Forced Exposure Store Update

FORCED EXPOSURE STORE UPDATE

NEW RELEASES FOR THE WEEK OF 12/07/2015

first section features releases in stock now and ready to be shipped as of MON 12/07/2015

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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DAMAGE/TRUNCATE, BENJAMIN: Battle/86 12" (50 048EP)

180-gram vinyl. The ninth 12" in 50Weapons' 11-part finale combines two driving forces of contemporary techno, Benjamin Damage and Truncate -- a deadly combination for any DJ's bag. Benjamin Damage's "Battle" sees him layer his hyperactive grooves over a thumping kick with a small but effective acid line topping things off. Truncate's "86" is a massive track that Dave Sumner aka Function previously used in his Berghain 07, obviously serving as one of the highlights there. Its creeping synths build up to a climax in typical Truncate fashion, with huge, compressed kick drums pounding the dancefloor mercilessly.

$9.79 UPC: 817231012722 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Battle
Side B
02. 86

BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, THE: Tepid Peppermint Wonderland Volume 2 2LP (AUK 027LP)

2015 repress. Tepid Peppermint Wonderland Volume 2 includes the second half of the double CD Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective (AUK 013CD, 2004), remastered for vinyl. Following Tepid Peppermint Wonderland Volume 1 (AUK 026LP, 2004), Volume 2 continues to mine the period of 1995 through 2004 and includes key tracks from all of The Brian Jonestown Massacre's albums as well as live recordings and many otherwise unreleased tracks. The Brian Jonestown Massacre is a psychedelic rock band originally from San Francisco, California, led by guitarist and singer Anton Newcombe. Beginning in 1995, The Brian Jonestown Massacre released numerous albums, first on BOMP!, the label that gave them their start, and later on TVT Records and Tee Pee Records. The band was essential in the development of the modern U.S. garage scene, and many LA and SF musicians got their start playing with Newcombe, including Peter Hayes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Originally Newcombe was heavily influenced by The Rolling Stones' psychedelic phase (the band name is a reference to Stones guitarist Brian Jones and Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones), but his work in the 2000s expanded into aesthetic dimensions approximating the UK shoegazing genre of the 1990s and incorporating influences from world music, especially Middle Eastern and Brazilian music. Gatefold double LP version.

$18.39 EAN: 5055869507363 ROCK

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FINGERS INC.: Another Side CD (ML 9001CD)

There's maybe a handful of albums from the early Chicago house era that really deserve the term "classic." This is one... Another Side is the 1988 debut album by Fingers Inc., collecting early singles released on Alleviated, Trax, and D.J. International together with nine new tracks. Larry Heard teamed with singers Robert Owens and Ron Wilson to create an album that still sounds fresh and ahead of its time decades later. Going beyond the dancefloor, the trio lyrically touched on subject matter ranging through love, sex, war, and the music industry while creating the blueprint for deep house music for years to come. Heard's deep, melancholy, almost skeletal tracks not only influenced the early pioneers of Detroit techno, but a whole generation of producers. This masterpiece is now officially available again in remastered sound.

$11.99 UPC: 181768090011 ELECTRONIC

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ANONYM: The Private Selection 1 12" (ANONYM 001EP)

Out of Detroit and into Amsterdam comes Anonym's XXX series, beginning with The Private Selection 1.

$9.79 EAN: 4260038310045 ELECTRONIC

A1. Anonym - Old Skool
B1 Anonym vs DLS - LSD

ANONYM: The Private Selection 2 12" (ANONYM 002EP)

Out of Detroit and into Amsterdam comes Anonym's XXX series, continuing with The Private Selection 2.

$9.79 EAN: 4260038310052 ELECTRONIC

A1. Follow the Bass
B1. Flash Master G and the Furious Bassheads

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VINCENT OVER THE SINK: 22 Coloured Bull-Terriers 2LP (ADA 004LP)

Matthew P. Hopkins and Chris Schueler were Vincent Over the Sink and 22 Coloured Bull-Terriers was their 23-track opus.

"Think about music, but then dig a hole."

Hidden beneath an astoundingly diverse range of experimental and DIY output by Hopkins (The Bowles, Naked on the Vague; Penultimate Press, Vittelli, Kye) and Schueler (The Bowles; Kye) is the disorienting, psychedelic mess of Vincent Over the Sink's 22 Coloured Bull-Terriers. Written between 2005 and 2007 in Australia's Blue Mountains, Sydney, and Melbourne, its limited 2008 cassette release was lauded by those who heard it and lusted after by those who hadn't. This 2015 reissue, remastered by Mikey Young, comes in the form of a double-vinyl gatefold designed by Hopkins. Ten years on from its conception, 22 Coloured Bull-Terriers is still a rollicking, psychotic, and kaleidoscopic dream that demands reinterpretation on every listen. Made of 23 dazzling lo-fi vignettes and songs that range from tender spoken and vocal excursions ("Number Theory") to acoustic and instrumental sketches ("Santa Maria"), lullaby duets ("Blackbird" and "Rainblame"), and devastating, fleshed-out, no-new-wave songwriting ("Mice in the Ocean" and "Horses Screaming"). Schueler and Hopkins formed Vincent Over the Sink in 2001 and offered little in the way of heralded releases. The project lurked in the shadows of the Australian east coast scene. Even the 2008 cassette release of 22 Coloured Bull-Terriers saw no Vincent Over the Sink shows and only one (excellent) street press interview given by Schueler. Their most penetrating music came on a 7" on Graham Lambkin's Kye label in 2011, sounding like a terrifying washed-out DIY chamber music record. Sadly, it was released posthumously in memory of Schueler who had passed away a year earlier. What little material had arisen from this long partnership would be all the world was left with. These 23 tracks capture one part of the southern zeitgeist in the same way Flying Nun's early archive did. Vincent Over the Sink were two mates who could have been trying to record a Mick Hobbs record in their garage. The album mirrors The Shadow Ring's Put the Music in Its Coffin. It's a work full of the forlorn, dark humor in Pink Reason's alienating lyrics. 22 Coloured Bull-Terriers is all of this but none of it and Another Dark Age is extremely proud to present it with all the fanfare it deserves.

