move That Dope" and "Welcome to Little Haiti" reflect the intense nocturnal energy of the city. Special guest star MC Eiht (who played A-Wax in the Hughes brothers' cult movie Menace II Society (1993)) raps on "Music to Drive By" and "Street Life." He also couldn't miss paying homage (with a track featuring Earl Davis) to what is practically the Miami theme song: "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins. Here, he respectfully revisits it in deep, cerebral fashion. "You hear it everywhere, floating out of open windows... I wanted to recapture its essence without doing just a simple cover version."
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PADILLA, JOSE: Wolf Müller Dubs 12" (IFEEL 044EP)
Düsseldorf-based Jan Schulte aka Wolf Müller flew to Ibiza in the summer of 2014 to work with José Padilla on the So Many Colours album (IFEEL 042CD/LP, 2015). His work with Padilla -- and everything he does -- is beloved by all the heads, so International Feel asked him to enter the studio and dub out Padilla's tracks. Here they are. He's one off-beat little wizard; enjoy his kooky funk. Stamped white labels. Limited to 300.
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BARROTT, MARK: Sketches from an Island 3 12" (IFEEL 045EP)
180-gram vinyl. Mark Barrott returns to his acclaimed Sketches from an Island project. "Right 4 Me" feels like the natural successor to the sunshine-in-a-bottle vibe of "Baby Come Home" from the first Sketches EP, the polyrhythms of "Cirrus & Culumus" trace Barrott's love of Ghanaian music and Steve Reich, and "Der Stern, Der Nie Vergeht" blends sunsets with the delicate sounds of Roedelius. Precedes Barrott's residency at Harvey's Mercury Rising night at Pikes, his appearance at the final Garden Festival, and his return to Ibiza to begin work on the second Sketches from an Island album. Artwork by Stevie Anderson.
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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.
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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. 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.
$17.79 EAN: 8021965990061 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Dis Cover - Donna Regina as Recorded By LP (KK 085LP)
LP version. Includes download code. "Avec le temps" appeared in 1990, and since then Donna Regina (Günther and Regina Janssen) have moved with the times, as musicians and as a married couple. As of this release they have written and recorded 12 albums' worth of material. House music in the literal sense of the word, as their music has almost always taken shape at their home -- at first in Cologne, and later also in Berlin. They've done their thing for decades without ever following any trends or succumbing to hype. But their music has always sounded fresh, with the times, and recognizable. This has much to do with Regina Janssen's breathy voice and Günther Janssen's light hand and his sense for the beauty of melodies. But there's something else to it. In 2007, De:Bug magazine wrote "In this music lies sovereignty, experience, truth and yes, even such important things as defiance and pride." The same could have been said in 1990, and it has held true since as well. Donna Regina's music has traveled all around the world, to Poland, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, and Japan. They headed out and unpacked their music wherever they were, as a gift or a sign of friendship. The tributes here come from friends old and new, from longtime companions and partners in spirit. And what they have found in Donna Regina's music and what they have done with it is a gift for every listener. Includes versions by Dean & Britta, The National Jazz Trio of Scotland, Schlammpeitziger, Chica and the Folder, Leichtmetall, Console, Il Tempo Gigante, Astrobal and Tom Terrien featuring Nina Savary, Dani Siciliano, Bertrand Burgalat, Mouse on Mars, Miłka, and Thomas Fehlmann featuring Gudrun Gut.
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TOSH, PETER: Soon Come 2LP (KH 9048LP)
Having risen to fame as a core member of Bob Marley's Wailers, for whom he wrote a number of famous songs, the late Peter Tosh found considerable acclaim as a solo artist, recording a number of classic reggae albums that reflected his strong Rastafari faith and political convictions. This superb live set was taped in Atlanta, Georgia, for FM radio broadcast as he promoted his 1978 Bush Doctor LP (released through Rolling Stones Records, because Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were huge fans), and is presented here together with background notes and images. On 180 gram vinyl with insert.
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NOVA MATERIA: Aparece en Sueños 12" (KTDJ 037EP)
Since 1994, Caroline Chaspoul and Eduardo Henriquez have combined post-punk and Latin energy as Panico, developing a cult following in Latin America. They now launch their Nova Materia project, born from the willingness to consider music as a direct derivative of the natural and industrial elements that surround us. More electronic and experimental than Panico, Nova Materia uses raw material to transform and recycle. To refine their sound, Chaspoul and Henriquez enlisted DJ and producer Chloé, a real expert at turning raw elements into golden nuggets. Aparece en Sueños delivers wild energy, live-act ferocity, and sound experiments magnified by Chloé.
$9.79 UPC: 880319721311 ELECTRONIC
A1. Aparece en Sueños
B1. Contorsion
B2. Bell Phantom
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ZUKIE, TAPPER: Man Ah Warrior CD (KSCD 058CD)
Tapper Zuki's debut album Man Ah Warrior was originally released in 1973. Its classic deejay style has been copied by many but bettered by few. Man Ah Warrior is proof that raw talent can more than make up for scarce resources. Tapper Zukie (born David Sinclair in 1956, Kingston, Jamaica) was raised in the rough and tough West Kingston area of Jamaica between the districts of Trench Town and Greenwich Farm. Living pretty much on the streets from an early age, Tapper and his peers had no choice but to fall into the hands of the political parties that controlled the various ghetto areas of the town. To prevent him from landing in even more trouble, Tapper's mother, brother, reggae producer Blackbeard, and family friend Bunny "Striker" Lee devised a plan to send the wayward Tapper to England to set him straight. A UK tour with the number-one reggae deejay U-Roy was already arranged upon Tapper's arrival; Bunny Lee got the young Tapper to toast over a Slim Smith rhythm and the London crowd loved it. He also caught the eye of producer Larry Lawrence, who took Tapper on and cut his first single, "Jump and Twist." Nine further tracks were recorded for producer Clement Bushay, and the result was Man Ah Warrior. An artist ahead of his time, whose music has influenced many -- as Patti Smith said, "Music of the Most High." CD includes five bonus tracks.
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COMA: Lora 12" (KOM 333EP)
Lead single from Coma's 2015 second album This Side of Paradise (KOMP 126CD/ KOM 335LP), a truly refined electronic pop gem from artists commanding their craft with confidence and style, once again proving their knack for unconventional but immensely catchy hooks that seem half-sung, half-synthesized. Hivern Discs' Pional dials back the dreamy synthesis of "Lora" and opts for a sturdier, drum-driven build. Seasoned producer Robag Wruhme lets the beat breathe before hitting the floor with all the melodic might from the original; it's a masterful and highly detailed club cut that fuses the eccentric pop quirks of Coma with his own sonic sensibilities.
$10.39 UPC: 880319805417 ELECTRONIC
A1. Lora
A2. Lora (Pional Mix)
B1. Lora (Robag Wruhme Mix)
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BEYER, JENS-UWE: The Emissary LP+CD (KOMPPA 003LP)
LP version. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Includes CD. Limited to 500 copies. As one-third of the founding trio of revered Cologne imprint Magazine, Jens-Uwe Beyer has become a household name in open-minded electronic music, through releases such as the one-track-one-hour manifesto Red Book (MAGAZINE 008CD, 2012), several contributions to Kompakt's Pop Ambient compilation series, or inspired remixes for Barnt, Dream Weapons, and others. He's also the mastermind behind the ongoing Popnoname brand, and with all this in mind, one might not expect The Emissary to be a debut -- but it is, for it's the very first full-length offering under the artist's real name. To those who happen to know him personally, Jens-Uwe Beyer is pretty multi-faceted, so it doesn't come as a surprise that The Emissary is, too. And what a well-rounded album it turns out to be, delving deep into a highly personal and unique sound cosmos made almost entirely of atmospheric pulses and beautifully textured drones. Layers and layers of minute details float in a cloud of sound, surging and fading in the most organic manner, giving the listener the impression that this is a pop album hiding in plain sight. Well, it's called Pop Ambient for a reason. But the connection goes a little bit deeper than just some Gas-infused sample droning with a hint of rhythmic structure -- described as a "very intimate" album by its creator, this collage of personal sonic impressions doesn't just check the boxes of what normally could be labeled "pop ambient." It's a bit like a silent riot, calm on the outside, but seething on the inside, a run against the grain while embracing all the template has to offer. It's "more a question than an answer," says the producer, "and about the freedom to hear your own music in between the recorded sounds." His intention is to "open up spaces" -- highly idiosyncratic spaces, pathways into the metaphysical, with "every listener being his own emissary" on this uncharted territory.
$16.39 UPC: 880319805219 ELECTRONIC
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MIND AGAINST & SOMNE: Vertere 12" (LAD 023EP)
Mind Against and Federico Maccherone aka Somne present their collaborative Vertere 12", showcasing their winding sense of melody, constantly turning inward and outward at once. Mainstay of the electronic music scene Tobias Freund delivers an outstanding remix that elevates the original to another level entirely. With a relentless beat and a sonic force that is hard to describe with mere words, his remix comes out of the gate like a runaway machine rapturously drunk on its own self-awareness. Guaranteed to drive dancefloors large and small to the euphoric edge of the ecstatic state.
$9.79 UPC: 880319726514 ELECTRONIC
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FIS: The Blue Quicksand Is Going Now CD (LPY 000CD)
Following a series of EPs on the likes of Samurai Horo and Tri Angle, Olly Peryman wrote The Blue Quicksand Is Going Now during stints living in Europe and his hometown of Wellington, New Zealand. The album strikes a spectacular balance between the meditative and disruptive, and marks a continued move away from the high-octane experimental D&B productions that initially marked Peryman out (notably 2012's Duckdive EP), toward something that both viciously rips away and cascades with calm. Ultimately, despite its alien sounds, it is a move toward something more human; sonic explorations made in glorious isolation. Hand-drawn artwork by Brian DeGraw.
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S, ALEK: It's All Good EP (incl. Myles Sergé Remix) 12" (MOC 004EP)
Sometimes playful, sometimes serious and conceptual -- skirmishing sounds over four tracks. A sizzling noise and straight kick-and-hi-hat rhythm kick off Alek S's It's All Good EP. "Grand Central" remains true to the sound of industrial techno. Reclusive perfectionist Myles Sergé's remix of "It's All Good" delivers intense, delightful tech-percussion. The original "It's All Good" and "Boyz Weekend" close it out, with continuous, high-quality surfaces and deep, dubby techno.
$9.79 UPC: 880319728617 ELECTRONIC
A1. Grand Central
A2. It's All Good (Myles Sergé Remix)
B1. It's All Good
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BLACK, KONRAD: The Scorched Earth EP 12" (MEANDER 016EP)
Continuing its ongoing preoccupation with the vast universe, deep space, spirit and consciousness, Meander presents the Scorched Earth EP by Konrad Black, a selection of advanced 101 techno-infused break-beat science. Creating precision dance music, Black conjures the essence of the explosive meteorite, its afterglow, and its sonic resonance. The results are powerful, timeless sonic treatments for body and soul, pressed on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl. Together with fellow Canadian Mathew Jonson, Konrad Black founded the influential Wagon Repair label in 2005. This 12" precedes a record of remix interpretations by genre-defining artists from the underground electronic dance music scene.
$9.79 UPC: 827170599260 ELECTRONIC
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DIAPHRA, ALEXANDRE FRANCISCO: Diaphra's Blackbook of the Beats CD (MG 110CD)
"I may have no possessions, but here lies everything one needs." This is Alexandre Francisco Diaphra's motto as governor of his own life. A multifaceted artist from Guinea-Bissau, based in Lisbon; rapper, poet, edutainer, and beatmaker, creating music based on improvisation in which he blends his psychedelic, black music; afro-ancestral influences; and love for non-quantized beats with experimental jazz and contemporary and urban styles. In 2014, Diaphra won third place at the 1st International Poetry Slam in Rio de Janeiro. In 2012, Diaphra toured Europe as an MC and performer for Angolan/Portuguese project Batida, in support of Batida's eponymous debut album ("could be the record that changes the African Electronic Music on XXI century" --Songlines; NPR called their live show "one of the best 10 acts from WOMEX." Diaphra's Blackbook of the Beats follows the idea of building instrumental bases on the outside environment, wherever Diaphra feels inspired. The result of a backpack, some vinyl records, a portable turntable, and a sampler for self-deconstruction/recreation, this (mainly) instrumental album delivers non-quantized beats over which enlightening poetry is spoken, rapped, and chanted in Portuguese, and compositions created through trial and error and enhanced by instruments played by invited musicians and Diaphra himself. For fans of Stones Throw Records, analog experimental sample-based music, psychedelic rock, afro ancestral.
$11.99 UPC: 827170148826 ELECTRONIC
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FENSTER: Emocean CD (MORR 139CD)
Fenster's Emocean is the soundtrack to a sci-fi adventure film created by and starring the band. The music is a swirling cosmos of richly varied post-psychedelia, transcending the boundaries of reality and traditional pop records to join the ranks of other genre-bending music films like Daft Punk's Interstella 5555 (2003) or Prince Rama's Never Forever (2013). With Emocean, the band utilizes its classic approach to non-traditional percussion and instrumentation, but this time ventures deeper into new territory with funky basslines ("Off the Cahin") complemented by additional instruments like bass clarinet ("Memories"), flute ("Phantasia"), and modular synthesizers ("Samson's Theme"). Emocean is a nuanced and surprising departure from the band's first two albums, Bones (MORR 112CD/LP, 2011) and The Pink Caves (MORR 127CD/LP, 2013). The approach to this record was a more holistic exercise in collective songwriting resulting from a series of feverish jam sessions. The sounds evoke a broad spectrum of parallel universes, from soothing surfy tidal cliffs to analog synth dungeons; from interstellar purple-funk disco-techs and wobbly organs in houses of worship to acid blues parades and delicate maidens picking daisies on the moon ("Les Fleurs"). The most danceable track is definitely "Off the Cahin," and "Memories" is a sun-soaked summer jam. Emocean was conceived as a conceptual soundtrack before the film's actual production and evolved into the most ambitious project the band has ever done. With a year of planning, over a month of shooting on HD and mostly VHS, a cast of over 100 actors and extras, numerous outdoor and indoor locations, the rental of an entire island for a day, drone cameras, and a self-built green-screen studio, the project is unlike anything else. It brought the band to the edge of madness. Based in Berlin and hailing from four different countries, Fenster began as a 2010 collaboration between Jonathan Jarzyna (Germany/Poland) and JJ Weihl (US), who were later joined by Lucas UFO (France) and Will Samson (UK). Fenster's first two albums garnered critical acclaim, and the band has toured extensively in the USA, UK, and 15 other countries in Europe. This release comes in advance of a planned tour featuring the band playing the soundtrack live along with screenings of the film, transforming the experience of classic silent cinema into a fantastical journey headed for the unknown.
$10.99 UPC: 880918813929 ROCK
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FENSTER: Emocean LP (MORR 139LP)
LP version. Includes download code.
$12.99 UPC: 880918813912 ROCK
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HOOD, ROBERT: Minimal Nation 3LP+CD (MPM 001LP)
2015 repress. 3LP version pressed on white vinyl, which includes 2 previously-unreleased tracks; plus a CD of the full version of Minimal Nation.M-Plant presents a remastered special edition of Robert Hood's classic Minimal Nation, 15 years after it changed the face of techno. This album is justly revered as one of the most important and defining techno records ever made. Hood's iconic masterpiece, originally released on Jeff Mills' Axis label in 1994, stripped dance music back to the barest elements, yet retained a loose and dirty funk that many so-called "minimal" records lack today. Having inspired thousands of producers and DJs across the globe, and starting a genre a decade before it was popularly recognized, nothing before or since has sounded like it. Featuring the unreleased "SH-101" (made during the same sessions) and the very rare "Self-Powered" (which only appeared on the Axis test press), Robert Hood's Minimal Nation gets its first full CD release. When first issued as a vinyl double-pack, Minimal Nation not only sounded unlike any other record but also looked like no other -- with each track finishing in a locked groove that forced the listener to flick the needle to the next track. Each groove was built from harsh angular elements that, when combined, created an alien funk not bereft of warmth or soul -- a sound so unique that its single spark echoed around the world and took electronic music into new, uncharted territory. As Hood himself stated, "In order to maximize the feeling of the music, sometimes we have to subtract." In a world full of generic and similar-sounding records, Robert Hood's music jumps straight out of a DJ's set. While many more have joined the cause or jumped on the bandwagon, for Robert, "minimalism" remains just as much a way of life as a musical artform. To this day, Minimal Nation remains the benchmark, the ground zero of "minimal" -- the first record to conceptually take the Pavlovian principle of less is more straight to the dancefloor with its insistent loops and surging funk patterns. As Hood concludes, "Regardless of its diminutive nature, one should never underestimate the neural potency of minimalism."
$25.79 EAN: 5414165029045 ELECTRONIC
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HOOD PRESENTS FLOORPLAN, ROBERT: Sanctified EP 12" (MPM 013EP)
2015 repress. For the next release on M-Plant, Robert Hood revisits his Floorplan moniker, delivering three new tracks. "We Magnify His Name" is a classic example of the Floorplan ethos. Hood layers gospel vocals and a joyous atmosphere over a funked-out disco backbone. "Baby Baby" will have dancefloors jumping too, with its clipped, staccato vox and pumping bassline. The EP ends on "Basic Principle," the techiest of the three tracks, though still removed from Hood's usual dark minimal techno.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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MOUSE ON THE KEYS: The Flowers of Romance CD (MUSIQ 049CD)
Mouse on the Keys, the Japanese trio of Daisuke Niitome (piano, keyboard), Akira Kawasaki (drums, piano, keyboard), and Atsushi Kiyota (synths, piano, keyboard), are an energetic, hard-to-pigeonhole Tokyo-based group that combine the sound of diverse pianos and synthesizers with out-there drumming. Their locomotive American hardcore rhythms and virtuosic post-rock grooves dance fearlessly with jazz, contemporary classical, and shreds of electronic music. Since their foundation in 2006, the band has released on such labels as Japanese imprint Machu Picchu Industries and acclaimed German label Denovali Records, and toured Europe, Canada, Brazil, and Asia. As their main influences, the musical libertines name a miscellaneous range of labels, artists, and bands including On-U Sound, Burt Bacharach, Claude Debussy, Bad Brains, Kreator, Material, Johann Sebastian Bach, Beastie Boys, Napalm Death, and Steve Reich, all of whom left their traces on the group's third album, The Flowers of Romance, an irrepressible amalgam of spontaneous ideas and precisely written harmonics. While recording in Tokyo and the little coast town of Izu, in April and May of 2015, the trio worked for the first time with material that they had not written together. Each member wrote songs by himself, and the band collaborated with guests like violinist Atsuko Hatano, trumpet sorcerer Daisuke Sasaki, guitarist Masahiro Tobita of the legendary Japanese hardcore band Envy, and many more singers and musicians, enlisting contrabass, clarinet, and saxophone. Together they turned in a live sound that gives the compositions a human touch and brings them to a higher level. The pieces have moments of post-rock and free jazz, occasionally recalling the music of Tortoise or John Zorn. A virtuosic mix of alert piano-playing, intense drumming, chamber music, synth grooves, celestial ambient structures, and beautiful abstract melodies. The Flowers of Romance also includes a composition by their hero, Maurice Ravel, and the band claim that western philosophers like Ferdinand de Saussure, Sigmund Freud, or Karl Marx had a major influence on the writing process. It's a multi-layered superstructure and an exhilarating utopian masterpiece made with precision, fidelity, and frankness for ears with a deep sense of the intense, the radical, and the playful.
$11.99 UPC: 880319717925 ROCK
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ALIF: Aynama-Rtama LP (NAWA 003LP)
LP version. Pressed on 140-gram vinyl. Limited to 300 copies. Alif is the collective sound of five musicians at the forefront of independent music in the Arab world. Conceived in 2012 and taking its name from the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, Alif features Khyam Allami (oud), Tamer Abu Ghazaleh (vocals and buzuq), Bashar Farran (bass), Maurice Louca (keys and electronics), and Khaled Yassine (drums and percussion). Their self-produced debut, Aynama-Rtama (Wherever It Falls) is a reflection of its time and environment. Recorded between Beirut and Cairo in 2014, it is a shape-shifting album that twists and turns when one least expects it. Right from the lead track "Holako (Hulagu)" -- featuring a poem by late Iraqi poet Sargon Boulus (1944-2007) rendered into song for the first time -- the band immediately reveal their intention. Louca's gritty electronic percussion melds with Allami's rhythmic oud, and builds until the explosion of a driving rhythmic section, backing Abu Ghazaleh's frenzied buzuq, leads to a cinematic climax of soaring strings and raging drums. The startling synergy of these five musicians is retained throughout the album. A fiery sermon rages in "Al-Khutba Al-Akhira (The Last Declamation)" as the tumult of Yassine's acoustic percussion gives way to Louca's piercing synths, intertwining with Abu Ghazaleh's potent diction. From the melancholic beauty of "Dars Min Kama Sutra (A Lesson from Kama Sutra)" -- which features the tantalizing verses of renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (1942-2008) -- to the majestic and surreal album-closer "Eish Jabkum Hon? (What Brings You Here?)," penned by the band's own Tamer Abu Ghazaleh, each track bursts with rhythmic drive and fervor. The band's wide-ranging influences, along with their unified and intriguing energy, give birth to a soundscape that is at once familiar and unknown. Mixed by Ali Chant of Toybox Studios, Bristol, UK (PJ Harvey, Rokia Traoré, Yann Tiersen, Gruff Rhys, John Parish) and mastered by John Dent of Loud Mastering, UK (Bob Marley, Nick Drake, Yann Tiersen, Massive Attack, Nick Cave), Aynama-Rtama traces a complex labyrinth of genres, sounds, and emotions, rendered as a unique postcard of the tumultuous rollercoaster-ride of its time. The album is adorned in artwork featuring a painting by Syrian-Lebanese visual artist Semaan Khawam. His colorful, surreal paintings, combined with original typography by Egyptian designer Salma Shamel, perfectly complement the complexities latent in Alif's music and lyrics. All editions also feature Nariman Youssef's English translations of the poems and lyrics.
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ALIF: Aynama-Rtama LP (NAWA 003X-LP)
Red vinyl LP version. Pressed on 140-gram vinyl. Limited to 200 copies.
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YONKERS, MICHAEL: Grimwood LP (NN 020LP)
Currently out of print on CD, Michael Yonkers's Grimwood finally receives its long-overdue vinyl re-release (with download code included). Yonkers's first four LPs were released simultaneously in 1973, but it is Grimwood, his first, that regular commands the biggest bucks on the collector-scum market. Recorded in 1969, less than a couple years after the material eventually released as Microminiature Love, Grimwood sounds like it emanates from another universe entirely. Straightforward on the one hand, yet fascinatingly and psychedelically abstruse on the other, Grimwood remains an essential "outsider" document that sits comfortably (and irreplaceably) alongside Spence, Grudzien, Tweddle, and a few select others. "It would seem that Yonkers followed a trail that psychologically parallels the sun life highway, and his private flight took place in a presumably small hut, nestled on a lemonade lake, and from his chimney wafted rainbow smoke, in the fantastical haven of the mystical, mythical grimwood town for which the rec is named, as he attempted to allow light / space into areas of his psyche that hadn't seen enough of either in some time." --Karl Ikola, liner notes to 2007 CD reissue
$13.79 UPC: 091037688873 ROCK
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BROTZMANN & HAMID DRAKE, PETER: Solid And Spirit 2LP (NN 023LP)
2015 repress; limited to 300 copies. Recorded on April 18, 2010 at Clemente Velez Center, New York City. German free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Peter Brötzmann: alto and tenor sax, B-flat clarinet, tarogato. American jazz drummer/percussionist, Hamid Drake: drums and percussion.
$21.79 UPC: N/A JAZZ
A1. Solid & Spirit
B1. Us Own Things
B2. Strike and Fade
C1. Pitch a Bull
D1. Poppa-Stoppa
D2. Streevus Mone on the Reevus Cone
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METZGER, PAUL: 1300 LP (NN 028LP)
Paul Metzger's choices of instruments involve strings and necks, but he is not content to leave them in their original state. On 1300, his ninth solo album and third for Nero's Neptune, Metzger performs on modified guitar and 23-string banjo. The first of the album's two side-long improvisations, "Meend for Shaista," displays the earliest of Metzger's experiments in modification, a revamped Yamaha guitar first displayed on his 2005 debut. The instrument has evolved considerably since then. The neck is now covered in fretless steel, many sympathetic strings have appeared, and a ride cymbal has been attached to the bottom. Metzger applies a percussive string technique and an unorthodox flamenco approach with his right hand, while his gliding left reveals the hidden beauty between the notes. As the piece unfolds, Metzger accompanies himself on tabla while simultaneously playing the guitar; it is at times hard to believe the recording is a one-pass live improvisation made by a single player. On the second side, "Death's Other Kingdom," Metzger breaks out his 23-string banjo. The banjo has extra strings added (including a zither-like spray of 13 fanning out over the drum head), with the skin and sides of the banjo utilized for percussive effect. The piece begins with a slow-burning bowed section. Metzger's bowing has evolved from single-note glissandos into a full-neck chordal style, showing impressive strides in development and refinement. Echoes of North Indian classical music, 12-tone music, and Asian musical forms inform his work. Once the bow is set aside, Metzger's dexterous finger-work and flat picking bring forth a thematic arc, building to blinding velocity as the piece comes to a climax. The cover of the album features the artwork of Metzger's paternal great-grandfather Max Kleiter, whose drawings appear in early issues of the German art nouveau publication Der Jungend. The piece dates from 1901, but is as timeless and singular in style as the music contained within.
$13.79 UPC: 769791910171 ROCK
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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.
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HOPPNER, NICK: Remixes 12" (OSTGUT 092EP)
Nick Höppner follows his 2015 album Folk (OSTGUT 033CD/019LP) with an EP of album remixes. Few nights compare to Chicago's Smart Bar resident The Black Madonna taking over Panorama Bar after Höppner's set in March 2014. Her remix of "Relate" turns Höppner's dreamy original into a sturdy, 4/4-heavy house monster. Berlin-based duo Liit shine some wan and oppressive light on the album's buoyant pop gem "Come Closer." Dutch producer Aardvarck's treatment of "Grind Show" is a deep and mesmerizing piece of dancefloor voodoo. Herva turns "Rising Overheads" into a slowed-down, multi-layered dub -- offbeat and deep.
$8.99 UPC: 880319717819 ELECTRONIC
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UNOUZBECK & VENTURI: Houmous Pous Tous 12" (OD 004EP)
Houmous Pous Tous is the first EP from Unouzbeck & Venturi for Östra Discos. Amazing energy on these tracks.
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TRICOLI, VALERIO: Miseri Lares 2LP (PAN 044LP)
Restocked. It has been 7 years since Metaprogramming from Within the Eye of the Storm, the last solo full-length release by Valerio Tricoli. In the years between, he has established himself as a formidable presence on the international experimental live circuit and released acclaimed collaborations with Antoine Chessex, Coi Tormenti (Dilemma Records, 2010) and Thomas Ankersmit, Forma II (PAN 016CD, 2011) along with the fifth full-length release by his band with fellow Italian cohorts 3/4HadBeenEliminated, Oblivion (ZEIT 011CD, 2010). Throughout these shows, collaborations and ongoing explorations, Valerio has developed on his signature style of beautifully unsettling musique concrète. The result of his tireless explorations, Miseri Lares is his magnum opus, a multilayered and heavily nuanced work which epitomizes the uncanny in the realm of sound. Miseri Lares explores a variety of interlocking themes and sonic tapestries that combine in a quietly disturbing and deeply existential work. As a contemporary take on musique concrète, Tricoli utilizes his full explorations of the Revox tape recorder alongside digital processing, while retaining all of the mystery and surprise elements found in the classic approach of pioneers such as Bernard Parmegiani, Eugeniusz Rudnik and Michel Chion. Themes of the internal, represented by both the psychological and the physical, play throughout the record. As a symbol of spirits preying on the grief within, haunting wisps of sound swirl around a throbbing bass in "Hic Labor Ille Domus et Inextricabilis Error," whereas "La Casa Deviata" emphasizes the paranoid structure as looming creaks make way for abandoned pipes and a cloud of escaping water. Here, the tension at play is injected with a treated Dictaphone recording: "Tell me what happened," "I can't remember? THE SMELL!!! There was a tape recorder, where is the tape?" Spoken text (Italian and English) appears throughout the record, mostly as texture or as a dehumanized floorboard -- a play on the album's themes of the psychological, emotional and irrational horror within. Texts by Italian poets Dante and Guido Ceronetti appear alongside excerpts from The Ecclesiastes (in Hebrew, Qohelet), H.P. Lovecraft, E. M. Cioran, and writings by Tricoli himself. These add an extra weight to the recording, making it reminiscent of Robert Ashley or even the comedic tragedy of later-day Scott Walker (baritone aside). Valerio Tricoli's release for PAN adds another piece to the puzzle of narrative-based concrète music, while deviating from all conventional forms and playing out like a literary form of unsettling sound sculpture. 2LP mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering, pressed on 140 gram vinyl. Vinyl set packaged in a pro-press jacket which itself is housed in a silkscreened PVC sleeve with photography by Traianos Pakioufakis and artwork by Bill Kouligas.
$20.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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LEANDRE & AKOSH S., JOELLE: Győr CD (REQ 001CD)
2005 release. Joëlle Léandre: double bass, voice; Akosh Szelevényi: tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet, flute. Recorded live during the Festival Mediawave in a synagogue in Győr, Hungary, on May 1, 2003, by Péter Tóth. Mastered by David Mascunan at DM Studio, Limoges, France. Liner notes by Gérard Rouy.
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EN/Q./AHAD: Paw Music CD (REQ 002CD)
2010 release. Én (Pál Tóth), Q. (Quentin Rollet), and Ahad (Zsolt Sörés). Recorded and mixed at the Arion Studio, Budapest, Hungary, in August and September 2002. Engineered and mastered by János Horváth. Remastered in March and April 2003 by Zsolt Kovács at the Psψchoplasmics Studio, Diósd, Hungary. Produced by Jozef Cseres. Cover photos by HEyeRMEarS. Paw Music photo by Célia Bonin. Design by HEyeRMEarS/DISCORBIE.
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SAKURAI, KYO: Bali Moon 12" (RFOR 009EP)
Underground Japanese beatboxer Kyo Sakurai showcases his incomparable originality in genres ranging from ethnic to electronic music. This tune is the exotic "Bali Moon," the closing track from his 2015 album Traveller. The B-side features a remix by Moodman, one of the forerunners of the underground house music scene in Japan. Top Japanese violinist Keiko Oikawa also appears, as does Kouheisai Kawamura, performing gamelan and kecak. Artwork by Ippi; design by Kawamura. 180-gram vinyl.
$12.39 EAN: 4560230525224 ELECTRONIC
A1. Bali Moon
B1. Bali Moon - Moodman Remix
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O'MALLEY, STEPHEN: Eternelle Idole 2LP (SHELTER 060LP)
This double LP documents Stephen O'Malley's Eternelle Idole, his score for Paris-based choreographer Gisèle Vienne's artistic ice-skating piece of the same name. Comprising 47 minutes of music spread over three sides and enhanced by an elegant and chilling photoset by Estelle Hanania, the album features familiar O'Malley collaborators Steve Moore, Daniel O'Sullivan, Peter Rehberg, Jesse Sykes, Bill Herzog, and Randall Dunn. Recorded between Brest, France; Seattle; and Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the score sees O'Malley taking several creative detours, utilizing modular synthesizers and programming as key elements for much of the composition. Eerie keyboard- and piano-phrases draw a white, monochrome stage for a young girl's stark and emotive elegy. Clavichord and guitars weave through the darkness, supported by Sykes's prophetic voice. Mirroring the score, Hanania's 16 photographs of the choreographic piece display the grace, sustain, geometry, telemetry, distance, and perfection of ice-skating, as well as possible falls and gloomy shadows. Metal against ice; tights and knots; spirals and scratches; shouts and winds -- field recordings mold a crispy atmosphere while instruments draw lakes, ice skating rings, cosmic belts, and a terrestrial cloud passage and eventual landing platform for a flying saucer. 180-gram white double LP with 16-page, 30 x 30-cm, saddle-stitched, full-color booklet in 350-gram sleeve with gloss varnish. Edition of 500.
$28.99 UPC: 769791910157 ROCK
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VA: Fortyfour Ways 12" (SMALL 044EP)
Smallville Records celebrates its 2015 tenth anniversary with the third part of the Ways various artists series, which began in 2011 with Twentyfour Ways (SMALL 024EP) and continued in 2013 with Thirtyfive Ways. Fortyfour Ways introduces L'Amour Fou (Move D with Benoit Bouquin (BB) and Marco Wollenberg, both from Taipei). Kornél Kovács played at a Smallville party in 2014, and "Space Jam," included here, is partly the result of that meeting. Juniper follow a 2012 split 12" with Arnaldo (SMALL 030EP) and many gigs (mostly at Stattbad in Berlin) with "Variations in Grey." Smallpeeps on the mighty B2. Precedes Fortyfive Ways (SMALL 045EP).
$9.79 UPC: 827170576469 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Fortyfive Ways 12" (SMALL 045EP)
Smallville Records celebrates its 2015 tenth anniversary with the fourth part of the Ways various artists series, which began in 2011 with Twentyfour Ways (SMALL 024EP) and continued in 2013 with Thirtyfive Ways and in 2015 with Fortyfour Ways (SMALL 044EP). Here, STL contributes a dub that feels like it could last forever. Tilman Tausendfreund, a long-time regular employee at the Smallville record store, collaborated with Chistopher Rau on Asper Clouds (SMALL 003CD/LP, 2010), and here delivers one of his lovely lo-fi-sweet-house anthems. Rau himself also takes part, as does Lawrence, of course, who co-founded Smallville back in the day.
$9.79 UPC: 827170604469 ELECTRONIC
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BASHO, ROBBIE: Twilight Peaks LP (S-R 020LP)
Limited repress. LP version with download code. Formal reissue of Twilight Peaks, guitarist Robbie Basho's last recordings. It was originally issued in 1984 on a tape label called The Art of Relaxation, and never got any reviews or attention at the time. For this proper release it was mastered by Glenn Jones (of Cul de Sac fame) and Matt Azevedo, from the original demo tapes, provided to Glenn Jones by Basho himself as he was working on the album.
$17.79 EAN: 5055300380104 ROCK
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MUSLIMGAUZE: Uzbekistani Bizzare and Souk 2LP (ARCHIVE 018LP)
Sonically, Bryn Jones's work as Muslimgauze often pulled in two directions at the same time. The one, towards what fans of Can might call an "ethnographic" kind of practice, especially with his use of vocal samples and percussion instruments from the Middle East and other regions of the world Jones was so interested in (obsessed by?). The other is toward, for lack of more polite phrasing, harshly fucked-up digital noise and beats. Many interesting Muslimgauze releases tend more toward that ethnographic side or find a middle ground between the two impulses, but few of his records slide so much towards the other end of the spectrum as does 1996's Uzbekistani Bizzare and Souk. Aside from the vocal loop/Amen break duet of "Rouge Amin Fraction," the songs here found Jones focusing much more on the electronic music elements always present in his work as Muslimgauze, ranging from the watery, dubby tones that show up on "The Iranian Who Found Allah" and parts of the suite-like "Paper Gulag" through the harsh trebles of "Cafkir Ma Higra" (which bring to mind Aphex Twin's "Ventolin") to the dense digital-sleet-storm of closer "Leboneeze." Elsewhere, tracks like "Cafkir Wa Hig" and "Harijana" serve as master classes in Jones's expertise at twisting his beats and patterns until they practically shred (both themselves and, if you're not careful, the speakers). Uzbekistani Bizzare and Souk was originally issued by Staalplaat on DAT in 1996, and was reissued on CD by Important Records in 2002; this is its first vinyl release. A tough, rigorous set of some of Jones's most beat-focused work as Muslimgauze. Limited edition of 500.
$20.99 UPC: 753907371123 ELECTRONIC
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CHEVEL: Blurse 2LP (STROBO 003LP)
Double LP version. Over the course of his career, Chevel (aka Dario Tronchin) has gained a mastery over slow melodic fades and sharp ricocheting beats, honing an ability to transport the listener. On Blurse, these elements come into play immediately; euphoric introduction "Comb" is marked by a spectral panning sequence and beats chopped with a culinary expert's sense of elegance. The drum-kit-sounds that feature throughout are used sparingly but deliver maximum impact upon the listener's nervous system. The block percussion on "The Windrunner" and "Low Roof" perfectly complements the synthetic sheen produced by fuzz distortion, radio static, and bandpass-filtered soundbites, taking the listener to a terrain where a palette of decay effects provides just as much aesthetic inspiration as the presence of technological advancement. There is more than enough humor and playfulness at work here, too, helping to once again banish the persistent stereotype of the modern techno producer as a sterile technician; the queasy melody line and the sliced-and-diced whistling, gelatinous bounce of "Loop #33" recall a child's playtime wonder more than they do the rarefied rigor of the laboratory. The less pulsating numbers like "Loop #42" and closer "A Form of Love" engage the listener as well, evoking short films of abiogenesis (the process of life arising from non-living matter). These tracks are not so much interludes or contemplative retreats from the action as they are enhancers of it, utilizing fluttering cycles of melody to engage in a kind of conversation with the more driving tracks. As to the driving tracks themselves, the places to which they drive the listener are satisfyingly beyond everyday experience. In other words, despite the consistency of Chevel's sonic toolkit and overall atmosphere, there is a rich variety in the emotional color on display here. The net effect is like a dream-state that echoes long after waking, though one can't pinpoint exactly why -- compelling the listener to dive back into the dream-pool to experience it again.
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LOPEZ, FRANCISCO: La Selva LP/USB CARD (SR 346LP)
Full-length original audio piece on 24-bit/48kHz digital USB flat memory-card with non-audio blank etched vinyl. Edition of 500 copies numbered and signed by Francisco López. La Selva is an immersion into the sound environments of a tropical rain forest in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. An astonishing natural sonic web created by a multitude of sounds from rain, waterfalls, insects, frogs, birds, mammals, and even plants, through a day cycle during the rainy season. A powerful acousmatic broadband sound environment of thrilling complexity. And above all, a tour de force of profound listening. Original recordings done at La Selva Biological Station during the rainy seasons of 1995 and 1996. La Selva was premiered in an acousmatic performance at Teatro Fanal of the Fanal Contemporary Art Center in San José, Costa Rica, in August 1997. Originally released as a CD by V2_Archief in 1998. "After two years of failed attempts with multiple test pressings from the best plants and cutting engineers in Europe, the inherent constraints of vinyl led to an unavoidable conclusion: this audio piece cannot be released on vinyl... many of the naturally intense sections of 'La Selva' with insect and amphibian calls were rendered awfully distorted, with filtering solving virtually nothing at the expense of dramatic dullness... That is why this 'natural' sound piece has been finally reissued digitally, in its entirety, and with the best possible sound." --López
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KOSMOSE: Kosmic Music from the Black Country 2CD (SR 394CD)
Never-before-released recordings of mythic Belgian kosmische band Kosmose (1973-'78). Kosmose can be approached as a collective without a specific leader. The line-up fluctuated quite a lot around a rock-solid core formed by Alain Neffe and Francis Pourcel. As this release demonstrates, their sound evolved from something deeply influenced by kosmische music to a purely improvised form of noisy free jazz. The whole adventure took place in the heart of the '70s, almost under wraps, though most rehearsals were taped by Neffe. RIYL Hawkwind, Can, Musica Elettronica Viva.
$12.99 EAN: 5411867113942 ROCK
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HOWARD & THE NIGHT MAIL, JOHN: John Howard & The Night Mail CD (TR 317CD)
In 1975 CBS released Kid in a Big World, the debut LP by a golden-voiced young piano man called John Howard. But somehow, between glam and pub rock, this early masterpiece fell through the gaps. The world may have been ready for Bowie flirting with androgyny, but not quite ready yet for an out gay pop star. Forty years later, in 2015, Canterbury-based/Vienna-born pop writer and musician Robert Rotifer enticed this living singer-songwriter legend back to England from his Spanish exile to work on the collaborative project John Howard & The Night Mail. Apart from Howard himself on vocals and piano and Rotifer on guitar the band features Andy Lewis (Paul Weller's bassist, DJ and Acid Jazz label regular) on bass and Mellotron and Ian Button (Papernut Cambridge, ex-Death in Vegas, ex-The Thrashing Doves) on drums. Apart from the Roddy Frame cover "Small World" ("Great! Brilliant! I'm flattered," says Frame), Lewis, Button, and Rotifer share all the writing credits with John Howard. And as Howard's fingers touch the keys on "Intact & Smiling," the '60s soul-flavored lead single he co-wrote with Lewis, you can sense the electricity of finally playing together with a full band in the studio again after all those years. It's nothing less than the joyful rebirth of an almost forgotten hero of British pop history. "John, though he always creates fictional characters for his songs, had also given a lot away about himself between the lines. About his youth and discovering the magic of pop ('In the Light of Fires Burning'), his struggles with society's blinkered sexual attitudes ('Safety in Numbers'), his compulsive need for things to be just right ('Control Freak'), and the harsh realities of growing old ('Before'). As for the music... We'd hit the ground running and never stopped until the whole record was finished three days later in a grand tour de force of John doing all of his vocals in one single day... I'm listening to the record now, and I feel none of the doubts that usually hang around well after one has finished an album, because it was all done in such a breeze, with no time for self-conscience or second-guessing. I know Ian and Andy feel the same. But most of all we can't wait to see John again and take The Night Mail on the road." --Robert Rotifer, Canterbury, March 2015
$12.99 EAN: 4015698001136 ROCK
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PINCH, MUMDANCE, LOGOS: Double Barrelled Mitzi (Turbo Mitzi VIP)/Legion (VIPinch Mix) 12" (TEC 087EP)
Two big rhythms that have been tearing up dances across the globe, in heavy rotation by the few DJs holding the tracks. Pinch and Mumdance caught ears and attention with 2014's "Turbo Mitzi." The full-throttle VIP version is titled "Double Barrelled Mitzi," referencing both the late-'90s E of choice and its rushier counterpart, and is guaranteed to get your heart racing and your palms clammy. The colder, darker Pinch version of Mumdance and Logos's anthem "Legion" features pounding kicks driving the rhythm while claps circle and reverse around that Reese bass, fully charged with dark energy.
$8.99 EAN: 5060208844276 ELECTRONIC
A1. Pinch & Mumdance - Double Barrelled Mitzi (Turbo Mitzi VIP)
B1. Mumdance & Logos - Legion (VIPinch Mix)
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WILSON, CLAY: Skandha EP 12" (BK 014EP)
"I'm always looking for ways to escape that 'block-y,' downbeat-centric feeling," says Clay Wilson. "For me, it's the drone -- what's going on in the background -- that serves to hold my interest." Behind the tightly-wound techno core of "Cataleptic," the sound of a babbling brook and a plaintive, meandering bird call gently give way to the tintinnabulation of a distant bell. But make no mistake -- Wilson's productions are designed for the dancefloor through and through. The static kick-hat pattern of "Feres" contrasts with chunky, stepped percussion, before the ghostly vocal sample (or merely something approaching it) of "Pict" repeats underneath it all.
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FELL FEAT. RHODRI DAVIES & OKKYUNG LEE, MARK: A Pattern for Becoming Cassette (TTW 079CS)
A Pattern For Becoming is a piece by Mark Fell for seven moving speakers and solo improvising instrumentalist (Rhodri Davis and Okkyung Lee). The piece was first conceived for and performed at Harmonic Series at Southbank Centre, as programmed by Oliver Coates. In this piece each speaker plays a different and entirely static synthetic tone. The speakers are positioned around the audience and, throughout the piece, the direction and position of each speaker is changed, creating a slowly evolving synthetic sound field. For the performances featured on this edition, the speakers were moved by the following performers: Amy Kate Riach, Oliver Coates, Tom Rose, Na'ama Zisser, Rian Treanor, Galya Bisengalieva, Daniel Pioro, Hugh Brunt and Robert Ames. The recording and live sound engineer was Trevor Davison. 150 copies only. Cover collage by D.M. Nagu.
$4.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. A Pattern For Becoming with Rhodri Davies, performed at the Blue Boom, Royal Festival Hall, 22nd January 2015
B1. A Pattern For Becoming with Okkyung Lee, performed the Blue Boom, Royal Festival Hall, 26th March 2015
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VAN HOEN, MARK: The Worcester Tapes, 1983-1987 Cassette (TTW 080CS)
The Worcester Tapes presents recordings Mark Van Hoen made as a teenager in the 80s, after Mark moved to the historical English city. These tracks feature his first synthesizer and tape recorder, from 1983; tape loop experiments; and several tracks utilizing the Roland S-10, Mark's first digital sampler. The tape opens with a recently rediscovered 30 minute ambient piece from 1987, "Fortified Hill." All of these recordings were originally mastered on cassette, and all titles are released here on a physical format for the first and only time. A fascinating snapshot of Mark's early music, made some 7-10 years before his first official releases. Edition of 150 copies.
$4.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Fortified Hill (1987)
B1. Music For Dancers In Disguise (1983)
B2. Riverboats (1983)
B3. Enigma Codes (1984)
B4. Truancy (1983)
B5. Reports (1984)
B6. Passage Abroad (1986)
B7. Old Men's Wars (1983)
B8. The Stone Fiddle (1983)
B9. Dispelling (1984)
B10. Vomit (1985)
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KOPP, JONAS: HHH EP 12" (TRESOR 279EP)
Argentine producer Jonas Kopp follows his 2014 debut album Beyond the Hypnosis (TRESOR 273CD) with the powerful, club-oriented HHH EP. "Khaa" opens with a deep, pumping bass as schizophrenic chords intermingle with hi-hats; "Nahn" unfolds in parallel structure, cheeky yet with a smoother bassline. "Hank" unfurls with a thunderous, stomping bass that cracks upon each beat while sinister atmospheres appear overhead. On "Sinstro," fraught chords patter on the surface while spatial, airy moods climax throughout the piece.
$8.99 UPC: 666017294162 ELECTRONIC
A1. Khaa
A2. Nhan
B1. Hank
B2. Sinstro
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TIGA VS BOYS NOIZE: 100 12" (TURBO 171EP)
Tiga follows mega-hits "Let's Go Dancing" (TURBO 153EP, 2013) and "Bugatti" (TURBO 164EP, 2014) with a massive Boys Noize collab, released following Boysnoize Records' 2015 ten-year celebrations, with six shows jointly headlined by Tiga and Boys Noize. Both producers come through clearly: the slamming drums and acid Boys Noize has so thoroughly mastered; the clever vocal hooks, catchy basslines, and ravey breakbeat flourishes of Tiga's. "Jam #1" is an ode to the pair's low-slung techno roots, a stripped-down bonus beat that sets the stage for the duo's "808 IRAQ," forthcoming at the time of this release.
$8.99 EAN: 4250382430391 ELECTRONIC
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LANDO: Stunts 12" (LVX 019EP)
Lando, fresh off the 2015 release of his remix of Dorisburg's "Dimension Sculpture" via his own Myth Music label (MYTH 003EP), offers up five slick, hypnotic tracks, with pulsing basslines that are right at home in the Ultramajic universe.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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SAUNA YOUTH: Distractions CD (UTR 071CD)
Consisting of Richard "Boon" Phoenix (drums, vocals), Lindsay Corstorphine (guitar), Jen "Ecke" Calleja (vocals, sampler), and Christopher Murphy (bass), Sauna Youth are a punk band that's happy to embrace all of the contradictions that go along with that notion. They are at times furious, unstoppable, and severe, with the sampler wailing like an alarm coming from a parallel universe; then chugging, poppy, harmonious, and fun. Forever loud. As Kurt Cobain once asked, "Why can't we be both Black Sabbath and The Beatles?" Sauna Youth consistently pose the question, "Why can't we be both the Ramones and Steve Reich?" They recorded Distractions over a couple of days in July 2014 at Sound Savers in Homerton with Mark Jasper, mixed it themselves, and had it mastered by Kris Lapke. It's an album that feels instinctive and natural, flowing freely from a band that has come to terms with the sum of its parts. Ultimately, though, Sauna Youth have made a colossal record that is impossible not to dance to. "Transmitters" races off with its guitars pulsing and chopping before the chorus crashes in like a wave. Ecke and Boon sing in unison, creating a voice of no specific gender and allowing the songs to be sung from multiple perspectives and from a place of shared experience. On "Cosmos Seeker," the drums pin the jabbing guitar chords and vocals in place, surrounded by a propulsive swarm of sound. Distractions also includes two poems put to music: "(Taking a) Walk," by Ecke, is a rumination on the body, specifically female, in public spaces; "Paul," by Boon, explores individuality and authentic performance. In addition to performing as Sauna Youth, all four members, in swapped roles, also make up the band Monotony, which they formed while writing Distractions in 2014. Later in 2014, they did two sessions over two days as both bands for Marc Riley on BBC 6 Music, and performed as both bands at DRILL Festival: Brighton, after being invited by Wire. Members of Sauna Youth also play in Tense Men, Primitive Parts, Feature, and Cold Pumas. They've previously played with Pissed Jeans, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, and Protomartyr; toured with Ceremony and Cold Pumas; and played at both the Liverpool International Festival of Psychedelia and Oslo Psych Fest.
$11.99 UPC: 828887007123 ROCK
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VA: Treasure Isle: Bond Street Special 1967-1974 LP (VOJ 005LP)
LP version. After retiring from the Jamaican police force, Arthur "Duke" Reid established his Treasure Isle liquor store and Trojan sound system in Pink Lane, Kingston, and was crowned the undisputed "King of Sound and Blues" in 1956, '57, and '58. The Duke then moved into record production, and, after relocating Treasure Isle to 33 Bond Street, he built a recording studio above the store in 1966. According to the musicians and singers involved, the wooden construction of the Treasure Isle recording studio gave the music a distinctive warmth and richness, and with resident engineer Byron "Baron/Smithy" Smith at the controls, the sound of a Bond Street recording was immediately recognizable. "But the Studio One sound is different to the Treasure Isle sound! The people have to know..." --Bunny "Striker" Lee. A glittering selection of Striker's Treasure Isle recordings are featured on this compilation; sit back and enjoy the set. Includes tracks by Derrick Morgan, Pat Kelly, Slim Smith, Roy Shirley, Stranger Cole, Lester Sterling, Don T Lee, Johnny Clarke, U Roy & Jeff Barnes, Roland Alphonso, Lloyd & The Groovers, Max Romeo, and Ernest Wilson.
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ETCH/K-LONE: Toxin/Broke 12" (WSDM 003EP)
Following releases on Space + Time and Soundman Chronicles, Etch brings his junglist sensibilities to Wisdom Teeth, this time slowing tempos to a slow lurch for the sour, paranoid step of "Toxin." On the flip, label head K-Lone contributes "Broke," a beautifully sculpted percussive workout with a reduced, swinging groove.
$9.79 EAN: 5055300387080 ELECTRONIC
A1. Etch - Toxin
B1. K-Lone - Broke
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VA: Bali 1928, Vol. III: Lotring and the Sources of Gamelan Tradition CD (WA 2015CD)
Vol. III of the complete 1928 Balinese recordings, the first republication since 1928 of lost shellac recordings, opens with the only known recordings of a lost gamelan. Heard in three tracks, Gamelan Semar Pagulingan, an ensemble known as "Gamelan of Love in the Bedchamber," played instruments that no longer exist, originally performed just outside the private residence of a raja during meals, times of leisure, and when the raja was otherwise engaged in pleasure with one of his wives. The major artist in this CD is I Wayan Lotring, a composer who could not sleep for nights as he heard melodies in his dreams that he taught orally to musicians in his gamelan. An extensive text by Edward Herbst is included as a PDF on the CD (accessible by computer) and hosted online by World Arbiter. Some of these recordings come from discs that existed in only one known copy, and now their mystical, complex, innovative styles are available for everyone to experience. Also includes performances by Gamelan Palégongan of Banjar Tegal, Kuta; Gamelan Gendér Wayang of Banjar Tegal, Kuta; Gamelan Gendér Wayang of Kaliungu; Gamelan Palégongan of Kelandis; Gamelan Gambang; Gamelan Gambang of Pura Kawitan Kelaci, Banjar Sebudi; and Gamelan Pajogédan (Gandrung) of Pagan.
$8.39 UPC: 604907201524 WORLD
01. GAMELAN SEMAR PAGULINGAN OF BANJAR TITIH, DENPASAR - Tabuh Ginanti
02. GAMELAN SEMAR PAGULINGAN OF BANJAR TITIH, DENPASAR - Tabuh Lasem
03. GAMELAN SEMAR PAGULINGAN OF BANJAR TITIH, DENPASAR - Tabuh Gari
04. GAMELAN PALÉGONGAN OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Calonarang: Sisia
05. GAMELAN PALÉGONGAN OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Ngalap Basé
06. GAMELAN PALÉGONGAN OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Tunjang
07. GAMELAN PALÉGONGAN OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Gambangan
08. GAMELAN PALÉGONGAN OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Gegénggongan
09. GAMELAN PALÉGONGAN OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Solo
10. GAMELAN GENDÉR WAYANG OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Sekar Ginotan
11. GAMELAN GENDÉR WAYANG OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Seléndro
12. GAMELAN GENDÉR WAYANG OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Merak Ngélo
13. GAMELAN GENDÉR WAYANG OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Tulang Lindung
14. GAMELAN GENDÉR WAYANG OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Alas Harum
15. GAMELAN GENDÉR WAYANG OF BANJAR TEGAL, KUTA - Angkat-angkatan
16. GAMELAN GENDÉR WAYANG OF KALIUNGU - Lagu Cupak
17. GAMELAN PALÉGONGAN OF KELANDIS - Biakalang
18. GAMELAN GAMBANG - Manukaba
19. GAMELAN GAMBANG - Jurangandanu
20. GAMELAN GAMBANG OF PURA KAWITAN KELACI, BANJAR SEBUDI - Demung
21. GAMELAN PAJOGÉDAN (GANDRUNG) OF PAGAN - Cacing Keremi
22. GAMELAN PAJOGÉDAN (GANDRUNG) OF PAGAN - Saron
23. GAMELAN PAJOGÉDAN (GANDRUNG) OF PAGAN - Ganderangan
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MCMILLION, JON: Pass It 12" (ZBZ 006EP)
A two-track precursor to Jon McMillion's 2015 album on Zoombézoom, forthcoming at the time of this release. Limited edition of 300. Music written and produced by Jon McMillion. Mastered by Rashad Becker at D&M, Berlin.
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VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE: VU: A Collection of Previously Unreleased Recordings LP (4M 136LP)
Restocked, last copies of this now deleted edition. "The 10 tracks of VU (most of which originally intended for The Velvet Underground's unreleased fourth MGM/Verve LP) were recorded between 1968 and 1969. Contains such classics as 'I Can't Stand It,' 'Stephanie Says,' 'She's My Best Friend,' 'Lisa Says' and 'Ocean' among others."
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WALKER, SCOTT: Scott LP (4M 149LP)
2015 restock, last copies. "One of the most enigmatic figures in pop music history Scott Walker (nee Scott Engel) first saw massive success in England with his band The Walker Brothers in 1965. Not really brothers, nor were they British, the trio left Hollywood seeking fame in England, and they found it there for a time with their particular brand of orchestrated pop. Following the group's demise in 1967, Walker set out to pursue solo stardom in perhaps the most peculiar way possible, with over-the-top baroque pop songs owing more to his idol Jacques Brel, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra than they did to The Beatles or The Stones. This is his first solo LP from 1967 and features 3 of his own compositions along with covers of songs by Brel, Tim Hardin, and the Brill Building team of Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann. A true original."