$19.79 UPC: 700461647744 ROCK

ROCKS FOE: Legion EP 12" (ACRE 059EP)

Info on Croydon's shadowy firespitter and beat sculptor Rocks FOE is scarce. His attack poses a unique combination, with a rap style that combines the catch-all hooks of grime with the sheer lyrical dominance of classic US rappers like Pharoahe Monch and the GZA. Dig into Rocks's lyrical tidal wave to find arcane religious references and anime characters punctuated with frequent direct knockout put-downs. He also produced all of the EP's beats, grafting grime and hip hop with DNA from horror composers. Support from 6 Music (Mary Anne Hobbs), 1Xtra (Logan Sama), Beats 1 (Julie Adenuga), and more.

$10.99 UPC: N/A HIPHOP

A1. Law
A2. Hold That (L)
B1. Dismay
B2. Crushed

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TODD, GARRY: Nora Lilian 2LP+CD (BPC 320LP)

After releasing singles on his own Contemporary Scarecrow label, British DJ and producer Garry Todd presents his debut album, Nora Lilian. Perlon-school minimal, trance, '90s house, and balearic influences are audible in his warm, hypnotic sound. His soul has a strong psychedelic side, while also keeping an eye on the dancefloor. Eight fines pieces of sound-meditation in a variety of BPM, each with its own captivating power. The music plays with Garry Todd, not the other way around. Double LP includes CD.

$16.39 UPC: 673790031914 ELECTRONIC

Disc 1

Side A
01. What's the Difference
02. Motives and Thoughts
Side B
03. Terri-Lee
04. Transending

Disc 2

Side C
01. What's Ya Name
02. Powerplant
Side D
03. 4-2-Nite
04. Pula

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BABADOUM: Babadoum LP (BRD 015LP)

Bruit Direct Disques presents the first LP by Badaboum, a French all-star girl group that includes Krine (Headwar), Armelle (The Dreams), and Solene (Dudu Geva) and is affiliated with the famous Grande Triple Alliance de l'Est posse (Ah Kraken, Feeling of Love, Scorpion Violente). They play a form of post-punk music akin to Liliput/Kleenex and Malaria!, adding their own reverbed idiosyncrasies and eerie organ lines and chanting in indecipherable Italian, mock German, and plain French. Taking turns on drums and blowing thru severed reeds, Badaboum will bring you as much joy as chaos.

$19.79 EAN: 5055869539647 ROCK

A1. Chamois du mal
A2. La Vouivre
A3. Sono Io
A4. Stix
B1. Reubenoit XVI
B2. Aigu Martial
B3. Sordida
B4. Samedi ?

EVOL: bus017a 12" (BUS 017A-EP)

This offering of deconstructed, temporal psychedelia from EVOL is a rendition of the "time-value-less" piece "Opus 17a" by Hanne Darboven. Sequenced by Guy Birkin and executed through the singular "Rave Synthesis" of Roc Jiménez de Cisneros and Stephen Sharp, this recording is split into two epically time-disrupted pieces of extreme computer music that run off infinitely as locked grooves on each side. Noel Summerville's mastering has skillfully harnessed EVOL's solid "hoover" sound for optimal "as loud as possible" playback. Previous EVOL releases have been on Editions Mego, Diagonal, Presto!?, Alku, Entr'acte, iDEAL, and more.

$12.39 EAN: 5055869539555 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. [Untitled]
Side AA
02. [Untitled]

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HIJOKAIDAN: Emergency Stairway to Heaven PIC. DISC + CD (CSR 208LP)

Legendary Japanese noise band Hijokaidan presents its 2015 studio album Emergency Stairway to Heaven. The album arrives as a luxurious picture disc containing four cuts of unique sounds that only Hijokaidan can deliver, created by the full line-up of Jojo Hiroshige, T. Mikawa, Junko, and Futoshi Okano. The album also includes a bonus CD containing two live recordings from 2014; the first features Hiroshige (synthesizer), Mikawa (electronics), and Junko (screaming), and the second features Hiroshige (electric guitar), Mikawa (electronics), Junko (screaming), and Okano (drums). Includes download code for album Emergency Stairway to Heaven. Edition of 750.

$23.79 UPC: 641871744541 ROCK

Picture disc:
A1. Emergency Stairway to Heaven Part 1
A2. Emergency Stairway to Heaven Part 2
A3. Emergency Stairway to Heaven Part 3
B1. Emergency Stairway to Heaven Part 4

CD:
01. Live at Uplink 20th May 2014
02. Live at Chikusa-Za 21st Dec. 2014

SHE SPREAD SORROW: Rumspringa CD (CSR 212CD)

Debut album from Italian project She Spread Sorrow. Ritual deathscapes, obscure death industrial, sinful power electronics from Alice K. A trip into distorted faith, repressed desires, guilt, punishment, discipline, and perversion. File next to Pharmakon, Puce Mary, Sewer Goddess. Six-panel digipak.

$11.79 UPC: 641871744572 ELECTRONIC

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MORRICONE, ENNIO: The Humanoid (L'umanoide) LP (RED 224C-LP)

For the 1979 cult sci-fi movie L'umanoide (The Humanoid), directed by Aldo Lado (credited as George B. Lewis), the legendary Ennio Morricone composed a score of catchy, futuristic, synthesizer-based arrangements with great electro-orchestral disco grooves and dissonant atmospheric soundscapes, marking quite a departure from his usual style. This is the first release of the complete soundtrack on vinyl. Limited edition of 1000 transparent blue LPs.