$15.75 UPC: 646315114911 ROCK
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AYERS, ROY: Virgo Vibes 2LP (SD 1488LP)
Exact repro of jazz vibraphonist Roy Ayers' 1967 album for Atlantic, featuring Charles Tolliver (trumpet), Joe Henderson (tenor sax), Ronnie Clark (piano), Reggie Workman (bass) and Bruno Carr (drums). On "Glow Flower," Ayers is joined by Harold Land on tenor, pianist Jack Wilson, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Donald Bailey.
$11.25 UPC: N/A JAZZ
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BROTHERS, THE: You Can't Win/Memories 12" (BB 500EP)
"Hooked up and pumped by BDP in 1987, this hard-to-comeby single should not be slept on. The Brothers were down with Boogie Down Productions and had a few singles come out on the notorious B Boy Records label in the late 80s, this one being 'You Can't Win' backed with 'Memories'. Both of the selections on this record are pure, raw Hip Hop from the golden era. Layered beat boxing and drum programming with the B Boy posse sounding hungry make this 12" single definitey not one to miss."
$5.75 UPC: 829357050014 HIPHOP
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VA: Rare Psych Moogs And Brass: Music From The Sonoton Library 1969-1981 CD (BUTR 005CD)
2014 release. "Germany's Sonoton library remains one of the largest independent production music companies in the world. This compilation focuses on psychedelic grooves, synthesized funk and big band belters produced for Sonoton between 1969 and 1981. Founded in 1965 by Rotheide and Gerhard Narholz, Germany's Sonoton library remains one of the largest independent production music companies in the world. This compilation focuses on psychedelic grooves, synthesized funk and big band belters produced for Sonoton between 1969 and 1981. Many of the featured composers also worked for other libraries - John Fiddy for KPM & Bruton, Walt Rockman for Studio One, Sammy Burdson for Conroy & Colorsound and Claude Larson for MFP. Compiled by audio archivist & electro producer Alan Gubby (Revbjelde / Jung Collective) who also produced the BBC Radiophonic Workshop compilation The John Baker Tapes on Trunk. Rare Psych, Moogs & Brass is the first album release on Buried Treasure & a must for collectors of dusty grooves, moog-tastic funk and psychedelic jazz."
$15.50 EAN: 3700604708803 ROCK
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THORNTON, CLIFFORD: Ketchaoua LP (BYG 323LP)
2015 repress. 23rd volume in the BYG Actuel series; gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl. "This album was recorded in Paris on August 18, 1969 by Clifford Thornton (cornet and conga drums) with Grachan Moncur III (trombone), Archie Shepp (soprano saxophone), Arthur Jones (alto saxophone), Dave Burrell (piano), Sunny Murray (drums), Beb Guerin (bass), Earl Freeman (bass) and Claude Delcloo (drums)." "'Clifford Thornton was a player and a composer whose obscurity was offset by the high esteem in which he was held by his fellow musicians... like Shepp, Thornton was actively involved in advancing the ideology of the black nationalist movement... and all of his recordings are intense and important about those matters that were close to his heart -- liberation, communication and unity." -- Thurston Moore and Byron Coley.
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MINGUS, CHARLES: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus LP (CANDID 9005LP)
2015 repress. Exact repro of this 1960 release. "Charles Mingus has a fascinating way of offering music that is grounded in tradition while remaining startlingly original... The band is small for Mingus, and includes Eric Dolphy on alto saxophone and bass clarinet, Ted Curson on trumpet, and Dannie Richmond on drums. It would be one of Dolphy and Curson's last recording dates with the artist, and they seem determined to go all out for it. The album accomplishes what the best of Mingus accomplishes: the perfect tension between jazz played as an ensemble and jazz played as totally free." --All Music Guide
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BABY HUEY: The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend LP (CRS 8007LP)
Gatefold exact repro reissue manufactured by Rhino. Originally released in 1971. Pressed on 180 gram vinyl, although metaphysically about 300-400 pounds heavier, Baby Huey was a psychedelic soul legend as well as an enormous (sorry) influence on hip hop, having been sampled by the likes of A Tribe Called Quest, Ghostface Killah and many more. Includes the classics "Hard Times" (Curtis Mayfield) and "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) and the best rendition of The Mamas & The Papas' "California Dreamin'" ever made.
$13.25 UPC: N/A ROCK
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HARRIS, JERRY: I'm for You, I'm for Me CD (DKR 180CD)
"Simply put, THE most underrated Wackie's album, and the best one you might not have heard. Originally released in 1982, I'm For You, I'm For Me was the debut album from Wackie's studio stalwart musician and singer Jerry Harris (oddly nicknamed 'Jerry Hitler' back then). The original LP carried a deceptive cover, featuring only the headshot of a jheri curled Jerry, which suggests a slick soul or disco album, and belied the mostly hard roots reggae tracks contained therein. We had always intended to re-release this album, as five of the ten tracks were in our favored tough and murky Wackie's roots style. But before we got around to it, and in doing the diligence we do, we dug deep and came across the previously unreleased dub versions for the album, plus one more killer vocal cut that didn't make the original LP. So the choice seemed clear, to modify this great album into an all killer no filler roots reggae showcase LP in the classic style, so here it is. You might notice we switched up the cover art as well, reconfiguring the original design elements from the great former Wackie's graphic designer Leslie A. Moore. The CD version includes 3 bonus tracks, 'We Got To Live Better' from the original LP, and both sides of Jerry's very first single 'Too Much Religion'."
$10.75 UPC: 717273018020 WORLD
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MINGUS, CHARLES: Mingus At The Bohemia LP (DOL 795LP)
2014 reissue of the 1955 "Jazz Workshop" album, featuring Mingus (bass), Eddie Bert (trombone), George Barrow (tenor sax), Max Waldron (piano), Willie Jones (drums), and Max Roach (drums). Features "Septemberly," a fusion of two songs, "September in the Rain" and "Tenderly"; plus "Percussion Discusion," consisting entirely of Mingus on bass and Roach on drums.
$13.75 UPC: 889397279516 JAZZ
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MINGUS, CHARLES: Pithecanthropus Erectus LP (DOL 796LP)
2014 reissue. Originally released in 1956, featuring Charles Mingus (bass), Jackie McLean (alto sax), J. R. Monterose (tenor sax), Mal Waldron (piano) and Willie Jones (drums). "Pithecanthropus Erectus was Charles Mingus' breakthrough as a leader, the album where he established himself as a composer of boundless imagination and a fresh new voice that, despite his ambitiously modern concepts, was firmly grounded in jazz tradition. Mingus truly discovered himself after mastering the vocabularies of bop and swing, and with Pithecanthropus Erectus he began seeking new ways to increase the evocative power of the art form and challenge his musicians (who here include altoist Jackie McLean and pianist Mal Waldron) to work outside of convention. The title cut is one of his greatest masterpieces: a four-movement tone poem depicting man's evolution from pride and accomplishment to hubris and slavery and finally to ultimate destruction. The piece is held together by a haunting, repeated theme and broken up by frenetic, sound-effect-filled interludes that grow darker as man's spirit sinks lower. It can be a little hard to follow the story line, but the whole thing seethes with a brooding intensity that comes from the soloist's extraordinary focus on the mood, rather than simply flashing their chops. Mingus' playful side surfaces on 'A Foggy Day (In San Francisco),' which crams numerous sound effects (all from actual instruments) into a highly visual portrait, complete with honking cars, ringing trolleys, sirens, police whistles, change clinking on the sidewalk, and more. This was the first album where Mingus tailored his arrangements to the personalities of his musicians, teaching the pieces by ear instead of writing everything out. Perhaps that's why Pithecanthropus Erectus resembles paintings in sound -- full of sumptuous tone colors learned through Duke Ellington, but also rich in sonic details that only could have come from an adventurous modernist. And Mingus plays with the sort of raw passion that comes with the first flush of mastery. Still one of his greatest." -- All Music Guide
$14.50 UPC: 889397279615 JAZZ
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LATINAIRES, THE: Camel Walk LP (FANIA 349LP)
Exact repro of this Latin Boogaloo set from 1968 on Fania. "...an ultimate blend of jazz, funk and pure Latin, which we hope you will dig.... Camel Walk -- a funky out of sight but together side which will make you go out of your mind."
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FANIA ALL-STARS, THE: Latin-Soul-Rock LP (FANIA 470LP)
Gatefold exact repro reissue of the 1974 album, live at Yankee Stadium in 1973. Featuring Manu Dibango, Jorge "Malo" Santana, Billy Cobham, and Jan Hammer.
$8.75 UPC: N/A ROCK
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GHOSTFACE KILLAH: Ironman 2LP (GET 51267LP)
2015 repress. "Sony Music and Get On Down proudly present the official reissue of the debut solo album from Wu-Tang Clans's Ghostface Killah. Ironman pieces together Al Green and Jackson 5 samples, gospel choruses, kung fu soundbites and piano vamps into something unpredictable and vital-sounding. Arguably the best of the group's solo albums to date, the record is filled with inventive production and rhymes, and ranks as another solid entry in the Wu-Tang legacy. Housed in a full-color gatefold jacket, this special double vinyl edition includes an 18" x 24" replica of the original retail poster. A classic piece of Wu-Tang artistry is reborn again for music lovers and MC's alike."
$18.00 UPC: 664425126716 HIPHOP
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GHOSTFACE KILLAH: Camay/Daytona 500 7" (GET 736EP)
"While 'Camay' is the A Side, and a banging A Side at that, it was 'Daytona 500' that would be become Wu fans favorite. The combination of Ghost, Rae and Cappadonna with the Force MD's on the hook is just pure fire. The beat, the park jam turntable rubs, the chorus, it's an unorthodox formula that works perfectly (don't forget to add an equally amazing video). Now available for the first time on 7' Get On Down is proud to present 'Camay' b/w 'Daytona 500'."
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STARS OF THE LID: The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid 3LP (KRANK 050LP)
2015 repress. "This is the first time this monumental album has been available on the vinyl format in five years." "I simply feel that they are making the most important music of the 21st century." --Ivo Watts-Russell (4AD label founder)
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STARS OF THE LID: Stars of the Lid and Their Refinement of the Decline 3LP (KRANK 100LP)
2015 repress. "This is the first time this monumental album has been available on the vinyl format in five years."
$25.00 UPC: 796441810017 ROCK
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HELEN: The Original Faces LP (KRANK 196LP)
LP version.
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VA: Nice Weather for War CD (KYE 038CD)
"Kye is proud to present Nice Weather for War - the fabulous new release that showcases six of the most exciting music artists working today. Featuring exclusive, never before heard material by Shots, Blue Chemise, Gabi Losoncy, Russell Walker, Matthew Revert and T.D. Nice Weather for War arrives in a 4-panel high gloss digipak with accompanying 8-page booklet in an edition of 400 copies."
$11.75 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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LYON, NORMA: The Music of Norma Lyon LP (LA 012LP)
"A collection of 16 pieces privately released by Norma Lyon in the late 1960s. All are original compositions for piano and organ. Dark, moody and dramatic, each of these 'sketches' was inspired by a place Ms. Lyon has lived. The tone of the record is set by its fantastic titles, including 'Flight of the Spirit Geese,' 'Phantom Cathedral of the Sea' and 'Dirge of the Sea Gods.' The first side, 'Dune Sketches,' is based on a period when she lived amidst the dunes in southwest Oregon. The second side, 'Sea Sketches,' is drawn from the time she spent living with her twin sister overlooking the ocean in Coos Bay. Limited edition of 500 copies."
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VA: The Sigh of Silver Strings from Suvannabhumi: The Western Stringed Instruments of Burma LP (LA 013LP)
"During the 1800s, various Western stringed instruments came to Burma by means of traders, explorers, and colonizers. These instruments -- the acoustic slide guitar, mandolin, banjo, violin, and zither -- were quickly and ingeniously adapted to the intricacies of Burmese music. The music draws from Burma's rich vocal tradition, and the centuries-old royal repertoire of the Burmese harp and xylophone. Recorded and produced by Rick Heizman. Limited edition of 500 copies." Includes 8-page black & white booklet with track notes and photos.
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AGITATION FREE: Shibuya Nights 2LP (MIG 1161LP)
"In 2007 three concerts were recorded in Shibuya O'West/Tokyo, finally mixed into this outstanding album. A more than 70-minutes time travel back to the 70's, filigree and majestic. A matchless mixture of spacy-psychedelic 'Krautrock' and Ethno-Music. Agitation Free proves again on this album that they are one of the most important representatives of the so-called 'Berlin School. Special limited to 1000 copies double-vinyl edition in red/black colored vinyl, numbered consecutively, in complex gatefold!"
$23.00 UPC: 885513011619 ROCK
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MF DOOM: Operation: Doomsday 2LP (MF 090LP)
2015 repress on black vinyl. "This special edition 2LP package comes housed in an all new exclusive jacket featuring Doom's infamous metal mask icon embossed out of a metallic silver foil. An absolute must have for the Doom completist. The long awaited reissue of Doom's first solo gem, Operation: Doomsday. Remastered from the original Fondle 'Em 1999 issue. Side A is listed as 'Side Zero'. Side B is 'Side One'. And so forth. Underneath his mysterious metal mask, MF DOOM hides the cachet underground legends are made of. After KMD (his first group)'s 1994 sophomore album Bl_ck B_st_rds was shelved by Elektra in 1994 and his blood brother Subroc (one half of the sibling rap duo) passed away, surviving frontman Zev Love X mutated into the MC Avenger known as MF DOOM and the Rap world is better for it. This 19-cut deep album is ridiculously dope, in a bizarro Ol' Dirty Bastard kind of way. Doom sounds either high or drunk on most of the tracks, his self-produced beats are gritty, and his rhyme styles are almost indecipherable."
$17.50 UPC: 829357009012 HIPHOP
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SLUM VILLAGE: Fan-Tas-Tic Vol 1 2LP (NMG 5762LP)
"The contributions of the late Detroit producer James DeWitt Yancey -- better known to the world as J Dilla -- to the world of hip-hop can't be overstated, and nowhere is his legacy more apparent than his work as a member of Slum Village. A founding member of the trio, (Alongside rappers T3 and Baatin) Dilla provided the group's distinctly esoteric, free-wheeling sound, built around winding basslines, quirky drumbeats, subtle low-end frequencies, and classic jazz & soul samples. Against the backdrop of Dilla's rich production, T3 and Baatin's free-flowing style of rhyming would also earn wide critical praise, leading to comparisons as the successors to A Tribe Called Quest. (A label they themselves have rejected.) It's on Slum Village's 1997 studio debut, Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1, that all these elements come together in the most proficient manner. An instant hit among Detroit's underground hip-hop scene, the album seemed to combine all the best elements of the reigning alternative and gangsta styles of hip-hop into one cohesive style that was a hit among critics. Fan-Tas-Tic's influence extended far beyond Detroit, as its sound heavily influenced the sounds of D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, and The Roots just to name a few. (Roots drummer ?uestlove has even declared that: 'Hands down this album birthed the neo-soul movement.') Ne'Astra Media Group now presents the album reissued on vinyl, for the first time in several years. Every wobbling bass note of J Dilla's production has been preserved and every freestyle line of T3 and Baatin has been re-created, to maintain the legacy of a late-90s rap classic, and the legend of one of hip-hop's greatest beatsmiths."
$18.00 UPC: 769413576211 HIPHOP
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WITCH: We Intend To Cause Havoc! 4CD BOX (NA 5091CD)
Repressed. "The complete works of Zambia's legendary garage, psych, prog, funk, Afro-rock ensemble. 1972-1977. Witch's five albums and rare 7" tracks presented as a 4CD (5 3/4"X10") box set, restored and remastered from the original tapes. Contains a twenty-four page booklet with never before seen photos and ephemera; extensive liner notes and annotation; an interview with bandleader 'Jagari' Chanda. By the mid 1970s, the Southern African nation known as the Republic of Zambia had fallen on hard times: self-imposed, single party rule; a decline in prices for the country's largest natural resource, copper; conflict in other countries on Zambia's borders. This is the environment in which the Zamrock scene that flourished throughout that decade emerged... fuzz guitars were commonplace, driving rhythms as influenced by James Brown's funk as Jimi Hendrix's rock predominated, musical themes were often bleak and bands largely sang in the country's constitutional language, English. Although Witch is the best known Zamrock ensemble and although they succeeded in releasing five albums in Zamrock's golden years -- they never made an impact on the global scale in, say, the way afro-beat maestro Fela Kuti did. Travel to and within Zambia is expensive, and the markers for the Zamrock scene are now few. Only a small number of the original Zamrock godfathers survived the AIDS epidemic that decimated this country. Witch's musical arc is contained to a five year span: The band's first two, self-produced albums, released in unison with the birth of the commercial Zambian recording industry, are exuberant experiments in garage rock, and are as influenced by the Rolling Stones as they are James Brown; their third albun, Lazy Bones!! is the band's masterpiece, a dark, brooding psychedelic opus that makes equal use of wah-wah and fuzz guitars, that relies as heavily on the stomping feel of hard rock as it does the syncopation of funk; the band's last two albums, recorded after the band toured with Osibisa, make use of traditional Zambian rhythms and folk melodies and are the most 'afro-rock'of Witch's oeuvre."
$26.50 UPC: 659457509125 ROCK
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O'JAYS: Collectors' Items 2LP (PZG 35024LP)
Gatefold reissue of this 1977 collection, featuring the Tom Moulton mix of "I Love Music," plus "For The Love Of Money," "Stairway To Heaven," "Survival," "Livin' For The Weekend," and more.
$12.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND: Safe As Milk 2LP (SVLP 122LP)
1999 double LP reissue of the first Captain Beefheart LP, originally released in the US on Buddah in 1967. 180 gram virgin vinyl pressing, housed in a clear poly sleeve. The second LP contains bonus outtakes: "Safe As Milk (Take 5)," "On Tomorrow," "Big Black Baby Shoes," "Flower Pot," "Dirty Blue Gene," "Trust Us (Take 9)" and "Korn Ring Finger."
$15.00 UPC: 743216917518 ROCK
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION: Unhalfbricking LP (SVLP 164LP)
2000 reissue of Fairport Convention's 1969 album, on 180 gram vinyl and housed in a poly sleeve. "By Unhalfbricking Fairport had already redrawn the arbitrary lines that divided folk and rock in the same way that their heroes, The Band, had done in the States. Thompson, by now, was a fully-fledged master of his craft (at the age of 20!): 'Genesis Hall' being the first of his really melancholy masterpieces. Yet, such was the wealth of talent in the band that only one other of his contributions was featured. Denny provided her signature tune 'Who Knows Where The Time Goes', and 'A Sailor's Life' (featuring future long-serving member Dave Swarbrick on violin) proved conclusively that a traditional song leant itself perfectly to the kind of extended jamming normally reserved for more testosterone-fueled blues workouts by the likes of Cream."
$13.25 UPC: 643346016412 ROCK
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HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS, RICHARD: Blank Generation LP (SR 6037LP)
Standard weight vinyl reissue of the debut Richard Hell album, originally issued by Sire in 1977. "Hell formed the Voidoids, whose unwavering individualism kept the group out of the big time while producing a demanding and impressive corpus of work. 'I was saying let me out of here before I was even born.' That lyric sums up Hell's attitude, which he expanded and perfected on Blank Generation with a new version of the title track and such powerful statements as 'Love Comes in Spurts' and 'New Pleasure.' The album combines manic William Burroughs-influenced poetry and raw-edged music for the best rock presentation of nihilism and existential angst ever. Hell's voice, fluctuating from groan to shriek, is more impassioned and expressive than a legion of Top 40 singers." --Trouser Press
$13.25 UPC: N/A ROCK
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REDDING, OTIS: Lonely & Blue: The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding LP (STX 34165LP)
2013 collection on blue vinyl. "... while he is capable of belting out stompers that can shake the wood off the dance floor, transforming old standards into new hits, or settling into a mid-tempo groove like a custom-tailored suit, it's on 'them sad, sad songs' that Redding truly kills. In all of music -- country, soul, pop, or rock 'n' rolll -- nobody, but nobody worries a line like Otis. And while there are many excellent albums that showcase all of Redding's gifts, Lonely & Blues is the first to focus on the most devastating of them from beginning to end."
$18.75 UPC: 888072341654 ROCK
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VA: Mississippi Blues 1927-1941 LP (YAZ 1001HLP)
2015 repress. 180 gram reissue of this essential Yazoo compilation from 1967. Artists: Henry Sims, William Harris, Skip James, Charley Patton, Geeshie Wiley, Mattie Delaney, John Bird, Bobby Grant, Son House, Harvey Hull and Robert Johnson.
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MCTELL, BLIND WILLIE: The Early Years 1927-1933 LP (YAZ 1005HLP)
2015 repress. 180 gram exact repro reissue of Yazoo's 1968 compilation of rare 78 rpm recordings from Blind Willie McTell. A record that put Yazoo on the map as an essential archival label of roots music. The very best of the magnificent Willie Samuel McTell -- aka Blind Willie aka Hot Shot Willie aka Georgia Bill -- exploring spiritual, ragtime, hillbilly, and above all, the blues.
$12.50 UPC: N/A ROCK
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19.94/COSMIN TRG: Narr Day/Narr Day Remodulated 12" (50 040EP)
180-gram vinyl. 50Weapons begins its finale with the first of 11 12"s, catalog numbers 40 through 50, featuring a 50Weapons artist on one side and another artist, chosen by the first, on the B-side. "Narr Day" is the first tune ever made by one of Berlin's key electronic acts; all the flavors of the early days are combined in this minimal ambient techno tune made of the three main ingredients: a bass, a drone, and a kick drum. Cosmin TRG uses the dark drone of "Narr Day" as the base for his modular-synthesizer-enhanced rework of the track. Dark and trippy techno for the head.
$9.79 UPC: 817231012647 ELECTRONIC
A1. 19.94 - Narr Day
B1. Cosmin TRG - Narr Day Remodulated
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PHON.O/PAULA TEMPLE: Tw33tz/Oscillate 12" (50 041EP)
180-gram vinyl. On the second 12" in 50 Weapons' 11-part finale, Phon.o's sly techno track "Tw33tz" pays homage to the label's heritage with its distorted kick drum and dubby percussion that go from foggy darkness to 10-AM-euphoria alongside a Moderat-esque bass-synth. Paula Temple's "Oscillate" is a burning techno stomper, with a gut-wrenching sub-bass introduced by the driest kick that clears space for an electro-acid synthline ready to sweep you off your feet. Club music at its finest; this is psychological warfare.
$9.79 UPC: 817231012654 ELECTRONIC
A1. Phon.o - Tw33tz
B1. Paula Temple Oscillate
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DAMAGE & DOC DANEEKA/BICEP, BENJAMIN: Kansas/Closing Sequence 12" (50 042EP)
180-gram vinyl. For the third 12" in 50 Weapons' 11-part finale, Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka return to the label with a dark, futuristic, warped techno tune. "Kansas" builds on a bouncy bassline and classic house hi-hats and manages to incorporate a twisted version of an old-school house organ and some sweet, uplifting pads while maintaining an otherworldly touch. Bicep contribute another hybrid that tends more to the funky side of things. Its beautiful arrangement of synth arpeggios and shiny hi-hats are sure to bring out that last drop of energy and a smile on the ravers' faces in the early morning hours.
$9.79 UPC: 817231012661 ELECTRONIC
A1. Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka - Kansas
B1. Bicep - Closing Sequence
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DIE GOLDENEN ZITRONEN: Flogging a Dead Frog CD (AVM 055CD)
Die Goldenen Zitronen ("The Golden Lemons"), born a punk band in 1980s Hamburg and since developing into a seminal art punk collective, present their 2015 album Flogging a Dead Frog. After 11 long-players and countless collaborations with artists such as Peaches, Wesley Willis (with whom the band toured the US), Chicks on Speed, Françoise Cactus (of Stereo Total), Mark Stewart (of The Pop Group), DJ Koze, and Michaela Melián, Flogging a Dead Frog is their first release on Altin Village & Mine. The album collects instrumental and, for the first time, English reworkings of songs from their most recent albums. Far from being a complacent "best of," the album directly plugs into the band's impressive body of work. Flogging a Dead Frog unfolds a re-contextualization in two senses. First, its instrumental tracks emphasize the fact that the band's sound has always been much more than a musical accompaniment for the unrelenting social commentary of singer Schorsch Kamerun, bringing out the band's tremendous nomadism between punk, techno, and krautrock and mirroring the diverse engagements of the six members in theater and film projects. On the other hand, in the English versions of songs such as "If I Were a Sneaker," a song about European immigration policy, or "The Investor," Flogging a Dead Frog proves a consequent re-adjustment of the band's political scope, opening discourse on matters that have disastrously proven to not be exclusively pertinent to Germany. As is typical for Die Goldenen Zitronen, these two perspectives -- one concerning the band's oeuvre, the other its environment -- are inseparable and testify to their political aesthetics, a political aesthetics of which Flogging a Dead Frog is not a review, but a substantial extension.
$10.99 UPC: 880918221663 ROCK
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DIE GOLDENEN ZITRONEN: Flogging a Dead Frog LP (AVM 055LP)
LP version. Includes printed inner sleeve, lyric sheet, and download code.
$12.39 UPC: 880918221656 ROCK
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GEMINI: Imagine-a-Nation 2LP (AD 004LP)
The story of Gemini aka Spencer Kincy, one of Chicago's most mysterious and revered characters, has become something of a myth in recent years. Blazing a trail throughout the '90s, prolifically releasing over 200 tracks from 1994 to 1999, Kincy had shades of innovation and soul few of his peers could match. Then, suddenly, at the peak of his career, he disappeared. Gemini's most complete and varied album is 1997's Imagine-a-Nation, originally released on the Cajual sublabel Relief Records. You know the music -- every track is on YouTube, and expensive original pressings are available on Discogs -- but here it is in its fully remastered glory! Rumors and gossip of Kincy's whereabouts and situation have been rife in the music press, and rarely on the money. Kincy is alive and well at the time of this release, and wants his music to be heard. This album has been licensed directly from him, and the money made from its exploitation will go directly to him.
$18.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
01. Native to America
02. It's the Inside That Counts
03. Don't Look Back
04. Falling Leaves
05. Stand Up
06. How Can I Chill?
07. What You're Gonna Do?
08. Future Beat I
09. Future Beat II
10. Future Beat III
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VA: Gitarijada Vojvodine Kisac '75 CD (ATLANTIDE 011CD)
This compilation was originally released by the Yugoslav PGP RTB label in 1975; it collects tracks by participants in the first official rock competition for bands from the province of Vojvodina. Pesčani Sat open up the dance with a grandiose pop rock tune clothed in a garment of lush string arrangements with a beautiful lead melody plus a few simmering guitar solos that scream right into your face. Proces deliver an atmospheric '70s rock tune with a gentle edge and vocals that bear a strong character. At some point it turns into a furious but joyful dance and then straight afterward it becomes a bluesy and jazzy fuzz-rocker with some additional brass. There is an ever-pulsating percussion sound backing up the track, giving it an out-of-control groove. Sani's "Eleonor" rocks in a straight '60s garage fashion. A bit retro for the time of its release, but never the less a kick-ass raw beat number with a memorable chorus. KUD blend contemporary funk, soul, psych rock, and garage rock into a hot-blooded rock tune with a classical melody thrown in here and there for good measure and some nice fuzzed-out guitars. Beautiful choirs and the lead organ spice up this tune and make it a wild highlight. Koren give us some dark, bluesy rock with a heavy organ sound-carpet and a skilled axeman who knows to fire beautiful jazzy leads and simmering, eruptive solos from the neck of his axe. Nelija enchant our ears with a gentle acoustic tune that combines the beauty of '70s hippie-folk with elements of traditional music from the Balkan countries. Cvrčak I Mravi's "Čekanje" is slightly folky, with rich melodic textures -- a lightweight but heartwarming pop song with a '60s West Coast flair. They have a great hand for sweet arrangements, as the strings and flute patterns of this song prove. Omega have nothing to do with their Hungarian namesakes and play rather jazzy, late-'60s-style pop, with more US West Coast flair. They sing in their native tongue and might therefore sound a bit far-out for the average listener, but fans of that late-'60s stuff mixing jazz, blues, and pop will find a rich treasure in this song and in this compilation. Give this album a chance if you are a true music lover.