$18.39 EAN: 8013252732249 SOUNDTRACK

A1. Un Uomo nello Spazio
A2. Estasi Stellare
A3. Infanzia, Evoluzione e Ritorno
A4. Trasmissione Difettosa, Rotazione e Rivoluzione
A5. Incontri a Sei
B1. Informale Primo
B2. Robodog
B3. Informale Secondo
B4. Estasi Stellare, pt. 2
B5. Trasmissione Difettosa, Rotazione e Rivoluzione, pt. 2
B6. Informale Primo, pt. 2
B7. Infanzia, Evoluzione e Ritorno, pt. 2
B8. Estasi Stellare, pt. 3

NICOLAI, BRUNO: Eyeball (Gatti Rossi in un Labirinto di Vetro) LP (RED 225C-LP)

The classic 1975 Italian thriller Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro (Eyeball), directed by Umberto Lenzi (Spasmo (RED 216XRAY-LP, 1974)), features a truly pleasant and entertaining score by the great Bruno Nicolai (The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972), The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (RED 209LP, 1972)), with an authentic '70s Italian cinema feel to it and a catchy main theme that is definitely one of his best. Another giallo ace on Dagored. This is the first release of the complete soundtrack on vinyl. Limited edition of 1000 "splatter" colored LPs.

$18.39 EAN: 8013252732256 SOUNDTRACK

A1. Gatti Rossi (Titoli)
A2. Barlington (#2)
A3. Gatti Rossi (#2)
A4. Prodromi
A5. Labirinto (Film Version)
A6. Gatti Rossi (#3)
A7. Nell'Assolata Alhambra
A8. Una Figura Incappucciata
A9. Una Figura Incappucciata (#2)
A10. Barlington (#2)
A11. Catena Di Delitti
A12. Occhi
A13. Barlington (#3)
A14. Orbita Vuota
A15. Una Figura Incappucciata (#3)
A16. Occhi (#2)
A17. Gatti Rossi (#4)
A18. Occhi (#3)
B1. Gatti Rossi (#5)
B2. Barlington (#4)
B3. Catena Di Delitti (#2)
B4. Barcellona
B5. Barcellona (#2)
B6. Gatti Rossi (#6)
B7. Orbita Vuota (#2)
B8. Orbita Vuota (#3)
B9. Barlington (#5)
B10. L'Incubo è Finito (Finale)
B11. Catena Di Delitti (Alternate Take - Long Version)
B12. Gatti Rossi (Titoli) (Alternate Take - Long Version)

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ARTEFAKT: The Fifth Planet EP 12" (DSR C4-EP)

Dutch duo Artefakt (Field, Prologue) open The Fifth Planet EP with "Transit," a thick, heavy, and heady track with rubbery kicks tunneling deep and smeared, somber synths stretched and skewed into trippy forms. On "From Our Minds to Yours," the synths are lighter, more airy, and more uplifting, and induce trance-like states of mind. "The Fifth Planet" steps it up another gear, with celestial melodic patterns, heavy synth daubs, and spine-tingling pads all expanding around a ticking techno groove. Expertly crafted, serene, and supple stuff that will sound perfect in the dead of night on some intimate and spaced-out dancefloor.

$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Transit
02. From Our Minds to Yours
Side B
03. The Fifth Planet

VOISKI: Breaths Written Outside Gloom 12" (DSR C5-EP)

French producer Voiski's Breaths Written Outside Gloom features four cuts of his trademark techno, following solo and collaborative releases on L.I.E.S., Syncrophone, and others. The menacing bassline of opener "Downhearted Holidays" looms large below jostling metal percussion and frazzled synth lines. It's spare and absorbing; inhuman and bleak -- in the most inviting way. "Galaxy Call" is more energetic with squeaking, pixelated, high-pitched melodies squealing over a gloomy, gloopy bass line and militant snares. "Mathematical Park" is about mid-tempo drums and paranoid synth drones; on "Answer Silently," a growing sense of darkness permeates slithering synths, icy hi-hats, and lazy drums.

$8.99 UPC: N/A ELECTRONIC

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CARDOSO & RUBEN PATER, GONCALO F.: A Study into 21st Century Drone Acoustics LP (CREP 024LP)

Much of the discussion around unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) is directed toward its capabilities of surveillance and attack. However for those living in areas of conflict, it is the engine sound of the drones that has devastating psychological effects. Military drones fly at high altitudes and are more easily heard than seen. Even the origin of the word "drone" is rooted in sound, and comes from the sound of the male honeybee. The sound of drones in areas of conflict creates soundscapes of terror that can go on for many hours. The buzzing of the engines has generated nicknames like "zanana" in Palestine and "bangana" in Pakistan. A Study into 21st Century Drone Acoustics is an auditive investigation by composer Gonçalo F. Cardoso (Discrepant) and designer Ruben Pater (Drone Survival Guide). What kind engines are drones equipped with? What do they sound like? What are the psychological effects of the sounds in areas of conflict? Side A features field recordings of 17 drone types, ranging from small consumer drones to large military drones. The B-side presents a soundscape by Cardoso, inspired by the abusive and destructive power or drone technology. The composition focuses on the conceptual (sound) life and death of an aerial drone machine in the 21st century. The project is intended for use in installation in various museums and festivals. The sounds are available for free at droneacoustics.org. Concept by Gonçalo F. Cardoso and Ruben Pater. B-side composition written and composed by Gonçalo F. Cardoso. Voice by Emmet O'Donnell. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, Berlin. Metallic finish sleeve by Ruben Pater. Includes 12-page booklet.