$11.79 EAN: 5291103812217 ROCK
01./A1. Pesčani Sat - Luce
02./A2. Proces - Sarena Svetla
03./A3. Sani - Eleonor
04./A4. KUD - KUD I
05./B1. Koren - Tema Br. 13
06./B2. Nelija - Put Je Dug Pred Nama
07./B3. Cvrčak I Mravi - Čekanje
08./B4. Omega - Larva
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VA: Gitarijada Vojvodine Kisac '75 LP (ATLANTIDE 011LP)
LP version. Limited to 300 copies.
$16.39 EAN: 5291103812224 ROCK
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KOZMETIKA: Kozmetika CD (ATLANTIDE 012CD)
Yugoslavia had a rich and colorful scene for rock and pop back from the '60s to the '80s. By 1983, at the peak of new wave and electronic rock, even the Eastern Bloc countries were hit by this fresh and exciting style. Therefore it is no wonder that Kozmetika, one of the Yugoslavian forerunners of electronic rock, had several similarities to Western acts from Germany or England, while singing in their native tongue and going for it with a quite original approach. There are many elements of '70s space rock and epic electronic rock to be found within the straightened but quirky new wave song structures on their sole album, originally released in 1983. Electronic and acoustic drums interact perfectly and create a smooth rhythmic flow through all the tunes. You can hear flutes in the long progressive piece "Gaja," which is nothing less than an anthem to honor mother earth and gets close to such '70s greats as NEU!, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, and Hawkwind with its repetitive beat and wicked guitar jams. You can hear where Kozmetika are rooted and where they want to go. Hard-driving tunes show a relation to the punk and post-punk sounds that were hot back then and still drag you away deep into outer space. Where most of the German NDW bands went pop, Kozmetika took a step over the barriers of radio-friendly music and get closer to a modernized version of NEU!, Amon Düül II, and La Düsseldorf mixed with a dark and gloomy elements that adds a radical mood to the compositions, contrary to their moments of sweet, soft harmonies -- even the more relaxed passages present an atmosphere of departure. All fans of classic early '80s Eastern Bloc bands like Olympic from Czechoslovakia or later Omega and new wave/post-punk heroes like Bauhaus, Joy Division, Grauzone, and Joachim Witt will certainly love this. Take a listen and get enchanted.
$11.79 EAN: 5291103812231 ROCK
01./A1. Utisci
02./A2. Jedne Noći Na Terasi Na Moru
03./A3. Kundalini
04./A4. Ona Hoće Sve Da Zna
05./A5. Belzebub
06./A6. 12-erac
07./B1. Zanatlija
08./B2. Ne Da/Ne Nego I/Ili
09./B3. Bluz Kontrolora Letenja
10./B4. Gaja
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KOZMETIKA: Kozmetika LP (ATLANTIDE 012LP)
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$16.39 EAN: 5291103812248 ROCK
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NOMADS, THE: Stagger in the Snow 2LP (BANG 091LP)
150-gram vinyl in gatefold sleeve; limited to 500 copies. This is the first reissue of The Nomads' 1984 cassette Stagger in the Snow, originally released in Sweden in 1984; only available for impossible second-hand prices ever since. Beware -- this is by far the wildest and rawest sound of The Nomads, as they were in 1984. 29 tracks including covers of The Sonics, The Cramps, 13th Floor Elevators, The Kinks... ultra wild stuff. Remastered sound; includes liner notes.
$21.79 EAN: 8435008888725 ROCK
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GUN CLUB, THE: Mother Berlin LP (BANG 094LP)
150-gram vinyl in gatefold sleeve; limited to 500 copies. Yes, it exists! The Gun Club with leader Jeffrey Lee Pierce and Kid Congo Powers on guitar (The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Butcher Shop) made these recordings in Berlin in 1987, as part of the sessions that would become 1987's Mother Juno (BANG 082LP). These recordings are much more raw, aggressive, and intense in their original form, and they are now finally collected and mastered as they were intended. Alternate recordings and one previously unreleased track ("Country One"). Deluxe gatefold sleeve includes lyrics.
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DREAM SYNDICATE, THE: Weathered and Torn (3½, The Lost Tapes 85-88) LP (BANG 096LP)
150-gram vinyl in gatefold sleeve; limited to 500 copies. This is The Dream Syndicate's lost album, recorded in Los Angeles between their third and fourth official albums and featuring Chris Cacavas of Green on Red. This album is the missing link between their Americana sound and the Velvets spirit of The Days of Wine and Roses (1982). Studio recordings with excellent sound quality, remastered for vinyl. Includes inner sleeve liner notes by Steve Wynn and Dennis Duck. A mandatory record for all lovers of the Paisley Underground sound and Americana.
$14.99 EAN: 8435008888671 ROCK
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V8: Un Paso Más en la Batalla LP (BEAT 056LP)
180-gram vinyl; limited to 500 copies. Between August and September of 1984, the Argentine band V8 entered the studio to record their much-anticipated follow-up to their mighty debut, Luchando por el Metal, the first metal album released in Argentina. This second album was the consecration for the band; their fans were already thousands but they got more and more recognition with this new LP. The band's reputation grew, partly by virtue of their lyrics, which reflected the dictatorship of the time and the pain and frustration of the whole society, and partly due to their commitment to play everywhere they could. The new songs were still fast and direct, and a little better played than the previous album's, so this album helped them to gain a cult status in their country and the rest of the metal world. This is the first vinyl reissue of this seminal album of South American metal. Replica cover art and insert.
$14.99 EAN: 8435008884154 ROCK
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KISTENMACHER, BERND: Head-Visions CD (BB 214CD)
It was Klaus Schulze's 1976 album Moondawn that altered the trajectory of Bernd Kistenmacher's life when he heard it on the radio at the tender age of 16. The sequencer patterns, melody lines, and soundscapes triggered all of his aesthetic receptors. From then on, this was the only kind of music he wanted to hear. He became a relentless venerator of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze, particularly the latter. But his heroes evolved; their music changed with the advent of digital sounds and midification. Kistenmacher was not happy with the way things were going. And if his idols were no longer making the music he loved them for, then he had to take up the challenge himself. His father had shown him how to play the piano when he was a child and he had always been fascinated by the technology of synthesizers, so Kistenmacher decided to become a musician. Synthesizers were prohibitively expensive, so he started to build his own modular system. But before he finished, he realized that this method would also be inordinately costly, and that it might not allow him to achieve the results he strove for. As soon as he was able to pay for one, Kistenmacher bought a Korg Mono/Poly, which would become the cornerstone of his career. That was in 1982. He acquired more and more equipment until, in 1984, he finally released his first cassette (Dancing Sequences). Kistenmacher was now using his analog gear to create the sounds that Schulze and Tangerine Dream had played at the zenith of their careers. Two further cassette productions followed (Music from Outer Space and Romantic Times), as did various concerts, meeting with approval from radio stations and audiences. In 1986, the time came for him to release his first LP, Head-Visions, reissued here. The cover art features a work by the Berlin sculptor Rainer Kriester. The reaction was overwhelming. Radio plays, concerts, music for fashion shows and television formats indicated to Kistenmacher that he was on the right track with his repetitive sequencer patterns, soft melody arcs, and layered soundscapes, driven forward by rhythmic basslines driving the music forward. Minor keys dominated. In other words: Bernd Kistenmacher.
$11.99 EAN: 4015698002898 ELECTRONIC
01. Rücksturz (24:33)
02. Quitting Time (14:30)
03. La Tendresse (13:01)
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KISTENMACHER, BERND: Head-Visions LP (BB 214LP)
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KISTENMACHER, BERND: Wake Up in the Sun CD (BB 215CD)
It was Klaus Schulze's 1976 album Moondawn that altered the trajectory of Bernd Kistenmacher's life when he heard it on the radio at the tender age of 16. The sequencer patterns, melody lines, and soundscapes triggered all of his aesthetic receptors. From then on, this was the only kind of music he wanted to hear. He became a relentless venerator of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze, particularly the latter. But his heroes evolved; their music changed with the advent of digital sounds and midification. Kistenmacher was not happy with the way things were going. And if his idols were no longer making the music he loved them for, then he had to take up the challenge himself. His father had shown him how to play the piano when he was a child and he had always been fascinated by the technology of synthesizers, so Kistenmacher decided to become a musician. Synthesizers were prohibitively expensive, so he started to build his own modular system. But before he finished, he realized that this method would also be inordinately costly, and that it might not allow him to achieve the results he strove for. As soon as he was able to pay for one, Kistenmacher bought a Korg Mono/Poly, which would become the cornerstone of his career. That was in 1982. He acquired more and more equipment until, in 1984, he finally released his first cassette (Dancing Sequences). Kistenmacher was now using his analog gear to create the sounds that Schulze and Tangerine Dream had played at the zenith of their careers. Two further cassette productions followed (Music from Outer Space and Romantic Times), as did various concerts, meeting with approval from radio stations and audiences. In 1986, the time came for him to release his first LP, Head-Visions (BB 214CD/LP). The cover art features a work by the Berlin sculptor Rainer Kriester. The reaction was overwhelming. Radio plays, concerts, music for fashion shows and television formats indicated to Kistenmacher that he was on the right track with his repetitive sequencer patterns, soft melody arcs, and layered soundscapes, driven forward by rhythmic basslines driving the music forward. He embarked on a second album, Wake Up in the Sun, which was released only one year later and was similarly well received. Reissued here for the first time on vinyl, it connects seamlessly to its predecessor: Berlin School par excellence.
$11.99 EAN: 4015698002928 ELECTRONIC
01. Cassandra's Dance (22:43)
02. Joie de Vivre (9:44)
03. Berührung (26:28)
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KISTENMACHER, BERND: Wake Up in the Sun LP (BB 215LP)
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KELLY, MAMADOU: Djamila CD (CLE 012CD)
Mamadou Kelly comes from Goundam near Timbuktu, the heart of the Niger River inner delta. Having played alongside its masters, Kelly and his group Ban Kai Na bring a new sophistication to the desert blues genre. With his 2013 album, Adibar (CLE 007CD), Kelly stepped onto the international stage to present his own repertoire as soloist and band leader. He received accolades when he toured North America, performing at major festivals and concert halls while recording this album. His band members are old friends: Alpha "Hama" Sankare, revered genius on calabash and longtime collaborator; master of the monochord djourkel Brehima "Youro" Cisse; and the young, gifted bassist Baba Traore. For Djamila, Kelly wanted to expand the sound and invited western musicians to contribute to the groove. Calling in some neighbors from Woodstock, NY, producer Chris Nolan added Pete Levin on keyboards, Duke McVinnie on electric guitars, and Jane Scarpantoni on cello. Also on hand at the sessions was Leila Gobi, prominent vocalist from Ménaka in Northern Mali, who provides chorus backup on three of the tracks. Kelly's smooth vocals and deceptively effortless guitar playing quickly charm his audiences. Steeped in rich historical background, his lyrical style combined with Ban Kai Na's virtuosic delivery makes it all sound so easy. Yet at the time of these recordings they all had just witnessed severe political unrest and social violence in Mali. It was a real presence during the sessions. You can hear it, the real source of the blues.
$8.99 UPC: 711574789320 WORLD
CD:
01. Baudi (5:40)
02. Dambouri (6:02)
03. Yenji Se Bouri (5:50)
04. Tout Ce Qu'On Fait (7:37)
05. Ne Parles Tous Que Tu Vois (4:19)
06. Djamila (6:17)
07. Sinjene (5:55)
08. Tinyafo (5:29)
LP:
A1. Baudi (5:40)
A2. Dambouri (6:01)
A3. Yenji Se Bouri (5:50)
A4. Tout Ce Qu'On Fait (6:04)
B1. Ne Parles Tous Que Tu Vois (4:19)
B2. Djamila (6:17)
B3. Sinjene (5:54)
B4. Tinyafo (5:29)
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KELLY, MAMADOU: Djamila LP (CLE 012LP)
LP version.
$13.79 UPC: 711574789313 WORLD
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LETTA: Testimony CD (COY 001CD)
Coyote Records are proud to present their debut album release, Testimony, produced by the immensely talented, little-known Letta. Letta's Testimony is an intensely personal and introspective musical manifestation of his years spent battling addiction, violence, and homelessness. His unique experiences and circumstances are conveyed through a kaleidoscope of synth-doused soundscapes, palpably melancholic but not without occasional glimpses of light. Testimony soars with flourishes of eski color, soulful vocal manipulations, and thick, melodic basslines in a style that touches on grime and hip hop yet is truly characterized by the emotive effect of compositions that transfix with their depth and imagination. Over eight tracks, Letta offers an encapsulating glimpse into his world; an album built to be listened from edge to edge. As a bonus, Letta also exchanges remixes with Last Japan -- Letta remixes Last Japan's "Harca" and Last Japan returns fire with his rework of Letta's "The Recluse." Design by Br3321. Photos by Gnarly. Mastered by Beau Thomas.
$10.39 EAN: 5055300387493 ELECTRONIC
01. Cascades
02. Polar
03. Ghosts
04. In Black
05. North Face
06. The Recluse
07. Do You Ever See
08. Where I Left You
09. Last Japan - Harca Letta RMX
10. Letta - The Recluse Last Japan RMX
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HOLDER, NICK: Reminiscin' EP 12" (DEEPR 001EP)
Four timeless killer tracks from Nick Holder reissued by Deep & Roll for the label's first release. Reminiscin' EP pays tribute to the diversity of house music that the Canadian producer has put together over the years, beginning with "A Word from Mr Prince" and its '70s jazz-funk grooves. "Feelin Sad" shifts into a deeper and more emotional atmosphere. The B-side features disco floor-filler "Eddie's Groove" and the insane combination of freaky vocals and pumpin' bassline on "Phat Track."
$11.79 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. A Word from Mr Prince
A2. Feelin Sad
B1. Eddie's Groove
B2. Phat Track
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KLANKEN: Drie/Twee 12" (DEEWEE 002EP)
High-quality printed sleeve and inner sleeve. Recorded in Ghent.
$9.79 UPC: 827170611160 ELECTRONIC
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DITONGO: Same Old Samples (Vol. 1) 12" (DEGU 017EP)
Vinyl only. "The first in a series paying tribute to the crate-diggers whose samples and loops are, in my opinion, milestones for house music and club culture. With the original compositions often sought after and repressed, here we're paying respect to original "sampling artist" rather than the "sampled artist" -- outrageous, eh? Delgado's masterpiece was probably the first successful case of a simple loop going nonstop through an entire arrangement, it was a clear inspiration for many to come. Longo's sample is the closest example to a perfect loop that I can think of... such a strong combination of funk, power and shuffle." --Ditongo
$8.99 UPC: 880319726019 ELECTRONIC
A1. Longo
B1. Delgado
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HASWELL, RUSSELL: As Sure as Night Follows Day CD (DIAG 024CD)
As Sure as Night Follows Day is Russell Haswell's landmark second album for the London-based Diagonal label. Consolidating a quarter-century at the forefront of extreme computer music, techno, and death metal in 19 tracks and 49 minutes, it's Haswell's most coherent yet varied burst of activity to date, zigzagging from improvised n0!se outbursts and asphyxiated R&B to a brace of thundering acid bullets that positively froth for the 'floor. The album was extracted over a fast-working period in late 2014, and is best perceived as a sort of fractured regression to his formative influences; one can hear the picnoleptic recollections of grindcore shows in the Black Country, the refracted shades of mega-raves at Coventry's Eclipse, the conflating toxic texture-memories of early Japanese noise, and the incandescent stomp of Mills and Hood in that early-'90s phase. Fortunately for the ravers, this album includes some of Haswell's most direct dancefloor attacks to date. "HARDWAX FLASHBACK," for instance, finds him in pure tekno panik mode -- a four-to-the-floor wrecking-ball groove that someone, somewhere, may even be able to mix. "GAS ATTACK" distils his penchant for all things Belgium into a vicious strain of new beat lactic acid. Haswell then doffs his cap to Detroit electro legends Drexciya on "Underwater Electronic Struggle" -- a story goes that he once thrashed a jet-ski all over the Mediterranean while listening to 'Wavejumper" in his 'phones -- before he does the salty freestyle electro flex ting on "Extended Industry Knowledge (for OSCAR)" while reminding his trusty apprentice Powell that he still has a lot to learn. Between these 'floor-flexers, one finds more freakish disturbances and intrusive drum-box improvisations: the modular mind-floss of "RAVE SPLURGE NOISE FM" or "Noise Rave," for instance, or the self-explanatory "Improvisation #1." "In the Air Today" investigates warehouse-ready electroacoustic percussion, while the chaotic clusters of "INTERLUDE" swarm and invade the senses with psychoacoustic incision. This is Diagonal and Russell at their most fucked up and fizzy, and an important reminder of the artist's stream-of-consciousness genius -- and the pressing need for more chaos and unpredictability in electronic music today. Mastered and cut by Matt "The Alchemist" Colton at Alchemy. Soft-touch laminate sleeve design by Guy Featherstone.
$10.39 EAN: 5060165481927 ELECTRONIC
01. Oblique Axis
02. LETS GO
03. Wholly Unaware
04. Champagne Walk
05. RAVE SPLURGE NOISE FM
06. Improvisation #1
07. In the Air Today
08. GAS ATTACK
09. INTERLUDE
10. DRIVE (minimal)
11. Heavy Handed Sunset
12. Underwater Electronic Struggle
13. Confirmation of Our Worst Fears
14. HARDWAX FLASHBACK
15. Broken Mantra
16. Extended Industry Knowledge (for OSCAR)
17. Noise Rave
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HASWELL, RUSSELL: As Sure as Night Follows Day 2LP (DIAG 024LP)
Double LP version.
$19.79 EAN: 5060165481910 ELECTRONIC
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GAINSBOURG, SERGE: Serge Gainsbourg et le Cinema LP (DOC 121LP)
2015 repress; originally released for Record Store Day 2015. Plays at 45 RPM. An original compilation featuring legendary tracks from Serge Gainsbourg's early productions for the cinema. Tracks A1-A3 were recorded in December 1959 and are taken from the 1960 EP Bande Originale Du Film "L'eau À La Bouche". Tracks A4-A5 were recorded in December 1959 and are taken from the 1960 EP Bande Originale Du Film "Les Loups Dans La Bergerie". Track A6 was recorded in March and April 1963 and is taken from the 1963 LP N° 8 by Juliette Gréco. Tracks A7-B4 were recorded at the end of 1962 and are taken from the 1963 EP Bande Originale Du Film "Strip-Tease". Tracks B5-B8 were recorded in March 1963 and are taken from the 1964 EP Bande Originale Du Film "Comment Trouvez-Vous Ma Soeur ?".
$14.39 UPC: 889397381219 ROCK
A1. L'Eau À La Bouche
A2. Angoisse
A3. Black March
A4. Les Loups Dans La Bergerie (Final)
A5. Cha-Cha Du Loup
A6. Strip-Tease
A7. Some Small Chance
B1. Rendez-Vous À La Calavados
B2. Wake Me At Five
B3. Solitude
B4. Crazy-Horse Swing
B5. Comment Trouvez-Vous Ma Soeur?
B6. Érotico-Tico
B7. No Love for Daddy
B8. Rocking Horse
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MBULI, MZWAKHE: Resistance Is Defence CD (EW 2424CD)
1992 release. Mzwakhe Mbuli is South Africa's biggest political poet and rapper, and not only because he stands nearly seven feet tall. He came to prominence in the early 1980s after reciting two poems at the funeral of an assassinated anti-apartheid activist. Realizing that he could appeal to a larger audience with music, he began fronting a band. The more popular he became, the more he was harassed and detained by apartheid enforcers. He was living underground in 1986 when he recorded and released his first album, which was, of course, banned in South Africa. But by 1992 the momentum toward freedom was unstoppable, and Mbuli's Resistance Is Defence became his best-known record. Most of the songs contain English as well as Zulu or Xhosa verses. The hard-swinging mbaqanga music echoes the lyrics' message of racial harmony, justice, and peace, and needs no translation.
$11.79 UPC: 740042152526 WORLD
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WEST NKOSI: Rhythm of Healing CD (EW 2427CD)
1992 release. For 40 years, ending with his death at age 58 in 1998, West Nkosi was everywhere in South African music. His first instrument was a pennywhistle, which in South Africa is popularly associated with the style called kwela, and he played on many kwela records in the late '50s and early '60s, including some by Spokes Mashiyane & His All-Star Flutes. He also played alto sax with the marabi jazz combo that became the house band at Gallo Records' main studio in Johannesburg. But West Nkosi was never just a sideman; as a composer and arranger, he, more than anyone else, developed the style known as township jive or mbaqanga in the '60s. Over the next three decades he and his great Makgona Tsohle Band provided the jumping beat and vital sound to hit records by the likes of Abafana Baseqhudeni and Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens. As if that weren't enough, West Nkosi also produced the first 22 records by the famous isicathamiya a cappella choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo. For Rhythm of Healing, which turned out to be the last album he made as a player and bandleader, West Nkosi put a together a sextet to record ten of his finest kwela, marabi jazz, and township jive compositions.
$11.79 UPC: 740042152823 WORLD
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SOUL BROTHERS, THE: Born to Jive CD (STEW 037CD)
1997 release. The South African Soul Brothers are, as the BBC DJ Andy Kershaw has said, "the greatest township jive group... ever!" In fact, they and Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens pretty much defined township jive (also called mbaqanga) in the 1970s and '80s, though in contrast to Mahlathini's low, gruff "groan," the Soul Brothers' lead singer, David Masondo, has a distinctive high, tremulous voice, and instead of the Queens' chirpy chorus, the Brothers have terrific saxophonists and, above all, Moses Ngwenya's funky, funky Hammond organ. As the recordings on this CD confirm, the Soul Brothers were as strong as ever in the '90s. Included in this collection are four songs recorded live at the BBC in London in 1995.
$11.79 UPC: 740042153721 WORLD
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ORCHESTRA SUPER MAZEMBE: Giants of East Africa CD (STEW 045CD)
2001 release. Super Mazembe, whose name means "giant earth-movers," was a Congolese band that achieved widespread success outside of the Congo. Its single "Kassongo" (which kicks off this compilation) was a huge hit in Kenya in 1977, and for the next ten years the band produced hit after hit, toured East Africa almost constantly, and filled clubs, theaters, and stadiums wherever it appeared. Mazembe's biggest hit was "Shauri Yako" (written by Nguashi Ntimbo), which gained further popularity in a cover version by Tabu Ley Rochereau and Mbilia Bel. Super Mazembe reciprocated by recording -- and improving on -- Rochereau's "Jiji." Giants of East Africa is a perfect complement to the 2013 Sterns CD Mazembe @ 45RPM (STCD 3063CD).
$11.79 UPC: 740042154520 WORLD
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VA: PALOP Africa! CD (STEW 046CD)
2001 release. Beneath the exterior of Lisbon's crumbling grandeur lie many secrets, not least its vibrant African music scene. As the capital of Portugal, Lisbon is the home-away-from-home of people from all the Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa, which are known collectively by the acronym PALOP. Here (if you know where to look) are the studios and clubs where musicians, dancers, and scene-makers from Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé, Angola, and Mozambique meet, mix, and enjoy themselves. Discover the enchanting voices, irresistible melodies, and sensuous rhythms of PALOP Africa, featuring Paulo Flores, Bonga, Africa Negra, Manecas Costa, Biús, Sema Lopi, Nany, G Mario Ntimana, and Don Kikas.
$11.79 UPC: 740042154629 WORLD
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FALL & AFRICAN SALSA, PAPE: Artisanat CD (STEW 047CD)
2002 release. For 50 years or longer, Latin music has been hugely popular in many parts of Africa, not least in Senegal. Senegal's seminal modern dance band, the Star Band de Dakar, was essentially a Latin band with songs sung in Wolof. Among the Star Band's singers in the 1970s were Youssou N'Dour, Laba Sosseh, and Pape Fall -- all of whom went on to enjoy success with their own bands in the '80s and beyond. Fall led Nder de Dakar for five years before teaming up with Ibra Kassé, the Star Band's founder, in Kassé Star. He started African Salsa in 1995. Artisanat is Fall's third album with this band and their first international release. The Observer deemed it "as compulsively danceable as anything from Cuba."
$11.79 UPC: 740042154728 WORLD
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VA: Tulear Never Sleeps CD (STEW 049CD)
2003 release. Tulear is a city the remote, hot, and dusty southwest of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar. At night, when the burning day has cooled a little, tsapiky bands play at wild open-air dances in every neighborhood of the city. Over belting singers and tireless drummers, fearsome guitarists scatter dazzling fractured lines of notes. Crowds of revelers, most of them swigging from bottles of toka (the local rum), dance all night. Nobody sleeps. Tulear never sleeps. The recordings collected in this album were made in Tulear specifically for this Earthworks CD. Includes tracks by Jean Noel, Tsy An-Jaza, Los Bally, Jeff Nhoré, Teta, Rivo Doza, Said-Alexis, Nolave, Zerex, Tsapiky 2000.
$11.79 UPC: 740042154926 WORLD
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VA: Future World Funk Presents Urban Brazil CD (STEW 052CD)
2003 release. Although the Brazilian record industry has been centered in Rio de Janeiro and dominated by a few multinational companies since its beginnings in the early 20th century, it's been shaken up quite a bit in the last 25 years as distinct music scenes have formed in cities as far apart as São Paulo, Salvador, and Recife, and independent studios and labels have asserted themselves. Now there's more to Brazilian music than samba, bossa nova, and MPB, though those styles continue to inform new styles, as do funk, punk rock, hip-hop, acid jazz, dub, and EDM. This is the phenomenon presented in Urban Brazil, which features singles, remixes, and previously unreleased tracks by some of the most innovative Brazilian artists of the time, including Chico Science, the originator of mangué beat; his Nação Zumbi bandmate, Otto; the genre-mashing DJ Dolores; BiD; BoTECOeletro; Thaide & DJ Hum; Max de Castro remixed by Rica Amabis; Nery Bauer; Instituto & Sabotage; João Parahyba; Rappin' Hood; Drumagick; Eddie; Mamelo Sound System; Funky Como le Gusta; and Wilson Simoninha.
$11.79 UPC: 740042155220 WORLD
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FOX, ROBIN: A Small Prometheus LP (EMEGO 206LP)
Robin Fox follows his 2010 solo album A Handful of Automation (DEMEGO 012LP) with A Small Prometheus, a significant work that exposes a very different audio-world to that previously encountered. In time since A Handful of Automation, Fox has been highly active with his widely acclaimed RGB (red green blue) laser show along with a collaboration with Atom TM (Double Vision), which premiered at Unsound Festival in 2014. A Small Prometheus was developed as a soundtrack to a dance work of the same name co-created with Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake. The outline here was to explore the themes of combustion and dissipating heat in various physical systems. Greatly extending the language of his creative output, Fox constructs a synthesis of electronic and acoustic sources to create a deeply nuanced excursion through space and time, timbre and texture. There is a subtle intensity to the works here: "A Pound of Flesh" is an industrial-strength spiraling drone, intoxicating and disorientating; "Antlers" takes the listener on an 11-minute ride through a vortex of pulsing and swirling electronics; "A Small Prometheus" is an unnerving combination of distressed field recordings, close-mic'd crackle, and a foreboding distant pulse. "Through Sky" starts out with a slow, menacing, rhythmic backbone that hosts an arsenal of small sounds before a certain wind supplants all in an admirable and somewhat haunted exchange. With its combination of vast caverns, spiraling counterflows, and microscopic investigations, A Small Prometheus opens up a new world of sound in Fox's personal trajectory. Limited LP version includes six tracks; two additional melodic, rhythmic bonus tracks can be sourced from Bandcamp, further expanding the rich, elaborate sound world of Robin Fox. Cover image by Robin Fox. Layout by Stephen O'Malley. Mastered by Byron Scullin. Heat recordings engineered by Byron Scullin.