$24.39 EAN: 5055869501033 ELECTRONIC

A1. QAV400
A2. Parrot AR
A3. AirRobot AR-100
A4. RQ-11 Raven
A5. ScanEagle
A6. RQ-7 Shadow
A7. Harop/Harpy
A8. Rustom-1
A9. MQ-8 Firescout
A10. Heron
A11. Hermes 900
A12. Heron TP
A13. MQ-1 Predator
A14. RQ-9 Reaper
A15. RQ-4 Global Hawk
A16. nEUROn
A17. X-47B
B1. The Life and Death of a 21st Century Drone Machine

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MINGUS, CHARLES: Shadows LP (DOC 125LP)

For the first time on vinyl, Charles Mingus's great score for the legendary 1959 directorial debut of John Cassavetes, Shadows. Much has been said about the controversial relationship between these two masters. "The score encapsulates Cassavetes' and Mingus's unique approaches to both improvisation and composition in their respective media, illuminating the oppositional nature of jazz to mainstream cultural production and the underbelly of race relations in 1950's America" --Ross Lipman, "Mingus, Cassavetes, and the Birth of a Jazz Cinema." "Shady transparent" vinyl. Limited edition of 500.

$14.39 UPC: 889397381257 SOUNDTRACK

A1. Untitled Percussion
A2. Composition
A3. Nostalgia in Times Square
B1. Alice's Wonderland
B2. Self-Portrait in Three Colours

GENESIS: Drum Talk 7" (DO FD5003-EP)

In the early '70s, Leroy "Mabrak" Mattis, a student at Howard University, joined a drum and dance group called Contact Africa, and instructor Kojo Fosu introduced him to the talking drum. Back home in Jamaica, "I bumped into an old friend, Bim Sherman. He knew I was a musician, and he was going to King Tubby's studio that day. I tagged along." With brilliant guitar instead of horns, here is a different version of the rhythm Bim used for "Love Forever." The same as on Mabrak's 1976 Drum Talk LP (DO JS005-LP), but a little brighter and more dynamic, and bringing a deep, unmissable Tubbys dub.

$6.99 UPC: N/A WORLD

Side A
01. Drum Talk
Side B
02. Forever Drums

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MABRAK: Drum Talk LP (DO JS005-LP)

Leroy Mattis's first drum was a plastic butter container. "My mother wouldn't buy me a drum because back then the situation in Jamaica was very tense... In 1960 Jamaica was still an English colony, and the drum is a roots instrument." Tommy McCook was living two doors down; during the first years of The Skatalites, Mattis would practice there. In 1970 he was National Junior Drumming Champion, with Count Ossie winning overall; four years later his ensemble battled in the Senior finals with the drummers of The Light of Saba. "Our group was initially called Genesis, it was a 7-piece drum group, but I changed the name to Mabrak, which means Thunder in Amharic. We knew that we were coming with a heavy sound." Experiments in percussion, in the middle of the night at Harry J's -- funky versions of rhythms like "Curly Locks," "Too Late to Turn Back Now," and "Fattie Fattie," led by talking drums -- beautifully mixed by King Tubby, who couldn't believe his ears. Originally released in 1976, in paper inners only. Smartly sleeved in quintessential Dug Out-style this time around -- with an insert, including a recent interview with Mabrak.

$13.79 UPC: 769791959514 WORLD

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HOX: Duke of York LP (EMEGO 214LP)

LP version. Hox is Edvard Graham Lewis (Wire/Dome/He Said/He Said Omala/Ocsid) and Andreas Karperyd (Omala/He Said Omala/Woodwork). Duke of York is their second release following 1999's highly acclaimed it-ness. Duke of York is a bittersweet contemporary electronic pop record that could only exist as a result of the unison of these particular peculiar souls. At once tender, skewered, sophisticated, and unsettling, Duke of York is a both a journey through the collective minds of Lewis and Karperyd and a substantial representation of their individual talents. While both tackle the sonic side of the outing, Lewis also presents pleasantly paranoid lyrics and Karperyd drapes it all in a distinguished design. This combination presents a substantial study of the sonically impressive and visually inviting, with songs rich in brooding, dark atmosphere and melodic content. The production retains the mood of classic Lewis output while achieving a fresh and radical approach to electronics and studio production with Karperyd. Duke of York is another significant chapter in Lewis's distinguished and uncompromising career and adds to Karperyd's intriguing output. As with the best experimental pop records, Duke of York unfolds with repeated listening, revealing infinite charms. All tracks written, recorded, and mixed by E. G. Lewis and A. Karperyd in Sweden. Mastered and cut by CGB at D&M in Berlin.

$14.39 EAN: 5050580644403 ELECTRONIC

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SHANTEL: Viva Diaspora 2LP+CD (AY 037LP)

Double LP version. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Includes CD. "Cosmopolitan, globetrotter, paprika bambaataa, constantly in search of new sounds: Shantel gracefully turns pop-cultural clichés and conventionally-accepted genre-definitions upside-down. When he brings the entire stage to life with his Bucovina Club Orkestar, molding global sounds into compact, anarchic hymns, eclecticism and escapism no longer seem so very far apart. No worries: The Kiez is Alright. Disko Devil Shantel is on the case" --Rémy Kolpa Kopoul. Viva Diaspora is strongly inspired by the creative anarchy of crisis-ridden Athens, Greece. Viva Diaspora has no intention of jumping onto the crossover-and-remix bandwagon. Viva Diaspora is bold, risky, and self-assured; this is how acoustic, traditional, and Mediterranean songs sound today and this is how they can come into their own in a contemporary party context. Viva Diaspora sounds like a road movie -- cinema for the ears -- of a 24-hour trip through Athens, Frankfurt, Paris, Kingston, Brooklyn, Istanbul. Includes collaborations with Areti Ketime and Imam Baildi.