$14.39 EAN: 5050580642652 ELECTRONIC
01. 3 Phase
02. A Pound of Flesh
03. A Small Prometheus
04. Dark Rain
05. Antlers
06. Through Sky
Bonus tracks available online:
07. Counter Strike
08. Four Lines
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PRINS THOMAS: Paradise Goulash 3CD (ESK 507275)
Prins Thomas tips his cap to Paradise Garage, the original New York nightclub, with this three-disc compendium, a marathon adventure into his ingenious and groundbreaking style mischievously titled Paradise Goulash. One of Norway's most renowned musical exports, Prins Thomas has fashioned a fresh direction for dance music. As with his peers Todd Terje, Hans-Peter Lindstrøm, and some of Oslo's legendary characters like the mysterious DJ Strangefruit, he has created an ongoing global fascination with retro-futurism and cosmic oddities. He indulges heavily in his unending eclecticism on Paradise Goulash, each disc gently wandering through his musical mind with tracks from Robert Hood, Actress, Marcellus Pittman, Young Marco, I:Cube, Hieroglyphic Being, and many more, as well as wholly obscure material unlikely to have been heard before. Also includes tracks by Turns, Gábor Szabó, Brian Bennett Band, Aqua Bassino, Claude Speeed, Sun Araw, Richard Schneider Jr., Mistral, The Durian Brothers, Zazou Bikaye & CY1, Berliner Ring, C Cat Trance, A Split - Second, TM404, RVDS, Len Leise, nsi., Wally Badarou, Jan Akkerman, Bjørn Torske, Son.sine, Hakimonu, Donato Dozzy & Tin Man, Forever Sound, Odd Numbers, Dreamatic remixed by Enzo Elia, SW., Pev & Kowton, Joachim Holm & Alejandro Mosso, Abdulla Rashim, Dirty Jesus remixed by RV Cock, Marcos Cabral, Box Saga, Les Big Byrd, Ü, Petar Dundov, Louis Haiman, Evigt Mörker, Morphosis, Sebbo remixed by Moritz von Oswald, Luke Abbott, Ricardo Villalobos, Zadig, Stefan Vincent, Blacknecks, Siriusmo, Il Guardiano del Faro, Johanna Billing, Krater, and Kurt Vile.
$16.39 EAN: 5414165072751 ELECTRONIC
1.01. Turns - Forever More Pt. III
1.02. Gábor Szabó - Galatea's Guitar
1.03. Brian Bennett Band - Drum Odyssey
1.04. Aqua Bassino - Ibiza
1.05. Claude Speeed - VIN
1.06. Sun Araw - Ma Holo
1.07. Richard Schneider Jr. - Samba-Trip
1.08. Mistral - Starship 109
1.09. The Durian Brothers - Weggeputscht
1.10. Zazou Bikaye & CY1 - Lamuka
1.11. Berliner Ring - El Amarna
1.12. C Cat Trance - Dalbouka
1.13. A Split - Second - Scandinavian Bellydance
1.14. TM404 - 303/303/303/303/606
1.15. RVDS - Nerds
1.16. Len Leise - Dance of the Ghosts
1.17. nsi. - Nikita
1.18. Wally Badarou - Voices
1.19. Jan Akkerman - Tranquilizer
2.01. Bjørn Torske - Nestor
2.02. Actress - Xoul Particles
2.03. Son.sine - Upekah
2.04. Hakimonu - Cadence 1/Native A
2.05. Donato Dozzy & Tin Man - Test 7
2.06. I:Cube - Falling
2.07. Hieroglyphic Being - Imaginary Soundscapes 9
2.08. Forever Sound - Glowworm
2.09. Odd Numbers - Riviera
2.10. Dreamatic - I Can Feel It (Enzo Elia GFR Edit)
2.11. SW. - [Untitled]
2.12. Pev & Kowton - Low Strobe
2.13. Joachim Holm & Alejandro Mosso - Tre Melodi
2.14. Robert Hood - Drive (The Age of Automation)
2.15. Abdulla Rashim - Moral Blinds
2.16. Dirty Jesus - Don't Fuck with My Shit (RV Cock's Black Cock Mix)
2.17. Marcos Cabral - Sweet & Sour
2.18. Box Saga - Zen and the Art of Deadlines
2.19. Bjørn Torske - Nitten Nitti
2.20. Les Big Byrd - Roundhouse Blues
3.01. Ü - The Subdubba Beat (Stockholmia Glue Mix)
3.02. Petar Dundov - Sailing Off the Grid
3.03. Louis Haiman - Ghosts of Gratiot
3.04. Evigt Mörker - Högre
3.05. Morphosis - Silent Screamer
3.06. Sebbo - Watamu Beach (Moritz von Oswald Rework)
3.07. Young Marco - Biology Theme
3.08. Luke Abbott - Modern Driveway
3.09. Ricardo Villalobos - Defixia
3.10. Zadig - Quiet Orbit Around Gladia
3.11. Marcellus Pittman - The Mad Underdog
3.12. Stefan Vincent - Fool Me Again
3.13. Blacknecks - Don't Dream It Be It
3.14. Siriusmo - Liu
3.15. Il Guardiano del Faro - Ma Ci Pensi, Io E Te
3.16. Johanna Billing - This Is How We Walk on the Moon
3.17. Krater - Labyrint
3.18. Kurt Vile - Baby's Arms
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VOILAAA: On Te L'avait Dit CD (FVR 107CD)
Pursuing his explorations of international funk and disco music, Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart continues his Voilaaa project, following the 2015 Spies Are Watching Me/Le Disco des Capitales 12" (FVR 106EP) with the project's debut album, On Te L'avait Dit. Following such projects as The Dynamics, Mr President, Mr Day, Patchworks Galactic Project, and Taggy Matcher, Patchworks now returns to his first love and specialty, disco, and draws upon African and Caribbean influences. Indeed, funk and disco were extremely influential in these regions, just as they were everywhere in the '70s and '80s, and in most cases, the combination of the festive yet sometime futile nature of disco, and the instinctive, deep, sometimes rough nature of African music sounds like a perfect balance. Aiming to recover this energy and specific sound, Patchworks quickly began producing a few tracks using his unique beats and basslines as foundations and adding guitars, keyboards, and brass distorted with vintage and DIY effects pedals and boxes. Patchworks decided to work with local singers and accompany them on their individual musical paths -- the result is deeply authentic music, as unveiled on Spies Are Watching Me/Le Disco des Capitales alongside Sir Jean and Pat Kalla, both of whom appear on On Te L'avait Dit. The album's ten tracks form a tireless string of hits, with a few more brilliant collaborations with Renaud Bilombo and label-mates Hawa and Fouley Badiaga.
$11.79 EAN: 3760179353358 ROCK
01./A1. Spies Are Watching Me (feat. Sir Jean) (7:12)
02./A2. On te l'avait dit (feat. Pat Kalla) (6:24)
03./B1. Le Disco des capitales (feat. Pat Kalla) (6:42)
04./B2. Bark (6:21)
05./C1. Vampires (feat. Hawa & Fouley Badiaga) (5:01)
06./C2. Enlevez-moi ça (feat. Pat Kalla) (5:14)
07./C3. Jungle Fire (6:17)
08./D1. Pas bon (feat. Fouley Badiaga) (6:09)
09./D2. Tomowa (feat. Renaud Bilombo) (5:35)
10./D3. Niarela (3:57)
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VOILAAA: On Te L'avait Dit 2LP (FVR 107LP)
Gatefold double LP version.
$18.39 EAN: 3760179353259 ROCK
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MAURICE, CHARLES: AOR Global Sounds 1977-1982 CD (FVR 108CD)
Following the success of French Disco Boogie Sounds (FVR 101CD/LP, 2015), DJ and producer Charles Maurice is back on Favorite Recordings, this time engaging a musical world tour in search of hidden productions with a touch of AOR style. The result is AOR Global Sounds, a compilation of eight forgotten and rare tracks produced between 1977 and 1982 in all parts of the globe. At the end of the '70s, many artists all over the world were deeply influenced by such AOR stars as Steely Dan and their classic Aja LP and strove for the same attention to sound production and detail; this specific West Coast style mixed with pop rock standards, soul, disco, and jazz influences. From Erik Tagg in the Netherlands and Ulla in Poland to Diane Tell in Quebec and Nohelani Cypriano in Hawaii, Charles Maurice has found a real link between these great songs and artists in their music clearly infused with this special AOR touch. Fully remastered from the original versions. A must-have for rare-groove collectors. Also includes tracks by Junior Mendes, Loredana Berte, Placa Luminosa, and Paul Hart.
$11.79 EAN: 3760179353327 ROCK
01./A1. Erik Tagg - Got To Be Lovin' You (3:24)
02./A2. Nohelani Cypriano - Lihue (3:20)
03./A3. Diane Tell - Je Suis En Amour (5:27)
04./A4. Junior Mendes - Rio Sinal Verde (3:34)
05./B1. Loredana Berte - In Alto Mare (3:51)
06./B2. Ulla - Space Lady (6:05)
07./B3. Placa Luminosa - Neon (3:34)
08./B4. Paul Hart - Peppermint Park (3:12)
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MAURICE, CHARLES: AOR Global Sounds 1977-1982 LP (FVR 108LP)
LP version in deluxe tip-on sleeve.
$18.39 EAN: 3760179353266 ROCK
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TIYG: In Your Guts EP 12" (FFOLD 006EP)
Following their 2015 Dizzy Horizons/Lighthouse On digital single on Five Fold, TIYG bring some serious dancefloor pressure with the delectable In Your Guts EP. Diverging from their more experimental output, "In Your Guts" delivers gloriously dirty, jumped-up, squelchy acid-techno, with a marauding bassline that mutates throughout, awash with distortion filters and bad intentions -- coaxed from the array of analog synths and outboard gear installed in their Venetian studio. AD Bourke's remix is a peak-time acid-techno juggernaut of epic proportions. "Collapse" is a thoroughly dark and unsettling affair of cavernous reverbs and rhythmic scatterings that give way to deep and driving techno.
$10.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. In Your Guts (AD Bourke Remix)
B1. In Your Guts
B2. Collapse
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SOUND VOYAGE: Golden Garuda/Super Molam 7" (FSI 001EP)
Sound Voyage (Tom Wieland (7 Samurai, Panoptikum) and Niko Schabel (Radio Citizen, Express Brass Band, part-time member of Embryo)) fuse traditional Southeast Asian sounds with post-modern electronica and a touch of spiritual jazz. Following in the footsteps of German world jazz visionary Joachim-Ernst Berendt and his Jazz Meets the World series (1960) on the highly collectible Black Forest SABA label, Wieland and Schabel travel the world in search of new rhythm and sound inspirations. First stop: Thailand. Kraut-world-bass-music for the forward-thinking -- imagine Kraftwerk jamming in a Thai temple with the locals and Moritz von Oswald at the controls and you're almost there.
$10.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Golden Garuda (3:32)
B1. Super Molam (3:20)
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TOMORROW'S PEOPLE: Open Soul CD (FUNKY 001CD)
A helluva groover from funky 1976, soulful, smooth, and sexy. Original copies fetch prices of $700 and more and people go crazy for it -- this is screaming for its first reissue. On "It Ain't Fair," Tomorrow's People seem to love the gentle side of soul and funk and therefore play a fairly relaxed type of music, while "Lovers to Friends" is a moody soul anthem that puts you in a floating state of mind. "Hurt Perversion" is a hot-blooded funk explosion with a massive wave of rhythms dragging you out to the dancefloor. Great organ carpets fill all the gaps between the hypnotizing drum and percussion patterns, pulsating basslines, and repetitive, clean wah-wah guitars. It gets relaxed and utterly sweet once again with "Hurry on Up Tomorrow," which puts the typical '50s love ballad into a classy and slick pop-sound-garment that was on top at the time this album was produced. And on we groove with the beat that heats you up through and through down to your bare bones. A cool warm-up for the B-side of this lost gem of funk and soul music, the lengthy title-track, which starts in a dreamy and gentle way and suddenly turns into hot-blooded funk that goes on and on for about 20 minutes with some of the most enchanting synthesizer lines ever heard in '70s dance music. The bass guitar pumps through your blood system and if you do not sweat your spirit out spinning this tune you should consult your otologist. Folks, this is as stimulating as music can be and comes close to the most enchanting tunes that ever hit the dancefloors back in the day. All lovers of mid-'70s pre- and proto-disco should lay their hands on this gem. Oh, Tomorrow's People also know to drop the pace and psych out a bit to give you some fresh air. And all they do is done with love.
$11.79 EAN: 5291103811586 ROCK
01./A1. Lovers to Friends
02./A2. It Ain't Fair
03./A3. Hurt Perversion
04./A4. Hurry on Up Tomorrow
05./A5. Let's Get Down With the Beat
06./B1. Open Soul
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TOMORROW'S PEOPLE: Open Soul LP (FUNKY 001LP)
LP version.
$16.39 EAN: 5291103811593 ROCK
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EVERETT, RON: The Glitter of the City CD (FUNKY 002CD)
This is a holy grail of an album not many people actually seem to know about. Said to have been originally released around 1978, but it could be some archive material as well, because the music sounds more vintage. Strange drum patterns, cool jazzy melodies, and a tenor sax going crazy make the first tune; one could imagine Miles Davis, Pharaoh Sanders, John Coltrane, and Herbie Hancock jamming. Suddenly this opener, "Royal Walk," turns weird. A spoken-word part sets in, which feels like the guy (Ron Everett?) reading a poem or something. But before you know it, the original freak-jazz part returns to close this sweet tune. What comes next? A gentle '50s-style Latin pop effort with a great female singer delivering some hot vocals. Somehow a '70s flair hangs above the songs, though it's not clear exactly why it feels this way. The complex rhythm patterns here move straight into your blood and the sweet melodies pull up the sun at the beach. The whole composition generates an atmosphere of easy leisure and still there is this edgy, free playing from the brass section, which reminds us that this was a band rooted in the field of progressive jazz. Pop works well with Ron Everett and soon you understand what is going on. This raw yet vivid sound evokes the atmosphere of a live performance. But the third number, "Tipsy Lady," is a typical relaxed funk song of the '70s with just a little free jazz spicing it up. Great electric piano performance here and the laid-back and lascivious vocals are the icing on the cake. Utterly cool and sexy. All in all there is quite a bit Latin music thrown in the mix and this band performs it well, with passion and an extra share of fire in the heart. The groove infuses this record from the first to the last note. Polyrhythmic webs of beats and percussion, held together by a relaxed bass guitar, spin a musical cocoon around your soul. The performances are all quite impressive and should even catch the attention of a sophisticated jazz fan. The raw and unpolished sound surely adds a lot to the mythical atmosphere of this album even though it might be a bit much for the average pop fan in this genre. A gift for the real lovers of strange but beautiful music.
$11.79 EAN: 5291103811609 JAZZ
01./A1. Royal Walk
02./A2. Glitter of the City
03./A3. Tipsy Lady
04./A4. Mood Two Latin for You
05./B1. Pretty Little Girl
06./B2. Musicman New Rock Joy
07./B3. Let Your Spirits Be Free
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EVERETT, RON: The Glitter of the City LP (FUNKY 002LP)
LP version.
$16.39 EAN: 5291103811616 JAZZ
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DE DEUS, MIGUEL: Black Soul Brothers CD (FUNKY 003CD)
Brazil is a country of great musical talent, especially in the field of rhythm-oriented music. By the 1970s, funk and soul had blended with the rich samba tradition and infected a whole generation of musicians, including Miguel de Deus and his peers. As a result, the former rhythm guitarist for Os Brazões (Latin acid rock with fuzzed-out guitar) and his crew delivered their now-classic sole album, Black Soul Brothers in 1977, a hot-blooded, steaming masterpiece of raging ghetto funk spiced up with soul eruptions on and a Latin American flavor. A rather explosive cocktail in times of slick disco music. The Latin elements tend to be more like a support for the groovy soul and funk than a cornerstone of the whole sound, though they still give the songs exciting twists and turns. The nonstop rhythm pulsations would certainly feel different without any samba influence. And so the album presents a permanent steaming dance beat that will swallow you when you put this hottie on your turntable. A never-ending swirl of rhythm patterns, bass notes, brass section harmonies, and commanding vocals pushes you to your physical limits. A few more relaxed songs let you breathe some fresh air but the spell of this music lasts. Play some wicked Latin funk like "Flaca Louca," with its beautiful interplay of utterly melodic female vocals and dirty, screaming male vocals, to incite a loose and lethal freakout at any party. An ingenious crown jewel of '70s funk that will appeal to every fan of early Funkadelic, Black Merda, and Betty Davis.
$11.79 EAN: 5291103811623 ROCK
01./A1. Cinco Anos
02./A2. Pedacos
03./A3. Mister Funk
04./A4. Flaca Louca
05./B1. Black Soul Brothers
06./B2. Lua Cheia
07./B3. Pode Se Queimar
08./B4. Fabrica De Papeis
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DE DEUS, MIGUEL: Black Soul Brothers LP (FUNKY 003LP)
LP version.
$16.39 EAN: 5291103811630 ROCK
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MOSES, LEE: Time and Place CD (FUNKY 006CD)
The people at Funky Planet passed by a dark and dusty back-street club in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and stopped, tempted by some enchanting music and powerful, raspy voice screaming out the pain of the world: "California dreamin' on such a winter's day..." When The Mamas & The Papas sang this in a sweet folk style, it was a light and joyful anthem in 1966, like a call to love. Lee Moses's version is more of a desperate cry for sunshine and freedom. And it goes on this way. His voice has this special quality, communicating pain, but also determination and sheer joy of life. His 1971 album Time and Place is a steady groover with a steaming hot band and a divine brass section. These devoted players build up a massive wall of groove and melody on which Lee Moses unleashes his voice like a volcanic eruption. The groove itself stays quite relaxed but definitely hypnotizing throughout the whole album and clears up your mind for the message of love Lee Moses raves about. The backing band's skills are further showcased in this edition's 14 bonus tracks, which include a steaming instrumental version of the Four Tops' "Reach Out I'll Be There" (from an early 7") and a cover of The Beatles' "Day Tripper." The original album delivers classic soul anthems that should actually be worshipped by lovers of the late 1960s Motown sound.
$11.79 EAN: 5291103811685 ROCK
01./A1. Time and Place
02./A2. Got That Will
03./A3. What You Don't Want Me to Be
04./A4. California Dreaming
05./A5. Every Boy and Girl
06./B1. Hey Joe
07./B2. Free at Last
08./B3. Would You Give Up Everything
09./B4. Adorable One
10./B5. Time and Place (Single Version)
11./B6. I Can't Take No Chances
12./C1. My Adorable One
13./C2. Diana (From N.Y.C.)
14./C3. Reach Out I'll Be There
15./C4. Day Tripper
16./C5. Bad Girl (Part 1)
17./C6. Bad Girl (Part 2)
18./D1. I'm Sad About It
19./D2. How Much Longer (Must I Wait?)
20./D3. If Loving You Is a Crime (I'll Always Be Guilty)
21./D4. Never In My Life
22./D5. The Dark End of the Street
23./D6. She's a Bad Girl
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MOSES, LEE: Time and Place 2LP (FUNKY 006LP)
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$20.39 EAN: 5291103811692 ROCK
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MASON AND RARE FEELINGS, RICK: The Inner Dimensions Of... CD (FUNKY 007CD)
Who might Rick Mason be that his inner dimension is so utterly interesting that people pay about $800 for the sole record he and his band Rare Feelings produced in 1977? He turns his interior life inside out and brings the listener into a state of trance, listening and dancing to his raging funk 'n' soul music. Organ, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, drums, and percussion build a simmering foundation for the eruptive yet sophisticated brass section, and when the jazzy flute sets in you will go crazy. And this is indeed a classic of electric jazz spiced up with the hypnotizing groove of '70s funk from the darker corners of the city. While this album starts quite smoothly with a steady groove and straight melodies, the second song, "Dope," already shows Mason's true inner dimensions, constantly shifting between twisted jazzy rhythms and wide-open soul harmonies that float gently down your spine. The interplay of all the instruments with Mason's mumbling voice, singing on top, is just magical. We drift further along into soft passages, with little twists and turns make this an ever-growing and ever-captivating album. "Funk Ain't Being Funky" is a prototypical funk groover with killer electric piano lines and an ear-blowing brass section. Once more Mason mumbles in a quite unique way upon the solid instrumental foundation. Even Sly Stone and his band would be proud of these brass lines. Mason certainly had the guts to go for a gentle funk ballad while retaining the honest and earthy feeling a great funk band should have. "Metamorphosis Funk," with swirling organs, flutes, and rhythm guitars raging upon a wall of groove, is just one highlight -- if you go further you'll experience the wild and totally unleashed lead guitar spitting out flashes of melodies. The Inner Dimensions of Rick Mason might have been a bit too far out for the average mainstream consumer when it was originally released in 1977, but those enlightened spirits who know how to deal with dark and mysterious progressive funk and lighter tunes that caress your ears and soul will enjoy this album for a lifetime.
$11.79 EAN: 5291103811708 ROCK
01./A1. Rare Feelings
02./A2. Dope
03./A3. I Dream of Love
04./A4. Funk Ain't Being Funky
05./B1. The Angel in My Life
06./B2. Metamorphosis Funk
07./B3. Song to God
08./B4. Two Against the World
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MASON AND RARE FEELINGS, RICK: The Inner Dimensions Of... LP (FUNKY 007LP)
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$16.39 EAN: 5291103811715 ROCK
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1619 BAD ASS BAND: 1619 Bad Ass Band CD (FUNKY 009CD)
And now for some power funk from New Jersey that will make your mind shake and your soul burn. Wicked vocals and frantic lead guitars embellish the classic soul funk anthems performed here. 1619 Bad Ass Band goes for dynamics instead of powering on through this whole record, originally released in 1976. The opening song, "Love to Love," is an earth-shaking and spirit-melting eruption, but the next tune, "I Am Mine," presents the more thoughtful side of this bunch of funksters and should set you ablaze with melodies of divine beauty. All of this comes with an irresistible groove no matter where you direct your ears to, as the interplay of the musicians is tight all around -- but this should be standard for an outstanding gem of this caliber. People pay $700 for a mint copy, and it's probably worth it. The further you get here the more diversity and color this album shows while still retaining the familiar funk style that got so popular in the '70s. These cats knew to compose accessible songs with captivating arrangements of nearly unknown depth and width. Sweet synthesizer lines join in with the steaming beats and chorus lines sung with extreme passion. When the band turns down the pace for a sweet pop soul tune, they still know how to deliver sheer brilliance.
$11.79 EAN: 5291103811746 ROCK
01./A1. Love to Love
02./A2. I Am Mine
03./A3. Step Out
04./A4. Where Do I Go from Here
05./A5. Nothing Can Stop My Loving You
06./B1. Just for You
07./B2. Rain (Always Finds Me Crying)
08./B3. For a Taste of Your Love
09./B4. Nobody
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1619 BAD ASS BAND: 1619 Bad Ass Band LP (FUNKY 009LP)
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$16.39 EAN: 5291103811753 ROCK
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MOUFANG/CZAMANSKI: Live in Seattle 2CD (FUR 050CD)
In May 2013, at a nondescript Seattle space called 1927 Events, two-thirds of Magic Mountain High -- Germany's David Moufang aka Move D and the Netherlands' Jordan Czamanski of Juju & Jordash -- teamed up for the kind of live performance during which you say to yourself, "I hope to hell somebody's recording this." Thankfully, somebody was doing just that, and the 99-minute Live in Seattle is the sterling result. People throw around the word "deep" to describe electronic music with cavalier frequency, but in the case of Moufang and Czamanski (who also records as Jordan GCZ), that adjective barely encapsulates the kind of fathomless sound they create. Live in Seattle captures them working at the zenith of their improvisational powers for a rabid crowd. The show begins with anticipatory cymbal taps and a beautifully morose melodica motif that wouldn't sound out of place in an Ennio Morricone soundtrack. A few minutes in, faint pulses enter earshot and a minute later the clap-enhanced beats and synth-bass burst into the forefront to form a strutting mid-tempo rhythm with a subliminal drone swirling beneath it. Masters of dynamics, Moufang and Czamanski incrementally intensify and ingeniously arrange the elements, especially that underlying keyboard drone, until you're in a state of panic and ecstasy. Over the course of the set, the two producers flaunt their expertise for pacing. They avoid the obvious and subvert expectations throughout the performance, sporadically letting the beats drop out in order to luxuriate on a particularly alien organ oscillation, a sinister bass rumble, an ominously pulsating synth, an unsettling thumb-piano motif, or a mind-warping 303 acid ripple, to name just a handful of examples. Of course, Moufang and Czamanski also keep things danceable for stretches of time, and about 78 minutes in, they even shift out of their foundation of oddity and into heavenly techno mode with a gloriously ascendant melody. For their well-deserved encore, Moufang and Czamanski reprise the intro's mournful melodica reverie and then infiltrate it with a series of percolating and disorienting bleeps and a celestial drone worthy of new age legend Laraaji. This stellar ambient coda reflects Moufang and Czamanski's exceptional, eccentric musicality. Techno is not known for its live albums, but Live in Seattle sets the standard for the format, with its abundant, sublime tunefulness, textural richness, and enchantingly enigmatic tangents. Mastered by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering.
$14.39 UPC: 827170150027 ELECTRONIC
2CD:
1.01. Live in Seattle - CD1 (49:14)
2.02. Live in Seattle - CD2 (49:57)
LP:
A1. Side A Live Excerpt (15:33)
B1. Side B Live Excerpt (17:40)
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MOUFANG/CZAMANSKI: Live in Seattle LP (FUR 050LP)
LP version. Includes insert with liner notes.
$16.39 UPC: 827170607064 ELECTRONIC
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I HAVE A TRIBE: Yellow Raincoats (Frank Wiedemann Remix) 12" (GRON 145EP)
After recording his debut EP with Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey/Anna Calvi) and Conor O'Brien of Villagers, Patrick O'Laoghaire aka I Have a Tribe was then hand-picked to tour Europe with Calvi, opened for Villagers' Irish homecoming show, and performed at Electric Picnic and CMJ in New York. I Have a Tribe's blend of plaintive pop and folk-tinged melancholia has never been more evident than on "Yellow Raincoats," which caught the attention of Frank Wiedemann (Âme, The Howling); his remix turns the track into a pop jewel.
$8.39 EAN: 5060238632119 ELECTRONIC
01. Yellow Raincoats (Frank Wiedemann Remix)
02. Yellow Raincoats
03. Yellow Raincoats (Frank Wiedemann Remix/Radio Edit)
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SLEAFORD MODS/SUDDEN INFANT: You're Brave/Fat Nipple Upright 7" (HARB 004EP)
Limited copies of the 2015 tour-only 7" featuring "You're Brave" by Sleaford Mods and an exclusive track from Berlin's noise rock trio Sudden Infant -- "Fat Nipple Upright."
$8.39 UPC: N/A ROCK
A1. Sleaford Mods - You're Brave
B1. Sudden Infant - Fat Nipple Upright
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LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND, LYLE: The Waltzing Fool 2CD (HS 1024CD)
In the late 1980s, Lyle Lovett's first two albums established him as one of country music's brightest new stars. With his Large Band, he sings most of the songs from those records on this March 22, 1988, broadcast on KBCO-FM in Boulder, Colorado, performed at the local Boulder's Coast Club. Highlights include versions of his hits "Cowboy Man" (with a guest appearance by bluegrass stars Hot Rize) and "She's No Lady," as well as preview of a couple songs from his third album, 1989's Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. The complete broadcast is presented here in digitally remastered sound.
$16.39 EAN: 5207181102416 ROCK
1.01. Radio Station Introduction
1.02. Here I Am
1.03. She's No Lady
1.04. If I Had a Boat
1.05. If I Were the Man You Wanted
1.06. L.A. County
1.07. This Old Porch
1.08. I Married Her Because She Looks Like You
1.09. You Can't Resist It
1.10. The Waltzing Fool
2.01. An Acceptable Level of Ecstasy (The Wedding Song)
2.02. Wild Women Don't Get the Blues
2.03. M-O-N-E-Y
2.04. Cowboy Man
2.05. She's Hot to Go
2.06. Closing Time
2.07. Here I Am
2.08. Black and Blue
2.09. Simple Song
2.10. Pontiac
2.11. Station Sign Off
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BROMBERG, DAVID: Live in Utica '77 2CD (HS 1026CD)
In early 1977, David Bromberg, already established as one of the most entertaining performers on the US concert circuit, had just released his most successful album, How Late'll Ya Play 'Til, in 1976. This FM broadcast of a show at Utica, New York's Stanley Theater features songs from most of his 1970s albums, blending rock, blues, bluegrass, Celtic folk, and more, and punctuated by his trademark comic raps. Included is a 12-minute version of his showstopping signature tune, "Will Not Be Your Fool." The complete broadcast is presented here in digitally remastered sound with background liners.
$16.39 EAN: 5207181102614 ROCK
1.01. Get Up and Go/Fiddle Tunes
1.02. Sloppy Drunk
1.03. The Viper
1.04. Dark Hollow
1.05. The Jugband Song
1.06. Yankee's Revenge
1.07. The Joke's on Me
1.08. Suffer to Sing the Blues
2.01. Danger Man
2.02. Battle of Bull Run
2.03. Summer Wages
2.04. Sharon
2.05. Will Not Be Your Fool
2.06. Instrumental
2.07. I Want to Go Home
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CALL SUPER: Migrant 12" (HTH 041EP)
With his second 12" of 2015, Call Super contemplates the dancefloor once again, much in the manner of his previous releases The Present Tense (HTH 001EP, 2013) and Fluenka Mitsu (2015). On Migrant, the enigmatic artist returns to Houndstooth with two tracks that develop his detailed, quixotic sound with his palette of shady drums and svelte bass work. Dreamlike pieces to rotate you into the night.
$9.79 UPC: 802560204160 ELECTRONIC
A1. Migrant
B1. Meltintu
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PADILLA, JOSE: Lollipop 12" (IFEEL 046EP)
180-gram vinyl. Remixes of "Lollipop" from Balearic legend José Padilla's 2015 So Many Colours album (IFEEL 042CD/LP). In autumn 2014, Padilla invited four the best contemporary producers (Mark Barrott, Wolf Müller, Tornado Wallace, and Telephones) to the island of Ibiza and developed an album that covers beach life, nightlife, and simply watching the sunset. Following the release of lead single "Day One" (IFEEL 039EP), "Lollipop," with its floating melody and rolling groove, is treated to luscious remixes from I:Cube and Dream 2 Science, plus a special 12" version from original producer Telephones.
$10.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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SCIENTIST: Watch This! Dubbing at Tuff Gong CD (JRCD 058CD)
Most people associate Tuff Gong with Bob Marley, and rightly so, as he was often called Tuff Gong and his early releases came out on the Tuff Gong label. But Tuff Gong was also the name of a recording complex named after Bob Marley that included a top-level recording studio, pressing plant, and distribution center. Marley had taken over the former residence of Island Records boss Chris Blackwell -- Island House, 56 Hope Road -- around 1974. Two days before the Smile Jamaica Concert, on December 3, 1976, the house was ambushed by gunmen. Marley's manager, Don Taylor was hit five times, Marley was shot in the arm, and his wife Rita was hit in the head by a stray bullet -- but none of the injuries were fatal. Immediately after the concert Marley started his self-imposed exile from Jamaica, settling in London, England. This would lead to the aptly named Exodus album being recorded there in the summer of 1977. It would not be until the One Love Peace Concert in Kingston's National Stadium on the April 22, 1978, that Marley would return to the island. Marley felt it was important to show his commitment to the people of Jamaica, and upon his return to 56 Hope Road, he began the construction of his own recording studio with the help of music mogul Tommy Cowan. Unfortunately, Marley's short life would end on the May 11, 1981, from cancer. His passing would lead to 56 Hope Road being turned into a museum. A new location would have to be found to carry on Marley's work; this turned out to be 220 Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston 11. Rita Marley and Tuff Gong International bought the facility, and hired engineers including Errol Brown (Treasure Isle Studios) and Hopeton Brown aka Scientist, so named for his groundbreaking style by the great producer Bunny "Striker" Lee, who had worked with him previously at King Tubby's studio and Channel One Studios. Watch This! Dubbing at Tuff Gong focuses on the work carried out by the great Scientist on the songs of the Black Solidarity label (run by Ossie Thomas aka Joe the Boss), at Tuff Gong, one of the foremost recording, pressing, and distribution facilities on the Jamaican island, set up from the work of Bob Marley to carry forward reggae music. CD includes four bonus tracks.
$9.79 EAN: 5060135761912 WORLD
01. A Bad Boy Dub
02. Black Solidarity Dub
03. Watch this Dub
04. 56 Road of Dub
05. Dub Madness
06. Cooler Than Kilimanjaro Dub
07. Tough Gong Dub
08. Off the Dub
09. Inner City Dub
10. G'wan Go Dub
11. Greatest Dub
12. 220 Garvey Dub
13. Ghetto People Dub*
14. A Prosperous Dub*
15. Delamere Affair Dub*
16. Scientific Dub Style*
*CD bonus tracks
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SCIENTIST: Watch This! Dubbing at Tuff Gong LP (JRLP 058LP)
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$10.99 EAN: 5060135761929 WORLD
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LANDSIDE: Landside Part 2 12" (JT 005EP)
Landside is the first collaboration between Italian producers Hunter/Game and Icelandic duo Kúra. Kúra's electronic dub work and Hunter/Game's techno and house roots form deep, melancholic ambient music with an intense central groove, as Fanney Osk's vocals interweave with melodic synths. Landside Part 2 continues the journey begun on Landside Part 1 (JT 004EP, 2015); Extrawelt's remix of "Wasteland" dances between dub emotion and breakbeats on a visionary path through soundscapes and abstract atmospheres. Avatism remixes "Lost Soul" with a solid groove and techno base that tease the track to an intense, breathless flow.
$10.39 UPC: 880319715914 ELECTRONIC
A1. Wasteland
A2. Lost Soul
B1. Wasteland (Extrawelt Remix)
B2. Lost Soul (Avatism Remix)
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MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA: Whiskey A-Go-Go, 27 March 1972 2LP (KL 5006LP)
Aside from a mammoth repertoire of work alongside British rock luminaries such as Duffy Power, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Graham Bond, and Pete Brown, John McLaughlin's own career marked a pinnacle in progressive jazz-rock fusion. The Mahavishnu Orchestra's seminal appearance at the Whisky a Go Go on March 27, 1972, has become a high point of their achievements. In an attempt to honor this landmark performance, various bootlegs of varying quality have appeared over the years. This retrospective issue of this legendary concert salutes the stature of The Mahavishnu Orchestra's work with the original, complete, and fully remastered FM broadcast, presented on 180-gram vinyl with background liners.
$22.39 EAN: 5291012500625 ROCK
A1. John Talks, Meeting of the Spirits
B1. Miles Beyond
C1. The Dance of Maya
C2. Band Intros
C3. A Lotus on Irish Streams
D1. The Noonward Race
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BLOND:ISH: Welcome to the Present 2LP+CD (KOM 341LP)
180-gram double LP version. Includes CD.
$17.79 UPC: 880319806339 ELECTRONIC
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BLOND:ISH: Welcome to the Present CD (KOMP 127CD)
After establishing their rule over the 12" format and turning your run-of-the-mill dance EP into a miniature opera in its own right, Blond:ish were bound to come up with a debut full-length at some point, but even so, Welcome to the Present drops as a major surprise. Flexing the psychedelic and spiritual influences that informed their Lovers in Limbo EP (KOM 253EP, 2012), Inward Visions (KOM 268EP, 2013), and Wunderkammer (KOM 308EP, 2014), this material presents itself not so much as the collection of DJ-ready peak-time bangers that some would've expected, but as what one might admiringly call a total trip. Here, each track is part of a bigger story, accomplishing its role in a vibrant, colorful mix of electronic moods, field recordings, traditional instruments, and polyglot vocals. Things start off in the most unassuming manner, as opener "Shy Grass" lives up to its name and gently introduces a few fleeting chords to what sounds like a recording of casual child banter. The first real bass drum takes its sweet time to hit, and when it does, it does so like the wind caressing your cheek. It's only halfway through lead single "Endless Games" -- itself morphed into a special album-only version -- that the first actual club beat appears. That's not an accident, but a very deliberate aesthetic choice; the result of what seems like the duo's very own alchemic procedure of turning a multitude of disparate folkloric snippets into a blueprint for a unique kind of ambient-infused dancefloor. As the trip continues through the sneaky Rhodes showcase "Nada Brahma," the mysterious electronic fairy tale "Moonvalley," and a slightly adjusted version of vintage hit "Velvet Wave," it suddenly becomes clear that the heat's been rising all along, thanks to the labyrinthine percussion, imploring vocals, and uncanny instrumentation of "Myein Caravan" and the shadowy funk of "Jupiter & Jaguar," all culminating in the powerful, incessant groove of "Inner Jungle." These seething cuts reflect "every road that we have taken to come to this point in time," as the duo explains -- spanning spiritual and physical travels to South America, Mexico, and India. Recording the album in a makeshift studio in Tulum, Mexico, where they have also found a new home, Blond:ish make expert use of the format's greater runtime to build pace and play with release, transgressing the conventions of electronic club music in favor of a mystical tour de force.
$10.99 UPC: 880319733321 ELECTRONIC
01./A1. Shy Grass
02./A2. Los Pensamientos
03./A3. Lucy's Affair
04./B1. Endless Games
05./B2. Nada Brahma
06./B3. Moonvalley
07./C1. Velvet Wave
08./C2. Myein Caravan
09./C3. Jupiter & Jaguar
10./D1. Inner Jungle
11./D2. It Starts Now
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ADMX-71: Coherent Abstractions CD (LIES 067CD)
Adam X is back with his third album release under his industrial guise, ADMX-71. Following releases with the legendary label Hands and his own imprint, Sonic Groove Experiments, Adam paired up with L.I.E.S Records in 2014 for The Redacted Files, a 12" of slowed-down and tense EBM wizardry. Adam now returns to the L.I.E.S. front with Coherent Abstractions, an album of singular experiments that pull from every corner of electronic music's landscape into a comprehensive and propulsive full-length. Coherent Abstractions pulsates with fractured rhythms, vacillating melodies, and mesmerizing compositions that showcase Adam's impressive history working in all aspects of the underbelly of electronic music. Noise and industrial elements seep into the album's 11 songs, churning the cold and abrasive into feverish new territory. Though Coherent Abstractions operates primarily in sounds of solitude, guest vocalist Janina joins "Bound and Broken" for a rare vocal collaboration on an ADMX-71 track. We also hear a frantic vocal performance from the producer on "Nearing Obliteration," which is undoubtedly the apex of the album. Throughout the album the music sweeps from breakbeat noir and anxious electronic dub to reflective industrial modes, making Coherent Abstractions an engaging and varied listen, updating a late-'80s EBM tone into modern sound design environments while pushing a reverence for the past and heading into the deep unknown of the future. For those unfamiliar with Adam's deeply rooted history in the New York underground, he and his brother, Frankie Bones, pioneered techno in a post-disco, pre-Giuliani New York City through the late '80s and onward past the '90s, producing countless records under various guises and finally opening their own shop and record label, Sonic Groove. At the same time they began throwing renegade parties, known as Storm Rave, throughout the five boroughs -- a practice that was unheard of at the time in such a major US metropolis and opened the door for what was to come.
$10.99 UPC: 706949618947 ELECTRONIC
01. Virtuality Continuum
02. Arrival Into Uncharted Territory
03. Neutralize & Eliminate
04. Phenomenalist
05. Conjectured State
06. Nearing Obliteration
07. Bound and Broken (feat. Janina)
08. My Theme Song
09. Anxious Solitude
10. Mystical Ascent
11. MGM-41-85
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ADMX-71: Coherent Abstractions 2LP (LIES 067LP)
LP version.
$14.99 UPC: 769791910201 ELECTRONIC
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KOWTON: On Repeat/Holding Patterns 12" (LIVITY 017EP)
Livity Sound foundational artist Kowton makes an emphatic return with his first solo 12" for the label since 2012, following his 2014 hit track "Glock & Roll" on Young Turks offshoot Whities. His music's been remixed by Karenn, Kassem Mosse, and Surgeon; he's remixed work by Paul Woolford, Tessela, and Untold. Kowton has played across Europe both live with Livity Sound (alongside Peverelist and Asusu) and as a solo DJ. In typically reductive mode, Kowton layers pulsing subs with weighty percussion and enveloping synths on "On Repeat"; "Holding Patterns" is a streamlined modulating techno workout of abrasive drums and rotating rimshots.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. On Repeat
B1. Holding Patterns
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EVIL BLIZZARD: Everybody Come to Church CD (LTW 010CD)
Like Hawkwind on even more acid or Sunn O))) meets Butthole Surfers/P.I.L. with four bassists and droning powerful songs... Those masked marauding architects of cacophonic, bombastic, psychedelic, bass-bothering rock have been at it again, making another album of unrivalled and quintessentially unique rock music. To say that Everybody Come to Church has been eagerly awaited in many quarters is an understatement; fellow Northwest England-based musician Mr. Mark E. Smith, who's been heard to say of the Blizzard, "I like Evil Blizzard, they give me hope that music is alive and kicking," would no doubt agree. The Guardian are also huge fans of the band, having featured them on their cover and described them as "a fearsome collision of Hawkwind, krautrock, molten noise, dazzling psychedelic lights and weird, gnarly looking masks." The album was "recorded live in one day with minimal overdubs at Magnetic North Studios... a fierce, spontaneous outburst of evil noise." They had only four songs written before entering the studio and the rest of the album just happened around ideas they'd had kicking around. Everybody Come to Church features eight tracks of brooding, sinister psychedelic rock that will melt your mind and soul.
$10.39 UPC: 666017296029 ROCK
01. Are You Evil?
02. Stupid People
03. Bow Down and Pray
04. Spread the Fear
05. Sacrifice
06. Balloon
07. Laughing Gas
08. Watching
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EVIL BLIZZARD: Everybody Come to Church LP (LTW 010LP)
Blue LP version; limited to 500 copies.
$18.99 UPC: 666017296012 ROCK
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MOVE: Move LP (MNQ 074LP)
Long sought after by collectors and originally released in 1986 by a small independent label, this stellar full-length is driven by sharp post-punk guitars, tribal rhythms, and ghostly synthesizers, following the UK coldwave and post-punk tradition. Reflecting the realities of life in a city like Rome in the political landscape of the early '80s in Italy, Move also released a couple of tapes and a split 12'' with Gronge before dissolving into obscurity. The history of Italian post-punk begins around 1979, in some specific areas of the country. The productions come out of Pordenone and Bologna, with The Great Complotto (SPITTLE 048LP, SPITTLE 060LP) and Italian Records influencing the surrounding area. In a less organic way, something began to arise in other parts of Italy, especially in the center-north where Florence, Turin, Milan, and Rome played a crucial role. Move is a forgotten classic, reissued here for the first time and highly recommended for fans of Joy Division, New Order, Section 25, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, Gang of Four.
$14.39 UPC: 769791910195 ROCK
A1. Any Move
A2. Cosa Domani
A3. Lei
A4. Lo Scoglio
B1. Still Smoking
B2. When I'm with My Self
B3. Quattro E Tre/Quarti
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FOXX & HAROLD BUDD, JOHN: Translucence/Drift Music 2CD (META 042CD)
2015 reissue; originally released in 2003. The luminous piano playing of Translucence and the stunning extended reverbs of Drift Music (both originally released in 2003) form a double CD with new artwork by John Foxx. The music of Translucence has an intelligence, purity, and reserve, but it's also sensual and dream-like, a feeling that is stretched even further by the gorgeous Drift Music. "Really I'm Harold's apprentice," says John Foxx. "Along with Satie, he taught me almost everything I know about this kind of music. What you really look for -- that instant when something magical and mysterious crystallizes in the air. I always think of one moment working with Harold as the epitome of this. There's this track on Translucence called 'Spoken Roses.' I still play it and think -- I recorded that. It's Harold's music and I was lucky enough to be there to catch it from the air. It's a truly splendid piece, a direct and beautiful interplay between sound and performance. True minimalism is concerned with isolating something dignified and beautiful, presenting it without unnecessary additions, so you can fully appreciate it." Both artists are keen to do more work together, but, as Budd says, "I have no idea about what's coming up next. I suppose I should be concerned about that. I don't like counselling people to be blasé, because if nothing was happening for a long time it would be maddening, but I'm not there yet, so I don't know."
$13.79 EAN: 5060079263541 ELECTRONIC
CD1: Translucence:
01. Subtext
02. Spoken Roses
03. Momentary Architecture
04. Adult
05. Long Light
06. A Change in the Weather
07. Here and Now
08. Almost Overlooked
09. Implicit
10. Raindust
11. Missing Person
12. You Again
CD2: Drift Music:
01. Sunlit Silhouette
02. The Other Room
03. Some Way Through All the Cities
04. Stepping Sideways
05. A Delicate Romance
06. Linger
07. Curtains Blowing
08. Weather Patterns
09. Coming Into Focus
10. After All This Time
11. Someone Almost There
12. Resonant Frequency
13. Avenue of Trees
14. Underwater Flowers
15. Arriving
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FOXX/HAROLD BUDD/RUBEN GARCIA, JOHN: Nighthawks CD (META 055CD)
2015 reissue; originally released in 2011. "I was at art school. A girl I was in class with played Gymnopedies on the lecture piano one afternoon, June 1966. I remember the scene exactly -- old Victorian art school, doors open to a long avenue of trees. River beyond. Summer glistening outside. I was very young and everything seemed magical and infinitely promising. Completely captivated in a moment of stillness and wonder. It was also a first exposure to successful minimalism -- the music was so simple, yet profoundly elusive and subtle. Never forgot it. Everything else followed from that single moment" --John Foxx. The Nighthawks album is dedicated to Ruben Garcia, who, sadly, died in 2013. John Foxx: "Harold Budd recommended Ruben Garcia's music to me -- and that alone is a significant achievement for any musician. His album Room Full of Easels illustrates why Harold was so intrigued. It's inventive, tranquil and joyful music from a pure spirit -- a truly independent and idiosyncratic artist. I count myself very fortunate to have been involved with a small part of the recorded music Ruben left behind." Nighthawks was originally released in 2011 and is now part of the Metamatic label's catalog for the first time. It's a moody, cinematic album, very noir and New York, still full of wonder but with a sense of unease and a colder atmosphere blowing through the late-night piano strikes. John Foxx and Budd are keen to do more work together, but, as Budd says, "I have no idea about what's coming up next. I suppose I should be concerned about that. I don't like counselling people to be blasé, because if nothing was happening for a long time it would be maddening, but I'm not there yet, so I don't know."
$11.79 EAN: 5060079263558 ELECTRONIC
01. Down a Windy Street
02. Now That I've Forgotten You
03. The Invisible Man
04. Fugitive Desire
05. From Then to Now
06. When the City Stops for Snow
07. The Shadow of Her Former Self
08. Music for Swimmers
09. Lovedust
10. Nighthawks
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FOXX, JOHN: London Overgrown CD (META 058CD)
London Overgrown is a project that John Foxx has been working on for years, inspired by his own experiences of London -- including an abandoned, overgrown Shoreditch in the early 1980s -- futuristic visions of a derelict city dating back to the sci-fi of the Quatermass TV series (which he watched as a child), and a strong desire to propose "an actual city," as John Foxx puts it. "A plan for London. A beautiful new overgrown city. Perhaps this may be initiated gradually, by obtaining permission to allow a street or two to become overgrown, them it may come to be seen as a Post Carbon City, a way of greening London. Let's practice vertical gardening all over buildings everywhere. Create the Hanging Gardens of Shoreditch, The Glades of Soho, encourage London to become a truly green city. Let's resurrect Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Allow Hyde Park to spread through Soho to the river. Encourage Hampstead Heath to meet Richmond Park at its borders, via all the squares and gardens and rooftops, right across London..." The ambient electronic music forms immersive soundscapes for an empty, overgrown city; a wordless relative of John Foxx's Cathedral Oceans CD (1997).
$11.79 EAN: 5060079263435 ELECTRONIC
01. Oceanic II
02. The Beautiful Ghost
03. A Man, a Woman and a City
04. London Overgrown
05. A Small Revolving World
06. Everything Is Illuminated
07. Often Now, I Wake
08. Persistence of Vision
09. City of Mirage
10. Imaginary Music
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BROOM, MARK: Stunned/Decay 12" (MPM 026EP)
It's a rare moment in the life of Robert Hood's M-Plant label when he hands things over to another producer, but it's no surprise that he should pick Mark Broom for this release -- he's previously been entrusted to provide edits of Hood's tracks for the label's 20th anniversary celebrations (MPM 019EP). The original version of "Stunned" was released on Broom and Dave Hill's renowned Pure Plastic label in 1997. This "97 Mix" started as a live mix of the track, which Broom has now tweaked for maximum dancefloor devastation. On the flipside, "Decay" delivers the kind of tough, raw techno that sits perfectly on M-Plant.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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OFFERMANN, OSKAR: Le Grand to Do CD (MUSIQ 050CD)
"When the dancer disappears and only the dance remains, it is meditation" --Indian philosopher Osho. For the Frankfurt-born, Berlin-based producer and DJ Oskar Offermann, music is some kind of meditation, too. For him sound has the power to go beyond time and space. He began making music as a teenager, primarily as a drummer in grunge and punk bands. When he was 16, hip hop hit him hard and he started to produce beats on an MPC that he still uses today. At 20 he moved to Berlin, and one night he ended up at Panorama Bar, where Zip was celebrating a "Get Perlonized" night. All of a sudden the virus called dance music infected him. Before dropping his first house tracks, he launched the White label in 2007 with a friend. It was followed by a second label, Rimini, in 2011 -- a musical outlet for special edits that go beyond the dancefloor. After countless EPs and a celebrated album on his own labels and others, including Aim, Thema, and Riverette, Offermann now drops another magical long-player, this time on Japan's Mule Musiq -- his second release on the label following a deeply moving EP in 2012 (MUSIQ 148EP). Le Grand to Do was mostly produced in 2014, a year in which Offermann became a part-time vegan and dove deeply into himself through meditation -- changes influenced by his interest in new age music and his desire to compensate for his wild and sleepless life as a DJ. The tracks from this introspective period are disciplined works created with cheap drum machines including an Alesis HR-16, a Boss DR-660, and a Yamaha RX 70, plus a computer and other synths. For Offermann, "music is the direct access to the soul"; each track on Le Grand to Do is intended to go beyond the party. They are his reflection on esoteric spheres, without being fully esoteric. You can hear his past as a drummer and lover of hip hop breaks in tricky tracks like "I Wonder" or "Find Yourself". With gems like "Carol's Howl" or "Banunanas," he serves house that deeply massages body and mind. Vocal samples float around, heartfelt chords bewitch, and gentle melodies pop up to twist the senses. And even though it's heavily influenced by new age, the album is meant first for the dancefloor. It relieves tension, spreads meditative energy, and delivers emotions that stay. Forever.
$11.99 UPC: 880319718724 ELECTRONIC
CD:
01. August '14
02. Find Yourself
03. Carol's Howl
04. Les Doors
05. Banunanas
06. Embrace the Condition
07. I Wonder
08. Stormy Past
09. Koleu
10. Understandable
2LP:
A1. August '14
A2. Find Yourself
A3. Carol's Howl
B1. Banunanas
B2. Embrace the Condition
C1. Les Doors
C2. I Wonder
D1. Koleu
D2. Stormy Past
D3. Understandable
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OFFERMANN, OSKAR: Le Grand to Do 2LP (MUSIQ 191LP)
Double LP version.
$17.79 UPC: 880319733734 ELECTRONIC
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FLANGER: Lollopy Dripper CD (NON 041CD)
Flanger is back! Ten years after their 2005 Spirituals album (NON 018CD/LP), Atom TM and Burnt Friedman have composed and produced their fifth album. Ignoring genre-limits, both artists have progressed from the considerable skills shown on their 1999 debut album as a duo, Templates -- a work of intangible, mutating, jazzy electronic sound beyond the constraints of time and space. They've since returned to Burnt Friedman's Berlin studio several times to release new energies in the form of Spirituals and Outer Space/Inner Space (2001), which incorporate decomposed jazz instrumentation and midi-fied electronic processing. Apart from Hayden Chisholm's saxophone contributions on two tracks, this is how it works again on Lollopy Dripper: 50/50-duo-mode composition with in-house, boosted equipment -- similar to the set-up in 1997, when the duo produced their first tracks over one week in Santiago, Chile -- but with a naturalistic jazz-trio sound.
$10.99 UPC: 673799364129 ELECTRONIC
CD:
01. Onset
02. Sweet Silence
03. Heady Men
04. Körperspannung
05. Centre of Unrest
06. Spin
07. Mulch
08. They Don't Know What They Don't Know
09. Rubberhead Illusion
10. Cholorphyll Drop Shot
2LP:
A1. Onset (Extended Version)
A2. Sweet Silence
B1. Heady Men
B2. Körperspannung
C1. Centre of Unrest
C2. Spin
D1. They Don't Know What They Don't Know
D2. Rubberhead Illusion
D3. Cholorphyll Drop Shot
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FLANGER: Lollopy Dripper 2LP+CD (NON 041LP)
Double LP version. Includes CD.
$16.39 UPC: 673799364112 ELECTRONIC
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VA: [Cease & Desist] DIY! Cult Classics from the Post-Punk Era (1978-1982) 2LP (OMDIY 001B-LP)
[Cease & Desist] DIY! Cult Classics from the Post-Punk Era (1978-1982) collects 15 UK 7" singles recorded between 1978 and 1982, compiled by JD Twitch to showcase the DIY spirit of those times. "If Punk was the nuclear detonation, the fallout that came after was where a lot of the most interesting music of that era was made. People who would never have thought to release a record before realised it was something they could do, and the end result was a DIY explosion. I've always loved music that doesn't try to fit in a particular genre, that is anti-canonical and doesn't care what else is going on in music at that time, that takes risks and is full of imagination and ideas that may or may not make any logical sense but that resulted in something unique, that ignores conventions about how a record SHOULD be produced and that was created simply because its creators felt the urge to express themselves and share the results with some other people. This compilation compiles 15 tracks that fulfil all those criteria. None of them had any success, most are (unjustly) obscure but every one of them has inspired me and would be in my ultimate 7" singles box" --JD Twitch. This release has been a real labor of love, involving tracing long-lost artists to far-flung corners of the globe, persuading them that the modern world needs to hear the music they made several decades ago, tracking down masters -- lovingly restoring 7"s in place of lost masters in some cases -- and conceiving an elaborate package with detailed sleeve notes to house the double album. Unfortunately, the original choice of title for this release infringed on the copyright of a series of well-known pop compilations released by a certain major label. They sent a cease and desist letter (hence the title of this edition), and did not accept proposed modifications to the original sleeves, so this edition is released in a more conventional package than was intended. Gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeves containing sleeve notes and detailed overviews of each individual track by JD Twitch and an introduction by New York's DIY expert Dan Selzer. Includes tracks by Tesco Bombers, Sara Goes Pop, People in Motion, Nancy Sesay & the Melodaires, The Distributors, Dorothy, Thomas Leer, Visitors, The Murphy Federation, The Cro-Tones, Fatal Microbes, Spunky Onions, The Fakes, and The Prats.