$16.39 EAN: 4250536400294 ROCK

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MILLER, ROGER: Oh. LP (FTR 217LP)

"Roger Miller, king of many roads both known and unknown, has a long and illustrious recording history. As a member of Sproton Layer, Destroy All Monsters, Mission of Burma, The Din, etc., he has made many records that are definitive statements of powerful outsider rock music in many guises. But this, his third solo LP, originally released by Forced Exposure in 1988, remains one of the great lost chords in his discography. Although he'd been focusing mostly on extended keyboard techniques for a couple of years, Roger approached us with the idea of doing a guitar-oriented record, and furthermore suggested that he'd spraypaint the back covers of all copies in his driveway, after sprinkling rocks across them. It was a hard opportunity to pass up. And the first bits we heard of the actual recording were amazing. The cover of Sun Ra's 'Space Is the Place' was totally boss. And a bunch of the other songs manifested a really bizarre, somewhat Eno-esque take on what pop-readymades could possibly be. In the intervening years we'd start to hear them in a very different light, realizing they were almost templates for various skewed-spews that would emanate from New Zealand. A little Pumice, a little Tall Dwarfs, although that was obviously not anything planned or even related. There were even bits that recalled This Heat at their most organized. And it was all done at home on four-track. If anyone ever needed evidence that Roger is a genius at left-field song-craft, Oh... should be enough to convince them. It just sounds better even time I hear it" --Byron Coley, 2015. Edition of 350.

$13.79 UPC: 019962200724 ROCK

A1. We Grind Open (In)
A2. Meltdown Man
A3. Chinatown Samba
A4. Firetruck
A5. The Cosmic Battle/You Son of a Bitch/War Bolts
A6. The Fun World Reductions
B1. Space Is the Place
B2. The Forest
B3. Kalgastak

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ILAIYARAAJA: Solla Solla: Maestro Ilaiyaraaja and the Electronic Pop Sound of Kollywood 1977-1983 2LP (FKR 041LP)

"Ilaiyaraaja's music is anachronistic in the best possible way: were it not for its glorious low-fidelity, one would be forgiven for thinking his psychedelic funk was recorded recently, with forty years of global groove studies under his belt" --Egon (Stones Throw, Now-Again). Ilaiyaraaja, Ilayaraja, Ilayaraaja, Isaignani, The Maestro... The undeniable prince of Kollywood cinema, India's second-largest film industry, Ilaiyaraaja is more than equal to his forward-thinking contemporaries in Bollywood and Lollywood in both productivity and experimentation. However, once you have exhausted all possible leads using his various names (and the numerous misspellings) you're faced with the unenviable task of sifting through a 34-year career spanning more than 900 film scores in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada in order to unearth some the heaviest dancefloor-friendly electronic pop to ever emerge from Southern India. This not-so-modest collection of lesser-spotted electronic Tamil pop features many tracks previously unavailable away from their original rare-as-hen's-teeth vinyl pressings. Includes the viral Kollywood/Bollywood classic "Solla Solla." Previously released in two separate volumes in 2011; to mark the 2015 tenth birthday of Finders Keepers, the label has brought them both together in one remastered package. Featuring tracks not available on the CD release of the same name! Includes tracks featuring S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam, S.P. Sailaja, Malaysia Vasudevan, B.S. Sasirekha, Hariram & Ramola, S. Janaki, K.J. Jesudoss, T.M. Soundararajan, and L.R. Eswari.

$18.99 EAN: 5060099506048 WORLD

FEREMANS, ERIC: The Antwerp Killer LP (FKR 087LP)

One of the rarest vinyl horror soundtracks of all time, 1983's The Antwerp Killer consists of remarkable homemade electronic experiments created by a wunderkind synth designer for a smart-talking teenage movie maverick. Combining self-propelled punk attitude and uninhibited confidence, the hyper-proactive work of these DIY prodigies pinpoints an important era when youthful ambition and creative technology met. By the age of 16 Eric Feremans had started building modulators and eventually his first proto synthesizer; he later played a concert with Belgian electronica pioneer Karel Goeyvaerts. Feremans founded a school for building and playing synthesizers, the EEF, where volunteers ended up producing about 20 or 30 build-your-own packages. After appearing as a guest on a national television show, the demand for his courses exploded, and Feremans began lecturing internationally, even attracting the king of the Amsterdam mafia, who was driven down from Amsterdam with two body guards in his Rolls-Royce every week. One day Feremans got a visit from a Luc Veldeman, a 16-year-old with a manner of speech way beyond his age and larger-than-life projects. Veldeman was making Antwerp's first crime movie, The Antwerp Killer. He had seen Feremans play live and he wanted some of his music to be used as the score, and to press as an album to promote the film. Feremans gave him one of the rare recordings he had made with the synthesizer, a session he had just recorded upon installing his new studio; a session, according to Feremans, that was the result of the pure joy he experienced at having such a wonderful machine in his studio and the bottle of vodka he downed during the session. Veldeman cut up that session and it turned it into the soundtrack of The Antwerp Killer. The press and the audience shared a general reaction to the film: bad acting, bad editing, bad script -- cool soundtrack, though. Veldeman, who had rented the film equipment under a false identity and dumped it in a canal after shooting, was nowhere to be found, and his investors lost their money. A magnum opus by a true criminal and the synthesizer teacher of the Amsterdam mafia king, The Antwerp Killer remains a prime document of the broody Belgian '80s and a heck of a soundtrack. This first-ever reissue was beautifully remastered with the full cooperation of Eric Feremans himself. Includes liner notes by Belgian archivist Gerd de Wilde.