$16.99 UPC: 880319732737 ROCK
01. Tesco Bombers - Break the Ice at Parties
02. Sara Goes Pop - Sexy Terrorist
03. People in Motion - When It's War
04. Nancy Sesay & the Melodaires - C'est Fab
05. The Distributors - TV Me
06. Dorothy - Softness
07. Thomas Leer - Private Plane
08. Visitors - Electric Heat
09. The Murphy Federation - Fed Up Skank
10. The Distributors - Never Never
11. The Cro-Tones - Tea Machine Dub
12. Fatal Microbes - Violence Grows
13. Spunky Onions - How I Lost My Virginity
14. The Fakes - Look-Out
15. The Prats - Disco Pope
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VA: Glasgow. London. New York. Edinburgh. 12" (OT 016EP)
This EP, featuring tracks from Glasgow, London, New York, and Edinburgh, opens with the broken, percussive, spine-tingling "Endless Plains," the debut of Glasgow DJ Beta. London's L/F/D/M, who delivered the first release on Optimo Trax, returns under the modified moniker Love's Flaccid Disco Muscle "3am at the Aqua Disco" -- bass heaviness with an almost exotica-style lead line. The eight-minute depth-charge "Culture Full Circle" by New York's Alex Burkat (now relocated to Philadelphia) features a mutated sample from a legendary reggae track before Modini (Neil Landstrumm and Alan Parley) close with "Ghost Seducer," which delivers bass, dub, and bleeps, 21st-century-style.
$8.99 UPC: 880319725517 ELECTRONIC
A1. Beta - Endless Plains
A2. Love's Flaccid Disco Muscle - 3am at the Aqua Disco
AA1. Alex Burkat - Culture Full Circle
AA2. Modini - Ghost Seducer
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VISIONIST: Safe CD (PAN 067CD)
Having partnered with Bill Kouligas in 2015 to relaunch his Lost Codes imprint as Codes, Visionist takes a defining step forward with the release of his debut album, Safe. The South London artist born Louis Carnell broke during a period of experimentation in UK music when, with the disintegration of the dubstep scene, emerging producers began looking to juke and Chicago house for inspiration. A pair of EPs on Lit City Trax (and a collaboration with Fatima Al Qadiri) in 2013 and '14 introduced Visionist's minimalist take on fractured R&B and liquid grime, establishing him as a leading voice in new wave UK soundsystem culture. On Safe, Visionist sculpts and extends that signature into new terrain and makes his most personal statement yet. Distilling his influences down to a sparse palette of manipulated folk, pop, and R&B a cappellas; icy synths; and metallic drum samples, he plays off ever-present anxiety and his own battle not to let it overwhelm him. "Comfort, protection, salvation -- this is what we search for," he says. "We are taught that a life of no worries is better for us, and therefore we try to create one that is 'Safe.'" But while safe as a musical concept implies conformity, Safe as an artistic statement is anything but. At a moment when the UK scene, once known for innovation, has settled into rehashing old tropes, Visionist continues to propel his sound into more experimental territory. The album traces the arc of an anxiety attack, from its onset through to recovery. Following the stately discord of brief opener "You Stayed," the grimy, ballistic assault of "Victim" sends its targets diving into mirrored corners. "I've Said" is a brutal, almost militant advance, its sound cutting in and out as though transmitted via shortwave radio. "Too Careful to Care" trades in skittering paranoia, with the soporific "Sleep Luxury" closing out affairs. Since 2012, Visionist has toured extensively throughout Europe, The Unites States, and Asia, appearing at industry standard clubs and festivals like Fabric, Berghain, Sonar, and Unsound as well as various underground venues. He has scored music for Kenzo, Liam Hodges, and Roxanne Farahmand in the world of fashion, and remixed Kelis, Ghostpoet, and Glasser. In 2014, he supported FKA Twigs on her first-ever UK tour. Photography and artwork by Daniel Sannwald; layout by Bill Kouligas.
$11.79 EAN: 5060165480661 ELECTRONIC
01. You Stayed (1:13)
02. Victim (2:51)
03. 1 Guarda (2:19)
04. I've Said (1:00)
05. Vffected (3:23)
06. Sin-cere (4:00)
07. Safe (3:16)
08. Let Me In (3:16)
09. Too Careful To Care (3:35)
10. Tired Tears, Awake Fears (3:15)
11. Constraint (0:58)
12. Sleep Luxury (3:20)
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VISIONIST: Safe LP (PAN 067LP)
140-gram LP version.
$18.39 EAN: 5060165480685 ELECTRONIC
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CW/A: Words Unspoken, Acts Undone CD (PAR 006CD)
The passing of time... what has been spoken is now unspoken. All that has been has been undone. CW/A present their remarkable debut album, Words Unspoken, Acts Undone. Since their inception CW/A have forged a path through the murky world of electronic music with a number of releases on Vakant, M_REC, and their own Parachute Records. Previously accomplished musicians in their own right, Thomas Feriero (Avatism) and Francesco Leali (Clockwork) joined forces in 2013 to begin a live project that took the act of performance into the club. Shying away from typical setups so prevalent nowadays, CW/A bring to the club a level of live performance that they've now translated into their first full-length. Weighing in at 11 tracks, the album demonstrates the duo's musical heritage of early Warp-style bass but also UK jungle and Downwards-influenced dub techno. This isn't an album that looks back with any misty-eyed nostalgia, though; it respectfully brings its '90s influences straight into 2015, seamlessly weaving from genre to genre with an up-to-date element to the production. If you're expecting an album of rave breaks or straight-up 4/4, you won't find it here, but if you're ready to leave behind what you've heard already, Words Unspoken, Acts Undone is for you.
$11.99 UPC: 880319734120 ELECTRONIC
01. Rapture
02. Bury the Hatchet
03. Mantra
04. Conjunct/Empathy
05. Handful of Dust
06. Mind-Body Problems
07. 19-9241--75-13294
08. Disquieting
09. Acrimony
10. Rainer Has No Shadow
11. Ghost Covenant
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LE TOUGH, MANO: Trails CD (PERMVAC 142CD)
Mano le Tough spends a lot of time in the club. In 2014, the Irish-born artist played more than 100 gigs all around the world -- landing at number eight on Resident Advisor's annual DJ Poll in the process -- but when the time came to make Trails, the follow-up to his lauded 2013 debut album Changing Days (PERMVAC 105CD/LP), he knew that a little time away from the dancefloor was in order. As such, he took a break from DJing, decamped to the Swiss countryside, and adopted a new routine, one that involved waking up at dawn each day and taking long meditative runs through the hills and forests overlooking Lake Zürich before planting himself in the studio. The resulting flood of inspiration produced Trails. It's full of slow-brewing, melody-driven tracks, many of them featuring Mano's emotive vocals; for fans of Changing Days, Mano's earlier EPs, or even Maeve, the rising label he runs alongside close friends The Drifter and Baikal, there is plenty to love here. While there's never been much doubt about his skills as a producer, Mano's career was largely forged in the DJ booth, and his many extended sets in clubs such as Berghain and Trouw have gradually lent his production work an impressive sense of patience. The songs on Trails swell and blossom at a deliberate pace while blurring the lines between house, techno, new wave, ambient, and classic pop music. DJs may gravitate towards the album's soaring club cuts ("I See Myself in You," "Sometimes Lost"), but songs like "Half Closed Eyes" and "Empty Early Years and the Seed" find Mano deftly balancing his pop impulses with the demands of the dancefloor. Elsewhere, "Trails" channels new wave while employing a hooky no wave guitar riff, and "Meilen" offers up a bit of balearic bliss. Then there's the "Energy Flow," a track that puts Mano's vocals front and center and just might be the most emotionally naked thing he's ever produced. Granted, this sort of variety has long been a staple of Mano's DJ sets, but Trails is perhaps the first time that his diverse tastes have been so coherently reflected in his own music. Without question, the album is Mano le Tough's deepest, most personal, and most potent work to date, and while it's undoubtedly been influenced by his time in -- and reverence for -- the club, its reach goes far beyond the dancefloor.
$10.99 UPC: 673795714225 ELECTRONIC
01. Running in a Constant Circle
02. Generations
03. Energy Flow
04. Half Closed Eyes
05. Empty Early Years and the Seed
06. I See Myself in You
07. Trails
08. The Space Between
09. Sometimes Lost
10. Meilen
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LE TOUGH, MANO: Trails 2LP+CD (PERMVAC 142LP)
Double LP version. Includes CD.
$16.39 UPC: 673795714218 ELECTRONIC
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BADGER: White Lady CD (PT 8045CD)
By 1973, Badger, originally formed in 1971 by Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye and drummer Roy Dyke, had released a live debut LP and then regrouped with the addition of former Beatles protégé Jackie Lomax, Stealers Wheel guitarist Paul Pilnick and renowned bassist Kim Gardner. White Lady, originally released in 1973, was recorded in New Orleans (with arrangements by Allen Toussaint), and features guest appearances by Jeff Beck, Bryn Haworth, and others. It makes a long-overdue return to CD here, together with background notes and images.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314804517 ROCK
01. A Dream of You
02. Everybody - Nobody
03. Listen to Me
04. Don't Pull the Trigger
05. Just the Way It Goes
06. White Lady
07. Be With You
08. Lord Who Give Me Life
09. One More Dream to Hold
10. The Hole Thing
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J.S.D. BAND: Country of the Blind CD (PT 8046CD)
Named after founding members Jim Divers, Sean O'Rourke, and Des Coffield, this outstanding Scottish folk-rock quintet also featured Colin Finn and Chuck Fleming. Their debut album originally appeared in late 1971, and is reissued here for the first time, together with background notes and images.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314804616 ROCK
01. Country of the Blind
02. Cooleys
03. Childhood Memories
04. Sara Jane
05. Old Time Heartaches
06. Nancy/Jenny Picking Cockles
07. Wonders of Nature
08. Don't Think Twice It's All Right
09. Darling Corey
10. Morning Dew
11. Cousin Caterpillar
12. Over and Over/Hope
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BOXER: Absolutely CD (PT 8047CD)
In 1976, legendary vocalist Mike Patto (Timebox, Patto) put together a new lineup of Boxer featuring keyboardist Chris Stainton (Joe Cocker's Grease Band), guitarist Adrian Fisher (Sparks), bassist Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge), and drummer Eddie Tuduri (The Beach Boys). The lineup proved volatile and short-lived, but they did tape this lost classic of melodic hard rock in 1977, with producer Jeff Glixman, red-hot from his association with Kansas. It makes its long-awaited debut on CD here, complete with background notes and images.
$11.99 EAN: 4753314804715 ROCK
01. Fool in Love
02. Red Light Flyer
03. Big Lucy
04. No Reply
05. Can't Stand What You Do
06. As God's My Judge
07. Rich Man's Daughter
08. Everybody's a Star (So What's in a Name?)
09. Hand on Your Heart
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ALVA: Ja Tik Būtu... CD (PSI 003-1CD)
Originally released in 1978 on Pennine Records, two catalog numbers before they issued the famous Rosemary Lane album by Tickawinda! Even European music might can quite an exotic feeling and Latvian rockers Alva are the living proof. Based in England when they released their sole album, Ja Tik Būtu..., they fell straight into the folk rock genre with their cross of melancholic, even slightly psychedelic rock and colorful, mystifying Baltic folk -- all in the middle of the UK punk explosion. Their music has a raw rock edge, with haunting melodies that entwine around your mind like ivy. The result is mind-expanding and you can be sure that this is something you will hardly have experienced before in such a radical form. Folk, melancholic rock, and laid-back punk rock meld into one enchanting sound, with Baltic folk holding the biggest share in the overall picture. The punk feeling, on the other hand, is the result of the energetic playing, while all the musicians are as skilled as a band should be -- Alva leave the sloppy performance always associated with punk rock to others. They even reach a post-punkish area with the strange, humorous, yet somehow anthemic "Vilcienu Dziesma." Alva could have inspired fans of 1960s garage rock, haunting Eastern European gypsy folk, and more sophisticated punk rock, and become a major force in the rock world if the business was just a little bit more fair. This album is like a trip through an idyllic landscape, but the constant feeling of an uproar backing up the flaming melodies. Listen with a free mind and you will be dragged into a world of sheer beauty and joy.
$11.79 UPC: 710473604222 ROCK
01./A1. Ja Tik Būtu
02./A2. Pilsēta Kurā Piedzimst Vējs
03./A3. Kopā
04./A4. Svesinieks
05./A5. Akts
06./B1. Vilcienu Dziesma
07./B2. Miglā
08./B3. Ziemeļvēji
09./B4. Es Izkūlu
10./B5. Jo Beigas Ir Klāt
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ALVA: Ja Tik Būtu... LP (PSI 003-2LP)
LP version.
$16.39 UPC: 710473604239 ROCK
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IRISARRI, RAFAEL ANTON: A Fragile Geography LP (RM 466LP)
Rafael Anton Irisarri's A Fragile Geography is a record cast in a climate of unsteadiness and transition, reflecting upon the current state of everyday living. Recorded over 2014 and '15, the record bears the marks of difficult terrain -- personal, political, social, and cultural. It tips its hat to the complex and unpredictable dynamics of the contemporary world, correlating concerns both macro and micro. Compositionally, the music mirrors the tensions of contemporary America, contrasting passages of great beauty and calm with harrowing waves of density and pressure. A Fragile Geography also charts Rafael Anton Irisarri's personal journey of transience and tumult. His entire studio, audio archives, and possessions were stolen while moving from Seattle to New York, forcing him to rebuild from ground zero. But such a tabula rasa moment also brought with it a chance for renewal, and for reductive experimentation. This experience birthed a range of fresh approaches and ideas, many of which became central to the aesthetic pillars of this record. "Empire Systems," the album's centerpiece, perfectly encapsulates this mood of flux; a rich and harmonically saturated monolith of sound, restless, and constantly reaching outward. Like much of the album, it is considered, but not excessively labored; open, but never unruly. A Fragile Geography is an exercise in the art of maximal minimalism.
$16.39 UPC: 739027481812 ELECTRONIC
01. Displacement
02. Reprisal
03. Empire Systems
04. Haitus
05. Persistence
06. Secretly Wishing for Rain
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VAUGHAN & DOUBLE TROUBLE, STEVIE RAY: Live... Texas '87 2CD (RV 1024CD)
Having finally conquered his addiction to alcohol and cocaine, in November 1986 Stevie Ray Vaughan embarked on his legendary Live Alive tour, generally reckoned to boast some of the finest performances of his career. Backed by Reese Wynans (keyboards), Tommy Shannon (bass), and Chris Layton (drums), the incendiary set at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas, on February 1, 1987, was taped for broadcast on San Antonio's KZEP-FM, and is presented in digitally remastered sound with background notes and images.
$16.39 EAN: 5292317102422 ROCK
1.01. Radio Intro
1.02. Tuning & Intro
1.03. Scuttle Buttin'
1.04. Say What
1.05. Ain't Gone 'n' Give Up on Love
1.06. Lookin' Out the Window
1.07. Look at Little Sister
1.08. Mary Had a Little Lamb
1.09. Hide Away
2.01. Superstition
2.02. Willie the Wimp
2.03. Dirty Pool
2.04. Cold Shot
2.05. Couldn't Stand the Weather
2.06. Life without You
2.07. Testify/Band Intros
2.08. MC Encore
2.09. Come on Part III
2.10. Love Struck Baby
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JONO EL GRANDE: Melody of a Muddled Mason CD (RCD 2175CD)
Jono el Grande is a self-taught composer, musician, conductor, painter, and prankster and remains an outsider on the far margins of the Norwegian experimental music scene. He released his debut mini-album Utopian Dances in 1999, a collection of absurdist instrumentals recorded at home using not much more than a workstation synth. 2003 saw the release of Fevergreens (RCD 2031CD), an album that drew upon classic progressive rock, film music, easy listening, and a variety of pop idioms and featured a nine-piece orchestra. The Wire noted that "the vitality of his writing keeps just the right uplifting balance between sweetness and acidity" and called it "a pleasant surprise." His following album, Neo Dada (RCD 2084CD/RLP 3084LP, 2009), was a masterstroke, brimming with creative ideas, odd turns, weird combinations of sounds and instruments, complex time signatures, and a healthy dose of pure musical joy, all mysteriously sugared with melodic hooks. The following albums, Phantom Stimulance (RCD 2106CD/RLP 3106LP, 2010) and The Choko King (RACD 107CD/RALP 307LP, 2011) were mostly made up of re-recordings, "lost" songs, pre-Fevergreens sketches, and various odds and ends, making Melody of a Muddled Mason the natural successor to Neo Dada. Some of Jono el Grande's finest songwriting can be found here, and he has refined his already considerable arranging skills to perfection -- just listen to "Bach's Beach" and the title-track for evidence. Jono el Grande lists movements like Rock in Opposition and the Canterbury scene and artists and composers like Frank Zappa, Stravinsky, Magma, Henry Cow, and Gentle Giant as sources of inspiration. With his releases and stage shows he has now established his own signature, with mature compositions, refined arrangements, improved guitar playing, and the introduction of subtle vocals.
$11.99 EAN: 7033662021758 ROCK
01. Bach's Beach
02. Melody of a Muddled Mason
03. Lament X
04. Violent Water Promenade
05. Abiding Swansong
06. Smother Eve II
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JONO EL GRANDE: Melody of a Muddled Mason LP (RLP 3175LP)
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$15.79 EAN: 7033660031759 ROCK
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JANSON PRESENTS, GERD: Musik For Autobahns 2: Ambient Race Car Music Compiled by Gerd Janson CD (RHM 018CD)
"So, what awaits you on the second edition of a compilation that claims to present 'ambient race car music'? Exactly what it says. A fresh and exclusive collection of music that hopefully sounds as great in a car as it will in the comfort zone of your own living room or during dusk and dawn in your favorite club environment (see Bicep and Fort Romeau for further reference). But first and foremost it is truly inspired by many trips on the Autobahn between Frankfurt and Heidelberg. Going to and fro from one club to the other was the way to spend countless hours of adolescence in excitement instead of tedious purposelessness. But I will not bother you with droll stories of my youth. Musik for Autobahns 2 is the result of a collective effort by dear friends and esteemed colleagues who picked up where the first one ended, while paying attention to the prevailing theme. From Leon Vynehall and his profound research of the BAB 5 highway to Joy Orbison's 'A213' or Lauer's heartfelt and wry Kraftwerk pastiche, all of the tracks have a certain compatibility in common or just sound great, while having a drive. 'Breaking' by AKSK for instance made the stop-and-go traffic in the blazing heat of Los Angeles so much more bearable (the vintage Volvo helped as well). Also, you will meet freshmen like Orson Wells, whose idea of traveling exceeds the boundaries of our planet, next to a grey eminence like Orlando Voorn or elusive characters like Disco Nihilist. All bringing their special skills and imagination to the table" --Gerd Janson. Also includes tracks by Shan and Conga Radio.
$10.39 EAN: 8717127018918 ELECTRONIC
01. Leon Vynehall - Midnight on Rainbow Road
02. Joy Orbison - A213
03. Fort Romeau - Seleno
04. Shan - Awakening
05. AKSK - Breaking
06. Conga Radio - 168 North
07. Orson Wells - Orbiting Jupiters
08. Orlando Voorn - Turn Left Here
09. Disco Nihilist - Melancholy
10. Lauer - Autofahrn
11. Bicep - Carmine
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FAMILY FODDER: Sunday Girls (Director's Cut) CD (STAUB 140CD)
The legendary first 12" EP by UK underground heroes Family Fodder, originally released in 1979, is now reissued for the first time. Sunday Girls (Director's Cut) is a lovingly assembled full-length album compilation featuring the complete Sunday Girls EP, the debut Family Fodder 7" Playing Golf (With My Flesh Crawling)/My Baby Takes Valium (1979), the Debbie Harrry/A 'Version' 7" from 1980, the 7" A-side "Warm" (1980), and two tracks from the rare Te Deum 12" (1979) by Alig Fodder's pre-Fodder project Frank Sumatra. Family Fodder was originally formed in 1979 by Alig Pearce, with a cast of thousands joining over the ensuing three decades. They emerged from the melting-pot of '70s/'80s London alongside This Heat, The Flying Lizards, The Pop Group, The Slits, and many others. The original formula consisted of psychedelic and new wave influences, incisive songwriting, improvisation, experimentation, and far-out dub mixing. They always managed to evade major exposure, but influenced generations of bands on five continents. Family Fodder was often more at home in the studio than on stage, but completed several European tours as well as cherished performances in their native London. The group released a series of compelling (now collectable) singles and albums between 1979 and 1983. Described as "entertaining idiosyncratic experimentalism with pop sensibilities," Family Fodder appear on the famous Nurse With Wound list, and were best known for indie-chart hits such as "Debbie Harry," "Playing Golf (With My Flesh Crawling)," and "Savoir Faire." More recently, Family Fodder songs have been covered by Zion Train and Unrest, and they've been hailed as "unsung heroes" in The Wire.
$11.99 EAN: 4015698001358 ROCK
01. Sunday Girl #1
02. Mine and Billy's Head
03. Disco Purge
04. Good Times Underwater
05. No Man's Land
06. Accapulco
07. Street Credibility
08. Kisses
09. Grand Méchant Loup
10. Ragged Wolf of My Passions
11. Blue Girls
12. Sunday Girl #2
13. Debbie Harry *
14. Playing Golf (With My Flesh Crawling) **
15. Warm ***
16. My Baby Takes Valium **
17. A 'Version' *
18. Tedium (as Frank Sumatra) ****
19. The Story So Far (as Frank Sumatra) ****
* taken from Debbie Harrry/A 'Version' 7" (Fresh Records, 1980)
** taken from Playing Golf (With My Flesh Crawling)/My Baby Takes Valium 7" (Fresh Records, 1979)
*** taken from Warm/Desire 7" (Fresh Records, 1980)
**** taken from Te Deum 12" (Small Wonder Records, 1979)
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FAMILY FODDER: Sunday Girls (Director's Cut) LP (STAUB 140LP)
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$12.99 EAN: 4015698002058 ROCK
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SCHWARZENBACH, THE: Nicht Sterben. Aufpassen. CD (STAUB 142CD)
This meeting was planned by the devil, because he wanted to do some good for a change: the avant-jazz-electronica-rock 'n' roll project Kammerflimmer Kollektief from Karlsruhe has been assembling a wide range of sounds, live and on record, ranging through unforeseeable noise, soft sighs of love, and exploding hearts of iron since 1996. Now they are making music with writer, journalist, and former Spex editor-in-chief Dietmar Dath. The musicians and the author chose their shared name in honor of the lesbian author and journalist Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Nicht Sterben. Aufpassen. contains nine songs; some intimate, some infatuated, some grim, and some relaxed, between spoken word, singing voices, and music blossoming as if by itself in every imaginable color. Literature does not want to be nowhere and never, but always and everyone. And music does not want to be nowhere and never, but here and now. Music is the absolute art of time. The encounter between these two ways of working, the always and everywhere of text and the here and now of music, can cause the kind of convulsive beauty that other people perhaps get from nowhere and never fantasies.
$11.99 EAN: 4015698002089 ELECTRONIC
01. Zarte Blüte Hass
02. Gesicht freihändig
03. Toleranz heucheln
04. Mänkmol mein I
05. Stark genug
06. Lass das bleiben
07. Leider bin ich tot
08. Kontersong
09. Gegen Ende
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PAPA WEMBA: Papa Wemba CD (STCD 1026CD)
1989 release. Almost two decades into a career that had brought him super-stardom in Zaire, Papa Wemba made his international debut. He worked with the French producer Martin Meissonnier, who had helmed King Sunny Adé's first international releases with great success. Meissonnier put both African artists and their bands in first-class European studios, convinced them to tighten up their long songs, and filled out their sound with discreet synthesizers, but otherwise let them do what they knew best. In Papa Wemba's case, that was soukous with high-energy beats, hypnotic guitars and, of course, his distinctive tenor voice. With this album's release in 1989, Papa Wemba embarked on tours of Europe, North America, and Japan that made him one of the top stars of the new "world music" craze. He was soon signed by Warner Bros., but that would not have happened without this now-classic Sterns album.
$10.39 UPC: 740042102620 WORLD
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SECK, THIONE: Orientation CD (STCD 1100CD)
2005 release. Esteemed by many Senegalese as their country's most poetic songwriter and greatest living singer, Thione Seck achieved his most celebrated work with Orientation. Recorded in Dakar, Cairo, Madras, and Paris over a span of three years that involved an intercontinental cast of 11 singers and 24 instrumentalists, this album is an exploration of the diverse musical paths that have transported Seck, starting with the Wolof griot tradition into which he was born and the Sufi muezzin's call to prayer he has heard all his life, and proceeding to the Arabic pop music picked up by radio from across the Sahara, the movie soundtracks of Bollywood musicals, and the urban Senegalese mbalax style that he helped invent. It's a wonder that they all come together so splendidly, but -- as the Senegalese say -- wow!
$11.79 UPC: 740042110021 WORLD
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ACHOURI, KAD: Liberté CD (STCD 4001CD)
2002 release. Born in France to an Algerian Berber mother and a Spanish father, Kad Achouri grew up speaking four languages, studied piano at the conservatory in Toulouse, and played jazz in Barcelona before moving to London, where he fit right into the city's multicultural music scenes. He wrote and arranged music for Arabic pop star Natacha Atlas, and that led to recording Liberté in Athens with members of the Atlas band and some of the best jazz musicians in Greece. In addition to his piano, Achouri played flute and drums, programmed the electronics, and sang in French, Arabic, Spanish, and English. Billboard compared Achouri to Manu Chao -- with "a jazzier approach" -- and French critics likened him to Serge Gainsbourg (they would, wouldn't they?), while others were reminded of Caetano Veloso, David Byrne, or Ryuichi Sakamoto. The BBC called Liberté "absolutely superb."
$11.79 UPC: 740042400122 WORLD
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VA: Baião de Viramundo: Tribute to Luiz Gonzaga CD (STCD 2014CD)
2000 release. Luiz Gonzaga, a singer and accordionist born in 1912 in the boondocks of northeastern Brazil, might seem an odd honoree of a tribute from such a diverse array of 21st-century vanguardists as funk-punks Nação Zumbi, jazz sophisticates Nouvelle, world percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, laptop wizard DJ Dolores, chic chanteuse Andrea Marquee, and protest singer Otto, but listen to this surprising and very enjoyable album, and it all makes sense. Like Gonzaga, who was an outsider and boundary-crosser too, these artists are deeply rooted in Brazilian folk traditions but not at all restrained by them. Also includes tracks by Black Alien, Speed Freaks, Rica Amabis; Mestre Ambrósio; Eddie; Sheik Tosado; Stela Campos; Chão e Chinelo; João Carlos; Comadre Florzinha; Cascabulho; Mundo Livre S/A; and Anvil FX & Lex Lilith.
$11.79 UPC: 740042201422 WORLD
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MIYAZAWA: Deeper Than Oceans CD (STCD 4002CD)
2003 release. Identifying Kazufumi Miyazawa as a Japanese rock star is true enough but not even the half of it. Yes, he formed The Boom with a bunch of school friends in Kofu, Japan, in 1989, and before long the band's post-punk, neo-ska rock attracted a cult following and a major record deal. And yes, "Shima Uta," The Boom's rock update of an Okinawan folksong, sold over one-and-a-half million copies and won the Japanese Record of the Year award in 1993. But since then, while sustaining The Boom, Miyazawa has followed his fascinations with Indonesian degung, Argentine tango, Brazilian samba, and other adventurous styles via a solo career and projects with a very different band, Ganga Zumba. His most celebrated solo album to date is Deeper Than Oceans, released internationally by Sterns Music in 2003. Produced by Arto Lindsay and recorded in Tokyo, Okinawa, Rio de Janeiro, and Salvador with some 40 musicians, including Takashi Hirayasu and Moreno Veloso, Deeper Than Oceans is a musical exploration that covers wide expanses without ever losing Miyazawa's personality. Includes remixes by Chris Franck, Trüby Trio, and Ryukyu Underground.