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IN EMBRACE: The Initial Caress CD (REDUX 002CD)

At the turn of the '80s, enigmatic would-be pop-star Gary Knight teamed up with enigmatic art-star Cameron Lindo, and theirs was a whispering, sweet, mysterious sound, like the warble of Casiotones in a cathedral -- Coventry Cathedral to be precise. You could tell that these guys walked hand-in-hand with their girlfriends in the ruins at midnight, and even if that wasn't true it might as well have been, though a sudden attack of bongo-fury may have sometimes interrupted love's young dreamers -- these things could and did happen. This inventive duo could sound vaster than a full-on band; their unorthodox instrumental versatility gave them a beautiful sonic palette, and their surprisingly erotically charged lyrics gave evidence that nice boys DID. And frequently too. Originally released in 1982, the duo's initial mini-LP, The Initial Caress, is now released on CD for the first time. This first-ever reissue was digitally remastered by original producer John A. Rivers and includes six previously unreleased bonus demos. Housed in card gatefold sleeve with 12-page booklet full of notes and pictures.

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CIRCUIT BREAKER: My Descent into Capital CD (HARB 151CD)

My Descent into Capital represents the most ambitious recording to date from London-based duo Circuit Breaker. Even if they're taking influence from minimal synth, post-punk, or early industrial sides, Circuit Breaker are unmistakably contemporary with their delivery, forging together metallic drum machines, propulsive synth lines, and stark guitar-degradation into bold, simple, and effective songs about downtrodden themes of isolation, discontentment, and the true horror of work. This album transgresses any simple nostalgia for its musical forefathers and showcases a band with their eyes fixed firmly on the future. Any obvious reference points are contorted and stretched to the point where they are transformed into something new. After ten years of obscurity since 2005 and a refusal to go away, and after two well-received releases on Tombed Visions, this is their first full-length album, and their first release on abstract-punk imprint Harbinger Sound; the album follows shows with Harbinger Sound mainstays Sleaford Mods and precedes an extensive tour with Consumer Electronics (2015 additions to Harbinger Sound). Mastered by Barry Grint at Alchemy.

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CIRCUIT BREAKER: My Descent into Capital LP (HARB 151LP)

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KIRBY, LEYLAND: Intrigue & Stuff Vol. 4 12" (HAFTW 014LP)

Limited restock, last copies... James Leyland Kirby returns with an uncompromising, poetic and unexpected fourth and final installment in his long-dormant Intrigue & Stuff series, dispatched from his new base in Krakow for his own History Always Favours The Winners label. Since we last heard from the provocateur, he's issued brilliant albums as The Caretaker and The Stranger, a cracking 12" for his formative heroes R&S/Apollo, and marked his 40th birthday with a 40-track album of piano pieces... yet we can't help but feel that he's saved some of his most deliriously spannered and heartbreakingly personal intimations for this new LP. Opening with a proper shock-out modeling mutant fractals and strobing loops that are almost junglist in tempo and structure on "Locked into Situations," the spirit-crushed and sozzled boogie-sludge of "Derelict Bar" follows and marks out territory in a dark, dank corner. Over on the B-side, he yields the intoxicating whiskey fume shimmer and viscous roil of "The Tar Sands," plus a strange percussive piece that sounds like lonely seamen performing drum rituals in a ship's hull, and concludes with the somnolent symphony of spectral siren chorales, synth brass and claggy bass in "Wanting an Absolute Beyond." We'll never quite know the intentions behind these tracks, but we can tell you they function equally as escape pods and ideal drinking soundtracks. Imbibe deeply and responsibly.

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LOVER, AL: Zodiak Versions 2LP (HNR 005LP)

San Francisco-based producer Al Lover has spent the 2010s evolving a unique approach to psychedelic music by way of exploring the common threads within its various genres. Zodiak Versions sees Al exploring what he views as two musical styles that have defined modern underground music culture: Jamaican dub reggae and the German experimental "krautrock" from the 1970s. Sketching out repetitive dub basslines and leads using only the keyboard of his laptop as a musical device, Al formulated the basic structures of what would become these versions. Reminded of what artists like Kraftwerk and NEU! attempted to portray with the driving motion with their motorik beats and expansive washes of analog synthesis, Lover felt compelled to write music directly within the environment that had once inspired the original "krautrock" sound. Once back in the states, Al teamed up with his good friends Burnt Ones in LA to add some touches of guitar and synth drone to the sketched-out songs. At this time he was further introduced to the some of the lesser-known efforts of kraut pioneers who would later influence the rise of ambient music. Returning home completely inspired, he added even more layers of analog Moog synthesizer, tribal percussion, and vintage rhythm box drum sounds before sequencing and mixing all the elements through a vintage Roland RE-201 Space Echo. The end result is Zodiak Versions. With his previous projects, Al Lover has been bouncing back and forth between a more sample-based remix approach and actual synthesized music composition. You can hear elements of his earlier works -- Distorted Reverberations of Reverberating Distortion (2011), Vodun Moon (2013), Al Lover X Goat (2014), Sacred Drugs (2014), Cave Ritual (2015) -- in Zodiak Versions, but the music here heads in a more textured, droned-out direction. An experiment in maximized minimalism. Subtlety and nuance hidden within an intense wall of sound, as if the psychedelic aspects of everything that influenced the record have been extracted and reconfigured to produce the sonic dub version of a bad trip.

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01. Kling Klang Sound Clash
02. Zodiak Version
03. Studio Einer Dub
04. Earth People (New York & London)
05. Stockhausen Blues
06. Osbourne Ruddock vs Conny Plank Dub
07. Jah Warble
08. Neo Eno (Island Records)
09. Planetarium Rock (Acoustic Version)
10. Ranking Roedelius
11. Ode to a Dead Riddum (Martin Hannett Blues)
12. Kosmische Musik in Dub

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A NEW LINE (RELATED): Our Lady of Perpetual Fucking Succour 12" (HAM 012EP)

Housed in a black disco bag with a download code for the EP plus remixes. Limited edition of 300. The first music from Andrew Johnson as A New Line (Related) since his 2014 debut under the alias (HAM 009LP) and its accompanying 7" (which included a remix by Miles Whittaker (Demdike Stare). The title-track draws upon Detroit producer Terrence Dixon's simple hypnotism; the second track recalls Huerco S.'s experimental, grainy house. The B-side opens with percussion stabs over effervescent, Deepchord-style loops, and the closer is the absolute apex of Johnson's creativity, with billowing, distorted loops over a simple drum machine.

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BOCOUM, DAMON ALBARN, TOUMANI DIABATE AND FRIENDS, AFEL: Mali Music 2LP (HJR 001LP)

2015 repress; originally released in 2002. In July 2000, Damon Albarn travelled to Mali for Oxfam's On the Line project, which focused on people living along the Greenwich Meridian. He seized the chance to meet and play with the Malian musicians whose recordings he loved, and to exchange ideas with them in their own backyard. Albarn's chosen instrument was a battered melodica. His musical encounters were leisurely, low-key, and immersive, as natural and spontaneous as could be. Touring the capital, Bamako, and its surrounding villages, he sat in on club and private jam sessions, playing concerts and street corners, bars and boats. He hooked up with practically any musician he came across, from enthusiastic amateurs to such master-musicians as Toumani Diabaté, Lobi Traoré, Afel Bocoum, Kassé Mady Diabaté, and the only female ngoni player in Mali, Ko Kan Ko Sata. "One of my favourite memories is Les Escrocs playing a party at Toumani's house," says Albarn. "Bass and drums doing dead funky Malian reggae, with them in shell-suits and patent-leather shoes doing a kind of feminised ragga version of the James Brown shimmy." The tapes kept on running, for more than 40 hours, capturing the volatile collage of sound that would become Mali Music. Back home in Albarn's London studio, the recordings took a few more spins. In line with their original inherent diversity, some make nods to reggae, house, rock, raga, and some stay just as they are. The bass playing of Junior Dan emerges with a unifying authority that recalls his years with Augustus Pablo. Then the tapes returned to Mali, for further contributions from the musicians there. "My idea is to set up loads of dialogues between this music and other music that I love," says Albarn. "I'm sick of the cultural self-assurance you get in the West. I want to get everyone into Malian music."

$16.99 UPC: 827670414513 WORLD

A1. Spoons
A2. Bamako City
A3. Le Relax
A4. Nabintou Diakite
B1. Makelekele
B2. The Djembe
B3. Tennessee Hotel
B4. Niger
C1. 4am At Toumanis
C2. Institut National Des Arts
C3. Kela Village
C4. Griot Village
D1. Le Hogon
D2. Sunset Coming On
D3. Ko Kan Ko Sata Doumbia On River
D4. Les Escrocs

VA: London Is the Place For Me 4: African Dreams and the Piccadilly High Life 2LP (HJR 025LP)

2015 repress; originally released in 2006. The fourth volume in Honest Jon's Records' series celebrating the music of black London, staying for now with the first waves of modern immigration from Africa and the West Indies. After devoting a third installment to the accomplishments of the late Nigerian genius Ambrose Campbell, Honest Jon's resumes an open-house policy, suited to musicians whose lives and artistic ambitions carried them all over the world; calypso and kwela are back, and highlife and bebop, with a little rock 'n' roll, a "mambo Indio," a shango hymn, some Sun Ra-style cha-cha-cha. A lake in a Johannesburg zoo, a Chinese on the Harrow Road; astronauts and prostitutes, landlords, streetfighters and cricketers. The music and detailed notes are presented alongside rare artist photographs by Val Wilmer. Includes tracks by Ginger Folorunso Johnson, Young Tiger, Dorothy Masuka, Lord Kitchener, Cab Kaye, Shake Keane, Eric Hayden, Enoch & Christy Mensah, Victor Coker, Young Growler, The African Messengers, and Nat Atkins.

$16.99 UPC: 769791959330 WORLD

AKKORD: Obelisk 10" (HTH 045EP)

Akkord return with their first original music since 2014's HTH020 EP (HTH 020EP). Obelisk is a study in rhythm and frequencies, suspended in space. On the minimalistic "Monolith," a single element is molded into a three-dimensional sound sculpture, an aural illusion of a lead weight that floats away into the ether. In contrast, "Megalith" has a pulsing gravity, drawing in laser-guided blasts of bass, broadsides of pitched-down jungle, and echoes of distant birdsong and telecommunications as it journeys through the static of space. Heavyweight 10" mastered and cut by Matt Colton at Alchemy.

$9.79 UPC: 802560204566 ELECTRONIC

Side A
01. Monolith
Side B
02. Megalith

SHIFT WORK: Document II 12" (HTH 051EP)

Electronic duo Shift Work, who have previously released on JD Twitch's Optimo, debut on Houndstooth with an EP developed from live jams on outboard analog gear. The lean, raw "Abandoned Hands" punctuates a relentless 4/4 kick and pattering percussion with an angular bassline and indecipherable vox. The fuller-bodied "SBFM" sets its modulating bassline at center-stage, draped in loose synths and topped with a deadpan vocal refrain. DVA Damas strip back "Abandoned Hands" further still with their remix, while Factory Floor remix "SBFM" with a typically subtle yet infectious building groove. Mastered and cut by Matt Colton at Alchemy. Limited to 500 copies.