$11.79 UPC: 740042400221 ROCK
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KNIZAK, MILAN: Broken Music LP (SR 400LP)
Milan Knízák's 1979 masterpiece reissued on vinyl for the first time; presented in a gatefold with the original design. Milan Knízák (born April 19, 1940) is a Czech performance artist, sculptor, musician, installation artist, dissident, graphic artist, art theorist, and pedagogue of art. Before everyone else -- Christian Marclay, Philip Jeck, eRikm, Martin Tétreault, Yoshihide Otomo -- there was Milan Knízák. In 1964, Knízák, a member of Fluxus from behind the Iron Curtain, sat down on a sidewalk near the Charles Bridge in Prague, laid down a paper carpet right into the street, and starts tearing pages out of books and burning them. Around the same time, he began to create music from defective, worn, damaged, or broken LPs. These Broken Music compositions, his classic collages of noises created during performances and happenings, are widely regarded as important sound art documents. Knízák recalls, "In 1963-64 I used to play records both too slowly and too fast and thus changed the quality of the music, thereby creating new compositions. In 1965 I started to destroy records: scratch them, punch holes in them, break them. By playing them over and over again (which destroyed the needle and often the record player too) an entirely new music was created -- unexpected, nerve-racking, aggressive and even humorous. Compositions lasting one second or almost infinitely long (as when the needle got stuck in a deep groove and played the same phrase over and over). I developed this system further. I began sticking tape on top of records, painting over them, burning them, cutting them up and gluing different parts of records back together, etc. to achieve the widest possible variety of sounds."
$11.99 EAN: 5411867334002 ELECTRONIC
A1. Composition N.1 (18:56)
A1. Composition N.2 (3:27)
A1. Composition N.3 (4:25)
B1. Composition N.4 (10:23)
B1. Composition N.5 (13:52)
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KNIZAK/OPENING PERFORMANCE ORCHESTRA, MILAN: Broken Re/Broken CD (SR 409CD)
Milan Knízák and Opening Performance Orchestra revisit Knízák's 1979 Broken Music (SR 400LP) in Berlin, 2014. "In 2008-9 we transferred the original recording from vinyl records into digital form. As we did so, we weren't interested in the precise, clean fidelity offered by the digital world, which fundamentally causes the fine structure of natural sound to be lost. Instead we were seeking the opposite: the world of errors and distortion, which remains hidden when digital audio is manipulated to be maximally accommodating for the listener. The transferred audio recording was digitally destroyed, shattered and uncompromisingly freed from all its original attributes. No melody, no rhythm, no harmony -- this is fraction music." Part one, "Broken Music," features Knízák with Phaerentz performing with turntables and broken records, CD players and CDs, cassette players and cassettes, and keyboard. Part two, "Re:Broken Music," features Opening Performance Orchestra performing with five laptops and "fraction music (broken section, re:broken section, fraction section)." Digipak with 20-page booklet.
$10.99 EAN: 5411867114093 ELECTRONIC
01. Milan Knízák (with Phaerentz) - Broken Music (45:00)
02. Opening Performance Orchestra - Re:Broken Music (33:00)
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HURRICANE#1: Find What You Love and Let It Kill You CD (TR 328CD)
Former Creation Records act Hurricane#1 are back! After battling cancer, frontman Alex Lowe has emerged triumphant and resurrected his old band for their first album in 16 years, following 1999's Only the Strongest Will Survive. The original line up included ex-Ride guitarist and vocalist Andy Bell, Alex Lowe (vocals and guitar), bassist Will Pepper and drummer Gareth Farmer. The band split up in 1999 after releasing two full-length albums and several singles on Creation Records. Their anthemic sound was influenced by classic '60s rock 'n' roll, soul, and country rock, but with a contemporary edge. Superstar DJ Paul Oakenfold remixed their debut single, and UNKLE's James Lavelle revamped "Only The Strongest Will Survive." After the demise of Hurricane#1, Lowe concentrated on his solo career, and in 2013, released an album under the name Gun Club Cemetery on Alan McGee's 359 Music. McGee has been the driving force behind bringing Hurricane#1 back from the dead. This time around, Lowe is joined by Brazilian brothers Carlo and Lucas Mariani on guitar and bass and Chris Campbell on drums. Find What You Love and Let It Kill You came about when Lowe was in hospital undergoing cancer treatments. He recalls, "I would sit there on the bed for hours just thinking, staring out the window, then I thought if I'm spending my time in here doing nothing, I may as well try and keep busy, so I wrote most of the album in hospital... When you are wired up to chemo and radio therapy, the last thing you want to do is wallow in it and feel sorry for yourself so I had the idea that the album should be happy and not too dark. I knew I wanted it to be a very organic album, back to basics type of sound, nothing fancy, just good tunes played in a good rock 'n' roll manner." The album was recorded in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where Steve Ransome, an old friend of Lowe's, runs a studio. During the recording sessions Andy Bell contributed the backward guitar sounds on "Think of the Sunshine." For the artwork the band hunted down loads of ideas, but couldn't find anything they liked, so Lowe painted it. "It's all original artwork I did for this album, a bit what like John Squire did for the Roses, I think it works great."
$11.99 EAN: 4015698003017 ROCK
01. Best Is Yet to Come
02. Crash
03. Feel Me Now Again
04. Think of the Sunshine
05. Has It Begun (Imitating Life)
06. Coyote Ahoy
07. Round in Circles
08. Heathen Mother
09. Where to Begin
10. Leave It All Behind
11. Find What You Love and Let It Kill You
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HURRICANE#1: Find What You Love and Let It Kill You LP+CD (TR 328LP)
LP version. Includes CD.
$16.39 EAN: 4015698003024 ROCK
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MASIN, GIGI: Wind LP (BAR 003-015LP)
Italian electronic musician Gigi Masin's much sought-after 1986 first album, Wind, restored and remastered from the original tapes. Never commercially released, the LP was only given away at a number of small concerts, with many of the remaining copies destroyed during floods in the Venice-based musician's house. Quickly gaining recognition as something of a landmark ambient album in recent years, Wind is now lovingly presented again in its entirety. True to its original private issue, it is once again being made available through Gigi Masin's very own The Bear on the Moon Records.
$18.39 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
A1. Call Me
A2. Tears of Clown
A3. Swallows' Tempest
A4. Tharros
A5. Consequences of Goodbyes
B1. Underwater Current
B2. The Wind Song
B3. Conversations
B4. Celebration of Eleven
B5. The Sea of Sand
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CTRLS: Two Worlds 12" (TOKEN 055EP)
Ctrls, who has released all of his records to date on Token, continues to meld turbo-charged rhythms with celestial synth-work on this ethereal two-tracker. "Two Worlds" gracefully builds elysian synth-soundscapes before glitched-up drum loops arrive at the opportune moment, stumbling alongside a simmering reduction of the opening section. The flipside ventures into harder territories, with thumping low-end and biting melodies showing a similar mix of timbres. "Onto Them" is laced with close-cut delays and groaning spring reverbs, adding a characteristic layer of roughness to Ctrls' precisely engineered production.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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JECK, PHILIP: Cardinal 2LP (TO 098LP)
Philip Jeck writes: "To make this record I used Fidelity record players, Casio keyboards, Ibanez bass guitar, Sony MiniDisc players, Ibanez and Zoom effects pedals, assorted percussion, a Behringer mixer and it was edited it at home with MiniDisc players and on a laptop computer."
"...and they sparkled like burnished brass"
"Out of the depths of our complaints, it could be all so simple. To be never fooled by the finesse of a long-yearned for solidity, but in the momentary aplomb of a sleepy walk threading through familiar streets we'd hum our way, alto, baritone and tenor toward some harmonious end. An effect like some wonderful recollection of one or other of those technicolour movies. Not real for sure, but if you are in the mood..."
"I would like to acknowledge the influence the writer Marilynne Robinson has had on this work. I would recommend reading any/all of her four novels and also When I was a Child I Read Books (Virago, 2012). This collection of essays includes 'Austerity as Ideology,' which dissects prevailing economic thinking, and 'Open Thy Hand Wide,' which continues with a celebration of liberal thinking as Generosity (and also turned over my received knowledge of Calvinism). Her ability to convey a love of humanity and sense of wonder about the great mystery of existence in her writing has, since I first read a book of hers, found a way into the way I think about my work -- not illustrating but meditating upon." (April 2015)
Philip Jeck works with old records and record players salvaged from junk shops, turning them to his own purposes. He really does play them as musical instruments, creating an intensely personal language that evolves with each added part of a record. Jeck makes genuinely moving and transfixing music in which one hears the art, not the gimmick. He started working with record players and electronics in the early '80s and has made soundtracks and toured with many dance and theatre companies in addition to his solo concert work. His best-known work, Vinyl Requiem (with Lol Sargent), a performance for 180 '50s/'60s record players, won the Time Out Performance Award in 1993. In 2010, Jeck won a Paul Hamlyn Foundation Composers Award. This gatefold double LP comes with a download code for Jeck's "Live in Caen," recorded by Franck Dubois on February 28, 2015, at Impressions Multiples #4 (ésam Caen/Cherbourg), with thanks to Thierry Weyd.
$14.39 EAN: 5027804139816 ELECTRONIC
A1. Fleeing
A2. Saint Pancras
A3. Barrow in Furness (open thy hand wide)
A4. Reverse Jersey
B1. ... bend the knee 1
B2. Called In
B3. Brief
C1. Broke Up
C2. ... bend the knee 5
C3. Called Again
D1. And Over Again
D2. The Station View
D3. Saint Pancras (the one that holds everything)
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MADE TO BREAK: Before the Code CD (TROST 141CD)
Improviser, composer, and saxophonist extraordinaire Ken Vandermark's group Made to Break return with a new bassist and more energy than ever before. Made to Break's live performances continue to amaze audiences all over Europe and North America. On Before the Code, the quartet's improvisation reaches unprecedented flexibility and immediacy, solidifying Made to Break's status as a truly unique act in the world of free jazz. Ken Vandermark: reeds; Christof Kurzmann: electronics [lloopp]; Jasper Stadhouders: bass; Tim Daisy: drums. Recorded by Christoph Amann on November 11, 2014, at Amann Studios, Vienna. Mixed by Christoph Amann, Christof Kurzmann, and Ken Vandermark. Mastered by Christoph Amann. Album design by Frederico Penalva. Band photo by Vincent Hagnauer.
$11.99 EAN: 9120036681965 JAZZ
01. Dial the number (for Agnes Varda)
02. Off - Picture no. 119 (for Joshua Oppenheimer)
03. Window breaking hammer (for Rainer Werner Fassbinder)
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MADE TO BREAK: Before the Code LP (TROST 141LP)
LP version.
$15.79 EAN: 9120036681958 JAZZ
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TIGA VS BOYS NOIZE: 100 Remixes 12" (TURBO 174EP)
Vinyl-only remixes of "100" by Tiga vs Boys Noize (TURBO 171EP, 2015). UK producer Johnny Aux, fresh from a huge remix for DFA's Shit Robot, turns in an incredibly raw, heads-down techno mix, low-slung until after the break when a crunchy ride comes in to drive things into loopy mayhem. The Martinez Brothers highlight the package with their "Keep It 100 Remix," a 132-BPM jacker. Guaranteed club-conquering acid. Tel Aviv's brilliant Red Axes turn in a beautifully complex remix featuring big bells, guitars, and killer grooves.
$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC
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WHITLEY, TRIXIE: Soft Spoken Words 7" (UNDAY 045EP)
"Soft Spoken Words" is the first single taken from Trixie Whitley's 2015 sophomore album Porta Bohemica, forthcoming at the time of this release. The ominous electric blues of "Soft Spoken Words" sets expectations sky-high for what this gifted young musician has in store.
$8.99 EAN: 5414165073109 ROCK
A1. Intro
AA1. Soft Spoken Words
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MILLS, JEFF: Exhibitionist 2 2DVD/1CD (AXDV 004DVD)
"Exhibitionist 2 is a documentary film that explores into the art form of DeeJaying -- showing graphic views of how a DJ manages himself with the usage of new DJ technology to create seamless mixes and complex transitions to the levels that were thought impossible decades ago. In this second volume, Jeff Mills goes even deeper into the art form to display, not only how he uniquely mixes music, 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 off-the-fly. This ambitious project consists in capturing the DJ in multiple film recordings showing close- up and multi-angles that reveal exactly what a DJ does -- how music is programmed and played for the purpose of dancing. DVD contents: Mix 1 (four-angle options) part1 / part 2 (approx 20 min each); Mix 2 with a drummer Skeeto Valdez (approx 13 min); Mix 3 909 work out (two-angle options) (approx 11 min); Studio Mix (Jeff Mills commentary option: English subtitle) (approx 46 min); Orion Transmission Mix (approx 45 min)."
$17.50 UPC: 609207119180 ELECTRONIC
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VA: Rare Psych Moogs And Brass: Music From The Sonoton Library 1969-1981 LP (BUTR 005LP)
2014 release. "Germany's Sonoton library remains one of the largest independent production music companies in the world. This compilation focuses on psychedelic grooves, synthesized funk and big band belters produced for Sonoton between 1969 and 1981. Founded in 1965 by Rotheide and Gerhard Narholz, Germany's SONOTON library remains one of the largest independent production music companies in the world. This compilation focuses on psychedelic grooves, synthesized funk and big band belters produced for Sonoton between 1969 and 1981. Many of the featured composers also worked for other libraries - John Fiddy for KPM & Bruton, Walt Rockman for Studio One, Sammy Burdson for Conroy & Colorsound and Claude Larson for MFP. Compiled by audio archivist & electro producer Alan Gubby (Revbjelde / Jung Collective) who also produced the BBC Radiophonic Workshop compilation The John Baker Tapes on Trunk. Rare Psych, Moogs & Brass is the first album release on Buried Treasure & a must for collectors of dusty grooves, moog-tastic funk and psychedelic jazz."
$23.00 EAN: 3700604708810 ROCK
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REVOLUTIONARIES: Musical Dub Attack CD (DKR 169CD)
"Killer and rare late '70s dub LP, which is in fact the dub companion to I Roy's Musical Shark Attack LP. If you know Channel 1 albums, then you know that LP is loaded with the hardest late '70s Channel 1 roots rhythms. What most people don't know however, is that I Roy's album was actually voiced over this dub LP, as it was completed and ready before Channel set about making a new I Roy album. This is one fantastic dub LP, now properly issued, direct from master tape, in a newly designed jacket made to match the I Roy album, a companion piece in design and music. Eleven killer slices of Revolutionaries dub from 29 Maxfield Avenue, this is a Musical Dub Attack!"
$10.75 UPC: 717273016927 WORLD
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SPECIAL ED: I Got It Made 7" (GET 728EP)
"'I'm kinda young / But my tongue speaks maturity.' Thus stated Special Ed, on his 1989 smash hit, 'I Got It Made.' And he backed up that brag throughout his trademark anthem, which featured laid-back brags that MCs a half-decade his senior couldn't mess with. The Brooklyn MC was only 16 when it was released, making him one of the youngest rappers -- especially at the time, before the 90s brought us Kris Kross and Lil Bow Wow -- to ever have a hip-hop hit. The song itself, which floated over a perfectly hooked up slice of Ripple's 'I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky,' was produced by Hitman Howie Tee, who also made waves in the late '80s with his cousin, Chubb Rock. When Ed and Howie combined, it was a match made in heaven, and the song exploded in New York before taking over worldwide. Eventually becoming sample fodder on dozens of later songs -- from Fat Joe to Kendrick Lamar -- the track still invokes heavy head-nods today from crowds of all ages. Also included on this special 7-inch is the 'Businesslike Version' of the song (also produced by Howie), which also appeared on the original 12-inch. Featuring a minimal, synth-driven backdrop and a quicker pace, it offers an excellent new way to experience Ed's forward-thinking lyricism."
$8.25 UPC: 606590072870 HIPHOP
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RAEKWON: Criminology 7" (GET 742EP)
"Criminology is rap at its finest. The second single released from Only Built 4 Cuban Linx features Raekwon and Ghostface Killah trading bars over one of RZA's hardest beats. Add some Scarface samples and -- well, what else do you need? The combination of Raekwon and Ghost is undeniable but don't forget to flip the record over for 'Glaciers Of Ice' which combines frantic beats and 'Meyer Lansky raps', add a Masta Killa verse and this might be this singles crowning jewel. Now available for the first time ever in a 7 inch pressing from Get On Down."
$9.00 UPC: 606590074270 HIPHOP
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SUN RA: Space Is the Place CD/DVD/BOOK (HR 110CD)
"(125 Page book + DVD + CD) Harte Recordings is proud to announce the release of the 40th Anniversary Celebration of Sun Ra's Space Is The Place. This limited edition release will include a hardcover book, a DVD of the film with new producer commentary, and a CD of the soundtrack. It was forty years ago when Sun Ra's galactic-sploitation epic Space Is The Place was released to theaters around the USA. For the first time, Earthlings were able to look into the reality of Sun Ra; jazzman, alien, legend...spaceman. Space Is The Place is a movie beyond explanation, and yet it still remains one of the craziest, psychedelic, music-powered head-twisting fest ever to hit the theaters. NTSC all region, 153 minutes. DVD: Restored versions of both the original cut of Space Is The Place and the uncut version (both with remixed sound by Gary Hobish); New DVD commentary from producer Jim Newman; Sun Ra & Arkestra home movies. BOOK: Essays from screenplay writer Seth Hill and director John Coney; Forward by Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips; Interview with Ray Johnson (who played the Overseer in the film); Comments about the film from Arkestra members Marshall Allen and Danny Thompson; Dozens of never-seen-before photos, taken on and off set during the filming of the movie; Over 40 pages of commentary. CD: Soundtrack with two additional tracks added that were never present on the soundtrack release, but are in the film."
$43.50 EAN: 9780986115400 JAZZ
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CITY, THE: Now That Everything's Been Said CD (LITA 136CD)
"24 bit / 96 kHz remaster from the original tapes. New notes by Steve Hochman featuring interviews with band members and album producer Lou Adler. We all know the Carole King who wrote some of the biggest hits of the '60s, from 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow' to 'Pleasant Valley Sunday,' via 'The Locomotion' and '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman.' We also know the singer-songwriter behind Tapestry, the album that launched King as a solo singer in her own right. But in between -- and not nearly as well known -- is King's band, The City, and their album, Now That Everything's Been Said. By the mid-'60s, King's marriage to Gerry Goffin, with whom she'd written many of those wonderful hits, had hit the rocks. A divorce loomed, and King all but retired to raise their two daughters. She headed west to Laurel Canyon in '67, taking the children with her, and made the previously unlikely move of joining a progressive folk-rock band. King formed The City with future husband Charles Larkey on bass and Danny Kortchmar on guitar and vocals. With King on piano and vocals, they created a folk rock sound that pre-empted the singer-songwriter boom of the '70s. Produced by Lou Adler and featuring Jimmy Gordon on drums, The City's sound is deep and soulful, imperfect but passionate. And the songs, with King writing or co-writing all but one, are as exceptional as you'd expect and as widely covered as her factory work. 'Now That Everything's Been Said' was a hit for American Spring, 'A Man Without A Dream' was tackled by The Monkees, and 'Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)' was a hit for Blood, Sweat & Tears. Central to the album's appeal is King's own stirring reading of her track 'Wasn't Born To Follow,' covered masterfully by The Byrds for the Easy Rider soundtrack. King had been used to a life on the sidelines, and her stage fright left the trio unable to tour the LP which adversely affected their fortunes. That, plus some behind-the-scenes distribution problems, meant the album was quickly deleted, and it remained so for the next thirty years -- partly at King's request."
$11.25 UPC: 826853013628 ROCK
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CITY, THE: Now That Everything's Been Said LP (LITA 136LP)
Gatefold LP version in deluxe Stoughton tip-on jacket. First official vinyl reissue.
$16.50 UPC: 826853013611 ROCK
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GHOSTFACE KILLAH: Twelve Reasons to Die II: The Deluxe 7" Box Set 6x7" BOX (LLBOX 001-7)
"Adrian Younge and Ghostface Killah's latest collaboration, 12 Reasons To Die II, is now available as a deluxe 7 inch box set! The set includes six singles in full color jackets with two of the singles being both picture discs and Serato controllers!"
$75.00 UPC: 706091115615 HIPHOP
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DEEP, THE: Psychedelic Moods of the Deep 3LP (LION 150LP)
"Expanded deluxe edition of The Deep's one and only album, originally released in 1966 and now well-established as a psychedelic classic. One night in a darkened Philadelphia studio, the Deep (Rusty Evans, songwriting partner and producer Mark Barkan, the legendary David Bromberg, whose credits include playing with Bob Dylan and many others, plus a bevy of talented musicians) laid down tempestuous garage punkers, sweetly-twisted ballads and ambiguous weirdness, all rife with hyper-psychedelic lyrical flashes of a rolling midnight expressway through the subconscious mind. A perfect representation of the psychedelic sound: free-form poetry, infectious drum beats, fuzzed out guitar, and playfully plucked bass (and vibes and tympani and so on), swirl together, coalescing into some of the most impressive psychedelic rock you'll hear. Cuts like 'Your Choice To Choose,' sound very Seeds-like or proto-Velvet Underground, Lou Reed snarl and all; others like 'Shadows On The Wall' and 'Wake Up and Find Me' are haunting acid ballads: the whole point of the album was to thoroughly explore the hallucinatory agony and ecstasy of a 12-hour Technicolor dream... although the end result is more amphetamine edgy than acid-soaked trippy. The Deep Psychedelic Moods pre-dates its closest kindred sprit in sound and energy (albeit not subject matter): The Velvet Underground and Nico came along five months later, and the world of music shifted on its axis -- but too late for the Deep. This 3xLP release of Psychedelic Moods is taken from the original four-track master tapes. In addition to the superlative master takes, there are three sides of out-takes and alternates from the Deep original four-track session tapes. This set also marks the vinyl debut of all known recordings by Inner Sanctum (aka Hydro Pyro), another LSD trip project produced by Mark Barkan in 1966. Tip-on gatefold art has liner notes detailing the mysterious rise and fall of this New York City band. Made with full co-operation of original Deep producers, Mark Barkan and Rusty Evans. A definitive example of the psychedelic sound."
$33.00 UPC: 778578315016 ROCK
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KMD: Bl_ck B_st_rds 2LP Pic. (MF 2004LP)
"MF Doom's first group and their controversial sophmore release Bl_ck B_st_ards is now available in a deluxe double vinyl pressing. One of the LPs is a red vinyl pressing with the second LP being a picture disc featuring the group's longstanding mascot. The gatefold jacket includes a pop featuring the KMD mascot and the set is rounded out with the inclusion of full liner notes by Brian Coleman. The words 'lost classic' get thrown around from time to time, but KMD's sophomore album, Black Bastards, truly fits the bill. Originally scheduled for release in the spring of 1994, their label unceremoniously shelved it at the eleventh hour due to controversy over the provocative cover art. Surviving group member MF Doom (then known as Zev Love X) -- as fans know, his younger brother Subroc was killed in 1993 -- tried to release the album on other labels, but met more dead ends. Sadly, it languished in hip-hop purgatory until six years later. Even then, the album had only a limited release via small indie labels. Beyond the fact that the controversy surrounding the cover -- featuring the group's long-standing mascot being hanged by a makeshift gallows -- was unfair, the group's fans being denied access to this album only compounded the injustice. Because musically and lyrically, it was a truly amazing record, full of youthful creativity, tinged with the stress of growing up as black men in urban America. Unlike on the group's 1991 debut, Mr. Hood, Subroc had fully come into his own as both a producer and an MC on Black Bastards, and his untimely death made the album's shelving that much more tragic."
$23.50 UPC: 829357451712 HIPHOP
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SLUM VILLAGE: Fantastic Volume II LP (NMG 5763LP)
"After the success of Slum's 1997 studio debut, Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1, the group went to work on their follow up. Though the project was completed in '98, label turmoil kept the project on ice until 2000. By the time Fantastic Volume II hit Dilla was well on his way to his status as a hip hop legend having produced cuts for Common, Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest and many more. Later works from Slum Village may have had more of an impact sales-wise (in the immediate) but Fantastic Vol. 2 had fans and many critics saying that Slum Village, and Dilla in particular, may 'single-handedly save rap music.' Perhaps that statement is hyperbole but many consider Fantastic Volume II to be Slum Village's finest work ever to this day. Ne'Astra Media Group now presents the album reissued on vinyl, for the first time in several years. Every wobbling bass note of J Dilla's production has been preserved to maintain the legacy of this hip hop rap classic and maintain the legend of one of hip-hop's greatest beatsmiths."
$18.00 UPC: 769413576310 HIPHOP
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RODINIA: Drumside/Dreamside CD (NA 5132CD)
"Ambient Krautrock in line with Cluster, Popul Vuh, Tangerine Dream. Now-Again Records has enjoyed a long and creative partnership with Munich-based multi-instrumentalist JJ Whitefield, creative force behind the Poets of Rhythm, Whitefield Brothers and Karl Hector & The Malcouns. Rodinia, his latest project, is quite different than anything that's come from his oeuvre to date, but follows in the line of the Poets of Rhythm's great Discern/Define, as it reaches back to Krautrock's experimental heyday but pushes its boundaries with a post-hip-hop approach. That's to say that everything you read in the header above is true, but the ambient sound Whitefield and his Rodinia collaborator -- saxophonist and keyboardist Johannes Schleiermacher -- reached for found itself morphing over the course of a year. What was originally recorded in a two-day studio lock-in, which found Whitefield and Schleiermacher hooking up 'all our vintage synths (Korg MS-20, Moog Prodigy, Roland Juno 60, Jen SX 1000, Korg Polysix), triggering everything with a vintage Korg rhythm box, absorbing some mind altering substances and jamming out,' was later turned into two, side-long suites, with over-dubbed reeds, drums and guitar, and self-made Moroccan field recordings introducing the project on its Drumside."
$11.75 UPC: 659457513221 ELECTRONIC
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RODINIA: Drumside/Dreamside LP (NA 5132LP)
LP version. Includes download code.
$15.50 UPC: 659457513214 ELECTRONIC
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COHEN, ALICE: Into the Grey Salons LP (OESB 091LP)
"Into The Grey Salons is the 5th solo release from singer/musician Alice Cohen. The album features cosmic R&B-tinged dance tunes and soulful gospel-flavored ballads, with experimental synth interludes interspersed throughout the LP. Into The Grey Salons was inspired by a historic department store from Cohen's youth during the glitter rock heyday when David Bowie was recording Young Americans at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. The 'Sigma Kids' - young fans sporting Bowie haircuts - would line up to buy concert tickets at the grand ornate building, while the gothic pipe organ played inside. Out on the streets, the iconic 'Sound of Philadelphia' was everywhere. The 'haunted department store' is a symbolic space - where desire and commerce intersect, and identities are performed in the reflections of dressing room mirrors. Recorded at home in Brooklyn over the course of two years - all instruments were played by Alice Cohen, with additional drumming by Bryan Ujueta of Mr. Twin Sister, and additional vocals by Autre Ne Veut. Alice Cohen has been active since the late 70s, when her song 'Save the Best for Last' was released on Chrysalis Records."
$13.00 UPC: 642610484414 ROCK
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JR. THOMAS & THE VOLCANOS: Beware CD (TSCD 031CD)
"Junior Thomas is a songwriter, musician, vocalist, and producer born north of Minneapolis, MN. He developed a sincere devotion to classic Jamaican music at a young age, listening to such artists as Dave Barker, The Bleechers, The Wailers, Phyllis Dillon, and Alton Ellis. 'I wanted to make a record that was honest and true to the golden era of Jamaican music' says Thomas. The Volcanos are a collective of Southern Californian musicians specializing in Reggae's late 60s early 70s sound."
$13.00 UPC: 119964003122 ROCK
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JR. THOMAS & THE VOLCANOS: Beware LP (TSLP 031LP)
LP version.
$15.50 UPC: 119964003115 ROCK
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