$9.79 UPC: 802560205167 ELECTRONIC

IMPROTA, LIVIO: Vesàlio - Mareggiata a San Vito 12" (KPT 003EP)

Single-sided 12". Vesàlio - Mareggiata a San Vito, the third vinyl release on the London-based Kapvt Mvndi label, is a mature, balanced EP by Livio Improta aka Vesàlio. An explicit homage to the sea and to the roots of the purest Italian electronic music culture, the EP opens with "Vient," a hypnotic, dark piece that perfectly mixes the British influences of downtempo and breakcore with dark ambient and Italian acid house influences. "Terr_one" closes the EP, a 12-minute magnetic loop piece. Dedicated to those who live through the dancefloor.

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A1. Vient
A2. Terr_one

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REIBEL, GUY: Douze Inventions en Six Modes de Jeu LP (KR 028LP)

Karlrecords kicks off its Perihel series with previously unreleased material by GRM member Guy Reibel, one of the most enigmatic figures of the 20th century's electronic avant-garde. 180-gram LP including download code and insert with liner notes by Reinhold Friedl (zeitkratzer). Limited edition of 500 copies. Guy Reibel (born 1936) started out with a double qualification; he first became an engineer and then studied composition in Paris with Olivier Messiaen, teacher of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis, François Bayle, to name just a few. Pierre Schaeffer, the director of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM), soon offered him a chance to edit and work out the famous 1967 Solfège de L'Objet Sonore three-LP box (the practical part of his theoretical manifest Traité des objets musicaux), and to codirect the class for electroacoustic music at the National Music Conservatory. During that period Reibel worked intensively in the studios of the GRM. Not only did he compose some milestones of electronic music, he also developed a very music-based theory of electronic music, implementing ideas of musical gesture and game theory -- in the '60s, long before anyone else discussed those issues. Conflicts with other members of the GRM led to Reibel's departure from the group (though he had been considered Schaeffer's successor as director), and Reibel toured the world as conductor of his newly-founded Groupe Vocale de France (who realized the first complete recording of Ligeti's choir work) and took over a director's position at Radio France. Meanwhile, his electronic music almost disappeared (there were only two or three LPs available on the early GRM series, later just one CD). Douze inventions en six modes de jeu was digitized by Reibel and Friedl at the GRM studios in December 2014 as part of the archive of Reibel's electronic pieces. It's a milestone in electronic music and a perfect example of Reibel's musical austerity, in which defined, limited musical material results in concentrated and dense forms. The unusually vital character of the music is also due to Reibel's use of hybrid sound production; he often combined amplitude envelopes of acoustic sounds and noises (especially of polysteron) with synthetic electronic sounds. A few of the pieces are even played at least partly live. This album documents how Guy Reibel succeeded at composing a music that combines the density and purity of electronic music with an unbelievably sensuous sound. A real listening experience, here released for the very first time.

$14.39 EAN: 4024572869618 ELECTRONIC

01. Thème d'éclats
02. Frôlements
03. Frottements - Irruption
04. Fluide
05. Equilibre instable
06. Jeu d'itérations électroniques
07. Rotation: Progression - Développement
08. Jeu d'itérations acoustiques électroniques
09. Voile déchirure
10. Minéral - Animal
11. Thème d'itérations
12. Frôlements 2

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HOLT, JOHN: Before the Next Tear Drop LP (KSLP 060LP)

LP version. John Holt had one of the finest and most versatile voices to come out of Jamaica. His solo career covered pop and soul, not to mention a much-overlooked roots period, and he was the frontman of the great vocal group The Paragons, which he joined around 1965, singing many of their greatest hits including "Tide Is High," "On the Beach," and "Wear You to the Ball." John Holt (b. 1947, Kingston, Jamaica) was a child prodigy; he began his career as a regular voice on talent contests run by Vera Johns across Jamaica. He cut his first single in 1963 for Leslie Kong's Beverley's label and sang many duets with various singers of the day, including "Rum Bumper" with Alton Ellis. 1965 to 1970 were John Holt's Paragon years, a period in which he also ran solo with hits such as "Fancy Make Up," "A Love I Can Feel," and "Let's Build Our Dreams." Holt's 1976 album Before the Next Tear Drop was produced by Bunny "Striker" Lee, part of Holt's extremely productive period working with the legendary producer. It's filled with classic after classic sung effortlessly by Mr. Holt. First reissue.

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SHIT ROBOT/KAI PHILIPP/RINO SPADAVECCHIA: Rishi 12" (KITJEN 003EP)

"An Irishman, an Italian, and a German walk into a bar..." What sounds like your tipsy uncle telling you a joke is actually the story behind Rishi. Legendary musician Shit Robot (DFA) invited his buddies Rino Spadavecchia (Space Ranger) and Kai Philipp to his lab to create two interpretations of "Rishi." The result is a killer 12" that features two unapologetically hypnotic dancefloor cuts.

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A1. Rishi (Shit Robot vs. Kai Philipp)
B1. Rishi (Shit Robot vs. Rino Spadavecchia)

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YEH/LORENZ/JEWELL: Live at CAC 7.21.08 7" (KRAYON 012EP)

2009 release. Two sides of bent frown jazz from the hardcore supergroup of C. Spencer Yeh, Jon Lorenz, and Ryan Jewell. Side A comes on all fifth dimension -- violin scrunch and squeal, hard tom rub, and dense harmonic blowing pushed right to the front of your brain box; a frantic fanfare with locked horn and strings before giving in with a wheeze and a tinkle. Side B's call and answer shies away as fragments fragment into bowed skin, seesaw string microtone, and rasped mouthpiece until spunk rock free jizz looseness explodes in downtown turntable street. Artwork by Wyvern.